text:
BITS and EBC Brakes to Display at Brityrex
One of the UK’s leading tyre wholesalers and a globally renown brand in motorcycle braking products have become the latest big names to confirm their involvement at May’s Brityrex International 07, according to a recent press statement released by the exhibition’s organisers.
Bristol-based BITS (British & International Tyre Supplies), which has been voted the UK Tyre Wholesaler of the Year at the NTDA TAFF awards for seven out of the last eight years, will be using Brityrex as a showcase to promote its exclusive partnership with Korean tyre brand Nexen Roadstone.
“Nexen Roadstone has a superb range of tyres in car, van and 4×4 and we’ll be using the show to demonstrate this to the trade,” explained BITS director Brian Jenkins. “Another area of the business that will benefit from Brityrex is our Vehicle Main Agents programme, which supplies franchised dealer networks across the country,” he added.
The company’s belief in the show is underlined by the fact that it has taken a prominent 85 square metre stand in Manchester’s G-MEX Centre.
Brian Jenkins is hoping that the exhibition will also coincide with an eighth Tyre Wholesaler of the Year win at the NTDA’s TAFF Awards, which are being staged during the show. “We take nothing for granted, but it would be great to win the award again at a time when so many people from the industry will be in Manchester for the exhibition,” said Brian.
BITS is part of the County Tyre Group, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year.
For James Hallett, ICT and marketing manager with EBC Brakes, the show will provide an opportunity to build on the company’s awareness and presence in the tyre, automotive and CV aftermarket sectors. Recently approved as the recommended brake product supplier to Bridgestone’s First Stop dealer network, EBC Is convinced that tyre dealers can expand their brakes servicing activities.
“The national roll out program with First Stop is already underway, with many locations already enjoying the benefits of this new relationship,” explained James. “We are convinced that the chance of enhancing profits at a time when margins on tyres are being eroded will be attractive to professional fitting stations and we’ll be using Brityrex to get that message over loud and clear to the trade,” he said.
EBC Brakes is the largest independently owned British manufacturer of braking materials and systems, with ranges covering car, CV and motorcycle applications. Its products have also been evaluated, approved and used by a number of UK police forces.


text:
When assessing inflammatory dermatoses in children with skin of color, it may be necessary to train the eye to recognize subtle changes and colors other than red, a doctor suggested at the virtual American Academy of Pediatrics annual meeting.
First, doctors should see whether they can detect any erythema, said Latanya T. Benjamin, MD, associate professor of pediatric dermatology at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton. “If the answer is no because of the background competing chromophore, then shift your focus off of the erythema and perhaps onto other colors that the skin can demonstrate,” such as red-brown, violaceous, or grayish hues.
Comparing involved areas with normal skin also may help. “Sometimes you can pick up subtleties in colors that way,” Dr. Benjamin said.
Finally, look for other changes that could relate to the patient’s condition. For example, when diagnosing acne, Dr. Benjamin looks for pigmentary sequelae like hyperpigmentation. “If a patient has atopic dermatitis, is there hypopigmentation on other areas of the face?”
Consider cutaneous T-cell lymphoma in the differential diagnosis of generalized hypopigmented patches and plaques in patients with darker skin types, Dr. Benjamin noted. Other diagnoses that may result in hypopigmentation include pityriasis alba, vitiligo, tinea versicolor, ash-leaf macules, Hansen’s disease, postinflammatory hypopigmentation secondary to atopic dermatitis, and tinea corporis.
Be sensitive to the fact that changes in skin color can be “very annoying or devastating to the family,” even with medically benign conditions such as pityriasis alba, Dr. Benjamin added.
Furthermore, presentations vary. For instance, depictions of atopic dermatitis in educational materials may focus on red patches and plaques but “miss that there are several presentations in those with darker skin tones, including follicular prominence, hyperpigmented plaques, and coin-shaped lesions,” said Dr. Heath, assistant professor of dermatology at Temple University, Philadelphia.
“The skin of color population is growing,” noted Dr. Heath. “By 2023, there will be more children with skin of color than without in the United States.”
While Dr. Heath has lectured about skin of color as it relates to pediatric patients for years, “now with the nation’s renewed interest in disparities in health care, it is the perfect time to highlight conditions that present more commonly in skin of color and present differently in those with skin of color.”
Dr. Benjamin had no conflicts of interest. Dr. Heath serves as associate editor of Cutis, which is owned by the same company as this publication.

domain: news


text:
Supply and Internal Trade Minister Ali Moselhi (L) during a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Thursday, 26 May 2022, follows up on the purchase of wheat from local farmers nationwide as well as the country s strategic reserve of other staples (Photo Cabinet)
Moselhi said that currently the country's stock of wheat is sufficient to cover local consumption until January 2023, according to a cabinet statement released following the meeting.
The government seeks to collect six million tons of the strategic crop from farmers through August, up from the 3.5 million tons collected in 2021, as part of a diversification of its wheat supply amid the Russian-Ukraine conflict.
Ever since the disruption in the supply of Black Sea wheat after the Russia-Ukraine war broke out on 24 February, Egypt – the world's largest wheat importer – has scrambled to find viable import alternatives to secure the strategic commodity. Russia and Ukraine alone accounted for 80 percent of the country’s imported wheat supply.
Annually, Egypt spends tens of billions of pounds to secure nearly 20 million tons of local and imported wheat, a key strategic commodity for the production of loaves of bread – a staple of everyday Egyptian diet and cuisine for tens of millions of citizens.
Prime Minister Madbouly said the government closely follows up on the purchase of wheat from local farmers nationwide as well as the country's strategic reserve of other staples, a cabinet statement noted.
Amid the current global crisis, the country has begun working on two avenues to ensure its annual needs for wheat are covered. The first is finding new international sources of wheat, and the second is taking a number of measures to ensure it collects the largest possible amount of wheat from local farmers.
Meantime, the strategic reserves of rice suffice for nearly five and a half months, cooking oil for roughly six months, livestock for around 16 months, frozen meat for six months and frozen poultry for about eight months, the minister added.
The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), the country's grain buyer, contracted to purchase 50,000 tons of subsidised rice that are set to arrive in July and August of this year, he pointed out.


text:
EL TIEMPO, Colombia: No less than 5,000 nursery and small ornamental plant producers will benefit from the elimination of the value-added tax (VAT) to potted plants approved in the recent Colombian tax reform.
The initiative, promoted by the newly created Association of Colombian Nurseries and Ornamental Growers (Colviveros) seeks to stimulate the development of the ornamental segment. According to Jairo Cadavid, President of Colviveros, this “green exemption” has a double impact. On the one hand, it will stimulate the domestic consumption of ornamental products and will clear the way to develop the export potential of this segment; on the other hand, it will generate more and better employment in rural and suburban areas of Colombia.
Among the producers consulted, Aydee Toulemonde from Siete Colinas, a nursery in Pereira, said that the measure favors them “enormously” because they were contemplating the possibility of reducing their operation and laying off some workers due to the fiscal uncertainty. “We are thankful for Colvivero’s management in this endeavor because the work associated with potted plants is one of those small-scale family-based enterprises many Colombian people opt for in order to gain a supplementary income.”
Ms. Toulemonde said the way things are going, she hopes to grow in 2017.
For his part, Cristian Stapper, President of Colviveros’ Board of Directors, thanked Senator Juan Manuel Corzo for supporting the initiative, given the immense potential the nursery industry has for generating development and well-being in the Colombia countryside. “We are anticipating an ambitious work plan for 2017 with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Colombian Institute for Agriculture and Livestock (ICA), and the VAT exemption for plants will be a vital support to give a boost to the production of ornamentals,” concluded the trade union leader.


text:
WASHINGTON — A D.C. councilmember wants to provide the opportunity for residents to go greener and adopt a safer transportation option.
Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto introduced a bill to create a rebate program that would reimburse residents who buy an electric bike from certified business enterprises in the District.
“The E-BIKE Act is aimed at reducing cost-barriers that prevent residents from purchasing an electric bike while supporting small business owners here in DC,” said Councilmember Pinto. “As we continue to invest in our protected bike lane network, this legislation is crucial to ensuring as many residents as possible can benefit from this expanded infrastructure.”
Residents would have to submit an application, proof of residency, and proof of household income to be eligible for the program. Residents who earn 80% or more of the median family income can receive an instant rebate of up to $400, or 30% of the bike's purchase price - whichever is lower - or $500 for cargo electric bicycle models.
A higher rebate - up to $1,200, or 75% of the price e-bike of the bike - would be available to residents whose earnings are below 80% of the median family income. At least half of the rebates would be reserved for residents in that group.
More than 3,000 instant rebates would be available to residents and at least 500 instant rebates to CBEs to purchase and use each fiscal year under The Electric Incentive Bicycle Kickstarting the Environment (E-BIKE) Act of 2023.
“Electric bikes are an environmentally friendly way to more easily get around the city,” Pinto said. “Reductions in traffic congestion and pollution mean we all benefit from getting more residents onto bikes – the rebate program provides an additional opportunity and incentive for residents to make this choice,” Pinto said.
The bill was co-introduced by Councilmembers Charles Allen, Brianne Nadeau, Robert White, Janeese Lewis George, Matthew Frumin, and Vincent Gray.


text:
If what President Obama said in his remarks to the nation succeeds it will be a feat of presidential prestidigitation. Moreover, it certainly sounds a wee bit more assuring than "bring it on."
Access the Citizens' Voice e-Edition on your computer or smart device in its original print format. Home delivery subscribers can read it free!Manage your account or subscribe to home delivery
75 N. Washington St. Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701


text:
“The market is witnessing a surge in Android based smart connected devices as it continues to be the OS of choice across form factors. Lenovo is leveraging this platform with the A10 an affordable yet power packed device, as it offers the flexibility to address the users’ increasingly varied demands,” said Amit Chatrath, National Product Manager, Consumer Products, Lenovo India.
Lenovo IdeaPad A10 comes with 10.1-inch 1366x768p display, 1.6GHz quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, and 0.3MP webcam. It also packs microUSB 2.0 port, two USB 2.0 ports, MicroHDMI out, microSD card slot, 3.5mm audio jack and Wi-Fi.
“The A10 weighs approx. 1 kg, features a 10.1” screen display and enables users to instantly switch between two modes – Laptop and Stand. This multimode touch device provides the ultimate flexibility between work and play with up to 10 hours battery life,” Lenovo noted in a press release.


