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The first Apple Store in the United States could be unionized as soon as June.
As reported by The Verge, Apple Store employees at the Cumberland Mall location have reached an agreement with the company to hold a union election on June 2. The outlet obtained a copy of the stipulated election agreement which spelled out employees’ efforts to organize with the Communications Workers of America.
The news comes as the third Apple Store in the United States launched a unionization effort. Earlier today, it was reported that Apple Store employees at the Towson Town Center store in Maryland were also organizing. Workers at Grand Central Terminal in New York City also have an organizing effort going.
According to the report, Apple attempted to push the election until July but that was shot down by the CWA. Workers hope that, through unionizing, they will be able to push for better pay, career development, and benefits.
Apple pushed to hold the vote in July, according to a source familiar with the situation. The CWA opposed the later election date, as the move could have given Apple more time to dissuade workers from unionizing. While Apple hasn’t officially said it is against workers organizing, the company is working with anti-union lawyers from Littler Mendelson, the same firm used by companies like Starbucks and McDonald’s.
Last month, organizers posted a letter explaining their vision for what working at the company should be like, including specific changes they wanted Apple to make. They explained that they’re looking for a variety of improvements, such as better compensation (including cost of living adjustments to pay), better career development options for retail workers, and enforcement of health and safety protocols, especially around COVID.
The election will reportedly begin on June 2 and run through June 4. It will be held in person and all regular full and part-time workers will be eligible. The New York Times reports that about 70% of the staff have signed authorization cards in support of the union.
If the vote goes through, the Atlanta-based Apple Store will be the first in the United States to unionize.


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The New York-based licensing agency Moda International Marketing has brokered a deal between Mark Feldstein & Associates and Audiovox to develop a series of Wireless Outdoor/Indoor speakers under the Jensen brand name.
The new speakers will be shown off for the first time at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2009.
They are the latest in a line of innovative gift items from MFA, including themed-sound clocks licensed by a variety of companies including General Motors, Harley-Davidson, John Deere, Ford and Thomas Kindkade.
"The recognition of the Jensen brand in conjunction with the outdoor speaker wireless technology provides opportunity for consumers to now enjoy superior quality sound right in their own backyards," said Michelle Alfandari, president of Moda. "Given the trend toward 'staycations' this line is positioned to do very well at retail."

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The currently sold fourth generation Seat Ibiza has been on sale since 2008 and is likely to enter fifth generation in 2017. The company’s chairman Jurgen Stackmann revealed several details about the next Ibiza in a conversation with Auto Express.
The 2017 Seat Ibiza will follow the footsteps of the Seat Leon by featuring a combination of sharp styling and brilliant driving dynamics. Much of design and styling can be expected to be inspired from the 20V20 crossover concept that was unveiled at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show in March.
According to the publication, the all-new supermini will use a new platform based on the the Volkswagen Group’s MQB architecture. Thanks to the flexibility offered by the platform, a crossover version is also possible and Seat is already working on it. The sub-compact crossover will rival with the Nissan Juke – which is also due to enter its next generation in 2016, the Honda HR-V, Mazda CX-3 and the Fiat 500X. Mr. Stackmann says that the company is focusing on the design, quality, feel and technology for the next generation Ibiza.
Coming to the topic of electrification, the Chairman hinted that a hybrid or pure-electric version is also likely. He said that electric and mixed (hybrid) systems are unavoidable in the future, and even though it’s costly and the infrastructure for these technologies isn’t there yet, small cars are perfect for electrified (hybrid/pure electric) powertrains. The company will speed-up the introduction of electrified cars as it gets closer to the end of the decade, but it wants to ensure the affordability, he added.
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Bill Radke: Tomorrow, electric vehicle company Tesla Motors
will become the first U.S. carmaker to go public since Ford. Tesla is one of several clean-tech companies trying to go public. The problem is, many of them are getting cold feet.
From the Marketplace Sustainability Desk, Rob Schmitz reports.
Rob Schmitz: Now you see ’em, now you don’t. A bunch of clean-tech start-ups recently filed paperwork to be publicly traded, only to cancel at the last minute. Solar panel company Solyndra was the latest, performing an about-face two weeks ago.
Greentech’s Eric Wesoff says all these companies have one thing in common.
ERIC WESOFF: None of them are making money. None of them are profitable, and none of them will be profitable in the foreseeable future.
And this makes investors nervous. So, the venture capital crowd is pushing many clean-tech companies out of the IPO gate prematurely, says Wesoff.
WESOFF: Venture capitalists, when they make an investment in a start-up, have very strong expectations of an exit from these companies. And that exit can come through either an IPO or through an acquisition or a merger with a larger company.
Wesoff says there’s one more problem: Washington lacks a clear road map for a stable clean-tech market. All the more reason venture capitalists will be keeping an eye on Tesla’s ticker symbol starting tomorrow.
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Four years later, once again, Samsung was stunning. Although the Samsung Galaxy S20 series parameters have been fully exposed before the launch, but will still be announced by the release of the “frightening” technology. Samsung this time completely out of the Shadow of the Note7 product stability conservative mentality, boldly adopted the “enthusiasts” desired configuration: 120Hz 2K screen plus exclusive 100 million pixel sensors , 48 million telephoto sensors , 45W fast charge plus Dolby panoramic tone s16GB LPDDR5, comparable to the pile of maniacs, Hold on to the throne of Android.
This time, the Samsung Galaxy S20 series in the image system has undergone a “big step” iteration, abandoning the “12 megapixel”, the main camera of the entire product 64 megapixel start, including the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G, It is equipped with its own 108-megapixel world’s highest pixel sensor, as well as up to 48 million telephoto sensors, support 100 x zoom, 8K video camera. From a hardware parameter perspective alone, the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G can crush a wide range of products on the market, including Apple and Huawei. I believe that the next DXOMark rankings, will be a “blood yleet.”
In addition, Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip’s unique dangling folding hinge design has earned a lot of attention. This is Samsung’s second folding phone after the Galaxy Hand.
Unlike the previous design concept of “breaking the limits of mobile screens”, the Galaxy Z Filp was created to break the “phone screen-to-body limitations” and make large-screen phones more portable with a compact body.
The Galaxy Z Filp features a vertical folding screen design similar to that of the Motorola Razr. However, the Galaxy Z Filp flexible ultra-thin glass material is improved and better resistant to scratches than the previous flexible screen covered by plastic, while the unique suspension folding hinge design allows for opening and closing at any angle. According to the past Samsung mobile phone’s influence on the industry, small body large-screen mobile phone or will become the future folding screen phone new trend.
Unable to do the hardware heap
Looking back at Samsung S8 to S10, although the product force is very strong, but still almost “will be the top, at a glance of the mountains and small” momentum. And this time, the Samsung Galaxy S20 series finally got rid of the Note7’s shadow, the product is no longer conservative, small-step iteration, but the bold and aggressive mammoth flagship new components, in the parameters far ahead of the friends.
For example, the Samsung S20 is fully equipped with LPDDR5 memory, using a 120Hz refresh rate screen, the full line with 8K video and so on.
Speaking of radical upgrades, the Samsung Galaxy S20 series of image systems, which finally bid farewell to old friend Apple, officially quit the “12-megapixel club.” According to media reports, since the Start of the Samsung Galaxy S7 in 2016 and the Note10 series in 2019, the 12-megapixel dual-check CMOS of the S5K3L series, which samsung has developed independently, has been the standard for the flagship Galaxy model.
In the past four years, domestic mobile phone manufacturers have upgraded from 12 megapixels to 24 megapixels, 48 megapixels, 64 megapixels, and by the end of 2019, Xiaomi CC9 Pro was the first to carry Samsung’s 108-megapixel camera.
At this point, no one thought that Samsung would upgrade its main camera from 12 megapixels to 108 million pixels.
Not only that, the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G also supports 100x digital zoom and 8K video.
In fact, when the homogenization of mobile phone products highlighted, each mobile phone manufacturers began to look for a breakthrough, mobile phone photography at that time became everyone’s concern. Since then, mobile phones began to shoot stars, shoot the moon, known as SLR, domestic mobile phone manufacturers have in the mobile phone image layout, the establishment of research and development team, laboratory, customized sensors. Huawei, for example, has launched a partnership with Leica to customize Sony sensors exclusively; OPPO has launched a potential telephoto; and vivo’s innovative Super HDR imaging technology has made backlit shooting more powerful for mobile phones.
In the 2019 iPhone 11 series, Apple spent nearly two-thirds of its time introducing photography and photography, and it can be seen that the camera feature has become one of the key selling points for mobile phone manufacturers.
The arrival of the 5G era, foreshadowing the beginning of a new era of mobile phone shadow, the major mobile phone manufacturers are accelerating the running into the field, at this time Samsung is in desperate need of a product with pressure to start. Undeniably, the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G did it.
In addition, the Samsung Galaxy S20 series features the world’s highest-quality dual-surface screen: 2K resolution, 120Hz high refresh rate (only 1080p mode), and is the exclusive mid-center hole screen, the face value and performance are unmatched.
Of course, the Samsung Galaxy Series can use an unmatched configuration, thanks to Samsung is the world’s strongest mobile phone supply chain manufacturer, in the screen, memory, cameras, chips, batteries, flash memory and other aspects of the advantages that other manufacturers can not have.
2020 mobile phone pattern trend: small size folding screen
At the launch, Samsung also unveiled its second folding phone: the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip. Unlike the previous design concept of “breaking the limits of mobile screens”, the Galaxy Z Filp was created to break the “phone screen-to-body limitations” and make large-screen phones more portable with a compact body. The Galaxy Z Filp features a vertical folding screen design similar to that of the Motorola Razr.
According to Samsung, the Galaxy Z Flip features a 6.7-inch collapsible screen with a flexible, ultra-thin glass material that replaces the previous CPI, with a folding life of 200,000 times.
What’s special is the hinge design, which features a hovering folding hinge design for the Galaxy Z Flip, which helps the Galaxy Z Flip to open and close at any angle, similar to the hinge design on a laptop, which starts at $1,380 (about RMB9611.7). According to the past Samsung mobile phone’s influence on the industry, small body folding screen mobile phone or will become the 2020 folding phone trend.
Samsung still wants to ship 2.5 million Galaxy Z Flips by 2020, although galaxy Fold failed to reach 1m sales last year, the Korea Herald reported, citing insiders.
Samsung is the world’s number one collapsible smartphone maker in 2019, followed by Huawei, according to a report from third-party firm Strategy Analytics.
Ville-Petteri Ukonaho, Deputy Director of Strategy Analytics, added: “At the moment, there are many hurdles for the foldable smartphone industry to overcome, including very high prices and low display production yields. and consumers’ doubts about the durability of hinges or screens that last more than a few months. However, technical problems with collapsible products are not unresolved and we hope to address them in the coming years. “
However, Strategy Analytics is bullish on future folding screens, which it believes will be the fastest growing segment of the high-end smartphone market over the next decade. By 2025, every player in every major market, including Apple, should have a collapsible portfolio, which will have 100 million mobile phone shipments.
At this point, Samsung’s first launch in 2020, in addition to the strong flagship new products, this launch also depicts the 2020 mobile phone industry development trends: 1, large pixels, telephoto, 8K video, flagship mobile phone camera standard;


