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BETHESDA, Md., March 13, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Play Octopus ("Octopus"), an interactive entertainment platform inside rideshare vehicles, is proud to announce its inclusion in MindShare, an exclusive organization designed especially for CEOs of the most promising high-tech companies in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
ODESSA, Del., March 11, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- AutoAwards, provider of automotive dealership loyalty programs and marketing solutions, announced the launch of a video series called "Loyalty Matters." The primary focus for an automotive dealership at the start of a new year as vehicle sales start to slow is to retain their most profitable customers.
ATLANTA, Ga., March 1, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Tow Atlanta is proud to announce the arrival of TARVA, Tow Atlanta's Recovery Vehicle Autobot-Robot that goes into low clearance parking decks/garages and other tight areas where vehicles may become disabled and physically carries them out. TARVA is only the second robot from EasTract (a French Company) to be operational in the United States.
SEBRING, Fla., Feb. 5, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- IMSA Properties and Shaner Hotel Group announced today that the Chateau Elan Hotel and Conference Center is currently undergoing rebranding and will be operating as, "Seven - Sebring Raceway Hotel" by March 2019.
RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 1, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Sokal Media Group, an automotive advertising agency, and Webstreak LLC, a digital advertising agency, today announced they have entered into an agreement to merge the companies and resurface overnight as one of the largest full-service automotive agencies in the country. With the merger comes a new name. Moving forward, the company will simply be known as "Sokal."
RALEIGH, N.C., Jan. 24, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Automobile advertising agency, Sokal Media Group, is proud to be the new agency of record for the Ben Mynatt Family of Dealerships. Sokal Media Group took the reins January and has already launched new websites for the group. They will also create new advertising campaigns each month and will assist in many other areas of dealership business.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /California Newswire/ -- EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today a marketing and distribution agreement with HR Hotlink. Both firms are longtime valued partners of the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA).


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Somali shop owner appears in court for murder
Alodixashi Sheik Yusuf is accused of murdering 14-year-old Soweto teen Siphiwe Mahori.
JOHANNESBURG - A foreign shop owner accused of killing a Soweto teenager on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to all charges in the Protea Magistrates Court.
It is alleged 14-year-old Siphiwe Mahori and a group of friends tried to break into Somali shop owner Alodixashi Sheik Yusuf's shop in January.
The boy's death resulted in widespread looting in Soweto and other areas.
Magistrate Herman Badenhorst told Yusuf he faced serious charges and his refugee status had to be validated before he could make a decision on his bail application.
The shop owner claimed a gun fell in his shop while people were trying to break into his store.
He adds he fired several shots but wasn't aware that he had wounded anyone until authorities had arrived.
Yusuf told the court he has been in South Africa for nine years and had no assets in his home country of Somalia.
Mahori's family did not attend Wednesday's proceedings.
Hundreds of foreign shop owners were forced to flee the township to places of safety after their shops were looted and vandalised.
The looting and violence claimed six lives, including that of a baby.
Several shop owners in Soweto previously told government they didn't want foreign business owners to return to the area as business was booming without them.
Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu and members of her parliamentary committee met with owners in Soweto and Kagiso on Monday to listen to their grievances.
The committee is yet to release an action plan to help integrate foreign shop owners back into the community.
Video: SA spaza owners want foreign business gone.

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California companies have until August 18, 2018 to make changes to their labels under new Prop 65 regulations, but some bicycling companies are exempt from the changes.
Under California’s Prop 65, companies are required to disclose to consumers that harmful chemicals are included in their products. The California legislature made changes to the law that require companies to provide consumers with more information about the dangerous chemicals included in their products.
A generic warning label was used commonly by companies under the previous regulations, but Prop 65 label changes require companies to include the specific chemical included in the product.
Under the old law, companies would provide a generic warning to consumers that one of the hundreds of chemicals identified as dangerous to human health was included in their product. The updated law requires companies to disclose which chemicals are included in harmful amounts.
Companies have lagged behind, however, and the new Prop 65 labeling requirements will require them to get up to speed and protect their consumers. In particular, Amazon and other online retailers have been subject to Prop 65 lawsuits because they failed to include proper Prop 65 warnings on their products. These companies will have until next August to meet new Prop 65 labeling requirements.
Prop 65 and Bicycle Companies
Bicycle Retailer and Industry News reports that a letter from the Bicycle Product Suppliers Association has been sent to its members detailing the new Prop 65 label changes.
“Before, you didn’t have to test for the hundreds of chemicals. If you knew there were three or four, you could use a generic warning label,” QBP’s general counsel and a BPSA board member to Bicycle Retailer. “Now you have to be specific about the chemicals in the product.”
Twenty-two bicycle companies are exempt from the new Prop 65 label changes, however. These companies were a part of a settlement in 2006 over lead content in various bike components. They include Chia Cherne Industry Company, Shimano, SRAM, QBP, Pacific Cycle, Trek, Giant, Specialized, Bell Sports, Raleigh, Cannondale, Cyclereuope USA (including the Bianchi brand), G. Joannou Cycle Co., Dynacraft BSC, Electra Bicycle Co., Felt Bicycles, Advanced Sports (including the Fuji brand), REI (including the Novara brand), Scott USA, Iron Horse Bicycle Co. and Kung Hsue She.
These retailers can use labels under the previous Prop 65 requirements, but there are many other companies that must adhere to the new requirements. Bicycle Retailer reports that the BPSA representative noted website compliance in particular.
“I think other retailers need to get up to speed by 2018,” noted the BPSA board member. “Website and any software changes take time. But websites need to change to be compliant.”
Consumers who are worried that they and others may have been exposed to dangerous chemicals in products without proper Prop 65 labeling should contact an experienced Prop 65 attorney to help them navigate the complex legal network and hold those companies responsible.
Obtain a FREE legal review of your Prop 65 claims by filling out the form on this page now.


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Invoxia attended CES this year to showcase its successor to its Triby connected speaker. The new device, called Triby IO, is said to be a powerful hub for third-party smart home devices.
The new Triby looks exactly the same as its portable predecessor, but it supports a wider range of smart devices compared to the latter. Invoxia said that its new smart portable speaker is basically “aimed at tech enthusiasts.” It can be noted that when the company introduced the original Triby, it emphasized how it was a connected speaker for the kitchen, “where family life happens.”
Both the Triby and the Triby IO look like a kid’s toy, especially the model that sports the baby blue outline band. However, TechCrunch claims the product’s design looks better than that of the Amazon Echo. The publication also puts weight on the fact that the Triby speakers can be easily hanged on a wall or the fridge thanks to its magnetic back. There is also a 2.9-inch e-paper screen at the front that features kid-friendly animations.
Apart from its playful design, the Triby IO is also catching the attention of CES 2017 attendees with its Google Home and IFTTT functionality coupled with Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant. The original Triby was the first non-Amazon product to launch with Alexa integration, so it is not surprising that Invoxia is banking on the same virtual assistant for its new connected speaker.
On Invoxia’s website, the original Triby — which is similar to the IO hardware-wise — is revealed to come with a whole lot more of features. It has 4 microphones, 2 custom-designed speakers, a passive radiator for bass amplification, temperature and humidity sensors and a micro-USB charging socket. The colorful outline of the device also serves as its protective bumper case.
Invoxia’s smart home hub also has on-board entertainment features. It has Spotify and Audible, as well as access to the company’s very own web radio service. The device is also useful in making VoIP calls and voice messages. The Triby IO is currently on display at the Las Vegas trade show, and it is set for release this quarter. It is expected to retail for $199.


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Taiwan museum unveils controversial Ai Weiwei art (from France 24 International) (click here to follow the story at France24 Intenational)Ai Weiwei " Forever Bicycles"
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Japan’s nuclear crisis is fueling panic in China, where shoppers have spurred a run on salt in attempt to prevent radiation-related illnesses and to secure uncontaminated salt sources.
China’s top economic agency, the National Development and Reform Commission, warned consumers Thursday against hoarding salt, and said it would work with local authorities to maintain price stability and market supply. Grocery store shelves have been ransacked over the past several days.
Consumers in cities along the China’s coastline, such as Shanghai and Guangzhou, and even in inland capital Beijing, began stockpiling table salt after problems at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power complex sparked concerns that radiation would spread to China by air and sea, possibly contaminating the land and future food sources. Read more about Iodized Table Salt, and what it does NOT do at: http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/03/17/fearing-radiation-chinese-rush-to-buy-table-salt/
Development at any cost, is priceless: Nobody can afford to pay for it !
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The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has disclosed that during the period of severe naira scarcity earlier this year, cement sales dropped by a substantial 30 percent.
The association also noted that the absence of cash access during this timeframe resulted in a 20 percent decline in consumer goods sales.
In a dedicated section of its Manufacturing CEOs Confidence Index, MAN highlighted the severe repercussions brought about by the naira redesign policy on the manufacturing sector.
According to the report, there is no urgency for the Central Bank of Nigeria to accelerate the nation’s transition to a cashless economy or pursue overly aggressive policies, as significant strides have already been taken in that direction.
The crisis, MAN said, impacted negatively on the manufacturers by directly limiting their working capital, thus halting their daily business operations
What the Report Reveals
In addition, the report identifies that naira scarcity had a detrimental impact on the patronage of manufacturing firms by consumers, resulting in a substantial rise in their inventory levels, particularly for retail merchandise.
The report reads in part,
- “The substantial reduction in money velocity left opportunity for speculation and ignited the creation of a naira black market that compounded the woes of manufacturers already plagued by insufficient forex.
- “The naira scarcity wiped out numerous small and medium manufacturing businesses whose transactions were cash-based, especially those within the agro-allied industries who regularly deal with local farmers in remote towns where no formal banking is in sight.
- More unfortunately, the exorbitant POS charges on such cash constrained the operations of resilient manufacturing SMEs and worsened their cost of doing business.”
Also, it was noted in the report that the economic crisis placed the cash-centric distributive trade sector in a vulnerable position, leading to significant implications for both the manufacturing value chain and the cost structure of logistics.
What You Should Know
In October 2022, Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, announced the apex bank’s plan to redesign and circulate a new series of three banknotes out of the existing eight.
The redesigned N200, N500, and N1000 notes were due for circulation on December 15, 2022. Emefiele said the pre-existing notes would remain legal tender until January 31, 2023.
The CBN governor explained that the decision was reached due to persisting concerns with the management of currency in circulation — particularly those outside the banking system.
However, the policy was said to hurt the economy as many individuals and businesses were unable to access cash from the bank due to the deadline timeframe as well as technical glitches in digital banking operations.


