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Eighty-one percent of millennials say they prefer ride-share services to traditional taxis, but not everyone welcomes them with the same gusto. In fact, while Uber has emerged as the most popular ride app by volume, the company has been banned—or has voluntarily suspended service—in dozens of cities and countries. Just the fact that an "Uber protests and legal actions" Wikipedia page exists should tell you enough.
Among a recent spate of bad press for the Silicon Valley darling, news in March that Uber had been "greyballing" local authorities—essentially blocking them from the app—spotlighted the main sticking point for regulators: Uber pays its drivers as independent contractors, not as employees. As The New York Times put it, "Uber has long flouted laws and regulations to gain an edge against entrenched transportation providers," which has earned the company "a valuation close to $70 billion." That's nothing to swipe at. Given how essential that designation is to the company's business model, Uber has already agreed to shell out more than $100 million to keep it that way, too—even though it claims to have ended its "greyballing" days.
But since you're here to find out exactly where Uber isn't available—whether it was kicked out or took its leave—here's a breakdown of Uber bans and suspensions around the world.
Austin, TexasIn all likelihood, you live in the U.S. if you're reading this. So far, Uber has been banned in a handful of cities, with Austin, Texas being the most visible. In reality, Uber wasn't banned in Austin; the company pulled out of the market entirely in May 2016 after a ballot initiative failed that would have allowed the company to conduct its own fingerprint and background checks of drivers. That's the common refrain for when Uber service stops in a given market: Local or state regulators want Uber to play by the same rules as taxi companies, and Uber pulls out.
AlaskaWhile Anchorage recently passed legislation to relax laws governing Uber and competitor Lyft, neither service operates in the state after the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development disputed drivers' classification as independent contractors without workers' compensation insurance, according to Alaska Dispatch News. Uber paid a $77,925 fine to settle the dispute, but pulled out of the state altogether.
Oregon (except Portland)While there are plenty of things to see and do outside of Portland, taking an Uber is not one of them. The company and its main rival, Lyft, operate in Portland after the city changed its laws to allow them to operate there, as The Oregonian reports, but they're still not available in the rest of the Beaver State.
Over the last five years, Uber has fought legal battles in almost 20 states over the legality of Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) and how they stack up against traditional taxi services when it comes to regulation. But for now, riding in other people's cars is legal just about everywhere stateside.
Uber is available in most of Canada after a slew of ordinance and law changes that have allowed ride shares across the northern neighbor. But there's one big holdout: Vancouver, British Columbia, doesn't have Uber. British Columbia's Liberal Party has brought the issue to the forefront, The Vancouver Sun reports, saying if they win elections in May, they'll legalize ride-share apps by Christmas.
BulgariaBulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court made the TNC shut down in October 2015, with the country's parliament saying "taxi services may be rendered only by registered carriers with certificates of registration."


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95% of netizens are mobile users with a high rate of mobile payments being recorded.
China’s internet and mobile internet development has come of age. The 39th market survey from the China Internet Information Center (CNNIC) indicates that there are 731 million Chinese netizens, a 42.99 million user increase as compared with last year. The internet access rate has reached 53.2%, which is equivalent to the population of Europe, and is 3.1% higher than the global average and 7.6% higher than Asia. Mobile users have increased at a fast rate and now account for 95.1% of the netizens (695 million out of 731 million netizens are mobile users). Netizens using mobile payments are now recorded at 470 million. The online and offline payments are now part of people’s daily lives.
The development of the Online to Offline (O2O) mode drives the population of mobile users to 695 million
Mobile users have grown by 10% in the past three years. The cumulative number of mobile users as of December 2016 was 695 million. Nowadays, the rate of mobile phone users is increasing while that of the desktop and laptop computers is decreasing. It is partly due to the popularity of the mobile internet along with the development of the offline O2O mode. The user rate rankings of these devices for surfing is; mobile phone (95.1%), desktop computer (60.1%), laptop computer (36.8%), tablet (31.5%) and television (25%).
The user rate of online and offline payments exceeds 50%
Mobile users have grown rapidly which has seen a surge in the amount of mobile payments being recorded, now totalling 469 million; a year-by-year growth of 31.2%. The percentage of user making mobile online payments has increased from 57.7% to 67.5%. The rise of O2O mode promotes offline payments. 50.3% mobile users tend to use mobile payments in a variety of shops. The popularity of mobile payments in China is considerably higher than many other countries.
Online taxi service is developing
There are 168 million online taxi service users in the Sharing Economy, 37.9% higher than the first half of 2016. After a series of mergers, a period of consolidation and policy refinements, the online taxi service is constantly developing.
There are 91 listed internet companies in China
As for the internet business, there are 91 listed internet companies in China, including those being listed domestically and overseas. The market value of these companies now exceeds 870 billion USD. Tencent and Alibaba are two representative internet companies in China. The market value of these two companies alone exceeds 435 billion accounting for 57% of listed internet companies market in China.
30% of netizens use the internet service platform provided by the government
With the rapid development of traditional and modern medias, the internet plays a critical role in China’s businesses. 38.7% of Chinese companies market and promote their businesses through the internet. Online sales and buying are at 45.3% and 45.6%, respectively. Both gaining more than 10% growth. Not only more and more Chinese companies value the application of internet, the internet also drove over 30% of China’s netizens taking care of business online using governmental internet service platforms, pushing for the growth of development of a service-oriented government.

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A 16-year-old entrepreneur reportedly brought in $1.7 million reselling video games, outdoor heaters, and above-ground swimming pools at sky-high prices during the pandemic
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, 16-year-old New Jersey resident Max Hayden spoke about his booming online resale business.
The UK probe will also look into whether Facebook uses its troves of data to give its dating service an unfair advantage.
Used Peloton bikes are selling within hours, and the lack of inventory reportedly caused the company to wait to roll out its resale marketplace
Used Peloton bikes are selling online through Facebook and Craigslist within hours for the same price as a new bike.
Facebook is reportedly looking to take on TaskRabbit by allowing people to book gig workers for home repair or freelance jobs
The TaskRabbit-like services tool would live on Facebook Marketplace, a place users can sell or exchange goods to one another.
New report reveals people are selling Glocks and semi-automatic guns on Facebook Marketplace by disguising them as 'stickers'
The new scheme follows a previously reported strategy where sellers listed empty gun cases, then offered the actual gun to prospective buyers.
You can sell items on Facebook Marketplace for free. All you'll need to do is pick which groups you want to list the item in.
Gun owners are reportedly using Facebook Marketplace to sell second-hand weapons without background checks
Though Facebook forbids the sale of guns on its marketplace, sellers are using an easy trick to avoid detection.
Facebook wants to be the place to book a plumber or house cleaner. The social network has partnered with Handy, HomeAdvisor, and Porch on the new service, which is available in its Marketplace section.
Need some extra cash to help pay for that new phone? Here are some sites that will help.
Facebook says a "technical issue" allowed listings for drugs, animals, and adult services to appear in its new Craigslist competitor, Marketplace.
People are already selling drugs, animals, and adult services on Facebook's new Craigslist competitor
People are using Facebook's new Marketplace to brazenly sell things that violate Facebook's policies, including animals and adult services.


