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Mastercard today launched the Mastercard Digital Wellness program, a host of technologies and resources that enable all businesses, especially small and independent merchants, to better serve today’s digital-first consumer. As part of this program, Mastercard will deploy EMVCo’s specification for fast, click-to-pay check-out for digital commerce. “We launched Mastercard Digital Wellness today because we believe that businesses shouldn’t have to sacrifice safety or choice as they build the best experiences for their customers,” said Jess Turner, executive vice president, Digital Payments and Labs, North America, Mastercard.
Women are a driving force for increasing global economic growth and security, representing more than half of the world’s population and 80 percent of household buying decisions. To further unlock access to the tools that advance women’s economic potential, Mastercard today broadened its relationship with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in support of the White House’s Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP).
First-Ever Sonesta Branded Credit Card to Launch in U.S. Market in Partnership with Bank of America NEWTON, Mass. , June 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Sonesta International Hotels Corporation launched ...
In this role, Krstic will be responsible for customer relations, product development and sales as Mastercard continues to drive electronic payments innovation across Canada . Since leaving Canada in 2016, Krstic has had several global assignments with Mastercard serving most recently as the executive vice president of Services for the Asia-Pacific market.
Mastercard, one of the world’s most active sponsors of major sporting events, today announced it is partnering with two-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka. It is the first time Mastercard has added a current number one tennis player to its roster of global ambassadors. Osaka originally shared the news over Twitter during her last tournament, “Happy to get the first win @MutuaMadridOpen.
TORONTO , May 22, 2019 /CNW/ - Mastercard and Interac, two trusted global and domestic payment networks, today announced a collaboration to offer Canadians a fast, simple and secure way to send money internationally. By leveraging Mastercard Send, a push-payments service that powers a faster, better, smarter way to send money cross border, the Interac e-Transfer platform will allow customers to send money from Canada to bank accounts internationally, starting with Europe . National Bank will be the first bank to pilot the new international remittance solution for its personal banking clients. Canada is a large market for international payments, due to its diverse population and number of businesses that operate in an increasingly global marketplace.
Mastercard, one of the world’s most active sponsors of major sporting events, is strengthening its commitment to women’s football. Mastercard has been a long-standing advocate of the importance of diversity, inclusion and partnering to promote good governance and integrity in sport. For 25 years, Mastercard has been a major sponsor of women’s football.
Mastercard Incorporated today announced its participation in the following investor conferences in the month of June:
RADNOR, Pa., May 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (SFE) ("Safeguard" or the "Company") today announced that its partner company, Transactis, has been acquired by Mastercard (MA). Safeguard received total cash proceeds of approximately $57 million, representing an approximate 3.9X cash-on-cash return and approximate 39% IRR, not including immaterial amounts potentially receivable at a later date. Safeguard deployed $14.5 million in Transactis since August 2014. "We congratulate Transactis Chairman and CEO, Joe Proto, on successfully building Transactis and achieving this milestone and wish him and the rest of the Transactis team success in the future. Safeguard continues to make significant progress in our ongoing efforts to support the growth of, and to monetize, our portfolio of partner companies," said Brian J. Sisko, Safeguard President and CEO. "Safeguard has been such a valuable capital provider and partner to Transactis. We are very grateful to Brian and all his colleagues at Safeguard for their unwavering support from the first day Transactis became a Safeguard partner company through our successful exit to Mastercard," added Joe Proto.
Today, Mastercard announced a partnership with ZIVELO, a leader in self-service kiosk technology, to enhance the drive-in and drive-through ordering experience for quick service restaurants (QSRs) with a first-of-its-kind AI-powered voice assistant and personalized dynamic menu. Sonic Drive-In will be the first partner to pilot the new experience at selected Sonic locations in the U.S. this year. The technology will first be showcased at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago from May 18-21, 2019.
New Lyft Direct Mastercard Debit, supports economic security for drivers with improved payout experience and no-fee bank account offering
Today, Mastercard introduced the Mastercard Innovation Engine, an API based digital platform that enables issuers and merchants a simplified path to rapidly deploying digital capabilities and experiences to their customers. The plug-and-play platform seamlessly brings together Mastercard assets and financial-technology services to deliver unique and digitally integrated solutions and consumer experiences through a single connection. Given where Mastercard sits at the epicenter of payments, we recognize that we can serve as a hub for scaled innovation delivered through our issuing partners.
Mastercard (MA) today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Transactis, a platform that helps businesses deliver bills and receive payments through one simple-to-navigate experience. Consumers who pay their bills online do so in a variety of ways, including online banking applications or biller’s websites. Transactis’ technology helps companies improve their customers’ bill payment experience, while reducing inefficiencies associated with paper bills and checks.
Mastercard is helping share the stories of the women across the U.S. who are contributing over $3 trillion to today’s economy and opening over eighteen hundred businesses every single day. Today the company announced the launch of a national advertising campaign that puts the spotlight on women business owners who are driving impact. Mastercard is also furthering its commitment to enabling equal funding opportunities for underserved communities including women small business owners and would-be entrepreneurs.
From Cyber/ID theft protection to a 24/7 business assistant and financial management tools, your business Mastercard is here to help with a new small business program now available across Mastercard Business and World Elite offerings. Product discounts on the important solutions from Intuit Inc. (INTU), makers of QuickBooks® and TurboTax®, and automatic savings on everyday business expenses including recruiting, travel and dining, are just a few of the new benefits and features Mastercard is bringing to small business owners through the digitally focused proposition.
Mastercard Incorporated today announced its financial results for its first quarter of 2019 through an earnings release available on the company’s Investor Relations website at www.mastercard.com/investor.
Mastercard Incorporated (MA) today announced that its Board of Directors has nominated 15 candidates for election as directors at the company's June 25, 2019 annual meeting of stockholders. Lance Uggla and Youngme Moon have been added to the slate as proposed directors. “We continually seek directors who will continue to push the company to think and act differently, while remaining consistent with our corporate values,” said Richard Haythornthwaite, chairman of the board, Mastercard.
TORONTO , April 24, 2019 /CNW/ - Mastercard and BMO Bank of Montreal today announced that BMO will implement Mastercard Send to deliver faster, more cost-effective and transparent international payment services to its Canadian-based business and commercial banking clients. BMO joins a growing list of global banks working with Mastercard to offer their clients a better way to send money around the world. With Mastercard Send, BMO can offer its clients the ability to send cross-border payments efficiently, seamlessly and securely to bank accounts in more than 75 countries.
As new technologies and regulations bring new opportunities and challenges to the financial services industry, nearly two-thirds of established companies are leveraging fintech capabilities for growth, according to a new survey from Harvard Business Review Analytic Services. “In the Game: Traditional Financial Institutions Embrace Fintech Disruption” surveyed 300 senior executives at financial services companies to gauge their views on the opportunities and threats brought about by newer, nimbler competitors that rely heavily on specialized software, algorithms, and technology to offer their services. The Mastercard-sponsored study showed that traditional institutions are “banking” on brand recognition, customer trust, physical distribution channels, and experience navigating the complex regulatory environments to maintain a competitive advantage.
Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are two of the hottest technology fields today, with job opportunities continuing to grow across both. To help narrow the gender gap, Mastercard has been cultivating young technology enthusiasts as part of its signature education platform, Girls4Tech. Currently in its fifth year, this hands-on, inquiry-based STEM program has reached more than 400,000 girls (ages 8-12) in 25 countries, more than doubling its established 2017 goal. Today, as Mastercard marks the 5th anniversary of the program, the company builds on a successful track record of impact with an even more ambitious commitment to reach one million girls by 2025.
LOS ANGELES, April 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), Mastercard and Marvel Studios' Avengers: Endgame announced today that they are teaming up to take down one of the biggest villains of all, cancer, with an impactful new Public Service Announcement scheduled to launch in April. The two global brands are collaborating to raise awareness for SU2C to help all patients become long-term survivors.
Starting today, that’s just what they’ll get as World Mastercard and World Elite Mastercard cardholders in the U.S. will begin to automatically enjoy new benefits and experiences with merchants they use regularly, including Lyft, Fandango, Boxed, and Postmates. The exclusive shopping and travel benefits World and World Elite cardholders already enjoy will continue.
Mastercard (MA) today announced it has acquired Vyze, a technology platform that delivers more choice – and purchasing power – to people who want their point-of-sale payment options to match the flexibility and convenience of today’s shopping experiences. Increasingly, consumers are seeking alternative financing options,1 leaving merchants and financial institutions with a need to deliver these services at the point of sale. Vyze shakes up traditional models by connecting merchants with multiple lenders, allowing them to offer their customers a wide range of credit options online and in-store.


