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Equities research analysts predict that Domtar Corp (NYSE:UFS) (TSE:UFS) will report $1.34 billion in sales for the current fiscal quarter, Zacks Investment Research reports. Three analysts have made estimates for Domtar’s earnings, with the highest sales estimate coming in at $1.37 billion and the lowest estimate coming in at $1.30 billion. Domtar posted sales of $1.30 billion in the same quarter last year, which would indicate a positive year over year growth rate of 3.1%. The company is scheduled to announce its next earnings results on Thursday, April 26th.
On average, analysts expect that Domtar will report full-year sales of $1.34 billion for the current fiscal year, with estimates ranging from $5.21 billion to $5.46 billion. For the next fiscal year, analysts anticipate that the business will post sales of $5.32 billion per share, with estimates ranging from $5.18 billion to $5.57 billion. Zacks’ sales averages are an average based on a survey of sell-side research firms that follow Domtar.
Domtar (NYSE:UFS) (TSE:UFS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 8th. The basic materials company reported $0.64 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.69 by ($0.05). The company had revenue of $1.34 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.31 billion. Domtar had a positive return on equity of 6.02% and a negative net margin of 4.11%. The company’s revenue was up 4.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.75 earnings per share.
UFS has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Royal Bank of Canada lowered shares of Domtar from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and set a $50.00 price objective on the stock. in a report on Friday, January 12th. They noted that the move was a valuation call. Raymond James Financial lowered shares of Domtar from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Monday, January 29th. Vertical Group lowered shares of Domtar from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, January 4th. ValuEngine lowered shares of Domtar from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 3rd. Finally, Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Domtar from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $56.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Wednesday, December 27th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating, five have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $44.33.
Domtar (NYSE:UFS) opened at $45.40 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $2,870.00, a PE ratio of -7.19, a PEG ratio of 3.06 and a beta of 1.63. Domtar has a 1-year low of $35.47 and a 1-year high of $52.58. The company has a current ratio of 2.24, a quick ratio of 1.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45.
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, April 16th. Investors of record on Monday, April 2nd will be issued a $0.435 dividend. This is a positive change from Domtar’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.42. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 29th. This represents a $1.74 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.83%. Domtar’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -26.31%.
In related news, insider Michael Fagan sold 23,674 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $44.87, for a total value of $1,062,252.38. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 19,477 shares in the company, valued at $873,932.99. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO John David Williams sold 68,556 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $45.28, for a total transaction of $3,104,215.68. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 55,242 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,501,357.76. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 1.04% of the company’s stock.
A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of UFS. Victory Capital Management Inc. raised its holdings in Domtar by 19.6% in the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 18,901 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $820,000 after buying an additional 3,094 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. raised its holdings in Domtar by 110.1% in the third quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 24,377 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $1,058,000 after buying an additional 12,772 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Domtar by 0.7% during the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 266,997 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $11,585,000 after purchasing an additional 1,861 shares during the period. New York State Common Retirement Fund raised its stake in shares of Domtar by 4.3% during the third quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 134,200 shares of the basic materials company’s stock valued at $5,823,000 after purchasing an additional 5,500 shares during the period. Finally, Teacher Retirement System of Texas purchased a new stake in shares of Domtar during the third quarter valued at approximately $224,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.59% of the company’s stock.
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Domtar Company Profile
Domtar Corporation designs, manufactures, markets and distributes a range of fiber-based products, including communication papers, specialty and packaging papers and absorbent hygiene products. The Company segments include Pulp and Paper and Personal Care. The Pulp and Paper segment consists of the design, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of communication, specialty and packaging papers, as well as softwood, fluff and hardwood market pulp.
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Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, announced today in New York some news related to the world of marketing on this social network.
Among other things, they have shown their concern for bringing brands closer to human beings and have affirmed that social marketing is, and must continue to be, in the hands of professionals, not in the tool, although Facebook can help a lot at work.
Shortly thereafter, Facebook’s vice president, Chris Cox, took the stage also stating that the brands on the platform are its best content creators.
Then it was Mike Hoefflinger, Director of Global Business Marketing talking about how social media is bringing back the relationship between customers and brands, he also spoke about the new company pages on Facebook and ended with the announcement of Facebook Premium.
Facebook has decided to turn its social network into a mass marketing platform, and for this it presented its Reach Generator, a tool that guarantees that the content published by brands will be seen by 75% of their fans. According to Hoefflinger, in tests they managed to double their total stake and increase sales in a 3 × 1 return on investment.
Although there have not been much details about how the tool works, they do indicate that news that brands wish to disseminate can be sent to the NewsFeed Facebook to increase your visibility, including also advertising when fans log out of your Facebook session. The company decides what it wants to publicize, hire Facebook and the social network will be in charge of presenting it in various ways among its community of fans.
As reported in InsideFacebook, these Premium ads can only be contracted directly with Facebook representatives, without a Google Adwords-style control panel that allows anyone to appear on all our fan pages.
At the moment it will affect the public in the United States from April, we will be attentive to see when it will be available in other countries, as well as the reaction of users before this news.
More information: InsideFacebook
Real-time broadcast of the event: www.insidefacebook.com

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Mojang won't sue FortressCraft dev, "bored" by Minecraft clones
"They don't bring anything new to the table."
Mojang has accused Minecraft clones of failing to do anything new - but confirmed it won't sue their makers.
Mojang business chief Daniel Kaplan discussed the issue of Minecraft clones in response to a Eurogamer-asked question in a webchat.
We asked Kaplan for Mojang's take on Xbox Live Indie Game FortressCraft, which many have accused of being a clone of Minecraft, and asked if it will take its developer Adam Sawkins to court.
"As long as they don't use anything we MADE, we don't care," Kaplan replied.
"Like, would the Doom creators sue everybody who has done an FPS? Don't think so."
FortressCraft, a £2 title, is the most successful game on the Xbox 360 XBLIG platform. In September last year it had generated over $1 million in revenue off the back of half a million sales.
Some have criticised it for being little more than a rip off of Markus "Notch" Persson's phenomenally successful Minecraft - and the comparisons are set to intensify when Minecraft is released on Xbox Live Arcade later this year.
Sawkins has rejected those comparisons. Last year he called out what he described as the "Notch Defense Force", and insisted his game is nothing like the indie phenomenon.
"The Notch Defense Force said things like 'you even stole the name', but the actual gameplay is nothing like Minecraft," Sawkins said at the time.
"Minecraft has been squeezed out of its own market," he said on the subject of Minecraft's XBLA release. "It might do well on the name alone, but if you want sexy graphics and shaders and the creative aspect, you have FortressCraft. If you want to fight monsters and share stuff with your friends, you have Total Miner. Nobody will pay for Minecraft when they can pay $3.00 for Total Miner or FortressCraft."
Speaking last night, Kaplan dismissed the impact of Minecraft clones on Mojang.
"I'm really bored by the clones," he said. "They don't bring anything new to the table which is really sad."


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Pope Francis denounced consumerism and what he called the "culture of waste" of modern economies, especially when it comes to food. "Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry," he said in June on the same day the U.N. launched an anti-food waste campaign to mark World Environment Day. Approximately 1.3 billion tons of food — one-third of the world's total food production — are lost or wasted every year, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. In the U.S., 30 percent of all food is thrown away each year.
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Religare Macquarie, the joint venture between Religare Enterprises and Australia-based Maquarie Group, has announced its wealth advisory services in India. To support this, the company has unveiled a new brand campaign that takes an innovative position of creating a new category norm for wealth advisory service. The campaign promotes this service as ‘Active Wealth Management’.
The campaign has been conceptualised and executed by Brand Planet Elephant. The main TV burst commenced from January 30, while the print ads will be released in the first week of February.
Subhrangshu Neogi, General Manager, Brand & Communications, Religare Enterprises, explained, “In today’s professional and business scenario, even HNIs are extremely active, and they demand this from all the services they experience, so why not from their wealth advisors. Religare Macquarie will back it up by a process of being proactive and bring to bear Macquarie’s global expertise in managing wealth and Religare’s local insights.”
The campaign breaks this week and uses a mix of TV and magazines. The media selection has been done on the basis of a qualitative understanding of the target group’s affinity towards certain lifestyle and business specific media. This has been the foundation for the media approach in TV as well as press.
Commenting on the campaign development, Anjan Roy, Director, Brand Planet Elephant, said, “As a campaign that launches a new service, the primary objective is to establish the context of Active Wealth Management. This was done by drawing an analogy with the animal kingdom – where we are all familiar with behaviour that is alert, pre-emptive and agile. These are the same attributes we wanted to drive home for Religare Macquarie.”
The campaign will have an initial run time of six weeks. This will be followed by product launches addressing specific niches of segments that the brand has identified as the initial core adopters.