text:
For the first time ever, the barbering world got its very own show solely dedicated to the craft of men’s grooming. The Fellowship Show, held at New York’s hip Brooklyn Bowl, brought hairdressers and barbers from around the country together for an evening of education, innovation and celebration. The goal: to make the industry stronger by fusing hairdressing and barbering, and to share tips and demo techniques that attendees could take back to their day-to-day work.
Two by two, social media barber influencers took to the stage to showcase their skills and chat up what it takes to make it in the industry. First up, Mark Bustos (a portion of the evening’s proceeds will go to his #BeAwesomeToSomebody charity organization, which provides haircuts to the homeless and disadvantaged communities in the U.S.) talked about the importance of unity and stressed that those in the industry need to look out for one another. “It’s not about battling one another, it’s about supporting each other,” he says. He also pointed out that barbers must gain their clients’ trust and impress them from the moment they walk in the door. Look at their swag, duds and how they part their hair and check out their regrowth so you can inform them when their last hair cut was, he says. “You want to be able to tell them things without having to ask them and then they’ll already be rebooking while they’re in your chair.”
Though Bustos has an impressive social media following and client roster, he told guests he’s never regarded himself as a master and enjoys being in second place. “Once you consider yourself a master you limit your growth,” he explains. “In 2nd place, there’s always going to be that chase.” He pinpointed courage, commitment, consistency and compassion as the means to his growth and ability to charge prices at his will. “I’m either expensive or free but never cheap,” says Bustos. “We have to understand and know our own value and not let anyone devalue our work.”
While Kevin Luchman demoed fading techniques, he spoke about the importance of creating a smooth transition between light and dark hair and keeping cuts square and also revealed who his biggest competitor is: himself. “I believe in hairdressing and barbering—there’s no wrong or right,” he adds. “We’re all going to be hybrids. … Don’t be afraid to grow, break barriers and be yourself.”
Rob the Original next showed guests how to create a star design and expressed his gratitude to the industry for allowing him to merge his passion for art into his portrait cuts. “I love doing art and you can draw anything into a cut—letter, logos, portraits,” he says. “When you do something you like, it can take you to places you’d never imagine.” While Julius “Julius Ceasar” Arriola gave guests a peek at his barbering skills on a female and male model, he talked about using barbering as a means to express creativity, learning the rules and then breaking them, and what it is men’s groomers are actually selling. “It’s not about selling haircuts, it’s about selling confidence,” he shares.
The final duo up, Sofie “StayGold” Pok and Matty Conrad, both demoed crop styles using their own individual methods. They expressed how barbers need to know their tools, but they shouldn’t rely on them. “You’re tools are vital but they also don’t matter,” says Conrad. “They don’t do the haircut, you do the haircut.” Also on the docket: a conversation about the newest men’s trend of well-tailored yet effortless, disheveled and casual cuts and Instagram. Pok explained to guests that she first used the platform to brand her online portfolio. “It’s an easy way to approach people and in one click you can share your work with the world and you never know where it will take you,” she says. Conrad relayed that you shouldn’t sweat the small stuff. “You don’t want to attach self-worth to how many followers you have or how many likes you get,” he says.
Beyond the stage presentation, guests not only scored major swag bags, sponsors American Crew, Takara Belmont, Victory Barber & Brand, Freedom Barber and Mizutani Scissors had stations lined up in the front room where guests could peruse and purchase their products or nab American Crew straight razors customized with their names.
[Images courtesy of American Crew]


text:
Novus International Inc. announced Monday it formed a new company to produce products for the equine, canine and human health markets.
The new company is called Arenus and it will begin to produce and market products in the United States this year.
"Arenus supports the Novus vision to help feed the world affordable, wholesome food by building upon its research and understanding of animal health and nutrition. Arenus will bring the Novus approach of improving health through nutrition to the equine, pet and human markets," Thad Simons, president and chief executive of Novus, said in a statement.
Arenus' first product is Steadfast Equine dietary supplement, which is designed to help support and maintain horses' joints, bones, hooves connective tissues, skin and coat.
St. Louis-based Novus International, Inc. provides nutrition and health solutions for the animal feed and health industries. It serves customers in more than 80 countries around the world.


text:
The cable television business faces a growing problem. Yes, it's fighting a wave of cord-cutting that doesn't look like it's going to slow down anytime soon, but that's not the most noteworthy of its challenges. More pressing -- though more subtle -- is the cable industry's growing struggle to sell highly targeted ad space to advertisers who are trying to reach increasingly distracted consumers. Streaming services that rely on advertising revenue may be doing even worse when it comes to connecting advertisers with the right consumers.
It's an undertow particularly concerning for Comcast (CMCSA 0.51%) shareholders. Its NBCUniversal division not only operates in the conventional cable television space, but it's entering the streaming fray with a fully ad-supported version of Peacock. This will be the first major network name to stand up to commercial-free rivals like Netflix with a streaming alternative whose main tier is totally monetized with television commercials. For the gambit to pay off, it would have to give advertisers something they've never had before.
Comcast's NBCUniversal arm is doing just that, unveiling an impressive upgrade to its ad sales platform simply called "One Platform" that gives advertisers everything they could want in an ad-management and measuring interface.
How One Platform is an improvement
If the premise rings a bell, it may be because yours truly broached the idea earlier this month by suggesting even though advertisers were ready to plug into streaming video, streaming service providers didn't seem quite ready to deliver the kind of advertising and measuring options advertisers now expect.
It seems I underestimated just how much progress Comcast has made on this front. Tuesday's presentation of the new and improved One Platform described it as a way to give marketers "the power to reach all audiences everywhere they are across the full NBCUniversal ecosystem, and enables every impression to be data-informed."
More importantly, it ticks off the most important checkboxes at a time when the cable business is rapidly changing.
According to a press release, NBCUniversal will expand CFlight cross-platform impression measurement to include over-the-top television (OTT) co-viewing, out-of-home measurement, and short-form video. The release said:
[NBCUniversal's AdSmart] now includes two new capabilities for Nielsen demo-based buys: data-driven national TV campaigns optimized to reach a single demo across the company's linear portfolio, and data-driven cross-platform campaigns optimized for unduplicated reach across the company's linear, digital video and OTT footprint.
Simply put, Comcast clearly knows it has to be ready to give marketers everything they should be able to get in this day and age of television technology.
A welcomed solution
The robust solution solves big problems at a very opportune time.
There was a time not too long ago when cable companies and networks had a good feel for who was watching what programs and could pass that data along to advertisers, who more or less knew what sort of response to an ad could be expected.
Unfortunately, that's not really true anymore, and mobility is a key cause of a growing struggle to measure ad effectiveness. A recent study commissioned by Facebook found that 94% of television viewers have a mobile phone in their hand while they're watching. That device might make it easier for a consumer to learn more about a product featured with a television commercial, but it could just as easily mean consumers are doing something with their phones while a commercial is playing and miss an ad altogether. One Platform appears to offer a way to let advertisers know when that's happening.
Perhaps more importantly, the planned technology updates to One Platform will give marketers more granular data about their traditional cable television campaigns, but the updates will also give them the detailed demographic data and ad-management/measurement capabilities that have been mostly been missing with streaming video so far.
As Deloitte's most recent Digital Media Trends Survey bluntly noted, "Long, frequent, repetitive, and irrelevant advertising diminishes the user experience, and the growth of streaming options outside the ad ecosystem has benefited from this."
What's at stake
To be clear, video entertainment middlemen are working to move past these hurdles. Roku (ROKU -2.22%) has partnered with Innovid, for example, to help its advertisers measure and capitalize on demographic data. It and its rivals face a steep learning curve, though, and even then, those solutions are only half of what marketers need.
While their numbers continue to dwindle, there are still more than 70 million households that subscribe to a conventional cable TV service, and they're still the underpinnings of more than $40 billion worth of ad revenue per year. Conversely, the ad-supported video-on-demand ad market may only be worth around $20 billion per year now, but Informa Tech forecasts that figure will swell to $27 billion by 2023.
A savvy company will understand it has to be able to deliver on both fronts and, ideally, connect the two. NBCUniversal's latest plans for One Platform suggest it's doing just that.