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Email activity and promotional trends during the past week:
The Retail Email Index declined 4% to 214 during the week ending Feb. 27, 2009, and is down 5% from where it was four weeks ago. The Index score indicates that the top 100 online retailers sent a little more than 2.1 promotional emails each on average last week.
The Retail Email Participation Rate: Tuesday was the most popular day to send retail emails last week.
The Retail Email Seasonality Meter: With the next big selling occasion, Easter, still a ways off, volume will continue to be a lull, with only a small pop around St. Patrick’s Day.
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Smartphones have barely entered the 3D age, but Nokia and Intel are already racing ahead to do research on enabling 3D virtual worlds on mobile computing platforms.
The two companies are announcing today a research center (pictured below) at the University of Oulu in Oulu, Finland, that will work on the technology required to make the mobile 3D virtual world possible.
Heikki Huomo, director of the university’s center for internet excellence, said in a press call that the research center will hire two dozen researchers to work for at least three years on the problem. The work starts now and will focus on creating compelling experiences on mobile phones for users. Intel and Nokia are working together already on a project dubbed MeeGo, a mobile operating system.
“3D has the potential to revolutionize mobile and internet user experiences,” Huomo said.
We’ve heard that pitch before from companies such as IBM, which were big believers in Second Life’s 3D virtual world. A few years ago, everyone thought that virtual worlds would become pervasive and that 3D user interfaces would take off. Martin Curley, director of Intel Labs Europe, said that virtual worlds saw a big hype cycle, crashed due to inflated expectations, and are now making a comeback. He believes the same could happen over time with mobile 3D worlds.
Intel and Nokia believe that the technology will go well with their MeeGo operating system, which is targeted at a wide range of mobile devices. Intel hopes to take cues from the research to develop its next generation of microprocessors. The new lab will partner with other Intel labs in Germany, France and Ireland.
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Export prices of pangasius increase sharply, farmers still empty ponds due to fear of loss
Pangasius exports increased by nearly 77%, reaching up to USD 1.4 billion in the first six months of the year. Nevertheless, farmers hardly earn profit.
According to VASEP, the spotlight of Vietnam’s pangasius exportation is the impressive growth in China in the first half of 2022. This country consumed a large number of Vietnamese pangasius, accounting for 30% of the market share, valued at USD 428 million, up 79% from the same period last year. The average price of frozen pangasius fillet going to the Chinese market was 2.45 USD/kg, up 37% from 1.79 USD/kg of the same period last year.
Besides the US and China, Vietnam saw a considerable growth in some other markets as compared to the same period of 2021 such as Thailand (up 90% and accounted for 4.4% of the market share), Mexico (up 81% and accounted for 3.7% of the market share), the Netherlands (up 74%), and Canada (up 109%). The average exporting price of pangasius fillet going to other markets increased by 28-66%.
The US accounted for 25%, ranking the second position with USD 356 million worth, twice as much as the first half of 2021. The price of exported pangasius fillet reached 4.66 USD/kg in the US market, up 60% as compared to 2.93 USD/kg of the same period last year. The price of frozen pangasius sold to the US increased up to 4.6-4.89 USD/kg in quarter II of 2022.
According to some leaders of pangasius enterprises in the Mekong Delta, despite a rise in price, enterprises and farmers hardly earned profit. That was attributed to a sharp increase in production cost over the last two years which ranges at 25,000-27,000 dong/kg. The production cost of pangasius material is so high that farmers have to empty their ponds. Meanwhile, the shipping charges stayed so high in the first half of the year.
Vietnam has more than 300 enterprises related to pangasius production, with Vinh Hoan Corporation leading with 16% of the country’s revenue and Bien Dong Seafood Ltd., Co following after with 6%.


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A number of retailers have joined in banning disposable barbecues from their stores following a wave of fires during the heatwaves experiences across the UK this summer.
Marks & Spencer (M&S') previously banned them from every one of its UK stores. Now supermarket giants Tesco and Sainsbury's have decided to do the same. Aldi and Waitrose also took the same decision back in March of this year, M.E.N reports.
It comes after firefighters said on Thursday, August 11, that they believed a barbecue had caused a fire at Spring Lakes Watersports and Leisure Centre in Long Eaton. The fire was 100m by 15m and involved small trees and shrubbery.
At the time of the announcement of the ban by M&S, a spokesperson said: "We'd already stopped selling disposable barbecues near national parks and in London but given the unusually hot and dry conditions, we've taken the precautionary step of removing them from sale across the UK."
As temperatures continue to soar across Nottinghamshire and the rest if the country, Tesco and Sainsbury's have followed. Tesco has confirmed that the ban on disposable barbecues is a temporary measure, and has ensured that they will be back in stock when the weather permits.
Sainsbury's said the policy was a precautionary measure. The supermarket did not say how long it would continue.
A spokesperson for Sainsbury's said: "As a precautionary measure we are removing from sale all disposable barbecues until further notice. Safety is our highest priority and we have made this decision due to the hot and dry weather that we are currently experiencing across the country."
Morrisons, and the Co-op have confirmed they will not sell disposable barbecues close to UK national parks due to safety reasons. London's Fire Commissioner Andy Roe says: "Despite our grass fire warnings, we've still seen some people behaving carelessly and recklessly. We need urgent action now to see a national ban on the sale of disposable barbecues.
"They can be bought for as little as £5 and can cause untold damage. Especially when the grass is as dry as it has been over the last few weeks."


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According to a study undertaken by the airline Fast Private Jet, the Central European country of Slovenia is the world’s most crypto-friendly state. In addition, Ljubljana, the capital, is Europe’s friendliest destination for digital asset firms.
Central Europe Is at The Forefront
Slovenia has 72 merchants and 33 sports venues that accept bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as payment. Ljubljana, the capital, is also Europe’s most crypto-friendly location. It currently has over 137 companies and 584 distinct locations that accept digital asset payments, with “BTC City” being its largest mall.
Prague, the Czech Republic’s capital, is Europe’s second most crypto-friendly place. The Paralelni Polis cafe, which accepts only bitcoin as payment, is one of the city’s crypto attractions.
Madrid, Spain, is Europe’s third most crypto-friendly city, while Malta is at the bottom of the list.
Fast Private Jet, an Italian aviation firm, undertook a global investigation to determine which nations have the most locations where cryptocurrencies are accepted as a form of payment. Slovenia first, followed by the Czech Republic, another Central European country. The top six are Argentina, Japan, Spain, and Colombia.
According to a Coincub study released earlier this month, Germany will be the most crypto-friendly country in the first quarter of 2022, followed by Singapore and the United States. However, the company’s study differs from Fast Private Jet’s. It considered aspects such as bitcoin regulations in various nations, the number of fraud instances, and the availability of digital asset courses.
This isn’t the first time the Central European country has appeared in similar investigations. According to the digital asset platform Crypto Head, Slovenia is the 7th most crypto-ready country, with an index of 5.96.
The organization used a combination of metrics to conduct the study, including Google’s annual crypto searches per 100,000 individuals and the number of ATMs.
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Apple Music is all set to be the new sponsor of the NFL’s Super Bowl Halftime Show! Apple Music has entered the picture of the Super Bowl Halftime Show by replacing Pepsi which has been the key backer of the annual show.
NFL’s Super Bowl Halftime Show is one of the annual spectacles that racks in one of the biggest TV audiences every year. Continue reading further to learn how Apple Music replaced Pepsi as the sponsor of the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Lately, Apple has shown great interest in sports
Yes, you read that right. Over the last couple of months, Apple has shown a lot of interest in sports. Not long ago, the streaming platform of Apple, cracked a couple of deals with Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer to show various games to all their subscribers.
In the past, the sports rights have belonged to the traditional media companies such as Fox, Disney, Paramount Global, and NBCUniversal, but now with each passing day things are evolving and tech companies like Apple and Amazon have stepped up their game and paid big prices to get those rights.
For those of you who are unaware, let us tell you that, Amazon is now a major NFL partner and that’s because it owns the rights to “Thursday Night Football.”
What did Apple Music’s vice president have to say about Apple Music replacing Pepsi as Super Bowl Halftime Show’s sponsor?
Oliver Schusser, Apple’s vice president of Apple Music and Beats, issued a statement regarding Apple Music being the new sponsor of the Super Bowl Halftime Show, that read, “Music and sports hold a special place in our hearts, so we’re very excited Apple Music will be part of music and football’s biggest stage.”
He further added, “We’re looking forward to even more epic performances next year and beyond with the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show.”
When will Super Bowl Halftime Show take place next year?
The first Super Bowl Halftime Show in which Apple Music will serve as a sponsor for the annual event will be taking place on Sunday, February 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. In the coming few weeks, Apple Music will share its ideas and more details on various social media handles like TikTok, Instagram and Twitter.
Nana-Yaw Asamoah, senior vice president of partner strategy for the NFL also put out a statement that read, “We couldn’t think of a more appropriate partner for the world’s most-watched musical performance than Apple Music, a service that entertains, inspires, and motivates millions of people around the world through the intersection of music and technology.”
In May of 2022, Pepsi disclosed that it would no longer be the sponsor of the extravagant annual event. At that time, Pepsi tweeted, “After 10 years of iconic Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show performances, we have decided it’s time to pass the mic. Thank you to the amazing artists and fans who helped us create some incredible moments along the way. Now on to the next stage.”
Are you excited for the Super Bowl Halftime Show? Kindly let us know your thoughts in the comments section below. Don’t forget to stay tuned with us for the latest updates from the world of showbiz.


