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Casio Joins NFT Market Resurgence with Virtual G-Shock NFTs on Polygon
Casio, the popular watch company, has launched Virtual G-Shock NFTs on the Polygon blockchain.
Casio also opens doors to virtual co-creative projects and events.
Despite early 2023 NFT market recovery, Polygon experienced a notable market share decline from 4.1% to 1% and a 60.5% drop in trading volume from Q1 to Q2.
Renowned watch company Casio has entered the metaverse by introducing the Virtual G-Shock project. The interactive user community connects fans of the G-Shock shock-resistant watches, which were established in 1983 and have sold over 100 million units.
The initiative includes 15,000 G-Shock Creator Pass NFTs, granting access to co-creative projects and events within the virtual space. With the new project, Casio commits to expanding its global user base through innovative technologies and collaborative experiences. The Polygon-based NFTs are dropping on September 23.
One of the exciting co-creative projects includes the G-Shock Creator Pass Color Design Contest, allowing community members to determine the pass’ design through voting. Such an approach aims to redefine how G-Shock enthusiasts engage with the brand, using NFTs and the metaverse as catalysts for fresh experiences.
The project’s initial launch on Discord marks just the beginning of Casio’s venture into virtual experiences for G-Shock users. With a global distribution plan spanning multiple countries, Casio aims to unite fans across the globe in this exciting digital frontier.
Well-Known Brands Launch Projects on Polygon
Last week, LimeWire, a music NFT marketplace, launched its AI Creator Studio on the Polygon blockchain. Formerly known for peer-to-peer file sharing, LimeWire has transformed into a music-focused NFT marketplace. The AI Studio, built on Polygon’s Proof-of-Stake network for its speed and efficiency, aims to democratize access to AI tools, including image creation, video production, and music tracks.
Moreover, Sports Illustrated’s fan ticketing platform, SI Tickets, introduced “Box Office by SI Tickets,” a self-service event management and primary ticketing solution powered by Polygon.
Last year, Starbucks partnered with Polygon to launch “Odyssey,” a web3 project introducing an NFT rewards program. This loyalty program is the first to integrate NFT technology, utilizing Polygon’s PoS network for cost-effective and speedy transactions. Pepsi also released an NFT collection named “Pepsi Black Zero Sugar,” which comprises 20 digital collectibles, and they have been minted on the Polygon blockchain.
NFT Market Awaits Recovery
In early 2023, NFT sales showed signs of recovery, reaching nearly $2 billion in February. Trading volumes in Q1 2023 surged 137% from the previous quarter. However, March saw a dip in trading volumes and sales, possibly influenced by Bitcoin’s stagnant price. Despite April’s sluggishness, the overall outlook for 2023 appears cautiously optimistic, with Ethereum and Polygon gaining prominence in the NFT space while the broader crypto market continues to impact NFT performance.
According to data by CoinGecko, Polygon’s market experienced a fall from 4.1% in February 2023 to 1% in June 2023. The decline was mirrored in its NFT trading volume, which plummeted significantly from $11 million in Q1 2023 to just $4 million in Q2 2023, marking a substantial 60.5% decrease.
In February, Polygon achieved trading volume of $80 million. However, this positive trend took a downturn in March 2023, hitting an annual low with a market share of only 0.09%, with a decrease in trading volume to $20 billion. In April, Polygon NFTs had a trading volume of $20.8 million, followed by $12.6 million in May and $10.3 million in June.
While Polygon saw a slight resurgence in April 2023, capturing 1.8% of the market, the platform’s trajectory has since been on a downward slope. This decline can be attributed, in part, to the diminishing excitement following y00ts’ migration, a sister project of DeGods, from Solana to Polygon in late March 2023. y00ts has become one of Polygon’s top 10 traded NFT collections in all-time sales volume.
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United Supermarkets donates 7 tons of groceries to food bank
ABLIENE, Tx - It was a great start to the week for the Food Bank of West Central Texas Monday, after United Supermarkets donated nearly 15,000 pounds of food to the organization.
That's the equivalent of about 12,000 meals.
The gift was part of the company's yearlong celebration for its 100th anniversary. In all, United unloaded seven pallets of food.
"When you think of 14,000 pounds of food, you think, 'that's a tremendous amount,' but we can go through that in one day. So it's just a great opportunity to have one more day of getting good nutritious food on the plates of people who need it," said Jody Houston, CEO of the food bank.
The Food Bank of West Central Texas provides food to 13 different counties in the area. Last year, close to 3.7 Million pounds of food was given to needy people. According to Houston, so far this year they have given out almost two million pounds of food.

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Norbert Dentressangle has revealed two new members of its executive board, following the recent appointment of Hervé Montjotin as its new chief executive. Malcolm Wilson, formerly MD of Norbert Dentressangle Logistics UK, has been appointed MD of the group’s logistics division – a role previously handled by former CEO François Bertreau; while Luis Angel Gomez, previously MD of Spanish subsidiary Norbert Dentressangle Gerposa, becomes MD of the transport division – the job previously held by Montjotin. Commenting on the appointments, […]
The shortlist for the FTA everywoman in Transport and Logistics awards has been announced ahead of next month’s ceremony.
DHL Supply Chain has signed a ‘joint business development plan’ agreement with Unilever, as part of the latter’s strategy to work more closely with key suppliers. Both companies have pledged to carry out a number of collaborative initiatives, including: increasing speed to market and efficiency; cost reduction and sustainable practices; and seeking ways to slash CO² and reduce logistics operation waste. Pier Luigi Sigismondi, chief supply chain officer, Unilever, says: “It is essential that we work closely together with our […]
John Harvey recalls Tibbett & Britten’s (T&B) time in the car industry as a “great adventure”; he does not regret moving into the sector, but wishes T&B had exited sooner as he tells Justin Stanton. Ultimately, the Ford contract forced Harvey to announce T&B’s first profit warning just two days after announcing the annual results in 1995, where the outlook had been bright. “The analysts asked: ‘how deep’s the hole?’ and I said: ‘I have no idea.’ That spooked everybody. Again […]


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TaylorMade is looking to build on its history of innovation with the introduction of the Stealth Plus, Stealth and Stealth HD carbonwood drivers.
Titanium has been the cornerstone of driver technology for the last 20 years, but even at the beginning of the titanium driver era, TaylorMade engineers knew that every material had its limit. They have now heralded the future of driver performance with the 60X Carbon Twist Face – comprised of 60 carbon sheets arranged to optimise energy transfer.
“In the mid-2000s, our research team developed an understanding that the weight of the face can affect impact efficiency – more specifically, the lighter the face, the more efficient the impact and the better the ball speed. We realised titanium faces could only take us so far and carbon would be the face material of the future. This is a new era of drivers, a new threshold of performance and a new platform for more innovation,” says Brian Bazzel, vice president product creation for TaylorMade.
The 60 layers of carbon fibre in Stealth help provide more speed with the red carbon face delivering a higher COR and more precise face geometry through a lighter, larger face. TaylorMade engineers took advantage of the lightweight carbon material by creating a 26g face, which is 40% lighter than a titanium face of equivalent size. This allowed them to increase the face size of Stealth by 11% compared to the SIM2 and SIM2 Max drivers.
The new drivers also feature a nanotexture cover that sits on top of the 60 layers of carbon. The cover is made from a thin polyurethane that creates a strong and flexible striking surface which serves to optimise distance based on improving launch conditions in both dry and wet weather.
The combination of the nanotexture cover, Twist Face and TaylorMade’s ultra-flexible Thru-Slot Speed Pocket has been engineered to produce forgiveness on strikes across the face. With more weight available to position around the clubhead, additional weight has been placed at the rear of the club to encourage higher moment of inertia, high launch, and improved forgiveness.
Four options are available – Stealth, Stealth Plus, Stealth HD and Stealth Women. Stealth Plus features a 10g sliding weight for adjustability and is the lowest spinning driver in the family while Stealth HD is designed with a high draw bias. Meanwhile, the Stealth Women’s driver combines the technology of Stealth HD in a slightly lighter head weight and a unique colourway.


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Arriva helps families save money with 'Days Out' partnerships
Arriva is offering day trippers added value this summer, with the launch of a fantastic range of deals.
Arriva has formed a series of partnerships with local attractions to provide great ideas, and offers, for customers looking for days out activities.
Nick Gordon, marketing manager for Arriva, said: “The summer months are here and with the schools breaking up soon, people will be looking for activities to entertain and educate throughout the holidays.
“Arriva provides access to a range of attractions and activities, and we know that our Day Saver and Family Saver tickets are popular with people looking to save money. Therefore, we decided to take this one step further and offer even greater value to Arriva customers when planning days out by providing deals for local attractions.”
Our customers can simply use their bus tickets to gain access to a range of offers. All passengers have to do is, keep hold of their ticket, to see what’s available, and then print off the voucher.
Nick Gordon added: “The ‘Days Out’ deals are not just for local activities Arriva has also arranged for partnerships across England and Wales."
Arriva Day Saver and Family Saver Tickets offer unlimited bus travel for an individual or a family for the whole day, and can be purchased on board from the bus driver, or on a mobile phone through Arriva’s m-ticketing.


