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Jay Cline: U.S. takes the gold in doling out privacy fines
EU privacy regulators say U.S. privacy laws are too weak to protect EU personal data. But a new analysis of 358 privacy-enforcement actions paints the opposite picture.
Computerworld - The European Union is threatening to suspend the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor agreement that U.S. companies depend on to do business with Europe, claiming that America doesn't enforce its side of the bargain. Any way you cut the data, however, the U.S. dwarfs Europe and every other jurisdiction in doling out fines for data privacy violations. If privacy is measured by its weight in gold, America is the safest place on earth for personal data.
Mining the Safe Harbor
Fifteen years ago last month, the EU's newly formed Article 29 Working Party declared in its 15th opinion that U.S. laws provided inadequate protection for European citizens' personal data. The opinion expressed the widely held view across Europe that because America didn't have a single privacy law like Europe, but only a patchwork of sectoral laws, European data wasn't safe in America.
The white paper also voiced concerns about the emerging "safe harbor" agreement between Europe and the U.S. European privacy regulators thought the general privacy principles and voluntary nature of the program would result in an agreement without teeth.
In 2003, two years after the launch of the Safe Harbor, I declared in this column that the innovative agreement was already a success. About 300 companies, including prominent Fortune 500 multinationals, had joined, facilitating international commerce. Today, that number has climbed to over 4,000.
In spite of this high rate of participation, European privacy regulators stand poised to hit the nuclear button on the agreement in their ongoing reaction to revelations about U.S. government surveillance.
Without the Safe Harbor, companies would have to turn to EU "model contracts" as the next-best method to use European personal data. These contracts would bring the companies out from under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and into the embrace of the EU privacy regulators.
But would that result in greater enforcement of European privacy laws?
Adding up the fines
To answer that question, I assigned several researchers to mine our databases, publications and regulator websites for any instance of a fine imposed by a government agency for a violation of data privacy. We set the threshold of materiality at a minimum of $100,000. In practice, I've noticed that this is the amount where larger corporations even start to take notice. Anything less is a rounding error.
What did we discover?
* Increasing over time. We found 358 enforcement actions since January 1999, the first year big privacy fines came online. Only 130 of these carried fines that met or exceeded our $100,000 threshold. Of these, 60% were levied in the last three years. All fines totaled $225 million, with 52% of that sum imposed since 2011.
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Facebook is now home to an approximate 1.79 billion active users. Its 24-hour long availability as a means to get attention and acknowledgment is enticing and addictive.
We as users have ingrained Facebook into our society, where we share our private victories, failures of stories to the world. Having attention to matters or something personal is not necessarily a bad thing. Using Facebook, like anything addictive can be done with moderation. Unfortunately, people who use Facebook moderately are in the minority as studies show that the average user checks Facebook 14 times a day.
With the audience the size of an empire, Facebook has capitalized on the potent purchasing market that its platform holds. Facebook notoriously collects user’s data for marketing purposes. Certain ads are targeted towards certain people depending on the type of data they match.
But How Does Facebook Not Care About Privacy?
Besides giving away your data to marketers, analyst and USF Professor told Melanie Michael of WFLA Channel 8 News “…People are always checking to see what’s going on. Anytime you’re using your phone, any kind of information that you’re putting into your phone, looking at on your phone, Facebook can access that.” She further commented saying “…I don’t think that people realize how much Facebook is tracking every move we’re making online,” she said. “Anything that you’re doing on your phone, Facebook is watching.”
Facebook tracks user’s non-Facebook browsing as well, meaning the browsing you when you are logged out of Facebook is tracked. It does this by tracking your browsing history. Ads will be targeted towards you after Facebook assess what your interests are. Facebook knows a lot about you than you think.
Facebook Is Listening To Your Conversations
Facebook is using your phone or device’s microphone to eavesdrop on your conversations and listening in for buzzwords. These buzzwords are used to target ads. The microphone setting for Facebook is automatically enabled. Facebook admits this themselves: “We use your microphone to identify the things you’re listening to or watching, based on the music and TV matches we’re able to identify.”
They further explained the use of your microphones: “Facebook does not use your phone’s microphone to inform ads or to change what you see in News Feed,” according to the statement “We only access your microphone if you have given our app permission and if you are actively using a specific feature that requires audio. This might include recording a video or using an optional feature we introduced two years ago to include music or other audio in your status updates.
To turn off the Microphone for Facebook, follow these steps:
On iPhone (iOS 10)
- Go to the Settings app
- Scroll down to Facebook, tap it
- Tap “Settings”
- Turn off the slider for Microphone (slider should be grey instead of green)
On Android (Marshmallow)
- Go to Settings
- Swipe over to “Personal”
- Tap “Privacy and safety”
- Tap “App permissions”
- Tap “Microphone”
- Find Facebook, and turn the slider to OFF

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Things have been going pretty well for Apple’s iPhone business this year and this holiday shopping season is shaping up to be its biggest yet. Per 9to5Mac, KGI Securities has released a new research note estimating that Apple will sell 71.5 million iPhones this holiday quarter, headlined by blowout sales from the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
That figure would crush the record 51 million iPhones Apple sold last year during the holiday quarter.
“Strong iPhone shipments in 4Q14,” KGI writes. “We forecast overall iPhone shipments will surge 82% QoQ to 71.5mn units in 4Q14, given robust demand for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The iPhone 6 Plus supply shortage implies not only robust demand, but also confirms our concerns regarding constraints within the supply chain. We believe 4Q14 iPhone shipments will be stronger if supply chain constraints are eased.”
In its breakdown, KGI estimates Apple will sell 41.6 million iPhone 6 models, 15.1 million iPhone 6 Plus models, 8.8 million iPhone 5s models and 4.3 million iPhone 5c models. KGI expects a significant 31% dropout in iPhone sales after the holiday quarter, however, as it thinks Apple will “only” sell 49.3 million in the first fiscal quarter next year. In other words, the quarter-over-quarter decline in sales will bring iPhone sales down to a level most smartphone manufacturers can still only dream of.
KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has emerged over the past couple of years as one of the top sources for Apple leaks and earlier this year he absolutely nailed all the major details about the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.


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Birmingham-based eCommerce experts, Cake, are celebrating its fifth birthday this month. Founded by CEO Chris Thomas in 2017, the digital agency has gone from strength to strength within the past five years; from growing its team by 400%, winning multiple awards and helping numerous clients to grow their online stores, profitability and brand awareness.
From launching a successful brand refresh – rebranding from ‘Digital Cake’ to ‘Cake’ – in the latter half of 2021 to recruiting 10 new team members in 2021 alone, resulting in a 95% level of staff retention, Cake has grown exponentially within the past 12 months.
As well as supporting its own growth, Cake has been a driving force for propelling fellow brands into the global retail market, including Momiji, P&Co, Bad Monday, 304 Clothing and more. Utilising its signature diligent approach to building mutually beneficial client relationships, the agency boasts a stellar client retention rate of over 80%.
Commenting on Cake’s journey, Chris Thomas – founder and CEO – says:
“We’re delighted to be celebrating our fifth birthday. As a company founded by retailers for retailers, I’m so proud to have helped so many amazing businesses – from pandemic pivots to scale-ups – on their respective journeys alongside building an incredibly talented team.
“As an agency, we pride ourselves on supporting other creatives and businesses across the eCommerce sector to cut through the competition and enjoy a larger slice of the online market, it truly knows no bounds!”
This latest milestone follows a momentous 12 months for the digital agency, which saw its team double in size. With over 17 years of experience growing online stores, Cake offers experience and expertise to a new generation of entrepreneurs looking to build their brand online.
From Cake’s founder Chris Thomas and Marketing Director Kirstie Smith joining Bad Monday’s operational board and overseeing its marketing strategy, to increasing P&CO’s digital reach by 119% within 12 months, Cake consistently proves and redefines its value and expertise to its clients.
“After a record-breaking year for the business, I’m looking forward to recruiting more fresh talent and can’t wait to further solidify our reputation as one of the Midlands’ fastest-growing digital agencies within the eCommerce sector!
I am tremendously confident that during the next five years we will continue to return remarkable results for our clients and the business alike; we have some really exciting industry-first innovations in the pipeline for 2022 and beyond and can’t wait to hit the ground running,” added Chris.
Cake is a multi-award winning digital agency based in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter that helps companies perfect their eCommerce proposition and digital strategy. Most recently, Cake has been announced as a finalist in the UK-wide 2022 FSB Awards for the ‘High Growth Business of the Year’ category, after winning the title within the West Midlands Division.


