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Amazon surpasses trillion dollar threshold
ByBenjamin Kuebrich
It's not every day that the value of a company surpasses the average annual expenditure of a large country, but on Tuesday Amazon did just that. The company charged past the trillion-dollar market value threshold and becoming the second American corporation to do so while on the heels of Apple's success at the beginning of August. After years of relatively insignificant profit generation due to rapid expansion in the non-traditional realms of technology and distribution, the 24-year-old online shopping giant has ultimately begun to focus on creating returns for its investors. CEO Jeff Bezos continues to spend at a loss internationally, where Amazon has a smaller foothold in the e-commerce industry; this strategy continues to pay off, thanks to its diverse holdings. Many remain skeptical, however, as online commerce only accounts for less than ten percent of all retail sales, and physical stores like Walmart continue to dwarf Amazon in revenue. Still, Amazon quadruples these competitors in its total value and continues to grow at a rapid pace, e.g. its acquisition of its organic grocery store, Whole Foods, and its introduction of a meal delivery service similar to popular providers Blue Apron and HelloFresh. The company maintains dominance over five percent of all retail sales, according to Bloomberg Weekly, and hopes to continue its online shopping hegemony. This has not satisfied the retailer, however, as Amazon seeks to enter and revolutionize the physical market. Amazon Go, a store which opened in downtown Seattle last January, features technology which allows shoppers to bypass any checkout line with an app that automatically charges the user's Amazon account for products removed from shelves. Its inhouse brand, AmazonBasics, creates products for highly competitive prices.
In 1994, Bezos left his comfortable position as a vice president at a large Wall Street firm to participate in the mid-decade Internet business boom. After choosing the exotic sounding name "Amazon" while flipping through the dictionary, Bezos set up shop in his personal garage in Bellevue, Wash.
Within a few short months, the upstart book retailer produced a staggering revenue of over $20,000 a week. Debuting publicly at $18 per share in 1997, today AMZN hovers just below $2,000. A series of lawsuits from the likes of Barnes and Noble and Walmart at the end of the decade, challenged the young company. Furthermore, its slow crawl towards profitability worried investors, returning only one cent per share in 2001. The company's survival during the dot-com burst in the new millennium, however, proved the viability of Bezos' growth strategy.
Today, the now-trillion dollar corporation continues to surprise investors and consumers alike. By 2020, Amazon is expected to double in value as the online shopping industry becomes increasingly popular among Americans. Currently, the company violates no anti-trust regulations, but in the future, this could change, for Senators Bernie Sanders (VT) and Mark Warner (VA), as well as President Donald Trump have targeted Bezos and his company. In an uncertain future, Amazon will likely remain a significant and noteworthy force within the many markets it has impacted.
Benjamin Popp is a third-year student double majoring in history and Latin with minors in civic and professional leadership and anthropology. ✉ BP863365@wcupa.edu.
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FUTURE-OF-MDF
Blog: 23-01-19
New look, same channel excellence.
Back in January 2017, we decided it was time for a brand refresh. We had dabbled and tweaked a bit in 2015, with the intention of 'finishing as we go', but in the very same way as the builder never finishes their own house, predictably, it never happened. Typically, time, resource and client priorities always retained the focus and as such we (and when I say 'we' I mean me and the creative guys!) were never content.
And as we expanded, grew our clients and enhanced our 'channel-first' reputation, we realised that we were, in fact, leaving our own identity behind. The proposition we were discussing with clients and prospects was not being accurately represented in our public-facing brand, so mid-way through 2018 we shoe-horned in a load of extra hours and knuckled down.
The channel really doesn't need to be second best when it comes to creativity, and at the same time we respect and advocate the channel's need for no-nonsense, get-it-done action. We place a lot of emphasis on combining fashion with function and we wanted this to be boldly demonstrated throughout our brand refresh. So, we started reviewing everything - our existing brand, our identity, our past, who we are and what we do. We looked at every part of the channel, and our place in/alongside it. Where does it start and where does it finish… and how and where do we fit in? What do we think, and importantly, what do others think of us?
We wanted to position Purechannels in a way that built upon our history and strong reputation, providing a more current, more relevant and more accurate representation of what our clients and prospects can expect from us.
The principle behind this refresh was to develop a new visual identity, signifying continuity, excellence, innovation, creativity and expertise. By stabilising and trademarking the word 'Purechannels', defining our position as 'The Channel Agency' and creating an original icon, we've set out our stall. This is who we are, and this is what we do.
This is as much about where we've come from as it is about where we're going. We're very proud of our heritage, our people (past and present) and what we've achieved over the last 13 years. We're also excited by the prospect of what lies ahead, looking forward, building on previous success and carving out our route to continued excellence in the channel.
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MakerBot, a company known for their down-to-earth focus on their users and the community, is diving into a collaboration that will use the art and technology of 3D printing to benefit those with disabilities.
Working with Tikkun Olam Makers (TOM), MakerBot will be partnering up for the Bay Area Makeathon, which is sponsored by Google and UCP of the North Bay with an agenda to put engineers, designers, developers, and makers to work for 72 hours.
Looking toward harnessing the expertise of a large group that will be able to assess and meet the needs of those with disabilities via 3D printing, all of those associated with the makeathon will join up for three days of intense making, sharing, and learning–with the result being 3D printed products that can positively impact lives.
The Makeathon in San Francisco is one project in a comprehensive program known as Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities. Covering a wide range of issues and events, this substantial program for helping people with disabilities offers inclusion in everything from honoring disabilities activists to creating "an immersive, interactive space" at the Special Olympics.
The team of innovators will be working specifically to help create items that solve challenges for the disabled with products that aren't found as 'off-the-shelf' products but are needed. In attendance at the San Fran event will be not only a versatile group of makers but also disabled individuals who obviously have valuable input as the group works to develop prototypes using MakerBot Replicator desktop 3D printers, CNC mills, laser cutters, and sandblasters.
The event will result in projects being presented to judges on September 13, with prizes offered for the best entries, consisting of what should be an impressive range of hardware and software prototypes.
Following the event, the much-awaited designs will be available on Thingiverse and then, to take the project to an even higher level, the Thingiverse community will be invited and challenged to see if they can make further refinements to the Makeathon designs.
