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“WELCOME HOME”: this is the motto of the world’s leading trade fair for processing and packaging, from 7 – 13th May, as it kicks off its 22nd edition.
To warm up for the upcoming #interpack2020 in Düsseldorf the trade fair is announcing its presence online, for now, with an entertaining take on this theme... Our newsletter is as diverse, fun and charming as the exhibitors and visitors of interpack themselves, and attracts just as much attention.
The premises have been restructured to give you the perfect trade fair experience
Both exhibitors and visitors can look forward not only to an entirely new Hall 1 and a new Entrance Süd but they can also benefit from an overall clearer hall structure with even more sharply focused segments. This means even shorter distances thereby making for more efficient trade fair visits.
A glance at the past, a nod to the future...
865 exhibiting companies – 170,899 visitors came to Düsseldorf from – three quarters of them were decision-makers – top experts from 168 countries in total.
Not only these impressive figures but also the unique mix of special events such as the upstream suppliers trade fair componentsand the innovationparc on the SAVE FOODtheme, trends and current issues, unique impressions and excited exhibitors at interpack 2017 should make it easy to decide for a visit #interpack2020.
To prepare for the #interpack2020, you need to know the latest on the hot topics from the eight innovative sectors present here. Subscribe to the TIGHTLY PACKED Newsletter now or delve into the TIGHTLY PACKED Magazine to find out about all the new, innovative topics and trends.
interpack 2017: 170,500 Visitors filled Exhibitors’ Order Books
Record-Level International Attendance
The avid interest taken by exhibitors in the run-up to interpack 2017 that brought the world’s biggest and most important trade fair of the packaging sector and related process industries record attendance of 2,865 companies, was followed by trade fair days from 4 to 10 May with high spirits and further records: 74% of the approximately 170,500 visitors travelled to Düsseldorf from abroad – three quarters of them were decision-makers.


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The fourth hacker responsible for leaking nude images from hundreds of iCloud accounts, belonging to Hollywood celebrities and others, has been sentenced to prison.
Connecticut-based George Garafano was sentenced to eight months, after which he must serve three years of supervised release, as well as performing 60 hours of community service. He plead guilty back in April.
LAS VEGAS — Nobody wants to get hacked like Jennifer Lawrence’s iCloud account. Everyone, including Apple, is pushing two-factor authentication in the wake of the high-profile hack that exposed dozens of celebrities nude selfies, but verifying an account login with a code sent to your phone is a total pain.
In the not-so-distant future, we might all be storing two-factor authentication on our keychains.
Yubico is already providing eight out of 10 Silicon Valley companies with a tiny USB dongle called YubiKey that securely verifies an employee’s online identity. You just plug it into a computer and tap it when it’s time to log in. Now that Gmail has started supporting YubiKey on the front end, anyone can use it as the second verification step for getting into their inbox.
2014 was an absolutely monumental year for Apple. Haters will hate, but one thing can’t be denied: This is a company that refuses to rest on its laurels.
Under Tim Cook’s leadership, Apple debuted a new product category with the Apple Watch, sold a record number of new iPhones, made the biggest acquisition in its history, and successfully sent its suffering stock price back into the stratosphere.
The company wasn’t without its missteps, but all in all, it’s hard to call 2014 anything short of a blow-away year for Apple.
“Attention, female nerds,” begins this satirical YouTube video, “learn how to hack.”
If you’re tired of all the recent news about the iCloud nude selfies hack , or finding it difficult to trust your mobile devices with your own pictures due to the inherent vulnerabilities of storing data in the cloud, these ladies have the solution.
The CotillionGirlsComedy group feels your pain, and want to encourage (straight) women everywhere to learn how to hack. Because Ryan Gosling nudes, right?
Check out this hilarious video below for some on-target social satire, including a funny bit about Pinterest, the iPad case you can have sex with, and ridiculous Grand Theft Auto mods.
Warning – this is really NSFW, even with the pixellated genitalia.

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Sponsors of the LPGA Tour have "maintained a unified front" in the aftermath of CBS commentator Ben Wright's alleged remarks that corporations shy away from the sport because of lesbians on Tour, according to David Markiewicz of the DETROIT NEWS. GM Oldsmobile took out a full-page ad in USA TODAY supporting the Tour, and execs from McDonald's, Sara Lee, Chrysler and other companies said they "invest in LPGA sponsorships simply because it's good marketing; they can reach the affluent female (and male) consumer they covet, and at a lower cost than men's golf." Tom Nelson, a spokesperson for State Farm Insurance: "When we decided to get involved in women's golf, (lesbianism) was never an issue, never discussed." Oldsmobile spokesperson Gus Benz points out the advertiser-friendly demographics of the LPGA, and said nearly 49% of Olds' new car buyers are women, "making the LPGA a good fit." Steve Ellis, an editor at GOLFWEEK magazine, contends the game won't be influenced by the latest publicity: "I look down the LPGA tournament schedule and I see the names of a bunch of Fortune 500 companies, and I don't feel this thing with Ben Wright will have any effect on them or their sponsorship. These CEO's are smart" (DETROIT NEWS, 5/29).


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LONDON/BUSINESSWIRE – VersaBank (the “Bank”) (TSX: VB) today announced that it will release its third quarter financial results on August 26th, 2020, which will be made available at the Bank’s website (www.versabank.com) and SEDAR (www.sedar.com).
On August 26th, 2020, financial results are expected to be released at approximately 7:00 a.m. (EDT). The conference call is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. (EDT) and will feature a presentation by David Taylor, President & CEO, and other VersaBank executives, followed by a question and answer period.
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VersaBank adopted an electronic B2B (business-to-business) branchless model in 1993, becoming the world’s first branchless financial institution. It holds a Canadian Schedule I chartered bank licence and obtains its deposits, and the majority of its loans and leases, electronically. VersaBank’s Common Shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol VB and its Series 1 Preferred Shares and Series 3 Preferred Shares trade under the symbols VB.PR.A and VB.PR.B, respectively.
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Jeff Bezos is cashing in on the coronavirus — and that could be good news for his rocket company, Blue Origin.
The 56-year-old Amazon CEO on Wednesday sold exactly 1 million shares — or $3.1 billion worth of stock in the e-commerce juggernaut, bringing his total stock sales for the year to over $7 billion.
The sale, which came a week after Amazon shattered expectations in its most recent earnings report, represented less than 3 percent of his massive Amazon stake, which is worth more than $175 billion. Bezos is currently worth $189 billion, according to Forbes.
Shares of Amazon are up more than 90 percent since the start of pandemic-related lockdowns in March, with massive gains fueled by stuck-at-home consumers turning to Amazon for their shopping needs. The stock rose 0.6 percent on Thursday to $3,225.
The billionaire announced in 2017 that he would be selling at least $1 billion worth of stock each year to fund Blue Origin, which recently posted job listings for its lunar lander program.
“The price of admission to space is very high,” Bezos said at a 2018 awards dinner. “I’m in the process of converting my Amazon lottery winnings into a much lower price of admission so we can go explore the solar system.”
Bezos is locked in a heated space race with fellow tech billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who runs his own rocket company, SpaceX. Both men want to launch a network of internet-beaming satellites, and both want to make space tourism accessible to the average person.


