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House Depot (NYSE: HD) shares originally stood out on its revenues record and also the business also increased its reward. A day later on, it tanked 8%. So what really took place?
House Depot’s Q4 revenues outcomes
Q4 profits was available in at $35.72 billion v.s. an approximated $34.88 billion, which amounted a healthy and balanced 10.7% rise year-over-year (YoY). Internet revenues expanded 17% from the very same duration in 2014 to $3.35 billion. It likewise called a brand-new chief executive officer, Ted Decker, that will certainly take the lead from March 1, as he leaves his Principal Operating Policeman placement at the business behind.
One more bottom line when it boils down to present revenues records is support. While House Depot may have a hard time to match the smash hit year available that was 2021, the business has actually directed for a little favorable sales development. There was likewise a 15% rise in the business’s reward, significance, for each solitary House Depot share you hold currently, you’re taking $7.60 each year.
Why did House Depot supply drop?
Normally, a business like House Depot might virtually be thought about a “failed to remember” stay-at-home supply, however it was a clear recipient as financial savings accumulated, and also customers chose it was time for an upgrade around your house. There were the various other noticeable offenders, Zoom, Docusign, Netflix — however House Depot obtained a pass — perhaps capitalists simply have a little bit much more regard for the value-oriented foreseeable company versions.
Since unpredictability borders markets, the trend shows up to have actually transformed. House Depot’s being slammed for reduced margins, and also the primary bump in profits development is originating from increased costs — client deals really decreased 3.4% YoY to highlight. A sensible feedback, nevertheless, thinking about furnishings, home appliances, and also real estate prices are amongst the hardest struck by rising cost of living. Increased costs are an all-natural feedback, and also all-in-all, a required safety measure administration need to take.
What are the lasting leads for House Depot?
House renovation costs was $457 billion in 2020. House renovation costs was approximated to expand 15% as we got in 2021 also, that’s thousands — otherwise 10s of thousands — each family was investing in house improvements. No surprise real estate costs have actually gotten on the surge. It might not quit there either, as projections see house renovation costs progressively climbing via 2025, where an approximated $621 billion will certainly be invested in the sector.
My factor is, House Depot is unfailing.
Currently, unstable market times are taking a footing since late, and also we don’t have a clairvoyance to anticipate exactly how points will certainly blow over. Yet, what’s extremely not likely, is seeing a significant decrease in House Depot’s company design. It has a 1.9% reward for a factor, it’s a staple, it’s reputable, and also there will certainly constantly be a demand for its items, also in a wicked bearishness or recessionary times. Notification also, House Depot never ever lowered its reward when difficult times came knocking — this is the business’s 140th successive quarter that it has actually paid a money reward. It’s been thought about a safety and security supply to numerous for the lengthiest time, which’s not likely to transform at any time quickly.


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Missoni disappearance: Special ship to search seabed for fashion tycoon’s plane
A deep-sea search vessel will scan the ocean floor for the missing plane with Vittorio Missoni abroad.
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CARACAS, VENEZUELA—Venezuela’s government says a ship specialized in deep-water searches will help scan the seafloor for a plane that disappeared carrying the CEO of Italian fashion house Missoni.
The BN-2 Islander plane dropped off radar screens soon after takeoff on Jan. 4 from the resort islands of Los Roques. It was carrying two crew members and four Italian tourists, including Vittorio Missoni, CEO of his family’s fashion company.
Rear Adm. Elsa Gutierrez, Venezuela’s minister of air and sea transport, told state media on Friday that the ship was leased by Italian authorities to contribute to the search and will arrive in early February.
She says the ship will expand current search efforts by searching for the plane in deep waters off the islands.
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*New York, NY— In response to the news that Kim Kardashian’s Kimsaprincess Inc. is launching her new SKKN and SKKN BY KIM lines, Cydnie Lunsford, a 28-year-old entrepreneur/aesthetician of Beauty Concepts LLC and owner of the SKKN+ brand (@skknplus), has decided to publicize the unauthorized use of her brand name.
Cydnie Lunsford’s SKKN+ was established in July 2018 in Washington, DC, and since then has expanded to New York City. For the past three years, Lunsford has been consistently building her SKKN+ brand name by posting SKKN+ content and developing her clientele. SKKN+ was born out of Lunsford’s deep commitment and appreciation for the body aesthetic.
“I have painstakingly built my successful small business with my own sweat equity, hard work, and research,” says Lunsford. “It’s clear that I established my brand first. As a young black woman, my mission with SKKN+ is to provide quality skincare and curated full body experiences to enhance each client’s self-care regimen. The (+) represents a hands-on transformative aesthetic experience that elevates the body, mind, and spirit.”
Erik M. Pelton, founder and lead attorney at Erik M. Pelton & Associates, PLLC, of Falls Church, VA, emphasizes: “It is hard to believe that Kardashian’s team either did not know about the prior use of SKKN+ or knew and adopted the SKKN brand name anyways to steamroll a small minority business. Ms. Lunsford established her business in 2018 and earlier this year, filed an application (Serial No. 90608147) to protect the SKKN+ brand name in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office prior to any U.S. trademark filings by Kim Kardashian’s business. We contacted her lawyers as soon as possible after learning about the launch seeking to protect my client’s brand, demanding that they cease plans to launch the SKNN brand.”
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David Prosser is a former business editor of The Independent who now writes for a variety of publications, often focusing on small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurship.
24 September 2012 12:00 AM
Who says British companies can't be entrepreneurial as well as inventive? Meet OMG, the Oxford-based technology business which will today unveil its first foray into the retail sector: a new type of camera that stands a genuine chance of changing the market.
17 September 2012 12:00 AM
Television isn't doing small business any favours. While the Government tries ever harder to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in the hope that they can drag the economy out of recession, our most popular TV programmes continue to perpetuate some of the myths that have grown up around the British entrepreneurial spirit (or lack of it). They tell us that most would-be small business founders are crackpots with no financial acumen. And they insist that business success is all about aggression and naked ambition.
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It is now almost six months since Tim Breedon, chief executive of Legal & General, published the findings of his non-bank lending task force. Given its headline warning, that British businesses will face a funding shortfall of between £84bn and £191bn over the next five years, it would be helpful if Mr Breedon's proposals became a reality sooner rather than later.
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Whisper it quietly, but Britain's banks may finally be beginning to do their bit by offering more support for small and medium-sized enterprises. In certain areas of the business banking market, there is even evidence of a price war.
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How many small and medium-sized enterprises will take advantage of the 'patent box' regime that comes into force next April? It's a potentially valuable new relief that rewards businesses which have generated profits from intellectual property by charging them less tax – just 10 per cent – on the money.
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One industry insider said, “Raf spent a fortune doing up Calvin Klein’s Madison Ave flagship store, which was fine as it was.
The brand’s revenue fell short of expectations in the third quarter.
It was a runway feast.
“I wanted to be an inventor. That’s more my background, industrial design,” Simons said.
The actress has signed on to work with the designer again — 37 years after her iconic denim ad caused a sensation.
The ceremony, hosted by Seth Meyers, took place Monday at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York.
“He is being a good fashion citizen,” said a source.
The Calvin Klein gig is for the brand’s first line by Raf Simons, called By Appointment.
Sources say that hot LA artist Sterling Ruby — Simons’ best friend and past collaborator — has been seen regularly at Calvin Klein headquarters.
Raf Simons is a former creative director at Christian Dior who is known for his minimalist and linear style.


