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The Rise of Bitcoin Casinos
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China key cog for luxury Lincoln
Updated: 2015-01-13 12:02
By Paul Welitzkin in New York(China Daily USA)
For Ford Motor Co's premium brand Lincoln, China will have a pivotal role in the luxury automotive company's comeback strategy.
China may surpass the US as the world's largest premium car market as early as 2016 according to consulting concern McKinsey & Company. Analysts note that Lincoln will be trying to establish a presence in a market that is dominated by Germany's top three premium brands (Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz) which hold more than 70 percent of China's luxury market.
Ye Zaifu, a Beijing-based dealer for Lincoln and Ford, is convinced Lincoln can carve out a comfortable market share. "Even if we only have around 4 percent of the market, that will still be some 100,000 (vehicles) a year by 2020. So, definitely Lincoln will have its place," Ye told China Daily.
According to a recent report in the Detroit Free Press, Lincoln plans to spend $2.5 billion over the next five years on product development and grow sales to about 300,000 by 2020, with a heavy dependence on the Chinese market it entered last year. Lincoln finished 2014 with total sales of almost 95,000 in North America, an increase of nearly 16 percent from 2013 and its best sales result since 2008.
Robert Parker, president of Lincoln China, said in an e-mail that Lincoln will establish an independent dealer network with 60 dealers in 50 cities by 2016. "The reinvention of Lincoln is well underway in North America. Now, we are ready to bring this luxury brand to China," he said.
Parker believes that a changing Chinese luxury buyer creates an opportunity for Lincoln. A study of luxury car buyers by Ford shows that while many affluent consumers in China are still motivated by a primary desire to display their wealth, a select group of consumers are evolving toward purchasing luxury for the personal experience rather than as a public statement of their personal net worth.
"Lincoln's combination of outstanding products and a personalized luxury buying and ownership experience are expected to be particularly appealing to this evolving group of Chinese luxury consumers," Parker said.
Lin Huaibin, manager, China light vehicles sales forecastfor IHS Automotive in Shanghai, said Lincoln will focus on China because of its growth potential as a premium vehicle market. Still, with all the competition, is there room for Lincoln in China?
"Yes, the so called Tier 2 luxury brands (Infiniti, Cadillac, and Lincoln) can gain market share by playing `value for money' in the premium segment. Cadillac SRX (same size as Audi Q7) is priced close to an Audi Q5," said Lin.
Huaibin said Lincoln will feature SUVs (sport utility vehicles) such as the MKC. "Given Lincoln's brand positioning, the price range of 300,000-400,000 yuan ($48,346.94-$64,462.58) should be the sweet spot. Anything above that price range could be a tough call given the strong brand image of the German premium brands."
Parker said the Lincoln MKZ and MKC represent the two most popular luxury vehicle segments in China and noted that the SUV has been one of the fastest growing auto segments in China. In 2013, the segment increased 49 percent in China.
Zhang Zhiyong, Beijing-based independent auto analyst, noted that the competition among premium brands in China has been intensifying just as the growth rate is slowing. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said on Monday that sales rose by 6.9 percent in 2014, compared with growth of 13.9 percent a year earlier. The industry body also expects the market to expand by 7 percent this year, in line with China's economic growth.
"You have Audi, BMW and Mercedes, and you have Lexus, JLR, Infiniti and Volvo so you get so many brands in your mind in seconds. Lincoln will surely have a bunch of very loyal customers, but it won't be a game changer," Zhang said.
Lu Huiquan in New York contributed to this report.

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Still rocking grandfathered unlimited data through Verizon Wireless? Better enjoy it while it lasts, because the carrier plans to drive a stake through its heart when Big Red makes the switch to family data plans this summer. Should make good fodder for Sprint’s future marketing, since they continue to be the only U.S. carrier offering truly unlimited data plans. Meanwhile, here’s the rest of what’s making news for this Wednesday, May 16, 2012.
The deals, they keep on coming, whether it be MacBooks of all shapes and configs or cases and software. We've searched for the best of the week and you'll want to move quick. Some of these are very limited time only.
One thing Apple is great about is making you lust after their latest hardware. Another thing Apple is great at is making hardware that lasts so long you don't need to run out and buy the latest and greatest. So we've got a little mix of both of those strengths this week.
Before we get started, we'd do well by advising you not to leave your Mac unattended in a public place. That's an expensive -- and highly coveted -- machine! But sometimes, nature calls, or that second latte is all you need to keep chugging along with work for the afternoon. Take the neccessary precautions to make sure that your laptop stays put and, more importantly, that your private information stays unrevealed.
The 2011 Christmas holiday will be just a memory in a few days’ time, and our thoughts then turn to the new year and what 2012 might bring. For those of us covering the Apple beat, those ruminations include the first full year without Steve Jobs and what kind of new wonderment the team left in his wake might bring us -- some of which might still have involved his magic touch.
Apple launched its latest iteration of the MacBook Pro rather quietly, with no media event or even a press release. Instead, they quietly bumped up the specs in their flagship laptops. If you’ve recently bought a MacBook Pro, you’re not missing much. But if you’ve been mulling over a purchase, now might be the time. The improvements are modest, to be sure, but Apple has also brought back an option that we’ve been chomping at the bit to have for quite some time.
Hey hey, it’s Tuesday! Other than being the second day of the week, that doesn’t mean all that much, particularly for those looking forward to next week’s Thanksgiving holiday (at least here in the USA). But turn that frown upside down, because we’ve got some juicy MacBook rumors, a swanky new update to the Comic Zeal Comic Reader app, whispers of a new Apple TV on the way and a preview of what the Netflix app will look like on the iPad in a few weeks for this Tuesday, November 15, 2011.
You know the symptoms: applications don’t open as fast as they used to, and you always seem to be running out of space on your hard drive. It’s painful to admit, but your MacBook Pro that was so shiny a year ago may finally be showing its age. But you don’t have to put your faithful companion out to pasture––or make another $2,000 trip to the Apple Store––just yet. Save those pennies while you work (and play) more productively by upgrading your MacBook Pro yourself.


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A contract was signed on December 3 in Naples between Costa Cruises and Gianluca Basile, Commissioner for Naples Universiade 2019, to hire the Costa Victoria cruise ship, which will be part of athletes’ village for the sporting event due to take place in Campania's capital next summer.
Costa Victoria is scheduled to be moored in port of Naples between June 28-July 16, next year to host delegations and athletes from across the globe taking part in the Universiade.
Changes will be made to the summer 2019 itinerary of Costa Victoria, which the company is communicating to travel agencies and passengers. The cruise packages due to depart from Bari June 22 & 29, July 6 & 13, 2019 were modified by offering equivalent cruise experiences in the Mediterranean aboard Costa ships.
On July 20, 2019 Costa Victoria will resume her scheduled program of 1-week Greek islands cruises from Bari.


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Editorial: Lessons must be learned from Spend Local card scheme
Compared to many government initiatives, the thinking behind the Spend Local scheme was clear and easily understood.
Every eligible adult in Northern Ireland was to be given £100 to help local businesses recover from the economic impact of the pandemic.
People had to apply for the money, which was provided in the form of a prepaid card, and it had to be spent within a specific time frame.
While some may question if this initiative was the best way to use £145 million, there is no doubt it was popular with the public as well as those in retail and hospitality, sectors which had been particularly been badly hit by Covid restrictions.
Data published by the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium suggested the cards made an immediate and tangible difference on footfall levels.
However, it is important that the scheme is fully assessed and evaluated to determine if this public money was used effectively, especially in the crucial area of generating additional expenditure.
The scheme was declared open by DUP economy minister Gordon Lyons on September 27 last year, with a November 30 deadline for the money to be used.
But within a short time, problems were being reported.
Issues with the processing of cards led to an extension of the November 30 deadline to December 14.
This deadline was further extended and the scheme reopened over Christmas for several thousand people who either received their card late or who experienced technical problems.
One key issue, which came to light in late October, was a difficulty in verifying the details of more than 100,000 people.
It has now emerged that during this time, hundreds of staff at Invest NI were taken away from their daily duties in order to process tens of thousands of card applications.
Figures obtained by this paper under the Freedom of Information Act show an average of 237 staff per day were diverted over an initial five day period and while numbers subsequently dropped, dozens of employees were still involved into the third week of processing.
One staff member has claimed normal work had to be suspended while highly paid public servants were deployed to help administer the scheme.
This raises obvious questions not just about the impact on Invest NI but also the overall management of the High Street voucher scheme.
It is right that lessons are learned from the implementation of what should have been a fairly straightforward stimulus scheme that turned out to be rather more complicated.


