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Fitness First drops pounds as earnings and profits fall but group maintains it is on the right programme
Gym operator Fitness First has posted a drop in earnings and profits for 2014 but maintains that its turnaround plan is starting to produce results.
The chain, which has 77 clubs and 191,000 members in the UK, saw annual earnings drop 16 per cent to £65.3million following the second year of a three year transformation programme in which £75million has been invested.
Profits dropped 49 per cent in the year to £14.9million while revenues dipped to £509.3milion from £511.1million. Membership numbers also fell from 916,000 to 873,000.
Turnaround: Fitness First has posted a drop in earnings and profits for 2014 but maintained that its turnaround plan was starting to produce results
Globally, the group has 377 clubs and more than 900,000 members after 11 new venues were opened and 18 closed as part of efforts to strengthen the overall quality of its portfolio.
The group narrowly avoided collapse in 2012 as a result of over expansion. Three years ago it had around 150 clubs in the UK.
The business said it is on track to complete its £200million investment programme - that has upgraded clubs, boosted staff training and introduced new fitness classes - by the first quarter of next year.
In the UK, where the group employs around 2,000 people, it said it has so far invested £40million rebranding 62 of its clubs as underlying earnings in the UK rose for the first time in five years.
Hard at work: CEO Andy Cosslett said changes will set Fitness First 'up for growth in 2016 and beyond'
Over the past year it has opened a new club at Bishopsgate in London, the first UK outlet it has launched since its near collapse.
Sales at its rebranded UK clubs were up 4 per cent compared to a year ago, while earnings at these clubs jumped 10 per cent in the same period.
The group said some of its most popular training classes include the Victoria Pendleton Pro Cycling course and the Team GB Pro Athlete Programme, based on sessions recommended by British athletes.
Chief executive Andy Cosslett said: 'We’ve worked hard to stabilise the business and create a platform for growth going forward.
'We reached the turning point during the latter part of 2014 as the impact of better results from a growing number of rebranded clubs started to be felt.
'We aim to complete the club refurbishments during 2015 accompanied by an exciting digital launch which will complete the re-positioning of the business and set it up for growth in 2016 and beyond.'
Fitness First is controlled by US buyout group Oaktree Capital.
The fitness market is highly competitive in the UK and Fitness First has seen itself overtaken in recent years by new entrants.
In March, rival Pure Gym announced it had become the largest gym operator in the UK with over 500,000 members, just six years after it opened its doors.
The business, which operates ninety-one 24-hour gyms across the country, opened 24 new gyms last year at sites including London, Greater Manchester and Birmingham. Its members pay monthly fees with no contract commitments.
Pure Gym said its profits jumped more than four fold to £10million in 2014 after its membership total jumped by almost half to 420,000, with its numbers crossing the half-million mark in March.
Meanwhile lst month, Christo Wise, the South African retail billionaire, bought 80 per cent of gym chain, Virgin Active, for £682million through his investment company Brait SE.
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By Marwan Elnakat, digital banking solutions director for the CISMEA region at Gemalto
With Capitec’s latest trading update making a case for what consumers in emerging markets want – and need – the time for “one-size-fits-all” banking looks set to be over.
As the bank continues attracting up to 150 000 new customers each month, it’s redefining the “typical banking experience”.
A similar evolution is underway in the digital banking space. While banks have responded well for the most part, offering new digital services such as mobile apps and online portals, next generation users are already demanding a move away from a “one-size-fits-all” approach to digital banking.
As the rise of smartphones and other mobile devices continues to transform the banking experience, customers expect to be able to log in, check their balance and make payments instantly on multiple platforms, wherever they are.
Fintech start-ups and global trends in banking regulations continue to affect this space however – highlighting the customer experience as an increasingly important differential.
Personalisation is the secret to developing an engaging and easily navigable customer experience.
This starts with ensuring a secure, convenient digital banking journey.
The latest statistics support this. With 73% of South Africans able to use eBanking services either online or on a mobile app, only 62% are actually doing so according to Gemalto’s 2016 eBanking Survey.
Just 36% of eBanking users have access to two-factor authentication – despite 78% of survey respondents being concerned about data breaches in the transactional process and a growing appetite for biometric authentication. This number is telling as it gives banks a positive means to respond.
With security preferences pointing to the need for a customer journey based on individual characteristics, new risk assessment platforms could be the answer.
Using machine-learning technologies, they can establish the most accurate risk scoring to trigger the most appropriate authentication measure – fundamentally changing “protection” as we know it.
Machine-learning now means banks can combine everything from geo-localisation to device profiling and behavioural biometrics to monitor data from the user and their device to offer convenient and robust protection based on adaptive security measures. If any unusual patterns are picked up, another authentication layer is immediately requested.
For example, a customer purchasing lunch at his favourite restaurant in Johannesburg when suddenly – randomly – an ecommerce transaction is made in his name from a different country.
The system will immediately recognise the unusual purchase made from a new device, using an IP address from a different geographical location. It will then prompt the user to provide additional verification on his mobile device, perhaps through a fingerprint scan for instance.
This kind of solution offers benefits for both consumers and banks.
In the case of financial institutions, it allows them to cut operational and administrative costs, as it picks up unusual purchasing patterns instantly. No human involvement is required and the bank gets detailed information about the potential fraud.” The solution also improves risk management processes because of its multiple layers of assessment including device, location and user behaviour.
Consumers on the other hand now enjoy an effective security solution that doesn’t jeopardise the seamless banking experience they have come to expect. They also benefit from a personalised authentication journey, with the number of verification steps changing depending on the type of transaction and their profile.
This adds to the overall experience.
Convenience remains a non-negotiable however. Multi-layered security can’t detract from the customer experience or prevent personalisation. For a solution to be best-in-class, the digital experience must be frictionless – but come equipped with sophisticated security mechanisms built around each individual customer.
With emerging markets in Africa eager technology-adopters, banks have a real opportunity to provide the very latest solutions – after listening to what their customers want.
As players like Capitec continue challenging assumptions and ‘traditional market approaches’, they’re opening the door for next generation banking offerings that are both secure and convenient. This makes it an exciting time for current and future banking clients both in the country and on the continent.

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NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin proposed during the Nov. 1-2 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of Government Council in Tashkent various initiatives to strengthen trade, investment, digitisation and transport cooperation within the SCO.
His suggestions included intensifying work to create the SCO Development Bank and SCO Development Fund and creating a road map to increase the share of national currencies in mutual settlements among SCO members, as well as renewing meetings among member states’ finance ministers and central bank heads.
Mamin suggested SCO observer states join member countries in accelerating the acquisition of an automated system to issue permit forms for transporting goods and approving a joint road development programme.
Country participants would also benefit from their national chambers of entrepreneurs’ involvement in the SCO Multilateral Trade and Economic Cooperation Programme, he added. Mamin also stressed the importance of developing a unified list of SCO investment projects for “its promotion in contacts of the SCO Secretariat with international financial institutions,” reported the press service.
At the extended meeting, Mamin stressed the need to develop trade and economic cooperation through multilateral dialogue among the SCO, Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and European Union (EU). Coordinating with large regional associations is the third geopolitical direction of the Three Dialogues initiative proposed by Kazakhstan’s First President Nursultan Nazarbayev earlier this year.
Mamin also suggested SCO members consider the Astana International Financial Centre as a test site for their financial products and technologies.
“Today, fintech companies from China, Russia and Uzbekistan have already been using this opportunity,” he said.
He also proposed creating the Council for Digital Economy Development.
“The council could become a platform for the development of a mutually beneficial partnership for the introduction in our countries of new technological elements such as 5G, Smart Cities, big data, block chain and digital assets, as well as the construction and deployment of data centres, the development of data transit and participation of digital services in the global market,” he said.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called on SCO countries to use the International Centre for the Development of Green Technologies and Investment Projects created in Kazakhstan to exchange best practices and develop sustainable growth strategies.
“President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev believes that the role and potential of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has not exhausted itself. This organisation has a great future,” said Mamin.
The SCO adopted 14 documents including a joint communiqué, new version of the Multilateral Trade and Economic Cooperation Programme, Concept for the Interaction of the Railway Administrations of the SCO Member States, Regulations of the SCO Economic Analytical Centre Consortium and Development Programme of ecological well-being of SCO cities.
SCO member states are China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.