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Finally, here is the answer for a most frequently asked question. Xiaomi’s official MIUI forum has confirmed that the company is planning to unveil the MIUI 9 based on Android 7.0 Nougat before August 16. Along with the date announcement, MIUI moderator has addressed the rumors and fake news about the MIUI 9.
Recently, one guy from the Xiaomi product team has shared some screenshots of an MIUI theme on the Chinese microblogging platform Weibo. But many of the reporters reported it as the leaked pic of MIUI 9. Today, MIUI forum has officially denied all rumors based on those screenshots.
The statement says: “The image above was shared on MIUI’s Weibo to update users about which Mi devices have updated based on Android N. Some tech sites reported that it’s the list of eligible devices for MIUI 9. It’s fake news as well. Most of them are click baits and you should be aware of it. We would like to take this opportunity to clarify that official announcement will be made only on MIUI Forum.”
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun had mentioned earlier that MIUI 9 will be more fluid and powerful than previous versions. It will come with many new features from the Android Nougat eco-system.


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Coming off its slowest fiscal quarter in subscriber growth, Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings contends the SVOD pioneer has plenty of runway left to significantly increase subscribers and revenue over the coming years.
While the service lost 430,000 net subs in North America in the second quarter (ended June 30), Hastings, speaking on the July 20 fiscal interview, said streaming video represents just 27% of the U.S. home entertainment market behind leader linear television. Of that streaming percentage, Netflix holds a market-leading 7% share followed by YouTube TV (6%), Hulu (3%), Amazon Prime Video (2%) and Disney+ (2%), according to Nielsen.
To Hastings, those numbers suggest Netflix’s future is still in the early innings, with unlimited potential.
“Does Internet streaming slow down? That’s seems pretty unlikely,” he said. “At least for the next several years, the growth story as a whole is very intact.”
The CEO said that when it comes to increased secular competition from platforms such as Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max and Peacock, Netflix is not seeing a negative impact on its domestic Nielsen weekly streaming metrics (which the streamer has dominated since inception), or in foreign markets.
“That gives us comfort,” Hastings said, adding that when streaming video represents 50% to 60% of home entertainment in the United States, there will be “shakeout” among the competition.
The executive believes the global streaming market could tally more than 800 million before reaching saturation. Netflix ended the quarter with almost 210 million.
“We want to be prepared and lead in that,” Hastings said. “But in the next several years, streaming is still in the early stages.”
CFO Spencer Neumann agreed that the streamer’s growth across multiple indices remains “remarkably” steady despite the ongoing “choppiness” brought on by the pandemic. He said the business continues to perform well, with viewer engagement up nearly 20%, subscriber churn down and comparable to the pre-COVID period in 2019.
But we still feel a little bit of that drag in terms of our acquisition growth as we’re kind of working through.
Neumann says the streamer is on track to add 54 million subs over the past two years through the end of the year, which he said translates to 27 million annually — a benchmark comparable to 2018 and 2019.
“We remain on that growth trajectory,” he said, adding that once the market overcomes the pandemic and Netflix moves into its second half-year content slate, smoother waters await.
“We expect to end the year on a much-more normalized growth trajectory,” Neumann said.


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LAS VEGAS — The uber model for marketing strategy has been that of a funnel, through which a mass audience’s interest gets ignited by awareness-raising branding ads, eventually leading down to performance outcomes like sales.
But new digital platforms are collapsing the marketing funnel as we witness the emergence of ad units which tick both boxes.
That is the view of Twitter’s VP of global client services Sarah Personette, who says brands can have the best of both.
“We’re seeing this migration from a siloed world of ‘performance’ on one side and ‘branding’ on the other … to a collapsing of a world that’s really focused on performance branding,” she says in this video interview with Beet.TV.
That’s how it looks from where Personette sits. Twitter says it can help drive both branding and performance goals.
“A lot of our ad solutions actually allow you to, in one unit, experience the storytelling power of video from advertisers, and then actually drive down to understand more about that product, be able to buy that product directly, or be directed to a site where you’re able to do some sort of direct-to-consumer buy,” Personette adds.
She tells Beet.TV Twitter has made over 950 content deals with publishers around the world over the last year, and explains that the platform’s modus operandi is helping brands connect to conversations that “move at the speed of culture”.
For its latest quarter, Q3 last year, Twitter reported advertising revenue of $650 million (up 29% year-over-year), whilst ad engagements increased 50% year-over-year and cost per engagement (CPE) decreased 14% year-over-year.
This video is part of Beet.TV coverage of CES 2019. The series is sponsored by NBCUniversal. For more coverage, please visit this page.


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After being launched by the Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education (Menristekdikti) Prof. M Nasir earlier this month, GESITS electric scooter motorcycle (Garansindo Electric Scooter ITS) invented by ITS Surabaya and produced by PT Garansindo Inter Global attracted many parties especially from local company. One of them is PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) which directly ordered 5,000 units.
This was revealed by Consumer Director of Telkom Indonesia, Dian Rahmawan, during a meeting with chancellor of ITS, Prof. Ir Joni Hermana, MSc.ES, PhD, in the chancellor office of ITS recently. Telkom explained several reasons why they chose this electric motorcycle produced by ITS.
Among those reasons, the main purpose of this transaction is because GESITS is expected to further improve the productivity of Indihome technicians team, so that they can give better services. Also, they believe that it can provide excellent safety procedure. “We have a lot of Indihome network technicians and they need a vehicle with specifications like GESITS,” said Dian.
For the future, Telkom requested some modifications to this electric motorcycle that allows technicians to bring safety tools in the trunk of the motor. “With an electric motorcycle, we can be more environmentally friendly since it produce less pollution and indeed a cost-saver for all of us,” said this alumnus of ITS Electrical Engineering.
In order to ensure the product he ordered, this man who is familiarly called as DR was immediately made a visit to the location of manufacture of GESITS located in Molina Research Facility of ITS. Related to the event, Joni Hermana expressed his gratitude towards Telkom for giving their trust to ITS by ordering 5,000 units of electric motorcycle.
Joni explained that this large quantity of transaction can strengthen Indonesia’s economic position and welfare to be an independent nation.
“I as the chancellor of ITS is very pleased with the GESITS’ booking by PT. Telkom because it shows that the product already gained the trust of highest class consumer,” he said proudly. “And of course, it will bring a positive impact towards researchers and other producers in the country,” as he concluded.
As it is known, GESITS electric motorcycle is the manifestation of research result conducted by ITS and proclaimed by Kemenristekdikti. It is intended to utilizing the benefits from research results invented by higher education institutions for the society through mass production and commercialization.
Electric motorcycle developed by ITS is prepared to compete with other oil-based automatic motorcycles in the market, therefore it has the same speed as them that can reach 100 km per hour. Interestingly, GESITS is almost 100 percent produced by local materials unless its battery that is still imported from other country. (ifa / pus)


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Google’s smartphone will be launched soon. The company has released the teaser of Pixel 4a. It is worth noting that Google had canceled its I/O conference to be held in May and hence the launch of this phone was also postponed.
However, before and after this, some information about this phone has been leaking. It is now set to launch on August 3. The company has posted a teaser on the online store.
Although it is not written in the teaser, which phone will it be, it is more expected that the company will launch Pixel 4a on this day.
Talking about the design, it is simple, but the square camera module can be seen on the rear panel. Talking about the front, there is a punch-hole display here.
In the teaser of this phone, the company has written something in code words. It is clear from this that this phone will get a low light camera, bokeh mode, macro camera, and long battery. Apart from this, video chat is also written here in the codeword.
Google’s Made By Google Twitter handle has been renamed to Introducing the Google Phone. There is also a confusion that perhaps the company can remove the branding of pixels and give it the name of Google phone.
However, talking about the potential specifications of this smartphone, it can be given 6GB RAM with Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 processor. Along with this, 18W fast charge support can also be given in it.
This smartphone can be launched in 64GB and 128GB variants. This will be a mid-range smartphone, so it can be priced within 30 to 40 thousand.


