Putin: Much of the Ukrainian grain is actually American after Ukraine sold its farmlands to U.S. companies.
~#When we talk about GRAIN SHIPMENTS out of Ukraine, DO YOU KNOW WHO;S doing the SHIPPING? American Companies..~
HELLO anyone home??
You be the judge! Time to HEAR BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=355995256653652
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#ANTI_TRUST | #International_Tech_News
GOOD JOB:)!! #BIG_KUDOS TO (#KFTC) #SOUTH_KOREA #Anti_Trust Regulators!
#Apple's #Korea #Offices #RAIDED by #ANTITRUST Regulators Over #Allegations It Charges #Developers 33% #Commission
Friday September 30, 2022 2:02 am
Apple's #South_Korean #headquarters have been raided by antitrust regulators after a complaint was raised by developers that it is charging them over the standard 30% #App_Store commission rate.
The #dawn raid by the Korea Fair Trade Commission (#KFTC) was reported by local media on Monday and covered on Friday by the Foss Patents blog, highlighting the ongoing #investigation in the country into Apple's alleged #abuse of #market_power.
The complaint that sparked the raid was reportedly brought by #mobile_game developers who argued that Apple charges more than the typical 30% #commission rate for #purchases made in the App Store.
As Foss Patents points out, Apple charges 30% of the price paid by end users, which includes value added tax (VAT), making it 10% higher than the amount on which Google bases its 30% commission, which doesn't include VAT. #Apple is therefore #collecting 33% (30% of 110%), not the headline 30% rate.
The above also comes into play for the 15% rate applied to small businesses or to subscriptions in the first year: Developers in Korea get charged 16.5% because Apple collects the commission on the #gross_price which is inclusive of VAT. The additional 3% reportedly amounted to approximately 345 billion won ($240 million) in the period from 2015 to 2020.
It's a similar story in other countries where Apple operates including #France and #Italy (32.1%), #Turkey 35.25%, and the #UK (31.5%) when tax is taken into account, although no-one has yet lodged a formal complaint about the practice in any of those countries.
The development means Apple is now being investigated by #two Korean #government_agencies. In August, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) said that it had conducted an inspection of Apple, Google, and One Store since May 17 to determine if they have #violated in-app #payment_laws, and concluded that all three companies may have done so. If the new probe discovers malpractice, the KCC could issue correction orders and impose fines up to as high as 2% of the average annual revenue from relevant business practices.
In January, Apple announced that it would comply with a new South Korean law that bans app store operators from requiring developers to use their own in-app purchase systems. In late June, the change came into effect, enabling developers to offer alternative payment systems in South Korea.
However, Foss Patents argues that Apple is acting in bad faith by making it prohibitively expensive to use alternate payment services. Apple charges a 26% commission on payments processed by other service providers, meaning that developers using a third-party payment processor in Korea would have a total cost that is about twice as high as if they used Apple's in-app purchases.
https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/30/apple-korea-offices-raided-antitrust-regulator/
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MEMORY LANE | #ANTI_TRUST | #International_Tech_News
Look who's being searched: Google #RAIDED by #South_Korean #competition_regulators | May 31, 2012
Google continues to be plagued by antitrust disputes,(opens in new tab) with the most recent flashpoint occurring earlier in the week when the company's offices in Seoul were raided by the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC), inside sources are claiming.
If the reports are accurate, it would represent the second time(opens in new tab) the search giant has been swooped on by the government agency, which is responsible for regulating economic competition in South Korea.
Speculation surrounding the bust indicates it may be a response to the Internet titan's resistance to an ongoing Android-related investigation by the KFTC(opens in new tab), which the regulators feel Google is hampering by erasing documents and encouraging employees to work remotely during the proceedings.
Google has not yet issued a direct comment on the reported raid, instead reiterating an earlier statement that it will "continue cooperating with this and other government inquiries."
The investigation(opens in new tab) is rooted in a complaint lodged last year by local Internet content service operators, including NHN Corporation, who run the popular Korean web portal Naver, and Daum Communications.
