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Patent law changes alter entrepreneurs' planning
- The U.S. now awards patents on a first-to-file basis%2C not first-to-invent
- Some lawyers recommend inventors file provisional patent applications
- Higher Patent Office fees to review infringement claims may spur litigation
Researchers at Boston College have spent years developing a lithium ion battery that lasts 10 times longer, charges faster and is safer and lighter than those we use today. It could transform how TV remote controls, smartphones and electric vehicles are powered, as well as military equipment and factory machinery around the world.
The team has also spent years and thousands of dollars securing patents on the technology. Many more filings to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office are planned.
The battery company, called EnerLeap, is like many forming in labs and start-up accelerators in the U.S. Its lifeblood is the strength and utility of its technology. As young companies prepare to manufacture and sell goods, they depend on patents to protect the research and innovation behind them.
Major changes to patent law since 2011 have dramatically altered the process and strategy involved with securing intellectual property. Inventors and start-up companies would be foolish not to understand the implications and consider whether research and development, not distribution, marketing and talent recruitment, is the key to building a viable business.
Here's an explanation of the new law:
In September 2011, to alleviate a years-long backlog of patent applications, the trademark office created a fast track. For $4,000 for a large company and $2,000 for a small one, applicants can ensure their filing will be reviewed within a year of submission.
In March 2013, the trademark office substantially raised fees for re-examination requests and patent reviews, proceedings that companies facing infringement use to attack the validity of patents without going to court. They can also delay litigation, and save the associated costs.
The most significant change is that the patent office no longer awards patents to the first-to-invent but to the first-to-file, putting it in line with patent law in many other countries.
In reaction, David Bailey of the Anaheim, Calif., firm Kauth Pomeroy Peck & Bailey, is hearing from inventors before they even begin work on a new technology. They want to know how much R&D should be complete before filing for a patent, so they can budget their time and financial resources.
Most are then filing a provisional application, says Dave Dorton, a partner at Wood Herron & Evans in Cincinnati. That option allows inventors to disclose the invention and the problem it will solve, serving as a placeholder while the inventor finishes work. A full application must be filed within a year.
In the past, many companies waited until their product was selling to see if it was worth protecting with a patent. Researchers also published articles about the technology in development or the problem being solved prior to seeking protection. Previously, the article served as proof of first-to-invent. No more.
Tonya Drake, a principal at Fish & Richardson's Boston office believes the first-to-file law is forcing inventors to be faster and more strategic in their research, a benefit to start-ups, which are typically more agile than large corporations.
Most are also budgeting intellectual property protection into their initial business plans, she says. That's good and bad. It shows the companies are serious about securing their rights to market their invention, but it might delay investments in faster growth of the business.
A bright spot in the new law is the fast track. So far in 2013, 5,112 patents have been submitted, compared with a total of 5,024 in 2012. Lawyers expect more companies to take advantage of the opportunity to accelerate the process, and in many cases, get their product to market faster.
But drawbacks, Bailey says, are the Patent Office's increased fees for re-examination and review. They're encouraging start-up companies to resort to litigation, which can be more costly and time-consuming to see through. In either case, the expenses associated with challenging an infringement can be debilitating to a young company.
Emily Fannon and Meghan Zipin, the women charged with determining the go-to-market strategy and finding investors for EnerLeap are weighing all these changes as they prepare to spin the company out of the university. They're getting assistance at the MassChallenge accelerator in downtown Boston, and mentees of Drake.
"What keeps me up at night is, are we able to patent the stuff fast enough, and can we protect what we have already patented?" Fannon says. "When you're a start-up, where every dollar is needing to be spent to get your technology closer to market, it would be foolish not to identify (infringement) as a plausible risk."
Laura Baverman is a Raleigh, N.C.-based business journalist covering start-ups and entrepreneurship for regional and national publications. She previously covered entrepreneurship for the Cincinnati Enquirer, a Gannett newspaper. Baverman can be reached via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.org or follow on Twitter @laurabaverman.


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Semi-autonomous tech has suffered a blow — at least in one part of the world.
Hong Kong Transportation Department officials demanded that Tesla Motors disable both the Autosteer and Auto Lane Change features of its Autopilot system after it deemed the hands-free systems too distracting for drivers.
Although the company recommends drivers keep at least one hand on the steering wheel while Autosteer is active, it's not necessary; some drivers (including me) are opting to remove both hands from the wheel and let the Model S do all the work.
Tesla sent a letter to Hong Kong Model S owners informing them the upstart EV automaker had used an over-the-air update to disable the features "effective immediately," without the owners' consent. The letter also added that Tesla is "optimistic" and the company expects to "receive final approvals soon."
While some suggest this blockage of semi-autonomous tech in Hong Kong is a bad omen for global implementation of self-driving cars, it should instead be seen for what it is: a slap on Tesla's wrist.
Other carmakers, like Honda and Mercedes-Benz, offer systems similar to Tesla's — but absolutely require a driver's hands be on the wheel. Without constant feedback from a driver's hand, the systems disengage; Autopilot does not.
After seeing videos of Model S owners misusing Autopilot, Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk said it would move to restrict Autopilot a bit.

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Yogyakarta’s Nglinggo Tourist Village to Go Digital
Nglinggo tourist village in Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta, is preparing to embrace the digital era. The village will have digitalization programs through the Jogja Tourism Festival from the Yogyakarta branch of the Association of the Indonesian Tour and Travel Agencies (ASITA), with the support of the Kulon Progo administration and cellular operator Smartfren.
“Nglinggo is an example of a tourist village primed with nature and attractions. All it needs is digital services,” Sudiyanto, head of ASITA Yogyakarta, told Tempo.co on Wednesday.
The village is known for its tea and coffee plantations, pine forest and trekking and off-road facilities. With the help of locals, tourists can learn how to make brown sugar, pick tea leaves and coffee beans on the plantations and learn traditional dances.
The digitalization programs include wi-fi installation for wireless internet connection, QR code installation and creating a marketplace platform.
QR code will allow visitors to receive information about the village by scanning codes installed at a number of spots in Nglinggo. Meanwhile, the marketplace will be based on the jogjatourismfestival.com website, for tourism stakeholders to promote and sell products on the site.
Sudiyanto said the ASITA Jogja Tourism Festival was being launched in conjunction with World Tourism Day, which is commemorated every Sept. 27.
“Nglinggo tourist village is a starting point for the program, and it will spread to other tourist villages in Yogyakarta. We aim to develop tourism even further, bringing prosperity to the residents,” said Sudiyanto.


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Data consumption on Bharti Airtel’s network in India has grown less quarter-on-quarter than last time, from 7,019 to 7,403 petabytes. This represents a 5.5% increase, but year-on-year, consumption is up by 58%, according to a statement by Gopal Vittal, the company’s MD & CEO for India and South Asia. The company’s overall subscriber base has grown to 320.65 million, up 4.9% QoQ and 5.2% YoY. Airtel’s average revenue per user (ARPU) has also grown. Net loss increased from ₹436 crore last quarter to ₹744 crore, a 70% increase QoQ. But this same quarter last year, losses due to provisions for the Supreme Court’s AGR verdict stood at ₹23,045 crore.
- Mobile service revenues stood at ₹13,831.9 crore, up 7.4% QoQ, and down 36.69% YoY.
- Mobile ARPU stood at ₹162, up 3.18% QoQ, up 26.56% YoY.
- Data customer base at 162.19 million, up 8.78% QoQ and up 30.5% YoY.
- Home customers at 2.449 million, up 1.5% QoQ, up 4.56% YoY.
- Home customers ARPU at ₹783, as against ₹802 in the previous quarter, and ₹777 in the same quarter in the preceding year.
- Monthly churn for mobile at 1.7%, down from 2.2% in the previous quarter, and 2.1% in the same quarter in the previous financial year.
- Voice usage at 1,005 minutes per customer, up 1.1% QoQ, and 18.5% YoY.
Airtel Q2FY21 financials
- Net loss: ₹763 crore (as against ₹23,045 crore in the same quarter last year, and ₹15,328.4 crore in the previous quarter)
- Total revenue: ₹25,785 crore (up 5.5% QoQ, up 22% YoY)
- EBITDA: ₹11,848 crore (up 52.2% QoQ, up 32.6% YoY)
UPDATE (October 28): The headline previously stated incorrectly that net loss increased. We regret the error.


text: Impax Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPXL) (the “Company”) today announced that Arthur A. Koch, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer, has informed the Company of his decision to resign from his position with the Company to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Koch will assist the Company to help ensure a smooth transition. The Company also announced that Bryan M. Reasons, who currently serves as Vice President, Finance, has been appointed as Acting Chief Financial Officer and that the Company will initiate a search for a permanent successor. “During the past seven years that Arthur Koch has been with us, the Company has grown tremendously, and I deeply appreciate his service to the Company,” said Larry Hsu, president and CEO of Impax Laboratories. “Bryan Reasons is an able and experienced financial executive who will be the interim CFO reporting to me as we conduct an external search for a permanent CFO.” About Impax Laboratories, Inc. Impax Laboratories, Inc. is a technology based specialty pharmaceutical company applying its formulation expertise and drug delivery technology to the development of controlled-release and specialty generics in addition to the development of branded products. Impax markets its generic products through its Global Pharmaceuticals division and markets its branded products through the Impax Pharmaceuticals division. Additionally, where strategically appropriate, Impax has developed marketing partnerships to fully leverage its technology platform. Impax Laboratories is headquartered in Hayward, California, and has a full range of capabilities in its Hayward, Philadelphia and Taiwan facilities. For more information, please visit the Company's Web site at: www.impaxlabs.com.