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The intent of releasing a “starter kit” for application developers is to make it easier for academic research and enthusiast communities to create even richer experiences using Kinect technology.The hacked stuff without the SDK has been amazing- now that the system is all laid out for would-be developers? The sky's the limit is probably an understatement.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Kinect SDK Announced
Well this is somewhat unexpected- Microsoft has announced that an SDK (software development kit) for it's popular Kinect motion controllerless camera array will be available for download later this year for the PC.

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Last week, Food Poisoning Bulletin told you that government officials did not have a specific food in mind.
This investigation is ongoing, and CDC will provide more information as it becomes available. Last year, an outbreak of 17 E. coli infections were reported in 13 states across the United States, all of which occurred from November 15, 2017 through December 8, 2017. Ninety-three percent of the patients interviewed said they ate romaine lettuce the week before they got sick. The restaurants said they used bagged, chopped romaine lettuce to make the salads.
Before purchasing romaine lettuce at a grocery store or eating it at a restaurant, consumers should confirm with the store or restaurant that it is not chopped romaine lettuce from the Yuma, Arizona growing region.
The CDC has not been able to identify a common grower, supplier, distributor or brand of romaine lettuce. But there have been a few recalls issued in connection with this matter.
One Pennsylvania company, Fresh Foods Manufacturing, announced on Saturday a voluntary recall of 8,757 pounds of retail salad products. People in the previous outbreak were infected with a different DNA fingerprint of E. coli O157:H7 bacteria. So far, the contaminated lettuce can be traced only to the Yuma, Arizona, growing region. At this time, ill people are not reporting whole heads or hearts of romaine. Symptoms include bloody diarrhea, severe stomach cramps and vomiting. "Anyone experiencing symptoms of this illness should see a healthcare provider". If it is unclear from where the lettuce came from Yuma, do not purchase it, CDC suggested.
Epidemiologic evidence collected to date indicates that chopped romaine lettuce is the likely source of this outbreak. We get answers, compensation for our clients who have been injured, and justice through our work. Read CDC's advice to consumers, restaurants, and retailers. Please note that class action lawsuits are usually not appropriate for outbreak victims because these types of cases are unique.
- Farah Khan to choreograph Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja's sangeet ceremony?
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- James Harrison announces retirement after 16 seasons
- Downing Street rejects request to discuss Windrush generation's immigration problems
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- Shire sells oncology business to France's Servier for $2.4bn
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Fair Isaac Corp., the company that devised the ubiquitous FICO credit scores, announced this week that it plans to roll out a suite of tools designed to predict future default risk.
Fair Isaac says the new products will predict how lenders can offer even more debt to consumers without taking on undue risk.
The update revamps the old credit-scoring formula so that it penalizes consumers with a high debt load more than the earlier version. FICO 08 should increase predictive strength by 5 to 15 percent, according to Fair Isaac’s vice president of scoring, Tom Quinn.
FICO 08 is also expected to do a better job of determining which consumers with past defaults are “more on the road to recovery and should have more of a higher score,” Quinn says.
The new index can look at three consumers with a 700 FICO score and determine which of the three could take on additional debt without defaulting, according to the company.
Source: Star-Tribune, Kara McGuire (01/22/08)
Miami developer Tibor Hollo has sued a real estate practitioner for $25 million, after the practitioner blogged that the developer went bankrupt in the 1980s and is facing financial difficulties in the current downturn.
Hollo filed the lawsuit against the firm Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell and its associate Lucas Lechuga, alleging libel and defamation against him and his Opera Tower condo development after Lechuga’s blog predicted that at least half of the owners in the 635-unit development would default.
That followed a post in November that Hollo had filed for bankruptcy in the 1980s, an allegation that appears to be untrue.
On Monday, Esslinger-Wooten-Maxwell fired Hollo.
Robert Jarvis, a constitutional law and ethics professor at Nova Southeastern University, who isn’t involved in the case, says he doubts Lechuga will be held liable for defaming Hollo.
”Courts understand [blogs] are written in unedited, unvetted fashion,” Jarvis says. “There’s a lot of hyperbole. That’s why it’s so difficult to win defamation lawsuits.”
Source: The Miami Herald, Patrick Danner (01/29/08)


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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMOV.com) -- When you think of honoring veterans, cookie dough is not something that comes to mind.
Unless you're a student at Parkway South High School.
Students there recently held an assembly to honor four veterans, and to make a special presentation.
These veterans have all made Honor Flights to the war memorials in Washington, D.C.
This year, the freshman class raised more than $11,000 to help pay for future flights, all by selling frozen cookie dough.
Finnegan Lodes sold the most and was honored with a commemorative medal.
"They're just the coolest people to talk to and it's amazing that I get to help them go to the memorials and- like they said- have one of the greatest days of their lives," he said.
Lodes did his sales the old fashioned way, going door-to-door.


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While social distancing and business shutdowns designed to combat the spread of COVID-19 brought a lot of economic activity to a screeching halt, some...
The $161,000 median sale price for condominiums was the highest for a January since 2015.
Greenwich and Darien showed, respectively, the highest figures for single-family home and condo sales.
In the view of Westchester real estate veteran Nicholas R. Wolff, something odd is going on in the marketplace. Wolff has had his ear to...
Valhalla-based Ginsburg Development Cos. held a ribbon-cutting and celebration on Sept. 12 at the Haverstraw site of The Waterfront at Harbors. The event was...
"It's encouraging to see Fairfield County sales up this quarter as well as the decrease in inventory," said Scott Elwell at Douglas Elliman Real Estate.
“People seem to really like it and, for the affluent downsizer in this market, there are very few if any options aside from this project," developer Alan Weissman said.
“Right now, the condo market is very strong," said Douglas Elliman’s Scott Elwell.
Last month marked the lowest number of February single-family home sales since 2015.
During January, single-family home sales in Connecticut totaled 1,835 transactions, down 310 from the 2,145 units sold in January 2018.
Sales and prices in Connecticut's condominium market were down in November.
October marked the third consecutive month that single-family homes sales in Connecticut have declined year-over-year.
The median sale price of condominiums rose 3.7 percent in July on a year-over-year basis to $175,000, a four-year high.
Jim Pauley of the National Fire Protection Association expressed concern over what he dubbed "the breakdown of the code process in Connecticut."
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota could double its oil production by 2015 to more than 1 million barrels daily, putting it on par with Texas "if everything goes our way," the state's top oil regulator told industry and government officials Wednesday.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal jury ruled Wednesday that Google didn't infringe on Oracle's patents when the Internet search leader developed its popular Android software for mobile devices.
NEW YORK (AP) - If you were thinking of picking up a few shares of Facebook last week, when it went public at a price of $38, you might be seriously tempted now that the stock has fallen $7 in two days.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans are buying more homes in every region of the country, the latest indication that the housing market could be on the mend.
SAN JOSE (AP) - Facebook is close to settling a lawsuit over advertisements it calls "sponsored stories."
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google has completed its $12.5 billion purchase of device maker Motorola Mobility in a deal that poses new challenges for the Internet's most powerful company as it tries to shape the future of mobile computing.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new government study released Tuesday says that allowing Bush-era tax cuts to expire and a scheduled round of automatic spending cuts to take effect would probably throw the economy into a recession.
DETROIT (AP) - Ford Motor Co. is getting its blue oval logo back.
NEW YORK (AP) - Two leading proxy adviser firms are telling Wal-Mart shareholders to vote against certain board members up for re-election next week, saying the directors neglected their responsibility in an alleged bribery scheme in Wal-Mart's Mexican operations.
NEW YORK (AP) - A new survey shows economists are growing slightly more optimistic about recovery in the job and housing markets but expect other pillars of the economy to remain weak.
NEW YORK (AP) - Facebook was supposed to soar. Instead, it plunged.
NEW YORK (AP) - "MONDEWHAAAAT?"
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) - In Silicon Valley, where sudden wealth is hardly something new and CEOs favor hoodies over bespoke blazers, Facebook's IPO on Friday didn't bring everyday life to a halt.
NEW YORK (AP) - It was barely a "like" and definitely not a "love" from Facebook investors as the online social network's stock failed to live up to the hype in its trading debut Friday.
NEW YORK (AP ) - If you're lucky enough to live in some parts of the United States, you may see gas pump prices fall to around $3.25 a gallon or less in the next week or two. Even West Coast drivers should get some relief from prices that are still above $4 a gallon.
MIAMI (AP) - They want it fresh. They want it cheap. They want it fast. And most importantly, they don't want it to taste like it's good for them.
CHICAGO (AP) - Trying to slim down? Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig scored the best marks for effectiveness in a review of research on commercial diet programs, but many other plans just haven't been studied enough to evaluate long-term results.
NEW YORK (AP) - Starbucks says its workers can now have four years of tuition covered for an online college degree from Arizona State University instead of just two, marking the latest sign that companies are rethinking their treatment of low-wage workers.
NEW YORK (AP) - Business travelers are bypassing the taxi queue with greater frequency, choosing instead ride-hailing services like Uber Technologies.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that its first-quarter operating income likely beat analysts' consensus.
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Elvis Presley had one; so did Clark Gable. It was even the sedan of presidents. Then the name vanished amid an invasion of newer luxury cars from Europe and Asia.
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Export-oriented commercial farms in Mexico's Baja California state say they have offered farm workers a 15-percent wage increase to end a two-week-old strike.
NEW YORK (AP) - A McMuffin for dinner? It might happen, as McDonald's plans to test an all-day breakfast at some locations in the San Diego area starting next month.
SEATTLE (AP) - Amazon.com is introducing a referral service to help people to get projects and chores done around their homes.
NEW YORK (AP) - Madonna, Rihanna, Beyonce and Jay Z are among the A-List musicians who are co-owners of Tidal, a streaming service being billed as the first artist-owned platform for music and video.
DETROIT (AP) - Volvo Cars is planning to build its first-ever U.S. assembly plant as part of a push to increase sales here.
NEW YORK (AP) - StubHub is suing Ticketmaster and the Golden State Warriors, alleging it unfairly required fans looking to resell tickets to use Ticketmaster's resale exchange.
DETROIT (AP) - Tesla Motors says it will reveal a new product next month, but it's not a car.
NEW YORK (AP) - It was a tempest in a coffee cup.
NEW YORK (AP) - Americans bought less soda for the 10th straight year in 2014, with diet sodas shrinking more than their sugary counterparts, according to a report released Thursday.


