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We are thrilled to announce the launch of micebook EXPO re-Engineered, a new event for 2022 that will be hosted on 12-13 January at the new Mondrian Shoreditch London.
Team micebook are proud to have built a reputation for outside-the-box thinking and delivering events a little against the norm.
The micebook EXPO is re-Engineered to follow suit and we aim to deliver yet another fantastic event; boutique-style and with a twist to the standard expo format.
We will be celebrating the growth and return of three key industry sectors: Virtual, LIVE, Incentive, and the two-day event will focus on inspiring content, connections, and confidence.
Content will include learnings from the winners of the inaugural micebook V Awards, an overview of international and incentive business prospects in 2022, as well as providing the opportunity for agency leaders to come together to network and share best practice.
There will be one-to-one meetings, networking opportunities and an evening party, while attendees will get the opportunity to explore the new Mondrian property. Formerly The Curtain, the Shoreditch-based lifestyle hotel recently reopened under the Mondrian brand following a complete redesign, featuring new dining options, event spaces and a rooftop pool and lounge.
Chetan Shah, micebook CEO and founder, said: “Since the start of the pandemic, micebook has held weekly virtual talks, celebrated the best in virtual and hybrid at the inaugural micebook V Awards, continued to support the industry with regular content, agency leader discussions and events however we could do them.
“We have learnt that as an industry, even when faced with incredible challenges, we have much to say and so much to learn! As our industry begins to bounce back, the micebook EXPO Re-Engineered will give event planners the opportunity to learn, develop and collaborate with the best.”


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By Joey Aguilar/Staff Reporter
The novel coronavirus (Covid-19) has prompted several shops and food outlets at major malls in Doha to raise efforts in connecting with customers through online and other digital means to stay afloat. This comes as the Ministry of Commerce and Industry asked retail outlets and bank branches at malls and shopping centres to stop operation as a precautionary measure to stop the spread of Covid-19.
Due to the current situation, many stores found ways to offer residents various promotions and discounts, including free delivery. Cole Haan, for example, showcases an array of items with reduced prices on Instagram while its WhatsApp number also sends pictures for customers to select. The brand has stores at Doha Festival City (DHFC), Mall of Qatar (MoQ), Villaggio and The Pearl-Qatar and delivery may take at least a day.
Ikea, known for its ready-to-assemble furniture, offers “free delivery across Qatar on all online orders above QR100” as it showcases a wide range of items on its website.
Meanwhile, restaurants, eateries and fast food chains have no minimum amount for orders except for the delivery service charge of QR10 from Talabat.
“I find it very convenient to get my food online from these restaurants, I save a lot of time because I don’t need to cook at home or drive to dine elsewhere,” said Rizz A, a Filipino expatriate who now works from home.
According to MoQ, many of its food and beverage outlets such as Magnolia Bakery, Subway, Ocean basket, Pizza Hut, and Al Bayt, among other restaurants and cafes, listed on its website (subject to change) will continue to provide takeaway and home delivery services.
The mall’s hypermarket, food stores and pharmacies will remain open to the public during their normal operational hours.
DHFC general manager Robert Hall told Gulf Times that they have been working with all retailers at DHFC to find alternative ways to cater to the needs of our customers. “There has been an amazing response and agility from all our partners, and we are currently sharing multiple offers from our retailers with the intention of creating a convenient channel for our customers to shop from the comfort of their homes,” he said.
DHFC currently has more than 50 food and beverage outlets participating as well as over 60 retailers, including ladies and men’s fashion, beauty, perfumes, accessories, jewellery and watches, children’ clothing and edutainment as well as sporting goods, technology, homewares, florists and pharmacies, according to Hall.
He added that most of the participating stores are offering a free delivery service, and all deliveries are carried out in the fastest and most efficient ways possible, which vary according to the type of service ordered. “We have been working with our partners and retailers to offer customers an exceptional and convenient online shopping experience. It is important that we continuously seek new ways to support the community as well as our retailers – now more than ever. DHFC is the one and only online shopping destination, providing shoppers with unique opportunities and experiences during this period,” Hall said.
A number of popular brands at MoQ such as Godiva, The Face Shop, Salam Stores, Pari Gallery, Victoria Secret, H&M, Sheikha Style, and Bath and Body Works, among others, are all part of its ‘Shop from Home’ initiative, a webpage created by the mall. “The list is updated daily as more tenants are sending us the delivery service details daily. Not all the brands have the technology yet, most of them are offering the service when ordering via WhatsApp or phone call,” MoQ told Gulf Times.
The mall noted that it is not managing the home delivery service but the tenants, and most of them are free of charge. “We are supporting them by promoting their home delivery service through different communication channels, i.e. sms, social media, and website,” MoQ added.
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Montgomery County has received 61 requests from retail stores asking for approval to allow more than 150 customers, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Director Dr. Earl Stoddard said at a media briefing Tuesday.
In the county, retail capacity is limited to one person per 200 square feet. Large retail stores that want to allow more than 150 customers are required to have a letter of approval beginning Wednesday at 5 p.m. Requests for approval had to be submitted by 5 p.m. Monday. Businesses were required to explain how they will enforce coronavirus safety measures and how they are planning to moderate the number of people in their facilities.
Stoddard said about 40 of the 61 requests are from big-box stores. The county has not rejected any requests yet, but some will be required to follow-up after receiving feedback. The requests are not guaranteed approval, he said. If retailers submit plans that do not even attempt to meet county COVID-19 safety requirements, they will be rejected. But, he said that has not happened yet.
“Our goal is to get to yes in all cases possible,” Stoddard said.
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich noted he was at a mall recently and saw that most stores were abiding by safety guidelines. But, he said one “very big” store was not.
“The crowds in that store were far beyond the limits we have in our guidelines,” Elrich said. He said he was at a Westfield mall; there are two in our county: Westfield Montgomery in Bethesda and Westfield Wheaton.


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The FCA is being urged to crack down on pension providers after the regulator’s annuities thematic review raised concerns about a lack of competition in the market.
The FCA’s thematic review, published last week, reveals 80 per cent of people who buy an annuity from their existing provider would be better off if they shopped around and switched provider.
The regulator also reviewed 10 firms’ annuity books and found business sold to existing customers is more profitable than business sold through the open market option.
Annuity Direct chairman Alan Higham says: “The first step the FCA must now take is to ensure insurance companies cannot sell badly priced annuities to their own captive customers without being able to clearly show their customer made an informed choice to deprive themselves of thousands of pounds of income in retirement that they can ill afford to lose.
“It is simply not good enough to say we sent out a pack that had all the information when clearly customers were making choices that were consistent with a total lack of understanding of the issues.”
Hargreaves Lansdown head of pensions research Tom McPhail says: “Insurers have been the principal culprits in selling poor value products over the years and annuity brokers are working towards adopting minimum standards in how they deal with their customers.”
Association of British Insurers director general Otto Thoresen says: “We recognise our industry can do more to make the market work effectively for customers which is why we are finalising a new package of measures to enable people to engage and to shop around for better deals.”