text:
Sorry it took some time to get back in touch about the beet and arugula recipes. Here they are. I hope you enjoy them. I am currently traveling to Ireland with Angela for the Ace Camps at Caher House in County Clare.
For full version, visit http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2013/09/16/arugula-and-beet-recipes/
I like what I am doing for them. I like that I am able to create recipes using my favorite foods. In these two past issues (August 2013; October 2013), the food column tells you about arugula, and beets. Green and red. Both amazing colors and ingredients to style and photograph, I thought. While Angela Mears shares insights about both vegetables, I share four recipes: an Arugula Pesto; an Arugula Salad, Beet chips, and a Beet risotto. I hope they make you hungry.
For full version, visit http://www.latartinegourmande.com/2013/09/11/mindful-magazine-beets-arugula-recipes/
Nation Throws Giant Temper Tantrum Upon Learning Syria Is Complex, Nuanced Issue 2:43 A jellyfish falls short of its dream to kill Diana Nyad, a study shows the average person becomes an unhinged psychotic when behind closed doors, and Bruce Springsteen is on the fence about playing Bashar al-Assad’s birthday gig. Study: Average Person Becomes Unhinged Psychotic When Alone In Own House 1:44 Citing a range of behavior that experts could only describe as “profoundly disturbed,” a new study released by Cornell University’s psychology department Thursday revealed that most otherwise normal people transform into complete psychot… Courtroom Artist Clearly Infatuated With Bailiff 2:43 The Syria conflict intensifies as bears enter the war, a report shows that millions of courageous Americans are overcoming the media pressure to be thin, and the nation’s single men announce a plan to change their bedsheets by 2019. CEO Has Special Knack For Recognizing Great Ideas And Ruining Them 1:26 Employees at local technology firm Halverson Enterprises remarked to reporters Monday that CEO Peter Weathers, 61, has an extraordinary gift for discovering great ideas and then swiftly running them into the ground with his horrible modifications. $80,000 Wedding Beautiful 2:42 The Obama family adopts a 44-Year-Old Portuguese water man, a report shows that employers know within the first five minutes whether or not they will murder an applicant, and well, the neighbors just got a pitbull.
For full version, visit http://theonion.com.feedsportal.com/c/34529/f/632231/s/30e7f6bd/sc/11/l/0L0Stheonion0N0Cvideo0Cnation0Ethrows0Egiant0Etemper0Etantrum0Eupon0Elearning0Es0H337670C/story01.htm
Man’s Weekly Recycling Just Boxes Of Nestle Drumsticks
Recently in News in Photos See More >
For full version, visit http://theonion.com.feedsportal.com/c/34529/f/632231/s/30edbe75/sc/1/l/0L0Stheonion0N0Carticles0Cmans0Eweekly0Erecycling0Ejust0Eboxes0Eof0Enestle0Edrumsti0H337720C/story01.htm
Some packages have been annoying for so long that it seems as if manufacturers are teasing us all. Why, in 2013, must consumers open a box of farina pretty much as they have for decades, by pushing in a cutout on the side of the box? How many times have you opened a bag of chips only to have it split and spill the contents? Patrick Reynolds, editor of the trade publication Packaging World , blames economics. “These are mostly low-margin, commodity products that yield small profits,” he says. “There isn’t a lot of motivation for companies to rip out equipment in their plants that’s bought and paid for and invest in new machinery, no matter how horrible the packaging.” Frito-Lay, for instance, abandoned an experiment to outfit snack bags with a resealable zippered closure because of cost, says Joe Angel, publisher of Packaging World, and besides, “they want people to eat all the chips all at once.” We’ve rounded up some familiar culprits and contacted companies to find out why they couldn’t do better. The issue. You need a strong but delicate touch to pull the bag open without causing it to split apart and spill chips. The company’s response. “It’s always great to hear from a fan. We want you to know that we are always looking to improve based on feedback from our consumers.” Then the company offered us coupons.
This article has been curated from Packages that need a makeover
The E30 does not rule cheap-car racing; your humble author just won Buttonwillow’s Chump Car event in April in a Neon. Second place was a Rampage pickup. And it wasn’t like nobody brought an E30. But from a distance I can see how it looks that way. Mr.
For full version, visit http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/09/jalopnik-gets-on-the-panther-love-bandwagon/
Years of unrelenting speculation via the British motoring press are finally coming to fruition: Jaguar is about to launch a crossover, and this concept, dubbed the C-X17, appears to be it.
While officially a concept, the Jag crossover is surely a done deal. Riding on a new modular architecture that will be shared with an upcoming small sedan (slotting below the XF), the crossover will be an important car for adding volume, particularly in key markets like China and Russia where demand for crossovers is strong. Expect a full reveal at the Frankfurt Auto Show next week.
For full version, visit http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/09/jaguar-crosses-over/


text:
January-September 2019, GEL 2,053 billion were withdrawn from bank
cards issued by non-resident banks that is 21.6% more than in the same period of
last year. The amount of money withdrawn by foreigners from bank cards in Georgia amounted to GEL 1,608
billion in January-September 2018.
According to the National Bank of Georgia, GEL 1,036 billion was withdrawn from non-resident banks' cards using ATMs in January-September 2019 and GEL 1,017 billion at post-terminals.
In the same period of 2018, GEL 810.4 million were withdrawn from non-resident banks' cards from ATMs and GEL 798.6 million- at POS-terminals.


text:
In the medical field, special remote sensors are used, enabling the patient's vital signs to be monitored and subsequently transmitted to the physician, which implies that the physical presence of the physician is not mandatory to carry out these controls said President of the Internet of Things
Mark Roberti, the Editor of RFID Journal, has been writing about the Internet of Things
From industrial cluster formation of the necessary conditions one "The industry has a separable production process", the Internet of things
upstream industry is mainly related to sensing and sensing technology R&D and manufacturing, the middle reaches of the network communication channel construction and communications equipment production, downstream is the application of software development, system design and sensing industry applications, the whole industry chain is very long, and has discrete manufacturing and development of economic and technical feasibility of the production separation of the industry has been achieved, so the industry can fully production process Split.
The projects will be launched as part of Dubai's strategy to embrace the internet of things
that consists of a network of devices, vehicles, buildings and other items that are embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity, to enable them to collect and exchange data.
The private sector has embraced the Internet of Things
as a way to improve operations, using it to monitor machines, track supply chains and automate business and industrial processes.
He said: "The significant data generated by, and used within, the Internet of Things
compels us to thoroughly understand privacy, trust and ethical issues.
Deloitte examined three areas-- public education, public safety and public water utilities--where the Internet of Things
could be used to enhance current operations: education, public safety, and public water utilities.
The Internet of Things
extends across many verticals in the technology industry and is shaping up to be the key enabler of smart cities," he added.
ClickPress, Mon Aug 24 2015] The Internet of Things
(IoT) is poised to fundamentally transform M2M communications, global IT support systems, and business processes in virtually every industry vertical.
The Internet of Things
is cited as potentially the most significant technology trend this decade, a very powerful statement given the impact of cloud.
He was speaking at a conference after inaugurating on Monday the first edition of Internet of Things
Expo 2015 (IoTX) and the co-located Big Data Show at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
By 2017, research firm IDC expects the Internet of Things
market to reach $7.


text:
Through a simple addition of 1 AED to their purchase, customers can join ALDO and Project Maji in their ongoing mission to provide sustainable access to clean water and promote women’s entrepreneurship in rural communities across Sub Saharan villages.
In a continuing effort to strengthen its commitment to corporate social responsibility, Apparel Group’s premier global fashion brand, ALDO, has once again partnered with Project Maji. With a shared mission, ALDO and Project Maji, strive to ensure long-term, sustainable access to clean and safe drinking water for rural communities in Ghana. This collaborative effort specifically focuses on empowering women and improving living conditions in these marginalized regions.
ALDO encourages its customers to contribute to this transformative cause by addition a contribution of AED 1 to their bill of purchase. These donations directly fund the establishment of solar-powered water kiosks, offering reliable access to clean water and fostering women’s entrepreneurship by transforming these water points into community hubs.
Initiated in 2017, Aldo has funded three solar-powered water kiosks to date, delivering over 7 million liters of clean water daily to more than 4,900 people. The selection for a fourth kiosk is in progress, affirming Aldo’s and Project Maji’s unwavering resolve to improve the living conditions of underserved communities. The initiative aims to provide clean drinking water to 1 million people by 2025.
Mr. Neeraj Teckchandani, the CEO of Apparel Group, emphasized, “This initiative is a vital part of Apparel Group’s strategic vision for sustainability and social responsibility. We view this endeavor as a chance to contribute to the global community while upholding our corporate values. Our efforts extend beyond simply making a difference; we are nurturing progress, empowerment, and the sustainable development of communities.”
As part of the initiative, an engaging discussion has been held at an in-store event in the Mall of the Emirates on June 14, 2023. This provided an opportunity for interested individuals to gain insight into the project, Aldo’s support for the initiative, and the proposed solution from Project Maji.
The innovative solar-powered kiosks not only ensure clean water supply but also contribute to the economic empowerment of women in the region, who previously spent long hours collecting water. Furthermore, this initiative has bolstered the reputation of ALDO, a brand under Apparel Group, as a socially responsible entity. It has enhanced customer and employee engagement, leading to ALDO receiving the prestigious Images Retail Middle East Award in 2022 for “The Most Admired Brand Campaign of the Year”.
Apparel Group, through its brand ALDO and partners like Project Maji, continues to affirm its commitment to sustainable practices that align with its vision for a better, more inclusive future


