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16/09/2019 · The new deal, for undisclosed terms, extends for five years, and replaces a current deal with Hulu for U.S. streaming rights. The "Seinfeld" addition comes amid recent news that Netflix is losing reruns of two other popular streaming hits, "Friends" and "The Office," to new streaming services being launched by the companies that produced them. 16/09/2019 · Netflix has fired back in the battle for popular network sitcoms by landing the global streaming rights to “Seinfeld.” As part of a deal with Sony Pictures Television, which controls distribution of the iconic TV show, Netflix will offer all 180 episodes of “Seinfeld” in the U.S. and to its. 21/09/2017 · Jerry Seinfeld's very first Netflix special debuted yesterday, following a long line of comedy exclusives which call the streaming service home. The hour-long event, called Jerry Before Seinfeld, is the first of two exclusive specials the legendary comedian is providing for Netflix, and combined wit. Netflix has lost mega-hit shows like The Office and Friends from its streaming library, but it just gained a beloved show about nothing. The streaming giant has locked down the global streaming rights to Seinfeld for five years, giving Netflix a win after it suffered. 16/09/2019 · Seinfeld is set to be master of a new domain starting in 2021. Netflix has landed worldwide rights to the iconic sitcom in a five-year deal with distributor Sony. The show will move from current rightsholder Hulu when its deal is up in 2021.
16/09/2019 · Netflix Inc. is losing streaming rights to “Friends” but —yada yada yada—now it is getting rights to “Seinfeld.” The company has struck a five-year deal with Sony Pictures Television to become the exclusive world-wide streaming home of “Seinfeld,” the hit NBC comedy from the 1990s about four friends in Manhattan that. 16/09/2019 · Netflix yada yada yada “Seinfeld.” Variety has confirmed that the streaming giant has landed the global streaming rights to all 180 episodes the genre-defining sitcom. The deal was struck with Sony Pictures Television, which controls the distribution rights to the NBC series. It is a five-year deal which is set to begin in 2021.
18/01/2017 · Netflix has signed a deal with comedian Jerry Seinfeld for two stand-up comedy specials and exclusive rights to his cult hit online show "Comedians in Cars G. Seinfeld reruns have a new home on cable television, just days after the announcement of its move to Netflix. The classic NBC sitcom, whose streaming rights were nabbed by the popular streaming service, will be heading to Viacom networks in a new exclusive cable syndication deal.
27/09/2019 · Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David are set to pocket an outrageous amount thanks to their new deal with Netflix. Seinfeld went off the air more than 20 years ago but the “show about nothing” is still raking in the dough. Netflix announced on September 16 that it will start streaming all 180 episodes. 18/01/2017 · Jerry Seinfeld and Netflix have announced a deal that will bring the star's interview show 'Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee' to the streaming service later this year. Seinfeld will also film two new stand-up specials for Netflix to be released later this year. In addition, Netflix says Seinfeld. Seinfeld signed a comedy deal with Netflix in 2017 that included the streaming rights to Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, as well as his most recent stand up special, "Jerry Before Seinfeld." Though the switch won't happen for a couple years, it's a big move for Netflix considering how many streaming services are entering the field. 16/09/2019 · "Seinfeld," one of the most popular sitcoms in TV history, is heading to Netflix starting in 2021, the streaming company announced on Monday. 16/09/2019 · Netflix has just scored a major content deal that could help it stem the loss of subscribers as competition among streamers heats up. The company announced it has acquired the global streaming rights to the popular sitcom “Seinfeld,” which will bring all 180 episodes of the Emmy winner to Netflix subscribers starting in 2021.
16/09/2019 · Terms of the "Seinfeld" deal were not disclosed, but sources told the Times that Netflix is paying "far more" than the $500 million "The Office" went for and the $425 million "Friends" garnered, in part because Netflix is getting global rights while those other deals were for domestic only. 17/01/2017 · Netflix has struck a deal with Jerry Seinfeld that includes two stand-up comedy specials as well as exclusive rights to his well-known online show “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” which had previously been on Sony’s Crackle. 16/09/2019 · It’s unclear how much Netflix paid for the show, but it was rumored to be in the same wheelhouse as WarnerMedia’s Friends deal, which was reported at $425 million. “Seinfeld is a one-of-a-kind, iconic, culture-defining show,” Sony Pictures Television. Netflix has found a way to fill the gap in its classic sitcoms lineup as it has secured the rights to the entire run of Seinfeld. As the streaming wars are heating up, and everyone is on the hunt for content, Netflix has taken some serious hits. 18/01/2017 · Seinfeld's deal with Netflix includes the entire Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee library, 24 new episodes of the Emmy-nominated show and two stand-up specials. Seinfeld will also have a developmental role, helping the streaming service with scripted and unscripted shows.
17/01/2017 · Beverly Hills, CA., January 17, 2016-- Creator, producer, writer and performer Jerry Seinfeld is making Netflix the exclusive home for his new comedic endeavors. Netflix has signed the comedian to a multi-faceted production deal, starting in 2017. 18/01/2017 · The Chris Rock deal reportedly cost Netflix $40 million—$20 million per special, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Citing “industry watchdogs,” the Reporter estimated that Seinfeld’s multifaceted deal cost the company closer to $100 million.
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Mike Schroepfer is sitting in a conference room inside Facebook's Frank Gehry-designed headquarters. His ultra-modern surroundings—22-foot ceilings, raw steel beams, polished concrete pathways that flow through acres of ...
Always envious? Got a non-existent social life and struggle to concentrate? All this might be down to Facebook if you believe a study showing those who go a week without using the social network feel happier than others.
Facebook said Wednesday surging mobile advertising lifted its profits and revenues as the world's biggest social network grew to over 1.5 billion people.
Facebook said Monday that it will begin testing a shopping tab for its mobile app as it works to ramp up advertising and online commerce offerings.
Facebook, pressed for years by users to add a "dislike" button, says it is working on the feature and will be testing it soon.
Facebook on Wednesday began testing a Messenger app virtual assistant that the leading social network said goes beyond artificial intelligence programs already on the market.
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing developed a new cyber security analysis method that discovered 11 previously unknown Internet browser security flaws. Their findings were honored with ...
Facebook says it will begin test flights later this year for a solar-powered drone with a wingspan as big as a Boeing 737, in the next stage of its campaign to deliver Internet connectivity to remote parts of the world.
Becoming "Facebook official" is a milestone in modern romance, and new research suggests that activities on the popular social networking site are connected to whether those relationships last.

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A major shipment of giant, disassembled trucks for a northwestern Chinese mine will keep the port of Newport News humming for the next few months, a local shipping agent said.
Rickmers-Line, a German shipping company, will bring a ship a month into Newport News for the next two or three months to fill the order, said David Whible, executive vice president of shipping agent T. Parker Host Inc.
The first, the Chinese-flag Lu Xun, will spend most of this week at Pier C, as the difficult-to-load cargo is stowed.
Whible said two to three gangs of longshoremen a day - 34 to 51 men - are working on the job.
They are loading components - some of which weigh 40 tons - for four to five giant mining trucks, Whible said. The trucks will be assembled in China.
Rickmers-Line plans to move the same type of load during future port calls, Whible said.
At the same time, the company will top up its ships with other Chinese-bound cargo, he added.
The Lu Xun, for instance, is loading 2,000 tons of kraft linerboard from Chesapeake Corp.'s West Point mill, he said.
''This is the ideal type of cargo operation for the port of Newport News,'' said Whible.
He said recent improvements at the port, including an extension of Pier C and the removal of one transit shed to leave more open working space on the pier, meant it is much easier now to handle bulky, heavy cargoes.
The trucks will be used at the An Tai Bao surface mine in Shanxi province, about 250 miles northwest of Beijing, Whible said.