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Honda has begun production of a new, state-of-the-art 10-speed automatic transmission at Honda Precision Parts of Georgia (HPPG) in Tallapoosa, Georgia in the USA.
The OEM has also invested nearly US$150m in two US manufacturing plants for production of the system, which will be the industry’s first 10-speed automatic transmission (10AT) for front-wheel-drive vehicles.
That includes US$100m for a new assembly line, production modifications at HPPG and an additional US$49m to provide new equipment and increased production capacity at Honda Transmission Mfg. of America in Russells Point, Ohio.
The new 10AT features a low-friction design that is said to deliver impressive driveability. It will appear first in upper grades of the all-new 2018 Honda Odyssey minivan and will be applied to additional light-truck and car models in the future.


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The struggling social network remains a battleground stock for the bulls and bears.
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The company is losing the CFO it poached just eight months ago.
Citi bases an upgrade on what appears, on its face, an outrageous claim.
Jefferies sees a path to profit for Snap -- but doesn't seem convinced it will follow that path.
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Yet the Snapchat parent is still developing more versions.
The Snapchat operator's hardware division continues to suffer from excessive turnover.
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Snap is struggling to grow its advertiser base, which is key to its self-serve platform.
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The camera company repeatedly makes mistakes that cause it to fall further behind.
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Second-quarter results that showed its first decline in users knocked Snap stock down a notch.
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Snap received two bits of positive news in June, but the boost could be short-lived.
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A Scammer Cloned Spotify to Rake In a Fortune on the App Store
For the past month, Spotify's logo was sitting at the top of the paid rankings for the Apple App Store. Only this wasn't the popular music-streaming service — it was a clone passing itself off as Spotify Premium.
The app takes its name from a successful, seemingly legitimate lyric-searching app called SFind for Spotify Premium, but the rest of it is daylight robbery of Spotify's App Store presence. They've copied the text description of the app, the screenshots, even the Spotify icon. The developer website tag even takes you right to the Spotify website.
The reviews section is littered with testimonials called "DO NOT BUY" and "SCAM" that claim the app is buggy, doesn't work and crashes users' phones.
The developer, "Nicolas Casellas," has a history of counterfeiting. If you look at the copyright for the bogus app, it has the name Zwisel Lavergne, which was used to create the app VHS Camcorder — Pro. Again, this was a ripoff of a popular cam app called VHS Camcorder by a company called Rarevision.
"I could fight with these guys all day for trying to get their apps removed, but more will come into the App Store," Thomas Worth, Rarevision's lead developer, told Mic. "It's not like Apple is going to monitor every single app to look like mine. So how do I spend the time trying to scare these guys off?"
It's unclear how the apps ever made it through Apple's strict, scheduled approval process in the first place. Worth suspects it could be that the submission to the store looks different and that changes are made when the app is approved. Another possibility might lie in the fact that the app was given a 17+ maturity designation, which could have a looser approvals process.
Rarevision submitted a legal claim through Apple's developer relations, and Lavergne (or Casellas, or whatever the bogus developer's name actually is) never answered the emails from Apple. The app was eventually pulled down.
Find a popular app of any kind, and you're bound to run into dozens of people who cloned the app, push it out or free and run ads against it.
But he can't win them all. Worth has given up on trying to ask Apple to take down every clone of his app. It would embroil him in an endless game of whack-a-mole that, as an independent developer, he doesn't have the time or the resources to engage in.
Clone apps are everywhere. Find a popular photo editor, music app, image sharing service, game, checklist, scanner, ad blocker, Web browser or sound board, and you're bound to run into dozens of people who cloned the app, push it out or free and run some ads against it.
Then, these apps that crib off of the work of talented developers end up spreading faster than the original product. On Thursday, for example, Justin Bieber took this Instagram video with a clone of the VHS Camcorder app.
But Worth isn't too upset about this instance — it still drove him a ton of sales, and he believes that people will see that his app is better, more original and actually worth paying for.
"It's not even about the money, I'd just rather they have a better experience. The clones certainly aren't as good as my app, and they don't have the same features," Worth told Mic. "But either way, I don't know if there's that much I can do about it."


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Comcast (CMCSA:NSD) is a leading media and technology company that offers innovative services and products to its customers. The company has been making headlines lately after reporting impressive Q1 earnings results that beat market expectations. In this article, we will delve into the company’s financial performance, its growth prospects, and what lies ahead for Comcast.
Comcast’s Q1 2023 Earnings Results:
Comcast’s Q1 2023 earnings results exceeded market expectations, with the company reporting revenue of $28.7 billion, up 10% from the previous year’s quarter. The company’s net income also increased to $4.7 billion, up 12.6% from the same quarter the previous year.
One of the key drivers of Comcast’s impressive earnings was its cable communications segment, which reported revenue of $16.8 billion, up 5.9% from the same quarter the previous year. The segment’s broadband division saw a 9.6% increase in revenue, which can be attributed to the company’s efforts to expand its high-speed internet services and offer innovative products like xFi Advanced Security and xFi Pods.
Comcast’s media division, NBCUniversal, also reported strong results, with revenue increasing to $9.2 billion, up 14.7% from the same quarter the previous year. The division’s film and TV entertainment businesses saw a 51.9% increase in revenue, driven by the success of movies like F9 and the continued growth of Peacock, the company’s streaming service.
Comcast’s Growth Prospects:
Comcast has several growth opportunities on the horizon that could help it maintain its momentum and outperform its competitors. One of the key growth areas for the company is its broadband division, which has been growing steadily over the past few years.
Comcast’s recent acquisition of Sky, a leading European media and entertainment company, has also opened up new growth opportunities for the company. Sky’s streaming service, Now TV, has been gaining traction in Europe, and Comcast plans to launch a similar service in the US later this year.
Additionally, Comcast’s Peacock streaming service has been steadily growing its subscriber base, with the service now boasting over 54 million sign-ups. The company plans to invest heavily in original content for the platform, which could help it compete with other streaming services like Netflix and Disney+.
What Lies Ahead for Comcast?
Looking ahead, Comcast faces both opportunities and challenges. One of the biggest challenges for the company is the increasing competition in the streaming market. While Comcast has made significant investments in Peacock and has seen some success, it still lags behind other major players in the space.
Additionally, Comcast’s cable communications division may face challenges in the future as more consumers opt to cut the cord and switch to streaming services. However, the company’s investments in high-speed internet and other innovative products could help mitigate some of these challenges.
Overall, Comcast’s Q1 earnings results are a testament to the company’s strong performance and its commitment to innovation and growth. With several growth opportunities on the horizon, the company is well-positioned to continue outperforming its competitors and delivering value to its shareholders.