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Valuation step-ups in the private market continue to be one of the crucial indicators in evaluating the overall health of the venture landscape, especially as companies raise bigger and bigger rounds and strive to meet investor expectations. In 2Q, VC-backed companies in the US pulled in more than $25 billion for the sixth consecutive quarter, and many of those rounds came with lofty valuation gains.
Through the first half of the year, valuation growth has been strong in the US, according to our latest VC Valuations Report, with late-stage valuations reaching new heights. In addition, the median early-stage valuation step-up multiples (a comparison of a company's latest pre-money valuation to its previous round's post-money valuation) have been on the rise since 2016, and in 1H 2019, they surpassed 2.0x for the first time in at least a decade.
Here's a look at the VC-backed companies that have seen the biggest valuation jumps in 2019, including those with the largest valuation step-up multiples from one round to the next, as well as those that have seen the largest gains in their post-valuations. Data is sourced from the PitchBook Platform; click on the images below to see a larger version of the graphic.
Largest valuation jumps by step-up multiple
Largest post-money valuation gains
Some valuations are estimated. This post has been updated to remove two global companies from the tables.
Featured image via Unsplash
Want more data on valuation growth of VC-backed companies in the US? Check out our 1H 2019 VC Valuation Report.


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Telekom chief under pressure
DEUTSCHE Telekom chief executive Ron Sommer was under increased pressure to quit today after the German former monopoly posted worse-than-expected first-quarter losses - its sixth consecutive quarterly loss.
Profits at its core fixed-line domestic business T-Com tumbled to e694 (£418m) from e1.3bn, and the group made write-downs totalling e1bn, mainly on acquisitions and including a e200m write-down on the value of its stake in France Telecom.
Deutsche's net loss for the quarter was e1.8bn, up from e358m in the first quarter of 2001. Analysts had been expecting a a net loss of between e1.1bn and e1.4bn.
Revenues grew by 15% to e12.8bn and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation were 4% higher at e3.8bn. The group said it expected significant growth in revenue and a further increase in earnings for the rest of the year.
At next week's annual shareholder meeting Sommer is expected to come under pressure to explain how he will reduce the group's e67bn of debt, equivalent to 125% of its market value. As the shares fell a further 3% to e12.7 analysts are increasingly certain that he will have to make a big rights issue.
• Korea's Samsung is the fastestgrowing mobile phones maker, knocking Germany's Siemens from third to fourth place in the first quarter of this year, according to research group Gartner Dataquest.
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Starting Friday all local McDonald's in the Smyrna-Vinings Patch will become some of the first in the U.S. to sell a brand new Happy Meal featuring apple slices and a kid's size fry in every box, according to Greater Atlanta McDonald's spokesman Jonathan Carl.
To mark the occasion, all area McDonald's restaurants will offer a "Happy Meal Happy Hour" event from 2-7 p.m. every day from Friday, Sept. 16 through Thursday, Sept. 22, featuring a buy one, get one free deal on all Happy Meals and Mighty Kids Meals.
By the first quarter of 2012, McDonald's plans to include Apple Slices (apple slices, ¼ cup or ½ serving) as a standard side to the choice of Chicken McNuggets®, a Hamburger, or Cheeseburger, and choice of beverage, in which fat-free chocolate milk and 1% white milk will be options.
In addition to Apple Slices, the meal also will include a new smaller size French Fries (1.1 ounces). For those customers who prefer a side choice of apples only, two bags of apples will be available upon request.
By adding fruit in every Happy Meal, McDonald’s hopes to address a challenge children face in meeting the recommended daily consumption of produce. McDonald’s has been offering apples as a requested Happy Meal choice since 2004, and while recent research found that 88 percent of McDonald’s customers are aware of the option, only 11 percent choose apples.
“As the dad of a young daughter, I know that helping kids make good nutrition choices can be challenging,” said Donavon Groen, president of the Greater Atlanta McDonald’s Operator’s Association.
“With the new Happy Meal, we’re helping support parents in encouraging their children to enjoy food that is good for them along with the foods they love by automatically including both apples and fries as part of a balanced, kid-appropriate meal," Groen said. "We’re excited this new offering will introduce about 100 million cups of produce annually into the diets of our youngest customers.”


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Amadeus Ventures has invested in CrowdVision which helps airports manage passenger flow.
London-based CrowdVision uses video-based people tracking software and AI to analyse queues and passenger flow to help airports create a better experience.
The company also offers solutions to the retail space, convention centres and transport hubs.
According to the company’s website its customers already include Gatwick, Heathrow and London City airports.
Services such as that provided by CrowdVision enables airports to shorten queuing times at security and check-in as well as make faster decisions at busy times.
This is the 11th investment for Amadeus Ventures and comes after its investment in indoor-mapping specialist Situm in December and Avuxi last October.
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Dallas-based drinkware supplier Titan Custom Products (asi/91416) announced Wednesday that it has acquired New Jersey-based supplier VisionUSA (asi/80060). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
After about 30 years in the Garden State, VisionUSA will relocate its manufacturing, printing and sales efforts to Titan’s Dallas facilities. Even so, VisionUSA’s website, phone, emails and ASI number will remain the same, company principals told Counselor. VisionUSA partners Michael Fishman and Mark Weissman will help guide the transition. Titan said additional key personnel from VisionUSA will be retained.
VisionUSA is known for its full line of proprietary USA-made deskware and drinkware. Over the years, VisionUSA has earned 18 industry-related supplier awards, including recognitions for product innovation, customer service and product decoration.
Despite the record of success, Weissman and Fishman felt the time was right to sell. In Titan and its president Felix Soliz, the pair felt they’d found an entrepreneur who could take VisionUSA forward. “My partner Mark Weissman and I were looking to slow things down a bit after nearly 40 years in the industry,” said Fishman. “We have had a long positive relationship with Felix Soliz and know he and his organization will continue to provide award-wining decorating and service to distributors nationwide.”
Founded in 2000, Titan aims to ensure a smooth transition. “This is such a natural fit for us,” said Soliz. “The drinkware category is our passion and a space we have been in and had much success with.”