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Described as "the most influential gathering of Millennials in the world," from October 4th-7th the Forbes Under 30 Summit convened over 1,500 of the world's most transformational young entrepreneurs and game-changers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Speakers included: Elizabeth Holmes (billionaire Founder and CEO of Theranos), Shaun White (2-time Olympic gold medalist), members of the iconic U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, Sean Rad (Co-founder and CEO of Tinder), Barbara Bush (Co-founder and CEO of Global Health Corps), Michelle Phan (YouTube Personality and Co-founder of ipsy), and Monica Lewinsky (Social Activist). As the 22-year-old Co-founder and Co-director of AsylumConnect, an ambitious young social venture, I could not have been more excited to attend this year's Under 30 Summit.
AsylumConnect is creating the first ever website and mobile app to feature an online, centralized database of service providers useful to LGBT asylum seekers in the U.S. The pilot version of the AsylumConnect catalog is now live for Seattle, Washington. Our goal is to help persecuted LGBT people find basic human needs resources upon their arrival in the U.S. In the long run, we hope to scale the AsylumConnect catalog model to transform how vulnerable populations connect with basic human needs service providers in the U.S.
The Under 30 Summit is the young entrepreneur's dream. From inspiring keynotes to pitch contests to the Under 30 Music Festival, the Summit celebrates bold ideas and challenges attendees to continue to push boundaries. I left the Summit reinvigorated - ready to once again pour myself into advancing AsylumConnect. Below are my top 10 takeaways from this year's Under 30 Summit:
1. Resilience is Key
This year's panelists stressed the importance of persevering in the face of even the greatest adversity. No one gets to the top of any industry without overcoming significant challenges. As Shannon Boxx, a 2-time Olympic gold medalist and veteran member of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, told the Summit:
Nothing is going to be handed to you.
2. Find Your Passion
Elizabeth Holmes, the Founder and CEO of Theranos and the world's youngest self-made female billionaire, urges entrepreneurs to find the idea that they would pursue even if no one was watching.
I would have started it over 10,000 times if I had to.
Holmes said of Theranos, her revolutionary consumer healthcare technology company.
3. Surround Yourself with Experience
Your company is only as good as your team. Just as no one climbs to the top of an industry without overcoming substantial setbacks, no one can hope to transform an industry alone. Speakers recommend young entrepreneurs with scalable and disruptive ideas surround themselves with polished professionals with years of "real-world" experience. Raw ambition is a valuable asset but it is not a replacement for decades of industry knowledge. The best route? A combination of young ambition and expertise: hire people who are more skilled than you so you can complement each other and grow your company together.
4. The Future is in Tech
As Aaron Levie, Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of Box, stated,
Technology is going to be at the center of everything.
Technology-based startups are now going after markets that were not traditionally thought of as technology-based markets. This trend has blossomed over the past 5 years. Tech's versatility gives it the enviable potential to revolutionize a host of different industries. For instance, tech allows products to transcend physical boundaries and adapt to specific regulations with ease. By turning different features on and off, technology has the rare ability to compensate for nuances between states or even countries.
5. Focus on Mobile App Development
This year's Under 30 Summit emphasized the power of technology and its limitless future. Young entrepreneurs are applying tech in innovative ways to a host of new industries in order to create meaningful and sustainable social change. Michelle Phan, YouTube Sensation and Co-founder of ipsy, informed the Summit that the future will center around mobile app development: users are increasingly turning to their small screens (phone screens, ipads, etc.) for information at the expense of their larger screens (computers and televisions). This phenomenon should make mobile app development a priority for any company hoping to disrupt an industry and build its consumer base.
6. Today's "Success" is Not Defined by Net Worth or Status
Despite the number of millionaires and billionaires in the room, this year's speakers emphasized the importance of building companies that add social value to the world. Dr. Amit Sood, Director of the Mind-Body Initiative and Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic, perhaps summed up this sentiment best:
Success should be measured by the people you serve, who wouldn't have been served otherwise.
7. Scaling Too Fast Can be Catastrophic
A uniform trait among young entrepreneurs is ambition. We all want to change the world and we all want to do it now. However, left unharnessed this enormous ambition can inevitably lead to our downfall. Elizabeth Holmes advises young entrepreneurs to remain "mission-critical" and to build their impact incrementally (person by person and city by city). Nothing fails faster than a company that scales too quickly.
8. Co-founders Are Like a Marriage: "For Better or For Worse"
This year's Summit featured a session of "co-founder relationship therapy" led by 87-year-old Dr. Ruth Westheimer (Sex Therapist, Media Personality and Author). Dr. Westheimer guided us to the realization that while many romantic partners come and go, co-founders mate for life. Launching a venture is no easy feat - it involves long nights, and even heart-wrenching sacrifices. It is absolutely vital to establish clear communication with your co-founder. Dr. Westheimer recommends co-founders, especially young co-founders, invest in "couples therapy" in order to protect both their personal relationship and their business.
9. Influence Comes with Responsibility
The Under 30 Summit brings together an extraordinary amount of influence under one roof. The approximately 1,500 young innovators who attended this year's Summit span industries ranging from Finance to Games to Hollywood and Entertainment. All of us represent different communities and different agendas. One of my favorite quotes from the entire Summit comes from Barbara Bush, Co-founder and CEO of Global Health Corps:
As a leader it's your responsibility to use your voice for the issues you care about most.
10. Nothing is Impossible: Never Say Never
The Under 30 Summit was brimming over with people who have defied expectations. Life can sometimes feel like an endless series of "cant's." At one time or another, you will inevitably be confronted with depressing statistics of how unrealistic it is for you to change the world. But it is that one percent, that single possibility, that can transform your life and the lives of those around you.
I never planned to come out to anyone. Yet over this past year I have found myself advocating for global LGBT rights both in print and in person at influential platforms ranging from the Under 30 Summit to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
I've learned that changing the world starts with changing yours. Nothing is "impossible."


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Warner Bros. Pictures gave Superhero Hype! the heads up that the Mac 5 from the upcoming live-action Speed Racer feature will be on display for the general public at the 2008 New York International Auto Show from March 21-30. The Auto Show is taking place at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
See the Mach 5 in action when Speed Racer opens in conventional theaters and IMAX nationwide on May 9, 2008.
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Walmart Opts Out of Interchange Case Settlement, Seeks Damages in New Lawsuit (March 27, 2014)
Walmart this week opted out of the $7.25 billion settlement Visa and MasterCard reached last fall over interchange fees and filed its own antitrust suit against Visa. Several other merchants, including Target and Macy’s, previously opted out of the settlement of the lawsuit, originally filed in 2005, claiming acceptance of its terms would constrain future negotiations over interchange policies and fees. Walmart is seeking $5 billion in damages, alleging price fixing and other antitrust violations that took place between Jan. 1, 2004 and Nov. 27, 2012, the date the settlement was announced.
In a 39-page complaint filed March 25 in U.S. District Court in Arkansas, Walmart alleges that Visa’s credit card acceptance rules and practices harmed competition and stifled innovation by forcing merchants to accept all cards carrying its brand. Walmart also alleges that over the past several years Visa suppressed development and use of new fraud-prevention technologies in the U.S., forcing merchants and consumers to absorb more than $350 billion in overall costs to accept credit and debit cards.
Approving the networks’ settlement with merchants “would give the defendants a sweeping release that poses considerable risk of abuse and does nothing to change the broken market,” a Walmart spokesperson tells Paybefore. Large merchants led by the National Retail Federation in January filed an appeal of the settlement, which was announced in July 2012 and approved in federal court late last year.


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Sydney to Byron Bay will be among a host of airfares that will be slashed by Virgin Australia – and travellers are urged to get in quick.
Feed your wanderlust with an interstate trip. We round up the best Boxing Day deals on flights here.
Hit the road this summer in comfort and style without the hefty price tag.
Stays at hotels and resorts in Australia’s top holiday destinations are being slashed by up to half in the travel deal sale of the year.


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Sales tax holiday begins this weekend
This weekend brings the state’s summer sales tax holiday.
This will be the first time in the back-to-school tax-free weekend’s 12-year history that it is held in July.
According to the Alabama Retail Association, it will occur in July from now on unless changed by the Alabama Legislature. The change was made this year to account for certain schools across the state that started prior to the August tax-free weekends.
More than 300 cities and counties throughout Alabama will waive local taxes on certain back-to-school items from 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 21, to midnight Sunday, July 23. Tuscaloosa, Northport and Tuscaloosa County are all participating, as are most counties and municipalities in West Alabama.
The tax-exempt items will include most clothing items, computers and software, backpacks, calculators, writing utensils and more. A complete list is available from the state Department of Revenue.
And while the holiday is meant to assist those families who are preparing for the new school year, anyone – those with school-age children and those without – can benefit from the tax break.


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Vivo is not just getting aggressive here in the Philippines but the Chinese company is also expanding globally as Vivo has announced that they’re expanding in Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, and even Africa in the coming months.
Vivo has also recently expanded into Hong Kong as they enter into to the country with its latest smartphone, the Vivo X20. Aside from the mentioned countries above, the Vivo is also expected to enter the European market followed by the African market by early next year.
The company has also seen a large growth last year in where it holds a record of 48% global smartphone market share as it continues to grow in Mainland China.
Vivo’s latest smartphone, the Vivo V7+ is their latest flagship smartphone in the country and it packs a 5.99-inch FullView display along with 24-megapixel front camera that is perfect for selfies.