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British stores and retail websites are awash with discounted goods as shoppers chase ''Black Friday'' deals in a spending spree that is expected to top last year's record level. Kate King reports.
The advertising was aggressive, the shoppers less so Britons choosing to get their bargains online, leaving the shop floor all but empty. (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR OF RETAIL RESEARCH, MINTEL, RICHARD PERKS, SAYING: "I think Black Friday is much more of an online event in the UK, I think you will still find that there are more sales in store than online, but it's much more important for online simply because it is a normal working day." British retailer Debenhams says it expects online orders to hit 250 per minute during peak hours. Once just a single day of discounting - many UK stores are now extending their sale period in order to capture more of the market. 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) DEBENHAMS MARKETING DIRECTOR, RICHARD CRISTOFOLI, SAYING: "Well, customers are saying to us you know, actually we want to shop through the week, not just on the Friday itself, it enables us to make sure we manage the online for that period because that intense Friday peak is, sometimes can be challenging to manage." Maintaining profit margins is also a challenge And retail analysts say heavy discounting may in fact do more harm than good. (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR OF RETAIL RESEARCH, MINTEL, RICHARD PERKS, SAYING: "Where it does most damage to the retail sector is it is part and parcel this emphasis on price which is actually acting to undermine consumer trust in retailers' prices. We did some research last year, 6 percent of people actually trust retailers, that's an appalling indictment I think of the hole that retailers have dug themselves into." Some stores have already decided Black Friday isn't worth their while. (SOUNDBITE) (English) REUTERS REPORTER KATE KING SAYING: "Twenty-five percent fewer retailers are said to be taking part this year, none the less sales are expected to exceed the 1 billion reached last year." UK consumer spending has held up since June's vote to leave the European Union, but many believe those looking for bargains are doing so before prices rise in 2017. .


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Spotify is about to have a big year. Earlier in the week it was reported that the company filed paperwork to go public in 2018, and now Spotify says it reached a new all-time high in subscribers.
It’s a sign that, no matter how hard anyone tries, there’s still no impending threat to the music streaming service’s dominance.
Hello 70 million subscribers 👏
— Spotify (@Spotify) January 4, 2018
Spotify announced that it has 70 million subscribers, up from 60 million in July 2017. That’s just six months for the company to add 10 million subscribers to its user base. Others, meanwhile, haven’t been able to experience growth on the same level. Even Apple Music, Spotify’s biggest competitor, isn’t growing nearly as fast.
As of September 2017, Apple Music had over 30 million subscribers after adding 3 million in three months.
While Spotify and Apple Music stand at the top, there is a rise of smaller competitors to keep an eye on. Amazon offers both Prime Music and Music Unlimited, the latter of which was being sold during the holidays for just a few dollars for three months of access. And Google intends to reboot Play Music and YouTube Music sometime in 2018.
Currently the company is valued at $19 billion, and its initial public offering (IPO) is set to occur in the first half of the year.


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- The tightening of Covid-19 restrictions in China could lead to a 30% drop in production at Apple Inc’s largest iPhone factory in Zhengzhou.
- Apple maker Foxconn may be forced to increase production at another factory in the city of Shenzhen to make up the shortfall.
- Apple itself has warned of a Christmas slowdown.
Apple has based most of its supply chain in China, a strategy the company has I had intended to change for a long time. Until then, the US tech giant is inevitably exposed to Beijing’s rigid zero-Covid strategy. Apple Inc’s largest manufacturer, Foxconn, produces 70% of iPhone shipments globally. While the Taiwanese company also makes the device in India, Foxconn assembles most of its global production at its Zhengzhou facility in China.
Unfortunately, last week the plant, Apple’s largest, was rocked by discontent over strict measures to curb another Covid-19 outbreak. To top it off, a handful of highly sighted workers fled the site over the weekend after complaining via social media about their treatment and provisions. It began in mid-October when Foxconn was dealing with a Covid-19 outbreak at its facility in Zhengzhou, the capital of central China’s Henan province.
Workers were locked down to stop the spread of the virus to the outside world. Foxconn has repeatedly refrained from disclosing the number of cases. For context, under China’s ultra-strict zero-Covid-19 policies, localities must act quickly to quell outbreaks, with measures including large-scale lockdowns. Factories in affected areas can often remain open on the condition that they operate under a “closed-loop” system where staff live and work on site. The companies have said that such arrangements pose numerous difficulties.
As for Foxconn, the company had apparently banned dining in the canteens at the Zhengzhou plant since Oct. 19 and required workers to eat in bedrooms. The company still claimed that production was normal. Then came last weekend when social media exploded with photos and videos of workers leaving the Zhengzhou plant. Reports indicated they were seeking to escape hastily enacted Covid prevention measures that have left many of the 200,000 employees dealing with inadequate life conditions.
The reality was far from what the Taiwanese manufacturer painted The New York Times, where he said efforts to control the outbreak are apparently “progressing steadily” and quarantined employees are getting what they need, including “material supplies, psychological comfort, and responsive feedback.” Although Foxconn has not disclosed whether any workers at the Zhengzhou site had been diagnosed with the virus, authorities since Oct. 19 have reported 264 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in Zhengzhou, the capital of central Henan province.
What lies ahead for the iPhone maker and its production base in China?
For a company whose smartphones have been mostly resilient to the global economic downturn, the unending outbreak of Covid-19 in China is finally hitting Apple, and it’s hitting them hard. For starters, iPhone sales in China fell 27% in the week ending October 24, and at the time, it was already the third week in a row of increasingly steep declines for Apple.
Considering it’s the time of year when Apple gears up for the holiday season, the Covid outbreak at its main Zhengzhou plant will inevitably affect production, further affecting sales. Some estimate that iPhone production could drop as much as 30% at its Zhengzhou plant. However, Foxconn shared that it was in control of the situation and would coordinate backup production with other plants to reduce any potential impact.
In hindsight, Apple has had a pretty good year, especially when it comes to its sales and market share in China. In the last three months of 2021, Apple became the best-selling smartphone brand in China for the first time in six years. For the second quarter of this year, Apple iPhones made up of half of all smartphones sold in China, a feat that it maintained until the third quarter of this year.
Between July and September 2022, Apple was the sole winner among China’s struggling smartphone vendors, as strong sales of the iPhone 14 drew a stark contrast to the weak performance of national brands. Things started to take a different direction in October, when Apple may have lost four to five percentage points in market share in the country, according to Edison Lee note from analysts at Jefferies on Sunday.
“While the iPhone used to be the bright spot, it has gotten less bright and recent data points indicate a risk that it could become the worst spot,” Lee wrote. “This is an incremental negative trend for the smartphone market, but a particular concern for the iPhone supply chain.” On the other hand, Morgan Stanley analysts believe there will be significant new developments as the fourth quarter is peak season for iPhone shipments.
“The potential impact on iPhone production is worth monitoring, as Zhengzhou is one of Hon Hai’s major production sites, particularly for iPhone assembly.” At the same time, Apple has also abandoned plans to ramp up production of its iPhone 14 family of products, according to a Bloomberg report last month. The holiday quarter is usually Apple’s biggest, accounting for about 30% of its annual revenue, as it launches iPhones and macbook before the shopping season.
However, this time, despite the company reporting better-than-expected results for the last quarter, Apple itself has warned of a Christmas slowdown as demand from China slows and inflation hits multi-decade highs. To make matters worse, if production in China is affected, the holiday season for many who intend to order Apple products, especially iPhones, may have to prepare for the wait.