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Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is finding more than one reason to celebrate on Thursday, October 4. 2012 Coined both National Taco Day and National Vodka Day, the resort’s authentic Mexican cantina Pink Taco offers all-you-can-eat tacos for $13 and vodka margaritas for $5. Just down the hall at the resort’s traditional steakhouse with a hard rock edge, 35 Steaks + Martinis offers Ketel One vodka martinis, priced at $5 each.
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Like many other companies have been, Nintendo is going to be holding a special media event on September 13th of 2012 which happens to only be a few weeks away! Invitations have been sent out to various media outlets that are located in New York City for a “Wii U Preview” that will take place from 10am to 4pm. I think with taking up most of the day, Nintendo must have quite a showcase to display to the media. It’ll be very interesting to see what comes out of it all after and during the event.
As we all know, companies send out press and analyst invites to event all the time in New York. Many of these invitations are to just capture the attention from the highly dense concentration of industry professionals (I say professionals very lightly). At this event though, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime will be there, which leads many different people to believe that there will be some sort of announcement, perhaps, just maybe when the Wii U will be released along with how much it costs? A specs sheet would be pretty amazing to see too, I’d say!
This all is beginning to fall in line with some previous reports from sources that have said such announcements from Nintendo of America would be made sometime in September, and what do you know, the sources were right! Estimates of what the Wii U will cost have ranged for a low $300 to a pricey $500. If the price ends up being more than $250, the Wii U will be known for being the most expensive console ever to be made by Nintendo. Ever. I’m sure many people will still buy it, but it’d be quite a surprise to see it sitting at $500 with their current track record.
The problem is the touchscreen tablet-like controller, which you can imagine is basically another video game system in and of itself. That said, you’re not only paying for the one console, but for two, which as you would expect, is driving up the costs for Nintendo. If they were to make it that high, it would be cool to see the hardware sold separately. As in, the two devices sold separately at a $250 price point. That would be nice and reasonable, wouldn’t it?
As we all know too, Nintendo really likes to able to get a profit on its hardware (the Wii was a terrible example of this), unlike what the industry convention has been for the past couple of years which is to sell your console at a low cost and hope that you’ll be able to make the money back through some high-margin software sales. Whatever they end up doing though, I am in full support of it and would love to see what this new console is all about despite the price it’ll be asking for.
Anyone ready to open up their wallets and pre-order the Wii U yet? Or is this console going to be a no go for you? Let us know in the comments below!
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When Vogue Australia invited actor, activist and ethical fashion pioneer Emma Watson to guest-edit their March edition, she had a question. How could she be sure the brands she was showcasing lived up to her standards of sustainability and ethical sourcing? That’s when she got in touch with Good On You. The result? A very special collaboration between us and one of the leading lights of sustainable fashion.
I want to look good, feel good and do good — that to me is a luxuryEmma Watson
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There are few individuals who have done more to support sustainable fashion than Emma Watson. The British Actor and UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador has spent a decade promoting ethical brands through high-profile collaborations, on the red carpet and directly to her legion of social media followers with her @the_press_tour Instagram account. She’s the perfect choice of guest editor in Vogue Australia’s March 2018 issue, dedicated to sustainability and positive change. “Emma’s personal commitment to sustainable fashion and the process of putting together this issue has introduced us to new ways of thinking and tools to help us be better informed,” says Vogue Australia Editor Edwina McCann. “The challenges she has posed have set us in new directions, which will be lasting.”
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Assessing the brands
Emma’s cover shoot with renowned photographer Peter Lindbergh sees her dressed in labels Good on You has rated as being more ethical, along with carefully selected vintage pieces — highlighting the importance of repurposing high-quality items.
When Good On You assesses a brand, we score all publicly available information about how the brand stacks up against key sustainability and ethical criteria. We take into account more than 50 global certifications, accreditations, independent rankings and standard systems. Only when that process is complete can we be sure of the rating. So when Emma got in touch with us to be her Australian verification partner, we got set to work.
“Many of the brands suggested for the shoot had not been assessed yet, and didn’t always publish all the details of their sustainability practices,” says Good On You Co-Founder Sandra Capponi. “We encouraged brands to put their best foot forward in terms of telling their ethical story.
Several of the brands commented that they found great value in our encouragement to be more transparent and our advice about how to do it. One label made the decision to publish more about their practices as a result and improve its transparency — which is a great outcome for everybody.Sandra Capponi – Good On You co-founder
Talking about ethical and sustainable fashion means recognising emerging labels, who have built their businesses on supply chain transparency, sustainability and animal rights. “Emma wanted to give a platform to some up-and-coming Australian ethical labels,” Sandra Capponi says. “We were thrilled to be able to recommend some of the wonderful local designers that are leading the way in sustainable fashion, like Carlie Ballard and Lois Hazel.”
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Vogue’s March issue is about more than just the clothes, however. Watson and Vogue have carefully curated a host of leading activists and thinkers, including climate scientist Tim Flannery and former UN Goodwill Ambassador against Trafficking and Slavery Julia Ormond. Star power comes in the form of leading designer Stella McCartney, model Maye Musk and actor and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Cate Blanchett. Watson also appears in conversation with Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, discussion the importance of education in section called ‘Meeting of Minds’.
With the focus firmly on women’s empowerment, playwright and actor Nakkiah Lui, Actor Miranda Tapsell and journalist Brooke Bonney discuss black feminism, beauty and the media. There’s a feminist history of fashion, as well as an analysis of the industry by The Guardian’s ethical living guru and journalist Lucy Siegle. Emma also gives her recommendations on natural beauty products that have been independently verified as ethical by Content.
Changing the course
“We think this Vogue Australia issue is a major turning point for sustainable fashion. It’s now officially mainstream,” Sandra Capponi says. “And that’s come about because of leaders like Emma Watson, Vogue’s Edwina McCann, campaigns like Fashion Revolution and everyone who has got involved in the massive ethical fashion movement that we at Good On You proud to be a part of.”
Vogue says its issue is an opportunity to talk about meaningful change and to highlight the positive work and impact of so many trailblazers, “changing our thinking and behaviours in the process.” As Emma Watson explains in her intro, “The word ‘change’ can be intimidating, riddled with expectation of outcomes and fear of failure. So I want to propose something to you: when steering a boat, a captain can shift the wheel one degree and it drastically changes the course of the boat. I would like to challenge you, after reading this issue, to make a one-degree shift, because a small change can make a huge difference.”
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Yewande Hakeem-Habeeb, the creative director of Qubraz Designs and Fashion Academy, has urged parents to encourage their kids who are interested in pursuing professions in fashion design.
She made this call while delivering the keynote speech at the 2022 Fashion Show, which was hosted at the Lagos campus of Greensprings School, Anthony.
She claims that since there is little entry-level competition for the field of fashion design, parents should support their kids if they express an interest in it.
Yewande’s claim was supported by the head of school at Greensprings Anthony campus, Mrs Magdalene Okrikri, who said that the yearly fashion show was planned to give students interested in the fashion business opportunities to find their career interests.
“At Greensprings School, we are actively interested in helping our pupils uncover their abilities and make them future-ready, in addition to academics,” she stated.
In keeping with that, one of the things we do is find out which of our students have a passion for fashion design, and then we give them the chance to plan and carry out the yearly fashion show so they can have first-hand experience in the process of putting one together.
We think the programme will aid in their career exploration, and whether they choose to pursue fashion design as a main career or as a side gig in the future, the lessons they gain through the programme will be very beneficial to them. ”
Mrs Anuoluwapo Adeyemi, the school’s art and design teacher who organised the event, discussed its significance and said that it gave the pupils a platform to showcase their creativity.
The High Low style is going out of style, so we decided to bring it back in a unique way while combining stripe designs for this year’s fashion show, which will have the hashtag “High Low #Driven by Stripes.”
Our students gained knowledge about drawing, finding fabrics, sewing, managing a clothing line, and working with models through the performance.
We had five clothing lines with fifteen models each, and the event gave our pupils a chance to show off their fashion sense,” she said.
Three campuses of the British international school Greensprings School are located in Lagos: Anthony, Lekki, and Ikoyi. The institution became publicly accessible in 1985 and is today considered one of Nigeria’s top universities.


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Nokia wins yet another injuction against HTC in Germany- Real winner
The legitimate fight between Nokia and HTC proceeds in Germany, where Nokia has had a greater number of victory than the UK. The court in Mannheim, Germany discovered HTC to be encroaching on Nokia's patent EP 1578613 B1. The court allowed a directive averting the import and offer of all encroaching HTC units...
The two past patents recorded against HTC in Germany rotated around shared offering by means of NFC or Bluetooth and also a patent on what happens when a cell phone is associated with a PC through USB. This most recent case, then again, is about how a portable apparatus adjusts its update level dependent upon a system's modification level. This patent fundamentally permits another apparatus to be counter directionally perfect with more advanced in years networks.
Nokia and HTC has been pursuing a patent war over the western a piece of the globe, yet Nokia has basically just focused on HTC's Android gadgets. It stays to be seen if these fairly of service patents that Nokia have won over HTC can additionally be utilized later against other Android supporters.


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Leading vendors in telecom network business such as Cisco, Samsung, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Dell VMWare, Corning and ZTE have increased their market share in 2021 as leader Huawei lost business.
Huawei’s telecom network share dropped by 1.5 percent.
Ericsson’s telecom network share dipped by 0.2 percent.
Nokia’s telecom network share decreased by 0.4 percent.
The increase in telecom network market share of Cisco was (+0.7 percent), Samsung (+0.3 percent), Microsoft (+0.3 percent), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (+0.2 percent), Dell VMWare (+0.2 percent), Corning (+0.2 percent) and ZTE (+0.1 percent), according to MTN Consulting.
Cisco gained 0.7 percent share in a market worth $231.4 billion. Cisco was helped both by a telco shift in 5G spending towards core networks, and Huawei’s entity list troubles.
Samsung’s share growth of 0.3 percent was due to a big win with Verizon and a growing telco interest in seeking RAN alternatives beyond Ericsson and Nokia.
ZTE, which has escaped the US entity list to date, picked up some unexpected 5G wins but its growth is more broad-based due to optical, fixed broadband, and emerging market 4G business.
Dell (including VMWare), Microsoft, and Amazon picked up share as telcos have begun investing in 5G core and cloud technologies. Their growth was due to telcos’ ongoing changes to network architecture and service deployment patterns.
Corning gained 0.2 percent share on the back of fiber-rich wireless deployments and government support for rural fiber builds.
Nokia and Ericsson lost share in the telco NI market in 2021. Their RAN revenues benefited from Huawei’s troubles in 2020 but telco spending has since shifted towards product areas with more non-Huawei competition.
Huawei’s share of telco NI declined to 18.9 percent in 2021, down from over 20 percent in both 2019 and 2020. The US Commerce Department’s entity list restrictions were issued in May 2019 but hit the hardest in late 2020 and 2021.
To date, Huawei’s troubles have impacted RAN markets the most, but in 2022 and 2023 will begin spreading more clearly to IP infrastructure, optical, microwave, fixed broadband, and other areas. A number of vendors are eager to pursue new opportunities as this happens, including Adtran/ADVA, Ciena, Cisco, CommScope, DZS, and Infinera.


