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The answer depends not usually on potency gains in photovoltaic dungeon record though also on where those cells are placed on a inclination and where we store them—many of us keep a smartphones pressed in a slot or purse for many of a day, out of strech of a sun’s energy.
To be sure, there has been some progress. At a World Mobile Congress in Barcelona this year, Japanese dungeon phone builder Kyocera Corp. for a second year using showed off a antecedent of a 12.7-centimeter solar-powered phone. The so-far indistinguishable device allows for a notation of speak time for each 3 mins of sunlight—a large alleviation over a company’s 2015 predecessor, that offering usually 15 mins for each dual hours of solar charging.
To rise a phone Kyocera worked with France-based Sunpartner Technologies, that produces unclouded film assimilated with photovoltaic cells. Being see-through, a film can be commissioned between a LCD arrangement and a hold shade so that a phone can assign some-more simply while in use. Most prior efforts during solar-powered phones had a cells on a back, definition that a device had to be facedown to get a assign and that a cells, being external, could some-more simply be damaged.
Kyocera says it expects to move a solar-powered smartphone to marketplace soon, presumably in time for a subsequent Mobile World Congress in Feb 2017. The association says solar charging will not supplement many in a approach of cost, so a phones are approaching to have a cost tab that is excusable to users and a carriers that sell a handsets. Kyocera orator John Chier adds that a record will many approaching uncover adult in one of a lines of phones geared for industrial or outward use. If they do turn a hit, pattern some-more tool makers to follow suit.
Another pretence is to pattern a photovoltaic dungeon that allows manifest light to pass by while collecting appetite from infrared and ultraviolet radiation.Sunpartner’s Wysips (for “what we see is photovoltaic surface”) film is 90 percent transparent, half a millimeter thick and uses a photovoltaic covering connected to a network of microlenses. The photovoltaic cells are probably pure since they are so skinny and also since they are distributed around a aspect that contains “a comparison of active photovoltaic zones that are distant by pure zones,” according to a 2014 obvious filing. Bookeen, a Paris-based builder of E Ink electronic paper display readers, skeleton to use a record in solar-powered chargers for a e-readers. French watchmaker Nevo skeleton to confederate a film into smartwatches.
Another pretence is to pattern a photovoltaic dungeon that allows manifest light to pass by while collecting appetite from infrared and ultraviolet radiation.“The thought is to not even notice that we are recharging your phone,” says Vladimir Bulović, associate vanguard for creation during Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s School of Engineering. Bulović, Richard Lunt of Michigan State University and former Lemelson–MIT Prize leader Miles Barr have used record they grown to co-found Ubiquitous Energy, a Bay Area start-up building pure solar cells.
Bulović says larger efficiencies can be gained from a photovoltaics that appetite handheld consumer gadgets—but not many some-more during this point. “Sunlight usually gives we so many energy; we can’t change that,” he says. “We’ve worked on improving solar dungeon potency over and over again. The really best solar cells are already using during a extent of approaching earthy performance.”
Those “very best” cells are tighten to apropos cost-competitive with hoary fuels such as spark in some applications though are themselves costly and unreal for consumer electronics—hence Kyocera’s seductiveness in a film.
“You wish something that can be pretty fit during a reasonable cost so it doesn’t change a model of what your dungeon phone costs,” Bulović says.
Lunt’s group during Michigan State’s College of Engineering is building a pure luminescent solar concentrator that can be unsentimental over an area as large as a window or as tiny as a smartphone display. The element picks adult infrared and ultraviolet light and channels it to a edges, where photovoltaic cells modify a light to electricity.
Despite all a technical progress, solar-powered phones face another reduction that has some-more to do with user behavior—specifically how prolonged people have their phones outward of their pockets, backpacks or purses and in a light, Bulović says. Making solar-charged phones some-more unsentimental “would need a change in habits,” he adds.
Bulović suggests that new handset configurations might solve some of those problems. One possibility: phones that come with an extendable solar piece that rolls out for charging, afterwards retracts when done.
But zero is positive in this market. Back in 2009 Samsung introduced a Blue Earth phone—which featured a solar charger—but shortly withdrew it. A Samsung orator says Blue Earth was a “limited production” phone that was never sole in a U.S. Nokia in 2012 deserted a plan to rise phones with a solar horse built into a behind cover, observant it simply was not unsentimental and direct was limited.
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Splunk Enterprise 7.2 is now generally available.
Catchpoint announced it is adding site reachability diagnostics to its Real User Monitoring (RUM) solution.
Virtual Instruments announced the launch of the Virtual Instruments Technology Alliance Program.
Riverbed introduced a series of powerful Microsoft product integrations, enabling mutual customers to leverage their Riverbed and Microsoft investments together to drive business results and maximize digital performance.
Sysdig announced Sysdig Monitor 3.0.
Elastic released Elastic Cloud Enterprise (ECE) version 2.0.
ManageEngine announced the unified endpoint management (UEM) edition of Desktop Central.
Instana has raised $30 million in Series C investment led by Meritech Capital with participation from existing investor Accel, bringing the company’s total funding to $57 million.
Everbridge announced the next generation of its Critical Event Management (CEM) Platform.
eG Innovations expanded its monitoring portfolio to deliver performance visibility of Microsoft Office 365.
Dynatrace has added support for Windows Server Containers (Docker for Windows).
PagerDuty expanded its partnership with ServiceNow, allowing customers to improve real-time operations management across IT Service, DevOps, Security, and Change Management issues.
Sumo Logic released new Sumo Logic applications for Microsoft Azure services, as well as new native integrations with Azure Monitor and Blob Storage, to provide customers with deep visibility, improved troubleshooting and enhanced security and compliance across their modern applications and cloud infrastructure.
Blue Medora announced the global availability of BindPlane for Microsoft, the latest addition to the company’s purpose-built monitoring-integration-as-a-service (MIaaS), designed for Microsoft Azure Monitor customers monitoring multi-cloud, multi-database or hybrid platform environments.
ThousandEyes announced a strategic partnership agreement with ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation, one of the largest systems integrators in Japan, to meet growing market demand in the region.
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS announced that it has completed the divestiture of its handheld network test (HNT) tools business.
Ipswitch launched an updated Partner Locator website for customers and prospects to easily locate the ideal, local partner.
Instana released Stan’s Robot Shop, a sample microservice application that can be used as a sandbox to test and learn about microservice architecture, containerized application orchestration and automatic monitoring techniques.
AppNeta released significant new product enhancements to the company’s performance monitoring platform.
PagerDuty launched the PagerDuty Integration Partner Program to accelerate innovation and increase customer value for the PagerDuty platform.


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Organizations working with large amounts of data often struggle to ensure that data remains high quality. According to a research from Great Expectations, which creates open source data testing tools, 77% of companies have data quality problems and 91% believe that this affects their performance.
With this in mind, unsurprisingly, business has been healthy for vendors that sell data visualization services and software, which help organizations understand the health and condition of their data. Last year, within one week, only three companies in the data center – Cribl, Montecarlo and Coralogix – earned more than $400 million.
In an indication that the market isn’t over yet, another data-driven start-up earns this week’s buys: The whistle. Today the company announced that it has raised €12 million (~$12.7 million) in a Series A funding round led by EQT Ventures with participation from previous investors.
Sifflet was founded in June 2021 by Salma Bakouk, a former Goldman Sachs VP in the sales and marketing department. He teamed up with software engineers Wissem Fathallah (formerly of Uber and Amazon) and Wajdi Fathallah to launch MVP, which grew into a popular data visualization tool.
“Sifflet is a data visualization platform that aims to help businesses gain confidence in their data,” Bakouk told TechCrunch in an email interview. “Its platform sits on top of the data stack, providing 360-degree data management.”
Using Sifflet, companies can collect information in different parts of their products, from data entry stages to changes and usage. The platform automatically monitors data, metadata and data pipelines to ensure that something could go wrong, such as a sudden drop in quality.
Sifflet maintains a row to make it easier for data engineers to analyze root causes. As Bakouk explains, AI is key to this.
“AI is used in our analysis engines, data classification and product optimization,” he said. “Our models are pre-trained based on different types of data from different industries and systems and are regularly re-trained after deployment to better reflect customer experience and minimize any bias.”
So, given the competition in the data visualization space, can Sifflet compete fairly? His salespeople clearly believe he can. An additional measure is the size of Sifflet’s customer base, but Bakouk did not disclose this. He admitted, however, that Sifflet counts brands like Carrefour, Nextbite and ShopBack among its recent clients.
“The Sifflet process is specifically designed to be inclusive of a wide range of experts, both technical and non-technical,” Bakouk said. “In the current financial environment, where companies are faced with difficult decisions, data-driven decision-making is the norm and the trend is not tolerated.”
It’s hard to argue with that last point. According to Gartner, data insufficiency financial institutions approximately $12.9 million annually. In addition, data engineers spend two days a week eradicating bad data, a research from Monte Carlo found.
“Economy is very effective in adopting data. Companies need to remove uncertainty from the equation when making difficult decisions and the reliability of data is important,” said Bakouk. “As a company, we consider operating costs to be very important and we look for ways to improve. The fact that we had a laser-sharp vision from day one allowed us to be stable and quick in execution and avoid costly pivots.”
Paris-based Sifflet, which has raised €15 million (~$15.85 million) to date, plans to expand its sales operations in Europe, the Middle East and Asia and the US and continue to sell products and engineering. It currently has 28 employees and aims to double this number by the end of the year.