While shade is cast on 3D printing every now and then regarding some pretty intense subjects like the independent fabrication of guns, the possibility for making 3D printed drugs, with various other sundry items thrown into the mix, for the most part this is a technology connected with and used for good, with massive undertakings like this from Google and all involved being a prime example. We look forward to following the results of this challenge, as well as seeing what the Thingiverse community produces as well.
Discuss your thoughts on what types of designs you think might come out of this project, or what would be helpful to those with disabilities in the Bay Area 3D Printing Makeathon forum thread over at 3DPB.com.


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ZOMBIE WALK IN PHILADELPHIA PA - Zombiewalk.com - Your source for all Zombie Walk and Zombie Flash Mob planning!
ANYONE in the area want to plan a zombie walk for sometime in the month of October?
Philadelphia is known for going all out when there's fun to be had so let's stir up some zombie time!!!!
I don't have time to organize one, but I'll be more than happy to lurch.
it's not too late....philly should still do one.
GOOD NEWS!!! THERE IS A PHILLY CRAWL!!!
It starts in Northern Liberties at North Bowl ( 2nd at Poplar). It starts between 5-6 and then moves down 2nd street stopping at various bars on the way.
Theres also a horror double feature at 941 theater.
please please please let's have one of these. i'm all for helping out and making this happen.
Please come to the event in your best costumes!


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Home » News » Charterhouse Capital Partners invests in SLR Consulting
Charterhouse Capital Partners invests in SLR Consulting
Posted: March 26, 2018 /
SLR Consulting ("SLR"), a leading global environmental and advisory consultancy, announces that it has agreed to partner with Charterhouse Capital Partners ("Charterhouse"), a leading European private equity firm, to support the business in its next phase of growth and development.
The transaction will be implemented by way of a conditional court approved scheme of arrangement by SLR and it is anticipated that completion will take place by mid-2018.
The new partnership with Charterhouse will help drive SLR's ambitious plans for growth and support the company making new acquisitions, building on SLR's existing strong position and consolidating the fragmented environmental consultancy industry.
Neil Penhall, SLR's CEO, commented, "I am delighted to confirm Charterhouse as our new investment partner. We have ambitious plans for further organic and acquisitive growth and development of the business over the coming few years. In selecting Charterhouse, we have a new financial partner who recognises SLR's unique positioning in the market and has extensive experience in the environmental and advisory services sector. Furthermore, Charterhouse is very keen to support our exciting ongoing acquisition plans. It is very clear we share the same values and a clear vision of what we can achieve together."
Chris Warren, Partner at Charterhouse, said, "We are excited about partnering with SLR in the next stage of their growth story. We have been very impressed by SLR's plans and look forward to backing the team. There is a tremendous market opportunity for SLR through both organic and acquisitive growth and we'll ensure that the company has all the support needed to take advantage of it."
As part of Charterhouse's investment, SLR's management team and other employees will retain a substantial equity stake in the business, while 3i will fully exit its holding in the company.
3i first invested in SLR in 2008, taking over from the company's previous backer, Livingbridge, which invested in 2004. Neil Penhall added, "I would like to thank 3i for their backing during a period in which SLR has undergone significant transformation into a truly global service provider and their support in making the smooth transition to a new financial partner."
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Charterhouse is one of the longest established private equity firms operating in Europe.
The firm invests in companies headquartered in Western Europe and works closely with incumbent management teams, backing them and providing active support to drive growth. Charterhouse pursues a highly selective investment approach, partnering with a small number of high-quality companies.
Charterhouse is based in London and is a partnership of highly experienced investment professionals. Since inception Charterhouse has completed over 140 transactions worth an aggregate value of over €50bn.
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OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn inspections remained bullish, while soybean and wheat inspections remained bearish in the latest USDA export inspections report, according to DTN Analyst Todd Hultman.
Corn weekly export inspections totaled 49.4 million bushels for the week ended Thursday, Nov. 1, up from 18.0 mb for the same week a year ago. Inspections for 2018-19 total 390 million bushels, up 78% from the previous year and well above USDA's estimate for a 2% increase. The overall pace of total corn inspections remains bullish in early 2018-19, Hultman said.
Soybean weekly export inspections totaled 45.2 mb for the week ended Nov. 1, down from 91.6 mb for the same week a year ago. Inspections for 2018-19 total 315 million bushels, down 42% from a year ago and far below USDA's estimate for a 3% decrease. Total soybean inspections remain bearish in early 2018-19, Hultman said.
Wheat weekly export inspections totaled 12.0 mb for the week ended Nov. 1. This week's inspections were a little above 11.2 mb for the same week a year ago. Wheat inspections for 2018-19 total 329 mb, down 22% from a year ago and still far below USDA's projected 14% increase. Monday's inspections report remained a bearish factor for wheat prices, Hultman said.


"Recent Advances in Sialic Acid-Focused Glycomics" by Huan Nie, Yu Li et al.
Recent emergences of glycobiology, glycotechnology and glycomics have been clarifying enormous roles of carbohydrates in biological recognition systems. For example, cell surface carbohydrates existing as glycoconjugates (glycolipids, glycoproteins and proteoglycans) play crucial roles in cell-cell communication, cell proliferation and differentiation, tumor metastasis, inflammatory response or viral infection. In particular, sialic acids (SAs) existing as terminal residues in carbohydrate chains on cell surface are involved in signal recognition and adhesion to ligands, antibodies, enzymes and microbes. In addition, plasma free SAs and sialoglycans have shown great potential for disease biomarker discovery. Therefore, the development of efficient analytical methods for structural and functional studies of SAs and sialylglycans are very important and highly demanded. The problems of SAs and sialylglycans analysis are vanishingly small sample amount, complicated and unstable structures, and complex mixtures. Nevertheless, in the past decade, mass spectrometry in combination with chemical derivatization and modern separation methodologies has become a powerful and versatile technique for structural analysis of SAs and sialylglycans. This review summarizes these recent advances in glycomic studies on SAs and sialylglycans. Specially, derivatization and capturing of SAs and sialylglycans combined with mass spectrometry analysis are highlighted.