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Despite the uncertainty and debate around the metaverse as a concept, the sector could still rally as Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) continues to invest billions in the idea, bringing more attention and legitimacy to the space. I believe this can drive up the value of metaverse cryptos, which many virtual worlds use as their own in-game currencies.
But it’s not just the growth of the metaverse that could drive up the value of these cryptos. Several catalysts could drive excitement around the metaverse and these tokens. For example, cooling inflation and potentially a looser monetary policy in late 2023 will favor growth in cyclical assets like metaverse cryptos. And potential rate cuts coupled with the Bitcoin halving next year will boost the crypto market as a whole.
Nonetheless, I would note that the metaverse is still in its early stages, and there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding its growth and development. This can lead to a lot of volatility and risk when investing in related crypto projects. But if you believe metaverse cryptos will be trendy in the next rally, here are three to keep an eye on:
Decentraland (MANA-USD) is a 3D browser-based virtual world whose native token is the Ethereum (ETH-USD)-based MANA. It was among the hottest metaverse cryptos in the last two years. Decentraland stood out among other metaverse projects due to its size and popularity, driving up prices within the virtual world. Real estate prices within Decentraland were soaring, with just 16-square meter blocks of virtual land going for $15,000 each. It also didn’t help that companies like Samsung, JP Morgan, PwC, and celebrities like Snoop Dogg, bought plots in the virtual world.
However, investors started to de-risk their portfolios amidst economic turbulence in 2022, and MANA reached its trough at 30 cents before bouncing to 50 cents and has been trading sideways since. I believe that’s a fair price considering the future growth potential here. It is a very well-known virtual world, and the player base will only increase in the long run as VR headset sales have been accelerating and gaining momentum.
The Sandbox (SAND)
The Sandbox (SAND-USD) is a very similar project to Decentraland as it is also based on Ethereum and has a similar valuation. What makes it different is that it is not browser-based and has better graphics. The SAND token also has a maximum supply limit, which makes it a little more compelling if you think long-term demand will eventually surpass supply. However, I would caution that the yearly inflation here is over 58%. That factor alone makes MANA much more tempting since the inflation rate of that token is just 1.94%.
Conversely, it has a higher player count. So it may be a better investment if you are looking to hold for years. But for the near and mid-term, MANA should be your go-to among metaverse cryptos.
Overline Emblem (EMB)
If you’re looking for more speculation and more upside potential, Overline Emblem (EMB-USD) might be a good bet. But I would not recommend putting anything substantial here since there is a lot of speculation baked in already.
The Overline project currently has a router called the “ōRouter“. that apparently lets you access the blockchain, use Web 3.0 apps and more without an internet connection. That’s very ambitious, and I don’t know how that could work without some sort of connection to a cell network, satellite or a well-established network of these routers in close range. Pre-sales with a steep price tag of $200-400 are open for quite a few months with no indications of the hardware working – or even existing.
Thus, I’d take this project with a grain of salt. But I wouldn’t rule out that this concept may work in dense areas and be a successful investment if you consider a multi-year timeframe.
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AMD's fastest quad-core processor yet may be out in just over a month. According to a report by Hardware-Infos, the firm plans to roll out the 3.2GHz Phenom II X4 955 on April 20.
We've heard a lot about this CPU lately. Two weeks ago, HKEPC broke the news that a 3.2GHz Phenom II would be out some time in April. Then, yesterday, we noticed that a member of the XtremeSystems forums had nabbed a sample and overclocked it to 4GHz.
Hardware-Infos echoes the same information as those other two sources: the Phenom II X4 955 will have a higher clock speed and support for DDR3 RAM, but it will otherwise be similar to the X4 940. That means 512KB of L2 cache per core, 6MB of L3 shared cache, and a 125W power envelope.
Considering how the X4 940 performs compared to the Core 2 Quad Q9400, the 955 could end up fighting it out with the Core 2 Quad Q9550 at a similar price point.
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Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX ) may have served up blowout quarterly results, but it also seems to be ready to start dusting its DVD business under the rug.
The leading video service operator revealed on Monday that it will stop providing guidance on subscriber expectations and projected revenue for its DVD business. It will continue to report those metrics on a quarterly basis, but the only guidance it will provide on its original mail-based platform will be in terms of contribution profit. Netflix concedes during the conference call that it's not a matter of visibility. Netflix can see pretty clearly which way its disc-based business is going. The dot-com darling merely wants to emphasize its thriving streaming business.
The move makes sense. Netflix now has more than 36 million streaming subscribers. There are now fewer than 8 million disc-based renters. If it were to spin off its DVD business -- the way it briefly planned to do two summers ago during the Qwikster fiasco -- the move would only infuriate fewer than a quarter of its streaming customers.
Is now the right time to spin off its DVD business? Is it time to cash out of physical rentals altogether? In this video, longtime Fool contributor Rick Munarriz argues that the signs are there to suggest that Netflix wants to be seen exclusively as a streaming company.
The tumultuous performance of Netflix shares since the summer of 2011 has caused headaches for many devoted shareholders, but the stock;s on fire these days. The Motley Fool has released a premium report on Netflix. Inside, you'll learn about the key opportunities and risks facing the company, as well as reasons to buy or sell the stock. The report includes a full year of updates to cover critical new developments, so make sure to click here and claim a copy today.


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Broussard To Get New Restaurant In 2018
A popular Lafayette restaurant will open its next location in Broussard next year.
Broussard continues to grow more and more each day. New residential developments seem to pop up every day and enticing new and existing businesses to open in the area. Burgersmith is opening a new location in Broussard, which will be 'about 4, 000 square -feet with the same hip bar and dining experience from other locations,' says Developing Lafayette. The new Burgersmith is expected to open in late 2018 right in front of the new Elevation Station that opened on Friday.


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In an interesting media statement this week Fuso Australia has confirmed it has a secured a steady supply of Canter light trucks into the future .
Although the Daimler owned Japanese brand doesn’t even into or mention the supply issues besetting its besieged competitor Hino, any astute observer would be able to conclude that Fuso is hoping to potentially pick up some more customers in a market that is heavy on demand and light on supply.
Hino it seems will only have very limited supply of many of the truck in its range for potentially 12 months or more which may spur some customers to switch to Fuso because they cannot get a Hino. T&B News emphasises that this conclusion is based on our own speculation and not based on anything any of the Japanese truck brands have said.
Fuso said in its release that “while supply issues continue to affect the industry, the it now has consistent supply of its most popular models”.
This it says includes the full Canter range, including its Built Ready factory tippers, wide cab and city cab models. Fuso also said it has good supply of the Canter 515, which it points out is the best-selling single model truck in Australia.
Fuso Truck and Bus Australia director, Alex Müller, said Fuso is pleased to have secured reliable production flow for Canter.
“We are very excited to be able to offer our customers consistent and solid supply of our Canter, giving them peace of mind that we now can provide the trucks they need to get the job done,” Müller said .
“A lot of work has gone in to clearing the hurdles required to release a steady supply of our most popular truck,” he Müller concluded.
Fuso also added in the statement that it also has a decent supply of its medium duty Fighter and heavy-duty Shogun models.
With the market set to smash al sales records this year, the troubles at Hino, following difficult supply chain issues over the past two years, one can only hope the other brands can fill the gap by the potential lack of supply for the Toyota owned brand


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According to one of the scientists at St. Against this background, Adidas has introduced be in the game, his latest workout collection is specifically aimed at women who want to feel more confident and secure during menstruation.
a TechFit Period Proof leggings and shorts line With an extra absorbent layer that protects against leakage – during exercise – when used with a sink or absorbent materials. There are three layers: first remover, second absorbent and third leak proof.
The launch is part of the journey the brand has taken to revolutionize its product offering and meet the needs of all menstruating people in sports. The longstanding campaign behind this initiative, Watch Us Move, is another example of how Adidas is questioning the rules and launching initiatives for its women’s community, in line with its philosophy that sport is for everyone. And life can change.
To envision the TechFit Period Proof Collection, the first step, according to the brand, was understanding the physical, emotional, and social barriers preventing athletic participation and making women less safe to move on during their cycle.
Analyzing data from more than 14,000 athletes, it was found that even those who are considered “pioneers” in their sport do not learn about menstruation in sport either in school or from their coaches. – or not discussed. In the UK, 82.3% of participants said they never received an explanation of their menstrual cycle in relation to exercise or exercise, and of those who had a trainer, 81.5% never spoke to them about their cycle. Has not. In the US, 65.3% received no training on the subject and 75.8% did not talk to their teacher about the menstrual cycle. 1
Worldwide, Adidas has gone even further, aiming to raise awareness, improve education and dispel taboos around menstruation – a topic that lurks in adolescents and adults alike. With insights from coaches and athletes, the brand also worked with Dr. Georgie Bruinwells and Orreco worked together to create free lesson plans and resources that will benefit schools around the world.


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New IP phones at Office Depot
8x8 Virtual Office just got another boost in the IP business phone space, thanks to a new collaboration between 8x8, Inc. and Aastra. Here’s an article by Amy Tierney of TMCnet.
8x8, Aastra Launch Co-Branded IP Business Phones
By Amy Tierney
TMCnet Web Editor
The virtual office just got another boost in the IP business phone space, thanks to a new collaboration between 8x8, Inc. and Aastra.
8x8, Inc., the Santa Clara, California-based provider of Virtual Office and Packet8 broadband business, residential, video and mobile communications services, has partnered withAastra ( News – Alert), a global provider of communications products, to offer co-branded Virtual Office business IP phones bundled with the 8x8 Virtual Office suite. Under the partnership, Aastra will supply the co-branded 8x8/Aastra 6755i Virtual Office IP phone, while 8x8 manages the 8x8 Virtual Office hosted IPPBX ( News – Alert) service, the companies announced.
The new phone, which is available at Office Depot, can plug into any broadband Internet connection. Users can make or receive calls without any changes to the firewall or network configuration. Other features include corporate directory display and lookup, extension dialing and transfers, intercom paging, shared line appearance and an embedded XML browser.
The co-branded phone, shown below, also includes speakerphone, programmable soft key appearances and LCD display screens, and supports “Power over Ethernet.” The latest model replaces the Virtual Office ST2118 analog business phone, which Office Depot previously carried. More than 16,000 companies use the plug-and-play IP devices,8x8 ( News – Alert) said.
“8x8 and Aastra have experienced great synergy working together on an OEM level, and we look forward to broadening our relationship into the retail sales and marketing channel,” said Tim Whittington, senior vice president and general manager, Aastra USA, in a statement. “The combination of Aastra’s superior quality business IP phones together with 8x8’s award winning business services, available direct to the end user through Office Depot, is a unique and compelling offer for the small and medium sized business market.”
The 8x8/Aastra 6755i phone is available for an estimated price of $199.99. The new offering comes a month after Aastra announced the addition of two new models to its SIP phone portfolio, the 6730i and 6731i.
The concept of virtual offices appear to be popular, particularly in a recession, as companies look for new ways to save money.
Last fall, 8x8 announced plans to help cash-strapped businesses. It cut charges for its “Virtual Office Business Phone Service” by 50 percent for subscribers who enrolled by yearend. The company looked to broaden its reach by adding its Virtual Office Business Phone Service to the Intel Business Exchange (Intel ( News – Alert) BX) roster, an online storefront and business solutions Web site designed to help companies speed the identification procession of appropriate tools for their business.
And business appears to be healthy. As TMC reported, 8x8 recently announced a five percent revenue growth and a nearly 40 percent hike in business service growth in 2009.