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Honor Choice Earbuds X5: Honor will be bringing new earbuds to its Indian customers. The company has released the latest information regarding the new Honor Choice Earbuds X5.
Madhav Seth, CEO of the brand, has revealed new information regarding Choice Earbuds X5. We can tell you everything about this audio device Honor was launched in China before India.
- Honor’s this audio device Choice Earbuds X5 was launched in China before India.
- Honor’s Choice Earbuds X5 launched in the domestic market by the company only last year.
Honor will be bringing new earbuds to its Indian customers. Honor has released the latest information regarding its new Honor Choice Earbuds X5.
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Honor will be launching its latest audio device, the Honor Choice Earbuds X5, in India. Madhav Seth, CEO of Honor, revealed this information, stating that the earbuds were initially introduced in China before making their way to the Indian market. Stay tuned for more updates on the availability and features of the Honor Choice Earbuds X5.
Teaser for the Honor Choice Earbuds X5 has surfaced
The official teaser for Honor Choice Earbuds X5 has not revealed much about this earbud. This audio device could be the same as the version sold in China.
Honor Choice Earbuds X5 was launched in China with a pebble shaped storage case. This earbud came with silicone ear tips.
The case also included a USB-C port. Honor Choice Earbuds Earbuds X5 can be purchased with active noise cancellation and a 35-hour battery.
When will Choice Earbuds X5 be launched?
It is still unclear when the Choice Earbuds X5 will be launched in India. Before launching the earbuds, the company could release more teasers. The launch date will also be announced.
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Final Fantasy's 25th anniversary event is to be live-streamed over the internet.
Square Enix has announced plans to broadcast all six stages of the celebration via video site Nico Nico, reports Andriasang.
The event will take place at the Shibuya event space between September 1 and 2, with the highlight being the unveiling of a new Final Fantasy XIII game on the first day.
Day two will play host to the Final Fantasy VII 15th Anniversary Stage, on which the voice cast from the series will make an appearance.
A simultaneous celebration will be held at the ACT Theatre in Seattle to coincide with the Japanese event.
Square Enix recently reissued Final Fantasy VII on PC through the company's online store.
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Following Sonys announcement that it will be raising the price of PlayStation 5 in select countries, Microsoft has responded to the news, merely noting that existing Xbox Series X/S prices remain the same.
Sony announced it would be increasing the cost of PlayStation 5 – in response to “high global inflation rates, as well as adverse currency trends” – earlier today, with the price hike impacting most markets around the world, effective immediately.
That increase affects both the disc and disc-less models of PS5, and equates to £30 in the UK and €50 in Europe – with similar bumps occurring in Japan, China, Australia, Mexico, and Canada, but not the US for the time being.
In response to requests for comment following todays PS5 news, Microsoft shared its own statement to Eurogamer, saying, “We are constantly evaluating our business to offer our fans great gaming options.”
It also noted that, despite Sonys price hike, the “Xbox Series S suggested retail price remains from £249.99 and the Xbox Series X is from £449.99.”
That doesnt, of course, rule out Microsoft following Sonys lead in the future, but, as industry analyst Piers Harding-Rolls wrote earlier today, it seems likely Microsoft will first want to “take advantage of Sonys increase to push its value message, especially around the Xbox Series S, Game Pass and its All Access offer as we enter the holiday shopping season” before making any similar pricing moves.


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Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) is reportedly planning to unveil the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone during its Jan. 30 press event, according to reports, and the company is also working to educate its carrier partners of the device's capabilities.
According to various media reports, RIM's Z10 smartphone is powered by Texas Instruments' OMAP 4470 dual-core chipset and features 2 GB of RAM, a 4.2-inch screen with a 1280x768 display and 16 GB of storage. The rumored specifications would put the device in the middle of the market's current crop of smartphones. Thus, it appears RIM is hoping to entice customers with the new features of its BlackBerry 10 operating system rather than high-end hardware capabilities.
According to reports, the device maker is also supplying its carrier partners with training materials in order to help them sell BlackBerry 10 devices. Specifically, RIM is reportedly boasting of "best in class HTML5 compatibility and performance" with its Web browser and support for around 70,000 BlackBerry 10 apps at launch.
RIM is hoping to revive its flagging fortunes with the launch of its BlackBerry 10 operating system early this year. The company plans to begin selling two BlackBerry 10 phones shortly after its Jan. 30 press event, a touchscreen phone and a phone with a Qwerty keyboard. The Z10 could be the touchscreen phone. This year RIM eventually plans to offer around a half-dozen BlackBerry 10 devices, hitting the high, mid and low ends of the market.
As for carrier support in the United States, AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T), Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ), T-Mobile USA and Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) have all said they are committed to supporting BlackBerry 10, although it's unclear exactly when each of those carriers will begin selling RIM's new phones.
RIM captured 5.3 percent of the global smartphone market in the third quarter of 2012, according to research firm Gartner, down from 11 percent in the year-ago period.
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Israel Ganot, co-founder of Gazelle: “The bigger story is making sure items get a second life.”
Some of the iPhones get sold on eBay, older cell phones and laptops are repurposed and shipped to India and China for resale, while the electronic leftovers with little resale potential are ripped apart and boiled down to parts and raw materials. Welcome to Gazelle, an online service that lets you sell and recycle your unwanted electronic junk.
The solution is good for you, good for the environment, and good for the buyer. Admittedly, some of the mail-ins that Gazelle’s COO and co-founder Israel Ganot sees are not junk at all, but devices in perfect working order, like the first generation iPhone.
“The crux of the company is re-commerce – extending the life of electronics,” Ganot tells ISRAEL21c: “We are providing individuals and companies an easy way to get cash.
“The bigger story is making sure items get a second life,” he adds. “People buy the latest and the greatest – phones today are fashion items. After you’ve bought a new one you don’t know what to do with the older ones.”
A channel for recycling
Instead of throwing the old items into the trash, just contact Gazelle: “We are providing a channel for people to make sure their items are re-sold or recycled,” says Ganot, a former eBay and Amazon executive.
Ganot is based in the United States (living in the Boston area), but the 30-person company feels more like the United Nations, says Ganot who was born in Peru to Israeli parents – his father a military serviceman from Israel on a post in Peru at the time.
They then moved to Israel and Ganot grew up in Bat Yam, a Tel Aviv suburb city on the Mediterranean coast, before moving to the US.
Gazelle’s CEO Rousseau Aurelien from Haiti, heard about Ganot and brought him on board in 2006 when the company was founded. Aurelien sought out Ganot to raise capital, develop a business plan, and then launch the business and operate it – exactly what Ganot is doing today.
Knowing how to weather the storm, determination and being focused, says Ganot, are probably the characteristics that make Israelis successful leaders of high-tech companies — an unusual proportion of them heading such companies today in America.
Making money from unwanted items
The appeal of Gazelle, he points out, is that it offers a very convenient way for people to make money out of items that are essentially a hassle to get rid of. Unless you have time for garage sales, and tracking bids on eBay, there is a good chance that your old electronics will just sit in the cupboard collecting dust.
Gazelle offers a convenient way to help you get rid of these items before they lose resale value. Cell phones, laptops, old digital cameras, Blackberry devices, and MP3 players are items with significant market value that might even score you some cash.
To participate, just plug in the details of the item you would like to sell on the Gazelle website. Within one business day, the company will return to you, letting you know how much they will pay. After an agreement is reached, Gazelle will send you shipping materials. All you have to do is put the item in the box and send it.
“Our services are open to the world,” says Ganot, who despite living in America now for 20 years, still gets excited when he sees items coming all the way from Israel. “Within the first week of launching the business, we received our first Israeli customer. And they weren’t a relative or my friend,” he points out, laughing.