This work was partially supported by grants from The NationalNatural Science Foundation of China (30700987 and 81171945, H. Nie and Y. Li). This work was also partially supported by grants from the NIH grant (1R01HL102604-03, X.-L. Sun), the Ohio Research Scholar Program grant (X.-L. Sun) and NSF MRI grant (CHE-1126384, X.-L. Sun).
Nie, H.; Li, Y.; Sun, X. L. Recent advances in sialic acid-focused glycomics. Journal of Proteomics 2012, 75, 3098-3112.


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With arrangements for this month's royal wedding well underway, valued Friend of the Museum Tamsin Wimhurst takes us back 180 years to the preparations for another major royal event: the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria on 28 June 1838.
Conscious that this was to be event of a lifetime, the great and the good of Cambridge conceived of a celebration that would involve more than 20,000 townspeople. They had ambition, they had enthusiasm and they knew how to plan and organise. All they had to do was to unveil their spectacular scheme and keep their fingers crossed that the unpredictable English weather would be kind to them.
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This unit is designed to provide you with an understanding of the types and uses of digital graphics. You will explore the equipment and settings required to take photographs and source digital images. You will develop skills in using digital image manipulation software to edit digital images to a particular specification and will be able to save these in different formats for different purposes.
You should download and read the detailed assessment objectives. You should also download the evidence checklist.
The local Council would like to train some of its staff in photography so that they can take images around the local area for use on promotional websites and in brochures. They are seeking to promote the local area to tourists to encourage more people to visit in order to boost the local economy.
As an iMedia student, they have approached you to create a training manual. The manual should consist of 2 parts.
1. A guide illustrating how to take photographs with a digital camera, including information on how to save the images.
2. Instructions on how to edit images using basic software techniques and provide an effective example of a montage image promoting the local area.
In the second part you should produce a final digital image that is 800x600 pixels at 720dpi. The image will be a montage of at least 5 images. The image is to be used on a website so the file format needs to be appropriate. You should have one main image that captures one of the main attractions in the local area. Other attractions should also be shown. When you produce the image you need to use and explain a range of digital editing techniques showing your original and edited images along with screen shots showing how you achieved these results. You should include some text the image. You should keep clearly named versions of all the images that you create.
1. Identify the clients requirements and write a plan that will show how you will reach those needs. What documents will you create and what will each section of the document be about?
2. Create a plan of all of the images you are going to take, you could use a storyboard to do this.
3. Produce a time line to show the major things you need to do as part of this project. You should give an indication of when you will do each activity and how much time you will allocate to it. You might consider doing a Gantt Chart.
4. As you go along you need to keep a record of source details, permissions (you need to seek permission from people if you are going to use a clear image of them in a photograph- you will need to ensure they complete a signed model release form. You can download a template from Microsoft).
All of the activities for task 2 will form your digital photography handbook for staff at the local council. Make sure it is presented in an appropriate way.
1. Find examples of different types of digital graphics (e.g. bit map/raster, vector). Discuss each one, including when, where and how they are used. Also discuss different formats e.g. jpeg, tif, png etc. You should discuss when it is appropriate to use each.
2. Discuss the different types of digital camera that available e.g. compact digital, DSLR, mobile phone, digital video stills and webcam).
3. Take photographs of a digital camera to illustrate what the controls do. Transfer them to your computer and describe how you did this. Insert the images into a word document and annotate them. Write a short piece of text explaining how to use a digital camera.
4. Take images that illustrate good examples of the basic rules of photography and composition (e.g. rule of thirds, leading lines, frames and perspective) and incorporate a range of features and settings in your digital camera (e.g. zoom, lense mode, image quality etc). You should take at least 6 photographs (as you are taking the pictures record the camera settings you used). Annotate these to explain the techniques you have used. You should also describe and explain the features and settings used on the digital camera when you took the photograph.
5. Take a screenshot showing the images on your digital camera, then screenshot transfering these to your computer. Finally, save these images into appropriate folders with suitable folder and file names (include screenshot evidence of this).
6. Make use of the rating, sorting and tagging options within your operating system. Add appropriate information to each image.
1. Create your photo montage. Using an image manipulation application, open your images and edit them to: change the size, crop them, adjust the brightness and contrast, levels and colour adjustment to ensure an accurate image. You should also demonstrate evidence of using editing tools and techniques (e.g. cloning and retouching, colour toning, filters and effects, red eye removal). Include evidence of using selection tools (e.g. the selection menu) and layers. Remember to add text to your final image.
2. Use screenshots and text to explain briefly how and why you have created these images. Remember to discuss the composition rules and techniques you used in Photoshop (including screenshots).
3. Save your image in a suitable format appropriate for putting on a web page. Take screenshot evidence of you doing this and explain your choice of settings.
Review your work against the the original brief. This should include providing client feedback. Discuss the quality of your finished product, how it is fit for purpose, identify the constraints that influenced your decisions e.g. file formats, permission and subject matter/location, copyright, IPR, trademark etc. You should also include written evidence of such as model release forms etc.
Most tutorials listed below focus on Photoshop CS5.


Some libraries kept waxed paper and plastic bags at the desk to confiscate food and drinks that appeared in a library.
So, as a librarian trained in the 1970s, it seems a little odd to activate the new vending machines in the Library Café just completed at the Schiappa Branch.
But, with the world comes change, and the library needs to change with the expectations of the customer.
I think this change started about 20 years ago, when our society began walking around with bottles of water in our hands.
It seemed like we needed liquid refreshment in our hand as we moved through our day.
Then we walked around with convenient snacks in our pockets.
Finally, the large bookstores in our society began offering various drinks and food as part of their store operations.
Library surveys have found that library customers would like the same offering in their libraries, so when Schiappa needed some interior renovations, the time was right for a Library Café.
We researched 30 public libraries in Ohio that offered some degree of food service, ranging from a "food cart" to a complete restaurant.
Libraries described their food services as generally successful, although I did find some libraries that had completely ended the service due to financial issues.
Even in a large metropolitan library, there tends to be a limited business, and staffed operations seem to struggle financially.
That is why we chose a vending operation that requires no staffing, can be attractive in a library setting, and offers drinks and snacks that "won't make a mess" for us old-time librarians.