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Traders are getting rid of Forex Capital Markets shares after the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has ordered the broker and its CEO to withdraw from the CFTC registration and imposed a fine of $7 million on the broker. Why? Stay with Sentifi to find all the details about the case, including the financial crowd’s sentiments.
FXCM Inc.: Lost more than half of its market value
Fraud is a serious crime that will receive serious punishment, and that’s evident in FXCM’s case as the broker was charged in a civil monetary penalty for engaging in false and misleading solicitations. Now, it is forced by the authorities to withdraw from the U.S. forex market, and its shares dropped 52.53 percent in response. Its founders William Ahdout and Dror Niv will also receive a permanent ban from the National Futures Association. A lot of traders in Sentifi financial crowd are losing money from the falling share price, and advise others to stay far away from the broker, which doesn’t have a good reputation among the trading communities.
SK Hynix Inc.: Bids for part of Toshiba’s memory chip arm
Hynix is a big name in the chip business as it’s an Apple supplier and the world’s second-largest computer memory chipmaker, but it is planning an expansion of its shares in the global mobile and smart devices market. It has reportedly filed a non-binding bid of at least $1.8 billion for a stake in Toshiba Corp.’s microchip business. The company’s stock has reacted much since the news got reported, but traders are quite excited for the future of Hynix, and they predict the stock will be bullish very soon.
Hitachi Ltd.: Partners with Honda for electric cars
Not to lag behind Suzuki and Toyota and their newfound partnership, Hitachi today announced a joint venture with Honda to develop, manufacture and sell motors for electric vehicles. The reason for the partnership is quite obvious. The market for electric vehicles is growing, and the measures and regulations worldwide for environmental conservation are also increasing. The venture will have an initial capital of over $44.5 million, with Hitachi owning 51 percent stake while Honda owns the rest. Hitachi shares move slightly upward, but many traders are already banking on Hitachi’s prospect.
Twilio Inc.: Mixed sentiments
Twilio, which provides the communications backbone behind tools like Whatsapp, reported a wider quarterly loss, but on an adjusted basis, the company broke even for the first time since going public last year. The company’s shares rose 3.7 percent in after-hours trading, but then dropped 2.7 percent. A big number of traders are confident that the shares will be up by more than $2 in the morning, and ask everyone else to be patient. That said, a number of them are not very optimistic about the company’s prospect as they believe the company needs a killer earning report for the shares to perform well, and they’re predicting a sell-off will happen soon.
Munich Re: Ups dividend
German reinsurance giant Munich Re is not in the best position. Despite that fact that it met profit targets for 2016 and would increase its dividend from €8.25 to €8.60 , its result was lower than last year. Specifically, profits fell 16 percent. Traders are very skeptical about the company’s prospect as the company is still fighting extremely low interest rates, which makes it more difficult for it to earn money on the premium paid by its clients. They predict a bullish future for the stock, and advise others to take caution before buying.
Michael Kors Holdings Ltd.: Dubbed “a dead duck” by traders
Weak is the word to describe the company’s Q3 results. Sales fell 3.6 percent. Wholesale net sales declined by 17.8 percent. Even worse, the company has lowered its guidance for the next quarter. Needless to say, traders were not fond of the results, triggering a decline of more than 14 percent in the company’s market value. The stock price is now sitting at $36.82. That said, a few traders make the case for a bullish reversal, citing the last time the company’s stock hit the $30 range, it bounced back to $60 the next day. But, the bearish sentiment is the dominant one in the market.
BNP Paribas SA: Another disappointing earning report
France’s largest bank posted lower-than-estimate earnings due to sluggish economic growth, casting doubt over its growth in its home market. The bank pledged to invest €3 billion to upgrade digital-banking services and increase automation. Its stock fell 4.77 percent following the news, and the bank said it will remain difficult to return to revenue growth at the French retail unit over the coming year. That said, it is painting a much brighter prospect. By speeding up digital investments, the bank expects profit to rise by more than 6.5 percent annually. Many traders still have faith in the bank, and predict a bullish reversal for the bank while others are selling its stock to recoup the loss and make any profit possible.
Bombardier: Traders still have doubt despite new funding
The Canadian multinational aerospace has received a $372.5 million in loans from the Canadian federal government, but its stock dropped 1.16 percent. The company is not Sentifi financial crowd’s favorite as the company is terrible at managing money. The company tends to undertake ambitious projects that cause it to run out of money before it can complete those projects. The crowd also said it’s a terribly managed company, evident in its market cap of $2.64 billion, less than that of Hudson Bay Co., a retailer with 80 stores. Thus, they are recommending everyone to stay away from Bombardier stock.
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Announcing the first quarterly report after naming Robert Swan as its CEO, Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) on Thursday reported flat revenues and higher earnings for the first quarter. Revenues matched the market estimates, while earnings beat. Meanwhile, the stock fell about 7% in the extended trading session as the company’s full-year outlook fell short of expectations.
First-quarter earnings, excluding special items, were $0.89 per share, up from last year’s $0.87 per share and above Wall Street’s estimate. Meanwhile, unadjusted profit dropped to $3.97 billion or $0.87per share from $4.45 billion or $0.93 per share in the first quarter of last year.
At $16.1 billion, revenues were broadly unchanged from the year-ago quarter and in line with the estimates. A 4% increase in PC-centric revenue was offset by a 5% decline in data-centric revenue.
The stock fell about 7% in the extended trading session as the company’s full-year outlook fell short of expectations
During the quarter, Intel launched a new portfolio of data-centric products, featuring the 2nd-Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor family with integrated Intel Deep Learning Boost. Earlier this month, the company said it scrapped the 5G mobile modem business, citing unfavorable market conditions. Interestingly, the announcement came soon after Apple (AAPL) and Qualcomm (QCOM) settled their patent dispute, paving the way for a revival of their partnership.
“We shipped a strong mix of high-performance products and continued spending discipline while ramping 10nm and managing a challenging NAND pricing environment. Looking ahead, we’re taking a more cautious view of the year, although we expect market conditions to improve in the second half,” said Robert Swan who took over as the CEO earlier this year.
The company said it is looking for unadjusted earnings of $0.83 per share for the second quarter, on revenues of $15.6 billion. Adjusted earnings are forecast to be $0.89 per share in the June quarter.
Meanwhile, the outlook for full-year adjusted and unadjusted earnings was lowered to $4.35 per share and $4.14 per share, respectively, from the guidance issued in January. The management expects revenues of $69 billion for fiscal 2019. The full-year outlook is below the consensus estimate of analysts.
In the December quarter, Intel’s adjusted earnings climbed 18% to $1.28 per share, on the back of a 9% rise in revenues to $18.7 billion. The growth was fuelled by the company’s revamped product portfolio and recovery of the memory chip market.
Shares of Intel hit a 19-year high last week after the company exited the 5G modem business. The stock, which gained 22% since the beginning of the year and 10% in the past twelve months, traded lower throughout Thursday’s trading session.
Chipmaker Broadcom, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) Thursday reported better-than-expected earnings and revenues for the fourth quarter of 2022. Net profit was $10.45 per share in the final three months of the
Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) reported first quarter 2023 earnings results today. Net sales increased 8.1% to $53.44 billion compared to the same period a year ago. Comparable sales were up
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SILICON SLOPES, Utah – October 31, 2016 – ObservePoint is pleased to announce that Jason Thompson, Co-Founder at 33 Sticks, will be speaking at the first annual Analytics Summit, hosted by ObservePoint.
Thompson will be discussing a recent hot topic in the analytics industry: how to convince your boss of the need for a data layer.
Elaborating on his topic, Thompson said, “Having access to a proper data layer provides tremendous flexibility when it comes to quickly piloting new marketing platforms—allowing for quicker decision-making which in turn leads to quicker realization of value generated by deploying proven marketing technologies.”
The 2016 virtual Analytics Summit brings together 30+ thought-leaders and analytics experts who will share tips and tricks, best practices, technical deep-dives and other industry insight. Registrants can attend breakout sessions, keynote addresses and panel discussions online, from the comfort of their own office spaces.
“We are excited to have Jason participating and are especially excited about his topic discussing the need for a data layer. At ObservePoint, we have seen the massive difference having a solid data layer can make for an organization’s data quality and governance strategies, and Jason is the perfect speaker to address this important issue,” Chris Baird, ObservePoint’s VP of Marketing, said of Thompson’s session at the event.
Sharing the main stage with Thompson at this event will be:
- Rusty Warner, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research
- Susan Vertrees, Senior Adobe Analytics Consultant at Adobe
- Adam Greco, Senior Partner at Analytics Demystified
- Brent Dykes, Director of Data Strategy at Domo
- Krista Seiden, Analytics Advocate at Google
- Lee Isensee, Director of Product Strategy at Search Discovery
- Christopher Slovak, VP Global Solutions Consulting at Tealium
- Elizabeth Eckels, Digital Analytics Consultant at Smalls Analytics
- Jonas Newsome, Sr. Digital Analytics Consultant at Team Demystified
- Cathy Morse, Digital Analytics Consultant at Team Demystified
- Nico Miceli, Marketing Analytics Manager at Google via Team Demystified
- Matt Langie, Chief Marketing Officer at MarketLinc
- Eric Matisoff, Data Science & Analytics Evangelist at Adobe
- Daryl Acumen, Senior Manager of Digital Analytics at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Jason Thompson, Founding Partner at 33 Sticks
- Corry Prohens, Founder & CEO at IQ Workforce
- Peter O’Neill, Director at LeapThree
- Michele Kiss, Senior Partner at Analytics Demystified
- Craig Scribner, President at Tracking First
- Lori McNeill, Analytics Professional at Riptide Analytics
- Danielle Ackles, Director of Analytics at Axis41
- Scott Cannon, Lead Architect at Axis41
- Matt Gellis, Founder and CEO at Keystone Solutions
- Bob Selfridge, Founder & CEO at TMMData
- Matt Hertig, CEO/CTO & Co-Founder at Alight Analytics
- Judah Phillips, Founder and Principal at SmartCurrent
- David DeVisser, Principal Architect at Adobe
- Matt Maddox, Director of Education at ObservePoint
- Jason Call, Senior Analytics Data Expert at ObservePoint
- Patrick Hillery, Solution Consultant at ObservePoint
This virtual Analytics Summit is a one-day event taking place on November 17, 2016. Interested in attending? Register here: http://www.observepoint.com/analyticssummit/.
ObservePoint offers a premier Data Quality Assurance Platform, automatically verifying web tag performance and improving digital data quality for the world’s leading enterprises.
ObservePoint’s proprietary DataAssurance™ technology works with virtually every marketing technology to ensure accurate data collection across all channels and devices. The platform validates data collection from analytics, advertising tags, tag management systems and other data collectors automatically.