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Most Idaho ski resorts open during the holidays
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The following is a news release from the Idaho Ski Areas Association (aka Ski Idaho).
BOISE — Skiers and snowboarders throughout Idaho have much to celebrate this holiday season, with 16 of 18 Gem State ski resorts either already open or opening before the New Year.
All three resorts in North Idaho — Lookout Pass Ski and Recreation Area near Mullan, Schweitzer Mountain Resort near Sandpoint, and Silver Mountain Resort in Kellogg — are open daily for the season. Lookout Pass, which straddles the Idaho-Montana border, is Idaho’s oldest ski area and is celebrating its 85th anniversary this season.
Only one North Central Idaho ski area — Bald Mountain outside Pierce — will be open for the holidays, beginning operation this Saturday, Dec. 26. Cottonwood Butte Ski Area near Cottonwood and Snowhaven Ski & Tubing Area in Grangeville will not open before the New Year arrives.
Three of the four ski areas in Southwest Idaho — Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area near Boise, Brundage Mountain Resort near McCall, and Tamarack Resort near Donnelly — are open daily for the season. Plus, the Little Ski Hill in McCall will open this Saturday, Dec. 26, with a brand new lift and lighting system for night skiing.
Southern Idaho’s three resorts — Magic Mountain Ski Resort near Hansen, Pomerelle Mountain Resort near Albion, and Soldier Mountain Ski Area near Fairfield — are open daily, although Magic Mountain will be closed Christmas Day. Soldier Mountain will resume its normal Thursday-through-Sunday-plus-holidays schedule the first week of January.
Sun Valley Resort in Central Idaho is open seven days a week. North America’s first destination ski resort and the birthplace of the chairlift, Sun Valley is celebrating its 85th season and was recently recognized for the first time as the top U.S. ski resort in SKI Magazine’s annual resort guide.
The region’s other ski area, Lost Trail on the Idaho-Montana border near Conner, Montana, is open daily through Jan. 3 and then open Thursdays through Sundays and major holidays the rest of the season.
Two Eastern Idaho ski areas — Kelly Canyon Ski Resort in Ririe and Grand Targhee Resort in Alta, Wyoming — are open daily for the season, although the former is closed on Christmas Day. Affiliating with Ski Idaho because it’s only accessible via Driggs, Idaho, Grand Targhee was recently ranked No. 28 among Western U.S. ski areas in SKI Magazine’s annual resort guide.
The remaining Eastern Idaho mountain — Pebble Creek Ski Area in Inkom — anticipates opening Dec. 27.
Idaho’s ski areas are following the National Ski Areas Association’s “Ski Well, Be Well” guidelines for COVID-19 safety. Please visit skiidaho.us/covid for more details.
Founded in 1982, the Idaho Ski Areas Association, aka Ski Idaho, is a nonprofit association funded in part by the Idaho Travel Council via the state’s 2 percent lodging tax paid by travelers and collected by hotel, motel, and private campground owners. Boasting 28,000 vertical feet of terrain spanning more than 20,000 acres, Idaho is the birthplace of lift-assisted skiing, home to America’s first destination ski resort, and often considered the soul of skiing. Its 18 family friendly Alpine ski resorts offer trails and backcountry for skiers and snowboarders of all ages and skill levels, breathtaking views, hundreds of inches of fresh powder, and short lift lines. Many Ski Idaho resorts open for the summer season, as well, to serve up lift-served mountain biking, scenic chairlift rides, hiking and trail running, disc golf, and more. Visit skiidaho.us for more details.


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Pizza Parlor Earned Its Dough – from Cocaine
DEA busts popular Bronx pizza parlor for allegedly selling drugs.
April 1, 2009— -- Six people were arrested during a raid Tuesday night at a popular Bronx pizza parlor where authorities say cocaine was concealed in pizza boxes and customers could get the drug by delivery or takeout.
"Using their pizza shop as a front for drug trafficking, the dough that this organization made was not from the sale of pizza but rather illegal narcotics. Through concentrated law enforcement efforts this organization's brick ovens have been shut down," said DEA Special Agent-In-Charge John P. Gilbride.
Nearly 20 pounds of cocaine, about $20,000 in cash, and four guns were seized by the Drug Enforcement Agency at John Pizzeria on Westchester Avenue. The suspects allegedly used at least four stash houses within walking distance of the pizzeria, where the gang then package varying amount of cocaine.
The arrests were made by the DEA and the Special Narcotics Prosecutor. During their ten-month investigation, agents said they identified the manager and his partner as the leaders of a cocaine distribution enterprise.
Other members of the drug operation, who doubled as delivery men and workers for the pizzeria, prepared the drug orders, met with drug buying customers, and replenished the cocaine supply kept inside the pizza parlor, authorities say.
"It must be alarming to find out that your neighborhood pizza parlor is a haven for a wholesale cocaine operation," said Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. Brennan. "Out of state 'take out' customers went to the pizza parlor to pick up their orders, often using pizza boxes to conceal the $32,000 to $42,000 worth of cocaine they had just purchased. Other customers received their narcotics delivered to pre-arranged locations in the Bronx."
Those defendants will be arraigned in New York City Criminal Court.


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What Favored Amazon.Com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) To Bag Elemental Technologies, Beating Suitors Like Cisco?
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) was able to trounce Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), Ericsson (ADR) (NASDAQ:ERIC) and others in the race to acquire Elemental Technologies. It is emerging that at least three factors played in favor of Amazon in the battle to purchase Elemental. One of those factors was that the owners of Elemental were willing to avoid an IPO, which they considered so unpredictable or so perilous given the recent adverse market movements. The other reason was that Amazon’s offer of about $500 million for Elemental was acceptable for the owners.
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is bringing video-streaming technology provider Elemental Technologies under its wing. Already, Amazon has a video streaming service called Amazon Instant Video that it offers as part of the $99/year Prime subscription. While Elemental will clearly bolster Amazon’s video agenda, the acquisition is also expected to boost Amazon’s cloud offering – Amazon Web Services (AWS). Using video-streaming software from Elemental, video providers can create content that work across multiple platforms.
In coming to acquire Elemental, Amazon may have been lucky in a number of ways, enabling the company to beat rivals in the race to own the video technology provider.
Amazon’s offer to acquire Elemental for $500 million may have excited the owners of the company. Given that Elemental was valued at about $222.16 million at the beginning of this year, Amazon’s price of $500 million looked like a premium offer that the owners of Elemental couldn’t turn down.
Keeping Elemental in Portland
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) seemed more interested in the technology that Elemental has than where the company is based. As such, Amazon is willing to let Elemental retain its base in Portland and also to keep its name – Elemental Technologies. These apparent concessions by Amazon may have resonated well with the owners of Elemental.
Stress in IPO market
The IPO market doesn’t look healthy, and managements, boards and venture capitalists appear receptive to deals that can help them avoid the potentially perilous IPO route. The same feeling may have played a role in Elemental’s willingness to sell to Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN).
Elemental Technologies had revenue of $49 million in 2014 and was on track to register nearly 104% top-line growth to post revenue of $100 million in 2015.
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February 16, 1998 |
Officials at Pixar, the company that created the computer graphics for the movie "Toy Story," have filed suit over an anonymous e-mail message that revealed the salaries of the company's 400 employees. The e-mail distributed two weeks ago was attributed to Pixar Chief Executive Steve Jobs, who has denied sending it.
June 29, 2004 |
Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs introduced a 30-inch "cinema" flat-panel screen that he said was the biggest high-resolution display ever and showed off the next version of the company's software. Apple's monitor can handle as many as 4 million pixels used to measure color in pictures. That's 77% more than 23-inch monitors, Jobs told 5,000 developers at the company's conference in San Francisco.
August 5, 2005 |
Apple Computer Inc., which gets a third of its sales from iPod music players, started an iTunes online music store in Japan on Thursday that offered more than 1 million songs, including Rolling Stones recordings that have never been released for downloading on the Internet. Songs from 15 Japanese record companies will be available for downloading, Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said at a Tokyo news conference that featured a performance by Grammy award-winning singer Beck.
June 24, 2009 |
Apple Inc. co-founder and Chief Executive Steve Jobs has an "excellent prognosis," a doctor at a Tennessee hospital said, confirming that Jobs had a liver transplant there. "He received a liver transplant because he was . . . the sickest patient on the waiting list at the time a donor organ became available," said James D. Eason, chief of transplantation at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute in Memphis. "Mr. Jobs is now recovering well and has an excellent prognosis."
September 23, 2005 |
Warner Music Group Inc. Chief Executive Edgar Bronfman Jr. said the prices of downloaded songs should vary depending on popularity and called Apple Computer Inc.'s flat 99-cent charge unfair. Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said this week that charging more for songs downloaded from his company's iTunes unit would prompt consumers to get their music illegally. Jobs also said record companies were "getting greedy" when they pushed for higher prices.
March 5, 2008 |
. -- Apple Inc. has no plans to declare a dividend or buy back its stock, Chief Executive Steve Jobs told the company's annual shareholder meeting Tuesday, adding that iPhone sales were on track. Jobs said he was confident Apple would hit its 2008 sales target of 10 million iPhones, a figure that some analysts have questioned, and executives said the iPhone would reach Asian markets this year.
September 23, 1997 |
Apple Computer Inc. named Niehaus Ryan Group Inc. as its public relations agency, completing a changeover of outside marketing companies orchestrated by interim Chief Executive Steve Jobs. Apple last month switched advertising agencies, terminating BBDO Worldwide and rehiring TBWA Chiat/Day, the firm that created a now-legendary television ad introducing the Macintosh computer in 1984. Niehaus Ryan Group, also known as NRG, replaces Burson-Marsteller.
January 18, 1999 |
Rumors have been swirling around the Virtual Game Station emulator software that lets Sony PlayStation fans bypass their TVs and queue up game CDs on any Macintosh computer equipped with a G3 microprocessor. The program got a big boost when Apple Computer Inc.'s interim chief executive, Steve Jobs, featured it in his Macworld Expo trade show keynote, running it on a new iMac. The product created quite a buzz, and its maker, San Mateo, Calif.-based Connectix Corp.
August 29, 2007 |
Apple Inc. sent out invitations Monday to a Sept. 5 event called "The Beat Goes On," fueling speculation that it will release new models of the iPod media player to spur holiday sales. The e-mailed invitation for the San Francisco event shows a silhouetted dancer carrying an iPod, an image from Apple ads. Chief Executive Steve Jobs usually unveils new iPods before the holiday season. In June, Apple introduced the iPhone, combining the music player with a mobile phone.