text:
80788 München, de
+44 (1344) 480109
The success story continues: M...
TOPThe success story continues: MINI makes 1.5 million
Business Minister Ian Lucas MP, responsible for the automotive sector at the government department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and BMW Group board member Ian Robertson joined a group of Plant Oxford apprentices as the Chili red MINI Clubman cleared the end of the production line. The car is destined for a British customer.
Since production started at Oxford in 2001, MINI has become a global phenomenon, winning plaudits and awards all over the world and is now sold in more than 80 countries, with its most recent launch in Brazil.
Ian Robertson, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Sales and Marketing, said: "This is a great day for the plant and a wonderful milestone to reach in the 50th birthday year of MINI. The very first classic Mini rolled off the production line here at this plant on 8 May 1959.
"It was wonderful to see the passion that owners feel for MINI at the car's recent birthday celebrations at Silverstone, when 25,000 people from around the world joined the party. It is a privilege to be part of the heritage and future of this car."
Robertson added, "This is a tough time for the car industry and no business is immune from its challenges, but MINI is an extremely resilient brand with huge customer appeal and we have seen a strengthening order bank in recent months. We will launch a number of new models in the coming years and we are optimistic for the future."
BMW Group has invested more than £380m in Plant Oxford since 2001 and a further £100 million in the Hams Hall and Swindon plants, which make up the MINI Production Triangle in the UK. The Group employs more than 7,000 people in the UK, and its activities account for 1 percent of the country's GDP. The company has invested more than £1 billion in the UK since 2000.
Business Minister Ian Lucas said: "The Mini has been a symbol of British design and engineering for 50 years, and I am delighted to hear that it continues to succeed today. Part of the longevity of the Mini has come from the company's ability to innovate - the redesign that was launched in 2001, the focus on reducing CO2, and the electric Minis that over the next year we will be seeing on the streets as part of the Government's Low Carbon Vehicles Demonstrator. The Government will do all it can to support the British automotive industry as it makes the necessary transition to the low carbon future."
Recently, it was announced that BMW Group will trial an all-electric MINI in the UK - the MINI E - having won Government backing through the Technology Strategy Board and regional development agency SEEDA. BMW will lead a consortium, including Scottish and Southern Energy and academic partner Oxford Brookes University to evaluate the social, economic and practical issues of living with an electric vehicle. MINI E is already being trialled in the USA and Germany.
In the 41 years between 1959 and 2000, 5.3 million classic Minis were built, so the total when combined with new MINI volume is 6.8 million cars.
On behalf of MINI Plant Oxford, Mediamark Broadcast is offering the following to broadcasters:
Live satellite interview with BMW Group Board Member Ian Robertson on Monday 6th July 2009
- Satellite feed B-roll including soundbites with Ian Robertson, Plant Director Dr Juergen Hedrich, and shots of the 1.5 millionth MINI coming off the production line.
- Feed pictures will be available via the following satellite:
Date: Monday, 6th July 2009
Time:1045 - 1115 GMT
Satellite: W2A Transponder: D9 Channel: D
Uplink Frequency: 13.953.8330
Downlink Frequency: 11.653.8330
Symbol Rate: 5.632
Local Ends at BT Tower for UK-based broadcasters ONLY FL/GNE 29
In case of technical problems, please call Globecast MCR on +44 20 7753 3645 or 3630 If you are interested in any of the above or would like to attend the event (the media are invited to witness the 1.5 millionth MINI rolling off the production line from 1000 BST), please contact: Mark Jones, email@example.com m: +44(7967)353727
Die Nutzung von hier veröffentlichten Informationen zur Eigeninformation und redaktionellen Weiterverarbeitung ist in der Regel kostenfrei. Bitte klären Sie vor einer Weiterverwendung urheberrechtliche Fragen mit dem angegebenen Herausgeber. Bei Veröffentlichung senden Sie bitte ein Belegexemplar an firstname.lastname@example.org.


text:
Sansera Engineering IPO most likely to open next week
- Sansera Engineering is looking to raise between ₹1,000-1,500 crore through the IPO, said a source aware of the development.
- The IPO is a complete offer for sale of 1.72 crore shares by six shareholders.
- This is the company’s second attempt to go public. Earlier, it had filed for an IPO with SEBI in August 2018.
This is Sansera Engineering’s second attempt to go public. Earlier, it had filed for an IPO with the market regulator in August 2018. Reportedly, it had also received a nod to float the public issue, but it did not go ahead with the launch.
The IPO of the Bengaluru-based auto component maker is a complete offer for sale (OFS) of 1.72 crore by six shareholders. Client Ebene will sell 86.35 lakh shares, CVCIGP II Employees EBENE will sell 48.36 lakh, S Sekhar Vasan will sell 20.58 lakh shares and Unni Rajagopal K, FR Singhvi and D Devaraj will sell upto 5.71 lakh shares each.
AdvertisementThe auto component maker is a technology driven company with a strong focus on design, engineering, machine building and automation capabilities.
|Revenue (in ₹ crore)||1,572||1,473||1,640|
|Profit (in ₹ crore)||109.86||79.9||98.06|
Within the automotive sector, the company manufactures and supplies a wide range of precision forged and machined components and assemblies that are critical for engine, transmission, suspension, braking, chassis and other systems for the two wheeler, passenger vehicle and commercial vehicle verticals.
In the non-automotive sector, Sansera Engineering manufactures and supplies precision components for aerospace, off-road, agriculture and other segments, including engineering and capital goods.
SEE ALSO: Byju's' shopping spree continues — this time, it is Gradeup
10 million people tried Ola for the first time last year, says CEO Bhavish Aggarwal
Popular on BI
- Here’s why there is less adoption of the new tax regime and how budget 2022 can make it more attractive
- A market guru explains why real estate, housing and textiles should get some budget boost
- Best smartphones with 3.5mm headphone jack
- From tax structure rationalisation to expanding EV charging infrastructure, here’s what the industry wants from Budget 2022
- Best budget feature-packed TVs in India


text:
Essential milestone in Goodwill Pharma’s life: the pharmaceutical company revealed a new factory in Szeged
8 months hard work
As a result of 8 months struggling work, Goodwill Pharma Group opened a new factory in the end of 2020. Brand new capsuling and tableting machines were launched in Szeged, multiplying the company’s previous production capacity.
The new investment on Cserzy Mihály street is an important milestone in the life of Goodwill Pharma. It makes the company stronger and provides long-term employment for the local workforce. This is especially significant in an unpredictable economic environment where many employees lost their jobs.
Following Albert Szent-Györgyi’s philosophy
The team of Goodwill Pharma is highly inspired by the philosophy of our Nobel Prize-winning scientist, Albert Szent-Györgyi. We are working to provide innovative solutions to maintain health and trying to ensure the livelihood of many families in Szeged.


text:
Blockchain has become one of the most discussed supply chain management technologies. for its ability to provide transparency and traceability across a number of supply chains.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization recently published a report entitled “Blockchain application in value chains for seafood“(Use of the blockchain in marine food supply chains) to raise awareness among the government and the international community the role of blockchain in the fish industry.
The key points highlighted throughout the document point to the regulatory concerns that arise from world trade, the cases of appropriate use of blockchain, and the challenges – such as scalability and interoperability – that need to be addressed the blockchain widespread acceptance.
Why the blockchain for fishmongers?
According to the message, Fish and fish products are among the most commercialized foods in the world. In 2016, around 35% of global fish production was exchanged internationally. Since then, international trade in fish and fishery products has increased, and developing countries like Indonesia, where shrimp are widely traded, have played a key role.
However, as the seafood market continues to grow, several companies have started to publicly enforce guidelines for sustainable seafood sourcing. While food safety has always been a priority, ensuring sustainability has become an important goal that would enable companies to promote the benefits of their products, such as fair trade.
Unfortunately, it has become a challenge for seafood suppliers to effectively track the origin of their products while ensuring sustainability. While most seafood companies rely on outdated paper-based registration systems, the United Nations report notes this Blockchain could be used as an effective tracking solution for the seafood supply chain.
According to the document, an ideal tracking solution would be included Automatic identification and registration of a product upon entering a supply chain, all transactions in the supply chain and all transactions related to products that leave the supply chain.
Products must also be registered in real time, with all transactions being registered and verified. In addition, an electronic platform could also force operators to comply with regulations, eliminating the need for national law enforcement agencies to participate in world trade.
The report points out that a centralized online platform used in this case would only create challenges because not all scenarios in the supply chain could be considered when tracking every transaction. Centralized platforms are also often expensive to use and can lead to property confusion.
In this case, the advantages of blockchain outweigh those of a centralized database. By serving as a distributed ledger, A network in the blockchain guarantees that every entity in the supply chain knows all the transactions that take place in the network. In addition, no single agency has control of the network because the information is distributed among the participants.
In addition, smart contracts, which are computer codes within a blockchain network, are automatically executed when certain conditions are met. Third parties intervene less often. The report also mentions that blockchain networks could be integrated into existing digital tracking systems.in the following words:
“Almost all existing tracking systems that use blockchain technology use it as an immutable data warehouse and as a means of facilitating data exchange based on digital tracking systems that use centralized databases.”
Blockchain for sustainable fishmongers
The UN report also found that the fish block chains most commonly used in fish supply chains are those of Ethereum and Hyperledger. Ethereum is a public blockchain, while Hyperledger Fabric is a private network and one of the most commonly used blockchains for food traceability. As mentioned in the document, public and private blockchains have advantages and disadvantages:
“”In a public blockchain, the authorities could facilitate the verification of these claims by comparing all paper documentation with the documents recorded on the blockchain. In a blockchain from an authorized consortium, the authorities would have to be participants in the consortium to access the blockchain and would therefore use it to facilitate verification.“”
It often happens that large companies prefer private blockchain networks to ensure the protection of sensitive data. For this reason, the report mentions that the IBM Food Trust network that works with Hyperledger Fabric is the best example of a blockchain solution for the entire company. The IBM Food Trust network offers a collaborative ecosystem to growers, processors, wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers, retailers and even consumers who want greater visibility and accountability across the food supply chain.
To demonstrate this, the document highlights the Sustainable Shrimp Partnership, which joined the IBM Food Trust network in May 2019, to ensure transparency and traceability for shrimp grown in Ecuador to reduce food fraud. and poor quality products.
Ramesh Gopinath, Vice President for Blockchain Solutions at IBM, told Cointelegraph that there are currently more than 250 members in the Food Trust network and more than 19,000 products in the system. He also found that 24 million transactions were made over the network.
The provenance was also cited as one of the first blockchain pilot projects for shellfish after a project to track yellow fin tuna fillets and skipjack used in canning in Indonesia in 2016. With the help of the public blockchain, the mobile app and the smart tags from Ethereum, Provenance was able to track tuna from catch to landing to the factory and to the retailer.
Anglers and providers registered in the Provenance app were able to register their catch as an asset in the blockchain. The catch was then marked for identification. Suppliers transferred the catch to the factories along with the recorded application data. The final phase of the pilot was to work with retailers to label tuna products with smart, communicable near-field labels to inform consumers of where they came from.
The United Nations report notes that several valuable lessons have been learned from the first pilot. Some steps in this process are still unclear, including whether the tuna has been individually labeled or whether an entire catch has been identified and recorded as a single entity on the blockchain. The pilot’s report on origin also highlighted many issues related to Connect physical assets to digital assets using QR codes, radio frequency identification labels, and near-field communication technology.
Jessi Baker, CEO and founder of Provenance, told Cointelegraph that the project also highlighted the challenges of using blockchain to enable traceability in a truly reliable, open, and comprehensive way:
“We have learned that there are enormous trade-offs between private and public supply chains. Private chains offer some interesting gains in efficiency and some gains in trust in a closed system, but they do not and do not significantly contribute to consumer confidence with existing centralized tracking solutions.”
Baker further noted that Provenance has won several large groups of food and beverage brands as customers since this particular pilot project to enable transparency in the supply chain, including Unilever, Pernod Ricard and Princes: “These companies are now focusing their efforts on testing the impact of the product, ie ensuring the verified social and environmental information behind a product, which is often linked to traceability.“”
Fishcoin is another cited use case that encourages fishermen to earn cryptocurrency by collecting and sharing seafood data on a blockchain network. Alastair Smart, Director of Operations at Fishcoin, told Cointelegraph that the Fischer Project rewards start-up supply chains for data and middle-of-the-chain supply that works as a mechanism based on the user payments market to meet regulatory and buyer requirements .
Fishcoin uses a stable coin called Fishcoin (FISH), which is individually linked to the US dollar. Smart also explained that Fishcoin is currently working on the Steller network and on the Ethereum blockchain. He pointed to the role of Internet of Things technologies and said:
“The underlying tracking protocol platform integrates IoT technology and we are working with multinational food companies, ingredient suppliers, United Nations organizations, software developers and fish farmers to use this technology to ensure accurate aquaculture as part of an intelligent farming initiative . “
While the United Nations report summarized Fishcoin’s performance, Fishcoin’s chief technology officer, Vignesh Iyer, said so The project was created to support small, marine-based food producers in developing countries as they cannot afford basic electronic documentation of catches and tracking technologies..
Given that more than 90% of the world’s seafood comes from developing countries that don’t have data collection mechanisms from sources, sustainability becomes a problem, Iyer added:
“To meet the needs of the many actors involved in these agricultural supply chains, the industry needs an interoperable chain-wide system that can reliably and securely provide important data elements. We need a mechanism to reward producers and supply chain intermediaries who share their data and to create an incentive (carrot) for responsible and sustainable practices that go beyond government mandates (stick) for traceability“”
The challenges remain
The United Nations report states that “While there is potential for using blockchain technology to improve seafood trade, there are a number of challenges that need to be addressedAbove all, there needs to be greater awareness of how blockchain-based systems can be used in seafood value chains. It is also pointed out Scalability is an important issue for allowable blockchains, which, as observed, have the greatest potential to improve seafood traceability.
Security is also a challenge as advances in quantum computing could jeopardize the cryptographic algorithms on which blockchain networks are built. From an operational point of view, human input and physical marking methods could also be inaccurate, which raises concerns about the authenticity of data in blockchain networks.
Interoperability should also be considered, as there is still no standardization of traceability in supply chains for ship products and there are concerns about data protection and the legality of offshore transactions. Blockchain.
Finally, the report points to an important point, namely that it is necessary to create a regulatory framework so that blockchains can be used and adopted comprehensively. In fact, the report makes it very clear that any data validation and verification structure as part of a traceability framework must be based on regulatory oversight by the authorities in each region concerned.
The waves break
To address these challenges, various recommendations are made, mainly regarding the Compliance with legal and official standards. It is also recommended to understand what data should be collected through the use of the blockchain and to determine the sources and jurisdictions in the regions involved in the supply chain process.
Up to this point it is pointed out that Blockchain-based tracking solutions may work best in fisheries that want to voluntarily demonstrate compliance or in those that want to create self-monitoring mechanisms to build trust among competitors. Although the potential and limitations of blockchain are obvious, the study’s authors can ultimately agree with one thought:
“Blockchain, data mining and AI will not stop illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, they will not prevent overfishing and discards. But they can contribute to the global fish and seafood markets in a more visible and transparent way with the associated cash flow.”