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Melania Trump makes a statement in Fendi coat to kick off tour of AsiaThe first lady arrived in Tokyo on Sunday in a statement coat by Fendi, a leather pencil skirt by Hervé Pierre and her favorite sky-high Manolo Blahnik BB pumps.
Melania Trump is flawless in Fendi!
The first lady arrived in Tokyo on Sunday in a statement coat by Fendi, a leather pencil skirt by Hervé Pierre and her favorite sky-high Manolo Blahnik BB pumps. The striped appliqué coat featured autumnal-inspired hues as well as neutrals like black, white and beige. The pockets were embellished with flowers that added a glamorous touch to the virgin-alpaca-wool blend coat.
The 47-year-old kept her brunette tresses in her signature, fuss-free blowout style, while keeping her makeup to a minimum.
This isn't the first time the first lady has made a statement with her coat during an international trip. While in Sicily for the G7 summit, Melania donned a "3D" $51,500 floral jacket by Dolce & Gabbana with a matching $1,630 clutch. She complemented the eccentric overcoat with a simple beige dress and equally understated pumps.
Melania and President Trump looked like they were in good spirits as they deplaned Air Force One after their long journey from Hawaii.
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Later in the day, while President Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe played golf on Japan's premier course, Melania and Abe's wife, Akie, paid a visit to the Mikimoto Pearl flagship store in Tokyo's glitzy Ginza shopping district.
The two chatted while they hung out in the store's premiere VIP lounge. The first ladies then toured the shop and posed with staff during the brief visit. Melania, a former fashion model who once sold her own line of jewelry on the QVC television shopping channel, made no purchases.
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A few weeks ago LEGO revealed its newest product, a 1:8 scale model of the Bugatti Chiron you could build at home. Now LEGO’s taken it to the next level.
Overnight it revealed a 1:1 version of the French hypercar which it had built using more than 1 million LEGO Technic pieces, 2304 of which are LEGO’s little electric motors.
Those motors allow the car to drive, with a ‘theoretical’ total of 3.95kW and an estimated 92Nm of torque.
Though it weighs much less than a real Chiron at just 1500kg, it is only able to hit 20km/h. That’s significantly slower than a real Chiron, which claims a top speed of 420km/h with a limiter. But what’s 400km/h to a car built of LEGO?
Worthy Watch: Chiron's 0-400-0km/h run
LEGO says no glue was used in building the Chiron, which took 13,438 man hours in development and construct to complete. It’s even got a functional rear spoiler and a speedometer made from Technic parts.
“The idea to build a real-size 1:1 Technic version of the Bugatti Chiron originated within the LEGO Technic design team,” LEGO says.
“Designer Aurelien Rouffiange and the team had just completed the 1:8 scale model of the Chiron and began to debate what the ultimate challenge for the LEGO Technic building system would be.
“A full-size, self-propelled vehicle seemed to provide the toughest test.”
To test the car’s driveability, LEGO took it to the VW Group Ehra-Lessien test track, which is where Bugatti tests the Chiron.
LEGO adds: “We were even more excited when Bugatti’s official test driver and former Le Mans winner, Andy Wallace, agreed to test drive the Technic version of the Chiron on its first drive.”
If you haven’t already, watch the video at the top of this story. It’s impressive to see the car rolling, even if the voiceover and epic orchestral seems a little overzealous for a 20km/h top speed run.


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Figures from the survey show that the number of people intending to buy cars during the coming year has dropped by one fifth, from 36 per cent to 30 per cent.
Car buyers' confidence had been at a three-year high from August 1996 until January 1997, but these latest figures show motorists are stalling on their decision to buy new vehicles.
The latest Autoglass survey quizzed prospective car buyers on why they were hesitant to buy and discovered that 60 per cent of drivers concerned about the election fear they will be worse off under any new government.
Andy Edyvean, Autoglass manager, said: "Cars are major purchases and the political climate is clearly affecting buyers' attitudes."
"We are hoping this fall is just a blip and things will go back to normal after the election. The trend is for booming car sales and we are convinced that record-breaking highs will soon return."
The latest statistics from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders also show a drop in the number of cars being registered for March, down by 0.2 per cent.
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Samsung launches Galaxy S20 FE's 256GB variant at Rs. 54,000
Samsung has launched a new 256GB variant of the Galaxy S20 FE (Fan Edition) in India at Rs. 53,999. It will be up for pre-orders starting October 17 via Samsung.com and leading offline as well as online retail stores. The company will start shipping it from October 28. Notably, Galaxy S20 FE with 128GB storage has been available for purchase from today onwards.
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE: At a glance
The Samsung Galaxy S20 FE features a plastic body with slim bezels, a punch-hole design, and an integrated fingerprint sensor. On the rear, it houses a triple camera module. The handset bears a 6.5-inch Full-HD+ (1080x2400 pixels) Super AMOLED screen with a 120Hz refresh rate and 20:9 aspect ratio. Further, the 256GB variant is offered in a single Cloud Navy color.
For the shutterbugs and selfie lovers
The Samsung Galaxy S20 FE sports a triple rear camera setup, comprising a 12MP (f/1.8) primary sensor, an 8MP (f/2.4) telephoto lens, and a 12MP (f/2.2) ultra-wide camera with an LED flash. Up front, it has a 32MP (f/2.2) selfie snapper.
Under the hood
Indian-specific model of the Galaxy S20 FE draws power from an octa-core Exynos 990 processor, coupled with 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB of expandable storage. Under the hood, it boots Android 10-based One UI 2.5 and packs a 4,500mAh battery with 15W fast-charging and wireless charging support. It offers connectivity support for Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, NFC, and a Type-C port.
Pricing and availability
As mentioned earlier, the Galaxy S20 FE (256GB model) has been launched at Rs. 53,999. The company will start accepting pre-orders for the phone starting tomorrow (October 17), and it will be shipped from October 28.


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Bloomberg Businessweek and others are trying to capitalize on the difficulties United Parcel Service and to a lesser extent Fedex had in delivering packages in time for Christmas to claim that the U.S. Postal Service is coming out of it smelling like a rose ("An Unlikely Star of the Holiday-Shipping Season: The U.S. Postal Service").
Not so fast, people. Let's be extremely generous and take it as a given that the Post Office didn't have any late arrivals, and that it deserves props for delivering 75,000 packages on Christmas Day. It's hard to make an apples-to-apples comparison, but based on the quoted number of packages UPS planned to deliver on Christmas Eve, the private company's package volume, particularly its air package volume, dwarfs that of the Post Office, and would overwhelm it if it tried to pull off what UPS routinely does:
Santa can deliver millions of packages in time for Christmas, but apparently, UPS can’t. That’s why you can expect mega-retailers like Amazon and Walmart to eventually take delivery into their own hands.
The delivery company with all those brown trucks expected to ship about 7.75 million packages through its air network on the Monday before Christmas, and though we don’t know how many UPS actually handled, The Wall Street Journal says the number far exceeded the company’s capacity.
As I understand it, the Post Office has farmed out much of its air delivery business to Fedex, so it probably doesn't have the capability to even try to do what UPS and Fedex routinely pull off with air shipments each night.
One online lefty publication went so far as to claim that the Christmas problems show that "Republicans (Are) Wrong About Killing the Post Office," and that "The private sector can’t do it better." My understanding is that the GOP doesn't want to "kill" the Post Office, but instead wants to privatize it.
There's one other annoying detail in that kind of comparison: UPS and Fedex are profitable, while the Post Office lost $5 billion during the fiscal year ended September 30. While that's better than the $15 billion it lost the previous year, that's still a long way from breakeven, let alone profitability, and exposes taxpayers to periodic calls for various bailout-like measures..
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Microsoft to Demonstrate “What’s Next for Windows” on October 24 at an event hosted by the software giant. Less than a week prior, they teased the “next generation” of Windows that will launch with all-new “Sun Valley” upgrade later this season. Rumored to be known as Windows 11, this newest version is said to bring a brand-new user interface with refreshed icons – some which Have not been updated in years.
Windows 10 has been around for nearly half a century, and many feel the company hasn’t made significant advancements compared to rival platforms such as Apples macOS. But Microsoft is working on more than just visual improvements – they also plan to launch an all new Windows App Store which not only promises an improved user experience but also aid programmer in their work.
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At Microsoft Build 2021 seminar last week company CEO Satya Nadella declared that the new program shop would open up an expansive market for developers and founders within Windows. This includes significant changes to the Windows Store which will enable users to submit any Windows program – such as browsers like Chrome or Firefox – without fear of rejection.
Rumors have also indicated that Microsoft may enable third-party payments inside programs, preventing developers from taking advantage of Microsoft’s 15% cut on apps and 12 percentage commission on matches. So what exactly is Google Question Hub, how to use it, and what are its advantages?
As previously noted the Windows variant to be released with these Valley upgrades in October this year will feature new system icons like File Explorer and Recycle Bin, signalling the end of Windows 95-era icons. Further more Microsoft recently declared plans to send a brand-new version of Windows called 10X, built upon an updated interpretation of Core OS from within Microsoft itself.
Microsoft may soon offer dual-screen PCs such as the Surface Oven to compete against Chromebooks from the low end market.