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Ninety-three recognized international journalists on the World Car Awards jury panel have voted AKIO TOYODA (豊田 章男), President and CEO, Toyota Motor Corporation, as the 2021 World Car PERSON of the Year.
Akio Toyoda is the charismatic President and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation, where he has spent years successfully redoing his organization. In 2020, under his leadership, Toyota stayed beneficial, notwithstanding COVID-19, accordingly protecting jobs around the world.
He has kept up Toyota’s speed of steady improvement for the Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electric era, and he has started construction of the Woven City, an exciting real-life prototype city of the future. All while effectively taking an interest in motorsports himself, as a driver.
Mr. Toyoda said, “On behalf of all 360,000 Toyota Team members around the world, thank you for this tremendous honor! If you don’t mind, however, I would like to change this award from car “person” of the year, to car “people” of the year… because it’s the collective effort of all our global employees, retailers, and suppliers that have truly made Toyota what it is today! And I for one, couldn’t be a luckier… or a more grateful CEO.
I would also like to thank and recognize the contributions of the entire automotive industry.
At Toyota, we are very fortunate that we were able to protect the employment of our team members during COVID and to continue our work to meet the future challenges of our industry. As a company, we are dedicated to providing mobility for all… but we are equally committed to creating new ways to support the well-being of our planet and people everywhere.
This has been a difficult period in the history of the world, but it has also reminded us that people are what matters most… and if we at Toyota, can contribute some measure of happiness to their lives, it will be my never-ending goal to do just that.
Thank you again for this award… and to my fellow car lovers, see you on the track!”
There were five finalists for this prestigious award that was made in 2018 to recognize and celebrate a person who has made a significant contribution to the global automotive industry during the period January 1 to December 31, 2020. That contribution could incorporate a huge effect on their brand or organization or huge security, engineering, design, or technical advancement.
Past World Car Person of the Year recipients were Carlos Tavares, CEO of PSA Group (2020), the late Sergio Marchionne, CEO, FCA; Chairman, CNH Industrial; and Chairman and CEO, Ferrari (2019) and Håkan Samuelsson, President and CEO, Volvo Car Group (2018).
The World Car Person of the Year award is only one of six awards distributed annually by the World Car Awards. The awards were introduced in 2003 and officially launched in January 2004, to reflect the reality of the global marketplace, as well as to perceive, reward, and inspire excellence, leadership, and innovation in a quickly changing automotive industry.


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$WTW announced that its Board has created an interim Office of the CEO to lead the company until a new CEO is appointed. The 3 members of the Office of the CEO will be CFO Nicholas Hotchkin, and directors Thilo Semmelbauer and Christopher Sobecki.
$NFLX a monster move, going up. Expect making some money on Monday.
$AMD down more than 6% even after posting above consensus third quarter results.
$MCD stock rose more than 2% after it posted better than expected 3Q16 results, driven by global same-store sales growth. Meanwhile, earnings and revenue were lower than last year, hurt by refranchising efforts.
$RAI has received a $47 billion take over offer from British tobacco giant British American Tobacco! This is huge!


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By Michele S. Byers
For decades, suburban sprawl devoured farms, meadows, wetlands and forests. New homes, corporate parks, shopping malls, and myriad stores began to populate the New Jersey landscapes, often without regard for water supplies, roads, sewers, schools, and other required infrastructure.
Today a new kind of urban sprawl threatens this state we are in. There are millions of square feet of warehouse proposed and already built in dozens of locations, particularly in southern and northwestern New Jersey.
Nobody should be surprised. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, online shopping for goods via e-commerce had grown steadily for years, with giants like Amazon leading the shift from traditional retail.
Online shopping exploded with the coronavirus lockdowns in early 2020 and is showing no signs of decline today. And without a truck and warehouse, you can’t get your goods online. In fact, you need a lot of them.
The warehouse boom in New Jersey is primarily noticeable in the location and growth of the port of Newark-Elizabeth. This port receives the second largest volume of overseas consumer goods shipped in the country.
Some warehouses are well located in industrial locations with quick access to major highways. But far too many are being proposed now on prime farmland and open spaces, near residential areas, or along local roads that cannot handle the massive trucking traffic.
A blatant example is rural White Township, Warren County, where two gigantic warehouses – one nearly a million square feet and the second nearly two million square feet – are proposed on adjoining lots on Route 519, a two-lane rural street.
“The second warehouse, if built, would be the seventh largest warehouse in the country and the twelfth largest in the world,” said Julia Somers, executive director of the nonprofit NJ Highlands Council, a regional monitoring group.
“This is on property 10 miles from Interstate 78 and 10 miles from Interstate 80, on a two-lane highway with no hard shoulder – and prime farmland,” said Somers.
Another example, Somers said, is a planned warehouse of over 400,000 square feet in a public park that has been reclaimed and restored from a former landfill in Phillipsburg.
Phillipsburg is already considered a “congested” community with more than a reasonable amount of environmental degradation, and this proposal would add to the burden by diverting truck traffic through residential areas.
According to a new environmental justice law, the effects on overburdened communities must be taken into account when setting up new plants with negative environmental impacts.
Despite decades of efforts to plan extensive land use, New Jersey is still unable to handle the recent warehouse explosion. But the issue now has the attention of officials seeking solutions to protect communities and land.
A panel of the state planning commission recently heard testimony as to whether camp sites should be subject to regional rather than municipal control.
The New Jersey League of Municipalities held a workshop on Farmhouses vs. Warehouses at their recent annual conference in Atlantic City.
In addition, two bills have been proposed by the New Jersey Legislature to address the problem of poorly located warehouses.
The latest bill would amend the state’s local redevelopment and housing law to stipulate that arable land is not a redevelopment area or an area in need of redevelopment.
“Maintaining productive farmland is of vital importance to New Jersey, also known as ‘The Garden State’, as agriculture is one of the largest industries in the state,” said the bill’s explanatory memorandum.
An earlier bill would require a regional planning approach to zoning warehouses. It would require that each city with a request for a “large warehouse” send a “regional impact notice” of the project to the neighboring communities and ask for contributions.
Both calculations are steps in the right direction. Farmland with the best soils for growing food should not be covered and destroyed by warehouses and parking lots.
And communities affected by camp development should have a say; not just the communities where the warehouses would be located. If a regional approach can work in the Pinelands and Highlands, why not take a regional approach to warehouse planning?
In November, Governor Phil Murphy signed a new law requiring large new warehouses to be “solar-enabled”. The law stipulates that warehouses of at least 100,000 square meters built after July 2022 must reserve up to 40% of their roof area for solar systems. This is a positive move for clean energy, but it doesn’t ensure the warehouses are properly placed.
Legislators must act to control warehouse sprawl in the garden state. New Jersey needs a regional planning and coordination mechanism to ensure that warehouses are immediately adjacent to suitable transportation corridors, that they do not cover prime or productive farmland, and that they do not generate trucking traffic through neighborhoods, especially communities that are already disproportionately affected by environmental justice from pollution.
Michele S. Byers is the executive director of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation, Far Hills. She can be reached at [email protected]


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That’s the way this market is expressing its nervousness about the Greek debt crisis, monetary tightening in China, and the uncertainties of Wall Street reform during this earnings season.
And so Microsoft shares dipped on its earnings report in the market’s after-hours session and were up just a nickel on the open in New York even though the company is growing just the way that investors in the stock, a Jubak’s Pick in July 2009, had hoped.
Revenue for the company’s third quarter of fiscal 2010 (Microsoft’s fiscal year begins on July 1) grew to $19 billon as sales of Windows 7, Microsoft’s new operating system, produced a 29% increase in revenue for the Windows business unit. Most of that growth came from consumers with unit sales of Windows to corporate customers flat from the year-earlier quarter. That wasn’t unexpected. Microsoft has repeatedly said that it doesn’t expect corporate sales to kick in until the second half of 2010 and early 2011. So that piece of the Windows 7 good news story is still in the pipeline.
The company’s other units posted just so-so results. Revenues in the Server unit grew by just 2%. In the Business software unit revenue actually fell by 3% as corporate customers put off some purchases of Microsoft’s Office software ahead of the release of Office 2010.
At the bottom line, where revenue turns into earnings, the story was about lower operating expenses. Nothing captures Microsoft’s transition from a growth rabbit to a growth tortoise—slow and steady, remember, wins the race—better than investors’ newly discovered concern with expenses at Microsoft. So while earnings of 45 cents a share, which exceeded Wall Street estimates by 3 cents a share, still count, many analysts led their reaction to the company’s quarter by noting that Microsoft had said that operating expenses for the company’s full fiscal year would come in $100 million to $200 million lower than previously projected by the company. That should help keep gross margins near the 81% announced for the third quarter. (Wall Street had estimated gross margins of 78.9%.)
All in all, I think the Microsoft story remains on track—no surprises in this quarter to either the upside or downside. I’m going to tweak my target price just a little to reflect the company’s higher margins but that’s it. As of April 23, I’m raising my target price to $37 a share by October from the previous $36.
Full disclosure: I own shares of Microsoft in my personal portfolio.
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In October, the Seattle-based coffee chain’s CEO Kevin Johnson sent a letter to employees outlining the chain’s diversity, equity and inclusion goals. That letter announced a new policy linking executive compensation to the diversity and inclusion of their teams.
On a store level, Johnson said that Starbucks is committing to 40% BIPOC representation by 2025 and will be launching a mentorship program connecting Starbucks employees to leaders within their division to focus on developing and promoting diverse talent within the organization.
“We know that a more inclusive environment will create a flywheel that leads to greater diversity, and thereby greater equity and opportunity for all,” Johnson said in his letter to employees. “Greater diversity enables us to better fulfill our mission.”
In March, the chain promoted regional vice president Dennis Brockman to global chief inclusion and diversity officer and Michael Hines to vice president of inclusion and diversity, two roles the chain already had.
In reference to the new hires and in light of the chain’s October commitment, Johnson sent employees a letter stating, “For all of us at Starbucks, each day we must reaffirm our responsibility to one another — to care for each other, to strengthen our communities, and to ensure diverse perspectives are represented at the company’s highest levels […] We have committed to do so with intention, with transparency, and with accountability.”