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Kia Motors is one of the big winners at the first ever Automotive Brand Contest which was organized by the German Design Council. The judge panel declared Kia Motors the worthy winner in four categories. Three kia models were picked as winners for the exterior category, including the compact Sportage SUV, the forthcoming Rio (on sale from September 2011) and the all new Kia Optima (above). Kia was also ranked ‘Best of Best’ in the brand design category, where strategy and focus of the brand’s overall design is rated.
Peter Schreyer, Kia’s chief designer said, “We are all exceedingly proud that Kia Motors has done so well in this new competition, which is very important within the automotive industry. By changing our basic design focus, we have given our brand a face, a distinctive identity.“
Korean car manufacturers Hyundai and Kia have been making quite the buzz lately. From clever marketing campaigns to assistance programs to entice consumers into their products, both manufacturers are now staple competitors in the ever-growing automotive market.
Part of their brilliant success is developing the right partnerships with the right people. Hyundai has done a fantastic job marketing in several forms of motorsports while Kia has signed with the NBA and has targeted the younger crowd with customization as their theme (a la Scion). Both manufacturers have recently announced a partnership with turbocharger manufacturer BorgWarner. Hyundai’s ix35 and Kia’s new Sportage (debut at Geneva 2010) will be equipped with BorgWarner’s fourth generation variable-turbine geometry (VTG) turbochargers. The turbo will complement the 2.0L four-cylinder diesel engine currently found in both vehicles.
There is a whole lot of technical information on BorgWarner’s VTG turbos, but we’re not here to bore you with that. Simply put BorgWarner has replaced straight turbine vanes with a patented S-shaped vane design. This helps improve thermodynamics, response and control. Both vehicles will be available in Europe in the near future. VTG turbos are best known for their debut in the current Porsche 911 Turbo.
Now if only Hyundai could get some Borg Warner VTG technology for it’s 2.0T gasoline engines – which already make as much as 274-hp on cars like the new 2011 Sonata.
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Wood pallets are one of the most eco-friendly products that can be used. New pallets are reusable and damaged pallets can be repaired or repurposed. When pallets reach the end of their service life, the wood is turned into mulch, fuel pellets or animal bedding. When the wood reaches the end of its lifespan, wood does the most eco-friendly thing of all, it biodegrades.
After being recycled, reused, and repurposed for years, responsibly discarded wooden pallets nourish the environment and fuels ecosystems.
Sustainability is an essential part of a reliable and environmentally friendly supply chains. Researchers at Penn State University decided to take an unbiased look at the debate. They found that wooden pallets are more eco-friendly and sustainable than plastic.
Our pallets are made using sustainably sourced wood. In 2020, the NWPCA and Pallet Foundation put together an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for wood pallets, highlighting the environmental quality of wooden pallets and validates them as the sustainable choice — the right choice for our planet and our future.
The EPD validates data collected on eighty-five million wood pallets and confirms that the wooden pallet industry potentially has a Climate Positive Effect on the environment.
All of this means wooden pallets may go beyond achieving net zero carbon emissions and create an environmental benefit by removing additional carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.


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Jay-Z and LVHM team up in 50% percent ownership each of Jay-Z’s champagne brand Armand De Brignac, known as “Ace of Spades.”
“I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man.”
In 2005, rapper Jay-Z dropped a verse on Kanye West’s “Diamonds of Sierra Leone” that said, “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man.” At no time has that statement been more true than it is today. And every day since making that statement, Jay-Z has been adding to his business legacy.
As reported by The Source, Jay-Z announced a 50-50 partnership with LVHM for his “Ace of Spades” brand Armand De Brignac champagne. Moet Hennessy is the wine and spirits division of luxury conglomerate LVMH.
Appearing on “Squawk Box” on CNBC, Jay Z stated –
“We built Armand from the ground up, you know we want to do things right, integrity of it had to be right.”
“When we build luxury products, whether it be Roc Nation or Monogram…Moet Hennessey goes about it the same way.”
Due to the on-going pandemic, sells of champaign and other alcohols fell in 2020. However, “Ace of Spades” sold half a million bottles in 2019. Expecting a full recovery of liquors in the coming years, Jay-Z and LVHM look forward to a very successful partnership for years to come.
We’ll drink to that!
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Today, Nintendo announced yet another deluge of cool indie games that are coming to the Switch. Chief among the reveals is the news that Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP — which first launched on the iPad in 2011 — is bringing its Zelda-inspired pixels to the platform in October. It’ll be the first time the game is available on a console. Similarly big is the announcement that mech vs. kaiju strategy game Into the Breach will be out on the Switch, and it’s available today.
The company also provided more details on some much-anticipated games that were previously announced. The dark, pixelated adventure Hyper Light Drifter is coming to the Switch on September 6th, and it will include some exclusive new outfits and weapons. Multiplayer fighter Towerfall, meanwhile, is coming to Nintendo’s tablet on September 27th, and it will include a new six-player mode and characters from the side-scroller Celeste.
One of the most exciting announcements is that renowned studio Supergiant is going to be making its debut on the Switch very soon. Bastion will be available on September 13th, while its follow-up Transistor is coming sometime in November. Nintendo also revealed that the adorable Animal Crossing-like adventure Mineko’s Night Market will make its console debut on the Switch, though it isn’t launching until early next year, as is the strange goose simulator Untitled Goose Game.


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Livestreamed auctions continue for Bond Wolfe
Bond Wolfe is reverting to livestreamed auctions after research revealed the mass majority of bids remained online during its first return to in-room auctions.
The top property auctioneer’s decision came after more than 95% of bids were made online, by phone or proxy at its auction at Villa Park on 21 July, despite hundreds of people attending in person.
Gurpreet Bassi, chief executive of Bond Wolfe, said: “We were really excited to return to Villa Park after receiving lots of feedback from buyers and sellers that there was demand to return to an in-room auction.
“However, while it was a successful day and it was good to see so many familiar faces there in person, it was clear to see that the majority of bidding was online.
“Indeed, closer analysis confirmed that despite an excellent in-room attendance more than 95% of the bids were online, by phone or proxy.
“This prompted us to undertake some in-depth research over the last few weeks, including a survey with our sellers, buyers and bidders which received thousands of responses.
“This told us that the overwhelming majority of our audience preferred live-streamed auctions, with the main reason being the convenience to bid remotely and around work and other commitments.
“People also said they had become used to bidding remotely, plus Covid-19 is still having an impact, with others telling us that they preferred not to mix in crowds.
“The results of our research have led us to the decision to revert to livestreamed auctions for the time being.
“We are not saying we won’t ever hold an in-room auction again, as we do not think that there has necessarily been a permanent shift online.
“But like every other industry, these trends are something we need to continue to monitor, with more research planned next year. We will, of course, adapt to demand as required.”
Bond Wolfe’s auction on 21 July auction saw 156 lots sold and more than £26 million raised in sales, with properties and bidders from London, the North East, North West and across the Midlands, and bidders also from the USA, South Africa and across Europe.
In the lead up to the auction, there were 659,823 website page views, 152,978 video tours watched, and 39,218 legal documents downloaded.
And on the day itself, as well as those present in the busy auction room, a total of 17,215 viewers logged in to watch the auction live.
Mr Bassi added: “Our results from July show that demand for property continues to outstrip supply and it is still a great time to sell your property – with our livestreamed auctions being the ideal way to do this quickly and efficiently.”
The next auction being held by Bond Wolfe starts at 9am on Thursday 15 September 2022.


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Garmin (GRMN) will provide drivers with a cheaper heads-up display option later this summer with its Garmin HUD.
The Garmin HUD is a device that will connect to smartphones running Garmin StreetPilot or Navigon GPS software via Bluetooth. The information from the smartphone will then be displayed on the windshield of vehicles.
Information that can be displayed by Garmin HUD includes turn arrows, distance to the next turn, your speed, the speed limit, excessive speed, estimated time of arrival, lane guidance, traffic info and photo radar alerts, reports ExtremeTech.
Garmin HUD supports the iPhone, Android phones, and Windows Phone 8 devices.
The Garmin HUD will cost $130 dollars, compared to heads-up display options from auto manufacturers that can cost anywhere from $1,000 to $5,000, reports PC Magazine.