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50 days of GST: Tough lessons learnt; road ahead looks good
Let's look at the lessons from the past 50 days and understand the way forward.
IOC, Odisha strike deal on tax incentives for Paradip refinery
Indian Oil Corp (IOC) and the state government agreed to the revised terms at ...
No inconsistency in number of tax payers: CBDT
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Govt extends last date for filing and payment of GST by 5 days; now file your return till August 25
For those who want to fill up TRANS1 this month, the last date for filing of returns will be 28th August 2017, as was announced earlier.
GST portal stops functioning, fails to resume after ‘scheduled downtime’
The last date for filing GSTR-3B form for July is August 20, which is a summary return of details of outward supplies, inward supplies, credit and payment of GST.
India will benefit from growing tax revenue in FY2018: DBS
On the first, the Reserve Bank of India's dividends are set to halve this year to Rs 307 billion (0.2 per cent of Gross Domestic Product) estimated the DBS.
Government extends tax exemption for industry in NE, hilly states
"Within the framework of the GST Act each industry will be entitled to its own refund mechanism during this particular period (March 31, 2027)," Jaitley said.
P-note investors return to Mauritius as FPIs
P-notes are overseas derivative instruments with Indian stocks as their underlying assets.
I-T plans to pursue property-holders who have never filed income tax returns
Enforcement action will be taken only in cases where there is concrete evidence. Otherwise, tax authorities will follow a non-intrusive approach.
B S Yeddyurappa seeks 10 more days to appear before the Anti-Corruption Bureau
The former CM had been asked to appear before the bureau today for questioning in the case of de- notification of over 257 acres in Dr K Shivaram Karanth Layout in northern Bengaluru.
GST Return Filing: How to handle discounts and additional cost
In order to eliminate ambiguities and avoid litigation due to inaccurate or flawed valuation of goods and services, it is very important to know how you should deal with aspects like discounts on goods or services
Infosys buyback offer not exciting enough to change market sentiment: Deven Choksey
"Infosys currently is at a juncture where they probably require to have a three-tier structure."
Government hoping to change adversarial tax terms between collectors and payers
The adversarial terms of engagement were established early on, soon after Independence in fact. A key decision on taxation was setting up Taxation on Income (Investigation) Commission.
Surge in Gold imports: Government notifies rules for safeguard probes against South Korea
The move comes against the backdrop of surge in gold imports from South Korea. India and South Korea implemented a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) in January 2010.
Market set to go into hibernation & correct
The medium-term trend line has been broken, indicating that the upward journey is over.


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Storied lure maker Rebel Fishing Lures turns 50 this year. It wasn’t always that way, however — storied lure maker, that is. In the early days (1962) when George Perrin, a veteran of the injection-molding business, first started the company, Rebel was known as much for their bass boats, tackleboxes and trolling motors as they were for their fishing lures.
“We have a long history with bass fishing and with B.A.S.S., a history that goes way beyond just lures,” says Bruce Stanton, vice president and general manager of the company. “A lot of people don’t know it, but Rebel was the first Bassmaster boat sponsor. In the early days we made just about everything. Eventually we pared down to lures, but we’ll never forget our heritage.”
As a part of their birthday celebration here at the Bassmaster Classic Outdoors Expo they’re giving away hats, shirts, baits, key chains and just about anything else Stanton can find in the booth. All you need to do is hang around their booth on the first floor of the Expo and wait for the activities to begin. And, at 1 p.m. tomorrow (Sunday) they’ll give away three $500 lure packs featuring their Yum brand.
But the best prize will come a short while later. At 2 p.m. they’ll give away a new Skeeter bass boat worth $60,000. All you have to do to participate in the drawing is go to their website, www.lurenet.com, follow the links and “Like” them on Facebook.
Or, if you’re here at the show you can sign up at one of the four computers they’ve set up in their booth for that purpose. It’s free to participate, the drawing will be random and the winner will be announced publicly.
“I hope everyone who reads the article signs up for the drawing and comes over tomorrow afternoon. We’re celebrating our fishing heritage and want our fans and customers to be a part of it. Besides, somebody’s going to walk away with a nice bass boat tomorrow. It might be one of them,” says Stanton with a smile.
“And make sure they all know that we have lots of Rebel lures on sale here at our booth and also at Dick’s. We have some real bargains that say thanks to our anglers. I’d like to see everyone take advantage of that.”


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Sony Playstation’s 2023 announcements have been lacking thus far despite presentations from the big three, and this is particularly true for the latter. While Nintendo officially unveiled Pikmin 4 and DLC for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, and Xbox gave extensive updates on Redfall, Forza Motorsport, and other games, PlayStation’s most recent State of Play was a letdown with hardly any significant updates But hopefully, all this indicates is that Sony is getting ready for a PlayStation Showcase that will be absolutely incredible later this year.
Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony all skipped E3 this year, but they all hold their own presentations around the same time, with Sony’s being the venerable PlayStation Showcase.
What Is Sony Planning To Do?
Sony typically makes excellent use of this occasion, revealing some of its most significant upcoming titles and giving thorough updates on the most eagerly awaited releases. If the most recent State of Play is any indication, Sony may be putting money aside for a sizable PlayStation Showcase.
The most recent State of Play from Sony was generally underwhelming. Aside from the 15-minute Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League deep-dive, which had its own problems, fans only received a few character announcements for Street Fighter 6 and saw a new gameplay trailer for Resident Evil 4 Remake.
While it’s great to learn that Tchia is coming to PlayStation Plus Extra on day one, that information could have quickly been revealed in a PlayStation Blog post. This most recent State of Play had many announcements that felt like filler.
The staggering number of highly anticipated games PlayStation is currently working on was a major point of confusion at the recent State of Play due to their absence.
Sony has a ton of games preparing for release later this year, so it’s a little perplexing that the recent State of Play didn’t feature them in any way, even though some highly anticipated PlayStation games are still in the early stages of development and fans won’t likely see them for a while. But many believe Sony is getting ready for a significant PlayStation Showcase later this year.
The upcoming PlayStation Showcase may feature more exclusive games than ever before. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will be shown off at the upcoming PlayStation Showcase because Sony and Insomniac probably wanted to wait until it was closer to its anticipated Fall release date.
The Silent Hill 2 remake is another major upcoming PlayStation game that might get a new trailer but has yet to set a release date. Given that the release of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is set for Winter 2023, a full gameplay trailer will probably be presented at the following PlayStation Showcase. The eagerly anticipated The Last of Us multiplayer game must also be close at hand at this point. And even that is only the beginning.
Sony is also working on a ton of first-party games that have yet to be announced, and some of them may get a trailer in a future PlayStation Showcase. For starters, Bungie is rumored to be developing a number of first-person shooters for Sony, possibly even some with live service.
Both Blood and Truth’s London Studio and Returnal developer Housemarque have confirmed they are working on another PlayStation project. According to rumors, Sucker Punch is also developing a new game that will be a Ghost of Tsushima sequel. There are many upcoming PlayStation first-party games, and a few of them will be unveiled at the upcoming PlayStation Showcase.
Well, there you have it! Keep an eye out for the latest content Nexus of Gaming will be posting soon! Stay tuned.


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Panasonic Canada this week announced a new model in its LUMIX G Series of digital cameras, the LUMIX DMC-G10 which the company claims is “the world’s lightest interchangeable lens camera with a viewfinder.”
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This was underscored during a recent virtual Japan Market Brief for exporters and stakeholders in the Pacific and facilitated by the Pacific Islands Centre (PIC) and the Pacific Horticultural and Agricultural Market Access Plus Program (PHAMA Plus).
The Brief was attended by PHAMA Plus partners and stakeholders from industry working groups, government agencies and business associations. It provided insight into doing business in Japan, market opportunities, market access information and service offering for interested exporters.
“We’re pleased to work with a key trade and investment agency such as PIC to help our exporters and stakeholders in PHAMA Plus countries grow beyond traditional markets like Australia and New Zealand and harness opportunities in Japan,” PHAMA Plus Team Leader, Mr Andrew Piper said.
“Our mutual interests include supporting exporters, processors, manufacturers and producers to adopt quality and productivity-enhancing innovations for their exports to meet market requirements. This is key not only to economic growth in the Pacific but also recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic.”
PIC and PHAMA Plus are forging closer engagement through an agreement to collaborate and strengthen the private sector in Pacific countries to achieve sustainable export market opportunities in Japan.
“Despite the severe constraints brought about by COVID-19, we continue to provide innovation and support virtually, and this collaboration is an added boost to our work of promoting trade, investment and tourism between Pacific Island countries and Japan,” PIC Director, Ryuzo Saito said.
“There are positive prospects for coffee, cacao and horticulture in the Japanese market among other opportunities. We see potential in the future to conduct market research and develop strategic market development in Japan in cooperation with PHAMA Plus, which has a strong network with agricultural producers and exporters in the Pacific.”
In recent years, PIC has focused on supporting the sales of coffee and cocoa (chocolate) from Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa and other countries, to the Japanese market through participation in FOODEX Japan and other information and networking sharing events.
Japan is a highly developed country with the world’s third largest economy after USA and China. With a population of 130 million, the Japanese market is characterised by consumers with high levels of disposable income who are drawn to premium high-quality goods and services.


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The Indian blockchain development company, DigiXHub is offering customized blockchain development solutions that meet the clients’ requirements. The applications will be tailored in a way that it carries all the features as requested by the clients. The company has already helped many clients with tailor-made blockchain applications which have led the clients to success.
DigiXHub director Nitin Jagtiani believes that customized blockchain applications can revolutionize the way how humans transact value. Whether it is money, goods, work, property, or votes, blockchain being a decentralized electronic ledger system keeps the data and information safe.
Though blockchain is still a new technology and has a long way to go before it can build trust among businesses, investors, and regulators, it’s potentials are many. Of the many possibilities that blockchain features, most of them are based on their current capabilities and the anticipated technological development.
Furthermore, studies suggest that blockchain, once it matures, will evolve to be a foundational technology just like the internet.
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Tina Gust will become the first woman to hold the title of vice president in the 109-year history of the Minor League Baseball office, as a result of a company reorganization that will take effect January 3, 2011.
Gust, who will be vice president, business development, joined the MiLB office in June 1998 as an assistant in the Licensing Department.
The following staff members will also have new titles beginning next month:
Scott Poley: senior vice president, legal affairs;
Tim Brunswick: vice president, baseball & business operations;
Brian Earle: vice president, Birco & business services;
Tina Gust: vice president, business development;
Rod Meadows: vice president, sales & marketing;
Steve Densa: executive director, communications;
Sandie Hebert: director, licensing;
Scott Kravchuk: director, business development;
Noreen Brantner: senior assistant director, exhibition services and sponsorships;
Kelly Butler: senior assistant director, event services;
Melissa Agee: assistant director, sales & marketing;
Lou Brown: assistant director, legal affairs;
Jill Rusinko: general manager, Durham Athletic Park & MiLB Charities;
Darryl Henderson: coordinator, affiliate programs
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UK shoppers are more bargain-focused than ever this Christmas and that’s bad news for fashion as many plan to cut back on clothing buys while almost as many will shop on Christmas Day to make the most of markdowns.
In a rare takeover of a US firm by a UK-based one, yarns giant Coats Group on Monday said it has bought Patrick Yarn Mill for an initial price of $21m with the buy boosting its presence in performance and eco yarns.
Imports by retailers are estimated to rise 1.5 percent in December, indicating that companies are expecting strong sales through the holiday season, according to industry group National Retail Federation (NRF).
With every luxury brand executive racing to build a digital empire, it’s refreshing to sit down with Bruno Pavlovsky of Chanel; whose main focus for next year will be bricks and mortar, and live events.
Patagonia has joined a broad coalition that officially filed a lawsuit in federal court in DC against the Trump Administration, alleging the President illegally revoked protection of Bears Ears National Monument.
As the UK prepares for Brexit it seems that ‘made in Britain’ remains an aspirational label for domestic shoppers as well as for those in the US, while Burberry and M&S score highly in UK brand perception.