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Apple is reportedly bringing a brand new “Digital Health” software with the iOS 12 instrument replace that the corporate plans to free up this autumn, to battle iPhone and iPad dependancy in youngsters, at the side of another new options.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman unearths the truth that Apple’s iOS 12 cell working device will introduce a brand spanking new software known as Digital Health, which guarantees to let folks track how a lot time their youngsters spend on their iPhone and iPad gadgets.
Earlier this 12 months, Apple spoke back to an open letter despatched by means of two of its main traders who suggested the Cupertino-based corporate to battle iPhone dependancy in youngsters, announcing it is going to put into effect new parental keep watch over options in an upcoming iOS replace.
The document says that whilst Apple will put sure main options at the again seat for the following two years, it is going to take a look at to repair present problems in the iPhone and iPad working device by means of including some very important adjustments, in accordance to other people acquainted with the topic.
These come with the mentioned Digital Health software, enhancements to Animojis for iPhone X shoppers, in addition to the facility to run sure iOS apps, together with the Home app, on Macs working the approaching macOS 10.14 working device.
Apple has a brand new technique to strengthen iOS and macOS
The document additionally unearths the truth that Apple has a brand new technique to strengthen its iOS and macOS working techniques by means of now not forcing Apple’s engineers to focal point their efforts best on new options that are not operating neatly, which ends in insects.
To cope with this common malicious program downside that we have now witnessed in recent times in Apple’s working techniques, instrument leader Craig Federighi reportedly advised Apple’s engineers in regards to the new technique that comes to specializing in under-the-hood refinements and new options on the identical time.
This will give engineers extra time to best present options and carefully check new ones, which the corporate plans to put into effect in the approaching iOS 12, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12, and watchOS five updates that might be unveiled this summer time all over WWDC 2018.
Of route, which means that some main options like tabs for some iPad apps, a remodeled Home display for iPhone and iPad gadgets, a redesigned CarPlay interface, and a remodeled Photos app for iOS and macOS that might counsel customers which footage to view could be driven again to 2019.


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Google unveiled a major initiative to woo Amazon.com Inc. merchants on Thursday, part of a broader quest to be the main place people go when they want to buy something online.
The search giant said it will eliminate the fees it charges retailers to let people buy directly through the Google Shopping service. It’s the latest in a series of moves the company has made to make it easier and cheaper for retailers to get products in front of millions of people who use Google’s search engine every day.
Google is the world’s dominant search engine, but almost half of Americans start looking for things to buy on Amazon, while only 22% start on Google, according to a survey last year from research firm CivicScience.
Google Shopping has been around for years, but until recently retailers had to buy ads to list their products, and if people bought directly on Google the seller was on the hook for commissions of as much as 12% of the transaction. The company is nixing both these barriers, and has also started showing free product listings directly in the main search results.


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China’s tourism consumption is turning diversified and personalized.
Various tourism services are hitting the Chinese market, such as cultural tours, medical tours, sports travel and ski vacation.
According to statistics released by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, every Chinese traveled more than four times annually on average between 2016 and 2020.
A plan for the development of tourism during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025) responded to tourists’ diversified and personalized consumption demands, calling for new scenarios and models of tourism consumption.
Integrating tourism with culture is an important way to improve the development quality of the tourism sector.
Recently, relevant departments jointly issued a notice that proposes to promote integrating the country’s cultural and tourism industries wider and on a higher level, encouraging efforts to integrate intangible cultural heritages or relevant elements into tourist sites.
Local authorities have also enhanced efforts to merge the two sectors, so as to launch tourism services that better meet tourists’ demands.
Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu province, is a city that offers a rich and diverse cultural experience. The city, with a strategy to introduce intangible cultural heritages to tourist sites, has infused fine traditions and culture placed in the museums or hidden in the neighborhood into all links of the tourism industry, including dining, hospitality, transportation, shopping, and entertainment.
In the Confucius Temple-Qinhuai River scenic belt of the city, an experience center is built, where intangible cultural heritage perfectly blends with modernity. A museum of local food opens to the public in the city, and visitors can learn to make Nanjing salted duck, a famous local dish, in a demonstration restaurant nearby.
Besides, small exhibitions for intangible cultural heritages also attracted attention in scenic spots across the city.
As the Internet, big data, artificial intelligence and other new technologies are widely applied, intelligent tourism that’s digitalized and internet-based is becoming a new engine driving the high-quality development of the industry, creating new scenarios of tourism consumption.
Some scenic areas, through digitalization, have improved their reservation, tourist flow monitoring, smart parking and other services, so as to ensure orderly visiting and better tourists’ experiences. Some have developed digital experience products, such as electronic maps, to enrich tourists experiences.
Cities in east China’s Shandong province are employing 5G, virtual reality and other frontier technologies to integrate industrial factors and public service resources, in an effort to build a one-stop information service platform.
Suzhou in Jiangsu province is advancing an intelligent program that enables tourists to obtain tourism information via an online platform, such as the introduction of tourist sites and ticket discounts.
The platform will include more information, such as the culture of Suzhou, as well as the history and features of tourist sites, to give tourists a better experience, said Shi Feng, an official with the Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism.
The tourism industry is seeing a closer relationship with sports events, camping, technology and other fields in the process of improving the supply system of tourism products. Such integrated development not only creates new growth drivers, but also leads to new consumption scenarios and business forms in the tourism market.
Last year, relevant departments issued guidance on tourism to encourage interactive development between tourism and outdoor sports, camping and other businesses. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the General Administration of Sport jointly unveiled a second list of national-level ski resorts. Altogether 19 ski resorts have won national-level recognition today.
Besides, camping has grown into an important part of the leisure lifestyle and a new engine of driving leisure tourism. New business forms which combine camping with tourism, culture and photography are embracing rapid development.
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Jio Phone users should rejoice as the company has doubled the data benefit on its Rs. 153 plan. With the new changes, Jio Phone users will be eligible to get 1GB data per day which means 28GB data for a period 28 day with a recharge of Rs. 153 prepaid pack.
Also read: New Jio offer announced with up to Rs. 700 cashback on recharges: Details here
To recall, the Rs. 153 plan is the signature pack for Jio Phone users as the company had announced that users will have to do minimum recharges of worth Rs. 153 at India launch.
The Jio Phone's focused Rs. 153 plan used to offer 500MB per day 4G data, unlimited voice calls on national (local, STD, and on roaming), as well as 100 SMSes per day. With the new change, the same Rs. 153 plan will now offer 1GB per day data with other benefits which will remain the same. It's worth mentioning that the Rs. 153 prepaid recharge for Jio Phone users also offers complimentary subscription to Jio suite of apps including Jio TV, Jio Music, and Jio Money among others.
Interestingly, the Rs. 153 prepaid plan for Jio Phone users now offers benefits same as recently refreshed Rs. 149 plan for 4G smartphones.
Recently, Jio's "More than 100 percent cashback" offer for Prime subscribers was announced. As expected, Jio's new cashback offer for its Prime customers provides 100 percent cashback with up to Rs. 700 on every recharge of Rs. 398 or above.


