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Amazon today announced an updated Fire 7 tablet. The new entry-level Fire device gains a faster processor, has twice the storage of its predecessor — up to 16GB from 8GB — and comes in all-new color options. The 2019 tablet can also support microSD cards up to 512GB in size, up from the 256GB limit of the prior version, and has the hands-free Alexa capabilities of its larger siblings.
Outside of the bumped specs and new colors, the device remains mostly unchanged. It still has 1GB of RAM, the same 7-inch IPS display, and 2MP rear camera, though the front-facing camera is now 2MP, too. Importantly, the 2019 Fire 7 tablet retains its $50 starting price. You can pre-order it in black, sage, plus, or twilight blue and it will begin shipping on June 6.
Fire 7 is our best-selling tablet with tens of millions sold. For under $50, we’re making it even better for customers with a faster processor and 2x the storage, so customers can enjoy even more of their favorite entertainment at home and on-the-go. And, with hands-free access to Alexa on Fire 7, it’s never been easier to get the news, find a recipe, play music, and more.
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The biggest development in the beer category this year is the proliferation of "malternatives," or malt-based drinks packaged to resemble spirits, said Gary Hemphill, senior vice president of information services, Beverage Marketing Corp., New York, a research and consulting firm.
Smirnoff Ice, introduced in January 2001, was extremely successful last year, Hemphill and others said, accounting for much, if not most, of the 133.9% increase in case sales enjoyed by Guinness-Bass Import Co., Stamford, Conn., as reported by Information Resources Inc., Chicago, for the year ended Feb. 24.
Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, is selling Bacardi Silver, a rum-flavored brew. Coors, Golden, Colo., which invented the original citrus-flavored Zima in 1993, is preparing to launch Vibe, a fruit-infused malt beverage, in eight markets on May 1, with a national rollout planned by year's end.
But Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, has been the most aggressive in terms of the sheer number of products.
So far this year, Miller Brewing has launched Skyy Blue, created as a joint venture with Campari's Skyy Spirits, and has three more flavored malts due out this summer, in partnerships with Allied Domecq: Stolichnaya Citrona, margarita-flavored Sauza Diablo and, later on, Jack Daniels. "It's going to be a very crowded malternative market this year, and we expect a lot of promotional spending to go behind that," Hemphill told SN. Beer marketers expect that 60% of the sales in the flavored malt-beer category will be purchased by consumers aged 21 to 27, according to a beer buyer for a big East Coast chain. All three of the major brewing companies are planning to spend more than $350 million combined in marketing support on the malt brews, he said. There could be as many as 12 brands by summer's end.
Stocked adjacent to beer, the new segment goes with hard ciders and hard lemonade, many of which have European roots.
"We have to watch that 'under-21,' too," the source elaborated. "When the wine coolers came out in 2-liter bottles, they looked like soda, and we wouldn't even carry them because the cashiers might not have realized they were alcohol drinks.
"It's hard to tell for us right now, but we think they are not going to cannibalize the beer category. They are bringing in some new people. I think there could be a little hit on the hard ciders and the slow-selling coolers because, with so many of these, something has to go."
Malt beverages, while different from beer, are similar from a consumer perspective. They do not contain spirits, and they do not necessarily have more alcohol. Zima, which launched the category, contains 4.8% alcohol per volume, while Coors' new Vibe will be 5%, like most of them.
Previous to this were the lemon brews, the hard lemonades. "This is a whole new group of products that have all tied in with spirits manufacturers' names and used that as marketing leverage and in flavoring ingredients," Hemphill said. They are controversial to some degree because of this, since spirits manufacturers are not permitted to advertise on television. By partnering with brewers, and keeping their packaging similar to those of the brands' spirits, they get a double bang from the TV ads for the malt beverages.

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“Volkswagen‘s second hand car exchange heycar exceeds all expectations: The portal records more than 1,5 million monthly visits by potential car buyers and hosts a selection of around 320.000 vehicles.”
The used-car portal Heycar fits the needs of car dealers and buyers: Founded in october 2017, the company, in which Daimler is interested in buying a 20 % stake, significantly surpassed its first year targets. Instead of the targeted 150.000 vehicles, the online exchange already has a portfolio of more than 320.000 cars. Heycar has set a target mark of around 600.000 vehicles. “As early as next year, we will be taking a significant step towards achieving this goal”, head of heycar Markus Kröger says.
The rapid growth is also linked to the fact, that a big number of non-Volkswagen dealers place their vehicles on the platform. “Initially, we were optimistic about being well received by Volkswagen dealers”, Kröger affirms. “We were indeed surprised by dealers of other brands placing their confidence in us. It shows that we are perceived as an independent platform.” About 40 percent of the platform‘s vehicle portfolio originates from other manufacturers. “Experience teaches us that car buyers want to compare vehicles of various brands.” Kröger says.
The main difference between heycar and other online car exchanges is that heycar exclusively offers cars with warranty and it clearly distinguishes by its specific business model. Heycar doesn‘t market car advertising but functions as mediator for car purchases. It receives commission for every concluded purchase between dealers and clients. For dealers, this model appears to be a good alternative to existing platforms. Around 1000 dealer groups are now offering vehicles on heycar.
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The message has been accepted by clients as well: Around 1,5 million potential car buyers visited the platform in september alone, mostly men between 30 and 59 years – more than four times as many as in may. Heycar had started its first nationwide promotional campaign in march this year. According to telephone and mail surveys with the platform visitors, approximately every seventh inquiry (15 %) results in a car purchase. The usual rate is between five and ten percent. “Customers see that we keep our quality promise.”, Kröger says.
In the future, heycar primarily wants to become more user-friendly. Customers should be able to process the purchase as well as the financing using the platform. In the future it might also be conceivable that heycar allows customers to sell their used cars, Kröger says. “We constantly strive to understand and meet our customers needs.”


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Blog: Sourcing trends show fluctuating fortunes
Leonie Barrie | 14 July 2014
Despite forecasts suggesting US imports would continue to rise in May - in part to offset the threat of possible industrial action and disruption at major West Coast container ports this summer - the latest data in fact shows apparel imports were down year-on-year.
And while Vietnam was one of the few countries bucking the overall decline, shipments from China and Bangladesh showed fluctuating fortunes.
Rising wages in China have not, as many feared, forced garment buyers to look elsewhere - thanks to the country's garment makers managing to keep their prices competitive.
But other potential problems are emerging from The China Dream adopted by Xi Jinping as the theme of his presidency. Combining "economic prosperity" with "national rejuvenation", the second part of this vision is starting to look troubling.
While the tide on US imports appears to be turning for Bangladesh, the country's overall ready-made garment exports soared by nearly 14% in the just-finished fiscal year as political stability returned to the South Asian country.
Keeping an eye on its retail supply chain has prompted Spanish retail giant Inditex, operator of the Zara fast fashion stores, to renew a "ground-breaking" agreement designed to monitor and track issues including labour standards and sub-contracting.
And an improving employment picture, favourable weather for purchases of summer clothing, and heavy promotions fuelled better-than-expected sales for US apparel retailers in June - but analysts have warned that headwinds remain.
The first quarter at UK retailer Marks & Spencer marked the twelfth consecutive decline in general merchandise sales - although clothing edged up 0.1% during the period. Some analysts describe the performance as "lacklustre" and "disappointing", while others believe it is "encouraging" and "provides some relief".
Confirmation that digital supply chains are top of mind for apparel industry executives came last week with the latest plans from global sourcing specialist Li & Fung....
As a barometer of the issues top of mind for apparel sourcing executives, it is hard to beat the annual Prime Source Forum in Hong Kong. ...
Over the past month, Donald Trump and his team failed to offer any clear plan to ensure Americans would "Buy American, Hire American" - while the British government's attempts to clarify the specifics...
The Bangladesh government was forced to respond late last week to pressure over its crackdown on labour activists after a number of global brands and retailers, including H&M and Inditex announced pla...
- Rana Plaza four years on – Timeline of change
- Why collaboration is key to fashion supply chains
- Industry groups reaffirm commitment to Bangladesh
- Trump and Brexit get a dose of pragmatism
- Using worker surveys to drive supply chain change
- Adidas to digitalise Speedfactory concept
- Nike filed patent for "reinforced denim"
- M&S extends sourcing deal with Lindsey brothers
- Gap unveils five-year sustainable fibres pledge
- US Q1 in brief – Columbia Sportswear, Amazon
- Global market review of denim and jeanswear – forecasts to 2022
- When Things Go Wrong - A Practical Guide to Managing Common Problems in Apparel Sourcing
- Clothing Market in the Top 5 American Countries to 2021 - Market Size, Development, and Forecasts
- Outdoor performance apparel 2016: A broader perspective
- Southeast Asia strategic sourcing review – a focus on Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar


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Nancy Franklin may be taking a sabbatical from her post as television critic for The New Yorker, but it looks like she’s got one more small-screen magic trick up her sleeve before she goes.
In a surprise addition to the magazine’s annual festival, Ms. Franklin will moderate a panel with the entire cast of Arrested Development and its creator, Mitchell Hurwitz. Topics up for discussion include banana stands, never-nudes, and, oh, we don’t know, Steve Holt? (STEVE HOLT!).
Seeing as the long-rumored movie based on the beloved show may never happen, this might be your last chance to see the Bluth family together. And it will certainly be a highlight of the festival. The Observer revealed the Writer-Celebrity pairings a few weeks ago, but it seems there were saving the best for last.
Buy your ticket soon, or else it will sell out and all you can say to yourself is, “I’ve made a huge mistake.”