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A RUSSIAN firm is flogging a gold-plated Nokia 3310 – featuring the face of Vladimir Putin.
But at £1,400 the handset costs more than 30 times the price of the original.
The re-booted version of the iconic handset was unveiled this week to much fanfare.
Featuring cult game Snake plus its legendary battery life the handset is priced at £41.
And one Russian company wasted no time in putting their own eastern twist on an old classic.
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“Model Nokia 3310 Supremo Putin is inspired by the way the most popular person Russia – President Vladimir Putin.”
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We're set to record Autoblog Podcast #359 tonight, and we'll be joined by Michael Harley and Jonathon Ramsey to recap the Los Angeles Auto Show and Tokyo Motor Show. Check out the topics below, drop us your questions and comments via our Q&A module, and don't forget to subscribe to the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes if you haven't already done so. To take it all in live, tune in to our Dan Roth
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We take it for granted that women can enter just about any career they want now. But there are still countless occupations where females are underrepresented. You don't see too many women truckers, for example – particularly in a country that's still as deeply traditional as Japan. But Mitsubishi Fuso is showing just how forward thinking – and simultaneously, how traditional (pink polka dots are a bit 'on the nose') it can be with this hybrid pink truck.
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Even average production cars from Japan often seem very conceptual to US eyes. Throw in typical, nonsensical-quasi-English-words name like "Dayz Roox" and you'd be forgiven for thinking this Nissan box on wheels was still a designer's dream. But the fact is that the Nissan Dayz is a model currently on sale, and this Roox version is the latest take on the micro-van, which is a popular segment in Japan.
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Makers of Candy Crush Saga preparing for huge stock market float
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The games manufacturer King, which is behind the phenomenon that is Candy Crush Saga have discreetly filed documents that suggest that they are set on launching an IPO and floating their stock on the Nasdaq. It has also retained Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and JP Morgan Chase to lead the offering as well as hiring Hope Cochran as chief financial officer. Ms Cochran previously led the successful IPO of US technology firm Clearwire. This is likely to be the biggest IPO by a British technology company in many years.
King, which has taken over from Zynga before as the leading free game / app developer has lodged its pre-IPO "S-1" paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission, using the same loophole for fast growing businesses that allowed Twitter to keep its IPO under wraps until the last moment.
King had a turnover of approx £300m at the start of this year and has grown rapidly since then. Its games are played 30bn times a month, with Candy Crush Saga the most popular game played on Facebook. The puzzle game helped King reach new heights of exposure and profitability. The game itself is free to download, but the bonuses, extras and add ons available for purchase have seen the company make real returns. And any fears of that being a one off are being nursed by the success of the new Pet Rescue Saga, which currently ranks eighth among Apple’s top-grossing apps.
Zynga, which has roughly half as many users, has a market capitalization of $2.9bn.
King will have to persuade would be investors that it will not go the same way as Zynga, whose stock headed downhill shortly after the flotation and after it fell out of favour with Facebook. The company itself has thus far declined to comment.


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Taste of the Cape offers food, music and fun for everyone
A feast for the senses returns to Four Freedoms Park in Cape Coral this Sunday.
The Cape Coral Chamber of Commerce is teaming up with the Gulf Coast Symphony to present Taste of the Cape and Symphony at Sunset.
The event will feature about 20 restaurants offering their most tempting treats; beverages ranging from soft drinks to samples of local rum; a craft vendor village for shoppers’ pleasure; zip line and face painting for the kids’ delight, and performances ranging from school groups to the symphonic finale as the sun sinks into the west.
The event raises funds for the chamber’s college scholarship program and the symphony’s musical outreach program for schoolchildren. Volunteers staff the event, which allows 100 percent of the proceeds to go to charity.
“We wanted to be able to put on an event to make money for these scholarships so we could raise money instead of always begging for money,” said Sandi Silva, member of the chamber’s education committee and chairperson for Taste of the Cape. “We were wanting to start an event so we could raise money for scholarships for high school students, and one of the symphony members was on our education committee.
“The symphony has been doing an event for several years, and they liked the idea that we wanted to do a taste event since Cape Coral didn’t have one,” she said. “We thought good culture and good food pulling together would be a win-win.”
The array of cuisine choices will range from upscale American to sports bar grub, from elegant to family pleasing, and from healthy to decadent. Event attendees will be able to take a tour of at least three continents in an afternoon without ever leaving the Cape.
While a couple of chains have signed up for booths, the emphasis is on independent or locally based restaurants. The locally owned Monkey Bar and Steakhouse in downtown Cape Coral will be offering prime rib sliders and its signature bababoom shrimp appetizer.
“The economy is getting better and people are going out more often than cooking at home and this is a very affordable event for everybody,” said Claudia Garcia, owner of the Monkey Bar. “This is a great opportunity for the snowbirds to know the food and everything that we have in Cape Coral — to support the local restaurants that serve homemade food. They’re going to find all kinds of food there, even if they have allergies or if they have a special diet, I’m sure everybody is going to find something to eat.”
Events such as Taste of the Cape not only serve attendees by letting them preview multiple dining options in an afternoon, but they also prove to be invaluable advertising for the restaurants. Zirilli’s Chilly Treats will bring its homemade Italian ices to the event for a second year.
“It was our very first event that we took our mobile cart to, and we came out of there on such a high,” said owner Barbara Zirilli-Lonergan. “Even with giving back our 50 percent, we still did amazing last year.
“We had a significant increase in business from people who tried our product at Taste of the Cape,” she said. “We had business that same day. When we got back to the shop that night, my teammate said there were people who came to the shop after leaving Taste.”
As an educator by trade, Zirilli-Lonergan said she really appreciates that the funds raised by the event go to support scholarships and music for children.
“It’s nice that the Gulf Coast Symphony will be there,” she said. “There will be concerts going on throughout the event, and they bring in kids from the local schools to perform.”
Afternoon performers will include dancers from Studio Elite Acro and Dance Academy and musical groups from Christa McAuliffe Elementary School as well as Ida Baker and Mariner high schools. The 80-piece Gulf Coast Symphony will take the stage at 4:30 p.m. to play a concert of pops and light classical music. The musical selections provide a nice introduction to classical music for people who are not acquainted with it while pleasing classical fans with familiar pieces.
Food ticket booths with separate lines for cash and credit/debit cards will be situated at both entrances to the event. New this year, attendees may pre-purchase food tickets online and simply show an ID at a third will-call line to pick them up and go (pre-purchased tickets are non-refundable).
Parking can be a bit tight at Four Freedoms, especially during season, so free shuttles will be running from multiple parking locations downtown. Even with the additional traffic, Silva said that the event organizers feel it is critical to hold Taste of the Cape this time of year.
“Most taste events in our area are done off-season, so that is a real challenge for us because it’s hard to get restaurants to commit during season because that’s when they’re really busy,” Silva said. “But for us it was important to do this event during season so people who come down and visit can see what Cape Coral is about.”
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If you go
What: Third annual Taste of the Cape and eighth annual Symphony at Sunset
When: Noon-6 p.m. Sunday
Where: Four Freedoms Park, 4818 Tarpon Court, Cape Coral
Cost: Free admission; food purchased with tickets; most items run $3-$8
Info: 471-7300; tasteofcapecoral.com; facebook.com/tasteofthecape
Suggested: Beach chair or blanket, sunscreen, sun hat, insect repellant, light jacket
Not allowed: No pets or picnic coolers
Note: In case of questionable weather, check the event’s Facebook page for updates.
Enter from Sunnybrook Avenue at Cape Coral Parkway; Sunnybrook Avenue and Beach Court will be closed to vehicular traffic.
Handicap-accessible parking available at SunTrust Bank, 530 Cape Coral Parkway East; Capital Bank, 506 Cape Coral Parkway East; and Ice Sssscreamin, 520 Cape Coral Parkway East.
Parking for free trolley to event available at Club Square lot located between SE 46th Lane and SE 47th Terrace at the intersection with SE 10th Place; the Southwest Florida Military Museum, 4820 Leonard Street; the new public parking lot behind Nevermind Bar and Eatery; between the towers on Cape Coral Parkway; and Big Johns Plaza, 1215 Cape Coral Parkway East. See www.tasteofcapecoral.com for trolley map. Event parking also available in the empty lots in the 400-block of Cape Coral Parkway.