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Tag Archives: AR
Rating: Mixes M2M comms with advertising world
You might think it impossible to put M2M (Machine-2-Machine) communications and advertising together in the same sentence, but here at the Mobile WorldCongress 2012, Japan’s NEC has managed it very easily. GoMobile News has been chatting with Gareth Price, head of new business strategy with NEC Europe. He explained how NEC has the ability to capture the kind of consumer engagement level data that most major brands/advertisers would kill for. Better still, Price revealed that this technology is here now and has even been rolled out in a genuine retail environment in Korea. Continue reading
Rating: Retail websites still not mobile friendly enough, says Juniper
Reacting to mainly poor recent experiences on the High Street, retailers will almost double the $28 billion annual spend by on mobile marketing expected for 2013 to $55 billion by 2015. This is one of the key findings in a report entitled, ‘Retail mCommerce: Mobile & Tablet Marketing, Advertising & Coupon Strategies 2013-2017′ from Juniper Research. The report also found that adspend on both tablets and smartphones is continuing to grow strongly. Retailers (most notably in North America and Western Europe) are migrating their own adspend to digital in general, and mobile in particular, Juniper says. Continue reading
by Laura Marriott, CEO with NeoMedia Technologies
Much has been written on the topic of the competition between QR and Augmented Reality (see here) for share of mobile marketing budgets. Put bluntly, many believe Augmented Reality (AR) will circumvent QR’s current market share as advertisers flock to the rich experience of AR. The issue, however, is not that black and white. The benefits of QR codes have been well publicised. In effect, a single code can act as a portal to a branded online world, helping to maximise media spend, establish dialogue with the consumer and make the user experience more holistic and media rich. While QR codes provide a real-time source of data for marketers to help shape existing and future marketing programs, they also provide consumers with a range of value-added information and incentives about brands, retailers and their products. Continue reading
Rating: Levi Shapiro explains how in Jerusalem Post blog
Writing in a blog for the Jerusalem Post, Levi Shapiro, Professor in the Media Innovation Lab at IDC, explains how soft drinks giant – Coca-Cola, plans to double its revenues by 2020. Naturally, mobile marketing is going to be a core part of that strategy. The drinks company has realised, of course, that if it wants to achieve its goal, then growth has to come from emerging markets and mobile is the ideal media for reaching such potential customers. Besides targeting markets in the likes of China and Latin America, the global brand is also investigation how it can utilise technological advances such as Augmented Reality (AR) and Holographic 3D to achieve its plans. Continue reading
Rating: Sweet… but minty
Confectionary company Tic Tac mints is creating a super powered online, mobile, FaceBook and AR marketing campaign as part of a new Shake It Up campaign.
The company will offer an Augmented Reality mobile application. The app will allow users to interact with the mints themselves and get a daily dose of Shake It Up tips and tricks.
The campaign has several spheres and will also have a strong online and especially Facebook promotions. The mobile aspect is a Tic Tac Viewr application which sounds pretty interesting. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a video of it just yet though. Continue reading
Rating: Gripping reading – especially for the retail sector
Here’s a report which should grab your attention – especially if you’re in the retail sector. That’s because ‘Marketing Using Mobile Apps’ includes top-end interviews and case studies from the likes of Debenhams and Tesco. The report has been produced by ZenithMist and Curious Dog and claims to offers marketers insights into the most effective ways of developing apps that customers want. And in ways that will appeal to them. Here’s a nice endorsement for the report … “If you’ve ever wondered if there’s such a thing as ‘bathroom commerce’ and whether it could succeed… buy [the report] now and read on! ” That comes from Mark Blayney Stuart, head of research at The Chartered Institute of Marketing. The cost for the 100 page plus is a mere £99 and is based heavily upon content from the Mobile App World conference in London, Summer 2011. Continue reading
Interesting link in this article about Mazda and Mindshare running an augmented reality (Junaio) campaign in Ireland – http://www.businessandleadership.com/marketing/item/30010-mazda-metro-herald-and/
A Middlesex University student has created an innovative augmented reality (AR) learning tool to help teach primary school children numeracy, literacy and role-play games. As part of his product design studies, Mike Saxton created one of the first free AR tools designed for school’s educational needs. “Guubes” turns computer screens or classroom whiteboards into a ‘magic mirror’ on which computer graphics can be layered on to and used in fun learning exercises.
I was on Dublin’s light rail system last night – on the interior of the carriage, I spotted an ad with an interesting QR Code on it. It looked like it had been carved in stone, and advertised an augmented reality game called Copan. Intrigued, I got out my smartphone to access the website… only to discover it doesn’t bloody work on Android. Continue reading
Rating: Helps deliver the ultimate store finder app, supposedly
Building on its discovery that, “Apps for smartphones are the next big thing” (see here), Mubaloo, has worked with The Carphone Warehouse to develop what it claims is the ultimate in store finders. Yes, Mubaloo has discovered the powers of AR [Augmented Reality] and created an iPhone app to guide potential customers to the Carphone’s 800 plus locations. Try searching iTunes for ‘Locate a store’ or Carphone Warehouse Store Finder. Continue reading
Rating: Augmented reality can reduce click count from 7 down to 2-3
Augmented reality is at last beginning to find some reality positive applications and one of them is now inside the very latest version (3.0) of the iPhone app from FindaProperty.com. The AR capability has been delivered via the Mobile Interactive Group‘s (MIG’s) mobile internet and app publishing platform – Kilrush. The augmented reality layer within the application enables house hunters to find a property using their phone camera and built-in compass. Matt Cockett, group commercial director with MIG commented, “[AR] turns he user experience in to something that is directly relevant to a mobile context and engages house hunters. It does so in a way that simplifies the user’s own search – simultaneously delivering a benefit to both brand and consumer. ” Continue reading


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by Lucas Atkins March 12, 2013
Are you an AT&T customer looking to purchase the BlackBerry Z10? Pre-orders for the device have just gone live.
The BlackBerry Z10 will be available at $199.99 on new 2yr contract or $549.99 outright. Pre-order your AT&T Z10 here.
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Yesterday, Google confirmed that its upcoming Pixel 6 smartphones will be powered by its own Tensor chipsets. This effectively means that Google will not be using Qualcomm’s chipsets moving forwards, at least as far as Pixel handsets are concerned, but it seems that both companies aren’t quite ready to breakup just yet.
According to a statement made to CNBC following Google’s announcement, Qualcomm revealed that they will “continue to work closely with Google on existing and future products based on Snapdragon platforms.” We’re not sure what that means, but presumably it could refer to the company continuing to offer support for current Pixel devices that use their Snapdragon chipsets.
It could also mean that while Qualcomm may no longer work with Google on future Pixel phones, they could still work with Google on wearables. In any case, not much is known about the Tensor chipset at the moment and how it performs. Earlier rumors have suggested that the Tensor chipset might not be a beast of a chipset, but that won’t be the point.
The chipset is meant for Google to show off its AI capabilities, which will be powered by the chipset. In any case, the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro phones are expected to be announced in the near future so we should have more details then.


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Drinking that last two cups of coffee at 7pm wasn't a terribly bright idea it seems. I can't sleep.
Anyways, nice to see that the market is having another bounce up. Anything is better than seeing more red ink in the stock market - which is about as pleasurable to me as seeing a person fall out of a building.
Some traders however get their profits through short selling. (I do it too, on occasion). But the big news recently is that the shorties got killed trying to short VW. Yes, Volkswagen.
Shorting stocks works like this - you sell the stocks in a company, then later buy it back at a cheaper price. If enough people do it - it has a snowball effect - a bit a group of people (not just one) screaming, "FIRE!!!!" in a crowded cinema.
When the Hedge Funds do it... mmm... that's like Goliath and his bad ass army coming to the cinema to scream fire. They've got the power to really manipulate the share price.
In this case involving VW, however, Porsche stunned the market by announcing that they now own 74% of the VW company. With no more free stock available, the shorties have now got to rush around trying to cover their positions. Problem is - there's none to be had except for now increasingly higher prices. Game OVER!!!!
At one stage, someone was trying to sell shares in VW at 10 times the asking price.
"We were joking before about the share price hitting 1,000 euros, and all of a sudden, it was there," said one Frankfurt-based trader. "This is perverse."
No, not perverse. Just market forces at play. The shorties weren't complaining when they were selling and driving the prices down. Cry me another river, mate.


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BY CNA Team - October 10, 2018
Ver’s crypto exchange plans
Roger Ver, the controversial CEO of crypto wallet provider Bitcoin.com and supporter of bitcoin cash, has plans to either acquire or build a crypto exchange.
Bloomberg says in an Oct 9 report that Ver is considering finding a partner to build the exchange or may even “build one internally”. There were few details on how he plans to do it.
“If we build it ourselves, we can do it really, really cheap, and we get exactly what we want,” Ver says, but noted that the firm does not have the security of an experienced exchange.
The news wire says Ver is expected to tap the traffic already running through the Bitcoin.com website besides seeking to increase the adoption of bitcoin cash, which has struggled to gain more traction since forking from bitcoin in August last year.
Ver, a firm supporter of bitcoin cash, has been an emissary of sorts for the crypto, which now faces a fork of its own on mid-November.
He says bitcoin cash will be the base-currency for the new exchange, which will be linked to the Bitcoin.com site and expects “thousands or tens of thousands of new users every single day”.
Image courtesy of Ver’s twitter.


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Taco Bell in CNY is Bringing Back Nacho Fries
Taco Bell introduced the Nacho Fries earlier this year - and then snatched them away in March, ghosting diners everywhere who were craving Bell Grande Fries. Now, Taco Bell confirms, they're bringing them back.
After the "biggest debut in Taco Bell history" according to a press release, the Nacho Fries will return to menus on July 12 - just in time for your post-Boilermaker carbo loading.
Nacho Fries will be available for a limited time a la carte for $1.29 and also served Supreme for $2.49 or Bell Grande for $3.49, topped with classic Taco Bell add-ons including beef, nacho cheese sauce, tomatoes and sour cream and also in a $5 box with Nacho Fries, a Doritos® Locos Taco, a Beefy 5-Layer Burrito and Medium Drink.