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SAN JOSE, Calif. (CBS.MW) -- Novellus shares rose 9 percent as investors put faith in the chip equipment maker's target for bookings growth in the first quarter.
However, Novellus said it will post a wider-than-expected loss during the first quarter.
For the recently completed fourth quarter, net income for the chip equipment maker fell 81 percent from the same quarter last year and sales dropped 55 percent. Sales were as the company targeted and earnings were better than expected because of cost reductions.
Shares NVLS rose $3.42 to $39.65 on Wednesday.
"The [loss estimate] was bad and margins continuing to get worse is a negative, but people are heartened that bookings should get better," said Eric Ross, analyst with Thomas Weisel Partners.
He said, though, that the stock has run quite a bit since October and business conditions will continue to languish for an extended period. "I'm not sure if this is quite the time to rush into the stock," Ross said.
Since early October to early January, shares increased 80 percent to almost $47, but have since retreated 18 percent.
Analyst Cristina Osmena with Needham & Co. said the next several quarters for the company will be challenging.
"Visibility remains restricted to one quarter leading us to conclude that the guidance simply reflects more of the same news: the industry has passed through a late 2001 order trough but signs of a true upturn are elusive," Osmena said, according to a morning research note.
However, Scott Williamson, analyst with J.P. Morgan, upgraded Novellus and several other equipment stocks to "long term buys" from "market performs" as he said most of the bad news in the sector is out in the public and capacity utilization appears to be improving. He noted most of his stocks, like Novellus, have retreated about 20 percent from January highs and he recommended buying at current levels or below.
The fourth quarter
For the period ended in December, Novellus reported net income of $17.2 million, or 12 cents a share, on revenue of $200 million. During the same quarter last year, net income was $93.9 million, or 64 cents a share, on revenue of $442.7 million.
As previously disclosed, Novellus was able to post earnings because it did not pay annual bonuses to executives and did not pay out to profit-sharing plans.
Novellus was expected to earn 11 cents a share on revenue of $201 million, according to the average estimate of analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial/First Call.
Shipments declined 15.8 percent sequentially to $162.4 million and deferred revenue fell 23 percent sequentially to $140 million. Net bookings were $110 million after cancellations of $10 million.
During a midquarter update on Nov. 29, Novellus said its fourth-quarter revenue should be approximately $200 million, while bookings should be between $105 million and $125 million, with shipments of $165 million. Deferred revenue was estimated at $140 million plus.
At that time, CEO Richard Hill said his company's breakeven level was around $150 million or $160 million. However, on Tuesday, Hill said the breakeven level was closer to $175 million.
The first quarter
For the first quarter, the company expects a loss of 10 cents a share on revenue of $150 million. Shipments are targeted at $130 million with bookings of $130 million.
Analysts had expected a loss of 4 cents a share, on average, within a range of a penny to 6 cents. Analysts had expected revenue of $154 million.
Also, Hill said he was not anticipating further headcount reductions.


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ST. PETERSBURG, FL (Oct. 24, 2012) – The University of South Florida St. Petersburg and the Tampa Bay Times will present a half-day conference on effective online communication techniques on Thursday, Nov. 15 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Communicate! 2012, hosted by the USFSP Department of Journalism & Media Studies, is designed for a broad audience and will offer practical strategies and tactics to communicate online. It will be held in the University Student Center ballroom, 200 Sixth Ave. S, St. Petersburg.
“We are excited to partner with the Tampa Bay Times, Florida largest and most respected news organization, to present the latest techniques in online information and design,” said Mark Walters, associate professor journalism and USFSP and director of Digital Journalism and Design. “We think everyone will leave with practical ideas on improving their presence in the online world.”
The various discussions during the event will provide practical advice for effective online communication techniques – whether to create a branding message, sell a product or engage an online audience around a digital project. Attendees will learn to communicate through multi-media, use social media to promote brand messages and get tips for measuring the digital success.
USF St. Petersburg journalism faculty and experts from the Tampa Bay Times, Time Inc., Pandora Internet Radio, McKay Advertising and SocialNewsDesk.com will lead the sessions. Afterward, everyone is invited to a Tweet and Greet at the nearby Hangar Restaurant, 540 1st Street Southeast, St. Petersburg.
Topics during the conference include engaging and growing audience through social media, legal issues in the digital age and the challenges and joys of mobile media
The cost is $25 a person or $35 the day of the event. A discount is available for groups of five.
Attendees also can learn more about USFSP’s online master’s degree in Digital Journalism and Design and M.A. in Journalism and Media Studies.


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The chief executive of Britain’s biggest specialist electrical goods and mobile phone retailer is quitting days before it updates the City on its Christmas trading performance.
Sky News can reveal that Sebastian James, who has run Dixons Carphone since the company was created in 2014, is to leave to run Boots, the high street chemist.
Mr James’s resignation will rock Dixons Carphone, which is scheduled to publish sales figures for the festive period on Tuesday.
His exit is likely to be particularly poorly received because it will come just a fortnight after Humphrey Singer, his finance director, quit to take the same role at Marks & Spencer.
Their dual departures will pose a major headache for Lord Livingston, Dixons Carphone’s chairman, following a sharp fall in half-year profits announced in December.
Sources said that Mr James’s resignation would be formally notified to the London Stock Exchange on Monday, although a statement is likely to be made sooner following an enquiry from Sky News.
A move to run Boots, part of the New York-listed Walgreens Boots Alliance, would see Mr James entering an unfamiliar part of the retail sector.
The health and beauty chain is the UK’s biggest retailer by number of stores, with about 3500 outlets across its main brand, Boots Opticians and Boots Hearingcare operations.
It employs about 57,000 people, and has been part of the global drugs wholesaler and retailer since WBA was established by the giant American company’s takeover of Alliance Boots.
Mr James’s prospective job title at WBA was unclear on Friday, although he is expected to take on responsibilities held by Elizabeth Fagan, the company’s senior vice-president and managing director of Boots.
Given his seniority, Mr James, who was appointed to run Dixons in 2008, is also likely to be handed a wider remit.
His departure from Dixons Carphone is not entirely unexpected given that he has been with the business for a decade.
The poor performance of Dixons Carphone’s share price – down by nearly half over the last year – has left Mr James and senior colleagues nursing worthless share options which could have been worth millions of pounds.
Last summer, several leading investors in the company said they wanted its board to step up succession planning in the wake of a profit warning which also left them venting anger towards Mr Singer.
When they merged in 2014, Dixons Retail and Carphone Warehouse were worth a combined £3.8bn.
At the close of trading on Friday, however, the business was worth £2.2bn, with investors anxiously awaiting details of the Christmas trading period.
Dixons Carphone has a 42,000-strong workforce in nine countries, including Greece and Norway.
A close friend of David Cameron, the former Prime Minister, Mr James emerged last year as a contender to run ITV, the commercial broadcaster, but the role eventually went to Carolyn McCall, the then easyJet boss.
December’s fall in profits at Dixons Carphone was attributed to the mobile phone operations and changing customer behaviour, with consumers inclined to hold onto their existing handsets for longer, Mr James said.
It currently trades from roughly 1000 shops but has raised the prospect of a significant shrinking of its estate over time.
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It was unclear on Friday whether Dixons Carphone has already lined up Mr James’s successor.
A WBA spokesman declined to comment on Friday, while Dixons Carphone could not be reached for comment.