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AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal) — Torchy’s Tacos has ordered up massive expansion plans — CEO G.J. Hart wants to add 100 more locations in the next five years.
Hart confirmed that the Austin-based restaurant chain plans to open a location in Wichita, Kansas, in summer 2020, a lease first reported in late August by the Wichita Eagle.
Mike Rypka started Torchy’s in 2006 as a food trailer on Austin’s South First Street. It now has 65 locations and is serving up tacos like the the fried chicken-packed Trailer Park and the Baja Shrimp in four states. It opened its first Arkansas location, in Fayetteville, on Aug. 7.
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With a clear and unified voice, we are able to get Russia to renew its participation within the BSGI. The world has a shared interest in responsible stewardship of global food safety. Despite these well-known and verifiable facts, Russia determined to drag out of the BSGI in July, utilizing Food & Cooking News food as a weapon and endangering the worldwide food provide. Hours after withdrawing, Russia started to destroy Ukraine’s grain storage facilities and port infrastructure with day by day targeted attacks, not only within the Black Sea itself but additionally within the Danube.
New import controls on EU food merchandise had been because of begin in October. N 17 July, nearly one yr after the agreement was signed in Istanbul, Russia determined to not renew the Black Sea grain initiative that enables Ukraine to proceed exporting agricultural goods to international markets during the struggle. As underlined by António Guterres, the secretary basic of the UN, this initiative has been “a beacon of hope in a world that desperately wants it”. ‘Hours after withdrawing from the Black Sea grain initiative, Russia started to destroy Ukraine’s grain storage services.’ Clean up operation after Russian rocket attacks on grain stores near Odesa, 24 July.
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Second, we will proceed to strengthen our “solidarity lanes” as different routes for Ukrainian agricultural exports to achieve global markets via the EU. These lanes have allowed the export of greater than 41m tonnes of Ukraine’s agricultural items thus far, and we’re rising this as much as possible to mitigate the implications of Russia’s termination of the BSGI. Third, we now have elevated our financial help to nations and folks most in need, offering €18bn (£15.5bn) to handle food security until 2024. Contrary to the lies spread by Russia, the EU has certainly ensured that our sanctions haven’t any impression on global food security.
Council On Hook ‘for £10m’ Over Border Post Left In Limbo By Brexit
In April the government introduced the checks would finally be phased in from 31 October, with further checks applied in 2023 and 2024. Another industry supply mentioned it was a “Treasury purge” of all adjustments that may trigger disruption to the supply chain, given the sensitivity of the grocery store to price increases within the present economic climate. The Labour Party says it’ll negotiate a veterinary agreement with the EU that might significantly scale back the necessity for such procedures, whether it is elected into authorities. There is concern that the additional checks on imported goods will push up prices and fuel inflation.
In a press release on Friday, Trader Joe’s mentioned it is proactive in letting prospects find out about potential problems with its products. Trader Joe’s has issued its third food recall in every week, alerting clients on Friday that its Fully Cooked Falafel product could comprise rocks. It came a day after the corporate recalled its Unexpected Broccoli Cheddar Soup for potentially containing bugs. Two Trader Joe’s merchandise have been recalled for having a bit more than food inside. Get native insights from Lisbon to Moscow with an unrivalled network of journalists across Europe, expert analysis, our dedicated ‘Brussels Briefing’ e-newsletter. Inclement weather in South Asia – uneven monsoon rains in India and floods in Pakistan – has affected supplies.
There are 1000’s of sorts of rice which would possibly be grown and consumed, however four primary teams are traded globally. The slender lengthy grain Indica rice comprises the bulk of the worldwide trade, whereas the rest is made up of aromatic or fragrant rice like basmati; the short-grained Japonica, used for sushi and risottos; and glutinous or sticky rice, used for sweets. In Greece and Cyprus, two nations which have seen some of their highest temperatures in latest memory, authorities have ordered companies be paused through the hottest hours of the day within the afternoon.


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge has approved the U.S. Justice Department's settlement with a trio of electronic book publishers accused of conspiring in a price-fixing scheme orchestrated by the late Steve Jobs.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve's record-low interest rates have shrunk income for savers but cut costs for borrowers. Chairman Ben Bernanke is among the beneficiaries.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Not long ago, online games company Zynga looked on pace to unseat much bigger, well-established rivals as it rode the popularity of "FarmVille," the clicking game of virtual cows and real money.
NEW YORK (AP) - Motorola is broadening the use of its Razr brand to a family of smartphones in its first major product launch under new owner Google.
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. companies got more output from their workers this spring than initially thought. Productivity rose at a modest 2.2 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter, largely because employers cut back sharply on hiring.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Apple Inc. on Tuesday invited reporters to a news conference next week in San Francisco with a message that suggests that it will reveal the iPhone 5, as expected.
NEW YORK (AP) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is lowering its fee that shoppers pay for its interest-free pay-over-time program for the winter holidays.
NEW YORK (AP) - McDonald's Corp., the fast food chain that brought the hamburger to the world, is opening what may be its first vegetarian-only restaurants.
NEW YORK (AP) - Diet Pepsi is tweaking its formula to stay sweet a little longer.
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (AP) - Chairman Ben Bernanke sent a clear message Friday that the Federal Reserve will do more to help the still-struggling U.S. economy.
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RAYONG, Thailand (AP) - The stylish and nimble Ford Focus is on track to unseat Toyota's aging Corolla to become the world's top-selling car, according to Ford.
PLEASANTON (AP) - Ross Stores' August revenue at stores open at least a year climbed 8 percent as shoppers looked for back-to-school bargains. The performance topped analysts' estimates.
NEW YORK (AP) - This summer, Americans were walking contradictions: They opened their wallets despite escalating fears about the slow economic recovery and surging gas prices.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Twitter is offering a new way for advertisers to deliver their marketing pitches to the people who are most likely to buy their products and services.
NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of Kohl's rose Wednesday after the department store operator said it was pleased with its fourth quarter sales and said its base business improved.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Technology's big-spending trio of Google, Facebook, and Amazon.com appear to be tightening their belts - at least a notch - in a concession to cost-conscious investors and a strong dollar that's taking a big bite out of their revenue.
CUPERTINO (AP) - Apple is planning another large bond sale at a time when investors are paying near record premiums for high-quality bonds.
NEW YORK (AP) - An estimated 114.4 million people watched New England's thrilling win over Seattle, making it the fifth time in six years that a Super Bowl game has set a record for the most-watched event in U.S. television history.
PALO ALTO (AP) - Hewlett-Packard boss Meg Whitman has graduated from the dollar-a-year club, as the struggling company prepares to split up.
CUPERTINO (AP) - Apple CEO Tim Cook says consumer demand for new iPhones has been "staggering" and "hard to comprehend." That helped the company report record-smashing earnings for its latest quarter and sent the stock climbing more than 7 percent on Wednesday.
MENLO PARK (AP) - For the seventh quarter in a row Facebook beat profit and revenue forecasts, continuing to win more mobile advertising revenue as most users shift to using the site on smartphones and other portable devices.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A 24-hour White Castle location on the Las Vegas Strip that opened to long lines of the burger chain's fans had to close for more than two hours to restock after its grand opening.
MENLO PARK (AP) - No storm selfies, hookups, status updates. With Facebook and Instagram down for nearly an hour overnight, what were legions of users to do?
CUPERTINO (AP) - Apple had another blowout quarter thanks to its new plus-sized iPhones, which helped the company smash sales records for the holiday season.
SUNNYVALE (AP) - Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is spinning off the company's $39 billion stake in China's Alibaba Group Holding in a move that wards off a potential shareholder rebellion.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - They were supposed to be saviors of downtown, drawing people by offering parking as plentiful as at any suburban shopping mall.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Calling it "ridiculous" and "baseless," IBM on Monday dismissed a report that said the technology giant plans to lay off 1 in 4 of its workers, or 100,000 people.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Big jumps in sales of its Surface tablets, cloud computing software and Lumia smartphones drove Microsoft's quarterly revenue above expectations, as CEO Satya Nadella continues to steer toward the mobile gadget market and shift Microsoft away from its traditional focus on the PC.


