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Velodyne Lidar Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2020 Financial Results
2020 annual revenue of $95.4 million
Fourth quarter shipments were a record 4,237 units, including 718 solid state units
$350.3 million of cash and short-term investments on the balance sheet at December 31, 2020
Strong future outlook supported by pipeline of 194 projects at February 19, 2021
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2021-- Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (NASDAQ: VLDR, VLDRW), the first pure-play public lidar company, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2020.
Dr. Anand Gopalan, CEO of Velodyne Lidar, commented, "Velodyne has continued to demonstrate its market leadership with a strong track record of consistent execution. Our fourth quarter and full year 2020 results demonstrate that we continue to innovate, expand our market opportunity, and show our leadership in broadly diversified end markets for lidar. In 2020, we achieved an industry first with the award winning Velabit lidar, our smallest sensor, which we believe will democratize lidar and lidar-based safety.
"We believe our pipeline is the most robust in the industry, as demonstrated by a 46% increase in projects across more than 25 industries from the end of 2019. We are leading the industry in providing lidar units to customers, manufacturing and shipping 11,710 units in 2020, and 4,237 units in the fourth quarter. Lidar's status as a critical sensor in many applications gives us the opportunity to add higher value to customers by providing comprehensive solutions. There is increasing adoption of lidar across a wide variety of industries, some of which are accelerating in a post-COVID world. Our pipeline in industries such as Robotics grew 220% from 873,000 units in February of 2020 to 1.9 million units as of December 31, 2020. Agreements signed in 2020 include: Emesent for drones, Motional (a joint Hyundai-Aptiv venture) for autonomous vehicles, ThorDrive for industrial applications, and a Smart City partnership with Qualcomm.
"In summary, it is an incredibly exciting time for lidar and for Velodyne. We believe we have hit an inflection point in the lidar industry, which is evidencing itself by our record unit shipments in the fourth quarter and in our expanding pipeline. With a significantly enhanced balance sheet supporting this robust pipeline, our long-term outlook for growth remains strong."
Business Metrics
Units and ASPs: Velodyne shipped a record 4,237 sensor units in the fourth quarter of 2020. The company continues to build out its portfolio of sensor products at different price points designed to meet many industries' needs, including those with lower-price application entry points.
Agreements: 26 total active multi-year agreements as of February 19, 2021, up from 25 as of December 31, 2020.
Pipeline Strength: Velodyne's pipeline of projects grew to 194 projects at February 19, 2021, up from 183 projects reported at December 31, 2020, and 131 projects reported at January 1, 2020.
Fourth Quarter 2020 Financial Highlights
Revenue: Total revenue of $17.8 million compared to $19.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. Product revenue was $14.4 million compared to $18.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. The company reduced production capabilities at its manufacturing sites late in the fourth quarter of 2020 due to COVID-19, which impaired the company's ability to fulfill certain customers' orders in December, impacting product revenue. Velodyne continues to focus on accelerating the adoption of sensors by lowering ASPs and driving higher volumes. As such, product units sold was higher year-over-year while revenue was impacted. License and services revenue was $3.4 million, up from $0.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Gross Profit: GAAP gross loss was $5.3 million and non-GAAP gross profit was $2.1 million, compared to a fourth quarter 2019 GAAP and non-GAAP gross profit of $0.2 million.
Net Loss and EPS: GAAP net loss was $111.5 million and included $91.3 million of stock-based compensation. Non-GAAP net loss was $20.1 million. GAAP net loss per share was $0.64 and non-GAAP net loss per share was $0.12. This compared to a fourth quarter of 2019 GAAP net loss of $28.7 million and non-GAAP net loss of $26.2 million. Fourth quarter of 2019 GAAP net loss per share was $0.21 and non-GAAP net loss per share was $0.19.
Shares Outstanding: EPS for the fourth quarter of 2020 is calculated using weighted average shares outstanding of 173.9 million. As of December 31, 2020, actual shares outstanding were 175.9 million.
Liquidity: Velodyne had $350.3 million in cash and short-term investments on its balance sheet at December 31, 2020, which included $73.7 million of proceeds from the exercise of publicly-traded warrants. Subsequent to December 31, 2020, the company received additional $89.3 million in proceeds as of February 19, 2021.
Full Year 2020 Financial Highlights
Revenue: Total revenue of $95.4 million compared to $101.4 million in full year 2019. Product revenue was $68.4 million compared to $81.4 million in full year 2019. While for the year 2020, Velodyne sold roughly the same number of units as 2019, as part of the company's strategy to drive widespread adoption of lidar, the ASP was lower in 2020 and this negatively impacted revenue. License and services revenue was $27.0 million, up from $20.0 million in full year 2019.
Gross Profit: GAAP gross profit of $25.1 million and non-GAAP gross profit of $32.5 million compared to full year 2019 GAAP and non-GAAP gross profit of $29.8 million. The decrease in GAAP gross margin was primarily due to $7.4 million stock-based compensation expense.
Net Loss and EPS: GAAP net loss was $149.9 million and included $91.5 million of stock-based compensation expense and non-GAAP net loss was $65.1 million. Accordingly, GAAP net loss per share was $1.01 and non-GAAP net loss per share was $0.44. This compared to 2019 GAAP net loss of $67.2 million and non-GAAP net loss of $64.5 million. Accordingly, 2019 GAAP net loss per share was $0.50 and non-GAAP net loss per share was $0.48.
A reconciliation between historical GAAP and non-GAAP information is provided in the tables below.
As of February 19, 2021, Velodyne estimates that it could have the opportunity for over $1.0 billion of revenue from signed and awarded projects from 2021 through 2025 plus a pipeline of projects for 2021 through 2025 that are not yet signed and awarded of $4.4 billion. In addition, it continues to be Velodyne's top priority to invest in scalable lidar architectures, advanced manufacturing technology and software solutions. This underpins the company's long-term business outlook of total gross margin percentage ranging in the mid to high 50s and EBITDA margin of more than 20%.
Velodyne will host a conference call and live webcast for analysts and investors at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on February 25, 2021. Parties in the United States and Canada can access the call by dialing (800) 289-0462, using conference code 240957. The webcast will be accessible on Velodyne's investor relations website at https://investors.velodynelidar.com/. A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available through March 4, 2021. To access the replay, parties in the United States and Canada should call (888) 203-1112 and enter conference code 5101026.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including but not limited to, statements regarding our financial outlook and market positioning. Forward-looking statements give our current expectations and projections relating to our financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business. You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. These statements may include words such as "anticipate", "estimate", "expect", "project", "plan", "intend", "believe", "may", "will", "should", "can have", "likely" and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of the timing or nature of future operating or financial performance or other events. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those that we expected, including: the impact on our operations and financial condition from the effects of the current COVID-19 pandemic both on Velodyne's business and those of its customers and suppliers; Velodyne's ability to execute its business plan; the timing of revenue from existing customers, including uncertainties related to the ability of Velodyne's customers to commercialize their products and the ultimate market acceptance of these products; uncertainties related to Velodyne Lidar's estimates of the size of the markets for its products and future revenue opportunities; the rate and degree of market acceptance of Velodyne Lidar's products; the success of other competing lidar and sensor-related products and services that exist or may become available; rising costs adversely affecting Velodyne's profitability; uncertainties related to Velodyne Lidar's current litigation and potential litigation involving Velodyne Lidar or the validity or enforceability of Velodyne Lidar's intellectual property; Velodyne Lidar's ability to partner with and rely on third party manufacturers; general economic and market conditions impacting demand for Velodyne Lidar's products and services; and changes in applicable laws or regulations.
Given these factors, as well as other variables that may affect Velodyne Lidar's operating results, you should not rely on forward-looking statements, assume that past financial performance will be a reliable indicator of future performance, or use historical trends to anticipate results or trends in future periods. The forward-looking statements included in this press release relate only to events as of the date hereof. Velodyne Lidar undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law.