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The coronavirus is turning global markets upside down, but recessions are fertile ground for disruption.
As COVID-19 wreaks havoc on a global scale, market-watchers are worrying about signs of another recession. Already, major conferences like South By Southwest and Facebook F8 have been cancelled. Airlines are grounding flights. Studios and startups are postponing film and product launches. Global stock markets have plummeted, evaporating $9 trillion and counting.
Entrepreneurs are asking themselves a looming question: How can I protect my business during these uncertain times? It’s complicated, but I believe there is reason for optimism.
Economists have been skittish about a possible economic downturn for months now, stemming from a different threat: a Chinese trade war. But even as recently as last fall, small business leaders weren’t overly concerned. In Sept. 2019, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce updated their Small Business Index, finding record-high levels of confidence among small business owners: A majority of respondents said both their business and their local economy were in good health.
More recently, Sentieo, a financial research company, studied the market effects of the coronavirus outbreak in detail. Their findings are remarkable. While most companies’ value crumbled, they observed that several companies have actually been thriving, including file-management software Atlassian, video-conferencing software Zoom, remote healthcare company Teladoc and exercise bike–maker Peloton.
“We realized that this is the “Work from Home’ portfolio,” the study’s authors concluded. “We are witnessing the markets pricing around large-scale adoption of these names due to the coronavirus.”
This is huge news—not just for investors, but for entrepreneurs, too. And I see two major takeaways from the Sentieo study above.
Opportunities abound for companies that enable remote work
Firstly, it is an ideal time to invest in or create a company that encourages remote work. The Globe and Mail, a Canadian newspaper, expanded on Sentieo’s data and found a surge of high-level corporate calls mentioning remote work in February 2020. There were more than 100 mentions across major corporations, compared with the previously single-digit monthly average. Meanwhile, Growrk, a company that helps transform home offices into proper workstations, officially launched just six months ago. After COVID-19, they’ve seen a tenfold surge in client demand.
This is not new—remote work has been a growing trend for years now. But fears of COVID-19 have rapidly accelerated its mainstream appeal. This may well be a turning point in the future of work, which is moving away from nine-to-five office hours and toward flexibility and independence. For example, COVID-19 sharpened the reality that risk mitigation—regarding pandemic viruses or natural disasters—is a built-in advantage for remote workforces.
Recessions make room for disruption
The second takeaway is that recessions can create tremendous opportunities for market disruption. After the 2008 crash, two unicorn companies were born: Airbnb and Uber. Both found ways to disrupt old business models by empowering everyday people to find new revenue streams, offering creative, viable, affordable alternatives to traditional workplaces. The gig economy has always existed, but the Great Recession rocketed it to a whole new level. People suddenly found themselves unable to rely on our broken institutions. Self-employment was the solution.
This does not apply to every company, but recessions act as “filters” that weed out weak business models and force leaders to adapt.
Learn to be agile with low overhead costs and a desirable product
During the Great Recession, I witnessed the downturn devastate most marketing agencies. Debt loads soared. Cash flows ground to a halt. Costs were cut. Thousands of people got laid off, compounded by a mass scramble for work in a tightened creative field. According to several estimates, ad spends in the U.S. dropped 12 percent; worldwide, the industry saw a nine-percent fall.
My company, Cimaglia Productions, however, saw a banner year. After a few frugal months, brands rebounded, realizing they still needed to create content. Unlike a major ad agency, I kept our overhead costs low and knew a wide network of creatives (many of whom suddenly found themselves out of work), which perfectly positioned us to work both with big agencies and multinational brands directly. Between 2009 and 2010, we wound up more than doubling our revenue.
Here’s what I learned: Large companies, overly reliant on hefty retainers to fuel inflated overhead costs, suffer in a recession. The same is true of many industries, including media, tourism, finance and construction.
But the dips don’t last. And when the recession fades, your company can be poised to take advantage of the newfound business.
It sounds contradictory to point out that recessions hit small businesses the hardest, while also creating fertile ground for startups. But both are true. The crucial difference is one’s business approach. For entrepreneurs who can weather the storm, the global market volatility does not have to be a threat—it can be an opportunity.


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Nokia is pushing out over the air updates to Windows Phone 8 Lumia devices.
All the latest technology news and events from Scandinavia, served with a side of herring and a shot of Akvavit.
After graduating from Norway's Bergen College of Engineering in 1989, Stig spent the next fifteen years in the IT industry. The majority of his time was spent in telecommunications and network infrastructure business, both as a post-sales and pre-sales engineer. He's also worked in data security, systems management and related disciplines within professional IT. Over the last decade, Stig has been working full-time as a freelance technology writer, mainly on print media, as well as several web publications in Norway. Mostly he writes for business IT magazines, but sometimes turns his hand to more consumer-oriented articles. "A brand new digital camera is fun, but it’s a bulletproof server that makes the world go round" is Stig's point of view.
Olli Sulopuisto has been covering technology, consumer matters, film and television since 2007. He resides in Helsinki, Finland.
Eeva Haaramo has covered the Finnish startup and tech scene for the past seven years. As a freelance journalist, she enjoys writing about entrepreneurs, innovation and industry trends in the Nordic region. She has a passion for fitness and green tech.
Jolla releases SDK installers as the mobile OS space gets ever more crowded.
As part of our series of articles examining the 4G LTE landscape across Europe, ZDNet takes a look at how Sweden's fourth-generation services are measuring up.
Google has added a sixth European market to its Chromebook rollout.
Swedish mobile payments company is fleshing out its offerings for merchants, including adding extra insights into repeat business.
Windows Phone has reached a milestone in seven markets - but is topping the Ukrainian charts really a big deal?
A survey of the best places to work in Scandinavia has found Microsoft topping the list more than once, with fellow tech companies both large and small not far behind.
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected two Pirate Bay founders' appeal against a Swedish copyright conviction.
Nokia makes headway in Norway as Telenor lands Apple support for the iPhone 5 on its LTE network.
Gearing up for its China launch, Jolla has tapped the designers behind Huawei's smartphones.
Nokia's fees to Microsoft for using its mobile OS are expect to outstrip Microsoft's support payments to the handset maker to the tune of several hundred million euros.
Nokia says the judge in the Apple-Samsung patent case got it wrong, and the ruling could set a "dangerous precedent" that threatens US innovation.
Culture shock and no more employer-supplied devices on the horizon for Nokians on the move to TCS.
BlackBerry has released a fix for a flaw that can be exploited without any user interaction.
At least one organisation has decided to go for Windows Phone, ditching its old Symbian devices for new Lumias - and citing Office integration as the reason for the move.
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- 1 Who makes the fastest-downloading smartphones in the world? Hint: it's not Apple
- 2 Time to move on: Final patch for Opera 12 due by mid-2014
- 3 Iceland should be the clean, green future of datacentres. So why aren't more firms going there?
- 4 Show me the money: How Opera started thinking about the bottom line – and what that did to its software
- 5 Fastest downloading smartphones revealed: Did yours make the list?


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Topshop owner Sir Philip Green is heading to the American West.
Green is set to open the first Topshop and Topman store in Las Vegas next month, and will today reveal plans to open his first Los Angeles store at The Grove shopping center. The 25,000-square-foot L.A. store is set to open in February 2013.
Hermès is launching a Laundromat pop-up shop in NYC - dubbed Hermèsmatic - where customers can bring their old scarves to be dip-dyed by an expert. Get all the details on WWD.com. #wwdnews (📷: @donstahl)


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This webinar offers a behind-the-scenes look into the Trump administration’s key health agencies.
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Reynders McVeigh Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) by 0.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 266,774 shares of the healthcare product maker’s stock after buying an additional 1,529 shares during the quarter. Abbott Laboratories makes up about 2.0% of Reynders McVeigh Capital Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 20th biggest position. Reynders McVeigh Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Abbott Laboratories were worth $15,225,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. boosted its holdings in Abbott Laboratories by 2.3% in the 4th quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. now owns 5,058,560 shares of the healthcare product maker’s stock valued at $288,692,000 after purchasing an additional 116,028 shares during the period. Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co. Ltd. boosted its holdings in Abbott Laboratories by 1.1% in the 4th quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 265,465 shares of the healthcare product maker’s stock valued at $15,641,000 after purchasing an additional 3,010 shares during the period. Hedeker Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in Abbott Laboratories by 6.3% in the 4th quarter. Hedeker Wealth LLC now owns 36,588 shares of the healthcare product maker’s stock valued at $2,088,000 after purchasing an additional 2,178 shares during the period. Aries Wealth Management bought a new stake in Abbott Laboratories in the 4th quarter valued at $795,000. Finally, Cypress Wealth Services LLC bought a new stake in Abbott Laboratories in the 4th quarter valued at $1,678,000. 72.46% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
In related news, insider Brian J. Blaser sold 27,733 shares of Abbott Laboratories stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $62.26, for a total transaction of $1,726,656.58. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 156,587 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,749,106.62. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Stephen R. Fussell sold 13,313 shares of Abbott Laboratories stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $62.84, for a total transaction of $836,588.92. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 152,343 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,573,234.12. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 124,261 shares of company stock valued at $7,559,987 over the last three months. 0.76% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
A number of analysts have weighed in on ABT shares. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Abbott Laboratories from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $64.00 price target for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 2nd. Royal Bank of Canada reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $65.00 price target on shares of Abbott Laboratories in a report on Tuesday, January 9th. Morgan Stanley raised shares of Abbott Laboratories from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $67.00 price target for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 2nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of Abbott Laboratories from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $60.00 price target for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 2nd. Finally, BMO Capital Markets raised shares of Abbott Laboratories from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their price target for the company from $58.00 to $65.00 in a report on Tuesday, December 12th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fifteen have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Abbott Laboratories presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $65.47.
Abbott Laboratories (NYSE ABT) opened at $62.86 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $110,368.31, a PE ratio of 25.28, a PEG ratio of 1.90 and a beta of 1.52. Abbott Laboratories has a 1-year low of $42.31 and a 1-year high of $64.60. The company has a current ratio of 2.26, a quick ratio of 1.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.87.
Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 24th. The healthcare product maker reported $0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.01. Abbott Laboratories had a net margin of 1.74% and a return on equity of 13.88%. The firm had revenue of $7.59 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.38 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.65 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 42.3% on a year-over-year basis. research analysts anticipate that Abbott Laboratories will post 2.86 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, May 15th. Investors of record on Friday, April 13th will be issued a dividend of $0.28 per share. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 12th. Abbott Laboratories’s dividend payout ratio is currently 430.79%.
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Abbott Laboratories Profile
Abbott Laboratories is engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of a range of healthcare products. The Company operates through four segments: Established Pharmaceutical Products, Diagnostic Products, Nutritional Products and Vascular Products. Its Established Pharmaceutical Products include a range of branded generic pharmaceuticals manufactured around the world and marketed and sold outside the United States.
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New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki’s compact segment passenger vehicle, Swift bagged the top position in top ten passenger vehicles sold in September.
Swift has seen a significant increase in terms of sales from 13,193 units sold in September last year to 22,228 units sold in last month this year, as per the data by SIAM.
The car sales surpassed Dzire and Alto in the last month of second quarter. Alto was pushed to second position at 21,719 units and Dzire at third with 21,296 units. Suzuki Dzire, however, topped the list in September last year with 34,305 units.
Even though Maruti Suzuki saw a decline of 1.4% in PV segment this September, seven Suzuki models made on top ten passenger vehicle list by SIAM.
Company’s another compact car, Celerio also entered the list at 10th position with 9,208 units sold in previous month.
At fourth and fifth position with 18,631 and 14,425 units sold were Suzuki’s Baleno and Vitara Breeza respectively.
Apart from Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai outpaced other companies and took the remaining three positions.
Even as the company attracted very high-level talents from the industry yet the top deck remained very volatile. Since 2020 on average at least 31 senior executives quit the group while it appointed close to 40 senior officials in the same time period.