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Yokohama, Japan (Reuters): Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) said on Thursday it was considering producing an electric SUV in the near future as it expects demand for electric vehicles (EVs) to increase in coming years.
“We might have a crossover EV shortly in the future,” Daniele Schillaci, head global sales and marketing who also oversees Nissan’s EV business, told reporters.
“It’s totally logical for us, given the strong EV experience we’ve had, to see this technology one day will be carried to a crossover,” he added, while declining to elaborate on specific timing or models.
Nissan on Wednesday launched a revamped version of its Leaf EV hatchback model, going head-to-head with Tesla Inc’s (TSLA.O) Model 3 and hoping to blunt criticism of limited driving ranges undermining EVs’ mass-market appeal. [L8N1LL070]
The car, on sale in Japan from 2 October and elsewhere in early 2018, can run for 150 miles (241 km) on a single charge based on estimates using U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, using a 40 kilowatt hour (kWh) battery. Prices in Japan will start from 3.15 million yen ($ 28,992).
Nissan is planning to release a longer-range, higher priced Leaf next year which will carry a bigger, 60 kWh battery. Schillaci said the car would be able to travel more than 225 miles (362 km), using EPA-based estimates.


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It's "Ladies Night Out" in downtown Saline Thursday - where merchants, stores and restaurants offer an evening of specials.
Many downtown stores are participating in the event, from 3 to 9 p.m.
At Cobblestone Rose, shoppers are invited to enjoy tasty treats while perusing some of their new spring things. Winter clothes will be reduced to 50 percent off for the first time that night, the store said in an e-mail.
People also can enter a drawing for a chance to win a Barefoot Dreams Cozy Chic robe (an Oprah favorite valued at $124).


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HP announced a timetable for release of the new open source version of webOS, the critically-acclaimed software that powered Palm’s smartphones and HP’s discontinued TouchPad tablet.
By sometime this September, HP said it plans to make the webOS code completely available under the Apache License, Version 2.0. While September is a ways off, HP said today it’s releasing version 2.0 of webOS’s innovative developer tool, Enyo.
With the Enyo 2.0 application framework, HP says developers can write a single application that works across mobile devices and desktop Web browsers, from the webOS, iOS and Android platforms to the Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers.
“HP is bringing the innovation of the webOS platform to the open source community,” said Bill Veghte, HP’s executive vice president and chief strategy officer, said in a release. “This is a decisive step toward meeting our goal of accelerating the platform’s development and ensuring that its benefits will be delivered to the entire ecosystem of Web applications.”
Giving more detail to its roadmap plans, HP said that over the first half of the year, it will make individual elements of webOS source code available, including core applications like Mail and Calendar to its Linux kernel, until the full code base is contributed to the open source community by September.


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Raaly has offered a popular iOS app that allows easy booking of co-working spaces at discount prices, the company said.
Raaly recently announced the release of their Android app, along with expanding Raaly coverage beyond NYC, to now also include Austin, TX and Toronto, CA. More cities are on the way.
According to Raaly, the app has simplified the co-working space booking process to the degree, where it fully supports same day booking. Otherwise the easy to use calendar feature delivers a smooth way to plan out as many or few days as needed. Putting the customer first, Raaly delivers a “Space Love Guarantee,” refunding users if a co-working space doesn´t live up to their expectations.
With the popularity of co-working spaces on the rise, especially in Raaly´s current target markets, new spaces are participating by being featured on Raaly on a regular basis.


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Facebook stock gains after KeyBanc says Instagram may be 'primary growth driver by 2020'
Market WatchJun. 11, 2018, 10:45 AM
Facebook Inc. shares are up 0.3% in Monday morning trading after KeyBanc analyst Andy Hargreaves wrote that Instagram could be the company's "primary growth driver" come 2020. He sees Instagram generating 27% of incremental ad revenue this year and 58% by 2020. Hargreaves also projects that Insatgram will have more than 1.4 billion monthly active users and more than $22 billion in annual revenue by 2020. "As core Facebook matures, Instagram is the key to the next leg of growth," he wrote. "Core Facebook is clearly maturing, with ad load reaching a saturation point and pricing the last lever to pull, so we see Instagram driving an increasing portion of incremental advertising growth." The stock is up 27% over the past 12 months, while the S&P 500 has gained 14%. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
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Richard Haddad the CEO of Jannah Hotels and Resorts has worked in the hospitality industry and the Middle East for 27 years now, two of which he has spent with the group.
Haddad took over the role from previous CEO Nehme Imad Darwiche (who was part of the Power 50 list in 2018) last year.
This year Jannah hotels has jumped 14 places to be ranked 30 when compared to 44 last year.
Currently, in the MENA region, the group operates 736 rooms and five hotels. The number of operating hotels have decreased by two this year. However, the group has seen an increase in their pipeline with four hotels and 1,000 rooms in the region.
In the last year, the group has expanded in Oman with the Dibba Sea View by Jannah in Oman property. The hotel offers a range of rooms and suites for adventure-seekers.
Since Haddad took over, the group has signed new properties in Oman and Tajikistan and are in discussion for a couple of new emerging markets.
Haddad’s vision for the company is simple, he said: “We are aiming to keep our position as one of the leading halal brands in the Middle East and grow it globally while introducing three new sub brands to be able to cater to various consumer needs. We aim to reach 15% of direct hotel bookings in 2020.”
Currently heading 375 people, Haddad has introduced various performance enhancement initiatives such as a new centralised property management software, central reservation system and a training plan for the team at the property level as well as at corporate office among other things.
The group has performed well financially in the last 12 months. Haddad said: “This has been achieved by clustering some positions and improving a few third party contracts while ensuring no cost cutting is affected.”


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FDA to Reconsider Label Changes That Would Have Hurt Maine Maple Syrup and Honey Producers
Washington, D.C.—Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) today applauded the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to reconsider “added sugar” labeling on pure maple syrup and honey packaging. A member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, which oversees discretionary funding for the USDA, Pingree has openly pushed the agency to change the requirement.
“I appreciate the FDA’s efforts to help consumers make more informed choices, including by spelling out how much sugar is added to the food they eat. But requiring an added sugar label on honey and maple syrup—when, in fact, no sugar has been added to their contents—would have been confusing and misleading. The label would have eroded consumers’ confidence in these pure, natural products,” said Pingree. “The label was also an affront of sorts to producers in Maine, who take great pride and care in the purity of what they bottle. I applaud FDA for listening to their feedback and deciding to reconsider. In the end, I hope it exempts maple syrup and honey from the added sugars requirement.”
Pingree Vocal on Issue
Pingree shared her concerns about the proposed "added sugar" labeling rules for maple syrup and honey—and those of Maine producers—directly with FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on multiple occasions, including an appropriations hearing in April (video below).
She also successfully worked to include language in the committee-passed FY19 agriculture appropriations bill that would block funding to implement the requirements on single-ingredient products that do not have any added sugars or sweeteners added to the product, such as honey and maple syrup.
Background on the Added Sugars Label
The FDA has released new guidelines for nutrition facts labeling, requiring manufacturers to include the amount of “added sugars” as well “total sugars.” In draft guidance released in February, the FDA proposed that pure, single-ingredient maple syrup and honey had to list all their sugar content as “added sugar” with a footnote that it was naturally occurring. The public comment period for the proposal recently closed.
In an email to Pingree’s office today, the FDA said, “The feedback that FDA has received is that the approach laid out in the draft guidance does not provide the clarity that the Agency intended. It is important to FDA that consumers are able to effectively use the new Nutrition Facts label to make informed, healthy dietary choices. FDA looks forward to working with stakeholders to devise a sensible solution.”
FDA has not yet released a new proposal.


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The U.S. won’t have to shut down its economy again if there’s a resurgence of the coronavirus outbreak as the nation starts to reopen, President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser said.
National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said in an interview on Bloomberg Television that he’s been told by a member of the White House’s coronavirus task force he didn’t name that a second wave of the outbreak wouldn’t require a shutdown.
“One of the senior people in that group, now I asked that person what happens -- right now the virus numbers are flattening out. That is a really good thing. That means we can reopen this economy. I asked this person ‘What happens if we get a jump back up in virus numbers?”’ Kudlow said.
“And the response was simply ‘Look -- we won’t have to re-shut down because first of all we know more, we have more experience, second of all we are much better equipped with the right tools.”’
Trump has urged states to begin reopening their economies even as the outbreak continues to grow in most of the country. There have been nearly 1.3 million cases of Covid-19 in the U.S. and at least 75,670 deaths from the disease, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The Labor Department announced Friday that the U.S. experienced unprecedented job losses in April as Americans practiced social distancing to curb the spread of the virus, shuttering restaurants, retail stores and other businesses.
Trump had intended to run for re-election on the strength of the U.S. economy before the pandemic, and Democrats have charged that his administration was unprepared for the outbreak.
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G2E 2014 – continued elevation for EGT
Oct 16, 2014
This year Euro Games Technology had its most successful G2E exhibition ever, far outreaching the company’s expectations. Customers from all over the world appreciated the design, technologies, and all high-end features of EGT’s solutions on display and acknowledged how fast the company has been growing and how ambitious its plans are for product and market development. “We received strong interest from prospects in South America and the Caribbean region, as well as from North America, where we had appointed our partner Reel Games six months ago. G2E also revealed new opportunities to liaise with customers from Asia, Europe and Africa, nevertheless their more distant location from Las Vegas. Apart from the sales, G2E has always been a strong image building event for our company giving us a new communication channel to convey our message of how many diverse solutions we are offering and how attractive from every perspective are they,” commented on the event Stanislav Stanev, Marketing and Sales Director of EGT.
The booth of the company displayed a variety of new products covering both land-based and online aspects of the casino industry. Among the company’s showcased machines were its jackpot systems, the Premier series cabinets with different multigame mixes, the multiplayer solutions presented by the STORK terminal in configurations with a live and an automated roulette wheels, as well as with bingo.
A dedicated booth area presented EGT’s online gaming products with accent on the debuting newly developed interactive titles. “Our division is the fastest growing within the company. At G2E we attracted the attention of online platform operators with high potential for interactive gaming. Our products are highly competitive and are an integral part of EGT’s 360 degree range of solutions for the gaming sector,” explained EGT Head of Online Systems Todor Zahariev.
The EGT’s product launch during G2E – the Lady’s Cards jackpot system, was perceived as a novelty of high standard in company’s portfolio, meeting new customer requirements and amusing the players with all Premier series game titles. The Egypt Quest jackpot system also got a warm reception, as well as the new multigame mix Premier Union 1 available for the Premier slot machines and the STORK terminal multiplayer solutions.
“During G2E we heard from highly esteemed experts in the industry that we have made a tremendous progress in many aspects and that our products have achieved a new level of refinement,” said Mr. Stanev. And EGT’s sales results come to prove this opinion. Currently the company has strong positions in Europe, Central America, and the Caribbean region, and every year marks further sales growth including in Latin America. “We are also expanding in Asia and Africa and have already made our first sale in the U.S. together with our partner Reel Games. It was of Premier 24/24 Up cabinets for a casino floor in Florida. During G2E we negotiated several more new installations in different states and jurisdictions that will include not only Premier cabinets but also our Egypt Quest jackpot system. So we are on our path of further development and from this point of view we may proudly say that G2E 2014 is proving to be a real hallmark of success for EGT,” concluded Mr. Stanev.