In addition to our results determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP"), we believe the non‑GAAP measures of non-GAAP gross profit (loss), non-GAAP gross margin, Non‑GAAP operating loss, non-GAAP net loss, and non‑GAAP net loss per share are useful in evaluating our operating performance. Certain of these non-GAAP measures exclude stock-based compensation, litigation settlements, gain from asset sales, one-time IPO-related costs, amortization of acquisition-related intangibles assets, restructuring, and discrete tax items. We believe that non‑GAAP financial information, when taken collectively, may be helpful to investors because it provides consistency and comparability with past financial performance and assists in comparisons with other companies, some of which use similar non‑GAAP information to supplement their GAAP results. The non‑GAAP financial information is presented for supplemental informational purposes only, and should not be considered a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, and may be different from similarly‑titled non‑GAAP measures used by other companies. Reconciliation tables of the most comparable GAAP financial measures to the non-GAAP financial measures are used in this press release. The impact of these items in future periods is uncertain and, depends on various factors. Accordingly, a reconciliation for forward-looking non-GAAP operating income is not available without unreasonable effort.
About Velodyne Lidar, Inc.
Velodyne Lidar (NASDAQ: VLDR, VLDRW) ushered in a new era of autonomous technology with the invention of real-time surround view lidar sensors. Velodyne is the first public pure-play lidar company and is known worldwide for its broad portfolio of breakthrough lidar technologies. Velodyne's revolutionary sensor and software solutions provide flexibility, quality and performance to meet the needs of a wide range of industries, including autonomous vehicles, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), robotics, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), smart cities, and security. Through continuous innovation, Velodyne strives to transform lives and communities by advancing safer mobility for all. For more information, please visit: ir.velodynelidar.com and follow us on Twitter: @VelodyneLidar.
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Leaf Tobacco and Commodities Uganda Limited v Commissioner of Customs, Uganda Revenue Authority & Anor (HCCS NO. 218 OF 2012) [2019] UGCOMMC 7 (21 March 2019);
(COMMERCIAL DIVISION)
HCCS NO. 218 OF 2012
LEAF TOBACCO AND COMMODITIES
UGANDA LIMITED::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::PLAINTIFF
COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, UGANDA REVENUE AUTHORITY
MASTERMIND TOBACCO (K) LIMITED::::::::::::::::::::::::::DEFENDANTS
BEFORE: THE HON. JUSTICE DAVID WANGUTUSI
J U D G M E N T:
Leaf Tobacco & Commodities Uganda Limited the Plaintiff herein sued the Commissioner of Customs Uganda Revenue Authority herein called the 1st Defendant for a declaration that the 1st Defendant's act of permitting the importation to and or through Uganda of any product under the Plaintiff's "Supermatch" trademark into South Sudan is illegal, an injunction restraining the 1st Defendant from permitting the importation into and or through Uganda into South Sudan of any product under the Plaintiff's "Supermatch" trademark, general damages and costs of the suit.
The Plaintiff and Leaf Tobacco and Commodities Southern Sudan hold the trademark and exclusive Supermatch commercial territorial rights both in Uganda and Southern Sudan, Exhs. P1 and P3.
The background to the suit as discerned from the pleadings is quite straight forward. The Plaintiff is a company dealing in cigarettes under Supermatch trademark in Uganda. It also associates itself to Leaf Tobacco and Commodities Southern Sudan which also deals in cigarettes
The Plaintiff in this case essentially strives to protect its market in Uganda and that of Leaf Tobacco and Commodities Southern Sudan.
The Plaintiff claims that since it holds exclusive commercial territorial rights for Uganda the 2nd Defendant Mastermind Tobacco Kenya Limited who joined the case later on should not be allowed by the 1st Defendant to transit Uganda with goods carrying the brand of Supermatch into Southern Sudan.
The Plaintiff also contends that the 1st Defendant should stop the goods from transiting Uganda into Southern Sudan. In a bid to protect her market Leaf Tobacco and Commodities Southern Sudan sued Mastermind Tobacco Southern Sudan and Mastermind Tobacco Company Kenya Limited, obtained judgment against them and when they appealed Leaf Tobacco and Commodities Southern Sudan proceeded to obtain an injunction from the Supreme Court against them preventing them from use of the trademark name Supermatch in their commercial activities.
That notwithstanding this injunction, Mastermind Tobacco Kenya Limited continues to use the trademark "Supermatch" and to deliver "Supermatch" cigarettes into Southern Sudan. The Plaintiff also alleges that the said importation into Southern Sudan of Supermatch by Mastermind Tobacco Kenya Limited was being aided by the 1st Defendant to transit Uganda into Southern Sudan.
She contends that it was the obligation of the 1st Defendant to take cognizance of the injunction obtained by Leaf Tobacco and Commodities Southern Sudan and stop the 2nd Defendant from delivering Supermatch brand cigarettes into Southern Sudan.
For those reasons, the Plaintiff sought the orders earlier mentioned in this judgment.
The Defendants denied responsibility and liability. The 1st Defendant averred that its duty was to administer Customs services and smuggling but this duty did not include prevention of unfair trade practices. In its Written Statement of Defence the 1st Defendant admitted that the Plaintiff was the holder of a trademark and exclusive commercial territorial rights in Uganda.
It also agreed that the Supermatch and Yes trademark was registered in the name of Leaf Tobacco and Commodities Southern Sudan Limited. The 1st Defendant also admitted and recognized that there was a legal battle between the Plaintiff and Mastermind Tobacco Kenya and an injunction stopping the 2nd Defendant from using Supermatch trademark in Southern Sudan.
Furthermore, that the Plaintiff had indeed notified her that the only products permitted to enter Southern Sudan were those under the Plaintiff's trademark Supermatch.
Lastly, the 1st Defendant admitted that in spite of the notification, they escorted the products belonging to the 2nd Defendant to the exit point of Uganda and Southern Sudan and handed them over to Southern Sudan Customs.
The Defendants however denied ever receiving any official communication on the matter from the Government of South Sudan. The 1st Defendant however contended that it was only responsible for administration of Customs services in Uganda which was collection of revenue and facilitation of legitimate trade. That it was therefore mandated to prevent smuggling. That it was a legal requirement to allow Kenya goods to transit in compliance with Principle IV of the United Nations Convention on Transit trade between land locked states. That since the 2nd Defendant had a Sudanese import license, the 1st Defendant was obliged to escort them and hand them over to South Sudan Customs Management.
The 1st Defendant further denied ever facilitating smuggling.
The 2nd Defendant denied liability and averred that the Trademark dispute between the Plaintiff and themselves was an ongoing matter and it was the Law courts in South Sudan which were best suited to resolve them
That their importation of Supermatch into South Sudan was an accepted matter by the South Sudan authorities and the importation was officially processed by the South Sudan Customs. That the companies importing her cigarettes were licensed by the Government of South Sudan and merely transited through Uganda.
The issues as agreed by the parties for trial were;
Whether the Plaintiff has a cause of action against the 2nd Defendant?
Whether the 1st Defendant in permitting the importation into and /or through Uganda any product under the Plaintiff's Supermatch Trademark into South Sudan was lawful?
What remedies are available to the parties?
As to whether the Plaintiff has a cause of action against the 2nd Defendant can be found in the pleadings. What amounts to cause of action was clearly defined in Narotham Bhatia & Hematini Bhatia v Boutique Shazin Ltd CACA No. 16 of 2009 the Court of Appeal quoted with approval a passage in Mulla's Code of Civil Procedure that;
"A cause of action means every fact which if traversed, it would be necessary for the plaintiff to prove in order to support his right to a judgment of the court. In other words it is a bundle of facts which, taken with the law applicable to them give the plaintiff a right to claim a relief against the defendants. It must include some act done by the defendant since (in) the absence of such an act, no cause of action can possibly accrue…….the cause of action must be antecedent to the institution of the suit".
The issue before this court involves legality of importation into and or through Uganda into South Sudan of any product under the Plaintiff's "Supermatch" trademark. The prayers sought by the Plaintiff include among others a permanent injunction restraining the 1st Defendant from permitting the importation of any product under the Plaintiff's "Supermatch" trademark into or through Uganda. It is alleged by the Plaintiff that the 2nd Defendant is illegally transiting Supermatch cigarettes through Uganda and that some of it ends in Uganda.