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Black Friday is here. Are you among the nation's biggest shopaholics?
If there's one thing Americans know how to do, it's spend money, and consumers are expected to spend even more this holiday shopping season than last year.
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A new crowdfunding method aimed at smaller investors helped a Canadian cannabis company raise 6.2 million Canadian dollars ($4.1 million). True Leaf Medicine, a company in Vernon, British Columbia, that makes hemp-derived treatments for animals and marijuana products for humans, launched its so-called Regulation A+ stock offering last November. The company plans to use the money […]Read More
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions didn’t have hemp in mind when he repealed Obama-era protections for state-legal marijuana businesses. But his Jan. 4 announcement sent shock waves into the hemp industry, too, leaving entrepreneurs scrambling to reassure skittish investors. It’s been a rocky couple of weeks for hemp entrepreneurs. That’s despite the fact that hemp’s legal […]Read More
Iowa police who’ve been seizing CBD products off stores shelves have in some cases not been testing them to see if they contain illegal THC, adding to the confusion surrounding cannabidiol’s legal status in the state. Authorities have seized oils, lotions and candies containing CBD in at least two jurisdictions, the Des Moines Register reported. Some […]Read More
In a bold show of support for the hemp industry and CBD, 28 members of Congress are asking a federal appeals court to reject the Drug Enforcement Administration’s argument that cannabidiol is a Schedule 1 drug. The Congress members filed the brief Thursday in conjunction with a pending lawsuit against the DEA. The 9th Circuit Court […]Read More
New York approves an expanded line of medical marijuana products, a Colorado hemp producer departs for Arkansas, and a Maryland credit union welcomes MMJ businesses. Here’s a closer look at some notable developments in the marijuana industry over the past week. New York blues It’s bullish news that one of New York’s licensed medical marijuana […]Read More
You can’t make money growing hemp in Virginia. Literally, even though the plant is legal.
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Premier African Minerals will start shipping spodumene concentrate from its Zulu lithium mine in Zimbabwe to China by March 2023 after signing an offtake deal with Suzhou TA&A Ultra Clean Technology Co, chief executive George Roach says.
Zimbabwe holds some of the world’s biggest hard-rock lithium deposits and Suzhou joins a growing list of Chinese firms that have invested in the southern African country’s battery minerals projects, including Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt and Sinomine Resource Group.
Roach said Suzhou is injecting US$35 million for the construction of a high-capacity pilot plant at Zulu, output from which would be nearly 50,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate annually.
Construction can start immediately thanks to the funding, Roach said, with an aim to ship by March 31 2023 and ramp up production to around 48,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate a year.
In March, Suzhou became a 13.38% shareholder in Premier through a private placement in which it injected US$14.37 million into the company, securing spodumene concentrate supply for Yibin Tianyi, China’s leading lithium chemicals producer, which Suzhou jointly owns with CATL, the world’s largest electric vehicle battery maker.
The prices of lithium minerals, key components in the manufacture of electric batteries, have soared in recent months, thanks to growing demand for clean energy sources, and Zimbabwe, starved of investment for more than two decades, hopes its lithium resources will recharge its moribund economy.
Premier picked Suzhou as a partner from a swarm of Chinese, European and Australian investors kicking the tyres of Zimbabwe’s lithium projects.
“At one point, I was involved with 11 separate negotiations with people all wanting Zulu!” Roach said. “It was a very intense period.” – (NewZWire)


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ReTargeters Commitment to Social Advertising Runs Deep
A note from the CEO
ReTargeter is passionate about social media. Were excited about the new ways weve pioneered that help brands engage with their audience across the social web. We know that fleshing out the combination of display retargeting and social media can create an unparalleled value for any brand, and we already have data to prove that its working.
We introduced the convergence of social media and display advertising early in March with a first-of-its-kind product we named Fan ReTargeting. To date, we have run Fan ReTargeting campaigns for many advertisers across many verticals, including DKNY, Tim Ferriss, and KISSmetrics. Fan ReTargetings performance and reception was so good that we were compelled to look for more innovative ways to leverage social display advertising for our clients. So, we introduced ReTargeting 2.0, a suite of innovative products that lets advertisers engage with their audience across our entire network.
Fan ReTargeting is in its infancy, but it has already added a huge value to its advertisers. It added over 6,000 fans to DKNYs brand over a 10 day campaign, and can be attributed to a 7.03% growth in Fans for Tim Ferriss. Additionally, our data shows that a brands Facebook Fans are more active with the brand than any other audience, and other studies have proven that Facebook Fans tend to be loyal to their brands and become long term customers, making them much more valuable than one-time purchasers. Moreover, using retargeting to drive initial sales, and funneling those purchasers through a Fan ReTargeting campaign can help an advertiser reach an unparalleled ROI from any marketing campaign.
Retargeting has traditionally been a great tool for increasing sales. Big e-commerce sites and online retailers have always found a strong ROI from retargeting. ReTargeter has taken a leadership role to innovate and democratize this technology to deliver it to the wide range of SMBs that operate on a much tighter advertising budget than enterprise brands and large agencies. We specialize in technology that focuses on advertising to a brands audience, and were always thinking of additional ways to innovate, and use online display retargeting to engage with users.
Our current suite of products is already showing its value, and we will always strive toward innovations that will continue to help advertisers. We undoubtedly believe that display ads will continue to transform and become more social, and combining these innovations with retargeting will add even more value to advertisers.