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Chewy and Beyond Meat Spotlight Sizzling IPO Opportunities
You’ve met our new initial public offering (IPO) analyst Hudson Cashdan on Market Talk. And today he’s going to tell you about an incredible pet-supply company IPO launching Friday that has generated an incredible buzz.
Also, check out my chat with Hudson on the phenomenon that is Beyond Meat — this year’s hottest and most talked about IPO.
To check out our chat on Beyond Meat, click on the video below.
Beyond Meat Discussion
Nick Tate: Hello, friends. Nick Tate here Senior Editorial Manager with Banyan Hill’s Bold Profits team. I am joined today by our IPO Specialist, Hudson Cashdan, to talk about the hottest IPO of the year — at least so far. That is Beyond Meat, the makers of the famous Beyond Burger.
Hudson, this stock has really just taken off. It went public May 1 and shot up 163% the very first day. Now, here we are a month and a half later and it’s up more than 400%. Unusual isn’t it, for a stock to rise this high and exceed expectations by this much?
Hudson Cashdan: It’s certainly not every day this happens, but it does happen when you’re dealing with a story stock. What I mean by story stock is Beyond Meat is inventing a whole new market. Meatless meat is not really something that everyone knows about yet, but neither was online shopping when Amazon got started and look where Amazon is now.
Right now we think there’s a huge discrepancy between the bulls and the bears with how accepted this product is going to be and how large the market is. Right, frankly, the bulls are winning.
Nick: I have to ask a personal question. You have not tried it yourself, have you?
Hudson: I have not and I don’t plan to, but I’m not the target market for Beyond Meat. The beautiful thing about this country is there’s 350 million people or so and we’re all free to make our own consumption decisions. Many of them will choose a meat alternative for ethical, environmental or health reasons.
That’s their choice. I read the other day that there’s 40 million people in this country who are either vegetarian or vegan. That’s a big market as far as I’m concerned.
Nick: No doubt about it. Beyond the people who identify as vegan or vegetarian, there are millions more who are cutting back on meat just because they want to. I was reading survey results that showed something like two out of three Americans are cutting back on meat, at least a little bit.
With millennials it’s even higher. It’s seven or eight out of 10 because they are looking for a healthier protein source. Full disclosure, my wife and I actually have tried the Beyond Burger. My wife does not eat meat. She hasn’t had a burger in decades. I’m a committed carnivore and I liked it.
I think there’s a market out there beyond people who strictly do not eat meat. That’s a huge, and growing, market. When you’re sizing up an IPO, to what degree is the market, potential market and market growth factors in your decision and whether one is going to be a no-go or a superstar?
Hudson: Market growth is the key factor when we’re looking at the IPO market — at least the companies we’re targeting. They’re coming to the IPO market because they are doing something right. They have traction and they need capital to grow to accelerate that traction. That’s why they’re coming to the market. We’re giving them the capital by investing in their IPO.
In return for that, they’re giving us a percentage in their upside. That’s how the market works and that’s what these companies are bringing to our investors.
Nick: Are there other factors that go into your thinking when assessing an IPO?
Hudson: Many IPOs represent a unique opportunity to get access to a pure play on a particular story. For instance, investors can invest in companies that do things they believe in or causes they care about. Beyond Meat is an example of that. People care about a health issue, an environmental issue or ethical issues surrounding meat.
They are very enthusiastic about investing in this and buying the product as customers. A lot of times you see customers are investors in the stock. I think that’s what you’re seeing with Beyond Meat. It’s the same thing you saw with Apple and Tesla. You have investor evangelists and I think we’re going to see that.
Greg Bohlen, who backed Beyond Meat, did so because he had a socially conscience global outlook. That was what motivated him. It’s done well for him. He bought 800,000 shares or so at about $4.2 million. Now, before the latest move, that was worth $70 million. His strategy of putting his money where his heart is really paid off for him.
Nick: Or where his mouth is, as the case may be with Beyond Meat.
I think that’s one of the cool things about IPOs. There was a time when the only opportunity folks had to invest was if they had a lot of money, they were venture capitalists. Now, you can invest in a stock that you believe in. As you said, Apple and Tesla. There are companies you feel really good about and you can be a part of them.
For me, it plays into this whole idea of doing well financially by doing good. If you’re investing in a biotech stock or a health stock that is pushing genetics or precision medicine or some of the trends we’re seeing. It really gives you that opportunity.
Do you think that’s why there’s so much excitement around IPOs right now? It’s one of the factors that give people a reason and an opportunity to jump in?
Hudson: It really does feel exciting right now in the IPO market. I wasn’t an investor in the late ’90s, but I remember the late ’90s. Between 1992 and 2000, we averaged 450-plus IPOs per year. In 2017, it was only about 108. This year we are expecting 200.
With a lot of big winners coming that have already come to market and those we expect to come in the near future, we think the IPO market is going to create a big buzz. That’s going to precipitate more IPOs coming to the market. We think we’re going to surpass the late 90s IPO volume.
I think IPOs will once again be the topic of conversation around water coolers and on the golf courses at the country clubs by the end of this year.
Nick: I think you’re right. I think there’s no doubt that there’s that kind of excitement. What you’re really talking about is that we’re on the brink of a historic year for IPOs getting back to those big numbers we used to see in the 1990s.
We’ve talked about tech a little bit — we talked about biotech. Are there segments of the industry or certain types of companies that you think are going to be very successful in trying to go public? Are there segments we’re more likely to see these breakout stocks like we’ve seen with Beyond Meat and others this year?
Hudson: We think tech companies generally are going to be where a lot of the IPO action is. In the late 90s we had a huge number of IPOs and it went down since then. It’s starting to come back, but it’s not back to where it was before. There’s a backlog. The last decade we saw VCs pouring money into technology companies.
Those companies are in venture capital portfolios. Those venture capital firms have to realize that and get those into the market. That’s their business model. The reason they stayed private longer — right now we see companies going public have an average age of 11 or 12 years, versus eight years in the late 90s.
Part of the reason for that is because the regulatory environment has become burdensome. The cost of going public has risen. The cost of staying public, which is just as significant, also rose a little bit. Companies are staying private longer. Recently we’ve had a relaxation of those regulations.
We’ve had emerging growth companies, companies that are a little bit smaller but fast growing. They get some relief from some of the burdensome regulatory demands. Now you’re seeing a lot of those companies come public. With that, you’re going to start seeing some success. You have big names like Uber, and I think Slack is going to be a big one and companies like Beyond Meat.
This buzz and these big names coming are going to be pioneers. They are going to blaze the trail for the rest of the backlog of tech companies coming to the market. It’s going to be a good couple of years. Eventually too many companies will come to the market, but we’re way early for that. We’re going to have several good years before we’re at the point of 2000 when too many companies are coming to the market.
Nick: It seems to me like we’re in a nice pocket of opportunity for investors. I know that you and Paul Mampilly and the rest of us at Bold Profits are putting the finishing touches on a special event we’re going to be rolling out in the next week or two telling people about a new service we’re offering that will help them take advantage of what’s coming on IPOs.
It’s a subscriber service, so I don’t want you to give the store away, but tell us a little bit about your plans, what you’re thinking and what people can expect.
Hudson: We’re going to show you a lot of what we’re doing behind the scenes when we’re researching these IPOs. We’re going to explain why we like them and why we’re buying them. We’re going to talk about some of the hot ones that are coming in the near future and keep you up to date on them. We’re going to give you a look inside our heads as we analyze them in real time.
Nick: We look forward to that. Hudson, thanks for being here. A lot of great analysis on what’s happening in this IPO market. Thanks for joining us.
Hudson: Thank you, Nick. I look forward to continuing this dialogue.
Nick: That’s going to do it for us today. Thank you for joining us. Before I go, I just want to remind you that if you like what you see here, share us on Facebook, like us on Facebook, share us on your favorite social media. Subscribe to our YouTube channel. Keep an eye out for updates because we’re keeping an eye out for you.
Until next time, thank you for joining us. I’m Nick Tate. Bye-bye.
Until next week…
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Jim Murphy, chief executive of Prem Group, which has ten hotels across Ireland, was in a sunny mood last week. The company’s hotels were opened for business and it spent last month hiring “many new employees”.
Before the pandemic the group employed 1,000 people but had to lay off 800 as it operated all its hotels on a much reduced basis. Last week staff figures were closer to 1,000 again but Murphy said the company was finding it difficult to fill some roles.
“The vacancies that we are finding most difficult to fill are those of chefs at all levels,” he said. “We’re fortunate that we have ten hotels in Ireland so we have been able to move people around but we have also had
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OAK BROOK, IL--(Marketwire - October 20, 2010) - McDonald's USA recently announced it has selected Tyson Foods Inc., a trusted poultry supplier for many of McDonald's restaurants, as the 2010 Supplier of the Year. McDonald's unveiled the U.S. Supplier of the Year Award at the recent U.S. Supplier Summit, an annual gathering of key U.S. McDonald's suppliers and distributors, held in Schaumburg, near its Oak Brook, Ill. headquarters.
As a McDonald's supplier for nearly 30 years, Tyson Foods won the Supplier of the Year Award for taking the initiative to implement a highly effective cost mitigation and savings program for McDonald's, and playing a leading role in many other areas, including sustainable supply, and the development of quality and food safety standards. This is the first time Tyson Foods has been honored as McDonald's Supplier of the Year.
"Tyson Foods is looked upon as a trusted and strategic provider by the McDonald's brand and our franchisee community," said Dan Gorsky, Sr. Vice President, McDonald's North America Supply Chain. "They stand as the epitome of all the qualities we look for in our best suppliers, from leadership, partnership and teamwork to quality and innovation."
"We value our relationship with McDonald's and are grateful they have chosen to recognize our efforts with this prestigious honor," said Devin Cole, Tyson Foods senior vice president and general manager of the McDonald's business unit. "Our Tyson team members work hard every day on behalf of McDonald's and we look forward to demonstrating our continued commitment."
The McDonald's U.S. Supplier of the Year Award is presented annually to the food, paper or product supplier that makes the most significant impact on, and contribution to, McDonald's U.S. business results from the previous year. The award criteria include commitment to quality and food safety, product, equipment and process innovation, exemplary customer service and value.
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – With just weeks remaining until WKU Football kicks off, single game tickets for the 2022 season are now on sale.
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The blockbuster rally in India’s PVC market has run out of steam and import K67 prices have receded from their all-time highs this week in the face of rapidly reduced demand amid a second wave of deadly infections.
Import PVC K67 prices of overall origins were assessed $30/ton lower from last week at $1640-1700/ton CIF India, cash basis.
Despite the fall, the weekly average of PVC prices on CIF India basis remained 260% higher than the levels in May 2020, when the longest ever price rally first kicked off.
COVID-19 crisis likely to dampen pre-monsoon buying interest
India’s death toll from the pandemic has gone beyond 200,000 amid a shortage of oxygen, medical supplies and hospital staff. The deadly second wave has seen around 300,000 people tested positive for the virus daily which has overwhelmed healthcare facilities.
PVC players in the country reported that downstream manufacturing sectors are again facing disruptions since more states impose fresh curbs on public movement and transport to contain the spread of the virus. “We might face closures at ports due to partial lockdowns, and PVC supplies to the country might be disrupted,” a few players commented.
With the surge in COVID-19 cases yet to reach its peak, market players expect sharp pressure on PVC demand and prices in the near term. “We may not see the traditional demand increase ahead of the monsoon season this year due to the COVID crisis in the country,” noted traders.
India’s monsoon season lasts from June to September and stretches longer in some years. During that period, heavy rains impede both building construction and agriculture sectors while rough seas make loading and unloading at ports difficult.
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Most players believe that PVC prices in India may remain under pressure over the near term given fading demand amid the second wave of the pandemic.
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Skype, the highest-profile pureplay VoIP provider, is having a surprisingly good time. While announcing the availability of Skype 4.0, the company said it now has e 405 million users. The Industry Standard reports that it is adding a hefty 380,000 users per day. Recently, the company hit a milestone: at one point in time, which was not identified, 15 million people used the service simultaneously. Perhaps most intriguingly, almost one-third of users are Skyping for business purposes.
Very late last year, I wrote a story-it wasn't posted until Jan. 2-on the prospects for mobile VoIP for business users. Skype for business director Ian Robin told me that one-third of the then 370 million registered Skype users were folks doing business. One-third of these-one-ninth of the 370 million, or a bit more than 40 million people-were mobile business users. Robin clearly said that Skype had high hopes for the enterprise, and was working with one IP PBX vendor, Asterisk. More initiatives aimed at driving Skype deeper into the enterprise were to be expected, Robin told me.
That's Skype's version. Not surprisingly, not everyone is thrilled with the Skype move into the enterprise. NTA Monitor, an organization based in the UK, sees danger:
"The significant increase in the use of VoIP, particularly for organisations and businesses with regional or international networks, reflects the undoubted business benefits it brings. However, companies that succumb to the temptation for the seemingly 'quick-fix', lower set-up costs and reduced international phone bills of consumer solutions such as Skype, may achieve short-term gain but undoubtedly long-term pain"
NTA says that the security of consumer services-Skype and others -- is questionable in a number of dimensions. NTA Monitor technical director Roy Hills says Skype can't be integrated into a corporate infrastructure-something with which Robin would no doubt disagree-and therefore leads to costly platform changeouts later.
According to this NewsFactor piece, Skype 4.0 is said by the company to be the most important update it has ever released. The writer begins by describing cosmetic changes that will only be of importance to people who are staunch Skype advocates. He then gets into the more significant changes, which involve the platform's video capabilities. The video is terrific, the writer says, and uses so little bandwidth that the good quality carries to a higher number of broadband connections. The audio quality always has been terrific, he says. The drawback is that the video is only available in a caller-to-caller format. Other services -- such as Oovoo, SightSpeed and Apple's iChat -- support participants in multiple locations.
One of the strangest deals of the past few years-and there are plenty to go choose from-was eBay's purchase of Skype for $2.6 billion in 2005. Ever since, there have been periodic rumblings that eBay is looking to offload the company. eWEEK presents possible suitors, as suggested by analysts. The writer discounts one often-mentioned name, Google, because Google Talk seems set to make an acquisition unnecessary. Microsoft is mentioned by another analyst, and the writer thinks that that makes more sense. A third potential landing buyer is Yahoo.