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Netflix is looking to put an end to the age-old practice of password sharing. For some time now, the streaming service has been threatening to crack down on people who allow multiple users to access their Netflix login, and 2023 will be the year that happens.
In a report from the Wall Street Journal, it’s stated that Netflix will introduce means of preventing logins from being passed around in the US “early in the year”. This means that for family-members who have your details to watch Netflix series or the best movies will need you to cough up for more logins to enjoy the same access.
Netflix has multiple tiers of membership, running from the standard one screen, to up to four that can be logged in and checking out Netflix movies simultaneously. “Make no mistake, I don’t think consumers are going to love it right out of the gate,” Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, stated, and he’s right. Since rumblings of this began, people have been against it.
Part of it is simply reluctance to pay more for the same platform, but another part of the annoyance comes from Netflix changing philosophy here. In 2017, the company tweeted “Love is sharing the password”. Now it seems that love is paying for more screens – two different principles.
This strategy is to help push more growth for Netflix, which has an increasing number of competitors. Disney Plus, Paramount Plus, Amazon Prime Video; there are more and more services in the market, pulling viewers in different directions. The best Netflix anime, and a constantly evolving selection of action movies and drama series, aren’t the same selling points they once were.
That said, when you look at the viewership records Netflix constantly wins, the service is still doing something right. Have a look at our guides to Wednesday season 2 and Stranger Things season 5 for what’s coming soon.


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Microsoft has confirmed earlier published reports that Microsoft Security Essentials (codenamed “Morro”), the free antivirus offering that succeeds the now retired non-free Windows Live OneCare, will be released tomorrow, September 29, 2009:
Microsoft today confirmed that it will launch its free security software suite, which has been in development for almost a year, Tuesday morning.
The spokeswoman added that the program will be made available Tuesday morning, Pacific time, although she did not have a specific hour for the launch.
Earlier in the day, Network World‘s John Fontana had been told by Bob Muglia, the president of Microsoft’s sever and tools division, that the company would ship the free software Tuesday.
Microsoft has pitched the software as a basic anti-virus, anti-spyware program that consumes less memory and disk space than commercial security suites, like those from vendors such as McAfee, Symantec and Trend Micro.
Those companies, however, unanimously dismissed Security Essentials — once codenamed “Morro” — as proof that Microsoft couldn’t compete in the paying market.
That may well be classified as whistling past the graveyard since very little trumps free and if Windows Security Essentials is as good as the beta reviews indicated, the security vendors may have a real problem. I’m still waiting for one or more of them to drop a dime to the antitrust regulators in the US or EU.
If you want to get Windows Security Essentials on day one, keep checking the Microsoft WSE website for the download.
Last November when Microsoft announced they were pulling the plug on Windows Live OneCare (actual last sale date June 30, 2009), they promised a new free antivirus offering for Windows codenamed "Morro" in the 2nd half of 2009. Today, Reuters is reporting that a Morro beta is coming soon:
A Microsoft spokesman said on Wednesday that the world’s biggest software maker is testing an early version of the product with its own employees. Microsoft would "soon" make a trial version, or product beta, available via its website, he added, but declined to provide a specific date.
Microsoft has said that Morro will offer basic features for fighting a wide range of viruses, which would likely make it comparable to low-end consumer products from Symantec and McAfee that cost about $40 per year.
Symantec shares fell 0.5 percent on Nasdaq and McAfee fell 1.3 percent on the New York Stock Exchange, while Microsoft was up 2.1 percent.
Microsoft is billing Morro as a "public service," but I am hard-pressed to believe that will fly. Antitrust regulators – start your engines!
One of the Windows Vista concessions that Microsoft promised the European Union antitrust regulators in October was that they would provide kernel level APIs for third party security software vendors to work with the PatchGuard kernel protection code in 64-bit versions of the operating system. The timeline for creating and delivering those APIs kicked up quite a ruckus, but today Microsoft released a draft and reiterated the promised availability by the time Vista Service Pack 1 ships:
Microsoft Corp. today released draft application programming interfaces designed to allow third-party security products to get around a contentious kernel protection technology in the Vista operating system called PatchGuard.
The draft APIs will be available to security vendors for testing and comment through the end of January. A final version of the APIs will then become available when Microsoft releases Service Pack 1 for Vista sometime in mid-2007, according to Ben Fathi, vice president of development for the Windows Core Operating System.
Microsoft today also released a separate criteria evaluation document that details the processes Microsoft used in evaluating vendor requests for APIs to the Vista kernel. As with the draft APIs, Microsoft is seeking third-party security vendor feedback on its criteria evaluation processes.
McAfee officials said they would comment on Microsoft’s move Tuesday afternoon; Symantec won’t talk about the decision until Friday.
Update, Nov. 22: McAfee is pleased, no comment yet from Symantec.
It turns out that we shouldn’t have worried that Thursday’s launch of Vista and Office (et. al.) was rather ho hum - there are apparently two more Vista launch events to come and that’s just in the USA. CEO Steve Ballmer says Microsoft will spend hundred of millions of dollars marketing Vista making it Microsoft’s most widely marketed product. Now instead of wondering about the apathy, one is forced to question the overkill. After all, as Carl Howe observes, Microsoft is a toll collector:
So what’s wrong with being a toll collector? Not a thing. It’s just like being a utility — it provides a consistent earning stream that should generate significant dividends. The only problem: Microsoft isn’t valued like a utility; it’s valued as a technology company with a price earnings ratio of 23, whereas utility companies tend to be in the teens. And its dividend yield of 1.3% is a far cry from the 2% to 4% of utility firms. And utility companies don’t devote seven billion a year to research and development either, nor do they launch me-too music players like Zune. They do, however, have an obligation to do maintenance on their properties, and that’s exactly what Vista and Office are: maintenance.
Other surprises from the launch included the revelation that there is no schedule for Vista Service Pack 1. There’s no schedule for the previously presumed dead WinFS file system technology either, but Microsoft now claims to still be working on it. And speaking of schedules, of the major security vendors, only McAfee has product ready for Vista.
But back to the fundamental question of how the new releases impact the transfer of loot to the Microsoft bottom line. As I have observed previously (and to continue the toll collector analogy), Microsoft can only increase the returns by catching those users who have been sneaking through without paying or increasing the amount that the lawful users fork over and now is as good a time as any to examine the state of play.
For the former, Microsoft CEO Sees Less Piracy With Vista and the Vista System Protection Platform “kill switch” certainly makes that likely. The new Genuine Advantage programs for Windows XP and Office also make it less likely that pirates will find any havens there, so Microsoft is making the choice quite clear: pay up or don’t use Windows/Office. Whether this translates into more paying users or a flight to free Open Source alternatives remains to be seen.
As for the return per unit sold to lawful users, Microsoft has laid the ground work for upselling enhanced versions of Vista, but it’s similarly unclear how successful and lucrative that will be. Mary Jo Foley elaborates in Will Vista prices be on a par with XP’s everywhere?
Even though the Windows Vista versions don’t match up exactly, feature for feature, with the comparable XP ones, Microsoft has held retail pricing fairly constant, officials have said. (And ditto for volume-license pricing, according to the Softies.)
Outside the U.S., however, it seems customers are going to be charged quite a bit more for Vista than XP, according to early data from Australia and Germany.
Microsoft officials are blaming local retailers for the mark-up.
So far, I haven’t seen data on how much PC makers are planning to charge for Vista systems here or abroad. And given that far more customers buy PCs with Windows preloaded on new systems than buy retail copies of Windows, those figures will be more of a true barometer of how expensive Vista will be.
While there is no clear answer on the per unit returns, everyone seems to have an opinion on uptake:
When Microsoft’s two most important products become available for businesses (the consumer version of Vista will be ready in January), adoption is likely to be modest at best. To some extent, that’s because companies are cautious about adopting new technology. They want to make sure new products work with existing systems. And they don’t want to disrupt employees who are accustomed to using what they have.
But Microsoft faces another challenge. Many corporate buyers don’t believe there’s enough pizzazz in the new software to increase their budgets to deploy new products right away. The Society for Information Management, a trade group of business tech buyers, polled its members in October and found that 58% haven’t decided when they’ll roll out Vista. Another 27% plan to do so in 2008 and beyond.
Office 2007 is unlikely to ramp up much faster. That’s because most companies are going to wait to install Vista first, since the new Office takes advantage of many of the new operating system’s features. At an October symposium, research firm Gartner surveyed corporate tech buyers representing about 3 million corporate PCs and found that just 20% would deploy Office 2007 before Vista. Another 38% said they’d roll out both products simultaneously. And 16% said they’d wait and adopt Office 2007 after getting Vista out to employees. That suggests the vast majority of rollouts will come in 2008 and beyond.
As usual, however, ordinary consumers will be the early adopters – Microsoft Windows Vista to Gain More Ground with Consumers than Enterprises in 2007, Says IDC:
During calendar year 2007, Windows Vista Home products are projected to account for 90% of new Windows client operating environments deployed by home users. By comparison, Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Enterprise will account for 35% of the new Windows client operating environments deployed by business users. During the second full year of availability, Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Enterprise will grow to account for 80% of new deployments.
The crystal ball then is typically foggy, but it’s clear that not much is going to happen until consumers can get their hands on Vista and that story won’t unfold until February.