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Australians have been hit with an early bushfire season this summer. Australian Pump Industries ‘Fire Ready’ programme for 2018 continues to help people protect their property, farms, livestock and assets this summer..
Aussie Pumps’ Product Manager, Brad Farrugia observes that the devastating
drought caused by a dry winter has also increased the risk of extreme bushfires
with scrub, trees and general vegetation going tinder dry.
Aussie Pumps’ genuine Honda powered Aussie Fire Chief and the mighty ‘Mr
T’ high pressure twin impeller pumps are effective tools in bushfire prevention
programmes with their proven firefighting performance in the field.
The Aussie Fire Chief is a robust self priming fire pump designed to outperform
both single and twin impeller pumps in firefighting operations. Key features
include maximum flow of 500 LPM, maximum delivery head of 75 metres (over 100 psi
pressure); Honda GX160 or GX200 engine with recoil and electric start options; fast
priming; and massive suction lift of 7.6 metres.
Aussie’s Mr T high pressure twin impeller pumps are recommended for
applications requiring more pressure. Delivering heads up to 95 metres, the
pump is powered by a Honda 9hp or 13hp heavy duty industrial petrol engine and
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Aussie Pumps’ new Bushfire Survival Guide is now available for free
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) –– Sprint (S) has teamed with Google (GOOGL) to start offering Google Apps for Business, as the company continues to focus on the changes in the work place and cater to the mobile worker.
As part of the deal, terms of which weren't announced, Sprint will offer service and support for the devices, the company's mobile expertise, as well become a "one stop shop for companies," according to John Tudhope, Sprint's director of product marketing.
"We feel the market is really taking us in cloud services," Tudhope said in an interview with TheStreet. "This gives us a perspective to change the conversation from a Sprint perspective to offer new data services to customers that might not have relationship with Sprint today. It's going to offer more opportunity for us to drive our mobile offerings."
"Google Apps helps businesses work better together with familiar tools they can trust," said Murali Sitaram, director of strategic partnerships for Google Enterprise, in a press release. "Our partners are critical in this effort, providing valuable cloud and mobility solutions to customers of all sizes and across diverse industries. We are pleased to welcome Sprint to the Google Apps Partner Program, where they will provide Google Apps and added services to help customers work the way they live."
Sprint will offer Google Apps at $50 a year for the standard Google Suite, and will help with installation of the apps on devices, as well as offering the company's Care free cloud offering to differentiate its services.
The deal between both companies starts in August.
-- Written by Chris Ciaccia in New York
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Safe, silver-based antimicrobial protects binders from bacteria, mold and other microbes
August 2, 2006 — /BUSINESS WIRE/ — AgION TechnologiesFORT WORTH, Texas & WAKEFIELD, Mass. — Samsill Corporation, one of the world’s largest independently owned manufacturers of ring binders, sheet protectors and business accessories, today announced the introduction of its new CleanTouch(TM) Ring Binders with AgION(R) silver-based antimicrobial technology. AgION’s technology protects the binder from microorganisms such as bacteria, mold and fungi. Samsill’s CleanTouch binders are the only binders in the market that feature AgION antimicrobial protection.
“Our CleanTouch antimicrobial Ring Binders are designed to promote cleaner environments – at work, at home, in hospitals, in restaurants and hotels, in our children’s schools,” said James Bankes, President and Chief Executive Officer of Samsill Corporation. “Office products have been proven to harbor odor causing bacteria and molds. While frequent cleaning can decrease the number of microbes on the surfaces and supplies around us, we hardly ever clean these products. The AgION antimicrobial was the ideal technology for Samsill since it continuously combats microbes in a way that is safe, effective and environmentally-responsible.”
In 2002, Researchers at the University of Arizona conducted a study to assess the spread of microbes in an office environment. They found that the average desk harbors 20,961 micro-organisms per square inch, which is more than 400 times the number of micro-organisms found on the average toilet seat. Studies have also shown that microbes can live on surfaces for up to 72 hours.1
The AgION antimicrobial compound incorporated into the CleanTouch(TM) Ring Binders is comprised of naturally occurring silver ions. Silver has long been recognized for its antimicrobial properties and humans have used silver for thousands of years to combat a wide range of microbes. It was used by the ancient Egyptians to purify drinking water, and by the American pioneers to prevent the growth of bacteria in milk. Silver is also commonly used in medical treatments, and can be found in products ranging from topical burn care ointments to infant eye drops.
The AgION antimicrobial in the CleanTouch binders provides continuous and long-lasting protection from microbes by releasing silver ions to the binders’ surface at a slow and steady rate – combating existing microbes as well as any new ones that come along. The patented microscopic AgION antimicrobial powder is bonded at a molecular level to prevent the growth and migration of microorganisms and to last throughout the life of the product.
“The fact is, bacteria can live on surfaces for up to three days, yet people rarely clean objects like binders that they touch and share with others every day,” said Jeff Trogolo, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, AgION Technologies. “The incorporation of the AgION antimicrobial into the CleanTouch binders can help make environments such as offices and schools cleaner by fighting microbes safely and continuously. We are very excited to work with Samsill to incorporate the AgION compound into the CleanTouch Ring Binders.”
AgION’s antimicrobial compound has been proven effective against a broad range of microbes, including bacteria, algae, and fungus such as mold and yeast, yet safe enough for human and food contact. It is less toxic than table salt and less irritating than talcum powder. AgION’s antimicrobial has been approved for food and water contact by the Environmental Protection Agency and is listed as an indirect food contact substance with the Food and Drug Administration.
About Samsill Corporation
Samsill Corporation is one of the world’s largest independently owned manufacturers of information storage and presentation products, computer cases and other sewn business accessories. With corporate offices and manufacturing facilities in Fort Worth, TX, Samsill has grown from a small family business to an international corporation serving the office products, retail and education markets. For more information about Samsill and its family of products, visit www.samsill.com.
About AgION Technologies
AgION Technologies, located in Wakefield, Massachusetts, is a leader in providing engineered antimicrobial solutions based on ionic silver that continuously inhibit the growth of bacteria, mold and fungus on a broad range of industrial, consumer and medical products. The company’s product SilverClene24, a disinfectant and virucide, has been proven effective against a variety of bacteria as well as viruses including HIV-1, Rhinovirus, Influenza, and Poliovirus. Since the company’s founding in 1997, AgION Technologies has raised more than $45 million from private investors, private equity funds and strategic partners including BASF Venture Capital and H.B. Fuller Ventures. Today, its customers include many leading brands such as Motorola, AK Steel, DuPont, Honeywell, Adidas, Sanford/Paper Mate, Ice-O-Matic and Oster. For more information about AgION Technologies, visit www.agion-tech.com.
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$500 million, a source with knowledge of the matter told
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The popularity of the Olympic Games is indisputable – the world audience, filled with spectators, tourists, investors possessing financial assets and striving for memorable moments, encourages politicians to think about the possibility of hosting the games in their country.
I have been living in an emotional, tough and boiling atmosphere for 6 years ever since Sochi was chosen as a host city of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games – an atmosphere of preparation, Games propaganda and community engagement. Ironically, on the threshold of this historical event there are a lot of violent discussions, concerning two issues – 1. The Games as a positive branding opportunity for Russia or 2. An economical, ecological and social barbarism to Russian society. So I wonder whether the so-called “Olympic mania” could actually be a lucrative gambit for the host nation or just a useless way of wasting money.
National image booster
No doubt, hosting an event of such scale might be profitable for those who drastically needs the exposure, since it provides a good platform where a host country can improve its national image. Russia tends to restore its credibility, expand international contacts, prove the fact that it has achieved something during its 20 years of independence and let the world discover the New Russia.
Every international event (for instance, 2009 Eurovision, 2013 Universiade in Kazan, 2014 FIA Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix, 2018 FIFA World Cup, possibly hosting the 2020 World Expo) is seen as a regeneration and re-branding project. If we take into account the assumed size of the Sochi Olympics audience (3.5 billion people are supposed to be watching the event on TV), it will be accurate to talk about a perfect way of broadcasting Russian hospitality, culture, organisational power, achievements and business potential. Generally speaking, Olympic bids put the issue about “country branding and tourists/investors attraction” high on their agendas.
Brand giants gain sales and profits
International multi-sport events grant an opportunity to the global corporate networking companies to promote the Games brand and keep their role as the Games sponsors. Here such giants as Volkswagen, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble are worth mentioning. As an example of the Games brand promotion, the Volkswagen used the brand “Sochi-2014” in their limited edition cars: the “Sochi Edition”. For sure, it is a commercial profit for both sides – Volkswagen will undoubtedly increase their sales and brand recognition.
Furthermore, internationally recognisable events help create a place that will possess a great value for other brands in the sphere of fashion, tourism, entertainment and so on. The singularity of Sochi comes from the fact that this city is very far from the world megalopolises such as London, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo. Also, Sochi had not been urbanised and renovated till the announcement of its candidacy for the Winter Olympic Games. Throughout history Sochi was a destination for summer holidays (par excellence, for domestic tourists, not foreigners). And now it is becoming a place of commercial interest for Louis Vuitton (this French fashion house opened its boutique in Sochi, the 5th one in a Russian market), hotel brands including Marriott, Hilton, Kempinski, and even for the Australian AJ Hacket Extreme sports and Adventure park (known for its astounding bungee jumping structures).
Artificial city brand manufacturing
I would like to point out once again – the Sochi project is considered an example of possibly successful city development from its origins as a destination for inner summer tourism, to the international city brand operating in both winter and summer contexts. The process of Sochi’s manufacturing is not natural. Indeed, it can be considered artificial (since the time when Sochi was chosen as a host city, we have seen a steep increase in construction, infrastructure development and an enormous influx of workers). As I have already said, a number of experts are debating the issue of the Games causing damage to society and environment. The arguments concerning population eviction from the territories planned for Olympic objects, the Black Sea pollution, deforestation and so on, which make up the list of possible negative outcomes.
The problem lies in the lack of necessary Olympic infrastructure, since the sports objects are only being constructed these days (the cases of Madrid’s bid for the 2020 Summer Games or Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games show the commitment of these cities to using and re-using the existent sports infrastructure, thus proving their flexibility). Moreover, hosting the international event is a very costly business. The Sochi Winter Games are supposed to be the priciest Olympic Games since they are on course to cost $51 billion (in comparison with 2012 London Olympics with their $30 billion and 2008 Beijing Games cost $40 billion).
No guarantees for future success from Games
The experience of Beijing 2008 or Athens 2004 proves that a drop in hotel bookings and the usual effect of sport stadiums abandonment after the Games do not guarantee a cushion that will offset the huge financial cost. In this sense the Sochi project may fail to meet politicians’ expectations, namely by failing to attract the extra tourists that are supposed to be arriving annually to Sochi after the Games.
In theory, the Sochi project will present a brand-new place to the world audience, a new tourist destination and new venue for doing business. But the reality may be less favourable.
Tolerance expected: can Russia deliver?
A further challenge to consider – the impact of inner-country matters in political and civic dimensions on the world perception of Russia and Sochi-brand. While Russian laws and reforms (for example, anti-LGTB actions, as they are known in Western society) are viewed as an anti-democratic vector in Russian policy, the appeals to boycott the Games will occur more often. The world expects every host city to be secure and tolerant. Maybe the Sochi project should have included the issue about tolerance on its agenda as Rio de Janeiro did, with appeals to exterminate hostility, insecurity and social imbalances. Terrorism, civic rights abuse, corruption and high prices – all these negative aspects related to Russia – could scare away tourists and investors from the idea of coming to Russia again and again.
Inevitably, in case with Sochi the general Russian brand puts great pressure on the Sochi image. It will be adequate to point out that only two cities – St.Petersburg and Moscow – have their own strong positions in the international market, while the newly appeared Sochi project must endure a long list of tests on its way to gaining a successful tourist and commercial image.
The last point I want to focus on is about celebrities and their contribution to the Games and host city advertising. The tool of using celebrities in promoting the Olympic brand, host country and city is effectively used as leverage for branding strategy. Here are some ideas concerning this assumption. First of all, London-2012 created a highly memorable and effective (from the commercial and “aesthetic” point of view) promotional film called “Sport at heart”, featuring British celebrities. The high popularity of Western celebrities is undisputable and overwhelming, that is why the performance of David Beckham in the London-2012 film was such a winning move.
Russian stars mainly target the Russian domestic market. So for foreign audience seeing them in advertisement will be a kind of confusing situation (at least, it will not provoke the usual emotions and associations). Secondly, the Internet industry facilitates the process of brand promotion. For example, during the London-2012 Games the celebrities’ tweets supporting the Olympic teams unintentionally played a significant role in the Games branding strategy (mostly for the U.S. community with its well-developed system of communication between celebrities, politicians and ordinary people).
The question about popularity of the Russian film and music industry is beyond the scope of this article. Nevertheless, the event organisers should take into account the necessity of using a more creative and modern approach to brand promotion. The strategy of world celebrities’ involvement in the Sochi project would offer a wide variety of new channels to help promote Games brand recognition.
All in all: a high risk endeavour
Finally I would like to highlight that hosting events of an international interest is a high-risk endeavour unless all details of its planning, organisation and promotion are scrutinised properly. For sure, hosting the Games has a number of functions: broadcasting the host country’s image, attracting investors and tourists, developing the host city, integrating the national community.
No doubt, there is a popular belief that after the Sochi Games the built infrastructure will become irrelevant for the sports audience and consumers. What is more, there is no exact data on the amount of sold tickets to the Olympiad, so it might be too early to forecast the ROI of Sochi’s Olympic Games.
Despite these critical points, I want to stress that the Russian society has a strong aspiration to share and promote its vision on how to host the Games. We believe the Sochi project has a strong advantage – combining summer and winter offers in one place. Therefore, the importance of hosting international events is obvious for Russia – it will let us be more open and put the point about flexibility on our agenda. That being said, let’s get ready for one more memorable moment in Sochi next year.