In the 20 years since the Schiappa Branch was constructed, public libraries have changed in other ways.
Computers and online systems have entered the library, while large paper back files of periodicals and study tables have diminished.
The renovation has addressed those changes and created a bright and colorful new image for the public library of 2008.
Some of the library collection isn't even visible today.
Our library system is the largest provider of e-books to the public of all of the 73 libraries in our automated system.
We don't even see these library customers; they exist in the electronic world of the library web site.
The library still has books and magazines, and chairs and tables, and programs for children and adults; but it is a new era.
And what will the future bring to libraries?
Buildings aren't being replaced, but rather supplemented with new tools and information sources that can be accessed in the library or remotely.
What our society is finding is that humans can't sit in front of a computer without "getting out" and interacting, and the library provides that place.
In fact, it is the place where the 40,000 area library cardholders do interact with information.


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Digital First: MDHS working to combat decline in child care
by: Deidra Brisco
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) – The Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) has dedicated more than $50 million to assist child care providers and families in need of child care in a safe, healthy environment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The MDHS Division of Early Childhood Care and Development (DECCD) made child care providers a priority when the pandemic caused many child care centers to close. Through training and financial assistance, roughly half have reopened and others are being trained on how to operate safely during a pandemic. MDHS worked quickly to file emergency policies that allowed for additional financial assistance to become available to child care providers and families.
MDHS increased payment rates to child care providers, offering the highest reimbursement rates available to offset lost revenue and increased child care operational costs in response to COVID-19. MDHS is also temporarily paying co-payments for parents.
To further support families, MDHS has made child care subsidy available to first responders and other essential personnel through Emergency Certificates. The list of eligible families was recently expanded to include greater numbers of essential personnel including teachers and child care providers, cashiers, custodial staff, and social workers.
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Mississippi community responds to 46th Presidential Inauguration
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HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WHLT) - Joseph R. Biden became the 46th president of the United States during an inaugural celebration, while Kamala Harris became the 49th vice president of the United States.
Neighbors who live in the Pine Belt had differing opinions on the new president.
by Gerald Harris / Jan 20, 2021
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Amid unprecedented security and fears of unrest, America saw a peaceful transfer of power during the inauguration on Wednesday.
Mississippi College Law professor Matt Steffey said everything went off peacefully professionally.
by Anna Farish / Jan 20, 2021
MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - In a day of firsts in the United States, Emmy award-winning composer Julie Giroux, who lives in Madison, was part of the historic day.
Giroux was told by her producer that one of her pieces would be played during the presidential inauguration.


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How To Protect Yourself From 'Malvertising' On The Web
Alan Henry
Published 2 years ago: October 4, 2019 at 4:45 pm -
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In the never-ending battle against security threats on the internet, there's a new enemy spreading rapidly: Malvertising, or malware downloaded to your computer when you view an ad, even if you use an ad blocker. Here's what you should look out for, why it's a problem, and how to protect yourself.
How Malvertising Works
Malvertising is insidious, and can be delivered on a wide scale simply by displaying an advertisements on a web page. It's usually spread without the knowledge of the site hosting the ads, and without the knowledge of the ad network the malware is riding on. That means that an email to the blog owner that "your ads infected my computer with a virus" will be inevitably met with confusion. Emails from site owners to their advertising partners will get a similar response. And it's becoming much more common.
If you've been around the web long enough, you might remember the days when skeezy ad networks used banner ads and pop-ups to encourage you to download malware, install a toolbar, or change your start page. We told people to "just avoid sketchy web sites and you'll be fine". Those days have long since passed. Malvertising is different – it's injected into well-meaning ad networks, through weaknesses in their security and exploits in their technology. The end result is an ad that doesn't just prompt you to download something, but one that automatically pushes malware to your system, even if the ad is blocked by an ad-blocker or loads in the background.
Even worse, malvertising can be designed to target specific systems. Because ad networks capture data like your browser, your operating system, and even where you're physically located (all used to decide which ads to display), an intruder can use the ad network's own data to present malware specifically built, for example, for Windows XP machines in Australia. It's a simple matter to attack government agencies by directing infected ads at government employees who still use Windows XP. Alternatively, the malware can only appear to users with Flash enabled, or to Internet Explorer users — anything to improve chances of an infection.
There is good news, though. Ad networks, to their credit, have been tightening up the process for submitting ads so malicious ones don't slip through the cracks. Plus, knowing that their business rests on the trust that they will serve useful ads to their audience, they act quickly if there's a compromise. Similarly, on our end of things, much of the malware injected into ad networks makes use of technologies that we all know are vulnerable, like Adobe Flash, Acrobat, and Java.
Disabling Plugins and Using an Ad Blocker are Good Steps (but Not a Cure-All)
So the solution is just to disable Flash and uninstall Java, right? Odds are you probably don't need them anymore, so browsing the web without them should make everything better.
That's a good start, but there's more to the story. Disabling Flash and Java plug-ins are great first steps, and that will get you a good way to safety, but you should also disable any plug-ins you don't use, uninstall add-ons you don't need, and keep your browser updated regularly, as this guide from How-To Geek explains. You might think "oh, it's just Flash," but the next vulnerability may not be something so easily disabled — or it could be built-in to your browser.
A lot of malware injected into ad networks is delivered to end computers through Flash and Java, but not all of it. In many cases, they make use of other zero-day exploits, either in the site running the ad (which then prompts you to download malware), or on the computer viewing it (which bypasses the prompt and just infects your computer). For example, when celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's site was hacked, visitors didn't get prompts, or alerts — they just got a steaming dose of malware delivered to their computers behind the scenes, thanks to some compromised JavaScript.
So the next step must be to install an ad blocker, right? Never seeing ads must mean you're protected from malvertising, right?
Not so fast. While ad-blockers and similar tools can certainly help, there are two issues with them right now:
Ad blockers that prioritise some ads but not others are just as vulnerable. In short, when you install Adblock Plus and think you're supporting those so-called "non-intrusive" ads, you may be shooting yourself in the foot. In fact, ad networks generally perceived as trustworthy are the biggest targets of malvertising. Yahoo's ad network was hacked, and subsequently delivered malware to PlentyOfFish users earlier this year. Google's own DoubleClick network exposed millions to malware, even though the malware involved specifically targeted Windows XP users. To be fair, there's no evidence that any of this got through ad blockers specifically, but when ad blockers start accepting money from ad networks to be whitelisted, this is the inevitable result.