text:
In a new report from the Wall Street Journal, Amazon is indeed working to launch a new Echo device, complete with a 7″ touchscreen. According to the report, Amazon could unveil the new Echo as early as Tuesday (May 9), followed by a launch early next month.
Reported to launch with a price exceeding $200 (no word on exact pricing), the new Echo with touchscreen will display answers in a digestible fashion, such as weather forecasts and stock-related questions. Not only will there be a UI for things like playing music and checking the latest headlines, the new Echo is reported to support internet-based telephone calls, letting it act just like a home phone.
According to people familiar with Amazon’s plans, the company intends to announce, “a broader rollout of telephone services for Echo devices within the next few weeks,” separately from the new Echo’s unveiling. These services could include a intercom-like service, allowing multiple Echo devices to link to each other in the same home. At this time, details are scarce, but it is reported features such as this will roll out in stages.
Guess we might see the new Echo tomorrow. Are you interested?


text:
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES REOPENING TO ALL TOURISTS JULY 1
St. Vincent and the Grenadines are officially reopening for tourism on July 1, 2020 allowing tourists from all countries to visit. The Caribbean islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines have outlined extremely clear entry requirements, which differ depending on the date of travel, plus the country of origin. We are going to break the rules down, so you can easily understand requirements before you go.
BULGARIA REOPENS FOR TOURISM – HERE’S WHO CAN VISIT
Bulgaria has officially reopened its borders in June allowing tourists from select countries to come in for a holiday. On July 16, 2020 Bulgaria made the decision to add more countries to the ‘approved' list, now allowing select third-party countries to
Where Can Americans Travel to This Summer?
As the European Union lifts its travel ban on foreign visitors July 1 from EU member states and 14 other countries, the United States was notably left off the list due to a recent surge in coronavirus cases. So while


text:
The gluten cost-free sector is a rarity amongst financial markets. He pointed out about the value of marketing and branding of meals items. There are adds and confusing information everywhere for meals and meals goods. As this number rises, so to will trends that are currently common with the veg-head set, like Meatless Monday and meat-cost-free rapidly meals alternatives. The secret is this: You can take the entire good and ideal skin-care solution in this globe but if you do not adhere to a healthier way of life with good meals and true skin-care and skin protection then don’t blame … Read more
We love our polls at Mashed. And since we’ve been keeping an eye on Applebee’s — including exploring the real deal behind the popular chain restaurant and which of its menu items we feel rank best — it made sense that we polled to see which of its appetizers are crowd favorites. The results might surprise you.
In a contest among Applebee’s boneless wings, brew pub pretzels, spinach and artichoke dip, mozzarella sticks, and double crunch bone-in wings, we asked 644 U.S. residents which was their must-have Applebee’s appetizer. For the fans at home rooting for the pretzels and bone-in
“When the shutdowns were happening, there were farmers markets and restaurants closing down, and a little bit of panic was setting in,” Miller said. “It put farmers in a bind. They were now without those immediate markets to sell their products.”
CFSA organizers also began considering those who had lost their jobs during the pandemic. Eventually, the association partnered with the Piedmont Culinary Guild, a forum for farmers and culinary professionals. Soon thereafter, they began working with local food hubs to sign up laid-off restaurant and hospitality workers to receive produce boxes.
Jesse Leadbetter, co-founder of Charlotte-based foodhub and delivery
Almost 90 percent of people receiving SNAP — the federal food assistance program formerly known as food stamps — are struggling to access healthy food, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) study released Wednesday.
The nearly 42 million Americans receiving SNAP benefits are one of the most food insecure populations in the country, and more than half responding to a survey said they simply can’t afford the kind of nutritious food that makes up a healthy diet, the study revealed. For others surveyed, the top barriers to access included a lack of transportation to a grocery store


text:
After the release of the official specifications for the new version of the LG Viewty, the Viewty II, back in March, the company has confirmed that it will be launching its 8-megapixel phone during June.
In addition, the UK operator, Orange, has also confirmed that it will be supplying the new handset as part of a menu of contract deals, according to the Electric Pig website. The Orange-bound handset will also be joined by another high profile LG mobile phone - the Arena (the Arena has already been confirmed as forming a part of the T-Mobile stable but in an exclusive livery)
The LG Viewty II, which will also be known as the LG GC900, features a 3 inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen and LG's latest 3D S-Class UI. Other features include HSDPA for fast data transfers, WiFi for wireless connections to the Internet, A-GPS for location finding and Bluetooth. There will also be room for 32GB of internal storage.
Click to read the Electric Pig story


text:
Coronavirus: When are supermarkets open just for NHS staff and elderly customers?
Tuesday 24 March 2020 17:53, UK
Supermarkets have announced "golden" hours to help the elderly and NHS workers buy essential supplies and groceries during the coronavirus pandemic.
It comes amid mass panic buying which has left some stores stripped of goods as those most vulnerable, along with nurses and doctors, struggle to access "hard to find" items including pasta, milk, fresh fruit and vegetables at all times of the day.
Here's what each of the supermarkets are doing:
National Health Service staff, who show an NHS employee card, will be allowed to fill up their trolleys for an hour ahead of normal opening times every Sunday.
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, in the hour between 9am and 10am, the elderly and most vulnerable will be given priority.
NHS and social care workers have a dedicated shopping slot between 7.30am and 8am Monday to Saturday.
The elderly and vulnerable, groups that are at high risk of COVID-19, will be given a preferential shopping hour every Monday, Wednesday and Friday between 8am and 9am.
Priority access will be given to NHS workers in larger stores every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8am to 9am.
However the supermarket said it hasn't allocated a specific time for the elderly but will be assisting the most vulnerable get access to its online delivery service.
NHS staff will be given early access between 7am and 8am, every day except on Sundays. Similar to Asda, Morrisons said it did not have specific hours for the elderly and vulnerable.
NHS staff will be given exclusive access to their stores for the first trading hour every Tuesday and Friday, while on Monday and Thursday the first hour has been set aside for the elderly and vulnerable.
The upmarket grocery chain said it has set aside the first hour of their store openings for the elderly, vulnerable and those who look after them.
Although it did not have any specific hours set aside for NHS workers, Waitrose said it was keeping a portion of fast-selling essentials items and groceries reserved for them.
The discount supermarket will open between 9.30am and 10am on Sundays (8.30am and 9am in Scotland) solely for key workers in the NHS, police and fire service.
Aldi said eligible customers will be able to take priority at checkouts when they open at 10am.