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Samsung helped usher within the premium cellular VR expertise a couple of years in the past with the debut of the Gear VR headset. In the time since, that headset has advanced barely to supply higher viewing angles, improved comfort, and of course, to accommodate new devices from the corporate. As we strategy the discharge of the Galaxy S8, it appears like Samsung is on the brink of convey a new headset to the desk, this time with a devoted controller.
One of the few flaws of the Gear VR headset is the shortage of management. While the experiences are stronger than different VR platforms, the controls aren’t far more highly effective than one thing like Google Cardboard. Control is likely one of the areas the place Google’s Daydream View VR headset stands out, with an included, wireless controller that works together with the headset. Now, it seems to be like Samsung needs to do the identical factor.
Roland Quandt, an editor at WinFuture and notorious leaker on Twitter, reported that Samsung is at present engaged on the SM-R234, a barely refreshed Gear VR headset constructed to accommodate the upcoming Galaxy S8 household. Aesthetically, this gained’t be any totally different in comparison with the headset bought with the Galaxy S7, however it can apparently ship with a “single hand controller.”
Clearly, Samsung goes for one thing that resembles Google’s compact controller for Daydream, and I can’t blame them. Google’s efforts right here have resulted in a clean and satisfying VR expertise, and bringing the identical performance to Samsung’s expertise will solely enhance among the best cellular VR choices available on the market.
Hopefully, we’ll study a little extra about this refresh alongside the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S8 within the next couple of months…


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The VISION EQXX, dubbed Mercedes-Benz's most efficient electric vehicle ever made, will have energy consumption of less than 10 kilowatt hours (kWh) per 100 km, Daimler said.
Daimler will pilot test the VISION EQXX prototype before mid-year in a variety of terrain types, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Markus Schaefer told reporters Monday.
The VISION EQXX, dubbed Mercedes-Benz as the most efficient electric vehicle ever made and has an energy consumption of less than 10 kilowatt hours (kWh) per 100 km.
To note, based on data from its website, the Tesla Model S 60 currently consumes 18.1 kWh at the same distance.
“The Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX is how we envision the future of electric cars,” said Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Kaellenius.
Some components will be available in Mercedes-Benz vehicles in two to three years, Schaefer said. However, when the 1000 km battery will be ready to be marketed, Schaefer refused to explain further.
“We will likely be the first to demonstrate a 1000 km range car in real life, with such a small battery,” said Schaefer.


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The Way Italian Was Meant To Taste!
Today’s families are busier than ever. They long for a convenient Italian restaurant that offers more than just pizza. They want a place that feels warm and inviting – and has a menu with lots of variety and flavorful dishes. When Italian restaurant veteran Joe Bilotti saw that no one in the market was fulfilling this unmet need, Rotelli was born. Since 1999, Rotelli has been growing beyond our Florida roots. We now have stores operating in more than six states and are rapidly expanding into new territories. On July 22, 2003 the franchise expanded to Gahanna, Ohio.
Rotelli is a fast casual restaurant featuring a full italian menu. The restaurant holds 85 to 90 people and has a patio that adds outdoor seating for an additional 25 to 30 people. The Resturant occupies the end space in a strip mall that also is home to Buffalo Wild Wings and a UDF.
About The Owner
Gahanna Resident Michael Tamarkin has taken his 27 years of experience in drug store operations and turned a new leaf.
A basil leaf that is! Tamarkin has opened his first restaurant venture and now has over 5 years experience in the business. A self-described non-restaurateur, Tamarkin said the decision just seemed to make sense.
“I looked around and did some interviewing,” Tamarkin said. “My family loves Columbus, so we didn’t have an interest in relocating, so I decided to go off into business on my own.
Tamarkin has lived in Harrison Pond for 15 years. All three of his children are alumni of the Columbus Academy, which has a long standing catering relationship with the restaurant. Tamarkin who owns rights to develop and franchise Rotelli locations in all of central and southern Ohio said he has plans to open up 40 stores in the next 10 years.


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(NBC News Washington) — The federal government has spent at least $20 billion in taxpayer money this year on items and services that it is permitted to keep secret from the public, according to an investigation by the News4 I-Team.
The purchases, known among federal employees as “micropurchases,” are made by some of the thousands of agency employees who are issued taxpayer-funded purchase cards. The purchases, in most cases, remain confidential and are not publicly disclosed by the agencies. A sampling of those purchases, obtained by the I-Team via the Freedom of Information Act, reveals at least one agency used those cards to buy $30,000 in Starbucks Coffee drinks and products in one year without having to disclose or detail the purchases to the public.
A series of other recent purchases, reviewed by internal government auditors, include wasteful and inappropriate purchases by government employees — including a gym membership and JC Penney clothing — that were not detected or stopped until after the purchase was completed.
The I-Team’s findings have been the subject of a Congressional hearing and created scrutiny from taxpayer watchdogs for the Department of Homeland Security, which made the Starbucks purchases and declines to publicly detail them.
A “micropurchase” is a purchase costing less than $3,000 in which a government-issued purchase card is swiped. The U.S. Departments of State, Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Defense, each made tens of millions of dollars of “micropurchases” in the past year, according to an I-Team review. But each agency said it does not make public an itemized list of its transactions, limiting the information to internal government reviewers and users of the federal Freedom of Information Act.
The I-Team, using the Freedom of Information Act, received a list of “micropurchases” made by the Dept. of Homeland Security at Starbucks vendors nationwide in 2013. The list includes dozens of transactions, including in Washington, D.C., and Maryland. Several of the purchases were made at an Alameda, California, Starbucks vendor and cost more than $2,400 each, just below the $3,000 threshold for which purchases need not be publicly disclosed. After reviewing the I-Team’s findings, Rep. John Mica (R-FL), chair of a U.S House Oversight subcommittee said, “When you have $10,000 being spent at one Starbucks by DHS employees in one city in six months, someone is abusing the purchasing permission that we have given them.”


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The couple in charge of Minto Island Growers, a farm straddling Salem city limits, has become adept at growing and selling produce, and now they’re ready to focus more on a different part of the farm: a half-acre stand of tea plants.
Despite a horticulture expert’s view that tea is very difficult to grow in Oregon, they’re plotting ways to make a finished product on-site and get it out to a wider retail market.
“It’s a unique specialty crop in Oregon, and we think there’s a market opportunity for it,” says Elizabeth Miller, who runs the farm with her husband, Chris Jenkins.
Customers of the on-site farm stand like the teas — mostly green and oolong. Retailers have expressed interest too. A Eugene tea importer and tea bar, J-Tea International, introduced its own version of tea from Minto in November, for $4 a cup. A manager at a Salem health-food store says he might like to stock Minto tea. And Steve Smith, a former partner in Stash Tea Co. and the founder of the tea company Tazo, says he would be interested in carrying Oregon-grown tea at the Portland tasting room of his current company, Steven Smith Teamaker.
“We get a lot of culinary tourists in our shop, and I think that having Oregon-grown products would be highly appealing,” Smith says.
Smith himself was involved in tea’s introduction to Oregon. In 1989 he and the other Stash partners paid the expenses for an agriculture consultant, John Vendeland, to visit the site of a former tea plantation in South Carolina and come back with thousands of different kinds of Camellia sinensis seeds. “We were thinking of Oregon as a new origin [for tea],” Vendeland recalls. He started the plants in a greenhouse near Corvallis, to see which ones were suitable for growth outdoors. Half of the plants went outside the Stash office in Tigard; they all died. Vendeland brought the rest to Minto Island Growers, which a former business contact — Elizabeth Miller’s father, Rob — was running at the time under the name Mt. Jefferson Farms.
For years the tea crop was a research-and-development project, not a source of income, Rob Miller says. The idea was to figure out which plants had the best chance of thriving in the Willamette Valley. Five or six varieties stood out, Vendeland says.
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Industrial thread maker Coats has booked higher third-quarter sales thanks to strong growth in its its industrial division.
In the period July to end of October, group sales were up 2% year-on-year, driven by 5% growth in the firm’s industrial division. This was thanks to good momentum in Coats’ core apparel and footwear business, up 6%, ahead of the year to October growth of 5%.
The division now represents 70% of the group’s sales. The strong apparel and footwear performance was achieved despite continued mixed demand from clothing retailers and ongoing pricing pressures, as the company maintained its customer-led approach to innovation and digital solutions.
Performance materials also continued to grow in the period, with sales up 4%.
Moving forward, the company said its key focus areas for driving the next phase of growth relate to simplification, innovation and further development of digital capabilities, all of which are an evolution of its existing strategy.
For the full year, Coats said it expects to deliver results in line with management’s expectations.