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The new Infiniti Performance Line was just introduced a few months ago at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, but already rumors are swirling that Nissan's tie-up with Daimler could spawn "Powered by AMG" badges for the range.
The first of the IPL cars doesn't wear the tag, however, as it gets what is essentially the same VQ-based 3.7-liter engine the NISMO 370Z uses. The first of the supposedly AMG-powered IPL cars would be the M sedan, according to Autocar, getting the 6.2-liter V-8 from the E63 AMG.
Unsurprising may be the best description for the new report, as we've already heard the new G and M sedans could be based on Mercedes-Benz's E-Class platform. On the other hand, it puts a point on the question we raised then: what impact might such sharing have on the Mercedes-Benz, and now, AMG, brands?
Sliding architecture under the sheetmetal of another marque's cars is one thing--it's out of the public eye, a fact likely to be known only to enthusiasts. But start sticking badges on cars, and the fact that you can get a discounted, restyled Mercedes/AMG product for (very likely) far less cash becomes readily apparent.
We'll believe it when we see the badges, but it's certainly not beyond the range of possibility. In the mean time, we'd like to hear from you: would you choose the cheaper AMG-powered Infiniti over the real thing? Or would you prefer to spend for the original?


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Tons of new merchandise arrived at Disneyland Resort this weekend. We found Pixar, Mickey, and Minnie apparel, plus folding fans, and you can check it all out below!
We found this shirt in Knick’s Knacks at Disney California Adventure.
We found this in both Knick’s Knacks and Elias and Co.
This was also in Knick’s Knacks.
All of these Her Universe denim items were in World of Disney at Downtown Disney District.
The rest of this Mickey apparel was also in World of Disney.
This Minnie Mouse dress was in Elias and Co.
Finally, these folding fans were in World of Disney.
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New gameplay footage for MXGP 2021 has been released by game developer Milestone, and this time it is at the returning Ottobiano venue.
The Italian venue, located in the Province of Pavia, was part of the FIM Motocross World Championship for two seasons, 2017 and 2018. As the official games of the real-world championship, the circuit was featured in MXGP3 and MXGP Pro.
For the upcoming 2021 release, it returns as a ‘Legacy Track’. Think of it as the historic stages from the recent WRC 10, except on two wheels, not four.
In the footage, we can see the brand new UI style, with contrasting red and black colours and fresh fonts. Otherwise, without going hands-on, it’s hard to differentiate between MXGP 2021 and MXGP 2020. The race was ridden by YouTuber Enduro-game.
MXGP 2021 will include all the riders, teams, motorcycles and tracks from this year’s season, but the Legacy Tracks will add further variety to singe races and online play. Ottobiano joins three other classic venues; Ernée, Leon and Agueda.
We’ll hopefully have more about MXGP 2021 ahead of its release on 30th November for PC (Steam), PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S as a digital-only title.


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We are very pleased to announce the exclusive stream of “Dainty Hoof” by Volunteer over at the Inhale the Heavy blog. The ultra-limited splatter color variant is still available for pre-order on our Bandcamp page.
Ok… to mark our “2 year anniversary” we’ve decided to rope some of the roster as well as some our friends to play a two day Noise Rock Fest at the Cactus Club in our hometown of Milwaukee, WI. Learn more after the jump.
Better late than never! Soup Moat debuts this killer two-part music video for “Band Practice / Uptowner Girl” featuring local celeb Mark Borchardt from American Movie.This thing is bonkers! (Video after the jump)
Soup Moat and Volunteer were asked to contribute protest songs for a grass roots Anti-Scott walker CD/DVD compilation. Here’s a little information about the project.
UNINTIMIDATED: Wisconsin Musicians Against Scott Walker is a group of Wisconsin bands who convened in late August, 2015 to record a rapid-fire series of protest songs condemning Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Each band had a two-hour block of time to record their song at Howl Street Studios in Milwaukee. Proceeds from the sale of this product will be donated to Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and Milwaukee soup kitchens in the interest of assisting the lower-income citizens most threatened by Scott Walker’s regressive policies.
To celebrate the release of Hot Coffin’s new self-titled LP today, we are pleased to announced a special package deal, available for a limited time only. For $25 (plus shipping), you can get the Northless “Cold Migration” 12-inch (black vinyl) AND the new Hot Coffin s/t LP.
Ordering information is after the jump.
We are pleased to announce that Milwaukee veterans, Hot Coffin, have teamed up with Triple Eye Industries to release their much anticipated self-titled LP this year. The record is already at the pressing plant and we have tentatively set April 1, 2016 for the release – pending approved test presses are in-hand in a timely fashion. Record Store Day is upon us, so we’re at the mercy of the pressing plant. Stay tuned for pre-order information.
We’re stoked to announce that Chicago’s very own The Terrible News have joined the Triple Eye Roster. We announce this the same day we release their first (and our first) official limited edition cassette release.
We caught some footage of Them Teeth live in Chicago at 1st Ward. Click the link to check it out.
A few delays in production behind us, we now have Them Teeth test pressings in hand! We’ve given it a few spins and it sounds great. Now that they’ve been approved, we should *hopefully* be seeing final pressing in the next few weeks.


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The financial result of Lucky cement Limited (LUCK) for 1QFY15 is scheduled to be announced on 30th Oct 2014. We anticipate the company to announce earnings of PKR 2.87bn during the current quarter as compared to PKR 2.54bn in 1QFY14 thereby translating in EPS of PKR 8.90 as against PKR 7.87 in 1QFY14. The bottom line growth is mainly due to increase in retention prices and volumetric sales.
The sales volume of the company is estimated to increase by 10%YoY to 1.64mn tons owing to 17%YoY surge in local sales. However, export sales are expected to remain stagnant with unimpressive results due to lower demand from Afghanistan. This will translate in topline to elevate at PKR 10.99bn as against PKR 9.33bn last year during the same period.
The Company has no long term debt which will ease out financing cost. Similarly, huge cash balance of lucky is expected to increase its interest income additionally supply of electricity to HESCO will also increase its non operating income.
On sequential basis, earnings are estimated to decline to PKR 2.87bn as against PKR 3.15bn in previous quarter. This will result in decline in EPS to PKR 8.90, down by 9%.


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US stocks have ticked higher as people returned to work in China after an extended new year holiday triggered by the coronavirus outbreak but sentiment remained fragile.
Electric car maker Tesla Inc jumped 6.3 per cent as its Shanghai factory returned to service.
On the other hand, Apple Inc slipped 0.6 per cent, the biggest drag on the three main indexes, as analysts predicted China's smartphone sales may plunge by as much as 50 per cent in the first quarter due to store closures and production suspensions following the outbreak.
"Investors are quite worried about the overly negative impact of the coronavirus on the global economy," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities in New York.
The death toll from the epidemic has surpassed that of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) from 2002-2003, with the World Health Organisation warning that the number of latest coronavirus cases outside China could be just "the tip of the iceberg".
In early trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 52.49 points, or 0.18 per cent, at 29,155.00 and the S&P 500 was up 6.05 points, or 0.18 per cent, at 3,333.76.
The Nasdaq Composite was up 33.97 points, or 0.36 per cent, at 9,554.48.
Wall Street's main indexes slipped from record highs on Friday but still the S&P 500 posted its best week in eight months following China's efforts to limit the impact of the virus.
Amazon.com gained 2.0 per cent, helping the consumer discretionary grouping firm 0.9 per cent, the most among main S&P sectors.
L Brands Inc rose 2.5 per cent after a report the retailer was nearing a deal to sell Victoria's Secret to Sycamore Partners.
Eli Lilly dropped 2.5 per cent after experimental drugs from the US pharmaceutical firm and Switzerland's Roche failed to halt Alzheimer's disease.
Shopping centres owner Taubman Centers Inc surged 53.2 per cent as it agreed to be bought by larger peer Simon Property Group Inc in a deal valued at $US3.6 billion ($A5.4 billion).
Other U.S. mall owners Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc and Macerich Co gained 1.3 per cent and 8.0 per cent respectively.
Markets on Monday will also watch for US President Donald Trump's $US4.8-trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2021 and Fed Chair Jerome Powell's two-day address to the US Congress, starting on Tuesday.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 1.05-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and by a 1.12-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
The S&P index recorded 22 new 52-week highs and two new lows while the Nasdaq recorded 39 new highs and 47 new lows.