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A deep recession in Europe this year seems imminent. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) foresees this based on the latest developments of the coronavirus. According to IMF, the severity of the recession mainly depends on how long the many restrictive measures will remain in force. Every month that large European economies keep their non-vital sectors shut down, their annual gross domestic product (GDP) is likely to shrink by about 3%. IMF fears a global recession at least as severe as during the financial crisis of 2008 or worse.
The economic confidence of businesses and consumers in the eurozone showed a historic decline in March due to the corona crisis. This was reported by the European Commission. This month’s index decreased by 8.9 points to 94.5 points, the sharpest decline since measurements began. The largest drops in confidence in the large eurozone economies were seen in Italy and Germany, and to a lesser extent in France, the Netherlands and Spain.
The activity of the Chinese industry picked up considerably in March, after the strongest contraction ever seen for China’s industry in February, as a result of the corona crisis. As a result, the Chinese economy seems to be recovering slowly from the severe blow caused by the virus outbreak. According to the Chinese Bureau of Statistics, the purchasing managers index, which measures industrial activity, increased to 52 last month, from an absolute low of 35.7 in February. A level of 50 or more indicates growth, including contraction.
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Are Americans growing more skeptical of promises of investment from massive (digital) companies?
- Amazon had spent years on a controversial campaign to select cities where it plans to build giant corporate campuses.
- In November, the retail giant announced plans to build its so-called HQ2 in Virginia and New York.
- On Thursday, Amazon cancelled its plans to build in New York following backlash from local lawmakers, union leaders, and protestors.
China's export growth model hit a wall. So it reinvented itself.
- China is no longer an impoverished manufacturer of the world's products; it is a major consumer market of 1.4 billion people.
- When its manufacturing boom hit a wall, China changed tactics and invested heavily in consumerism at home – a second boom that will make China king.
- Global brands are desperate for a piece of China's $5 trillion private consumer market.
When he first became a multi-millionaire, Elon Musk shared how his vision led to success.
- Elon Musk saw that you could make money on the internet back in 1995, when most people didn't.
- He explains that he's not interested in money as much as in starting companies.
- Musk likes to pursue new ideas like a "new game".
Despite incredible economic growth, it is not necessarily an investor's paradise.
- China's stock market is just 27 years old. It's economy has grown 30x over that time.
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29K Pounds of Sausage Recalled Over Risk of MetalNewser — Arden Dier
Check your freezer for 23.4-oz. packages of Jimmy Dean's "Heat 'n Serve" sausages, recalled over an apparent risk of metal fragments. The Monday announcement from the Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service refers to five customer complaints of metal pieces in the frozen pork and poultry sausages by CTI Foods.
Some 29,000 pounds of sausage carrying the code A6382168, packaged on Aug. 4, 2018, with a use-by date of Jan. 31, 2019, have now been recalled, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
"These items were shipped to an establishment in Tennessee where the product was further distributed to retail stores," according to the FSIS. It's unclear what caused the contamination.
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Asus released what seems to be one of the most ambitious product it has ever released, in what they’re calling as a five-mode, three-in-one converged laptop: the Asus Transformer Book V. To sum up the features, it is basically a Windows-Android notebook that also works as a tablet and finally as a smartphone. If you look at it, the smartphone docks into the tablet (like their earlier FonePad products), and then the tablet (which runs both Android and Windows) can be docked on a keyboard.
Specifications-wise, the Transformer Book V will run Windows 8.1 and Android 4.4 KitKat and will run on Intel Core processors. It will also have a 12.5-inch display and special button that lets instantly change operating systems.
The smartphone will be powered by an Intel Atom quad-core processor and will have a 5.5-inch screen, along with the latest Android 4.4 KitKat operating system. No word on the pricing has been released as of now.
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The European Energy Exchange (EEX) and Global Dairy Trade (GDT) have signed a Letter of Intent to evaluate the possibility of working together to set up and operate an auction mechanism for dairy products originating in Europe.
Global Dairy Trade operates GDT Events, a twice-monthly public price discovery auction for generic, large-volume products. It is the leading dairy auction globally with over 520 registered bidders from more than 80 countries.
EEX’s offering for European dairy products includes financially settled futures on skimmed milk powder, butter and whey powder. Since the launch of agricultural products in mid-May 2015, the EEX derivatives market for dairy products has continuously recorded new record volumes and shown steady growth, becoming the leading exchange market for dairy risk management in Europe.
Over the next months, EEX and GDT will consult with dairy product buyers and sellers about the possibility of jointly offering price discovery for European dairy products through a credible auction mechanism designed for the European market.
“We believe that our proposal can significantly benefit the dairy value chain by providing another business channel for exports, as well as potentially creating underlying data for new risk management instruments. With its expertise in dairy auctions Global Dairy Trade is the ideal partner for such a project,” says Sascha Siegel (pictured), Head of Agricultural Commodities at EEX.
Eric Hansen, Director of Global Dairy Trade, says: “EEX is highly respected and the only European market operator recording a significant number of dairy futures contracts. We look forward to exploring the potential for a joint initiative that would enable us to better meet the needs of European buyers and sellers. This initiative forms an important part of our ongoing growth strategy.


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The New Zealand dollar fell to a two-week low as global trade tensions escalated with Chinese authorities saying they were prepared to respond to harsher US tariffs.
The kiwi dropped as low as 67.37 US cents, trading at 67.40 cents as at 8am in Wellington from 67.75 cents yesterday. The trade-weighted index declined to 72.77 from 72.98 yesterday.
China's Ministry of Commerce said the world's most populous nation was "fully prepared" to retaliate to protect its people after US President Donald Trump yesterday directed officials to consider imposing a bigger tariff on US$200 billion of Chinese goods than previously flagged. Heightened trade tensions between the world's two biggest economies have weighed on currencies of openly trading nations such as New Zealand.
"It sounds like a broken record, but the escalation in trade tensions has once again knocked kiwi lower," ANZ Bank New Zealand economists Miles Workman and Philip Borkin said in a note. "Whether or not it is enough to break it out of established ranges is another question, though the key may be other crosses, with some sitting on key levels."
No local data is scheduled for today, although Australian retail sales and Chinese manufacturing figures will attract attention. The kiwi fell to 91.51 Australian cents from 91.77 cents yesterday and declined to 4.6081 Chinese yuan from 4.6179 yuan.
The local currency traded at 51.76 British pence from 51.71 pence yesterday after the Bank of England raised its benchmark interest rate a quarter-point to 0.75 percent and said further increases will be gradual. The kiwi traded at 58.15 euro cents from 58.16 cents yesterday and fell to 75.23 yen from 75.62 yen.
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Russia: Inflation falls to new historic low
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In February, consumer prices rose 0.4% over the previous month, which was below both January's 0.5% rise and the 0.8% rise recorded in February last year. Consequently, annual headline inflation dropped from January's 4.2% to 3.7%, marking a new post-Soviet historic low. The core consumer price index, which excludes short-term price changes influenced by administrative and seasonal factors, rose 0.4% in February, a notch below the 0.5% rise recorded in January. Despite the monthly increase, annual core inflation dropped from January's 6.0% to 5.7% in February. The government expects inflation to end the year between 5.5% and 6.0%.
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It is not a new thing for an Apple product to be leaked ahead of launch but if a newly surfaced leak turns out to be legitimate, we might already have information about several upcoming products from the Cupertino-based company. Alleged Foxconn insiders have reportedly leaked information about company's plans about augmented reality, upcoming smartphones, laptops, and a voice-activated speaker.
In a Reddit thread, 'foxconninsider' has revealed that a 32GB RAM variant will be introduced to the 15-inch MacBook Pro lineup and that MacBook Air laptop will be discontinued by the company, as pointed out in a report by AppleInsider. However, the source didn't respond to a query seeking the timeline for the addition of the new RAM variant.
Interestingly, earlier reports have suggested that Apple will be introducing the 32GB RAM variant of the 15-inch MacBook Pro on Monday at its WWDC 2017 event. Further, the leaks have suggested that Apple will be refreshing its MacBook Air laptop at its event, contradicting the new information.
While foxconninsider says that new designs have been tested including "more glass and dark black body," the glowing Apple logo is also expected to be reintroduced to the lineup. A MacBook with dynamic E-Ink keyboard, rumoured since last year, is apparently in the pipeline for 2018 as well.
Moving to the iPad, the alleged insiders have suggested that a new size variant is expected to be launched but said that they don't have access to the tablet, as pointed out in a report by The Verge. Apple is currently expected to launch two iPad Pro tablets - one with a 10.5-inch display and the other with a 12.9-inch display.
Apple is already expected to announce its Siri-powered speaker at WWDC 2017, and foxconninsider says that Foxconn lost out to another contract manufacturer for its production. Calling it the Apple home speaker, the tipsters added that its availability will be delayed until late-2017. The tipsters also said the speaker has a similar shape to Mac Pro, adding that it hadn't been seen in a while. The Siri-powered speaker has been tipped to come with a modified A9 chip, as pointed out by The Verge.
Coming to the information leaked regarding iPhone 8 aka iPhone X, the design of the smartphone has been described as "more like an iPhone 7 with glass and without the AuthenTec's capacitive touch module." The design on the smartphone has been described by foxconninsider as closest to a leaked image that shows a vertical dual camera setup with glass back.
The source said that some units with glass back and fingerprint sensor beneath the glass were tested as well but the yields were not found to be "not good". The iPhone X has been said to feature facial detection as well as a retina scanner that will be "included in the front facing camera modules," as pointed out by The Verge. The foxconninsider says that the iPhone X will pack 3GB of RAM. The glass has been said to be included to enable wireless charging and USB Type-C has been tipped to be removed from the phone altogether. As a result, the iPhone X is also expected to be water resistant as well. On the other hand, iPhone 7s, the rumoured refresh for the iPhone 7 has been tipped to come with aluminium unibody and not feature wireless charging.
Notably, the augmented reality glasses from the company, which have been in leaks, were also discussed in the Reddit session. As per foxconninsider, the project for augmented reality glasses has been termed Project Mirrorshades and is being designed to bring AR to a larger audience, as pointed out by The Verge.
The Apple AR glasses, termed Apple Smart Glasses, have been tipped to come with "Kopin NED Acetate frame, Polarisized or prescription lens with Zeiss smart optics, Bone induction modules Microphones (noise cancellation), Light sensor Accelerometer for step tracking and head movement, app navigation Magnetometer for navigation, Capacitive Pavel Ceramic battery, Apple chipset, Charging circuit BL5 Induction module."
The cost of the materials used for these glasses have been estimated to be around $150 (roughly Rs.), and would eventually place the retail price around $600, as per the information made available by foxconninsider. However, the entire project can even be cancelled with the source claiming that there is 65 percent chance of cancellation.
While some of the information might be proved correct or be disproved at company's WWDC event, we might have to wait a little longer for information on other products. Till that time, we would advise you to keep grain of salt by your side.


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Hyundai-Kia China has import permit revoked
Since January 2008, China Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) have received complaints from Hyundai-Kia dealers about the sales bundling and overstocking enforced by Kia China. In these months the dealers are facing growing pressures of the dwindling market and short funding. Now China's commerce ministry has temporarily revoked the import permit of Hyundai-Kia (China).
A CDCA official said that the ministry has required Hyundai and Kia to solve the complaints from their dealers quickly and properly before their import license is renewed.
Currently Hyundai and Kia have an inventory of about 5,500 vehicles in Chinese ports, excluding the dealership stockpliles and their imports on the way in the coming three months. Hyundai-Kia (China) aims to sell 55,000 imported vehicles in 2008, but it had only sold about 30,000 units by the end of September.
Industry experts said that if the Korean auto company sticks to this sales goal in the currently sluggish Chinese market, more of their imports will pile up in the dealerships. As a result, the dealers who cannot fulfill the sales targets will face huge risks and some will have to close down.
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Introducing pop, the animation engine behind paper today we're open-sourcing pop, the animation engine behind the application's smooth animations and stay up-to-date via rss with the latest open source project releases from facebook, news from our engineering teams, and upcoming. What's the most striking thing about facebook on the iphone that's easy: it's the fact that there's nothing striking about it the company's ios app is essentially similar to what you get in a desktop browser, with a few nips and tucks to reflect the fact that it's on a teensy screen. From the time that google killed off google reader (rip), there has been speculation that facebook was working on a sort of news reader of its own. This ain't your mama's facebook paper is almost too modern, or maybe it's just years ahead of its time the free new ios app released today in the us lets you browse your news feed plus curated sections of articles and memes through full-screen cards, gestures, and animations paper is equipped to be a full-fledged facebook client but the.
Sure, you can go on assuming that paper is facebook's news app i think it's a facebook redesign by the backdoor. Find breaking us news, local new york news coverage, sports, entertainment news, celebrity gossip, autos, videos and photos at nydailynewscom. Facebook's news feed app paper seemed like a weird experiment in rethinking facebook now it's underpinning the company's big push into news publishing. Table of contentspages i title page ii acknowledgement iii introduction iv background of the study v statement of the problem vi glossary v. The social networking behemoth facebook has just updated its popular paper app for the iphone with ios 8 compatibility following the release of apple's mobile operating system this morning facebook paper version 122, a maintenance update, also enables high-definition video uploading. Paper boat, bangalore, india 334,839 likes 32,486 talking about this 329 were here drinks and memories.
Facebook will launch a new app called paper which radically overhauls how users view status updates, photographs and videos posted by contacts and also brings streams of curated news content from a range of partner publications. Facebook released its latest app, paper, as a modern adaptation of the platform for mobile devices but it's clear that mark zuckerberg and crew see the app as the company's future as users are increasingly logging in from their phones. In these facebook business pages white papers, we learn important points about facebook marketing view free facebook business white papers. Just one day before its 10-year anniversary, facebook released its paper app, a news reader that allows readers to explore and share stories after downloading the app, users will see stories from major.
Facebook has explained why its paper app will take awhile to land (if ever) on android, ipad and international markets. If it can't make a phone itself, paper demonstrates facebook will just take over your phone through apps. Paper - by facebook for iphone, free and safe download paper - by facebook latest version: facebook for mobile reimagined paper by facebook is a complete rethinking of how facebook should work on mobile devices by mixi. This sample research paper on social networks to find out why they can be dangerous while offering a great tool for conversation.
The i paper 265,672 likes 62,041 talking about this your essential daily briefing follow us on twitter and instagram @theipaper for subscription. The words facebook paper might only be vaguely familiar to you this is because facebook's iphone-only news app, launched in 2014, never got much traction facebook never shared any usage numbers for the app, but the signs that paper's shelf life is coming to an end were plenty facebook shut.
Facebook launched a brand-new, dedicated news app called paper on feb 3, but just two months later, popularity of the app has tanked on launch day, it was the no 1 social networking app, and the no 1 app in the us itunes store now, it's fallen to no 76 in social and no 965 in the us as of.
Facebook is aiming very high with paper, writes doug hopkins brands should too. This paper describes how facebook leverages memcached as a building block to construct and scale a distributed key-value store that the latency of memcache's response is a critical factor in the response time of a user's request a single user. The i paper 263,344 likes 8,624 talking about this your essential daily briefing follow us on twitter and instagram @theipaper for subscription. Facebook is making its own play in the news app category, going up against incumbents like flipboard and google's own newsstand service it's called paper and. Research papers on a facebook case study look into the successful business model implemented by one of the first and most successful applications of social media. At facebook, research permeates everything we do we believe the most interesting research questions are derived from real world problems working on cutting edge research with a practical focus, we push product boundaries every day at the same time, we publish papers, give talks, and collaborate broadly with the academic community. Facebook paper took the company nearly 30 months to build unlike the media, facebook didn't think of paper as a news reader.


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(Bloomberg) — Malaysia’s financial system is rising strongly many thanks to the rise in commodity price ranges and central bankers “still have room” to tighten financial policy to deal with accelerating inflation if necessary, in accordance to Finance Minister Zafrul Aziz.
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The financial state received pace in the 1st quarter of this yr, as the region dropped most virus constraints. That allowed the central lender home to elevate borrowing expenditures this month to preemptively battle inflation, even although client rates are attaining at the slowest charge in Southeast Asia.
The central financial institution may well resume hiking the benchmark policy fee again in the 3rd quarter, in accordance to a Bloomberg survey.
“We imagine we are on the correct observe,” Zafrul advised Bloomberg Television’s Haslinda Amin at the World Financial Discussion board in Davos, Switzerland. “Our desire rate has absent by up by 25 basis factors mainly since of the strength of the financial state. I assume we are able to boost it devoid of having significantly adverse impact on the economic system due to the fact of where by we are. But once again, it is nonetheless accommodative simply because it is at 2% as opposed to 3% right before. 2% is the most affordable in 10 years.”
He mentioned pegging the forex was not getting regarded as and that he is “comfortable” with wherever the ringgit is now investing.
Malaysia’s high vaccination level, coupled with the worldwide pivot towards residing with the virus, nudged the govt to reopen its global borders in April. That’s buoyed optimism the country’s restoration has arrived at firmer footing, with Lender Negara Malaysia estimating the financial state to quicken wherever concerning 5.3% and 6.3% in 2022 from a year in the past.
Risks to that outlook continue to be in the form of worldwide tensions, specifically the war in Europe. Malaysia, a web foods importer, is using steps to protected its supplies with foods costs surging to all-time highs as the war in Ukraine worsens a worldwide starvation disaster.
Shopper charges rose by a modest 2.3% in April, when the core evaluate that strips volatile food items and electricity fees gained 2.1%. Still, considerations about rate pressures lend itself to a go this week by Primary Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to halt exports of rooster from June 1 to curtail mounting nearby selling prices. The governing administration also scrapped authorised permit requirements for import of food stuff products including wheat, poultry and milk, to augment domestic materials.
Soaring food charges will go on to dominate Malaysia’s inflation in the coming months amid elevated world wide commodity selling prices and domestic supply chain disruptions, analysts at TA Securities wrote in a note Thursday. The place is also impacted by large import selling prices aggravated by the weak ringgit, they added.
Zafrul explained the govt has been spending a lot more on subsidising prices than it did final yr to assist Malaysia’s most vulnerable, but the effect on the government’s spending budget experienced been buffered by the commodity price tag surge.
“Our coffers will be Okay,” he explained.
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Former Key Minister Mahathir Mohamad scrapped the products and services tax soon right after coming into electric power in 2018, satisfying a campaign pledge but putting condition revenues less than force. A minister past calendar year stated policy makers must look at re-introducing the tax at an proper time to enhance income.
That would need the assist of parliament, which would imply any change wouldn’t arise right before the center of up coming yr at the earliest, Zafrul reported.
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Apple and Foxconn’s jumper problem might not be a thing of the past after all, as reports over the weekend broke that two workers have jumped from the roof of Foxconn’s Shenzhen factory on Friday in reaction to job cuts, lowered wages and the end of free amenities at the world’s largest gadget manufacturer.
What’s happening is a little bit confusing, and mostly comes from numerous microblog reports, but Kotaku says:
On the Friday morning the 29, photos and posts appeared on China’s twitter like microblogging service, Sina Weibo, which two Foxconn employees had jumped off a building due to concerns over job security. Most reports say that three workers climbed up to the roof of the G14 building at Foxconn Shenzhen. One cited source said that the workers climbed up because they were worried about their jobs. Foxconn has seen a decline in orders since the first few months of this year. Due to the decline the company has started using various methods to get rid of workers…
Recent reports about Foxconn say that the company has started to lower employee wages. It is also reported that Foxconn has taken away and started charging employees for once free services.
There may be nothing to this report: a Foxconn spokesman has claimed that no such incident has occurred.
It’s also worth nothing that while local reports claim that workers are being fired and amenities cut at Foxconn, that is hard to reconcile with Foxconn’s record profits last quarter. On the other hand, recent reports have suggested that February was a very weak month for all of Apple’s suppliers.
Foxconn suicide jumpers is an old problem for the manufacturing giant, but one that everyone had believed had been licked. What’s so strange about this report is that old jumps were allegedly prompted by inhumane work conditions. Now, though, Apple has 99% compliance in enforcing a 60 hour work week across all of its manufacturing partners. It seems like Foxconn’s workers are now jumping because there’s not enough work.
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Could Apple Pay Spell the End of BYOD?
Here’s an angle you might not be thinking about when it comes to Apple Pay (set for release this very week): Could the service actually spell the end of the BYOD movement? The CEO of Harmon.ie, Yaacov Cohen, went on record with CIO.com arguing that the need to share personal payment information to power Apple Pay will make workers uncomfortable with submitting their devices to IT review and policies. As Cohen puts it, if Apple Pay takes off, then our phones will become our wallets. And are we ready to hand over our wallets to employers? Cohen believes that Apple has the scale to make mobile payments mainstream, but he also thinks the movement could spell trouble for the complex BYOD environment. Would you agree? Tell us in the comments!
iOS 8 Adoption Curve: Steep
One well-documented challenge of developing for Android is the many versions of its OS that people run on their phones. Apple’s customers tend to adopt new operating systems more rapidly, and iOS 8 is no exception. Almost half of all active iPhones and iPads are already running the new OS, which was released on September 17. By contrast, Android’s newest OS, KitKat, has been out for 10 months and still hasn’t hit 25 percent adoption. The graphs in The Verge’s article make this disparity painfully clear and highlight just how many different versions of Android operating systems developers need to take into consideration (at least four). This only underscores the importance of using a cross-platform tool when you develop apps. No one wants to write new code for every different device, operating system and form factor. The right tools can help you reuse code and avoid the hassle and headache inherent to app development in a world full of customers who don’t always upgrade to the newest OS.
Soccer Puts Wearables to Use Reducing Injuries
It’s not always easy to see how wearable devices can make an impact in any given industry. But the Seattle Sounders have put together a strategic program that uses wearables to reduce injuries among their players. They’re succeeding: injuries have been reduced by more than half this year vs. 2012. How does it work? The Sounders use data gathered from a variety of devices to better understand the nature of each player’s game and when they’re most likely to get hurt. These devices include GPS technology, heart rate monitors, sleep trackers and more. Their performance analytics guru then takes this information, analyzes it using Tableau and produces individual reports that help the team better understand how players respond to certain exercises. Ultimately, they can use this data to make decisions about training schedules, game lineups and even which players they should recruit. It’s a worthwhile project, and one whose learnings can apply to many types of companies. While there may not be purpose-built tools out there for your industry, it’s worth putting some thought into what types of data you could collect using various wearables and other sensor-based devices and how you could use that data to improve performance on many levels.


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Natural, organic items grab bigger share in supermarketsThe Indianapolis Star
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I’ve been living in a smart home for nearly 10 years. It’s filled with sensors, smart lighting, voice recognition, security cameras, a smart thermostat, and more. In spite of all its capabilities, my home would be completely dumb if I hadn’t dedicated hours upon hours telling it exactly how all of those components should work together, and then constantly tweaking those instructions when I add or subtract components and as my life patterns change. All that silicon made my home smart, but not intelligent. Vivint says its new Sky system can change that.
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Sky is a cloud-based artificial intelligence that promises to eliminate the need to program your smart home system. You’ll no longer need to write complicated scripts telling your system what it should do in every conceivable scenario or sequence of events, or become frustrated at your inability to predict them all. Sky, according to Vivint, can accurately detect the state of your home and automatically issue appropriate instructions to its various systems: Is the home occupied? By whom? Which lights are on? Does the temperature need to be managed? Are the occupants awake or asleep? Should the doors be locked? And so on.
“What we’re offering has been promised for a long time,” said Vivint Smart Home chief strategy and innovation officer Matt Eyring, “but the issue has been a limited number of sensors in the home. You can’t determine sleep, wake, home, and away unless you have a lot of sensors. With Sky, we can determine—in real-world, messy conditions, with adults carrying smart devices and kids and older folks who aren’t—who’s in the home. We can analyze past patterns and predict when you go to work, if you’re ready to go to bed. And we don’t depend on everyone having a smartphone or even everyone with a smartphone having our app installed.”
“We focus on macro states of the home, added Vivint CTO Jeremy Warren. “When do people go to sleep, when do they wake up, when do they leave for work? You won’t need to go in and program scripts. The system will ask you questions. ‘Hey it looks like you’re gone for the day? Do you want me to turn these lights off? Should I lock these doors?’ The system is aware of the state of lights, windows, entry locks, and so on. It will learn your pattern of activity and proactively make suggestions. But we don’t believe in the man-behind-the-curtain approach to managing your home. Like the driver of an autonomous vehicle, the homeowner should feel they can always grab the wheel, so to speak.”
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Eyring characterized Sky as the third wave of smart home development. “The connected home was the first wave. Voice control with the Amazon Echo and Google Home was next. Phase three is the first time we’re really seeing a smart home, one that’s actually learning and interacting. It’s not just executing scripts or depending on you to pull up an app and push buttons. Today, you have to remember that you forgot something. The real smart home will know these things and do them for you while keeping you in the loop. It’s more than just a remote control.”
Vivint doesn’t intend to compete with products such as the Echo or Google Home; it will incorporate those devices instead. “We think of the Echo and Google Home the same way we think of Android OS,” said Warren. “We’re not going to reinvent smart speakers or voice control, but we want those things to be included.” While Vivint offers its own smart thermostat, it can also incorporate the Nest Learning Thermostat into its system.
Vivint’s existing smart home offering already incorporates the Echo. You can tell Alexa to turn smart lights on and off, lock smart deadbolts, control the thermostat, close your garage door, arm the security system itself, and more. But she won’t unlock doors, open the garage door, or disarm the security system because that would leave you vulnerable. The Echo responds to voice commands, but it can’t distinguish between residents and burglars.
Vivint says Sky will be incorporated into its existing smart home offering at no additional cost, and that it will be rolled out starting in the second quarter of 2017.
“We’re not looking for ways to upcharge people,” Eyring said, “we just want to add value to the systems people already have.” Vivint systems are professionally installed and generally require long-term contracts with monthly subscription payments (starting at $39.99 per month) in exchange for receiving some of the equipment for “free.” You can compare Vivint’s offerings here.


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Hanoi's tourism industry has been on a quest for technological solutions to serve its development of smart tourism. Integrating QR codes into many of Hanoi's historical sites to enhance the tourist experience is one such solution.
|Local visitors scan QR code through the gate of the Temple of Literature. Photo: Hoai Nam/ The Hanoi Times
At 8 am, Nguyen Viet Cuong, a tour guide, arrived at the Temple of Literature cultural and historical site with a group of tourists from the northern province of Hai Duong. Instead of buying paper tickets for each person, he only needed to buy one ticket, or an electronic receipt, and scan the QR code for the entire group at the entrance gate.
"I find using electronic tickets more convenient. Previously, 20 people had to stand in line for a long time, but now we only need to scan the QR code at the gate for a few minutes to complete the process," Cuong said.
This is a convenience brought by the electronic ticketing system at the cultural and historical site of the Temple of Literature that has been conducted since June this year.
Khong Minh Huy, a local visitor, told The Hanoi Times that using electronic receipts is not only convenient for groups of travelers but also for individuals, as it eliminates the need to print paper tickets, thus protecting the environment.
Huy, who visited the relic site with his nephew, added that this type of ticket sale is very convenient as tourists only need to scan the QR code on their smartphones to start their exploration of the tourism site.
According to the Center for Scientific and Cultural Activities of the Temple of Literature, the QR code stores enough information about the date and time the ticket was issued and the serial number.
Nguyen Van Tu, deputy director of the Center for Scientific and Cultural Activities of the Temple of Literature, told The Hanoi Times: "Using technology to sell tickets to customers saves printing costs."
He added that integrating QR codes into electronic tickets for customers, especially group tourists, makes it easier for tax authorities to control them.
|Electronic ticketing technology is also being applied at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel. Photo: Nhan Dan newspaper
Electronic ticketing technology is also used at historical sites such as Thang Long - Hanoi Imperial Citadel, making it easy for tourists to book a visit either through the site's application or the General Department of Tourism's application. A QR code is issued to each successfully booked visitor. When visitors arrive at the relic site, they only need to scan the code to enter.
Nguyen Hong Chi, Director of the Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center, said: "As part of the digital transformation of the culture and tourism industry, we are applying related solutions to promote heritage, using 3D digitization for conservation, applying audio guide software, and introducing QR codes."
Sergiusz Klos, a tourist from the Netherlands, has visited many historical sites in Hanoi and was satisfied with the electronic ticketing system at the Quan Thanh Temple.
He said that this electronic system brings convenience and speed to tourists, from ticket purchases to ticket verification. He said he would prefer to choose destinations and historical sites with electronic ticketing systems because of their advantages.
|Quan Thanh Temple is using the electronic ticket system. Photo: TITC
Thanh Hung, an international tour guide, highly appreciated the advantages of the electronic ticketing system and enthusiastically shared that he strongly supports the electronic ticketing system at Quan Thanh Temple.
"If Quan Thanh Temple uses online ticket purchases in the future, it will be another step forward in promoting the tourist attraction," he said.
Bui Hong Son, Deputy Director of the Quan Thanh Temple Management Board, said that the Quan Thanh Temple would continue to improve the operation of the electronic ticketing system to make it more convenient for people and tourists to visit the temple.
Statistics from the Hanoi Department of Tourism show that in the first five months of 2023, Hanoi welcomed 10.11 million tourists, an increase of 53.9% year on year, of which more than 1.7 million were international visitors, a nearly tenfold rise interannually.
To promote the development of tourism in Hanoi, the application of new technology is essential to move towards smart, friendly tourism and enhance tourists' experience, according to local experts.


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The European Commission announced further details of the implementation of the Digital Single Market Strategy. The announcement includes draft Regulations to enhance content portability within Europe by banning geo-blocking in certain circumstances. It also gives an indication of the potentially far-reaching copyright reforms due to be developed further in 2016. The EU Commission's Digital Single Market Strategy is a wide-ranging and ambitious proposal to reform the digital market place within the EU. The aim of the strategy is to create an online market across the EU where consumers and businesses can carry out online activities easily, irrespective of nationality or place of residence. The implementation of this strategy will impact upon a host of regulations and laws applying to online content and its users and providers. This article goes into the Commission's views regarding geo-blocking and its wider vision for copyright.
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USA: Sara Lee Corporation and the Earthgrains Company receive EC antitrust clearance
Sara Lee Corporation announced yesterday that the European Commission has approved Sara Lee's acquisition of The Earthgrains Company. The European Commission's decision was the sole remaining regulatory approval required for the acquisition. Sara Lee's tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of Earthgrains common stock is currently scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m. (EDT) on Tuesday, August 7, 2001.
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While Conshohocken’s Borough Council recently chose not to take action on a medical marijuana ordinance, several other municipalities have chosen to zone for marijuana growing businesses and/or dispensaries. Until this recent article on Philly.com, we haven’t read about any major opposition or even people actually asking questions about what could be the eventuality of allowing medical marijuana. From the article:
“Will pot be legal in Pennsylvania someday soon?” Brendan McPhillips, a real estate professional and father of two girls, asked Flyers sports-empire scion Lindy Snider, who a month earlier had received the blessings of other neighbors in the same Northeast Philadelphia church hall for plans to possibly build a medical-marijuana facility in their neighborhood, near the Bucks County border.
“Yes,” interjected a neighbor at the monthly meeting of Parkwood Civic Association, where Snider’s plans also came up for discussion at a previous meeting.“Yes,” said another.
“Probably,” added a third.
“If you owned it the day pot becomes legal in Pennsylvania, would you say, ‘I’d like to sell it from here?’ ” McPhillips again asked Snider, suggesting a future operator might want to increase profits by adding a smoking lounge and retail shop near the rowhouse enclave.“It’s not going to happen on my watch,” Snider replied.
As the full article details, residents weren’t so much concerned about medical marijuana, but are very concerned about the potential that recreational marijuana will be legalized and the dispensaries and grow facilities could become sales locations.
Should they be concerned? Remember back when Pennsylvania was going through the process of allowing casinos and they were only supposed to be slot parlors? The casinos were approved and table games were added shortly after. Everyone involved in the process was lying. Slots-only was an easier sell. Once approved, they added table games. Then Governor Rendell went from “willing to consider” signing a law that allowed table games in June of 2009 to threatening to fire 1,000 state workers if tables games weren’t approved in December of 2009.
Is the same going to be true for marijuana? State Senator Daylin Leach (D), who represents neighboring communities to Conshohocken, has said as much. Leach was a main proponent of the recent legalization of medical marijuana and supports the legalization of recreational marijuana. Leach proposed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana in 2015. The bill didn’t become law, but here is how he presented the process:
“I imagine the focus will be on medical this year,” Leach said. “It’s sort of an easier lift for some people, and in some peoples’ lives, more urgent. There are sick people who need their medicine.”
Boy, doesn’t that sound like… don’t worry folks, its just slots.
To be fair to Leach, he wants the state’s wine and liquor stores to sell recreational marijuana. But there is a chance those won’t be around by the time recreational marijuana is legalized (if it ever is). What will be in place, when, and if, it is legalized, is an existing network of operating grow facilities and retail locations already in the medical marijuana business. It isn’t a leap to say these will be permitted to move into the recreational side of the business.
We believe that most people would not object to a medical marijuana dispensary in their community. Would there be the same level of support if it could eventually lead to a recreational marijuana being sold there?
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Starts Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation Race Day with announcement
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., August 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — NASCAR today announced a new multi-year partnership with leading full-service logistics partner Worldwide Express, naming the company an “Official Logistics Partner of NASCAR.” The news comes on the morning of Worldwide Express’ eligibility race, the Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation at Richmond Raceway.
Since becoming a primary sponsor of the team earlier this year, Worldwide Express has expanded its presence in NASCAR, signing on as an eligibility sponsor for this weekend’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, which was announced earlier this summer. In addition to the official NASCAR partnership, Worldwide Express has also been named the “Official Logistics Partner of Richmond Raceway”.
“As a full-service logistics provider, Worldwide Express understands the hard work and dedication our teams, tracks and employees put into every race weekend,” he said Daryl Wolf, Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer at NASCAR. “Our sport is always on the move so we are delighted to welcome a company like Worldwide Express that knows what it takes to provide our fans with a successful race weekend.”
Worldwide Express and its sister brands GlobalTranz and Unishippers formed partnerships with NASCAR teams Trackhouse Racing and Niece Motorsports earlier this year, with the company serving as the main sponsor for both teams.
“We are very pleased to build on our successful involvement with NASCAR at the team and race level and now serve as the official logistics partner for both NASCAR and Richmond Raceway,” said the President of Worldwide Express Rob Rose. “We are uniquely positioned to handle the logistical complexities that NASCAR and its teams deal with each week to host and compete in world-class racing. We look forward to partnering with NASCAR to provide exciting race weekends for years to come.”
Founded in 1992, the Worldwide Express family of brands has grown into a premier full-service logistics provider and the second largest privately held freight brokerage company North America, with clients ranging from SMBs to the Fortune 100. More than 115,000 shippers benefit from improved visibility and efficiency for their supply chain services thanks to the company’s market-leading solutions for parcel, general cargo (LTL), truckload shipping and managed transportation services, powered by proprietary technology, unique databases and business intelligence capabilities based. To learn more about Worldwide Express visit wwex.com and for more information on Worldwide Express Racing visit www.wwexracing.com.
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the #1 form of motorsport in The United States and owners of 16 of the country’s largest motorsports entertainment venues. NASCAR consists of three national series (NASCAR Cup Series™, NASCAR Xfinity Series™ and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series™), four regional series (ARCA Menards Series™, ARCA Menards Series East & West and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour™), one local grassroots series (NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series™) and three international series (NASCAR Pinty’s Series™, NASCAR Mexico Series™, NASCAR Whelen Euro Series™). The International Motor Sports Association™ (IMSA®) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship™, the premier US sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics and A DAYTONA. Based in Daytona Beach, Flawith offices in eight cities North AmericaNASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races in more than 30 US states, Canada, Mexico and Europe. For more information visit www.nascar.com and www.IMSA.comand follow NASCAR on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat (“NASCAR”).
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Worldwide Express, LLC is a full-service, non-asset based logistics provider that provides more than 115,000 customers access to industry-leading small package, truckload and less than truckload shipping solutions. With annual system-wide sales approaching 5 billion dollars Through a network of company-owned, franchised and agent locations, Worldwide Express, along with its sister brands GlobalTranz and Unishippers, is the second largest private freight broker in the country. As the largest UPS outside of retail® As an authorized reseller in the USA, the company is a local partner for the global supply chains for shippers of all sizes, from small and medium-sized businesses to large corporations. This coupled with a selective portfolio of more than 65 lit and tens of thousands of truckloads, offers customers an unmatched range of options and flexibility to meet their shipping needs. To learn more, visit www.wwex.com.
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Misdeclared cargo can pose a serious danger to shippers. See how misdeclaration occurs and how you can be held liable for damages.
The KMTC containership was docked in Thailand on May 27th earlier this spring. At approximately 6:45 in the morning, an explosion occurred and the ship lit up in flames. The fire roared late into the afternoon when authorities were finally able to put the fire out. By that time 130 people had already been hospitalized. Luckily the ship was still docked, a fire like this out on the open sea could have been detrimental.
The cause of the fire was determined to be containers storing calcium hypochlorite and chlorinated paraffin. Both of these goods are considered dangerous and were misdeclared by their owners.
What it Means to Misdeclare Cargo
Cargo is misdeclared when the physical goods and the description of these goods are not the same. According to the Cargo Incident Notification System, 27% of incidents on cargo ships can be attributed to the misdeclaration of goods.
30 years ago, when shipping standards were more lenient, labeling goods as kitchen supplies or sporting goods would have sufficed. However, present-day container ships can fit 18,000 20 ft. containers on board. If the goods stored within those containers are not properly labeled, the ship’s crew will not be able to take the proper safety precautions when loading and storing them. This is especially important if the stored goods fall under the category of dangerous or hazardous, which is the case for 10% of all containers.
How Does Misdeclared Cargo Occur?
Sometimes, misdeclared cargo is an accident, however, other times importers/exporters will purposely misidentify their cargo as a way to deceive shippers. Shipping companies are experienced in transporting goods and do not transport certain items that they consider dangerous.
For example, the chemical calcium hypochlorite identified in the story above is highly volatile and most shippers will not carry it. Sometimes, shipment owners label it as calcium salt or calcium chloride in order to get it across the ocean. This specific chemical has been the cause of numerous ship fires, explosions, and deaths.
In the event of a fire on a container ship, there is no help coming, no ocean fire department. The crew is charged with the job of managing fires and putting them out. This is a dangerous task and numerous lives are lost each year to containership fires.
Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS)
The Cargo Incident Notification System is a group of 17 shipping lines whose goal is to share information about all cargo related incidents. The group’s primary objective is to highlight the risks of certain cargo or packing failures and improve safety. The CINS was created in direct response to the misdeclaration of goods and containership accidents.
Who is Liable for the Misdeclaration of Goods?
In the case damage is due to the misdeclaration of goods, the cargo owner is typically held liable for all damages. This includes reimbursing the shipping company for all damage to the ship and paying other cargo owners whose goods were damaged or destroyed. These numbers could quickly add up to tens of millions of dollars. There can also be criminal charges to the cargo owner in the case of death or injury of crew members.


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Sing Holdings to acquire Melbourne hotel for A$107m
SING Holdings is looking to acquire Travelodge Docklands - a hotel in Melbourne - for A$107 million (S$113 million).
It said on Monday it has signed a conditional property sale agreement with GL InvestmentCo Melbourne, putting up a deposit of A$5.35 million or 5 per cent of the purchase consideration.
Travelodge Docklands will be the company's first hospitality asset, and its first foray into the Australian property market.


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Retail Revival: Food carts add to downtown's vibrancy
Food carts have been part of Portland’s downtown street scene for decades but they weren’t specifically called out as a key to Portland’s retail strategy.
Indeed, the 2009 Downtown Retail strategy identified the parking lot at Southwest Tenth Avenue and Alder Street as a prime redevelopment opportunity. Tell that to the dozens of food carts operating at the lot or their dedicated fans and customers.
Portland Business Journal subscribers can read more about the retail strategy that has helped to reinvigorate the downtown shopping district in Friday’s edition. In the meantime, here's what Burmeister had to say.
Portland Business Journal: How important are food carts to the downtown retail environment?
Brett Burmeister: They create a community space. When you put 10 or 15 carts on a lot, it’s a small business ecosystem. The food carts deserve a lot of credit for bringing people downtown.
PBJ: Block 216, aka the Tenth and Alter lot, was identified for redevelopment. What role do the carts play there?
Burmeister: The carts, along with the arrival of Finnegan’s Toys & Gifts and the boutiques in the neighborhood have transformed the neighborhood. O’Bryant Square at Southwest Park Avenue and Stark Street isn’t “Paranoid Park” anymore. Now, it’s a place where people sit and eat their lunch. It feels safe as a result of street food. There’s no other reason for people to be there.
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Feb. 13, 2014—Soldiers in Afghanistan are experimenting with smartphones engineered to better protect operational data designed by scientists at Vanderbilt University’s Institute for Software Integrated Systems. Douglas Schmidt, professor of computer science, is quoted.
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A Tesla Model 3 applied for examination drives in Poland has been observed exhibiting distances devoid of ultrasonic sensors (USS). The future owner who did the examination generate of the Product 3 without the need of USS recognized it was detecting distances and snapped a picture. Tesla replaces demo vehicles each individual 3 months, which implies that this car would not have ultrasonic sensors. The odometer in the photo shows that this car only has 2,800km. The driver also delivered the VIN to the auto which confirmed it was a 2023 Design 3.
We previously described on a video shared by Occupy Mars of their salvaged 2018 Tesla Design 3 detecting distances with no USS. In the 10.5-minute video, Occupy Mars reveals the motor vehicle exhibiting distances from objects with its USS and radar sensor unplugged. The Product 3 was functioning variation 2022.28.2, which was unveiled in September 2022.
Occupy Mars’ Design 3 only detected distances though in reverse, despite a huge portion of the automobile having been taken apart. They additional tested their findings by covering up the front-experiencing and B-pillar cameras with tape. As soon as the cameras ended up covered, the auto promptly stopped displaying distances and arcs from nearby objects.
Tesla Eyesight May perhaps Be Close
Based on Occupy Mars’ video and now this demo car or truck, an update to screen distances to near-by objects could be arriving shortly.
We don’t know what software program edition this new motor vehicle was on, but it can be unlikely that it was managing an interior construct. The auto may have been on new manufacturing unit firmware, which Teslas are normally sent with. Tesla could also have a configuration that allows this new aspect, and that may perhaps have been enabled on this car or truck.
Will Ultrasonic Sensors Quit Functioning On Present-day Cars?
We will not know if Tesla will inevitably changeover vehicles that include things like USS to its eyesight procedure, but that is not likely to take place before long. In its place, Tesla may well keep on to use the facts from ultrasonic sensors to continue on to improve their vision system. If there are any options to transition to eyesight only, Tesla will with any luck , wait around right up until the new detection is on-par or better than what ultrasonic sensors offer.
When Tesla introduced Tesla Eyesight for autos devoid of radar in 2021, it failed to transition vehicles with radar right up until additional than a yr later on. A equivalent changeover could happen with ultrasonic sensors as Tesla’s eyesight substitute improves.
If Tesla continues to make improvements to its substitution for USS, Tesla Vision may possibly at some point exceed the capabilities that ultrasonic sensors deliver today – at minimum in some spots. Just one area exactly where this could materialize is with further protection all over the vehicle. All Teslas, apart from for the Product X, which also has sensors on its doorways, involve ultrasonic sensors only in the entrance and rear of the auto. With eyesight, Tesla can theoretically improve its protection to a comprehensive 360 degrees, allowing the car detect and display distances to the facet as perfectly.
By Kevin Armstrong
Tesla has been altering its automobile price ranges in the United States to sustain its income margins although producing its motor vehicles extra accessible to potential buyers. It recently introduced more changes, marking the third price adjustment to some vehicles this 12 months alone, and we are only in February.
Tax Credit rating Improvements
The Product Y is now suitable for the $7,500 US tax credit history, thanks to the Internal Revenue Service’s most recent update of electric automobiles qualified for the system. The tax credit is now readily available on all Design Y variants, ensuing in a selling price hike for the Model Y Very long Range and Performance trims. Even so, the automaker has also decreased the price of the entry-level Model 3, making it far more affordable for potential buyers.
Value Improvements for Product Y
The Design Y Long Vary observed a $1,500 boost from $53,490 to $54,990. In the meantime, the Design Y Efficiency variant also professional a price enhance of $1,000, going from $56,990 to $57,990. This move is the 3rd time that the Product Y has gone through a price tag adjust in the earlier month, with Tesla possessing at first decreased the price tag throughout its lineup in early January.
Price tag Changes for Design 3
The entry-stage Model 3 Rear-Wheel Push variant professional a $500 selling price reduce, heading from $43,990 to $43,490. However, there has been no modify to the selling price of the Design 3 Effectiveness, which remains at $53,990.
Although this appears to be erratic to some, shoppers should really don’t forget the days ahead of Tesla when the value of automobiles was a secret. Try to remember the times of shopping for from legacy brands inside of a dealership with a salesperson who had to operate the numbers earlier his manager? The charge of vehicles was altering each day or hourly, and the community wasn’t conscious.
Tesla Has Place to Modify
An infographic courtesy of the Visual Capitalist designed the rounds on Twitter, displaying Tesla’s healthier revenue margin. Working with Reuters and 2022 3rd-quarter info, Tesla’s net financial gain for a car is $9,574, although Ford is shedding $762 for each EV bought. The numbers show that Tesla has a ton of area to make further more rate changes if dictated by the marketplace.
Tesla’s current rate improvements are supporting with its earnings for every automobile even though also building its cars a lot more available to a broader vary of individuals. Irrespective of the slight price boosts for the Product Y, it remains suitable for the US tax credit, generating it an attractive option for those looking for an electric car. In the meantime, the reduced rate for the Product 3 Rear-Wheel Drive would make it a more very affordable selection for these hunting to switch to an electric auto.
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Elon Musk has furnished a a lot-predicted update on edition 11 of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) software.
In a modern tweet, Musk mentioned that the progress of variation 11 has been a significant problem because of to a main overhaul of the neural networks utilised in the technique and the alternative of several C++ elements with further neural networks.
Musk states that he hopes to ship FSD v11.3 by the close of this week. Even if this day doesn’t slip, we’re very likely searching at a really little volume of customers obtaining this early edition. In normal Tesla manner, Tesla will little by little ramp up the quantity of customers testing the most up-to-date update.
Musk previously commented on FSD Beta v11 on January 20th, stating he was reviewing it for a possible launch the following 7 days. When the release of FSD v11 failed to materialize, it still left quite a few questioning what the hold off was or when we could count on the update.
This is just not the very first time FSD v11 has been delayed. Musk envisioned v11 to commence rolling out in about two weeks on January 11th when he tweeted:
Looks like V11.3 will be completely ready for broad launch in about 2 weeks. Several main enhancements.
Irrespective of the difficulties, Musk remains confident that Tesla will be capable to ship model 11.3 by the close of the 7 days, supplying Tesla lovers and investors a glimpse of the main development currently being created to entire autonomy.
Whole Self-Driving Beta Edition 11
Version 11 will be 1 of Tesla’s greatest program FSD releases to date. Tesla started out testing FSD v11 to choose workforce close to Thanksgiving of 2022. The largest improvement that homeowners are fired up about is the merger of freeway and city driving, which is expected to deliver a lot of improvements to freeway driving.
In modern many years, Tesla has created important investments in the improvement of its Whole Self-Driving software package, and hopefully the launch of variation 11.3 later this 7 days will offer extra security characteristics and important advancements to Tesla’s autonomy abilities.
Components 4. and Retrofits
Musk and Tesla recently talked a small bit about its upcoming updates to FSD components. They didn’t reveal details but explained that the Cybertruck will involve it. It can be not distinct irrespective of whether the Cybertruck will be the to start with automobile to incorporate the new FSD hardware or not. Rumors declare hardware 4. will incorporate upgraded 5MP cameras, an Hd radar, and supply supplemental commute electricity.
With past components updates, Tesla has made available retrofits for more mature autos, nonetheless, Elon Musk stated retrofitting cars equipped with hardware 3. the latest FSD hardware will not be economically feasible. Musk goes on to say that components 3. will even now be able of remaining safer than a human.


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Americans have turned decidedly gloomy about their financial outlook, and inflation is the main cause of the anxiety, according to a survey released Friday.
The University of Michigan reported that its survey of consumer sentiment fell to its lowest level in a decade in early November. It attributed the decline to “the growing belief among consumers that no effective policies have yet been developed to reduce the damage from surging inflation.”
Hampered by supply chain disruptions and labor shortages in some industries, the economy has been straining under rising prices. The government this week reported the steepest inflation in 31 years, with a 6.2 percent increase in prices in October from a year earlier.
In the Michigan survey, “rising prices for homes, vehicles and durables were reported more frequently than any other time in more than half a century.” But inflation is hardly limited to big-ticket purchases — food items like meat are getting more expensive, driving up the cost of preparing Thanksgiving meals.
Many policymakers have assumed that higher inflation would be transitory, a result of the uneven reopening of the economy after widespread shutdowns because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Investors, too, have shrugged off the threat of inflation, even though it can erode the value of financial assets. Bond yields, which move higher in times of inflation, remain low by historical standards. And the stock market is near record highs, despite the uptick in prices lately.
But the Michigan survey is a sign that consumers are beginning to feel pinched. The survey reflected a downturn in assessments of both current conditions and economic prospects.
“Consumers are angry about inflation,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at the accounting firm Grant Thornton in Chicago.
“Inflation will get worse before it gets better,” Ms. Swonk said. “It could moderate by the spring of 2022, and it does affect how people feel about the economy.”
But consumers in the United States continue to spend at robust levels, she said, and the odds look good for a robust holiday shopping season.


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Mortal Kombat X, the next iteration in the long running fighting game series from NetherRealm, has just received some more details courtesy of one of its developers, stating that there will be no Babalities in the new title and that it could end up featuring over 24 characters, depending on how fast the team moves before it enters the final stage of development.
The Mortal Kombat series has delighted millions of fans from around the world for quite some time, but after some shaky periods a few years ago, it has proved once again that it can still pull off its ultra-violent blend of virtual fighting with the reboot called simply Mortal Kombat.
For the next game in the series, NetherRealm is going back to the numbered strategy, as the title is called Mortal Kombat X, and millions of fans are already very excited about the new title, thanks to some violent videos and screenshots rolled out by the studio and publisher Warner Bros.
New details are now available
NetherRealm was present at this weekend’s The Game Awards, and even though no new videos or screenshots have been shared, Executive Producer Shaun Himmerick has shared a few new bits of info about the upcoming game, via TheKombatTether.
First up, for hardcore fans, Himmerick confirms that there will be no Babalities in the new game as they don’t fit the new style employed by the Mortal Kombat series. Even so, Fatalities will be present in the story mode and every stage will have some form of environmental interaction, meaning you can inflict more damage using your surroundings.
Speaking of the actual stages, he also says that there will be no day and night versions of the Mortal Kombat X levels, although some will have a dynamic weather system that changes as the match progresses.
More characters are being added to the title
Himmerick says that the character roster isn’t final and that it could expand beyond the promised 24 fighters, depending on how much NetherRealm can jam into the title before it enters the final stage of development in January.
Also in the January or February period, he confirms that the first story details will be shared by the studio and that Quan Chi’s resurrection abilities might result in revenants of characters who fell in the previous game to return in the new one.
Expect to hear much more about Mortal Kombat X as we get closer to its release that’s scheduled for April 2014 on the PC, PS4, PS3, Xbox One, and Xbox 360.


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Findlay Toyota is burning up with Golden Knights fever
Knights fever has clearly swept across the Vegas Valley. No expansion team has ever performed so well in their inaugural year and few cities have waited so long for professional sports as did Las Vegas. Add to that the fact that most of the staff at Findlay Toyota are such die-hard sports fans and you’ve got a recipe for extreme fans.
One manifestation of Findlay Toyota’s support has been the VGK wraps they’ve put on various vehicles including a 2018 Toyota 4Runner. Now for sale at Findlay Toyota in the Valley Auto Mall, the idea to customize the 4Runner was the brain child of marketing director Stephanie Bernas.
“We have Findlay Customs at Toyota with Stu Brown, who is the service advisor for Customs that helped this creation come together” explained Jimmy Crook, social media consultant for Findlay Customs. “We lettered the 4Runner and also did the VGK center caps on all four wheels and we also added a VGK sticker kit all the way around the truck.” Findlay Toyota Parts installed the lift and wheels.
“It’s the perfect way to grow both companies, while supporting our local community,” said Crook, a 26 year-native of Miami, Fla.
Lettering included “Vegas Born,” “Knight Up” and “Vegas Strong” with logos on the head rest and on the hood.
In addition, Findlay Customs custom-painted the Toyota badges, along with the TRD Pro Grill to match the Golden Knights colors. Stu Brown, service advisor for Findlay Customs, said “a teamwork developed between Toyota and Customs which led to the project.”
“It’s a symbiotic relationship,” said Brown, who has been with Findlay Customs for about three years. We also have Tundra that is part of our program. We do a lot of fun stuff here.”
Findlay Custom is now in the expansion mode adding a new paint booth while also expanding to more than 18,000 square foot facility next to Findlay Toyota. A red carpet event is scheduled for late summer to show the enhanced capacity of the new facility.
To see more, visit @FindlayCustoms on Instagram; www.findlaycustoms.com; or call 702-869-0444.
Findlay Customs is part of Findlay Automotive Group founded in 1961 by the late Pete Findlay. The custom shop is headed by general manager Mike Austin.
“My team did a great job on this collaboration with Findlay Toyota and I’m really happy with the result!” Austin said, adding. “God Knights Go!”


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Malay Satay Hut restaurant workers get $660K in back pay
The U. S. Department of Labor said itâ€™s reached a back wages settlement with the owners of the Malay Satay Hut Malaysian restaurants in Seattle and Redmond for $660,000.
Last July, the department filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, alleging that restaurants didnâ€™t pay the required time-and-a-half overtime pay to about 85 workers between June 2003 and May 2006.
Some workers were paid less than the minimum wage, according to the department.
â€œThese vulnerable, low-wage workers are finally going to receive the wages they have earned,â€ said Donna Hart, director of the departmentâ€™s wage and hour division, Seattle district office, in a statement.
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Another spreadsheet application is unveiled. Big whoop. But hold on, maybe it is a big deal. The New York Times seems to think so.
Stepping up its attack on Microsoft’s core business, Google plans to make available on Tuesday a test version of a Web-based spreadsheet program that is intended to make it simple to edit and share lists and data online.
The company said that the free program, called Google Spreadsheets, would be able to read and create files in the format used by Excel, the Microsoft spreadsheet software that is installed on millions of personal computers.
The spreadsheet service is another step in Google’s steady march toward creating its own computing universe that is an alternative to desktop PC software now dominated by Microsoft.
I started using web-based Ta-da Lists and Backpack from 37 Signals recently. I’m not totally sold on it yet, but I can see how it might catch on, especially among people computing from multiple machines.


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Civil Society under their umbrella Organization Uganda Alcohol Policy Alliance have commended government for enforcing the ban on alcohol Sackets in the market.
They say the ban will prevent children from accessing the alcohol currently being sold by traders and vendors on the street.
“We wish to commended government for adhering to our demand to ban alcoh0l Sackets in the market. This will reduce the rate at which children were accessing this product and reduce consumption by the youth,”Dr.David Kalema Chairperson for the alliance said.
Ministry of Trade recently announced alcohol Sacket ban on the market and has given traders and vendors still with the product in circulation to wind up the sale by end of this Month (May)
A new Alcoh0l Control Bill has been drafted by a small committee chaired by Betty Nambooze, a member of parliament (MP) to be presented as a private members bill. This is a truly historic and ground-breaking process in my country.
Since 1962 when the first Alcoh0l law was drafted and passed into law as the British Colonialists were existing Uganda, nothing on this scale has been done in Uganda to control alcohol. Most actions by the government have been piecemeal work especially concerning alcohol taxation. And so obviously the impact of these measures has been very minimum in the last decades.
it has been estimated that the per capita consumption of alc0hol in Uganda is 9.8 litres (WHO, 2014), but with a population of 58.7% of abstainers from alcohol use, the total per capita consumption of the alcohol users only, shows worryingly high consumption levels. Total per capita consumption of pure alcoh0l is at 23.7 liters in Uganda. For comparison: in Russia that number is 22.3 and in the Republic of Moldova the number is 25.4.
In March 2013, a CNN Study Ranked Uganda 8th in the world and first on the African continent in liquor intake.
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The US House has easily passed the farm bill, a massive legislative package that reauthorizes agriculture programs and food aid. The legislation has already passed the Senate and is now headed to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it.
While the federal government aims to pass a new farm bill every year, the latest version is unique: It contains a provision that would legalize hemp and regulate it under the US Department of Agriculture, much like any other crop.
The bill also reauthorizes agriculture and conservation programs, funds trade programs, and expands support for struggling dairy farmers. Wednesday’s House vote was a decisive 369-47.
The legality of CBD, however, remains hazy.
The provision involving industrial hemp—defined by law as cannabis plants containing no more than 0.3% THC by weight—allows US farmers to grow, process, and sell the plant and its products. The provision was championed in part by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican whose home state of Kentucky has long history of hemp production that’s recently flourished under a federally approved pilot program in place since 2014.
If the bill becomes law, as it’s widely expected to, the change will almost certainly spur a flurry of activity around cannabidiol (CBD), a cannabinoid produced by the cannabis plant, including low-THC hemp. Though hemp is commonly grown for its nutritious seeds and fibrous stalks, it’s also a key source of CBD—a fact that has made sparked greater commercial interest in the plant during recent years.
The legality of CBD, however, remains hazy. While products that contain CBD are now available in many mainstream stores and online, the US Drug Enforcement Administration continues to view CBD extracts as Schedule I controlled substances. While the US Food and Drug Administration in June granted approval to Epidiolex, a cannabis-derived CBD oil, the DEA responded by rescheduling only Epidiolex—not CBD itself.
The farm bill’s allowance for the processing of hemp will likely force greater clarity on the issue as more companies rush to capitalize on the booming CBD market and hemp’s newly legal status.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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GSK announces major new commitment to Asia
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is strengthening its presence in Singapore by establishing a new global headquarters for Asia; further expanding its commitment to patients and consumers in the region, the company announced today.
GSK has signed an agreement with Boustead Development Partnership joint venture entity to develop and lease a new building which will be the company’s new global headquarters for Asia. Located at the ‘one-north’ development in the Rochester Park area of Singapore, GSK will move all employees currently based in Gateway West to the new headquarters during the second half of 2017 once the site is fully fitted.
Sir Andrew Witty, CEO, GSK, said: “GSK and Singapore’s histories are entwined. Since building our first site at Quality Road in 1972, we have continued to significantly expand our footprint, capability and talent base. In our experience and my own personal experience, Singapore excels in fostering talent, supporting business growth and offers an excellent base to access Asia. This is why we are making a significant decision to further increase our presence in Singapore as we continue to modernise and advance GSK.”
The Consumer Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals and Vaccines markets are forecast to grow significantly faster in countries covered by the global headquarters for Asia* than in the rest of the world. The new global headquarters for Asia will support local GSK businesses across the region by providing the relevant leadership, expertise, capability and services to make the right decisions for our company, patients and consumers.
Congratulating GSK at the opening, Dr. Beh Swan Gin, Chairman of the Singapore Economic Development Board, said: "Singapore is heartened that GSK chose Singapore as the home for its global headquarters for Asia and has decided to establish a new headquarters building here. Its decision is testimony to our value proposition as a trusted biomedical sciences hub, where companies can access global talent and build strategic capabilities to spearhead their growth in the region.”
The new global headquarters for Asia will help the company attract and develop the best people to drive innovation and access across the region, ensuring appropriate patients and consumers are able to benefit from GSK medicines, vaccines and products.
The eight-storey, nearly 15,000 square metres facility will have capacity for up to 1,000 employees across GSK’s Pharmaceuticals, Vaccines and Consumer Healthcare businesses. Key leadership and Asia expertise is already transitioning into the region with almost 150 global or regional roles moving to Singapore in the last year. GSK has over 700 office-based employees in Singapore and expects an additional 100 roles to move into the country as the headquarters nears completion.
GSK has been present in Asia for over 40 years. The new global headquarters for Asia will have a full range of corporate capabilities allowing key decisions for Asia to be taken within the region by people who have extensive experience of working in this continent. Construction is expected to be complete by the end of 2016.
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- * Global Pharmaceuticals will transition to supporting all countries east of (and including) Turkey, but excluding Russia, from the new global headquarters for Asia (i.e. the Middle East North Africa/Commonwealth of Independent States region, India, South Asia, South East Asia, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand). GSK Consumer Healthcare will support the Asia, Middle East and Africa region from the new global headquarters for Asia in Singapore.
- GSK has a significant presence in Singapore with 1,600 employees working across three manufacturing facilities (Quality Road, Jurong and Tuas), R&D partnerships and commercial operations for all three core businesses (Pharmaceuticals, Vaccines, Consumer Healthcare).
- GSK is partnered with the Singapore Economic Development Board on a range of programmes across education, research, manufacturing and talent development to help create sustainable economic growth, vibrant business and good job opportunities for Singapore.
GSK – one of the world’s leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies – is committed to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. For further information please visit www.gsk.com.
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements
GSK cautions investors that any forward-looking statements or projections made by GSK, including those made in this announcement, are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Such factors include, but are not limited to, those described under Item 3.D 'Risk factors' in the company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for 2014.


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Twitter has been struggling to define its vision for some time now. To help assure investors they're getting their shit together, the company unveiled a new strategy statement today. And like the company itself, it's a complete mess.
As the Wall Street Journal's Dennis K. Berman points out, the single sentence strategy statement has "35 words, 62 syllables, 4 clauses, [and] 2 grammatical errors." It also drops in the word "world" three times, as if twice wasn't enough.
Noto also read out Twitter's new mission statement, which he admitted was a mouthful: "Reach the largest daily audience in the world by connecting everyone to their world via our information sharing and distribution platform products and be one of the top revenue generating Internet companies in the world."
"I struggle to read it every time," Noto said.
Here's the best proofreading tip in the world: if you can't read your gobbledygook out loud, give it another pass.
Correction: Multiple outlets and one investment analyst reported that Twitter unveiled a new mission statement today. However, a company spokesperson tells Valleywag that the company actually updated its strategy statement. The post has been updated to reflect that.


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A public Apple patent called "Gaze detection in a 3D mapping environment" includes mentions which hint that one day you might be able to ditch your mouse and look at your Mac in a completely different way.
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