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Flipkart Boost will help select, nurture, support, raising funds and leveraging expertise to over 100 ‘Make In India’ D2C brands
The service-fee based programme is in partnership with investors including A91, DSG, Fireside Ventures, Matrix, Sequoia and Stellaris Venture
The company said it will provide end-to-end support covering planning, advertising, cataloguing, logistics, quality control and mentoring to homegrown brands
As the Indian startup ecosystem embraces the D2C model that has led to substantial funding in startups selling directly to the consumer, Walmart-owned ecommerce giant Flipkart has now launched ‘Flipkart Boost’, an integrated, service-fee based programme for D2C brands.
The company said it will provide end-to-end support covering planning, advertising, cataloguing, logistics, quality control and mentoring to homegrown brands.
In partnership with investors including A91, DSG, Fireside Ventures, Matrix, Sequoia and Stellaris Venture, Flipkart will also help brands secure potential funding. The programme which started inviting brand participation in September 2021, will select 100 ‘Make in India’ D2C brands to build and nurture them based on the following criteria:
- Growth potential
- Sustainable revenue run rate
- Focus on quality
- Commitment to building a long-lasting brand
- Product mix
- Customer orientation
According to the company, it piloted the programme earlier this year with participation from F&B, baby care, lifestyle, beauty and home improvement brands, including Bikaner-based foodtech Delight Foods and Mumbai-based D2C beauty brand Pilgrim.
“With the Flipkart Boost Programme, we aim to build and nurture these growing customer-focused businesses by providing them relevant mentoring that covers access to a network of investors, market intelligence, scalability programmes, and marketing engagements,” said Ravi Iyer, SVP and corporate development head at Flipkart, adding that digital-first brands and the onset of the pandemic have demonstrated strong potential in the D2C market.
Flipkart Boost Programme will help brands leverage the ecommerce giant’s expertise across functions with value-driven business insights, digital visibility, and geographical expansion.
The ecommerce platform has been an active participant in the growing startup ecosystem. Flipkart Leap, the company’s accelerator programme, helps new and upcoming startups in partnership with Startup India, a government think-tank for the ecosystem.
Flipkart Ventures financially enables digital startups to bring their ideas to fruition. The company also holds minority control in 12 startups in India. Dubbed as Flipkart Mafia, ex-employees of the company have founded more than 250 startups.
Today, with more people shopping online than ever before as 2.14 Bn people are expected to buy goods and services online globally in 2021. The D2C sector in India is currently worth $44.6 Bn (end of FY 2021) and is expected to be worth $100 Bn by 2025, as per a report by Avendus Capital in October 2020.
Further, the Indian D2C segment has seen significant investor activity for the past few years as ecommerce market conditions have matured and evolved. In the first seven months, Indian D2C startups raised $783.7 Mn across 66 funding deals, as per Inc42+ Analysis. With 139 deals, a total amount of $833.5 Mn has been raised since 2014 by D2C FMCG startups.
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I’ve been using the Panasonic Lumix GH3 for both still and video assignments for The Dallas Morning News for the last several months. I originally bought the camera to shoot video. The camera is half the size and weight of my Canon DSLR’s, and it auto focuses accurately in video mode. But the camera has a feature with potential that I didn’t realize until I started to use the camera for stills — built in WiFi. With this feature , not only can I control the camera remotely but transfer still images from the camera to my iPhone in minutes.
A few weeks ago at the shooting in Granbury, Texas, I literally had a image on the web within minutes after arriving on the scene.
My fellow staffers and I have been sending images to the web for breaking news stories for several years; usually, with the iPhone and recently with an AirStash (above) for our Canon DSLR’s. The AirStash is a wireless flash drive that can send images to your iPhone through their App. The advantage the Panasonic Lumix GH3 has over the AirStash is that the SD card stays in the camera and I can send individual images over the internet. With the AirStash you have take the SD card out of the camera and download your entire take. Still a very fast way of getting images to our website.
Now I’m hoping for a firmware up grade on the GH3 that will let me do video clips…..