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The Pick of the Day was built to drive to Hot August Nights, the annual custom car celebration in Reno, Nevada, and it looks like it still would turn heads there, or anywhere else for that matter. The car is a customized 1941 Mercury coupe being offered for sale on ClassicCars.com by its private owner […]
A week ago, the Pick of the Day was a striking 1949 Mercury old-school custom done in the “lead-sled” style.
The 2015 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in August spotlighted a special class of some of the most emblematic of classic street rods.
The 60th anniversary of the fatal crash of Hollywood icon James Dean was September 30, which passed without all that much hoopla.
The best part about this 1972Chevrolet Monte Carlo isn’t that it’s a wonderful luxury car or a strong muscle car… it’s both!
Managing editor Tom Stahler welcomes Genius Garage founder and YouTube broadcaster Casey Putsch. The two discuss the coming paradigm and generational shifts in the car culture and how youth, and older generation acceptance is essential to the survival of the hobby. Casey Putsch is a lifetime car builder, road-racer, and relentless supporter of education and […]
This being April Fools’ Day, I was planning on an elaborate joke for Pick of the Day, something on the order of a pristine Lamborghini for a surprisingly low price. April Fool! But since we’re already feeling these days like the rug’s being pulled out from under us, I decided to drop that idea. So […]
In light of the continuing coronavirus pandemic, the National Association of Automobile Clubs of Canada has recommended that country’s car clubs cancel all activities, including any meetings involving more than 5 people, until further notice. Hopefully, however, that recommendation might be lifted by July 12, which the group notes has been designated as International Collector […]
Bonhams had to turn its anticipated Goodwood Members’ Meeting auction into a “private sale” because of the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, only 9 collector cars and 1 boat were sold. Nonetheless, said Tim Schofield, head of Bonhams Collectors’ Motor Cars department, “We are very pleased to have successfully sold these motor cars over the […]


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We’ve got the latest details on the generic adidas Powerphase 2018 model. The sneaker – officially branded as the adidas Continental 80 ‘Rascal’ – will release this Wednesday, June 20 on END Launches, retailing at S$139.
It will come in three colorways as well – Core Black, White and Off White/Cream.
The sneaker could well prove to be a hit, generic or not, given how popular its almost identical-looking counterpart, the Yeezy Powerphase was.
That said, will you cop yourself a pair? Let us know in the comments section below.
According to Twitter user @theyeezymafia, the generic Adidas Powerphase is expected to be released in June 2018 for US$90 (approx. S$121).
Much like the Adidas Calabasas Powerphase, the shoes will feature a slimmer silhouette along with Adidas’ logo and branding on its sides.
However, there are several aesthetic differences between the generic Adidas Powerphase and the Adidas Calabasas Powerphase. Unlike its more exclusive predecessor, the GR Powerphase will feature lines either in red/black or blue/red on its outer.
Additionally, the brand’s three stripe branding and the inscription “Calabasas” will not be printed on the generic Powerphase model.
According to @theyeezymafia, the sneakers will come in two colorways: White and Semi Frozen Yellow.
Adidas has yet to reveal any official information about the GR Adidas Powerphase. Keep an eye out on Straatosphere for more information in the near future.
All images: Yeezy Mafia
Read More: Adidas Calabasas Powerphase: Rumored Prices and Release Date


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Jack Ma, co-founder of Alibaba Group Holding Limited, a Chinese multinational conglomerate, has announced that he will no longer serve as the company’s Executive Chairman. Daniel Zhang, who became the company’s chief executive officer three years ago, will be taking up the role. The Chinese billionaire made the announcement on his 54th birthday.
Zhang was hired by Jack Ma from Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited, a Chinese gaming giant in 2007. The Shangai-educated executive’s solid knowledge of finance, has helped him plan and implement mega events such as the annual Singles’ Day shopping Bonanza. Through his efforts, the company stock has risen by 87% and Alibaba now has a market of $420 billion.
Analysts note that Ma’s departure will challenge Alibaba to carry on Ma’s legacy amid rising competition. The company, which was founded in 1999, provides a consumer to consumer, business to consumer, business to business sales service.
Alibaba also provides electronic payment services, shopping search engines and cloud computing services. The company operates different businesses spread across numerous sectors. It was also named one of the world’s most admired companies by Fortune Magazine.


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Top tour company boasts big sell out for next year’s holiday season
By Patti Pietschmann, Travel Diva
If you are considering taking a Tauck tour next year, you better contact a Pavlus Travel specialist. The company just issued an alert that tours are going fast.
Tauck wrote, “Because of strong holiday bookings this year we are urging to plan ahead and book 2020 Christmas season journeys early.” Our Tauck Bridges and river cruises are selling out especially fast. The Tauck Bridges trips tour Italy, Costa Rica, the Galapagos Islands and Tanzania. There is also a “Holiday Magic” Christmas market river cruise for families on the Danube.
The company also offers traditional (non-family) Christmas market river cruises for adults on the Danube and Rhine. Due to the popularity of those cruises, the company is also adding an all-new eight-day “Yuletide Spirit: Brussels to Amsterdam” Christmas market river cruise next year in Holland and Belgium.
According to Tauck CEO Dan Mahar, due to huge demands the company is also expanding its Tauck Bridges holiday departures. “For 2020 we’re increasing our Bridges family trips by more than 250% over last year’s levels,” he says. “In addition to the industry’s first-ever family Christmas market river cruise, we’re adding two more departures in Italy next year. And, an additional Bridges safari next December in Tanzania.” Tanzania and Costa Rica are the two most popular holiday destinations for Tauck Bridges travelers, adds Mahar. For example our December 2020 Costa Rica departures has already sold out.”
Tauck’s popular Celebration of Roses Rose Parade is back
The New Year ushers in the return of Tauck’s “Celebration of Roses” event in southern California. The five-day event runs from December 29, 2020 – January 2, 2021. Highlights include a behind-the-scenes visit to the Rose Parade Float Construction Barns prior to the parade. It also includes premier Grandstand seating at the parade’s first turn – the same view provided to national audiences by television networks covering the parade.
Those attending the event can take a guided tour of Paramount Pictures Studio. They can also, visit the Academy Award Museum nd take a private tour and lunch at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. There’s also a New Year’s Eve Dinner featuring big band music and dancing at the Fairmont Miramar Santa Monica.
College football fans will also have the option of attending the annual Rose Bowl game, with tickets available for an additional charge.
For more information contact Pavlus Travel, the largest seller of Tauck Tours.