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In December of last year, Hideo Kojima revealed to Famitsu that he’s producing a “big AAA” and another “new and challenging” game — but no news has been shared since. However, a post on Twitter, made this Sunday (24), suggests that the dev may be involved with some PS5 game. To those unaware, Hideo Kojima is the brilliant mind behind the Metal Gear series and also behind Death Stranding.
— 小島秀夫 (@Kojima_Hideo) April 24, 2022
An image was shared in this post, showing an office surrounded by screens, desks, and even the developer’s director’s chair. In one corner, you can see a dev kit for Sony’s new generation console — the same prototype used by studios to produce games on the platform.
Back in November 2021, Kojima suggested that he may be working on Death Stranding 2. On that occasion, he shared an image that shows the possible participation of Norman Reedus, actor of Sam Bridges, the protagonist of the first game. The artist himself said that a sequel to the game was in negotiation.
Despite many rumors about an exclusivity deal with PlayStation, Kojima will still act as an independent developer. However, he will keep aiding Sony with his new findings. Interestingly, the Kojima Productions has greatly helped PlayStation’s Guerrilla Games to optimize and enhance its Decima Engine.


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A progress report on a scheme for companies that have pledged to reduce their carbon emissions concludes that the Irish market is “immature” when it comes to companies paying for independent certification of their green efforts.
The observation is included in the report by Pricewaterhouse Coopers on the Low Carbon Pledge taken last year by 47 major Irish businesses to cut their emissions by 2030. The companies include Bank of Ireland, Dawn Meats, Heineken Ireland and retail wholesaler Musgrave. The scheme was devised by sustainability network, Business in the Community Ireland.
The PWC report says the 47 companies have so far reduced their directly-controlled emissions (which does not include emissions produced in the production of power consumed by the companies) by an average of 36 per cent. Two-thirds of the businesses also cut their electricity usage in recent years.


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Traditional marketing and ROI Metrics no longer apply in this new era of customer engagement
|BETHESDA, Maryland June 21, 2007 – E-site Marketing, the premier internet
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for the hospitality industry, has published a White Paper titled Web 2.0
for the Travel Marketer and Consumer in collaboration with the International
Association of Online Communicators (IAOC). The white paper, presented
by Felix Laboy, president of E-site Marketing, at the recent IAOC Annual
Meeting, reveals the growing trends in Internet usage by today’s travelers
including: social networking sites, consumer generated content and web
applications that facilitate content and media syndication (think MySpace,
YouTube and Wikipedia as the trailblazers in non-travel segments).
In the paper, Laboy discussed how Web 2.0 will transform the travel industry
in completely new ways, just as what is now referred to as “Web 1.0” changed
everything with the creation of hotel Websites, qualified traffic generation
to those sites and new technology to research and book travel.
Web 2.0 for the Travel Marketer and Consumer also makes a case for why today’s hotel marketer needs to have a clear strategy encompassing online reputation management. Recently published surveys are showing more and more that consumer generated content holds a larger influencing effect than a hotel’s own marketing. The white paper gives recommendations on how to track and manage this content.
“Having Internet leaders like Felix Laboy present his white paper at our recent annual meeting is an essential part of our mission to bring online communicators together in the same room with university researchers and instructors who are teaching online communication.” said Don Dunnington, President of IAOC. “The travel industry was among the first to be transformed by the Internet, and E-site Marketing has been a leader in helping hotel marketers take advantage of the medium to increase awareness and revenues. One of the most important ways for us to help our members keep up with this fast changing medium is to hear first hand how innovators like E-site Marketing are now using Web 2.0 concepts to help customers build their brand and win and maintain customers.”
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Uber disrupted taxis. Airbnb disrupted hotels. Now Laundrapp wants to disrupt laundry.
The company, whose app shares the same name, has developed an on-demand laundry and dry cleaning service that vows to take the woe out of washing by delivering a fresh service to consumers’ doors.
“Laundrapp is a completely new service to the market – we offer high quality, state-of-the-art services through our handpicked, trusted partners and our unrivalled customer service,” said Laundrapp CEO Ed Relf.
“Laundrapp is at the heart of the emerging mobile on-demand ecosystem. I’ve never known such an exciting time - a time when mobile and physical services can converge to allow us to live smarter.”
The UK government is currently carrying out a review of the sharing economy in a bid to understand the economic potential and social issues that are generated when people share products and services over the internet.
The founding team behind Laundrapp consists of Ed Relf, ex-Mind Candy CMO, the company behind Moshi Monsters, Antony Pink of Accenture and Nick Bransby-Wiliams of Sooqini, which has a similar offering in that it helps people find companies that will do their housework.
The firm is backed by £1.5 million of seed funding led by Rupert Hambro (former Chairman of Hambros Bank and Founding Partner of Hambro Perks) and serial entrepreneur Dominic Perks, who had the initial brainwave for the business.
Laundrapp said it is hoping to secure customers off the back of a six-figure marketing investment, which will see Laundrapp adverts placed across TV, the London Underground, radio and outdoor advertising spaces.
The service is currently only available in London, with prices from £2 and free collection and delivery.
Dominic Perks, chairman of Laundrapp, said: “Laundrapp is the only on-demand laundry service that can scale to the needs of London right now, and soon we will be able to offer the same high quality service across several more cities in the UK.
"Our strategy is highly scalable and we are already eyeing international expansion."
The app is available on iOS and Android platforms.


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Jacksonville celebrates Black Restaurant Week through Dec. 6
Residents, visitors urged to eat some of the city's more than 200 Black-owned restaurants.
Editor's note: Jacksonville is among the first cities in Florida to participate in Black Restaurant Week, which is sponsored by Pepsi and Bacardi. Due to incorrect information provided by the City of Jacksonville, an earlier version of this story misstated these facts.
The city is home to more than 200 eateries owned by Black restauranteurs including Two Cooking Cousins on the Northside, celebrity Chef Kenny Gilbert's newly opened Silkie's Chicken & Champagne Bar in historic Springfield and Mixed Fillings Pie Shop in Riverside.
The nationwide celebration — whose sponsors include Pepsi and Bacardi — honors and pays homage to African-American, African and Caribbean cuisine. Residents are encouraged to enjoy a meal or two or three at Black-owned eateries.
“By highlighting our city’s Black-owned restaurants, we are presenting an opportunity for citizens to discover dining spaces, gain exposure to and develop an appreciation for new food, and support local businesses and communities,” Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said in a news release Monday.
According to the website blackrestaurantweeks.com, the annual event was founded in 2016 by Warren Luckett, Falayn Ferrell and Derek Robinson. This year's event is the organization's first statewide campaign in Florida.
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Jacksonville's celebration kicked off last Friday with a street festival held in conjunction with the fourth annual Jacksonville Melanin Market on A. Philip Randolph Boulevard.
The outdoor event showcased minority-owned businesses, merchants, food, music and other entertainment at the Eastside location, which is among Jacksonville's oldest Black neighborhoods.
As Black Restaurant Week continues, people can visit find more information including a list and map of restaurants online at www.coj.net/blackrestaurantweek.
City officials are asking the public to post photos and videos of them celebrating the week at one of the restaurants on social media using the hashtags #BlackRestaurantWeek and #BlackRestaurantWeekJax.
The city of Jacksonville, along with partners LISC Jacksonville, the Jacksonville Jaguars, Visit Jacksonville, The Jaxson Magazine and Career Source of Northeast Florida, are promoting Black Restaurant Week.
Editor's note: Black Restaurant Week established Feed The Soul Foundation. Due to incorrect information provided by the City of Jacksonville, an earlier version of this story misstated the relationship between the two organizations.