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Sedo have announced their first GreatDomains auction of 2008. The auction kicks off this Thursday, January 17, and will feature such highly sought after domains as flats.com, Indian.com, latest.com, test.net and other one-word premium domains.
This will be SedoÃ¢â¬â¢s first GreatDomains auction since DecemberÃ¢â¬â¢s Ã¢â¬Årecord-shatteringÃ¢â¬Â auction that featured 308 bidders from 42 different countries who bid on such premium domains as via.com, which closed at US$157,500, and click.net, which closed at $56,000. The total dollar amount of the auction neared the $1.7 million mark thanks in part to other domains such as chica.com ($41,000) and fattuesday.com ($16,500).
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iOS 8 Rumors are hot in the market.
Next week, Apple will take the stage at the Moscone Center in San Francisco and kick off its annual developer conference, While WWDC 2014 will be aimed at Apple’s massive army of developers, the event will also likely play an important role for consumers. There, the company is expected to announce OS X 10.10 for Mac and iOS 8 for iPhone and iPad, two software updates that have been rumored for several weeks now.
OS X 10.10 is expected to be a major overhaul for Mac users while iOS 8, the successor to iOS 7, is expected to keep iOS 7′s design in place and deliver a number of brand new features including a feature called HealthBook. more details


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In the scam, customers are told their bills are overdue and that they need a specific Visa card to pay them off.
Many stores carry deferred-interest credit cards but customers should carefully read the fine print or they could be paying big interest rates.
Gift cards are growing in popularity and provide more protections than cash and some are even mobile.
It turns out credit cards are an unlikely source of bacteria.
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It's back to school time for college students and chances are, they have already been hit by a few credit card offers. But students need to be wary of another popular card that comes with heavy fees -- prepaid debit cards.
A new report looks at fees and ranks 20 popular cards.
If there is a move in your future, make sure you notify the issuers of your credit cards.
There's more involved in rising gas prices than you might suspect.
Credit card fraud is a major problem, but now smarter credit cards are taking a bite out of that particular crime.


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The launch of Apple’s tiny tablet, iPad Mini, Tuesday (10/24) morning was really a magnet for lovers of the gadget world, to the extent that the presence of a fourth-generation iPad was released simultaneously ignored.
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Three of the four phones sold in the world-system Android
Every day the number and types of smartphones is increasing. Choose the one that suits the needs of each person, require adequate information about the technology, features, and operating system. [...]
The design is minimalist.
Leaked photo of the latest BlackBerry smart phone cellular seemed talkative use touch screen technology, rated following the design of the iPhone from Apple.
The photos leaked to tech site Vietnam, Tinhte.vn it, believed to [...]
About 60 percent of those planning to buy a tablet chose Nexus 7.
Christmas Day will soon be arriving. In many parts of the world, it is time to hunt items to be used as Christmas gifts. According to a survey in the U.S. revealed that many public want [...]
Samsung has finally officially introduced the new members in the family of Galaxy Note, the Galaxy Note 8.0.
Quoted from IGN, Monday (2/25), the South Korean manufacturer utilizing the Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona February 25 to 28 to show [...]
The news about the presence of the successor to the iPhone 5 more widely heard. If previously only known to be released summer of 2013, the latest info mengunkapkan that the smartphone is ready to go July.
Quoted from Techradar, Tuesday (30/4), about [...]
Sony finally officially announced their latest generation console, the PlayStation 4, at an event in New York, USA, some time ago.
Here are some things You gamers need to know about the PS4.
PS4 using the x86 AMD 8-core CPU and GPU with [...]
With a target to save Mars Curiosity Rover mission taken over by a herd of pigs naughty.
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Electronic manufacturer Samsung Electronics continues to seriously working on portable computer market (notebook).
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, Sega has unveiled its latest arcade hardware, Ring Edge
, and along with it, the mech-based shoot-and-slash-'em-up Border Break
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, the company is no stranger to mech titles in the arcade space. Its latest is -- unlike the aforementioned head-to-head title -- a linear action game akin to Armored Core.
reports location tests of the game will take place in Japanese arcades beginning February 23. We wouldn't count on a Stateside release, but we're willing to bet thousands of Sega fans just cracked a smile. They'll only grow wider after watching the gameplay footage after the break.


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came out on September 5 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, but the online tactical shooter has been a critical and . Ubisoft, however, is not giving up on the live-service game yet.
The publisher released a today detailing Breakpoint’s future. This includes fixing the game’s bugs, post-release content, and fixing the in-game economy.
“We know that we have a lot of work ahead of us to get the game where you want it to be, and that not everything will be addressed or released as fast as all of you might like,” Ubisoft states. “Big changes can take time to make sure they are done right, but we still want to be as transparent as we can about the current state of


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In tandem with the films’ 50th Anniversary, and coinciding rather nicely with the upcoming release of Skyfall, Sky Movies have announced that this October, they will be launching a Bond-dedicated channel – Sky Movies 007 HD – that will feature the full twenty-two-film back catalogue, as well as two non-EON titles with 1967’s Casino Royale and 1983’s Never Say Never Again.
All the films have recently been restored and given the HD treatment – and will be released in a 22-film collection later this year on Blu-ray – and will be available for Sky customers free of adverts, in glorious high definition.
The channel will launch on 5th October, marking the 50th anniversary of the London premiere of Dr. No back on 5th October, 1962, which gives you just enough time to watch the entire back catalogue (one film per night and one double-bill) before the release of Skyfall on 26th October here in the UK, followed by 9th November in the US.
SKY MOVIES 007 HD LAUNCHES IN OCTOBER
Sky Movies HD will dedicate an entire channel to the full James Bond film catalogue from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc (MGM). SKY MOVIES 007 HD will be available to customers throughout October 2012.
For the first time in history all twenty-two Bond films, as well as two non-EON titles 1967 Casino Royale and Never Say Never Again, will be available to enjoy in one place, in HD and without commercial interruption.
Bond fans will have the films at their fingertips via Sky Movies’ comprehensive TV on-demand service Sky Anytime+, with all of the films also available on demand and on the move via Sky Go, Sky’s award-winning multiplatform TV service available across PC, Mac, laptop, iPhone, iPad and Android phones. In addition, customers who subscribe to Sky Movies via NOW TV, the brand new internet TV service from Sky, will also be able to enjoy entire the Bond catalogue. The twenty-third film in the franchise, Skyfall, will be available to rent through Sky Store and on Sky Movies in 2013.
The films arrive on Sky Movies to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the franchise, with the first film, DR NO, released on 5 October 1962.
Ian Lewis, Director of Sky Movies comments, “The Bond movies are a very special franchise and we want to ensure that our customers will be able to experience it in a way they’ve never been able to before, and so we’re going to create a dedicated channel SKY MOVIES 007 HD devoted entirely to James Bond showing the entire catalogue of films and loads of extra material. We’re delighted that our customers will have the best Bond movie-watching experience ever with Sky Movies – uninterrupted, in HD, on demand and on the go.”
The SKY MOVIES 007 HD channel will launch on 5 October.
For a sneak peek and the latest news on Skyfall, visit www.007.com.