The central grievance logged by the two companies is that Google uses its market dominance to manipulate smartphone manufacturers and mobile carriers on the peninsula into pre-loading its services onto devices whilst freezing out local rivals.
The South Korean government is known for placing harsh, something absurd, restrictions on telecommunications products - until late 2011, all game apps had to be vetted by a central "Game Rating Board," a move that led Apple and Google to pull out of that side of the app market.
It is not the first time that Google has faced problems in South Korea - Google's Seoul offices were also raided by the KFTC last September, while in May 2011 police swooped on the same location following allegations that the behemoth's AdMob platform was being used unlawfully to log private data.
The Asian regulatory body's latest bust compounds the legal pressure on Google at the moment(opens in new tab). Brussels recently set a 2 July deadline for the company to respond to allegations that it has similarly abused its dominant position in European markets.
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MEMORY LANE | The Spider's Web: #Britain_s #Second_Empire (#Financial_Power #Documentary) | Timeline:
How Britain Transformed from a #COLONIAL_POWER into a #GLOBAL_FINANCIAL_POWER. ..At the Demise of Empire, #City_of_London financial interests created a web of #offshore_secrecy_jurisdictions that #captured_wealth from across the #globe and #hid_it behind #Obscure_Financial_Structures in a #WEB of Offshore Islands. (AKA #SHELL_COMPANIES) Aug 20, 2019
"We need to be quite sure that the possible proliferation of the #Trusts, #Companies, #Banks etc., which in most, cases would be no more than #Brass_Plates_Manipulating_Assets outside the Islands does not get out of hand".
"There is of course #no_objection to their providing #Bolt_holes for #Non_Residence, but we need to be quite sure that in so doing opportunities are not created for the #Transfer of #UK_Capital to the #NON_STERLING_Area Outside UK #RULES"?
* 1980 500 Billion Dollars
* 1988 4.8 Trillion Dollars
* 1997 Nearly 90% of all #International_Loans were made Through this Market??
#Institutionalized_Theft | #Institutionalized_Money_Laundering and #Institutionalized_DISCRIMINATION!
SOLUTION: #Global_Standards to #Collect_Taxes #Across_Borders. A #Public Accessable #Registrar/#Register of the #Beneficial_OWNERSHIP.
Putin: Much of the Ukrainian grain is actually American after Ukraine sold its farmlands to U.S. companies.
~So that's why there was so much talk bout this [#GRAIN_ISSUE]~
HELLO anyone home??
HAVE ALL AMERICANS BEEN #BAMBOOZLED!!??
You be the judge! Time to HEAR BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=355995256653652
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Putin: Much of the Ukrainian grain is actually American after Ukraine sold its farmlands to U.S. companies.
~#tHEY ARE, FOR THE mOST pART, THE #OWNERS OF THAT #GRAIN??.~
HELLO anyone home??
You be the judge! Time to HEAR BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=355995256653652
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#Putin: European countries have not rid themselves of the colonialist paradigm and continue living at others’ expense.
~My Impression is that, as far as European Countries are concerned, THESE ARE FORMER COLONIAL POWERS??~
You be the judge! Time to HEAR BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY.
* We are not #ostriches
* #STOP the USA/UKRAINE #Proxy_War
* #Stop NATO INVASION
* #Stop USA invasion into Russia VIA PROXY WARS!
* Stop sending #WE_THE_PEOPLES MONEY (billions) to Ukraine when we have an explosion of Domestic Terrorism in our own back yards!??
* Stop sending weapons of Mass destruction to Ukraine SUPPORTING OIL companies.
https://www.facebook.com/100153365680200/videos/1251589409010196
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Putin: Much of the Ukrainian grain is actually American after Ukraine sold its farmlands to U.S. companies.
~As it turns out, #Ukrainian_Lands were #SOLD to American Companies, #Long_Ago, and this is their GRAIN they're #NOW_MOVING~
HELLO anyone home??