It is the Plaintiff's claim that she has exclusive rights to trade in Supermatch brand cigarettes and that the 2nd Defendant's act of bringing cigarettes into Uganda was a wrong that gave right to the Plaintiff to claim a relief. A decision in respect of this matter would affect the operations of the 2nd Defendant.
From the foregoing, the presence of the 2nd Defendant would be required not only to protect her interests but to enable court adjudicate the matter before it.
The Supreme Court in Departed Asians Property Custodian Board v Jaffer Brothers Ltd Civil Appeal No 9/1998, citing the English case of Amon V Tuck & Sons Ltd (1956) ALL E R p.273, decided that a party may be joined in a suit, not because there is a cause of action against it, but because the party's presence is necessary in order to enable the court effectually and completely adjudicate upon and settle all questions involved in the cause or matter.
I find that the 2nd Defendant's presence is necessary in this suit.
Turning to whether the 1st Defendant in permitting the importation into and /or through Uganda any product under the Plaintiff's Supermatch Trademark into South Sudan and whether such permission is lawful it is the Plaintiff's contention that the 1st Defendant's act of escorting Supermatch cigarettes through Uganda is actively assisting the 2nd Defendant in smuggling the cigarettes in complete violation of a Court order in South Sudan.
In reply, the 1st Defendant's Counsel submitted that she permitted the Supermatch brand cigarettes to transit Uganda into South Sudan by licensed persons. She further contended that she has never permitted importation into Ugandan market such products for domestic consumption.
Furthermore, when the High Court of Uganda stopped the importation through Uganda in an interim, and by temporary injunction orders, the 1st Defendant stopped permitting transit of Supermatch cigarettes. That in the absence of the injunction, it would have been in order to allow the goods to transit.
Having listened to the evidence of the Plaintiff's witnesses, the main complaint of the Plaintiff is that the cigarettes that were destined for Southern Sudan and were rejected bounced back into Uganda and killed the Plaintiff's market.
Secondly, that some of the cigarettes which were imported, destined for Southern Sudan were dumped in transit and remained in Uganda. During cross- examination PW1 stated that the aggrieved party when cigarettes go to South Sudan is Leaf Tobacco and Commodities Southern Sudan. PW1 added that if the cigarettes went to South Sudan and did not bounce back to Uganda, the Plaintiff would have no right to complain.
Asked by Court who the rightful Plaintiff would be PW1 answered;
" Is Leaf Tobacco Southern Sudan."
He gave the reason for the suit that;
"Because there is proof that these cigarettes are coming back and they kill our market."
On whether it was illegal to transit cigarettes through Uganda to South Sudan PW1 replied;
"To pass here is not illegal but to sell in Southern Sudan is illegal because you have no trademark in Southern Sudan."
Asked whether the Plaintiff have the right to use the Supermatch trademark in South Sudan PW1 replied;
"Not in Southern Sudan unless if Southern Sudan gives us permission."
Asked further on the illegality of transiting Supermatch goods PW1 replied;
"To transit here has no problem …..to transit no, there is no illegality."
From the answers given by PW1, it seems clear that their complaint in the bigger part is against the sale of Supermatch in Southern Sudan. It is also clear that the complaint is no longer on the transit because PW1, who was in the top management position of the Plaintiff testified saying that transiting was lawful. That the unlawfulness only commenced with importation into and sell of Supermatch branded cigarettes in Southern Sudan.
It seems from the proceedings that the Plaintiff wanted to use the Southern Sudan Court orders in Uganda and that Uganda Revenue Authority should enforce the Southern Sudan Court orders.
In my view that is not how Foreign Judgments are enforced. They could be enforced here only after registration through a court proceeding which was not done. No wonder when PW1 was asked whether the judgments and orders of the Supreme Court of South Sudan would be enforced here, he replied;
"The order was enforceable only in South Sudan."
In one of the letters to the 1st Defendant's Counsel, the Plaintiff seems to suggest that the 1st Defendant was expected to enforce the Court order. He wrote in Exh P8;
"Our client have since liaised with the office of the Director General for South Sudan Customs and Excise who has since issued a directive to all their border points to the effect that it is only Leaf Tobacco and Commodities Southern Sudan Ltd who are genuinely allowed to import Supermatch cigarettes in Southern Sudan."
From the above it is clear that the Southern Sudan Customs had control over the Supermatch to enter or not to enter Sudan at the border Customs points.
The 1st Defendant admits that it escorted the cigarettes to the border points and handed them to Customs. It wrote in ExhP8 dated 29th September 2011;
"The measure we have introduced is to escort the Consignments of Supermatch cigarettes to Southern Sudan and hand them over to South Sudan Customs who are in a better position to enforce the order."
It is clear from ExhP8, dated 27th September 2011 that the directive to stop the smuggling of Supermatch was given to the Customs border points of South Sudan.
The 1st Defendant in escorting the Supermatch and handing it over to the authorities that were directed to stop the importation of Supermatch into Southern Sudan could not have done better. For the 1st Defendant to impound Supermatch destined to South Sudan, required a reciprocal arrangement in which both countries would agree on what to do with the cigarettes in transit. In my view this is in line with section 10(3) of the East African Community Customs Management Act which provides;
"Subject to reciprocal arrangements agreed upon by the Commissioner, the Commissioner may request from, or furnish to, the competent authorities of a foreign state any information, certificate, official report or other documents in order to prevent, investigate or suppress offences against the laws applicable to the importation or exportation of goods into or from the territory of such foreign state."
The provision envisages a reciprocal arrangement between Uganda and South Sudan on how to suppress offences perpetrated by smugglers or other offenders in the two sister states. In this case the Defendant chose to hand them over to South Sudan Customs which had been directed, as Exh P8 shows, by their Director General for South Sudan Customs and Excise to put into effect the Court order.
In my view handing them over to South Sudan Customs Service was the best they could do in the circumstances. In any case PW1, told court that transiting the cigarettes was not illegal.
There is no evidence to suggest that after the 1st Defendant had handed over to South Sudan Customs, they played another role. On the contrary, whenever the Plaintiff complained of illegal cigarettes in the country the 1st Defendant was always present to help track down the culprits. This is seen in the evidence of PW2 when asked whether Uganda Revenue Authority Customs was helpful he replied;
"URA was helpful because whatever information was shared, URA made an intervention. And the last intervention is when we carried out a search in Mityana."
PW2 testified that the 1st Defendant even prosecuted some of those arrested. This position was maintained under re-examination.
From the evidence therefore the 1st Defendant committed no illegality by escorting and handing over cigarettes to South Sudan Customs who had been directed by their own country to deal with the matter. The evidence instead depicts the 1st Defendant as a vigilant and willing fighter against smuggling and I find them not liable in any form.
The Plaintiff also alleged that the 2nd Defendant used to dump cigarettes into the Ugandan market. Going by the evidence, cigarettes were found to have been smuggled into Uganda. What was however lacking by way of evidence was that it was the 2nd Defendant who smuggled them into Uganda.
During cross-examination PW1 when asked whether they had proof against the 2nd Defendant as a smuggler said they did not have. Asked whether he had evidence on cigarettes exported to South Sudan being smuggled back into Uganda, he said he did not have any in the court at that moment. But that since there was Supermatch in the country and it was a product of Kenya, it must have come from Southern Sudan.
From the evidence on record therefore, there was no proof that the 2nd Defendant smuggled cigarettes into Uganda. For those reasons I find the allegation against them not proved.
The sum total is that the Plaintiff has failed to prove the allegations against the Defendants and the suit is hereby dismissed with costs.
Dated at Kampala this 21st day of March 2019.
HON. JUSTICE DAVID WANGUTUSI
https://ulii.org/system/files/judgment/commercial-court-uganda/2019/7/commercial-court-uganda-2019-7.pdf
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Leaf Tobacco & Commodities (U) Ltd v Commissioner Of Customs Uganda Revenue Authority (HCT- 00- CC- MA- 318- 2012) [2012] UGCOMMC 112 (29 August 2012);
MTN Uganda Ltd Vs Uganda Telcom Ltd (HCT- 00- CC- CS- 297- 2008) [2011] UGCOMMC 119 (28 April 2011);
Abudlrahmna Omar t/a Bahan Commercial Agencies V Content Tobacco (U) Ltd & Anor (Misc. Application No 298 of 2009) ((U)) [2009] UGCOMMC 40 (10 June 2009);
John Kibyami v Mission And Relief Transport ((HCT-00-CV-CS-0263-2006)) [2010] UGCOMMC 11 (22 April 2010);
Potomac Trading Company Ltd v British American Tobacco Co. Ltd & Anor ((HCT-00-CC-MA-0436-2006)) [2006] UGCOMMC 67 (15 November 2006);