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Double hit knocks P&O to £135m loss
PORTS and shipping giant P&O plunged to a £135m loss last year, hit by its exit from the haulage business in Europe and its failure to reduce its exposure to the global container shipping market.
The loss, compared with a £173m profit last time, came as 68-year-old chairman Lord Sterling and his managing director Sir Bruce McPhail, 63, said they would be retiring over the next couple of years.
Sterling has been trying to engineer an exit from its container shipping joint venture P&O Nedlloyd for some time. Today the business revealed losses of £185m for 2002 thanks to the collapse in shipping rates. The sale of P&O's European logistics business to Wincanton brought in £150m in cash, but the group took a £97m loss on the disposal.
P&O took another £47m of exceptional charges on property disposals and the restructuring of and closures in its UK ferries business. The ferries reorganisation is blamed for a £250m rise in net debt to £1.34bn. The dividend is kept at 9p a share.
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The Cheerios you buy today would have been considered a drug under old Food and Drug Administration regulations, Professor Lewis Grossman from American University Washington College of Law told a lecture hall full of students as he explained the dramatic shift in FDA food and drug policy over the past 50 years.
In the 60s and 70s food health benefit claims such as the “heart healthy” description that appears on Cheerios, would have forced the FDA to classify the food as a drug. Even content descriptions such as “fat free” and “cholesterol free” would have kept the food off the market, Grossman said.
Today, in exchange for requiring manufacturers to make more detailed disclosures, the FDA has simultaneously allowed manufacturers to liberally boast about potential health benefits of foods, even if the scientific community is not in full agreement about those benefits, Grossman claimed. So long as the manufacturer uses the proper disclaimer and has some basis for the claim, it is more or less allowed under the current regulatory regime, to make fairly generalized health claims, Grossman said.
The shift to the current state of FDA regulations evolved over the past several decades, with more liberal regulations stemming from a cultural shift in the FDA’s perception of the average consumer, Grossman added. The FDA used to consider the average consumer passive and disinterested in warnings beyond what his or her doctor advised and, therefore, highly restricted the claims manufacturers could make about foods. For the same reasons, over-the-counter drugs were also scarce.
Today, the FDA views the consumer as educated, informed and proactive about their food and drug choices and, therefore, seeks to deliver as much information to the consumer as possible, Grossman said. Therefore, health claims on foods are ubiquitous as are over-the-counter drugs.
Grossman recognized, however, that the FDA’s more liberal standards are not always a good thing. Consumers are sometimes over saturated with information and often misguided into thinking that they could consume food without moderation because it is “fat free,” for example, or that the dosage requirements on over-the-counter drugs should not be taken as seriously as their prescription counterparts.


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GM rolled out working versions of its hybrid Tahoe and Yukon SUVs and said the vehicles would be on sale by the end of the year. Like the hybrid trucks and SUVs announced yesterday by DaimlerChrysler, these V-8s improve fuel economy by 25 percent, but GM also lightened the SUVs by more than 300 pounds.
Wow, so despite what Detroit says every time a Senate hearing discusses emissions or CAFE, it is possible to build more fuel efficient vehicles. The automakers have cried that forcing them to make fuel efficient vehicles will eliminate consumer choice, but NOT offering fuel efficient cars and trucks has been limiting consumer choice for the past few decades.
Consumers (aided by tax incentives) will ultimately decide if hybrid SUVs are worthy, and it is great that they will have options beyond the smallish Escape and Lexus luxury models.
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Where does a 800 pound gorilla sit? Anywhere it wants to.
That 800 pound gorilla is Apple and today it introduced what is probably the biggest change in music business since 2001, when it launched the other big change in music business, iTunes.
Though some might undermine the impact Apple Music will have, that would be a mistake. Apple Music is a huge change for music and it will by a serious blow to Spotify and other streaming services.
1. Apple has at least 800 million iTunes user accounts. Lots of them are paying customers.
Last year Horace Dedieu of Asymco tweeted this chart, comparing the number of Amazon and Apple accounts:
Compare this to Spotify’s 60 million.
2. Apple owns the platform. And it’s spreading to other platforms.
The biggest asset Apple has is its software-hardware platform. And I’m not talking about iTunes only. I’m talking about iPhones, iPods, iPads, Macs, OS, iOS, Watch OS etc. Anyone willing to compete against Apple, has to compete on Apple’s turf, with its hands tied.
Why is this so important? Say Apple decides to optimize its streaming process for certain apps and also decides not to share this info with outside app developers. Such developers may be left in the dark regarding optimum hardware usage for a better sound or longer battery time. By the way – iOS 9 comes with a better battery time. What a coincidence.
Even more, Apple Music will be available on Android too, coming this fall. So there you have it. It’s spreading.
3. Apple is closer than ever to artists and labels
But this is just the cherry on top of more than 14 years of continuous business development with global labels. The fact that Apple Music will be available in 100 countries is an extraordinary business feat. Anyone knowing just how complicated licensing is, knows how hard it is to stream, collect fees and distribute revenue to and from 100 countries.With its Beats / Jimmy Iovine / Dr. Dre acquisition, Apple also purchased a certain level of influence it previously lacked within the music industry. The proof is today’s event, showcasing the deep integration and the many people involved in launching Apple Music.
4. Apple is not stepping on Spotify’s toes alone, it also steps into Facebook and Youtube territory
Apple unveiled more than just a streaming service. Just like when Steve Jobs launched the iPhone, today Apple launched a product that never existed before.
Apple Music is a music streaming service, a video streaming service, a social network, a global radio and most of all, a curated music experience.
Let me just emphasize the “video streaming service” area. If you didn’t know this already, iOS alone dominates online video streaming. So Apple is already king of the hill on lots of user behaviors and now it just collected them all into one big service. Maybe that’s why Google never could pull a decent Youtube streaming experience on iOS.
And it’s not just Youtube Apple is going after. Facebook should be a bit worried also. Artists get a little more reach on their Facebook pages than, say, commercial brands. But if they want to share their news with all their Facebook fans, they still have to pay.
Apple Music makes a point by letting artists and fans connect in a seamless way. And this should send some chills up Mark’s spine. Once the artists are gone, there is also a big gap left within the social network.
5. Apple gets that technology is useful, but it’s not core
Let’s face it. Technology can be boring and frustrating. The best thing Apple has done so far is teach the world that great products happen when technology meets the arts. And its Music service does just that. From curated lists to making sure artists get an way to connect to improving the battery time so users can have a better experience, it all ads up to a human experienced enhanced by technology, rather than the other way around.
This is where most of the recent tech companies have failed to understand their place in the world. Maybe Google can get away with being the Lovable Borg, but Spotify can’t. Facebook can’t. The lesson Apple Music will teach to the tech world is that technology is just not enough anymore.
6. Apple is rolling in cash and it’s rolling out cash
Say what you will but one thing is for sure. Apple has deep pockets. With more than $194 billion in cash it can survive the end of the world on champagne and cigars (that’s not really a great combination, is it?).
Even more, it just reported it paid out $30 billion to its app developers. I’m not exactly sure how much it paid to record labels, but I can bet it’s a liiiiitle bit more than Spotify’s $3 billion.