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Fear of huge Glaxo brain drain
There are growing fears in the pharmaceutical industry that the proposed £114 billion merger between Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham could signal a mass exodus of Britain's brightest scientific talent to the US.
Any sign that Glaxo SmithKline, which will be the world's largest drugs company, responsible for 20% of the nation's private pharmaceutical research and development, is considering transferring operations out of the UK would be a devastating blow to the government and to Prime Minister Tony Blair, who has made a virtue of supporting 'national champions'.
The decision by the merging companies to site their new operational headquarters in Philadelphia is believed to have been made partly because of a growing dislike of the increasingly restrictive regulatory regime here.
The companies insist the merger will create an extra £2.4 billion for research and development, but they admit that jobs will have to go in Britain and have earmarked £1 billion in savings. Unions representing the 21,000 work-ers in both companies in Britain believe that between 4,000 and 5,000 skilled scientific jobs could be lost.
Significantly, Dr Jean-Pierre Garnier, number two at SmithKline, who will run the joint company from the US, has recently waxed lyrical about the business climate in America, which he sees enthusiastically embracing change.
In contrast, Glaxo chairman Sir Richard Sykes, who is chairman-elect of the new company, has become increasingly disillusioned about the way Labour is treating the drugs industry.
Sykes is angry at the government's refusal to allow Relenza, Glaxo's new flu drug, to be available on the NHS. The decision, by the National Institute for Clinical Effectiveness, has also alarmed SmithKline, which has several medicines being examined by NICE.
A senior figure in the industry said: 'This decision to move the operational headquarters to the US is saying to the government that enough is enough. Don't impose more regulations on an industry that is already heavily regulated.'
The Department of Trade and Industry, where Lord Sainsbury is responsible for science policy, refused to comment. The Prime Minister's office also declined to discuss the issue.
Both drugs companies have tried to reassure local MPs that the merger and the plans to move will not hurt local factories and research centres. But MSF, the union that represents 5,000 scientists in the two firms, has called a meeting of all its representatives for February 26. It has also demanded talks with Lord Sainsbury. MSF general secretary Roger Lyons said: 'If we are not satisfied with what the companies say, we would consider campaigning against the merger. 'These companies are the jewels in the British industrial crown. The government cannot allow research and development to move overseas.'
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Yesterday Intel announced that it’s closing the Massachusetts fab 17 affecting 700 employees, according to the Boston post “Intel will close Mass. plant, cut 700 jobs“. Today Intel announced that it’s “redeploying” 400 people at it’s Rio Rancho Fab11x plant according to the Albuquerque Journal “Intel cutting 400 positions from Rio Rancho plant“.
“Due to a shifting market, we are making some difficult business decisions. Specifically, in New Mexico, we have notified employees of a phased process of redeploying up to 400 positions,” company spokeswoman Natasha Martell Jackson said in an email.
The company said it is offering Rio Rancho employees jobs at other Intel locations, buyouts and severance packages to achieve the workforce reduction. Once it becomes clearer how many are willing to take the various offers, the company said it will be able to offer more detail on the reduction.
In March of 2009 Intel had layoffs and I wrote “Planning For Loosing My Job And Extended Unemployment” when the Rio Rancho site laid off 200 people.
I survived that layoff and wrote “Intel’s New Mexico Site Layoffs, One Week Later“. I don’t know if I will survive this one.


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Filter in or out as many as 200 cities, as well as hotel and car rental class and meals of the day and watch as the per-diem calculator automatically adjusts per diems to your program. Drill down into cost breakdowns and export the results.
Arguably the dominant philosophical debate in corporate
travel in 2012 has been whether "consumerization" will lead to
corporate travelers deserting their managed travel programs and booking who and
how they like. It is a scenario that conceivably could lead to travel
management companies losing business to the unmanaged travel sector.
Graham Ramsey, chief executive of the Anglo-Dutch
multinational TMC ATP International, does not subscribe to this view. Even if
such a trend were to develop, he believes his company would be immune to
account losses because it specializes in client sectors with a particular need
for heavily managed programs. Around 50 percent of its turnover derives from
the marine, oil and gas sectors. ATPI also focuses on servicing clients in
other energy businesses, as well as the retail, sports and legal sectors
"If your company is doing point-to-point travel, you
could argue travelers can do it themselves, but if you are trying to organize a
crew change, or sending oilmen to difficult destinations, you need the back-up
of a TMC," he said. "We focus on sectors where there is complex
travel and a need for complex reporting." Ramsey added that many of his
clients' employees do not fit the profile of "consumerized" travelers
who have the desire, skills and tools to arrange their own travel. "There
are a lot of blue-collar workers out there, on oil rigs for example, without
corporate cards or even Internet access," he said.
Although ATPI's target sectors may need more attention than
others, such as when ATPI was involved in the evacuations of oil workers from
Libya in 2011, Ramsey believes the demand for managed travel will remain
widespread. Without travel policies and mandated booking channels, he said,
companies will struggle to know where employees are and will lose money through
noncompliance with corporate deals.
Ownership of ATPI is split between its management (40
percent, with Ramsey the largest shareholder) and Equistone, previously
Barclays Private Equity (60 percent). The company since its formation in 2002
has grown substantially through the merger of two U.K. TMCs: Ayscough Travel
and Seaforth Travel. When Ramsey bought Seaforth in 1998, it handled gross
travel sales of $50 million. Today, he said, "we are turning over gross
sales north of $1 billion. In the last six years we have doubled our turnover,
with less than 25 percent of that growth resulting directly from
ATPI made one major acquisition, the global marine
specialist Instone Travel, in 2009. A couple of months later, it quit the GlobalStar Travel Management international TMC partnership to expand its own
overseas network, set up the previous year. ATPI has wholly owned offices in 20
countries and partners or franchisees in another 13, some of them former
members of GlobalStar. One-third of its business still originates in the United
Ramsey said he is looking to make further acquisitions,
especially in countries that could act as hubs to attract business in
neighboring markets. He also intends to continue growing organically, using the
company's market intelligence team in India to identify more sectors that fit
its high-touch model. The strategy means that there are some companies,
especially larger ones, that ATPI will not accept as customers. "We are
not interested in clients using a TMC just for fulfillment," he said.
Paradoxically, Ramsey originally bought Seaforth because he
liked its proprietary self-booking tool, Ticket Window, which it launched in
1997. "We've got Son of Ticket Window, which we use extensively in the
Netherlands," said Ramsey. "We are still developing it, but we are
not trying to compete on that." He added that ATPI is working on a mobile
version of Ticket Window to add booking functionality to its On the Go app,
launched last month.
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North Adams Peebles Store Changing Name, Focus
The 13-year-old store has been having a major summer sale over the past two months but the words "closing" appeared in the windows on Monday. The store will close in the days leading up to the grand opening of the new Goodmans early next year.
Blakeley Graham, brand publicity manager for Peebles' parent company Stage Stores, confirmed that the location would remain in the Stage family.
Current employees will be offered jobs at Gordmans, Graham said, and a job fair for new employees will be held early next year. Peebles credit cards and gift cards can be used at any of the Stage Stores and the Style Circle Rewards program will continue.
The store is currently having an "everything must go" sale with markdowns of up to 40 percent off listed prices.
The downtown Peebles opened to much fanfare in 2006 as part of the rejuvenation of the former Kmart plaza under owner Hartford Realty that included Staples, Olympia Sports, and the North Adams Cinemas in the former department store. Since then, Staples closed and was replaced by the V&V liquor store and Olympia recently closed. The building also has a Planet Fitness that is being upgraded.