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I was fortunate enough to sit down recently with Tesla CEO Elon Musk for a long and wide-ranging interview. You can find the first video here. And here's part two:
Musk is currently in Tokyo, where he presented Toyota President Akio Toyoda with a bright red Roadster with special paint. Toyota and Tesla are collaborating, and the first results of that — a prototype electric version of the RAV4 — will be on display at the Los Angeles Auto Show beginning next week. I'll be there, and will welcome a chance to see Tesla's handiwork up close.
Tesla is primarily a carmaker, of course, but it may find that the road to profitability is in supplying its superior battery technology to other companies. In this interview segment, Musk talks about partnerships with other companies and a lot more. His company is allied with Daimler and Toyota, and Musk doesn't rule out a third automaker collaboration.
Meanwhile, Tesla's relationship with battery supplier Panasonic is deepening, with a $30 million investment. Panasonic's goal is to become Tesla's "preferred supplier." I was in Tokyo myself recently and met with Naoto Noguchi, the president of Panasonic's Energy Company. Like Toyoda, he was enthusiastic about his meeting with Musk, and you can see that here. Whether that meeting helped spur the $30 million remains to be seen.
Related on MNN: Tesla's Elon Musk on the video record, part one
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L&D professionals don’t often think of first-aid training as a standard part of workplace safety training or onboarding unless they work in the medical industry or highly hazardous environments. And even then, sometimes first-aid training isn’t always seen as a necessity. But emergencies and injuries happen all the time in the workplace, regardless of whether […]
Earlier this year in April, two black men were arrested in a Starbucks in Pennsylvania. A Starbucks employee had called the police, claiming that the two men were loitering without paying for anything, and the two men stated that they were waiting for someone else to arrive.
In a dynamic and global marketplace, companies need to be quick and agile to adapt to changing technologies, market preferences, and regulatory environments. This is perhaps nowhere truer than in technologically driven industries. And change doesn’t just mean the leadership adapting new strategies to run the company. It also means ensuring its workforce has the […]
Think of your e-learning portfolio as your digital and interactive résumé that’s online. It’s the best way to digitally document your experience, skills, and qualifications as an e-learning professional. And it will certainly make you stand out among your peers and others in your field. E-learning portfolios can be fun to create and maintain, too. […]
Elon Musk’s companies are groundbreaking on many fronts—from SpaceX launching the world’s largest rocket, to Tesla improving the viability of renewable energy through the development and deployment of large-scale batteries. Now, Tesla is announcing its ambitions to become the safest factory in the world, and it’s doing so in some interesting ways.
Today we are joined by Casey Foss, CMO at West Monroe Partners about the role that soft skills have to play when it comes to IT. The interview is based on a recent study conducted by West Monroe Partners concerning IT and soft skills. You can view the report here.
Yesterday’s post highlighted things to do before attending this year’s Training & Development Summit. Here are some things you’ll want to do after you attend the summit.
The 2018 Training & Development Summit will be here before you know it. It provides professionals from a variety of industries many opportunities to network with peers, meet with solutions providers, attend world-class workshops, and more. If you really want to get the most you possibly can out of attending the summit this year, you’ll […]


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Face, the youth marketing agency, has launched the UK’s first research and seeding community aimed at 30,000 young opinion formers. The Headbox network aims to allow brands to connect with the youth market.
The agency claims that it is “in effect, inviting young people to become an extension of the company’s marketing department”. Headbox members will be asked for their input on advertising campaigns, design, new product development and seeding activity, and will be rewarded with cash or vouchers for products.
Unilever and Carphone Warehouse are among the companies that have already signed up to the initiative. Andrew Needham, co-founder of Face says: “It is by listening to young people; collaborating and co-creating with them that brands can create a much greater following from this audience and accelerate word of mouth.”