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By Madina Toure
Two Fresh Meadows residents and two Oakland Gardens residents have been arrested and charged in connection with trademark counterfeiting following the seizure of fake Apple electronic goods that had recently arrived from China, according to the Queens district attorney.
The defendants have been identified as Min Jian Hu, 28, and Jonathan Zhou, 23, both of Fresh Meadows, and Dahun Wie, 21, and Huanchao Li, both of Oakland Gardens, Queens DA Richard Brown said.
“The defendants are accused of running an underground business that catered to wholesale and retail buyers who were interested in purchasing counterfeit products of major brands for resale,” Brown said.
They were released on their own recognizance and ordered to return to court May 3. Hu was ordered to surrender his passport, Brown continued. If convicted, they each face up to 15 years in prison.
A U.S. Customs and Border agent inspected a package addressed to Hu on Feb. 28. The package is alleged to have contained 850 Powerbeats headphone boxes, 1,500 Beats By Dre and Beats Pill stereo boxes and 300 logo caps, all of which were found to be fake, according to Brown.
Earlier this month, Wie sold an undercover NYPD detective 10 pairs of Beats By Dre earbuds, five Beats By Dre speakers and five Beats By Dre headphones for $420 to Hu’s Paypal account, Brown said.
Four days later, the detective met Wie gain and bought 10 Beats Pill speakers, 10 Mini-Beats pill speakers and two Apple Watches for $160 to Hu’s PayPal account and $180 in cash to Wie, the DA said.
The afternoon of March 9, members of the NYPD, Customs and Border Protection and Allegiance Protection Group, a private investigation and security firm, conducted a partial inspection of a shipping container at the Port Newark Container Terminal, addressed to Hu, Brown continued.
The container had numerous boxes containing phony Apple watches and generic headphones, earbuds and speakers, Brown said.
On March 15, the container was delivered to the loading dock of CubeSmart, a self-storage facility in Flushing, and eight individuals, including the four defendants, unloaded the merchandise from the container into a CubeSmart storage bin and into a gray Toyota Sienna and the gray Toyota Sienna operated by Wie, the DA said.
Four court-authorized search warrants conducted later that day at CubeSmart’s Delong Street loading area turned up 4,250 generic speakers, 4,320 generic headphones and 339 Apple Watches, Brown said.
Eighteen boxes containing 604 generic speakers were also seized from the burgundy and grey Toyota Sienna vehicles and five boxes of generic speakers from the storage bin, Brown continued.
A fifth court-ordered search warrant executed at Hu’s residence recovered 2,851 assorted Beats headphones, 1,070 miscellaneous Beats Pill speakers, 27 Apple watches, 458 Beats earbud cases, 4,000 Beats plastic logo caps and 4,050 assorted Beats By Dre headphone boxes, according to Brown.
Hu told the police that he makes about $50,000 a year, has nine employees and gives them 50 percent of the sales, while Zhou said he had been working for Hu for a few months, helped put the products together at Hu’s house andwas paid $80 a day to load, unload, drive and sell products, Brown said.
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By Lauren Berg (June 24, 2022, 6:18 p.m. EDT) — Clif Bars consumers on Thursday asked a California federal judge to bless a $10.5 million settlement resolving their class claims that the labeling of the food company tricks shoppers into thinking the bars are healthy, despite their high sugar content.
In addition to establishing a $10.5 million settlement fund, Clif Bar & Co. has agreed to make labeling changes to its Clif Bars and Clif Kid ZBars, including removing the word “nutritious.” and the phrase “Nourishing Kids in Motion”, so long as 10% or more of a bar’s calories are from added sugars, according to the consumer motion for preliminary settlement approval…
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Valve has released data on Steam sales for the past week. Cyberpunk 2077 has held the first place in terms of total revenue for the seventh week in a row. Sea of Thieves moved up to second place, moving the Valve Index VR Kit to third place.
Survival Rust suddenly got into the top ten, and Hades, which became the discovery of last year for many players, dropped from fourth to fifth position.
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The government has incurred a loss of Rs. 18600 million due to importing rice says JVP Parliamentarian Sunil Handunneththi in Parliament yesterday (2nd).
The import of rice carried out in 2014 caused a large scale financial loss said Mr. Handunneththi. The loss was due to importing 250,210 metric tons from A.C.P. Company in India without any approval from the cabinet and when the farmer community in this country had to heap paddy by the side of roads unable to sell their produce he pointed out.
Mr. Handunneththi said Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) would carry out an investigation regarding this and would take measures to present a report to Parliament soon.
He revealed that A.C.P. Company that imported the stock of rice for the government was not a company that imported rice and the process of import has not been carried out in a methodical manner. He said the stock of rice cannot be sold even for Rs.38 a kilo at present.
The rice was imported in batches of 50,000 metric tons, 100,000 metric tons, 60 metric tons and 25 metric tons since 15th October, 2014. During this period 40,000 metric tons of rice was bought from local farmers. As Customs did not release the stocks of rice imported the government had to pay Rs. 360 million as demurrage said Mr. Handunneththi.
Mr. Handunneththi made this revelation participating in committee stage of the budget debate.


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The Honor 10 will be priced around Rs 35,000 and will come with dual rear cameras featuring 'Semantic Image Segmentation' technology.
The smartphone has already been unveiled in China and will be launched globally on May 15 in the UK.
Honor tells us that its upcoming flagship smartphone will be priced at around Rs 35,000 in India, but the exact pricing is still not known.
According to industry sources, "Honor 10" -- that was recently launched in China -- would be launched globally.
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1.72m men bought gifts for International Women's Day: Taobao
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By Xie Yu (chinadaily.com.cn)
A total of 1.72 million men bought gifts for women in the last 10 days, a report issued by Taobao, China's largest online shopping website, said on Friday.
The gifts include beauty and spa vouchers, and also cinema tickets and kitchen supplies, according to the consumption records collected by Taobao.
Fifty-three percent of the 1.72 million men are aged between 25 and 34. They spent 61 million yuan ($9.8 million) to buy gifts before International Women's Day.
Meanwhile, data showed that men in Southeast China are more caring. In the top 10 cities with the biggest spending from men on gifts for women, 7 cities are located in South China and East China. Beijing is the only northern city included in the top 10 list.
The report also found that more men are taking care of their appearance. A total of 1.25 million men bought male cosmetics in the last three months, up 40 percent year-on-year.