text: Thursday, June 30, 2005   NMBA expresses concern over Ontario new media budgetThe New Media Business Alliance (NMBA) has expressed concern in a membership newsletter that the budget for the Ontario Media Development Corp. could be cut in the upcoming provincial budget. NMBA head Ian Kelso writes in the newsletter: “With gathering positive momentum at the federal level, I have become very concerned with the situation here at home in Ontario. The Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), the provincial agency that oversees business development opportunities for the cultural industries and that has been a vital partner to NMBA and to the industry, is about to be massively cut. Though there have been no official announcements to date, the OMDC has been forced into a holding pattern since early spring as it reached the end of its mandate and awaited the report from a review by the Ministry of Culture. Now it seems certain that the axe will fall and their annual budget will be reduced by $2 million (20%). What does this mean for our industry? It certainly can’t mean anything good. I will keep you apprised as more information becomes available." Canadian NEW MEDIA will also be following this developing story.Coalition changes name at VIDFESTThe coalition of regional new media associations that has been working together since the April 2003 cuts to the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund has changed its name. It will now be called the Canadian Interactive Alliance / Alliance Interactive Canadienne. The coalition is made up of the New Media Business Alliance (Ontario), the Alliance numériQC (Quebec), New Media BC, the Canadian Film and Television Production Association, Alberta New Media, the Saskatchewan New Media Developers Association, the Interactive Digital Media Association of Manitoba, and the Innovation and Technology Association of Prince Edward Island.Computer and peripherals prices fall: StatsCanStatistics Canada reports that prices for commercial computers were down in April 0.7% from March. Consumer computer prices – for machines normally purchased by consumers and small businesses – fell 0.8% in the same period. Monitor prices declined 2.1% from March to April, and printer prices rose slightly by 0.2%.Inter-carrier MMS launchesInter-carrier multimedia message service (MMS) will launch on Canada Day, enabling customers of all of the country’s wireless carriers to send and receive rich content. Until now, customers could only send content such as photos, video clips ad audio to other users on their own carrier’s network. The interoperability is made possible on a platform sold by VeriSign Inc. Upstart Virgin Mobile Canada was quick to applaud the news in a media release, writing that “Just as intercarrier MMS has driven real value in picture messaging around the world, we know our customers will be snap happy and really embrace the service.”Topix creates new Canadian information sitePalo Alto CA-based Topix.net has introduced a new dedicated news channel for Canada and local news for over 4,200 Canadian cities and towns. The site will work with a back end that allows localization to the postal code level. “Local search continues to push ahead as an important part of the Internet search equation and Topix.net is continuing to lead the way by delivering our brand into more markets and making great content available to customers through a variety of platforms,” the company writes in a media release.Musicrypt reports increasing revenuesMusicrypt Inc. reports in a media release that its revenues for the first six months of 2005 are expected to exceed all of 2004. The company’s billings have increased for seven consecutive quarters, with revenue for the first quarter of 2005 being 33% greater than for Q42004. Some of the growth is being attributed to a rapid rise in the use of the company’s digital music distribution system (DMDS) by independent labels. “This very encouraging pattern of revenue growth is affirmation of our business model. This growth is being driven by the increased use of DMDS by our major label customers and its rapid adoption by the independent music sector. Musicrypt is not only the technological and commercial delivery leader in its industry, but is also the revenue leader,” said president and CEO John Heaven in the same release.PhotoChannel signs renewed Wal-Mart Canada dealVancouver-based web photo processor PhotoChannel Networks Inc. has inked a deal with Wal-Mart Canada to continue operating the Wal-Mart and SAM’s CLUB online photo services. The contract is for two years, with an option to renew for one. “To reinforce the relationship for another two years just as the current contract has entered its renewal option period reaffirms a relationship that has been most rewarding for both companies. With the digital printing market now hitting mainstream, we look forward to the continued phenomenal growth of online print ordering,” said chair and CEO Peter Fitzgerald in a media release.Sympatico/MSN joins ID!ASympatico/MSN is the first Canadian company to join the Innovations in Digital Advertising Group (ID!A), where it will play a role in contributing to the development of on-demand advertising standards and opportunities for Canadian advertisers. The ID!A is a cross-industry group promoting the development of business practices that will make the market viable for advertisers. Its membership includes over 40 executives from the on-demand television market, including from ABC/ESPN, Discovery, MTV, Turner and TVGuide.Hip delays filing, announces liquidity issuesVideo-game peripheral maker Hip Interactive Corp. will not file its financial statements by the end of the day as required by law, the company announced on June 22. It attributes the delay to the need to resolve some non-cash accounting issues. It currently anticipates that it will show an EBITDA loss of approximately $2 million to $3 million. The company says in a media release that it is experiencing cash-flow problems, and that it is working to borrow additional funds. It currently has $35.2 million outstanding under a previously arranged $55 million credit facility, but is experiencing difficulties borrowing against it due to a lack of eligible collateral.Rogers files for trademarksRogers Wireless has filed for several trademark protections, including to the term “Rogers Telemobile,” related to a TV-to-the-mobile application. At the same time, it filed for protection for the term “Rogers Mobile TV,” which is already in use for the same purpose. The company also filed for protection for the term “Caller Ring Trax,” not currently in use by the company. The application is in connection with proposed wireless interactive services. INTERNATIONAL1.2 billion pirate discs sold in 2004: IFPIThe International Federation of the Phonograph Industry reports in its recently-released Industry Commercial Piracy Report 2005 that 34% of all music discs sold worldwide, 1.2 billion of them, were pirated copies. The level is the lowest in five years, thanks in part, according to IFPI, to greater enforcement in countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Hong Kong, Paraguay and Spain. IFPI says the pirate trade cost the industry US$4.6 billion in 2004. Canada was targeted in the report as one of four countries where “piracy levels are at unacceptable levels and where additional government action is urgently needed.”UN readying report in advance of Information SummitA United Nations-backed panel studying Internet-related issues will submit its report to secretary general Kofi Annan by early July in preparation for a world summit on information later this year. The report will be issued on July 18, with proposals covering areas ranging from spam to strengthening network security and fighting cyber-crime, ready for the World Summit on Information Society to be held November 16-18, 2005. The report is being prepared by a working group of 40 member states formed in 2003.SAG to put video game offer to referendumThe national board of the U.S. Screen Actors Guild (SAG) will send a proposed Interactive Media Agreement (IMA) to members on July 13 for a referendum. The board “reluctantly” endorsed a negotiated settlement with the video game industry on June 8, in cooperation with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA). The contract has already been approved by AFTRA, according to a SAG media release.