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Samsung Galaxy S10 release date, price, news and leaks
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The official Samsung Galaxy S10 launch event date is February 20, sooner than MWC 2019 and backing up rumors that the phones could launch early. The event will take place in San Francisco. Plus, the S10 Lite could launch as the Samsung Galaxy S10 E, and the 5G Galaxy S10 could have an enormous battery.
The rumored Galaxy S10 is shaping up to be a more significant upgrade compared to last year’s relatively incremental upgrade from the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S9. You’ll be able to easily tell the difference between this year’s phone and last year’s handset if all of the leaks so far turn out to be true.
We’re keeping our eye on all the Samsung Galaxy S10 leaks and compiling them right here for you, with our expert analysis guiding you to which Galaxy S10 rumors are worth noting, and which ones you can file away under ‘never gonna happen.’
SAMSUNG GALAXY S10 SPECS
Here’s how the Galaxy S10 specs are shaping up from all the rumors and leaks so far:
Screen size: 6.1-inch
Screen resolution: 1440 x 3040
Screen aspect ratio: 19:9
Rear cameras: 12MP, 16MP, 13MP
Front cameras: dual cameras
Chipset: Exynos 9820/Snapdragon 855
OS: Android 9 Pie
Current Samsung Galaxy S10 rumors suggest a phone with a bigger screen that might feature a pinhole for the camera instead of a notch, potentially allowing Samsung to all but eliminate bezels.
In addition to reducing the top bezel by moving to an in-display pinhole camera, the new phone may boast an in-screen fingerprint scanner. The phone’s Snapdragon 855 chipset (expected in the US variant at least) supports ultrasonic fingerprint sensor technology. It also supports more camera, with rumors suggesting anywhere from three to six.
Here then, are all the Samsung Galaxy S10 leaks so far. And keep this page bookmarked – we’ll be adding to it whenever we hear anything new.
We’re also expecting to see the bigger Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus
Cut to the chase
What is it? Samsung’s next Galaxy S flagship
What will it cost? It’s sure to be very expensive
When is it out? February 20
Samsung Galaxy S10 release date
CONFIRMED: The Samsung Galaxy S10 is landing on February 20
The Samsung Galaxy S10 launch date is now confirmed to be Wednesday, February 20, meaning we’ll see the smartphone before MWC 2019, which takes place from February 25-28.
Samsung itself has revealed the date, along with the time and location: the Galaxy S10 will be unveiled at 11am PT (2pm ET, 7pm GMT) at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco.
We’ve heard that date rumored before, so it doesn’t come as a complete surprise, though some other rumors put forward different dates. Of course, that’s just when the S10 will be announced – it might not go on sale for another week or two.
When it lands, it’s likely to be sold by EE in the UK, as the network already lets you register for updates on the handset. That said, we’d expect just about all networks to offer the S10.
Samsung Galaxy S10 price
Samsung Galaxy S10 price expected to rise to $779 / £799
When the S10 does go on sale it’s sure to cost a lot, at least for the higher-end models, the most basic version might be fairly reasonable (if still expensive) though.
One price rumor puts the budget Galaxy S10 Lite model at $650-$750 (roughly £500-£585 / AU$900-AU$1,040), while another rumor has the Samsung Galaxy S10 price rise to £799 which will likely be around $779 (around AU$1,400) for the 128GB variant and £999 for 512GB of storage.
Samsung Galaxy S10 range
Samsung Galaxy S10 – the standard Samsung flagship
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus – a bigger screen and potentially better cameras
Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite – a less powerful, smaller, cheaper model
The Samsung Galaxy S10 is unlikely to arrive alone, with a trio of handsets tipped to launch at the firm’s next Unpacked event.
While we’ve become used to seeing a pair of Samsung flagships launch together each year as far back as the Galaxy S6 in 2015, this time around all the Galaxy S10 leaks are pointing towards three or more phones.
There’s the standard Samsung Galaxy S10 that’s detailed here, along with the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus and a new entry in the Galaxy S10 Lite – a smaller, low resolution and likely lesser powered handsets at a hopefully more affordable price point. A recent rumor suggests that the S10 Lite could actually land as the Galaxy S10 E.
But wait – we could even get a fourth Galaxy S10 handsets, as rumors of a big-screened, 5G variant have also begun to crop up.
This Samsung 5G prototype phone has a notch… in the corner
Samsung Galaxy S10 design and display
Three different screen sizes
A camera cut-out in the screen
A 19:9 aspect ratio and 1440 x 3040 resolution
The first alleged Samsung Galaxy photo look arrived as we rang in 2019, and it shows a more expansive all-screen display, one that displaces the top bezel in favor of a tiny front-facing camera embedded into the top right side of the screen.
This is Samsung’s answer to the notch cut out, and you can expect the company to come up with a clever name for this black hole that disrupts its Infinity Display.