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Here is an interesting read with Moscow based retailer Belief catching up with Brooklyn based artist Kostas Seremetis. Having worked closely with Seremetis on volume 03 of THE NEW ORDER, I got a greater insight... Read
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Anti-sugar-free milk tea is becoming popular
The pursuit of health, nature, and non-addition is the trend of food and beverage in Taiwan's livelihood consumption market in recent years. However, there is an anti-sugar-free trend rising from the milk tea market, "Kantar Worldpanel", the global consumption behavior leader, points out that Taiwan packaged tea drinking market has always been dominated by the taste of green tea and black tea, accounting for half of the market sales, while the rising packaged milk tea in recent years has now accounted for 20% of the importance of packaged tea drinks with double-digit growth in two consecutive years.
By observing the actual purchase behavior of consumers through Kantar, we found that at present, six out of every ten packaged tea consumers are packaged milk tea consumers, and the consumer group continues to expand. Even though the overall market is health-oriented, if sugar-rich milk tea can counter the trend to launch attractive new products, there is also a chance to break through growth.
New products of milk tea are popular, consumers’ psychology of early adopters drives consumption
Kantar opened the consumer shopping basket and found that in 2018, the common factors that attracted consumers to buy milk tea were mainly new products: " Kuang Chuan thick milk tea" typesetting marketing (Each product has some words on the packaging, when those products are arranged in certain order, the words on the packaging constitute an interesting sentence), "I-Mei thick milk tea" Costco buying spree, " I-Mei milk tea" into Family Supermarket. "Wandan fresh milk tea" emphasizing milk source from dairy farmers, of which all have good achievement. Some popular milk tea due to its unique tastes has attracted a group of enthusiasts to buy, such as the fresh-stirred strawberries milk tea, or the sunrise signboard roasted milk launched by Taisun tea stand series, nearly 600,000 consumers taste fresh and have succeeded in sparking the new sparks of "cross-border".
Sales channels assist, having sales channels for new products is critical to performance
On the occasion of the introduction of packaged tea drinks by I-Mei before, I-Mei cooperated with Family Supermarket for the initial launch and have made a sensation in the market. When the market stabilized, Family Supermarket then launched its own brand and actively captured the market. While "Costco" has always been a productive sales channel for dairy and juice, fueled by I-Mei thick milk tea, consumers queue up to buy, which also proves that supermarket isn’t the only place where drinks stand a chance. The newly listed "Craftea" has the slogan of "must drink in Japan", whether waves of network media propaganda and channel laying can result in good performance, it needs to observe consumers' actual purchase reaction and repeated purchase power.


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The era of generating unique passwords, instead of relying on “password123”, could be drawing to a close, at least concerning Google accounts.
Starting today, Google is launching passkey support as a substitute sign-in method for apps and websites. The tech giant claims that the passkey system is an easier and more secure alternative to traditional password authentication.
Read the Official Document Here – Passkeys: What they are and how to use them (blog.google)
Google has made it possible for users to access their multiple accounts using passkeys. This feature allows individuals to utilize their fingerprint, face scan, or screen lock PIN to unlock their accounts, similar to how they would unlock their phones.
Several leading technology companies, including Microsoft, Apple, and Google, have been collaborating to bring passkeys to fruition. The FIDO Alliance, an esteemed security consortium with a membership base that includes numerous tech firms, had earlier set standards for passkeys.
The introduction of iOS 16 saw Apple introduce its passkey option, which enables users to utilize it across various applications, including Apple Wallet. The feature was later added to Chrome and Android devices in October 2022, and now users can enjoy the convenience of passkey across their Google accounts, ranging from Gmail to Drive.
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Selecting secure passwords has never been a forte of the general public. However, even the use of alphanumeric combinations and special characters can only do so much to safeguard against malicious cyber activity. In contrast, passkeys are widely acknowledged as more secure than other password alternatives. According to Google, they are “highly resistant to online attacks such as phishing.”
As Google moves forward, it will maintain its backing of passwords and two-factor authentication, alongside other alternatives for accessing user accounts.
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Plans for Rushden Lakes shopping park submitted to council
Plans for a new £50m shopping park on the outskirts of Rushden could be given the go-ahead this summer.
Developer LXB Retail Properties has submitted an application to build Rushden Lakes, a retail park for more than 20 big name shops, opposite Waitrose on the A45.
Planning officials at East Northamptonshire council are expected to consider the application in June.
If approved, the scheme is expected to create 1,500 jobs.
The application includes plans for a home and garden centre, retail units, a drive through restaurant, a visitor centre, a hotel, creche, leisure cub and marina.
Gavin Stollar, on behalf of the developers, welcomed the development.
"We are delighted to have finally submitted our proposals for the Rushden Lakes scheme to East Northamptonshire Council," he said.
"As we have said all along, Rushden Lakes has the potential to create new local jobs, provide a new high quality leisure and tourism destination whilst also complimenting Rushden's existing local retail offer."
Steven North, leader of East Northamptonshire Council, also welcomed the project.
"We need more developments in this area, we need people coming to the place, and we need the jobs," he said.


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Body of St. Joseph Woman Found in Box
ST. JOSEPH (AP) - Platte County authorities say the body of a St. Joseph woman was put inside a homemade box surrounded by clothing before it was dumped in a dry creek bed.
The body of 35-year-old Tangela Fisher was found last Friday north of Weston. The sheriff's office released details of the box and clothes on Tuesday in an effort to bring in tips in the case.
Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Jerin Almond said box was made of materials such as house siding, plywood and part of a Foosball table.
The St. Joseph News-Press reports the men's and women's clothing included a black shirt with the writing AEGIS BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE and a Trojan riding a horse. It also included jeans and a hounds-tooth ball cap. All the clothing was of different sizes.


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PRAIRIE GROVE (KFSM) -- The Fayetteville Police Department played a big role in reuniting a Vietnam veteran with his beloved walking cane.
Harold Bottoms, who served in Vietnam, said he was shopping at the Walmart on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on Dec. 1 when he accidentally left his cane in the cart.
"It's a cane that's hand carved that I picked up when I was serving in Vietnam," Bottoms said.
He returned to the store the next day after he realized his cane was missing, but he wasn't able to find it.
"I went to Walmart and checked and they said they'd look it up on their cameras," Bottoms said. "They found [on the recording] where the person had taken it, and recommended that I go to the Fayetteville Police."
The Fayetteville Police Department turned to its Facebook page, asking for more information on two people who were last seen pushing the car with the cane.
In a matter of hours, Bottoms was reunited with his prized possession.
"Oh I'm very happy. Very, very happy," Bottoms said. "it just made Christmas that much more enjoyable this year."
The woman in the picture wrote on the department's Facebook page that she had tried returning the cane to a store associate, but was unsuccessful. She added that she had always planned to return it to the store but hadn't yet found the time.
Bottoms said he's grateful to her and everyone who helped.
"I'm thankful to her and everybody else that got it back," said Bottoms.


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Multiple stores are coming and going in the Crenshaw District.
Community supermarkets are currently in a state of flux, change—and some may not even get started.
The markets in the neighborhood are in a state of flux as some have closed while others are changing. Many of the local supermarkets are becoming far and few in between on Crenshaw.
Not too long ago, it was announced that Albertsons on La Brea and Rodeo would be closing down as of Dec. 1. Ralphs, on Crenshaw and Rodeo, was rumored to be torn down earlier in the year. Ralphs employees at the Crenshaw and Rodeo location couldn’t comment on the store closing but there are rumors speculating it may close early next year. As a result, the Ralphs on La Brea and Rodeo will be expanded and remodeled with more grocery options according to Herb Wesson’s office.
The closing of major grocery stores in the neighborhood doesn’t bode well for the community. Many people rely on these stores and for some, it’s the only access to food within a reasonable distance. There have been some announcements within the later part of the year to counter-balance the loss of two major grocery stores.
Trader Joe’s expressed interest in moving a store into the Crenshaw area. A local official in Council District 10 confirmed that the specialty store is eyeing the Crenshaw District. There has been chatter among locals to welcome the store into the area. It would be the first Trader Joe’s in the Crenshaw District if they decide to put a store in the community.
Fresh & Easy is another store that is setting up shop on Crenshaw and Jefferson. According to recent news, the popular chain may have landed in the Crenshaw District too late. Tesco, the British supermarket giant, is thinking of selling the chain. What this means for Fresh & Easy has yet to be seen and hopefully a much needed grocery store won’t have been built in vain.
Superior Market has replaced Albertsons on La Brea and Rodeo and it’s rumored that Target will be replacing Ralphs on Rodeo Crenshaw. The grocery stores mambo is bringing in new and taking out the old. The question is, when this game of musical chairs is over, who will be left standing?