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FUD Zilla noticed NVIDIA's CEO has confirmed that Tegra 3 "Kal-El" has more design wins than the Tegra 2 chip:
He also confirmed that the chip will be on the market before US holiday season and added:"this quarter (Q3 that ends with September 2011) or Q4 2011". Other industry sources are confirming that Kal El gets a lot of attention and we again confirmed that Asus Transformer 2 will be the first device to come with this quad core 40nm chip, the one that has better power consumption than Tegra 2.
Our sources claim that we should see Kal El in early Q4 2011, where October is the month to hope to see one in market. We also heard that the keyboard dock + battery should stay compatible from the original Asus Transformer power with Tegra 2, which is quite good news.


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Customers at adult use stores often use 'recreational' cannabis for pain and insomnia, researchers discover.
The post Study Finds ‘Recreational’ Cannabis Consumers Using It Medically appeared first on Leafly.
It's not the THC: Sloppy work at the AP, Wall Street Journal, and other outlets feeds consumers bad information.
Some strains’ effects are felt most acutely in the mind, while others are experienced throughout the body. For full-body physical effects, try these seven strains.


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Geely seeks Shanghai STAR Market listing
Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd has applied for a public share sale on Shanghai's Nasdaq-style STAR Market, exchange filings published on Tuesday showed.
China's highest-profile car maker, thanks to parent group investments in Daimler AG and Volvo Cars, plans to use the proceeds to fund investment worth about 20 billion yuan (roughly R48.9bn) in new car models and technologies, it said in the filing.
The Hangzhou-based car maker, controlled by its billionaire chairperson Li Shufu, posted a January-June net profit of 2.3 billion yuan (roughly R5.6bn).
Sales were down 19% to 530,446 vehicles, with revenue down 23% at 36.82 billion yuan (roughly R90.1bn).
Under merger talks that were suspended in July, its parent group had planned to merge the car maker with affiliate Volvo Cars and list the successor in Hong Kong and possibly Stockholm.
Geely's Hong Kong-listed shares trade at 22 times trailing earnings, compared with STAR Market's average earnings multiples of 96.
Its Shanghai listing plan could boost its Hong Kong-traded shares.
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp's (SMIC) Hong Kong-listed shares more than doubled in the six months ahead of its Shanghai listing on July 16.
Geely has hired China International Capital Corp and Huatai United Securities as underwriters for the listing, its prospectus showed.
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Gaming smartphones have gained popularity in recent years with companies like Asus and Razer launching multiple iterations of smartphones targeted at mobile gamers. Now, after months of leaks, Lenovo has finally revealed the launch date of its own gaming smartphone.
Lenovo posted a teaser on Chinese social media website Weibo (via TechRadar) which confirms 22nd July as the launch date for a Legion branded Lenovo smartphone. It looks like Lenovo may have been waiting for Snapdragon 865+ announcement which happened yesterday. However, Lenovo may be going head-to-head with Asus as the Legion gaming smartphone will launch on 22nd July at 7:30 AM ET while Asus will launch the ROG Phone 3 on the same day at 11 AM ET. Furthermore, like the Asus ROG Phone 3, Lenovo Legion gaming phone will also be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ SoC.
Apart from the SoC, there is not much known about the device at the moment. According to a recent Geekbench leak, the Legion gaming smartphone may come with a whopping 16 GB of RAM. Lenovo is also rumoured to add 90W fast charging to the Legion smartphone. There is no word on the pricing yet but seeing the specs, one can assume that Lenovo is not targeting the budget market with the Legion gaming phone.


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Citi Analysts Expect JB Hi-Fi Upgrade
Analysts from Citi reportedly expect upgrades on JB Hi-Fi following record FY19 results, despite a broader Australian retail slump.
Reported by The Australian, Citi expects JB Hi-Fi consensus earnings estimates to be upgraded ~2%, after better than expected full-year earnings.
JB Hi-Fi Limited’s 2H19 dividend of 51 cps was also above Citi’s forecast of 47 cps.
The news comes after shares in JB Hi-Fi skyrocketed 13% to $31.60 in early trade, before stabilising around 8% up to $30.20 before midday.
Citi analysts claim FY19 net profit [$249.8 million] was 3% higher than consensus estimates, also trumping the guidance of $237 million to $245 million.
Analysts warn optimism may be constrained given JB Hi-Fi’s modest FY20 sales guidance.
Citi claims the guidance does requires a further cost-out to maintain margin, citing a higher organic cost growth versus like-for-like implied sales growth.
The news comes as many other Australian retailers grapple with sluggish sales and heavy price competition.


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THE Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is planning a major 08 celebration to mark the role of small businesses in Capital of Culture year.
It is planning the Friday, October 3, event, which will take place in Liverpool, with the support of Wirral marketing agency ICE.
The FSB represents more than 7,000 small businesses from the Merseyside and West Cheshire region and, under the banner of “Culture of Business”, will showcase the massive economic and cultural contribution of the small business sector.
Regional chairman Norman Lay said: “FSB 2008 Culture of Business is all about reminding our business leaders and politicians of the important role of small businesses and the contribution they make across Merseyside and the whole of the North West. Business is a big part of modern-day culture, and small businesses are a big part of Liverpool life.”


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Microsoft had previously confirmed that Windows Phone 7 will appear first on GSM-based cellular networks such as AT&T's, before being available on CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) carriers, including Verizon, in first-half 2011. During the Oct. 11 event, AT&T executives will likely provide a timeframe for an actual device launch, although previous reports have suggested an early November timeframe.
Fierce competition with Google Android devices and the Apple iPhone is widely credited with having driven down Microsoft's smartphone market share over the past several quarters; although the company's Mobile franchise once held a comfortable portion of the market, largely thanks to business adoption, the rise of those other platforms saw a corresponding dip in Microsoft's user base.
For more, read the eWeek article Windows Phone 7 Launch Scheduled for Oct. 11.
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Even if you aren't a big skier, it's clear the days when celebrities like Anjelica Houston and Jack Nicholson could hide out undisturbed in little-known mountain towns like Aspen are long gone. For anyone hoping to carve freshies, or even just find a spot in the parking lot at popular resorts, it often feels like there’s less elbow room than ever on prime slopes, and ski town locals have bemoaned the recent crush and rising housing prices.
That overcrowding has driven some powder-hounds off-piste and into the backcountry – a solution that requires technical skills, special equipment and avalanche know-how that can take years to acquire, even for advanced skiers. But this year, one Colorado company is trying to make the off-piste experience more accessible by opening the first ever chair-free, human-powered ski resort in North America.
Bluebird Backcountry is inviting skiers to skip the traditional chairlift, rope tow, or adventurous SnowCats in favor of slipping some skins on their sticks to hike or uphill themselves to pristine, unimproved runs. Bluebird's founders have leased 1500 acres on Whiteley Peak, which sits about two-and-a-half hours from Denver between Kremmling and Steamboat Springs, and are opening for business on 15 February.
The leased area on Whitley consists of open meadows and aspen groves spread across 300 acres of “avalanche-evaluated terrain” where the on-site ski patrol checks conditions, as well as an additional 1200 acres that can be accessed with a Bluebird guide. Equipment rental is available, as are lessons for those who aren’t familiar with using skins or how to uphill, along with other aspects of backcountry skiing.
Because part of Bluebird’s mission is educating skiers in backcountry best practices, no matter where skiers choose to go on the property, they’re required to carry basic avalanche rescue gear including a beacon, probe, and shovel. And because they’re capping initial sales at 100 season passes for an initial 15-day test season, you’re guaranteed to have plenty of powder to yourself.
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That alone is plenty of incentive for ski enthusiasts who are dismayed at increasingly-crowded slopes in well-known destinations like Vail, Breckenridge, Mt. Rainier, and Park City. Thanks to a combination of rapid growth in ski-adjacent western metros like Denver, Seattle, and Salt Lake climate change, social media, the shuttering of mom & pop hills, marketing moves like multi-mountain passes, and rising housing prices in mountain towns, it can be a fraught time to hit the slopes.
That’s driven some experienced skiers away from groomed trails, and backcountry skiing and ski-touring have never been more popular. But backcountry skiing and snowboarding present added barriers to participation, requiring specialized equipment and know-how such as the ability to self-assess avalanche risk. Unless you’re plugged into a community familiar with going off-piste and willing to show you the ropes, it can be hard for some skiers to learn the skills they need to safely venture to more remote runs tucked away in the San Juan, Sawtooth, and Wasatch mountains.
It’s that exact dilemma Bluebird is hoping to solve – and it looks like skiers are interested. The project, funded on Kickstarter rather than with venture capital dollars or traditional investment, has already raised twice its initial goal. If the short, no-frills initial season goes well, who knows what the 2020-2021 ski season might look like for backcountry rippers with a slope of their own.