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T-shirt begs question: Is Cape Cod in Maine?
If you’re interested in Cape Cod apparel, look no farther than Warwick, Rhode Island.
Corey Sullivan, of Boston, found a T-shirt with the words “Cape Cod Maine” and an image of an unidentified lighthouse, at the Savers thrift store in Warwick.
Sullivan posted a photo of the geographically misguided shirt on the Cape Cod Reddit online forum, where it quickly became the eighth most popular post of all time.
“Two different places on the same Tshirt! That’s efficiency,” Reddit user AmericanoWsugar commented.
Sullivan, whose grandparents live in Barnstable, said he’s been working in Rhode Island for the past few weeks.
“When I have time to kill I usually go to Savers because there’s hilarious stuff like this lying around,” he said.
Seeing the popularity of the photo he posted on Reddit, Sullivan went back to buy the shirts, but they were gone.
The best part about this strange article of clothing? The shirts are a bargain at $2.99.
An employee who answered the phone at the Warwick Savers on Friday morning said she could not find the shirt in the store, and wasn’t sure where it came from.
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India is witnessing an upsurge of technology-driven and knowledge-based enterprises. Whether it is the field of conventional business or in IT and ITES, a sudden spurt in the number of new ventures or start-ups has taken the country by surprise. Technology and Innovation are playing a major role in this process. It is as if all of sudden people, especially the young ones are no longer afraid to dream an idea and work actively to convert their ideas to commercially viable business.
While a few years back, the conversion of idea to product might have sounded a distant dream, with both technology and market being uncertain, things certainly have changed now. More and more technocrats, students with practically no experience or industry experienced professionals are giving shape to their business ideas. It is as if the Silicon Valley story is reincarnating itself in India.
Encouraged by the motivating ecosystem students are no longer giving preference to campus placements and are going for deferred placement to give a chance to their dream projects. It has however been seen that initial support to the start-ups has been one of the deterrent in the process of the launch. Students (their parents) have already incurred a heavy expenditure for the payment of tuition fees and subsistence and are cash strapped.
Anticipating this movement and to empower the younger generation to acclimatize themselves to innovation and entrepreneurship culture, the Department of Science and Technology has initiated a programme called New Generation Innovation And Entrepreneurship Development Centre (NewGen IEDC). NewGen IEDC has a mission to “promote knowledge based and technology-driven start-ups by harnessing young minds and their innovation potential in an academic environment”
In view of this, the National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), Department of Science & Technology (DST), has taken an initiative of introducing this scheme for setting up “New Generation Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Centres (NewGen IEDCs)” being implemented by Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Ahmedabad. In the year, 2017-18 and 2018-19 i.e. first year and second year of this project, the program received an overwhelming response and through robust screening and selection process, 14 NewGen IEDCs (2017-18) and 12 NewGen IEDCs (2018-19) have established in various parts of the country.


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Ten surprising facts about Jack Ma
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9. Jack Ma said he's worried that young people lose hope
Jack Ma said he's worried that "young people lose hope and start to complain," and he proposed a way to help them, that is movie.
He said Hollywood content has inspired him, while in Chinese films all heroes die in the end, which is why Chinese people don't aspire to be one of them.
"Movie is the best product that can help Chinese young people," said Ma, adding that he enjoys writing kung fu stories.
Statues of Hollywood super heroes are displayed in a shopping mall in Shanghai, Jan 13, 2015. [Photo/IC]


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Apple reportedly will begin producing its next iPhone sometime in May, but one version of the device may face delays. For months, the Cupertino, Calif., tech giant has been rumored to be developing 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch versions of its next smartphone, commonly referred to as the iPhone 6. The last two generations of the iPhone have featured 4-inch screens. The 4.7-inch version is expected to go into production next month, according to a report Tuesday by Reuters , which cites unnamed sources.
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Apple has issued an update for Mac users that fixes a security hole identified last week that is known as the "Goto fail" bug. The security issue potentially makes it possible for hackers to intercept and even modify information users send from their Macs, iPads and iPhones to trusted services in what is known as a man-in-the-middle attack. Apple corrected the gap for its mobile devices with an update over the weekend , but the tech community...
March 3, 2014 |
In what may be the first social media marketing campaign by Apple, the Cupertino, Calif., tech company appears to have turned to Tumblr to advertise the iPhone 5c. A recently launched Tumblr blog called isee5c features five 15-second video clips that each advertises a different color version of the iPhone 5c, Apple's $99 smartphone. Apple hasn't officially taken credit for the colorful Tumblr page, but isee5c is stylized in a way that...
May 24, 2013 |
Not one to be outdone, Amazon.com has become the latest tech giant to reveal plans for new, outlandish headquarters. The online retailer wants to literally bring the "Amazon" to downtown Seattle with a building that features three glass-dome, greenhouse-like structures capable of housing "mature trees," according to the plans the company filed with the city. Amazon said it believes a park-like and plant-rich environment would provide its employees with many positives "that are not often found in a typical office setting.
November 22, 2013 |
Apple has begun selling unlocked iPhone 5s smartphones that have no SIM card. The device may appeal to users who frequently travel abroad or simply don't like being tied to carrier contracts. The Cupertino, Calif., tech giant updated its online store to add the unlocked, no SIM card option this week. Apple is selling 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB versions for $649, $749 and $849, respectively. The new version of the iPhone 5s is compatible with GSM networks, which include T-Mobile and AT&T.
March 1, 2014 |
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- At an annual shareholders meeting Friday that was almost completely devoid of drama, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook still managed to stun the audience for a moment and bring the room to complete silence. Sitting on a chair onstage, holding an iPad and some notes, about halfway through a Q&A session, Cook suddenly said something unthinkable for a company that never says a peep about its future plans: "And now I'm going...
September 10, 2013 |
CUPERTINO, Calif. - Whether the "c" in iPhone 5c stands for color or China, the launch of a plastic cellphone marks one of the biggest strategic shifts for Apple since the company began the smartphone revolution six years ago. Though the announcements made Tuesday at Apple's headquarters were relatively modest in scale, the tech giant seemed to be signaling that it was intent on recapturing lost momentum in China. Although a rumored deal with that nation's largest carrier was not announced at the event, analysts are expecting it to be confirmed soon, possibly at a separate media event being held in Beijing on Wednesday.
July 18, 2013 |
A patent issued this week may signal that Apple is getting closer to using a super-strong alloy to build its iPhone and other devices. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent for "bulk amorphous alloy sheet forming processes" to Crucible Intellectual Property. That company is a subsidiary of Liquidmetal Technologies, which teamed up with Apple a few years back to develop its trademarked Liquidmetal alloy material for the Cupertino, Calif., tech giant's technologies.
July 23, 2013 |
Apple Inc. reports its third-quarter financial results after the markets close Tuesday, and expectations for the tech giant aren't high. A prolonged product drought has dampened the fervor that had surrounded the company over the last few years, with consumers and investors alike eager for something new. In the absence of that, and combined with stiff competition from rivals selling newer products often at lower price points, Apple's sales reportedly...
July 29, 2013 |
A report released Monday accuses a major Apple supplier of labor abuse, saying employees are working too many hours and doing so in unsafe conditions, among other claims. China Labor Watch, a nonprofit group, alleges that three factories for Pegatron Group are in violation of numerous labor rights. The report says the factories are violating women's rights, have underage labor, poor and unsafe working conditions, insufficient wages and also discriminate in their hiring. The 62-page report also says Pegatron is working its employees longer than Apple's 60-hour workweek rule and longer than China's 49-hour statutory limit.


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Organisers of Dubai Lynx have announced the first jury members for the 2022 Dubai Lynx Awards.
Six industry experts along with the Jury President will judge the new category including: Social & Influencer Lynx, celebrating creative social thinking and strategic influencer marketing solutions.
Furthermore, the Digital and Mobile Jury have also been announced, this category celebrates creativity which is online, social and enhanced by the digital environment; work originating from online platforms and innovatively utilising associated technologies to deliver a brand message.
Taking place live at Dubai Opera House on 16 March 2022, the black-tie awards dinner is a night of celebration and networking for the whole industry.
The Lynx Awards celebrate creative excellence in the MENA region, enabling those who push the possibilities of creativity to compete locally and be recognized globally. The Lynx Awards (part of the Cannes Lions family) are committed to a rigorous judging process involving the most discerning industry leaders so, industry players can reliably benchmark their work against other members of the local creative community.