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Pet360 Media Welcomes Andrew Zucker as Chief Revenue Officer
Plymouth Meeting, PA – November 8, 2012 – Pet360 Media announced today the appointment of Andrew Zucker as Chief Revenue Officer. Zucker will lead the network’s strategy for creating online advertising programs and partnerships directly targeted to the 72.9 million pet parent households in the United States.
“We’re building the largest and most influential digital media network focused on reaching pet parents,” states Brock Weatherup, Pet360 CEO. “Andrew’s 20+ years experience creating high value media services for advertisers will help ensure our continued growth and success.”
Zucker joins the Pet360 Media team from Publishers Clearing House Online where he served as Chief Revenue Officer for three and a half years, packaging and selling more than 350 million ad impressions per month. He previously served as Managing Partner at Admit One and Chief Sales Officer at Kanoodle/Pulse 360, where he created media solutions across top tier web properties such as MSN.com, Weather.com, MSNBC.com and USAToday.com.
Zucker began his career in advertising at The New York Observer but left after six years to lead the sales team at internet startup CitySearch.com. After the merger with Ticketmaster, Andrew assumed the role of VP of Sales for all IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDQ: IAC) media and e-commerce companies, including leading online brands such as Match.com, Evite, HSN and Expedia.
“Pet parents are influential decision makers, and I look forward to building programs that connect businesses with this large and passionate demo,” states Zucker. “The opportunities for advertisers to execute broad scale media campaigns across our network are endless.”
“Having Andrew on board to provide strategic direction will help us generate more opportunities and solutions for our expanding list of advertisers, publishers and bloggers,” states Nicolas Chereque, GM of Pet360 Media & Founder of petMD.
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Media Contact: Kelly Lange, 610-234-4114, firstname.lastname@example.org
About Pet360 Media
Pet360 Media is the leading digital media network for advertisers, publishers and bloggers looking to target pet parent households, expand their reach and maximize their revenue. The network is comprised of the leading online resources for pet parents and delivers high value media solutions across both third party and O&O sites, including www.Pet360.com, www.petMD.com and www.PetFoodDirect.com. Visitors to these sites, mobile apps, and blogs are passionate, engaged pet parents who want the best for their pets and trust Pet360 to provide the content and products they need. For more information, visit www.Pet360Media.com or send an email to email@example.com.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Small businesses’ confidence in the economy’s future declined in June by the most in two years, increasing the threat that an economic slowdown could stretch into the second half of the year.
The National Federation of Independent Business said on Tuesday its Small Business Optimism Index dropped 3 points last month to 91.4.
Eight of the index’s 10 components fell, with businesses downbeat on sales, profits and hiring.
American companies slammed the brakes on hiring in the second quarter, a warning sign the recovery from the 2007-2009 recession is faltering.
Many economists think companies are holding back due to fears of Europe’s debt crisis as well as U.S. government plans for severe belt tightening in 2013. The NFIB data signals confidence in the recovery continues to erode.
“It appears that the labor market softness is expected to persist for some time still,” said Michael Dolega, an economist at TD Economics in Toronto.
A separate report from the Labor Department offered more hopeful signs for the economy.
Job openings in May increased 195,000, the most in five months, suggesting business is brisk enough to demand more labor, even if companies are hesitant to pull the trigger and fill openings.
A spate of weak data for everything from hiring and manufacturing to retail sales has pointed to sluggish second-quarter economic growth.
Most economists still expect growth will pick up again in the second half of the year, despite the possibilities that Europe’s debt crisis could worsen or that the U.S. government might go forward with a massive belt-tightening plan.
The NFIB survey for June suggests small businesses smell trouble ahead. The drop in the index was the largest one-month fall since June 2010.
“If not a recession reading, it is surely an indication of slow growth,” NFIB economist William Dunkelberg said.
Editing by Neil Stempleman


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The launch of the new iPhone 5 – no big
|– As usual operators will use their shareholders’ money to subsidize the iPhone 5 and make Apple shareholders happy.
It is impressive to see the attention Apple gets for the launch of a new phone that looks so similar to the one released in January 2007. There is no shortage of frivolous stories in the media; a small Danish IT website claimed that the new iPhone would have such a positive impact on the in the U.S. economy that Obama would be assured re-election.
Strand Consult has no doubt that the new iPhone 5 will be the iPhone that will create the greatest negative impact yet on a number of mobile operators’ revenue over the coming months. We would like to ask the mobile operators around the world reading this newsletter just how many millions of dollars of their shareholders money are to be squandered to subsidize the iPhone 5 to the delight of Apple and its shareholders.
There is no need to speculate about which operators will profit from the new iPhone 5, whether they are network operators that have a close relationship to Apple, MVNOs, or operators such as T-Mobile USA that aim to sell SIM-only products to “old iPhones”. At least there is one winner amongst operators with the new iPhone5: operators like T-Mobile in US that focus on SIM-only products for old iPhones.
The critical view of Apple that Strand Consult takes is not emotionally or personally motivated against the handset manufacturer. Rather it is informed by the evidence: Strand Consult has documented repeatedly that the iPhone enriches Apple shareholders, not the shareholders of mobile operators. www.strandreports.com/sw3501.asp
It is no surprise that there is a new iPhone 5. Apple has grown its sales over the years by two things, (1) broader distribution through multiple operators in many countries and (2) upgrading new models to old iPhone customers.
But there may be challenges on the horizon for Apple. Consider that in the last three quarters, the sales of iPhones have dropped in the number of units sold. Not only has Samsung had great success with their Galaxy II and III models (exceeding iPhone sales in fact), but other manufacturers have launched serious alternatives to the iPhone. This puts Apple in the situation in which it will need to come up with something new, lest it fall to the fate of Motorola and the dreaded “Razr fatigue”.
Motorola unwittingly launched the new technology in an old phone for two years beginning in Q3 2004. Consumers, not seeing anything new in the phone’s design and not appreciating the technology inside, grew tired of the Razr. It was the end of Motorola. Apple will need to “double-down” on design and innovation (to use Tim Cook’s expression) to avoid “iPhone fatigue”.
To assess the new iPhone, examine its sales on five parameters:
1. How does the new iPhone 5 differ compared to previous iPhone models? For example, is it cheaper than previous models, thereby enabling a larger segment to be able to afford it? The answer to that question is NO. It costs the same as the previous models. It is not cheaper and it does not expand the market of “people who can now afford an iPhone”.
2. Does the new iPhone have a new form factor that makes it attractive to new customer segments that did not purchase it before? The answer to that question is also NO. The new model is basically a minor facelift of old models, which can be compared to the launch of the new VW Golf, a car that barely changes year after year. People who didn’t like the old iPhone will probably not change their minds having seen the new iPhone.
3. Which customers will purchase the new iPhone 5? Are they new customers or existing iPhone customers who want to upgrade? The answer to that question is that probably everyone who purchases a new iPhone will be existing iPhone customer.
4. As for mobile operators, how will a massive upgrade of the iPhone customer base influence the economy of operators that have many customers who want a new iPhone 5 at a subsidised price? The answer is that the new iPhone will negatively stimulate the operators’ churn and result in operators’ costs for subsidies and dealer commissions to skyrocket. This happens because customers cancel contracts when a new phone comes along. To get new iPhone 5 customers, operators have to pay Apple and its distributor dearly for the privilege to carry the iPhone, a cost that is difficult to recover from new subscriber revenue.
5. What will happen to all the old iPhones when people purchase a new iPhone 5? Will they destroy them? Sell them? Or give them to friends and family? They will of course try to sell them or give them to their family members. So, where will all the new users of old iPhone models purchase their SIM cards and thereby their traffic? The answer is they will purchase their voice and data where it is cheapest, and in many countries that will be from a no-frill MVNO or from operators such as T-Mobile USA that sell SIM-only products to iPhone users.At the end of the day there is no doubt that the launch of the iPhone 5 has been very successful for Apple and its shareholders. But shareholders of mobile operators will not be so pleased. The new iPhone 5 will not expand the market for new users and will likely end up being an expensive proposition for many operators.
As we follow the launch of the iPhone from an operator’s viewpoint, we are very much reminded about the research notes we originally wrote about the iPhone viewed through the eyes of an operator: http://www.strandreports.com/sw3501.asp and another research note we published about how MVNOs were doing good business selling SIM cards to iPhones that mobile operators had heavily subsidised: http://www.strandreports.com/sw3964.asp.
We believe that the larger and older a mobile operator’s iPhone customer base is, the more costs they will have from the new iPhone. We are certain that many of Apple’s original and largest partners will experience an explosion in churn and that the money they will need to spend on subsidies and dealer commissions will have a negative influence on their revenue during the coming months.
In many areas it looks like the scenario we described in our report ”The moment of truth, a portrait of the iPhone” in the summer of 2009 is repeating itself and that we will once again perhaps experience mobile operators issuing profit warnings due to large subsidies for the new iPhone.
Strand Consult has created a workshop concept based on our extensive research and experience in this area. The workshop helps mobile operators structure their smartphone strategy to better prepare for some of the smartphone challenges that mobile operators around the world will be facing in the near future.
If you would like to learn more about our workshop concept How to get success on the smartphone market please do not hesitate to Contact Us . We will then send you an outline that further describes how we view these upcoming challenges together with our iPhone market report from 2009 – our iPhone market report is still very relevant reading.
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Google’s new tablet a worthy competitor
NEW YORK — In the 1982 sci-fi movie “Blade Runner,” there are hints that the hero, played by Harrison Ford, is an artificial human — an “android” or “replicant.” His job is to go out and kill other, rogue androids.
If he’s an android, he’s of the latest model, Nexus 7. That’s also the name Google Inc. has picked for the first tablet to bear the Google brand. Clearly, its mission is to go out and kill rogue tablets running Google’s Android software.
Specifically, the Nexus 7 seems to have been designed to give anyone who bought a Kindle Fire from Amazon.com Inc. or a Nook Tablet from Barnes & Noble Inc. a lethal case of buyer’s remorse.
The Nexus 7 costs $199, the same that Amazon and Barnes & Noble charge for their tablets. But it’s better than theirs in significant ways, as it became clear to me after a couple of days of use. Google announced the tablet last week and is taking pre-orders for delivery in mid-July.
Why is Google targeting the Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet? Because they’ve been relatively successful competitors to Apple Inc.’s iPad tablet, yet Google is getting no benefit from their success.
Google makes its Android operating software available for any device manufacturer to use. Amazon and Barnes & Noble took Android and modified it heavily. Namely, they took out the applications that point to Google’s services and the advertising it sells. Instead, the apps point to the companies’ own stores.
In other words, these tablets are rogue Androids.
Other tablets, such as Samsung’s Galaxy, use the “proper,” Googlish version of Android, but they’ve been more expensive than the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet. Apparently, Google thought it was time to make a really good, proper Android tablet for $199.
It’s succeeded. As far as I can tell from my few days of use so far, the Nexus 7 is a really good value. It’s made by AsusTek Computer, a Taiwanese company that was originally planning to sell a similar tablet for $249.
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LONDON, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Through an online exhibition held in London, China has been showing to the world how its intangible culture heritage played a crucial role in helping a lot of local people out of poverty by developing tourism.
Kuala Lumpur: Hotel chain InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has signed a management agreement with LQ Retail Sdn Bhd to open a 471-room Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants in 2023 at The Exchange TRX. It will be Malaysia’s first Kimpton hotel.
HOSPITALITY industry players who understand the needs and preferences of modern travellers, while providing unique experiences, play a crucial role in making Penang one of the best destinations to visit in Asia.
Authentic travel experiences are perhaps best sought from local artisans or long-time residents of a particular destination. In fact, many practitioners and local experts have been listing their workshops and services on online platforms.
For Malaysians, the journey of self-discovery begins at home in Malaysia. This year, go on an experiential adventure to learn more about your roots and culture.
PETALING JAYA: It’s Visit Malaysia 2020 (VM2020), so here’s a dummy guide to exploring the country.
In the hours before climbers were permanently barred from Uluru, the world-famous red sandstone monolith that rises from the heart of Australia, the line to ascend it snaked for hundreds of feet – past a sign posted by its aboriginal owners noting that the site is sacred, and requesting that visitors refrain from climbing it.
GEORGE TOWN: Penang has been dubbed many wondrous things and bestowed various titles from coveted channels and outlets, with the latest accolade being the seventh Most Instagrammed City for Street Art in the world.
Wellness tourism is on an upward trend globally, and Malaysia, with its vast natural resources, has the potential to become a premium wellness travel destination.