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Earlier today we reported about the Nokia Lumia 610 having the ability to tether – something that the “higher-end” Lumia 710 and Lumia 800 phones can’t do. Well it looks like it was just an oversight on Nokia’s part. According to a new Q&A post on the Nokia web page, those aforementioned phones will have the option to tether in the future via a software update. It wasn’t mentioned when the update would be arriving, but it should be after Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh is released. The Nokia Lumia 900 will have tethering right out of the box.
For those of you who don’t know – tethering is basically the ability to turn your phone into a mobile hotspot, so you can share your data connection with WiFi-only devices. It is a pretty useful feature to especially when you’re usually in places with no WiFi to leech off, and you have a WiFi-only tablet or netbook you use to go online with. How many of you are looking forward to the tethering update on your Lumia phones?


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Jaguar Land Rover's owner Tata has removed its chairman Cyrus Mistry.
Mr Mistry's departure comes four years after he took the reins of the industrial giant and the company did not give any reasons for his departure.
The Indian conglomerate also owns Tata Steel Europe which runs two factories in the Black Country and is currently embroiled in a long-running saga to offload its loss-making operations in the UK.
The board of directors at the group's holding company, Tata Sons, has named former group chief Ratan Tata as interim chairman and set up a panel to choose a permanent replacement.
"The committee has been mandated to complete the selection process in four months," the company said in a statement.
Tata Sons also owns Tetley Tea and is one of India's oldest industrial houses, comprising more than 100 companies including Tata Power and the IT giant, Tata Consultancy Services.


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First thing first… The 2013 Lineup curtain will be raised next Wednesday February 20 and that’s the day we will finally get to show you the many reasons why we are so excited about 2013. There will be several surprises and we just can’t wait to share this news.
We also have important info about buying tickets and vehicle passes for 2013 Pickathon, but before we dive into the details, we wanted to reaffirm our commitment to capping our audience size in order to give everybody the elbow room they’ve come to enjoy. For those of you who have been following the dialogue about keeping our crowd size small, you know to expect some price increases this year. But considering the musical lineup and enhancements to the overall experience, we think the value, especially when compared to other festivals around the country, is one heck of a bargain.
Ok, now on to ticket details for 2013….
We have three notable changes from how tickets and vehicle passes have been sold in the past:
1. We were concerned about tickets and special vehicle passes selling out quickly, and so we have made a decision to give first priority for 2013 tickets and vehicles passes to our 2012 paying audience, followed by our wider email list and newsletter community. What this means is that those who bought tickets last year will receive an early one-day email opportunity to purchase weekend tickets and vehicle passes starting Monday February 18. Next, on Tuesday February 19 we will send another notice to our wider email list and newsletter community for a second early opportunity to buy tickets and vehicle passes. After that we will be opening our tickets up to the general public on Wednesday February 20 when the lineup is announced.
2. The very limited “specialty” vehicle passes are always the first items to sell out. We will make 50% of the RV, Car Camping, and Camp Near Your Car Parking passes available to those early-opportunity folks, starting on Monday. Then we will offer the other 50% that remains available when tickets and vehicle passes go on sale to the general public on Wednesday.
3. There will be no early prices for the first tickets sold this year and we will not have any type of tiered pricing in 2013. Instead, there will be one consistent price for each ticket type (admission and vehicle passes) that will stay the same for as long as tickets remain available.
Providing early access to tickets and specialty vehicle passes is our way of honoring those of you who come to Pickathon year after year. While we can’t guarantee that these items won’t sell out quickly, we do want to ensure that festival veterans are the ones getting the first shot at what’s available.
Stay tuned and get ready folks… Summer is coming and the big news is just days away.


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The fallout from the Brexit has started to ripple through the technology market after Chinese smartphone firm OnePlus warned that prices in the UK could rise as a result of the UK leaving the EU.
OnePlus staffer 'David S' warned in a post on the company's forums that the UK's new political situation makes it likely that the price of the OnePlus 3 will have to rise to ensure that the firm doesn't start making a loss on the smartphone.
"The worrying downward trend of the GBP may make it difficult to maintain our current pricing structure in the UK," the post read.
"Our margins have always been thin, and our expenses are mainly in USD. This being the case, sudden drops such as the one that the pound has recently experienced could have a direct impact on our prices."
OnePlus advised customers thinking of picking up a OnePlus 3 that now would be the best time to do it.
"We’re telling you this now because we don’t want you to be blindsided. If you’re thinking of buying, we recommend doing so sooner rather than later," the post said.
"We have only had to increase prices once before, when the euro hit a nine-year low against the dollar at the beginning of 2015, and we did so reluctantly. Currency fluctuations are not your fault or our fault, but if we sell at a loss the simple fact is that there won’t be a OnePlus in the future."
The post did try to include something positive. "By no means are we worried about our business in the UK, Europe or globally. We’re confident that the OnePlus 3 is one of the best phones out there, and it’s our most successful product ever," the firm said.
It remains to be seen whether other smartphone makers will follow suit.
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PartyGaming comes to mind exclusively, however other large gambling firms had taken a hit. Furthermore, several executives in control of a number of the internet casinos, including Anurag Dikshit, one of the early pioneers of PartyGaming, had been indicted and fined because of their engagement in on the web gaming - despite the fact why these companies had been centered outside of the United States. Payment processors had already been significantly impacted, as several economic organizations had taken a hit from federal persecution, which, in some cases, amounted to hundreds of millions of dollars in seizures. Sadly, the UIGEA hadn't also been invoked in a number of these seizures. Somewhat, the Line Act of 1961, a legislation that were transferred decades prior to the Net was even start to produce in to what we see today.


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Metaverse made history on the 29th of November; a virtual land was purchased for a staggering $2.43 million. The sale took place on Decentraland, an online blockchain-based world owned by its patrons, and was paid with cryptocurrency. Take some time to process this scenario.
A rich person has spent money on land in a new city that is only a part of the virtual world - Metaverse. Have trouble understanding this? We get it. We consider it another indication of the disconnection between the market and the actual economy.
This is partly responsible for the record-setting prices we're witnessing across the entire market right now. If you are aware of the right place to search, you'll be able to earn a substantial profit from that divergence. Today, we will reveal what the fuss is about and what it can mean to investors at large.
The first thing you need to be aware of is decentralization, which is part of a more significant trend in the blockchain. The movement is referred to as the Metaverse.
The majority of people first heard about The Metaverse during October. At that time, Facebook President and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company had changed its name. Meta. Here's how Zuckerberg described it:
If you're in the virtual world, then you'll have the ability to experience almost everything you could imagine and more - gather with family and friends and work, learn and buy, play and or create as well as share new experiences that don't reflect the way we view phones or computers today. Zuckerberg also described the Metaverse as "the next chapter for the internet." In addition, he declared that, from the moment on, his business is going to remain "metaverse first, not Facebook first."
Yes, that's right, you heard it correctly. Facebook, the world's largest social media site, has become a "metaverse" company. What is the virtual world? What does Facebook's decision suggest?
In the simplest sense, Metaverse is an online environment where you can - through an avatar - you can "live," work, and even have fun. It's available to everyone. Specific virtual world platforms have established economies, meaning you can purchase and sell items. In reality, as you could have guessed, the world of Metaverse is still an ongoing work.
However, Facebook isn't the only technology company scouting this market. Other leading technology companies are also planning to take advantage of this trend. Check out this chart below. It lists the number of patents for inventions related to the virtual world filed by leading technology companies in recent times.
Although Meta is placing its money where its mouth is, particularly over the last few years in the shadow of companies such as Google, Sony, Samsung, and Microsoft in general, however, here's the most important thing, in the past 15 years, more than 100,000 metaverse-related patents have been released.
This indicates an enormous curiosity about the virtual world among some of the most influential technology industry leaders and its popularity. It's significant as it shows where this field is heading.
People are beginning to notice. Take a look at the chart below the increase in "metaverse" searches on Google (the blue line) against "bitcoin" searches (the orange line) this year. Metaverse is now the latest buzzword across the web.
With the Metaverse bandwagon, many are doing more than simply talking about it. For instance, the social media star Paris Hilton launched her virtual world on the Roblox game platform. Paris World has large DJ-themed stages. Paris's private island, a residence, a private jet, yacht, and Zoo.
Roblox has already held virtual concerts featuring KSI, Zara Larsson, Twenty One Pilots, and other artists. Snoop Dogg, the rapper, recently joined forces with The Sandbox, a decentralized virtual world specializing in virtual real estate. The rapper will build his mansion and his Non-fungible token (NFT) collection within The Sandbox metaverse. In addition, he will perform live shows and engage with other players.
These are only a handful of people who have recently jumped on the metaverse bandwagon. We will likely see more big announcements in the coming months and weeks.
Here is the heart of the matter. Metaverse is in motion, and whatever your thoughts regarding integrating our digital and physical life. It could have significant consequences for your investment portfolio.
Bloomberg Intelligence says the virtual world was worth $500 billion as of 2020 and could be worth $800 billion by 2024. The crypto investment giant Grayscale believes that the Metaverse could soon be worth more than $1 trillion.
This article was printed from TradingSig.com