text:
Apple recently announced the “Best-of” list for 2016. One of the very closely watched categories is the Top Apps of 2016, in which the App Store gurus provide a curated list of the most used or innovative app designs from the past year. Inside, we highlight Apple’s Top 10 Apps of 2016 list, provide downloadable links to each entry, and give a blurb about the selections. If you are looking for the hottest new apps, check out what 2016 had to offer your iOS devices. Read More ››
The latest news from Apple, including iPhone rumors, new Apple devices and iOS updates.
Each year, Apple publishes a “best of” list, covering the various markets in which the company offers content. From best app to best song, iTunes and the App Store highlight pop culture shifts from year to year. These curated lists are great ways to ensure you don’t miss anything from the previous year. Read More ››
On Thursday, December 15, Nintendo dropped its first fully-featured iOS game, Super Mario Run, to the Apple App Store. Like the AirPods, which also required a wait, Super Mario Run was announced by Nintendo’s lead video game designer, Sigeru Miyamoto, in September. Historically, Nintendo was very open about releasing games solely for its own hardware platforms. […] Read More ››
In September, during the iPhone 7 launch event, Apple announced its upcoming wireless earbuds, the AirPods. The AirPods were to be released by end of the following month, October. However, the company was required to push back to the launch date due to unannounced reasons and no future date was offered. Read More ››
During Apple’s iPhone 7 event in September, the company announced an upcoming set of ear buds, to launch at the end of October. Unfortunately, Apple is now unsure of the release date, listing “coming soon” on the retail site. With AirPods now possibly missing the holiday season, are they worth the hype? Should you save up for a new year purchase? Read More ››


text:
London, 21 March 2012 – CNBC, the leading business and financial news network, today launches a new pan-European advertising campaign to strengthen awareness of the network and its flagship morning programme Squawk Box.
The campaign follows the introduction of a renewed line-up of presenters on Squawk Box with the arrival of anchor Karen Tso from CNBC in Asia. Tso joined the on-air team working alongside Geoff Cutmore and Steve Sedgwick in January.
The print and on-line campaign will run pan-regionally in media including the Financial Times, FT.com, FT Weekend Magazine, Shares magazine and also specialist finance and luxury titles including The Banker, FDI Intelligence, Elevator, Spear’s and Lusso. The campaign starts this week and will run throughout 2012.
The creative, developed and booked in house, builds on the channel’s previous brand campaign, but for the first time focuses on CNBC’s most influential and watched programme Squawk Box and the show’s EMEA presenters, who feature prominently in the creative.
The creative uses the headline ‘Squawk Box. Where Business Turns First’ to reflect the programme’s position as the leading ‘pre-market’ news and talk show across the global CNBC network. Each week day, the programme attracts the biggest names in business who bring their most important stories first to CNBC.
Charlotte Westgate, Vice President Marketing and Communications, EMEA at CNBC commented, “CNBC’s brand is well established in the business and financial marketplace, so our advertising has evolved to promote our most popular programme. CNBC attracts more daily, weekly and monthly viewers than its rivals and this campaign is designed to re-enforce our leading position by promoting the programme to new and existing viewers.”
- ENDS -


text:
Stocks moved slightly lower over the past week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average off 0.63% over the last five trading sessions.
All eyes are on the U.S. inflation rate, which clocked in at 6.2% in October, on a year-to-year basis. That’s impacting the U.S. dollar, which rose sharply as data showed inflation in the world's biggest economy grew at its fastest pace since 1990.
“Inflation in and of itself isn’t always a bad thing for the equity market,” said Don Townswick, director of equity strategies at institutional asset manager Conning.“Typically tightening happens when the economy is doing really well, so merely the prospect of some higher interest rates isn’t a problem.”
That sentiment may explain why stocks aren’t sliding significantly in the first two weeks of November. Certainly, the Federal Reserve is front and center, reassuring investors that economic events are under control.
“Last week the U.S. central bank said it will begin slowing the pace of its $120 billion in monthly bond purchases later this month,” said TheStreet’s Martin Baccardax. “Fed chair Jerome Powell, however, said the Fed will be "patient" in terms of interest rate hikes, but would not hesitate to act if a response against faster inflation were needed.”
In the meantime, there is no shortage of interesting “buy the dip” stocks flowing through the market right now. According to experts at TheStreet, these companies are at the top of this week’s list.
Disney stock is sliding in mid-November and is down 12.48% on a year-to-date basis.
What’s the prognosis for the entertainment giant?
“While the DIS stock slide is not exactly a bullish reaction to earnings, the losses aren’t too bad and bulls are buying the dip,” said TheStreet’s Bret Kenwell. “That’s about as much as investors could ask for in a situation where a company misses on earnings and revenue expectations and as Disney came up short on subscriber estimates.”
It’s no secret why Disney is circling the cauldron right now. “The company missed on the key estimates for its business,” Kenwell noted.
The stock rallied hard off its January low and topped in March just above $200. “Since then, we’ve seen several lower highs, but more recently, the stock had settled into a trading range,” he added. “Specifically, that range was defined by support near $170 and resistance between $187.50 and $190.”
In September, Disney lost its 200-day moving average, which then became resistance along with the $178 to $180 area.
“On the upside, I would really like to see how Disney handles the $169 to $170 area and 10-day moving average,” Kenwell added. “Above both measures puts a full earnings gap-fill move in play to about $174.”
Mastercard is only trading up 1.24% on a year-to-date basis and is trading flat over the past three months. But things could be looking up for the credit card behemoth.
On a recent Mad Money, Jim Cramer spoke with Michael Miebach, president and CEO of Mastercard, one of the few companies that actually benefits from rising inflation.
When asked about the pandemic's effect on their business, Miebach said that at the onset discretionary spending stopped, but everyday spending simply shifted from in-person to online.
When asked about alternative payments like "buy now, pay later" and cryptocurrency, Miebach said that Mastercard is all about giving consumers choices for how they pay for things.
Mastercard is ready for crypto and it's ready for the digital euro, he added, but they also need countries and regulators to agree on exactly what those payments will mean for consumers and for merchants.
TheStreet’s Bruce Kamich recently checked in on MA. In an October 20 review Kamich wrote that "It looks like MA is ready to resume its uptrend. Traders could go long at $365.90 or higher."
He added that “MA has bounced back in recent days and is in a position to retest the underside of the 200-day moving average line,” Kamich said. “A close above the 200-day line and above $370 (a new recovery high) will improve the chart.”
“Maybe the worst of the price weakness is behind MA,” Kamich noted. “Maybe it will prove itself. Only buy strength above $370.”
Sally Beauty is up 24.20% over the past 30 days and just released a solid quarterly earnings report, beating revenues by $13.73 million with a same store sales increase of 2.1%.
TheStreet’s Paul Price calls Sally “a fine growth company that is still offered at a non-growth valuation.”
Price said analysts never seem to give the company much respect. “They've now missed actual results by pretty wide margins on each SBH's the last five quarters,” he said. “The end of September period came in 25.5% above estimate.”
Prior to the earnings beat Yahoo Finance indicated a $24 year-ahead target price. “That is sure to go up in the near future. SBH changed hands at $25.66 as recently as late May,” Price said. “It hit an all-time peak of $35.30 back in 2015 on EPS of just $1.49.”
“With at least $2.45 now expected for fiscal 2022, there is still plenty of room for significant upside,” he said.
What is SBH really worth?
“I like to value companies based on their "normalized" valuations based on their own multi-year trading histories,” Price noted. “From 2011 through 2020 SBH typically fetched about 15-times earnings.”
“As of November 11, following the pop from the Q4 report, SBH was still offered for about 8.2-times forward estimates for the fiscal year already in progress,” he added. “That suggests major upside potential is still in play.”
“A simple reversion-to-the-mean valuation could easily justify north of $36 by this time next fall.”


text:
Last month's total was the highest seen all year. Image Credit: Ship & Bunker / Data Credit: FOIZ / S&P Global Platts
Bunker sales at the Middle Eastern hub of Fujairah surged by 22% from the previous month in October, reaching the highest level seen this year.
Total sales excluding marine lubricants jumped to 776,182 m3 last month, from 636,047 m3 in September, according to the latest data from the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone and price reporting agency S&P Global Platts.
180 CST VLSFO sales climbed by 94.9% to 573 m3, 380 CST VLSFO rose by 24.3% to 606,093 m3, HSFO advanced by 13.8% to 135,150 m3, MGO fell by 3.6% to 1,964 m3 and low-sulfur MGO jumped by 18.6% to 32,402 m3.
Marine lubricants gained lost 37.5% on the month to 5,878 m3.
Marine fuel sales around the world have seen a strong rally in October with signs of higher buying activity emerging after a slowdown over the summer. Bunker sales in Singapore in October gained 8.1% from September's levels, while Panama saw a 6.8% month-on-month rise.
You can find a history of bunker sales volumes in Singapore, Panama, Fujairah and other major ports here: shipandbunker.com/bi/bunker-volumes


text:
New York Times bestselling author and chef Tabitha Brown will make history as the host of the Food network’s first-ever vegan cooking competition.
According to a press release from the network, “It’s CompliPlated” is a hilarious new cooking show that has determined chefs attempting to please the most particular panel of eaters with the same plate of food.
Brown will be joined by “Chopped” judge and “Tournament of Champions II winner” Maneet Chauhan each week as the competing chefs battle it out in the kitchen with the hopes of walking away with $10,000.
In an interview with Mercy for Animals, Brown explained how becoming a vegan has positively impacted her life.
“First of all, I feel better. I was sick for a year. I had no energy. I was going back and forth to the doctor, and they couldn’t tell me what was wrong with me. I was in a really dark place,” she shared. “After starting a 30-day challenge to become vegan, I noticed instantly that I was starting to feel better. I’m normally a happy person, and I was just like, “Oh, I got my light back! That’s one of the things people always say, “You have a light. But what I love the most is that it’s contagious. If I walk into the room and I’ve got light, I came to bring light, and I try to give that to everybody else.”
Brown became a household name after she began recording videos for TikTok during the pandemic. She became an instant hit, tapping into new generations of fans and supporters.
And the brand collaborations just keep on coming.
The Food Network’s announcement comes just weeks after Brown unveiled her first 75-piece Target collection. Much of Brown’s clothing, swimwear and accessories collection sold out very quickly.
We can’t wait to get stuck into “It’s CompliPlated.”