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NetApp is cutting about 900
employees from its global workforce, the Sunnyvale, Calif., company announced Tuesday as part of
the release of its fourth-quarter financial results.
The company, a provider of storage and data management technology, had 12,149 employees globally as of April of last year, according to its annual report.
The company employed about 1,400 people in the Research Triangle Park as of last year, according to a news release from Gov. Beverly Perdue's office announcing a planned expansion at the company's site here.
As part of the expansion, the company planned to create 460 new jobs across four years and to invest more than $75 million here. The project was tied to a state performance-based grant.
In the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013, the company reported that its net income was down by about $7 million to approximately $174 million compared to the same quarter a year prior.
Its revenues, at $1.717 billion in the quarter, were up in the quarter year-over-year. For the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, the company expects revenues to be between $1.475 billion and $1.575 billion.
The company's stock price closed on the Nasdaq at $36.63 Tuesday, down from an opening price of $37.15.
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The R…Rajkumar team unveiled the first ever custom comic for a Bollywood film at the Reliance Digital Store in Mumbai. Producer Viki Rajani, director Prabhu Dheva and the lead pair – Sonakshi Sinha and Shahid Kapoor – who were excited to present the fun-filled comic of their upcoming film, were present at the event.
What is so unique about this comic is that R…Rajkumar gave its fans a chance to feature alongside Shahid Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha in India’s first custom comic. The contest, which began on 25th October on Facebook, invited its fans to submit their ‘faadu’ story ideas. Of these, three winners would be in a special digital comic. The selection of the winning entries was on the basis of how interesting and out-of-the-ordinary the story was and it was then turned into, what would be India’s first custom comic for any movie. Yes, the storyline of the comic has been created from the entries sent by enthusiastic fans across the nation. The winners not only got the once-in-a-lifetime chance to feature in the comics, but were also invited and introduced at the launch.
Talking about R…Rajkumar’s custom comic, producer Viki Rajani said, “Movie marketing continues to become more innovative and with this film, we have attempted initiatives to reach across all mediums. I’m happy to have the first ever custom comic book for R…Rajkumar which involved direct participation by fans and showed their keen response and enthusiasm”.
Shahid and Sonakshi, ecstatic with the response the songs of the film have been receiving, said that they were eagerly looking forward to the release of the film. Shahid also danced to ‘Gandi Baat’, much to the delight of the crowd present at the event.
Excited to feature in the comic for the first time, Sonakshi said, “My brothers would always be reading comics and I would never be allowed to touch them. Now I’m featuring in an R…Rajkumar custom comic. I am going to take a copy home and show it to them.”
R…Rajkumar is produced by Sunil Lulla of Eros International and Viki Rajani of Next gen films. Directed by Prabhu Dheva, this film is scheduled to hit cinemas on the 6th of December.
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Here’s an interesting fact. Car sales dropped during the pandemic, except for the sale of electric vehicles, which saw an increase. In 2021’s third quarter, electric vehicle sales nearly doubled to 10.4% from 5.5%. Moreover, in 2020 more than 10 million electric cars were on the road worldwide.
The industry employs millions of people in different aspects of its production as well as post-sales services the world over. Given these trends, this number is only expected to increase, hence it is prudent to look into the careers in the electric vehicles industry and explore the job opportunities.
The electric vehicles industry has registered significant growth in the last decade. However, the increase has been rapid in the last few years with growth jumping by 43% from 2019 to 2020. While the developed countries are involved in the production and sales of electric vehicles for years, countries in the developing world are also showing great interest. Europe has shown the largest annual increase as the number now stands at 3.2 million.
In 2020, while the car market shrank by 22%, new electric car registrations doubled to 1.4 million in the continent. Germany registered 395,000 new electric cars, France 185,000, and the United Kingdom 176, 000. In US car market plummeted by 23% in 2020, though 295,000 new electric cars were bought. In China 1.2 million registrations of new electric cars were completed in 2020. Meanwhile, the Chinese government hopes to increase new electric car sales by 20% by 2025. Moreover, China has about 575,000 electric buses and over 28,000 electric trucks.
The electric vehicle industry employs people from diverse educational backgrounds. The workforce required in different stages of electric vehicle production and post-production phases is required to possess different skill sets and training. The employees in the industry often work on scientific research, development, or commercial aspects. Electronics, Computers, mechanics are some of the specializations that those who work in the electric vehicle industry require.
While scientists are engaged in the research and development of electric vehicle technology, there are the manufacturing workers who build the vehicles while the maintenance technicians who repair the vehicles and work on the post-production servicing. However, engineers perform several important functions. Engineers with different specialization are needed to undertake different functions in the electric vehicles industry.
Chemical engineers are needed in designing and improvement of equipment. They are also involved in manufacturing chemicals and products required in the production of batteries on which electric vehicles run. Electrical engineers are engaged in various aspects of the design, development, and manufacture of electrical components. They work on electrical circuitry that charges the battery and related functions.
Electronic engineers specialise in the control systems and manufacture of electronic components like heating and air-conditioning systems, vehicle lighting, etc. Unlike electrical engineers, they do not focus on electric circuits. Industrial engineers meanwhile, deal with materials, and machines. They also work on managing people and improvement of techniques to minimise wastage and improve efficiency.
Material engineers work on the development and testing of materials used in electric vehicles. Material innovation is required to improve the design of vehicles to make them cost-effective as well as energy-efficient. Mechanical engineers on the other hand work on engines, machines, and other mechanical devices in electric vehicles. They may also be involved with the repair of the vehicles.
Technicians assist engineers, by working on different aspects of research, production, and maintenance. They may be involved in building or setting up equipment, conducting experiments, collecting data, recording results, etc. Software developers meanwhile design and create software that is used in electric vehicles. They use techniques from computer science and mathematics to develop and innovate software applications and systems as all hybrid vehicles are nowadays computers run.
Electric cars, especially are usually computer-controlled and another hybrid technology is utilized to make the car run smoothly. Commercial and industrial designers deal with styling, quality, and safety of the vehicles. While designing, consumers’ requirements as well as energy efficiency are kept in mind. The designers work with engineers during the various stages of production and maintenance. Their education is usually in design and related fields.
Electric vehicles are believed to be a significant part of the fourth industrial revolution. Some would argue that the development and growth of this industry could also make many lose jobs. However, working in the industry is not would be a good career move – its growth would generate immense opportunities in the future. While the developed countries as well as China have witnessed an increasing demand of electric vehicles, developing countries like India are expected to emerge as the new markets.
The problem of pollution is making Indian people look for ways to reduce carbon emissions from cars. Electric vehicles can be the answer to the pollution worries. Meanwhile, many companies are also investing heavily in this industry. A significant part of the investment is expected to be spent on developing resources, like infrastructure and development of skills and promotion of education in the field– a fact that should be duly noted while understanding the jobs of tomorrow.
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Twitter is having a very busy year. The company has launched many features for its users and although we are almost in December, the app might have a few more surprises hidden for people.
According to reverse engineer Nima Owji, we might be close to the release date of Reactions. This feature, which started being tested a couple of months ago, is set to launch soon, as Owji was able to find references to that in Twitter’s code.
With four new reactions, “tears of joy,” “thinking face,” “clapping hands,” and “crying face,” this feature is designed to give users the ability to better show how conversations make them feel, and to give users “a better understanding of how their Tweets are received.”
Not only that but Nima also said that Twitter is now able to store data about the downvotes feature, which is another indicator that this function will be released sooner rather than later. The reverse engineer also notes that the company changed the downvote position as well, so it will appear before the like button.
Twitter has even added a new tab explaining how downvotes work:
- Tap to downvote: See a reply that doesn’t seem relevant to the conversation? Let us know by downvoting;
- Downvotes are private: Your votes aren’t public and won’t be shared with the Tweet author or others on the timeline;
- Help make Twitter better: Your feedback helps us prioritize higher quality content for you – and everyone on Twitter.
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How do you outdo competitors when access to private business jets is becoming easier by the year? Nine private individuals might tell you to throw a half billion dollars at Boeing, have them reconvert their defining 747 commercial airliner to your custom spec, and the story might only just begin from there.
This year has witnessed Boeing undergo their traditional year-long delay (it could definitely turn out to be longer) in rolling out the latest production model 747 but, thanks to a list of 9 VIP customers buying their 747-VIP variation, their income statement will reflect a quite different picture in the accounts.With the final customisations to make it “a jewel in the sky” being done in Germany, after a stint of modifications in Kansas last year, the 460-seater 747 certainly is a novel way to do business. Not least of all, it will cut down intercontinental travelling time with the same capabilities that any commercial passanger would expect when sharing breathing space with another few hundred odd strangers.
Details on Boeing’s most privy shortlist of customers are sketchy at worst and rumour at best. The only word floating about on the end-destination for first delivery of the 747-VIP suggest it will end up with the holding company of the Qatari Royal Family. As if the ramp up the superluxury conflict, Airbus have been a little more public (presumably thanks to their customer’s wishes) with their supply of a customised A380 private airliner to the Saudi Royal Family for approximately $500 million. A380s sell at $389.9 million to Airbus’ regular clientele before any alterations are made.
Although this is not the first Boeing jumbo airliner to be bought for private use, it is the first of it’s scale to be carried out in-house for first-time ownership. Previously, Google founding partners Sergey Bring and Larry Page has turned their second-hand Boeing purchase into a corporate playhouse to entertain business. Celebrities such as John Travolta also famously operate more classic Boeings like the 707. It seems that the market has only lent more determined growth to aviation manufacturers in all sectors, even the new VIP sector that we will have to label as the new frontier of super luxury for now.


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Enjin, one of the leading ecosystems for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), has announced a partnership with more than 70 ecosystem participants to build a decentralised metaverse on Efinity.
In a highly competitive first batch of bids in Polkadot’s Parachain Auction, the cross-chain NFT superhighway rallies support from leaders in the development of Web3.
Newly-announced adopters Hololoot and VRJam will, therefore, complement the visual elements of the decentralised metaverse on Efinity, promising both augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) functionality and laying the foundation for a graphical creator economy.
Additionally, projects such as Lost Relics, Age of Rust, Dvision Network, and Pluto Alliance, are among the 70+ projects choosing to adopt Efinity for its usability, speed, scalability, and low environmental impact.
This follows the news that Enjin launched a $100m Efinity Metaverse Fund to support builders of a decentralised metaverse.
Chris LoVerme, CEO and founder of SpacePirate Games said: “Next generation of decentralised games needs a next-generation platform, which is Efinity.
“It’s going to transform the way games are experienced and the way players embrace NFTs through extensibility and incentives at the infrastructure level. Efinity is the future, and we’re building on it.”
The network features fuel tanks and discrete accounts to streamline the user onboarding experience, allowing crypto-novices to start playing with no barriers to entry.
The platform’s on-chain marketplace includes an open bidding system that allows NFTs on any bridged blockchain to be bid upon, regardless of whether they are listed for sale.
Maciej Szafarczyk, COO and co-founder of Hololoot, added: “With transaction fees as low as pennies, Efinity is capable of bringing NFTs to everyone.
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It has been a long time since Google launched Google Wallet, but we haven’t seen any major updates to lately. Today, Google went live with a teaser to show that a new version of Google Wallet will be coming and have also set up an invite page where all the people interested in trying the update can request an invite.
As soon as you get into the Google Wallet page, you will be asked to chose from multiple devices like Android, iOS and other. This means that Google Wallet will soon be coming to other devices like Blackberry and Symbain. They have not given any information about when it will be ready and what the changes might be, they will be sending an invite mail once the service is ready. I hope with this new update Google Wallet also comes to different countries and also supports a whole new catalog of cards.