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Now that Evanston is no longer dry, the new concepts are pouring in. Continuing the vitalization is a restaurant and microbrewery on Howard Street, titled Peckish Pig, currently slated for a winter opening. The project is from Jamie and Debbie Evans, former partners in The Celtic Knot.
According to a layout plan published on Evanston Patch, the project will also feature an outdoor patio. They've signed on a brewer for craft beer to be brewed on-site. The food will be farm-to-table-focused, including a signature fried ham hock with salted caramel sauce; tuna wellington with honey sesame dressing; smoked cheddar mac and cheese with duck confit; and kimchi potato cakes with plum sauce.
Ward 8 recently opened up the street and Peckish Order is part of the project to revitalize the corridor. Farmhouse is opening a new restaurant in Evanston, Coast Sushi & Sashimi have an Evanston expansion coming, and World of Beer and Found are recent openings as well. Evanstonians have a lot to look forward to.
· City Approves Funding For Microbrewery On Howard [Patch]
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LiFi Featured in A1 Lighting Magazine
pureLiFi CEO, Alistair Banham spoke to A1 Lighting this month about what’s been happening with LiFi technology.
10 years on from Professor Harald Haas’s Tedtalk “Wireless Data from Every Bulb” that rocked the world of communications, LiFi technology has had a significant evolution. Alistair spoke to A1 lighting about the technologies most recent developments and the technologies journey from providing LiFi systems for specialist use cases to starting on a journey to the consumer space and what is required to make that vision happen.
The full article can be read in A1 Lighting Magazine’s online publication: April 2021 Edition


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Asia Minute: Hong Kong Protests Hitting Business
As we approach another weekend, residents of Hong Kong are bracing for another set of protests. Demonstrations have been growing for the past two months, and apart from concerns about safety and civil rights, this week there is new evidence that they are taking a toll on business.
This week the United States and Australia joined several other countries warning their residents about safety concerns in Hong Kong. The United Kingdom, Japan, Ireland and others have had warnings in place for several weeks.
As of Friday morning Hong Kong time, 22 countries and territories now have travel advisories about Hong Kong, and it’s hitting the local tourism industry.
Hong Kong’s Commerce Secretary tells the South China Morning Post that tourist arrivals are down by nearly a third in the first part of August compared to a year ago – reversing a trend of growth in the first part of the year.
Earlier this week, a measure of Hong Kong business activity fell to its lowest level since the financial crisis, and its sharpest fall in more than a decade.
Some local businesses are taking a cautious approach to potential future protests.
This week the owner of several Hong Kong shopping malls said it would not allow police into the malls unless a crime has been committed. That announcement came after demonstrators had threatened to disrupt one of the malls unless the corporate owner made such a statement.
And it’s not just local companies feeling the impact.
This is corporate earnings season. And this week, companies from Cathay Pacific and Intercontinental Hotels to Marriott and the Walt Disney Company mentioned that protests in Hong Kong are hitting their revenue.


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By Barbara Hagenbaugh, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON The recent sharp decline in gasoline prices may help consumers. But it also may stoke inflationary fires, perhaps forcing the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates again later this year, some economists, such as those at Merrill Lynch and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, say.
The argument: If consumers spend the cash in their wallets left over from filling their gas tanks, the economy may speed up and businesses will have greater power to raise prices. That could lead to higher inflation — not lower, as some may expect — and renewed action from the Fed.
"It's going to put a lot of money back into consumers' pockets, money they can spend in the shops and the malls," Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi chief financial economist Christopher Rupkey says. "The inflation pressures will intensify."
But Wachovia economist Jason Schenker says the drop in gasoline prices will have little impact on consumers because it is coming after the busy summer driving season. With winter approaching, heating costs are more important now, and the outlook for those are unclear, he says.
NO CHANGE LIKELY: Rates not expected to go up this week
Federal Reserve policymakers are widely expected to leave their target for short-term interest rates, which influence borrowing costs across the economy, unchanged when they meet Wednesday.
After raising rates 17 times from June 2004 to June 2006, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues last month voted to leave rates unchanged. Although inflation measures have been elevated recently, Bernanke and others have argued that slowing growth should relieve price pressures.
But an energy price decline may pump up the economy in the months ahead, warns Rupkey and others. Rupkey says the Fed may raise rates as early as October.
In large part because of a steep drop in oil costs, gasoline prices have fallen more than 15% in the last month.
"The Fed should take notice," Merrill Lynch chief investment strategist Richard Bernstein said in a recent research note to clients. "The rationale for pausing ... was that economic growth was weakening. The fall in energy prices and the equity markets' (positive) reactions suggest that rationale is now less appropriate."
Higher energy prices can lower economic growth by forcing consumers to spend less money in the broad economy because they are forced to pay more on energy. They can also lead to higher inflation if businesses pass along added costs to consumers.
While the higher prices seen earlier this year led to lower economic growth, it is still unclear how big of an impact they had on inflation.
Lehman Bros. senior economist Drew Matus says the energy price retreat should cut expectations that the Fed may soon cut rates.
"The market is expecting a Fed rate cut in early 2007. We think that's a little aggressive," he says.


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As they adapt to business post-coronavirus, Starbucks has announced they will close approximately 400 locations and instead enhance “convenience-led formats” such as curbside pickup and mobile-ordering.
According to the Daily News, the store closings should happen within the next 18 months and “will come in tandem with an increase in options for customers to order their grande Frapuccinos from the convenience of their phones.”
Today, Starbucks announces a transformation of our stores. Building on the strength of digital customer relationships, we’ll expand convenience options due to COVID-19 and our evolving customer needs. https://t.co/WGvMTrZQp1
— Starbucks News (@StarbucksNews) June 10, 2020
“As we navigate through the COVID-19 crisis, we are accelerating our store transformation plans to address the realities of the current situation, while still providing a safe, familiar and convenient experience for our customers,” Kevin Johnson, the company’s CEO, said in a statement reported by Daily News.
“With the changes, Starbucks hopes to cater to evolving customer preferences, which now include more mobile ordering, more “contactless pick-up experiences” and fewer trips to physical stores, “all of which naturally allow for greater physical distancing,” reports the Daily News.


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A FASHION extravaganza staged in Birmingham was such a success it is to become an annual event, providing a huge boost for the city's economy.
Bosses at Retail Birmingham, which hosted the inaugural Style In The City event, today revealed it was an overwhelming hit.
More than 10,000 people snapped up tickets to the four-day fashion bonanza, which has put Birmingham firmly on the fashion calendar.
Nigel Godfrey, business manager at Retail Birmingham, said: "The city really did itself proud and Style will now become an annual event that looks set to grow year on year.
"Our aim is to keep Birmingham firmly on the style map and with 1,000 shops to choose from, shopping centres, designer stores, high street brands, elegant Victorian shopping arcades and 100 individual shops, there's plenty to shout about."
Kevin Breese, general manager at Harvey Nichols in The Mailbox, which was a key partner of the event, said: "Style has proved that Birmingham is undoubtedly one of the UK's leaders when it comes to retail.
"With so many stores and key partners working together we have proved that this city can hold such a massive event and make a real success of it, putting us at the very forefront of fashion.
"The mix of activities across the board was quite staggering, from independent retailers showing off their often unique clothes to high end stores showcasing the very latest from the world's most famous designers.
"Everyone I spoke to during the event was thoroughly impressed not only by the grand scale of this event but also the professionalism across the board."
The event saw Kelly Osbourne, daughter of Aston-born rock star Ozzy, presenting a series of catwalk shows in Centenary Square.
TV style gurus Trinny and Susannah were also in the city dishing out fashion tips.
Aussie Ange Stevens even quit her job as a lawyer in Australia to travel to Birmingham to see the pair at the event.
Ange was one of hundreds of women to be given a make-over by the pair. More than 1,000 wannabe models also entered the duo's competition searching for the next face of Littlewoods catalogue.
At The Pavilions shopping centre 10,000 fingernails were manicured, 1,000 women had their hair styled while a further 1,000 were given make-up and skin consultations.