Display ads aren't the only ones being targeted. Most ad blockers can handle display ads just fine, but malvertising is making the leap to video ads now as well. Video ads are harder to vet for quality before being included in an ad network's database, and they can be disguised as normal commercials, pre-roll ads, or even whole-page takeover ads that a user has to dismiss in order to go back to reading an article, or watching a video.
So the solution here is not just "install an ad blocker," but "install an ad blocker you know how to use, and use it appropriately." That means get in there and disable unnecessary scripts and see who's whitelisted and who isn't. We recommend uBlock Origin here, and Disconnect offers blocks malvertising on your desktop and on mobile devices as well.
Don't overlook the importance of to really tackle Malvertising. Combine anti-malware with browser-based tools, and you should be well protected.
If you just install Adblock Plus, load up the default lists, and walk away, you're doing yourself a disservice. As with any security tool, if you don't take the time to be an educated user, you leave yourself vulnerable. Not just to the malware or exploits floating around the web, but to the weaknesses in the tools you trust to protect you.
Support a Non-Ad-Powered Web
All of these tools are great, and will let you browse the web in peace and relative security, but they do come at a cost: the sites that are running the ads in question. Punishing every site you visit because a far-off ad network is compromised, especially when it's not the site owner's fault, isn't a very nice thing to do. Of course, we at Lifehacker rely on ads to pay the bills too, but malvertising puts users — and site owners — in a really terrible position.
The rise of massive ad networks that let site owners focus on running their blogs instead of dealing with advertising also makes it near impossible to support the site owner without putting yourself at risk — or putting your data in the hands of those massive networks. You could just whitelist the sites you trust and respect, and let your anti-malware tools do their job if something goes wrong, but there's another option: When services let you support them directly to avoid ads, do it.
Malvertising is going to continue to be a problem, and while massive ad networks like DoubleClick and TradeDoubler and Yahoo's own network are all trying to address it, it's still up to each of us to protect ourselves, lock down our sites, and build the kind of web we want to live on.
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George C. Marshall was a general of such ability and vision he had to be kept close to home.
On November 11, 1943, under cover of darkness, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his key aides sailed down the Potomac River to the new battleship USS Iowa, there to meet with three of the four American members of the Combined Chiefs of Staff—Admiral Ernest J. King, General George C. Marshall, and General Henry H. Arnold. Their mission: Sail to North Africa to meet with Allied leaders.
A week before Thanksgiving, the American war leaders arrived at Algeria's port city of Oran. Their final destination was Cairo, where the president's party would join with Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek for a top-secret conference to plan what they hoped would be the victorious stages of the war. At the top of the list was the question of an invasion of Europe.
By November 1943 the war was weighted more heavily on the side of the Allies and discussions revolved around a cross-Channel invasion, although Churchill had long been skeptical. Eventually the prime minister acquiesced under pressure from the Americans, who argued the necessity of a full-frontal assault on European soil. It was finally agreed that "Overlord" would take place in May 1944, but command of the invasion was still up in the air as Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin huddled with their staff officers, translators, and senior advisers in Teheran, to which the Anglo-Americans had journeyed to meet the Russians. Stalin attempted to force a decision. Upon learning that the commander had not yet been picked, he huffed and puffed and intimated that if his Allies could not decide on who was to command Operation Overlord, then how could they possibly consider launching a second European front in France?
All President Roosevelt needed to do, in tapping Marshall to command of Overlord, was issue the order. Stalin's agreement would quickly follow, for he strongly supported Overlord. If FDR wanted it to happen, it would—but it hadn't yet. Clues as to why had surfaced in the weeks before the Teheran conference was set to open.
General George C. Marshall visits American soldiers in Europe in October 1944.
These troops are destined to fight the Nazis along the German frontier at the fortified Siegfried Line.
A very strong case could be made for General Marshall's indispensability at virtually any point in the war. By the summer of 1943 he was into his fifth year as chief, having been sworn in a matter of hours after German panzer forces stormed across the Polish border just before dawn on September 1, 1939. Fifty-eight years of age at the time, Marshall was the only four-star general on active duty in the Army.
Bear in mind that although Marshall inherited an army on the cusp of war it was, nevertheless, a peacetime army led by an officer corps debilitated by "promotion by seniority." It was not unusual to find captains in their late thirties and early forties, their promotions held in check by the passage of time. The promotion list for brigadier general, as an example, contained the names of 698 full colonels stack-ranked for promotion; in other words, if an opening came up, the colonel at the top of the list would be in line for the star. One of Marshall's earliest challenges was to replace the antiquated promotion system with one that allowed younger men of merit to rise beyond their mediocre counterparts and seniors. Colonel George S. Patton sat at 525 on that 1939 promotion list. Under the existing policy at that time, 524 colonels more senior to him would have to be promoted, quit, or die before he could be considered for a brigadier general's star.
For more than four decades George Marshall's only life was the U.S. Army. Commissioned in February 1902 from the Virginia Military Institute, he served with the infantry at home and abroad for more than 37 years before becoming chief of staff. From the very beginning of his career, officers crossed his path with whom he was impressed—and Marshall was not easily impressed—or more likely with whom he was unimpressed. Whether at either end of the scale, Marshall made a notation in his "little black book." Some officers believed it was more in their favor to have made a neutral impression and therefore not appear in the book, rather than risk the 50-50 odds of being notated negatively. Suffice to say that Marshall had a pachyderm's memory that, bolstered by entries in his book, enabled him to reach down and pick people for high command and great responsibilities, often at very junior levels, with unerring accuracy and astounding success.
American Expeditionary Force in Europe.
Self-contained was certainly a more accurate description than introverted because Marshall didn't have a problem expressing himself publicly. He simply was an intensely private person.