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Customers of DKV Mobility, one of the leading mobility service providers in Europe, will also be able to settle toll charges for the new e-TOLL system in Poland without cash in future. Transporters can now register via DKV Mobility for settlement of the new electronic toll in Poland, which officially starts on 1 October. DKV Mobility customers have two options: First, they can obtain an on-board unit that can be used nationally in Poland. Secondly, DKV Mobility customers who already use the DKV BOX EUROPE can conveniently add the new service and have it activated on their toll box.
"We are proud that we can now offer each of our customers an accurate toll solution in Poland as well," says Jérôme Lejeune, Managing Director Toll at DKV Mobility. "This means we have reached another important milestone and can offer our customers further added value for their journeys through Poland." As one of the leading mobility service providers in Europe, DKV Mobility offers toll services for trucks and cars in over 30 countries.
For more information, please visit: www.dkv-mobility.com/en/toll/toll-services-by-country/poland/


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Pixable, a three-year-old startup launched by former MIT guys, caught my attention for the way it smartly used machine learning to aggregate social pictures for users, helping surface the most interesting stuff from the people they care about. The service caught on with 4 million users, who stayed engaged with Pixable’s mobile app at a very high rate.
Well, users aren’t the only fans of Pixable. Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) SingTel announced Wednesday it has acquired the New York startup for $26.5 million. The carrier, which has 462 million mobile customers in Asia and Africa, will use Pixable to offer expanded services for consumers, giving them more ways to prioritize and organize photos and other content. The goal is to enhance the ways users are able to discover and store content from their mobile phones.
Mr Inaki Berenguer, CEO of Pixable said that the acquisition by SingTel will help bring Pixable to a wider audience, especially in emerging markets. It’s unclear if Pixable will continue to offer a standalone app for non SingTel users.
With the explosion of mobile photos shared through social networks and big acquisitions like Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram, it’s probably not surprising that Pixable got bought. I really thought Pixable excelled in understanding the strength of a user’s online social relationships with others and showing content that was not just interesting but came from the people they were close to. I thought that a company like Facebook could use Pixable’s smarts to better present content in their feed from people that mattered to a user. That’s still a big opportunity to filter and weight social content for users so they can be smarter about consuming all these photos, updates and links.


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the usage of advanced, high performance composites used in making vehicles
lighter, safer and more fuel-efficient in synch with the existing global
standards, the Auto Components Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA) organised
a National Conference on Polymer Composites & New Age Materials. This was
stated in a press release from ACMA.
inaugural address Ambuj Sharma, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Heavy
Industries and Public Enterprises said, “Polymer Composites today have found ways
to move beyond, what may be termed as ‘traditional applications’, in the
automotive industry. Such materials are not only finding usage in the
conventional interiors and exteriors of the vehicle but are also being
considered ideal for a range of specialty applications. However, he added, there is an immediate need for the industry to seize
business opportunities both in the domestic market and those available overseas.
Further, the industry must proactively scale-up operations, invest in
R&D and further up-grade technology matching the existing global
the participants, Ms Shradha Suri Marwah, Chairperson, Raw Materials Committee,
ACMA & Managing Director, Subros said, “Plastics, elastomer materials and
polymer fibres have made their way into the Indian automotive sector by playing
an important role in enhancing the vehicle performance. ACMA continuously
endeavours to educate members on new developments in material applications. The
conference on polymer composites is a step further in this direction.”
by speakers deliberated on application of polymer composites vis-à-vis metals
with process relevance that have scope for weight reduction by as much as 20-25
kg/vehicle. These high performance polymer grades offer various advantages like
reduction in CO2 emission, elimination of paints on the material,
high impact strength, good flow ability, chemical resistance and high heat
tolerances. A number of products like front end modules, bumper beams, foot
rests, battery trays, gear shifter adapters, bus seat assemblies and panel
replacements in LCVs were finding increasing usage of polymer composites, short
and long fibres and injection moulded applications.
conference focused on new age materials like Poly-olefins, special
polypropylene composites, long fibre composites, thermoplastic composites and
engineering plastics. Speakers represented some of the key material supplying
companies like DSM, DuPont, Essem Polyalloys, Indian Oil Corporation, SABIC,
Styrolution ABS and TIPCO.
composite industry is pegged at Rs 15,000 crore and is expected to grow at 15pc
per annum over the next four years. Given its array of applications polymers composites
are increasingly being explored for newer applications to make vehicles lighter
and fuel efficient.
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Uno Minda, a leading tier 1 supplier of proprietary automotive solutions to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), has unveiled an innovative range of side stand sensors and switches that use advanc...
As the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) continues to grow, Honeywell has created innovative solutions to address safety concerns across the spectrum of EV manufacturing and use.