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India As The Next FDI Destination In The Post-COVID World
Unexpected events often shape history, and the pandemic outbreak is one such epoch-defining occasion that has reset the global trade culture and supply chains. With a complete stoppage in business activities, disrupted supply chains, and liquidity crunch, the COVID-19 pandemic has wrecked in a new set of challenges, demanding a colossal shift in the world order.
The measures necessitated containing the spread of pandemic have triggered an economic downturn globally. Indeed, the global economy is encountering the most unprecedented shock in post-war history. The pandemic outbreak came in a critical juncture driving the global economy into a recession, like never seen before – with nations across the world struggling to return to normalcy as disrupted global supply chains and sporadic business activities continue to persist. Economists believe that the financial downturn due to the pandemic outbreak is probably going to surpass the global recession of 2008-09. India, as well, is encountering its most deep economic turmoil lately. The IMF has projected a GDP growth of 1.9% for India, which may perhaps be the nation’s most terrible performance since the financial liberalisation in the early 1990s.
As the world, including India, fights to combat the spread of the pandemic, talks have already begun about the post-COVID-19 situation, which is anticipated to bring both challenges and opportunities. With a global recession on the cards, disrupted global supply chains, and geopolitical war, the pandemic will have not only geopolitical consequences but also bring geo-economic shifts, as global investors are actively looking to reduce their over-dependence on China and shift their manufacturing units. For India, it is an opportunity to seize with both hands.
India – On The Path To Self-Resilience
Over the last 5 years, India has evolved as one of the most attractive FDI destinations, hitting an all-time high of $51bn during 2019, as per the 2020 World Investment Report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
While India’s ‘Make in India’ strategy is guided by an endeavour to pull in FDI and sustain value chains that start and end in India, the PM’s clarion calls of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ or ‘Vocal for Local’ must not be seen as an impediment to foreign ventures and global trade. The ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ plot was acquainted with strengthening the domestic economy to the components of vulnerability presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this plan, the administration intends to help domestic businesses and embark to the path of self-resilience. The larger international condition, India’s liberal FDI policy, sectoral strategies, and structural changes, and India’s massive and quickly growing consumer market are among the few factors that underline the country’s attractiveness as an FDI destination.
In the post-reform time, India’s quality of pulling in FDI has been developing consistently. India’s FDI inflows rose from $4.02 billion to $73 billion in the years 2000-2020. Moreover, the average development pace of FDI inflows has additionally expanded fundamentally over the last five years. Overall, the inflows grew at a rate of 1.25% from 2010 to 2014. However, from 2015 to 2020, the inflows amplified at a rapid speed of 12.83%. Also, in 2019-20, they have grown at 18%.
Despite the adverse short-term blows from the pandemic, FDI inflow in India has remained buoyant. Investment by technology firms in the initial half of 2020 has already reached $ 17 billion, boosted by the $10 billion new investment announced by Google in mid-July. Additionally, investments by large firms like Facebook, Amazon, and Foxconn are one of the other global technology firms that have boosted investor confidence in the Indian medium-term economic outlook. The Facebook-Jio deal, wherein the social media giant invested $5.7 billion for the largest minority stake of Jio, amidst the pandemic, is one of the most powerful alliances. Apart from tech-companies, manufacturers of automobile parts, footwear, and equipment are also keen to diversify or shift their supply chains.
Heading to a situation, wherein a looming financial downturn seems to get real, the need to create a contributory and favourable business ecosystem that allows foreign organisations to produce at a competitive price and utilise resources like human resources. As the world moves toward a new normal, rationalising market reforms and institutionalising more investor-friendly reforms to support and facilitate investments is the key for India. Additionally, several steps, like Production Investment Schemes, GIS mapping of available land banks, issuance of Quality Control Orders to reduce cheap imports, have been put into place to draw further investment and balanced trade. The need of the hour remains the augmentation of infrastructure, trade facilitation so that trade and transaction costs, crucial for FDI firms, are decreased.
Redesigning SEZs and EPZs policy for better performance is prudent. FDI will not only expand capital formation; it will likewise serve as technology up-gradation, skills development, export promotion, job production, thereby accelerating the economic development of the nation. This is an opportunity for India in the post-COVID era. If harnessed properly, the upcoming years would belong to India at the global stage.


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Fruit prices in Russia increased 30-50%
The most noteworthy increase has been registered by oranges, for which Russian consumers had to pay about 57.4 percent more in September than in the same month of 2014.
Meanwhile, apples, pears and bananas have become a third more expensive. The latter registered a 16.2 percent in September alone.
This situation is the result of the combination of two factors: the decline in the value of the rouble, which has lost 45 percent of its value against the dollar since the summer of 2014, and the introduction by the Kremlin of the embargo on food products from the European Union and the U.S.
Currently, Russia imports fruits and vegetables mainly from Ecuador, Turkey, Belarus, China and Egypt. According to data from the portal FruitNews, which monitors the fruit market, almost 90 percent of the fruit consumed in Russia is imported. ■


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The electronics titans square off in a tangled tale of mobile technology, centered on Apple's iPhone
With an ever-growing selection in the App Store, it can be near impossible to cut through all the cl
Here's how to set up the new low-balance alerts and automatic transfers in Google Wallet.
See how the newly unveiled Apple iPad Air 2 compares to its Android tablet competitors: the Google Nexus 9 and the Samsung Galaxy Tab S.
Thanks to a recent change in policy, Play Store customers have more time to decide whether to keep that new Android app or game.
Want to get a refund for an app after the initial 15 minutes have passed? Google is now processing some refunds for developers.
In Minecraft, Microsoft is taking control of a game that has become a cultural phenomenon. Markus Persson, though, is bidding adieu.
Wearable tech is everywhere, but expect everything to change again once Google and Apple have their say in 2014. Here's why.
The Nanu app plays sponsored ads before a call, letting users make free calls to other app users, as well as landlines and mobiles not using the app.
Assuming Samsung infringed Apple's five patents, Apple should receive $1.75 per device in royalties, not the $40 Apple has requested, a Samsung expert argues. Samsung rested its case after the expert testimony.
Tentative deal between iPhone maker and Beats is reportedly in the works and could be one of Apple's biggest buys yet.
British mobile maker Kazam fashions sequels to its first phones, adding 4G to its top-end Thunder 2.


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Staffing, supply chain issues and workplace changes are the challenges facing FMs
Many hospital, school, and university campuses have instituted noise restrictions in response to the needs of occupants, visitors and patients. To comply with these restrictions, mower manufacturers are producing quieter equipment that will produce lower levels of noise pollution.
Excessive noise also can be a safety issue. Using equipment that operates at 85 decibels over an eight-hour period can cause gradual hearing impairment, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. On average, a gas-powered mower more can produce noise levels greater than 90 decibels, which puts mower operators at high risk for hearing damage.
By taking a closer look at the way the engine exhaust works and re-tweaking a few different parts of the engine, manufacturers are rolling out new, quieter mowers. It is important to point out that noise is not an indication of performance. Mowers that produce lower noise levels still can handle the same volume of work that a louder mower can.
In addition to safety, the creation of quieter mowers has increased the productivity levels of mower fleets. Since these mowers do not cause as much disruption, operators can complete more work by starting earlier in the morning and finishing later in the evening. But landscaping-noise ordinances still exist in some areas, so managers must be sure to ensure compliance before employees start mowing.
Managers looking to purchase a quiet, safe mower should carefully consider electric-powered mowers, which produce an average of 75 decibels — the noise of a washing machine — compared to an average of 95 decibels for gasoline-powered mowers. To prevent hearing impairment among operators, managers should instruct employees to always wear earplugs, earmuffs, or noise-cancelling headphones during mowing operations.
Noise Pollution Emerges as Important Mower Sustainability Factor


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CPhI Worldwide will be in physical event from 9-11 November 2021 Fiera Milano, Milan, Italy.
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Acrylic acid and ester industry chain market may fluctuate at a high level
8 new drugs approved by the FDA in February 2021
Maoming Petrochemical: Chemical polypropylene products increase by 11.45%
Minghai Chemical Announces Price Increases for All Products
Crude oil prices are strong, and Asian petrochemical products hit hign
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The a2 Milk Company Ltd [NZX:ATM] has experienced a stock value increase of 16.64% today. This happened when bullish trading spurred the market on.
The company exclusively owns and licences intellectual property for the production of a2 dairy products, which has proven wildly popular with Chinese consumers.
a2 has a strong presence on both the Australian and New Zealand stock exchanges. At the time of writing, the company has a market capitalisation of $10.979 billion and the share price sits at $14.93.
Why has the a2 Milk share price increased today?
Favourable reports of strong growth have buoyed market sentiment.
Here are the key highlights:
- CEO Jayne Hrdlicka has announced that she expects revenue of NZ$780 million to NZ$800 million for the first half of financial year 2020.
- The projected sales growth is 27% to 30%.
- The company will reap the upside of fresh investments in China and the United States.
This enthusiastic news has given rise to a bullish response. This has led to a rapid buy-in for the company’s shares.
Where could a2 Milk go from here?
a2 Milk is in a strong position to resume its upward trajectory.
However, it’s important to note that some risk factors still remain in regards to the Chinese-American trade war.