HAVE ALL AMERICANS BEEN #BAMBOOZLED!!??
You be the judge! Time to HEAR BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=355995256653652
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Putin: Much of the Ukrainian grain is actually American after Ukraine sold its farmlands to U.S. companies.
~#Americans are very #Pragmatic~
You be the judge! Time to HEAR BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=355995256653652
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#Putin: European countries have not rid themselves of the colonialist paradigm and continue living at others’ expense.
~And they have thus far been unable to rid themselves of this paradigm in their practical, everyday politics??~
You be the judge! Time to HEAR BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1251589409010196
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* #STOP the USA/UKRAINE #Proxy_War
* #Stop Nato INVASION
* #Stop USA invasion to Russia VIA PROXY WARS!
* Stop sending #WE_THE_PEOPLES MONEY (billions) to Ukraine when we have an explosion of Domestic Terrorism in our own back yards!??
* Stop sending weapons of Mass destruction to Ukraine SUPPORTING OIL companies.
You be the judge! Time to #Think for #yourself!;)
Putin: The #West has for #decades sought to #dismantle #Russia and is now trying to use Ukraine as a tool for #achieving this #goal.
~For Decades, the idea of dismantling the Soviet Union and Russia itself has been constantly #cultivated in #Western_Countries~
https://www.facebook.com/100153365680200/videos/613513660489851
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Judas Priest - You've Got Another Thing Comin' (Official Lyric Video)
* That's right, here's where the talkin' ends
* Well, listen this night there'll be some action spent
* Drive hard, I'm callin' all the shots
* I got an ace card comin' down on the rocks
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Exclusive: #Europe braces for #Mobile_Network #BLACKOUTS
#PARIS/STOCKHOLM/MILAN, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Once #unthinkable, mobile phones could #go_dark around Europe this #WINTER if #POWER_CUTS or #energy_rationing knocks out parts of the mobile networks across the region.
#Russia's decision to #halt_gas supplies via Europe's key supply route in the wake of the #Ukraine_conflict has increased the chances of #power_shortages. In #France, the situation is made worse by several #nuclear_power_plants shutting down for maintenance.
#Telecoms industry officials say they fear a severe winter will put Europe's telecoms infrastructure to the test, forcing companies and governments to try to mitigate the impact.
Currently there are not enough back-up systems in many European countries to handle widespread power cuts, four telecoms executives said, raising the prospect of mobile #phone_outages.
#European_Union countries, including France, #Sweden and #Germany, are trying to ensure communications can continue even if power cuts end up exhausting back-up batteries installed on the thousands of cellular antennas spread across their territory.
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ATTENTION #AMERICAN_CITIZENS!
#Zepp_LaRouche: A Financial #Crash is #Coming Like a #Big_Tsunami
#PREDICTED on Aug 21, 2019
In this week's webcast, Schiller Institute leader Helga Zepp LaRouche reviewed the latest
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Top 7 Trends in #Open_Source #Technology in 2022
1. Demand for People with Open-Source #IT_Skills Will Be on the Rise
There will be a surge in demand for full-stack developers and IT persons having open-source skills..
2. The #Adoption_Rate for Containers and Kubernetes Will Increase
Adoption of Kubernetes (which acts as an open-source container orchestration platform for cloud applications) will be on the rise...
3. #Snap and #Flatpak Will Be Accepted on a Larger Scale
Snap and Flatpak are both systems designed for distributing #Linux_apps.
4. Emphasis on Open-Source #Security Will Increase and Attacks on #Supply_Chains Will Be Averted.
5. The Launch of a New Open-Source Social Network May Occur in 2022
This can be considered a wish that may easily see the light of the day in 2022.
6. It's High Time to Implement AI with Full Force??
Technologies like artificial intelligence (#AI), machine learning (#ML), deep learning (#DL)
#DAVIDV: SIDE NOTE
* DL IS NOT RECOGNIZED and is google propaganda
*AI is MISLEADING and not recognized since it is a #PROVEN_FANTASY
* AI does not exist! YET!;)
..and data-driven technologies are here to stay and will see a rapid increase in their implementation and execution.