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DENVER (CBS4) – Red Rocks Amphitheater is a one-of-a-kind venue and now has a ticket-reading system that is the first of its kind. Instead of paper or electronic tickets, palms are now proof enough at AXS events there, to the concertgoers who choose to use the new platform.
“They present the palm over the Amazon One device and the AXS mobile ID and the palm are then synched together,” Blaine Legere said.
Legere is the Senior Vice President of strategy for the ticketing company. He says they’ve been working with Amazon for months to get the product ready for its Denver debut.
Fans waiting to enter the Alison Wonderland concert on Wednesday lined up to be among the first to test it out.
“It sounds efficient,” one man said.
“I’m excited to be able to walk in, use your hand print and walk in to the concert,” Steven Harris, another concert goer told CBS4.
Quick entry into events is one of the selling points, no contact was another, but ticketholders zeroed in on its convenience as the biggest incentive.
“If you don’t have service (on your cellphone) and stuff that can get in the way, so this makes everything easier for everyone,” another concertgoer said.
Even those who were quick to take advantage of the new service had questions.
“There are security issues and that’s in the back of my mind. You never know,” Harris said.
Legere says it’s one of the reasons they partnered with Amazon over anyone else and that the service is designed to be highly secure using custom built algorithms and hardware to create a person’s unique palm signature.
“Compared to other biometric processes, whether they are facial recognition — you’re not sure where the cameras are or if they’re following you — fingerprinting, we liked that Amazon gave a lot of thought to that,” he said.
Security concerns aside, fans recognize it may likely be our future.
“I just did the face ID on my phone — took my whole face, it’s going to happen,” Harris said.
Currently Red Rocks is the only venue with the technology, but AXS says they plan to rollout the same kiosks at other venues in Denver and across the country soon.


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July 6, 2023
Headline inflation in Ontario fell from 4.2%-3.1%, while inflation excluding food and energy decreased from 4.3%-3.9%. With regards to the industrial product and raw materials price index, prices for Cement, glass, and non-metallic mineral products continue to rise. On the other hand, prices for Energy and petroleum products and Lumber and other wood products continue to fall significantly when compared to year ago levels.
ONTARIO CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
In Ontario, year-over-year headline inflation fell from 4.2% in April to 3.1% in May. Core inflation decreased by a smaller amount, from 4.3% to 3.9%. Some of this decrease can be attributed to the near record high prices experienced in May 2022, where headline and core inflation were 7.8% and 5.2% respectively. This puts headline inflation at a 2-year low; the last time annual inflation was lower was in March 2021 when it was 2.2%. Energy prices fell 13.6% year-over-year, the largest decrease since May 2020 (when energy prices fell 20.6%). Goods price inflation fell from 3.7% in April to 1.6% in May. Services prices were stickier, as inflation only changed from 4.6% to 4.5%.
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT AND RAW MATERIAL PRICE INDEX
Turning to the industrial product and raw material price index, Energy and petroleum product prices declined -33.2% from a year ago. This is the third consecutive drop in this product category and the largest drop since May 2020. Prices for Lumber and other wood products decreased 35.7% annually, after already decreasing 37.4% in April; this is the 7th consecutive year-over-year drop in this category. Fabricated metal and construction materials prices also contracted slightly, by 1.8%, after contracting 2.2% year-over-year in April.
Packaging materials and containers prices increased by 3.7%, down from the 4.5% annual increase in April. Machinery and equipment prices increased by 7.1% year-over-year compared to the 8% annual increase in April. Plastic and rubber product prices increased by 6.5% annually, a slightly slower rate then the annual increase of 7% from April.
Cement, glass, and other non-metallic mineral product prices remain elevated compared to early 2021, with a 14.1% increase from year ago levels. This is little changed from April where inflation in this category was 14.2%.
Note: some of the numbers reported in the last price index bulletin have changed due to revisions by Statistics Canada.
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New York Comic Con has made a tradition of its annual exclusive beer and here’s this year’s 2015 Brooklyn Defender IPA, with a label of the beer’s eponymous superhero by Khary Randolph.
The brew—which will be unveiled at an event on September 9th—will be available throughout the tri-state area and then, for the first time, distributed nationally in more than 20 states. Another first: This year’s beer will be available both bottled and on tap. Here at Stately Beat Manor we’re fans of Brooklyn’s crisp beers all year and we’; surely sample a Defender or two during Super Week festivities.
“This year’s Brooklyn Defender is a bright, juicy IPA with a reddish twist from a dash of roasted malt and matched the flavor packed by Randolph’s exquisite design,” Garrett Oliver, Brewmaster of Brooklyn Brewery explains. “We have been working with New York Comic Con for four years now and are really excited for the rest of the country to finally be able to experience the new Brooklyn Defender and its unique taste and look!”
In celebration of the East Coast’s largest and most heroic pop culture festival, renowned comic book artist Khary Randolph (Spider-Man, X-Men, Hellboy, Boondocks) crafted the bold spirit of the 2015 Brooklyn Defender to embody the modern superhero and athlete. The Defender looks like the everyday man, but is much more as he defends civilians against tasteless beer.
“The new Brooklyn Defender is the modern Brooklyn hero, saving many from dangerously bland nights,” explains Randolph. “He embodies Brooklyn and the Ft. Greene/Clinton Hills neighborhoods – reflecting the sports and hip hop cultures that are prevalent there. The Brooklyn Defender uses his athleticism and artistic prowess to defend beer and all those who stand behind it!”
“With New York celebrating the 10th Edition of New York Comic Con, the Brooklyn Defender beer and superhero is the ideal way to kick off New York Super Week,” said Lance Fensterman, Global Senior Vice President of ReedPOP. “Brooklyn Brewery’s creation and Khary’s depiction of the modern day Brooklyn superhero brings beer and comics together perfectly and embodies what New York Super Week and New York Comic Con are meant to be.”
The Brooklyn Defender kicks off at the Brooklyn Brewery on Wednesday, September 9 from 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM. You can RSVP here.