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Internet of Things (IoT) in Manufacturing
The internet of things is changing how manufacturers manufacture and consumers consume. Get ready for an influx of as-a-service offerings, thanks to IoT.
One of the most impactful areas of IoT, says OnProcess Technology's Sarah Hatfield, is in spare parts inventory management, a key aspect of the post-sale supply chain.
The connected car revolution is unfolding, but it posts significant threats. Portnox's Ofer Amitai explains what's needed to ensure connected car safety.
Utility consumers today are looking for information for a detailed understanding of their usage. The internet of things is key to providing this insight.
Millennials are pushing for greater visibility and awareness of our supply chains, says Guy Courtin of Infor. IoT can help achieve this.
In the industrial internet, we will see more and more OT and IT converge. This convergence will drive new industry technologies and services.
Sachin Kurlekar of Persistent Systems guides manufacturers through the IoT journey, from the specification phase to the support and upgrade phase
MOBI's Josh Garrett offers three examples of IoT in the enterprise and explores how a mobility management platform can benefit each.
By making IoT technology more affordable, mass adoption and therefore significant benefits could be achieved in supply chains across the globe.
Navigating the uncharted ocean of IoT big data is exciting and challenging. Rick Harlow of Flutura mapped out seven core IIoT big data use cases to help.
Thanks to the OPC Foundation's Unified Architecture, suppliers are finally able to realize the promise of Industry 4.0, says Accelerite's Dean Hamilton.
Embedding security in IoT chips is critical. NexLogic's Zulki Khan on important IoT PCB design and assembly points associated with embedded security.
The benefits of IoT are aplenty, but there are instances when creating a connected product doesn't make sense. IPS President Mitch Maiman explains.
The cloud can't process data quickly enough for IoT applications. OIES Consulting's Francisco Maroto discusses how fog/edge is stepping up to the plate.
Director of automotive and connected car product management at Cisco, Shaun Kirby, on five lessons the connected car market can learn from enterprise IoT.


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The Apple free game store, which has been expanding rapidly in recent years, has had some new additions recently.
Apple has been adding more games to its iOS and macOS apps over the past few years, and it appears the company is continuing to expand its free games offerings.
For a number of years now, Apple has added free versions of its popular games to the app store.
However, the company has slowly expanded the list of free games it offers over the years, adding a variety of free apps to its offerings over time.
For example, Apple’s first foray into free game promotion in 2012, with the release of the first version of the iOS app Store, was a massive success.
Since then, Apple and its App Store have added a variety.
The new additions include new free games like The Last of Us: Left Behind, Journey, and Minecraft: Story Mode, which are available on iOS and Mac computers and tablets.
The free version of Journey was first released in 2014, and the free version for the iPhone has been available since June 2015.
Minecraft: Story mode, which is available in the Apple app store as well, has been downloaded more than 3 million times.
The iPhone version of The Last Of Us: Lost is also available for free on the App Store, with a download size of 1.1 million downloads.
The other new addition to Apple’s iOS and Apple-branded apps is the Switch free games app, which offers free games in a number in-app purchases.
The app allows users to switch to either Apple’s HomePod headphones or Apple Watch and control their Apple devices via the Apple Watch app.
Switch free game is also compatible with the Apple TV, which was launched in late 2018.
Users can download the Switch game from the app stores, and there is no subscription fee.
The Switch game also includes two free apps for iOS users, which includes a new puzzle game and a game about saving the world.
The apps can be downloaded on iOS devices, Macs, and Windows PCs.
The newest additions to the Apple Free Games App include a game called The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which can be purchased for $1.99 in the App store and $9.99 on the Mac App Store.
The game is available on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices, and can be played on both the iPhone and iPad versions of the Apple watch.
The game also has an in-game tutorial, which explains the mechanics of the game.
The tutorial is also downloadable on the iOS App Store and Mac App Stores, and you can watch it in the video below.
The Witcher 3 is available for $3.99 and on the Apple iPhone, $4.99, and on Apple TV and iPad, $7.99.
The Switch game is currently available on the iPhone, iOS, Mac, and PC versions.
You can find a list of all of Apple’s apps available on Apple’s website.


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Dell has a new head of storage sales after former executive Jamie Humphrey returned to the company after a seven-year absence.
Based in Melbourne, Humphrey will lead Dell Technologies’ storage specialty sales team and will be focused on primary storage, in addition to the hyperconverged infrastructure portfolio, cloud and software-defined architectures, a Dell spokesperson told CRN. Humphrey will focus on the vendor’s enterprise and global customers.
“Dell Technologies’ winning culture, combined with a people-first mantra from the ANZ Leadership team that sets each team member, partner and customer up for success, played a major role in my decision to take up this great opportunity,” Humphrey said in a statement.
Humphrey first joined Dell in 2004 as a pre-sales consultant and held numerous roles at the vendor over his 11-year tenure, eventually being promoted to head of storage and management in 2011.
After leaving the company in 2015 he joined software company Datacore as APJ boss. Following that he spent three years at Nutanix, first as head of alliances and then as ANZ boss.
Prior to his return to Dell, Humphrey ran the trans-Tasman business for software company Rubrick for close to two years.
Earlier this month, Dell merged its three partner programs, bringing solution providers, cloud service providers (CSPs) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) under one incentive scheme.
The changes are designed to make it easier for partners to move up the tiers of Dell’s three-tiered program, achieve certifications, and access more rebates and incentives, Dell’s ANZ channel chief Shant Soghomonian said at the time.
"This change is really important in a market like ANZ because our partners have moved on from just doing reselling many, many years ago."
Dell's global channel chief Rola Daghr told CRN US at the beginning of the month that it would spend more investment dollars into the channel this year than last.
“More than ever, we continue to invest in the channel. The channel is becoming over 50 percent of Dell’s business. There is no doubt about it whatsoever, we are investing more [in the channel in fiscal year 2023 compared to fiscal year 2022],” said Dagher.


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Electronics Boutique Holdings Corp and GameStop Corp. have announced plans to merge the companies. The combined company will be named GameStop Corp., stretching over 3,200 stores located in the United States and nearly 600 worldwide.
Based on the press release, both companies appear happy with the agreement. "This is an exciting transaction for everyone involved - our customers, our shareholders, and our two companies," said R. Richard Fontaine, GameStop's chairman and CEO. "We are merging these two companies from a position of strength. Each organization is performing very well now, and we will be able to do more together by extending geographic reach, improving customer service, and continuing our aggressive store growth plans."
"Our focus at Electronics Boutique has been to be a leading global retailer of video games and by combining our company with GameStop, we are taking further strides towards reaching that goal," said Jeffrey Griffiths, Electronics Boutique's president and CEO.
Current Electronic Boutique shareholders will receive $38.15 in cash, plus the equivalent of 0.78795 shares of GameStop Class A common stock for each share of Electronics Boutique. GameStop will fulfill payment of the cash portion through the issuance of $950 million in senior bonds and excess cash.