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After near-stall in late 2012, US economy picks up
WASHINGTON (AP) — After nearly stalling in late 2012, the American economy quickened its pace early this year despite deep government cutbacks. The strongest consumer spending in two years fueled a 2.5 per cent annual growth rate in the January-March quarter.
The question is: Can it last?
Federal spending cuts, higher Social Security taxes and cautious businesses are likely to weigh on the economy in coming months.
Most economists say they think growth, as measured by the gross domestic product, is slowing in the April-June quarter to an annual rate of about 2 per cent. Many predict growth will hover around that subpar level for the rest of the year.
Controllers to return; flight delays sway Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — Furloughed air traffic controllers will soon be heading back to work, ending a week of coast-to-coast flight delays that left thousands of travellers frustrated and furious.
Unable to ignore the travellers’ anger, Congress overwhelmingly approved legislation Friday to allow the Federal Aviation Administration to withdraw the furloughs. The vote underscored a shift by Democrats who had insisted on erasing all of this year’s $85 billion in across-the-board budget cuts, not just the most publicly painful ones, for fear of losing leverage to restore money for Head Start and other programs with less lobbying clout and popular support.
With President Barack Obama’s promised signature, the measure will erase one of the most stinging and publicly visible consequences of the budget-wide cuts known as the sequester.
Big brands rejected Bangladesh factory safety plan
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — As Bangladesh reels from the deaths of hundreds of garment workers in a building collapse, the refusal of global retailers to pay for strict nationwide factory inspections is bringing renewed scrutiny to an industry that has profited from a country notorious for its hazardous workplaces and subsistence-level wages.
After a factory fire killed 112 garment workers in November, clothing brands and retailers continued to reject a union-sponsored proposal to improve safety throughout Bangladesh’s $20 billion garment industry. Instead, companies expanded a patchwork system of private audits and training that labour groups say improves very little in a country where official inspections are lax and factory owners have close relations with the government.
In the meantime, threats to workers persist. In the five months since last year’s deadly blaze at Tazreen Fashions Ltd., there were 41 other “fire incidents” in Bangladesh factories — ranging from a deadly blaze to smaller fires or sparks that caused employees to panic, according to a labour organization affiliated with the AFL-CIO umbrella group of American unions. Combined, the recent incidents killed nine workers and injured more than 660, some with burns and smoke inhalation and others with injuries from stampedes while fleeing.
Baby food shortage in Europe due to China demand
BERLIN (AP) — Yong-Hee Kim still can’t believe that in a prosperous country like Germany, powdered baby formula would ever be rationed and that she would have to scour shops in the German capital to find the right brand for her 13-month-old son.
But that’s what has happened since major retailers in Germany this year began limiting sales of leading brands of baby formula. Parents in Britain, the Netherlands and Hong Kong have faced similar restrictions.
The reason for the sudden shortage is a quirk of globalization — one that illustrates the complexities of supply and demand in a wired world.
Parents thousands of miles away in China have been using the Internet or tapping friends and relatives in Europe to buy up stocks of high quality European-produced formula — often paying much higher prices than they would here.
Burger King 1Q earnings soar, revenue shrinks
Burger King’s first-quarter earnings more than doubled even though revenue fell, as the fast-food chain trimmed several restaurant-related expenses.
The Miami-based company had warned earlier this month that sales at established restaurants were expected to fall during the quarter, and they wound up declining 1.4 per cent. That includes a 3 per cent drop in the United States and Canada.
Burger King said competition and a strong first quarter last year hurt U.S. and Canadian sales comparisons to this year’s quarter. But it said sales from those countries rallied in March due in part to promotions like the $1.29 Whopper Jr.
Chevron profit down 4.5 per cent on lower oil prices
NEW YORK (AP) — Chevron Corp.’s net income fell 4.5 per cent in the first quarter as oil prices fell and refinery output declined.
Chevron, the second largest U.S. oil company, has delivered better profit margins than the other energy majors in recent years because a big part of its production mix is oil, which has been fetching high prices. Rivals, like Exxon Mobil, produce more natural gas in the U.S, where gas prices have been low.
But crude prices fell across the globe in the first three months of this year as Europe remained mired in recession and growth in China slowed. That reduced Chevron’s revenue and profit.
Japan allows airlines set to resume 787 flights
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s transport minister said Friday the government will allow Japanese airlines to resume flying grounded Boeing 787s once they complete installation of systems to reduce fire risk in problematic lithium ion batteries.
The ministry gave the official approval Friday evening following a formal safety order from U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
The 50 Dreamliner jets in service worldwide were grounded in mid-January after incidents with smouldering batteries occurred aboard two different planes. Japan’s All Nippon Airways was the launch customer for the technologically advanced airliner and has 17 of the jets. Japan Airlines has seven.
Deals site LivingSocial says it’s been hacked
WASHINGTON (AP) — Online deals service LivingSocial said Friday that its website was hacked, and the personal data of more than 50 million customers may have been affected.
The company said customers’ names, email addresses, dates of birth and encrypted passwords may have been compromised by the cyberattack. But it said the database that stores customer credit-card information was not accessed or affected.
The Washington, D.C-based company said it was working with law enforcement officials to investigate the attack and was contacting customers in nearly all of the countries where it operates.
AT&T to sell home automation, security packages
NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T Inc. is launching its home security and automation service in 15 cities Friday, with an eye toward getting customers hooked on security cameras, thermostats and locks they can control from phones and tablets.
AT&T’s “Digital Life” packages will be sold in cellphone stores in markets including Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Miami. The company plans to roll the offering out to 50 markets by the end of the year.
The home monitoring and automation field is dominated by security firms such as ADT Corp. Other phone and cable companies sell security packages, but AT&T is going further than competitors by developing its own technology and selling it nationwide, not just where it provides local phone service. It has set up monitoring centres, in Dallas and Atlanta.
Smartphones overtake ‘dumb’ phones worldwide
NEW YORK (AP) — Research firm IDC said more smartphones than “dumb” phones are being made this year, a milestone in a shift that’s putting computing power and Internet access in millions of hands worldwide.
Manufacturers shipped 216 million smartphones worldwide in the first three months of this year, compared with 189 million regular cellphones, according to a study IDC released late Thursday. IDC said smartphones made up 51.6 per cent of the 419 million mobile phones shipped.
In the U.S., smartphones overtook regular cellphones in 2011. IDC analyst Ramon Llamas said Friday that the shift to a global majority of smartphones is now being driven by consumers in developing countries such as China, India and Indonesia.
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The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 11.75 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 14,712.55. The S&P 500 index dropped 2.92 points, or 0.2 per cent, to close at 1,582.24. The Nasdaq composite fell 10.72 points to 3,279.26, a decline of 0.3 per cent.
Benchmark oil for June delivery fell 64 cents to $93 a barrel. Brent crude, which is used to price oil from the North Sea used by many U.S. refiners, dropped 25 cents to $103.16 a barrel on the ICE futures exchange in London.
Gasoline rose 2 cents to $2.83 per gallon. Heating oil was flat at $2.90 a gallon. Natural gas lost 2 cents to $4.15 per 1,000 cubic feet.


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Apple is expected to launch its next gen MacBook Air sometime next year. Now we know more about the device as per Apple analyst Ming Chi Kuo. Apple’s upcoming device is expected to launch sometime around mid-2022 and may come in a variety of colors, and feature a mini-LED screen as per the report.
Additionally, the analyst believes that the upcoming MacBook Air will feature a redesigned form factor that will match the design of the upcoming 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pros.
Previously, the analyst said that Apple may announce the new MacBook Air with a 13-inch mini-LED display soon. The device is expected to feature a mini-LED display.
Under the hood, the upcoming MacBook Air is expected to pack a new Apple Silicon SoC. Plus, the MacBook Air is speculated to feature a new design to match the form factor of the upcoming MacBook Pros and come in multiple colors.
The analyst believes, the device will feature flatter top and bottom edges and come with a MagSafe-branded magnetic power cable. Interestingly, Kuo’s predictions on the new MacBook Air are in line with the ones made earlier by Mark Gurman from Bloomberg and the tipster Jon Prosser.
However, Kuo is uncertain whether the new model will replace the current M1 model or exist as a high-end option. The current model was one of the first Apple Silicon Macs when it launched in late 2020.
If the existing model is discontinued, then the new variant will launch at a starting price of the current M1 MacBook Air. On the other hand, if the current model is continued, he believes it will undergo a price cut and the new model’s price will be raised to exist as a higher-end alternative to the current M1 MacBook Air.


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posted better-than-expected first-quarter profit, receiving a boost from its coffee sales.
During the quarter, the fast-food chain earned $1.09 billion, or $1 a share, compared with $979.5 million, or 87 cents, in the year-ago period.
Excluding tax charges related to closures in Japan, McDonald's actually earned $1.03 a share, topping Wall Street's forecast of 96 cents.
McDonald's revenue shot up 10.5% to $5.61 billion, while sales at restaurants open at least a year grew 4.2%. Same-store sales in the U.S. increased 1.5% during the quarter.
McDonald's further expanded its McCafe business during the quarter by introducing lower-priced frappes, putting it in even closer competition with
Starbucks is scheduled to report its quarterly results after-market today. Analysts are calling for a profit of 25 cents a share on revenue of $2.41 billion.
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In October, textile, clothing and footwear retail sales grew 1.1 per cent in Eurozone countries in comparison to the same month last year. This is in a way a recovery from September, when sales dropped 7.2 per cent.
So far this year, the only months that have been positive for the sector in the Eurozone was April, when retail sales went up 1.9 per cent, August with a growth of 1.6 per cent and now in October. Between May and July, the sector’s revenue fell, between 2.5 per cent and 2.3 per cent.
In the whole of the European Union, textile, clothing and footwear sales grew in October by 1.4 per cent in comparison to the same month last year. It was the fourth month in 2017 that the sector ended positively, as the business grew 0.1 per cent in January, 1.9 per cent in April and 1.6 per cent in May.
Despite the bounce back, textile was the sector which recovered the least during October. On the whole, retail sales registered a growth of 1.7 per cent in the Eurozone, whereas the European Union grew by 2.1 per cent.
The sector that grew the most during the tenth month of the year was that of computer equipment, followed by the alimentation and drinks sector, with a growth of 2.3 per cent.


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BGR today confirmed that next-generation iPhone 5 will be launching anytime between 15-30th of September, with an all-hands-on-deck policy in place for employees that will extend through to the middle of October. According to their internal sources, AT&T has rescheduled a large training event for regional its employees from the first week of October due to a conflict with a “huge announcement.”
According to a trusted AT&T (T) source, the carrier is currently planning to launch Apple’s (AAPL) next-generation iPhone during the third or fourth week of September, with an all-hands-on-deck policy in place for employees that will extend through to the middle of October.
Every year, AT&T asks its employees to finish new product related training as large numbers of people are expected to arrive at AT&T Stores. During the same timeframe the company hires extra staff for a new product launch. Perhaps any vacations for the last two weeks of September would be denied due to an event blackout in anticipation of next generation iPhone launch. The company blocks employees from taking vacations in order to handle a sharp increase in sales and service traffic stemming from a new product launch.
The report squares perfectly with the earlier rumors we’ve been hearing about the upcoming iPhone 5 to hit retail stores in September this year. Apple is expected to announce the next generation iPhone 5 on Wednesday, September 12, followed by launch on September 21. Via [BGR]


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Images Of Moto G Stylus 2022 Leak
A press render of the upcoming Motorola Moto G Stylus 2022 has leaked, showing the phone from all angles and revealing a number of its features.
The render (below) was published by 91Mobiles, and shows the gold coloured phone. According to the publication, it will also be available in black.
Taking these pictures as gospel, the Moto G Stylus 2022 appears to sport a volume rocker on the right, and a fingerprint sensor power button, and a slot for a SIM on the left.
The top has a microphone, while the bottom has a USB Type-C port, another microphone hole, and a speaker.
The rear will sport a triple-camera, with the front housing a punch-hole camera.
Obviously, the photo doesn’t reveal specs, but previous leaks have reported it will have a 6.58-inch FHD+ 90Hz display, MediaTek Helio G85 chipset, 50MP (wide) + 8MP (ultra-wide) + 2MP (depth) triple camera setup, 16MP selfie camera, MicroSD card slot, Android 11, 5,000mAh battery, and 10W charging.
There’s no word on when this beast will hit the market, and given the climate, even Motorola can’t offer any firm release dates.