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Developer Obsidian Entertainment has revealed both the premise and release date for the first of three expansions for Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. The ‘Beast of Winter’ DLC expansion is set to release on August 2nd, taking the Watcher and crew to the southernmost reaches of the Deadfire Archipeligo where worshipers of the god of cold and decay ask for fulfillment of destiny.
Alongside the release of the Beast of Winter DLC, Obsidian plans to release patch 2.0, which fixes bugs and improves balance. The patch also brings new challenge modes to Deadfire, which will likely amp up the difficulty on certain encounters or push the player to be creative in solving puzzles.
If that wasn’t enough, Obsidian said, “Oh hey guys let’s release some more free content, that’d be cool right?” and announced the free ‘Deck of Many Things’ DLC to be released with Beasts of Winter and patch 2.0. This DLC will include a “mysterious” merchant ship that sells magical items, which is something I will be personally looking forward to as my characters need some new magic digs (Aloth has been sporting the same robe for about 30 hours now).
All these DLC will be available on August 2nd. That will likely be a busy day for all of us still enjoying Deadfire, and if you haven’t picked this up yet, I highly recommended it in my review back in May. No individual pricing has been mentioned as of yet, but the Season Pass is available for $24.99 on Steam, which will include all three major DLC expansions.
For more information on Beast of Winter and other DLC, check out Obsidian’s page: eternity.obsidian.net.


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Today, HM Government of Gibraltar (“HMGOG”) has announced a number of financial measures to support affected businesses due to the current Pandemic lock-down. As you will be aware, a number of affected businesses have been forced to close to limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus.
In particular, the Government has announced a Business and Employee Assistance Terms (“BEAT”) to alleviate the cost affected businesses will suffer as a result of the imposed lock-down. The measures (which will be clarified once the relevant legislation is published) allow businesses to register employees as “inactive”, provided always that the individual business qualifies for the BEAT measures. These inactive employees will then be paid a basic BEAT rate by HMGOG through the business i.e. these businesses will receive payment of the basic BEAT rate monthly (being at most £1,155) and the business will in turn be required to pay their “inactive” status employees without any deductions whatsoever. These measures also apply to self-employed individuals.
This measure is one of many financial aid measures HMGOG have announced to assist businesses which may assist businesses and/or individuals who are in financial distress due to the current pandemic.
Verralls remains dedicated to provide you any advice and/or assistance you may require during this difficult and complex time. Please contact us if you require any assistance whatsoever.
These measures along with all other financial aid measures are being continually reviewed by HMGOG and may change in the fullness of time.


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Unwired signs up 25,000th customer
Wireless broadband internet company Unwired has signed up it 25,000th customer, helped by "word of mouth" referrals by its subscribers.
Chief executive David Spence said today the milestone bodes well for the company's proposed national rollout.
"This is an exciting indication of what we can achieve when we roll-out nationally," he said. "We are already number one in Australian wireless broadband in customer numbers, yet we are currently only available in Sydney, which is equivalent to less than 25 per cent of the overall Australian market."
A recent survey of Unwired customers found 53 per cent bought its wireless broadband modem to free up their phone line for calls while 91 per cent liked the product's simplicity, the company said.
"One of the other reasons for our strong subscriber growth is the power of 'word of mouth' referrals, with 81 per cent of our respondents stating they would be very likely to recommend Unwired to family and friends," Mr Spence said.
The company earlier this month reporting strong subscriber growth of 5,800 in March and April.
Unwired, which began rolling out its Sydney network in June 2004, has not yet set a timetable for its national expansion.
Investment house UBS says the Australian broadband subscriber base will increase from around 2.51 million at the end of calendar 2005 to 4.05 million at end 2008.
"We expect a large part of this growth to come from existing narrowband customer subscribers migrating to broadband," analyst Tony Wilson said.
Mr Wilson is also forecasting the Australian internet household penetration rate to reach 84 per cent at end 2008, from 81 per cent, and the broadband rate to hit 51 per cent, from 33 per cent.
"Australia appears to be around six months behind Europe and up to 12 months behind the US in broadband penetration," he added.


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As the panel discussions circulate around how to navigate the digital book business, the showroom floor is buzzing with companies selling solutions to the problem. The Digital Book Zone is much bigger this year than it was last year. I heard that last year there were only about six eBook companies exhibiting and this year there are about sixty. No wonder everyone keeps talking about the “tipping point” of digital publishing.
Barnes & Noble’s Editorial Director Liz Scheier is at the show demonstrating B&N’s take on digital publishing. Their new PubIt technology, which will be out this summer, helps independent publishers and self-published authors distribute their work on BN.com, said Scheier. An author or publisher simply has to create an account on BN.com, share their bank account and credit card information (to get paid) and upload a digital file of the work (Word document, HTML, RTF, TXT) to PubIt. No EAN required.
Consumers can buy these books at BN.com and read them on various devices including B&N’s Nook, iPad, iPhone, Blackberry, laptop, etc. This makes self-publishing incredibly easy, but may lead to the future that Garrison Keillor is so worried about.


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The Samsung Galaxy S5 is indeed cheaper. Music to your ears, right? We were expecting that the Galaxy S5 will cost less than its predecessor as mentioned last month. We're still considering that
as a rumor but Korean media has just reported that the new Android smartphone will be 800 Won which is about $744 USD.


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Minecraft-meets-Metroid game Terraria will be getting a retail release as a Collector's Edition.
The Collector's Edition will cost £19.95, and will include an exclusive in-game item, a poster, a key-ring and trading cards.
Terraria was released last May and quickly became an indie hit. The game was a co-op 2D platformer, but also allowed players to build their own structures, chop wood, farm mushrooms, search for loot and mine for precious metals, while rewarding players for digging deeper and deeper into the increasingly dangerous underworld.
To get an idea of just how strange and innovative Terraria is, check out the launch trailer in the video below.


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The gun industry has enjoyed a significant upper hand for decades, while mass shooting after mass shooting has failed to yield any meaningful gun control. A Bush-era law rendered the gun industry largely immune to legal challenges, which makes it hard to hold shady dealers accountable for illegal sales. Online sales, now a fixture of the firearms marketplace, are exempt from most laws governing dealers. And enforcement of current laws governing gun dealers is weak.
The meat of the executive action will try to address these problems, notably by requiring all gun sellers to get a license and conduct background checks no matter where they’re selling them. That means online dealers and gun show vendors, many of whom are unlicensed go-tos for people looking to avoid background checks, will have to get approval from federal law enforcement. But the order doesn’t specify how many guns someone will need to sell in order to be considered a dealer.
The orders will also clarify rules about who in a gun business is responsible for reporting stolen or lost guns. In addition, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will get new funding to hire more people for background checks and to centralize illegal gun tracking.
The action will also require background checks for people who buy weapons through trusts or corporations, an increasingly common way to avoid detection when buying serious firearms like machine guns. For instance, former Los Angeles police officer Chris Dorner said he used one such trust to buy silencers and a short-barreled rifle without a background check before going on a multi-day shooting rampage. The White House notes that gun purchases through trust and corporations has risen from fewer than 900 applications to 90,000 applications in 14 years.
It's tinkering around the edges, but necessary tinkering. If the goal is to reduce the number of firearms in the country, well...that's not going to happen. Ever.