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If companies are able to manufacture and certify these aircraft quickly and make them available close to where consumers are located, then the market size for electric air taxis could be huge.


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Gold prices in India are likely to open lower, when shops and establishments selling gold, open-up for operations.
Gold on the MCX was down nearly by Rs 445, and with the Indian currency stable, it would not be a surprise to see gold rates dip by almost Rs 400 per 10 grams. Gold for Feb delivery was trading lower by Rs 445 at Rs 48,860 per 10 grams.
Internationally too, the precious metal has come under some bit of selling pressure. Spot gold was down to $1,838.58 an ounce, while U.S. gold futures was down at $1,834 an ounce.
For the last few weeks gold has been steady largely supported by reports of a stimulus in the US, which has helped gold prices remain in a band.
While gold has tried to break from earlier levels, a firm dollar and benchmark 10-year Treasury yields hovering close to their highest level in nearly 10 months, has helped limit those gains.
In India, most investors and consumers are looking for a decline in the price of the precious metal to make meaningful purchases. With stocks already scaling lifetime highs, investors are increasingly looking at increasing their exposure in the precious metal. Any sharp dip in gold prices may lead to some support emerging at lower levels.
Most analysts see the possibility of gold remaining steady at these levels and climbing, should there be a bad news.


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Next month we’ll witness the debut of Windows 8 and its first tablets, including the Microsoft Surface Tablet. Microsoft has already started sending out invitations to the October 25th event, taking place in New York and unveiling the latest generation of Windows. No other details were provided, although I expect a big crowd at the event and many tablet debuts.
There are a few hardware partners who promised launches on day one and I’m sure that the likes of ASUS, Samsung, Toshiba and Dell will have a tablet ready to sell on that day. Maybe the price mystery of the Microsoft Surface Tablet will finally be cleared and hopefully the price will be decent. For those of you who haven’t powered on a computer or communication device in the last year, Windows 8 draws heavily from Windows Phone, using the famous tiles, but also providing a bit of the standard Windows desktop experience.
It got rid of the name Metro UI, also got rid of the Start button and now it’s ready to rock in finalized form. The aim here is to provide a unified experience across the Windows-based devices, including the WP ones and Win 8 ones. It would be cool if Nokia also showed up with a tablet at the event, but don’t bet on that!


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Samsung announced the launch of the Samsung Smart Media Player, bringing live TV content and smart TV apps to viewers that don’t have internet-connected TVs.
The Samsung Smart Media Player (GX-SM530CF) goes on sale in the Us in late October and offers viewers more than 100 smart apps at launch such as Amazon Instant Video, Netflix, Vudu and YouTube.
The built-in Samsung ‘S-Recommendation’ feature allows consumers to discover new content to watch. Based on what customers are watching, S-Recommendation becomes smarter and will queue new shows and content to watch now or in the future.
The AllShare function also allows viewers to share content from their mobile devices to their TV through a screen-mirroring feature which allows customers to share video and photos from a compatible smartphone or tablet.
“With our new Samsung Smart Media Player, we’re providing consumers with an all-in-one solution that makes the TV-watching experience ‘smarter.’ This great product brings the Samsung Smart TV experience to any digital TV, giving customers a seamless home entertainment experience that combines live cable content and Smart TV applications all in one device,” said Jim Kiczek, director of digital audio and video at Samsung Electronics America.
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Nov. 21 is one of a best days in Nintendo history
November 22, 2017 - Super Smash Bros
A integrate weeks back, we asked: Is Oct. 27, 2017 — when Super Mario Odyssey, Assassin’s Creed Origins and Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus all launched — the biggest recover date in history? The answer was an fatiguing “no,” it turns out. Instead, it seems like there’s another genuine contender for a busiest recover day in history; that day is Nov. 21, a.k.a. today.
Nintendo has leaned on Nov. 21 as a vital recover day several times over a years. It’s a available time to put a diversion out, as it’s right around Thanksgiving and a successive holiday selling season. Looking during a perfect peculiarity of games that Nintendo has expelled on a day speaks to Nov. 21 as some-more than only convenient, though. It’s also a common birthday of an unimaginable volume of classics.
Here’s that full list to unequivocally put this into perspective; credit goes to the Nintendo subreddit’s handy, daily “On This Day in Nintendo History” bot.
- F-Zero launched in Japan on this day in 1990 as a racing series’ debut.
- Super Mario World came out alongside it in Japan, also in 1990.
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to a Past arrived in Japan a following year, in 1991.
- Yoshi’s Cookie launched on both NES and Game Boy (again, in Japan) in 1992.
- Donkey Kong Country done it to North America on this day in 1994.
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was Nintendo’s large Japanese recover on Nov. 21, 1998.
- Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver launched for Japanese fans in 1999.
- Sin and Punishment came to Nintendo 64 this day in 2000 as a Japanese exclusive. It wouldn’t make it abroad until a Wii Shop Channel recover in Sep 2007.
- Super Smash Bros. Melee launched in Japan on Nov. 21, 2001.
- Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire launched in Japan in 2002, accurately 3 years after a series’ prior entries.
- Pokémon Colosseum followed in Japan in 2003.
- The Nintendo DS altered Nintendo’s handheld line dramatically when it launched in North America in 2004.
- Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt, a demo for a Nintendo DS game, launched in 2004.
- Super Mario 64 DS was another complement launch pretension in 2004.
- Donkey Kong Country Returns revitalized a Nov. 21 tradition for North America in 2010.
- Super Mario 3D World launched on Wii U in Japan on Nov. 21, 2013. (It came out in a U.S. a subsequent day.)
- Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire arrived worldwide in 2014, accurately 15 years after their predecessors.
- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U launched in North America alone on a same day in 2014.
- Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival was Wii U’s many important recover in both Japan and Australia in this day in 2015.
- Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp brought a life sim series’ mobile entrance worldwide on this day in 2017, a day progressing than expected.
For many of us, Nov. 21, 2017, only seems like Tuesday. But for Nintendo? It’s a golden event to continue years of peculiarity diversion releases. Here’s to Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp for being a latest member of that legacy.