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Domino’s Pizza has announced plans to hire 5,000 workers and 1,000 apprentices, with the pandemic strongly boosting orders.
The pizza delivery chain (DOM.L) said it would hire new chefs, customer service staff and delivery drivers. The company said the roles were on top of the 6,000 new roles it had already created since the coronavirus hit.
It is also planning to create around 1,000 apprenticeship roles for six months each, as part of the UK government’s funded “Kickstart” work placement scheme.
“It was a privilege to keep our stores open during COVID-19 and to now be in a position to offer thousands more people the opportunity to become a Domino’s team member,” said chief executive Dominic Paul.
“We’re also delighted to have applied to support the government’s Kickstart scheme, offering young people the chance to get back into work and to build lifelong skills through our training programmes.
“Together, these over 6,000 new roles will help Domino’s continue to safely serve our local communities as we head towards the busy festive period.”
The company is one of a handful of household names hiring workers in the thousands as it scrambles to meet soaring demand, while other parts of the economy are struggling.
But such expansion announcements mark a stark contrast to much of the rest of the economy, where a string of well-known companies have announced mass lay-offs in recent months.
Hospitality firms including pizza chains Pizza Hut and Pizza Express have announced restaurant closures and likely job cuts in the past month, with demand well below pre-virus levels.
The latest official figures on Tuesday show UK employers have cut 695,000 jobs since March, and the unemployment rate edged higher to 4.1%.


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Nigeria, The Sleeping Giant Of Africa.
“…Ghana has abolished VAT on real estate sales.
Ghana has abolished VAT on financial services.
Ghana has abolished capital gains tax on sales of shares on the stock exchange.
Ghana has abolished import duty on spare parts.
Ghana has abolished the 1% import levy.
Ghana has abolished VAT on domestic airline tickets.
Ghana has reduced very significantly VAT on small traders from 17.5% to 3%.
Ghana is going to abolish all import duty on raw materials and machineries imported into Ghana.
Ghana is embarking on a massive industrialisation drive called One District, One Factory. And there are 216 districts in Ghana, there is now a focus on production.
Now, Ghana has two major advantages: power issues sorted out and a peaceful democracy. Ghana with a population of 28m generates 4,577MW as at 2017. Nigeria with a population of 200m generates 5,000MW. Meanwhile, Ghana is building 2 power plants- a 400MW LNG-fired plant and a 600MW plant being built by Siemens.
Ok. What are the implications for Nigeria? We don’t need soothsayers to predict how factories/companies will shut down in Nigeria and move to Ghana. Nigeria will just become a mere trading post for these companies because of our population while Ghana becomes the economic hub of West Africa. Our homes will be flooded with goods made in Ghana.
Other countries are thinking, Rwanda has taken our shine, Ethiopia has put on its thinking cap, Ghana has started an upward trajectory. Nigeria sits with its giant feet of clay…”
Written by; Bayo Adeyinka.
Source; People’s trust, T.P forum group.
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"People who eat “light” snacks and drinks such as baked potato chips or diet soda are likely to eat 13 percent more calories than people eating full fat snacks." Duh.
I believe I said, years ago, one more link for good measure, that the onslaught of reality tv show weight loss porn aggravated me to no end. I stated, very plainly, that these shows are little more than fat people publicly paying penance for being fat. As someone who’s lost a three-digit amount of pounds, [...]
More than 50 per cent of the 150 doctors, dieticians and personal trainers who were surveyed thought the fat was converted to energy or heat.
True or False: Foods such as Clif Bars and Wheaties, whose packaging suggests that they promote fitness, can actually make you healthy.
Yes! I'm telling you that, if your goal is to lose weight and live healthier, you need to go to sleep! I am sending you to bed. Go. Now. And here's why.
But is a serving of boiled potatoes really much worse than a helping of nuts? Is some white bread as bad as a candy bar?
Study tests fitness tracking wristbands, smartphone apps, and waist-clipping pedometers. Guess which one was most accurate?
Why is it that the poorest Americans would spent their hard-earned dollars on something like diet pills, that promise results without actual work?
"We found that strong obesity discrimination was displayed across all job selection criteria, such as starting salary, leadership potential, and likelihood of selecting an obese candidate for the job."
A 9-question quiz to help you discern whether or not you suffer from a food addiction.
"we could see a clear relation between their weight and offers of admission for those applicants who had had an in-person interview..."
Now researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine report that weight loss, either through diet or a combination of diet and exercise, can lead to better sleep.
What causes loose skin, what makes it worse, and what makes it better, from a woman whose lost 170lbs.
Is it to have a little bit of junk in the trunk, than in the belly?
When the article talks about the offspring of the lab animals being more physically fit runners, I think about us and how our efforts towards fitness affect our children.
A recent study votes in favor of cardio over strength training for belly fat loss.


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Here’s the “Speeding Bulletin” video report for the period May 10-16, 2023.
The “Speeding Bulletin” is your weekly Superman news video, recapping the latest events in the world of Superman.
Our top news stories this time around included: Auditions have started for “Superman: Legacy,” a George Reeves Superman costume is up for auction, and there’s a possibility “Superman & Lois” could move away from The CW for Season 4.
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• New to grocery store shelves and check-out lanes, the July-September 2001 issue of Health & You magazine, with a circulation of 900,000, is delivering to consumers the insights of Susan Nitzke of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, on the topic of nutrients. In the article “Five Nutrients You May Be Missing,” Nitzke is quoted as saying, “If you’re not eating green vegetables, it’s difficult to get enough vitamin K.” The article also notes that the body can make vitamin K from eggs, milk, and meat, while Nitzke warns that vitamin K can interfere with blood-thinning medications, so consultation with a physician is advised.
• In the June 6, 2001, issue of the Los Angeles Times, Michael Doyle of the University of Georgia, and James Marsden of Kansas State University, lent their expertise to the article, “The Bug That Ate The Burger,” a story chronicling the political hot potato that the battle against dangerous Escherichia coli O157:H7 has become. Doyle recalled the recorded outbreak of food-borne illness among customers of an Oregon fast-food restaurant in 1982. “The doctor who recognized it saw that these people all had this common syndrome of frank blood in their stools,” Doyle said. “No one died. There were no cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome. It was almost viewed as a freak event.” Marsden brought perspective to the notion that fecal matter is on our food. The presence of E. coli O157:H7 doesn’t mean there’s excrement on our food, according to Marsden. “It’s not that simple,” he said. He explained it means minute bacteria are easily transferred from one surface to another, and a droplet the size of a tear can contain millions of bacteria. The Times circulates more than 1 million papers daily.
• Scripps Howard News Service ran a story on its wire service titled, “Spoils of Summer,” on the risk of food contamination by bacteria. A special attachment to that article, “Minimizing Food Risks,” relied heavily upon Mark Kantor of the University of Maryland. Kantor stressed that the globalization of food production and supply means Americans must become more savvy about proper food handling procedures. “No matter what we do in this country, you can’t control what other countries do,” he said. Kantor reminded readers that five years ago few people were aware of the risks of drinking un-pasteurized apple cider, or that bacteria can thrive on deli meats even while in the refrigerator. Newspapers subscribing to the Scripps Howard News Service include the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News and Grand Rapids (Mich.) Press, both of which published versions of these stories on May 17 and 18, 2001, respectively. Each circulates 140,000 papers daily.
• The expert perspective delivered by food technologist Charles Hollinger was just what the food editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was looking for in her article, “If It’s White, It Isn’t Chocolate,” published May 20, 2001. Hollinger, a featured speaker during a session at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Dietetic Association, raised members’ awareness with his comment, “In order to make chocolate, you must add cocoa butter, chocolate liquor, any flavoring ingredients, sugar, milk powder, usually some salt and soy lecithin, and an emulsifier which allows the fat to mix with the milk powder for milk chocolate.” To be called chocolate, the ingredients must include chocolate liquor, he said, but white chocolate gets its subtle flavor from cocoa butter only. According to the article, it’s Hollinger’s opinion that mislabeling this confection as a chocolate is not as important as identifying inferior products. “Labeling something white chocolate is not as offensive as making a product and calling it chocolate but using other cheaper fats instead of cocoa butter,” he said. “Read the ingredient label, and if it contains other fats, it may not meet your expectations.” He warned readers that the product will be waxy and not melt evenly. The Sunday Post-Gazette circulates over 400,000 copies.
• The Denver Post didn’t have to look far to get an objective opinion for an article on labeling genetically modified foods, published May 29, 2001, on its Web site and re-posted May 30, 2001, on CNNfn.com. Pat Kendall of Colorado State University, told The Post, “[Consumers] want to know which foods are produced with genetic engineering and where they can find information.” Ultimately, Kendall said, choices shoppers make will determine what happens with labeling. “[Consumers] should vote with their dollars, whether it’s a food safety concern or an environment concern or a food choice concern,” she said. DenverPost.com attracts 500,000 unique visitors to its site each month who view 10 million pages. CNNfn.com acquired the story via the Knight Ridder wire service.
Newsmakers would like to acknowledge the comments made by Linda Harris of the University of California at Davis in an Associated Press article originally entitled, Grocers Want Inspections of Suppliers’ Foods. Focusing on efforts by supermarkets and restaurants to reduce risks of food-borne illnesses in the supply chain, the article was published in numerous daily newspapers around the country the first week of June. To date, approximately fifty print outlets with a total circulation surpassing three million copies have re-published the story.
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YouTube superstar Olajide ‘KSI’ Olatunji has splashed out on a brand new watch worth £150,000 ($200,000).
KSI has become one of YouTube’s biggest stars amassing over 19 million subscribers on his main channel, while also being a member of the massively popular group, The Sidemen.
In his latest video, Olatunji announced that he went to Pragnell Jewellers in London to acquire a brand new watch, which the Brit said he wanted to be “iced out and covered in diamonds.”
While at Pragnell, KSI was shown a number of watches, including two rose gold options, but settled on a Rolex covered in diamonds, which KSI ended up paying £156,000 ($197,000) for, well over his initial budget of £100,000 ($126,000).
After purchasing the watch, KSI showed it off to Sidemen co-members Simon ‘Miniminter’ Minter and Joshua ‘Zerkaa’ Bradley, before revealing that he wouldn’t actually be able to keep it in his house, and would store it “in a massive vault.”
KSI revealed that he decided to buy the watch to celebrate a successful year, describing his 2018 as “phenomenal.”
2018 was certainly a huge year for the YouTuber, with his boxing fight with Logan Paul capturing the attention of millions of people all over the world.
The year hasn’t always been smooth sailing for KSI however, as he is currently involved in a bitter feud with his brother Deji.