7. #Steam_Deck Will Prove that Linux Can Provide a Better Gaming Experience
Steam Deck is a #portable handheld #gaming device, and in 2022, Linux is determined that it can game.
Linux is not going to dethrone Windows in the realm of desktop gaming, but it will prove that Linux is also a viable option when it comes to playing games through Steam (Martinez-Torres & Diaz-Fernandez, 2013).
https://dzone.com/articles/top-7-trends-in-open-source-technology-in-2022
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#UPDATED | #FLORIDA | Hurricane #IAN | Map time: Wed Sep 28 2022 13:42:20 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
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#UPDATED | Hurricane #IAN | Map time: Tue Sep 27 2022 17:14:59 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
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#UPDATED: Map time: Mon Sep 26 2022 22:59:59 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
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Hurricane #IAN UPDATE
Ian strengthens into a hurricane, heads toward #Cuba, #Florida.
#HAVANA – Hurricane Ian moved near the #Cayman_Islands and closer to western #Cuba early Monday (Today) on a track to hit #Florida as a major hurricane this week.
Ian was forecast to intensify rapidly and become a major hurricane as soon as late Monday before becoming an even stronger #Category 4 hurricane over warm #Gulf_of_Mexico waters before striking the west central coast of Florida on Wednesday.
Authorities in Cuba suspended classes in #Pinar_del_Rio province and planned evacuations Monday as Ian gained strength on approach to Grand Cayman and the Cuban provinces of #Isla_de_Juventud, #Pinar_del_Rio and #Artemisa.
“Cuba is expecting extreme hurricane force winds, also life threatening storm surge and heavy rainfall,” U.S. National Hurricane Center senior specialist Daniel Brown told The Associated Press early Monday.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Ian should reach far-western Cuba late Monday or early Tuesday, hitting near the country’s most famed tobacco fields. Cuba state media outlet Granma said authorities would begin evacuating people from vulnerable areas early Monday in Pinar del Rio. Classes there have been suspended.
At 5 a.m. EDT on Monday, Ian was moving northwest at 13 mph (20 kph), about 90 miles (150 kilometers) southwest of Grand Cayman, according to the center. It had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph).
“Ian is not expected to spend much time over western Cuba, and additional strengthening is likely over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday,” the hurricane center said. “Ian is likely to have an expanding wind field and will be slowing down by that time, which will have the potential to produce significant wind and storm surge impacts along the west coast of Florida.”
Florida residents were getting ready, lining up for hours in Tampa to collect bags of sand and clearing store shelves of bottled water.
A hurricane watch was issued for Florida's central western coast including the Tampa Bay area, where Hillsborough County suspended classes through Thursday to prepare schools to serve as shelters for evacuees. Additional watches for more northern areas along the peninsula’s west coast may be issued, Brown said.
23-Year-Old '#Crypto_King' Has Luxury Cars #Seized After $35 Million of Investor Money #Vanishes
#Aiden_Pleterski bought ads #disguised as news articles on websites like the #Daily_Caller to promote himself.
#Five luxury cars, including two #BMWs, two #McLarens, and a #Lamborghini, have been #seized from 23-year-old Aiden Pleterski, the self-described “crypto king” of Canada, during bankruptcy proceedings according to a new report from the CBC.
But those cars are only worth a #fraction of the $35 million that Pleterski allegedly took from investors who thought he’d make them #rich?? in the #cryptocurrency market, and it’s not clear whether they’ll ever see their money again.
Pleterski and his company AP Private Equity Limited are facing at least two #civil_lawsuits after 140 people have come forward to say they invested a combined $35 million with Pleterski.
Those people believed they were investing in cryptocurrency, and Pleterski’s online presence—including photos of the 23-year-old on #private_jets and next to luxury cars—helped create the image that he knew what he was doing.
https://gizmodo.com/crypto-king-bitcoin-price-luxury-cars-seized-35-million-1849561634
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