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A six-member World Wide Fund for Nature delegation led by its global seafood coordinator Mark Powell began discussions with Vietnamese aquaculture officials Wednesday about the assessment and classification standards used for Vietnamese catfish.
Photo: Tuoi Tre
The visitors will explain the technical issues involved in moving Vietnamese tra from the yellow list (products that can be considered for use) to the red list in its 2010-2011 guidance manual for consumers in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Norway, and Demark.
A press briefing will be held after the discussion, Pham Anh Tuan, deputy head of the General Directorate of Fisheries, said.
The WWF delegation will then set off for a field study of catfish farming and processing in Can Tho, the country’s major catfish farming hub, he added.
The WWF move has raised the ire of tra farmers and seafood agencies in Vietnam who panned it for lacking a scientific foundation.
The fisheries industry association Monday demanded an apology from the WWF for labeling Vietnamese tra as harmful.
“We have looked over WWF’s 19 criteria carefully and found they are inaccurate and lack evidence,” Nguyen Viet Thang, the chairman of Vietnam Fisheries Association said.
“These assessments focus solely on certain facts like the impacts of breeding tra on the environment.”
The Foreign Ministry had demanded last week that WWF members in a number of European countries remove Vietnamese tra catfish from their red list.
“It is regretful that members of WWF in several European countries have made assessments that are inaccurate, lack scientific foundation, and are at odds with the realities of Vietnam’s tra fish,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga said at a press briefing in Hanoi Thursday.
This will cause great losses to Vietnamese fish farmers and seafood processors as well as European consumers and not benefit the ongoing development of economic and trade relations between Vietnam and European nations, she warned.
Vietnam has begun to strictly regulate the seafood processing industry and widely applies the highest international standards for aquaculture, ensuring food hygiene and safety and environmental protection are on a par with international standards, she added.
WWF Vietnam on the same day reiterated in a press release that it is not involved in the assessment but has a responsibility to help resolve the problem.
What Vietnam has to say
Foreign experts and Vietnamese have rejected WWF’s contention that Vietnamese catfish is unsafe and the industry is harmful to the environment.
Tests by international corporations have always found Vietnamese catfish safe, Marc Campet of the Binh Duong-based French animal feed maker Guyomarch Vietnam Company Limited said.
He was surprised by the WWF claim since catfish products from Vietnam are thoroughly checked in labs before they enter the EU and have never encountered any problems before.
Dr Flavico Corsin, an aquaculture expert based in Vietnam, said he was surprised to see Vietnamese catfish in the WWF’s red list of harmful products. He said the WWF’s survey, assessment, and study method were all faulty.
Its testing and assessment methods contained errors since the 19 questionnaires in the survey did not properly address the issue, he said, adding the people doing the surveys did not have adequate knowledge of how the catfish are farmed.
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) too said the method of study and information used by the WWF were not accurate.
Nguyen Huu Dung, VASEP deputy president, said the WWF report was a secondary research and did not rely on field studies.
One of the reasons the WWF gave for putting Vietnamese catfish in its red list is that farming the fish could degrade the Mekong River. However, Campet, a French technician with 15 years’ experience in inspecting Mekong catfish, rejected this explanation saying since the fish eat food from non-meat origins that do not harm the water.
Compared to other fish sold in the EU, catfish costs four or five times less but is nutritious, Philippe Serene, a French catfish food supplier, said.
(Source: Xa Luan)


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At Ruby Hall Cancer centre, Dr Vijay Ramanan is desperately trying to contact the drug store at Poona hospital for the last of four injections required for the fourth dose of chemotherapy for a 40-year-old blood cancer patient. “I have given three injections and the fourth is not available now due to the chemists’ strike,” says the haemotologist. ENT surgeon Dr Seemab Shaikh had to finally advise his patient to get admitted to a hospital for treating high grade fever and throat pain as all the drug stores were shut and relatives could not purchase antibiotics.
At Chandannagar, Mandakini Khule, a former corporator, is trying in vain to get medicines for her three-month-old granddaughter who is suffering from loose motion and vomiting. Finally the doctor gave an injection as temporary relief. Sneha Dalbhanjan of Wadgaonsheri has no option but to admit her five-year-old daughter who has a kidney swelling in hospital at Mundhwa instead of running from pillar to post.
Several citizens are bearing the brunt of the strike. Many have also been caught unawares. Prashant Zarekar, who took his daughter to a paediatrician, was shocked to find that none of the drug stores on Nagar Road were open. “I came to Hadapsar but there, too, the drug stores were shut. I will have to go to KEM hospital,” adds Zarekar.
“There is a huge rush at drug stores attached to hospitals in the city,” says Gautam Khandelwal, manager at Poona Hospital drug store. Shaji John, general manager at Ruby Hall Pharmacy, says that they have two drug stores — one which remains open 24X7 and another that shuts at 8 pm. “Owing to the chemists’ strike, we plan to keep both open 24/7,” said John.
Dr Dilip Sarda, state president of Indian Medical Association, said, “From Chandnagar, patients have to go either to Ruby Hall Clinic or Inlaks Budhrani hospital,” he said.


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Jean-Paul Gaultier has announced his retirement after a prolific, 50-year career in fashion. The irreverent French designer took to Instagram to reveal that his next Paris haute couture fashion show will be his last. Watch the announcement below.
“I’m going to share something with you,” he said in a mock phone conversation, “This will be my last haute couture show. My last Gaultier Paris show. You have to come, you can’t miss that.”
Gaultier founded his eponymous fashion label in 1982. He's best known for his ready-to-wear label and couture collections of the ’80s, ’90s, and mid-’00s, as well as his seven-year tenure as creative director of Hermès.
For many, he's the designer who put Madonna in a conical bra and the trailblazer who welcomed “all shapes, sizes, and sexualities” on his catwalk long before it was admissible. He's also newly familiar to a younger generation thanks to his 2019 collaboration with Supreme.
Gaultier learned his trade under Pierre Cardin and showed his first collection in 1976. A young Martin Margiela was watching the show and later told Vogue, “I was seized by an excitement I had never felt before.” Nine years later, Gaultier hired Margiela as an assistant.
Gaultier, 67, stopped designing ready-to-wear clothes in 2015 to focus on haute couture. He has reportedly clarified that his high-end fashion and perfume business will continue, but he will take a step back from designing garments.
Gaultier's final show will take place at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on January 22.


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JSW Group to invest nearly $5 billion in EV projects in eastern India
The MoU further includes plans “for the establishment of an Integrated Electric Vehicles (EV) And EV Battery Manufacturing Project” in two cities, JSW and the local government said in a joint statement on Saturday. Local media identified Cuttack as the site for the EV and battery manufacturing complex, with an EV components manufacturing facility in Pradip. There will also be a lithium refinery, copper smelter and related manufacturing.
Odisha expects to see the creation of 11,000 jobs.
Sajjan Jindal, JSW Chairman, called the project a milestone that reflected the commitment to the state’s development and prosperity. “It’s a testament to our belief in Odisha’s potential and our dedication to contributing positively to its economic landscape.”
JSW runs several sites in Odisha state and has also been described as a cement-to-energy company. It is also not their first venture into electric transport. JSW Group had formed a joint venture with China’s SAIC Motor in India last November to develop the electric vehicle ecosystem.
In terms of batteries, JSW started talks even earlier. There were news of LGES seeking to cooperate with the group in September 2023 to build a battery cell factory with an initial annual capacity of 8 GWh, which could be expanded to 20 GWh in further phases.
In today’s news, JSW did not name any partners.


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November 26, 2009 BY Sneaker News
On this Black Friday 2009, Brand Jordan has decided to release the Air Jordan XII (12) ‘Flu Game’ as the special purchase of the big after Thanksgiving shopping day. This Air Jordan commemorates Mike’s epic performance in game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals against Utah. With their suede upper, tongue embroidery and heel details, these are significantly different from the original leather bred XIIs. Look for these Black Friday, November 27th, 2009 at Air Jordan retailers. Photos Osneaker.
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Switch Posts Upbeat Q1 Results, Guides FY21 Revenue In-Line
04:55 PM EDT, 05/10/2021 (MT Newswires) -- Switch (SWCH) on Monday reported Q1 adjusted net income per diluted share of $0.08, compared with $0.04 a year ago.
Analysts surveyed by Capital IQ had projected $0.06 per share.
Revenue totaling $130.9 million was up year over year from $128.1 million. Analysts had expected $129.8 million.
For full-year 2021, the company expects revenue to range from $543 million to $555 million. The Street view is for $549 million.
Price: 18.15, Change: +0.04, Percent Change: +0.22


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New Jersey-based Alpharma has finally agreed to King Pharmaceuticals' $1.6 billion cash takeover offer, ending the drugmakers' months-long battle.
Dozens of deaths have been linked to medications that have never been reviewed by the government for safety and effectiveness but are still covered under Medicaid, AP said.
Business confidence in Europe's biggest economy fell to a 15-year low in November as worries about the economy mounted amid the global economic crisis.
When Chrysler teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, it spent months building support for a $1.5 billion loan guarantee that helped save it and tens of thousands of jobs.
Leading Democrats expect U.S. automakers will show Congress next month they are worth rescuing and are capable of returning to global pre-eminence.
It's unlikely Chevy and Cadillac owners would be left with worthless warranties and no replacement parts, but Detroit's dire situation may already be keeping buyers away.
Members of United Food and Commercial Workers, on strike since Aug. 22, rejected the latest proposal from Grain Processing Corp. in Muscatine, Iowa.
State court in Nuremberg sentenced Johannes Feldmayer to two years probation and a fine for his involvement in corruption at Germany's largest industrial conglomerate.
Maker of dinnerware, gifts and collectibles said Monday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the latest company to succumb to the weak retail environment.
Just weeks after posting record profits, steel makers are facing dwindling orders, production cuts, layoffs -- and tougher times lay ahead, analysts say.
Some of the 7,000 New Hampshire auto parts workers could be part of the estimated 2.5 million U.S. job losses if just one of the big three automakers declared bankruptcy.
Economic stimulus package Barack Obama is expected to announce Monday won't likely have a major impact on manufacturing until the end of 2009 or later.
As many as 2,444 employees at ArcelorMittal's steel plant in Indiana could be laid off indefinitely in January, the company said.
Diversified health care-products company said Monday it will pay $438 million for Omrix Biopharmaceuticals Inc., in a move to expand its surgical product unit.
More than a dozen corporate chiefs have agreed to speak at the convention next year on the future of manufacturing, technology, energy and the environment.
Two countries said they agreed that coordinated action was key to addressing the economic downturn, even if different measures were used by Paris or Berlin.
Workers at CAMI Automotive, a GM and Suzuki joint venture, voted in favor of rotating layoffs between January and April 2009, meaning members will work in alternating two-week shifts.
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett says U.S. automakers need a new business model to better compete, whether it takes bankruptcy or a government bailout to achieve.
Federal grand jury in Iowa has returned a 12-count indictment against the meatpacker and some employees on charges ranging from conspiracy and harboring illegal immigrants to bank fraud.
Economy's weakness to stretch well into next year, though it's difficult to tell how long and how deep the downturn will be, according to Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's president.