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Supreme Court Rules in favor of Merchant Free Speech
- Merchants may soon have the right to tell customers that they will pay a surcharge if they use a credit card rather than pay with cash In New York and nine other states, merchants are barred from charging credit-card purchasers a surcharge, but are allowed to offer discounts for paying in cash. The U.S. Supreme Court on January 8th, 2017 looked at the fascinating question of whether this requirement violates the merchants’ freedom of speech.
- The U.S. Supreme Court in January 2017 that threw out a ruling that upheld a New York law barring retailers from charging more to customers buying with credit cards, sending the case back to a lower court to decide on free speech grounds, not as price regulation. In a 8-0 decision, the justices said these laws “Regulate Speech” and may be challenged as violations of the 1st Amendment.
- Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said these laws do not prevent merchants from offering a discount for those who pay cash. Rather, they simply forbid disclosing that a posted price includes a surcharge of 2% to 3% for using a credit or debit card. “Merchants want to pass the fees along only to their customers who choose to use credit cards,” he said. “They also want to make clear that they are not
the bad guys — that the credit card companies, not the merchants, are responsible for the higher prices.“
- But the ruling Wednesday was only a partial victory for the five New York businesses, including a hair salon and an ice cream parlor in Brooklyn, that sued to challenge the ban on advertising or disclosing “surcharges” for using credit cards. The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York had upheld the law on the grounds it was a price regulation, not a speech restriction.
- Roberts and the high court disagreed. “What the law does is regulate how sellers may communicate their prices,” he said. “A merchant who wants to charge $10 for cash and $10.30 for credit may not convey that price any way he pleases. He is not free to say ‘$10, with a 3% credit card surcharge.’”
- But the justices did not strike down the state laws, instead sending the case back to the New York court to decide whether this “speech regulation” could be justified. Sometimes, laws are used to regulate the words of commercial transactions to prevent buyers from being fooled or confused. Until recently, the major credit card companies had imposed contract restrictions that prevented merchants from disclosing surcharges. But those provisions have challenged and knocked down. That in turn led to new legal challenges against the state laws which forbid sellers from disclosing these surcharges.
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In a major shift in their commercial market, the owners of Homegrown Farm in Bayfield are selling their wholesale produce this summer to Pine River Shares for distribution to local residents.
The farm previously was selling wholesale to restaurants in Telluride.
“We hated that our food was going so far away,” said Emily Jensen, who has run the farm with her husband, Mike, for 15 years.
They knew their produce was being eaten predominantly by wealthier clients they were never going to meet, but the restaurants were able to offer more money for their produce than they could make locally.
Enter Pine River Shares, which distributed food to 31,000 clients last year and wanted to start providing healthier food to residents who might not be able to afford it. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a huge spike in the number of people who use the group’s food pantry.
“We want to feed hungry people good food,” said Pam Wilhoite, director of Pine River Shares.
As part of the group’s work on food security and local production, they facilitated the Field to Fork program, which examined how residents of the Pine River Valley could return to the area’s historic ranching and farming roots to raise food, instead of importing it from wholesalers several states away.
As part of the research for the Field to Fork program, local farmers explained they didn’t sell much produce locally because they couldn’t charge a price that covered their costs and provided a profit.
Last year, Pine River Shares purchased a share of Homegrown Farm’s community supported agriculture program, then distributed the veggies and fruits.
To expand on the effort, Wilhoite collected donations from local supporters and focused on paying Homegrown a higher price for produce, and Pine River Shares volunteers separate and prepare the produce for distribution.
Pine River Shares is buying produce from other farms, as well, in addition to $1,500 in locally produced eggs, and it purchased and processed three steers for distribution this year.
The group also provides expertise for using grow domes and has applied for funding to be able to distribute them, but the group has not yet received funding.
“If everyone grows food at home, and we share the means of production, there will be enough food for everybody,” Wilhoite said.
The Field to Fork program focuses on the full cycle of food production, including growing and raising local produce and meat, processing, distribution, marketing, markets and purchasing, preparation and consumption, and waste recovery and nutrient cycling.
Ideas for more sustainable local food production include purchasing a portable apple cider mill, commercial kitchen facilities, a mill to produce fiber from local sheep and llamas, and meat lockers and creameries for storing food. This summer, the group will plant 100 fruit trees in the valley, in partnership with the Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project.
With more people interested in growing and purchasing locally-raised food, a local food distribution project is “way more possible” than when Homegrown Farm started growing produce in past decades, Emily Jensen said. “We’re trying to grow a valleywide food system.”
In addition to providing food to Pine River Shares, Homegrown Farm also offers community supported agriculture shares to farm clients, and the owners sell produce at the Durango Farmers Market.
Growing sustainable, artisanal vegetables takes a lot of labor and time, Jensen said, hence the farm’s previous reliance on high-end customers.
“I didn’t realize I could shift that for other people,” she said, with the help of groups like Pine River Shares and their volunteers. “That’s a revelation for us. All across our regions, we have the option to choose where our produce goes.”
The Field to Fork plan is available online at www.pinerivershares.org.
An earlier version of this story erred in saying Pine River Shares provides growing domes. The nonprofit is seeking funding to make domes available, but has not yet received funding to do so.


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Raman was previously working with Snap Inc as the Vertical Lead.
ShareChat, Bangalore-based social media company has appointed Prasanna Raman as head of FMCG Enterprise Sales. He will be heading the company's FMCG Enterprise Sales division. Raman was previously with Snap Inc where he was the Vertical Lead. He joined the company in March 2020 as Advertising Solutions Lead.
Raman announced this move on his LinkedIn post: "I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Head Of FMCG Enterprise Sales at ShareChat!"
In the past, Raman has previously worked with Facebook, GroupM, Interactive Avenues and Google.


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On today’s comic book news for August 25, 2023, the Ultimate Universe returns to Marvel. Plus, Tom King offers his updated riff on Animal Farm for BOOM! Studios. And Stan Sakai takes Usagi back to space.
The Ultimate Universe returns!
Tom King takes on Animal Farm.
Stan Sakai heads to space.
This is Comic Book Club News for August 25, 2023.
The Ultimate Universe Returns To Marvel:
The Ultimate Universe is officially returning to Marvel, with the appropriately named Ultimate Universe #1.
As revealed as part of Marvel’s November solicitations, after the events of the currently running Ultimate Invasion miniseries, “a new team of heroes bands together to save the future! From mastermind Jonathan Hickman and superstar artist Stefano Caselli, don’t miss out on this foundational issue for the new line of Ultimate Comics!”
That’s right: the comics line that arguably helped create the Marvel Cinematic Universe is coming back to the House of Ideas. While the solicit itself is light on info, the cover included clearly shows Ultimate versions of Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man. Silhouetted in the back look to be Spider-Man, Black Panther, and… Mr. Pointy-Head? Not sure who the third person is, but if it’s Mr. Pointy-Head you all owe me a Coke.
The issue will be released at some point in November, followed by the teased new Ultimate Comics. Smart money says there will be a new Ultimate Spider-Man title and an Ultimate Avengers title. But stay tuned for more news as this develops.
Tom King Adapting Animal Farm:
Tom King is pound for pound one of the best comic book writers working today, and now he’s going to the pound… The Animal Pound, thanks to his just announced new comic book for BOOM! Studios.
In the loose adaptation of George Orwell’s classic Animal Farm, King will team with artist Peter Gross, color artist Tamra Bonvillain, and letterer Clayton Cowles for the new title.
“Animal Pound is the most ambitious story I’ve ever told, and I feel like a fool for trying to do it,” said Tom King via press release provided to Comic Book Club News. “But the story came to me strong, and with Peter drawing, I know we’ll pull it off; we’ll make something as insane, stunning, and frightful as the times we live in.”
Per the title, the new series will transport the events of the animal uprising from a farm, to a pound. It will also serve as an allegory for current issues, versus the original, which was about the events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917. The new version will find the animals splitting into a two-party system that leads to “fear and fascism.”
Animal Pound will be released as an Ashcan in comic book stores on November 15. The series officially hits comic stores on December 20.
Usagi Yojimbo Goes Back To Space:
Usagi u-spaceo? Stan Sakai’s classic rabbit ronin is heading back into space — again — with a new, color version of Space Usagi: Death and Honor #1.
Released by Dark Horse Comics and Dogu Publishing, the new printing is written, drawn and lettered by Sakai as usual. It will also feature brand new colors by Emi Fuji, and cover art by Sweeney Boo.
Here’s the synopsis, per Dark Horse: “As a general of the Shirohoshi Clan’s space fleet, it’s Usagi’s responsibility to keep the lord and his heir safe. Now tasked with the education and protection of the lord’s heir, Usagi must remain vigilant at all times to protect the heir from a murderous plot and an unexpected betrayal. The rabbit ronin’s classic adventure in space—now in color!”
The first issue of the three-issue miniseries will hit comic shops on November 15, 2023.
For Comic Book Club News, I’m Alex Zalben. And fun fact, this podcast is also an updated version of the events leading to the Russian Revolution of 1917.
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Crime: CCPD: Man demands cash, cigarettes in armed robbery
A man wearing a blue ski mask and gloves and holding a handgun robbed a convenience store near Del Mar College early Thursday.
About 6:05 a.m., the man walked into the store in the 2700 block of South Staples Street.
The man, who also wore a gray hooded sweatshirt and jeans, demanded a carton of cigarettes and cash from the register, according to a Corpus Christi police news release. Employees complied, and the man ran outside and into a white truck that was waiting on the side of the store.
No suspects have been identified, but surveillance cameras caught footage of the man inside the store. The store will call police back when the footage is available to view, said Senior Officer Kirk Stowers.


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It sounds like we're about to find out a release date for the Essential phone. Again.
Back when Android creator Andy Rubin took the wraps off his new venture at the end May, he said the $699 Essential phone would ship within 30 days. Those 30 days came and went, but the phone did not. In mid-July, that release got pushed back to "in a few weeks," and to save you the trouble of glancing at a calendar, that would bring us to right about now.
So where's the Essential phone? Ask again next week.
According to Rubin's Twitter feed, that's when you'll be able to find out where you can get your hands on the phone. Rubin also says the Essential phone is in full production, so presumably a launch date is going to be included in that announcement.
We already knew that Sprint will be the only carrier to offer the Essential phone, though Essential also planned to offer the device unlocked. It now seems that Essential will have other retail partners, too. Essential told the Wall Street Journal that its phone will be available at Amazon and Best Buy, too.
In that same Journal article, Niccolo De Masi, president of Essential, said his company would provide an exact launch date for the phone in a week's time.
The Essential Phone will sport a nearly bezel-less screen — similar to the look of the Galaxy S8 — and offer up a modular design that lets you attach accessories to the device, not unlike the Moto Z line. Other features in the 5.7-inch phone include a Snapdragon 835 processor, dual rear cameras and a titanium and ceramic design.
That places the Essential phone squarely in the premium phone market where it will compete with the top-end models from Apple and Samsung. That's convenient since the pushed-back launch means the Essential will arrive around the same time as the latest phones from those two companies. Samsung is taking the wraps off the Galaxy Note 8 on August 23, while a new iPhone is expected to debut next month.