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Technical Analyst Gaurang Shah of Geojit BNP Paribas has maintained 'hold' rating on Piramal Healthcare Ltd stock with stop loss of Rs 480.
According to analyst, the investors can exit on rally to around Rs 525-545.
Today, the stock opened at Rs 520 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 599.90 and a low of Rs 261.60 on BSE.
Current EPS & P/E ratio stood at 22.70 and 22.12 respectively.
US drug major Abbott Labs has bought the domestic business of India-based Piramal Healthcare for around $3.7 billion.
Abbott won auction bid for Piramal Healthcare after fending off fight from other pharma giants including Britain's GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi Aventis and Pfizer.
Piramal will hold its manufacturing business supplying other drug makers throughout the world, as well as other operations including consumer products and bulk drugs manufacturing.
Abbott will make up-front payment of $2.12 billion and the remaining in annual payments of $400 million for four years from 2011.
The deal is the third major inbound acquirement in any Indian segment, just behind Japanese drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo's $4.2 billion adoption of Ranbaxy in the year 2008.


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Choosing a brand-new vehicle brimming with cutting edge features and a sleek new design can certainly add extra excitement to the car-buying process.
But taking this route may also come with a downside, as the implementation of new and relatively unproven technology sometimes misfires when it comes to reliability.
Consumer Reports’ 2017 auto survey, which incorporates results from 640,000 vehicles owned by 400,000 subscribers, shows that “all-new or updated models are more likely than older ones to have a wonky engine, a jerky transmission, or high-tech features that fail outright.”
Owners of first-year models had twice as many complaints about in-car electronics as owners of models with no major changes, for example.
Redesigned 2017 models with “major growing pains” to be highlighted in the findings include the Buick LaCrosse, GMC Acadia and Subaru Impreza.
But on the other hand, cars dogged with reliability problems can also quickly bounce back with improvements the next model year. That has been seen with the Hyundai Tuscon. CR’s survey showed that the 2016 model scored poorly because of its transmission, but complaints about the 2017 model more than halved.
To avoid splashing out on a new model that fails to live up to expectations, Consumer Reports advises buyers to:
- Be patient and wait for a couple of years before buying a new or redesigned car.
- Buy an outgoing model that’s likely to be more reliable than a brand-new one.
- Check the brand’s reliability to see the automaker’s track record overall.
- Consider leasing to get the new features under warranty.
If you’re planning to purchase a new or redesigned model, have a look at the leading brands for reliability ranked according to Consumer Reports’ 2017 study, of which the top ten are listed below, including their change in rank from the previous year.
10 Most reliable auto brands ranked by Consumer Reports
- Toyota (+1)
- Lexus (-1)
- Kia (+2)
- Audi (−)
- BMW (+4)
- Subaru (+5)
- Infiniti (+1)
- Buick (-5)
- Honda (+1)
- Hyundai (-3)
Visit ConsumerReports.org if you’d like to read more about car brand and model reliability.


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MANILA, PHILIPPINES , April 20, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Fokawa, a cryptocurrency trading platform that has been in development for over five years and boasts security improvements to protect traders from fraud, has relaunched with new features. Alongside the launch of this innovative service comes a unique token – FKW.
Fokawa is a secure decentralized blockchain-powered ecosystem built on the Tron blockchain that simplifies digital payments and means of exchange. Users can trade top cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron, Solana, Cardano, BNB, Ripple, etc.
Fokawa’s native token, FKW, is used to power the ecosystem and is inflationary. Fokawa also allows users to stake their tokens to earn interest on their holdings. The platform is designed to be user-friendly and intuitive, making it easy for even newcomers to the world of cryptocurrency to get started. With its wide range of features and affordable fees, Fokawa is quickly becoming the go-to platform for those looking to simplify their cryptocurrency usage.
The FKW token has a total supply of 10,000,000,000. Ten percent of the tokens will be available during the ICO sale. The remaining tokens are allocated as follows: 10 percent goes to community awards, 30 percent is allocated for the team, and another 30 percent is for partnerships. Ten percent goes to advisors and legal taxes, and the final 10 percent is allocated for bounties and airdrops. The FKW token is tradeable on exchanges and can be used to purchase goods and services online. The team behind the FKW token is committed to building a strong community and developing partnerships that will help increase the currency’s adoption.
Fokawa’s digital assets exchange is not the only place where FKW tokens can be bought. The token can also be purchased on the Tron network’s decentralized exchange, Sunswap. Sunswap is a platform that allows users to trade digital assets securely and efficiently. The platform uses smart contracts to facilitate transactions and ensure that all parties involved adhere to the terms of the agreement. In addition, Sunswap does not charge any fees for trades, making it an attractive option for those looking to purchase FKW tokens.
Fokawa plans to list the FKW token on major exchanges in quarter four of 2023 and launch partnerships with major payment aggregators in quarter one of 2024. The development team hopes to have more than 100,000 merchants using the exchange by quarter two in 2024 and more than 1,000 casino and sportsbook partners by the third quarter of 2024.
This roadmap provides a clear path for the FKW token to become a major player in the cryptocurrency landscape. By listing on major exchanges and partnering with leading payment providers, Fokawa will be able to provide widespread access to its services. Additionally, the team’s ambitious merchant and customer acquisition goals will help to increase the utility of the FKW token, leading to greater demand and price appreciation. The penultimate goal is to reach the top 100 crypto market cap by the first quarter of 2025.
For more information about the Fokawa exchange and the FKW token, visit fokawa.com.
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Inflation tops 100% in Argentina as the price of beef spikes
Argentina logged a three-digit inflation rate for the first time in over 30 years in February, according to government data published Tuesday.
Eggs and bacon are finally getting cheaper
Inflation and a historic case of avian flu have made eggs expensive, but costs are finally falling, in addition to prices for other breakfast staples.
Soaring energy prices and bad weather have led to a salad crisis in the UK as supermarkets ration tomatoes and cucumbers
Britons should eat turnips as supermarket shelves remain low on tomatoes and cucumbers, the UK's environment secretary suggested.
Inflation hits a staggering 99% in Argentina even after spiraling food prices sparked street protests
Argentina's government is desperately trying to tame soaring prices, but economists expect year-on-year inflation near 100% for much of 2023.
Americans' breakfast takes a hit as egg prices surpass beef and the cost of orange juice soars
A historic wave of bird flu, damaging hurricanes, and plant disease are contributing to soaring costs for breakfasts across the country.
Fed official says he looks at the price of Stouffer's frozen lasagna to gauge inflation
In an interview with CNN, Minneapolis Fed president Neel Kashkari said he looked at the price of lasagna to think about inflation, which he said is up $5.
People are turning to fish heads, protein shakes, and unsold-food apps to save money on groceries
An extra £682, or $837, a year on an average food bill has taken its toll, with more people turning to unsold-food apps and batch cooking to save.
Wheat prices soar as Russia threatens global supplies by pulling out of grain deal
Russia withdrew from a grain export deal with Ukraine Saturday after claiming that drones had attacked its Black Sea Fleet.
The global economy will be even tougher in 2023 unless central banks can get inflation under control, IMF chief says
The IMF chief said inflation would have an outsized impact on the poor, and would only lead to "more people on the street."
Jamie Dimon will raise the prospect of economic disaster to Congress - and sound the alarm on painful inflation
Dimon will also defend his bank's vital role in financing businesses, infrastructure, and consumer purchases, especially during tough times.
Larry Summers urges the Fed to keep raising rates - and warns that hiking too slowly risks an economic disaster
The former Treasury secretary flagged a "substantial underlying inflation problem," and raised the prospect of rates climbing to over 5%.
Wall Street's biggest investors fear an economic nightmare is coming. They may be right.
Everyone from big banks to hedge funds expects the economy to suck for years to come — and it looks like they may be right.
From eggs to coffee, these are the foods that have gotten the most expensive over the past year
The price of eggs has gone up 39.8% over the past year, while margarine prices have risen by 38.3%, BLS data shows.
California farms have more than half a million acres unplanted this year due to drought, as food prices continue to climb
California farms have seen unplanted acres rise 36% from a year earlier, due to extreme drought and resulting water-supply restrictions.
5 grocery items have gotten way too expensive for my budget, so I'm making smart swaps for cheaper goods
Jen Glantz is drinking half a cup of instant coffee every morning (rather than a full cup) and topping off her caffeine needs with tea to save money.
Corporate America's 'greedflation' window of opportunity is closing as consumers tighten their purse strings - and the markets will feel the pinch, experts say
"The squeeze is going to take its toll and the window of easily passing on cost increases to end consumers is passing," Craig Erlam told Insider.
Walmart just issued a major profit warning. 'Big Short' investor Michael Burry predicted the mega-retailer's problems
Burry said inflation would hit consumer demand, and retailers would cut prices to shift inventory, eroding company earnings. Walmart saw exactly that.
Walmart says the high cost of food and gas is hindering the ability of its customers to buy anything else, which will hurt its bottom line
Walmart said the increased cost of food and fuel is affecting customers' ability to spend on other goods Walmart offers, like clothing.
The stock market is tanking but UBS says companies targeting high income spenders could surge as much as 50%. Here are 38 stocks that fit the bill.
Stocks are taking a beating at rates rise and inflation surges. UBS analysts highlight a pocket of the the market that could bring 50% upside.
Grocery Outlet says it's up to 70% cheaper than other supermarkets. I visited the store and saw why bargain-hunters love it.
As food prices soar, Grocery Outlet promises prices 40%-70% below traditional grocers due to opportunistic buying.