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The global wheelchair market size was estimated at USD 6.5 billion in 2021 and is expected to hit around USD 14.7 billion by 2030 and is poised to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.49% from 2022 to 2030.
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An aging elderly voter's dependence on chairs that's what fuels the wheelchairs industry. Such segmentation expansion is also largely attributed to the youngster's higher incidence of illnesses to the standard of living. Additionally, improvements in wheelchairs innovation and convenience are indeed the key factors driving a surge in the prevalence of recently introduced wheelchairs being manufactured in India. As a consequence, it is projected that this will have a favorable effect on the market expansion.
Additionally, wheelchair producers are going further than the fundamental Mechanical wheelchair. To help the individual & make it clearer for him or herself to freely move or autonomously, they were developing new designs. This wheelchairs sector is booming faster thanks to the adoption of innovative, improved infrastructure that enables chairs for consumers easier to manoeuvre and more affordable. A Who says that there can be a rise in the number of disabled people in developing countries.
The administration of India's ministries for social and economic justice, as well as development, as well as development, supports the independence of disabled individuals of all types, including auditory, vision, speaking, motor, with psychological handicaps by giving individuals access to the appropriate therapeutic services equipment and services. As a result, the need for wheelchairs in India is naturally moving forward in the industry as the impairment changes are significant.
Numerous government initiatives are in place to give a wheelchair to individuals with locomotor impairments. As per a recent fashion noted by the authority, wheelchairs are now either given by the company or, in many situations, money is given to individuals to purchase the chairs of their choice. Increasing the participant's marketing outreach while also increasing demand for wheelchairs.
Report Scope of the Wheelchair Market
|Market Size in 2022||
USD 7.12 Billion
|Market Size by 2030||
USD 14.7 Billion
|Growth Rate from 2022 to 2030||CAGR of 9.49%|
|Forecast Period||2022 to 2030|
|Segments Covered||Product, Category, Application, Geography|
21st Century Scientific, Inc., Alber (Frank Mobility), Aquila Corporation, Aspen Seating, Carex Health Brands, Inc., Custom Engineered Wheels, DEKA Research & Development Corp (U.S.), Drive Medical Design & Manufacturing, Eagle Sportschairs LLC., EASE Seating System, Forza Medi, Graham-Field Health Products Inc., Hoveround Corporation, Intelliwheels, Invacare Corporation, Karma Healthcare Limited, Levo AG (Switzerland), MATIA ROBOTICS (U.S.), Medical Depot Incorporation., Medline, MEYRA GROUP GMBH (Germany), NeoBolt, Numotion, Ostrich Mobility Instruments Pvt. Ltd, OttoBock Healthcare India Pvt. Ltd, Permobil AB, PITSCO EDUCATION LLC (U.S.), Pride Mobility Products Corporation, Quantum Rehab (U.S.), SEGWAY INC., Silverline Meditech Pvt. Ltd., Stryker India Pvt. Ltd, Sunrise Medical LLC, Tetra Equipment, The Wheelchair Place, LLC, UPnRIDE Robotics Ltd. (Israel), Vissco Rehabilitation Pvt. Ltd, WHEEL INC (U.S.), WHILL Inc (Japan)
Due to the severe shutdowns put in place, wheelchairs services are stopped in various nations. Owing because of an increasing number of older patients being treated as a result of such COVID-19 illness, clinics also saw great desire. Businesses are anticipated to restart activities with both the updated COVID-19 limitations. The burden of severe disease, growing senior community, and increased risk of cultural ailments among a large population has resulted in obesity rates, and unhealthy lifestyles are all contributing to the predicted increase in consumption of chairs. So, over a projected timeframe, the wheelchair regarding product sector is anticipated to expand by 6.2 percent. And over the projection period, emerging economies like India are anticipated to be major sources of income for chair producers.
The nation is among the world's highest transportation accidents are a major, which has left many individuals crippled. On a worldwide scale, it does have one of the largest numbers of disabled people. The region is already in the early stages of accessibility and acceptance, but thanks to encouraging federal programs and increasing consumer understanding, the market for a wheelchair is anticipated to increase substantially to ahead.
A significant trend anticipated to propel market number sales is the evolution of technology breakthroughs in wheelchair layouts. The introduction of rechargeable wheelchairs is anticipated to help users more. Furthermore, thanks to technological engineering advancements, wheelchairs can now save, link to, and sometimes even analyze the customers' patient data as well as their health information. The Invacare Company unveiled the AVIVA FX Motorized Wheelchair in Mar 2020. It will be used indoors and outdoors and also is built with a combination of new technology to provide improved comfort.
A chair propelled by electricity, primarily charges & engines, is indeed an electronic chair, often referred to as a motorized scooter, motorized mobility scooter, or electric scooter. Traditionally, a controller has been used to control and maneuver electric wheelchairs. The usefulness & productivity of wheelchairs has begun to grow thanks to recent breakthroughs, the implementation of machine learning, with advanced analytics, in equipment. For example, on 21 April 2022, the wheelchairs maker Permobil teamed up only with AI wearables startup Mobvoi will find a resolution, the Mobvoi TicWatch E3 wristwatch, which has medical monitoring technology and electrical support for Skilled learners PushTracker E3 customers.
The wheelchairs seem to be more helpful because of this AI breakthrough, which is supported by Google as well as Volkswagen and helps with natural language processing, longitudinal searching, as well as other tasks. The electric wheelchair sector held the largest market share. This is anticipated to experience the quickest CAGR growth throughout the projected period. For people lacking strength and endurance, these wheelchairs were excellent. Because there are far more sophisticated treatment centers available in industrialized nations like the U.S., mobility scooters are now more common there. The Scewo Bro motorized wheelchair, which might easily and autonomously navigate stairs, was introduced in July 2020. German, Austrian, and Swiss citizens can purchase it
Given the strong need for electric wheelchairs, which are in short supply properties and low, lightweight weight, and independent from charges, the manual device sector is anticipated to experience a considerable increase over projection decades. Additionally, these are available in a multitude of dimensions and designs, ranging from ordinary to amazing, and take up minimal room because many market segments are folded. An innovative hydraulic steering device for electric wheelchairs called Skilled learners PushTracker E2 was introduced in 2019 by Permobil, a major player in cutting-edge medicine and technology.
Over the projected timeframe, the category is expected to keep leading. It is primarily caused by the growing old people has increased, which is included in the category of adulthood. People over the age of 18 years are considered mature. In 2021, this mature market had the biggest income percentage. The need for chairs is increasing due to the aging population's increased impairment from conditions like arthritic discomfort, tight knee, and painful feet, and ankles. As a result of positional issues caused by a fractured spine, vertebral abnormalities including lumbar lordosis, osteoporosis, and spine curvature amongst elderly individuals also limit routine functions like clothing and strolling, which itself is projected to increase the desire for chairs.
The utilization of chairs is increased among elderly adults who are disabled from arthritis-related stiffness or discomfort in their knees, hips, ankles, or feet. For illustration, on17 May 2022, Apple revealed the availability of cutting-edge accessible capabilities combining software, ML, and equipment to give people with disabilities technological skills for mobility, healthcare, with conversation. This function may identify entrances with improved sensory and motor mobility, live captioning, and various other things that make it much more beneficial for persons with disabilities. Due to the rise in children's illnesses like Down syndrome, the pediatric market is also anticipated to expand rapidly.
Another of the most prevalent mobility diseases that necessitate a wheelchair is Down syndrome. National Cerebral Palsy Foundation estimates that around 10K infants in the United States were birth with such a condition every year. Inside the United States, it is a disorder involving that is more frequently identified in children. Therefore, it is anticipated that over generations to follow, the pediatric market would contribute significantly to wheelchair producers' bottom lines. Sales again for the pediatric sector are anticipated to expand at a modest pace throughout the projected timeframe. About 240 million individuals were disabled worldwide, according to research even by University Nations International Children's Disaster Fund, which is driving the p desire for chairs worldwide. When compared to children's electric wheelchairs, this power wheelchair is much more beneficial to them.
The category of rehab facilities dominated the marketplace in 2021, accounting for further over 34.5% of total sales. So, over the forecast timeframe, the sector will increase slowly nonetheless. The worldwide market was divided into hospitals, home care, ambulatory surgical centers, and residential treatment according to the application. This development is attributed to an increase in the number of wheelchair-required clinical conditions. The need for chairs is increased by the comment treatments. Those wheelchairs are mostly utilized in clinics for the level of mobility and also for medical visits in a sizable healthcare center.
Income for clinics as well as hospitals sector is anticipated to expand moderately over the projection timeframe. In hospitals and medical clinics, wheelchairs are essential for momentarily patient services between hospital to hospital. Wheelchairs let impaired people move about more easily while also preventing pressure injuries, slowing the course of deformities, and improving respiratory and digestive. The need for wheelchairs within hospitals and healthcare facilities is anticipated to rise due to their versatility.
Income in the home health sector is expected to increase at a gradual pace throughout the projection timeframe. People who are incapable of stand or have limitations limited in how much force they can bear on their lower extremities need one wheelchair. Wheelchairs are now more comfortable that crutches for extended longer journeys. In-home care, mechanical wheelchairs, motorized wheelchairs, or both are utilized to give people with disabilities freedom and motivation to move.
Wheelchair Market Share, By Region, 2021 (%)
|Regions||Revenue Share in 2021 (%)|
By Region Insights
In 2021, the United States had the greatest profit share thus controlling the world market. Such expansion is due to the relatively high population and the rising use of cutting-edge wheelchairs. Additionally, the existence of several industry players in the area will support market expansion throughout the projection period. Our research shows that many small businesses are developing customized chairs to appeal to specific markets. For example, a U.S. company named Segway, Incorporated introduced an embryo capsule in Jan 2020 which enables individuals to relax when people easily go across the airport, campuses, amusement parks, and even towns. That capsule is specially designed for 24-mph elevated transport and can able to utilized by those who require wheelchairs.
In 2020, the United States will rule the global wheelchairs industry. The reason for this boost is indeed the sizable primary audience and also the expanding use of reduced chairs. Throughout the forecast years, the nation's large number of competitive players will also contribute to accelerating expansion. Personalized scooters are being created by numerous small enterprises to market to particular consumers. To illustrate, in Jan 2020, a business named Segway, Corporation in the United States unveiled an embryo capsule that allows users to relax whilst moving around universities, roller coasters, airlines, and sometimes even entire towns. This capsule was created with luxury transit in consideration and is available to people who use disabilities.
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The eNaira speed wallet application, which was pulled down from Google Play store on Wednesday, is now fully back online, after 24 hours of it’s exit from Google.
According to Osita Nwanisobi, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, spokesperson, on Thursday, said the temporary exit of the eNaira app from Google play store, was to tackle some hiccups encountered during app upgrade so as to ensure it’s optimal functionality.
The eNaira speed wallet, same as electronic Naira, has since its presence on Google Play store, attracted over 100,000 prospective users, before it was ‘off the radar.’
However, comments/reviews from Nigerians about the registration process on the eNaira app, namely, eNaira speed wallet and eNaira speed merchant wallet, has so far, been unfriendly, because of the hitches some Nigerians said they encountered during the registration processes which is a part of the requirements for having e-Naira account.
Tech experts are also of the opinion that, Google Play, has the right to remove an app from its store, if feedbacks from it users are negative or if such app violates it policies.