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In September 2021, a law came into force in El Salvador recognizing bitcoin as a legal means of payment. The initiator of its adoption was the President of the country Nayib Bukele.
After that, the authorities of El Salvador periodically entered the market to purchase cryptocurrency to replenish reserves. However, the population of the Latin American state does not support such government policy.
According to the majority of Salvadorans, the administration of Nayib Bukele has no right to spend public funds on the purchase of bitcoins.
The University of Central America (UCA) surveyed citizens of the country and found that 77.1% of them believe that the authorities should immediately stop spending public money on investing in BTC.
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75.6% of survey participants said they did not use bitcoin to pay for goods and services this year.
65.5% of respondents claim that El Salvador's ambitious plans to develop a cryptocurrency infrastructure have failed.
According to the latest data, 2381 BTC are under the control of the country's authorities, and they do not plan to sell the accumulated cryptocurrency despite the fall in its value.


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Second Life creator Linden Lab is letting a few more people into its mysterious new virtual reality operation. Today, Linden Lab announced that it's taking applications for a preview of Project Sansar, a VR-creation platform that it first announced last year. If you're a 3D artist or modeler, you can put your name down for a "Creator Preview" that will open this summer. We don't know exactly how high the chances are of getting in, but a Linden Lab spokesperson says that "hundreds" of creators should be invited on a rolling basis before the platform is opened up — however long that is.
Though we know practically nothing about it, Sansar is supposed to be a place for people to "create, share, and ultimately monetize their own interactive social experiences" — it's previously been compared to "WordPress for VR." A handful of testers were invited onto the platform last year, and we got a very early look at what they might be making a couple of months ago, in the form of two screenshots showcasing environments like a movie theater and the surface of Mars.
While Second Life attracted many artists, modelers, and other people interested in its creative tools, it's primarily remembered as something akin to a virtual social network. So far, Project Sansar has emphasized the creative side of things more heavily. We know it's a place to build social spaces, but we're not sure what interacting inside those spaces will look like. But the application does hint at what Linden Lab hopes people will do there — namely, absolutely everything, from health products to fashion.
While there's no hard timeline for Project Sansar's release, it's supposed to be generally available by the end of the year. Linden Lab initially suggested we could see a beta around the Oculus Rift release, but that hasn't panned out so far, although the Rift is available in small enough quantities that it's a moot point for most people. The platform is designed for the Rift, the HTC Vive, and traditional PCs, with mobile device support coming later.
When it's released, Project Sansar will be competing with a number of other social spaces and creation tools. AltSpace has already built a solid user base on the Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive, and Second Life founder Philip Rosedale — who ended his tenure as Linden Lab CEO in 2008 — built his own VR platform called High Fidelity. But while VR has been hyped for years now, it's still far from a mainstream technology, so there's still plenty of room for development.


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Yokohama Tire Corporation’s ‘Home Team Pride’ Jersey Promotion Kicks-Off with Four NFL Teams
August 24, 2012
FULLERTON, CA. – (August 21, 2012) – Football is back and so is Yokohama Tire Corporation’s “Home Team Pride” jersey promotion. The promotion will run from September 15 to October 31 and feature four National Football League teams this season: the Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore Ravens and New England Patriots.
“Football is one of the most loved sports in America and a great way to connect with fans about Yokohama products,” said Shawn Denlein, Yokohama director of sales, Consumer Products. “The NFL teams we are sponsoring are perennial playoff contenders with huge, dedicated fan bases. Plus, they are in strong markets for our dealers. That is why the “Home Team Pride” promotion always generates extra foot traffic in their stores.”
The promotion involves consumers receiving a free team jersey or gift card when they purchase a set of four Yokohama tires from participating retailers. Available will be official replica jerseys for the Dallas Cowboys and Baltimore Ravens fans and a $100 Patriots Pro Shop gift card, which can be used at www.patriotsproshop.com or at the Patriots Pro Shop at Gillette Stadium.
For Bears fans, that means getting Pro Bowl cornerback Charles Tillman’s No. #33 jersey. This is the first season Yokohama Tire will team up with the nine-time NFL champion Chicago Bears after signing a multi-year sponsorship agreement with them in early 2012.
While sponsorship of each team varies, agreements generally include weekly in-game and post-game television spots, features and billboards on the weekly NFL telecast, as well as tickets and hospitality.
In addition to the Bears, Cowboys, Ravens and Patriots, Yokohama’s 2012 sports sponsorship roster includes partnerships with Major League Baseball’s Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Angels and New York Yankees.
Yokohama Tire Corporation is the North American manufacturing and marketing arm of Tokyo, Japan-based The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., a global manufacturing and sales company of premium tires since 1917. Servicing a network of more than 4,500 points of sale in the U.S., Yokohama Tire Corporation is a leader in technology and innovation. The company’s complete product line includes the all-new AVID Ascend® – the first mass-market tire using Yokohama’s breakthrough orange oil technology – as well as tires for high-performance, light truck, passenger car, commercial truck and bus, and off-the-road mining and construction applications. For more information on Yokohama’s extensive product line, visit www.yokohamatire.com.
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Yokohama is a strong supporter of the tire care and safety guidelines established by the Rubber Manufacturers Association and the National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration. Details can be found at the “Tire Safety” section at www.yokohamatire.com.


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C.H. Robinson announced industry-leading connectivity integrating an unprecedented 19 transportation management systems (TMS) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems into the company’s single, global multimodal transportation management system, Navisphere. This integration offers access to real-time pricing and capacity assurance and nearly eliminates the time required to get market quotes and book loads, making this a virtually instantaneous process. In effect, that saves customers an average of one hour for every shipment. This automation also provides greater flexibility and efficiencies for shippers at a critical time when they are faced with changing customer buying habits and supply chain disruptions due to COVID-19. C.H. Robinson’s digital transactions are up 55% compared to a year ago – reinforcing that customers have a desire to further automate.
“Having our transportation management system connected into C.H. Robinson’s technology platform provides us with real-time market rates that we rely on to make the smartest decisions possible for our shipments. We instantaneously get the most competitive rates that we can book with one click, saving us thousands of hours so far,” said the senior transportation manager at a top three global beverage company. “C.H. Robinson has the capacity and reliability to back it up, which is why I trust their solution.”
With this advancement, customers can stay in their own systems to get real-time rates for multi-modal solutions across both Truckload (TL) and Less Than Truckload (LTL), something no other company offers, and capabilities will continue to expand globally. Additionally, with more truckload freight than anyone, C.H. Robinson offers unrivaled truck capacity assurance.
“Without C.H. Robinson’s capacity assurance, the process would be like shopping online and hitting purchase when there may be no inventory to buy,” said Mac Pinkerton, President of C.H. Robinson’s North American Surface Transportation division. “We are proud to offer this unprecedented assurance along with other game-changing benefits such as providing real-time market rates, delivered by our unmatched network size and information advantage, to create savings and efficiencies in the transportation management process. Adding to the benefits is that shippers can access these capabilities within the tool they are already using to manage their transportation needs.”
C.H. Robinson’s highly connected, algorithmic-based pricing engine pulls in data from its network of more than 200,000 shippers and carriers, giving it access to more data on real-time supply and demand, routes and shipments than any other provider. In the first half of 2020 alone, the company’s pricing engines have delivered over one million automated price quotes with capacity assurance to customers.
“At C.H. Robinson, we have a laser-focused commitment to create technology built by and for supply chain experts that delivers innovative solutions for our customers and carriers,” said Mike Neill, Chief Technology Officer at C.H. Robinson. “Building on our foundation as the most-connected provider in the industry, we are making the shipping process even easier and delivering strategic, tech-driven solutions. This enhanced connectivity is part of our $1B technology investment. We are dedicated to helping shippers around the world take cost out of global supply chains and grow their competitive advantage.”
Blue Yonder is one of the 19 platform partners that has integrated into Navisphere, delivering more automation and flexibility to shippers when they need it most.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has added extra elements to an already-challenged freight marketplace, so this is a critical time to provide companies with real-time data to make informed, intelligent, profitable decisions,” said Terry Norton, Vice President, 3PL & Transportation at Blue Yonder. “We’re glad to amplify our dynamic price discovery offering through one of the largest providers in the world and help C.H. Robinson further empower its shippers through near real-time pricing and capacity to help them move goods to the right place, at the right price, while meeting business needs in this challenging market.”