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Kenny G is known for smooth jazz, not frothy beverages, but the saxophonist recently generated buzz when he claimed to have had a hand in creating one of Starbucks' most popular items.
In an interview with Bloomberg News last month, the 58-year-old musician revealed that back in the early '90s, when the Seattle-based chain only offered traditional coffee drinks on the menu, he advised CEO Howard Schultz to come up with a more creative concoction.
"There was another company, Coffee Bean, that had something called blended … it was a sweet drink, and people were lined up around the block," the musician recalled.
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Hardly surprising, too, that advertising is in the firing line; strong hints are emerging that the Government is pushing harder for a ban on junk-food advertising to children. Up to this point, all the signs had been that the ad industry would have 18 months' grace to launch some self-regulatory measures. Meanwhile, the plan was for Ofcom to advise on the most practical and workable way forward. Now the Government appears to have made up its mind that it would like Ofcom to recommend a ban (page 1).
As children's health has been pushed up the political agenda, Tony Blair and his government seem to have found themselves making stronger and stronger pre-election pledges. So this week's emphatic threat to junk-food ads seems like just another example of pre-election politicking, designed to grab headlines and votes but not necessarily to be taken seriously as policy. It seems more like a message designed for the ears of the mass of voters, than for the ad industry and its regulators. Don't panic.


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LONDON, July 24 (Reuters) - British chip designer ARM Holdings beat expectations for its second quarter with a 30 percent rise in adjusted pretax profit on Wednesday, helped by demand for its latest processors and graphics technology.
In the first set of results since Simon Segars took over as chief executive from Warren East on July 1, the Cambridge-based company reported pretax profit of 86.6 million pounds ($133 million) on revenue up 26 percent, in sterling terms, to 171.2 million, both ahead of forecasts.
ARM has outpaced the wider semiconductor market for the last five years or so, helped by the dominance of its processor architecture in smartphones and tablet computers.
There have been some signs of softness at the top end of the smartphone market, marked by weaker-than-expected sales of Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone. Apple , however, comfortable beat forecasts for iPhone sales on Tuesday.


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India’s biggest-ever tax reform; GST is here after a long wait of almost 17 years. There is lot of anxiety in the implementation of it. GST is expected to provide a big boost to overall economic growth and revenues. As per latest World Bank report, the economy is predicted grow 7.2% in 2017-18 and 7.7% in 2019-2020 post its implementation.
But any change is never easy. Let’s look at some of the teething troubles which take its own time & shape in implementing the much-awaited unified tax system.
Security Vulnerabilities: In a rush to be GST ready most companies are leaving security loopholes. The cyber security team in PwC has found out security loopholes in the newly implemented IT infrastructure for GST, underscoring the risk of the recent malware that affected 300,000 computers globally. There are lots of apprehensions on the vulnerability quotient on critical financial information traversing the internet as a part of the GST process implementation.
A Halfway House: Some analysts call it as a halfway house to the final idea. There’s a scope left for arbitrariness on which item to place in what rate thereby creating a scope for lobbying to place some items in lower tax brackets making certain industry uncompetitive. “The wider impact of the classification of items under different tax slabs needs to be gauged very cautiously since under GST not only the taxes paid on goods but even the taxes paid on the services will be eligible for input tax credit,” as per Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) body.
Mid-Year Implementation: As GST will be Implemented in the middle of the year, so businesses will have to follow the older tax structure for the first 3 months making it difficult to cross over from one tax structure to the other in such a short span resulting in ambiguity and compliance issues.
Technology Infrastructure Challenge: The system is expected to process 3.5 billion invoices every month. There are around 8 million direct taxpayers who will be required to file up to 37 tax returns in a year. In fact, GST roll out could create a “technological nightmare”.
Apart from the challenges, there are many benefits GST will bring to all. Let get into the broader benefits GST will bring for our country.
Common Market: India is on the verge of becoming a common market. Removing the multiplicity of taxes on the same commodity or service is about to fade away. There will be no filing of different returns with different authorities for different taxes making it a scientific system of taxation thereby reducing hidden taxes.
Pro Consumer: The consumers will have better understanding of the total incidence of tax on the product or the service they are buying. The consumer segment interest is being protected as per Finance Minister Arun Jaitley by exempting 50% of the items in retail inflation basket and overall 81% of the items will be taxed at 18% or lower rates.
All businesses, small or large, will be impacted by this new indirect tax regime. Let’s have a quick glance on its impact on these five sectors:
Prices for SUVs and bigger cars are expected to come down.
Prices for small cars and hybrid cars will go up and cess in a range of 1% (small) and 15% (hybrid)
18% tax rate would increase the existing burden on the industry. Cost of mobile bills will also go up.
Cost of mobile products (mobiles, laptops, etc.) will go up. But, imported mobile phones cheaper
Solar projects to cost 18% more
Cost of power generation will increase by 20%
Tax reduced for many products including Sugar, Tea, Coffee, Edible oil and will be at 5% bracket
Toothpaste, Hair oil and soaps to be taxed at 18% as compared to current 28% slab
Travel & Tourism
Hotel rooms less than ₹1,000 per night – Nil Tax. Hotel rooms for more than ₹5,000 – 28% similar to luxury category taxation
Business class travel will be costlier
The expected implementation of GST from 1st July 2017 is anticipated to bump the inflation initially similar to other economies when they moved to single tax regime such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand. However, it is expected to boost the growth by up to 2 percent in the long run by removing inefficiencies from the system. Lot of caution has to be maintained as the businesses will move online with GST and new IT systems need to be equipped for what the tax law needs. Apart from all the challenges being faced and only few days left, the panel of CEOs survey suggests that 88% of executives are prepared for 1st July rollout and 94% are positive about the impact on the economy.
GST & Ransomware
Amidst the ongoing ransomware euphoria that has inflicted more than 150 nations all over the world, the GSTN or the Goods and Services Tax Network that offers IT infra for GST tax regime is safe, said Prakash Kumar, CEO for GSTN. This is because the Goods and Services Tax Network does not run on the vulnerable operating system.
Post the historic decision from when it approved all the four GST bills earlier this year in April, GSTN is gearing up for handling approx. 3+ billion invoices every month under the revolutionary tax system.
Clarifying further, Mr. Kumar said to PTI, “Our network doesn’t run on Microsoft operating system and thus, we are safe from the malware. GSTN runs on Linux operating system, which is not inflicted by the ransomware threat.”
The Goods and Services Tax Network further assured its stakeholders that all the information/data will be securely stored in encrypted form and that access would be strictly limited to assessing officers and taxpayers only.
Around 60 lakh VAT, service tax and excise assessees have already enrolled onto the Goods and Services Tax Network’s portal between November 2016 to April 2017. At present, there are an estimated 80 lakh such assessees.


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What to Expect When Alphabet Reports Monday
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is set to report fourth-quarter and full-year results after the closing bell Monday. But the numbers, while important, may not be as big a deal as mounting efforts to place new restrictions on the company’s data collection and privacy practices.
Alphabet’s Google search engine is the digital world’s most lucrative advertising business, and it was slapped with a $57 million fine last month by French authorities. And just last week, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) revoked Google’s and Facebook Inc.’s (NASDAQ: FB) enterprise developer certificates because both firms were misusing the program to collect private data from users.
Google’s ad revenues in 2017 totaled $35 billion and are forecast at around $40 billion for 2018, not including YouTube revenues. Including Facebook’s Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, Facebook’s ad revenues jumped to $55 billion last year. Together the two giants account for about 57% of all digital ad spending.
So what’s in store for Google’s results? Alphabet is expected to report its most recent quarterly results Monday afternoon. The consensus analyst estimates call for $10.86 in earnings per share (EPS) and fourth-quarter revenue of $38.98 billion. For the full year, analysts are looking for EPS of $41.81 and revenues of $136.49 billion, the vast majority of which is ad revenue from Google search and YouTube.
Investors may see, for the first time, YouTube ad revenues broken out separately. Following some persistent problems with brand safety issues related to the service’s pushing ads from groups promoting white nationalism, conspiracy theories and North Korean propaganda, YouTube may have put the issue to rest. Ad revenue on the video platform rose 11% year over year in the third quarter, and just over half of advertisers have renewed their spending on YouTube. The three largest advertisers, according to Ad Exchanger, were Geico, Samsung and Disney, which together accounted for 15% of all advertising last year.
Ad revenue growth, as always, will be paramount to investors, while the company’s “Other Bets” segment is expected to rise by more than a third. Traffic acquisition costs are expected to remain flat, and sales of the Google Home smart speaker should improve.
Early Monday, Alphabet stock traded up about 0.9% to $1,128.52, in a 52-week range of $977.66 to $1,291.44. The consensus 12-month price target is $1,351.27.