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recently launched the track-focused version of its middleweight roadster, the Street Triple RS
, in India with a price tag of Rs 10.55 lakh (ex-showroom). At the sidelines of the event, TOI Auto caught up with Vimal Sumbly
, Managing Director, Triumph Motorcycles India, to chat about the newly-launched bike and future products.
Sumbly spoke about the strategy behind launching the base S and top-end RS version of the Street Triple
, leaving out the mid R version.
He also said that the company is going to bring something very exciting at the upcoming India Bike Week (IBW) which is scheduled for next month. But the most important news point has to do with the mid-sized future motorcycle, which will be introduced in collaboration with Bajaj
and will make its global debut in India.
(Edited excerpts from the interview for better clarity)First, you launched the base 'S' version and now the top 'RS,' why the mid-level Street Triple R is missing?
The RS has just been announced and the first batch is completely booked out. Within the Street Triple
, if you look in India there are lots of consumers who want both a street bike and as well as something they can use on the track. This is not a country where tracks are available everywhere, it's once, twice or thrice a year that a person would go to the track. Now, you don't want to buy a track bike and keep it there, and not use on the streets, so we saw an opportunity within the segment. The RS is a bike that can be used on both the street as well as the track.What new we can expect in the modern classic range in the coming days, are you considering the affordable cafe racer - the Street Cup?
Within the classic range, we have today six brands. We have the Street Twin which is a very modern classic, we have the T100 which is a pure classic, the T120 on the 1,200cc platform along with the Thruxton R. We introduced the Bobber within the classic segment and we also introduced the Scrambler
. So, the classic segment is already full, and that contributes to the 50 per cent of our volume in India.
We want to have the best of the cafe racer because the actual concept of the category is for race and the Truxton R is a race bike and it is doing its job well in that segment. We want to focus on its development. I think we have taken a good step to bring the Thruxton R and it is selling on an average of 30-40 units per year of it and we want to grow it to 100. Once we do it then it makes a sense to get other products in the segment. Can you tell us something about the category of the product that you have said you will unveil first in India?
As of now, we have only declared a partnership with Bajaj Auto
, I can't speak beyond a point on that. That is a partnership which will bring a mid-segment of motorcycles within an affordable price range. So, you will have a premium segment of motorcycles at an affordable price point.Can we expect to see the new Bonneville Speedmaster and the Bobber Black at the 2018 Auto Expo?
We are expecting it too. Currently, we are focusing on the existing brands and towards growing them. Bobber
was launched just 4-5 months back.
We will show you something more, as of now we haven't confirmed. Right now we are focusing on India Bike Week (IBW) which is a big biking event in India. And we are doing something there and then we will talk about the Auto Expo. What can we expect for the 2017 IBW?
You will see more excitement coming from Triumph, that's all I can say.


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Drinkaware took its campaign to raise awareness of the dangers associated with consuming too much alcohol to ASDA, Newton Mearns.
The event which took place on Friday, January 13 saw the alchol charity set-up at the store to give customers the opportunity to access friendly advice and to ask questions.
Participants were encouraged to complete a quick alcohol assessment using Drinkaware scratch cards and can take home a free alcohol unit measuring cup and calorie wheel.
There was also specific help for parents on how to speak to their kids about alcohol and how to answer the difficult questions that children can ask.
A long-standing partner of Asda, Drinkaware provides consumers with honest information, advice and tips to help them make informed decisions about alcohol.
Chris Lowe, senior director for Corporate Affairs at Asda, said: “Working with Drinkaware is central to our role as a responsible retailer of alcohol and this new project aims to provide impartial, evidence-based information and practical resources in a non-judgmental, engaging and fun environment.
“Our customer insight shows that a lot of shoppers think about their health in January and look for ways to cut back on their alcohol consumption after the festive period.
“We are pleased to be hosting Drinkaware trained colleagues in store offering accessible, friendly advice to customers.”
Elaine Hindal, chief executive Drinkaware, said: “Understanding your alcohol intake can be confusing which is why we have produced a series of scratch-cards to help present clear information, in a simple, non-judgemental manner.
“This January we are spreading the word about how having just a little less alcohol can help people stay healthy and we hope the information we present can help people make better choices about their drinking.”
MSP Jackson Carlaw and MP Kirsten Oswald visited the the store as part of the event.
Kirsten said: “It was useful to attend the Drinkaware event at ASDA Newton Mearns, and it was positive to see so many shoppers take a moment to stop and speak to the advisors.
“The team was encouraging people to think about how many units of alcohol they drink per week and suggesting healthier options, which is particularly timely in January, when many people are giving some thought to leading a healthier life.
“Drinkaware perform a welcome and important role, and I am pleased to see them here in East Renfrewshire.”
Eastwood MSP, Jackson Carlaw said: “Drinkaware is rightly engaging with the public to help change perceptions of what is a healthy amount to drink.
“New Year resolutions come and go but ensuring that you are not over the drink drive limit may well save you from spending a night in the cells.”


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BCE, Bell’s parent company, announced its Q1 2016 results today, revealing that the company increased its wireless revenues and also saw a jump in subscribers.
According to the report, Bell’s wireless earnings for the past three months saw service revenues increase by 5.3 percent to $1.6 billion, up from $1.5 billion the same period last year. However, a massive decline in “product revenues” as it dropped 18.1 percent to $104 million “due to intensely competitive promotional handset pricing as well as fewer customer upgrades and postpaid gross additions.”
In total Bell wireless operating revenues surged by 3.4 percent to almost a whopping $1.7 billion, up from $1,637 million last year.
Bell’s total postpaid customers totalled 7,401,221 at the end of the quarter, which is an increase of 3.6 percent, but postpaid net subscriber additions were only 25,805 because of “reduced market activity.” Total Bell wireless subscribers base is now at 8,235,963.
Blended Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) increased 3.6 percent to $63.02. Bell noted this was “driven by a higher percentage of customers on 2-year contracts, increased data usage on our leading 4G LTE networks, and a greater mix of smartphone postpaid customers.”
Postpaid subscribers with smartphones on Bell’s network now make up for 82 percent of users, up from 77 percent at the end of Q1 2015. Another interesting stat that was revealed was the adoption of postpaid customers on its LTE network, which jumped by 21 percent to reach 73 percent.
Bell’s 4G LTE network now covers 96 percent of the Canadian population, while it’s newly unveiled LTE-Advanced network is now available to 49 percent of Canadians and will expand its coverage to 75 percent by the end of 2016.
In the report, George Cope, Bell’s CEO stated, “The Bell strategy of investment in the most advanced networks and product innovations, combined with a focus on operational efficiency at every level, is clearly delivering the better broadband customer experience. The Bell team’s strong operational execution, focus on growing broadband usage and effective cost management across our wireless, wireline and media segments has now delivered 42 consecutive quarters of uninterrupted year-over-year adjusted EBITDA growth.”