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Ridesharing platform Lyft (LYFT) recovered from the recent volatility and lifted the spirits of the market Friday, a week after its disappointing IPO. Shortly after the initial spike that followed the debut, the stock was trading lower. It pared most of the initial gains and had remained below the IPO price throughout the week.
The San Francisco-based online taxi giant had debuted on the Nasdaq at $87.24, making an initial gain of 21%, but ended the first day’s session at a sharply lower valuation. On Friday, the stock gained more than 5% in early trading and rose above the IPO price of $72 once again.
With the stock entering the recovery path, the general perception is that the uptrend will be sustained in the coming days. Meanwhile, Reuters reported that Friday’s upturn was the results of a statement issued by a popular short-seller, asking investors to hold on to Lyft.
With the stock recovering and moving above the IPO price, the general perception is that the uptrend will be sustained in the coming days
In 2018, the company recorded a net loss of $911 million, despite revenues growing two-fold on a year-over-year basis. Going forward, the investors will be looking for specific updates from the company about its turnaround strategy.
You may also like: After Uber and Lyft, Pinterest joins the tech IPO bandwagon
With the number of active riders increasing sharply in the last couple of years, Lyft currently operates in 300 markets and holds around 39% of the ridesharing market in the US, which is dominated by rival Uber. Uber is slated to go public later this year, in line with the rapid expansion of the online taxi business that is forecast to become a $300-billion industry by 2030.
After starting Friday’s trading, Lyft reached a peak of $75.83 in the initial hours, before slightly losing the momentum towards the end of the session.
The semiconductor industry is a rapidly growing business segment that currently thrives on the digital transformation wave. The demand for memory chips and other semiconductor products increased over the years,
Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) were up on Friday, a day after the company delivered disappointing results for the second quarter of 2022. The company reported a
Nike, Inc. (NYSE: NKE) has reported a decrease in net profit for the first quarter of 2023, despite a modest increase in revenues. The company's stock suffered a big loss


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Aldana replaces Bednarzyk at Nissan's Canton plant
David Aldana, currently director of Nissan's manufacturing facility in Aguascalientes, Mexico, has been named vice president of the Nissan Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant in Canton.
Aldana will replace Dan Bednarzyk who has been named to the newly created position of vice president, Total Delivered Cost.
Nissan made the announcements Friday.
Aldana joined Nissan in 1985 as deputy general manager at the Nissan Civac Plant in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and has since held a number of manufacturing management positions in Mexico and the U.S.
Aldana holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from National Polytechnic Institute.
Nissan assembles the Altima and Sentra sedans, Armada and Xterra SUVs, Titan and Frontier pickup trucks and NV vans in Canton, north of Jackson. It will add the Murano crossover vehicle in late 2014.


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CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has announced a $150,000 settlement with Ohio payday lender Cashland to resolve allegations that its business practices violated the state’s Consumer Credit and Protection Act.
The settlement, entered into Feb. 1, requires Cashland to pay $150,000 and ensure its practices comply with state law. It stemmed from an investigation into whether Cashland engaged in unlawful debt collection.
“This settlement represents another step forward for consumers,” Morrisey said in a statement. “It’s a good day when you can bring money back into the state and change how systems and practices work for West Virginia consumers.”
The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division alleged Cashland repeatedly made unwanted telephone calls to persons who consumers listed as references on their credit applications. Those calls were made without a legitimate reason, the state alleged.
Cashland, as part of the settlement, denied violating any aspect of the Consumer Credit and Protection Act or other laws.
The settlement requires Cashland to permanently refrain from contacting any reference or third party listed on a consumer’s credit application with the limited exception of reaching out to the consumer’s employer for a “permissible purpose,” such as obtaining contact information to initiate wage garnishment.


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A financial tech bill has just been passed by Mexico’s Senate of the Republic, paving the way for regulation and thus, legitimization, of crypto currency- and blockchain-based companies based out of the country. The new bill, having gained Senate vote, will now attempt to be passed through the national legislature’s lower chamber.
Fintech companies, including those working on blockchain initiatives, had previously not fallen under any recognized category in the country. If passed into legislation, the Mexican government can formally regulate its progressing financial sector, while developing the nascent crypto market. An excerpt reads:
“This (Legislation) recognizes the need that a sector as dynamic as that of technological innovation needs a regulatory framework that allows authorities to mitigate risks and allow for growth in a competitive environment.”
The bill does have a partial allowance which explicitly intends regulatory measures for companies that work with or are using cryptocurrencies. It identifies the central bank as the main authority to oversee crypto market regulations.
Before being introduced into the Senate, an independent commission had first reviewed it. Senators favoring the bill stressed the benefits of lower costs and increased market competition.
Mexico’s apparent path towards legitimizing crypto currency may raise eyebrows in the rest of Latin America, where other nations have taken less friendly attitudes towards blockchain-based digital currencies. But it should come as no surprise, given that the Banco de Mexico (Bank of Mexico) governor Agustín Carstens had already hinted that the bill was close to being passed, turning back the clock on Bitcoin restrictions for banks that were announced in 2014.
Mexico has been recording growing interest in crypto currency, with the first physical Bitcoin exchange Bitlem opening near the Mexican Stock Exchange last month. According to its general director, Jorge Chavez Martinez, the popularity has been because “Bitcoin has been an easy way to facilitate internet payments for all the unbanked population, and a cheaper and cost efficient way to transfer money to Mexico.”
Fintech firms currently serve more than 60 million Mexicans who do not have bank accounts, more than half of the country’s population.


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Trump is lashing out at Amazon — but does he have his facts straight?
He recently tweeted, “I have stated my concerns with Amazon long before the election. Unlike others, they pay little to no taxes to state & local governments, use our Postal System as their Delivery Boy (causing tremendous loss to the U.S.), and are putting many thousands of retailers out of business!”
NYU Professor of Economics, Nicholas S. Economides refuted this claim stating, “Of course it’s hurting some retailers, but I don’t see what’s the importance of that, that’s old news, I mean, that’s the way competition works. Some people are successful and some people are not. It all depends on the efficiency of the distribution system, and it depends on what people want, and what the consumers want.”
Amazon uses the USPS, FEDEX, and UPS for “last mile delivers,” since these packages are only going a short distance, according to the Wall Street Journal. USPS also gives Amazon and other large retailers a discount for these types of deliveries.
Trump’s tweets came a day after Axios published a story saying that he is “obsessed with Amazon,” and might look to change its tax treatment. And they seem to be right as this is not the first time he’s tweeted about Amazon’s deal with USPS. Regardless, his claims about the company don’t seem to actually check out.


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Richard Umbers, the CEO of Myer, says retailing in Australia is in the worst shape he has seen for years.
“It is really tough out there,” he told The Australian newspaper.
He was speaking after the department store chain today posted a 3.3% third quarter drop in headline sales to $653 million and 2% fall on a comparable store basis.
Umbers said the sales reflected challenging trading conditions compounded by severe weather in Queensland and northern New South Wales associated with Cyclone Debbie.
Total year-to-date sales for the nine months were down 1.3% to $2.44 billion and down 0.3% on a comparable store basis.
“This has been a very sustained period of subdued consumer spending and subdued, or patchy, consumer sentiment as well, and those two things together mean that retail has been suffering,” he told The Australian.
The most recent quarterly sales numbers are a deterioration from March when the company reported sales down 0.5% for the half year.
However, Umbers is sticking to full year guidance provided at the first half results when the retailer posted a 5.3% rise in net profit after tax to $62.83 million.
He said Myer anticipates EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) growth to exceed sales growth in 2017 and increased net profit after tax.
The company has been restructuring the business as part of a five-year plan.
“We have remained strongly focused on driving productivity, lifting efficiency and reducing our historic dependency on discounting all of which have impacted the result,” said Umbers in his quarterly update.
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The iGrill on display at Macworld 2011in San Francisco.
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There are so many cooking apps out there, it's easy to get lost. Good thing the iGrill has Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on its side.
Sales of the $80 device spiked by 400 percent after Zuckerberg updated his Facebook status on Aug. 19 with an enthusiastic thumbs up for the iGrill, a cooking thermometer that uses Bluetooth to connect to the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
Today, four million people all over the world will log on to Facebook — or take out their phones — and play SongPop. This summer, it's become the fastest growing social game on Facebook, taking a run at old standards such as Farmville and Words with Friends.