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LG Electronics will make a foray into the Japanese premium smartphone market with its dual-screen smartphone G8X ThinQ (Korean model name: The V50S ThinQ).
LG Electronics announced on Dec. 8 that it recently launched the G8X ThinQ through Japan's mobile carrier Softbank. The company launches a premium smartphone in Japan in about two years since January of last year. The Japanese smartphone market is dominated by the Apple iPhone.
The G8X ThinQ will go on sale at more than 5,000 stores including Softbank stores and electronics retailers in major Japanese cities.
"The differentiated usability of the G8X ThinQ’s dual-screen phone will contribute to raising LG smartphone brand's position in the Japanese market," LG Electronics said.
In fact, Softbank's basketball live broadcasting app “Basket Live” provides video clips taken from various angles. G8X ThinQ users can watch basketball broadcasts and compare players' personal records at the same time. Using the dual-screen phone, it is possible to search for broadcast videos and player information at the same time or to display different videos at the same time.
LG Electronics plans to ramp up its presence in the Japanese premium smartphone market by additionally supplying 5G smartphones to Japan early next year based on the G8X ThinQ. Apple accounted for 50.8 percent of the Japanese smartphone market in the second quarter of this year, said Strategy Analytics, a market research firm.


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The car industry as we know it will gradually disappear, agreed participants of the panel termed Mobility and the Future of Automotive Industry at the Business Bled Strategic Forum on Tuesday. The industry will become increasingly adjusted to individuals and their lifestyle.
We are moving from the economy of ownership towards the economy of sharing. »This is logical because an average car today is less that 10% used,« said Mr Matej Čer, entrepreneur from Slovenia. With digitalisation comes a revolution that will change the way that transport is being used, ordered, paid for and shared.
Dr Annalisa Primi, Head of Structural Policies and Innovation Unit at the OECD, warned though that even in the economy of sharing someone was still the owner and this role would be important. Company Uber for example is already planning autonomous car that will be owned by the company.
The alternative will be a platform through which individuals, who are still the car’s owners, decide on its sharing.
The car industry will need to change its mindset. Rather than cars, it will be offering mobility. Cars are increasingly disappearing from cities. The price of cars is increasing and the price of sharing is decreasing, said Mr Matej Zakonjšek, Head of Cabinet of European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc.
Participants agreed that there can be no uniform mobility solutions, as the needs of those living in the countryside, which is still most of the population, are different from those in big cities.
Dr Uroš Rosa, CEO of Akrapovič d.d., Slovenia, therefore expects more diversification in the future, based on the actual needs and lifestyle of individuals.
While agreeing that car sharing services will be popular among the young in 2050, he doubts that car ownership will disappear completely. »Many people will still want to have a car as a way of life.«
Mr Zakonjšek said that in the future, an average car will have less emissions, and will be interconnected, largely automatised and shared.
Dr Primi begged to differ, saying there would be no average cars but many different vehicles of different design and fuel.
Mr Felix Ang, President of the Auto Nation Group, Inc., Philippines, believes that in the future, roads usage will be a payable service. Mr Čer, meanwhile, believes the car industry as we know today will not exist in 20 years.


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when you select up a bottle of greater virgin olive oil from the grocery store shelf, how confident are you that it is all that it seems?
The olives have had a long journey: from the tree to the mill, where the oil is extracted, which then is going on to the bottling plant earlier than distribution over land and sea to attain the shop.
regrettably, at any of these tiers, it is possible for fakery to creep in.
“Fraud in the olive oil market has been occurring a totally long time,” says Susan Testa, director of culinary innovation at Italian olive oil manufacturer Bellucci.
“Seed oil is brought maybe; or it is able to include only a small percent of Italian oil and have oil from other international locations brought, while it just says Italian oil at the label.”
In February the Canadian meals Inspection company (CFIA) warned that negative olive harvests are possibly to lead to a large boom in such adulterated oil this year.
And it’s miles from the only product affected, with the european Union’s expertise Centre for meals Fraud and pleasant recently highlighting wine, honey, fish, dairy products, meat and fowl as being often faked.
food providers, like Bellucci are making efforts to assure the provenance of their food themselves, the usage of new gear which includes blockchain era.
exceptional-regarded for its role in crypto-currencies like Bitcoin, blockchain is a manner of maintaining facts in which each block of statistics is time-stamped and linked irreversibly to the remaining, in a way that can not be ultimately altered.
That makes it feasible to hold a at ease report of the product’s journey to the supermarket shelf.
since the company become based in 2013, Bellucci has aimed to build a recognition across the traceability of its oil. customers can input the lot number of a specific bottle into an app to look its particular provenance, right returned to the groves where the olives had been harvested.


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Princess Cruises Bares The Inaugural Cruise Of Their New Ship The Regal Princess
An insider from CruiseO said now is the right time for travelers to book for a 2014 cruise holiday as prices are still cheap at this time of the year.
The official proclaimed that the Regal Princess will set sail on its inaugural cruise on June 2, 2014 from Venice to Barcelona and would be calling on the ports of Kotor in Montenegro, Rome, Florence, and Toulon. After the inaugural cruise, the Regal Princess will take the company's famous Scandinavian and Russian cruises along with the Royal Princess that sailed on her maiden voyage early this year.
In view of this development, CruiseO, the leading cruise expert in the UK, was named as the official booking agency to handle all ticket sales for the inaugural cruise of the Regal Princess. A CruiseO official explained this is the first time that a cruise shipping company entrusted the booking of one of their cruises, much more an inaugural cruise, to a single booking agency like CruiseO.
An insider from CruiseO said now is the right time for travelers to book for a 2014 cruise holiday as prices are still cheap at this time of the year. For those planning to book their cruise vacations via cruiseo.co.uk, CruiseO advised that the best time to go on a cruise is between the months of April to December.
"A series of promotional events to promote the ticket sales of the Regal Princess' maiden voyage is now in the works. In fact, some of them have already been approved by officials of Princess Cruises," a CruiseO representative said. The representative revealed that one of these events will allow potential travelers to get up to 50% discount on their bookings. However the official did not elaborate on how travelers can take advantage of the discount just yet.
Those who want to take part of this historical event next year may now contact CruiseO through their website www.cruiseo.co.uk. Interested travelers can get more info here about the inaugural cruise and for other booking inquiries about the cruise. Aside from the maiden voyage of the Regal Princess, CruiseO will continue to handle bookings for the other cruises of the Princess Cruises for 2014.
For more information visit: http://www.cruiseo.co.uk
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When Woolworth Corp. announced plans to shutter its namesake five-and-dime shops in an effort to stanch the flow of red ink, real estate brokers and retailers were salivating at the opportunity.
Throughout the five boroughs, Woolworth has 61 F.W. Woolworth stores, half of which it said it would put up for grabs. (See Crain's, July 21.)
But the free-for-all that was expected over the summer is turning out to be far less frantic. That's because Woolworth has decided to keep the best locations for itself, real estate brokers say. These include its large stores on 42nd Street and 34th Street in midtown and those on Sixth Avenue and Broadway in the Village.
"At this time, it looks like they're going to keep all the good ones," says Faith Hope Consolo, a top retail broker at Garrick-Aug Associates Store Leasing Inc. "It makes sense for them to try to make them work with another retail operation before they jump ship, especially coming into the high-shopping fall and holiday season."
A Woolworth spokeswoman says no decisions have been made.
But keeping the best sites makes sense for Woolworth, which is basing its future corporate performance on its specialty stores. Those include Foot Locker and its offshoot formats, and Champs Sports, a sporting goods and apparel chain that has yet to roll out in the city.
In Manhattan especially, Woolworth has some unbelievably good real estate at ridiculously low rents. Because of this, the closure of the F.W. Woolworth chain gives it the opportunity to test new formats here at minimal cost.
"If they're going to forgo one of their new operations in exchange for easier money on a sublease, that's going to be a bit risky for them," says Victor Menkin, an independent retail broker at Menkin Realty Services Inc.
While all of the locations have value, the best are on prime Manhattan retail strips and offer up to 25,000 square feet of selling space. The stores that will probably be up for sale include those on 23rd Street and 14th Street in Manhattan, as well as shops in the Bronx and Brooklyn.
Olmstead Properties Inc. is joining with one of the owners of 525 Seventh Ave. to buy out two others in the existing partnership. The Olmstead-led group has agreed to pay more than $43 million for the 23-story tower, which is located in the heart of the garment center at 38th Street and considered one of the city's best showroom buildings.
The building came onto the market because two out of three partners wanted to sell, and hired Julien J. Studley Inc. to help them do so. Studley's Mark Teitelbaum says 12 different groups bid on the property, including a number of the real estate investment trusts now reshaping the property markets.
But the third owner, Norman Levy, whose family owns other garment-center properties, held the right of first refusal and had no interest in selling. To get around the REITs, Olmstead's Sam Rosenblatt struck a deal with Mr. Levy to exercise the right of first refusal. The buying group's other members include Bob Savitt of the Kaufman Adler group and Mike Steinberg of Enterprise Asset Management.
While other garment center buildings are converting to office use-with, most prominently, the Bates advertising group's move to 498 Seventh Ave. from the Chrysler Building-the new owners of 525 Seventh intend to keep their building as a place for apparel showrooms. "The improvement of 34th Street and Times Square is going to pressure secondary buildings to go office, and create tremendous demand for showroom space in the fashion industry," says Mr. Rosenblatt.
In another coup for the Port Authority of New York &*New Jersey, Oppenheimer Funds Inc. is staying at 2 World Trade Center-and doubling its space to 180,000 square feet.
Unlike other big tenants in the market, Oppenheimer Funds neither looked outside the city nor asked for city incentives to stay at the Trade Center, says Mark Jaccom of Julien J. Studley, which represented the company. Rents at the Trade Center run in the low $20s per square foot.
Theatre Works USA is moving its production and rehearsal space to 151 W. 26th St. The touring theater, which targets the youth market, rented 22,500 square feet at a price in the mid-teens per square foot. The theater group will move west from 890 Broadway, between 21st and 22nd streets. Williams Real Estate Co. represented both sides.
Fortuna Valentino, an Italian leather and accessories retailer, will open its first U.S. boutique in November. Represented by Garrick-Aug Worldwide, the Milan-based shop, which has already opened outposts in Japan, leased 2,500 square feet at 43 E. 60th St.