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Reports suggest Netflix is in talks with studios to change its licensing and production agreements with firms like Warner, Universal, and Sony as the streaming service’s plans to run advertising throw up new challenges.
Why it matters
Since Netflix confirmed its advertising plans, the shape of the company’s offer has fascinated the industry. Sticky, popular content plus high-quality data on a logged-in, paying audience is a hugely compelling proposition. With these indications of success, it appears that studios understand their opportunity to do better out of this necessary negotiation.
Yet, what it points to is that the plans are in train, as the target of Q4 for an ad-tier debut approaches.
What’s going on
According to reporting in the Wall Street Journal, Netflix is now negotiating the necessary agreements, which will be essential to running an ad-supported service.
- The problem is that these are likely to increase Netflix’s costs, with insiders telling the Journal that studios will be after a premium of 15% to 30% more than they are currently paid.
- It’s not the first time the streaming giant has needed to amend deals in-flight. When it allowed device downloads, studios claimed increased payments.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Gets Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Update Samsung has been pushing out their Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update to a number of different devices recently, and the latest device to get the Android Jelly Bean update is the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. It looks like the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update ...
International Galaxy S III Gets Android 4.1.2 Update It looks like Samsung has started rolling out the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update to its international Galaxy S III smartphone, as owners of the handset in Poland have reported receiving the update. The Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update for the Samsung Galaxy S III is being ...
Samsung Launches A New Mobile Store In Paris Samsung has launched their first Mobile Store in Paris, which opened in France last Saturday, and the store sells Samsung’s latest smartphones and tablets as well as notebooks and a range of accessories, have a look at the photos below.


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The mobile phone giant reverse charged 7½p to 169p, making it the top blue chip casualty, as investors digested the double dose of overseas bad news.
Although the launch of the iPhone helped boost first-quarter subscriber numbers at Verizon Wireless, in which Vodafone holds a 45 per cent stake, subsidies paid out on the two million-plus phones sold sent profit margins sliding to 43.7 per cent from 46 per cent a year earlier.
The negative call on the communications sector extended to BT Group, off 3¼p to 189p, while Cable & Wireless Worldwide and Colt lost 1½p to 47p and 3p to 148¾p.
Sainsbury’s was marked down 3p to 339p as JPMorgan Cazenove told clients to avoid the stock, citing a slowdown in sales growth.
The broker warned: “We believe its actual core like-for-like figure is worse than the market believes.”
It argued that to maintain its growth without available debt financing at sensible terms, the supermarket may have to cut its dividend, followed by either property disposals or an equity issue.
Investors lost their appetite for catering giant Compass Group, 5½p weaker at 573½p, following a cautious profit outlook from French rival Sodexo, while fading bid hopes sent orthopaedics group Smith & Nephew 8p lower to 663½p.
A strong first-quarter performance and hopes that funds raised for a major acquisition that has failed to materialise could be returned to shareholders boosted software giant Autonomy 112p to 1620p. Luxury brands group Burberry was in vogue, up 27p to 1271p, amid talk of Middle East predatory interest, while bargain-hunters also went shopping for fashion chain Next, 46p higher at 2239p, after upbeat comments from UBS.
Barclays was 4½p in the black at 298¾p as Nomura reckoned the company’s shares were oversold, while renewed hopes of a takeover by its German company lifted tour operator TUI Travel 7p to 239p. The FTSE 100 Index closed 3.96 points lower at 6018.3.
The recent roller-coaster ride for investors in online gaming giant Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment took an 8½p downward turn to 164p as Investec urged caution following the positive stock reaction to the US crackdown on poker sites.
Analyst Paul Leyland said: “The US action has been treated as an unalloyed positive for Bwin.Party and other poker operators. We believe the operational and regulatory reality is much more mixed than this.”
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones was up 38.9 points to 12,492.44 by close.


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Hewlett Packard enterprise Co stated it might spin off and merge its suffering IT services business withcomputer Sciences Corp , allowing the agency to recognition on its cloud offerings commercial enterprise and different fast–growing units.
shares of Hewlett Packard business enterprise, formed after Hewlett-Packard Co formally cut up in November, rose 10.5 percentage in extended trading on Tuesday.
Falls Church, Virginia-primarily based computer Sciences’ stocks jumped 19.5 percent to $42.60.
under leader executive Meg Whitman, Hewlett Packard agency has been restructuring its IT consulting andofferings institution.
The company offered as a minimum 84 percent of its 60.5 percentage stake in Indian IT offerings issuerMphasis Ltd to Blackstone group for $1.1 billion (kind of Rs. 7,423 crores) in April.
HPE is predicted to have $33 billion (kind of Rs. 2,22,730 crores) in annual revenue after the by-productand could focus on its last corporation group that includes its cloud services enterprise and makes servers, routers and switches.
revenue from the agency group business rose approximately 7 percentage to $7.01 billion (more or lessRs. 47,313 crores) inside the 2nd quarter ended April 30, from a yr in advance, on a regular foreign money basis.
however, revenue from the enterprise offerings business, which the transaction values at approximately$eight.five billion after tax, fell 2 percent at $four.7 billion (more or less Rs. 31,721 crores) 12 months-over-year.
The employer offerings business fell 6 percent 12 months-over-12 months in the preceding quarter.
HPE, which homes the previous Hewlett-Packard Co’s corporate hardware and offerings department,said the merger of the 2 businesses is anticipated to provide cost synergies of about $1 billion inside the first year after near, anticipated by means of March 2017.
laptop Sciences leader govt Mike Lawrie becomes chairman, president and CEO of the brand newcorporation, 50 percentage of with a purpose to be owned by using HPE shareholders. Whitman will jointhe board of the new business enterprise.
the brand new company‘s board could be break up evenly among administrators nominated via HPE and CSC.
HPE expects $900 million (kind of Rs. 6,074 crores) in separation costs regarding the merger, of which $300 million (more or less Rs. 2,024 crores) can be recorded in 2016, chief economic Officer Tim Stonesifer stated on a convention name with analysts.
HPE, which additionally delivered $3 billion (kind of Rs. 20,245 crores) to its share buyback, statedgeneral sales rose 1.three percentage to $12.71 billion (more or less Rs. eighty five,769 crores) inside the 2nd area. Analysts on common had anticipated $12.33 billion (roughly Rs. 83,197 crores), in line withThomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Goldman Sachs & Co is serving as monetary adviser to HPE, even as RBC Capital Markets is serving asfinancial adviser to CSC.
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Farm Rio and Adidas: A Decade of Collaboration Celebrated with a New Capsule Collection
Badgley Mischka is pleased to announce its collaboration with Fashwire, an industry-leading fashion tech platform, to expand the brand’s reach internationally and revolutionize the way luxury purchasing is done in the future.
Badgley Mischka has maintained its position as an industry trailblazer by consistently introducing groundbreaking designs. Badgley Mischka is on a mission to change the way high-end consumers shop by teaming up with Fashwire, an innovative platform that marries up-and-coming designers with well-known labels. Badgley Mischka will be able to contact more people and talk to more fashionistas thanks to Fashwire’s cutting-edge technologies and massive audience reach.
Consumers may access selected collections from designers all over the world through Fashwire’s platform, which acts as a portal to the global fashion scene. Through their partnership with Fashwire, Badgley Mischka is able to tap into Fashwire’s vast audience of trend-conscious individuals, enabling the brand to enhance its visibility in strategic areas and establish meaningful connections with fresh demographics. As the luxury retail industry changes, Badgley Mischka is making strategic moves like this partnership to stay ahead of the curve.
In addition to increasing exposure, Badgley Mischka and Fashwire hope to improve customers’ purchasing experiences through their partnership. Fashwire is an immersive platform that allows customers to explore the newest collections by Badgley Mischka, find exclusive items, and have a deeper connection with the brand. Badgley Mischka hopes to develop a shopping experience that embodies the brand’s dedication to innovation and perfection by utilizing Fashwire’s cutting-edge technology and user-friendly interface.
Badgley Mischka and Fashwire’s partnership exemplifies the meeting of cutting-edge style with cutting-edge technology. Using Fashwire’s platform, Badgley Mischka can take luxury shopping to a whole new level, satisfying customers all over the globe. We hope you’ll come along for the ride as we celebrate the coming together of fashion and technology and see the future of high fashion retail for yourself.