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Yay for gymnastics! Nishad has been itching to get back to the gym and I've been itching to see my firend JG and her kiddos~ a perfect solution…open gym at Gleason's! Ashish and I have decided to enroll Nishad this Autumn after waiting through the summer. He took a trial class last Spring and loved it. Despite his Mommy's tap happy feet, he's definetly a gymnast! Hey, you have to be your own person! 🙂 I adored D calling me "Miss Beverly." He would run up to me and say, "Miss Beverly…where were you? I was looking for you! There you are!" Followed by a big smile and a giggle. 🙂 We are so happy with 2 boys, but I wouldn't mind having D- that is for sure! Tiger also tested out everything and was so happy to run, jump, climb and balance! We stopped off at Trader Joe's (I have a slight addiction to the sparkling pink lemonade they have) and headed home for a nice, well-deserved nap!
This was our first trip to Lake Calhoun, and oh my, did we love it! We enjoyed the time playing at the beach, walking the path (the kids rode their bikes) and gazing at all of the gorgeous houses that surround the lake. Ashish and I have such a better understanding of where we would like our next house to be. Live and learn. We love this area and could "live local." After we stopped off at an all organic restaurant that comes highly recommended from the locals; Luccia's. Oh my goodness! We had quite the p0t-luck from their for dinner that evening! Vegetarian chili, moz-basil pizza, black bean cakes, bread, curried chick pea sald (my favorite!) and two del.i.cious sandwiches!
The two J's visited "the country" (aka our house) to party like an animal. After all, it was JH's birthday (albeit about a month prior!). We made binoculars, went on a safari hunt, created yummy (corn fructose lathered) animal choo–choo's, had lunch and played in the pool! The boys slept very well after we big the J's a farewell. Nishad never likes to say goodbye…especially, to his buddy. I assured him that next Friday, we'll be visiting "the big city" (aka the J's house) for another wild time!
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package com.zanmc.survivalgames.commands;