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JD Wetherspoon’s sales remain 8.9 per cent lower than pre-pandemic levels as the pub chain’s older patrons continue to steer clear.
Wetherspoons partially attributed the decline to ‘less frequent’ pub visits from older customers, which represent ‘a material proportion’ of its trade.
The firm revealed today that bar, food and slot machine sales were down 9. If you have any kind of concerns relating to where and how you can use slot gacor 2021, you could call us at our own webpage. 6 per cent, 8.1 per cent and 12.3 per cent on 2019, respectively, in the quarter to November.
Wetherspoons trade remains well below pre-pandemic levels as older patrons stay away
While the results mark an improvement on the 17.8 per cent dip in like-for-life sales in the previous quarter, this was not enough to stop Wetherspoon shares falling by around 4 per cent in early trading.
The range of drinks often consumed by younger customers, according to the pub group, saw strong growth during the period, sales of cocktails, vodka and rum up 45 per cent, 17 per cent and 26 per cent, respectively.
By contrast, sales of traditional ales were down 30 per cent during the quarter and stout sales were down by 20 per cent.
There was some positive news for Wetherspoons, however, with like-for-like hotel revenues up 11.5 per cent.Its Lloyds-brand pubs, which have music, were up 0.5 per cent ‘reflecting a higher percentage of younger customers’.
The pub chain also said it had been largely able to overcome well-publicised supply chain and recruitment issues.
In addition, trade has been positive in the centre of many larger cities and towns, with sales in Liverpool, Newcastle and Oxford leading performance with revenue growth of 9.1 per cent, 11.1 per cent and 11.3 per cent, respectively.
But trade in central London venues remains 17.4 per cent lower than 2019, while trade is also ‘negative in the suburbs’
Meanwhile, airport and train station trade remains 38.8 per cent and 22.4 per cent lower, respectively.
Chairman Tim Martin (right): Some customers ‘have been understandably cautious’ about returning to the pub
Chairman Tim Martin said some customers ‘have been understandably cautious’ with regard to returning to the pub, and the outlook for Wetherspoons therefore depends ‘to some extent, on the outlook for the Covid-19 virus’
He added: ‘Whereas we have an increased element of caution about near-term sales, ‘booster’ vaccinations and better weather in the spring are likely to have a positive impact in the coming months
‘The last 18 months have presented a considerable challenge to the hospitality industry, with many unexpected twists and turns.
‘As in previous downturns, the company will continue to concentrate on providing high standards of service, reasonable prices and regular, small upgrades to the business.’
Wetherspoons shares were trading 4.4 per cent lower midmorning to 983.5p, bringing year-to-date losses to 5.3 per cent.
Equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown Laura Hoy said: ‘Sales of drinks popular among younger customers have risen while the draughts favoured by more seasoned pub-goers are on the decline.
Wetherspoons tends to cater to the latter group, so a permanent shift in that direction could be bad news.
‘More likely is an abundance of caution among vulnerable populations as Covid continues to spread despite vaccine efforts.This attitude should wane as the pandemic comes under control, but there’s no telling how long that will take.’


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SEJONG, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust watchdog said Thursday that it has started a probe to determine if local multiplex theaters engage in unfair trade practices that hurt consumers.
The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said it is trying to determine if CJ CGV, Lotte Cinema and Megabox forced customers to view extended advertisements and made excessive profits through the sales of snacks. All three companies have been ordered to submit business-related records.
The top three multiplex chains controlled 90.1 percent of the local theater market as of 2013.
“The probe aims to see if the companies abused their market dominant positions to hurt consumers and break the country’s fair trade law,” the state regulator said.
In particular, the FTC said it will examine allegations of price gouging for snacks and beverages sold at theaters.
“There have been consistent complaints that snacks sold inside theaters cost more than those sold outside,” it said.
The FTC also said that multiplexes have been cited for charging upwards to 5,000 won (US$4.49) extra for 3D movies by including the cost of special glasses in the ticket price. The theaters retrieve the 3D viewing glasses after the movie so the customer is actually giving back the item that he or she purchased.
In addition, theaters have been criticized for forcing people to watch ads for as long as 20 minutes, which inconveniences consumers.
“The probe will be carried out in a speedy manner,” an FTC official said.


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This flying saucer showed up in front of Antwerp's Central Station one morning in mid October 2007. An Internet search revealed that several people had seen and filmed a strange blue light over the city earlier that same month. However, closer inspection revealed a rather clumsily build craft resting on wooden beams, while the photographic evidence was obviously computer generated. A Saturn-shaped logo on the hull of the "craft" confirmed that this was neither a true UFO, nor a work of modern art: the saucer turned out to be part of a publicity stunt for a German electronics chain store which was to open its doors on October 25th in a renovated prestigious building on Antwerp's busiest shopping street. See also next picture for a view from a different angle.
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Near to 200 South Korean managers in Samsung have voluntarily returned a quarter of their first-half bonuses. This is to mitigate the loss the company has made in fall of profits and market shares. The thoughtful gesture comes near to the date when Samsung is to post its worst quarterly earnings report in the past two years.
Such an act is not uncommon in Korean culture as the managers are showing that they are taking responsibility for not reaching their sales target. By doing so, there will be a slight boost to Samsung’s reported profit margin. No source has confirmed how much the returned bonuses total to but the estimated amount is reported to exceed 3 billion won ($2.92 million).
The decline in earnings by the company is due to the increased competition felt in the smartphone industry. With Apple becoming more innovative and sophisticated as well as remarkable tech companies such as XiaoMi emerging, the company is struggling to keep up.
Nevertheless, the company is expected to still make a substantial profit for the second quarter of 2014. Samsung reported a profit of 8.49 trillion won ($8.23 billion) in the first quarter. Though it’s an amazing amount, there was a decrease from the 8.78 trillion won that the company experienced last year in the same quarter. In 2013, Samsung had made an earning of 9.53 trillion won (around $8.5 billion) in quarter two but even that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations. For this year’s second quarter, Samsung predicts that it’ll see only 8.49 trillion won and that is still a dip from last year.
We will only know the exact figures for the months of April through to June on July 31st when the report is published.