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1. Kim Kardashian West
Reality star turned mogul Kim Kardashian West has launched several businesses including a mobile game, a line of personalised emojis called Kimojis and a beauty line. Kim launched KKW Beauty in 2017, and the line solid out in under three hours.
2. Kylie Jenner
Kylie Jenner started building her empire at the age 18 when she launched her own cosmetics company in 2016. At 21 years old, Kylie Jenner was already the youngest self made billionaire ever, thanks to the wildly popular Kylie Cosmetics.
The company achieved $420 million in retail sales in just 18 months. In November 2019, Kylie Jenner sold a majority stake of Kylie Cosmetics to Coty in a deal that valued the brand at $1.2 billion. According to Forbes, she is currently worth just under $900 million.
3. Kanye West
Kanye West launched Yeezy in 2014. Forbes now places the Grammy winner's net worth at 1.8 billion and it also reports that the Yeezy brand racked up $1.7 billion in sales in 2020 alone.
4. Khloe Kardashian
Considering she hails from a family of famous entrepreneurs, it's not surprising that Good American, a clothing line co-founded by Khloe Kardashian, is already a success. Launched in 2016, the company did $1 million in sales on its very first day. The body positive brand sells denim in sizes 00 to 24.
Rihanna's Fenty Beauty makeup brand generated an estimated $570 million in revenue in 2018, Forbes reported. The singer co-owns the brand with luxury goods LVMH, for a new high fashion line. She also has a lingerie line, Savage x Fenty. According to she is the second most paid female entertainer in the entertainment industry and that made her a billionaire
6. Oprah Winfrey
After spending 25 years on TV as a talk show host, Oprah launched a TV channel of her own, OWN, in 2011. Her 25.5% stake in the network is worth approximately $75 million, according to Forbes. She is also a part-owner of Weight Watchers, with an 8% stake in the company and she has her own magazine, O, The Oprah Magazine.
7. Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow's wellness and lifestyle brand Goop has attracted its fair share of haters, but that hasn't stopped the company from becoming immensely profitable.
The actress launched Goop as a weekly newsletter in 2008. It has since expanded into an e-commerce giant as fans shell out big bucks for the beauty, fashion, wellness and home products that get the GP stamp of approval. Her business is $100 million.
A diverse business portfolio has made Jay-Z one of the most successful celebrity entrepreneurs. He founded the entertainment company Roc Nation in 2008. And in 2015, he purchased streaming platform Tidal for $56 million, which was valued at $600 million in 2017. He is currently worth a billion dollars, according to Forbes.
Sean "Diddy" Combs is the chairman and CEO of Combs Enterprises, the umbrella company for a number of his businesses across entertainment, fashion, fragrances, beverages and more. He owns Ciroc Vodka which is part of Combs Wines and Spirits and is now the main driver of his wealth, according to Forbes.
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Amazon.com, Inc. has been one of the best performers on the stock market in recent weeks. Part of the reason for the firm’s rise in value stems from forecasts that Jeff Bezos will produce better than expected earnings this time around as Amazon Web Services turns a healthy profit. Stock may be very volatile once the real numbers are revealed.
Shares in Amazon have gained close to 6 percent in the last five days of trading, and are up by more than 11 percent over the last month. Amazon Web Service, the firm’s cloud business, it said to be doing very well while its retail arm looking to profit from Prime Day. Traders appear to believe that Amazon might be better off than Wall Street thinks.
Amazon forecasts come in
Wall Street is looking for Amazon.com to show a loss per share of $0.13 on revenue of $22.278 billion. Estimize, an earnings forecast crowdsourcing site, reflects a much more hopeful view of the firm’s three months through June. The consensus at Estimize now sits at a loss of 8 cents per share, far ahead of the Wall Street number.
Wall Street firms have also updated its forecast in the last week. More than one analyst has upped their estimates, and their price targets, in the wake of a surge in the value of Amazon.
Carlos Kirjner at Bernstein said that though it was far too hard to forecast an Amazon quarter accurately, he was sure that the numbers on Wall Street were “way off.” Mr. Kirjner says that Wall Street is off on everything, including sales at the AWS division, and in Amazon’s global retail business.
On Thursday morning Axiom analyst Victor Anthony said that Amazon looked great heading into the earnings reveal. He reckons that Amazon is worth a price target of $500, just ahead of the current price of the shares.
Mr. Anthony’s outlook is similar to the other hopeful forecasts. It’s not the headline numbers that Amazon reveals tonight that are going to matter, it’s the specific numbers in the retail and cloud segments.
He added that there is a “likelihood for improving operating leverage at retail” meaning that Jeff Bezos may finally decide to build a profit on the huge base of retail sales he has built for Amazon.
A recent report from John Blackledge at Cowen and Co. said that Amazon was set to be the biggest apparel seller in the US by 2017. He said that Amazon was winning across the retail world, and the firm’s long term thinking was paying off.
Traders aren’t looking for an outsize profit from Amazon because the firm’s CEO Jeff Bezos has promised again and again that he’s not going to give it to them. Instead they’re looking for growth in the firm’s core business, and in AWS, the cloud segment.
Amazon earnings are up
Amazon will release its earnings after the market closes for the day in New York on Thursday July 23. Traders will be lining up on either side of the firm’s shares as volatility after an Amazon reveal is almost a tradition.
Todd Gordon, an options trader that spoke about Amazon on CNBC on Wednesday, said that “The options market is implying a 9 percent move for the stock in either direction after earnings.” Mr. Gordon sees the firm’s stock going only one way, up.
Amazon shares have been in “a beautiful uptrend going all the way back to 2010,” he says and a breakout to $600 could be seen in the next 12 to eighteen months. In pre-market trading on Thursday morning shares in the firm were up by 0.7 percent.
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First time accepted submitter markboyer writes "The Solar Impulse just landed at Moffett Field in Mountain View, California to announce a journey that will take it from San Francisco to New York without using a single drop of fuel. The 'Across America' tour will kick off this May when founders Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg take off from San Francisco. From there the plane will visit four cities across the states before landing in New York."
colinneagle writes "Widespread adoption of 3D printing technology may not be that far away, according to a Gartner report predicting that enterprise-class 3D printers will be available for less than $2,000 by 2016. 3D printers are already in use among many businesses, from manufacturing to pharmaceuticals to consumers goods, and have generated a diverse set of use cases. As a result, the capabilities of the technology have evolved to meet customer needs, and will continue to develop to target those in additional markets, Gartner says."
Quick, someone set-up a proxy of their proxy.
Uh. The ASICs that are about to hit the market start at less than $200.
The problem with this study is that it's comparing self-selected groups: those who drink lots, little, and no coffee/tea. Their conclusions, drawn from comparing coffee addicts to people who don't drink coffee is a little silly. It assumes that everyone's "baseline" is the same, and ignores the well-known fact that people to take caffeine are, like people who smoke cigarettes for nicotine, often self-medicating for a neurobiological deficiency (i.e. in this case probably dopamine). To compare the levels of someone who self-medicates taken off their medication to someone who doesn't need to self-medicate is a complete load of B.S..
eldavojohn writes "GamePolitics reports that South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has announced two new policies that will force underage gamers to pick a six-hour block of time (midnight-6 AM,1-7 AM, or 2-8 AM) where they will not be able to play 19 online role-playing games. While it targets most popular MMORPGs, some popular games like Lineage were left off the list."
Did you even read the article or look at the game the article is about? The objectives and actions in the game are far too open-ended to be called a groupthink training program like some of the others in the genre may be.
destinyland writes "Dr. Jane McGonigal of the RAND Corporation's Institute for the Future has created a game described as 'a crash course in changing the world.' Developed for the World Bank's 'capacity development' branch, EVOKE has already gathered more than 10,000 potential solutions from participants, including executives from Procter & Gamble and Kraft. '[Dr. McGonigal] takes threats to human existence — global food shortage, fuel wars, pandemic, refugee crisis, and upended democracy — and asks the gaming public to collaborate on how to avoid these all too possible futures.' And by completing its 10 missions, you too can become a World Bank Institute certified EVOKE social innovator. (The game designer's web site lays out her ambitious philosophy. 'Reality is broken,' but 'game designers can fix it.')"
It seems like the way a person was taught to type and their experience with a keyboard would determine to a large extent their speed and rhythm (and accuracy). Not to mention what they're doing besides typing on MSN or whatever. If you're drinking a cup of coffee with one hand... or switching between windows. There are way too many factors at play. Phrenology at least had the advantage of a theoretical framework. Hell, even hand-writing analysis had fewer confounding factors.
These images and this concept have been floating around for years now. The only new pitch is the solar-poweredness. Besides that, this is old hat just sitting on the back burner. Call me when there's a press demonstration
Maybe I'm missing something here, but if the point is to calculate more digits than the last guy, can't the algorithm (efficient or not) just run for a longer time?
What's wrong with having an agenda? Objectivity and having goals as a scientist are not mutually exclusive.
That scenario you just described ought to be put into a YT video, ffs.