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Hyderabad: Creamline Dairy Products Limited (CDPL), a leading dairy player in Southern India and a subsidiary of Godrej Agrovet, today launched a television campaign that highlights building immunity of the entire family with milk and milk products.
Milk is an excellent source of protein and it is consumed daily for growth and development of the body as well as to stay fit. Given that building immunity is the need of the hour, the TVC aims to highlight that the goodness of milk and milk products are key to building a healthy immune system.
The TVC is created in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. Through two simple and effective renditions, it highlights JERSEY’s wide range of immunity-building choices apart from the daily glass of milk. Jersey Paneer, Badam Milk, Ghee or delicious Curd enables both to create a great tasting recipe and maintain good health. The TVC will be aired across AP and Telangana.
Speaking about the campaign, Raj Kanwar, CEO, Creamline Dairy Private Ltd. said, “A protein-rich diet is known to help in building immunity and dairy products are an easy and affordable way to add them in our daily diet. The Health and wellbeing of the family is a top priority for everyone today. The TVC aims to highlight the wide range of dairy products available under brand Jersey and showcase multiple ways to integrate them as an important source of nutrition in our daily diet for building immunity.”
V Seshagiri Rao, Sr. Partner, R K Swamy BBDO Advertising agency, Hyderabad, said, “Being a preferred dairy brand, especially for mothers, for over 25 years, it was imperative that JERSEY connect meaningfully with its consumers in these trying times. The campaign will help strengthen the brand’s diverse range and help build further equity in the health and immunity space, something that will remain a primary consumer concern for the foreseeable future.”
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December 17 has witnessed the unveiling of two Honor smartphones, dubbed the Honor V10 aka View 10 and Honor 7X worldwide via the global launch event held in London. Time and again these smartphones have been made available in the Chinese market. Following to which, the Indian market got hands on the Honor 7X smartphone which debuted with a price tag of Rs. 12,999. Even, Honor 7X has experienced an overwhelming welcome due to which Honor 7X’s flash sales were pretty much successful (while in the first flash sale the smartphone stocks went dry, the second flash sale also ended with being ‘out-of-stock‘). If the reports are anything to go by, the rebranded Honor View 10 goes on sales in India alongside debuts in the US.
Reports have apparently confirmed that Honor rebranded smartphone- the Honor View 10 has gone on sales in India via Amazon India. Earlier we have already informed about the possibility of the smartphone to be an Amazon exclusive device (in case one may check out this report where we have given a detailed information on the registration procedure). The device, for the first time, is going on flash sale via Amazon, so we are still left to witness whether or not the company again experiences an overwhelming welcome!
The Honor View 10 is an AI focussed smartphone which has also been introduced in the US at CES 2018. While Honor didn’t hint us anything about the pricing of the device, it is expected to be confirmed soon. From what GizmoChina has reported, it is anticipated that Honor View 10 in the US is pegged to be priced at 499 euros (~$600).
Coming to its key specifications, the Honor View 10 bears a 5.99-inch FHD+ IPS LCD FullView display and supports a screen resolution of 2160 x 1080 pixels with an aspect ratio of 18:9. The smartphone powers the HiSilicon Kirin 970 SoC which is capable of delivering best results with improved technology. The processor is paired with 6GB of RAM alongside 128GB of default memory space which can be further expandable up to 256GB using a microSD card slot.
The Honor View 10 runs the Android 8.0 Oreo with the EMUI 8.0 on top and supports a dual camera setup on the rear panel (16MP RGB primary sensor + 20MP monochrome secondary sensor). Features like Smart Tips and AI-accelerated translator are some of the important ones. For the time being, let us wait and check whether or not this Honor smartphone becomes one big success for the company.


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The holiday season is a time when families get together to enjoy one another’s company and exchange presents. It’s also a time when people are at their most charitable. As such, there are an increased number of charity scams.
Internet scams, including charity fraud are something you should always be on the lookout for, not just during the holiday season. Go Banking Rates spoke to a professional on the matter to help charitable givers avoid online fraud.
Charity Fraud During the Holiday Season
Steven Weisman, an attorney, author of several books on the subject of fraud and the proprietor of Scamicide.com, a website specifically designed to target scammers, shared his thoughts on the issue of holiday charity fraud.
“People are vulnerable to charity scams during the holidays,” explains Weisman, “these scammers have a knowledge of psychology that would be the envy of Freud.”
The reason is that this time of year when people are feeling most generous. “This is a perfect storm for identity thieves and scammers,” says Weisman.
Common Charity Scams
People might be confused because they’re on the “Do not call” list, but still receive calls. This happens because that list does not apply to charitable organizations. If a charity calls you, you shouldn’t assume that it’s a scam. You should, however, do your due diligence to protect your savings account — which means never giving money over the phone.
Instead of relaying private financial information over the phone, thank them for their time, do some online research, and if the organization is legitimate, donate through their website.
Additionally, avoid being the victim of internet scams by making sure that the charity’s website is entirely secure before initiating the transaction. Website URLs should begin with “https://” rather than the standard “http://”.
Another way consumers are preyed upon is when scammers use fake charity names that sound like a real charity group.
“The American Cancer Society is a real charity,” says Weisman, “the National Cancer Society is a scam.” Again, you can avoid being scammed in this way by doing online research. If you find that you were called by a potential identity thief, notify the state attorney general — and consider giving your money to the similar, but legitimate, cause.
Finally, while not a scam, people should be aware of how much of their money is going its intended purpose, versus administrative costs and salaries for the organization’s staff.
“If it’s more than 25 percent,” says Weisman, “it’s legal, but it borders on a scam.” You can easily research charities in general as well as what portion of your donation goes towards charitable purposes by using the website CharityNavigator.org.
Protect Your Identity and Savings From Internet Scams
When avoiding identity theft, internet scams and charity fraud during the holiday season, you just have to do the same kind of due diligence that you do during the rest of the year.
Still, because you may feel extra generous this month, you’re an even bigger target for a fraudulent operation. Know exactly who you’re giving to and how it’s being allocated, so you can ensure your money goes to causes which are most important to you and your family this holiday.


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IDC named IBM a leader in the newly published IDC MarketScape on cloud professional services.
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Have you smelled a peculiar odour in this area?
City staff and council, including Ward Councillor Paul Sharman, are investigating after receiving a large number of complaints about an odour emitting from Sofina Foods, a meat processing plant at the intersection of Harvester Road and Appleby Line.
According to a recent statement, Sofina Foods is attempting to determine the origins of the odour, and has been working with the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks to find a resolution.
On Friday, October 11, a ministry order was issued to the company requiring them to remove waste sludge from the property within three hours of filling a tanker trailer, in order to quickly improve the smell of the area.
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Ministry staff have been to the property multiple times to look into the odours and to discuss what the company is doing to control them. As there are several sources of odours at the property, the company has hired a consulting firm to assess the sources.
Residents are encouraged to report any odour near the area to Sofina Foods at 289-834-3543.