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(Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN ) said it’s increasing the cost of its Prime subscription in the UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy as a result of inflation and associated operating costs.
The annual price of the free-shipping service will increase to £95 ($114.06) from £79 in the UK starting from Sept. 15, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Prices will jump by 31% on average across the affected European countries and follows similar hikes in the US announced in February.
“From what we have seen in the United States, there has been no opt-out phenomenon because more and more services are being provided via Prime and this service still allows consumers to make extremely significant savings,” an Amazon spokesperson said by phone.
In April, Amazon told investors a pandemic-fueled hiring and warehouse-building binge was catching up to it as e-commerce sales growth inevitably slowed from the torrid pace of the coronavirus outbreak. Fuel and labor costs were already biting, and soaring inflation has only continued since.
The company isn’t alone in raising its prices, however. Companies including Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX ) increased the cost of its packages this year, sandwich chain Pret A Manger hiked the cost of its subscription, and Britain’s phone companies are rolling out their biggest price increases in years.
Amazon’s annual Prime subscriptions will jump from 69 euros ($70.121) to 89.90 euros in Germany, from 49 euros to 69.90 euros in France, and from 36 euros to 49.90 euros in Spain and Italy, the company said.
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Microsoft's next-gen Xbox may launch during next year's Christmas season, according to third-party developers who have reportedly been fully briefed on the console.
The good news: it will run on dual AMD GPUs and between four and six processor cores, and will come with a built-in Kinect and a Blu-ray drive.
The bad news: it may require an always-on Internet connection as an anti-piracy measure.
If Microsoft is considering requiring gamers to connect to Xbox Live even for single-player games, they're not alone: Sony's next PlayStation is also rumored to require a constant Internet connection.
These new rumors contradict a previous report from MS Nerd, saying that the Xbox released next year will be a "stripped-down" version of the 360.
Microsoft won't bring the new console to E3, and isn't expected to officially announce anything about it until 2013.


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Millions of older model iPhone users could be recipients of a refund from Apple, years after an allegation of the smartphone manufacturer’s choice to slow down its customers’ devices, without their knowledge, came to light.
In January of 2017, Apple released an undocumented battery management system in the form of a software update, which caused the slowdown of older iPhone models, said to be an effort to stop the smart devices from shutting down without warning.
The secret launch of the “throttling” did not seem to sit well among users, however, which is also aggravated by the fact that such capability cannot be disabled by the user by default.
Consumer rights campaigner Justin Gutmann led a claim against Apple following decision at the Competition Appeals Tribunal. Should the claimant win against the giant tech company, it could mean Apple having to pay a lump sum of £750 million, to be split across 25 million individuals who were subjected to the scheme.
The claim extends also to the following iPhone models: iPhone 6, 6S, 6 Plus, 6S Plus, SE, 7, 7 Plus, 8, 8 Plus, and iPhone X variants.
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Get ready for your next shopping spree!
A new Sephora is coming to the Promenade at Chenal. It will be a bit of a wait – it’s scheduled to open in spring 2021 – but it will definitely be worth it.
“Sephora couldn’t be a better fit for our existing tenant roster,” Chris Moses, President & CEO, Newmark Moses Tucker, said in a statement. “As we continue to expand and diversify the center’s mix, Sephora will add a new and exciting element for existing shoppers and the community at large.”
So while you’re shopping at the Apple Store or chowing down at Big Orange, you’ll be able to head over to Sephora for all your beauty needs.
This is only the third Sephora store in Arkansas. Currently, there is one store in Rogers at Pinnacle Hills and another in Little Rock at the Park Plaza.


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Bloomberg intelligence claims Tesla will remain the leader for 18 more months
Volkswagen already sells more EVs in Europe than Tesla, but its US sales are lagging behind
The report places Chinese automaker BYD in third place and Ford in fourth
Bloomberg Intelligence just published a report on the subject of electric vehicles and its findings show that Tesla’s supremacy might be closer to its end than was expected.
Indeed, the report says that the Volkswagen Group (including Audi, Seat, Skoda, Bentley, Porsche, and Lamborghini) will be able to sell more EVs around the world than Tesla in just 18 months.
Tesla would still be in a comfortable second place, with close to one million more units sold than the third-place contestant, but this would be the first time the American company is not the number one manufacturer of EVs.
These predictions are based on the current sales figures from each company, as well as the current trends and the expected product launches, so any major change in the industry or the economy could lead to very different outcomes than those highlighted here.
Nevertheless, Volkswagen is already selling more electric vehicles in Europe than Tesla, with 310,000 units delivered in 2021 compared to 170,000 for Tesla. If the German company can increase it presence in North America over the next year and a half, this prediction will turn out to be true.
The third most popular EV maker in 2024 is expected to be BYD, the current most popular brand for electric vehicles in China. Ford will likely occupy fourth place due to the popularity of the F-150 Lightning, face to face with General Motors, which will have introduced a number of new EVs by then, many of which are supposed to be affordable.
This rivalry will be short-lived however since the report foresees Ford pulling away in 2025 with Chinese Changan bridging the gap between the two American companies.
Stellantis will occupy the seventh place mostly due to its European sales since it will only have one or two electric models to offer in North America by then, with a few more arriving after 2025.
Following very closely will be Geely, helped by its subsidiaries, Volvo and Polestar, and then Mercedes-Benz, which is about to launch a number of luxury vehicles powered by batteries.
Rounding out the top ten is supposed to be Toyota, quite a bit behind Mercedes. This is to be expected since the company has just released its first global electric vehicle and it has not confirmed the next one yet.
The report also expects the combined market share of EVs will reach 15% of all of the vehicles sold worldwide in 2025, compared to only 6% last year.


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Digital TV News: STMicroelectronics
Voxtok Music for TV shown on STMicroelectronics' STB platform at IBC
Sep 11, 2015 – In order to ease Voxtok Music service support and allow its partners to keep close to the latest HbbTV improvements, Voxtok provides a library for TVs and STBs. This library is available for STMicroelectronics' partners and customers.
News categories: Voxtok, STMicroelectronics, Thibaut Dabonneville, Ismail Allalcha, Digital TV, HbbTV, IBC2019, Semiconductor, Set Top Box
MaxLinear demonstrates satellite UHD reference design with ST and Quantenna at IBC
Sep 11, 2015 – MaxLinear (NYSE: MXL) has announced that it will demonstrate a scalable multi-channel satellite UHD set-top box and media server reference design with STMicroelectronics and Quantenna at the IBC 2015 exhibition in Amsterdam.
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STMicroelectronics bundles Wyplay Frog client software free with STB SoCs
Sep 10, 2015 – Wyplay and STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) have announced that the Frog Client turnkey solution for connected zappers or PVR will be offered free of charge to OEM members of the Frog Community designing their STB products with ST’s Liege3 SoC family.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Wyplay, Philippe Notton, Jacques Bourgninaud, Digital TV, Middleware, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide
STMicroelectronics reveals chipset family for HD HEVC entry-level STBs
Sep 9, 2015 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) has announced its HD HEVC Liege3 family of chipsets for entry Set-Top-Box markets, composed of satellite variants (STiH337/STiH332), cable-market products (STiH372), and IPTV set-top-box devices (STiH307/STiH302).
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Philippe Notton, Cable TV, Digital TV, IBC2019, ICs, IPTV, Satellite, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide
STMicroelectronics unveils first STB SoC with integrated Wi-Fi and HDR support
Sep 8, 2015 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced its Cannes Wi-Fi (STiH390) System-on-Chip, targeting HD HEVC Wi-Fi IP client and interactive set-top-box markets. ST has joined forces with Quantenna to create the Cannes Wi-Fi (STiH390) SoC.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Quantenna, Philippe Notton, Lionel Bonnot, Digital TV, IBC2019, ICs, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Worldwide
Spectral Edge makes TV content accessible for colour-blind viewers
Sep 8, 2015 – Spectral Edge has announced that it is enabling operators and set top box manufacturers to transform the TV viewing experience for the estimated 4% of the world’s population that suffers from colour-blindness. Spectral Edge will demonstrate its technology in STMicroelectronics’ private suite at IBC 2015.
News categories: Spectral Edge, STMicroelectronics, Christopher Cytera, Ismail Allalcha, IBC2019, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Worldwide
STMicroelectronics unveils DOCSIS 3.1 chipset
Aug 4, 2015 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced the STiD325 (codenamed Barcelona), its DOCSIS 3.1 chipset for Broadband CPE2 Cable Modems, embedded Media Terminal Adapters (eMTAs), and Gateways, as well as for Video Gateways alongside a set-top-box chipset.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Philippe Notton, Cable Modem, Cable TV, CPE, DOCSIS, Gateway, ICs, Semiconductor, Worldwide
STMicroelectronics reports 2Q 2015 results
Jul 23, 2015 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has reported results for the second quarter and first half ended June 27, 2015. Second quarter net revenues totaled $1.76 billion, up 3.2% on a sequential basis. Year-over-year, net revenues decreased 5.6%.
News categories: STMicroelectronics, Results, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Worldwide
Thomson, ST and Dolby demo Dolby AC-4 audio codec
Jul 7, 2015 – Thomson Video Networks has partnered with Dolby and STMicroelectronics to demonstrate the first implementation of a complete encoding-decoding chain for HD and Ultra HD broadcast based on the new Dolby AC-4 audio codec.
News categories: Thomson Video Networks, Dolby, STMicroelectronics, Eric Gallier, Giles Baker, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Worldwide
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