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Tonight, the Apple event starts WWDC. This meeting always presents a new version of the operating system, but there are a lot of rumors about new devices. Apple is likely to show updates to iOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS as every year. But there are rumors about Apple’s new laptops, iPad, and iMacs.
The annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) begins tonight at 18:00 England time in California San Jose.
1. Siri speaker
The most persistent rumor is that Apple would develop its smart speaker and would present it during WWDC. This means that the company is competing with the Amazon Echo and Google Home.
The well-known KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple’s speaker will provide better sound, made by Inventec (the maker of the AirPods) and will appear at the end of this year.
If Apple presents the speaker during WWDC, developers still have enough time to make applications for the system.
The speaker may also have a display displaying information such as the weather report. And it’s not just a talker the: the whole would consist of seven tweeters and one woofer. The speaker would fill the room with virtual surround sound. The operation is via voice commands.
2. New MacBooks
During the WWDC, updates for MacBooks are expected, Bloomberg’s well-informed Mark Gurman writes. This will enable MacBook Air for the first time since 2015 to have a new processor. The Air would still sell surprisingly well despite its low-resolution screen, the cheapest MacBook.
But also the MacBook Pro models, which were renewed last year, get new chips. They are reportedly getting Intel chips from the latest Kaby Lake generation, making them faster and economical.
Finally, the 12-inch MacBook is renewed. According to Gurman, this laptop is a better processor, but which is unknown.
3. iPad Pro
About a new iPad Pro has been rumored for a long time; Apple is aiming for a presentation on the WWDC. This information also comes from the often very reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
The new iPad Pro gets a 10.5-inch screen, but in the case of the case, the tablet stays almost the same as the current 9.7-inch version. This is because the edges of the screen must become a lot thinner, giving more room for the touchscreen. The new iPad Pro may not be sold until the end of this year.
Let Apple be all the new iMacs? In April, it appeared that Apple is working on a new iMac specifically aimed at professional users. The cylindrical Mac Pro is also completely renewed, as it did not happen since 2013.
Much is not yet known about the computers, but there is a chance that Apple is talking about it today.
Indeed, with WWDC, Apple is experiencing a full-featured audience, exactly the audience who craves for powerful Macs and is disappointed in the lack of such devices. Although Apple has already been fully accustomed to saying that the new Mac Pro is still being developed, the more powerful iMac would be closer.
No iPad Mini
What we do not see on the WWDC is the iPad Mini. Stronger, a “source near Apple” told BGR that Apple plans to stop this model. The 7.9-inch iPad Mini appeared in 2012 and had not been updated for a year and a half.
The source says that ever-increasing iPhones have now taken over the role of the iPad Mini. That’s why Apple chooses to phase out the Mini.


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KUALA LUMPUR, 29 August 2022 – Castrol, one of the country’s leading automotive lubricant companies, recently commemorated an exciting phase in the brand’s history in Malaysia, through an enjoyable street festival attended by the general public.
Castrol launched yet another innovative product – Castrol POWER1 ULTIMATE SUPERBIKE 10W-50 engine oil during the Castrol street festival held on 26th and 27th August 2022 at Sentul. The event also witnessed the launch of an exclusive WhatsApp contest to commemorate the historical Castrol-Premier League partnership with a grand prize of a 5D4N trip to the UK to watch PL match live.
The innovative Castrol POWER1 ULTIMATE SUPERBIKE 10W-50 engine oil is designed to provide powerful performance, smoother rides and ultimately memorable journeys. With a comprehensive 5-in-1 formula, the Castrol POWER1 ULTIMATE SUPERBIKE 10W-50 provides maximum performance for every ride, promoting efficient durability with stable temperature and cooler oil gallery. The fully-synthetic oil focuses on exceptional performance across 5 key areas:
- excellent acceleration
- excellent protection
- smooth riding
- cooler engine
- enduring performance
Join the contest:
With three simple steps, you may stand a chance to win amazing prizes.
- Purchase any Castrol POWER1/POWER1 ULTIMATE/POWER1 ULTIMATE SUPERBIKE range of products from participating Castrol Bike Point workshops
- Via the WhatsApp – answer a simple question
- Submit proof of purchase and required identification details
From September to December 2022, there will be 88 monthly winners. All submitted entries will be qualify for the grand prize draw, scheduled to take place at the end of the campaign.
Monthly prizes include Oppo RENO 6 smartphones, Casio G-Shock watches, exclusive Castrol-PL merchandises and more. Grand prizes include – a trip to the UK to watch a live PL match, a Yamaha R15M motorcycle and an iPhone 13 Pro Max
“This was an exciting event for Castrol Malaysia, as we commemorated two key milestones for the year. With the Castrol POWER1 ULTIMATE SUPERBIKE 10W-50 launch and the commencement of the Castrol-PL partnership, Castrol is confident to continue creating history and to build on its presence in the advanced superbike oil engineering sector. We’re happy to have met our consumers who have been with us all along and the event also served as an opportunity for us to show our gratitude to them,” said Keow Mei-Shan, Marketing Director of Castrol Malaysia & Singapore.
The two-day event at the heart of Sentul had various activations and engaging activities for its consumers and general public. Among these were game booths, exciting prizes, superbike convoys, free ice creams and coffee, and special challenges.
The booths and games simulated the PL environment in conjunction with Castrol’s partnership with PL for the year. The games included soccer match table/foosball, carrom football board and ultimate free kick. Consumers who purchased Castrol products at the event were entitled to participate in the games. On the second day, the Castrol POWER1 ULTIMATE SUPERBIKE preview was graced by a convoy of superbikes.


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The folks at Hasbro have been making games and toys for years. In the last 30 years, they've also absorbed some of their former competitors, such as Milton Bradley, Parker Brothers, Kenner, and Tonka. While today's generation of youngsters are, by & large, more interested in video and computer games (and Hasbro does those, too), the company hasn't forgotten that there was a time when families actually played games together.
To that point, Hasbro, after launching The Hub in October 2010, decided to take viewers back to those halcyon days with Family Game Night, a 1 hour series airing on weekends (including Saturday afternoons, hence its inclusion here), in which families compete against each other, playing some of the games they grew up with, such as Sorry, Connect Four, and Yahtzee (which Milton Bradley had acquired from another company before being bought out by Hasbro), plus newer games getting exposure and publicity from being used on the show. The series, hosted by cable game vet Todd Newton, is in its 3rd season, but isn't getting the attention it so richly deserves.
Following is a sample compilation clip, from Season 1:
The giant board games on the stage will recall shows from the past like Shenanigans, which we've previously reviewed here, and, of course, it's more fun and safer than the current incarnation of Family Feud, which is getting more risque with the questions under 3rd year host Steve Harvey. Nickelodeon fans will recall Double Dare, when it went to a Family format, but without the mess.