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Huawei is planning to jump on the wearable bandwagon this year. The company made this announcement at a press release in China wherein it mentioned its plan to go big in this year with the planned release of three smartphones, two tablets and one Android Wear smartwatch.
Chinese OEM is planning to step up the competition of wearable segment with Android wear watch that most likely will be unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona along with a latest tablet.
The press conference was held at the Shenzen campus of the company and as soon as it was finished, a clip was available on the internet to give you a sneak peek into the company’s 2015 plans. The smartphones getting redefined could be of Honor, G/Y series, P and Mate series.
It is really difficult to figure out the details of the smartwatch from the clip but by the looks of it, we can tell as of now that the Huawei watch is going to be a round-faced smartwatch like LG G Watch R and Motorola Moto 360. Though, Huawei CEO Richard Yu has asserted that it is going to be better and beautiful than Samsung Gear S.
As a company Huawei has always stood up to innovation but its debutante wearable smartband known as Talkband B1, which is also a Bluetooth headset, was an exception. Its detachable central module worked as a Bluetooth where as a whole, the band could do the usual such as steps taken and receiving notifications. It is to be noted that Talkband B1 was also launched at MWC last year but was lost amidst the crowd of similar wannabes!
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Yu has stated that the upcoming release won’t adhere to the ‘tried and tested’ lines and will be innovative and different in its own league. Huawei’s strategy to create premium and innovative product portfolio for a niche market has worked successfully so far. The company would be doing the same for wearables or not, is yet unconfirmed. Yang has also not confirmed whether company had the time to venture into other forms of wearables but agreed that it needed some serious thought before company does anything about it as it is connected to a person and Huawei would like to make the total experience better for the wearer.
Along with the wrist-based wearable, Huawei will be showing off one of two tablets in Barcelona at MWC. There is no news on the specifications of the products of either category but given that company has been investing a lot (read about 10% of the annual revenues) into R&D, expectations are quite high. The rumors are also rife that the Huawei smartband may also be refreshed this year.
This burgeoning yet pretty-packed category will make some space and right noise for Huawei’s ambitious entry or not, only time will tell. Whatever the final verdict may be, Huawei is not going to have it easy. First, it is too late and has missed the buzz. Unless it works to smoothen out the shortcomings of existing smartwatches, its new smartwatch will be fizzled out like the first attempt. Second, we already have too many wrist wearables running on Google’s platform. From Motorola Moto 360, LG G Watch R to Sony SmartWatch 3 and ASUS ZenWatch, Huawei smartwatch will be stacked against these well-established contenders. And by the time the company will finally launch its smartwear, there will be many others in the market, vying for the wrist of the users.
The Chinese tech giant has always taken a beeline to MWC and released its several flagships at the occasion. In fact, Huawei always books massive floor space to launch its products for the public.
As far as the price is concerned, we are of opinion that Huawei would try to keep it lower than the Moto 360 or Samsung’s to target the segment that is up to try the new tech but cannot pay that much. Whatever it may be, stay tuned because we will be bringing you every juiciest bit of MWC.


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EPA Warned Fiat Chrysler in 2015 of Suspected Illegal ‘Defeat Device’ Use
Regulators had begun to probe car maker’s emissions practices within weeks of Volkswagen revelations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alerted Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV in November 2015 that regulators suspected the Italian-U.S. auto maker of using illegal emissions software, more than a year before formally accusing the company of skirting U.S. clean air law.
Environmental regulators told Fiat Chrysler employees about their concerns during a Nov. 25, 2015, meeting, according to emails the EPA released on Friday in response to an open records request.
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Three years ago, an outfit called Electric GT (EGT), led by Eric Hutchison, hit the green tech radar by converting a 1978 Ferrari 308 GTS to an electric car. Out went the mid-mounted 2.9-liter V8 making 280 horsepower and 181 pound-feet of torque, in went 48 lithium-ion batteries powering three AC51 HPEVS electric motors that cumulatively produced 465 hp and 330 lb-ft. The company's relocated from San Diego to Chatsworth, California, and is back on the scopes at Green Car Reports with what it calls an Electric Crate Motor. The innovation repackages the ICE crate motor methodology into a system making EV conversions easier for the weekend enthusiast. EGT promises a plug-and-play system with "high performance and near zero maintenance," having packaged its one- and two-motor systems into a "motor block" and peripherals that look just like an internal combustion engine.
The block includes everything necessary for the swap to electric except the batteries and the mounting bracket, meaning "motor(s), controller(s), charger(s), sensors, relays and computer systems." EGT has already designed a number of mounting brackets, and can design others to custom specs. According to the web site, the package is "pre-engineered, pre-built, and pre-tested," so installation takes five steps: Bolt in the block, install the wiring harness and cooling system, connect the AC and DC power leads with the OEM-level touch-safe connectors, and route the internal cooling pump to a heat exchanger. Voila, silent running. Every e-crate motor comes with an installation manual, EGT provides tech support, and auxiliaries like electric AC compressors and heaters can be optioned.


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New Which? research reveals that over a million homes in the UK are using wi-fi equipment that's woefully out of date. We explain why this needn't be the case, with most ISPs keen to get you onto the very latest equipment.
Our latest survey has found huge differences in the amounts paid by TV & broadband customers - a large proportion of Sky and Virgin Media subscribers paying significantly more for their bundle than customers of other major providers, such as Plusnet, TalkTalk and EE.
New research from Citizens Advice has revealed that an estimated 4 million people in the UK have been charged for phones they already own, costing consumers a total of £490 million extra on their mobile phone contracts.
The latest Android tablets go under the microscope in our test lab - this month the focus is on Samsung, and two clear rivals for Apple's popular iPads.
We've reviewed the Google Home Max smart speaker with Google Assistant, which aims to rival the Amazon Echo and Apple Homepod. Find out whether it has the best sound quality of all along with everything else you need to know.
If the UK was to leave the European Union with no deal, the popular "roam like at home" legislation, which allows holidaymakers to enjoy the same costs for using their mobile phone abroad as they would at home, would no longer be protected under UK law. Providers would be free to charge what they wish.
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Your town just decided to introduce fiber-optic Internet access. After deliberations and town halls, and careful planning by engineers, the community agrees to buy miles of cable for installation.
Then, just as the Mayor is about to sign the contract, members of the town council and chamber of commerce buy up every inch of fiber – and sell it back to the public at a massive premium.
That’s the situation facing EOS, a decentralized community whose governance is somewhere between the Philadelphia Convention and a free-market Lord of the Flies. Rather than focusing on creating new dApps and extending the network, some developers have found a more profitable business model: trading network resources.
A speculative market has emerged for RAM, the gold of the EOS economy. RAM is vital to the creation and growth of distributed applications. But unlike a token, there’s no secondary trading–RAM is bought and sold from the network, via an algorithm that mimics market pricing.
Because it is a scarce resource, RAM prices have skyrocketed in the past week, reaching a peak of 900 EOS per megabyte. Dan Larimer (CTO of EOS) has proposed revising the algorithm for pricing; until then, an EOS Rich List, collected from data visible on the EOS blockchain, shows that users are hoarding hundreds of megabytes of RAM.
That bubble may be hampering the growth of EOS. For one thing, simply opening a new account requires a fee of 4kb–which, at peak prices, cost around $30.
Ram prices soared over the past few weeks. Source: eos.feexplorer.io Ram for Sale
Some developers have made significant profits from selling their RAM. Everipedia, which seeks to establish a blockchain-based, for-profit alternative to Wikipedia, began buying RAM in June to airdrop its EveripediaIQ token. But as prices rose, they decided to sell instead.
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In the past year, more than half of influencers committed some kind of fraud or fraud on social networks, bought followers or artificially increased the number of “likes”.
According to the report, the influencers with the most followers are the ones who commit the most scams
According to a report by HypeAuditor, the number of Instagram users who “cheated” in the past year is 55%. It’s more than half, although that percentage represents an 8 percentage point decrease from 2019, but it’s still very high.
In addition, those who commit the most scams are believed to be the most influential. 66% of those who have more than a million followers who are considered “mega influencers” or celebrities have committed fraudulent acts, according to the report released by PRweek. and for which more than 12 million accounts on Instagram, 4.5 million accounts on YouTube and 5.2 million accounts on TikTok were analyzed.
According to the study, however, the “nanoinfluencers” with 1,000 to 5,000 followers are the least likely to resort to reprehensible techniques to increase their influence. Only 42% of them committed some kind of deception last year.
The most common techniques include buying followers, getting likes and comments from click farms, buying views for stories, or interacting with pods from users who systematically comment on each other’s posts.
In many cases, influencers may interact with fake accounts without realizing it, as 55% of Instagram profiles are not managed by real people, but rather by robots or automated accounts, according to the report.
Despite all this, the report finds that companies that invest with influencers average a return on investment of $ 4.87 for every dollar spent. In addition, 62% of marketing executives state that their sales increased after taking measures with influencers.