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ARTICLES ABOUT FAST FOOD INDUSTRY
A glimpse of fast-food workers, men and women, young and old, some of whom have shed their anonymity and joined a year-old effort to achieve an increased wage of $15 an hour.December 29, 2013, Sunday
Repeated strikes against fast-food restaurants have called for a sharp minimum-wage increase, to $15 an hour, but the side effects of such a jump on prices and employment are unclear.December 5, 2013, Thursday
A growing movement of fast-food workers is seeking to press McDonald’s, Wendy’s and other restaurant chains to raise pay to $15 an hour.December 2, 2013, Monday
Like most of the 55,000 fast-food workers in New York, Eduardo Shoy, 58, is struggling to stitch together a living on minimum wage.December 1, 2013, Sunday
The struggle of low-income workers, many in retailing, is adding momentum to efforts to increase the federal minimum wage.November 29, 2013, Friday
Nonprofit groups, struggling with declining contributions, are exploring food franchise opportunities.November 8, 2013, Friday
Drive on through. It’s taken care of.October 20, 2013, Sunday
Starbucks, McDonald’s and Subway were the most-frequented restaurants in an analysis by Certify, a firm that manages expense-account software.October 8, 2013, Tuesday
The fast-food chain said it would increase its offerings of fruits and vegetables and promote more nutritional options to children.September 27, 2013, Friday
The fast-food chain says its new Satisfries will have about 40 percent less fat and 30 percent fewer calories than the fries sold by its rival McDonald’s.September 24, 2013, Tuesday
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Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos Taco is a marriage made in processed-food heaven. It joins a perfectly engineered snack with a proven fast-food colossus. Michael Moss asks: what’s in it?
Two big advertising companies merge, fast-food workers strike for higher wages and a former Goldman Sachs trader is found liable for fraud in a mortgage-backed security deal.
McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s are facing slow growth and disgruntled employees while also competing against new chains that are eating into their market share.
The roughly 21 million workers who earn between the minimum wage and $10 an hour are largely young and without children. But a significant number are older, college-educated or raising families.
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Apple has pulled out of EPEAT, a global non-profit eco-rating service sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and will no longer label its electronic products according to their environmental impact as a result.
In stating its disappointment at the move, EPEAT noted that its certification program is “more than simply a product rating – it is also a community effort by all interested stakeholders to define and maintain best practice in environmental sustainability for electronics.”
Already smarting from criticism that labor practices at Foxconn and other Chinese manufacturers are irresponsible manufacturing, the brand this week was criticized for gluing in batteries to its new MacBook, which led a spokesperson for the city of San Francisco, which insists on EPEAT standards as part of its toxics reduction commitment, to comment:
“I don’t know why Apple would choose to go this route. It’s really bad for EPEAT and it’s really bad for anyone trying to do green purchasing. We strongly believe that eco-labels are essential for green purchasing, and Apple just withdrew from the list. We want to register our displeasure, and urge Apple to reconsider.”
Over the past year, Apple has increased sustainability efforts as consumers have become more aware of the beloved brand’s impact globally and across its supply chain. Apple focuses on optimal product engineering and design to reduce GHG emissions, and touts itself as the only company in its industry whose entire product line not only meets but also exceeds the strict energy guidelines of the Energy Star specifications. The company has announced plans to build a 20-megawatt solar power facility to support the operations of their new data center in North Carolina, which also earned the coveted LEED Platinum certification in 2011. The company’s new headquarters in California are expected to house approximately 13,000 employees, but will be totally self-sufficient in terms of energy use, with the national power grid serving only as a backup. However, the brand’s efforts have also been called into question, receiving a ”D” grade in EIRIS’ Top 10 Global Sustainability Leaders list. According to EIRIS, the company must do more to address its supply chain sustainability issues. Apple has begun to address these concerns with a Supplier Sustainability Report, which emphasizes training and educating suppliers on regulations.
July 13 update: Apple announced today that it is putting its eligible products back on the EPEAT registry in a letter to customers posted on its website, signed by SVP of hardware engineering Bob Mansfield —
We’ve recently heard from many loyal Apple customers who were disappointed to learn that we had removed our products from the EPEAT rating system. I recognize that this was a mistake. Starting today, all eligible Apple products are back on EPEAT.
It’s important to know that our commitment to protecting the environment has never changed, and today it is as strong as ever. Apple makes the most environmentally responsible products in our industry. In fact, our engineering teams have worked incredibly hard over the years to make our products even more environmentally friendly, and much of our progress has come in areas not yet measured by EPEAT.
For example, Apple led the industry in removing harmful toxins such as brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). We are the only company to comprehensively report greenhouse gas emissions for every product we make, taking into account the entire product lifecycle. And we’ve removed plastics wherever possible, in favor of materials that are more highly recyclable, more durable, more efficient and longer lasting.
Perhaps most importantly, we make the most energy-efficient computers in the world and our entire product line exceeds the stringent ENERGY STAR 5.2 government standard. No one else in our industry can make that claim.
We think the IEEE 1680.1 standard could be a much stronger force for protecting the environment if it were upgraded to include advancements like these. This standard, on which the EPEAT rating system is based, is an important measuring stick for our industry and its products.
Our relationship with EPEAT has become stronger as a result of this experience, and we look forward to working with EPEAT as their rating system and the underlying IEEE 1680.1 standard evolve. Our team at Apple is dedicated to designing products that everyone can be proud to own and use.


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Barnes Fair 2019 update
There’s always plenty to see, do, buy, eat and drink at Barnes Fair and this year is no exception!
Together with the carousel and traditional fairground attractions, we have a full programme of live music and events taking place on the Bandstand and Events Stage. Many of Barnes’ favourite restaurants – including Rick Stein, The Brown Dog, The Treehouse and @Feast - have stands and will offer a delicious selection of food though the day. Barnes’ brewery Jeffersons have a beer tent and the BCA will be returning with their ever-popular Pimm’s stand.
NEW for 2019 is an animal-themed fancy dress parade which is open to all children under 11 and will be judged by BBC presenter Kate Silverton. Home-Start Richmond, Kingston & Hounslow, Barnes Fair’s nominated charity for 2019, will be helping us to organise this and we look forward to meeting the animals at 10am at the Bandstand.
And in addition to all this, there are almost 300 stalls to wander around selling everything from jewellery and gifts to handmade clothes for adults and children, plants, homewares and all kinds of unusual and original products.
Barnes Fair 2019 will take place on Saturday 13 July, 9.30am-5.30pm.
It is a FREE, community fundraising event organised by Barnes Community Association. Full listings of everything that is planned will be printed in this year’s Barnes Fair Programme which will be delivered to all households in Barnes at the beginning of July. If you would like to advertise in the Barnes Fair 2019 programme, contact Charlotte Sharpe Neal - prices start at £99 for a quarter page.
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Virgil Abloh will be working with Nike and Off-White to produce a leather collaboration of colorways, in addition to the women’s gear that they already have in the works.
We previously reported the other day that Virgil Abloh is working with Nike x Off-White to design a line of apparel that will be exclusive for women. Looks like that Virgil guy is a busy bee, particularly with Nike and Off-White as that aforementioned collaboration will not be their last of the year together.
We are now learning that the trio of creative hive minds will be tag teaming with each other again for a leather bound collab. Per a tweet from trusted sneaker leaker @pyleaks, the designer will be teaming up once again with Nike and Off-White to produce three new colorways for the Nike Dunk Low Leather.
As of this writing, no images – official, unofficial, or otherwise – have been released for the new Nike Dunk Low Leather colorways. However, at the very least, we do have names for these colorways on deck – thanks to the sneaker leaker – that should give us an idea for what these sneakers should look like when they drop. The collaboration will deliver colorways called the “University Gold/Midnight Navy/White,” “University Red/University Red/Wolf Grey” and “White/Pine Green/Pine Green.”
Also per the sneaker’s leakers original tweet, the new collection of colorways for the Off-White x Nike Dunk Low Leather are rumored to hit the market later this year in October. When they do drop, they could be on the shelves for as high of a retail price as $170; again, per the sneaker leaker’s original tweet.


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Cattle producers to fight bad mad cow publicity
PIERRE, S.D. -- Cattle producers in South Dakota plan to give away discount coupons and talk with grocery store shoppers to encourage them to keep eating beef despite the first U.S. case of mad cow disease. South Dakota Cattlemen's Association president Brian Brockel said producers hope to convince people that beef is safe and persuade nations that have banned imports of American beef to reverse their stand. Otherwise, prices will fall from recent highs, and that will hurt farmers and ranchers, he said. A sick cow slaughtered in Washington state on Dec. 9 was discovered to have mad cow disease.
Humans who eat brain or spinal matter from an infected cow can develop a brain-wasting illness, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. During a mad cow outbreak in the 1980s, about 150 people died of it in Britain.
But Brockel said Americans do not eat those parts of cattle.
His group plans to give away $5 coupons, called Beef Bucks, next week that can be used to buy beef products at Kessler's Grocery in Aberdeen, 200 miles northwest of Sioux Falls.
Farmers, ranchers and businesses had donated $1,500 as of Tuesday to pay for the coupons, said Maria Tussing, communications director for the Cattlemen's Association.
Members of the group also will try to reassure shoppers that beef is safe. The store is donating prime rib so producers can give people samples of the meat.
The Wyoming Beef Council, meanwhile, has launched a campaign to provide information about mad cow disease to grocery stores, meat counters and restaurants. The council's executive director, Ann Whittmann, said she has been in touch with beef retailers by phone and e-mail and through mailings.
"No one has indicated there has been any type of decline in demand in this area," she said.
Several states with large cattle industries, including Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri, say they currently have no plans for a promotion like the Beef Bucks.
"Consumer demand has held up pretty good," said Crystal Bryant, spokeswoman for the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers.
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South Dakota Cattlemen's Association: http://www.sdcattlemen.org


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The Toy Association of India has organized 9th Toy Biz International 2015, the biggest Toy Exhibition in country, at Hall No. 12A, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. This exhibition has two phase- B2B and B2c respectively. 9th and 10th April will be a purely B2B, where only business buyers would be allowed to visit the fair while on 11th and 12th April would be a B2C affair, where the general public and children would be welcomed to witness and purchase the Toys from the fair.
The Top notch Toy Manufacturers, Wholesalers, Retailers will be showcasing their products in this exhibition.
The Toy Association of India has been organizing Fairs for the last 13 years and this is the 9th consecutive year the International Toy Fair is being held. The Indian Toy Industry with the guiding words of our Prime Minister, “Make in India” presents vast potential and efficiency for export of toys, dolls, games and playthings for children of different age groups. The Fair is an attempt to showcase the products of Indian Toy Companies to the National and International Markets.
The focus of the Fair is to evolve a permanent mechanism for regular feed backs. Our members have resolved to make NEED BASED toys for the INDIAN CHILD. To this end in mind, we have been regularly planning to involve agencies like NCERT, NIPCCD and Moms & Parents Associations, etc. This will help the Industry and these agencies to create awareness and usefulness of Toy Related Curriculum for the growth and development of Children.
The Toy Association of India (TAI) is the only apex body of the Toy Industry in India representing top toy companies spread across the country.