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DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp
GM sold 265,937 vehicles in June, down 18.5 percent before adjusting for three fewer sales days in June than in the same month a year earlier.
Boosted by a month-end sale and zero-percent financing, GM's sales tally was high enough for it to remain the sales leader in the U.S. market, ahead of Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> for June.
Shares of GM, which touched a 54-year low on Monday, moved higher on the June sales data. In afternoon trade, GM shares were up 3 percent on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Anyone who has ever thought of building their own 3D printing company or product has likely had a vivid vision of their idea being utilized and enjoyed by people throughout the world. But, in reality, expanding into the global market is a feat that newfound companies can rarely do on their own. That’s why the Bari, Italy-based 3D printing company Roboze appointed Gil Lavi as the VP of Sales & Business Development back in March.
Lavi’s new position essentially placed him in charge of expanding the company’s professional-grade Roboze ONE and ONE +400 3D printers throughout the market in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Thus far, they’ve found recent success by partnering with the likes of Lino S.A., which has helped them increase their presence in the Balkan Peninsula. Now, Roboze has announced three new partnerships with various resellers that will help bring Roboze’s 3D printer line to six unexplored regions.
“We are thrilled to face rapid expansion of our distribution channels in EMEA,” said Lavi. “We continue to see a strong shift of professional users from low cost concept modeling towards professional 3d printing solutions, with a clear focus on advanced materials for real functional applications.”
In order to expand into the Romanian and Bulgarian markets, Roboze has partnered up with the Craiova, Romania-based retailer CadWorks International. The new reseller will focus on implementing Roboze’s 3D printing technology into the automotive, electronics, engineering, and educational sectors, and will also exhibit their technology at the Bucharest International Technical Fair, which is taking place from October 12 to 15 at the ROMEXPO.
To break into the 3D printing markets of Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary, Roboze has also struck up a partnership with Robustech, which is based Komárno, Slovakia. The reseller will primarily focus their attention on the automotive industry, which is one of the strongest segments in the region. Robustech will also be showcasing Roboze’s 3D printing solutions at the International Engineering Fair in Brno, Czech Republic, which takes place October 3-7, as well as the Automotive Hungary exhibition in Budapest from October 19-21.
Lastly, Roboze will also expand into the Turkish region by enlisting the help of the Istanbul-based 3D technology reseller Yenasoft. The reseller has already established itself as one of the leading partners for SOLIDWORKS CAD/CAM solutions, and will now offer Roboze’s 3D printing technology to its professional clients who are seeking powerful 3D printing solutions. The company will present Roboze 3D printers from October 11-16 at the Maktek Fair in Istanbul.
All in all, the latest round of partnerships have Roboze poised to conquer the 3D printing market throughout Europe, as well as to get a foot in the door of the Middle Eastern market as well. By offering their professional-grade 3D printers at an affordable price throughout the world, Roboze is spreading out from their original confines in Southern Italy to professionals across the plentiful EMEA regions. For Lavi and Roboze, this year has been all about expansion, and that’s exactly what the Italian 3D printing company has managed to do thus far. Discuss further in the Roboze 3D Printing Solutions Expansion forum over at 3DPB.com.
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You have heard a lot about self-driving cars lately, and perhaps some noise about the occasional autonomous semi-truck; after all, autonomous shipping along U.S. highways is reportedly Tesla’s next venture. Now two companies in Norway are joining forces to launch what they say will be the first zero-emissions ship that will also navigate the Scandinavian country’s waters driver-less, or should we say, captain-less.
Kongsberg, a defense and maritime company which takes the same name of the town in which it is located, has partnered with the chemical company Yara on this venture.
Their soon-to-be finished product is the Yara Birkeland, an open-top shipping vessel that will be able to haul anywhere from 100 to 150 shipping containers. At 230 feet long, 49 feet wide and 30 feet deep (in metric, 70x15x12 meters), this ship will be able to move anywhere from six to 10 knots per hour. Yara and Kongsberg say the ship’s electric propulsion system will be powered by a battery system with the might of 4 megawatt hours, or the equivalent of 40 automobile engines.
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In today’s time, almost everyone depends on Google Maps for their commute. The process of using the app has always been quite simple, however, Google has added a new functionality that makes the process of sharing for a location super elementary.
The internet search giant has rolled out a feature called ‘Plus Codes’ which represents a user’s address that they simply share with others. These codes include six-digits that are created from a user’s latitude and longitude coordinates and basically overcome the problem of lack of proper street address.
The feature will be rolled out in the coming weeks for Android users as of now and Google asks them to download the latest version of the app to see this update.
Android users will be able to find their personal ‘Plus Code’ by tapping on the blue dot that represents their current location. This ‘Plus Code’ can be shared with anyone and are searchable on Google Maps and Google Search.
“A Plus Code is a simple alphanumeric code which can be combined with a locality. They look like a regular address, but with a short code where a street name or number would be,” said Google.
In case a user wants to find out a ‘Plus Code’ for an address that is not their location, they can tap and hold the map to drop a pin at a location they want a ‘Plus Code’ for.
Google says that these Plus Codes are available offline as well and the technology that they are based upon is open source.


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Since its launch last May, Next Green Car’s Zap-Map has recorded over 2,000 charging points across 888 locations, and recorded a sharp increase in ‘fast’ chargers.
In the past ten months, the number of UK charging points mapped on Zap-Map has increased from around 700 to over 2,000 points today.
In this time the composition of the charging point network has changed substantially. Whereas initially nearly all the points were “slow” chargers using a standard 13 Amp supply (6-8 hours for a full charge), the majority of the new points being installed are ‘fast’ chargers using a 32 Amps supply (3-4 hours for a full charge).
In addition to the 1,600 slow charging pints, over 400 ‘fast’ chargers have now been installed, with 35 ‘rapid’ chargers are also in place – these provide a direct current and typically provide an 80% charge in 30 minutes.
Dr Ben Lane, managing editor of Next Green Car, said: “With the advent of the Plug-in Van Grant, and the imminent launch of several new EVs and two innovative Plug-in electric cars, a robust and extensive charging point infrastructure is more important than ever and we are delighted that the charging points on Zap-Map have passes the 2,000 milestone.”
The Next Green Car’s Zap-Map can be found at www.nextgreencar.com/zap-map.


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Bridgestone launches an all-season replacement run-flat line
Bridgestone Americas Inc. has launched a line of all-season tires that combines run-flat capability with the smooth ride of a conventional tire. The company says DriveGuard tires are the first full line of mass-market replacement tires available for coupes, sedans and wagons not originally equipped with run-flat tires.
“We’re marketing this as a touring tire,” says Robert Saul, senior product manager. Bridgestone is using the Turanza Serenity Plus, a premium touring tire, for comparison purposes. Because the two tires share the same tread compound, they have similar wet, dry and snow performance.
“DriveGuard, even though it’s a run-flat tire, will deliver comparable ride comfort to the Turanza. It doesn’t mean it’s as quiet and comfortable and serene as the Turanza because that’s what the Turanza excels at, so there’s still a reason to have both of those products in our portfolio. But this run-flat tire can run toe-to-toe with the touring tire, and a lot of people would have a hard time telling the difference.”
Advancements in Bridgestone’s run-flat technology are responsible for the smooth ride, according to Jamie McNutt, manager of tire development and engineering. Proprietary nanopro-tech technology manipulates molecules to create a stronger, heat-resistant material and reduce heat generated when driving on tires that have lost air pressure. Engineers also added an innovation called cooling fins to the tire’s exterior to disrupt the flow of air and carry away heat. Finding ways to reduce heat enabled engineers to make the DriveGuard lighter and more flexible so it rides like a conventional tire.
The run-flat technology was perfected in Japan, where the tires will be manufactured at first. “Because so much of the demand is here compared to the rest of the world, we have plans to resource a lot of the production into facilities here in North America in the next few years,” says Saul.
DriveGuard tires can travel up to 50 miles at maximum speeds of 50 mph if a puncture or loss of pressure occurs. The company says DriveGuard tires may be repaired in certain circumstances depending on tire damage, amount of pressure loss and vehicle operating conditions.
DriveGuard tires are available in the U.S. and Canada with tire pressure monitoring systems in 32 sizes, 15-inch to 19-inch rim diameters and 35 to 65 series. The sizes cover two-thirds of new passenger cars equipped with TPMS. DriveGuard tires come with a 50,000-mile tread wear warranty (W-rated) or 60,000-mile warranty (H- and V-rated).
Bridgestone says the benefits of a run-flat tire resonate with consumers in the safety segment, defined as one in four consumers. According to the company’s market research, 88% of consumers in the safety segment say they are likely or very likely to buy the tire.
The DriveGuard tire will be priced comparably to the Turanza tire in a similar size and speed rating. ■
New premium tire for the CUV, SUV and LT segments has an 80,000-mile warranty
Bridgestone Americas Inc. says its newest highway luxury tire offering, the Dueler H/L Alenza Plus, gives drivers of premium SUVs, CUVs, and light trucks a longer lasting luxury driving experience. The company improved some features of the original Dueler H/L Alenza, which it introduced in 2004, without sacrificing performance and other capabilities, according to Justin Hayes, consumer tire product manager.
The new tire has an 80,000-mile limited tread wear warranty on 33 T-, H- and V-rated sizes compared to the 65,000-mile warranty of its predecessor. Bridgestone also boosted the tread wear warranty on the W-rated size to 55,000 miles versus 40,000 miles of the earlier generation Alenza.
The Dueler Alenza Plus has 10% lower rolling resistance compared to its predecessor. The tire’s new tread compound contains 5% recycled rubber. The improved rolling resistance and recycled materials helped the tire earn Bridgestone’s eco-product designation.
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A new drinking app that not only notifies you when drinking limits have been reached, but also has features that promote changes in drinking behaviour.
A new drinking app has been designed to track alcohol consumption, logging the number of beers, glasses of wine and shots that have been consumed on a daily basis. The drinks are converted by the app into units of alcohol. Users are then notified when they have exceeded either daily or weekly limits of alcohol consumption, based on the recommended number of units of alcohol for men and women. Another unique feature of this app is that it has features promoting a change in behaviour. For example, the app contains links to an alcohol helpline. In addition, the app contains links to other psychological therapies, such as a behavioural goals toolkit.
Zhang, M.W, Ho, R.C “The alcohol self-management smartphone application: an evidence-based approach” BMJ Innov doi:10.1136/bmjinnov-2015-000057
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Lovech-Based Great Wall Car Plant to Make 5000th Car by end-2014
The Lovech-based plant of Chinese carmaker Great Wall will manufacture its 5000th car by end-2014, according to Andon Dimitrov, CEO of Litex Motors AD.
In an interview for the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA), Dimitrov says that the Lovech-based plant assembled around 2500 vehicles of the Chinese Great Wall brand in slightly over two years and the output was sold mostly on the domestic market.
The company expects to set foot on new markets in the years to come and will therefore need to boost its production capacity.
As of December 2013, the plant exports around 100 vehicles a month to Italy.
The company also exports cars to Macedonia and by end-2014 it is expected to set foot in Serbia, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia.
By 2016, the output of the plant is to be available on 16 European markets.
According to Ilia Terziev, CEO of Litex Motors, the company seeks to become an established brand on the domestic market.
Terziev reminds that the company provided 27 vehicles of the Great Wall H6 type to fire departments in the country in February 2014 and in end-March 2014 they provided 51 pick-up Steed 5 vehicles to the Ministry of Environment and Water.
The CEO of Litex Motors explains that the aim is to have the components of the vehicles manufactured and supplied by Bulgarian companies in 4-5 years' time.
Currently, the vehicles assembled in Lovech use Bulgarian car batteries, lubricants and liquids.
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Non-profit sells nearly 200 million shares, reportedly raising around €1.3 billion
The Qatar Foundation sold its 5% stake in Bharti Airtel on Wednesday, raising around 95 billion rupees (€1.26 billion).
In a stock exchange filing, Qatar Foundation affiliate Three Pillars offloaded 199.87 million shares in the Indian operator on the open market.
A source cited in a Press Trust of India report said the shares were initially offered in the range of INR473-INR490, but the top end of the price range was later brought down to INR490. It represented a discount on Bharti Airtel’s INR514 closing price on Tuesday.
The Qatar Foundation bought its 5% stake in Bharti Airtel in May 2013, paying US$1.26 billion. At the time, the non-profit said the investment would give it exposure to a high-growth sector in a key emerging market.
While Wednesday’s divestment clearly has more to do with the situation in Qatar than in India, the latter market could hardly describe its telecoms sector as "high growth" when it comes to revenue and earnings these days.
India’s mobile market is in the grip of another price war, sparked by the launch of Reliance Jio Infocomm.
Gopal Vittal, CEO of Bharti Airtel’s India and South Asia business said last week that the company expects further downward pressure on revenue going forward, due to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI’s) decision to reduce the interconnection usage charge (IUC) to INR0.06 per minute from INR0.14.
The comment was made after Bharti Airtel posted a 76.5% fall in fiscal second quarter profit.
Meanwhile, smaller players are looking for a way out of the market altogether.
A report on Wednesday claimed that following its failed bid to merge with Reliance Communications, Aircel has become the latest telco to scramble for the exit. According to the Economic Times, Aircel is looking to sell its customer base to one of its rivals, and its infrastructure assets – including towers – to another.