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A Jolt to the Health Conscious : Full of Sugar and Caffeine, Cola May Liven Laid-Back Southland
Phillip Sontag, an account coordinator at a Los Angeles public relations firm, used to drink three cups of coffee daily to stay alert at his job. But he says he’s found a more tasty alternative for his daily dose of caffeine: Jolt Cola.
In making the switch to the sugary, caffeine-laden Jolt, Sontag--who describes himself as health conscious and who heard about it on a local radio station--has become as much of a contradiction as the beverage he consumes. At a time when other beverage makers are stressing the nutritional value of their product, Jolt Co. is thumbing its nose at the trend by marketing a cola with “all the sugar and twice the caffeine” of other brands.
“Soft drinks were not intended to be health foods, they are supposed to be refreshing and lots of fun,” said C. J. Rapp, the 28-year-old president of Jolt, based in Rochester, N.Y. “The American consumer has turned more health conscious. But we’re finding that consumers are really of two different natures. . . . Consumers are very conscious of appearance but they’re also looking for something for a replacement of energy.”
Southern California consumers like Sontag could well decide the fate of Jolt, which became available in Southern California only two months ago. That’s because although Southern California consumers have a reputation for being health conscious, those same consumers make up the biggest soft drink market in the world.
“Southern California is a crucial market,” said Ted Molakides, president of San Francisco-based Golden Brands Market, which distributes Jolt in California and Nevada. “There are 30 million people here and the average consumer probably drinks 44 gallons of soft drinks a year.”
To reach the Southern California’s youth market, Jolt has launched an outdoor advertising campaign on about 50 billboards. The advertisements show a man, with his hair on end, like he is being electrocuted, saying: “Jolt Cola. For those that dare to want it all!”
Jolt currently is seeking about $10 million in venture capital financing to fund a nationwide television advertising campaign, Rapp said.
For more than a year, Jolt has flourished without having to mount any advertising campaign at all.
Introduced in the wake of Coca-Cola’s ill-fated introduction of New Coke, Jolt received widespread coverage from newspapers and television stations when it appeared in Rochester in April, 1986, with only three employees and a paltry $100,000 advertising budget.
Quickly Sold Out
In the first few weeks in Rochester, consumers quickly emptied store shelves of the product even though some consumer advocates, such as Michael S. Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, decried Jolt as “a legal product that is absolute nutritional junk.”
Each 12-ounce can of Jolt contains 71 milligrams of caffeine (twice the amount in other regular colas but about one-third the amount in a cup of coffee), about 10 teaspoons of sugar and 167 calories. In the fall, the company will begin marketing a diet version, called Jolt 25, which will be sweetened with sugar and NutraSweet and have 25 calories per 12-ounce can.
But as the novelty wears off, Jolt will have to rely on its own marketing strengths to compete against soft drink giants such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi.
The cutthroat competition nearly crippled another soft drink company, A. J. Canfield Co. of Chicago, which suddenly found itself unable to meet the huge demand for its diet chocolate fudge soda after a favorable column in a local newspaper.
Temporarily finding itself without a franchising plan and unwilling to spend money to expand production capacity in Chicago, Canfield ended up settling for a regional share of the national soft drink market as a host of imitators quickly began offering chocolate or fudge flavored sodas, including cookie makers Famous Amos and Mrs. Fields.
Uses Beer Distributors
But Jolt hopes to avoid some of the problems Canfield faced with distribution and supply by using a novel distribution system. Although Jolt is bottled by its soft drink competitors in some areas, the product is being distributed mainly through a vast network of beer distributors, such as Golden Brands, rather than through the soft drink network, which is largely controlled by Pepsi-Cola, Coca-Cola and Seven-Up.
“When the demand for Jolt began to pick up, we decided the key was to service retailers the best way we can,” Rapp said. “The beauty of our distribution system is that regardless of how many soft drinks they sell, it doesn’t conflict with beer sales. I think that’s why we’ve been so successful.”
JOLT COLA: WHAT’S IN IT?
“All the sugar and twice the caffeine,” says Jolt Co. Specifically, a 12-ounce can contains about 10 teaspoons of cane sugar and has 167 calories.
As for caffeine, it has 71 milligrams per can, or 5.9 milligrams per ounce. That’s just short of the 6.0 milligram maximum level set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for soft drinks. The caffeine level is about twice that of most soft drinks with caffeine, Jolt says, but only a third that of coffee.
And, what else is in there? Carbonated water, caramel color, phosphoric acid, citric acid and natural flavor.


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Ford Motors México began the mass manufacture of the first electric SUV, Mustang
Mach E, at the Cuautitlán plant, in the state of Mexico, which will start the export and sales of this model in the country.
In order to produce its first electric vehicle for the world, the American automaker chose Mexico, where it has a centre for design and innovation development.
With the presence of the Governor of the State of Mexico, Alfredo del Mazo, Ford Mexico's Executive Director, Héctor Pérez, announced a new era for the worldwide signing of the Blue Oval in the context of the 56th anniversary of the plant.
“Mexico is the perfect country to lead this transformation, thanks to the capacity and experience that Mexicans have shown in the design, engineering and manufacture of the brand’s products, we have been selected to revolutionize Ford’s history with the first electric SUV of the brand, just as we revolutionized the automotive industry in the country 95 years ago, and 56 years after celebrating the inauguration of our Cuautitlán plant, ”said Héctor Pérez.
He added that since the requirements and needs are completely different, the assembly of a totally electric vehicle is different from that of a combustion vehicle. This is why the Cuautitlán Izcalli plant, where the Ford Fiesta was produced from 2010 to 2019, carried out an adaptation process of approximately one year in order to integrate new technologies, as well as meet all the requirements to have the complete equipment.
The company reported that the staff received training for the new assembly that allowed them to know each of the processes for creating this product, its technology, design and engineering, in order to deliver the most innovative vehicle with the highest level of quality characteristics. About Mexican talent.
The Mustang Mach-E, Ford's first electric SUV, ranges from 332 to 459 horsepower and 417 to 612 lb in extended-reach all-wheel drive configurations. Torque-foot2. Similarly, for the first time, the electric pony will incorporate some of the technologies and driving modes that make it Ford's most innovative, as it is equipped with an extended-range battery and rear-wheel drive with an estimated range of at least 480 kilometres.
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Gibson County High School Partners with Dodge
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August 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM
Location: Gibson County High School – 130 Trenton Highway, Dyer, TN 38330
Representatives from Dodge brand and Humboldt Dodge Chrysler Jeep Inc. will join Gibson County High School for a Dodge Booster Club Fundraiser at 130 Trenton Highway in Dyer, TN on Thursday, August 16. Dodge will make a $20 donation to Gibson County High School for each person who takes a short test drive at the event. Come check out and take a spin in the latest Dodge Brand vehicles from Humboldt Dodge Chrysler Jeep Inc. Any licensed driver, age 18 or older with a valid driver’s license, may drive and earn a $20 donation. Test drives will take place from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the school’s “Band Preview Night” event.
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McDonald's intend to apply the adult rate to all fully trained employees over the age of 17 and Burger King to all trained staff whatever their age, the Labour Research Department has been told.
Last week, after prolonged cabinet in-fighting, the Government announced that a statutory floor on pay of pounds 3.60 an hour would apply to those aged 22 and over, that 18- to 21-year-olds would be covered by a pounds 3 limit and that there would be no minimum for those aged 16 and 17.
There is mounting evidence, however, that employers are moving away from rates based on age, to wages based on competence.
The GMB general union will reveal tomorrow that a range of employers in the food and leisure industry covering nearly 100,000 workers are rejecting the idea of an "age wage".
Derek Hunter, a national official with the GMB, will tell the union's food and leisure conference that deals have been signed by companies in food manufacturing and wholesale grocery which either abolish age-related rates or significantly reduce the "differentials". One big company, Nestle- Rowntree, recently abandoned lower rates for 16- and 17-year-olds except those on training schemes.
Some 75 per cent of employees at Burger King are below the age of 22 and the lowest rate for trained staff of pounds 3.39 is expected to be up-rated to pounds 3.60 whatever their age. At McDonald's the lowest wage of pounds 3.50 for those over 18 would be raised to at least pounds 3.60 even for 18- to 21-year- olds.
Mr Hunter said the Low Pay Commission's decision to recommend a lower rate for younger people flew in the face of trends in the labour market. "Employers are responding to the logic of the argument that if you are competent to perform a task, you should get the rate for the job," he said.
Alastair Hatchett, of research organisation Incomes Data Services, found that businesses are moving away from scales based on age towards shorter- term trial periods or "skills and competency-based entry rates".
Mr Hatchett says the trend has been most marked in the retail sector and began in the late 1980s. Tesco, Sainsburys and WH Smith began to raise their "youth" rates eight years ago, he said.Reuse content


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SL Capital’s listed fund-of-fund Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPET) deployed £47.6m across three secondary market purchases in the year to 30 September 2019, according to its recently released annual report.
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A lot has changed since VR Journalism emerged as a possible platform. There’s more hardware than Oculus; Google and GoPro are collaborative for VR development; and news organizations have begun to produce VR experiences. But is this really the next disruption? Has VR finally gone from hype to reality? Join the “Godmother of VR,” a gaming veteran turned journalist, a director of digital interactives and a professor who believe VR has finally arrived and has found a home in journalism. While it may seem out of reach, learn how newsrooms of nearly any size can create these immersive experiences.
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- What the hell does VR Journalism look and feel like?
- How can I get started in producing VR experiences for journalism?
- Is VR real? It's been promised and hyped up for years... why now?
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- Nonny de la Peña, CEO, Emblematic Group
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By Dennis Aguillón
In the Chinese city of Yulin, a significant rescue was carried out of almost a hundred dogs that were to be slaughtered for consumption in a "festival" that generated much controversy.. The animals had been stolen from their owners and were rescued from a slaughterhouse by activists.
Every year at the end of June, coinciding with the beginning of summer (21 of June), a "dog meat festival" is held in Yulin.
As Humane Society International activists explain (HSI), in China the consumption of canine meat is approximately 10 million dogs per year, much of the dog meat has no safety control so there may be a risk of disease and other health problems.
This meat is generally traded illegally in the city market. For some it is a delicacy, for others it is an aberration asserted a Chinese activist who is against this practice.
Contrary to what is believed, this "festival" is not an ancient tradition, it was created in 2010 by dog meat merchants to increase profits. The consumption of this meat had already been decreased as a culinary subculture in China, and there has never been such a “festival” before.
The rescued animals are transferred to a refuge center to be taken care of, and then they are sent to rescue centers around the country.