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Technology ForumHP is going greener than a green thing from a green land with its latest storage boxes
When laptop batteries aren't bursting into white-hot flames, incinerating loved-ones, treasured possessions and airline luggage compartments in a ball of fiery plasma — they're right useful products.
Storage unstart-up Pillar Data Systems has contracted a case of the market's green fever, but focusing its appeal to data centers worried over skyrocketing operational costs through power and cooling, but the size of their box.
iSuppli, the tech market researcher, has raised its forecast for PC shipments this, following a surge in notebook sales in the first quarter. It now estimates that PC makers will ship 264 million units in 2007, up 11.2 per cent on 2006's 239 million units. Previously it pegged market growth for the year at 10.7 per cent.
If there is one concept that is central to the Agile development process, it's probably Continuous Build. Although small projects can rely on manual builds, automation is the key to using Agile for ever larger projects.
SAP has begun recruiting partner ISVs to its NetWeaver platform update for mobile devices to increase uptake of its applications in the field.
The Post Office has lost its £8m contract for Amazon.co.uk's second class deliveries.
Results of a survey released Tuesday show that a majority of European consumers are willing to pay that little bit extra for environmentally friendly technology.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is considering swapping MySpace for a stake in Yahoo!
Mental ill health is the second largest cause of time lost due to sickness absence in UK organisations with stress, depression, and anxiety accounting for over 50 per cent of these mental health problems, according to a report published this month.
The Open Rights Group (ORG) has condemned the May 2007 pilots of e-voting and electronic vote counting in the English and Scottish local elections, saying the technology involved is simply not suitable for use in statutory elections.
Regulations come into force this week that explain how and when a foreign company can be brought to justice in the UK over blog postings that encourage terrorism. The regulations integrate Europe's ecommerce laws with the UK's Terrorism Act.
Gateway has asked a further 14,000 of its customers to send back their laptop batteries in a recall that stretches back more than four years.
A group of security professionals, legal experts, and educators who helped former Connecticut substitute teacher Julie Amero overturn a conviction on charges of exposing her students to pornographic pop-up ads has formed a permanent organisation that aims to educate the courts and legislators about technology, crime, and digital forensics.
Symbian VoIP and messaging client Fring has launched a version for Windows Mobile 5 and 6, connecting them to multiple VoIP and messaging services from a single client for free.
The increasing popularity of laptops helped deflate margins at DSG international's computing operation, the firm revealed in its full year results today.
Google's acquisition spree of recent weeks has continued with the acquisition of Zenter, another PowerPoint-but-online outfit.
Samsung has become the latest hard disk drive maker to get a 1TB desktop product out the door, with the launch of its SpinPoint F1 series. It follows hot on the heels of Seagate, which got its own terabyte drive out last week.
The Wikipedians among you should take note that your days of punting liberal bias may be numbered. Enter stage right Conservapedia, a "conservative encyclopedia you can trust", which has been enjoying a certain amount of attention stateside for its unashamedly and decidedly non-liberal content.
Sony has taken the wraps off a desktop system that contains not only system unit but two, one for the bulk of the PC's innards, the other for the optical drives - one of which is a Blu-ray Disc unit.
A lag at Swaleside Prison on the Isle of Sheppey was caught with an entire phone charger up his jacksie after officers noticed his "discomfort" during a search of his cell, The Sun reports.
Finding Neverland director Marc Forster will take the helm of Bond 22, the BBC reports.
Albatron was the first of many graphics card companies to tell us today it has released a graphics card based on Nvidia's new, 65nm GeForce 8400 GS chip, developed as an entry-level DirectX 10 product.
Backbench MPs struggling with a tide of emails led by former foreign minister Jack Straw are pressing to be allowed to use handheld networked devices and even laptops during Parliamentary debates.
With the offical US launch of Apple's iPhone now just days away, the rumour mill has begun grinding out news that variants on the device are also on the horizon.
A Texas man who called 911 to request medical assistance for a diabetic seizure earned a tasering from local cops for his trouble, the Waxahachie Daily Light reports.
Data-swiping phishing sites are causing a greater security headache than expected while botnet numbers have taken an unexpected dip over recent months, according to revised security predictions by net security firm McAfee.
A Kent man who got his manhood trapped in a padlock "after a sex game went wrong" had to be cut free by firemen, The Sun reports.
Aerospace giant Boeing unveiled its bid for the US Navy's Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) programme at the Paris Air Show yesterday.
A Swedish man is to receive sickness benefits for his addiction to heavy metal music.
Immigration Minister Liam Byrne this week unveiled - to a certain amount of derision - his vision of the ID Card scheme as some sort of 21st Century equivalent of the 19th Century railway network or the 20th Century national electricity grid. It will be pervasive, and in 20 years time it will be a great British institution, "part of the fabric of British life."
A survey into the newspaper reading habits of the British has some rare good news for newspapers - and a warning for their net strategies.
Hot on the heels of Opera's latest browser, Microsoft has updated its MSN Mobile service, and Yahoo! is to launch its intelligent client on Friday.
The Airborne Laser, the US Missile Defence programme's raygun-equipped jumbo jet, is to visit Washington tonight in an attempt to drum up support on Capitol Hill.
Mouse maker Logitech has rolled out a raft of accessories aimed at laptop owners - and, let's face it, these days a lot of us are. Among the selection: backpacks, notebook stands and assorted add-ons.
First we had the mini skirt, then we had the mini motorcyle and now we have the mini printer or, more specifically, the Dell 1320c – the manufacturer's smallest colour laser printer to date.
Mobile ClinicWe asked and you responded in kind with the key issues you're facing with mobilising your workforce. Below, we've got three industry experts - all of whom have racked up more years in the mobile world than most of us have had hot dinners - who are trying to give you some pointers on nailing this stuff.
On a jaunt to Paris yesterday, Google CEO Eric Schmidt whipped out his iPhone in public, waved it around and proclaimed it a "powerful new device".
Prime Minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown has asked the police to come up with a wish list of gadgets they can use to combat crime.
You've got a desktop keyboard. And it's stained, grimy and filled with crumbs - not to mention the odd short, curly hair that really can't have got there through natural means. What do you do? You put it in the Whirlpool, that's what.
UpdatedThe rules of the game for electrically-powered vehicles may be about to change, as new battery technology approaches road service.
The UK's outgoing Home Secretary John Reid told US consumer electronics kingpins today that if they spent as much time turning their products into crime-stopping gadgets as they did making them look nice and work well, we might wash petty crime from our streets.
Scepticism about the launch of the Apple iPhone is growing, and it isn't helping the Apple share price. What a coincidence that exactly as things get tougher in the stock market, rumours start appearing that will "cause a 40 per cent premium on the Apple share price"!
A hacker posting on a full disclosure email list run by InSecure.org claims to have obtained a copy of a transcript of the forthcoming book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
The Police Complaints Commission is to investigate "very serious" allegations about misuse of North Wales Police computers
YouTube is now available on Apple TV - but that's just a footnote. Apple also announced that it will include a specialized YouTube app with the iPhone when the long-awaited handheld device ships on 29 June.
Video clips from YouTube might come booby-trapped with malware, security watchers warn.
Newisys, while much thinner, continues to march on, contrary to recent reports.
Apple has patched a security hole in its Apple TV box that made it possible for remote hackers to access a user's network and spy on traffic passing through it.
Circuit City had a crap first quarter, losing $54.6m, against net income of $6.4m same time last year. Net sales fell 4.3 per cent, driven by a comparable store sales decline of 5.6 per cent. Gross profit margins fell 1.9 per cent on lower merchandise margins and lower take-up of extended warranties.
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CommentIt looks like you can start thanking Google for making Microsoft's Vista operating system even worse.
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A new DWP system makes it easier than ever for low-income families to sign up to discounted broadband and could save households as much as £180 a year compared to industry average tariffs.
Introduced last summer, the government scheme lets internet service providers – with claimants’ permission – ask the DWP to automatically verify their customers’ benefit entitlement. This means people do not need to actively prove they claim benefits whilst on a tariff designed for those on low incomes, as they did previously, often as frequently as every month.
Sky and its subsidiary brand NOW join a growing list of providers signing up to the government initiative to help millions access cut price broadband, with WightFibre already signed up to the scheme.
Minister for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression Mims Davies said:
Claimants who think they might be eligible for one of these tariffs, should contact their provider.
This is just one of the ways we are working to help households during these tough times as part of the government’s £37 billion support package for those most in need. Do use the DWP benefits calculator, which is a helpful tool for those looking to see if they could access wider support.
Before the new system was introduced, people were regularly required to verify their entitlement to providers with Jobcentre letters or screenshots of their Universal Credit account.
The availability of social tariffs has been strengthened recently thanks to a drive by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to encourage telecommunicators to expand their range of cheaper deals.
Broadband social tariff take-up more than doubled in 2022 to 136,000 households and the cross-government Help for Households programme, which aims to help people with the increased cost of living, recently launched a UK-wide public awareness campaign to drive awareness and uptake further.
Those in receipt of benefits interested in exploring broadband tariff options should visit Ofcom’s website to view the full list of options on offer from providers.


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Holidays are still the most popular time to promote sweet potatoes, but companies are working to expand use year-round.
“We as an industry and many retailers have been stuck in a sweet potato rut, that is we promote at Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter, and let the rest of the year take care of itself,” said Jeff Scramlin, director of business development of the Raleigh, N.C. office of Wada Farms Marketing Group LLC.
“There is no reason why we can’t promote sweet potatoes year round. It’ll help us not only grow sales, but get new consumers,” he said.
To get out of the holiday habit, Scramlin said the company plans to pursue cross promotional efforts, and seasonal opportunities like summertime grilling.
“We think the opportunities are endless,” he said.
Recipes that feature sweet potatoes outside of casseroles are helpful in bringing attention to the category all yearlong.
“As an industry, we could expand the use of sweet potatoes by showing the diversity of the sweet potato,” said Kim Matthews, co-owner of Matthews Ridgeview Farms, Wynne, Ark.,
For one thing, expanding the targeted age profile is an area companies can focus on.
“We want to start developing a younger consumer profile, many of today’s sweet potato consumers are empty-nesters and baby boomers, we are targeting our next generation of consumers,” Scramlin said.
“It only makes sense to keep talking about sweet potatoes beyond the holidays. Product is available, and with social media, there are ideas and creative ways to use sweet potatoes all year long,” said Leah Brakke, marketing director, Black Gold Farms, Grand Forks, N.D.
“If the industry keeps talking about the convenience, taste and health of sweet potatoes, there’s no reason that they won’t become a year round staple on consumers’ plates,” Brakke said.
Still, grower-shippers know holidays are still important.
Large pack sizes and bags are popular around the traditional “sweet potato holidays.”
Nixa, Mo.-based Market Fresh Produce will be promoting 40-pound U.S. No 1 sweet potatoes in lidded cartons and Euro style display ready cartons for Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, as well as 40-pound jumbo cartons.
Market Fresh Produce also offers 6.5-pound bags and 10-pound bags, said Shanan Cox, director of national accounts, Market Fresh Produce, LLC.
Promotions including special packaging for various seasons or causes are also popular.
Vardaman, Miss.-based SMP Southeast/Edmondson Farms has had success with its breast cancer awareness box, said Trey Boyette, sales.
“In October we pack in a pink box and proceeds from that go directly to Breast Cancer Research,” Boyette said.
The company has seen a lot of support for the special box.
“We have had nothing but support from all included, and over $80,000 in the past few years has been donated to research,” he said.