import org.bukkit.command.Command;
import org.bukkit.command.CommandExecutor;
import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;

import com.zanmc.survivalgames.SG;

public class ForceDM implements CommandExecutor {

	@Override
	public boolean onCommand(CommandSender sender, Command cmd, String label, String[] args) {

		SG.gametime = SG.dmtime - 30;
		sender.sendMessage("Forcing deathmatch.");
		return true;
	}

}

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"When you raise your arm, sitting here in Delhi, something changes on the surface of Venus." In the red stone observatory in Old Delhi a friend tells young Andrew Harvey the story of the Big Bang. "Six was a very hot year for me," says Andrew, who takes us through that year to meet the remarkable people whose colorful and outrageous stories opened his eyes to the wonder of life. In these, as well as tales of miraculous, unexplained phenomena around the world, life is revealed as a garden of miracles.


Do you remember when you could call up your local radio station and ask to dedicate a song? Maybe you just wanted to start a friend's day right with their favorite tune, or wanted that special someone to know you were thinking of them. Regardless of your sentiments, there was the thrill of knowing everyone listening for miles around heard your name and theirs over the air waves. And if you were lucky enough to get on air yourself, you tried to come up with something aside from "This is for Tony, because he's so cool!", but choked on the spot instead.
Today our existence is filled with signals and public sharing, so feeling like part of the world at large is easy. Quick as a flash, half the planet can watch that video you posted of your grandchild sticking cereal up their nose. But for a price. You have to pay someone for that connection, and in some way they are using your profile to make money.
Luckily, some things have not changed. Radio broadcasts are still free and quite prolific. According to the web site www.wearebroadcasters.com, there are 15,516 full power radio stations in the U.S., that are listened to by more than 268 million Americans each week.
My son is playing in the North Coast Section's basketball playoffs this evening in San Francisco. I didn't travel this time and was so bummed out that I wouldn't be able to watch or hear the game. I have been unable to find any source of live streaming or local or online televised broadcast BUT our local guy Tag Wotherspoon will be down there covering the game on 95.1 FM so I'll be able to listen. This is the only local radio station that covers any of the local high school sports and I am so grateful.
Local radio continues to serve their community – they announce the local events, tell you who is playing at what venues, help you decide where to go for dinner and the local news highlights what issues are specific to the area you are in. If you're lucky enough to be a sports fan in a town with a professional team, you might find yourself watching the game on television, but listening to your local announcer call the play by play on the radio. If you are further interested in this topic, The National Association of Broadcasters has a very informative web site with information on the status of issues that affect radio listeners.
C. Crane has many options for you to take advantage of those free signal broadcasts. Our radios are made with the listener in mind, and we can help you determine which model would best suit your needs. We know that radio has the unique ability to entertain, inform and connect and appreciate the opportunity to help you stay connected to your community.
Please share with us – Does local radio matter to you and if so why?
Yeah, local radio was always like the glue of the community, especially "back in the day" when towns were generally smaller, and just about everybody had a radio.
It does very much. In my region we only have one local station that has local news around the clock. Sadly most stations broadcast syndicated shows.Overnight it is all the same programming wherever you turn the dial.No newstalk station is broadcasting lock programming.
I listen to radio for local and regional news, weather, and sports. It is a great way to be informed of what is happening in our area.
I have this CCrane mini Am Fm radio. Its quite good on both Am and Fm. Good recption on all bands.
It pulls in the weakest type of staions on both Am and Fm. Its good at night on the Am band as it picks up the far away radio stations.


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Q: Sample Java code to append into an excel sheet Can I a get a pointer to a sample java code which can append data into an already existing excel sheet?

A: Check out the Quick Guide on using Apache POI's Excel Component API.
It sounds like you want to open a file, set some cell values, and write back to a file.
See the section "Files vs InputStreams" for how to open a file and "Creating Cells" for how to set values for cells and write to a file.