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Japan wants the world to know just how cool it is. Over the past six months, the country’s government has announced plans to pump millions of dollars into companies eager to expand internationally, such as the online lifestyle retailer Tokyo Otaku Mode and the ramen chain Ippudo. And that’s just the start. There are plans for a Japan-centric TV station and many more projects aimed at promoting the nation’s culture to the rest of the world while generating money and interest in the 2020 Olympic Games, hosted by Tokyo. The effort isn't new: For over a decade, the country has embraced “Cool Japan,” a government-supported movement focused on selling what many have described as its “gross national cool.” This has involved touting cornerstones of pop culture such as cartoons, comics, music, and food overseas, as well as seemingly less hip products such as rugs and salt.
Last year, the Japanese government created the Cool Japan Fund, an organization tasked with helping businesses expand overseas, backed by an initial investment of several billion dollars. The country shifted to this approach several years after its “bubble economy” popped in the 1990s, turning to pop-culture exports in place of the industrial ones that helped Japan boom in the 1980s. There is some irony at work here—an eagerness to promote something as trendy usually signals the opposite—but for years the country's efforts have paid off. Now, though, Japan’s drive for coolness faces pressure from its Asian neighbors and growing concerns regarding who exactly Cool Japan is aimed at—the outside world, or the Japanese themselves.


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Mumbai, Jan 28: Moods, one of Indias popular condom brands from public sector HLL Lifecare Limited (HLL), has received this year?s ?Prestigious Brands of Asia Awards.?
HLL CMD R P Khandelwal received the award at the Marketing Meister Summit 2017 held in Mumbai, a release from the company said today.
?It is an honour to receive this award for MOODS. This prestigious award is a true recognition of our commitment to quality and customer delight," Khandelwal said.
?We rank among the leading producers of condoms in the world, with the capacity to produce 2 billion condoms annually, using the finest technology available and with a highly qualified and experienced team in charge of every step of the process,? he added.
Launched in 1987 as the HLL?s flagship brand, Moods comes in 19 variants and it is exported to more than 33 countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, South America and the Caribbean Islands.PTI NM NM


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Dollar Tree shares hit year-high after brighter forecast
Jun 1, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dollar Tree Inc (DLTR.O) shares touched a new year-high after the retailer posted a higher quarterly profit and raised its forecast for the year, buoyed by shoppers who headed to its stores for rock-bottom prices.
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Shares of the retailer, which sells most of its merchandise for $1, were up 3.6 percent to $46.00 on the New York Stock Exchange, topping its previous 12-month high of $45.33 set on March 31.
Dollar Tree has benefited in recent months as the recession forces shoppers to seek out deals on anything they buy.
The company has said that customers are "trading down" from other retailers to its stores, searching for bargains on everything from beauty products to seasonal merchandise, like Easter candy.
For its fiscal first quarter, Dollar Tree said its profit rose to $60.4 million or 66 cents per share compared with a profit of $43.6 million or 48 cents per share a year earlier.
Sales were up 14.2 percent to $1.20 billion, as same-store sales rose 9.2 percent.
Dollar Tree, which operated 3,667 stores as of May 2, has been adding freezers and coolers to its stores so it can sell more food to shoppers. It said it now has freezers and coolers in about 1,200 stores.
It expects second-quarter sales of $1.17 billion to $1.20 billion, same-store sales to be up in the low- to mid-single-digit percentage range and per-share earnings of 47 cents to 51 cents.
For the full year, Dollar Tree raised its earnings forecast to $2.75 per share to $2.95 per share, on sales of $5.05 billion to $5.15 billion.
The company expects to open 210 new namesake stores in the year.
In February, it forecast full-year sales of $4.96 billion to $5.09 billion, a low to low-mid single digit gain in same-store sales, and earnings per share of $2.55 to $2.75.
Dollar Tree said the forecast assumed it did not buy back any shares in the year.
(Reporting by Aarthi Sivaraman)
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A rumor of newly discovered details for a forthcoming Sony tablet has some crazy high-end specs. Are they too good to be true?
Sony's Android Wear-equipped SmartWatch 3 has built-in GPS for distance tracking without your phone, but it disappoints in most other ways.
Stars ranging from Jimmy Kimmel to Rob Lowe are upset over Sony's reaction to cyberterrorists threatening violence on the movie's release day.
Sony's first Android Wear-based smartwatch has GPS built-in so you don't need to take your phone out running to track your progress. Its screen and design don't impress though.
Data breaches are on the rise, but cybersecurity experts say employees and companies can still make broad changes to cut back on hacks.
Recent acquisitions by the ephemeral message service have been revealed in emails between Evan Spiegel and Sony Pictures' CEO.
Bowing to pressure from hackers who threatened theatergoers with a terrorist attack, Sony halts release of the comedy focused on North Korea as the US says it has evidence North Korea was behind the attack.
A new BlackBerry arrives with signature features, Sony's ready to show off a new take on smartglasses, and TAG Heuer goes after the Apple Watch.
Alleged hackers have warned potential viewers of the film to "Remember the 11th of September." The Department of Homeland Security says it has found "no credible intelligence" attacks will happen.
Sony and others aren't happy with Google's piracy role, Xaomi is the new smartphone player and another Samsung Galaxy S6 "leak"
Two former Sony Pictures employees are suing the company, saying it mismanaged health care information and other personal details grabbed by hackers in a recent breach.
The movie studio calls the leaked documents "stolen information" and threatened legal action if the files are not ignored and destroyed.
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ARRIS (NASDAQ: ARRS) makes the hardware and software that allows cable companies to deliver video, Internet and phone service into homes and businesses.
Acquiring Motorola Home will boost broaden ARRIS' consumer video products and services offerings. The transaction will increase ARRIS' patent portfolio and provide a license to a wide array of Motorola Mobility patents.
"Ever-expanding consumer demand for bandwidth will continue to drive growth across cloud and network technologies we provide that enable innovative home entertainment products and services," ARRIS Chief Bob Stanzione said.
The Motorola Home acquisition adds expertise in video and a larger presence in the home to ARRIS' core strengths in voice and data, ensuring Arris can better capitalize on the evolution toward multi-screen home entertainment, Stanzione said.
Together, ARRIS and Motorola Home will have a global presence with more than 500 customers in 70 countries.Motorola Home is a profitable business that generated revenues of $3.4 billion for the trailing four quarters ended September 30. The combination is expected to generate about $100 million - $125 million in annual cost savings.
The transaction is expected to close by the second quarter of 2013, subject to customary approvals and closing conditions.
Under the terms of the agreement, Google will receive $2.05 billion in cash and about $300 million in newly issued ARRIS shares, representing a roughly 15.7 percent ownership interest in Arris post-closing.
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Dell Technologies will buy out its tracking stock to give it greater control over VMware, a person familiar with the matter said. While VMware will remain independent for now, the move could make it easier for Dell to buy out the rest of the software maker later on.
Dell, the world’s largest private technology company, could announce as soon as Monday a proposed share swap to acquire the DVMT tracking stock, currently valued at about US$17-billion, said the person, asking not to be identified discussing a private matter. VMware’s total market value is about $60-billion. Spokesmen for Dell and VMware declined to comment on the news, which was reported by the Wall Street Journal and other media earlier on Sunday.
Founder Michael Dell has considered a variety of options to streamline his multi-company tech empire and help the business manage a massive debt load. Other options have included a Dell public offering or combination with VMware, Dell said in a January filing. The company was leaning against a reverse merger with VMware, people familiar with the matter said in April.
The current structure of Dell’s companies is tangled. Dell took the company private for about $25-billion in 2013 with investment firm Silver Lake. The tracking stock was created to help Dell finance its $67-billion purchase of data storage company EMC in 2016, the largest technology takeover ever at the time. The deal was mostly cash, but the rest was paid through the new security linked to part of EMC’s interest in VMware. EMC owned a controlling stake in VMware and the rest of VMware is publicly traded, as is the DVMT tracking stock.
DVMT has almost doubled since the stock was issued, closing at $84.58 on Friday. VMware, based in Palo Alto, California, makes virtualisation software that helps maximise workloads on servers, as well as cloud and device management tools.
Round Rock, Texas-based Dell will offer DVMT shareholders “significantly” more of its privately held shares than cash, CNBC reported, citing people familiar with the matter. DVMT will be acquired at a premium in line with standard transactions, CNBC said. VMware will pay a $9-billion dividend to DVMT shareholders as part of the agreement, according to CNBC.
The transaction will give Dell more direct influence over VMware’s future, CNBC reported. VMware is more than 80% controlled by holders of the Dell tracking stock and Dell’s DHI shareholders — Michael Dell and Silver Lake. Eventually, Dell could pursue a merger with VMware, CNBC said, citing the people familiar with the discussions.
Growing suite of software
Once a household name for its line of PCs, Dell has expanded to compete in a broader swathe of the IT market. It’s now known for its lineup of servers, storage hardware and networking gear. Through its EMC acquisition, it also now has a growing suite of software tools in its arsenal. The company has sought a symbiotic relationship with its hardware and software — chasing closer integration between the two and selling both to customers to extract higher profit margins.
The company, which missed out on the cloud computing wave, has tried to develop next-generation solutions to enable the Internet of things, in which everyday devices will be digitally connected and businesses will need more computing power away from centralised data centres. It has tried to revamp itself as a cloud player by offering customers software from a suite of smaller companies in which it’s invested, in a bid to take back sales from Amazon.com and Microsoft.
Dell has fostered tighter product integration with VMware that help manage customer workloads with Dell hardware and VMware software. The companies also each sell each other’s products to existing and new customers.
Dell’s debt almost tripled with its purchase of EMC. Even after paying down billions, Dell still has $52.7-billion in debt, including its subsidiaries. — Reported by Nico Grant and Dina Bass, with assistance from Alex Nussbaum and Alex Barinka, (c) 2018 Bloomberg LP