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I just tried Google's brand new augmented reality Maps on a one mile walk through San Francisco, and I miss it already (GOOG, GOOGL)
Tuesday, 12 February 2019 () · On Monday, the Google Maps team gave Business Insider the chance to try out its new AR feature for pedestrian maps, which the company first announced at its developer conference last May.
· The company says the feature is in an "alpha" state and for now, will only be available to "local guides."
· Even without a definite...
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Google Maps new "Global Localization" is a form of augmented reality that combines street view data with GPS position and your phone's camera to determine exactly where you are and what direction you..
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BHL files DRHP with SEBI for its proposed IPO
Mumbai, Mar 23 (UNI) Lalit Suri-spearheaded Bharat Hotels Limited which presently operates six luxury hotels in the five-star deluxe segment, has filed its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with the Securities&Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for its proposed IPO.
The company proposes to offer up 12 million equity shares of face value of Rs 10 each for cash at an issue price to be determined through the book-building process conducted on the BSE and NSE, an oficial release here today said.
The issue will constitute 14.30 per cent of the fully diluted post-issue equity capital of the company.
Under the terms of the issue, 60 per cent of the issue will be offered to qualified institutional buyers, 10 per cent to non-instututional investors and the remainder 30 per cent to retail investors, the release said.
Bharat Hotels has appointed Kotak Mahindra Capital company DSP Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Equities India as its book-running lead managers to the issue.
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The Stage newspaper's annual survey of ticket prices in the West End has revealed that the average price of a top-price ticket is now £99.78, up from £95.09 last year.
There are now five shows in the West End with premium tickets priced at £100 or more: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (£100), Wicked (£100.75), Bring Up the Bodies (£115), The Lion King (£125) and the most expensive, The Book of Mormon (£152.25).
The average cost of bottom price tickets across the West End fell to £20.36, down from £21.07 last year, with the biggest bargain coming courtesy of The Commitments, where the cheapest tickets are £12.50.
By comparison, a top price ticket at the Odeon cinema in Leicester Square is now £22.50.
Other heartening news is that the average cost of 'extra fees' (those not made clear to the customer at the first step in booking) has fallen by nearly a pound to just 32p.
The average price paid for a ticket in the West End in 2013 was £40.14, according to official Society of London Theatre (SOLT) figures.
Jonathan Brown, chief executive of the Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers, told The Stage: "We know from the growth of the ticket resale market that customers are prepared to pay a high price for sought-after tickets.
"As the technology science and commercial wisdom behind the dynamic pricing find their place in theatre ticketing systems, there's no doubt we are going to see an increase in flexible pricing models in the next few weeks."


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Gen2Media Launches ChristmasTV.com24 Nov, 2008 By: Billy Gil
Digital media company Gen2Media has launched www.ChristmasTV.com, a digital television network featuring only Christmas-themed music videos. Programming features such genres as country, Christian, adult contemporary, urban, Spanish and classics.
“Gen2Media continues to set the standard for creating and delivering engaging, interactive and unique digital entertainment, and ChristmasTV is a perfect extension of that goal,” said Mary Spio, president of Gen2. “People need the spirit of Christmas more than ever this year, and we are thrilled to be able to bring some holiday joy to millions of our customers for free.”
More than 30 radio and TV affiliates have added their own private label versions of ChristmasTV.com, according to Gen2Media. The site will be free until Jan. 2, 2009.


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New Hampshire police Taser Chinese woman who tried to buy too many iPhones
Police in Nashua, New Hampshire say they were forced to use a Taser on a 44-year-old Chinese woman who does not speak English after she was told to leave an Apple Store because she was trying to buy too many iPhones.
Through a translator, Xiaojie Li told WMUR that she had bought two iPhones from the Pheasant Lane Mall Apple Store on Friday and returned on Tuesday to buy more to send to her family in China.
“The manager of the Apple Store came and told her something, but she didn’t understand,” Li’s daughter explained.
Soon after that, shoppers captured cell phone video of police — who were providing security at the store’s request — using a stun gun on Li as she laid on the mall floor screaming.
“My mom said she doesn’t know why they called the police because she doesn’t understand what they are talking about,” the woman’s daughter insisted to WMUR.
Nashua police are reviewing the incident to determine if excessive force was used, but said that use of the Taser was standard operating procedure.
“She was certainly capable of coming up here and purchasing these things from the Apple Store here,” Capt. Bruce Hansen insisted. “Whether her language inhibited that, I really don’t know.”
“Our force continuum has specific times when a Taser is used during resisting arrest or that type of an incident where a person doesn’t comply with a lawful order to submit to an arrest,” he added. “This really is a criminal trespass, resisting arrest incident, and that’s fairly routine here.”
“There’s nothing really out of the ordinary about it.”
Li was arrested and charged with two misdemeanors. She is scheduled to return to court in January.
Watch this video from WMUR, broadcast Dec. 12, 2012.
Cellphone video of an arrest in Nashua is raising concerns about whether excessive force was used.
The video shows police using a stun gun on a woman at the Pheasant Lane Mall in Nashua. The woman said she doesn't speak English and didn't understand what was happening.
Nashua police said the incident is under review. They said the officer involved is filling out a use of force report as part of the department's standard operating procedure.
On the video, the screams of the 44-year-old Chinese woman can be heard as she was placed under arrest Tuesday at the Apple Store in the mall.
Speaking from her bed in Newton, Mass., as her daughter translated, Xiaojie Li said she speaks Chinese, not English.
"My mom said she doesn't know why they called the police because she doesn't understand what they are talking about," she said.
"She was certainly capable of coming up here and purchasing these things from the Apple Store here," Capt. Bruce Hansen said. "Whether her language inhibited that, I really don't know."
Li said she was at the store to buy several iPhones for family members in China. She bought two on Friday and was looking to get more, but the store asked her to leave.
"The manager of the Apple Store came and told her something, but she didn't understand," her daughter said.
Nashua police officers were providing security at the request of the store. Police said that when Li didn't leave, that's when they moved in and tried to arrest her, and she resisted. Hansen said the department is reviewing whether excessive force was used.
Our force continuum has specific times when a Taser is used during resisting arrest or that type of an incident where a person doesn't comply with a lawful order to submit to an arrest," he said.
The officers involved are on active duty, Hansen said.
"This really is a criminal trespass, resisting arrest incident, and that's fairly routine here," Hansen said. "There's nothing really out of the ordinary about it."
Li has been charged with two misdemeanors and is due in court in January. Hansen said that's when everything will get sorted out.
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The Indian government has teamed up with Twitter to launch a system that will allow people to receive tweeted updates from the government straight to their mobile phone via SMS.
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Everyone from Apple to Samsung may be clamouring for a slice of the mobile payments market, but being a tech giant isn't always a guarantee of success - as Google's recent experience in Africa shows.
Survey finds more off-the-shelf mobile apps in enterprises, but acknowledgment that custom apps can provide more targeted experiences and resources.
A new report suggests that a lapse in verification between banks and Apple Pay allows identity thieves to use CVVs hacked from online stores to link stolen credit card data to an Apple Pay mobile wallet.
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Apple has patched a security vulnerability in iPhones and iPads, which the company warned could allow an attacker to intercept encrypted connections.
Interestingly, one spot where Apple has some catching up to do would be streaming sports on mobile devices, according to Adobe's Digital Index survey.
Apple's rollout of Apple Pay has accelerated dramatically as the company aims to win the mobile payments race.
Ahead of the Apple Watch's full unveiling, executives dished out updates on the company's financial figures, sales and shipments, and other numerical nuggets.
RBS and NatWest customers that own the latest iPhone models can start logging in with their fingerprints.
But despite the love connection, Visa must keep its options open.
The product updates and rollouts come just ahead of next week's Strata + Hadoop summit.
HTC promised timely updates to the latest Android operating system and it continues to deliver.
Cyanogen, the company that backs the popular CyanogenMod alternative Android firmware, wants to take on Apple and Google for mobile operating system domination.
Microsoft's Yammer enterprise social-networking team is rolling out new capabilities for Yammer on iOS, OS X and Android devices.
ARM projects new devices sporting the technology unveiled today will hit the market by next year.
Apple has released iOS 8.1.3 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, which brings with it relief for those who feel that updates have become too cumbersome to install.
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Ministry to Enforce Controls against Illegally Imported Thrift Shoes
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia's Ministry of Industry would immediately enforce controls against the illegal imports of thrift (used) shoes, according to acting Director General of Chemical, Pharmacy, and Textile Industry (IKFT) at the ministry Ignatius Warsito.
Warsito said that the control enforcement on illegally imported thrift shoes is in line with illegal imports of clothes in general, as stipulated in the Regulation of the Minister of Trade.
"It is in accordance with the prohibition on thrift clothes import regulated by the Ministry of Trade," he said in a press release on the industry confidence index (IKI) of March 2023 issued in Jakarta on Friday.
“This is being said with a reference to what is being implemented on thrift clothes on the field. Hence, I believe that the thrift shoes will be treated equally,” he added.
Warsito said he is confident that the thrift clothes control enforcement will benefit the domestic industry.
He further said many young entrepreneurs have taken advantage of the ban on imported thrift clothes by producing very competitive domestic products, both in terms of design and quality.
"However, we are still striving to catch up with the thrift clothes in terms of pricing," he added,
Warsito further noted that the domestic shoe market has also grown in a strong manner. Moreover, Indonesia ranks fourth in the world with regard to the footwear industry.
In fact, the impact of thrift shoes on the domestic industry is insignificant as their industry is export-oriented.
"Domestically, we have our own market with which the thrift shoes cannot intervene. Our small-medium industry (IKM) has also produced numerous good shoes," he affirmed.
Warsito concluded by stating that Kemenperin will continue to support the Intensification of Domestic Product Utilization (P3DN) program to promote the spirit of love for domestic products in order to suppress the imported thrift shoes market.
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Orlando's homegrown luggage handling giant, Bags Inc., is embarking on a new service soon – home pickup of luggage for travelers.
"Currently we deliver bags from the airport to a hotel, and we handle bags our customers drop off at their airport," said Craig Mateer, founder and CEO. "But we are working on pickup at home, because we believe that is something travelers really want."
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A global fuel company based in Lake Mary filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday.
Bunkers International, which trades and provides fuel for ships at sea, cited almost $40 million in debts.
Led by CEO and founder John Canal, the company employs about 20 people in Lake Mary and about 40 total.Read more
Orlando’s homegrown luggage delivery giant, Bags Inc., is embarking on a new service soon – home pickup of luggage for travelers.
“Currently we deliver bags from the airport to a hotel, and we handle bags our customers drop off at their airport,” said Craig Mateer, founder and CEO. “But we are working on pickup at home, because we believe that is something travelers really want.”
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A New York company is planning to restart renovation at one of downtown Orlando’s largest hotels, a former Sheraton, by November.
The company, United Capital Corp., was the winning bidder on the 290-room hotel at 400 W. Livingston St. in a recent auction. The auction was for five hotels formerly owned by scandal-plagued businessman Nik Patel.Read more
Global economic turmoil has prompted a group of Chinese-Americans to launch a new Chinese Chamber of Commerce for Central Florida.
They will hold their kickoff event Friday night at Rosen College of Hospitality Management, 9907 Universal Boulevard, Disney Dining Room in the International Drive tourism district.Read more
Port Canaveral’s board of commissioners approved on Wednesday a $90 million finance plan to renovate three cruise terminals.
The financing includes a combination of bank loans and bonds.
At the same time, controversy over a possible new railroad connection to the port has pitted the port chairman against a county official.Read more