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YANGON On a recent evening, a group of aspiring young tech entrepreneurs packed a room in downtown Yangon to learn how to pitch their ideas to venture capitalists. The venue, Phandeeyar, means "creation place" in Burmese, a lofty goal captured in its full title, Myanmar Innovation Lab.
Phandeeyar's trailblazing aim is to use technology to improve people's daily lives in Myanmar, still among Asia's poorest countries. Its scope ranges from basic fintech services such as mobile money transfers to more "out of the box" innovations, explains David Madden, Phandeeyar's Australian founder and chief executive.
"Fintech is very important for Myanmar. It's potentially a great example of the 'digital leapfrog,'" he told the Nikkei Asian Review, referring to the country's recent and rapid adoption of smartphone technology. "It's an amazing story," Madden enthused. As a late arrival to Asia's "tech revolution," Myanmar is perfectly positioned to take shortcuts while learning from other's mistakes, he added.
"It's massively unbanked -- a big country with a geographically dispersed population. Financial services are critical to development, but if we're waiting for banks to build branches everywhere then we'll be waiting a long time," he noted.
"Myanmar has many characteristics of the countries where mobile money has been most successful," Madden said. "What's especially exciting is that once you've established a strong mobile money network, then you can build a whole ecosystem of financial services on top of that -- and Phandeeyar aims to help accelerate the development of this ecosystem."
In its short life since 2014, Phandeeyar has made its mark as Myanmar's leading tech oasis. "Last year, even before Myanmar's mobile money regulations were approved, we held a big startup competition," said Madden. "We brought in Wave Money (a venture between Yoma Bank and Norway's Telenor Group) as the main corporate sponsor because we wanted the startups to begin thinking right now about all the products and services they could roll out using mobile money. Some great startups came out of that ... ."
In its large, airy space in central Yangon, Phandeeyar offers training, events and, for promising groups, some funding, office space, mentoring and free start-up services.
Like the groups it seeks to mentor, Phandeeyar began as a small venture with modest aims. Madden arrived in Yangon with his family in 2012 from New York, where he ran a digital strategy agency, and established a marketing business. But tech -- or using technology for social change -- remained his passion.
"We arrived just as the government was moving to open up the telecoms market. I've spent most of my career working in tech and I thought this connectivity revolution could be a game changer for Myanmar," he recalled.
The turning point for Phandeeyar came this year when it landed a $2 million grant from the Omidyar Network, run by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, who had earlier provided half of an initial $400,000 that Madden raised for his venture.
The new grant and other partnerships enabled him to establish Phandeeyar Accelerator, a form of incubator to help early-stage startups. He hopes the program will have a multiplier effect by creating models that can inspire more entrepreneurs. Successful applicants -- initially six -- will receive $25,000 in funding and a six-month intensive program at Phandeeyar to help them build and launch their products.
With his quick smile and can-do approach, Madden exudes energy and focus. But he still seems surprised at Phandeeyar's phenomenal success. "We found real talent in the tech community here, and a real hunger among civil society groups, social enterprises and SMEs (small and midsize enterprises) to embrace technology."
"Some really interesting fintech startups applied to Phandeeyar Accelerator, including one that is working to make it more cost-effective for microfinance organizations to offer nano-loans," he said. "This is a well-known problem, and Myanmar is a great place to develop the right solutions."
As excited as he is about "leapfrogging," Madden remains concerned about Myanmar's digital divide. "Technology enables many goods and services to be delivered more efficiently, but it's critical that everyone has access to this technology, that it's affordable, and that everyone has the skills to be able to take advantage of it."


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Employee shot in Walmart parking lot
A Walmart employee was shot in a parking lot outside the Laurel store where he works, officials said.
About 4:15 a.m. Wednesday, emergency personnel went to the Walmart on the 3500 block of Russett Green East in Laurel.
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The new occupants of the former Penn Dutch Meat and Seafood in Margate might feel familiar to the iconic retailer’s former customers.
Broward Meat and Fish Co., whose owners regarded Penn Dutch as their closest competition, has bought the site for $11.9 million.
Like Penn Dutch, Broward Meat and Fish offers a wide variety of meat and seafood sliced and packaged on site and sold at discount prices. The chain, which has locations in Pembroke Pines, Lauderdale Lakes and North Lauderdale, also features a variety of imported packaged brands popular among Broward County’s Caribbean and Latin American consumers.
Hot food available for takeout typically includes tamales, empanadas, chicharron, jerk pork, sausage and peppers, rice and beans, beef short ribs and fried fish and chicken.
Shoppers will have to wait awhile before doors open at the new Margate store, however. A complete reconstruction of the store’s interior will take at least 10 months and possibly as long as a year, said Athalia Lujo, daughter of owners Ruben and Denise Lujo and the company’s general counsel.
Penn Dutch folded in September 2019 after state health inspectors discovered listeria contamination at its locations in Margate and Hollywood. Nearly all of the fixtures and equipment in the Margate store were sold during the dissolution process that followed, Lujo said.
“It’s basically an empty shell,” she said. “Other than the walk-in coolers, there’s no equipment.”
Starting from scratch, the new owners plan to convert much of Penn Dutch’s former back-house production space into additional retail space, doubling the amount of space allotted for shoppers while still leaving room for onsite packaging of meat and seafood sold onsite, Lujo said.
The additional space will enable expansion of the store’s inventory of packaged groceries and beverages, plus more hot food, deli and bakery options.
The company expects to hire about 100 employees beginning in the summer. They’ll be trained at the company’s existing locations prior to the new store opening, Lujo said.
The 70,000 square-foot location at 3201 N. State Road 7 had been available for lease since shortly after Penn Dutch closed. In June, representatives of owners Ross Realty Investments and SunCap Real Estate Investments approached Broward Meat and Fish’s owners and urged them to take a look.
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“We didn’t have plans for a fourth store, but after seeing the space and the community, we thought it would be a great location to bring one of our stores further north,” Lujo said.
Broward Meat and Fish’s owners were well aware of Penn Dutch. “We respected [Penn Dutch], as they were king for a long time,” said Ruben Lujo Jr., son of the owners, in a comment on the company’s Facebook page in March. “It hurt us to hear that news [of its closure] too, as we were competitors, not enemies. They were an institution.”
While the Lujos could have leased the space, “the store will require such a heavy investment, it was only worth it to Ruben and Denise to own it,” she said, adding it will cost “well over $1 million” to get it in shape to open.
The Lujos will become landlords to numerous stores in what’s currently called “Penn Dutch Plaza.” Ross Realty Investments and SunCap Real Estate Investments will retain ownership of the plaza’s northern portion, currently home to Florida Career College and a preschool, said Bob Sherman, senior vice president at Ross Realty Investments.
One cost the Lujo family won’t have to bear — eliminating the listeria contamination that shut down Penn Dutch. The interior of the store, including all pipes and drains, was “completely sanitized and reinspected” prior to the sale, Sherman said.


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Network officials also said voters should expect more of a Koch focus on grassroots activism throughout the 2020 election cycle.Politicsread more
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GM's usage of temporary workers, potential closure of plants and health care contributions remain major sticking points, according to people familiar with the talks.Autosread more
Republicans and Democrats have long since separated themselves by ideology, leaving each more uniformly conservative or liberal than ever. And now a new data analysis by the...Politicsread more
At least in terms of monetary policy, Pence says should be taking after other regions who keep their benchmark interest rates near zero.Delivering Alpharead more
AT&T isn't focused on selling or divesting DirecTV, despite pressure from stakeholder Elliott Management, sources tell CNBC.Technologyread more
Patrick Shyu, a former tech lead at Google, has posted a series of videos making fun of Facebook, where he worked as a software engineer until last month.Technologyread more
The measure to keep the government running through Nov. 21 now heads to the Senate, where McConnell has signaled he will back a temporary spending plan.Politicsread more
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As part of the plan, Amazon has agreed to purchase 100,000 electric delivery vans from vehicle manufacturer Rivian.Technologyread more
American Airlines struggled with flight delays and cancellations this summer, hamstrung by the grounded Boeing 737 Max and mired in a bitter labor dispute with its mechanics.Airlinesread more
Fewer customers want Apple's newest iPhones than the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus when it was released last year, a Wall Street research survey shows.
Results from a survey conducted by RBC Capital Markets found that 64 percent of prospective iPhone buyers want an iPhone X, 8 Plus or 8. That's shy of the 71 percent of prospective buyers who preferred an iPhone 7 and 7 Plus last year after its release.
"Outlook on units could be less positive in the initial months," wrote RBC Capital Markets' Amit Daryanani in his Sunday note to clients. "On aggregate, 64 percent of prospective iPhone buyers preferred the new generation of iPhones, which is slightly lower than 71 percent for iPhone 7/7+ models last year."
"We think this is likely due to Apple not phasing out iPhone 6s and giving a wider offering to customers," he added.
The survey included over 4,000 individuals and asked respondents about their technology usage and phone purchasing plans among other topics.
Apple stock has struggled since the announcement of the new iPhones in September, losing about $50 billion in market value over the past month, falling 6 percent. Though questions surrounding demand for the latest generation remain, Apple is still one of the market's best-performing large-cap stocks, surging 33 percent since January, outpacing the S&P 500's 13 percent.
Apple's stock closed at $153.81 Monday evening.
To be sure, RBC is still positive on Apple overall and raised its 12-month price target thanks to the iPhone X's steeper price tag. The analyst noted that more than half of prospective buyers opted for the higher storage model in the survey, encouraging him that higher prices may prove to be positive for Apple's margins.
Daryanani has been largely positive on Apple, saying as recently as August that the technology company is still on track to become the first trillion-dollar company. The analyst raised his 12-month price target to $180, representing 17 percent upside from Friday's close.