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DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. said it would temporarily halt production at 10 assembly plants between now and the end of the year, blaming high gas prices for pushing many consumers away from its pickups and SUVs and to higher-mileage models.
Ford said the cuts will reduce the need for costly incentives to reduce bloated inventories. But they also illustrate just how out of step the lineup at the nation's second-largest automaker has become, as it loses market share to mostly Asian competitors under the watch of chairman and chief executive Bill Ford.
General Motors Corp. and DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group also have been caught in the shift away from trucks and SUVs to smaller cars and crossovers as consumers seek better fuel economy. The Big Three's combined US market share fell to 54.5 percent for the first seven months of 2006, down from 58.7 percent in the year-ago period.
GM already has said it will cut production 7 percent to 8 percent in the third quarter.
Ford disclosed a turnaround plan in January that called for shedding 25,000 to 30,000 jobs and closing 14 plants by 2012. By year-end, the company was to have cut production capacity 15 percent.
The company said fourth-quarter production would be down 21 percent, or 168,000 units, from last year. Third-quarter production will be 20,000 units below what was previously stated and 78,000 units below last year.
For the full year, Ford plans to produce about 9 percent fewer vehicles than last year for a total of just over 3 million.


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AVON LAKE, Ohio - A "Food Fight" between businesses will provide food for thousands of area families this holiday season and into the new year.
The Pin Oak Parkway Food Fight is a charitable effort involving several large and small businesses that generated enough money and food to provide an estimated 55,000 to 65,000 meals in the weeks to come according to organizers.
Second Harvest Food Bank in Lorain said this could be one of the biggest holiday food drives they've seen.
The money and food drive ran from Nov. 1 through Dec. 3.
Thogus Products Company-a national supplier of plastic injection molding products-has partnered with Second Harvest for the last two years to raise money and food for needy families during the holiday season.
Second Harvest said they are serving 12 percent more people at Lorain County Food Pantries this year than in 2011.
Forty percent of the meals served go to people under the age of 18. They hope to serve about 40,000 people in Lorain County through its 45 food pantries.


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NEW IBERIA, La. (KLFY)- The fire has been extinguished. Authorities are now surveying the area for potential “hot spots” that may require additional attention, the fire department said.
ORIGINAL STORY: Smoke is billowing from the grocery and furniture store at 603 Admiral Doyle Drive.
According to witnesses, authorities at the scene are telling bystanders to move away from the building because of explosives inside the facility.
Many bystanders were told to vacate the nearby Fletcher Funeral Home parking lot.
Along with groceries and furniture, Fremin’s sell fireworks.
We will continued to update this story as new information becomes abailable.


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Clean skin care brand, Osea, has announced Cavu Venture Partners as a minority investor, marking the brand’s first investment since it launched 25 years ago. The brand, which has grown 115 percent this past year, will use funds to increase marketing efforts and accelerate product innovation. The investment will also help power Osea’s first brand campaign which will involve working with activists and celebrities who embody Osea’s core values and connection to the elements of Ocean, Sun, Earth, Atmosphere (which make up the brand’s name). Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The brand was founded in 1996 by Jenefer Palmer and is now led by her daughter Melissa Palmer who took on the role of CEO six years ago. Under Melissa’s leadership, Osea evolved from an exclusive spa brand to having a presence in major retailers including Ulta Beauty, Nordstrom, Blue Mercury, Neiman Marcus, Credo, and Detox Market. A majority of the business is direct-to-consumer, which generates more than 40 percent of repeat purchases.
“Over the last year we definitely found it challenging to keep up with demand since supply chains were effected by COVID and online ordering skyrocketed. However, our business was already majority DTC pre-pandemic therefore we were lucky to already have that marketing channel completely activated,” said Melissa. “Social also helps and we love using it to connect with our consumers. Over the past six months we’ve been using our newest social media platform, TikTok, and have grown from zero to nearly 20,000 followers. It’s been a completely new and fun way to engage with consumers in a more casual style and helps us reach a younger demographic.”
The brand credits its thriving business to its solutions-focused skin care innovations and clean and sustainable ethos.
“The Osea brand has a 25-year track record of proven success and results. It’s a truly great product and has maintained the same core values since the beginning. More and more, consumers are seeking authenticity and integrity and turn to Osea because we’ve had consistent standards and brand authenticity since day one. Also, consumers have become increasingly eco-conscious and look for sustainable brands. We’re proud to be a Climate Neutral Certified brand.”
In addition to the new funding, Osea has added two beauty industry veterans to its team. Erin Cotter, most recently GM of Beauty and Wellness at Goop, Inc., has joined as Chief Marketing Officer, and Melissa Mao, who most recently served as Vice President of Sales at Coola, has joined as Chief Sales Officer to lead wholesale growth.


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Compulsory E1 in Europe – a defence3 November 2015
Mr Clive Pinnington, the new, and first, managing director of the European Panel Federation, finds that not all publicity is good publicity – especially when it comes via a TV news programme that promoted alarmist views on emissions from wood products.
In May 2015, wood based products were featured on CBS television news. Happy days? Unfortunately not.
From a wood industry perspective, the news feature was for all the wrong reasons, with laminate flooring (originating from China) exposed as being out of specification in terms of emissions.
What followed next was classic consumerdriven fall-out, with the flooring-carrying retail chain's ceo forced to step down as Lumber Liquidators' share price tumbled.
Product was removed from shelves and the US Consumer Products Safety Commission decided to investigate. It remains a concern that this edition of the US show 60 Minutes may have a negative trickle-down effect on correctly manufactured and certified product. So is this exposé a nightmare for legitimate and reliable manufacturers? Perhaps it might become one, but there is a silver lining to be found to this sorry tale, at least in Europe.
However, the European wood based panel industry had already voluntarily committed, in 2007, to the manufacture of all panel products to E1 quality, this being the recommended safe level according to European standards.
This commitment was enshrined via the European Panel Federation (EPF) and signing up to it became a core principle of membership in the industry's federation. Countries such as Italy and Denmark went one step further, making E1 a legal requirement for all panels and furniture products intended for indoor use.
Yet doubts on how to enforce this throughout Europe remained, especially with regard to imported products.
These developments in Europe, and recent events in North America, preyed on the mind of Dr Paolo Fantoni, fifth generation owner of Italian panel and furniture manufacturer Fantoni Group: So much so that when he had the chance to do something about it, he acted.
In June 2015, Dr Fantoni became the new chairman of the EPF and in his inaugural address to the federation's General Assembly he called for all members, national institutions and collaborating institutes to pull together to make E1 compulsory in all European countries.
In so doing, Dr Fantoni focused attention especially on imports that might come into Europe and which do not conform to European requirements for emissions.
"All European families deserve to feel that the furniture and wood based products that they buy for their home are absolutely safe and we are determined to do everything we can to ensure this.
"We have long since voluntarily committed to this, but now we need to go further. We want to ensure that panel and furniture imports are held to the same minimum E1 standards that have kept us safe and healthy," said Dr Fantoni.
Discussions have already begun on how to make E1 a legal obligation in all EU-28 member states, while pan-European legislation is also on the table. If regulators and law makers react positively to this key industry initiative, their opinions having been sharpened by Lumber Liquidators, then perhaps some good will indeed have come from this débacle.
One thing is clear, namely that this is being done to the overwhelming benefit of the consumer. The wood based panel industry is legitimately proud of Dr Fantoni's initiative to make E1 compulsory in Europe and relishes the opportunity to turn his vision into reality.