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It wasn’t too long ago that the Sony’s successor to the selfie-centric Xperia C3 was first seen, and now it’s official. Sony has taken the cover off its Xperia C4 smartphone that is once again aimed to take advantage of the selfie craze. Read more
The LG G3 was widely regarded as one of the all-around best phone of 2014, but the Korean tech giant can’t live off of last years success in 2015. Read more
HTC is well-known for making gorgeous phones with thrilling design and brilliant features, but what it’s not known well for at the moment is making money. Read more
According to benchmark site GFXBench, Samsung has another phablet on the way. While the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 will have top-end specs, this Samsung SM-G739F has more midrange specs in comparison. The phone comes with a 5.5 inch screen, with resolution of 720 x 1280. Under the hood is a quad-core 1.6GHz Snapdragon 400 CPU with the Adreno 305 GPU handling graphics.
Also on board is 1.3GB of RAM and 12GB of native storage, 7MP camera on back, with a 2MP camera in front – both capable of shooting 1080 x 1920 video – and Android 4.4.4 pre-installed. Not much is known besides these specs, but we’ll let you know once we hear more.
Readers of the site may remember the Huawei Ascend Mate 2, a mid-range phablet at a great price which we reviewed quite favorably earlier this summer. Well it appears that the folks at Huawei have already started preparing the follow-up to their 6.1-inch behemoth, and this times the specifications seem as gargantuan as the screen.
Alright, we get it. Not everyone is that big on a stock Android experience. Some people prefer to have a skin to give a little more personality. So rather than buying the Sony Z Ultra Google Play Edition, that just received a price cut, there is another option to get Sony’s massive phablet.
Through Sony’s official store, you can now purchase the Xperia Z Ultra LTE for $449. That is the same price running in the Play Store, but this one keeps Sony’s UI. This device will come unlocked directly from Sony. This is for the LTE model and interestingly enough, the HSPA+ model still costs a whopping $629.
What are you waiting for? Hit the source link below to order yours.
Xiaomi is looking to take the Asian market by storm with its gorgeous new RedMi Note phablet. It hasn’t been released yet, but according to company officials, the phone has received over 15 million ‘signups’ on its website. These ‘signups’ are not pre-orders — they are simply requests for more information on the device via email — still a nice number.
It’s the company’s first phablet, and will feature a 5.5-inch display, a 13MP camera, and a large battery. The phone also only costs $130, an extremely cheap price for a solid device.
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Edinburgh, Scotland—Britain’s Interserve Plc has signed a joint venture deal with Scottish landowner Tiger Developments to construct and invest in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh. Interserve will initially invest £10.5 million (around $15.86 million) in the mixed-use development project with the £150 million (approximately $227 million) follow-on construction works value being undertaken by Interserve Construction.
The £200 million ($302 million) development will offer a mix of high-quality commercial offices, retail units, leisure use, hotel accommodation and underground parking. Talking about the new joint venture, Adrian Ringrose, CEO of Interserve, said: “Edinburgh’s Haymarket site remains one of the best city center developments schemes to be found anywhere in the UK. It will provide a strategic gateway for the city center, linking seamlessly with one of Scotland’s busiest railway stations, as well as being adjacent to the city’s new tram network.”
The Haymarket site is one of the biggest gap sites in the city center and detailed planning approval has been granted in March 2011 after consultation with the local community and city business leaders. With full planning already obtained for the site, tenants have already signed on for the initial phase of the development. These include Tesco and serviced apartments provider Staycity. For the second phase of the development food chains Prezzo and Pret A Manger have committed and the venture company is in advanced talks with other occupiers for another 70,000 square feet of retail and office space. The project has the potential to create 3,500 jobs and Simon Fox, development director with Tiger, said: “So far we have received significant commercial interest in the site from a wide range of UK operators, on top of the existing tenants already signed up. We are now looking forward to working closely with our development partners Interserve to finally give the Haymarket area the high quality of mixed-use development which it so richly deserves, providing a critical balance to the overall development of Edinburgh’s city center.”


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The recent trades in NKE are telling me that NKE may neither outperform, nor under-perform the street in tonight’s EPS. Why? Glad you asked.
In the past 30 minutes, someone has sold 12,000 NKE tomorrow expiry 52 puts for $.80 with shares at $52.05. Selling puts that almost exactly match the open interest. Were those protective puts being closed, or were they bets that NKE stays above $51.20? We won’t know for sure until tomorrow, but either way, it isn’t a bearish trade.
But they weren’t done. They also sold 14,000 of the July 50 puts for $.35 and bought 14,000 of the August 50 puts for $.80.
That 50 put spread expands if NKE trades to $50 in the next week,
Collectively, those trades say NKE stays above $51
On their prior conf call NKE never mentioned Amazon once. This time around, it may be the most listened for part of the call.
Revenue is expected to top $8.6B
Gross margin should be just north of 44.2%
Europe could/should be the positive surprise for NKE, as the dollar’s fall (now nearly 7% since beginning of the year) makes their offerings cheaper for Eurodollar buyers
**LULU said that looking into Q2 they are seeing robust performance across all channels – Expect Q2 digital comp sales to rise in double digits –
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Used Cars 24 Mar
Used LCV values remain “robust” in February, says BCA
Wholesale prices for used LCVs averaged £9,851 at BCA in February 2023, with sustained buyer demand keeping values firm as the strong start to the year continued.
Market Insight 13 Mar
Used LCV sales supercharged start to the year at Manheim auctions
Wholesale van sales volumes grew 6% year-on-year as Cox Automotive experienced a supercharged start for its light commercial vehicle (LCV) remarketing operations in the first two months of 2023.
Used Cars 20 Feb
Used LCV market reaches 'new normal', according to Aston Barclay
Aston Barclay believes the used LCV market is now set at its “new normal” until 2024.
Market Insight 10 Feb
Used LCV market hots up as ‘pandemic worn’ vans enter UK auctions
The UK's used LCV market has got off to “a flying start” in 2023 as an easing of supply issues sees a glut of “pandemic worn condition” vans enter the auction halls.
Market Insight 5 Jan
Christmas demand forced used van prices up
Used LCV prices increased in November, as demand grew steadily for vehicles to service the online shopping and home delivery sector in the run-up to Christmas.
Used Cars 30 May
Dealer optimism falls as used car prices are 'past peak'
The number of dealers that are ‘optimistic’ about the used car market has fallen to just 12%, this month, a drop of 21% from the previous month.
Used Cars 19 May
High-mileage stock drives used van dealers back to physical auctions
Used van dealers are returning to auction halls to inspect higher mileage and older vehicles prior to bidding.
Used Cars 3 May
Auction prices for used LCVs fall in March
Prices for used LCVs at auction have slipped below guide estimates as greater levels of stock enter the market.
Used Cars 14 Mar
Economic pressures felt in February’s used van market
Used vans continued to achieve near-record prices at BCA auctions last month, but external economic pressures are starting to alter buyer behavior.
Market Insight 20 Dec
Xmas LCV demand drives used prices upwards
Used LCV values rose during November at BCA as demand grew steadily for vehicles to service the online and home delivery sector in the run-up to Christmas.
Market Insight 13 Sep
Van supply to be 'lowest in a decade', says Cox Automotive
Cox Automotive is warning that LCV supply will be the lowest the wholesale market has seen for more than a decade, following record-breaking demand for used vehicles at auction in August.
Used Cars 23 Jul
Used buyers yearn for VW Transporter and Iveco Daily, data shows
A van desirability index launched this month by remarketing group Aston Barclay has highlighted intense market demand for used Volkswagen Transporter LCVs.
Used Cars 15 Jun
Used vans to face ‘period of ever-rising prices’ says Cox Automotive
Used vans prices are expected to start rising and not stop until some time in 2022, according to Cox Automotive.
Used Cars 19 Mar
Used van prices fall in February, according to Aston Barclay
An influx of high-mileage ex-fleet stock pushed the average price of a used van down in February, at auction firm Aston Barclay.
Used Cars 2 Nov
Demand for used vans remains ‘exceptionally strong’ in September, says BCA
LCV demand remained strong in September as average values climbed yet again and sold volumes rose significantly, according to BCA.
Market Insight 24 Jul
Used LCV values rose by 20.8% in Q2, reports Aston Barclay
Soaring demand for vans after COVID-19 triggered a home delivery shopping culture across the UK triggered a 20.8% rise in used values during Q2, according to Aston Barclay.
Used Cars 1 Jul
June's used LCV market makes history with 30-40% values increase
The used van market made history in June as a pent-up demand for vehicles triggered a rise in values of up to 40%, according to Shoreham Vehicle Auctions (SVA).
Used Cars 5 May
Used car and van markets ‘will bounce back’ post lockdown
The UK’s used car and van markets will bounce back once the Government’s COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown restrictions are eased, according to Shoreham Vehicle Auctions’ (SVA) Alex Wright.
Latest News 14 Sep
Anchor Vans to expand into neighbouring two-acre site
Anchor Vans will expand its car and commercial vehicle retail operations into a neighbouring two-acre site after acquiring the land from The Caravan Company.
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VRA questions whether 2019 will be ‘the year of the used van’
The Vehicle Remarking Association will ask whether 2019 will be “the year of the used van” when it hosts members at Manheim’s Bruntingthorpe auction site next week.