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Grimco, a wholesale sign supply company, and ROQ.US, a manufacturer of automatic direct-to-garment and screen printing equipment, announce they have partnered to make ROQ machines widely available across the United States.
Through the partnership with ROQ.US, the U.S.-based arm of ROQ International, Grimco will introduce the nationally centralized distribution of ROQ equipment.
“Our team at Grimco is extremely excited to partner with ROQ.US on a national level. ROQ has built a great brand based on quality and innovative engineering with the addition of excellent service and support. We look forward to meeting the needs of the garment decoration industry together,” says Peter Weinberg, senior director of Grimco’s garment/screen division.
ROQ.US President Ross Hunter agrees, “Grimco’s consistency as a trusted brand in the market for nearly 150 years speaks for itself — certainly more than I could ever say. We couldn’t be more excited to partner with such a respected reputation and commitment to long-term success for the industry — something that is paramount to the mission of ROQ in North America and abroad.”
According to the companies, the joint effort will expand and strengthen the quickly-growing decorated apparel field with direct and local access to printing automation.
Hunter continues, “One of the biggest obstacles we’ve had to navigate since launching ROQ.US at the start of 2020 was having limited accessibility for current and potential partners to learn about what ROQ offers in person. Through our new alliance with Grimco, we’re grateful to officially have that obstacle behind us, so you can quickly become familiar with the game-changing printing automation that gets and keeps you at the top of the game at any of their locations across the country.”


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Autumn Glory 2022 will continue the tradition of celebrating the beauty of fall. In its 55th year, it is a weekend filled with fun events. It takes place October 12-16, 2022.
Autumn Glory has long been a favorite Deep Creek Lake area festival. It was named the number one fall festival in the world by MSN. Garrett County has also been listed as a top fall destination by Good Housekeeping, TripAdvisor, and U.S. News and World Reports.
Autumn Glory 2022 Weekend Events
The festival will be held October 12-16.
Below is a list of events and activities that are currently scheduled for Autumn Glory 2022:
– Grand Feature Parade in Downtown Oakland, Saturday, October 15 at 1PM
– Mountain Fresh Farmers Market in Downtown Oakland, Saturday, October 15 from 10AM until 1PM
– The Craft & Gift Show is Saturday and Sunday from 10AM to 4PM at the Garrett County Fairgrounds.
– Turkey Trail celebrates the event’s roots by promoting area turkey dinners served throughout Garrett County.
– Fall Foliage Driving Tours highlight some of the area’s most scenic spots to view our stunning Autumn leaves.
You can visit the chamber of commerce website for the latest info and updates.
In addition to the events above, you can also take the opportunity to explore the outdoors with a fall hike at one of our area state parks.
We hope to see you at Deep Creek Lake for Autumn Glory 2022! Search now for the best selection of homes.


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Weekend is already here and it looks like nobody is really taking a break, specially our tipsters (PocketDroid wants to thank you for that). I guess we wont take a break either.
Monday morning at the annual Mobile World Congress Samsung will announce whats coming in the next 6 months, but before we go there, folks at BestBoyz.de managed to catch on camera Samsung’s latest 10.1-inch Android tablet model number GT-P5100 and a couple of new mysterious Samsung phones. German website refers to the GT-P5100 as the 10.1″ Galaxy Tab 2, the older brother of the 7-inch model already announced by Samsung a while ago.
The GT-P5100 has speaker grills on both sides, runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system and it has a similar design with the Galaxy Tab 10.1N (model GT-P7511) launched after Samsung lost a patent lawsuit against Apple in Germany. That’s all there is so far in terms of hardware specs about this new tablet.
More details are still to come during Samsung’s official on-stage presentation at MWC 2012 in Barcelona next week. Stay tuned to PocketDroid for details.
Meanwhile how about giving us a hand to identify those two mysterious Samsung smartphones pictured above.
Update: Mystery solved both device are the newest Samsung Beam smartphone projectors that has a 4.0-inch WVGA TFT (480x800p) display, a 1GHz dual-core processor, and runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS.


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MOSCOW: The Russian government announced last week a cash-for-clunkers program that offers consumers an incentive of some $1,100 to jump-start stalled car sales.
“This could seriously stimulate sales,” Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at a government meeting, according to Russian news agencies.
Consumers who trade in a car at least six-years-old will be able to receive around $1,100 towards the purchase of a new vehicle, officials said.
Commercial trucks would get more in the program that began September 1 and which is forecast to last until at least the end of the year.
“We hope to encourage the sale of more than 170,000 vehicles by the end of the year,” Industry Minister Denis Manturov said.
Russian car sales plunged by nearly 23 percent to fewer than 181,000 vehicles in July, according to the Association of European Businesses, which compiles data on the market. Sales are down by nearly a tenth for the year to date.