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Venus Gains Myanmar MA For Elores
Venus Remedies has received a marketing authorisation (MA) from regulatory authorities in Myanmar for its antibiotic adjuvant entity, Elores. The company plans to launch the product in Myanmar by April.
Venus has already received patents for Elores from 46 countries. In November 2013 it also received an MA for the product from Guatemala. Venus added that registration procedures for the drug in 13 EU member states and 15 other countries, including South Korea, South Africa and Saudi Arabia, were in advanced stages. Elores was initially launched in India in January 2013.


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Some #longreads for the moment you unthaw your internet-ready device…
This morning Billboard published their cover story interview with Kendrick Lamar, who gave few clues about his highly-anticipated new album (beyond a general look at his average day in the recording studio), but did provide a lot of insight into his philosophy and upbringing. As illuminating as his answers are, my mind is still reeling from the fact that Taylor Swift apparently thinks that “Backseat Freestyle” is her personal theme song.
Marilyn Manson is preparing to release his tenth album, The Pale Emperor, and recently talked to Noisey in a wide-ranging interview. Even if he’s just bullshitting, Manson is always an interesting interview.
Neil Young is putting the final touches on the official release of Pono, launching the website for the high-quality digital music files this week and announcing that the special player will be available for purchase in stores in a few weeks. He sat down for an interview with Rolling Stone, who were kind enough to provide a video of the exchange.
The AV Club has a bizarre write-up on Men At Work’s “Who Can It Be Now?”, and it deserves a link because it at least has snippets of a conversation with Colin Hay. You probably already have the saxophone line stuck in your head.
With the release of his latest solo album Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper today, now is the perfect opportunity to catch up with the most prolific member of Animal Collective and read Pitchfork’s voluminous cover story on Panda Bear.
And finally, if you’re looking for a few laughs this weekend, you should check out this compilation of Portlandia parodies provided by Billboard, many of which feature some of our favorite indie rock artists.


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Alcohol awareness groups have criticised a new loyalty card that aims to assist student loan holders.
The Feejoa card—created in conjunction with the IRD—rebates five per cent of members’ purchases as student loan repayments.
On Feejoa’s website, it claims that the loyalty card is helping with “a deeply unloved aspect of modern life”—working with the Inland Revenue Department.
Currently a few bars, primarily in Auckland, and Warehouse Stationery stores have accepted the use of these loyalty cards.
Some alcohol-awareness groups are worried that the adoption of Feejoa cards by bars will promote binge drinking.
Rebecca Williams, a spokesperson for Alcohol Healthwatch, said that young people do not need encouragement to drink more.
“[Young people] have the highest prevalence of heavy drinking in our population, and we’re encouraging them to drink more just so they can get some kind of outcome or reward on their student loan,” Williams told reporters.
Feejoa also charges a service fee of 5.75 per cent, which is deducted off merchant contributions prior to passing to the IRD.
AUSA President Paul Smith said he saw the card as highlighting deeper issues with our student loan system, a view shared by VUWSA President Rick Zwaan.
“It will be interesting to see where it goes. Hopefully it expands within Wellington to help reduce the overwhelming debt that students and graduates face.”
Feejoa claims that 1000 people have already signed up to the card. Currently the eight bars involved in the scheme are situated in Christchurch and Auckland, with AUT’s student bar, Vesbar, also adopting the scheme.


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losing out on the HFCL Infotel account in mid-2008, Vyas Gianetti Creative (VGC) recently bagged two new businesses, Audio Vision India and the Khyber Group. Both businesses are relatively new to large-scale organised advertising and branding efforts and are looking to VGC as a complete solutions provider in this area.
VGC will be responsible for developing 360-degree brand development for Audio Vision India, retailers of some of the best known international brands of high definition audio systems. An example is Bowers & Wilkins Nautilus, widely regarded as the Rolls Royce of speakers.
Preeti Vyas, chairperson and chief creative officer, VGC, says in an official release, "Such a unique chain of stores targeting the luxury segment requires a specific consumer insight driven communication strategy and we are proud to be appointed as the custodians of such a brand."
Chona adds, "Though a large number of brands around the world are going into hibernation as far as spends are concerned, we thought this the right time to lay our marketing foundation."
He maintains that Audio Vision has advertised in bits and pieces earlier, but now, the brand is looking forward to stepping up things. According to him, VGC will be in charge of the brand in its totality. To start with, the agency will suggest the media mix, how much to spend, which vehicles to use along with the branding, logo re-designing and other above-the-line and below-the-line activities.
VGC has been appointed brand custodian by the Khyber Group, too. It will partner the group in its expansion plans, encompassing restaurants and banquet and conference facilities.
Vyas says, "We bring to the Khyber Group our inherent knowledge of the hospitality industry and niche market brands. What's more, our strategic orientation, combined with cutting edge creative expression, has grown specialist brands in inclement economic weather. We will draw from experience even as we create unique footprints for both brands."
Speaking to afaqs!, Sudheer Bahl, owner, Khyber Group, says, "We have appointed VGC as our creative agency. However, to kick off things, VGC will develop the marketing strategies for a new brand, Serai, which we have just added to our portfolio. Serai is primarily a banqueting brand and the agency will be responsible for print, outdoor, events and publicity for it."
The Khyber Group has not advertised earlier and aims to do so in an organised manner now. According to Bahl, Rs 50 lakh has been pumped in for the launch of Serai.