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Economic Affairs Minister Wang Mei-hua (王美花) returned from Japan on Saturday, where she held talks on bilateral cooperation, including semiconductors and electric vehicles (EVs), the economic affairs ministry said. .
Wang arrived in Japan on Aug. 28 to witness the signing of a semiconductor supply chain partnership memorandum of understanding between the Taiwan-Japan Industrial Collaboration Promotion Office and Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture.
The bureau and the prefecture will also collaborate in the development of interdisciplinary innovation, the ministry said.
Japanese suppliers of materials and semiconductor production equipment have been keen to invest in Taiwan, he said, citing a plan by Sumco Corp, the world’s second-largest silicon wafer maker, and Formosa. Plastics Group (台塑集團).
The two companies have agreed to invest 28.2 billion Taiwan dollars (921.93 million US dollars) in a 12-inch silicon wafer factory in Mailiao Township (麥寮), Yunlin County. Production is expected to start in 2024.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) and two Japanese companies also plan to build a factory, which is expected to start mass production in 2024, the ministry said.
The factory would manufacture specialized chips using TSMC’s mature 22-nanometer and 28-nanometer technologies.
Taiwan leads its peers in the development of high-end semiconductor technologies, and if Japanese suppliers of materials and semiconductor production equipment continue to cooperate with Taiwan, the two countries could strengthen their advantage. competitive in the global market, Wang said in a statement.
To strengthen bilateral relations, Wang visited the Japan Business Federation, a major trade group, and several companies, including Sumco, Canon Inc, electricity supplier Jera Co, Mitsui Chemicals Inc, Panasonic Corp and IT solutions provider NEC Corp.
Asked by Japanese companies about a talent shortage in Taiwan, Wang vowed to expand talent exchanges and training between Taiwan and Japan to ensure the semiconductor supply chain is more resilient.
Taiwan excels in IC design, as well as electronic hardware and software development with respect to intellectual property rights, Wang said.
It can also react quickly to sudden market changes, allowing the country to produce critical components for electric vehicle use, she said.
Taiwan and Japan could aim for a bigger share of the global smart electric vehicle market through cooperation in car electronics, smart cabins and 5G and internet connections in vehicles, she added.
Wang also sees business opportunities in reducing carbon emissions as part of the government’s goal to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, the ministry said.
During her visit, she explored the use of hydrogen to reduce thermal power generation and reduce carbon emissions in Taiwan.
The promotion office was established by the ministry in March last year to speed up the pace of industrial cooperation between Taipei and Tokyo.
Japan and Taiwan have since strengthened cooperation in semiconductor development, the ministry said.
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From January till September 2018, the European Plastics Converters Association (EuPC) conducted its 2nd European survey on the use of recycled plastics materials (rPM) in Europe's plastics converting industry. Following the period of 9 months during which 376 companies from 21 different countries filled in the online questionnaire, EuPC now published the results in cooperation with Polymer Comply Europe SCRL. (PCE), which conducted the survey on behalf of EuPC.


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Britain's biggest fruit grower based in Kent faces 'uncertain' future over Brexit
- Kent-based fruit firm may not be able to function without access to EU workers
- Adrian Scripps, which supplies Tesco, employs 220 seasonal staff from the EU
- The company is investing in robots but worries they will not come quick enough
One of Britain's biggest fruit growers, which supplies Tesco with apples, has warned that it may not be able to keep trading without access to EU workers to pick its fruit.
Kent-based fruit firm Adrian Scripps said it faces 'so much uncertainty' over its ability to function as a fresh produce business in future.
'Whilst the weather is normally the biggest risk we face, the Brexit vote has overshadowed that,' the company added.
CORE ISSUE: Fruit firm boss James Simpson, pictured, cannot fill posts with local staff
Adrian Scripps, which employs around 220 fruit pickers every summer from the EU, urged the Government to allow seasonal staff to continue working here.
'If this is not the case, profits – if there are any – will crash into negative territory and drastic action will have to be taken. We can deal with weather risks but these sorts of shocks we cannot,' the company said in a statement accompanying its annual results.
James Simpson, the firm's managing director, told The Mail on Sunday: 'It doesn't matter how much we advertise or try to recruit locally we are unable to fill the harvesting vacancies we have with local staff.'
Simpson said the firm, which turned over £11.5 million in the year to April 2017, is investing in robots, but warned they will not come quickly enough to replace lost workers.
Separately, a top German central banker last night told The Mail on Sunday he believes the UK will not reap 'any economic benefits at all' from Brexit.
On a visit to the City of London last week, Andreas Dombret, a Deutsche Bundesbank board member, also warned that it was 'realistic' there will be no Brexit deal agreed in financial services.
'I urge banks to prepare for the worst,' he said.
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The Realme 30W Dart Power Bank was spotted on the Realme India website. It was spotted on the Realme India site, but the company has made no announcements regarding the launch of the new power bank. A tipster suggests that the Realme is working on a 30W Dart Charge Power Bank (10000mAh) that can charge faster than any other power banks in the market.
As per the image leaked online, the Realme has got the TUV Rheinland certification in Japan for this 30W Dart Charge Power Bank (10000mAh) and the model number of the power bank RMA156. Realme 30W Dart Power Bank allows users to charge two devices and it will be available in Yellow and Black colours. It was launched in China in May. To recall the price, it will be around CNY 199 (roughly Rs. 2,100).
Realme 30W Dart Power Bank comes with a carbon-fibre body and offers 30W two-way fast charging option. Through its USB Type-C and USB Type-A ports, It supports charging of two devices simultaneously. Realme claims that this power bank will charge 53 percent faster than the 18W power bank.