Not long after America's entry into World War I, Captain Marshall was sent to Europe with the 1st Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. William L. Sibert. One of the first officers to arrive in France, Marshall took on an exceptional load of responsibility, including acting chief of staff of the division. Training was severely hampered by foul weather and the piecemeal arrival of troops and headquarters staff, including General Sibert, but Marshall nevertheless gave it top priority. Early in September 1918 Sibert was severely criticized for a somewhat lackluster review of his division although circumstances were well beyond his control; he hadn't been in France long enough to personally impact the training of his division. Later, on October 3, Sibert witnessed for the first time the demonstration of a new technique for attacking entrenched troops and when asked by General Pershing for a critique, he faltered. Pershing was furious and berated Sibert in front of his men for his lack of preparation. Reacting instinctively to the injustice of Pershing's remarks, Marshall stepped forward and began speaking, but Pershing was in no mood to listen and began walking away.
No one, not even Marshall, remembered exactly what was said but Pershing listened without interruption. When Marshall had finished, Pershing said, "You must appreciate the troubles we have," and turned to walk away.
Everyone who witnessed that brief incident, including Marshall himself, believed it was the death knell to a young officer's career. Quite the contrary, it set the stage for a relationship that endured for nearly 30 years, up to the day Pershing died, at the age of 88 in July 1948. In subsequent visits Pershing always took Marshall aside to ask his opinion, knowing his response would be unfettered. After the war, reverting to the rank of captain, Marshall served as Pershing's aide. Their relationship was greater than general and aide; it was more like father and son. The general was best man at Marshall's second wedding in Baltimore and they kept in touch no matter where the Army sent Marshall for duty.
It was no accident that under General Marshall, once he engineered the unshackling of the promotion system's time-honored reliance on seniority, much younger officers began rising rapidly in rank virtually overnight. Many of those first promotions went to officers in whom Marshall had absolute trust and faith, officers who would form the foundation for the war's leadership pyramid. Again, it was no accident that a great number of those early promotions went to "Marshall's Men" from his Fort Benning days.
In the autumn of 1927 Marshall had been rescued from an interminable assignment at the War College and made assistant commandant of the Infantry School at Fort Benning. It came at a time when Marshall was recovering from the untimely death of his wife, Lily, that August and a desk job for which "I thought I would explode." A teaching job, together with the responsibility and authority to make substantive changes in the way the Army taught its best officers was, in Marshall's words, "magical." Moreover, Benning provided the stage upon which the officers who would comprise the Army high command of World War II performed and learned from a master teacher, whether as members of the staff, instructors, or students.
Although he wasn't an alumnus of Benning, one individual in particular stood out as a sterling example of Marshall's uncanny ability to take the measure of a man and visualize his potential: Dwight D. Eisenhower. Marshall had met Eisenhower only twice before he brought him to Washington early in the war. The first time was in 1930 when, as a major, Ike was assigned to the Battle Monuments Commission. The 40-year-old officer made a distinctly favorable impression on Marshall and, thanks to an entry in the "little black book," Marshall's memory was refreshed when they met briefly a second time 11 years later. By then a lieutenant colonel, Eisenhower was chief of staff of Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger's Third Army. Marshall was invited to witness maneuvers in the spring of 1941 as Third Army was pitted against Second Army. Eisenhower's performance caught his attention.
Brought to Washington by Marshall, Eisenhower jumped from lieutenant colonel to brigadier general on September 9, 1941. From there he enjoyed the most meteoric rise in rank of any general in World War II. By November 1943 he was a four-star general and Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, living at the time in a villa near the ruins of Carthage.
Marshall, right, visits with General Dwight D. Eisenhower in Paris following the liberation of the City of Light from Nazi occupation in August 1944.
Having arrived at Mers-el-Kebir, near Oran, early on the morning of November 21, the president's entourage continued on by plane to Tunis, where General Eisenhower met them. Ike turned the villa over to the president and invited King and Marshall to stay at his small cottage at La Mersa. That evening Eisenhower had dinner with FDR, then the following morning accompanied him on a tour of the nearby ruins. The president quickly got around to the subject of Overlord: "Ike, you and I know who was chief of staff during the last years of the Civil War but practically no one else knows, although the names of the field generals—Grant, of course, and Lee, and Jackson, Sherman, Sheridan and the others—every schoolboy knows them," Roosevelt said as they walked slowly. "I hate to think that 50 years from now practically nobody will know who George Marshall was. That is one of the reasons why I want George to have the big command—he is entitled to establish his place in history as a great general." Eisenhower nodded but said nothing, his face masking any emotion he felt at that moment.
Marshall returned to Washington and continued as chief of staff. Who cannot but say that Marshall did not serve his country well then. Or thereafter. There was much more to come.
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Good vibes for 2016!
Knowing and feeling your "Big Why" are important to change your thoughts, feelings and behaviors to accomplish goals in 2016 and beyond. Know and strongly desire your why first, before planning out the what and the how. Yes, I'm repeating this thought that I mentioned in last month's EEmuse because it is that important. Be clear of what you want, feel passionate about it, and be fully committed to accomplish your goals.
What's more powerful is when your "Big Why" involves reasons and objectives that benefit more than just you. For example, in the movie, "Pay It Forward," Trevor McKinney, a seventh grader, was inspired by his Social Studies teacher who gave a year-long extra-credit assignment to "change our the world and put it into action."
Pay It Forward was released in 2000 and it's based on a novel by Catherine Ryan Hide In the real world, this movie sparked a worldwide movement of people doing good deeds for others without expecting anything in return. As of 2015, the movement is still alive with more than 3 million people participating on "Pay It Forward Day." The next international event is on April 28, 2016 involving 70 countries, 42 states and 48 cities (www.payitforwardday.com).
Pay It Forward also illustrated what most people say and feel about change. "It's weird. It's crazy. It's hard." said the students.
"How about it's Possible? The realm of possibility is in each of you....you can choose." replied the teacher, Mr. Simonet.
That possibility is each and every one of us. This year, as you set and take action on your goals, think about the possibilities to inspire and lead change for the good --at work, home, our World. We can think and feel infinite possibilities. Also, do not focus on the goal, but on taking action for the right reason. You will gain the knowledge, energy to persevere, resources and support to accomplish your goals with more ease and enjoyment.
What do we say in Hawai`i? Can-Can. No Can-No Can. CAN. Let's do it in 2016!