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MasterCard’s ShopThis with MasterPass allows consumers to buy products directly within advertising and editorial content.
MasterCard says it is offering consumers a new way to shop digitally via its ShopThis with MasterPass product, which will be integrated into digital editions of Wired Magazine starting with its November issue.
ShopThis gives consumers the ability to purchase physical goods from advertising and editorial content, says Sharon Maddaloni, vice president of product development at MasterCard Labs, the brand's "innovation and R&D division."
According to MasterCard, Wired is the first publication to offer ShopThis. The relationship begins with its November iOS tablet edition, which was released October 15.
To use ShopThis with MasterPass on Wired, MasterCard says current iOS digital subscribers should simply access the November tablet issue. Readers new to Wired will have to download the publication's app to their iOS tablets.
MasterPass is MasterCard's "digital wallet," which allows consumers to add any credit, debit or prepaid card type, Maddaloni says. In other words, consumers don't necessarily have to use a MasterCard card to purchase items via ShopThis.
As consumers read Wired on their iPads, they can select products available for purchase via ShopThis-enabled pages. A ShopThis with MasterPass icon will show up on any advertising or editorial content where the product can be purchased through the app.
A MasterCard rep did not know how many items were available for purchase in the November issue. A Wired rep did not respond to a request for comment.
Orders are fulfilled by online retailer Rakuten.com, which MasterCard says is ShopThis' first official retail partner.
ShopThis will be integrated with Wired "through the January timeframe," with the potential to expand, Maddaloni says.
While Maddaloni says the brand has a relationship with Wired publisher Conde Nast, she would not comment on any plans or relationships beyond that specific publication.
According to Maddaloni, MasterCard is targeting digital savvy consumers and is simplifying the shopping experience by allowing consumers to purchase products directly within digital content without having to click out as they read.
An informational video has about 1,200 views since it was uploaded on September 12.
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Titan, part of the Tata Group, said that the outlook for its jewellery segment in the ongoing fiscal, and the medium term, is "positive", with "excellent" development opportunities in the wedding market, momentum for its gold exchange programme, and network expansion.
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The company is striving for significant expansion across all markets, particularly in the category of Indian ethnic wear, fine fragrances, and women's bags. The group intends to establish a wholly owned subsidiary in the US, with the opening of the first Tanishq store in North America scheduled soon, according to the latest annual report of the company.
The company added 78 new stores last financial year, bringing its total to 582, and plans to expand to 700 outlets over the next few years. The group is pursuing a combination of company-owned outlets and a franchisee model with few assets, ensuring business growth and reducing operational risk.
Tanishq, Mia by Tanishq, and Zoya are three of Titan's jewellery-related brands. In the fiscal year that concluded on March 31, 2022, the jewellery segment was responsible for nearly 88 percent of the company's overall sales, which totaled Rs 27,456 crore.
“The opportunity for the jewellery division during Financial Year 2022-23 as well as over the medium term is excellent. Apart from the low market share, increasing competitive advantage and brand preference, the jewellery division is continuing to push many levers for growth,” said Titan.
After two years of pandemic-related lockdowns, the forecast for the upcoming year is "good," which should result in a first quarter without disruptions due to Akshaya Tritiya and a robust wedding season, it added.
Regarding the jewellery division's foreign business, Titan stated that it has launched Tanishq stores in Dubai and Al Barsha, which are proving to be quite popular, with discerning consumers continuing to promote the high-quality goods and selections.
While in watches and wearables, its second large segment, Titan said it has made huge inroads in the wearables category in the last six months under the Titan and Fastrack brands and are becoming a player to watch.
Additionally, World of Titan & Helios stores are being rechristened as Titan World Store chain, with 40 Titan World Stores renovated to this new format in FY22.
Venkataraman further added that ”I am sure by the end of FY23 we will become a prominent name in this category. The wearable product pipeline for the upcoming quarters is brimming with intriguing products from both brands."
In the eyewear front, the company is investing in significant store expansion across both big cities & smaller towns, and managed to add 134 new Titan Eye+ stores to its chain, the largest expansion by the EyeCare division to date.
It also intends to add 250–300 outlets, bringing the total number of stores to 1,000 by the end of FY23.
Titan has also ventured into the market for ethnic clothing. "We aim for significant growth in every business segment. And particularly so in Indian ethnic clothing, high-end perfumes, and women's bags," said Venkataraman.
(With inputs from PTI)


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A villainous trio has taken over the Research and Development Department of Burger King. At a media briefing hosted at the burger chain’s flagship store and head office in Cape Town today, the invaders announced a new addition to the menu- the Fierce WHOPPER.
Fierce crew leader and evil genius, Doc, addressed the group of terrified journalists at the briefing:
Okay people, listen up, things are going to change around here. Today we bring you our secret weapon of burger-world domination, the Fierce WHOPPER!
Zee burger is impeccable. Who can resist a 100% pure beef flame-grilled patty, fiery chilli mayo, jalapenos and angry onions on a toasted bun? I won’t even need to hypnotise anyone.” – Crew member Vlad, a 379 year old vampire who has years of experience in delivering surprises to his audience, sang the praises of their fiery creation.
No one will be able to stop us. The plan will go ahead as… planned!
According to the executive team at Burger King, the Fierce crew is not open to negotiation. All actions are indicating that their plan is to dominate the local burger market by setting tastebuds on fire. “Since this is not your average WHOPPER, we needed a team that was out of this world to sell it for us. Research shows that South Africans are more adventurous when it comes to spicy food and we anticipate that it will take the local market by storm. Only now, Doc and his crew have taken over our offices and we seem to be stuck with them for a while,” says Rozanna Kader, marketing director at Burger King South Africa.
Being a baddie, Doc had to get the last word in: “We’re on a mission and will not be stopped. It is our time to turn the world into Fierce WHOPPER eaters. And a good villain never disappoints. This is the greatest WHOPPER you’ll ever eat. Why not try it for yourself? #JustSaying.”
The Fierce WHOPPER retails for just one million dollars… (Actually it’s only R38.50).


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Lincoln Electric Keeps VMAC In New Welders – As Featured In Diesel Progress
August 1, 2020
This year, Lincoln Electric is adding its new CrossLinc technology to its line of Vantage engine-driven welders. Models that get the system as standard equipment—which the company said permits users to “walk less, weld more”—will pick up an “X” after their name. While CrossLinc and the “X” are new, inside the enclosure of those machines is an air compressor brand that has been a constant since the first one was installed in a Lincoln Electric welder in 2002: VMAC.
Read the full story in Diesel Progress here.


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Bitcoin (BTC) worth tumbled beneath $42,000 to document a brand new four-month low. The market sentiments have turned crimson as retail purchaser appears to be panic promoting. Market analysts have predicted a worth backside at across the $40K mark, however that hasn’t deterred whales from accumulating extra Bitcoin amid the market blood tub. BTC made a minor restoration above $42K and at present buying and selling at $42,304 with a 1.78% decline previously 24-hours.
Bitcoin whales have added over 8,000 Bitcoin previously 24-hours.
In line with the BTC accumulation knowledge by Bitinfocharts high 100 addresses on the Bitcoin wealthy checklist (a single handle holds between 9,867 and 265,000 BTC), three of them have internet elevated their holdings of greater than 1,000 BTC in the present day.
Bitcoin had a tough bearish patch post-October all-time-high, and as costs proceed to tumble to just about 40% from the highest, critics have come out to assert $69K to be market high of the bull cycle. Nonetheless, trying on the present whale accumulation and the truth that the retail market’s affect in the marketplace has been deteriorating, whales shopping for needs to be an ideal indicator of the worth momentum.
Crypto analyst predicts $100K worth high
A outstanding crypto analyst who goes by the identify of Credible Crypto launched an evaluation amid market turmoil yesterday explaining why BTC is but to hit a market high and why it might be months away at this level. Whereas he acknowledged the purpose that each bull cycle in historical past has seen a market high by December adopted by a bear cycle, he pointed that trying on the worth retraction sample through the years, the downfall from the ATH by no means touches the earlier cycles ATH. Nonetheless, at present, if we take into account $69K because the market high and count on a median 80% decline will probably be decrease than 2017 ATH.
He additionally pointed that with every bull cycle and the brand new inflow of buyers the market has grow to be comparatively secure so the decline from the highest can also be retracing. He went on to level that BTC may see one other worth surge as much as $100K earlier than making a retrace.
The offered content material might embrace the private opinion of the creator and is topic to market situation. Do your market analysis earlier than investing in cryptocurrencies. The creator or the publication doesn’t maintain any duty on your private monetary loss.


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Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC), a designer and manufacturer of semiconductor and LED assembly equipment, has joined A*STAR’s Institute of Microelectronics (IME)’s Chip-on-Wafer Consortium II, together with other major industry players. Through this collaboration, K&S is confident that with the combined experience and knowledge, the consortium will extend the capabilities of Chip-on-Wafer (CoW) assembly with low-temperature copper-to-copper bonding for 2.5D and 3D IC integration.
Deepak Sood, Kulicke & Soffa’s Vice President of Global Engineering, said, “As the features and functionalities of ICs increase, growing demand for reduced pitch and higher I/O count are driving the need for innovative solutions. Addressing the fundamental challenges to enable the next generation of fine-pitch 2.5D and 3D devices, at high throughputs, will create meaningful production value.”
Low temperature copper-to-copper bonding is a key enabler to fine-pitch Chip-on-Wafer bonding (<10um copper pillar pitch). Often, the higher I/O, fine-pitch layout poses inherent challenges for existing production techniques. Through developments focused on reducing bonding temperature and force requirements, the consortium is driving solutions for yield improvements, cost reductions and ultimately broad market adoption.
“We are pleased to welcome K&S as a member in the Chip-on-Wafer Consortium II. We have worked with K&S for close to two years and achieved encouraging results in the development of advanced packaging technology. Our collaboration with valuable industry players such as K&S is an example of how IME’s research capabilities can drive innovation and help semiconductor companies capture new growth opportunities in the electronics market. We look forward to our continued collaboration and helping it to develop new products on flip chip bonding that will meet emerging market requirements on 2.5D and 3D IC packaging,” said Prof. Dim-Lee Kwong, Executive Director of IME.
Related news: A*STAR’S IME launches Chip-On-Wafer Consortium II and Cost Effective Interposer Consortium