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When Sergey Petrossov first began flying on private jets back in 2009, the drawbacks of the rigid, almost antediluvian booking system quickly became apparent, so he began working on an app that would streamline the process. In 2013, he launched JetSmarter, which allows users to scroll through the network of more than 800 air carriers, all of which can be rented by individuals or, in true Uber-style, shared with strangers. The app has since been downloaded by more than 800,000 users. jetsmarter.com
Drawn from a wide range of disciplines, these trail-blazing young guns are setting the agenda in hospitality
Our hospitality and travel high flyers tend not to be new graduates but are, instead, pioneers at the start of what we predict will be a splendid career. This year they include holiday rental property managers, restaurateurs, and the founder of a private jet company.
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Elise Kornack never attended culinary school, but learnt to bake bread and make pasta from her Italian mother. In 2013, she and wife Anna Hieronimus opened the 12-seater Take Root in Brooklyn. ‘Initially, we opened a restaurant because we wanted to spend more time together,’ says Hieronimus. Within a year, the restaurant was awarded a Michelin star. ‘I carefully ride the line between comfort and intrigue,’ says Kornack. take-root.com
After experiencing almost uninterrupted questions from Airbnb guests at their Tel Aviv rental, 29-year-old identical twins Amiad and Koby Soto founded Guesty to offer a centralised service that takes care of time-consuming and mundane tasks like key drops, cleaning and maintenance. Business is booming, with the rm already boasting a Rolodex of property management companies covering more than 2,000 Airbnb properties in 65 countries and 800 cities. guesty.com
Lam is the co-founder of triip.me, a web-based platform that enables travellers to book tours directly with approved local experts. Lam’s idea stemmed from her initial job giving free tours to improve her English. A mother of three, she sold her family home to focus on the fledgling company while surmounting Vietnam’s embedded gender bias. The company now boasts a presence in 655 cities and 98 countries, with New York at the top of the list. ‘We knew from first hand experience, the challenges people face in exploring a culture in a truly authentic way,’ she says. ‘The platform allows anybody with an idea, the ability to create a limitless number of one-off tours, rooted in local knowledge.’ www.triip.me


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Staff report TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The makers and sellers of e-liquids used for vaping and electronic cigarettes would face licensing and new regulations under legislation moving to Gov. Mike Pence for consideration. House Bill 1432 bans the sale of e-liquids to minors and requires manufacturers to get a permit from the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco […]
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By Aubrey Helms TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has told lawmakers he wants them to put more emphasis on health issues as they consider regulations for e-cigarettes. “Recent surveys show that e-cigarette use has doubled among teenagers over the past three years while regular cigarette use continues to decline,” Zoeller said in […]


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Nokia has unveiled its pink Lumia 900, and its will be available from AT&T stores. The new pink version will be available in stores on Sunday July 15th with a two-year contract. Nokia already launched the Lumia 900 in white, black, and cyan earlier this year, but the latest color appears to be ready for summer shoppers.
The pink Nokia Lumia 900 shares the same specifications as the existing versions, that means it will have the same 4.3-inch WVGA ClearBlack display, a 1.4GHz single-core processor, an 8MP camera with an f2.2 Carl Zeiss lens, the rear camera is capable of recording HD video in 720p, up front we have a 1 megapixel camera with an f2.4 lens and the device comes with 16GB of built in storage and access to AT&T’s 4G LTE high speed data network.
There is still no information whether the pink edition will later go global or not. You can find our review of Lumia 900 right here.
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NEW DELHI: GAS, a premium apparel and denim brand from Italy, is forming a joint venture company with Reliance Brands to consolidate and expand its business in India. At present, the fashion arm of Reliance Industries runs exclusive GAS outlets while the brand’s wholesale and distribution business is handled by GAS Jeans India, a wholly owned subsidiary of GAS brand owner Grotto.
Going ahead, both these businesses will be consolidated into ajoint venture, officials said. “We are taking our partnership with GAS to the next level,” Darshan Mehta, CEO of Reliance Brands, told ET. He did not share investment details.
The companies are in the process of making an investment application to the Foreign Investment Promotion Board of India. Barbara Grotto, global marketing head of GAS brand and daughter of its founder Claudio Grotto, said, “The brand is doing very well here.” She is in the country to launch a new marketing initiative in association with Honda Motor.
GAS Jeans India reported EBITDA level profits for the first time in the last year and, according to Reliance Brands’ Mehta GAS’ wholesale revenues are expected to touch Rs 100 crore in the country this year. GAS branded apparel and accessories are currently sold at over 65 points of sale, including 16 exclusive outlets run by Reliance Brands, in the country.


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ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 8 Oct) – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has set a target of P50 million in total sales to be generated in the four-day Zamboanga Peninsula Trade Exposition (Zampex) 2014 in this city.
Dr. Sitti Amina Jain, OIC regional director of DTI-9, made the announcement during Wednesday’s opening of Zampex 2014. The fair seeks to promote the best products of the Micro-Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the region and link them to prospective buyers to generate sales.
Jain said they have invited 10 institutional buyers from Manila. Seven of the 10 are already here while the rest are expected to arrive anytime.
Jain said the four-day event, which ends on Saturday, Oct. 11, also intends to highlight the huge opportunities the region can offer and achieve recognition as a lucrative investment destination.
“The amount of sales is just among the quantitative indicators of the success of Zampex. What we hope to achieve more is the recognition of the region as a lucrative investment destination,” Jain said.
There are 96 exhibitors participating in the Zampex 2014 which Jain said are predominantly process food products with 46 exhibitors.
A total of 87 of the 96 exhibitors are from Region IX. One is from Region 4A and another from Caraga while the rest are from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
“You are our heroes because you are the ones who really create the jobs that we need,” Zenaida Maglaya, DTI Undersecretary for Consumer Welfare and Trade Regulation Group, said of the MSMEs.
Maglaya is the guest speaker of Zampex 2014.
She said there is a clear collaboration between the different government agencies here as she noted Zampex is full of activities that include training programs and cultural presentation aside from exhibit of products.
“Zampex showcases not just very beautiful products but also showcases the collaboration between and among government agencies and the private sector,” she added.
Jain said Zampex includes four other important events – garden show sponsored by the city government; techno and cooking demo by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority (PhilFIDA) and Zamboanga State College of Marine Sciences and Technology (ZSCMST); forum on ASEAN economic integration with focus on agriculture by the Department of Agriculture; and franchising seminar by the DTI and Philippine Franchising Association.


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MONTEREY, Calif. â Rich Dachman, vice president of produce for Sysco Inc., is this yearâs Foodservice Achievement Award recipient, given by The Packer to recognize significant contribution to produceâs role in the foodservice industry.
Dachman accepted the award from The Packer editor Greg Johnson at the Produce Marketing Associationâs Foodservice Conference and Exposition Aug. 1. As he walked the show floor later that afternoon, he said he was impressed by the number of people who congratulated him and thanked him for his work.
âWe work in our industry really hard, but itâs just not something I expected,â Dachman said Aug. 4, after returning to his Houston office. âI think it has a lot to do with what my peers think of me, and that means more to me than anything, being recognized by your peers.â
In business, heâs described as fair, a great partner, willing to educate his customersâ staffs, Johnson said during the award presentation.
âWithin his organization, one co-worker said our honoree transformed his company from more than 100 small distributors to one large buying group within the last three years,â Johnson said.
Dachman is vice chairman of the PMA board of directors and was nominated recently as chairman elect, a role heâs set to take at the associationâs Fresh Summit convention in October. With PMA, he also recently took the reins of the Foodservice 2020 steering committee and is leading discussions on how to further that initiative.
Foodservice 2020 seeks to double the use of produce at restaurants in 10 years.
âHe is so passionate about increasing the use of fresh produce in foodservice, and thatâs really what directs everything he does,â said Bryan Silbermann, PMA president and chief executive officer. âItâs that fire in his belly that makes him unique as a distributor.â
Silbermann touted Dachmanâs involvement with PMA during his opening address July 31.
âItâs that management philosophy so many of us follow where if you find someone whoâs doing a really great job, you give them more to do,â he said.
Dachman got his start in produce working for his fatherâs produce distribution company, Perry Produce Co., Denver. After his father sold the company in 1979, Dachman went into business for himself, while his father started another produce company as part of a broadliner called Westman Commission Co.
âHe started a business inside a broadline company, as a department of a broadline company, which in those days was kind of new,â Dachman said. âHe asked me to come and help him, so I did, and then Kraft came and bought that.â
Dachman worked for Kraft Foods Inc. after the acquisition, transitioning to the corporate office in 1987 as national director of produce. He then went to FreshPoint Inc. in the early 1990s, and ran offices in Salinas, Calif., Denver and Atlanta before the company was acquired by Sysco in 2000.
Sysco took Dachman straight to its Houston corporate office where he worked as senior vice president of FreshPoint until 2007, when he was promoted to vice president of produce for Sysco.
âIâve lived in every time zone,â Dachman said. âMy wife is amazing to follow me around with the family and everything.â
Dachman and his wife have four sons.
âIâm still kind of at a loss for words, which is unusual for me,â Dachman said about his response to receiving the award. âItâs just an extraordinary honor. Like I said in my acceptance, I love this industry, itâs been really, really good for me, and itâs nice to get recognized. And I think itâs important to recognize the people I work with, which make my job easy.â
Dachman is the tenth recipient of The Packerâs Foodservice Achievement Award. David Gill, partner in Oxnard-based Gillâs Onions, received the honor in 2009.