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The Canadian government continues to make progress on harmonizing North American fuel economy standards, a move which is strongly endorsed by Canadian new car dealers.
The Canadian and US governments have already come to an understanding on harmonized standards which avoids a jurisdictional hodgepodge of standards legislated by individual states and provinces.
The vehicle labels in Canada will change in design and content to harmonize with American information and also make the labels more relevant.
The Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) is currently involved in discussions with Natural Resources Canada over the continued relevance of vehicle labelling itself.
CADA maintains that the information is now readily available on the government’s own websites, through web searches and even mobile phone apps.
The central issue is how the best fuel economy information can be provided to the consumer in a way that it is relevant to the consumer and trusted by the consumer as being accurate.
By harmonizing North American fuel economy standards, governments and industry ensure that fuel economy is achieved in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.


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Honda has recalled 6,954units of the CBR500 and CB500 in the US. The company suspects that some of the motorcycles might be equipped with wrongly manufactured rocker arm shafts that might lead to the bolts to loosen up during the run.
In the event of the bolt loosening, the engine oil might leak and there is a possibility of the bolt coming out completely. With no bolt on, the engine might stall which might eventually lead to a crash. Dealers will get in touch with Honda owners for the recall. If they find any fault, they will replace the rocker arm shaft retaining the bolts, without any extra cost to the customer.
Both, the Honda CBR500R and CB500, are powered by the liquid-cooled parallel-twin cylinder 500cc engine that churns out 47bhp of power and 43Nm of torque. The bikes can sprint from 0-100 kmph in 5.7 seconds. The motorcycles have a top whack of 185 kmph.
Honda exhibited the CBR500R at the recently concluded Auto Expo. The company confirmed that they would not launch the motorcycle in India this year. The motorcycle might be introduced in our country after the launch of the CBR650F next year. We can expect the CBR300R to get preference to the half-litre elder sibling.


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In focus: Good times have stopped rolling for some long established firms
In the final part of the series, we explore the rest of the country's famous business dynasties and how they've fared as the country endures its darkest hours
THE fortunes of family-based businesses often mimic the economic cycle, rising and falling as the tide ebbs and flows. Some manage the ride better than others through good risk management, timely R&D, new products and services, and being in the right place at the right time.
The Cork-based company, which has been on the go since the start of the last century controls an estimated 40pc of the €78m of tea sold every year in retailers around the country and has been one of the most successful families when it comes to protecting wealth. The firm is unlimited, and so doesn't have to file publicly available accounts.
The company's managing director, Tony Barry, owns 55pc of the company, with the remainder split between other family members including Conor, Donagh, Peter and Fiona.
The Barry family, which includes former foreign affairs minister Peter Barry among its ranks, has been quick to expand outside the tea business with mixed success. The family owned over 8pc of the failed Channel 6 broadcaster which was subsequently acquired by TV3. Tony Barry joined Barry's Tea in 1986, having graduated from UCC, qualified as a chartered accountant and worked with KPMG for four years.
Allied Irish Banks was recently granted a charge over shares held in Barry's Tea by Donagh Barry in respect of €8m the bank is owed by the director in relation to a property venture that went sour. Donagh Barry had pursued the venture with his brother-in-law, Michael McCarthy. AIB could sell the stake to recoup money owed to it.
Dating back to 1920, the McMullan family still controls the Maxol business that comprises over 210 service stations around the country.
Directors include Max, Noel and Malcolm McMullan, while Tom Noonan is its chief executive. Latest accounts for the business show that operating profit slumped almost 80pc to €2.4m, while turnover fell nearly 8pc to €643m. Dividends of over €1.7m were paid that year.
The company said that while the first six months of 2008 had been satisfactory, the rapid fall in oil prices from all-time highs coupled with a severe economic downturn eroded first and second quarter surpluses due to losses on stocks purchased at higher prices, and reduced volumes. The company has been spending €20m updating its service stations.
The north Co Dublin fruit producer and distributor has been on the go since the '30s. Massive investments by the family firm has enabled it grow peppers in Ireland and a new €10m glasshouse venture created an estimated 100 jobs and allowed the company to sell fresh strawberries to the Irish market for most of the year.
The company is owned by father Joseph, who is chief executive and chairman, and offspring William, David and Caroline. The Irish business, William P Keeling, is unlimited and so doesn't have to file publicly available accounts.
A circuitous ownership structure via the Isle of Man leads back to Dublin, with Joseph Keeling owning a slightly larger stake of one of the investment holding firms Gundagai and the remainder split equally between William, Caroline and David. William is managing director of the UK business, Caroline is group MD and David is MD of the company's fresh side of the business.
Among its non-executive directors are former Dunnes Stores executive Liam McGreal and Jacobs Fruitfield managing director Seamus Kearney, who is a former Aer Lingus chief operations officer. Although no accounts are available, Keelings has previously indicated that its annual turnover is in the region of €350m, while it employs close to 1,900 people.
Despite the recession, and having survived through others, the company is apparently in rude health. Before it went unlimited, in 2004, the company reported a €1.5m profit on turnover of €241.6m.
When Tony Ryan founded Ryanair in the eighties, the airline was quickly on its knees. Its collapse was prevented by a cocky executive called Michael O'Leary, who transformed it into the low-cost giant it is today.
The Ryan family made a fortune from the airline, but has little substantial holding left in it. Tony Ryan died in 2007, and his son, Cathal, died just two months later. Siblings Declan and Shane continue to benefit from the legacy of the airline's success, and their investment vehicle Irelandia Investments owns just over an 11pc stake in Singapore-based Tiger Airlines, which flies throughout Asia.
Keenan Agricultural Equipment
Based in Borris, Co Carlow, the Keenan family business has been on the go for over 30 years and was established by the late Richard Keenan. Today, the business, which is one of the biggest of its type in the world, is headed by his son Gerard, who is executive chairman.
The company manufactures specialised high-end food mixing machinery used to feed cattle and its products are exported all over the world.
Latest accounts for the business, for 2008, show that its revenue was €57.8m that year, up from €51.7m in 2007, while pre-tax profit rose to just over €2m from almost €1.8m.
The accounts note that there was a slowdown in its business sector last year as farm incomes and farm output prices fell.
The Shaw family hit the headlines lately -- something they would no doubt have wished didn't happen -- after it emerged that one of the major shareholders in the department store chain, Sheila Shaw, notified other family members of her intention to sell her stake.
The decision by Ms Shaw to do so is likely to have caused a stir of emotions at the group, which operates 15 outlets in provincial towns around the country and was founded in 1865.
The chain is headed by her nephew, Jonathan Shaw, who is chief executive. Ms Shaw and her immediate family own about one-third of the business and the rest of the family now face the prospect of an outsider muscling in.
The Irish retail environment has become extraordinarily tough in the post-boom period and accounts for the two companies that account for the bulk of the stores underscore the shift.
Latest accounts available, for the 12 months to the end of January 2009, show that Shaw Sons, which operates seven stores, made a €68,000 loss after tax as revenue was virtually unchanged at €26.5m.
Another group company, WG Hadden, which operates four Shaws outlets and Haddens shopping centre in Carlow, made a €1.2m pre-tax loss as turnover fell 13pc to just over €18m.
The owner of Lifestyle Sports, which it acquired in 2005 for €59m, the Stafford Group owns a range of assets including Campus Oil, a property firm and a shipping company which operates out of Wexford. The company is currently in its fourth generation of family ownership, and is headed by 35-year-old Mark Stafford. The chairman, his father, is Victor Stafford, who along with wife Kathleen own 28pc of the group, while their seven children control the remainder.
The company's retail presence has been expanded beyond Ireland to the Czech Republic and Slovakia, while in late 2007 the group announced plans for a €150m expansion of the Lifestyle Sports brand amid an effort to transform it into one of Europe's leading branded sports equipment retailers by 2012. Latest accounts for the business are for the 12 months to the end of September 2008.
They record group turnover of €466m for the period and pre-tax profit of €231,000 compared to a €13.3m pre-tax profit in the nine-month period to the end of September 2007. The group has been hit by higher fuel prices at its Campus Oil and Stafford Fuel arm, while its stevedoring and warehouse business is also likely to have come under pressure in the downturn, as is Lifestyle Sports.
The Limerick-based builders' providers has been in operation since early in the nineteenth century and also imports lumber. It has already been feeling the post-boom pinch, with latest accounts for its holding company showing turnover fell 24pc to €144m in 2008 and that it recorded a pre-tax loss of €4.8m compared to a pre-tax loss of €10.2m in 2007. The company is headed by Mark McMahon, who owns the largest stake in the business. Other shareholders include David McMahon and Anthony McMahon. It paid total dividends of €880,000 to shareholders last year, down from €2.1m the previous year.
Car distributors and dealers were among the big winners during the boom, but as the recession took hold they began dropping off like flies. Convest, which controls the Peugeot franchise in Ireland and the Gowan Group, made massive profits in the last decade for its shareholders -- Gemma and Michael Maughan and their family.
Convest made a pre-tax profit of €27m in 2006, but recorded a pre-tax loss of €51m in 2008. The reversal of fortune is stark. Gemma Maughan has a 46pc stake in Convest, while her daughters own the remainder.