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Samsung is having an event tomorrow where the company is expected to announce the tentatively named Galaxy K device, the successor to last year's Galaxy S4 zoom.
The company has now put up a video on Instagram that zooms into the Red Dot Design Museum, with the caption 'Meet #TheNextGALAXY. Join us for a live update on April 29 at 11AM SGT'. The zoom in the video looks like a hint at the optical zoom in the phone, although the choice of having the Red Dot Design Museum in the video may not just be a coincidence.
We will find out more tomorrow.
When did Samsung say there will not a zoom?
No,I was just talking about the perfect pixels. Did you noticed how by zooming the letters were more accurate ?
Samsung: There will NOT be a Galaxy S5 zoom. Samsung: Introducing the brand new Galaxy K. Samsung: There will NOT be a "premium" Galaxy S5. Samsung: Introducing the brand new Galaxy S5 "Prime". Samsung, when we ask ...


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Party leader wants more productive partnership with RoK
08:50 | 26/04/2017 Cooperation
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong wants Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) to ratchet up the efficient cooperation between political parties, governments, parliaments, and localities to achieve more productive strategic cooperative partnership.
Vietnam, New Zealand look forward to stronger ties
16:38 | 25/04/2017 Cooperation
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Pham Binh Minh, and visiting Foreign Minister of New Zealand, Murray McCully, have agreed to continue fostering development momentum to take the bilateral relations to a higher level during their talks in Hanoi, on April 24.
Promoting Mongolian - Vietnamese agricultural trade
17:10 | 22/04/2017 Cooperation
(VEN) - Mongolia is seeking to boost livestock exports to Vietnam and offering its service as a conduit for Vietnamese exports to Europe. These were two of the issues discussed at a meeting in Hanoi in early April between Mongolian Minister of Foreign Affairs Tsend Munkh-Orgil, and Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nguyen Xuan Cuong.
Vietnam, Iran vow support to achieve US$2 billion trade
10:03 | 21/04/2017 Cooperation
Vietnamese and Iranian leaders have committed all possible support to their businesses to navigate the respective markets towards a trade value of US$2 billion, President Tran Dai Quang told Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines and Agriculture of Iran Gholam Hossein Shafei during a reception in Hanoi on April 20.
Upgrading Vietnam-Israel cooperation
10:32 | 17/04/2017 Cooperation
(VEN) - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s official visit to Vietnam from March 19 to 25 was aimed at increasing economic cooperation and tightening bilateral relations in a variety of fields.
Vietnam, Armenia to boost trade
09:13 | 13/04/2017 Cooperation
(VEN) - Vietnam and Armenia have agreed to cooperate in a variety of fields to boost bilateral trade in goods and services, including the possibility of establishing jewelry manufacturing joint ventures.


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Just ahead of BlackBerry 10 debuts, Research In Motion (RIM) this morining announced a change as the company has rebranded its BlackBerry App World web store –to–now called as BlackBerry World.
“The naming change reflects a shift in the type of things you can purchase from the store as we transition to BlackBerry 10 and beyond,” the company wrote.
The change will happen on the web storefront first and will be rolled out to the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and BlackBerry smartphones in the coming weeks. It may take up to 24 hours for the changes to appear.
In addtion to name change, the new BlackBerry World will now house Videos and Music, to already exitising app.
The company had earlier during BlackBerry Jam Americas 2012 has announced that “BlackBerry World is going to be the one-stop shop for all of your mobile entertainment needs.”
“With BlackBerry World, there are various ways to browse, download, buy, and manage apps using a BlackBerry smartphone, BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, or desktop or laptop computer,” the company blogged.
And, to share something, “you can easily share it with your friends over BBM, Facebook and Twitter,” adds the company. Also, you can simply tap smartphones together and invite your friends to download it.
Stay tuned, to BlackBerry World conference.


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B&W Group announced that Stacey Kerek has joined the company as vice president of operations. Kerek is a veteran of Lenbrook and Tivoli Audio.
“The consumer electronics industry is rapidly evolving and having the right people in the right roles remains central to our ongoing success. I have great confidence in Stacey’s experience, management skills and leadership ability," Doug Henderson, President of The B&W Group, said in a statement.
"I’m sure she will be a natural fit with our organization and will help us maintain our position as the best brand group in the business.