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Crystal Flash launches Home Heat enewsletter
Crystal Flash has launched a new bi-monthly enewsletter for its residential customers, The Crystal News Flash: Home Heat.
Approximately every 60 days, the CF Team will update readers on the latest Crystal Flash news, product/service offerings, safety tips, special offers and more. The company’s goal is to provide concise, relevant and valuable information in each enewsletter.
In January 2020, Crystal Flash also launched The Crystal News Flash: Commercial + Agriculture, a similar bi-monthly enewsletter for its commercial and farming industry customers.
If you’d like to subscribe to either/both enewsletter, you can do so using this fast and easy sign up form.


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Thousands of costumed fans from all over the globe will descend on Southie this weekend for the PAX East annual gaming bonanza where — finally — virtual reality makes the big time.
“There’s going to be a lot of excitement around VR, said Timothy Loew, executive director of the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute. “VR in the last year has been building momentum, the last couple of months the first two heavy-duty headsets have hit the market, and fans of all kinds are going to be excited to try it out.”
When PAX kicks off at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, it will look much like past years, with costumed gamers sitting in on panels, streaming in and out of company booths. But between high-profile games and indie developers trying to make a splash, the specter of the impending mass release of virtual reality games is likely to dominate the three-day show.
Gaming for virtual reality has been a long time coming. The idea of a headset that can transport you to another world has been around for decades, with limited success so far. But developers say the major challenges have been solved. A Goldman Sachs research paper estimated the market for VR games would hit $11.6 billion by 2025.
“It’s like going from a clamshell phone to an iPhone,” said Eric Janszen, chief executive and co-founder of VirZoom, a Cambridge company developing VR games. “When you’re flying a pegasus and you’re moving your body, you feel like you are the pegasus.”
VirZoom combines virtual reality headsets with a custom stationary bike that detects movements so players move their virtual characters by moving in real life.
For developers, virtual reality games mean more freedom, but far more challenges.
“Immediately, right as we started building this, we thought this had to be a whole new approach to the game,” said Dan Chace, a designer at Boston game company Harmonix. Chace is working on a VR version of the company’s “Rock Band” franchise that puts players on stage, surrounded by the crowd.
“People have reported feeling stage fright or excitement,” Chace said. “They want to touch the crowd, they want to have a mutual connection with the bandmates.”


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Nike Tackles Reebok in 'Tebow-Mania' T-Shirt Lawsuit
A "Tebow-mania" lawsuit is headed for the courts. Nike Inc. claims rival Reebok International Ltd. wrongfully used Tim Tebow's name on newly minted New York Jets apparel, in violation of Nike's licensing deal.
Nike filed its Tebow-mania lawsuit in New York federal court, after Reebok began marketing a green New York Jets T-shirt emblazoned with Tebow's name and jersey number, Reuters reports. Tebow, formerly the Denver Broncos' quarterback, signed with the Jets on March 21.
That's 20 days after Reebok's licensing deal with the NFL Players Association expired, Nike claims in its lawsuit.
Because Reebok had no license with the NFL players’ union, and no agreement with Tim Tebow himself, Reebok should destroy the shirts and fork over its unauthorized profits to Nike, the company’s Tebow-mania lawsuit asserts.
However, Reebok does have a licensing deal with NFL Properties — the league’s merchandising arm — through March 31, USA Today reports. It’s not clear how that affects Nike’s claims; a spokeswoman for Adidas, which owns Reebok, declined to comment.
Nike’s legal argument claims unjust enrichment by Reebok — that Reebok wrongly profited off its allegedly unauthorized Tebow apparel, and should be made to pay restitution.
Nike is also asking for unspecified compensatory and punitive damages for Reebok’s alleged misappropriation of publicity rights and interference with a business relationship, the Associated Press reports.
One of Tim Tebow’s representatives has also written to Reebok to demand the company stop using Tebow’s name on its products, Nike’s lawsuit claims.
Nike’s Tebow-mania lawsuit is the latest scuffle in the company’s intense rivalry with Reebok. Nike is set to replace Reebok as the official supplier of NFL team uniforms on Sunday, the AP reports.
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Health insurers and the Trump administration face a court decision shortly that will determine whether the government must pay insurers billions of dollars despite Republican efforts to block payments they view as an industry bailout.
Insurers have filed roughly two-dozen lawsuits claiming the federal government reneged on promises it made to pay them under the Affordable Care Act. A decision could come at any time on pivotal litigation before a three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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March 26, 2004
With the tax season now in full bloom, close to 57% of online households intend to file their 2003 federal taxes offline, while only about 28% will file online. The remaining 15% are undecided.
The number-one reason cited for not filing online is that the filer does not do his or her own taxes. But a very close second reason is that filers don't want their personal information on the Internet.
Among those intending to file their federal taxes online, the most preferred method is through a professional service. However, there are some significant differences between the preferences of men and women. More than 45% of women intend to file online through a professional service, while only 39% of men intend to do so. Nearly 31% of men intend to file online using do-it-yourself tax software, while only 28% of women intend to do the same. More men than women, about 27% versus 22%, will use IRS E-file. More men than women initiated their household's decision to file federal taxes online.
"Online consumers continue to express concern about security when using the Internet to conduct financial transactions," says Lynn Franco, Director of The Conference Board's Consumer Research Center. "Americans seem unwilling to give up their traditional paper federal tax return forms, as approximately 57% of online households intend to file their 2003 federal taxes offline. Among online bill payers, bank websites are also failing to lure customers with their online bill payment services."
SECURITY STILL A MAJOR CONCERN
Online households continue to express a great degree of concern about security when using the Internet to conduct financial transactions online. Says Franco: "This fear, in turn, is a likely factor in why financial transactions rank so low on consumers' list of reasons for using the Internet, and why this activity generates such weak levels of satisfaction and trust."
Online banking is the activity that causes the greatest amount of apprehension among online consumers. Nearly 83% of online consumers expressed concern about security when banking online. Almost as many expressed similar concerns about paying bills online. Buying and trading financial instruments, as well as filing taxes online were less worrisome. But close to three-quarters of online consumers felt concerned about security. In all cases, women were significantly more concerned about security than men. The difference was most pronounced regarding the filing of taxes online.
Despite these security issues, more than 25% of online households have conducted a financial transaction online over the past three months. More than 25% of online consumers have banked online. Less than 20% have paid their bills online, while an even smaller proportion have bought or traded financial instruments online. Among online bill payers, more than half prefer to use the individual service/company's website rather than their own bank's website. The reason for this may be a combination of consumers' online banking fears and banking fees.
About This Survey:
The Consumer Internet Barometer
is based on a quarterly survey of 10,000 households. A unique
sample is surveyed each quarter. Return rates average 70%, which
ensures highly representative data. Data is weighted as well
to reflect the latest U.S. household demographic information.
The latest survey was conducted during the first quarter of 2004.
For information on the full report, please go now to http://www.consumerinternetbarometer.us.
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To blame the healthcare system is what Mylan CEO Heather Bresch told CNBC today in explaining why the price of her company's EpiPen has seen price hikes of 400%. CNBC's Meg Tirrell breaks down the pharma supply chain system.
CNBC's Meg Tirrell reports on the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association's response to Mylan blaming "the middlemen" for its EpiPen price hike.
The "FMHR" traders; Sarat Sethi, Douglas C. Lane & Associates; and Stephanie Link, TIAA Global Asset Management, reveal their final trades, including CVS, Square and more.
Jim Cramer analyzed the winners and losers in retail for the quarter and discovered an interesting trend.
"It's going to take awhile for Target to turn this around," one analyst told CNBC.
Citing a "difficult" retail environment, Target lowers its guidance for the full year.
CVS Health's new "excluded" list includes medications used in treatment of patients with cancer, diabetes and hepatitis C.
CNBC's Melissa Lee looks at good, bad and ugly stocks, including CVS and Generac.
Some of the names on the move ahead of the open.
Amazon's outperformance is stunning when compared with the retailers its online strategies have been crushing.
Mark Spellman, Alpine Funds Co-Portfolio Manager, explains his views on finding yield in large-cap stocks over mid-caps and gives his picks.
As online viewers grow up, they're looking for digital shows that suit their needs. And this is also changing advertising as we know it.
Morgan Stanley just downgraded CVS to equal weight from overweight.
Shares of Walgreens and Rite Aid skyrocketed around 4 percent amid reports that the FTC is likely to approve Walgreens' acquisition of Rite Aid.
Jim Cramer shares his opinion on various caller stocks, including this player in the oil patch that could be influenced by OPEC.
Michael Farr, Farr Miller & Washington, and Kevin Norris, Univest Wealth Management President, discuss their summer market outlooks and give their picks.
Jim Cramer gives his opinion to callers on various stocks, including the deal between Rite Aid and Walgreens.
The Fast Money traders discuss the brutal week for retail and share how to play the space. Also, a look at the auto sector.
Amid the wreckage in the retail sector, is now the time to cherry-pick some of the names that may have been unfairly punished?
Prominent investor Susan Byrne significantly reduced her stake in Apple for the Platinum Portfolio.