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Winter in Michigan can be a miserable time, but like most things, it’s what you make of it. While you could certainly spend the next few months indoors complaining about how cold it is, you could embrace the winter chill instead!
I know, easier said than done. However, it’s much easier to do so if you attend a winter festival! While you may think that festivals in Michigan are just a summertime thing, they’re not. There are plenty of them to enjoy in southeast Michigan during the next few weeks. Let’s take a look!
The Plymouth Ice Festival is the first to kick off the winter festivals, on Friday, Jan. 9 through Sunday, Jan. 11 in downtown Plymouth. The opening ceremony and ribbon cutting takes place at 7 p.m. on Friday, and throughout the weekend, you can get your picture taken with an interactive ice sculpture! If you have the chance to swing by on Saturday, you’ll want to do so around 7 p.m., when the Dueling Chainsaw competition takes place. It sounds dangerous, but is awesome! It’s a competition where two carvers get 15 minutes to create a project.
A full list of events for the Plymouth Ice Festival can be found here. The festival begins at 3 p.m. on Friday and ends at 6 p.m. on Sunday.
Royal Oak Beer Fest is a celebration of beer, and I for one am more than ready to take part in such a festivity no matter the season. The festival takes place on Saturday, Jan. 17 at the Royal Oak Farmers Market, where 61 breweries and over 125 beers await.
If you’re not a beer fan, there’s still plenty for you, including over a dozen varieties of hard cider and wine, spirits, games, food vendors and live entertainment, including Detroit’s own Kaleido. General session tickets cost $45 (includes 15 samples and a tasting cup) and VIP tickets cost $65 (includes 20 samples, a tasting cup, early admission and first access to rare and limited edition brews).
The event is of course only for those 21 and up, and a designated driver ticket is available for $15. Keep an eye on the Royal Oak Beer Fest Facebook page for updates, including participating breweries and food vendors.
Winterfest will take place at West Bloomfield’s Marshbank Park on Saturday, Jan. 17. From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., enjoy ice sculptures and demonstrations, cardboard sled races, a family snowman-building contest, s’more roasting and more.
There will be frozen bowling, a frozen pie eating contest (I’m not sure how I feel about this particular activity. Frozen pie?), and horse-drawn wagon rides available to those who attend. You’ll even have the opportunity to meet sled dogs and a professional musher! Dog sled rides will be available for children ages 3 to 12.
Fire & Ice Festival is being held in downtown Rochester the weekend of Friday, Jan. 23 through Sun., Jan. 25. Head to the corner of E. Third Street and Water Street for a free weekend of fun, including activities like cross-country skiing, ice skating, dog sled rides, ice sculptures and more.
Have you ever wanted to try out snowshoeing? Now is your chance! If you’re feeling athletic, you might want to participate in the Brooksie Way Chill at the Mills 5K Race, which takes place on Sunday at 9 a.m. You can register for it online here.
TigerFest is a celebration of something we all know and love: Detroit baseball! It takes place on Saturday, Jan. 24, and unfortunately, is already sold out. However, those of you who already have tickets (or are going to purchase some online for triple the price or try to win a pair) will get to enjoy an inside peek of Comerica Park, as well as explore the Ernie Harwell Media Center and more.
A Kids Zone, live demonstrations (of bat carvings and ice sculpting) and Q&A sessions with players are also on the agenda.
Motown Winter Blast promises “great times and cool events” in downtown Detroit the weekend of Friday, Feb. 6 through Sunday, Feb. 8. Ice sculptures, free ice skating at Campus Martius Park, snowshoeing, marshmallow roasting and professional and amateur figure skating exhibitions are a few of the festival’s highlights.
Detroit’s Westin Book Cadillac is providing special Winter Blast weekend hotel rates, so if you’re staying the night in the D for this event, you’ll want to check it out.
Fire & Ice with Spice is the perfect Valentine’s Day date for you and your sweetheart, as it takes place in Clawson on Saturday, Feb. 14. Head to South Main Street from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and you’ll see everything from ice sculptures to fire breathers and jugglers!
A dozen ice carvers will take part in a carving contest, and there will also be a chili cook-off!
Aqua Freeze Festival brings the winter fun to St. Clair Shores beginning on Friday, Feb. 20 through Sunday, Feb. 22. This year’s theme is “Winter Nights at the Oscars,” so show up wearing your best ball gown! Just kidding. You’ll be ice bowling, ice skating, mini golfing and sledding, so probably dress for the elements instead.
If you enjoy extremes, you might want to sign up for the Polar Plunge as well! The 2nd Annual SCS Polar Plunge takes place on Sunday at 2 p.m. Pay $25 to jump into a freezing cold (read: literally frozen) hole, and your money will support future Aqua Freeze Festivals. Signing a waiver is required, so keep that in mind.
To look the part, and/or warm up after the Polar Plunge, take a peek at all of the official logo apparel for sale.
As you can see, there are plenty of winter festivals taking place in southeast Michigan that will keep you from feeling sad and dreary as the weather gets colder. Grab your friends and make the most of winter in the D!


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Productronica India 2019 - New Delhi, India.
Electronica India and Productronica India opened their doors to the industry on 25th September 2019, with record participation from electronics professionals from across the country. The 2019 editions of electronica India and productronica India are hosting more than 650 exhibitors from over 18 countries making them the biggest trade shows for electronic components and machinery in India. Under the Make in India initiative, the government of India aims to increase the share of the manufacturing sector.
Unlike the previous year, this is the very first time that GKG took part in an overseas exhibition by having a booth of our own. To spice up the event further, we were even honoured by the presence of GKG’s Chairman, Mr. Glenn Qiu. Together with the support from our long time distributor, T&R, the atmosphere at the booth was nothing short of enthusiasm and liveliness.
The direct interaction with customers was priceless and it definitely brought us closer to our end-users. Not only were customers impressed with the mechanical structures, they were also flabbergasted by how well equipped and user-friendly the software was. It is no wonder that GKG evolved from a domestic company to a multi-million international organization within a short span of 15 years.
Kudos to all our visitors 👍 ! GKG look forward to serving you again next year in Bangalore!


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Paying for what we get
It was information that really did seem to want to be free.
That suited me.
Logged on to a computer all day, I thought nothing of clicking my way to www.555-1212.com to find a writer's phone number or try a "reverse lookup," typing in the number of an incoming call I'd missed to see where it originated.
But last week the site asked me to register in order to gain access. One more password to learn. And it introduced a charge: $9.95 a month for "heavy users," defined as those who launch more than 30 searches a month. (Business lookups remain free.)
A baseball-loving colleague notes a similar development at MLB.com, where Major League games, once "webcast" gratis, now set a surfer back (you guessed it) $9.95 a month.
Call it fee creep.
It's not hard to understand. Ad revenue has failed to materialize for many dotcoms. The money stream needs feeding.
Nor are reasonable fees likely to be too hard to swallow for most consumers. Often a basic version or short-term trial is still free. May the sites with the best content - at the fairest prices - win.
Today's lead story is aimed at consumers who like to get their telephone lookups handled over the phone by a live operator or an automated service.
Times are tough for them. Some telephone-industry watchers have noted a steady rise in service snarls and in costs. That's a bad combination.
Consumers may see improved service thanks to a recent move by Washington to make local phone companies share their databases with directory-assistance firms.
Meantime, it makes sense to learn how to end run steep fees. Dial smart. Or use a phone book.
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KARACHI: Well-placed policies and a reasonable tax regime are critical for the print industry to become more prosperous, valuable, and economically viable, speakers at the soft launch of PrintPak-2017 Exhibition said.
“In order to be at par with India, Pakistan needs to increase its per capita consumption of paper by 50 percent and for this a paper-industry-friendly policy is a must” Minhaj-ud-Din, former chairman Pakistan Association of Printing and Graphics Arts Industry (PAPGAI), told the audience while highlighting taxation related problems facing the printing industry.
“There is 51 percent duty on basic raw material. It’s hurting the paper industry real bad because this is the highest in the world. Also, there was no ray of hope in the budget 2017-18.”
Minhaj questions as to why the government cannot reduce sales tax for printing industry just like it did for the textile sector. “About two million people in Pakistan were in printing and graphic arts industry, which is the second largest source of employment after the textile industry in Pakistan,” he claimed.
Shamim Ahmed Firpo, President Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said the exhibition would be a great opportunity for all the stakeholders to connect with old customers and meet new ones. “Workshops and seminars by renowned institutes on printing will also be held during the expo,” he added. The ceremony was attended by the leaders from all major trade bodies of the country including FPCCI, All Pakistan Paper Merchants, Korangi Association of Trade & Industry, etc. The exhibition will be held at Karachi Expo Center from November 18-20.