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Royal Caribbean hasd announced that Explorer of the Seas will head to Port Canaveral in November 2014 for a winter season in the Florida port.
Explorer of the Seas will sail four and five night cruises to the Caribbean and Bahamas.
Itineraries have not yet been released and the ports of call that Explorer of the Seas will call at are still unkown. These are expected to be released in the coming weeks.
When Explorer arrives in Port Canaverla, Royal Caribbean will have 3 ships based there. She will join fleet mates Freedom of the Seas and Enchanment of the Seas.
Royal Caribbean's latest vessel, Quantum of the Seas will replace Explorer of the Seas in Bayonne, New Jersey when she makes her debut in November 2014.
The future of Explorer of the Seas after January 2014 is still unkown.
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A Ship Schedule site has listed that Quantum of the Seas will make a transatlantic crossing on the 2nd November 2014, before arriving at her home port of Bayonne.
The site listing, spotted by Stacey Katz better known as CruiseDivaNJ on social media and forums, shows Quantum of the Seas as cruising from Southampton.
The transatlantic will consist of 8-nights arriving in Bayonne on 10th November. However, her first cruise from Bayonne is scheduled for 18th November, a 3-night cruise listed as sailing to the Bahamas. However, the Bahamas is not accessible from Port Liberty in 3 days. Perhaps it is a cruise to nowhere?
The 8 days between the next sailing raises many questions. These dates are likely to change, or is Royal Caribbean planning something special for these 8 days?
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Portland, Maine officials have announced that the city will welcome Quantum of the Seas, in 2015.
Quantum of the Seas will visit Portland four times during 2015.
Quantum will be the largest cruise ship to ever dock in Portland.
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Enchantment of the Seas has made Port Canaveral its home for the first time.
The Vision class ship which was extended in size during its 2005 refit, today set sail from the port on its first 4-night Bahamas cruise calling at Coco Cay and Nassau.
Enchantment of the Seas replaced the now ex-fleet member Monarch of the Seas, which is now owned by Royal Caribbean's subsidiary Spanish cruise line, Pullmantur.
Enchantment will offer 3 and 4-night cruises year round.
4-night cruises depart Monday through to Friday and 3-night cruises sailing Friday to Monday.
Enchantment of the Seas will be joined by Freedom of the Seas in the port.
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Royal Caribbean has announced the itineraries of their new ship, Quantum of the Seas.
Quantum will sail from Cape Liberty, NJ and operate 7-12 night cruises sailing to the Caribbean and Bahamas.
7 and 8-night Bahamas cruises will depart Cape Liberty and set sail to Port Canaveral, Nassau and Coco Cay before heading back to New Jersey.
The 8-night Caribbean cruises will call at Labadee, Samana and San Juan.
The 11-night Caribbean cruises will cruise to Royal Caribbean's private resort, Labadee, before sailing to San Juan, St Thomas, St Kitts and St Maarten.
The ultimate voyage will be the 12-nght complete Caribbean voyages which sail to Labadee, San Juan, St Maarten, Martinique, Bridgetown in Barbados, St Kitts and then back to Cape Liberty.
Dates and prices are still unkown.
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Royal Caribbean have now issued prices and itineraries ahead of the 9th April, when they are set to go on sale exclusively to Crown and Anchor members 48 hours before general sale.
Oasis of the Seas will cruise Europe for 5 sailings only and they WILL SELL OUT FAST!
The first cruise will depart on a 12-night reposistioning cruise on 1st September 2014 from Fort Laurderdale to Barcelona, with 9 days at sea to explore this incredible ship and a port of call in Malaga. The cruise only price for this will be £739pp in an Inside Stateroom.
This reposistioning cruise, will then see Oasis set sail from Barcelona on 13th and 18th September 2014 for a 5-night sailing calling at Rome and Naples. These will be on sale for £599pp for an Inside Stateroom.
Oasis will depart Barcelona for the last time on 23rd September 14, where she will embark on a 7-night cruise to Rotterdam calling at Malaga and Vigo. This cruise is priced at £699pp for an Inside Stateroom.
After Oasis has completed her dry dock period, she will then sail empty or possibly host a special Travel Agent cruise from Rotterdam to Southampton, where she will depart on her final European schedule departing Southampton to Fort Lauderdale on 15th October 2014. She will call at Vigo and then arriving in Fort Lauderdale. This cruise will be on sale at £729pp for an Inside Stateroom.
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Royal Caribbean's 2014 UK cruise season is now available to book exclusively to their Crown and Anchor members.
Crown and Anchor members can book 48 hours in advance of general release. Plus if you book your cruise during the period, you will receive a reduced deposit of just £150 per person.
There are also some great savings to be had, such as £379pp for a 4-night Belgium and France cruise in a Balcony stateroom. As well as £899 for an 8-night cruise in a Balcony cruising to the Norwegian Fjords.
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Royal Caribbean has released the 2014-2015 schedule for the summer Caribbean and northeast itineraries for Allure of the Seas, Oasis of the Seas, Explorer of the Seas, Grandeur of the Seas and Freedom of the Seas.
In summer 2014, Allure of the Seas will offer 7-night eastern Caribbean itineraries on June 8, 22; July 6, 20; August 3, 17, 2014. Allure will also sail 7-night western Caribbean itineraries on June 1, 15, 29; July 13, 27; August 10, 24, 2014.
Oasis of the Seas will also offer 7-night eastern Caribbean itineraries on June 14, 28; July 12, 26; August 9, 23, 2014. The 7-night western Caribbean sailings aboard Oasis will occur on June 7, 21; July 5, 19; August 2, 16, 2014.
Explorer of the Seas will sail out of Bayonne, New Jersey in Summer 2014 and offer 5-night Bermuda cruises on May 3, 17, 31; June 14, 28; July 12, 26; August 9, 23, 2014. Explorer will also offer 9-night Bermuda and Caribbean itineraries on May 8, 22; June 5, 19; July 3, 17, 31; August 14, 2014.
Grandeur of the Seas will cruise out Baltimore, Maryland and offer 6-night Bermuda cruises on April 26, 2014. Grandeur will also offer 7-night Bahamas cruises on May 2, 16, 30; June 13, 27; July 11, 25; August 8, 22, 2014. Slightly different 7-night Bermuda itineraries will be available on Grandeur of the Seas on May 9, 23; June 6, 20; July 4, 18; August 1, 15, 2014.
Freedom of the Seas will continue to offer 7-night eastern Caribbean cruises out of Port Canaveral on May 4, 18; June 1, 15, 29; July 13, 27; August 10, 24, 2014. Freedom will also offer 7-night western Caribbean itineraries on May 11, 25; June 8, 22; July 6, 20; August 3, 17, 2014.
Royal Caribbean will roll out the rest of its 2014-2015 deployment schedule as follows
Fall Bermuda & Canada: March 6, 2013
Alaska: March 13, 2013
Europe & Transatlantics: March 14-28, 2013
Australia and Hawaii: April 10, 2013
Winter Caribbean and Northeast: April 18, 2013
Short Caribbean and Bahamas: April 23, 2013
Brazil, Asia and Panama: Coming soon
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Serenade of the Seas made her inaugural call to Dubai on Saturday.
Serenade has replaced Brilliance of the Seas which used to cruise from Dubai. Brilliance will now call Harwich her home port for the Summer season.
Dubai's Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) and Royal Caribbean arranged a grand welcoming ceremony at the Dubai Cruise Terminal in Mina Rashid where the ship will dock.
DTCM invited representatives and partners to attend a press conference on board the ship. Following the press conference, the maritime tradition of a plague and key exchange ceremony took place. The event concluded with a tour of the ship and lunch on board.
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Royal Caribbean has changed Independence of the Seas' itinerary due to a scheduled strike in Greece, Portugal and Spain starting November 14th.
Independence of the Seas was scheduled to call at Lisbon on November 14th, however the ship will now dock at Lanzarote instead.
"We were aware of the upcoming strikes and proactively made changes to some itineraries," Cynthia Martinez, director of global corporate communications for RCCL, told Cruise Critic.
Celebrity Constellation, has also had to change its scheduled call at Vigo, Spain, on November 14 and instead spend the day at sea. The ship will then visit Portugal on November 15 and stop in Vigo on November 16.
The general strikes are expected to last three days and disrupt air travel as well as public transportation.


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Internet scam targets Gympie
POLICE are warning the public to be vigilant with internet security following reports of a scam targeting the Gympie region and Sunshine Coast.
Residents have reported a telephone-based credit card scam involving a group claiming to be from an online computer company calling victims at home, asking them to log on to their computers and to load the company’s website.
Upon doing so, victims are requested to run programs that give the impression there is something wrong with their computers.
The offenders then offer to sell the victim’s software they claim will fix their computers, however, victims are unknowingly downloading software which trawls the computer looking for personal information (including credit card details) which is then sent to the offenders.
The offenders are said to be aggressive and usually hang up when challenged.
Scammers are also making calls to potential victims indicating they work for Microsoft and need to gain remote access to the victim’s computer to fix a bug in the system.
The message from Detective Superintendent Brian Hay of the State Crime Operations Command Fraud and Corporate Crime Group was to always be careful of anti-virus pop ups and carefully check on anything before you hit “accept”.
Do not respond to messages or emails from anti-virus companies offering to run free scans on your computer or reminding you that your system requires its annual subscription upgrade.
These scams are now recognised as the third most successful scam in the world.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.


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Singapore’s Sea Announces 7,000 Job Cuts in Six Months to Curb Losses
Sea Ltd. has cut about 7,000 jobs, or roughly 10% of its workforce, in the past six months as it fights to stem ballooning losses.
Sea Ltd. has cut about 7,000 jobs, or roughly 10% of its workforce, in the past six months as it fights to stem ballooning losses and win back investors, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Among the S is about 100 positions at Sea's e-commerce arm Shopee, and those affected started to receive notices on Monday, according to people familiar with the matter. The newest cuts are a part of several waves of layoffs since June.
The gaming and online-retail giant has lost almost 90% of its value since a peak last year on questions about its money-making prospects in an era of rising interest rates and intensifying competition. The company has slashed jobs, shuttered its e-commerce operations in some European and Latin American markets and said it would reduce expenses to cope.
Sea is scheduled to report quarterly results on Tuesday, with analysts estimating widening losses and the slowest year-on-year revenue growth since 2017.
The latest cuts span recruitment, employee relationship management, training and other human resources functions in Singapore and China, the people said, asking not to be named discussing internal actions. The Information earlier reported the extent of Sea's recent layoffs.
Affected staff include those supporting hiring and training across Shopee and its digital financial services arm SeaMoney, which oversees payment product ShopeePay, the people said. Managers have also been told to recruit more prudently as the company braces for an economic downturn.
“As part of the previously communicated exercise to optimise operating efficiency, we continue to carefully review our business projects and priorities in line with our goal of achieving self-sufficiency. We are also working to support our affected colleagues during this transition,” Sea said in a statement. The company ended 2021 with more than 67,000 people overall.
In September, billionaire co-founder Forrest Li announced in an internal memo that top management will forgo their salaries and tighten company expense policies as it attempts to curb spending.


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SEBI's nod for Route Mobile IPO
Messaging and voice application programming interface company Route Mobile has received regulatory nod to float an initial public offer (IPO). The proposed IPO, if it turns out a success, will make Route Mobile the first company in the mobile communication services segment to go public. The SEBI issued its final observations to Route Mobile's IPO proposal last month, according to the website of the capital markets regulator. Route Mobile had filed its draft prospectus with the SEBI in January. The IPO comprises fresh shares worth Rs 350 crore and 65 lakh shares of promoters Sandipkumar Gupta and Rajdipkumar Gupta.