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Economists and real estate agents are mixed about the impact the next recession will have on housing
A short-term rental analytics startup is releasing a new index, which shows revenue growth in the sector may have stagnated this summer
The commonwealth's new tax is part of a wave of regulation that cities and states across the US are imposing on short-term rental hosts
Experts say smart locks can help vacation rental owners avoid hassles and step up security
The new rules took effect this week, limiting all Los Angeles short-term rentals to a host's primary residence and capping the number of days most properties can be rented out
Investors are pouring money into vacation homes, multifamily properties, rental technology and everything in between. And that means agents have a golden opportunity
The company that helps property owners with management, marketing, SEO, software and other tech is coming to Florida's Treasure Coast
The partnership unlocks the power of using rental income generated from primary or secondary residences to qualify for a mortgage
Denver area agents report homebuyers learned how to be savvy amidst tight inventory and increasing home prices
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An official line of Dark Souls merchandise will be released this spring, thanks to a partnership between Bandai Namco and Fangamer.
The line will include "figurines, apparel, and more," according to Fangamer, though no specific products have been revealed at this time. However, Fangamer is apparently teasing one of the figurines with the gif seen below.
A teaser for Fangamer's upcoming Dark Souls line (via Fangamer)
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Dr Bornstein told the New York Times that he, too, takes the drug, saying it helped him keep his shoulder-length locks.
Footballer Wayne Rooney reportedly took the medication to counter his receding hairline. Finasteride was originally developed to treat urinary problems in men, but during trials scientists found an unexpected side effect - hair growth.
The high-street chemist faced furor from Labour MPs who demanded it follow Tesco and Superdrug by halving the price of the contraceptive.
Boots said it wouldn't slash the price of the pill because it would encourage 'inappropriate use'.
A spokesperson for the supermarket, who will offer the drug at its 255 pharmacies, said: 'Hair loss is an extremely sensitive matter.'However our new service enables male shoppers to have a private consultation and purchase the tablets without taking time out to visit their GP.' Asda added all its pharmacies have private rooms available where customers can talk to the pharmacist confidentially.
Taken once a day, the drug is mainly sold under the brand name Propecia.Dies wiederum löst einen negativen Autoregulationsmechanismus aus, der das überexprimierte Androgenrezeptor-Signal stummschaltet (sog. Patienten mit dem PFS zeigten im f MRI eine erhöhte Aktivität des neuronalen Netzes für sexuelle Erregung und eine verminderte Aktivität der Gehirnregionen, die mit der Reaktion auf erotische Reize in Verbindung gebracht werden.Diese widersprüchlichen Befunde können auf eine neurologische Veränderung hindeuten.Among the reported side effects seen in taking the drug, which can often take months to work, is a loss of libido and small risk of erectile problems.The drug has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years by regulators in the United States and Canada because of a possible link to mental health issues.


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In spite of recent challenges to growth, Asian trade has remained resilient (with ASEAN exports, for example, growing 12% from 2013 to 2016 to reach US$875 billion). Yet, where world trade once grew at twice the rate of GDP, the WTO’s forecast for world trade growth in 2016 was a rate of just 1.7% – slower than global GDP for the first time in 15 years. If the huge opportunities in Asia are going to be realized, the wider trade finance industry must work to combat slow global growth by addressing the challenges holding back trade.
Writing for CFO Innovation, Dominic Broom, Global Head of Trade Business Development at BNY Mellon, examines what could be regarded as some of the most critical these challenges: increased Western protectionism; China’s economic slowdown; and, crucially, the widening gap of trade-finance availability. Broom opines how, through proactive collaboration and the pursuit of higher transaction visibility through technological advancements, the wider industry can reclaim the narrative surrounding global trade and, crucially, seize the huge opportunities promised in Asia.
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How The Daily Beast gets 40 percent of readers to visit its homepage
Digital publishers hoping to move their readers from social and search channels onto their own websites would do well to take a look at what The Daily Beast has been up to.
The IAC-owned news brand lures 40 percent of its 22 million monthly readers to its homepage, and it drives 44 percent of its traffic every month from direct visits, up from just 28 percent two years ago. While the Beast gets its fair share of traffic from Google and Facebook, it focuses more on getting those readers back via email (its subscriber base has doubled in the past year) and its app than on maximizing the reach of content it publishes elsewhere. It has eschewed Google AMP and, after a brief dalliance with Facebook Instant Articles, has stopped using those too.
“We don’t need to fall for that idea of over-optimizing,” said Mike Dyer, The Daily Beast’s president and publisher. “A lot of news publishers, when they get on these platforms, spend a lot of time optimizing their content for them,” Dyer continued. “We specifically don’t do that.”
To some extent, the site benefits from habits ingrained in its most loyal readers. A large portion of the Beast’s direct traffic comes from desktop computers during working hours, although Dyer did not elaborate on how much more came from desktop as opposed to mobile.
That doesn’t mean the site has a fuddy-duddy audience — about half of them are millennial, according to comScore — and it also doesn’t mean the site rests on that comfortable bed of desktop traffic. Last year, the Beast overhauled its mobile site to make it faster, and today the Beast’s mobile site loads in just under three seconds, according to Mobitest. That makes it one of the fastest mobile news sites around, per Dyer. It also keeps the Beast’s mobile site under a crucial threshold: According to research published by Google last week, more than half of all smartphone users close a mobile web page if it doesn’t load within three seconds.
Getting that number down without stripping out all the files and tools that help sites make money was a process. But it was worth it. “Google and Facebook would like us to remove everything,” Dyer said. “Making money on a page is slow if you do it the wrong way.
“We have successfully balanced those things.”
It has also invested time and energy in how it keeps those readers on its site, revamping the philosophy (and the algorithms) it used to surface content for new readers. For example, readers visiting the site to read about politics might once have been deluged with articles and offers related to related political content, Dyer said that overemphasizing content of that type just didn’t work. “Publishers overinterpret the first pageview,” he said, adding that overloading a reader with news about a single topic is “antithetical” to the way that most people consume news now. “They’re not going deeper,” Dyer said. “They’re going broader.”
“Since that change in philosophy, the number of pageviews per session has leapt 20 percent, and Dyer said that it’s continuing to optimize around that, to the point that it’s affecting editorial. The most successful Beast stories, he said, bridge topics and points of interest from multiple verticals.
But for all the optimization the Beast’s performs for its site’s readers, Dyer said he doesn’t plan to slice and dice that audience too thinly. “We don’t spend a lot of time optimizing it for an insane number of subsegments,” he said. “We put a lot of care into the homepage.”
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Desktop Virtualization Explained
Virtualization, or running more than one instance of an OS on a single computer, is already big news in servers. It's just a matter of time before it finds its way into more mainstream PC applications.
Apple has generated interest in a somewhat similar concept by letting users also run Windows on their Intel chip-equipped Macs. But that process requires shutting down one OS and then starting up the other. For a more seamless experience, virtualization company Parallels has introduced Parallels Desktop for Mac. The $80 program lets users run Windows simultaneously from within an Intel-based Mac OS.
Businesses are the most likely candidates to adopt desktop virtualization. "This would be especially useful for IT businesses--those [that] develop and test software applications for multiple systems--or internal IT staff that need to support multiple OSes for their employees. This will also help businesses that currently avoid using multiple OSes because of the cost or limited space," says Anil Miglani, senior vice president of New York City-based research group AMI-Partners. Miglani also sees benefits in setting up dedicated partitions that keep security software separate and safe from tampering. Virtual employee desktops set up through thin clients is another application that could help entrepreneurs reduce their IT costs. "Businesses can derive immediate benefits by using PC virtualization," says Miglani.
Many companies are bringing desktop virtualization to a wider market. Intel, Microsoft and VMWare have been busy advancing server virtualization and are actively moving the technology over to desktop uses. "Vendors have already started marketing PC virtualization. Initial uptake among businesses is in specialized segments, and it'll be at least two to three years before we see any significant penetration," says Miglani. If your business involves IT development, you might want to look into virtualization for your PCs.