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Appleton Common Council approves permit for car wash in former Shopko building
APPLETON - The Appleton Common Council approved a special use permit Wednesday night for a car wash to move into part of the former Shopko building.
The building, at 1000 W. Northland Ave., has sat empty for more than three years after Shopko went bankrupt in 2019 and closed all its stores. The Appleton building is part of the Northland Mall complex.
Real estate developer Mays and Company asked for the permit to build a Zips Car Wash on about half of the 113,000-square-foot building. It would include two wash tunnels, indoor car waiting spaces and about 35 indoor vacuum stations.
Both the entrance and the exit of the car wash would be on the west side of the building, closest to Festival Foods. The proposed hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
The council passed the motion to approve the permit 8-4, just reaching the two-thirds vote needed for passage.
Council member Denise Fenton, whose district the building is in, said the city is compelled to approve the permit because the business meets the permit requirements.
"The car wash is not the first thing that I'd have wanted to put there. It is an intriguing concept to have it all indoors like that," she said. "But what I want less is a very large building sitting empty in my district, dragging down the rest of the neighboring properties."
Council member Nate Wolff said he was opposed to the plan because he thinks Zips' decision was based on a study done before a number of new car washes opened in Appleton.
"I think we're doing them a disservice by telling them that this is a good investment before they have an opportunity to see what real numbers look like," Wolff said.
He also said he asked people on his Facebook page what they thought of the proposal and said 52 of 62 respondents opposed it.
The Plan Commission approved the request at its Aug. 10 meeting, sending it to the council.
Zips Car Wash says it has more than 200 locations across the country. Four are in Wisconsin — in Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Saukville and Sheboygan.
Since Shopko went out of business, some former stores have been redeveloped.
- Planet Fitness is opening in part of the Neenah location, 699 S. Green Bay Rd. A Noodles and Company restaurant is being built in the lot in front of the building.
- Festival Foods is opening in the Kimberly location, 800 E. Maes Ave.
- A number of retailers have moved into the Plover location, now called Artist & Fare.
- The Wausau Veterans Affairs Clinic has taken over the Rothschild location.
- Big Lots and Hobby Lobby have opened in the Fond du Lac location.
- Hy-Vee is coming to the Ashwaubenon location, in the Bay Park Square mall.
- Hobby Lobby and Ross Dress For Less are coming to the Sheboygan location.
- Harbor Freight Tools has opened in the Manitowoc location.
- Parts of former Shopkos in Oshkosh, Marshfield, Wausau and Suamico have converted spaces to indoor, climate-controlled storage.
MORE: Shopko's bankruptcy left more than 300 stores vacant. More and more are being turned to new uses
MORE: Neenah offers $950,000 to support the redevelopment of the former Shopko store for retail tenants
Contact Larry Gallup at (920) 996-7216 or firstname.lastname@example.org. Follow him on Twitter @LarryGallup.


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Online retail giant Amazon acquired domestic broadcast rights to the most recent Monday-evening Bundesliga match between Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen in a direct deal with the German Football League (DFL), as the latter continues to negotiate a longer-term solution.
The deal, which meant Amazon Prime subscribers in Germany and Austria could stream the match live, was announced only hours before kick-off.
Subscription streaming service DAZN was also broadcasting the same match, following a similar one-match deal with the DFL.
DAZN has been broadcasting Monday-evening Bundesliga matches throughout the 2019-20 season as part of its sublicensing agreement with international media group Discovery that included rights for 45 matches per season.
Discovery initially acquired the 45-match package from the DFL, in a four-season deal from 2017-18 to 2020-21, but last year agreed to sell on rights to DAZN in a deal covering the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons.
Subscribers to Amazon Prime have previously had access to Bundesliga matches, as Discovery had a distribution agreement with the online retailer that gave its customers access to its Eurosport content.
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the DFL has been able to renegotiate all of its domestic contracts, including its radio rights deal with Amazon, apart from its agreement with Discovery. The media group is seeking to terminate its media-rights contract with the league, utilising a reported ‘special termination’ clause.
This has meant that DAZN has had to go directly to the DFL to acquire the rights its was due to broadcast through its sublicensing deal, and only a one-match deal was signed off initially.
The DFL is currently in negotiations over a longer-term solution.


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Trulia, based in San Francisco, said it raised $102 million from the sale of 6 million shares.
The flotation comes after a successful IPO from its rival Zillow Inc last year. Shares of Zillow, which went public at $20 a share, closed Wednesday at $45.55.
Trulia’s offering comes among a pickup in the IPO market, one of seven deals this week after a month-long lull. Other deals expected include financial services firm National Bank Holdings; Susser Petroleum Partners LP, a wholesale distributor of motor fuels; and electric vehicles maker Smith Electric Vehicles Corp.
“The third quarter is always active in the last few weeks of September as it builds momentum into October right before the election,” said Scott Cutler, executive vice president and head of global listings at NYSE Euronext. “This is really the first week of the fall IPO season.”
Prior to this week, the last deal to list was Hi-Crush Partners LP, a maker of products used in hydraulic fracturing, which raised $191 million through its offering in mid-August.
Excluding Facebook’s $16 billion IPO, U.S. listed IPOs have raised $16.2 billion so far this year, down 52 percent from the comparable period in 2011, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Trulia is coming to market in a tough environment for technology firms as share prices for firms like Facebook Inc, Groupon Inc and Zynga Inc continue to struggle.
But Trulia may be a better barometer for the strength of the sector, said Tim Curry, a partner at Jones Day based in Silicon Valley who works with emerging growth and public technology companies.
Companies like Trulia “drive a robust IPO market, as opposed to the Facebooks of the world that can go public at any time,” he said. “To us, it’s a good sign that companies that are more traditional IPO candidates, but are not necessarily household names, can go out.”
Trulia’s real estate website and mobile app provide data on home and neighborhood costs. It had 22 million monthly unique visitors in the six months ended June 30.
In fiscal year 2011, Trulia’s revenue nearly doubled to $38.5 million, while its net loss widened to $6.1 million, from $3.8 million in the previous year.
Trulia is selling 5 million shares, and company executives including CEO Peter Flint and co-founder Sami Inkinen are selling the remaining 1 million shares. The company’s venture backers, Accel Partners and Sequoia Capital, are not selling any shares.
The IPO is being underwritten by JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, RBC Capital Markets, Needham & Company and William Blair.
Trulia will use the proceeds for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
(By Olivia Oran; editing by Leslie Adler)
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EU regulators pause investigation into Nvidia, ARM deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators have temporarily halted their investigation into Nvidia’s bid for British chip designer ARM, the largest ever chip deal, as they await more information, according to a European Commission filing.
The European Commission stopped the clock on its previous deadline on Nov. 25. Such delays have been common since the COVID-19 pandemic as companies try to gather data from customers struggling with lockdown restrictions and staff shortages.
The deal hit its biggest hurdle last week when the U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued to block Arm’s acquisition by U.S. company Nvidia, the world’s biggest maker of graphics and artificial intelligence (AI) chips.
The U.S. move came two months after the EU competition watchdog warned the deal could push up prices, reduce choice and innovation.
British antitrust agency CMA has also said it would open a full-scale investigation into the deal.
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To mark the 39th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death, Graceland has announced plans to open a state-of-the-art entertainment complex sometime this spring. The complex will be called Elvis: Past, Present & Future.
The new facility will feature museums that focus on Elvis’ music career and his cars, a permanent exhibit about legendary Sun Records founder Sam Phillips and his lasting legacy, plus a soundstage for performances, themed restaurants, and retail shops for fans to buy all that is ‘Elvis’ and more.
The new complex will be a huge 200,000-square-feet. It will be five times bigger than Graceland’s current visitor center and will cost $45 million to build.
Graceland Holdings executive Joel Weinshanker said: “Elvis: Past Present & Future will enable our visitors to live a day in the life of Elvis Presley.” Adding: “Whether you’ve been to Graceland multiple times or have yet to make the trip, we know that you will be entertained, educated and inspired like never before, here at the world’s greatest music landmark.”
One of the big attractions for the new complex will be Elvis: The Entertainer, a large 20,000-square-foot museum that is dedicated to the various aspects of The King’s life and career. On display will be hundreds of pieces of Elvis memorabilia that range from Elvis’ childhood in Tupelo, Mississippi, his breakthrough as a pop icon, his time in the U.S. Army, his movie career, and his Las Vegas performances.
You can find complete details about Elvis: Past, Present & Future, at Graceland.com.