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October has been a glorious month for people to witness so many new products release. A lot of brand new smartphones have been introduced to people. HTC just played the endgame of this smartphone release peak by announcing a media event with Verizon on November 13th to release some new device, mostly probably the long rumored HTC Droid DNA. Just hours ago, the front view of this smartphone has been leaked online with a large Verizon word on the top of the phone.
This smartphone is said to come with a 5” FHD full HD Super LCD 3 touchscreen, of which the screen resolution reaches up to 1920x1080 pixels. The ultra high definition screen not only brings excellent display effect, but also provides 400ppi pixel density, much higher than that of Retina display. Together with the 2020mAh battery, people who prefer to watch HD movies on HTC smartphone would be greatly satisfied. Besides, HTC Droid DNA also configures a 1.5GHz Qual-comm quad-core processor with 2GB RAM. Along with Android 4.1.1 OS, users could get quite smooth experience.
Other specs of HTC Droid DNA include: LTE 4G network connectivity, dual-camera (2MP front camera and 8MP main camera, supporting auto-focus and up to 1080P video recording), 16GB memory storage, etc. This smartphone is expected to be saled on November 20.


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As hinted at in David's post last week, Insanely Great Tees is holding a contest for which the grand prize is a shiny new iPhone. The details of the contest, released today, lay out a process by which entrants submit a funny 30-second iPhone ad which includes the phrase "I'm an iPhone." Readers ...
Insanely Great Tees, the clever new Mac-centric shirt shop, has announced 6 new t-shirts - but not all of them are going to see the light of day. Apparently the insanely great crew are having a tough time deciding which ones they like most, so they've put it to a vote for the rest of us. Head over ...
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The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) on Monday called on government to adequately fund and equip the regulatory and enforcement agencies responsible for cracking down on counterfeit goods that are swamping the local market.
The GMSA praised the Government Analyst Food and Drugs Department (GAFDD) as well as the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) for destroyed products seized from local supermarkets, grocery shops and other retailers biut said those agenices need more support to fight fake goods.
“We have to take this opportunity to once again urge the administration to adequately resource these two departments to allow them to police the local marketplace more thoroughly, to find and destroy counterfeit products and uncustomed goods that were smuggled across our long, porous borders,” the GMSA said in a statement.
The GMSA also announced that that it would ask the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to help clamp down on the increasing quantities of counterfeit products.
“The GMSA intends to engage the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to address complaints of counterfeit importers under-invoicing their shipments, and to request that the thorough screening applied to outgoing containers be similarly applied to incoming cargo which would help to identify the importers of counterfeit products,” the association said in a statement.
The North American and European principals of a number of authorised distributors in Guyana have already instituted legal proceedings against a few illegal importers in Guyana.
The Association said it has been working unceasingly with its partners in Canada (TFO and CESO) and the Caribbean (Caribbean Export) to promote the manufacture of Guyanese products that meet high international quality standards.
A member of the umbrella Private Sector Commission (PSC), the GMSA warned that flooding of the local market with inferior counterfeit products amounted to unfair competition and product dumping that would hurt the business community. “The ramifications of it being allowed to continue include a severe contraction of entrepreneurship in Guyana,” added the association.
The presence of fake Golden Cream Margarine, Del Monte, Stihl and Proctor and Gamble products have in recent weeks raised concerns about the flooding of the local market with such products. Peanut butter, beauty, hygiene products, industrial equipment, spare parts, machinery and tools are among the list of counterfeit items.
The GMSA called on every business support organisation, every regulatory and social grouping (NGO) to confront this scourge and bring it to an end.
The association also warned consumers about the risks involved in using counterfeit goods that are taking over Guyana like a “fast growing epidemic” over the past two years.
The GMSA noted that the counterfeited products fail to meet all safety requirements and across the board, they expose consumers/end users to personal injury and health-related dangers. According to the business organisation, the food products, when they are returned by consumers seeking replacements, are often found to be expired, and contain ingredients that do not meet the standards set by the authentic local and foreign manufacturers.
“As if the dangers are not enough, the counterfeit products are priced to undersell the authentic, long established brands which the manufacturers spent decades building and perfecting.
Their most pressing concern is that the counterfeit products will erode consumer confidence in their own after they (consumers) would have discovered that their purchases could not be repaired or replaced since they were not under the authentic manufacturers’ warranties,” added the association


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Polar bear power is being pressed into action to boost trade at Hemel Hempstead’s faded LeisureWorld complex.,
The Planet Ice skate centre has teamed up with nearby Pizza Hut to mount a promotional push to remind people that they’re still open for business, and mascot Pierre the polar bear has a key role to play.
He’ll be hitting the streets near the Jarman Park site, encouraging motorists to honk their support. Children who spot him can post details of their sighting on the Planet Ice Facebook page, with the prize of a free skating course up for grabs.
Bars and nightclubs on the site stand empty and a blueprint for a revamp is still on the drawing board.
Planet Ice general manager Kerstin Ginn, who has been part of the team since LeisureWorld opened in 1995, said: “It’s not been nice times for us. Seeing others close – it’s been soul destroying
“But we have always maintained a sturdy business here. I’ve always been confident that we will be the last man standing.”
Pizza Hut manager Anna Genovese stressed that while locals know Jarman Park is still open for business, customers further afield believe the whole complex has shut down.
The Aquasplash pool is currently closed for maintenance, but will be open again soon.
The annual Planet Ice Christmas Eve Skate with Santa Fun Day, where children can visit Santa’s grotto and ride his slay on the ice between 12pm and 3pm, aims to raise £500 for CLIC Sargent cancer charity. Visitors can also skate for free on Christmas Day between 10am and noon.


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TORONTO — Ontario businesses and not-for-profit organizations can access more government services online starting Tuesday.
The new Ontario Business Registry allows operators to submit files online that previously could only be processed by mail or fax.
The government says this will streamline the administrative process for over 90 transaction types involved in starting, maintaining or dissolving businesses.
Government Services Minister Ross Romano says the new registry will remove unnecessary hurdles and help businesses in the digital world.
Tuesday’s announcement coincided with new legislation governing not-for-profit corporations, allowing them to make filings digitally.
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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon doubled down on his anti-bitcoin position, calling cryptocurrencies like bitcoin a ‘kind of novelty.’
While talking to CNBC India on Friday, the billionaire banker said the recent proliferation of initial coin offerings, a red-hot cryptocurrency-based fundraising method, and digital coins like bitcoin was concerning.
“It’s creating something out of nothing that to me is worth nothing,” Dimon said. “It will end badly.”
To raise money through an ICO, companies create their own digital coin or token. Investors have poured into ICOs this year with some companies raising millions of dollars in a matter of seconds from token sales.
Friday marked the second time this month Dimon has publicly bashed bitcoin and digital currencies. At the Barclays Financial Services Conference on September 12, Dimon called bitcoin a ‘fraud’ that would eventually blow up.
Dimon said Friday he thought governments would impede further growth of digital coins. According to Dimon, currencies need government backing.
“Right now these crypto things are kind of a novelty.” Dimon said. “People think they’re kind of neat. But the bigger they get, the more governments are going to close them down.”
Chinese regulators, already, are moving forward to shut down bitcoin trading in the country.
Aaron Lasher, the chief marketing office at Breadwallet, a bitcoin technology company, told Business Insider that Dimon’s comments don’t surprise him because digital currencies are a direct attack on his business.
“Every dollar in cryptocurrency is another dollar in value that JPMorgan cannot monetise,” Lasher said. “What does it mean when a software company ‘manages’ as much money as a traditional bank?”
Blockswater, a Swedish algo-based liquidity provider, has filed a formal complaint to regulators against Dimon, claiming his comments on September 12 are tantamount to spreading “false and misleading information” about cryptocurrencies, according to reporting by City AM.
JPMorgan spokesman Brian Marchiony declined to comment.
As for bitcoin, the digital coin was trading down more than 1% Friday morning at $US3,575 per coin.
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The Italian car maker Alfa Romeo is very proud of Giulietta and its role in the Fast and Furious 6. That’s why the Italian producer has prepared a few ads to promote their car.
In case you didn’t know, the Giulietta disembarks from an Antonov plane during its take-off. The movie world premiere will take place tomorrow in London and the public release will be on May 17 in the UK and May 24 in the rest of the world.
Alfa Romeo released a set of seven print commercials showing a damaged car. There is also a 30 seconds movie that has already aired on the Italian television network.


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Apple hardware is no longer shipped to Russian consumers.
Consumers attempting to buy an Apple device from Russia are redirected to a website stating that deliveries are impossible.
Mykhailo Fedorov, the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, wrote a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook late last week. Fedorov asked Cook to seize product sales for Russian customers. Fedorov stressed that he is “sure that such actions will motivate youth and active population of Russia to proactively stop the disgraceful military aggression.”
The request has been answered. As of tonight, Apple is refusing to deliver products to Russian consumers. Orders from Russia are suspended for the time being.
Apple supports Ukraine
“We are deeply concerned about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and stand with all of the people who are suffering as a result of the violence”, Apple shares in an official statement. “We have paused all product sales in Russia. Last week, we stopped all exports into our sales channel in the country. Apple Pay and other services have been limited. RT News and Sputnik News (media, ed.) are no longer available for download from the App Store outside Russia.”