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FBI Records: the Vault is one of the free reference websites on the 2012 list "Best free reference websites" compiled by a RUSA committee and published in the fall 2012 issue of Reference & User Services Quarterly .
The site serves, according to the notes on its entry in the list, "as an online 'vault' to thousands of declassified FBI documents and spans many decades. Visitors can search or browse the collection to find digital copies of scanned FBI files including memos, reports and other materials."
There are categories for browsing, e.g. "gangster era," "unexplained phenomenon [sic]," "violent crime"; and, for browsers with quieter tastes, "administrative policy procedures" and "bureau personnel."
Focused researchers can use the site search window and unearth not only reports on e.g. Brecht ("the author of an 'educational play'", a lengthy summary of which follows, interesting to those bored with the apolitical summaries offered by the Coles Notes of the academic world) but also reports on others in which his name figures (Joseph Losey was "anxious" to direct a play by Brecht).
But no matter how serious a visitor one is it is impossible to steer completely clear of "titillating tidbits" such as the Washington Post had been saying, an FBI report drily states, were contained in the files on Rock Hudson's divorced wife's whereabouts.
"Mr. Hudson made a telephone call in the presence of the SAs [?], FBI, and confirmed that his divorced wife is reported to be in Europe".
Having steered into the middle of such tidbits, one can find oneself unwilling to steer clear of them too quickly.
The FBI became briefly involved when the law firm representing Robin Gibb's wife in a divorce received the alarming telegram below. But the "investigation did not go beyond the initial stages as the law firm did not wish to pursue the matter." (FBI Records) The titillation is brief and, one's willpower not too enervated by it, one is able to return to soberer research.


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Yahoo acquires Tumblr. Talking about big moves. Yahoo paying $1.1 billion. Seems like Tumblr will operate as an independent business with CEO David Karp. Amazing move!?. what will come next? Tumblr now without Mark Coatney (former Media director) and Jacob Bijani (former Creative director), 2 of the earliest employees of the important blog.
tool as tumblr, adding another product in their portfolio and rejuvenating the brand.
BBM will soon be available for IOS and Android. "Before the end of the summer" - According to CEO Thorsten Heins. This was 1st announced during the Blackberry Live Conference in Florida. BBM, in my opinion, is a great app and I see it as a very smart and strategic move from Blackberry to move in this direction, showing innovation, flexibility, adapting to the times that we are leaving on around technology, but most of all listening to their customers (the users) and even to the users that are using the devices from the competition.
Microsoft -> XBOX One. You can get it November of 2013. They describe it as "the ultimate all in one entertainment system", is it true? I like video games and I tried them all, in all platforms and devices. I can say that I found features in one that are not in others and "viceversa". This Xbox feels like a computer to me, even in my references you can find an article that calls it "mini-PC". They went ahead with x64 8-core AMD Jaguar CPU. they also added Blu-ray drive...big move. It also comes with HDMI out and in for integrating with the TV watching experience.
This console is coming with Kinect functionality built into it... "the console is always listening".
you can read the rest of the features from the reference link.
Google Loon. Talking about innovation and entrepreneurship. What will be the next Google step or project... I'm always looking forward to that. "Internet for everyone". This is a network of balloons on the edge of space, designed to connect people in rural and remote areas. My only question would be around "impacting the environment".
comments please share them, I want to hear about it. I found this idea incredible and with potential.
Microsoft and Windows 8.1. former name "Windows Blue", launched during the developer conference in San Francisco. The start button IS BACK BABY. For those that could not be without it. This modern UI is slick, don't you think? and it is just getting better. They are making it so easy to use the windows that it is not just the OS of your work office PC but it is your tablet, your phone. I'm impressed! Look at the list of new features and fall in love all over again with Windows. This is no longer the IOs and Android neighborhood. There is an old guy in town, he is back and getting younger again. Keep it coming, with more and better competition better the products.
Apple - iOS7. who is not in love with Apple products? They are pretty cool on what they do and iOS7 is coming better than ever. Personally the Control Center and the multitasking are 2 of my favorite features. There are coming with a more "flat" look making it clean and refreshing design. Some are talking about how similar iOS7 is looking, in terms of features, to their competitors Android and Microsoft. In this industry you don't know who is copying who anymore, the fact is iOS7 is looking beautiful and great, Apple keeps bringing amazing products and not letting their consumers down. You can tell how good they are doing by checking the market share. Looking forward to see the release!
Controversy around the main Technology firms. I close this summary by mentioning the controversy that has been around the NSA, the PRISM and the companies Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, Apple and other big ones. Below 3 links that can provide you with some information around this subject.


Monthly chart: it seems that bears have already started reversal. We've reached March Inside Bar. Though Northern potential has been preserved (as the upper Bollinger band is aimed at 2193.1), there is a big probability of a false breakthrough in April and start of decline in March.
Weekly chart: a massive divergence is going on which is not able to turn such strong movements at once, but demonstrates "exhaustion" of uptrend. The level 1998.1 (the bottom Bollinger band ) holds bullish structure, breaking this level would mean the first sign of a downward reversal.
Day chart: here everything is rather calm, so the above plan will work through April. On the coming week we will have the range 2036.3-2112.2 with attempts of buyers to force the index above.
Expectations: so, we are very close to reversal but meanwhile Northern potential is preserved and target is 2193.1. Resistance level for the week is - 2112.2. Support - 2036.3 .
Monthly chart: We've been looking forward to March Inside Bar and it happened. итак. Position of the Bollinger bands and ADX are awful for bulls: new target is 43.80.
Day chart: current week does not promise a quick outcome. We can expect various positions in the range 53.04-61.54. .
Expectations: so, one more week of accumulation of potential and we can see a new decline to 43.80. We are looking for new sale points as the price would range within 53.04-61.54. .
1)Corridor 53.04-61.54 means as much as 800 points of upward movement but purchases are insecure. We would recommend to search for additional signals on small charts if you want to Open Buy.
Weekly chart: we witness bullish convergence which again confirms an ascending dynamics. Support is 1142.52, resistance is 1285.17 and 1352.13.
Day chart: A steady mounting with pullbacks. .
1) Purchases to 1285.17 from the levels 1142.57 and 1171.67 (either on additional signals) .


Little Johnny, after a science lesson on the laws of gravity, returned home, determined to prove his teacher Mr. Knowles wrong.
"Not everything that goes up comes back down, and I'll prove it!" After some brainstorming, he placed a bowl of water in the 12PM, windless, Sunday sun, and watched as it evapourated. "It all went up," he said.
The next day at school, he confronted his teacher about his little science project. But Mr. Knowles told Little Johnny that he was a bit short sighted. How so?
Little Johnny was short sighted because he had not waited to see the water come back down a few days later as rain or some other form of precipitation.(even if advection took place, the water would still come back down). Little Johnny should have consulted his geography teacher before doing the experiment. He would have learnt about the water cycle.