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Fujitsu to showcase biometrics at national retail show
Fujitsu is set to debut a new currency recycler and will exhibit its PalmSecure biometric technology at the National Federation Annual Convention and Expo this week in New York City.
Fujitsu has announced that it will launch a new back-office cash management solution and currency recycler.
To complement its line of OEM currency solutions at the show, Fujitsu has also announced that it will demonstrate its entire family of biometric solutions, the PalmSecure vein imaging solution, PalmSecure for SSO solution and the PalmEntry physical access control system.
Fujitsu’s vein devices detect pattern as well as check to ensure blood is actively flowing through the veins. This isn’t a health measurement – instead, it’s for liveness detection.
Increasingly, retailers are turning to biometrics for applications like access control, workforce management, in-store ads and payment solutions.
In fact, another biometrics provider, ImageWare Systems, has announced that it too, will be demonstrating biometrics at the National Federation Annual Convention this week. According to the company, it will showcase its new cloud identity management platform, GoMobile Interactive.
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Shipbuilders at General Dynamics NASSCO recently celebrated the christening and launch of the Constitution, the sixth ship in a series of eight eco-friendly tankers constructed at the company’s San Diego-based shipyard.
The Constitution, is a 610-foot, 50,000 deadweight-ton, and LNG-conversion-ready product tanker with a 330,000 barrel cargo capacity. The Constitution was built for SEA-Vista, a partnership between SEACOR Holdings Inc. and Avista Capital Partners, and will be operated by Seabulk Tankers, Inc.
“The construction of a ship represents an entire community of highly-trained and highly-skilled individuals working together – from design conception to delivery – toward a common purpose: to revolutionize the future of American shipping with the construction of innovative, cost-saving, and environmentally-sound vessels,” said Kevin Graney, vice president and general manager for General Dynamics NASSCO. “The christening and launch of a ship represents the hard-earned efforts of this community. It’s the first time a ship enters the water – and it’s another milestone toward the delivery of a quality product that will service our nation’s maritime needs for decades to come.”


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Nintendo, in a stripped-down digest of its financials, confirmed that Mario Kart Tour, the spinoff title heading to Android and iOS is delayed. The title was initially expected to arrive in this quarter, but will now land on Android in the summer.
According to Nintendo, the game is being delayed to make sure it's up to the company's usual quality standards. In the same breath, the company said that it plans to put significant effort into maintaining developmental momentum and community support for existing mobile titles, meaning that dragon shifters, pocket campers, and Super Mario Runners have nothing to worry about for now.
Mario Kart Tour was announced a year ago, and has been in heavy development since. The original plan to release it during the previous fiscal year stands as a testament to that, despite the newly announced delay. Even with things as they are, though, Nintendo has kept details of the planned title under tight wraps.
Nintendo's strategy with mobile has usually been to time major releases so as to bolster the popularity of console titles coming out around the same time or shortly after. With Mario Kart 8 Deluxe currently posting extremely strong sales on the Switch, now would seemingly be an opportune time to release the mobile game, lending further credence to Nintendo's claims that the current build simply isn't up to the company's stringent standards.
Looking to the quality of Nintendo's past mobile efforts, this will likely be good news for players in the end. Miitomo may have come out a little feature-barren and arguably half-baked at first, but Nintendo learned its lesson and every mobile game since has been top-notch. Fans enjoying those games will have a good, long time before seeing them fade away. Even Miitomo took over a year to dry up.
Super Mario Run, Dragalia Lost, Fire Emblem Heroes, and Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp have all garnered massive player bases and rave reviews. That being the case, Nintendo probably doesn't want to release Mario Kart Tour until it's sure that the game will get the same kind of warm reception. In any case, the extra time leading up to the proposed release window will give Nintendo time to polish up the game, test it internally, and do all the other things that lead to a quality end product, as it usually does in the mobile space.
The summer timing will put it smack in the middle of the gaming giant's new fiscal year, too, meaning that it could prove to be a big enrichment for a period that's normally pretty dry in the gaming world. The fall is the busiest gaming release season for big titles, in most cases, so a summer release window would slot it right between two blockbuster seasons.


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02 Jul STAT News: Fever checks are a flawed way to flag Covid-19 cases. Experts say smell tests might help.
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Workplaces do it. Newly reopened public libraries do it. LAX does it. Some restaurants, bars, and retail stores started doing it when governors let them serve customers again: Use temperature checks — almost always with “non-contact infrared thermometers” — to identify people who might have, and therefore spread, the infectious disease.
Unfortunately, temperature checks could well join the long list of fumbled responses to the pandemic, from the testing debacle to federal officials’ about-face on masks…


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Ascend: New Gods, the upcoming Xbox 360 free-to-play title, might not stay exclusive to the console.
Today, Signal Studios said in an interview that it's working with the idea of bringing the game to PC. The intention is to create a completely seamless character transition where all progress from the 360 version can be imported to the PC adaption.
Top-down '70s heist simulator The Masterplan now available on Steam Early Access
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Web Deals Cheer Hollywood, Despite Drop in Moviegoers
By Brooks Barnes for The New York Times
Movie attendance hit a 16-year low in 2011. Star wattage continues to dim. DVD sales keep plunging. Almost none of the films being honored at Sunday’s Academy Awards have struck a mainstream nerve.
Yet Hollywood has a noticeable spring in its step. After all, it’s not the music business.
Instead of Hollywood suffering its own Napster moment — the kind of digital death trap that decimated music labels first through the illegal downloading of files and then by a migration to legal downloads almost solely through iTunes — several deals announced this month have it feeling more in control.
While studios still consider piracy a huge problem and feel stymied by Silicon Valley (and Washington politics), they nevertheless control their content. And now the Web is coming to them.
Google is developing a home entertainment device and several media companies have announced plans for new online streaming services. Taken together, the moves mean no supplier will have a monopoly over the distribution of films and television on the Internet. With more buyers comes leverage, and higher prices for content.
“The mood has shifted from, ‘Oh, my God, our business models are broken and we’re going to be cannibalized’ to something resembling euphoria,” said Peter Guber, a former chairman of Columbia Pictures who is now chief executive of the Mandalay Entertainment Group, which has interests in movies, TV and sports. “Studios see a robust, accelerating online market.”
Serious Web-based buyers for movies and television shows are popping up all over. Netflix, the DVD-by-mail and streaming service, was already aggressively pursuing Hollywood content and making sizable payments for it. This month, in a clear challenge to Netflix, Verizon and Redbox said they would team up on a service to stream studio films on the Internet. Days later, Amazon completed a deal to buy episodes of Viacom-owned programs, including “Jersey Shore” and “SpongeBob SquarePants,” as it prepares to introduce a stand-alone streaming service that also will compete with Netflix.
Hollywood also anticipates that YouTube and Google will soon expand their movie and television service beyond rentals to include sales. Steadily ramping up their offerings are Walmart’s Vudu, Best Buy’s CinemaNow, Apple’s iTunes and Hulu. And that is just in North America. The competition for online movie and television rights is also heating up in places like Brazil, where NetMovies Entertainment has a deal to stream material owned by the Walt Disney Company.
The money is not yet big enough to make up for lost DVD revenue, but it is substantial. Barton Crocket, an analyst at Lazard Capital Markets, estimates that Netflix spent $937 million for streaming rights in 2011 and will pay $1.8 billion in 2012, as deals activate for CW shows like “90210” and DreamWorks Animation movies and TV shows.
On Tuesday, Netflix struck a deal for certain films from the Weinstein Company, including “The Artist,” the best picture front-runner at the Oscars. The CW deal, signed last year and estimated to be worth $1 billion in and of itself, runs four years. DreamWorks is getting an estimated $30 million a movie over an unspecified number of years. Last month, Disney agreed to provide streaming content to Comcast as part of a 10-year deal that will bring billions of dollars in revenue to Disney.
Studios worked meticulously to get to this point, holding content back, or at least doling it out very carefully. They made restrictive deals for library material, for instance, and tried to avoid exclusive arrangements that would damp competitive bidding. They also have had bandwidth on their side: the music industry was speedily overtaken by the Web in large part because songs are small enough to trade on limited bandwidth.
“We’re still in the learning process, but it’s looking very exciting,” said Ken Werner, president of domestic distribution at Warner Brothers Television. “The digital marketplace is evolving in a way that is very good for us.”
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The Alameda County Sheriff's Office is investigating several complaints of price gouging on some high demand products.
Some stores are charging customers as much as $8 for a bottle of hand sanitizer and $10 apiece for N95 masks.
The ugly face of price gouging rears its head in every disaster, including pandemic pickpocketing.
Viewers have sent KTVU photos of items priced relatively higher than what the seller paid for them. And amid the COVID-19 crisis, desperate consumers have often paid the asking price.
According to the California Department of Justice, illegal price gouging occurs when any seller tries to take unfair advantage of consumers after the president, governor, city or county executive officer officially declares a state of emergency. Raising the price of essential consumer goods or services more than 10% is considered price gouging.
A spokesman for the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office, Scott Alonso said the department has received 17 reports of price gouging so far.
Gougers can be businesses or people selling at any level, from manufacturers to distributors, from wholesalers to retailers.
"So we want folks to communicate with us and work with us to see if we can lend a hand to determine if actual gouging is occurring and if folks are raising their prices 10% before the non-emergency price," said Alonso.
Some, but not all, protected essentials include housing, food and drink, fuel, and transportation services.
Essentials also include traditional emergency supplies such as flashlights, radios, and radios.
There are consequences for gouging.
"Significant consequences if they do this and they could face significant fines and or criminal penalties," said Alonso. Specifically, violators are subject to civil lawsuits and criminal prosecution carrying up to a year in county jail and a $10,000 fine.
"So we want to hear from people. We want them to document it and we want them to provide evidence as best they can if they suspect there's any illegal gouging going on," said Alonso.