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Hezbollah and Israel flirt with war - The Point
The jewish State was already on high alert in anticipation of an attack by Hezbollah on its northern border. It finally took place this Monday in the form of an
28 July 2020 Tuesday 07:34
The jewish State was already on high alert in anticipation of an attack by Hezbollah on its northern border. It finally took place this Monday in the form of an attempt of intrusion into israeli territory by a commando of lebanon. Islamist fighters armed with rifles have " penetrated a few meters beyond the blue Line ", before being shot by Idf soldiers, announced by the israeli army in the afternoon. "We have been able to thwart a successful infiltration attempt of a terrorist cell in Israel," said the spokesman of the israeli army, Jonathan Conricus, adding to have obtained " a visual confirmation according to which the terrorists were returned to Lebanon ". According to the Idf, the gunfire have not been injured on the israeli side.
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" The israeli army has reacted moderately to the attempt of Hezbollah to penetrate israeli territory to attack its soldiers, without producing casualties among the fighters of the organization ", emphasizes Ely Karmon, a researcher in gender policy and counter-terrorism at the interdisciplinary center of Herzliya (Israel). Long of 130 km, the blue Line has been traced by the united Nations after the israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in June 2000. Marked sometimes by a wall nine feet high, sometimes by wire fences electrified, the line of demarcation between the two countries is supposed to be monitored, on the side of lebanon, through the united Nations interim Force for Lebanon (Unifil) and the lebanese army. Sign of the impotence of Unifil, a spokesman for the un force has called, in a statement to Agence France-Presse, the two parties to " the greatest restraint ".
An hour of explosions
large explosions have shaken for an hour in the vicinity of the position israeli military Rouaissat al-Alam, located in the region of the Shebaa farms, where Israel conducted dozens of artillery strikes. This territory of 25 square kilometres has been retained by the jewish State after its withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000. For Tel-Aviv, the area is part of the plateau of the syrian Golan which it annexed. For Lebanon and Syria, it is up to the country of the Cedar. This is the name of the recovery of these 18 farms which he considers as occupied as Hezbollah refuses to dismantle its arsenal of 120 000 rockets and missiles, like all other lebanese militias did at the end of the civil war (1975-1990). "It is amazing that Israel persists in occupying this small territory," emphasizes Karim Emile Bitar, director of the Institute of political sciences of Saint Joseph university of Beirut. "If it provides a strategic advantage, it offers above all to Hezbollah as a pretext for maintaining its military arsenal. "
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In a statement released Monday evening, the islamist movement has denied any involvement in the fighting with Israel. "Until now, the islamic resistance did not take part in any skirmish, did not open fire during the events of the day," assured the shiite party, which has counted no victim. However, a source in lebanon, interviewed earlier by the news agency, Reuters, has reported that Hezbollah had fired a guided missile against an israeli tank located in the area of the Shebaa farms. According to the lebanese channel Al-Mayadeen, near the islamist movement, it was an anti-tank missile Russian Kornet. The idf, for its part, denies having been targeted by such an attack.
The operation of the Hezbollah would be in retaliation for the death of a fighter of the movement, Kamal Ali Mohsen, in an israeli raid occurred on 20 July last year near the Damascus airport, killing five foreign fighters are pro-iranian. Decided to push the islamic Republic, the main support for Bashar al-Assad with Russia, outside of Syria, Israel has been carrying out since 2011 hundreds of air strikes against Iran and its allies, including Hezbollah. The islamist movement has sent to the site since January 2013, thousands of his fighters alongside the syrian army, revolutionary Guards iranian and shiite militias, afghan and pakistani. The idf also intends to as of the weapons sophisticated be transferred from Syria to Lebanon.
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A previous israeli attack in August 2019, near Damascus had claimed the lives of two lebanese combatants. Furious, the general secretary of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, announced in the aftermath that his movement would respond to any attack against one of its members. Several missiles were fired into northern Israel in retaliation, with no casualties. "Israel cannot accept the attempt of Hassan Nasrallah to deter the Idf to carry out any action against the iranian strategic in Syria, which often include fighters from Hezbollah ", analyzes the researcher Ely Karmon.
Letter via the united nations
To prevent a new response, the jewish State would have this time sent last week a letter to the Hezbollah through the UN, in which he explained not to have had the intention to kill Kamal Ali Mohsen, according to the number two in the Party of God, Naim Qassem, who spoke on Sunday evening on the lebanese channel Al Mayadeen.
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Las, Hezbollah announced that it would not be there. "The response to the martyrdom of brother Ali Kamel Mohsen [...] will irreparably ", said the shiite party in its press release, what the israeli Prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu responded that the " Hezbollah was playing with fire." The two camps, however, have not interest to enter into an open conflict. In addition to its military involvement in Syria, Hezbollah is in trouble now, even inside of Lebanon. The movement of shiite, which is part of the government coalition alongside the christians of the patriotic movement of lebanon (CPL), is weakened by an economic crisis without precedent then it is already hit hard by u.s. sanctions.
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As for the israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, already weakened by a triple indictment for corruption, is currently under fire for not having been able to prevent the second wave of Covid-19 that affects Israel. But, in the context of extreme tension between the United States, Iran and Israel, the slightest spark in the Middle East can lead to war. "The election periods in us are still high-risk," recalls the political scientist Karim Emile Bitar. "Iran, support from Hezbollah, is now taken to the throat by the maximum pressure of the United States while Netanyahu is caught up in his legal problems, and the slightest miscalculation could cause an escalation. "And, as so often, it is that Lebanon will suffer the jerks of this war by proxy.
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Once again, MummyAirmiles has been off on her travels. The time, it's a road trip around the west of America, taking in many of the iconic tourist sites and destinations such as the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Las Vegas, Death Valley, Yosemite National Park and San Francisco, to name a few, which seems to be a combination of the last couple of holidays that I have taken! She has been working hard on writing her guest posts which I have been saving up to run them all together – so, without further ado, over to MummyAirmiles.
This trip was booked at T-355 last year as an AmEx 2for1 redemption open-jaw on BA from Inverness to Phoenix with the return from San Francisco, all via London Heathrow.