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Charlotte, NC - With Thanksgiving behind us and Christmas around the corner, shopping is on everybody's mind. But, so is safety and security.
“You know, the ISIS organization kind of threatened the United States as the next target,” said Mike Schmidt, a Pre-Black Friday shopper. “And I know there's like really high security right at the Thanksgiving weekend."
At SouthPark Mall, security is a top priority during this time of year.
"We do take it seriously and there are measures in place to ensure that the mall is safe and secure,” said Nicole Kennon, Director of Marketing and Business Development at SouthPark.
Kennon said that means more security guards patrolling the mall on segways and more CMPD officers on standby.
"We have great relationships with CMPD and other agencies.” said Kennon. And, again, safety of the shoppers and our retailers is top priority for us."
But shoppers, like Schmidt, said it’s also important for people to take precautions of their own.
"I think a lot of it has to do with being aware of your surroundings and feeling self-confident that you can deal with whatever the situation may be,” said Schmidt.


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Transport operators “seriously aggrieved”
A “KICK IN THE GUTS” – THAT’S THE TRUCKING industry’s reward for keeping the country moving during the COVID-19 lockdown.
That’s how National Road Carriers Association CEO David Aitken saw the Government’s refusal to drop its 5.3% July 1 road user charges increase.
Aitken was throwing NRC’s weight behind lobbying by Road Transport Forum chief executive Nick Leggett to drop the planned RUC increase, because it will negatively effect the post COVID-19 economic recovery – for transport operators and all NZers.
Leggett made the RTF’s case: “Road freight transport has played a critical role in keeping NZ moving through the various stages of lockdown. Trucking will be equally important through the economic recovery, as NZ will be heavily reliant on export goods making their way to markets around the world.
“Like all businesses, trucking companies want to get back to full operations as soon as possible, recover their losses as quickly as they can, and keep good people employed.
“The challenge ahead for trucking operators that already work with tight margins will be the ability to absorb, or pass on, increasing costs when all businesses are tightening their belts.”
Thus the Forum was back asking the Government to drop the RUC increase. It was a call that had already been refused in April, but as Leggett pointed out, “the business environment is now even worse.
“I am aware that trucking companies with customer agreements that allow them to negotiate increases on Government-imposed charges are finding, in spite of contractual obligations, those customers are saying no to adding the RUC increase into costs.
“If trucking companies cannot pass on this cost, they will have to absorb it. For some that will be impossible in this environment.”
And that, said David Aitken, is “unacceptable. Throughout the lockdown the road freight industry kept the country moving, delivering essential supplies including medicine and food.”
Aitken said operators were “seriously aggrieved” by the planned RUC increase: “Transport runs on low margins at the best of times and most of those operating during lockdown ran at zero or negative margins, due to limited goods and volumes that could be moved.
“The industry also put their own health and safety on the line to deliver these goods. Transport operators worked through all pandemic alert levels, often at a cost to them, their families and their companies.”
He said RUC increases will result in some transport companies failing – and consumers paying more for goods and services, “as some costs will have to be passed on.”
Aitken said that “instead of recognition of the industry’s efforts (during the COVID-19 lockdown), this Government wants to punish it – when freight companies are struggling.”
Adding to the negative impact on the trucking industry, Aitken said, the Government was “increasing the RUC to pay for rail, cycleways and public transport….which are not capable of delivering essential supplies to stores.”
Aitken and Leggett both pointed out that the road transport industry had witnessed the Government “rewarding” many other sectors – including the arts and music, racing and tourism – with big COVID-19 payouts….a “lolly scramble,” as Leggett termed it.
On the other hand, said Aitken, the Government’s RUC stance would see road transport – an essential service – “being punished for its efforts.”
Said Aitken: Transport sees itself as an easy target for Governments to pass taxes onto – it is “seen as a cash cow…..and it’s had enough.”
The industry is willing to continue paying RUC at the current level, he said – but that money needs to go into the road network, which is currently badly maintained, and into building new infrastructure to allow the efficient flow of freight: “The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how essential road freight is – as did the Christchurch and Kaikoura earthquakes.”
But, Leggett said, the “Government’s spending on works that relate to road wear and tear caused by heavy vehicles is less than the growth in revenue generated from those vehicles. They are taking more, but spending less!”


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Model Atelier, a fashion house founded by Chicago native Robin Harris is part of the @QurateRetailGrp and @NRFFoundation’s Small Business Spotlight! Over the next few months, Model Atelier will be featured on @QVC and @HSN’s digital platforms as they shine a light on #Blackownedbusinesses.
Model Atelier has established itself as the leading brand in tall womenswear, when it became the first official fashion boutique of WNBA teams Chicago Sky and LA Sparks. Founder Robin Harris standing 6 '1'' realized the need for well crafted clothing tailored for vertically blessed women that stand 5'9'' or taller, so she started her fashion house in Chicago, IL. In recent months the fashion house had to pivot with the times of a global pandemic, and start designing collections that's relatable to the life of its customers. Launching the face mask tank top, which is a very soft and fashionable tank top with the face covering attached caught the attention of stylists, athletes,TV producers, boutiques, and now well established digital retail companies want to feature this unique and innovative design on their platforms.
Model Atelier along with many other black owned businesses will get their products in front of hundreds of thousands of customer's with the help of @QurateRetailGrp and @NRFFoundation’s Small Business Spotlight! Over the next few months, Model Atelier will be featured on @QVC and @HSN’s dig


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July 9, 2017 Cuphead is still going from strength to strength.
Cuphead shot to success when it released in 2017, reaching one million sales within weeks of its initial launch. A few months after that, it doubled that total, hitting two million at the end of the year. From there, however, it’s continued to sell at a decent pace.
Earlier today, The Hollywood Reporter announced the existence of an animated Cuphead TV series heading to Netflix. But as well as lifting the lid on The Cuphead Show!, the report confirmed that Cuphead has now sold more than four million copies.
Obviously that means that the pace has slowed a little, but I’d say it’s still an impressive effort, especially when you consider that Cuphead passed the three million milestone in August. That means that in less than a year, a nearly two-year-old indie game (and a notoriously difficult one at that) has increased its already impressive sales by another 33%.
These are multi-platform sales figures, and as such are likely to have been boosted by the game’s Nintendo Switch release in April. That said, they’re still very impressive numbers.
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They’re also unlikely to stop there. New DLC is due out next year, and the new TV series is also likely to bring some new attention to the game, meaning developer StudioMDHR could be in for a lucrative few years yet.


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Google's recent turmoil in China has prompted the company to halt the launch of two Android smartphones in the Chinese market.
The company told Dow Jones Newswire on Tuesday that it has indefinitely postponed the Chinese debut of two mobile phones manufactured by Samsung and Motorola. The phones, which were to be sold by provider China Unicom, were initially set to hit China on Wednesday.
An unnamed source told Dow Jones that Google felt it would be "irresponsible" to unveil the phones now, in light of the company's current situation in China. No details were given … Read more


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SHARE PUNT OF THE WEEK: Drinks firm Distil is already up 151% this year amid plans for global expansion
Who is it? Based in London, Distil owns a range of gin, vodka and liqueur brands including RedLeg Spiced Rum, Blackwoods Vintage Gin and Jago’s Vanilla Cream Liqueur.
The firm makes all its own spirits and is working to enter them into premium markets around the world through arrangements with local distributors.
What’s the latest? Earlier this month, shares in Distil soared after the firm announced that revenues had grown by 61 per cent year-on-year between April and June, boosted by particularly strong sales of its gin and spiced rum products.
Last month, the firm reported its maiden annual profit from its own brands, driven by an increasing presence in supermarkets and pubs across the country.
The group has also seen sales of its Blavod Black Vodka increase in Eastern Europe.
Executive chairman Don Goulding said the results seem to suggest that premium spirits are continuing to outperform the overall spirits market.
Who backs it? The firm has the backing of large UK asset manager Miton Asset Management, which has 10 per cent.
The largest individual investor is Goulding, who owns a 2 per cent stake. He is a veteran of the drinks industry, having held a variety of senior roles at Diageo, Smirnoff and Tanqueray Gordon during his career.
Why should you invest? Analysts at Progressive Equity Research said the firm is capitalising on the continued growth of premium spirits – as seen by the unstoppable rise of gin recently.
With Distil citing strong growth in its gin and spiced rum products, it looks well positioned to take part in the growth of this market.
Its shares are up by 151 per cent so far this year, and this could continue if the firm gains the support of even more alcohol retailers, bars and pubs.
…And why you shouldn’t Distil has only fairly recently begun to recover from years of very low valuations.
Although it is enjoying the spirits wave that is also boosting larger peers such as Fever-Tree, who’s to say that this can’t be taken away as easily as it came about.
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Driving change with the UAE’s first eco-friendly bus fleet
An increased call for sustainability in the region comes as no surprise. A few years ago, the UAE Vision 2021 was launched, outlining measures to improve air quality index, transport infrastructure and clean energy contribution.
Now, the Dubai 2040 Master Plan has been launched, creating a comprehensive map for the sustainable development of the city.
A key part of this plan is increasing sustainable mobility across the city through greener forms of transportation, in coordination with urban planners, developers and government departments.
The launch of the UAE’s first fleet of eco-friendly buses could not have come at a better time. Yinlong Energy ME, in partnership with Al Fahim, recently launched the nation’s first green bus fleet, powered by the world’s fastest charging lithium battery. The buses aim to offer a number of benefits with the potential to lower toxic emissions, combat climate change and increase cost savings.
There is an increasing green conscience in the region, not just among consumers, but among businesses too. Consequently, sustainable products and services have surfaced as a category of their own, with the emergence of brands, such as Yinlong Energy, that don’t just support sustainability as an add-on benefit, but as a core purpose.
If placed in the hands of the right organisations and distribution channels, Yinlong’s initiative has the power to help transform the infrastructure of the region. The widespread adoption of greener transportation not only supports national sustainable development goals, but also global ones, such as Zero Net Carbon by 2030.
To introduce the product into the market effectively, JWI was selected as the PR agency to organise and execute the virtual launch of the green bus fleet.
For the launch, we crafted an integrated Public Relations strategy, which included the organisation of a virtual launch event and inviting key media. The event was supported by securing bilingual press coverage across broadcast, print and online media with a reach of 212.8 million. This included highlight coverage on Emarat TV and Smash TV, along with 7 interviews in top tier media titles.
We are entering a new era, where sustainability meets profitability. For businesses in the UAE, who are hungry for ways to optimise sustainability, the launch of Yinlong’s eco-friendly buses came at an opportune time.
Looking to the future, we anticipate the growth of sustainability-focused brands, like Yinlong ME, that cater to the B2B sector. The sustainable consumer is here, and now it’s time for change to penetrate our infrastructure and organisations. With more companies that provide sustainable solutions to other businesses, we can begin to support sustainability on a larger scale and make an impact.