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When it comes to smartwatches, you have very few options if you are a Windows Phone user. Android Wear devices only work with Android smartphones, and the Apple Watch is only going to work with iPhones. Sure, you could opt for a Fitbit that is technically compatible with Windows Phones, but feature support is very barebones. Your only real option is getting a Microsoft Band that are sold exclusively at Microsoft retail stores in the United States. Live outside the US? Well… sorry.
Good news is that watchmaker Swatch is working on a smartwatch that will be compatible with both Android and Windows Phone/Windows 10. This smartwatch will use NFC technology to communicate with a smartphone and will likely rely solely on a coin cell battery (or similar), eliminating the need for it to be charged. It will also be able to make mobile payments which is a trend slowly breaking its way into the mainstream.
According to Bloomberg, Swatch is looking to have this smartwatch ready within the next three months, and will potentially be available in multiple colors, as do many of Swatch’s current watches. We’ll know more details about availability, price, and additional features in the coming months, so stay tuned to WinBeta for that!


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The second largest banking institution in USA, Bank of America has filed a patent for software that will allow you to manage cryptobranchidae customers. This writes the Ethereum World News.
The application was filed in the Office of patents and trademarks USA (USPTO) Charlotte, a subsidiary of Bank of America. The development is a system of safe storage of private keys from the wallets of major clients.
Banks interested in bitcoin
As the newspaper notes, the Bank is developing a system of in 2014. The application States that a financial institution makes the tool with the expectation of a future where cryptocurrencies are widely distributed.
Enterprises unable to process daily a large number of financial transactions. With the development of technology, the financial transactions using cryptocurrencies become more common. For some businesses can be quite profitable to keep cryptocurrency in a safe place.”
With the development of technology enterprises will be able to process large amounts of cryptocurrency transactions. That’s why some companies want to protect their assets and keep the keys to the wallets in the banks.
On the eve of the British consulting firm Ernst & Young announced the purchase of the software, which will allow her to manage clients ‘ investments in digital assets. However, services to support transactions with digital money the company will begin to provide only after will be adopted on circulation coins.


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The provincial government is planning to provide additional support for businesses hit hard by COVID-19.
Premier Jason Kenney announced on Wednesday small and medium-sized businesses can receive another payment to help offset costs coming from pandemic.
This includes purchasing personal protective equipment, paying bills, and hiring staff.
“Small businesses are the beating heart of Alberta’s economy and Alberta’s government will always be there for them,” added Kenney.
“We will continue to be there for Albertans, protecting lives and livelihoods with support measures just like this.”
Businesses can get up to $10,000 in help.
The amount given depends on monthly revenue with the program matching 15 per cent of income for businesses which have seen at least a 60 per cent drop in earnings.
“We promised our job creators that we would be there to support them throughout this pandemic, and we will continue to evaluate the needs of Albertans while we engage with the federal government to address gaps in their long-term programs,” added Doug Schweitzer, Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation.
According to the GoA, they’ve provided over $359 million to more than 50,000 businesses.


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Visa is stepping up its efforts to kill off the password, teaming up with BioConnect to bring multiple biometric authentication options to a single app.
The emergence of mobile phones with fingerprint sensors and high-quality cameras has ushered in a new era of biometrics, enabling millions of people to make payments and access their bank accounts with the press of a button or scan of their iris.
But, Visa SVP of risk and authentication products, Mark Nelsen, notes users still have the option to bypass biometrics with a password or PIN, which results in a weak link the security chain.
"Today, the “password bypass” is a necessary design feature. A fingerprint sensor might not work when your finger is wet; facial recognition may fail in extreme lighting; and voice detection is difficult on a noisy subway platform. In those scenarios, there must be an alternative method for users to access their account," writes Nelson.
To remove the weak password link, Visa is working with vendor BioConnect on an app that uses multiple biometric technologies so that when the default option fails, a user can just switch to another.
The app also works across multiple devices, says Nelson: "Getting a new gadget is fun. But manually reloading your payment information and login credentials so you can use your new gadget? Not fun. Our collaboration introduces an elegant alternative, one that, for example, enables your newly downloaded mobile banking application to identify and authenticate you by using one of your previously enrolled biometrics.
"Because the technology can work across multiple devices, you would simply sign in using the biometric to gain access to your data, without need for a keyboard, password, or setup—all possible in the first few moments of unwrapping your new device."


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The Port of Los Angeles reportedly moved more than 9.3 million TEUs in 2017, breaking its own record for the largest amount of cargo moved in the history of the Western Hemisphere.
Pacific Merchant Shipping Association President John McLaurin prepares to introduce Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka.
The Port of Los Angeles experienced the busiest year for container movement in its 110-year history, Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles revealed to a roomful of stakeholders Thursday during his annual “State of the Port” luncheon in San Pedro, Calif.
At the invitation-only event, which was organized by the port in conjunction with the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, Seroka told the attendees that 2017 was monumental for the port.
“Together, we’ve accomplished a great deal this past year,” he told more than 300 stakeholders during the luncheon, held at a hotel ballroom a few minutes’ drive from the port.
“It was a year of milestones for us at the Port of Los Angeles in the three main areas that we focus: business, community and environment,” Seroka said. “And on the business front – which encompasses our cargo and commercial side of the Los Angeles waterfront – we have another record-setting year, with container volumes.
“In 2017, the Port of Los Angeles moved more than 9.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units, which broke our own record, set just last year, for the largest amount of cargo moved in the history of the Western Hemisphere,” Seroka revealed, to a vigorous round of applause.
In calendar year 2016, the port moved 8.8 million TEUs, according to its data. Before that, the previous record was set in 2006, when the port handled 8.46 million units.
“The (2017) number is especially impressive when we take into consideration that our ships coming into Los Angeles handle more containers per ship call than any other port in the world,” Seroka said. “And these ships keep getting larger. Our customers continue to push the envelope in terms of testing methods with us in how better we can handle business and how much we can move forward with our participation in the overall flow of cargo.
“In fact, between Oct. 17 and 22 of last year, our ILWU longshore workforce and our flagship terminal, APMT, discharged and loaded more than 24,800 TEUs on the Maersk Evora, setting an all-time record for container moves on one ship call,” he said. “Then, in November, we moved 924,000 TEUs as a port, which also was the single largest movement of cargo for one month of a Western Hemisphere port.”
The Maersk Evora has a capacity of 13,492 TEUs, according to Maersk.
“Our customers, laborers and supply chain partners have been able to handle extraordinary surges, not only in cargo volume, but changes in our industry,” Seroka remarked during his speech. “And we have spent collectively, the last 36 months collaborating in unprecedented ways to find different ideas in how to fashion the product that we put out there for our customers and our supply chain stakeholders, making sure that we adapt to the ever-changing dynamics in our industry.
“And they, our stakeholders, our customers have done an outstanding job coordinating among each other to keep our boxes moving,” he said. “And I think, on a personal note that when it comes to these numbers and record-setting volume, is that we did it without one major service failure.
“We attack the issues every day, we make sure that we’re doing our best for our customers, and we do it as smoothly as we can,” Seroka said.
The State of the Port event was held as a fundraiser for two maritime non-profits, including the International Trade Education Programs (ITEP), which educates local high school students about careers in international trade; and the International Seafarer’s Center of LA/LB, which provides facilities and services for the needs of merchant sailors from across the world.


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Inflation surges to 18-month high at 5.45 pc
Finance Minister P Chidambaram attributing the rise to supply side constraints of essential commodities.india Updated: Dec 08, 2006 20:22 IST
Inflation surged to 5.45 per cent, the highest in 18 months, with Finance Minster P Chidambaram attributing the rise to supply side constraints of essential commodities like pulses.
"It is a supply side problem. We have to manage it," he said on responding to the rise in inflation that almost reached the borderline of the maximum 5.5 per cent forecast by Reserve Bank for this fiscal.
RBI has estimated 5-5.5 per cent inflation for 2006-07.
The wholesale price-based annual inflation rose to 5.45 per cent for the week ended November 18, the highest so far this year and highest after 5.60 per cent on May 14, 2005.
To stem prices, the government on Wednesday slashed petrol price by Rs two per litre and diesel by Re one.
"It should help in easing (inflation) to some extent, but it (inflation) is mostly driven by primary products," Chidambaram had said reacting to the price cut.
This was an addition to the series of steps taken this year by Government and Reserve Bank including import relaxation and hike in short term lending rates respectively to keep prices under check.
Though prices of some items have been contained, there has been an upward movement in prices of essential food items like pulses, wheat, sugar and vegetables so far this fiscal. Inflation has remained at over 5 per cent since September 30.
During the week ended November 18, prices increased for wheat, gram, masur, iron ore, cement, edible oils, ayurvedic medicines and basic metals.
With economy growing by 9 per cent in the first half of FY'07, inflationary pressure is likely to continue in the remaining part of this fiscal.
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The foreign trade turnover with 149 world countries amounted to $36.327 billion in 2011, or 29.92 percent more than last year. The volume of exports increased by 24.39 percent to $26.571 billion compared to the same period of 2010. The volume of import increased by 47.81 percent and hit $9.756 billion. Azerbaijan exported 2,082 products, and imported 6,233 different goods. The index of export exceeded import in 2011. This formed the foreign trade surplus to the amount of $16.815 billion.
During this period, 8,540 legal and physical entities were involved in foreign trade operations, including 3,843 - legal entities and 4,697 - physical entities.
The share of public sector in exports totaled $25.251 billion (95.03 percent), private - $1.127 billion (4.24 percent), the share of physical entities - $0.193 billion (0.73 percent).
The share of public sector in import operations amounted to $3.404 billion (34.89 percent), the private sector - $5.901 billion (60.49 percent), physical entities -$0.451 billion (4.62 percent).
As in previous periods, oil and oil products are mainly exported from Azerbaijan.
According to the Azerbaijani State Customs Committee, the country's foreign trade turnover with the CIS countries in 2011 totaled $5.498.7 billion or 15.14 percent of total foreign trade turnover compared to 14.47 percent in 2010.
The exports to the CIS countries for the period amounted to $2.925.16 billion and imports - $2.573.5 billion. As a result, the country had black ink in trade with them at $351.6 million in 2011.