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TIANJIN, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Li Guanglin treats his pet dog, a Golden Retriever, to high-end food, snacks and toys, and takes it to a pet beauty shop for bathing and grooming, giving it the same care and attention he would lavish on a child.
"I have spent no less than 60,000 yuan (about 8,418 U.S. dollars) on looking after my pet over the past five years," said Li, who is in his sixties and lives in north China's Tianjin Municipality.
In China, more and more people, both young and old, have taken to caring for pets as a way of life.
"Every time I come home from work, my beloved pet cat crouches at the door waiting for me. The fatigue and worries will soon be swept away," said Zhao Yang, a young woman working in Tianjin. The pet cat has given her companionship through lonely times.
According to a white paper on China's pet business published by Chinese pet industry website pethadoop.com, there were more than 70.43 million urban pet owners (dogs and cats) in China in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 2.9 percent.
Data from consulting company Frost & Sullivan shows that the number of pets in China is expected to increase to 446 million by 2024.
William Chen, vice president of Nestle Purina PetCare, Zone Greater China, said the Chinese pet industry has been around for less than 30 years, but with the improvement in consumers' living standards and changes in household consumption structures, China's pet consumption market is developing vigorously.
According to research firm iiMedia Research, the industry scale of China's pet economy hit 493.6 billion yuan in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 25.2 percent, while its market size is expected to reach 811.4 billion yuan by 2025.
Such a huge potential for growth in China's pet economy has attracted many domestic and foreign companies to join in and make further investments.
Swiss food giant Nestle built a pet-food factory in China as early as 2007. In April 2023, it launched a new high-end wet canned pet food production line in Tianjin, which is Nestle's fourth high-end wet pet food production line in the world and the first outside of Europe and the United States.
"The dry pet food production line, with higher production standards and processing techniques, has also been put into full operation. We have production capacity for many different pet product categories in China now," Chen said.
Trying not to be outdone, a Tianjin-based pet food company called Yuanchuangpinzhi has established two automated production lines for pet food, including canned cat food, running at full capacity since September 2022.
"We mainly engage in the research and development, production and sales of pet food. Since its establishment in 2018, the company has achieved annual sales of over 100 million yuan," said Wang Chen, co-founder of the company.
Not only has the sector of processing and marketing pet food developed rapidly, but other pet-related industries such as pet care, grooming, training and insurance, are also thriving.
Ringpai Pet Hospital, founded in 2012, has established nearly 600 pet clinics in 70 cities in China, receiving over three million pets annually.
"The pet healthcare industry is a rapidly growing market. We expect to surpass 1,000 pet clinics by 2025," said Hu Wenqiang, rotating president of the hospital.
In recent years, China's authorities have issued a series of management measures and regulatory policies for pet medical treatment, drugs and food to support the development of the pet industry.
According to data released by qcc.com, an enterprise credit inquiry system platform, China now has over 2.47 million pet-related enterprises, with nearly one million new related start-ups in 2022.
China's pet industry is developing fast, and the related consumption shows enormous vitality, bringing huge potential for growth in the pet economy, said Xin Shengpeng, vice president of the Chinese Veterinary Medical Association.
However, the continuous expansion of the "pet economy" means that relevant regulatory policies are also needed to guide the industry's healthy and sound development, Xin said.


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New cookie shop coming to downtown Sioux Falls to sell cookies 'the size of your head'
A new cookie shop is getting closer to opening its doors in downtown Sioux Falls.
Mary's Mountain Cookies, a cookie store franchise based out of Colorado, will be opening at 701 N. Phillips Ave. in a storefront near Severance Brewing Co.
Franchise owners Dave and Becky McElroy, who also own Rainbow Comics in Sioux Falls, plan to open the shop in late September. The two applied for a building permit earlier this week, and they've already installed a sign on the shop to announce its arrival soon.
"We thought there was a need for desserts and sweets in northern downtown," Dave said. "We knew the ice ribbon was coming to that area, so we'll have hot chocolate in the winter months and cookies year-round to snack on when families take a break."
Dave described the quarter-pound cookies "the size of your head" with a homemade, comfort food feel. Kinds of cookies include everything from a normal chocolate chip to s'mores, turtle and gluten-free and keto cookies. The shop will also serve edible cookie dough, ice cream sandwiches and ice cream mixers.
In order to prepare for the shop, Becky will be training at a few of the company's bakeries in Colorado to learn the ropes. The couple's daughter is also working at a location while attending college in Colorado.
There are over a dozen franchise locations throughout the Midwest, with locations closest to Sioux Falls including Rapid City and Omaha. The franchise in Rapid City is where the McElroys would regularly visit before going all in on their own franchise.
Becky said she's excited to open the business and teach their children leadership skills and how to run a business.
"Sioux Falls is a quickly growing community," Becky said. "With all the foot traffic, that's why we chose a downtown location."


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eBay India CEO B. Muralikrishnan has quit to explore "entrepreneurial opportunities" and will be succeeded by a local Microsoft veteran.
Muralikrishnan will end his eight-year tenure at the company by end-June, where he had served as the head honcho for the last two years, the online auction site said in a statement released Tuesday. On the same day, the executive broke the news to his 639 Twitter followers.
"After eight wonderful years at eBay, moving on by end of the quarter to pursue an entrepreneurial adventure," he wrote via the microblogging service. "Will be looking at business ideas in the Internet and mobile space, feeding my passion to build great product experiences."
Muralikrishnan will be replaced by Latif Nathani, whose previous 15 year-stint at Microsoft India included leading the consumer incubator unit which invested in mobile payments technology.
eBay India, with 5 million registered users across 4,306 Indian cities, will focus on being a "mobile first" company, according to Asia-Pacific senior vice president, Jay Lee. "Nathani's deep experience in mobile, combined with his solid professional track record in India and the U.S., make him an ideal candidate to lead eBay's Indian business through the exciting changes ahead," Lee said.
In April, American investor Norwest Venture PartnersUS$8 million into PepperFry, a one year-old Indian e-commerce homewares Web site founded by eBay India veterans, Ashish Shah and Ambareesh Murty.


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Mars Petcare is set to replace shrink-film with cardboard across its UK multipack pet food range, in a bid to meet its goal of 100% recyclable packaging by 2025.
The company has today announced it will replace shrink-film with cardboard across all mixed multipack cans of Pedigree, Whiskas, Chappie and Kitekat pet food in the UK.
The move will apparently see 180 tonnes of plastic removed from the environment every year. The new packaging is made from cardboard, meaning that, according to the company, it will now be “fully recyclable” and contribute towards the removal of 15 million individual pieces of plastic annually.
Kim Smet, interim general manager at Mars Petcare, said: “At Mars Petcare we’re on a mission to future proof the growing pet population and industry. The switch from shrink-wrap to cardboard is an important step in helping us achieve our goal of 100% recyclable packaging by 2025.
“We know that over the past year alone the UK’s pet population has sky-rocketed to an all-time high, tipping 20m dogs and cats – nearly a third of the size of the UK human population, so as an industry our sustainability efforts must reflect this and improve, at speed, to create the world we want tomorrow.”
The move is the latest commitment to circularity from Mars Petcare, which in July announced a recycling programme with Pets at Home which involves dedicated in-store recycling points for pet food packaging introduced across 40 UK stores.
Additional changes in 2021 saw Pedigree Schmackos packaging apparently reduced by 12 per cent, while Dreamies 60g packs appear to be thinner, potentially leading to a combined 27.6 tonnes of virgin plastic saved in the UK. Further to this, Mars Petcare joined Asda in their trial of in-store refill zones and provided what they claim is the first pet care offering with products from Mars brands, including Whiskas and Pedigree.
The new packaging will be available in stores from 11th September 2021.


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New Delhi: Internationally acclaimed fashion designers Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna joined the board of AAFT School of Fashion and Design on 7th January 2019.
Addressing Dr. Sandeep Marwah, president of Asian Education Group during the exhibition at his art gallery at Golf Links, Rohit Gandhi said that he and Rahul Khanna would love to be part of the AAFT School of Fashion and Design and that they are very confident about the capability and capacity shown by Dr. Sandeep. Rohit added that they are eager to start sharing their knowledge and experience with the young designers at AAFT.
Later in the session Dr. Sandeep Marwah said “AAFT School of Fashion and Design is lucky to have two giants of fashion industry on its board. Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna both have created a wonderful niche for themselves in national and international market”