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WBO ’20: Lubricants supply chain must manage risk, sustainability – Fuchs
LONDON (ICIS)–Disruptions to the automotive supply chain caused by the coronavirus have highlighted the importance of managing risk, an executive at major lubricants manufacturer Fuch Petrolub said on Thursday.
The more global the supply chain becomes, the more disruption a global disease can cause, said Holger Karnetzky, vice president, supply chain at the Germany-based manufacturer.
“China is one of the largest suppliers of automotive parts in the world. The answer for the global automotive industry lies in actively managing risk with contingency planning,” said Karnetzky.
“We track very narrowly what is going on … Whenever we see a risk, we jump on it locally to manage it … A lot of work has gone in recent decades into managing risk.”
The other key area which demands industry attention is the work to be done in explaining what lubricants are doing for sustainability.
“We need to have a fact-based discussion. It is our duty to find ways to explain in an easy and understandable way, with examples, and demonstrate the real value [that lubricants bring],” the executive said.
“We need to show young people the contribution from our side. [It is about] simplification.”
The feedback from lubricant customers is that there is a strong demand to move to electric vehicles (EVs).
Karnetzky said that “everyone is trying” to speed up the transformation, adding that this is likely to cause a decrease in overall consumption of lubricants.
“But, on the other side, products are getting much more complex. We are being a solution partner, looking at the complete supply chain, and we all have to work together. We are ready because we have wide experience,” he said.
“The lubes industry is part of the solution. We are at a critical point in time today, and we must demonstrate we take sustainability seriously. To get acceptance from society and commit on common standards, we must be very transparent.”
That would imply, for instance, talking about the whole life of the product.
Other challenges facing the lubricant industry are the volatility of demand down the supply chain and variations in specifications.
“We must manage the volatility down the chain. There are months with big increases in demand, months with big drops,” he said.
Equally, there is a wide variety in which products are allowed to be sold in different countries.
“[Standards are] not aligned around the world. So, we will see a trend towards the regionalisation of products,” concluded Karnetzky.
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FILE PHOTO: CEO Tim Cook speaks at an Apple event at their headquarters in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) Chief Executive Tim Cook on Thursday defended the iPhone maker’s decision to remove from its app store a police-tracking app used by protesters in Hong Kong, according to a copy of a letter to employees seen by Reuters and confirmed by Apple.
In the message on an internal Apple website, Cook said the information in the app, including crowdsourced locations of police checkpoints and protest hotspots, was on its own “benign.”
“It is no secret that technology can be used for good or for ill. This case is no different,” Cook wrote.
Cook wrote that Apple based its decision on “credible information” from both Hong Kong police and Apple users in Hong Kong that the app was used “maliciously to target individual officers for violence and to victimize individuals and property where no police are present.”
“This use put the app in violation of Hong Kong law,” Cook said. “Similarly, widespread abuse clearly violates our App Store guidelines barring personal harm.”
Apple made the decision a day after a Chinese state newspaper wrote a commentary criticizing the company for approving the app.
“National and international debates will outlive us all, and, while important, they do not govern the facts,” Cook wrote in his letter. “In this case, we thoroughly reviewed them, and we believe this decision best protects our users.”
Reporting by Stephen Nellis in San Francisco; Editing by Chris Reese and David Gregorio


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Peter Stokes, operation manager, Micro Plus Computers, tells PCR how joining Network Group has benefitted the business in a variety of ways.
Despite being in the retailer/reseller game for over 22 years, it is only recently that we have really started to engage on a personal level with vendors and distributors – and what a difference it makes! Having spent years in the ‘wilderness’ not belonging to any buying group, we would often scratch our collective heads wondering how some of our competitors were able to offer the deals they do.
It’s probably a case of ‘if you don’t ask, you don’t get’ but since making the effort to get to know our channel account managers and strike up relationships with vendors we have been amazed at some of the deals and terms available. I think the biggest problem we had was not knowing what to ask for (or what we could get away with).
“If you’re not already part of a buying group then you should give it strong consideration. It can be hard to make your voice heard when you’re on your own."
Peter Stokes, Micro Plus Computers
Phylip Morgan invited us to join Network Group about two years ago and the quality of the deals, advice, preferential terms and access to vendors that we now get makes a difference to our business every single day – but by far the biggest benefit are the five meetings that NG hold each year when we get to meet other resellers, disties and vendors. It’s the contacts we’ve made at these meetings that have made the biggest difference.
We recently held our own mini-expo for schools and businesses at a local hotel, which would have been impossible without the phenomenal support we got from Enta, Micro-P and Network Group as well as around 20 vendors that exhibited on the day including Samsung, Lenovo and Epson to name just a few.
The best advice I can give is: if you’re not already part of a buying group then you should give it strong consideration. It can be hard to make your voice heard when you’re on your own, but we have certainly been taken far more seriously since we’ve been a part of Network Group.


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Office of Hon Dr Michael Cullen
Reduction in trade deficit welcome
The continued steady reduction in the trade deficit was welcomed today by acting Finance Minister Trevor Mallard.
Mr Mallard was commenting on the release of the overseas merchandise trade figures for July.
"The exports trend has been rising faster than the imports trend for eleven months now. This should take pressure off
the current account deficit," Mr Mallard said.
"I particularly welcome the correction in today's data of the $180 million error in the exports early estimate published
"The corrected figure, although it still shows a modest deficit, is a huge improvement on what commentators had been
expecting," Mr Mallard said.