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You can buy that WHERE? From Forever 21 to Amazon, FEMAIL details the surprising places to find game-changing beauty products now
- Learn where to score amazing new hair, make-up and skin care products beyond your local beauty store
- Shop FEMAIL's must-have picks starting at $2.50
With temperatures cooling down, now is the perfect time to start getting your cold weather beauty routine in order. While you're at it, why not switch up your shopping surroundings, too?
Although the shelves at Ulta and Sephora are brimming with fantastic options, there are cosmetic treasures to be found off the beaten path. Madewell is gearing up to launch a new beauty section, Forever 21 has opened a beauty-focused store with more on the way and Amazon just added a cult-favorite brand to its online shelves.
From big box chains to clothing stores, read on to discover the unexpected places you can score amazing new beauty buys this fall.
Sweaters and scrubs: Madewell is expanding its offerings to include beauty products from brands like Herbivore Botanicals (left) and RMS (right)
Madewell is finally following in its sister brand J.Crew's footsteps and adding beauty to its offerings of denim, leather accessories and cotton tees.
Dubbed the Beauty Cabinet, the section will feature more than 40 curated products from brands that are in line with Madewell's effortlessly cool vibe like Herbivore Botanicals, French Girl Organics and RMS Beauty.
The products will hit select stores on October 23 and madewell.com on October 24.
FOREVER 21'S RILEY ROSE
A beauty lover's dream: Riley Rose, Forever 21's new beauty chain, offers products from 80 hair, fragrance, make-up, nail and skin care brands
Forever 21 has not just beefed up its beauty selection, its created an entire new store devoted to the category called Riley Rose.
On shelves, you'll find prestige brands like Living Proof and Surratt Beauty, K-beauty from favorites like Missha and CosRX, fragrances from Pinrose and Demeter and Instagram darlings like Winky Lux and Lime Crime.
The first location made its debut in Los Angeles' Glendale Galleria mall on September 30 and 10 more stores are scheduled to open across the U.S. before 2018.
Shop the latest beauty brand to hit Walmart from left: Found Marshmallow Calming Face Serum ($11.88, walmart.com), Found Coconut Sheet Mask ($2.50, walmart.com) and Found Radiant Illuminating Drops in Moon Lit ($8.88, walmart.com)
The big box store has added celebrity- and professional-backed brands onto the shelves of its growing beauty department while managing to keep its low-price promise. Now, it's expanding its natural offerings.
The latest addition to the line-up is Found, a 133-piece line of make-up and skin care that are all $15 or less.
The line is transparent about what's in its products, and even shares the percentage of natural ingredients in each formula on the packages.
Eighteen-year-old brand Amazing Cosmetics has built a cult following thanks to its high-coverage concealers and 'no skin tone left behind' commitment.
If you haven't heard of the brand yet, that's about to change thanks to a new partnership with Amazon.
You can pick up its most popular products, along with toilet paper, books and electronics on Amazon now, and new, exciting launches like an illuminating primer in the coming months.
Shop Asos' new in-house make-up line: Asos Make-Up Eyeshadow Palette in Devoted ($19, asos.com)
After years of selling third-party brands like NYX and Lime Crime, the fast fashion e-tailer has introduced its own line of make-up geared towards 20-somethings.
The 46-piece collection features bold lipstick shades, glitter pigments, eyeshadow palettes and more, all under $20.
Even more fun and affordable products are due to arrive in January.
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|Hearts of Iron III: For the Motherland Developer Diary #1|
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Paradox Interactive has released the first video developer diary for Hearts of Iron III: For the Motherland, due for release on PC in Q2 2011.
The developer diary series includes three video developer diaries that will be released on a monthly basis. The video released today sees Chris King talk about Diplomacy & Wargoals. You can see it below:


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Gourdough's new location on Losoya Street is celebrating their grand opening this Saturday from noon to 2pm. And the first people who show up get to try their brand new doughnut, the Bidi Bidi Bon Bon, inspired by the purple jumpsuit Selena use to wear.
It actually sounds like a dream: hot purple cinnamon butter cream cheese icing, white chocolate covered bonbons, chocolate pearls and a white chocolate sauce drizzle.
See a picture ***CLICK HERE***
“Being new to San Antonio, we wanted to come into the community right–and nothing reflects San Antonio culture quite like Selena,” says co-owner Paula Samford. “This donut is special to San Antonio, so we plan on keeping it exclusive only to the Riverwalk location. You won’t be able to find it at our Austin spots.”


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If you get a call from Amazon about a package during the Christmas shopping season, you will be a lot better off if you just hang up.
The latest trend in scam calls this year involves imposters posing as Amazon, Apple or PayPal representatives, but none of those businesses do business over the phone.
“These scammers call out of the blue and suggest — under the guise of wanting to help remedy the situation — that a large purchase has been charged to your credit card,” Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said in a press release issued Monday. “Legitimate companies don’t do business this way, so just hang up. These impostors want to get you on the line and cause panic so you cough up personal information.
“My hope is that you will answer by ending the call,” Yost said.
The Federal Trade Commission reported that various Amazon impersonation scams — many involving claims that a consumer has ordered an expensive product or service — are filling phone lines throughout the country via illegal robocalls.
Once they get a person on the line, the “representative” asks for remote access to their cell phone or computer so they can issue a refund but, instead, the scammer gains access to the consumer’s personal identifying information.
In the low-tech variation of the scam, the rep asks people to buy gift cards in order to stop an unauthorized purchase.
Amazon’s guidelines, on its own website, make it clear that Amazon would never call a customer to seek personal information or discuss a refund that the customer isn’t already expecting.
The best way to defeat a scam artist is to hang up early and often, Yost said.
“Do not call back the number on your caller ID or the phone number mentioned in the message,” he said. “Instead, if you are concerned about the supposed purchase, contact the retailer using its legitimate phone number or email address. Customer service contact information can typically be found on the company’s website.”
If you see an unauthorized charge to your account, report it immediately to your credit card company.
“Never allow a stranger to remotely access your smartphone, tablet or computer,” Yost said. “If someone claims to need access, it’s a scam. Know that once you disclose a gift card’s PIN to someone, that person will be able to access the money on the card.”
To report a scam, contact the legitimate retailer through the contact information on its website and the Ohio Attorney General’s Help Center.
If you’ve fallen victim to a business impostor scam by disclosing personal identifying information, download the Ohio Attorney General’s ID Theft Basics publication and visit www.identitytheft.gov for help on how to proceed.
Consumers who suspect an unfair or deceptive sales practice should contact the Ohio Attorney General’s Office at www.OhioProtects.org or 800-282-0515.


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According to Ed La Rocque, national small car manager for Toyota, more than 90 percent of current Prius owners say they’d buy another one. Sales of the current Prius have been slumping along with the rest of the hybrids on the market, but an all-new model brings out the curious and invariably results in a sales spike.
In this video, Toyota spokesman Chris Risdon takes a walk around the Prius and talks about what’s new on the car, which starts production in April.
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