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US-headquartered global packaging supplier, TricorBraun, is establishing its footprint in Australia and New Zealand through the imminent purchase, for an undisclosed sum, of Australian closures manufacturer Cormack Packaging. The transaction is expected to close end September.
Family-owned and operated Cormack Packaging has supplied the ANZ market with rigid packaging for more than 80 years, serving the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, industrial and household cleaning industries.
“We are incredibly excited to mark our first entry into Australia with the acquisition of Cormack,” said Court Carruthers, president and CEO, TricorBraun. “Mathew Cormack and his team have established the company as a respected leader in the market over many decades. We are pleased to welcome Cormack to the TricorBraun family, and we look forward to helping the team continue its strong growth while serving customers with innovative and quality packaging solutions.”
All Cormack team members, including managing director Mathew Cormack and the company’s executive team, will remain with TricorBraun. The team will continue to work out of the company’s existing locations across Australia and New Zealand.
Effective with the closing of the transaction, Cormack will operate as Cormack Packaging, a TricorBraun company.
“Joining the world-class TricorBraun team is the next great growth chapter in Cormack Packaging’s 82-year history,” said Mathew Cormack. “I am truly excited for the opportunities this brings to Cormack Packaging to better serve this region’s customers. Sharing like values, as well as a common passion and commitment to be the best partner for our valued customers, make TricorBraun the ideal home for Cormack Packaging to thrive.”
The acquisition marks TricorBraun's third for the year, and the first in the ANZ region. Since its founding in 1902, TricorBraun has partnered with management teams to successfully acquire and accelerate growth for more than 25 packaging companies.
Tricor operates in over 50 locations globally, supplying primary packaging solutions across a wide array of customer end markets in plastic and glass containers, closures, dispensers, tubes and flexibles.


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Apple ordered to publish Samsung "did not copy us" notice
High court tells iPad maker to post ruling on its website.
Consumer electronics giant Apple must publish a notice on its website and in several UK national newspapers stating that rival Samsung did not copy the design of the iPad.
The notice should direct readers to a ruling made by Judge Colin Birss on 9 July, which states the design of Samsung's Galaxy tablet does not infringe on the iPad maker's intellectual property.
The ruling made headlines earlier this month after Birss said the Samsung device was unlikely to be confused with the iPad because it is "not as cool."
During the case, Birss said the Samsung Galaxy belonged to the same design family as the Apple iPad when viewed from the front, but not from behind.
According to a report on news site Bloomberg, Birss announced yesterday at a court hearing that the notice must remain on the Apple website for six months and appear in several national newspapers.
He also declined Samsung's request to issue an injunction banning Apple from making statements, claiming the Galaxy tablet infringes on the iPad design.
"Should Apple continue to make excessive legal claims based on such generic designs, innovation in the industry could be harmed and consumer choice unduly limited," said Samsung in a statement sent to Bloomberg after the hearing.
Apple has been granted permission to appeal.
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Car dealers’ merger talks rapidly end in cul-de-sac
Two of Britain’s largest but most troubled motor dealers have called off merger talks.
Pendragon, owner of the Stratstone and Evans Halshaw chains, had approached Lookers, a big operator in the southeast, northwest and Northern Ireland in recent days. After the news leaked over the weekend, Pendragon published a statement saying that it had “held outline discussions . . . to explore the potential benefits” of a merger and “how this could be attractive to both sets of shareholders”.
It continued: “Pendragon believed that such an exploration would have proved beneficial, [but] these early discussions have now ceased.”
Even before the pandemic, both companies had been troubled, suffering amid the dive in the market in recent years as consumer and business uncertainties grew in response


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du has announced it has increased the security of its payment gateway in line with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DDS) compliance to protect its customers.
PCI DSS is a proprietary information security standard for organisations handling branded credit cards from the major card schemes including Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, and JCB.
The security standards set the operational and technical requirements for organisations in accepting or processing payment transactions, and for software developers and manufacturers of applications and devices used in those transactions. Therefore the certification enables du customers to process their payment transactions and cardholder data more securely.
Fahad Al Hassawi, chief commercial officer, du, said: "PCI-DSS Compliance enables du to tighten its already stringent security processes and procedures to offer customers peace of mind when processing online and remote payment transactions. This innovative operational software will benefit organisations across the UAE, accepting or processing payment transactions."
"Maintaining payment security is a serious business and it is vital that every entity is responsible for their security of cardholder data and follows the PCI Data Security Standards," said Dr. