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It's out with the old and in with Nio. The Chinese electric-car maker unveiled a new model and plans for a more powerful battery pack at its annual "Nio Day" extravaganza over the weekend. Those extras should smooth the way for its latest capital hike, but so much needs to go right to justify a $100 billion valuation that exceeds those of Ford, General Motors and Daimler.
Nio's products are rapidly improving. Founder William Li said the new 150 kWh batteries could one day give its ET7 a drive range of over 1,000 km (621 miles) as measured by Chinese standards, helping to ease range anxiety. The marque's first sedan also comes with bells and whistles, including an autonomous driving system and inbuilt massage machines.
Consumer interest has been growing. Sales more than doubled last year to 43,728 units, and drivers seem to be enjoying the ride: all the Nio buyers surveyed by Bernstein analysts said they would purchase the brand again, according to a September report.
Investors are impressed too. Nio's share price has surged more than 1,600% over the past year. And there are signs the company is not merely being swept along by the broader electric-vehicle mania: Tesla's stock gained 750% over the same period.
Nio keeps guzzling capital, though. A $1.3 billion convertible bond offering announced on Monday marks its fourth time tapping markets in just seven months. The 1 billion yuan ($154 million) net loss it recorded in the third quarter was narrower than the 1.2 billion yuan from a year earlier, but more cash calls could be needed given the question marks over future revenue.
Li expects sales will be bolstered by battery leasing and other services. His new technology is tantalising, because if it can deliver on its promise, the novel business model could be lucrative. The range and lifespan from new power sources will determine how many times a battery can be recharged, and therefore how many months of subscriptions Nio will need to recoup costs.
The strategy feels almost as futuristic as the science. So does an enterprise value of 18 times expected sales. At least Nio is starting to justify a bit of the hype.


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Art, Architecture & Design May Good News
14 June 2018
The latest good news for the School of Art, Architecture & Design.
Graphic Arts & Design Succes
This year BA (Hons) Graphic Arts & Design submitted five students to the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD) accreditation scheme. This highly prestigious, international award is committed to the highest possible standards in typography – very few submissions are successful.
We are delighted to be confirm that four of our five submissions were successful. Laura Oates, Callum Jackson and Shauna Wilkinson have all been awarded pass grades and Eleanor Wenham has been awarded a merit.
In response to the ‘Writing Women into History’ project Laura Oates celebrated Lilo Ramdohr, a member of the World War Two, White Rose resistance group and Callum Jackson highlighted the work of rocket scientist Mary Sherman Morgan, who invented the liquid fuel Hydyne in 1957. In response to the ‘Mark My Words’ project, Shauna Wilkinson explored the word Whānau, which is Maori for family and Eleanor Wenham explored the phrase ‘Breaking the Ice’.
Our success this year in ISTD is a phenomenal achievement for the students and for the course.
New Soundwork for Tannoy, Liverpool
A new one-hour public soundwork for Tannoy took place in Liverpool as part of Time Tunnel, reflecting on events in the streets of Paris in May 1968. The work included contributions from MA students across the north, including Christine Hinchliffe, Susanna Moore and Chloe Watson-Gaukrodger from our MA Art & Design course, Tom Hobson from BA Graphic Arts & Design and lecturer Dr Matt Green, alongside noted artists and musicians.
Play the video below to see a clip of the soundwork in context.
Living in a Land, Sean Ashton
Senior Lecturer, Dr Sean Ashton, delivered a reading from his new book, Living in a Land in Berlin at MissRead: the Berlin Art Book Fair on May 5th.
Demonstrating the reach and significance of his new publication, Living in a Land, Sean was invited to read from his new book, Living in a Land at MissRead: the Berlin Art Book Fair in the stunning location of the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. Later, the same night Sean was invited to read again at Hopscotch for an evening of poetry organised by his publisher, Dr Sharon Kivland of Ma Bibliothèque. His performances were very well received and every copy of the publication that had been brought to the associated book fair by his publisher was sold. Sean's book is written in the negative - he lists everything he has never done. You can order a copy from the publishers Ma Bibliothèque – it’s a truly brilliant piece of writing and comes highly recommended.
Internship success continues for first cohort of BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing students. Aaron Young, a student on the BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing degree, has successfully gained a three-month internship as a writer on the fashion and culture online publication Tenth Magazine. Aaron has only just completed his first ‘Fashion Writing’ module, but applied to the nationally advertised position for ‘Features Editor Intern’.
Entrepreneur inspires BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing students
Steven Watson, founder of Stack Magazines, presented an inspirational lecture to BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing students recently, as part of their level-five Fashion Writing modules. Steve, an experienced magazine journalist, established Stack Magazines in 2008 and the company now has a global reach. Stack provides a subscription service, where subscribers are able to sign up for a year and are ‘surprised’ every month with an independent print publication, delivered to their door.
Steve spoke to the students about his company and his experience as a writer, but gave a positive insight into the current state of the niche-magazine publishing industry. He also treated us to pitches he had received, giving the students a great snapshot of successful – and not so successful – brand concepts. One Fashion Marketing student said that she found the presentation inspirational, because of the ‘enthusiasm’ that Steve has for the company, and the industry as a whole.
More information can be found here.
Placement successes for BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing students
The first cohort of level-five students on the BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing course have been considering placements for the next academic year and already there have been numerous success stories.
The global fashion company ASOS has recruited not one but three students on its paid placement schemes: one student will be working in the PR department, a second in Buying and the third in Digital Marketing. Each student was involved in a lengthy interview process, including a full day of assessments.
In addition, one of our second years has already secured a paid Marketing placement with the iconic brand Barbour, and another with the department store House of Fraser, working on its digital content. Two other students will also be working together on placement within the marketing department of Leeds-based fashion company The Extras Group, and another has been offered a paid placement in London with the Wallis company.
And it’s not only UK-based brands that are snapping up the students: one of our second years, who is already an ASOS student ambassador, will be working for the fashion label Original Penguin, part of the Farah group, in its New York offices.
The students aren’t officially on Placement until September 2018 but already, we’ve seen a third of the 24 students who have expressed interest in a Placement year gain a position – plenty of time for the remaining students to secure equally exciting roles.
BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing Industry Fieldwork
Level 4 Fashion Marketing students were recently given the opportunity to take part in some exciting industry fieldwork at the landmark Liverpool ONE shopping and entertainment centre as part of their Fashion Brands module.
The students were able to gain valuable insight into the inner workings of this busy retail space in the heart of Liverpool, from both the Liverpool ONE Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Performance teams.
The day consisted of an insightful talk and tour from the Liverpool ONE team, during which the students were able to discuss branding and marketing activities in this busy and competitive retail environment.
The students were then split into smaller groups to complete their own research, before presenting their findings back to the Liverpool ONE representatives. This was a valuable opportunity to receive industry led feedback and really helped the students to contextualise the themes explored in their lectures and seminars.
Despite the April showers, the students conducted some excellent research and gained valuable insight into the inner workings of a large retail environment.

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ABOUT YOU, YOOX NET-A-PORTER and ZALANDO are teaming up and taking action with a shared aim to reduce carbon emissions within their value chains and across the fashion industry. The three online retailers are launching an online learning platform to support their brand partners in setting targets aligned with science to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The work forms a critical part of the retailers’ own respective climate journeys, with each having already set ambitious reduction targets themselves through the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
The customised program will be available to ABOUT YOU, YOOX NET-A-PORTER and ZALANDO brand partners at no cost and is designed to educate them on the value and process of climate targets. It will provide step-by step learning on how to unlock the complex journey of measuring emissions, set ambitious targets that align with climate science, and submit them for approval to the Science Based Targets initiative. It will also provide a dedicated space for fashion brands to engage with one another and sustainability experts.
While each of the three online retailers is committed to reducing their own direct emissions significantly, between 70% to 90% of the fashion footprint comes from upstream supply chain activities, such as material production, preparation, and processing. The initiative, therefore, serves two main goals: to scale climate action across the industry for a broader impact and systems transformation, whilst also contributing to the reduction of the three online retailers’ own value chain (Scope 3) emissions.
Amid calls for industry players to take ambitious climate action, science-based targets validated by the SBTi are internationally recognised and provide companies with clearly defined pathways to reduce their carbon emissions while future-proofing growth, adapting to a changing regulatory landscape, boosting investor confidence, and spurring innovation.
“We see an industry-changing momentum in aligning greenhouse gas emission reduction pathways with science. More than 1,500 companies had their targets approved by the SBTi as of July 2022. We have set science-based targets approved by the SBTi and are benefitting from our efforts now. 46.6% of our partners on greenhouse gas emissions had their targets approved by February 2022. We invite the remaining business partners to do the same”, stated Hannes Wiese, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at ABOUT YOU.
“Our commitment to climate action can only be realised through innovative partnership. This next step prioritises investing in brand partners at different stages in their climate journeys, supporting them to set their science-based targets. By collaborating with ABOUT YOU and ZALANDO, together we can drive a more consistent approach in our efforts towards reducing the emissions of luxury and fashion”, said Geoffroy Lefebvre, CEO at YOOX NET-A-PORTER.
“Decarbonizing supply chains in partnership with suppliers, brands, logistics, packaging partners and now also our competitors is a powerful lever for driving meaningful change in the fashion industry. We
aim for 90% of our partners (by emissions) to set science-based targets by 2025, and the new learning
platform is a key initiative towards realising this ambitious goal”, says David Schneider, Co-CEO at
The initiative, which is antitrust-compliant and run in collaboration with Quantis, a leading environmental sustainability consultancy with climate expertise, will be launched as a pilot with selected brand partners in Autumn 2022. In 2023, it will become available to any eligible brand partners. Looking forward, the three online retailers see potential for the platform to become an industry-wide initiative open to all interested fashion brands and retailers committed to ambitious climate action and creating a more sustainable future for fashion.


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South Korea and the U.S. are expected to launch negotiations to amend their free trade agreement as early as the beginning of next year.
Five years after the South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement went into effect, the two sides have essentially agreed to launch negotiations to amend the deal.
Seoul's chief trade representative reached the decision at a special session of a joint committee on the FTA issue with the U.S. Trade Representative in Washington on Wednesday.
As a result, the two nations are expected to begin domestic procedures to launch the negotiation.
South Korea’s trade representative will begin the process by reporting the results of the special session to the National Assembly next week.
If both sides move quickly, negotiations for the amendment could begin as soon as the beginning of next year.
Wednesday’s special session, led by Minister for Trade Kim Hyun-chong and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, was held one and a half months after the first session in Seoul in August.
In a press release Thursday, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said the U.S. raised various issues relating to the implementation of the FTA and a need to amend parts of the deal. It said the Korean side also raised issues of concern and
that the two parties shared the need to amend the deal to strengthen mutual reciprocity.
The ministry added it will assess the economic feasibility of the deal, hold a public hearing and report to parliament as required by laws on implementing the FTA.
In a statement, Lighthizer said he looks forward to “intensified engagement with Korea in an expeditious manner to resolve outstanding implementation issues as well as to engage soon on amendments that will lead to fair, reciprocal trade.”
Asked by reporters if a renegotiation has been formally launched, Kim said the two sides are not at that stage yet, adding that Seoul and Washington must first seek domestic procedures.
The two sides are expected to lock horns over automobiles and auto parts in particular. The U.S. is also interested in addressing steel and agriculture.
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to scrap the trade deal if it can't be adjusted into terms he sees as more favorable.
South Korea has emphasized mutual benefits of the FTA resulting from expanded bilateral trade volume.
Seoul had proposed to first analyze the economic effects of the trade deal.
Seoul's stance that the KORUS FTA also benefits the U.S. economy receives considerable backing from U.S. political and industrial circles.
During the renegotiation, the U.S. is expected to call for imposing tariffs on Korea's automobile exports to America while lifting tariffs from U.S. agricultural shipments to Korea.


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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Indonesia's jewelry exports value reached US$3.86 billion in the period of January-October 2014. Nus Nuzulia Ishak, the Trade Ministry's director general of national export development, said the value is 69.6 percent higher from 2013's same period, which amounted to US$2.27 billion.
The export surge was supported by increased demand from destination countries like Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates. "This positive uptrend has been going on for five years, with an average increase of 28.03 percent," Nus told Tempo, yesterday.
The government continues to develop local jewelry products to encourage the growth of innovation and creativity of jewelry artisans. The Trade Ministry is also working to develop potential markets for jewelries while maintaining its main market.
According to the Central Statistics Agency data for January-October 2014, Indonesia's main jewelry markets are Hong Kong with a share of 21.58 percent, Singapore (20.03 percent), Japan (18.48 percent), South Africa (14.68 per cent), and the United Arab Emirates (11.77 percent).


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Stella & Chewy’s Covering Adoption Fee For Senior Shelter Pets For The Entire Month Of November
November is National Adopt A Senior Pet Month and Stella & Chewy’s, a premium pet food company, is celebrating by covering the adoption fee of shelter pets in USA and Canada.
The company has been a longtime supporter and promoter of senior pet adoption, but are taking it a step further by reimbursing the adoption fee to anyone who adopts a senior cat or dog over the age of 5 during the month of November.
Stella and Chewy, both senior rescue dogs, were the inspiration behind the company and the Journey Home Fund, which encourages people to adopt senior pets, donates meals, and helps seniors find forever homes.
“By covering adoption fees this month, we hope more people feel encouraged to welcome a senior pet’s love into their home,” said Marie Moody, founder of Stella & Chewy’s.
Over the years, they have helped over 370 adult and senior pets find homes and covered more than $80,000 in adoption fees. But their work is far from over.
Stella & Chewy’s wants to help as many senior shelter pets as possible, so they reached out to their Journey Home Fund Partner rescues and featured some adoptable seniors in an article. One of the featured pets was a 10-year-old cat named Eeyore who has had a tough life on the streets, which led to his tail being amputated, but just wants a loving home to spend his golden years.
Photos: Stella & Chewy
Maybe you’re more of a dog person. Well then Herman is the dog for you. He’s 12-years-old and although tiny, has a huge heart. His vision and hearing are starting to go a bit but he still loves to nap in the sun “and won’t cause any trouble.”
In addition to covering the adoption fee, the company has teamed up with Alex Morgan, world champion soccer player and devoted rescue dog mom, to donate $1 to a shelter pet in need for every Stella & Chewy’s product purchased.
There is no better time than now to add a gray-faced shelter pet to your home. Senior pets have so much love to give and are already house-trained and know basic commands. What are you waiting for?! Adopt don’t shop!
If you adopted or plan to adopt a senior pet in the month of November, be sure to complete an adoption sponsorship form with Stella & Chewy’s to be reimbursed for your adoption fee. Just a small thanks for saving a life.


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The players Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 be considered ready for the next few weeks since the new and important update for Treyarch's title has already been done and has done so, along with a lot of content for different game modes.
Today, Activision and Treyarch announced a presentation Absolute Zero Action, the new content season for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 That's coming with new content for Multiplayer, Blackout and Zombies modes. In order to start, the study revealed that a multi-player moderator, Zero, has a new specialist who can use a fire appliance to sabotage the enemy and end up killing a streak. In addition, the construction of Contraband was also upgraded as well as from this time David 3XB SMG, the RFT SWAT and Santa Rùn attack rifle are available to the players. In addition to the news, Treyarch confirmed that the Christmas event will reach 13 December.
On the other hand, Blackout players have a new content and this time the map of Royale Battle mode has been including Hijacked, yes, the gate in previous installments has been a & # 39 ; represents a situation in itself. The gate is waiting today between Eilean Nuketown and a Building Site. At the same time, players can use the new ARAV weapon, as well as new weapons.
Finally, the Zombies way Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 have benefited from launching Absolute Zero Action Thanks to the changes in the daily improvement system and people with Black Ops pass can enjoy the new "Dead of the Night" experience.
Absolute Zero Action come today at a draft Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 on PS4 and it will be until December 18 when you do that on Xbox One and PC.
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LUSU Trustee Board moves to temporarily close campus store Central
University management has rejected calls for a rent reduction
Lancaster University Students’ Union is taking the decision to close the Union’s on-campus convenience store, Central.
In a statement made on the LUSU website, the Union acknowledges the Trustee Board’s decision to shut the store from September 1st through to the 13th, in order to carry out a “comprehensive review” into whether any more can be done to cut costs and make the store more financially sustainable.
This comes after LUSU’s Full-Time Officer (FTO) team sent an open letter to university management calling for the store’s rent to be reduced or waived until later on this year, in order to allow the store to enter a point of “breaking even.”
The FTOs stated on 10th August that without the rent reduction, the university would be “forcing [them] into the position where [their] only option is to shut Central” – however, in their latest statement the FTOs appear to have U-turned on this: “Whatever the outcome, your Students’ Union will re-open the store as we know it’s a crucial service for students in the new academic year. The Trustee Board will continue to monitor the situation closely and see if the financial position has improved by December.”
University management has “categorically” ruled out any rent reduction, as Andrew Burgess (Director of Estates, Facilities and Commercial Services) says “Based on recent interest from retailers in gaining a presence on campus, I have every confidence we would continue to be able to offer the services you describe to students from this location.”
Burgess continued his response, telling the FTO team “You are therefore free to close the operation with no obligation to the university to continue.”
LUSU added this note to the end of Burgess’ response to their open letter: “The Trustee Board holds the authority to close Central, which is in contrary to the email from the University which is factually incorrect.”
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TEWKSBURY, Mass. (AP) — Thousands of workers and customers at the troubled Market Basket supermarket chain shouted "Bring him back!" Tuesday at a boisterous rally designed to pressure management to reinstate the company's fired chief executive or accept his offer to buy the New England chain.
The rally outside a Market Basket store in Tewksbury was the fourth large demonstration workers have held since Arthur T. Demoulas was fired in June by a board controlled by his cousin and rival, Arthur S. Demoulas.
Over the last two weeks, hundreds of warehouse workers and drivers have refused to make deliveries to the family-owned chain's 71 stores in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine, leaving stock severely depleted and prompting customers to shop at other grocery stores. The Market Basket chain, based in Tewksbury, is known for its low prices.
The rally had the atmosphere of an outdoor rock festival, as participants threw beach balls high in the air and music blasted from large speakers set up along the parking lot.
Workers carried signs with blown-up photographs of Arthur T. Demoulas, while loyal shoppers carried signs saying, "We are the customers. We quit."
"We shall never back down ... we shall not rest until Arthur T. Demoulas is brought back as our president," Joe Schmidt told the crowd. Schmidt was one of eight middle managers fired by the company after they organized the first protests.
Workers hope that Arthur S. Demoulas' side of the family will accept an offer from his cousin to buy the company. The board has said it is considering that offer as well as others.
Steve Distasio, manager of the Market Basket store in Raynham, spent his day off attending the rally with his two children and his niece. He said 30 to 40 other workers at his store also came.
"We're here to support Artie T.," he said. "It's the only way to get the company back and running right."
T.J. Cauley, an assistant produce manager at a Market Basket store in Seabrook, N.H., said he has been protesting outside his store with other workers on his breaks and days off for the past two weeks. He said he knows he could end up losing his job.
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"Legitimate cyber threat sharing can help secure the nation's networks and can occur without raising antitrust liability issues," said deputy attorney general James Cole."The recent Target breach is another reminder of how far-reaching the cyber threat has become."
Under the clarified rules, businesses will be able to swap incident reports, the digital fingerprints that uniquely identify viruses and malware, and the IP addresses of an attacker, among other things. But competitive information such as pricing and products will still be off-limits.
If companies do not have the clear ability to share threat information, White House senior adviser Rand Beers said, "an attacker can send the same spearphishing message to various companies — some of which may catch it, and others not."
The move comes a year after President Obama signed an executive order granting companies wider access to sensitive government information about online threats, among other measures. Federal agencies have meanwhile been developing a set of voluntary guidelines that businesses can use to protect themselves from online attacks. Those guidelines were released earlier this year, but it's unclear how many in the private sector have adopted the protocols.
Businesses say they need more information from the government to be able to respond effectively to potential threats. They have also called for more leeway to share information among themselves. Before the clarification, a company that alerted a competitor to cyber attacks might have been vulnerable to accusations of anticompetitive collusion. Collaboration between, for instance, Coca-Cola and Pepsi, typically would be closely scrutinized by antitrust officials.
Congress has made little progress on crafting a comprehensive cybersecurity bill that addresses these and other liability concerns, in part due to objections from the White House and consumer groups over data privacy. But the Obama administration's new guidance provides companies with a better grasp of the legal landscape when it comes to sharing threat information. And the White House is signaling that further changes may be coming.
"As we run into more of those barriers where businesses say, 'I can't share because of A, B and C,' we'll knock them down," said Cole.


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New Zealand is a popular tourist destination in Tajicistan, and tourists flock to the tropical island.
But the tourism boom in Tajamucu is about to get a lot more interesting.
The country is currently in the midst of a tourism boom thanks to a combination of a booming economy and the growth of a burgeoning tourism industry.
New Zealanders have been flocking to Tajamu for years, but recently, the number of tourists has surpassed the previous record.
The first peak was in 2006, and the latest is set to hit in 2019, according to the Tourism Ministry.
There are also more people visiting the island, which has become popular for locals and foreign tourists alike.
New Year’s Eve celebrations are a big draw, and more tourists are expected to visit the island in the coming months.
Tajamufi Tourism Minister Mirzayvond Akteri said in a press release that he expects the tourism industry to reach $300 million in 2019.
“In the next few years, Tajamuccu will be able to compete with its neighbor, the neighboring island of Tuvalu, which is a very popular destination,” he said.
The island is the only inhabited island in Central Asia, which sits on the Pacific Ocean.
Tajmucu hosts more than 100 million tourists annually.
“It’s a unique opportunity for New Zealand to develop our tourism sector here,” said Akteriei.
New York Times writer Brian Houghton traveled to Tajomucu in March, and he reports that it has become a favorite vacation destination for the country’s elite.
“This is a really special place, and a really beautiful place,” Houghtons says.
He writes that the resort has “very large buildings with balconies, a beach, and beautiful views.”
Akterius is also working to expand tourism to the island’s other big cities.
He has asked the Ministry of Tourism and Tourism Infrastructure to begin a project to bring Tajamuchu to the world’s attention.
He hopes to build a large hotel and restaurant complex there, which will provide more space for the islanders to live.
Tajomuchu is also home to the largest community of Tajik Muslims, which makes it a destination for tourists from all over the world.
The population of the tiny island is currently estimated at just over 8,000.
Tajami’s tourism industry is also in the spotlight, as more tourists flock there each year.
The Tourism Ministry has already announced plans to expand its tourism operations in the region, and there is a plan to expand Tajamucci hotels.
However, the new hotels will only be built if the government can raise enough funds.
Tajamas tourism is currently very expensive and the government is trying to raise funds through private sources.
Akteries Tourism Minister has also expressed a desire to invest more in the island.
He wants to establish a hotel, a restaurant, and possibly even a university, according Houghts report.
Tajameru is currently a tourist destination and a popular destination for locals, foreign tourists, and international students.
According to the Tajamudar Tourism Ministry, the tourism economy in Tajomu is expected to grow to $300 Million in 2019 and reach $500 million in 2020.
“We have a very ambitious plan for this industry, which we believe will allow us to continue to be a popular tourism destination in the future,” Akteria said.


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KUCHING, Dec 29 — The exemption of the cabotage policy to Sarawak this year has failed to reduce the prices of consumer goods, DAP’s Chong Chieng Jen said today.
He said Sarawak Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Openg was among the state ministers who had called for the abolition of the policy which had required all imported goods to enter Sarawak through Port Klang, which was aimed at reducing their prices.
“To claim that the abolition of the policy would reduce the prices of goods is taking a too simplistic view of the economy and showing an ignorance of the practical aspects of the economic situation,” Chong told reporters.
“Six months on, the prices of general goods have not gone down, but up,” the Sarawak DAP chairman said, adding that he had supported the abolition of the policy, but stressed that it would not help to bring down the prices of goods in Sarawak.
Apart from Sarawak, Sabah and Labuan were also exempted from the policy beginning June 1 this year after calls from leaders from Sarawak and Sabah for its abolition to enable foreign vessels to make calls at ports of the two Borneo states.
Chong, who is also Kota Sentosa state assemblyman, said 1,208 foreign vessels made calls to Sarawak ports between June and September this year compared to 1,357 recorded in the corresponding period last year.


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NEW YORK — There has been a management shake-up at Escada USA Inc.
Lawrence DeParis, the U.S. chief executive officer, resigned from the German company’s U.S. division effective Aug. 31, and Christian Marques, chief financial officer, is leaving the company on Oct. 31.
“After 20 years with Escada, and another recent change in global leadership, we…decided this was the right time for a change and it gives me the opportunity to explore new professional challenges,” DeParis said.
Marques said, “My plans are to assist the new management team in making a successful transition to Escada. After that, I will be evaluating other options.”
Escada said it has tapped William H. Scott to be the company’s chief operating officer, a new post. Scott joined the company from Hugo Boss USA, where he was chief operating officer.
According to sources, the company is expected to name a new U.S. ceo soon, though it remained unclear whether the company was planning to also fill the cfo post.
DeParis had been a longtime member of Escada’s executive team, working closely with Wolfgang Ley, the former chairman and ceo of the parent company. DeParis joined Escada in 1986 and rose through the ranks to become executive vice president, cfo and chief administrative officer in 11 years. In 1997, he moved to Calvin Klein Inc. as senior vice president and cfo, but rejoined Escada a year later as co-president responsible for corporate and operational activities.
A new Joan Rivers coffee table book, titled “Joan Rivers Confidential,” gives readers never-before-seen photos and letters of the late comedian throughout her life. “Because of her drive to always be fresh, she kept records of every appearance, every performance, all the jokes that were used on TV, all the clothes that were worn,” said Rivers’ daughter Melissa. Here, Rivers poses at the “Tonight Show” in Tracy Mills in 1985. Read more about the book and see more photos at WWD.com. #wwdeye
After a career at New York hot spots like Narcissa, Dovetail and Nix, @chefjfraser has expanded to the West Village with The Loyal, a modernized take on an American brasserie. “And as I’ve gone through my career I’ve felt some departure from that kind of simple, straightforward [cooking]. This is meant to take on the idea of ‘what if the American brasserie was invented today?’” #wwdeye (📷: @chinseephoto)
@bellahadid and @lilyaldridge at @bulgariofficial’s celebration on Friday night, toasting the brand's new Peter Marino-designed flagship on Fifth Avenue. The two-part event included a cocktail party at the store followed by a dinner at a mystery location — the Met Cloisters. #wwdeye
From overseeing America’s fastest-growing speciality retailers to codifying cool, WWD talked to the women who are leading the way for the future of beauty. Check out our Instagram Stories to see how these women built today and are creating tomorrow. (📸: @hannah_khymych) #wwdbeauty
For @laperlalingerie's spring 2018 show, the brand chose to host their event at @thevenetianmacao. With Chinese megastars @bingbing_fan and @hubing in attendance, La Perla debuted a rock ‘n’ roll-inspired collection. The show marked the start of Sands Macao Fashion Week, which runs from October 19 to 24 — the city’s first such event. Pictured here are models backstage with glimmering eyes. #wwdfashion (📷: Cheuk-Yin To)
Trending for spring 2018: top stitch design. Gone are the days of stitch just for seams — designers are using the once-minimal detail to create strong decorative elements. (📷: Paola Testa; Styled by @andrew_shang) #wwdfashion
@tradesy is turning the concept of a showroom upside down with its new space in Santa Monica. Here, the company plans to hold events, art exhibits and a showcase rare fashion pieces like this Louis Vuitton boxing set. Get all the details on Tradesy’s first showroom on WWD.com. #wwdnews


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Fiat is putting the final touches on the Mazda Miata-based 124 Spider, and a new report finds the Turin-based automaker’s next project is to develop a more powerful version of it.
While the regular 124 will be powered by a Fiat-sourced 1.4-liter four-cylinder engine, the Abarth-massaged model will benefit from a turbocharged and direct-injected 1.7-liter four-banger lifted straight from the Alfa Romeo 4C parts bin. The mill will be tuned to make approximately 200 horsepower, and while that’s nearly 40 less than the 4C, it’s almost 50 more than the Miata on which it is based.
Whether the Abarth will be equipped with the 4C’s six-speed dual-clutch transmission or ship with a more enthusiast-focused six-speed manual gearbox is an open question, and ultimately, Fiat could choose to offer both options. Regardless, adding forced induction should allow the 124 to hit 60 mph from a stop in less than five seconds, a figure that will make it faster than a base model Porsche Boxster.
The extra power will be complemented by Abarth-designed suspension components that will make the ride stiffer, beefier brakes on all four corners, and a less intrusive traction control system.
Visually, the Abarth will stand out from the regular 124 thanks to a much more aggressive look characterized by deeper bumpers on both ends, a specific grille, four round exhaust tips, and an air diffuser integrated into a new rear bumper. Of course, model-specific emblems and alloy wheel designs will round out the exterior modifications.
The regular Fiat 124 Spider will most likely be presented to the public at the Los Angeles Motor Show that will open its doors in November, but the Abarth model will be kept under wraps until the start of next year’s Geneva Motor Show. If the rumor turns out to be true, look for it to land in showrooms in approximately a year as a 2017 model.
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Facebook is now making the posts of some of your friends look like chat windows in your PC browser. The social media giant is reportedly testing a feature that pushes certain posts to the bottom edge of users’ web browser, similar to what the tech giant does when the user gets an instant message from a friend, according to CNET. Gmail does the similar with its email composer and instant messages.
Easier way to participate in conversations
According to a Facebook spokeswoman, “We’ve heard from people that they would like an easier way to participate in conversations on a post while they are still in News Feed so we are testing a new option that opens up a window when someone comments on your post, replies to your comment or tags you in a comment.”
Facebook’s new pop-out posts have a text field that allows a user to comment. There is also an option to either see the complete post or hide it, notes CNET. The spokeswoman added that users can always turn off notifications or hide the conversation from within the dropdown menu of the post. It is not certain how many users are part of the test, but the spokeswoman said it is a “small test.”
Einhorn’s FOF Re-positions Portfolio, Makes New Seed Investment In Year Marked By “Speculative Exuberance”
It has not just been rough year for David Einhorn's own fund. Einhorn's Greenlight Masters fund of hedge funds was down 3% net for the first half of 2020, matching the S&P 500's return for those six months. In his August letter to investors, which was reviewed by ValueWalk, the Greenlight Masters team noted that Read More
Facebook frequently tests new features with a small percentage of its 1.86 billion users before launching them broadly to all users. It is also unclear what criteria prompts the social networking giant to give a post that kind of treatment or how long it has been testing it.
The more people the tech giant can attract to a post, the more it can woo advertisers. Hence, it is a win for the company any time it can get you to spend more time liking, scrolling, or reading posts.
Facebook working on a YouTube alternative
Facebook has also reportedly redoubled its attempts to reach a broad accord with the music industry, according to interviews with music publishers, trade associations and negotiators at labels. A deal would potentially pave the way for the social media giant to obtain more professional videos from the label, reports Bloomberg.
David Israelite, president of the industry trade group National Music Publishers Association, said, “We’re hopeful that they are moving towards licensing music for the entire site.”
Facebook’s interest in music rights is linked to its increasing interest in video. Even though the company is seen directly competing with Snapchat and Twitter, its main competitor is Google, as music is one of the most popular types of videos on YouTube.


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The Lightworks (TWL) has strengthened its team with the appointment of Claire Dymyd as customer service executive.
She will play a key role in the further development of TLW’s ‘excellence in product and service’ customer experience. Dymyd’s past work experience include Wilko Retail and is a graduate of the McDonald’s management programme.
Jason Hughes, managing director, commented: “Claire will provide invaluable support to our sales team on a daily basis and also brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our valued customer services team.
“I’m very pleased to welcome Claire to the team at such an exciting time for the company and I’m sure she will quickly settle in to her role and prove to be a tremendous asset to TLW.”


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Beginning Fri., the U.S. Postal Company will “implement new company expectations for Initially Course Mail and Periodicals,” spokeswoman Kim Frum stated in an email to United states Right now.
WASHINGTON – Individuals who have been annoyed with the sluggish provider of the U.S. Postal Company considering that the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic almost certainly will not be thrilled to hear this: The provider is about to get even slower.
Starting Friday, the Postal Services will “implement new provider benchmarks for To start with Course Mail and Periodicals,” spokeswoman Kim Frum stated in an e-mail to United states of america Today.
The variations imply an amplified time-in-transit for mail touring lengthy distances, these as from New York to California. Frum stated that “most to start with class mail (61%) and periodicals (93%) will be unaffected” by the changes. Solitary-piece initially-class mail touring within the very same location will nonetheless have a delivery time of two times.
The Postal Support defines very first-class mail as “standard sized letters and flats,” Frum explained. That’s different from initial-course deals, which are typically used for shipping smaller, light-weight packages. At the moment, first-course mail and initial-class offers have the exact same supply specifications, but that will transform beginning Friday.
The alterations to service conventional instances are component of the Postal Service’s 10-calendar year strategic approach, which was announced by Postmaster Basic Louis DeJoy in March. The prepare has drawn major criticism from elected officers.
DeJoy took his placement in June 2020 irrespective of no prior Postal Support knowledge. The position of postmaster basic is not appointed or nominated by a president but rather appointed by the unbiased Postal Service Board of Governors.
The Postal Services has been riddled by money difficulties for decades, and the coronavirus pandemic has only worsened the problem.
By earning this modify, Frum mentioned, “the Postal Service can entrust its ground network to produce far more First-Class Mail, which will guide to wonderful regularity, reliability and effectiveness that benefits its prospects … whether it’s 300 miles or 3,000 miles, the current normal for (to start with-course packages) require 3-working day company for any vacation spot inside the contiguous U.S. with a generate time bigger than 6 hrs. This is unattainable and forces us to count on air transportation, yielding unreliable services. With this alter, we will enhance assistance reliability and predictability for buyers while also driving efficiencies across the Postal Services community.”
Moreover, starting off Oct. 3 by Dec. 26, the Postal Service will temporarily enhance costs on professional and retail domestic deals simply because of the holiday break year and its increase in quantity. All those price tag improves will not influence worldwide products and solutions, Frum reported.
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Microsoft Corp's Office suite of applications, encompassing its popular Word, Excel and PowerPoint programs, will become available to iPad users from Apple Inc's app store from Thursday.
The expected announcement marks a significant break with Microsoft's longstanding Windows strategy now that new Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella has taken the helm. The software giant has previously been unwilling to compromise its signature PC operating system.
At a news conference Thursday, Microsoft executives demonstrated a new "touch-first" version of Office crafted for the iPad, available for download as a free app this morning, although a subscription is needed to let users create or edit documents. Significantly, executives did not demo any software on Windows machines.
While the technology behind the software is not ground-breaking, the strategy is: It puts Office at the heart of the company's push to become a leading services company across a variety of platforms - possibly at the expense of Windows and its own Surface tablet.
That perceived willingness to break with the Windows tradition, which remains co-founder Bill Gates' most enduring legacy, helped spur Microsoft shares to $40-plus levels not seen since the dotcom boom of 2000.
Wall Street is now guardedly optimistic on a company that, while still garnering billions of dollars in annual profit, risks gradual obsolescence in a mobile-powered tech industry.
Microsoft stock was holding steady at just under $40 in midday trade. (Reporting by Gerry Shih and Bill Rigby in Seattle; Editing by Bernard Orr)


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The Basic Magnesium Inc. plant in Henderson helped change the face of Las Vegas during World War II, attracting black workers from throughout the South to new defense-related job opportunities here.
The names were big and their plans even bigger, but the property near the Las Vegas Strip has nothing to show for it. Now new owners are taking a chance on the 60-acre site, purchasing it for $130 million.
T.J. Maxx is relocating one of its Las Vegas Valley stores to Town Square.
Payless ShoeSource has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is shuttering its remaining stores in North America.
Carl Icahn, the activist hedge fund investor said in Securities and Exchange Commission filings published Tuesday that “shareholder value might be best served, and enhanced, by selling the company.”
Federal officials have told Southwest Airlines to fix the way it calculates the weight of luggage loaded on flights after finding frequent mistakes.


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Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart Accounts If you had asked me to guess which upcoming PS5 game plans to explore the duality of man Ratchet Clank: Rift Apart would not have been my first answer. Insomniac's PlayStation franchise has historically been more interested in letting players shoot disco balls out of gloves or turn enemies into ducks than asking them to ruminate on the very nature of existence after all. But in a recent PlayStation Blog post announcing the Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart release date creative director Marcus Smith pointed to the game's "theme of duality.We have been working hard to ensure that Ratchet Clank: Rift Apart is a showpiece game and exclusive for your PlayStation 5 console. We’re thrilled to confirm that the game will launch on June 11 2021.
While Ratchet Clank: Rift Apart developer Insomniac Games recently announced that the PlayStation 5-exclusive title will release on June 11th it also confirmed a number of new details and hinted at others. For example it was explicitly noted that Ratchet Clank: Rift Apart will include a photo mode which is a first-ever feature for the franchise.Increasingly photo modes are a given in new video games especially on next-gen consoles like the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Details on what exactly Ratchet Clank: Rift Apart will actually allow players to do in its photo mode have not yet been announced.
In just a few months the Ratchet Clank series will make its debut on PlayStation 5 with Ratchet Clank: Rift Apart. It'll mark the first new entry to the main series not counting 2016's Ratchet Clank remake in almost eight years. Rift Apart will serve as the first real test for the PlayStation 5's DualSense controller and is one of the year's most anticipated games.A Reddit fan theory has suggested the name of the new female Lombax in Ratchet Clank: Rift Apart is Rivet. Who is she? That’s the question Clank asks in Ratchet Clank: Rift Apart’s first trailer Ratchet Clank: Rift Apart Account but we still don’t really have an answer.


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We have decided on this upcoming Sunday afternoon to celebrate Scott Simpson’s life. The Lunchbox Laboratory will be closing early after lunch so we can re-open the doors to Scott’s friends and fans between the hours of 4 and 6 PM. We will be providing both food and libations (kool aid base of course) for everyone.
We look forward to seeing you there.
BREMERTON — Power saws and paint are still changing the ambiance of downtown Bremerton’s newest addition, but come mid-April it will be all about the food.
The Bremerton Bar & Grillis set to open for dinner on April 18 and will begin serving lunch the next day.
The Bremerton restaurant at 190 Pacific Ave. will become the fifth in the Neighborhood Grill chain and the first on this side of Puget Sound. The company announced Friday it plans to hire 40 or more people for the newest location.
Bremerton Mayor Patty Lent said the restaurant will help draw people downtown. “It means more people working, more people celebrating the revitalization of downtown Bremerton,” she said.
Lent said she also is in talks with officials at Ivar’s Seafood Restaurants and Chowder about opening downtown.
Ivar’s has several locations around the Sound and in Spokane offering takeout fare such as fish and chips and clam chowder and restaurants specializing in seafood. The closest Ivar’s to Bremerton are in Tacoma and next to the Colman Dock ferry terminal in Seattle.
The Bremerton Bar & Grill will have a full bar and a menu offering burgers and steaks, chicken and seafood and weekend breakfasts that could provide an enticement for boaters to come to Bremerton on Saturdays and Sundays, Lent said.
Ron Sher, owner of the former J.C. Penney building at Pacific Avenue and Burwell, also owns the bar and grill building, which was the original home of Westsound Bank.
The restaurant offers views west across the street to the city’s Memorial Plaza and to the south toward the Naval Museum.
When you see them, you’ll know why Lunchbox Laboratory hamburgers are – by some lights – considered the number-one burger out there. We’re not talking Seattle. We’re talking America. Just ask Zagat or Gourmet magazine.
Generously crafted with the finest meat and cheeses, fresh greens and spices, the burgers teeter between seedy Kaiser rolls. How about the Maple Bacon, Havarti Cheese and Black Truffle Mayo Burger? Or the Sloppy Joe, made from buffalo (yes, like from Yellowstone), bacon, brown sugar Marsala onions with Colby cheese?
This former bank building will be repurposed into the new home of Bremerton Bar and Grill which is scheduled to open in April of 2011. This American-Style, family-friendly restaurant is recognized for award winning menus, fun happy hours, and fast and friendly service. The Bremerton Bar and Grill will be another great step in the continuing revitalization efforts surrounding downtown Bremerton as well as a destination for residents, visitors and tourists.


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While franchise trends have traditionally tended to trail behind other business sectors in terms of embracing new ideas and concepts, the tide seems to be turning. In the past few years, more franchises — both those that are long established as well as new players — have been more proactive about pushing into fresh niches of the industry in order to stay ahead of their competition and attract the attention of their customers. Along that note, be on the lookout for the following franchise legal trends that are likely to make headway during 2016.
1. How Does Browning-Ferris Pan Out?
The historic ruling handed down by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) at the tail end of 2014 — as well as a clarification delivered in 2015 — has the potential to change the relationship between a franchisor and its corporate office. It is likely that this ruling will continue to be in the news as its ramifications are felt and dealt with appropriately.
2. Home Delivery Opens Possibilities and Uncertainty
Based on the long-successful model of pizza delivery — with a twist — more franchises are poised to follow in the successful footsteps of Jimmy John’s. Unlike pizza delivery, though, building the infrastructure necessary to make delivery an option involves an outlay of resources that is not cost effective for most franchises. Turning to third-party delivery services — Uber, GrubHub and Postmates come to mind as options — seems like it could be the missing link in allowing franchises to push into this burgeoning niche. Could unforeseen legal issues tangle this concept in its infancy?
3. Innovative Financing Arrives
As a method of financing during the recession, alternative streams such as flipping a 401K, in-house financing or BoeFly in which applicants are matched with financing options after filling out a single form are set to explode in popularity. While these options provide exciting choices for people to realize their dreams of owning their own business, are there unforeseen legal issues that could arise along the way?
Franchisors have always been an innovative and creative set of individuals devoted to realizing their dreams. Embracing new concepts that help them do so is invigorating and exciting while also often fraught with uncertainty.
So you want to franchise your business? Check out our franchise services page Franchise Legal Services for New Franchisors.


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If you’re keen on getting your very own slice of the second-generation 2022 Subaru BRZ, you’d best be quick, as Subaru Australia has confirmed over the weekend that the first allocation of local units are nearly sold out.
All up, Subaru has 500 BRZs allocated for the Australian market for the initial batch. The problem for Australian buyers, though, is that all but 90 units have been gobbled up by keen buyers. These first examples are set to arrive in the first half of 2022.
The Subaru BRZ is being offered here in Australia in four major variants, with prices starting from $38,990 for the entry-level BRZ coupe with a manual transmission, excluding delivery charges and on-road costs.
The range then moves to the BRZ with an automatic transmission, which is priced from $42,790, and through to the BRZ S manual and automatic variants, which are priced from $40,190 and $43,990, respectively.
Both the BRZ and BRZ S are powered by a fresh 2.4-litre naturally-aspirated flat four-cylinder engine that produces 170kW and 249Nm in overseas models. While Subaru is yet to confirm power figures for the Australian market, we’d expect the same outputs here.
The local company has, however, confirmed that manual variants receive 18 per cent more torque than the first-gen BRZ, while automatic variants receive a 20 per cent torque boost, with power thrown exclusively to the rear wheels.
Key engineering highlights of the second-generation BRZ include a new body construction that offers 60 per cent more front lateral rigidity and a 50 per cent increase in torsional stiffness, both of which contribute massively to the BRZ’s grip, handling and high-speed stability. Subaru’s Australia general manager, Blair Read, said:
“We are delighted by the reception for the all-new Subaru BRZ. The number of Australian customers already eagerly awaiting delivery to their driveway is testament to the great package the Subaru engineers have delivered with the next generation BRZ.”
If you’re keen on getting your order in before the rest of those 90 units are gone, head over to Subaru’s BRZ pre-order form which you can access here.


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Norse Projects and London retailer The Hideout team up for a special co-lab project, produced
As Stussy surges forward for its 30th anniversary “XXX” collection, the brand unveils what is
Highlighting the Holiday season, we take a tour of London and its diverse retail landscape with various retailers including Dover Street Market, Garbstore, and Hideout amongst others.
It only made sense that seminal London streetwear staple, The Hideout, would challenge the
To mark its 15th anniversary, Japanese brand NEIGHBORHOOD engaged in a special 15 t-shirt
Lance Armstrong’s latest team-up with Nike Sportswear has dominated the headlines in the last
A full-look into The Hideout’s 10th anniversary collaboration t-shirt with Supreme has
The Hideout, a London based boutique, will be releasing a new t-shirt with New York based label
For Hideout’s 10th anniversary, they teamed up with Porter to create a messenger bag. Inspired by the traditional bags carried by newspaper boys, this bag has a very modern look with Hideout’s motto written on top, “My Karma Drives Over my Dogma.” It comes in black with beige writing and ivory with black writing. With high quality materials such as 100% canvas cotton and waterproof lining, this is a bag worthy of Hideout’s 10th anniversary. Available soon at Hideout and Honeyee.
This year will be Neighborhood’s 10th anniversary in business. As a prelude to the celebrations that will take place, The Hideout Blog has interviewed folks from GIMME5, The Hideout, Adidas, Goodenough UK, Fragment Design, Slam Jam, and Foot Patrol on their favorite items from Neighborhood. It’s a pretty interesting article because you get to hear the opinions of some of the more respected people in the industry. Check it out here now.


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New Jersey’s telecommunications companies have responded to the broadening demand for wireless data and video – and the constant stream of new apps over their networks – with innovations that enhance the way Wi-Fi is delivered.
As the Internet of Things (IoT) becomes more of a reality each day, the state’s telecommunications companies have remained global leaders in innovations that empower applications to work together – think Uber and Airbnb – and in linking those apps to the physical world of buildings, traffic lights, municipal water systems and driverless cars. Backed by tens of billions of dollars of investments in their networks, the innovations produced by New Jersey telecommunications companies are dramatically altering the ways people use their smartphones and how businesses work over the Internet. Telecommunications providers are innovating to deliver on the promise of 5G, the next generation of mobile networks that will start becoming more broadly available this year. The impact of 5G goes beyond the increased speed of wireless transmissions to enabling seamless integration of the telecommunications network and the Internet into the applications that ride over them.
5G and the Geometric Growth of Data and Video Demand
“The Internet of Things is strongly tied to this idea of industrial automation,” says Marcus Weldon, chief technology officer and president of Nokia Bell Labs. At Nokia’s 200-acre campus in Murray Hill, world leading mathematicians, physicists, chemists, astronomers and all varieties of scientists and engineers conduct research in a wide spectrum of information technology and communications, including optics, wireless and wired broadband. “Think of roadway and bridge sensors, or sensors throughout a factory or on a college campus. We say every person will be near 100 sensors and you will only wear a few of them (on your phone). The whole point is to optimize everything else.” The big change will take place in the automation of the industrial side and, Weldon believes, this will have a huge impact on New Jersey. “When you think of autonomous vehicles, smart buildings and the like, all will require 5G to be fully operational and to get the scale you would need for infrastructure automation.”
The coming of 5G is driving innovations in the delivery of wireless service. Both AT&T and Verizon have begun deploying small cell technology in selected areas of New Jersey. Small cells can be put in specific locations, including those prone to connectivity issues or in areas that cannot effectively be served by a traditional cell tower, notes J. Michael Schweder, president, AT&T Mid-Atlantic. He adds that AT&T has experienced a 250,000 percent increase in data usage over its mobile network from 2007, the year the first smartphone came on the market, through last year. Small cells can be placed in buildings or outdoors attached to existing utility poles, light poles, traffic lights or exterior walls. Indoors, small cells can be placed above ceiling tiles, attached to drop ceiling mounts or placed in telecom closets.
“In short, small cells provide additional network capacity allowing us to better keep up with customer demand for better, faster and smarter technologies and services. The installation of small cells enhances our 4G LTE-Advanced network and lays the foundation for evolution to future technologies, such as 5G,” Schweder says.
Verizon has deployed small cells in Jersey City and Newark.
“They allow us to get more wireless coverage to an area using less bulky equipment,” says Verizon spokesman David Weissmann, adding that the company invested $11.2 billion in network improvements last year. Verizon employs more than 14,000 people in 1,699 buildings and locations in New Jersey, including its 1.4 million-square-foot operations center in Basking Ridge.
Network Innovations Enable New Services
New Jersey telecommunications companies have a history of world-leading innovation including the transistor, cellular communications, solar cells, high-definition video and fiber-optic communications. Current innovations are allowing creative approaches such as Verizon’s partnership with Cape May County and American Aerospace Technologies Inc. to use drones as cell sites in the sky to restore service quickly in the aftermath of severe weather.
AT&T last summer launched the trial phase of its national drone program in partnership with Qualcomm Technologies. AT&T also is working with FirstNet to build and manage America’s first-ever nationwide broadband network for public safety. The company has continued its 114-year presence in the state by investing more than $1.5 billion in wired and wireless networks here from 2013 to 2015 to enable applications services such as FirstNet and DIRECTV NOW. The latter can deliver wireless entertainment services to 20 million US households that have dropped cable and pay-tv. “Mobile and video are intersecting at a rapid pace, and more than 60 percent of our network traffic is video,” Schweder says.
Products such as Comcast’s recently launched Xfinity xFi, a new and personalized Wi-Fi experience, gives customers better control over Wi-Fi in their homes, says Jennifer Bilotta, vice president of communications at Comcast, which serves more than 1 million customers in New Jersey and employs 4,500 people throughout the state. With 80 percent of smartphone data traffic in the US now traveling over Wi-Fi, the xFi service provides a simple dashboard for customers to find their passwords, see what devices are connected, troubleshoot issues, set parental controls and even pause Wi-Fi access during dinner or bedtime. Plus, xFi customers also may access both cable and streaming entertainment services without switching remotes. “We saw incredible activity and engagement with Netflix immediately after launch,” Bilotta says.
Helping Apps Communicate
New Jersey telecommunications companies also are enhancing Application Program Interface, or API technology, which enables software components to interact. Vonage recently acquired the Nexmo communications platform, a set of cloud-based communication APIs that enables software developers to build modern enterprise communications customized for any app. The company said its next-generation Nexmo API also enables integration with existing business workflow software.
“Cloud telephony has become the predominant way voice is carried worldwide,” says Vonage Chief Product Officer Omar Javaid. Vonage has 638,000 business customers and 1.7 million residential customers throughout its entire network and one-third of its 1,800-employee worldwide workforce is based in New Jersey. The company does not give out a breakdown of its New Jersey customers. “The even more powerful aspect is that it’s enabling contextual computing or contextual communications.”
For example, iPhone users have access to an American Express app that enables them to click a questionable charge on their bill and be connected to customer service. “American Express’s customer representative immediately recognizes you. All of that context is transferred from when you signed on, so the charge in question opens up to the customer service person. … You don’t have to go through confirming your identity again.”
Vonage, which provides phone service over the Internet with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), instead of through a wired network, last fall introduced SmartWAN to address the needs of businesses for video, online collaboration tools, and other bandwidth-intensive cloud applications without degrading real-time communications or call quality. “The challenge is how to prioritize business critical traffic over things that are not critical,” Javaid says. “So, when everybody in the office is trying to watch a latest viral video on YouTube, it’s not going to affect the voice traffic to your sales office.”
Looking Ahead – The Smartphone and the IoT
“We believe IoT will transform the customer experience. It lets devices and machines talk to you and each other,” Schweder says, adding that last year, the company announced the launch of a new smart cities framework with several new categories including infrastructure, citizen engagement, transportation and public safety.
Not only will the IoT change the way people use their smartphones, it will change the way they look when they use their smartphones.
“We have to get away from staring at this thing as we walk around. It’s clearly bad on many levels regarding safety; it makes you unaware of your environment. We have to move to a different mode of interacting with the device,” says Weldon of Nokia Bell Labs, where engineers and scientists are looking 10 years ahead. Bell Labs current research includes biologically integrated sensors that would be embedded in a person’s skin to sense their environment and how they live and work.
Many companies are developing glasses with a heads-up display of what’s on your cell screen that you can see through. “Things pop up on the screen in the glasses in front of you, but you see through it. Rather than tap with your thumbs, you will speak to the device.
“In the end, how we communicate with devices will be more cognitive. You will think of devices as autonomous personal systems. I would guess in a couple of years we will see a version of this reality,” Weldon says. “New Jersey will be a very different place 10 years from now in terms of how people are living and working. They will be assisted rather than overwhelmed by their devices.”


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Eaton Centre, one of the largest malls of Toronto, has announced to give up its ritual and keep its doors completely open on the Easter Sunday holiday. Toronto Eaton Centre assured in an official announcement that it will remain open for five hours regardless of the constitutional holiday starting next March as the shoppers are likely to take a worldly view of formal religious holidays.
Meredith Vlitas, the Marketing Director of Eaton Centre, informed the media claiming that she wants the consumers to be the one deciding whether they want to visit the mall on Easter Sunday or not. She pointed out that, since the mal is designated as tourist destination, it is exempted of city rules asking retailers to open on statutory holidays.
According to Vlitas, the mall has finally decided on the long-considered issue after gathering all sorts of input and advice from its tenants, neighboring communities and shoppers themselves. She asserted that the city caters a very large community worshiping an extremely versatile range of religions, so general public shall not be restrained to spend their cash at the mall on specific holidays. Vlitas stated that “Toronto being one of the most diverse cities in the world, many treat the current religious holidays as secular statutory holidays and celebrate a variety of other religions events on many occasions throughout the year.” She said that “as strong advocates of consumer choice, Toronto Eaton Centre believes that consumers should ultimately determine where and when they can shop.”
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Judy D’Mello is a New York Times reporter who grew up in Mumbai. When she was a child her mother frequently told her something that lots of mothers tell their kids: Don't waste food. Why? Because food costs money and waste is bad. Now, if she had wanted to write an article about how that wisdom from her mother led her, more recently, to try out the food app, “Too Good To Go,” which has restaurants and food markets offering unsold leftovers, bundled into bags, to buyers on the cheap, I would have nothing to criticize. Again, waste is bad, and food is particularly expensive these days.
But Ms. D’Mello needed to wrap her reporting in the language of "climate change." In a recent piece in the Times she tells us, “the goal is to save money, anxiety, and some greenhouse gases. Worldwide, discarded food accounts for 8 to 10 percent of planet-warming emissions. That’s because rotting food produces heat-trapping methane gas.”
Oh please. The fact is, D’Mello reports, 155,000 businesses offer these discounted meals to 85 million (!) users worldwide. People like cheap food that is already prepared, even if you don’t get to pick what you’re getting. It’s nice to take a break from cooking. I wonder how many of them are doing this to save money; to get pre-made food; or to save the earth? The odds are low on saving the earth, here. Those methane numbers are nothing if not questionable. But we’re guessing that trendy connection is what made D’Mello’s editor okay the rather self-indulgent piece.
Those doggie bags really come in handy.
So, what do we learn about climate change from this piece? Nothing. We do learn where the writer went, and what she got to eat. With the exception of some curry and rice, and a plate of shawarma, hummus, and the fixings, not much of it sounded like real meals. (The shawarma was a mere $6!) Lots of muffins and “nut butter snack bars.”
Monday, January 29th sounded like a real bust. The haul was: “A croissant; a blueberry muffin; a slice of gluten-free banana bread. Two six packs of frozen Chinese buns: one with sour cabbage and tofu, the other plain cabbage. One block of spiced dry tofu. One bag of frozen, vegan tuna made from non-GMO soybeans. A tuna salad wrap sandwich. Six ham and cheese finger sandwiches. A big slice of chocolate cake and six cannoli pastries."
That haul of carbs and vegan Chinese food from three different places cost a mere $17. It was cheap enough. But I wouldn’t want to be dependent on that array of food for my day’s intake.
What did the reporter think? Lots of carbs; “overall, though, it was a fun, affordable culinary tour of Manhattan.” Her biggest gripe? “The containers. Lots and lots of plastic.” Just for the hell of it, the Times threw in a little guide to “Eating and Cooking Choices That Help the Planet," right below the article -- with a quiz so the reader can analyze “the extent to which your eating habits contribute to climate change.” The list suggests getting rid of your gas stove and eating kelp and bugs. Because of course it does.


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The Goodman Amana Lawsuit has been a hot topic in the HVAC industry in recent years. In this article, we will delve into the details of the lawsuit and its impact on the company and the industry.
Background Information on Goodman Amana
Goodman Amana is a leading heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system manufacturer. The company was founded in 1975 and has since become one of the most recognized names in the HVAC industry.
The Lawsuit Details
The lawsuit involves Goodman Amana and several of its distributors. The distributors have accused the company of several unethical practices, including price-fixing and antitrust violations.
The parties involved in the lawsuit include Goodman Amana, its parent company, Daikin Industries, and several of its distributors. The distributors have filed lawsuits against the company in various states across the United States.
The allegations against Goodman Amana are serious and could have significant implications for the company and the industry.
Impact of the Goodman Amana Lawsuit
The Goodman Amana Lawsuit has already had a significant impact on the company. In 2017, Goodman Amana agreed to pay a $5.5 million settlement to resolve price-fixing allegations and other antitrust violations.
The lawsuit has also impacted the HVAC industry as a whole. The allegations against Goodman Amana could lead to increased scrutiny of the industry and result in more regulations and oversight.
The Goodman Amana Lawsuit is a complex issue with significant implications for the company and the industry. As the case continues to unfold, those in the HVAC industry must stay up-to-date on the latest developments and understand their potential impact on their businesses.
What is the Goodman Amana Lawsuit?
The Goodman Amana Lawsuit involves allegations of price-fixing and antitrust violations against the company and its distributors.
Who is involved in the Goodman Amana Lawsuit?
The parties involved in the lawsuit include Goodman Amana, its parent company, Daikin Industries, and several of its distributors.
What impact could the Goodman Amana Lawsuit have on the HVAC industry?
The allegations against Goodman Amana could lead to increased scrutiny of the industry and result in more regulations and oversight.
Has Goodman Amana already faced any consequences for the allegations made against them?
Yes, in 2017, Goodman Amana agreed to pay a $5.5 million settlement to resolve allegations of price-fixing and other antitrust violations.
What should those in the HVAC industry do to stay up-to-date on the Goodman Amana Lawsuit?
Those in the HVAC industry should stay up-to-date on the case’s latest developments and understand the potential impact on their businesses.
In this article, we will explore the Goodman Amana Lawsuit and its possible impact on your home. This lawsuit alleges that Goodman and Amana manufactured and sold defective air conditioning units. The companies failed to properly test, design, and warrant their products for household use, and underreported the number of fires associated with their products. We’ll also discuss the cost of replacing evaporator coils, and how you can determine if your unit is at fault.
The class action lawsuit alleges that Goodman and Amana manufactured and sold air conditioners with defective evaporator coils
The evaporator coils on Goodman and Amana air conditioning units have a history of leaking and failing to operate properly. In May 2013, a Mike Mechanical technician found a leak in one of the coils and determined that the unit needed to be replaced. Grosses took the unit to the Goodman warranty program but were denied the claim because the unit was purchased from an online retailer and did not come under the manufacturer’s warranty protection. In all, Grosses’ unit was replaced.
According to the complaint, the two companies made several faulty air conditioning units and sold them to consumers. While many consumers are happy with the performance of their air conditioners, others have complained of serious health problems related to leaking evaporator coils. Luckily, a class action lawsuit has been filed against the companies that made these defective air conditioners.
The class action lawsuit alleges that Goodman and Amana failed to properly design and test the air conditioners before advertising, selling, and warranting them as fit for household use
The AC defect that triggered the class action claim was discovered after a consumer purchased a defective Goodman heat pump. The consumer was left with a broken unit and demanded reimbursement for the cost of repair. Goodman said the part was defective and had to be returned to an authorized distributor. When he complained about the cost of the repairs, the company refused to reimburse him for his labor.
The air conditioning units affected by this problem consist of three primary components: the evaporator coil, the condenser coil, and the evaporator coil. These three parts work together in a hermetic system and are connected to a Freon compressor. The evaporator coil is the component that draws heat from the inside of the home and the condenser coil is the part that exhausts heat outside the home. The coils at issue are made from small copper tubes with u-bends brazed together continuously. This is how the refrigerant can pass through the coils and reach the condenser unit.
The class action lawsuit alleges that Goodman and Amana underreported the number of fires linked to its units
In one class action lawsuit, the couple Jeanyne James and Robin Colbert claim that Goodman and Amana underreport the number of fires linked to their Amana ranges. Both lost their homes and garages, and their possessions, including four cars. The suit claims that the companies failed to tell the public about these fires and should be held liable for the resulting injuries and deaths.
The United States, which seized the Goodman company in southern Texas federal court, said that the company underreported the number of fires linked with its units, which were caused by improperly crimped power cords. In addition, Goodman retracted reports from federal and state governments after receiving 90 reports linking their units to fires. Goodman produced 233,000 wall-mounted air conditioning-heating units. These units were sold wholesale for seven hundred to $1,000.
Cost of evaporator coil replacement
A recent consumer complaint reveals that a Goodman air conditioner stopped cooling his home after one summer. After adding the new refrigerant, it worked again, but only until the evaporator coil ruptured. In a subsequent summer, the air conditioner no longer cooled the home, and Goodman refused to replace the unit or provide credit for labor. Goodman owes the lead plaintiff $650 in labor costs to fix the problem.
When the evaporator coil fails, a Goodman owner may have to spend as much money as the original purchase price to replace it. But since the evaporator coil was defective from the start, he may have to replace it with a generic one. This might lead to lower cooling efficiency and early failure. If this happens, the owner could lose his warranty. To avoid this, the Goodman company should reimburse the costs of the replacement.


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It's been another good year for Greek Island holidays despite the upheavals of 2016. Tourism watchers are forecasting another record year for holiday visitors across Greece. Only those few islands in the eastern Aegean, affected by the influx of refugees are thought to have suffered a drop in visitors numbers, while other islands such as those in the Cyclades and the Ionian have welcomed more tourists then ever, particularly from the UK. Late holiday booking appear to have swelled the numbers and around 25 million tourists will have visited Greece and the Greek Islands this year (excluding Greek cruise passengers), according to the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE). Five out of ten best Islands in Europe are Greek, says a survey by leading holiday magaxine Travel and Leisure which asked its readers to weigh in on their travel experiences around the globe. Perrennial favorites Crete, Mykonos, and Santorini are joined this year by a couple of Ionian islands in the top ten.
Greek holiday watchers are now looking at the possible impact of Brexit on 2017 Greek Island holidays but remain optimistic that the attractions of the island will continue to be a big draw. Holiday companies too are offering big early bird discounts to ensure that Greek Island holidays remain as popular as ever in 2017.


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Tenchu 2 Still for PlayStation
Contrary to Sony's announcement of the game coming to the PS2, Tenchu 2 is still confirmed for the current PlayStation.
GameSpot News today has confirmed with Activision and Acquire that Tenchu 2 is coming to the current PlayStation console and not the PlayStation2. Previously, at its PlayStation2 unveiling conference, Sony had announced that the title was headed to the PlayStation2.
Acquire, the developer of the original Tenchu, told GameSpot News today that it is still developing Tenchu 2 for the current PlayStation. A company rep also added that the game is not scheduled for release in Japan yet, but a North American/European release is on track for next spring.
Activision has supported Acquire's comments, saying that the game, for the current PlayStation, is indeed on track for next spring.
So what was Tenchu 2 doing on the PlayStation2 roster? Acquire commented that it is not working on a Tenchu title for the PlayStation2 and that there is a possibility that Sony Music Entertainment (SME) may have another developer working on it. SME couldn't be reached for comment.
One thing is for sure - Tenchu 2 will come to the PlayStation, and it's definitely coming to the US. And the PlayStation2 game will probably be titled Tenchu 3. GameSpot News will bring you more on both Tenchu 2 and the possible Tenchu 3 soon.
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A customer was injured after a pickup truck came crashing through a store front Monday morning.
It happened at the Dollar General on Highway 43 in Vanceboro around 11:05 a.m.
Albert Coward says he was pulling in the store to buy puppy food. The 65-year-old Craven County man says he thought he was hitting the truck's brake, but was actually pressing the accelerator.
The pickup truck crashed through the store's front door. A 70-year-old man who was coming into the store was injured and taken to a local hospital.
Police say they're still investigating the accident.


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3Dfx gaat developers een handje helpen met het bakken van 3Dfx ondersteunende zachtwaar voor alternatieve platformen, waaronder Linux. Hier wat info die 3Dfx naar aanleiding van de Linux World Conference in een press release verstopt heeft:
To mark the opening of the Linux World Conference and Expo, 3Dfx Interactive(R) Inc. (Nasdaq: TDFX) today announced it is launching a broad effort that will enable developers to create content for 3Dfx Voodoo(R) accelerator products on several platforms, including the popular Linux(R) operating system. As part of a multi-faceted program, 3Dfx launched several new sections of its Web site today to serve as a resource for developers using Linux and other operating systems based on UNIX(R). The company also announced that it is releasing 2D specifications for Voodoo Banshee(TM), its award-winning graphics accelerator, to the Open Source(TM) community.
Available at http://www.3dfx.com, the new Web content is designed to help developers create games, interactive content and visual business applications for 3Dfx Voodoo acceleration technology. On the 3Dfx Web site, developers will find Voodoo Banshee 2D specifications, 3Dfx Glide(R) libraries for Linux (developed for 3Dfx and Linux users by independent software developer Daryll Strauss), and links to Mesa, an OpenGL(R) compatible library for Open Source platforms.
"This effort further extends our reach into the development community, which has always been critical to our success," said Scott Sellers, senior vice president of product development at 3Dfx Interactive. "By taking steps to ensure that key 3Dfx software drivers and APIs support Linux and other platforms, we are providing game and software developers with the chance to create content for their preferred graphics platform using their favorite development environment."


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Founder of certified organic food brand OZGANICS; Anni Brownjohn; featured in an article syndicated across the Daily Telegraph following the opening of this Telstra Businesswoman award nominations. Anni was the Telstra Business Award winner in 2014 recognised for her work within certified organic products.
Boasting a 20 strong staff roaster; OZGANICS head office is still located in Murwillumbah with offices also in Brisbane, Melbourne and Hong Kong; and last week secured entry into 4000 supermarkets across China.
Anni told The Daily Telegraph ‘It has really opened doors for me like you wouldn’t believe’ commenting on her win with the Telstra Business Awards.
Applications for the awards are open now and we encourage any of our members to apply! Entries and nomination s can be made at www.womensawards.com or by calling 1800,817 536. Submissions close 29th June.


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August 17-19, 2021
Las Vegas Convention Center
Rashid Qadri – Eflyn Self Ordering Kiosks
Jacque Folts – Atalanta
Domino’s and Nuro Launch Autonomous Pizza Delivery with On-Road Robot
Select Houston customers can have Domino’s delivered via R2, Nuro’s custom, autonomous vehicle, starting this week ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 12, 2021 – Domino’s (NYSE: DPZ), the largest pizza company in the world based on global retail sales, and Nuro, the leading self-driving delivery company, are launching autonomous pizza delivery in Houston. Beginning this...
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Checking In With Dave Garcia, Halftime Pizza, San Antonio, TX
Dave Garcia talks creating a family-friendly sports restaurant with Executive Editor Denise Greer and Creative Director Josh Keown. He also shares his focus of striking the balance of long hours and family life. A lot has changed this past year, but one thing hasn’t: consumers still love their pizza. As you pivot to meet...
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Congratulations to our Winners of the 365 Pizza Challenge
Chef Heinz Lauer, Former Executive Chef of Le Cordon Blue College of Culinary Arts, has reviews and tested tall of the pizza recipe submissions and has made his final decision on the winner of the 365 Pizza Challenge! And the overall winner is… The Sweet Canuck By Joe Leroux | Amadio’s Pizza The...
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Ruby Tuesday Inc. CMO David Skena is shedding light on the casual-dining chain’s path to upgrading is signature Garden Bar after more than a year in test.
The Maryville, Tenn.-based operator rolled out the revamped Garden Bar on Jan. 17, after smaller market tests showed it was an important brand differentiator.
“The Garden Bar is really the cornerstone of where we want to take the brand and where we want it to be in the lives of our guests,” Skena told Nation’s Restaurant News. “We can be a restaurant concept with better choices on the menu for people to make. We love having the grill-and-bar menu, but we can be more.”
Skena said the customer response has been very positive, but the executive team was unsure when it first tested the upgraded Garden Bar in November 2015.
“We did a single-unit test near our headquarters, sort of as a proof-of-concept test to see if we could pull it off,” he explained. The company then did a full-market test in Atlanta in early 2016, and expanded it to St. Louis and Charlotte, N.C., in May.
“Altogether, we had a million visits to the Garden Bar,” Skena said. “But in each market, we would vary a price point or vary a selection. By the end of it, we had the ‘Goldilocks Garden Bar’ — it was just right.”
In surveys of more than 6,000 customers, Ruby Tuesday found that 84 percent of Garden Bar users visited specifically because of that offering, Skena said, adding that close to half of all Ruby Tuesday customers get the Garden Bar.
“It’s a critical part of the restaurants,” he said.
Labor was a chief concern in rolling out the Garden Bar systemwide, as were some increased food costs, he added.
The upgrade offers a more contemporary selection of ingredients, Skena said.
“You have things like artichoke hearts that weren’t there before,” he said, adding that other items include spicy roasted broccoli, pico de gallo, banana pepper, wasabi peas and candied walnuts.
“It’s not that our Garden Bar before didn’t have all the basics that you needed to make a good salad, but this takes it up another notch,” he said.
And because many products are now made in house, labor costs were also a factor in the rollout, Skena said.
“You are making your dressings in house, hand-squeezing the lime juice. It takes time,” Skena said. “That’s for all eight of the dressings, so it has to be done right. It was finding the balance between things that delight the customers and things we could prep right.”
Capital costs for the Garden Bar rollout were minimal.
“It required some small stuff, minor things,” he said. “We needed to update some small wares.”
With each layer of the tiered test last year, the company conducted customer satisfaction surveys, especially to get the pricing correct, Skena said.
“We make sure we are sensitive to our target customers,” he said.
The company ended up getting rid of the free side substation of the Garden Bar in favor of an upcharge. Reactions varied by competitive geography.
“Folks who were in markets where they were used to going to a salad concept — Salata or Tender Greens — they thought this was an incredible value. Other folks in markets where there isn’t that competition, they were more sensitive to the pricing,” he said.
The enhanced Garden Bar also takes aim at Ruby Tuesday’s target customers: families with children.
“We know moms want better, more healthful options,” Skena said. “They want to be at place where they can make good choices. That’s a real feather in our cap.”
Ruby Tuesday is marketing the new Garden Bar through traditional television ads and billboards, but is layering on other media as well, such as a storytelling video called “Shy Girl” on YouTube, Skena said.
As of Nov. 29, Ruby Tuesday owned or franchised 613 Ruby Tuesday restaurants in 42 states, 14 countries and Guam.
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Unilever releases commemorative Michael Jackson beauty bar
Multinational corporation Unilever has expanded its Dove personal care product line with the release of a commemorative Michael Jackson beauty bar called ‘Dove Whiteface.’
“We wanted to celebrate Michael Jackson the best way we can, and we feel this is it,” said Chairman Michael Treschow. “We understand and feel deeply for Michael’s struggle with vitiligo and hope this new product would help others suffering from the same condition.”
Vitiligo is a relatively common chronic skin disorder that causes loss of pigmentation in patches of skin. Jackson said he suffered from the condition, which eventually led him to the drastic measure of eradicating the pigmentation in his entire body.
The product, which shipped to retails stores worldwide just days after the televised memorial service for the late King of Pop, contains the active ingredient monobenzene which not just lightens but actually removes pigment from the skin. Regular use of the product would eventually leave a permanent albino complexion. Unfortunately, anyone who uses the product would have to stay away from the sun for the rest of their life, a side-effect which Treschow says is acceptable.
“You get to have beautiful alabaster skin. So what if you have to carry an umbrella or wear a mask in public at all times?” said Treschow.
Michael Jackson’s family has not officially sanctioned Whiteface, but his sister LaToya reportedly has already ordered a year’s supply.
“She’s crazy about it. She understands the product, and we are happy to give it to her at cost,” said Unilever Marketing Chief Ceska Torche. “We are actually considering her as the official spokesperson.”
Whiteface retails at $365 for a package of two bars.


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California’s new kill-switch law is only a few days old, but the effectiveness of the technology it mandates for preventing smartphone theft has already been demonstrated.
Kill switches allow phone owners to deactivate a lost or stolen phone, making the device utterly worthless, unless you’re looking for an expensive paperweight.
California’s law, which went into effect July 1, mandates that all new smartphones sold in the Golden State have a default kill switch. But the law is having an impact nationwide because phone manufacturers started putting in place the change, and not just for devices sold in California.
In 2013, 3.1 million phones were stolen in the United States, according to Consumer Reports. That number dropped to 2.1 million in 2014, a 32 percent decrease. In New York, smartphone thefts dropped 16 percent. In San Francisco, phone thefts have been reduced by 22 percent.
“This is validation of what we knew to be the case all along, that if you remove the value of a stolen device you remove the incentive to engage in this violent behavior,” San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón, a proponent of the anti-theft protections, told Re/code. “This wasn’t just a local problem, this was a global epidemic, and it seems we’re poised to see a dramatic reduction in violent robberies as this technology is implemented ubiquitously.”
Gascón was part of an effort to push phone manufacturers to implement opt-out kill switches as a default setting, rather than an opt-in feature.
“Smartphone users have been able to remotely wipe and secure their devices for years, but few actually did, so thieves were willing to take their chances in pursuit of nabbing an unsecured phone,” Forbes said. “But the more phones that come out of the box with an opt-out kill switch, the lower a thief’s chances of profit are — leading to, in theory, the thefts disappearing altogether.”
Apple made Activation Lock, its kill-switch opt-out, on any phones that run iOS 8. Before, Activation Lock was an opt-in feature. The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus both have opt-out kill switches. Android has been slower to follow suit. Android implemented a kill switch last fall, but it’s an opt-in, “which was helpful for informed users but did little to deter thieves, who operate based on odds,” Forbes explained.
Cellphone manufacturers, including: Apple, BlackBerry, Google, HTC, Huawei, LG, Motorola, Microsoft, Samsung and ZTE, have agreed to implement the kill-switch protections nationwide, Re/code said.
“We’re already witnessing a worldwide reduction in smartphone robberies following the limited implementation of this technology,” Gascon added.
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MegaDroid helps secure hand-held devices
Image by SandiaLabs
Sandia’s David Fritz holds two Android smartphones, representing the virtual network of 300,000 such devices that he and other researchers are using to advance understanding of malicious computer networks on the Internet.
Read more at 1.usa.gov/13vypaE
Photo by Dino Vournas.
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Phone Makers' Android Tweaks Cause Security Problems
In order to figure out what the security vulnerabilities were and where they originated, researchers first separated the apps that came loaded on the smartphones into three categories, noting which came from Google's Android Open Source Project, which …
AT&T to install Lookout Mobile Security on its Android smartphones
The app will be available to current AT&T Android phone users, and will be pre-installed on future AT&T Android phones starting with the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. The app will run in the background and will scan incoming applications for security threats.


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S&P 500 Finished Higher, Bonds Tumble
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX
Treasuries slumped as the Buck fell.
The S&P 500 Index finish near session highs paring its weekly decliner to 2%. The DJIA charged back to all but erase a fall that saw 400 pts off on the lows.
The threat of a trade war dubbed The Trump Torpedo is said to have triggered the early selling, only to ease as the President’s recent history of backing off seemingly iron-clad policy positions gave rise to speculation the actual levies may not disrupt global growth.
People forget that President Trump is a negotiator, and when you negotiate, you don’t negotiate from the point where you want it to end up, you stake out, and you negotiate from there. Thursday was the stake.
“No steel, No country, and trade wars are good.”
President Trump pushed back against criticism of the steel and aluminum tariffs he proposed Thursday, saying “trade wars are good.”
The Key takeaway from the report is that consumer sentiment remains near multi-year highs with consumers showing little concern about the prospect of rising interest rates.
Friday, the US major stock market indexes finished at: DJIA -70.92 at 24538.06, NAS Comp +77.31 at 7257.86, S&P 500 +13.58 at 2691.25
Volume: Trade on the NYSE came in at: 919-M/shares exchanged
- NAS Comp +5.1% YTD
- S&P 500: +0.7% YTD
- Dow J -0.7% YTD
- Russell 2000: -0.2% YTD
HeffX-LTN’s Market Indexes Technical Analysis (week ending 2 March)
Have a terrific weekend.