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Nokia Clarifies N-Gage Flap
Early users of Nokia's N-Gage gaming platform discovered phrases in the licensing agreement that said users would be unable to transfer purchased games from one handset to another. Nokia initially confirmed that discovery. Today, it clarified that there had been miscommunication and that users will be allowed to transfer games. The mechanism to do so, however, is not yet available and Nokia has not said when it will be ready.
Apr 14, 2004
Nokia today announced the second iteration of its N-Gage gaming device - the N-Gage QD. Key differences compared to the original N-Gage include a lower price tag, smaller size, an easily-accessible hot-swap card slot for games, and a "reoriented ...
Oct 30, 2009
Nokia has acknowledged that it will be shuttering its N-Gage gaming service next year. Gamers will be able to download and purchase games that have already been published on the N-Gage platform through September 2010, and the N-Gage community web site will remain open until the end of 2010.
Feb 5, 2008
Nokia has finally begun making a beta version of its N-Gage gaming platform available to users of the N81 multimedia phone. The N81 is optimized to take advantage of N-Gage, which is why it is the first phone supported.
Apr 3, 2008
Nokia plans to make a formal announcement launching the full availability of its N-Gage gaming platform on Monday, but the service is already up and running and ready for download.
Mar 19, 2018
Google today announced several changes to the Google Play Store and Google Play Games apps that should entice Android device owners to check out the latest games. A new feature called Google Instant Play lets people tap and try games directly in the Google Play Store and Google Play Games app without first downloading the game.


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Dubai: OWS Capital Investments in partnership with Steve Harvey inaugurate the very first Steve Harvey Golf Classic in the UAE.
The event, brought to you by MELT Middle East, a joint venture between OWS Capital Investments and Steve Harvey Global, will feature a star-studded celebrity guest list that includes host, Steve Harvey, Akon, Chris Tucker, Anthony Anderson, and more.
The invite-only affair will be the first time the golfing event is to be held abroad and on such a grand scale. Kicking off with a friendly round of golf between the celebrities, honorable members of the UAE government, elite business owners, and select members of the community.
The agenda also features a bespoke gala dinner with exclusive guests and an auction that will see celebrity memorabilia, unique experiences and more be auctioned off, with a portion of all auction proceeds being donated to charity.
“We’ve been looking to do this event for some time and now that the weather is better and more importantly that it is safe to travel, we thought it would make the perfect event that really highlights MELT Middle East’s mission of bridging the gaps between Western and Middle Eastern business cultures,” explains OWS Capital Managing Director and MELT Middle East Managing Partner, Oweis Zahran.
With an expected reach of over half a billion social media impressions alone, the much-awaited occasion will attract vast global attention. From becoming a brand partner for the golf day or its VIP hospitality lounge to hosting a table at the celebrity auction gala, OWS Capital offers three sponsorship packages and numerous possibilities for local and international businesses to be part of the event. Kindly visit the OWS Capital website to find out how you and your brand can be a part of the prestigious event.
Aside from the Steve Harvey Golf Classic, Harvey also hosts the annual Steve Harvey Golf Invitational. The event has taken place in the USA for the past 13 years and is attended by countless celebrities ranging from Tyler Perry to Adam Sandler to Akon and more. Much like the event set to take place in the UAE this November, the Steve Harvey Golf Invitational works to generate funds for regional charities that aim to raise funds to support educational enrichment, life transformation skills, mentoring, and other global service initiatives.
OWS Capital Investments:
OWS Capital Investments is a multi-platform investment company headquartered in Dubai, UAE. OWSC’s core pillars include impact and angel investing, business brand representation, creating original IP events and festival operations, and facilitating international branded celebrity partnerships in the MENA region, through MELT Middle East, its joint venture with Steve Harvey Global.
MELT Middle East:
OWS Capital partnered with Steve Harvey Global to create MELT Middle East. Through MELT Middle East, the entities aim to create unique business ventures, ranging from original IP events and specially curated branded content. The focus of MELT Middle East is to bridge the gaps between Western and Eastern business cultures.


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Bandai Namco announced that Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot has reached a new milestone of 2 million units in worldwide sales.
Here’s the announcement tweet:
— BANDAI NAMCO EU (@BandaiNamcoEU) March 10, 2020
When Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot released in January it broke the record as the fastest-selling Dragon Ball game with over 1.5 million in worldwide sales for its first week.
The game is expected to get more content through its Season Pass that is currently available to purchase for $24.99. However, so far we only know that it will include two original episodes and one new story. It also comes with a “Steaming-Hot Grilled Fish” cooking item as a Season Pass bonus. The Extra Episode set will be released in two parts. You can read more details in our previous report.
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is currently available for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Check out Siliconera‘s playtest here about Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot‘s playable characters and their special moments. The game also added Dr. Slump‘s Arale-chan and Time Machine as part of a free update back in January.