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I wonder if in some way this is related to the truck fires...?
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/14/news/Ford_recall.ap/index.htm?cnn=yesCNN.com said:Ford recalls more than 655,000 trucks
May 14, 2008: 12:40 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than 655,000 Ford F-150 and Lincoln Mark LT pickup trucks to fix a hose that could affect the vehicles' braking power.
The automaker is issuing the recall of 2005-2006 versions of the trucks with 5.4 liter 3-valve engines. This is according to a posting Wednesday on the Web site of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Ford spokesman Wes Sherwood says more than 600,000 of the trucks are in the United States and about 50,000 are in Canada. About 1,500 are in other countries around the world.
Ford (F, Fortune 500) says there have been 11 minor accidents and no injuries tied to the issue.
Dealers will replace the hose at no charge to consumers. Owners are expected to be notified in late June, and the recall is expected to begin in July.
For more information, owners can contact Ford at (800) 392-3673.
deff not.. its a brake hoseThe recall causing fires is a cruise control switch. This is a new one that hasnt begun to filter into the dealerships yet.
Most of the fires were the cruise control switch defect. We recently discussed this in another thread already (and got spanked for it since it was car talk in OT).deff not.. its a brake hose


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Qtel is urging all its customers to sign up for e-billing before Nov. 30, when it will transition to paperless bills.
After that, those who wish to continue receiving hard copies of their statements will have to pay QR5 per bill, the company said.
Qtel had originally announced plans to start charging for paper billing by Oct. 1, but it appears the transition took longer than expected.
To make the transition before Qtel makes you, SMS “EB<space>email ID<space>QID Number” (i.e. EB email@example.com 123456789) to 114, receive a verification message of the email ID supplied, and be immediately switched to the e-Bill upon confirmation.
Customers can also sign up online by selecting the e-bill option on Qtel’s website; by calling 111 and providing their Qatar ID details; or by visiting a Qtel shop.
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By Network Technologies Inc
Network Technologies Inc (NTI) today announced the addition of the ENVIROMUX-MNG-LC Environment Monitoring System Management Software for the ENVIROMUX-MICRO to its popular line of Environment Monitoring Systems and Accessories.
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Atherton Godfrey's DIY divorce offers a low cost lawyer assisted solution.
By Dolomite Microfluidics, Fluika
Microfluidic products expert Dolomite have signed an agreement with Fluika to exclusively distribute a range of low-pressure and low-vacuum generator pumps.
The new research identifies leading web & application developers that work extensively with Ruby on Rails.
By Machine Vision Products, Inc
Carlsbad, CA – April 29, 2014: Machine Vision Products (MVP), a leader in Automated Optical Inspection announces that it has won two SMT China Vision Awards for the new Supra X AOI solution.
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By Ignis Innovation
Waterloo, Canada, September 4, 2013 — IGNIS announces that it has received firm orders for samples of its 55” Full HD AMOLED display from display manufacturers and OEMs.
By Business City
A Newspaper firm from Chennai "Business City" launched a Fortnight Newspaper named "Business City".
By Sun Electronics
Sun Electronics declares low-cost solar modules are efficient and playing a significant role in making solar technology attainable and affordable for everyone.
By Saelig Co. Inc.
Made using standard semiconductor manufacturing processing for lower cost, efficient white and blue LEDs
A husband and wife team have announced the launch of a new online business created to help job seekers and small business owners.
Mist unit designed to improve machining operations requiring cooling and/or lubrication when dry machining cannot be used
The Counseling Center of New Smyrna Beach is pleased to announce that Kim Winokur has joined our team of experts.
10 Low Cost Business Ideas is a brand new article from Satrap founder of BlogStash.com that aims to help those looking for small businesses ideas for people with low start up capital.
By Counsel to Creativity LLC
Business Lawyer Rebecca Prien has democratized legal services for the smallest of businesses.
By Listen to Life
The banks aren’t calling to loan you money to grow your business…or start one. So how will you expand in the most profitable manner? Here are 3 Low Cost Tips to Positively Profit at Work. Discover Think of business as a discovery mission.
By Adept Scientific
Measurement Computing Corporation has announced the release of four, low-cost USB DAQ devices with sampling rates up to 500 kS/s. Available from Adept Scientific, the USB-200 Series confirms MCC as the leading supplier for low-cost USB DAQ.
By Steps To Success
Diabetes testing supplies can cost a lot of money over the course of a year. Especially for the uninsured and under-insured. Steps To Success has created a new program for the uninsured & underinsured around the world, to save thousands yearly.
By iCMS Group NV
Due to the lack of information or knowledge on the topic, many businesses continue to run around in circles losing time, money, motivation and success. Yet, you can save effort and money by simply asking for valuable professional advice.
Bravofly disovers that Spain, Italy and Portugal are the hotspots for Londoners to escape to during the Olympic Games whislt Swedes sprint to the capital see the 100m final
By Jean-Pierre Prieur Internet Marketing Coordinator
A big selling feature of this property is its proximity to two major attractions. It is within a short walk of both Disneyland and the Anaheim Convention Center. The new management is offering rooms under $70 per night, depending on availability.
Football flights reach fever pitch in Eastern Europe as excitement for the European Championships takes off with low cost airfares to Poland and the Ukraine
By jean-Pierre Prieur Internet Marketing Coordinator
The family friendly, budget hotel has been undergoing a major face lift to help improve the guest experience. Management is offering special rates to show off the sparkling new property. Rooms are still available for less than $70 per night.
DIAMOND JUBILEE 2012: The Queen celebrates whilst Brits escape. Spain is identified as the top spot to travel to for Spring Bank Holiday weekend.
By NorCal Press
Scotland’s independently owned B&Bs may take an increased share of the country’s multi-billion pound tourism market, with the Phase Two launch of a dedicated new website.
By Embien Technologies
Embien Technologies India Pvt Ltd is proud to announce the launch of its eStorm-C1 ARM Cortex-M3 based System on Module.
By Amanda Tallcot
Seneca Cayuga ARC is proud to announce a premiere for their third movie, entitled, “Tubman’s Reward”. The premiere is scheduled for Friday, March 30 at 6:30pm at Auburn Public Theater. The ticket price is $5.
Good night Malev, Good night Spanair! Good morning legacy airlines wherever you are. The wake up call is here and you can no longer snooze it. The legacy airlines and old model of flight product has gone bankrupt.
By Dan Block
Insurance King celebrates 10 years in business. Insurance King is a low cost car insurance leader in IL that was established in 2002.


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Akio Toyoda, chief executive officer of Toyota Motor Corporation, has disclosed that the automaker will sell 10 million vehicles this year up from 9.98m units it sold last year. This expression of optimism according to the company chief is Toyota Motor Corporation’s first step to ensure it stays on a growth path after achieving global sales of 10m units.
In his submission, “We have assigned six executive vice presidents to oversee the Toyota number one and number two divisions, ” Toyoda said. However, the executive does not expect brisk sales in all regions. In the United States, Toyota sales fell 4 percent in February to 159,284 units, but still, the Japanese automaker is the market leader.
Toyota, the largest carmaker in the world, has agreed to pay last week a $1.2bn penalty to end a US criminal probe into sudden unintended acceleration. The automaker recalled more than 10m vehicles in the United States. The penalty is the largest in the history of any carmaker in the world.
Last year, the maker of Camry sedan sold 9.98m units (up 2 percent compared to 2012), while competitor GM sold 9.71m vehicles and VW, Europe’s largest carmaker about 9.7m cars.
But the competition is getting more intense as VW already announced a year ago that plans to surpass General Motors and Toyota and become the world’s largest automaker by 2018.
Last year, Toyota Motor announced it expects to sell 8.7m vehicles and in December, it said it expects its Toyota and Lexus brands to sell 8.9m vehicles in 2013, up 2.5% from this year’s predicted sales. Including the figures from Daihatsu Motor and Hino Motors, Toyota expects to manufacture 9.94m vehicles and sell 9.91m units next year.
Then, the automaker‘s target was to manufacture 9.92m vehicles, an increase of 26 percent from 2012, showing a quick recovery from the natural disasters which hit Japan and Thailand in 2011, disrupting production. Toyota sees its group-wide global sales for this year reach 9.7m units, an increase of 22 percent.


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HTC VIVE product offerings addressing the enterprise market and available through New Age are designed for architecture, construction and engineering, product design, healthcare and medicine and education applications
The latest in CE: Google and HTC agree to partial acquisition deal, more iPhone complaints roll in, Bose launches wireless earbuds, and more.
The smartphone has become one of the most important technological innovations ever. But has this industry reached its peak?
It was rumored, and now it's here: on stage at D, Sundar Pichai just revealed a new version of the HTC One that runs an untouched, stock version of Google's Android operating system. It will be available from the Google Play store starting June 26th for $599. The unlocked device will run on both AT&T and T-Mobile in the United States with support for high-speed LTE data on both networks. This "Nexus user experience" version will contain 32GB of built-in storage. Much like the special edition Samsung Galaxy S4 unveiled during I/O
Earlier in May, HTC was rumored to be entering the Microsoft Windows RT tablet market and now, just a few weeks later, those plans are over. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported HTC's change in course on Thursday due to weak demand for Windows RT. Instead, the company is expected to move forward on a 7-inch Android tablet.
I didn't like the idea of an HTC Windows RT slate for several reasons. First, while the Windows RT product does suit some people's needs very well, there's no indication it's a big seller
HTC has sold "around five million" of its flagship smartphone, the One, since launch. The impressive figure will abate fears that HTC is dead in the water (the company is struggling internally) but does confirm what we all suspected: it isn't able to keep up with Samsung in sales. The company's largest rival in the Android smartphone space recently announced that it's shipped 10 million Galaxy S4s in less than a month.
Already facing big challenges on the sales side, Taiwanese phone maker HTC has been hit with a wave of staff departures.
Chief among the exits is Chief Product Officer Kouji Kodera, with several others from the marketing and communications ranks also having recently left, including Eric Lin, who is now working for Microsoft's Skype unit, and communications chief Jason Gordon, who left on Friday.
Kodera, a former head of products for Sony Ericsson, joined HTC in 2010.
"Kouji Kodera has left HTC to pursue other interests," HTC said in a statement.
Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp will struggle to improve its margins this year as it increases marketing spend for its latest model in a bid to catch up to rivals Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Apple Inc.
HTC on Thursday forecast strong sales of its flagship HTC One smartphone to lift second-quarter revenues by almost two-thirds to T$70 billion ($2.37 billion).
Operating margins were also expected to widen to between 1 and 3 percent from the previous quarter's 0.1 percent, as HTC spends more on a campaign to improve its brand image.
Whether you prefer the iPhone, Android, Windows Phone or BlackBerry, it's hard to deny that Apple's phones are the best-looking of the bunch.
For years, it seemed like other phone makers weren't even trying to compete on design. While competitors kept up with the iPhone in thinness and lightness, they relied almost exclusively on plastic, making their phones feel creaky and cheap.
Lately, phone makers besides Apple have been coming around to the idea of premium designs. The HTC One is a gorgeous phone encased in a single slab