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Ooredoo has introduced a special post-paid package, "Mashaa Eku" for the deaf community.
"Mashaa Eku" was introduced at a ceremony held at Ooredoo by the Administrative Director of the Deaf Association, Ahsan Abdul Rahman and the Chief Commercial Officer at Ooredoo Maldives, Hussain Niyaz.
This package was introduced as a majority of the deaf community communicate on the internet via video messages and video calls, which utilize more data.
The company revealed that the purpose of the "Mashaa Eku" package was to recognize these limitations and ease communication. Ooredoo has stated that as a benefit of the package, customers will be able to video call through Viber and WhatsApp free of charge. "Mashaa Eku" is currently the post-paid package attaining the largest data allowance in the market.
In addition, fifteen of Ooredoo's employees have been inducted in basic sign language training in order to build better relationships with customers within the deaf community, and ease the communicative process in relaying information related to their services.


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"you dare I dare to lose is Taobao in 2010 CCTV 3· hit 15 before the party slogan," 100 million fake fund "," 500 customer service ", so many people, so much money to fake. However, according to a survey of the implementation of the reporter on Taobao "lost three" consumer protection plan, buyers want to get the payment is difficult from this "100 million fake fund".
one hundred million yuan consumer protection fund is not enough?
in Taobao "lost three" service rules, triumphantly thousand words, but for the buyers claim explain only a rule, "the buyer’s claims in accordance with relevant laws and regulations in the form of". Because of this vague explanation, in the buyers and the rights of communication, Taobao "weird" one after another.
friends Mike in businesses do not fit the situation, difficult to get fake certificates in the Taobao customer service telephone consultation, the other requirements of the certificate upload photos, and stressed that the photos should be able to clearly identify the red seal pattern, but the picture size is not more than 300K. Xiao Li did not understand: the bigger the picture, of course, the more clear, Taobao customer service is obviously contradictory, it is difficult to do." To this end, Xiao Li conducted a variety of attempts, or by scanning to improve the clarity of the seal, or black and white photos with color photos together with the identification, the results of the other party or not inform. Xiao Li also proposed to provide an e-mail to each other, he will send photos in the past, the other did not care. Xiao Li has not yet solved the problem, he said: I think it is very difficult to apply for a false three, unlike the TV ads that."
3G online shopping card fraud Zhang to Taobao customer service complaints requires payment, Taobao replied: "because of too many complaints, the money can not be seller account excess payment, so the rest of the money can not be recovered, if you can report a larger amount of money involved, we will cooperate with the investigation." Although Taobao has explained afterwards, but such irresponsible official reply still surprised. Taobao has since hit 100 million yuan, the first payment, is the huge consumer protection fund is not enough to use?
consumer protection committee criticized Taobao push Royal responsibility
more shocking is that Taobao customer service personnel in the small buyers issue fake proof and refused to refund the seller and insisted on "lost three", asked Xiao Zhou to provide Industrial and Commercial Bureau issued "confiscated letter" to support, otherwise only support the return. Shanghai City Consumer Protection Committee official told reporters that if Taobao to consumers made "confiscated letter", apparently to shirk responsibility, the consumer should argue, asked Taobao to better cope with the consumer, report to the local Industrial and Commercial Bureau fakes, and with the implementation of Industrial and Commercial Bureau "confiscated" and other law enforcement measures.
reporter interviewed more than a dozen Taobao buyers, most of them have been conclusive evidence of counterfeit, but ultimately no one received payment. According to the two diamond buyers Miss Wang said that the current encounter fakes, Taobao will generally recommend return processing, and


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Final nail in the coffin: Bar-raising AMD Ryzen 9 5950X somehow lags behind four Intel parts including the Core i9-10900K in average bench on UserBenchmark despite higher 1-core and 4-core scores
Earlier this year there was quite a fuss made about UserBenchmark and its questionable scoring method in regard to results produced by Intel Comet Lake chips. The synthetic benchmark also found itself banned from numerous important tech-related subreddits but remains one of the most widely visited processor testing sites. However, the site has frequently been accused of operating with a heavy Intel bias, and current results and ranking for the 16-core, 32-thread Zen 3 AMD Ryzen 9 5950X won’t make those accusations go away.
Looking solely at the results of the Ryzen 9 5950X, which has been described as offering “a new level of consumer grade performance across the board” by the respected review site AnandTech, and it is clear to see the Vermeer CPU has benchmarked well on UserBenchmark. Unsurprisingly, the 16-core part amasses a huge score in the 64-core test (results in screenshots below) but as is well known UserBenchmark doesn’t place too much emphasis, or score, on multi-core benchmarks (“16 cores are only suitable for professional use cases”). However, AMD has been working hard on improving single-core performance with its Zen 3 architecture, and this is demonstrated with the Ryzen 9 5950X’s 1-core and 2-core scores. All of these impressive results deliver the Vermeer chip a decent average benchmark score of 100%.
Apparently, this great performance from the Ryzen 9 5950X (based on a comparatively low sample set of 134 units at the time of writing) is not enough to overtake the Intel Core i9-10900K…or the i9-10850K, i9-10900KF, or the i9-9900KS. If there was some score weighting based on price then it would be understandable as it is possible to pick up Intel’s 10-core i9-10900K for around US$540 at the moment whereas the Vermeer rival is pricey at US$799. But the UserBenchmark weighting is based on performance and core scores (“40% single-core, 58% quad-core, and 2% multi-core” according to Tom’s Hardware). So how does the Ryzen 9 5950X produce average scores of 188/901/2,943 points and still fall behind the Comet Lake chip on 183/878/1,990 points? Even discounting the huge 64-core result difference leaves the AMD CPU ahead – but the average benchmark remains 102% vs. 100% in Intel’s favor.
Is this the final nail in the coffin for UserBenchmark? Yes...at least for users looking for impartial results when benchmarking their CPU anyway. It’s vitally important for these synthetic benchmark sites to offer up fair testing for SKUs from all companies; an apparent bias to any semiconductor producer will lead to growing criticism. The site insists it is not affiliated with any company but once again has recently grown defensive in regard to its skewed scoring system: “AMD ‘fans’ continue to smear UserBenchmark via an army of anonymous accounts on Reddit, YouTube and forums.” But this is not a smear campaign…the site’s published results speak for themselves.


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Mumbai: Startup firms are giving a boost to the commercial real estate business, which is saddled with huge inventories in major cities. India is the third largest startup destination in the world.
Though their demand for space is much less than that of large companies and their ability to pay much less, “these emerging startup business enterprises have immense potential and are enabling property developers to sell their inventories that have been lying vacant,” said Ravi Gurav, vice-president, Dheeraj Realty and member MCHI-Credai.
In Hyderabad, for instance, they are expected to occupy six lakh square feet in 2016-17 of the approximate vacancy rate of 11 million square feet. While big organisations pay upto Rs 250 per square foot per month, new startups are not will to pay more than 100-150 per sq foot per month.
However the returns on commercial property are around 6-10 per cent per annum and the smaller size units yield higher returns, he said. Bengaluru, often refer-red to as India’s Silicon Valley, has been listed within the world’s 20 leading startup cities in the 2015 Startup Genome Project ranking.
Cities like Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Jaipur are also emerging as startup-hubs as governments try to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship in their states.
In Mumbai, commercial property inventory is approximately 20 crore square feet, with the vacancy rate at approx. 3.6 crore square feet of 18 per cent of the total inventory.
Of this, new startup firms are expected to occupy — seven lakh sq ft in 2016-17 at an average rate of Rs 114 per square foot per month against the year-to-date net absorption Q4-2015 35 lakh sq ft.
In Delhi, the new start-up expected to occupy seven lakh sq ft in 2016-17 at an average rate of Rs 73/sq ft pm. In Bengaluru, new startups are expected to occupy 1,900,000 sq ft in 2016-17 at an average rate of Rs 54/sq ft per month cutting down by 15 per cent vacancy rate of 1.65 crore sq ft. In Chennai, new startups are expected to occupy five lakh sq ft in 2016-17 at an average rate of Rs 42 square foot per month....