text:
Report on EU aquaculture debate
Fish farming can help to meet growing demand for fish products without harming the environment, but to succeed, it has to guarantee quality and also win political support, MEPs and guest speakers agreed at a public hearing. Fish farmers need political determination, clear rules, a level playing field, and a trustworthy labeling system, urged their representatives.
Europe consumes over five million tonnes of aquaculture products a year, yet its production does not reach even one million tonnes, said Parliament's rapporteur on building a sustainable future for European aquaculture, Guido Milana (S&D, IT). But he was optimistic about aquaculture's potential. Even though Europe faces an aggressive international market, it can win over reluctant consumers by ensuring that its produce is of high quality, he explained.
Input from this hearing on how Europe can promote aquaculture will inform Mr Milana's own-initiative report, which in turn should help clarify what kind of legislation could help the sector, he said.
Aquaculture suffers from an often-justified negative image, but also from ignorance of fish farming, a relatively new economic activity, a European Parliament press release stated. One of the key concerns is its environmental sustainability. Director of the Galician Turbot Producers Association Fernando Otero Lourido argued that fish farms can be fully sustainable, as is the case in Galicia, where one of the world's largest aquaculture sites is located right next to the Lira marine reserve.
What the producers need is clear rules, a level playing field and political determination, argued Mr Otero, also noting that a trustworthy labelling system would help the sector.
"There seems to be a proliferation of different marks" on labelling, observed Marco Greco of the Italian Association for Organic Agriculture. "Sustainable" and "eco-compatible" production has to be distinguished from "organic" products, as is done in agriculture, he said.
Commenting on a remark by Mr Milana on Europe's imports of Asian pangasius, which consumers know only in the form of filets, and have no clue as to its origins, Struan Stevenson (ECR, UK), regretted the World Trade Organisation does not recognise the importance of animal welfare. "The only way we can deal with it, is to educate consumers", he said.
MEPs also raised questions about the sustainability of the amounts of fish killed to feed farmed fish. Replying to Isabella Lövin (Greens/EFA, SE), about the possibility of using "vegetarian" fish, such as carp or tilapia, Dawn Purchase of the Marine Conservation Society said retailers find it hard to convince consumers to eat that fish, at least in the UK. However, inciting celebrity chefs to prepare it could stimulate demand, she added.
Norway sells 97% of its aquaculture production abroad, unlike the EU, whose imports greatly exceed exports. Norwegian fish farmers also enjoy strong political support and an excellent geographical situation, said Petter Arnesen (Feed & Environment, Marine Harvest ASA, Norway). Norway has strict rules to ensure sustainability, and does its utmost to prevent infections, fish parasites and escapes and thus contamination of wild fish by farmed salmon. Its use of antibiotics has been reduced almost to zero, although they remain useful to fight parasites, he added.
Mrs Lövin asked whether aquaculture can be associated with sustainability if high-quality fish such as mackerel or overfished species like blue whiting are turned into fishmeal for salmon. Icelandic mackerel has indeed been turned into fish feed, but it proved inadequate for salmon and ended up in chicken feed instead, replied Mr Arnesen, adding that "we do not want to be associated with hoovering the seas".
Alain CADEC (EPP, FR) asked about salmon farming's carbon footprint of and sustainability of exporting Norwegian salmon to China and re-importing it to Europe as processed fish. Mr Arnesen replied that the CO2 impact of this practice was not very great, if the fish were frozen and transported in large quantities.
Most speakers stressed the need to use existing R&D funding more efficiently, so that research translates into action. Dr Peter Heffernan (Marine Institute, Galway) suggested that research topics under existing European programs need to be better targeted. Mrs Purchase noted that much high-quality research is already available, but said it needed to be put to more use.
Mr Milana suggested that an "umbrella regulation" would ensure clarity and consistency, and also called for a single, specific, aquaculture fund to support the sector. However, "we are not yet at the point where we can draw up regulations", he stressed.
The Milana report is to be put to a Fisheries Committee vote on April 3 or 4 and a plenary one at the June session.


text:
City Centre Mall partially reopens after electrical fire
The CBC newsroom back in action
Most stores and office spaces in Edmonton City Centre Mall re-opened by Friday afternoon following an electrical fire.
Dozens of offices and stores in the downtown shopping centre had to be evacuated Thursday evening after an electrical fire broke out in the basement.
The basement filled with heavy smoke and Epcor had to shut down power. The fire burned for more than two hours before it was declared under control.
The mall, TD Tower and Oxford Tower — including the CBC Edmonton newsroom — had to be evacuated.
Sutton Place Hotel also lost power but continued to operate using its own generator.
No one was injured in the fire.
Some areas of the mall remain without power.
CBC staff slowly started returning to the newsroom on Friday, after air quality testing in their office space was completed.
"We're putting the band back together," wrote CBC Edmonton's managing editor Gary Cunliffe. "We have clear air quality, limited power and eager journos. Hit it!"
I haven't seen the CBC Edmonton newsroom this empty since the Harry Potter twins showed up downstairs in our Radio studio. #CBC pic.twitter.com/X8HC1JNjhX—@GaryCunliffeCBC
Staff allowed back into @CBCEdmonton. Running on generator power. So it's dark. "Everything is remarkably normal," I told @JamesEvansCBC. pic.twitter.com/zbjeij9V3q—@PaulMooreCBC
We're putting the band back together. We have clear air quality, limited power and eager journos. Hit it! #CBC #yeg pic.twitter.com/qLkZJqWkqJ—@GaryCunliffeCBC


text: Exactly How to Earn Crypto Currency With CryptoPostage Recently, the Austrian Post has actually developed a fondness for blockchain and cryptocurrencies. They have partnered with business like Bitpanda and Coinfinity, both crypto firms, to use their services in this area. These firms have actually also partnered with blockchain specialists Ability. If you would love to begin shipping your own crypto shipping, it’s a blast to enroll in a free account today! There are lots of means to gain cryptocurrency with this solution. One of the benefits of utilizing a cryptocurrency shipping solution like CryptoPostage is that you can acquire your postage making use of any type of currency you want, despite whether it’s U.S. bucks, euros, or Bitcoin. And also, you won’t need to stress over transforming the currencies. You can generate a shipping tag quickly making use of the solution’s easy online tool. The CryptoPostage group is collaborating to make shipping less complicated and extra safe and secure than ever before. As the need for crypto stamps rises, Swiss Post will certainly introduce a cryptocurrency-themed stamp in late November. This will be the initial of its kind in the nation, with a restricted variety of 175,000 stamps being offered to Swiss people. The company will certainly distribute these stamps to a pick team of article offices across Switzerland. In addition, it will certainly also provide its clients the possibility to exchange them on a nonfungible token industry called OpenSea. Croatian Article is the country’s initial crypto stamp, releasing it in exchange for a digital token called Postereum. The stamp is created to be an excellent mix of digital as well as analogue, according to Croatia’s Blockchain as well as Cryptocurrency Association Chairman Vlaho Hrdalo. And it coincides with the 180-year wedding anniversary of the first shipping stamp. This will just make the stamp much more important to collectors. A crypto stamp is a substantial shipping stamp with its NFT twin on a blockchain. The very first authorities Crypto stamps were offered in May 2018 by the National Post Office of Gibraltar. Austria Message released the globe’s first blockchain stamp on June 11, 2019. Crypto Stamps have scarcity rankings varying from usual to rare. They sell out within days of launch. After that, they can be bought and sold on the aftermarket. And, as they are decentralized, their rate raises as they get in popularity. The Swiss Message has actually also gotten on the cryptocurrency bandwagon. It announced a partnership with RedFOX Labs, a company which created cryptocurrency, to create celebratory stamps. The collaboration additionally consists of a technical growth arrangement. The task is an action towards making crypto-collectible stamps extra extensively readily available to collection agencies. It’s a wise action that is predestined to make collection agencies as well as investors a lot more interested in the area.


text:
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two supermarket employees were stabbed while trying to stop a shoplifter at a Miami Beach store.
Police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez said in a news release that employees were trying to intervene when they saw a man shoplifting in a Publix supermarket on Tuesday evening.
News outlets report that 43-year-old Matthew Miller was arrested later Wednesday night and charged with aggravated battery, armed robbery and retail theft.
Police say one of the employees was stabbed in the stomach and taken to a hospital for treatment. The other suffered a cut on the leg. Officials didn’t release their names or provide an update on their conditions.
Most Read Nation & World Stories
- Hundreds at vigils mourn victims of Branson boat accident WATCH
- Cohen secretly taped Trump discussing payment to Playboy model
- Portland woman swerves off cliff and survives 7 days trapped on a secluded California beach
- As president-elect, Trump was shown classified evidence of Putin’s hand in 2016 meddling
- Pilots recount rescue of suicidal man on Mount Hood


text:
- The official website of the China General Administration of Customs recently announced that the original electronic payment system for customs duties will be shut down from October 1, 2018. Meanwhile a new generation of electronic payment systems for customs taxes will go online. The announcement pointed out that the move aims to further improve the convenience of payment of duties on import and export goods and increase collection efficiency. On October 1, 2018, the original electronic payment system ceased to operate, and the Customs office no longer transmits duty forms and deposit data to third-party payment platforms.
Enterprises can choose to pay at the counter or by logging in to the “Single Window” and “Internet + Customs” platform to pay customs duties using the new generation electronic payment system.