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Made three appearances on the season, against Charleston Southern, Louisville, and Miami…recorded three solo tackles, one in each game.
Redshirted the 2015 season following an injury.
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Monday: Bruschetta Garlic Shrimp Pasta (5P+) This one was inspired by a recipe I saw on Mommy Hates Cooking. You should really check out her site, she is amazing!
I feel happy for you too! Hope you really enjoyed your meals. I liked the Sunday dish.


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Q: WARNING: erroneous pipeline: no source element for URI I have this public HLS stream from apple:
http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1010qwoeiuryfg/sl.m3u8
It has the following content:
curl http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1010qwoeiuryfg/sl.m3u8
#EXTM3U
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=688301
http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1010qwoeiuryfg/0640_vod.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=165135
http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1010qwoeiuryfg/0150_vod.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=262346
http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1010qwoeiuryfg/0240_vod.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=481677
http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1010qwoeiuryfg/0440_vod.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=1308077
http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1010qwoeiuryfg/1240_vod.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=1927853
http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1010qwoeiuryfg/1840_vod.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=2650941
http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1010qwoeiuryfg/2540_vod.m3u8
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF:PROGRAM-ID=1, BANDWIDTH=3477293
http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1010qwoeiuryfg/3340_vod.m3u8

Now I want to create a Kinesis Video Stream producer. I start by creating a new AWS Linux 2 EC2 Instance. I am bootstrapping this instances with the following script:
https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-producer-sdk-cpp/blob/master/kinesis-video-native-build/install-script-ami
I didn't have any luck with the ./install-script -a -d -j $MAX_NUM_PARALLEL command specified in the install-script-ami file. Removing the -a as follows did it for me: ./install-script -d -j $MAX_NUM_PARALLEL. When I ran this, it churned for 10 minutes and then failed. The repair here was to install c++ with:
yum install gcc-c++

So I re-ran the install-script and it continued on where it left off. After another 20 minutes or so, the installation completes and I get this prompt:
[100%] Built target kvs_producer_plugin_rtsp_demo
**********************************************************
Success in building the Kinesis Video Streams Producer SDK !!!
**********************************************************
Now you can set the environment variables before running the sample applications
by running source set_kvs_sdk_env.sh
Also, you may want to add to the following environment variables to set it permanently
in /root/.bashrc or /root/.bash_profile or /root/.zshrc

Lastly, I sourced the envars:
source set_kvs_sdk_env.sh

Now I am finally going to try read the HLS Stream with...
gst-launch-1.0 http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1010qwoeiuryfg/sl.m3u8 ! hlsdemux ! tsdemux ! queue ! video/x-h264 ! h264parse ! qtmux ! filesink
WARNING: erroneous pipeline: no source element for URI "http://qthttp.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1010qwoeiuryfg/sl.m3u8"

This is when I get the WARNING. At this point, I am really close, but stuck. Ultimately I want to run this command:
gst-launch-1.0 $STREAM_URL ! hlsdemux ! tsdemux ! queue ! video/x-h264 ! kvssink stream-name=$STREAM_NAME storage-size=512 access-key=$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID secret-key=$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY aws-region="us-east-1"

What am I doing wrong here? Why am I getting WARNING: erroneous pipeline: no source element for URI warnings for every HLS URL I use?


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BY Nicholas Hirshon
DAILY NEWS WRITER
*This article has been taken from the NY Daily News Web site. Read more here.
The nation's oldest continuously operated movie theater – now shuttered for two years – may offer more historic treasures than originally thought, the Daily News has learned.
Exclusive photographs obtained by The News show that the historic Ridgewood Theatre, though largely deteriorated, still bears gems from its heyday, from an aging projector to wooden armrests.
Snapped by a local rubbish remover, the images offer a rare glimpse inside the Myrtle Ave. mainstay, whose interior condition has been largely unknown since it closed in 2008.
The News first reported last month that the theater is set to be transformed into an Associated supermarket next year.
The photos show much of the theater is beyond saving, but some carvings, seats and other aspects seem intact. That could lead to new concerns about preserving the Ridgewood or rescuing artifacts.
"There's little, tiny things that are lying around," said rubbish remover Nick DiMola, who snapped the pictures when called to estimate cleanup costs in July.
The city declared the Beaux-Arts structure a landmark in January, crediting The News for alerting city officials to the site.
Landmarking bars major alterations on the facade, but the protective status does not extend to the interior.
It's unclear how Associated will renovate the five-screen theater. Max Figueredo, a lawyer for the new owners, said he did not know their plans.
Preservationists applied for interior landmark status in 2008, but the city is "very selective" with interior landmarks, designating only 110, said Lisi de Bourbon, a spokeswoman for the Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Queens boasts only a handful of interior landmarks, which must be regularly open to the public, including the RKO Keith's movie theater in Flushing and the Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport.
DiMola said he will post all his photos within the next week on his blog, WeLoveGarbage.wordpress.com.
Ted Renz of the Myrtle Ave. Business Improvement District said he hopes the theater would be adaptively reused, but added that option may not be economically viable.
"There are artifacts particularly in the lobby that are still intact, but I don't know the cost that would be involved," Renz said.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/queens/2010/12/08/2010-12-08_movie_house_relics_treasure_amid_ridgewood_ruins.html#ixzz17eiCVPzI
One Response to "Historic Ridgewood Theatre, oldest theatre in country, houses treasures amid ruins"
I love when Nicky finds these rare finds… he calls me like an excited kid to share his good fortune. I operate Macaluso Realty in Queens and whenever my clients need a cleanout – DiMola is the "go to" guy. Wait until he sees the next cleanout job I have for him… he will "flip out". This house had so much "junk", it would take weeks for the owners to clear it out.
tom macaluso said this on	December 11, 2010 at 5:06 PM | Reply