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Back in June when workers at a Target store just outside New York City were about to vote on whether to unionize, employees received an ominous pamphlet from company management: "Will the store close if the union gets in?" the pamphlet began. "Nothing is guaranteed."
The vote to unionize failed, but efforts continued to organize the store, nestled in a well-trafficked and sprawling shopping center in Long Island's Valley Stream.
Now Target is planning to shut down the store. Last week, the company told employees in Valley Stream that this store will close for six months for long-planned renovations. The Valley Stream store is one of 1,100 Target branches that have been remodeled or slated for renovation by year's end; all but one other store are slated to remain open throughout renovations, however.
"Eligible employees" will be invited to transfer to other Target locations or take an unpaid leave of absence and resume work once the store reopens, said Molly Snyder, a company spokeswoman.
The union tells a different story. The most vocal pro-union employees have not been deemed eligible to return, union representatives said. Last week the union filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board, claiming that the store's closure is retaliation for employees' organizing activities.
Target denies that the store's closure has any connection to the union campaign. "This is completely separate from the union; the store will reopen and the team will be back," Snyder said.
Sonia Williams, one of the most active pro-union employees who has frequently spoken to the media, including The Huffington Post, found out last week that she wasn't eligible to transfer or apply for unpaid leave, she said. She was offered, however, a severance package for her nearly 10 years of work that amounts, after taxes, to about $800, Williams said.
Management told her she was "on final warning," but did not explain why, Williams said, noting that she had received no prior written or oral notice. Management had met with her once previously about one matter but her manager told her it had been resolved, she said.
Williams does not believe Target's explanation for closing the store. "This is all just because of the union; they want to scatter us," she said.
Target declined to comment on Williams' situation.
The closure "has the potential to have the most chilling possible impact on any future campaign," said Patrick Purcell, a spokesman for the United Food and Commercial Workers' Local 150 that has been involved with the union campaign since its star. "Workers will see this and say, I could lose my job. Target will use that."
Target told its Valley Stream employees about the renovation months before the unionization efforts started. At the time, management said the store would remain open, Williams said. When employees learned last week of the closing, they were "shocked," she said.
Target declined to tell The Huffington Post specifics about the timing of its decision to close the store but did say that this store required a more extensive renovation than others as it originally had been a Caldor department store and needed a complete remodeling.
"For a year and a half we have told the Valley Stream team that Target was committed to remodeling the Valley Stream store and that we were working to understand the full scope of the remodeling needs," Snyder said.
Labor advocates had championed the Valley Stream store as a key battleground in their effort to organize the retail industry.
"That's where the game changing will take place," said labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein last summer.
"They can be successful, but I just hate to say it, I don't think they will be," he said then. "All of these big box stores have perfected their anti-unionism to a science," added Lichtenstein, who teaches at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and has written two books about Walmart, Target's chief competitor.
For organized labor, big box retail presents a great opportunity to recruit to its ranks large numbers of low-wage workers in one of the few sectors of the economy that is growing. Progress here, labor historians say, would reshape the service industry, which is increasingly considered to be the backbone of the American economy. But so far, despite decades of labor efforts at the two biggest retailers in the United States, Walmart and Target, not a single store is unionized.
The fight at Target began brewing in February 2011, when dozens of workers at the Valley Stream store contacted the United Food and Commercial Workers in a quest for representation, hoping to bargain with the discount retailer for better hours and a living wage. In the weeks before a June union election, the company unleashed an aggressive anti-union campaign.
That June, the union alleged that the company threatened workers with the closure of the store if they voted to join the union, which is illegal.
The National Labor Relations board has since found evidence to support the unions' accusations of threats by Target and uncovered additional evidence suggesting illegal intimidation tactics by management, Crains New York reported. The case is now awaiting a judge's ruling, expected to arrive in coming months. If the judge rules in the union's favor, the the old election result might be thrown out and a new election scheduled.
Or there might have been one, if the store were still open. With the store closed and its employees scattered, a revote would likely be impossible, the union said.


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YouTube clarifies its statement on new sport offering
YouTube has retracted its initial statement regarding its sports content offering.
Last week, the video-sharing Web site released a statement saying it will introduce a sport streaming service dedicated to sport fans. However, the statement has since been updated to clarify that YouTube has not signed any licensing agreements with sports broadcasters.
YouTube says it is not launching a new streaming service; however, it is working closely with broadcasters and rights-holders in order to distribute their sporting events on the platform.
“In Sub-Saharan Africa, YouTube works with partners including SuperSport, which owns the exclusive regional broadcast rights to the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, FIFA Women’s World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations, among other franchises,” according to the updated statement.
SuperSport’s YouTube channel, which recently hit one million subscribers, publishes select video-on-demand highlights packages where permitted, which means fans across Africa can watch edited highlights of selected games after they have first aired live on SuperSport.
“SuperSport uses YouTube to grow sport fandom and reach digital audiences that are searching for sports content in Sub-Saharan Africa,” says Gideon Khobane, CEO of SuperSport.
"All content curated and published on YouTube is fully in SuperSport’s editorial control and in accordance with their broadcast and transmission rights agreements with rights-holders."
Live streaming is different from uploading highlights to stream on demand, and SuperSport has made no current agreement for live distribution of global or local sports franchises on YouTube, according to YouTube.
YouTube says it does not own or license any of the underlying broadcast rights, and SuperSport publishes clips, highlights and ancillary sport content to YouTube at its complete discretion.
“We know audiences are excited about sports content on YouTube and we are pleased to help fans discover more of the sports they love, in collaboration with our global and local partners,” says YouTube content partnerships lead Dayo Olopade.
“We apologise for any confusion caused.”


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Copart has opened a new location in Antelope, Calif., the company announced.
The addition of the new location was motivated, in part, by the company's commitment to adding vehicle storage capacity in California, said Copart CEO Jay Adair.
The new location holds online auctions every Thursday at noon. Eligible buyers can bid on inventory through their computers, smartphones, tablets, or bidding kiosks available onsite.
The new location will sit on top of 41 acres and Michael Sprifke will act as the general manager.


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Texas Almost Doubled Computer Recycling in 2010
Computer recycling in Texas almost doubled in 2010 compared the year prior, according to the state's environmental regulator. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality says 24.3 million pounds of old hard drives, motherboards and various other computer parts were diverted away from landfills last year.
The recycling program was created by the state legislature in 2007. House Bill 2714 requires computer manufacturers who sell in Texas to offer easy recycling programs for their brands of consumers.
"We're pretty pleased, but we do have a long way to go," Texas Campaign For The Environment program director Stacy Guidry told KUT News. She says Texas recycles less than one pound per person, while states like Oregon recycle more than 6 pounds per person.
"We're hoping it's not going to take us another eight years to get to the performance of a state like Oregon," she said.
Guidry says environmentalists in Texas are pushing to adopt measures already in place in other states, like TV recycling programs. She points to a bill introduced by State Rep. Byron Cook (R-Corsicana) as one example. State Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin) has filed a similar bill.


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Meanwhile Zambia needs to export goods that meet demand on the international market to promote trade and alleviate poverty in the country, consumer for unity and trust society (CUTS) board chairperson Love Mtesa has said.
Finland embassy counselor of economic growth and private sector development Ville Luukkanen said Zambia should ensure that borders are sealed to become independent areas of trade.
“In order to make Zambia a sovereign area of trade, there is need to ensure that borders are not porous and that they are tightly controlled in terms of imports and exports,” Mr Luukkanen said.
He said infrastructure development at border areas also play a vital role in promoting trade integration.
“There is urgent need to upgrade the information technology (IT) infrastructure to secure information and ensure that all border areas have access to the same information,” he said.
He added that Zambia needs to boost investment in the manufacturing sector to create jobs and gain economic freedom.
He however said that there are constraints to promoting the manufacturing sector which needs to be addressed.
“Constraints such as high cost of labour, unreliable supply of energy, difficult supply of raw materials this has resulted in the importation of raw materials, needs to be addressed to better investment,” he said.
Meanwhile Mr Mtesa said the government should be involved in attaining economic growth by creating an enabling environment for the private sector to thrive.
“For trade to be effective, it means a country must produce goods with value addition. For this to be achieved, Government should be actively involved in running the economy,” he said.
He was speaking during a public symposium on trade mainstreaming in national development plans, organised by the Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) and the Consumer for Unity and CUTS in Lusaka yesterday.
He said Zambia should emulate other developing countries like Singapore which is has moved from a third world to a first world country due to Government’s active intervention in running the economy.
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Featuring the latest in Under Armour technology, the range offers the best fit and protection for any weather.
The new apparel is now available to purchase online and in-store at Spurs Shops.
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Samsung Gear Sport smartwatch tipped by FCC entry
Looks like the Galaxy Note 8 may not be the only thing that Samsung announces later this month. A new Samsung smartwatch has been spotted in the FCC database. The image for the device’s FCC ID label shows that the smartwatch’s name is the Samsung Gear Sport and that its model number is SM-R600….
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