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Tag Archives: Daedalic Entertainment
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The Night of the Rabbit is the latest adventure from the German adventure whizzkids at Daedalic, posing the question: what if magic were real?
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Daedalic Entertainment has released a small batch of screenshots for its upcoming Memoria title. The hand-drawn shots are absolutely wonderful and indicate the game’s locations are going to be a huge asset when it finally releases in Q3 2013.
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Indie adventure specialist Daedalic has announced its first foray into another genre, with turn-based strategy effort Blackguards.
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Memoria is the latest game from Deponia Developer Daedalic Entertainment. It’s a PC adventure title currently slated for a Q3 2013 release.
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Three more indie developers have raised their voices in complaints about Lace Mamba Global, with one ready to take legal action against the multi-national publisher.
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Hard times for small firms in wireless sector.
This is an article on regulation within Kenya’s telecommunications sector that was published last week in the Business Daily where I was quoted. The article refers to a blog post I wrote last month on the Safaricom and Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) standoff regarding controversial fair competition and equality regulations. You can read it here>
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HONOLULU — On the first night of new regulations designed to beat back a pandemic surge, establishments throughout Waikiki looked more like exclusive nightclubs in South Beach or Las Vegas than resort-area restaurants.
But to get past the velvet ropes, bouncers were looking for vaccination cards or recent negative Covid-19 tests, not the best-dressed or those most likely to shell out for table service.
Under the Safe Access Oahu rules effective Sept. 13, all guests and employees at restaurants, bars, gyms, museums and other businesses and attractions across the island must show either proof of vaccination or a negative result on a Covid-19 test taken within 48 hours.
Unvaccinated employees must be tested once a week.
Bars and restaurants deployed barriers, tables and additional staff to their entrances to handle document checks. At Deck, inside the Queen Kapiolani Hotel, after vaccine or test records were verified, diners signed a ledger and provided an address for contact tracing, and they could stay for only 90 minutes.
On Waikiki’s Kalakaua Avenue, dotted with luxury shops and hotels, a restaurant sign trumpeted a surf-and-turf special and, in bold letters, “All Employees Vaccinated.” At a sushi spot next door, a line formed to sit at one of its Plexiglas-enclosed tables.
Restaurants reported depressed sales in recent weeks, but the new regulations, coupled with capacity restrictions, created the effect that half-full Waikiki was as busy as ever.
Michael Miller, director of operations at Tiki’s Grill and Bar on the Waikiki beachfront said he is hiring two staff members to beef up presence at the door.
“You’ve got to have the right person up front,” he said. “People are already stressed. They are jet-lagged and hangry on top of that. So you need to hire someone for the door who is an ambassador of aloha, someone who has the training and can start the customer experience off right.”
Ryan Tanaka, co-owner of Waikiki sports bar Giovanni Pastrami, said a few customers had to be turned away on the first day for not having the necessary documents.
“The majority of our clientele are tourists, and a lot don’t realize this is going on,” he said. “They’re not tracking rules county by county, and this is just Oahu. So they book a ticket to come to Hawaii, and they show up at a restaurant and we say, ‘Sorry, can you show us your vaccination card?’ There’s a little bit of a surprise factor.”
In general, restaurant owners said the first day went relatively smoothly, but Tanaka, who is also vice chairman of the Hawaii Restaurant Association, said members across the island were reporting a steep decline in foot traffic.
Vaccination rates rising among restaurant employees
Oahu’s new policy does seem to be spurring vaccinations among employees at the impacted businesses.
At Giovanni Pastrami, they expect to go from 83% of staff vaccinated to 95% in the next few weeks, but Tanaka added the new rules could exacerbate an ongoing labor shortage.
“Not all employees are responding well to the policy,” he said. “What it’s doing is adding stress to an already stressed situation.”
Miller said an additional 20 of his 110 staff members were motivated to get vaccinated recently, and he thought the new rules could boost hiring.
“In one way, it makes some of the staff feel a bit better about serving visitors,” he said.
In addition to labor woes, supply chain bottlenecks and the new vaccine mandate, Oahu restaurants were also hit with capacity reductions and a ban on large events in the past month. Also, in August, Gov. David Ige discouraged visitation to the Islands through the end of October.
“It’s definitely a frustrating time to be in the restaurant business,” said Tom Jones, co-owner of Gyotaku Japanese Restaurants. “For some restaurants, maybe they’ve been able to survive until now, but this next down period could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.”
Attractions facing new rules, too
Indoor attractions, like museums, are also subject to the new rules. At Iolani Palace, more staff are manning the entrance for document checks, but executive director Paula Akana said the new protocols required minimal adjustments.
“With the limited number of guests who can be accommodated during our tours each day, our ability to generate revenue from ticket sales has been impacted,” she said. “We’re down about 50% from the peak of summer travel as visitors cancel or postpone their trips to Hawaii.”
The Honolulu Museum of Art experienced a similar attendance drop, but reported a recent 10% bump in sales that the administration attributes to extended weekend and evening hours and new programming targeting residents. Roughly 98% of the museum staff is vaccinated, and a smooth transition to the new rules is anticipated.
Despite the struggles, everyone who commented for this report said they support the measures to arrest the surge in Covid-19 cases stretching Hawaii hospitals to their limits.
“It’s creating a strain on everyone, but it’s still better than a lockdown,” Tanaka said. “Given the alternatives, this is probably the best path forward for our community. I just hope that everyone makes it to the other side.”
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Cornish Cheddar brand Davidstow is set to relaunch this month. In addition to adding two new SKUs to the range, the brand has undergone a redesign.
The new range will roll out into trade from mid-April onwards with the exception of a 3 Year Reserve, which will launch exclusively in Sainsbury’s from May.
The new packs feature bold colours that have greater shelf standout. The logo is 'more confident' and has kept its recognisable Cornish Chough bird.
"We are pleased with the new look of the packs and we’re excited by the expansion of the Davidstow Cheddar range," said group brand manager Jennifer Hannah. "This upgrade confidently positions the Davidstow brand into the everyday premium Cheddar segment.”
Davidstow Medium Cheddar (Cornish Creamy) is MRSP 350g £4.49. Davidstow Mature Cheddar (Cornish Classic) is MRSP 200g £2.79.
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Facebook’s Dynamic Ads have offered unparalleled performance for e-commerce, travel, and other advertisers for well over two years already. So far, the product has only supported retargeting advertiser’s website visitors and app users, limiting your audience size to the number of people who’ve interacted with you in the past. That’s why, despite the great performance, the possible investments advertisers have been able to make have been fairly restricted — typically, the biggest share of their budgets goes to acquiring new customers.
To help advertisers reach these audiences with top-performing ads, Facebook is rolling out the possibility to expand the reach of Dynamic Ads campaigns outside retargeting audiences – it’s called Broad Audiences.
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Coffee dealers contracted to supply about 60 containers of unroasted coffee to a Canadian firm are demanding Rwf4.5 billion in unpaid arrears which they say is affecting their business, The New Times has learnt.
The suppliers have provided 1,152 tonnes of coffee to Happy Goat, a firm co-owned by two business partners – a Rwandan and a Canadian.
The company entered deals with 13 local coffee companies between August and December 2017.
The coffee is stored in a warehouse owned by the National Agriculture Exports Development Board (NAEB) before it is exported.
Speaking to The New Times last week the suppliers said they had run out of funds to carry on with their business as they need to be paid to save the situation.
One dealer said they acquired a loan to supply a container of coffee, worth about $99,000 (about Rwf83 million), having signed a contract with the firm in July 2017.
Under the agreement, the dealer said, the buyer was supposed to pay for supplies not later than a month after getting the coffee.
But about seven months have elapsed without receiving a coin, the business person said.
“We are worried that we will not be able to service the bank loan we took. The coffee harvest season is due soon but we will not afford to buy coffee from farmers because we do not have money. Our business is in limbo” the dealer said on condition of anonymity for fear of jeopardising the contract.
Another dealer told The New Times that he supplied one container to Happy Goat after signing an agreement in September 2017.
The coffee, he said, is still in NAEB warehouse but its quality could deteriorate as it is a commodity that should not be kept for a long time.
“Losses are bound to happen,” he said. “We do not have money to pay farmers for the upcoming harvest.”
Contacted for a comment, Janvier Nzabarinda, a co-owner of Happy Goat, admitted that payment for the supplies delayed after they failed to secure funds in time from a financial institution.
He said he signed the contracts with the suppliers after securing an export market for Rwandan coffee (including in America, Canada and Dubai) with demand of about 70 containers but he’s yet to supply.
But, he added, the firm will be in position to pay the traders within the next 10 days.
“We delayed to pay them but it was a result of delayed financing from financial institutions,” he said.
He said he committed to pay $5.2 per kilogramme of unroasted coffee, while foreign buyers pay $4.5 a kilogramme.
A kilogramme of roasted coffee, he said, is $25 in Canada.
However, he said, though he needs the traders’ coffee, they were free to sell it to other buyers who are able to pay upfront.
In the future, Nzabarinda said, he was considering paying suppliers before they supply the product.
The chief executive of National Exports Development Board (NAEB), Amb. George William Kayonga, told The New Times that several options were on the table to address the issue.
“We are trying to resolve the matter by looking around for buyers for their coffee,” he said, adding that they are also considering terminating the contract with Happy Goat. He said they were not contemplating legal action to avoid possible losses arising from longer storage periods.
Happy Goat has about six coffee shops in Ottawa, Canada, according to Nzabarinda.
Nzabarinda has a 50 per cent stake in the Canadian-based firm – which was established about seven years ago – with the other 50 per cent belonging to his Canadian business partner.


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Godzilla (Nissan GT-R) vs. Corvette Z06 – The Video
A few days ago, we shared with you how Motor Trend dropped a bomb on everyone by announcing the GT-R Nismo beat out the new Corvette Z06 in their track test. Now they’ve got the video showing you how it happened.
Motor Trend decided to do a proper track test with the new Corvette Z06, while pitting the supercar against one of its main competitors: the Nissan GT-R Nismo.
How do the 2015 Corvette Z06 and C6 Corvette ZR1 measure up in a roll race? You’ll just have to click past the jump to find out.
If this race against a Tesla would have turned out any differently for the C7 Corvette, there’s no way we would have posted this story on Corvette Forum. But it sure didn’t start off well.
Now’s your chance to buy a piece of racing history and own Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s 1999 Callaway C12 Corvette. The price sure looks right.


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In mid-November, Square announced that it was testing bitcoin buying and selling on its Cash app. Now, the vast majority of Square Cash users have the ability to buy and sell bitcoins through the app.
How’s the global crypto community coping during the COVID-19 crisis? Jeff Wilser checks in with groups in seven locations.
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The cryptocurrency market is in the red two days in a row. On Monday, Bitcoin tried to overcome the seller congestion zone at $10,000. However, the price action hit a wall at $9,957 (current week high.
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15/11/2017 · The payments company is letting some users of its Square Cash app purchase bitcoin. Square Cash lets customers store money and send peer-to-peer payments without having to connect to a bank account. It recently rolled out a physical card to let consumers keep cash on its platform and spend directly from Square Cash.
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“What the average Joe hears is how friends lost fortunes,” said Alex Kruger,
The start-up Square began allowing the users of its mobile app, Square Cash, to buy Bitcoin last November.
would be in the red if they bought cryptocurrencies at almost any point over the last nine months and held on to them.
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Square tests buying and selling bitcoin inside its payment app.
Square Cash moved beyond sending money in February 2016 when it started letting users store their funds in account.
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Square has announced it is bringing free stock trading to Cash App,
notes this feature will sit alongside the ability to trade Bitcoin on the app.
a spokesperson says that investing on Cash App should be rolling out.
users to both trade stocks without paying fees, and to buy and sell.
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Samsung is probably concentrating more on the other sectors than its smartphone product line as of yet, which is quite evident with its CES 2017 launches. We had earlier reported that Samsung announced its first-ever gaming laptop - Notebook Odyssey and QLED TV at CES 2017. Moving ahead, the South Korean giant now confirms to launch both Classic and Frontier versions of Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch in India on January 10 at an event to be held in New Delhi.
Samsung has sent out press invites for the launch event of Gear S3, wherein the tech giant has featured Gear S3 sketches in the background and a statement that reads, "Samsung invites you to an evening of celebrating timeless style which is innovative, personal and eternal. An experience like never before awaits you!"
Expected to be the company's first major launch in the smartwatch sector, Samsung Gear S3 Classic and Frontier smartwatches made the first public appearance at the IFA 2016 in Berlin back in September 2016. The key highlights of these Tizen OS-based smartwatches include IP68 ratings for water resistance, NFC, built-in speaker for activating voice messaging and music listening, GPS, and SOS, which will notify friends and family in case the wearer is stuck in an emergency situation.
As far as the connectivity is concerned, Gear S3 Classic comes with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, whereas Frontier supports LTE along with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Well, talking about the display, the successor of the Gear S2 comes with a 1.3-inch super AMOLED full circular bezel display. Besides, the smartwatch also comes with inbuilt GPS and speaker, which will help in making and receiving phone calls.
Further, Samsung has also added Corning Gorilla Glass SR+ protection, which makes the enables the smartwatches to withstand accidental damage, and also survive both high and low temperatures. Samsung also claims that both the Gear S3 smartwatches come with the ability to operate at higher altitudes of up to 15,000 feet.
Powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor, the smartwatch is fuelled by a 380mAh battery along with a power saver mode, which further extends the battery life. As far as the price is considered, the starting price of Gear S3 is $349, which is roughly around Rs. 23,800. However, Samsung hasn't made any official announcement about the price at which the smartwatches might hit the Indian shores.