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Published on May 14th, 2018 | by Sunit Nandi0
Social media changes in 2018 that bring exciting times for marketers
If you have been watching any of the social media platforms in the last few years, you probably know that these platforms have been facing a plethora of challenges. Most of these challenges are linked to content that has been found offensive by audiences, fake news, and other kinds of scandals that anyone who wants to monetize website would certainly want to avoid.
To deal with these challenges, in January 2018, YouTube introduced a raft of changes which took effect in February of 2018. Anyone who wants to use the channel’s monetization tools would also need to know that the channel changed the threshold for joining the YouTube Partner Program. All these changes are being put in place to ensure that the channel addresses the issues raised by viewers and also make sure that it doesn’t hemorrhage advertisers.
If you are already serious about using YouTube for purposes of web monetization, you will need to know that YouTube, since February, introduced a new process for the manual review for Google Preferred Channels. What this means is that advertisers are now able to, using a three-tier system, indicate their preferences with regards to where their brand will be placed.
In 2017, YouTube also introduced official artist channels with the aim of making it simpler for fans to local official videos, albums, live performances and other such content linked to their preferred artists, all from a single channel.
In January 2018, YouTube went further to simplify things and collect a particular artists’ subscribers and bring them all under the same official artist channel. What this means is that all subscribers will be collected and brought to the artist’s official channel with subscriptions to unofficial channels becoming inactive. This could only mean better traffic monetization for artists.
Streamlining of Messenger
Earlier in 2018, Facebook announced that it would be streamlining and simplifying messenger. The platform reported that these changes are driven by a need to enhance the platform’s ability to facilitate customer care and make the messaging experiences for all kinds of businesses and brands that want to take advantage of online monetization seriously even richer.
These changes will result in better real-time communication through tools and features where the emphasis is more on the visual features.
Facebook also announced that it would be testing the option of creating and sharing stories on the desktop. These stories would also be moved from being a sidebar right to the top of the newsfeed so that they become more prominent. In the past, users of this social network platform could only consume stories created on mobile devices.
The changes to stories are being introduced with the aim of attracting vloggers who prefer mostly the monologue style. These stories will be based on the use of the webcam where the producer of the story will use the webcam to tell their story. This is something you may want to watch out for in the future as it will only start with a few users having access to it.
GIF Stickers for Instagram
Instagram, also at the beginning of this year, announced that users would have the ability to add expressive and fun GIF stickers to any video or image in the stories they tell. These stickers, hundreds of thousands of them, made available by GIPHY, are available to users who want to make their images more fun. The feature is available for both Android and iOS.
Another exciting announcement that came from Instagram was that users would soon be able to upload videos and images of any size to their stories. The platform also announced that both videos and images can now be shown as portraits, square, or landscape. If there is any extra room on the sides of the image or video, it would be filled with a color gradient specifically selected to match the content you are sharing.
Exciting times for marketers
The changes described above are not the only ones you should look out for but what is clear is that the social media platforms are making it easier for both ordinary people and marketers to tell their stories better.


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MasterCard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) today announced it has appointed Ajay Banga President and Chief Operating Officer, reporting to Robert W. Selander, currently President and Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Selander will continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer after Mr. Banga joins MasterCard on August 31, 2009.
Mr. Banga is currently Citigroup's Chief Executive Officer of Citi Asia Pacific, responsible for all of Citi's business lines in the region including credit cards and consumer banking, institutional banking, wealth management and alternative investments. He is also a member of the company's Senior Leadership and Executive Committees.
At MasterCard, Banga, 49, will be responsible for key business operations including customer relationships globally in international and U.S. markets, products, services, marketing, technology and operations. The company's finance, human resources, and law and franchise integrity functions will continue to report to Selander.
"I am very pleased to have Ajay join our senior executive team and partner with me to grow MasterCard's value to our customers, merchants, consumers and investors," said Selander. "Ajay's experience in diverse industries and diverse geographies will reinforce and strengthen our global competencies as electronic payments continue to accelerate worldwide. With his expertise and leadership," Selander said," we hope to capture even more of the significant global payments opportunity."
"This is clearly a wonderful opportunity to join a company at the forefront of advancing global commerce," said Banga. "From its strong technology base to its local market expertise, MasterCard has many important resources in place to make life easier for consumers and payment systems more efficient for businesses and governments around the world. I look forward to joining my new colleagues and continuing the success they have so well architected over the years," Banga stated.
Banga, who joined Citi in 1996 as Head of Marketing and Sales in India, quickly rose through the ranks to Head of Sales, Marketing and Business Development for Europe, Middle East and Africa, based in Brussels, and was then appointed Division Executive, Consumer Bank for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, based in London. In 2000 he was appointed Business Head, CitiFinancial and U.S. Consumer Assets, and in 2002 became Executive Vice President, Global Consumer Group and President, Retail Banking North America.
He was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citi's Global Consumer Group International in 2005, which included all credit card and consumer banking operations outside North America. He was appointed to his current position in 2008.
Prior to joining Citigroup, he spent 13 years with Nestle India and two years with PepsiCo.
Banga serves on the Board of Directors of Kraft Foods Inc. He is also on the Board of Trustees of the Asia Society, has served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the New York Hall of Science and was a Board member of the National Urban League.
He graduated with a BA in Economics Honors from Delhi University and is also a graduate of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.


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News about Phones
Another rumor has arrived suggesting that the Pro and Pro Max will get 6.3-inch and 6.9-inch displays accordingly.
A Made by Google event for the new Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, and Pixel Watch 2 will be streamed live on October 4 from New York City.
Updated The Samsung Galaxy S24 line is almost certainly on the way next year – here’s all the latest news and rumors we’ve heard so far.
Fresh iPhone SE rumors have suggested that the next version of the affordable phone will be based on the iPhone 14.
The next Made by Google event will see the reveal of the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel Watch 2.
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Potential electric vehicle buyers are told not to worry so much about access to public charging stations because most people will charge their EVs at home.
- But many people say they don't have EV charging available at home.
Driving the news: 78% of U.S. adults surveyed by Morning Consult said there is no EV charging access at home where their vehicles are parked.
- Worth noting: 48% said they park their cars in the driveway, and 36% said they park in a garage.
Yes, but: Respondents weren't asked whether they have an ordinary electrical outlet in their garage or near their driveway, which is all that's needed to plug in an EV. (A dedicated charger is faster, but isn't necessary.)
- That was by design, explains mobility analyst Lisa Whalen, who authored the Morning Consult’s State of Automotive and Mobility report.
- "It just shows the disconnect in the education of the public" about charging, she said.
What they found: Only 11% of adults report that charging access is always available at home.
- Access was higher on the East and West Coasts (19% for each) and among higher-income households.
- 26% of people earning over $100,000 said they have a place to charge their vehicle at home.
The bottom line: If you don't have a garage or a dedicated parking spot, your access to charging is likely limited, which could potentially stunt growth of the EV industry.
- "You're excluding a certain part of the population just because of the way they park," says Whalen.
What's needed: Manufacturers, tech providers and policymakers need to make home charging easier for consumers.
Editor's note: The chart accompanying this story has been corrected to note that it represents the percentage of all vehicle owners without charging access, not the percentage of EV owners.


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Facebook to be listed on Nasdaq. Stock symbol "FB"
The social networking company Facebook has chosen publicly to be traded on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "FB". It means that Facebook and Apple, Google and other tech giants ultimately did not choose the New York Stock Exchange. The news is from New York Times citing on an anonymous source.
By choosing Nasdaq, Facebook has its own considerations. Compared to the market and electronic hall of the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ is an purely electronic market. While the former is considered more global, but it costs more than the Nasdaq.
For Nasdaq, Facebook is not just an ordinary listed companies. It has over 800 million users, $ 3.7 billion in revenue, Facebook dominates almost the entire social media industry.
Earlier there was news, Facebook has stopped the secondary market stock trading, they are preparing to be listed on the stock market in May. The IPO will be led by Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, and the final market value of the company may be over 100 billion U.S. dollars.
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