text:
Volkswagen has revealed plans to update the MEB platform, targeting increased range, faster charging times and higher performance for future cars using the brand’s all-electric vehicle architecture.
Confirmed in a presentation to attendees at the UBS Paris Electric Car Day, a slide within the presentation referred to ‘enhancements’ that are coming for the MEB platform, more than likely due to coincide with the release of the firm’s next ID. badged model in 2023.
A redesigned version of the MEB will support a battery and motor system capable of delivering 435 miles on a single charge, while the maximum recharge rate of the system will be upped from 150kW to 200kW.
Similarly, the maximum performance envelope of the platform will be increased beyond the standards set today by the likes of the ID.4 GTX, which uses a dual-motor electric powertrain producing 295bhp. That car does 0-62mph in 6.3 seconds, but the benchmark sprint will be reduced to 5.5 seconds for cars using the updated MEB system.
The range and performance aspects of the enhanced MEB offering will likely be as a result of new componentry and hardware, such as larger, denser battery packs beyond the 77kWh maximum currently available. Similarly, the extra performance will be achieved through the use of more powerful electric motor systems. However, the increased charging rate could be as a result of software refinements and optimisation.
It’s all but certain that the first car to use the enhanced MEB will be the production version of the ID. Vizzion, due in 2023. Volkswagen confirmed earlier in the year that a new concept of this vehicle, called ID. Aero, would make its debut at the now cancelled Beijing Motor Show, touting a range of up to 435 miles.
The technical improvements planned for the MEB platform will likely feed into facelifted versions of the ID.3 and ID.4, due around 2024, before being incorporated into the VW Group’s next-generation SSP platform, which will be introduced in 2026.


text:
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is establishing a group to govern the safety and hygiene standards of all eating establishments in the country. The group will be formed with participation from National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI), Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) and the FSSAI.
Governing Hygiene Standards
The sub-group was on the agenda last week in a meeting held in New Delhi between FSSAI, NRAI and the FHRAI, along with popular fast food companies and hotel groups like Taj and ITC. Speaking to Business Standard, FSSAI Chief Executive Office Pawan Kumar Agarwal, said, “Hotels, restaurants and eating joints need an FSSAI licence to operate but food safety standards are not necessarily met. We wanted to get a sense of what the industry’s view was on the subject and whether they were open to the idea of stringent enforcement.”
Growing Food Services Market
With the growing food services market in the country, there is a distinct need to govern the safety and hygiene standards of eating establishments. According to report released by Technopak and the NRAI, the food services market is expected to double by 2018, from Rs 247,680 crore in 2013 to Rs 408,040 crore in 2018. The growing young population of the country with disposable income has directly played a role in many restaurants in the country opening doors to grab a piece of the share. Arvind Singhal, Chairman of Technopak, noted that “despite all the talk about a discretionary slowdown, eating out as a seminal trend will only grow in India, implying that eating places will also grow.”
Although regulatory standards might curb the hygiene problems in less than established restaurants like canteens and dabbawalas, according to NRAI Secretary-General, Prakul Kumar, there has to be different set of regulations depending on the type of eating establishment. “You cannot bundle a dhaba and a fine-dining or casual-dining restaurant together. There will have to be different yardsticks,” he added.


text:
Buy Xanax From Pakistan هیچ محصولی در سبد خرید نیست.
https://www.lovetheframe.net/interviews/x8yke5cg831 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that their administration is expanding its efforts to guard New Yorkers from illegal, online financing that is payday associated fraudulent tasks that harm customers. As a component of a comprehensive and ongoing research, the Department of Financial Services (DFS) delivered subpoenas to 16 online lead generation companies suspected of deceptive or misleading marketing of illegal, payday advances online in ny. DFS suspects that these businesses are placing clients vulnerable to punishment by gathering and offering their information that is individual to illegal online payday lenders and also other businesses, including scam artists, in breach of completely new York State legislation.
Formerly this current year, my administration established an investigation of online loan providers that are payday
https://www.ur-beautiful.com/2020/11/30/exuhbpxx So we are expanding this research to safeguard New Yorkers from similar frauds that ensnare families in endless rounds of financial obligation, Governor Cuomo stated today. We will continue to follow this research anywhere it leads and use every unit at our disposal to shield New Yorkers from those who seek out discover here to target upon vulnerable customers.
Benjamin M. Lawsky, Superintendent of Financial Services, said, Payday funding is illegal in ny and so will be the deceptive marketing regarding the unlawful loans by lead generators. Whats worse is that weve received complaints from New Yorkers going to create leads businesses related to frauds, harassing calls, misleading marketing, and privacy breaches. New Yorkers could possibly get sucked straight into an evidently endless black colored opening of consumer punishment if they provide their painful and sensitive information that is private these types of web sites.
https://fromesmissinglinks.org.uk/io8587r04 To create leads businesses usually try not to typically make payday improvements directly, but rather generate internet sites marketing those loans which can be unlawful. Through claims of use of quick cash, the to create leads businesses entice clients to offer these with delicate information that is individual such as for instance social security and bank account numbers after which it may provide that information to payday loan providers running unlawfully in ny and also other companies. Incorporated into its research, DFS has heard complaints from ny clients against lots among these to build leads businesses about false and misleading advertising (including celebrity suggestions), harassing phone calls, questionable solicitations, privacy breaches, and also other problems.
Payday financing is unlawful in nyc under both unlawful and civil usury statutes.
In a few situations that are full however, creditors attempt to skirt brand name name brand New Yorks prohibition on payday funding by giving loans on the net, hoping to avoid prosecution. However, online financing that is payday combined with misleading or deceptive marketing of those loans to New Yorkers, is as unlawful as payday financing manufactured in person in nyc.
In August 2013, DFS demanded that 35 organizations cease and desist supplying illegal payday loans online in violation of brand name York that is new legislation. The majority of these organizations (at the very least 23) have actually ceased company in ny after having the letters from DFS. Governor Cuomo additionally announced for the reason that Superintendent Lawsky delivered letters to 117 banking institutions along with NACHA, which regulates the application of the Automated Clearing House (ACH) system and whose board includes representatives from a quantity of the banking institutions asking for they use DFS to cut down usage of ny consumer makes up about payday loan providers operating unlawfully august. Moreover Superintendent Lawsky delivered a web page in August to everyone collection that is commercial organizations running in ny especially directing them to never gather on illegal payday advances from the firms DFS research had identified until now, since such loans are null and void.
Xanax From India Online all of the the 16 to come up with leads companies to which DFS issued subpoenas is included below. DFS is demanding a number of materials as a component of their ongoing research, including marketing materials, agreements for item income of customer information and privacy policies.
https://verenigingdordrechtsmuseum.nl/sccle54g Clients whom believe that these are the target of a bad cash that is nasty company or lead generation company operating unlawfully or if possibly perhaps a monetary responsibility collector is wanting to gather on an illegal cash loan can register an issue with the Department of Financial Services at (800) 342-3736. DFS has furthermore posted information regarding its web website for clients about fighting unlawful payday loans online, which is provided by the web link that is after.


text:
Internet and gaming giant NetEase delayed the rollout of its video game Diablo Immortal in China three days ahead of its official launch, a move that comes just after the game’s official account on Weibo was banned from making new posts, reports Reuters.
China-based NetEase, which was set to release the game on Thursday, did not provide a new launch date, but said on Sunday it wanted to make changes such as improvements to the game-play experience and conduct “multiple optimization adjustments.”
The company did not address the social media ban in the statement and it was unclear what triggered the decision. NetEase also did not respond to a Reuters’ request for comment. Co-developed by NetEase and Activision Blizzard, Diablo Immortal is one of the most-anticipated games this year and its China launch is being closely watched to gauge Beijing’s attitude towards the country’s $46-billion video games market that was hit by sweeping regulatory crackdowns last year.


text:
TD inspired it's customers with a simple Thank you.
You have an incredible opportunity here to transform your business. By changing your clients into advocates. Advocates that will send you referrals from all of their friends and family members.
Heck, if TD, a cold impersonal bank can inspire their customers, you definitely can!
One of the most endearing traits of Canadians is that we're unfailingly polite.
As a matter of fact, cameras catch a surprising number of Canadians actually saying "thank you" to bank machines when they get their cash.
That's just the way we are. But recently, TD Bank decided to thank its customers. Last July, TD customers at over 1,100 branches received a little surprise. The bank turned their ATMs from Automated Teller Machines into "Automated Thanking Machines."
As people did their banking, they were completely surprised to discover little green envelopes coming out of the slots containing $20 with a note saying, "TD thanks you."
Customers using TD phone and online banking services got $20 directly deposited into their accounts. According to one report, over 30,000 customers were given $20 each, which means over $600,000 was gifted that day.
But that wasn't all. Sometimes, the ATMs said thank-you to TD customers by name:
The personal thank-you's were meant to ignite emotion with viewers because rather than just giving out twenty-dollar bills, these thank you's were based around the details of these customer's lives.
As of this writing, The Automated Thanking Machine video has been viewed over 19 million times. At its peak, it generated over 1200 tweets per hour. As one article noted, most banks don't generate 1200 tweets in a year.
If TD can do it, so can you
Now I realize that you don't have the budget of TD bank to give away $600,000 in a day to your clients. But you do have the opportunity of giving your clients a surprise gift! Giving a gift to your clients at a random moment creates a surprise that stimulates serotonin; the feel-good hormone in the body.
So jump onto your computer, go to your A list clients and surprise them with a heartfelt gift and create that lovin feeling towards you and your brand.