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The Communication Authority (CA) has announced that Kenyans will enjoy lower calling rates from March 2024.
This is after the Authority reviewed Mobile Termination Rates (MTR) and Fixed Termination Rates (FTR).
CA capped MTRs and FTRs at Sh0.41 per minute from Sh0.58 for all telecommunication companies which will come into effect on March 1 and will be in place for a period of two years.
Short Message Service (SMS) termination rate will remain at Sh0.05 per SMS.
“MTRs and FTRs are the costs that operators charge each other to allow customers to communicate across networks,” reads the CA statement.
These price changes however will apply to local voice traffic only, calls within the country.
“The new rate is informed by the prevailing economic environment, ICT market dynamics and the need to strike a balance between the promotion of investment and the protection of consumers, lower MTRs and FTRs means lower calling rates for consumers.”
CA says that the decision will have positive outcomes for both consumers and operators, with consumers enjoying a variety of affordable services across networks while operators will have more flexibility in developing affordable products.
“Ahead of the new rates taking effect, all operators are required to vary their Interconnection Agreements in line with the determination and file their Deeds of Variation with the latest February 1, 2024,” says CA.


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Eutree, an urban lumber business based in Villa Rica, GA, was one of two green businesses to receive the fall People & Planet Award from Green America.
Eutree is a sawmill and lumber supplier established in 2010 to divert what would otherwise be urban tree waste into flooring and other wood products. The company plans to use the $5,000 award to install log collections containers at tree service locations so that it can more efficiently collect them to convert into lumber.
According to EU’s website, the company’s founder Sims Acuff, an arborist in Atlanta, “got tired of throwing away logs… It’s so important that we stop neglecting the treasure of old-growth trees around us and begin utilizing the timber that is being remove from the people’s yard.”
The other fall award winner is Nature’s Magic, a woman-owned business in Athens, GA, that produces plant-based, non-toxic cleaners.
Green America is a non-profit whose “mission is to harness economic power – the strength of consumers, investors, businesses and the marketplace – to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society. .


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According to On The Red Carpet, Joan Rivers staged an impromptu publicity stunt to drum up sales for her new book. The 79-year-old co-host of E!'s Fashion Police was asked to leave a Burbank Costco after using a megaphone to protest the store for banning her book. Rivers' latest book "I Hate Everything ... Starting With Me" was released on June 5 and has received positive reviews.
"Costco should not be like Nazi Germany," shouted Rivers, according to USA Today. "Next thing they'll be burning the Bible." She then added, "Costco, who sells condoms by the pallet, who sells Paula Deen books and -- which is not good for their customers' health -- they decided to ban my book. This is a First Amendment violation."
The store manager called the police, who arrived and escorted the legendary comedian out of the store, but not before she shouted into the megaphone, "This is a store that sells 300 rolls of toilet paper at the same time, and I say any customer that buys 300 rolls of toilet paper deserves a funny book to sit on the toilet and read."
Rivers made a memorable appearance on the FX series "Louie" during its second season, and continues to tour the country with her stand-up material. Her jokes range from how many plastic surgeries she's had, to how many men she's slept with to get to the top, to poking fun at her age. Her latest book is an exercise in being a hater, from tearing down political and entertainment figures to tearing herself apart, as well.


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Signet Industries is currently trading at Rs. 29.10, up by 0.30 points or 1.04% from its previous closing of Rs. 28.80 on the BSE.
The scrip opened at Rs. 33.75 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 33.75 and Rs. 27.90 respectively. So far 34230 shares were traded on the counter.
The BSE group ‘B’ stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 75.00 on 09-Aug-2018 and a 52 week low of Rs. 27.60 on 20-Jun-2019.
Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 29.70 and Rs. 27.60 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 86.10 crore.
The promoters holding in the company stood at 71.00%, while Non-Institutions held 29.00% stake in the company.
Signet Industries has received orders worth Rs 190 crore recently from L&T, Tata Projects and GA Infra. These orders are for high pressure pipelines and uPVC pipelines to be used in various infrastructure projects in the States of Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan. Supplies for some orders have started and the company shall complete the orders well within contracted time period.
Signet Industries is engaged in manufacturing of plastic products and whole sale trade of chemicals & plastic materials.