The booking process was actually easy and non stressful. We are flying Club World outbound on a 747 and inbound on an A380. At the time of booking last year, all domestic flights were one class.
As readers will know, BA have recently introduced Club Europe flights on domestic routes, and the infamous Buy on Board for economy passengers. Given that we are flying CW, I contacted BA and asked that our domestic legs should also be in the Club Europe section of the INV-LHR flights. After a long discussion with several agents over a few days, I finally got an agent who understood and agreed! So for no extra cost or Avios, we were relocated to CE seats on the inbound flight only, as apparently there were no redemption seats on the outbound leg. I waited till nearer our dates of travel, then asked MisterAirmiles to use his BA Gold line privilege as a nominee on our BAEC accounts to see if he could negotiate CE seats on the Inverness – London leg. Needless to say, following a short phone call, MisterAirmiles came up trumps! Row 2D/F secured! I must add that, as a BAEC Silver member, our luggage allowance, and lounge access was secure, so travelling economy wouldn't have been an issue. For me, it was the about the principle (and my complimentary G&T)!
The flight was uneventful – nice views from plane.
Our luggage arrived promptly on the carousel. With a Heathrow Express train waiting for us, Bakerloo Line carriages almost empty, we were at Hotel Maida Vale almost an hour later from touchdown. I was mightily impressed!
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A year on, stakeholders are still in the dark about how the rate applies, while conflicting state commission rulings on the rate have only added to the confusion.
Passed on 1st July 2017, India's Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an indirect tax imposed on goods and services, and replaces existing state and central taxes of a similar nature. The goal of the GST is to simplify the indirect tax for the country as a whole.
"It has now been well over a year since the GST came into effect and there is still no clarity which has been a drag on solar installations in the country. States are also issuing their own interpretations, adding to the confusion. Solar companies are still struggling to figure out the GST rates applicable on various goods and services that go into the development of a solar project," said Raj Prabhu, CEO of Mercom Capital Group.
A few months ago, Mercom had reported about how the ongoing delays in GST reimbursement and lack of clarity are affecting solar project developers in India. Today, the situation remains the same.
A project developer shed some more light on the issue, "As far as GST is concerned, the issues we had have been mostly cleared by the CERC. But the key issue is that there are advanced rulings which talk about 5 percent as well as 18 percent GST. We have claimed only 5 percent for power generating systems but if there is a change again from 5 percent to 18 percent, as some of the advanced rulings have come, this issue will again come up. This is where we are stuck. The Ministry of Finance is yet to confirm which contract would come under 5 percent and which under 18 percent. This is not clear in the law and that's why it has to be clarified by the Ministry of Finance. Unless they declare it, the courts and commissions will take decisions on their own reading and understanding of the law. These rulings are creating a lot of confusion".
The ongoing confusion and uncertainty has been compounded due to the varied state commission rulings on the matter.
Recently the Authority of Advance Ruling (AAR) for the state of Uttarakhand ruled that 'composite supply' will be taxed at five percent. However, the Maharashtra State Authority of Advanced Ruling (MSAAR) in a parallel order said that if an agreement for the 'supply of goods' extends to other aspects of a solar power project, such as design and operations, then the rate of tax would be 18 percent under the IGST Act.
Meanwhile, Karnataka concluded that a turnkey engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) contract for the construction of solar power project in which both goods and services are supplied cannot be interpreted as a composite (a mix of components which make up a solar project) supply contract. Therefore, the state said, in this case, the supply of each component in the contract cannot have a flat tax rate of 5 percent GST, but instead must be 18%.
A project developer informed Mercom that a representation on the issue has been forwarded to the government from the Solar Projects Developers Association (SPDA).
Currently, the ministry is reviewing the documents submitted by SPDA and is expected to take this matter with the GST Council, according to the representative.
Recently, the CERC issued an order to compensate solar power developers through a one-time payment, which they would have incurred as an additional capital expenditure after the introduction of GST Law. It asked the government agencies to make adjustments in the quoted tariff because of the additional operating and recurring expenditure that will incur for the entire term of the project.
Similarly, CERC issued an order stating that laws related to GST are covered as Change in Law under Article 12 of the power purchase agreements (PPAs).
Recently, the MNRE issued an order extending the commissioning date of solar PV projects that were affected after the imposition of GST and other related issues.
It is unclear why it has taken over a year for the Ministry of Finance to issue a clarification on the GST rate discrepancy and put the matter to rest for the solar sector – once and for all.


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Posted on June 15, 2016 by Korea Bizwire in Business, Industries, Top News with 0 Comments
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Kun-hee, South Korea's richest man, topped the list with a total of 681 billion won in dividends from 2011-2015, according to the data by Chaebul.com, a corporate information provider on large businesses. (image: KobizMedia/ Korea Bizwire)
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Dividend payments to the owners of South Korea's top 10 conglomerates were tallied at 1.46 trillion won (US$1.24 billion) for the past five years, despite their firms' sluggish earnings, data showed Wednesday.
Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Kun-hee, South Korea's richest man, topped the list with a total of 681 billion won in dividends from 2011-2015, according to the data by Chaebul.com, a corporate information provider on large businesses.
Last year alone, Lee earned the biggest dividend income of 182 billion won.
Chung Mong-koo, chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, came in second with 306 billion won in dividend income for the past five years, with 88.7 billion won paid last year alone.
SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won ranked third with 160 billion won in dividend income, followed by Koo Bon-moo, chairman of LG Group, with dividend receipts at 102 billion won.
Shin Dong-bin, chairman of Lotte Group currently under probe for creating a slush fund, came in fifth with 41 billion won in dividends over the past five years.
The latest rally has been released as prosecutors are investigating huge dividend and other dubious payments by Lotte companies to the family of group founder Shin Kyuk-ho.
Among the top 10 conglomerates, Hanjin Group paid the smallest amount of dividends to its chairman Cho Yang-ho. For the past five years, he has received a total of 2.9 billion won in dividends, the data showed.
Chung Mong-joon, the largest shareholder of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., a global shipbuilder, pocketed 65.6 billion won in dividends between 2011 and 2013, but did not receive dividends for the past two years. The shipyard is currently pushing to implement a tough restructuring program in the face of a fall in new orders and mounting losses.
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