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Despite traffic for many online properties being at an all-time high, advertising has fallen off a cliff because of the downturn in consumer activity outside the home and the wider economic pressures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. And today, Twitter reported quarterly earnings that bore this trend out.
The ad-based social networking and media company said that in Q1 it made $808 million in revenues, actually up 3% on a year ago, with monetizable daily active users (Twitter’s own metric for measuring its audience) grew 24% to 166 million, an all-time high, adding 14 million average mDAUs since Q4 (152 million) and 32 million since Q1 of last year (134 million).
However, operating income for the quarter swung to a loss of $7 million, working out to a net margin of -1% and diluted EPS of -$0.01.
Analysts had expected, on average, to see $775.96 million in revenues on earnings per share of $0.10, so Twitter beat on sales, and missed on earnings. (Note: Twitter’s analyst consensus, provided to journalists, was a little different and painted a more positive picture: it noted average EPS expectations were -$0.02 on sales of $776 million, with expectations of mDAUs at 164 million. Twitter says that its figures are based on non-GAAP numbers, but even on GAAP EPS Twitter’s actual EPS is a beat on consensus of -$0.02.)
Times have really changed whichever way you look at it. In the same quarter a year ago, Twitter reported sales of $787 million, up 18%; net income of $191 million; and diluted EPS of $0.37.
“In this difficult time, Twitter’s purpose is proving more vital than ever,” said CEO Jack Dorsey in a statement. “We are helping the world stay informed, and providing a unique way for people to come together to help or simply entertain and remind one another of our connections. We’ve delivered our strongest ever year over year mDAU growth. Public conversation can help the world learn faster, solve common problems, and realize we’re all in this together. Our task now is to make sure we retain that connection over the long term with the many people new to Twitter.”
The company said that the quarter played out in “two distinct periods”, January through early March, which largely performed as expected, it said, and eearly March through the end of the quarter, “when the pandemic became global.”
None of this should come as a surprise. Twitter itself announced more than a month ago that it was removing its own financial guidance because of the instability of its business due to COVID-19 — noting only that it would be lower than expected:
“While the near-term financial impact of this pandemic is rapidly evolving and difficult to measure, based on current visibility, the company expects Q1 revenue to be down slightly on a year-over-year basis,” it wrote at the time. “Twitter also expects to incur a GAAP operating loss, as reduced expenses resulting from COVID-19 disruption are unlikely to fully offset the revenue impact of the pandemic in Q1.”
It did point out one bright spot, which is that it is picking up many more users because of increased “conversation about COVID-19 as well as ongoing product improvements.” Then, it said that quarter-to-date average total mDAU was around 164 million, up 23% from 134 million in Q1 2019 and up 8% from 152 million in Q4 2019.
Generally, Twitter’s fortunes this quarter are in line with results from Alphabet/Google and Facebook, which also reported earnings this week that reflect the impact of reduced advertising revenues due to fallout from the the public health crisis.
But even without the impact of COVID-19 on Twitter’s primary business of advertising, the company had been facing a tough time leading into the quarter. Like eBay, Twitter has been the subject of activist investor activity pushing for leadership and operational changes to improve growth and profitability. (Coincidentally, the same activist investor, Elliott, has been behind both efforts.) Unlike eBay, however, Twitter has managed to keep its CEO in place — co-founder Jack Dorsey — but has had to concede board seats as part of a wider financing package and strategy to refocus the business. There may be questions on the call today to see if all of that has been put on ice given how other factors are now in play.
One outcome from the deal it had cut with investors was to provide more actionable plans that translated to growth and profit, and on that front at least Twitter is playing ball.
It notes that it has “shifted resources and priorities to increase focus on our revenue products, particularly performance ads beginning with MAP [mobile application promotion ads], with the goal of accelerating our long-term roadmap.” This has included an ad server rebuild that should be finished by the end of Q2 to implement microservices architecture for more efficiency and to make it easier to make changes on the fly. It’s also implementing direct response advertising, also with the aim of adding new features that it can charge advertisers for.
“We have increased our focus and the relative prioritization of our revenue products, and will shift and add product and engineering resources as practical to increase our pace of execution on this critical work,” it noted in the earnings letter.
Breaking out some specific numbers, advertising accounted for the lion’s share of sales at $682 million, with data licensing making up much of the remainder. US revenues were $468 million, up 8% year-over-year, while international was at $339 million, down 4%.
No layoffs announced (not yet) but as with others like Spotify, Twitter is putting a hold on hiring. The company had committed to increase headcount this year by at least 20% (alongside its CEO relocating to Africa temporarily and many other optimistic plans) but this is now being slowed down — to what extent, it did not say, but it did note that 2020 total expense growth would now be “considerably less” than the 20% it had projected.
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LONDON, October 04, 2022--Citi today released a Global Perspectives & Solutions (Citi GPS) report titled Philanthropy and the Global Economy v2.0 – Reinventing Giving in Challenging Times. While conflict in Ukraine has catalysed giving globally in 2022, economic headwinds now risk creating a triple squeeze on philanthropic giving as charities face higher costs, more demand for their services, and declining funding. This report looks at ways in which philanthropy can innovate to unlock the funds
NEW YORK, September 27, 2022--Citi’s Issuer Services business, acting through Citibank, N.A., has been appointed by Joincare Pharmaceutical Group Industry Co., Ltd. ("Joincare") – an innovative and scientific research-oriented pharmaceutical group engaged in the research and development, production and distribution of pharmaceuticals and healthcare products – to act as Depositary Bank for its Global Depositary Receipt ("GDR") program.
NEW YORK, September 26, 2022--Citigroup will issue its third quarter results via press release at approximately 8 a.m. (ET) on Friday, October 14, 2022. At 11 a.m. (ET), results will be reviewed via live webcast and teleconference.


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Motorola, in Brazil, has announced the Moto G. By where and how the device looks the Moto G is aimed for those who wants to own a smartphone that can give great performance sans the hefty price. In fact, Motorola will be selling it at just $199 for the 16GB version and just $179 for the 8GB version. The Moto G will be sold in Brazil and Latin America this week while other countries/regions like the US, Europe, India, and the Middle East will get it next year in January. For other regions, the Moto G will be sold in 30 countries with 60 partners by 2014.
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Finally! One of the most waited devices for this year, the Google Nexus 5! Officially made official by Google, of course, the LG-made Nexus 5 is the first and currently the only smartphone to run on Android 4.4 KitKat. The Nexus 5 is also Google's first smartphone to sport a Full HD display which will go head to head with most, if not all, other flagship Android smartphones currently selling in the market. For the first time, I believe, Google has made something that will truly compete, specs-wise, in the Android world unlike the other Nexus smartphones prior to this which had not-so-at-par specs when put beside a competing flagship smartphone from a different OEM.
Google timed it for Halloween! They have at least two treats for all of us. One is what you see above, yup! Android 4.4 KitKat is now officially official. It has been but today we now know what the latest version of Android has to offer. If Android Jelly Bean is about a smooth platform, Android KitKat is all about memory optimization. That means that KitKat is expected and is built to run on a hardware with just 512MB of RAM. But it is not just that. We all know what Googlers can give us right? They stuffed Android KitKat with as much features as they can like Wallpapers are now in fullscreen which means that your wallpapers will extend through the notification bar and system buttons and whatnot.


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Nissan needs big cuts
Nissan Motor Co is cutting 12,500 jobs after its quarterly profit was nearly wiped out.
The company has revealed it is in a crisis brought about by sluggish sales and rising costs.
The automaker is still attempting to recover from a financial misconduct scandal surrounding its ousted chairman Carlos Ghosn.
Nissan says the job cuts will be completed by 2022, alongside a reduction in global production capacity by about 10 per cent.
In 2018, Nissan had 138,000 employees globally.
Its first-quarter operating profit has plunged 98.5 per cent to 1.6 billion yen ($21.25 million) slugged by mounting costs of vehicle discounts to keep up with rivals in the US.
Years of heavy discounting has cheapened the company’s brand image and led to low vehicle resale values.
It all adds to the workload of Hiroto Saikawa, Nissan's embattled chief executive, who has been trying to improve the company's performance amid the Ghosn scandal.
Former chairman Carlos Ghosn has denied charges of financial misconduct in his push to aggressively grow market share during his time as chief executive.


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Bahrain – Bahrain’s second annual Food and Hospitality Expo is set to double in exhibitor participation year-on-year when it opens on 12 January.
Under the patronage of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, and organised by the Bahrain Exhibition and Convention Authority (BECA), the exhibition has signed 81 exhibitors compared to the 40 exhibiting in 2009.
Sponsor and the largest exhibitor, Lulu Hypermarket, is doubling its presence at the exhibition taking 320sqm of the 6,000sqm show floor.
BECA chief executive, Hassan Jaffer Mohammed, says the event offers improved opportunities for exhibitors, “especially for retailers wishing to boost their sales through partnerships.”
This will be a major feather in the cap of former deputy CEO of the Bahrain Exhibition and Convention Authority (BECA) and recently appointed CEO of exhibition and convention development, Expo@bahrain, at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre (BIECC), Debbie Stanford-Kristiansen.
Stanford-Kristiansen held an executive position on the Board of SITE (Society of Incentive and Travel Executives) Great Britain and Ireland chapter, including two years as chapter president.
The Food and Hospitality Expo will be held at BIECC from 12 to 14 January 2010.
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