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Supported by tight supply, rising production costs and increasing demand from emerging economies, China’s TiO2 export price is expected to remain high at the beginning of 2018. Get you import and export data of Chinese TiO2 or thousands of other commodities at Tranalysis.
In the beginning of this decade, China became the leading TiO2 producer in the world. Since then, the country is decisively influencing the world market of this important raw material for coatings, painting, plastics, and more downstream industries. China’s imports and exports of TiO2 is affecting all parts of the world.
According to market experts of TiO2, the price, which witnessed some high trend in 2017, will continue to rise till early or mid of 2018 and then remain on a high level. This development is supported by the balancing of demand and supply of TiO2 in the world market. As a fact, many big players have announced prices rises in 2017 already, which is likely to continue throughout the year and also in the beginning of 2018.
The booming living standard in Asian countries like China is significantly causing the high demand for coatings and packaging with drives TiO2 demand up. Hence, Asia will remain the most important market for TiO2 in the near future.
Export volume of China's TiO2 by destination, Oct. 2016–Oct. 2017
Source: Tranalysis & China Customs
While the international supply of titanium dioxide is remaining tight, Asia’s TiO2 market continues the booming trend it shows since the beginning of 2016. For example, China leads the global demand for titanium dioxide in the construction sector, with other Asian regions, such as India, Southeast Asia, and American regions, namely Brazil and Mexico, not far behind.
China, the most important TiO2 supplier in Asia, has seen especially tight supply, due to the environmental inspections and measurement by the government, which forces manufacturers to limit and cut the production in order to ensure environmental protection. Additionally, the price of Chinese TiO2 increased not only by tight supply but also production costs, which have seen a rising trend due to higher costs of raw materials like ilmenite as well as higher transportation costs.
China’s TiO2 trend in October 2017
According to the latest trade data, China exported almost 73 thousand tonnes of TiO2 in October 2017. The increased export volume was the result of recovered operating rates as well as inventories of TiO2 in China. Since the price of TiO2 in China went down slightly after August, Chinese products rose in demand of overseas customers and export grew.
In September 2017, the top 5 exporters exported almost 31 thousand tonnes of TiO2, accounting for slightly less of half of the total TiO2 export amount. Sichuan Lomon continued to rank the first among all Chinese exporters, exporting more than 12 thousand tonnes of TiO2, another small rise compared to the previous months.
Export prices of key Chinese TiO2 exporters, Oct. 2017, USD/t
Source: Tranalysis & China Customs
In terms of export destinations, China exported most of its TiO2 to Europe, followed by a significant export shipping to the Middle East and South America, 4,701 tonnes to North America, 2,230 tonnes to Africa and 2,230 tonnes to Asia-Pacific region.
General economic outlook
China announced to keep the economic growth plan for 2018 as the same number as in 2017, 6.5%, according to Reuters. The main target of the government is hereby to reduce the debt risks of the country while keeping the economy stable in the long run. Analysts expect final numbers will show the economy grew around 6.8% in 2017
In 2018, the Belt and Road initiative by President Xi will play a decisive role again in the infrastructure development of trading partners in East Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, as well as South-East Asia. More projects are planned by the government to support the right conditions for trade along the participating countries.
Hence, Chinese TiO2 will continue to play a decisive role in the world market and the emerging countries in Asia and America are the main importing nations for the raw material.
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NEW YORK — Clinique is out to deliver a color jolt this spring with Colour Surge Lipstick, the latest addition to its lip color lineup.
"This is a lipstick for those consumers who want big, bold color with one swipe," said Arlette Palo, vice president of global makeup product development for Clinique. The lipsticks in this collection average 15 percent pigment, as opposed to the 9 to 10 percent pigment that Clinique’s other collections average. "No other Clinique lipstick contains a higher concentration of color," she said.
And that color doesn’t come at the expense of moisture, she noted. "High pigment loads can compromise moisture —?but not with this formula," said Palo, noting that a new emollient, unique to this formula, "gives each color great slip and spreading ability. And the emollients are low migrating, which means that the color movement is minimized — resulting in a long-lasting and nonfeathering formula."
Unlike many traditional lipsticks, which contain high levels of hard wax, Colour Surge was formulated with a high percentage of soft waxes, said Palo. "Colour Surge contains a combination of soft waxes more typically found in lip glosses, combined with a low level of hard waxes, which makes the texture very creamy," she said.
The collection has another distinction: its wide color range. With 18 shades, Colour Surge offers Clinique’s "biggest lip palette yet," said Catherine Phillips, executive director of lip, nail and trend for Clinique, adding that the collection is intended to be Clinique’s entry into the fashion lipstick segment. The 18 shades are broken down into four color families: nudes, tawnies, pinks and violets, "with a special emphasis on oranges, corals and reds that were missing from our assortment," said Phillips. Each will retail for $13.50. With the color range, the brand is also hoping to draw in a wider ethnic base, Phillips noted. "With the expanded range of colors that we are offering, we feel this is a realistic goal," she said.
The traditional silver Clinique packaging has been tweaked slightly for Colour Surge — the silver tubes are accented with four pink bands at the bottom of the case.Colour Surge will be available in Clinique’s full U.S. distribution, currently about 2,200 department and specialty store doors, and in Europe, in March. It will hit Asia in April. While executives wouldn’t comment on Colour Surge’s projected first-year sales or advertising spending, industry sources estimated that the lineup would do $25 million to $30 million at retail in the U.S. in its first year on counter and that about $3 million would be spent on advertising and promotion in the U.S.
National print advertising is slated to break in March fashion, beauty and lifestyle magazines, including Lucky, Vogue, Latina and In Style. Sampling will also be an important part of the campaign, noted Phillips. Close to a million samples — including deluxe miniatures and gift-with-purchase inclusions — are slated.
There'll be no rest for those headed to Europe for men's, as Paris just closed the gap with Milan. According to a provisional calendar released by the Chambre Syndicale, Paris Men's Week will now open a day earlier on January 16. See new highlights on the official lineup on WWD.com. #wwdnews #wwdfashion (📷: @kukukuba)
BREAKING: Jonathan Saunders is leaving @DVF. The designer has resigned from his position as chief creative officer of Diane von Furstenberg, the company said in a statement on Friday. At the time of his hire, von Furstenberg said Saunders’ arrival symbolized and facilitated her stepping back from the day-to-day duties that occupy the work of a full-time creative director. The British designer joined DVF in May 2016 and was in charge of all product categories. #wwdnews
For @versace_official’s spring ad campaign, the brand emphasized the archival prints from the spring tribute collection dedicated to the late Gianni Versace. Closing out the show were five of Gianni’s favorite models: Cindy, Naomi, Carla, Helena, and Claudia. Bowing on December 18, the new campaign is yet another tribute to supermodel-dom as the images by Steven Meisel are fronted by @iamnaomicampbell, @cturlington, @gisele and more. #wwdfashion
Four-time Oscar-nominated actress Annette Bening has been waiting 20 years to play Gloria Graham in "Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool," which will be released on December 29. The movie about Graham – a Hollywood star known for her controversial relationship with a younger Englishman named Peter Turner – is based off a memoir Turned wrote. "She felt vulnerable to him, because she loved him, she really did love him. And anyone that we really truly are in love with, we re vulnerable to in a very deep way," said Bening. Read our full interview with the modern icon of an actress on WWD.com. #wwdeye (📷: @ninebagatelles; Styled by @cristinaehrlich)
The crisp white button down: a staple that can be dressed up or down and accessorized throughout the decades. Here, on a Art Basel-goer in 2017 on the left and on the iconic Audrey Hepburn in “Roman Holiday” in 1953 on the right. #tbt #wwdfashion (📷: Andrew Morales)
Known for her work with @victoriassecret, 25-year-old model @georgiafowler is raising her profile in Hollywood. Fowler stars in @vincecamuto’s holiday campaign, which launched in partnership with “Pitch Perfect 3.” “Almost every shoot with Vince Camuto, I’ve had to face a fear…It was definitely a challenge. I’m so grateful for it, though. I’ve always wanted to be a pop star, so that was the perfect chance,” Fowler said. Head to WWD.com to read about Fowler’s experience modeling, including at the #VSFashionShow, and her relationship with Nick Jonas. #wwdeye (📷: @jilliansollazzo)
EXCLUSIVE: Huda Kattan just became the first beauty influencer to land a major beauty deal. Kattan's business, @hudabeauty, has received a minority investment from private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners. The brand, which industry sources say is on track to do $200 million in retail sales for 2017, will receive support on product, retail and geographic expansion through the deal. Get all the details on the deal and read @_a_collins' interview with Kattan on WWD.com. Link in bio. (📷: @jgreenery) #wwdbeauty #wwdnews
Peruvian model @juanaburga_official – who is known for walking the runways of @rodarte, @viviennewestwood and @torybuch – is making the move to the big screen with drama “Los Últimos.” The film premiered in Argentina in November and arrives in the U.S. and Europe in 2018. On making the switch from modeling to acting, Burga told WWD: “It’s a completely different thing – a lot of people think it’s similar or try to connect things, especially like getting used to the camera or being looked at all the time or playing these different characrers, but film is a completely different story.” #wwdeye (📷: @jgreenery)
London’s newly opened @designmuseum will look back on the life and work of Azzedine Alaïa in a show that the designer helped to curate before he died of heart failure last month. The retrospective, which Alaïa had worked on with Mark Wilson, chief curator of the @groningermuseum, will look at the impact of his work worldwide. The show, “Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier,” will run from May 10 to October 7. Read more about the exhibit on WWD.com #wwdnews #wwdfashion (📷: @zefashioninsider)


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Diamond device has highest breakdown voltage
US scientists show device that can sustain up to 9 kV
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a semiconductor device made using diamond, that has the highest breakdown voltage and lowest leakage current compared to previously reported diamond devices.
It is estimated that currently, 50 percent of the world’s electricity is controlled by power devices, and in less than a decade, it is expected that that number will increase to 80 percent, while simultaneously, the demand for electricity will increase by 50 percent by 2050.
“To meet those electricity demands and modernise the electrical grid, it’s very important that we move away from conventional materials, like silicon, to the new materials that we are seeing being adopted today like SiC and the next generation of semiconductors—ultra-wide bandgap materials—such as AlN, diamond and related compounds,” says electrical and computer engineering professor Can Bayram, who led this research, along with graduate student Zhuoran Han. The results of this work were published in the journal IEEE Electron Device Letters.
In this work, Bayram and Han show that their diamond device (pictured above measuring 4 mm x 4 mm) can sustain high voltage, approximately 5 kV, although the voltage was limited by setup of measurement and not from the device itself. In theory, the device can sustain up to 9 kV. This is the highest voltage reported for a diamond device. Besides the highest breakdown voltage, the device also demonstrates the lowest leakage current, which affects the overall efficiency and reliability of the device.
Han says, “We built an electronic device better suited for high power, high voltage applications for the future electric grid and other power applications. And we built this device on an ultra-wide bandgap material, synthetic diamond, which promises better efficiency and better performance than current generation devices. Hopefully, we will continue optimizing this device and other configurations so that we can approach the performance limits of diamond’s material potential.”
'Diamond p-Type Lateral Schottky Barrier Diodes With High Breakdown Voltage (4612 V at 0.01 mA/Mm)' by Zhuoran Han and Can Bayram; IEEE Electron Device Letters (2023)


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YouTube, Google's video sharing site, is adding banner ads across its mobile site, the company announced on its blog today.
It's just the latest example of Google trying to monetize its wildly popular video site. Doug Anmuth at Barclays says this is the year YouTube will be profitable on $700 million in revenue.
Here's what the company said about the ads so far:
Our first tests of YouTube mobile ads — with brands ranging from L'Oreal to Land Rover — showed strong results related to click-throughs, user experience and brand awareness, and we've learned a lot in the months since then. As a result, ads on the YouTube mobile website will be banner ads sold on a full-day basis (like with the YouTube homepage on the web), making a mobile buy an easy and valuable addition to any YouTube campaign. For example, today Mazda is running a homepage ad on YouTube.com, and extended their campaign to run ads on our mobile site as well.
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The technology firm is the first Tata company to consider such a move and it aligns with Ratan Tata's call for a unified philanthropic programme for the entire group.
In January 2012, Everstone picked up 45% stake in JS Chadha-run JS Hospitality for $20 mn. The co runs 35 Pind Balluchi restaurants, mostly in the NCR.
In a statement to the BSE on Aug 16, IHCL had stated that a meeting of the board of directors will be convened on Aug 21, for considering the various options.
“The group plans to merge retail and consumer businesses and hence is putting in place a team that could execute the transition seamlessly,” said a person familiar with the development.
KM Birla hires Sameer Nair of Balaji Telefilms; to make 'binge-worthy' shows for Amazon, Netflix, Hotstar
Birla will invest up to Rs 300 cr in his personal capacity in Applause Entertainment to make shows across the drama, romance, crime and thriller genres.
Having stabilised its Indian operations by adding more capacity, India's largest aluminium maker Hindalco Industries is aiming to reduce the debt on its balance sheet.
There has been a spike in stalled projects with Rs 2.45 trillion of such investments stuck in the quarter ended June from Rs 0.35 trillion in the previous quarter ended March.
The bids come as Vodafone India and Idea, respectively the country’s second and third-largest mobile carriers, are reckoned to have started integrating networks.
Jindal has a proven track record of turning around stressed businesses. He had earlier acquired Ispat Steel and Southern Iron & Steel Company, and revived both.
Brookfield, American Tower Corp & infrastructure fund of IDFC bid for 11,000 towers of Vodafone India
“The bids were submitted recently and the company will enter into an exclusivity agreement with one of the bidders,” said one of the two persons quoted above.
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