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I've recently found myself in what is for me a very unusual situation; that of being the victim of an injustice. I'm not going to go into any details here, suffice it to say that it's a workplace-related dispute which I'm determined to resolve in the calmest and most effective way possible, which is to get those responsible into big heaps of trouble themselves. I find that doing so actually gives me a fair bit of satisfaction and moral purpose. When I was striding purposefully to work this morning I idly started to imagine myself as some sort of Soldier of Fortune making a stand on behalf of the world's downtrodden and mistreated. Fortunately the consequences for me or for the world as a whole are not particularly serious, but it's gratifying to feel that I'm definitely taking the right course of action for a change.
If by any chance you hear of a bloodbath taking place in a language school in Cambridge, you'll know that I've had a change of tactics.
On the theme of the struggle against injustice, there is someone, quite possibly a child, who has taken to hanging round this website expressing heartfelt concern for the possible fate of Britain's muslims as a result of the Government's catastrophic reaction to the terrorist attacks in London. He, she or it has also repeatedly expressed outrage on behalf of the malogrado Brazilian executed in cold blood and with apparent impunity by the British police several weeks ago.
This may appear puzzling to anyone who has visited this site before, given that it focuses almost exclusively on issues related directly to my experiences of teaching English in China. However, I have a sneaking suspicion that the person concerned may just be Chinese, and that a basic fact about the big wide world outside China may remain tantalisingly outside their grasp.
It goes pretty much like this: it is not just that people living outside of autocratic regimes enjoy the freedom to openly think and speak critically about what goes on in their and in other countries – many, many people around the world do not see the country where they happened to be born as the single defining factor in the way they choose to see the world. This means that they see injustice as something that exists in every country, and something that must be exposed and fought wherever it occurs in the world.
For this reason, until I begin to meet many more Chinese people who can and will express concern for the victims of injustice in China, I will not be inclined to regard their expressions of outrage at injustice elsewhere as genuine or sincere. Which is a shame, because I have the feeling that some very noble and laudable sentiments, especially amongst young Chinese people, are being led carefully astray.
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U.S.-China investment flows hit their lowest in 9 years as companies feel the pressure to pull out
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(CNBC) – BEIJING — The haggling over TikTok is the latest signal of a change in U.S.-China deal-making: rather than buying each other, companies may soon be looking to sell their cross-border holdings.
Amid the shock of the coronavirus pandemic and escalating U.S.-China tensions in the first half of this year, the total value of foreign direct investment and venture capital deals between the two countries fell to a near nine-year low, research and consulting firm Rhodium Group said in a report Thursday. The research said the $10.9 billion in deals for the January to June period was the lowest since the second half of 2011.
The decline continues a trend of the last three years, reversing a flurry of mergers and acquisitions by Chinese conglomerates in the U.S. that included purchases such as the Waldorf Astoria in New York.
Both countries have had a part to play in this development. The Chinese government has sought to limit capital outflows, while U.S. President Donald Trump — who is seeking re-election in this November's election — has increased scrutiny on Chinese purchases of American assets.
The total announced Chinese divestitures in the U.S. have amounted to $76 billion in the last 20 years, with the bulk occurring in the last two years, according to Rhodium's analysis.
The latest ongoing high-profile case involves Beijing-based ByteDance, which acquired short-video app Musical.ly in late 2017. ByteDance subsequently merged the users of the U.S.-focused start-up onto one app called TikTok that has exploded in popularity worldwide. Citing concerns about data security, Trump issued an executive order in August requiring ByteDance to divest its interests in the U.S.
After rejecting a bid from Microsoft, TikTok is expected to list its global operations publicly on a U.S. stock exchange, with U.S. software company Oracle and retail giant Walmart set to take stakes, sources told CNBC.
Trend could last beyond U.S. election
There will likely be more political pressure for Chinese stakeholders to sell out to American businesses.
The Rhodium report noted the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is stepping up its scrutiny of Chinese investments in the country to include a retroactive review of transactions that were not submitted voluntarily.
And companies were far from eager to pursue cross-border deals in the first half of the year.
Completed U.S. direct investment into China fell 31% to $4.1 billion, while Chinese investment into the U.S. would have plunged if not for Tencent's $3.4 billion minority stake in Universal Music, the report said. With the technology giant's purchase, Chinese businesses completed direct investments of $4.7 billion into the U.S. in the first half of the year, up from $3.4 billion a year ago, according to Rhodium.
"Flows are unlikely to recover in (the second half) amidst persisting systemic concerns and US election politics," the authors of the report wrote.
Although they expect some pressure to subside following the election, they said, "systematic concerns driving caution on Chinese investment in high technology, critical infrastructure and personal data assets will not subside."
"China's new 'internal circulation' campaign suggests that Beijing reads the writing on the wall to mean less two-way engagement with the world, especially the US, in the years ahead," they added.
Some companies still picking China
Chinese authorities are also increasing scrutiny on inward flows, according to a separate report co-released this week by the Rhodium Group.
The quarterly review of China's progress on economic reform is called "The China Dashboard" and released by the Asia Society Policy Institute and the Rhodium Group.
Analysts said in the report that regulators "disproportionally targeted foreign firms in their merger reviews" in the first three months of this year.
The share of foreign-involved deals subjected to review soared to 32% — the highest on record, the report said, adding that fewer than 10% of domestic deals faced such scrutiny. It noted that deals tied to overseas firms fell 17% year-on-year to 151, while domestic deals declined 9% year-on-year to 324 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
In public, China's top government leaders and various departments have emphasized efforts to support foreign direct investment into the country. Data from the Ministry of Commerce showed actual use of foreign capital rose 15% year-on-year in August, bringing the year-to-date change to near break-even at negative 0.3%.
"We had unprecedented access to the Chinese leadership over the last month," Joerg Wuttke, president of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, told reporters last week. He pointed in particular to a conversation a day earlier with Hu Chunhua, a vice premier of China, along with representatives from the American Chamber of Commerce in China and other foreign business groups in Beijing.
American and European business associations have also noted that members generally remain keen on staying in China to access the large domestic market.
Rhodium's report on cross-border flows pointed out that China's agriculture and food sector became a new popular industry for U.S. investment this year, and many significant American deals for Chinese companies in industries such as finance and energy remain on track.
"In particular, capital expenditure from the ongoing greenfield constructions are baked in for the next few years, so a rapid drop-off like we've seen in the other direction is unlikely to happen for US FDI in China," the report said.
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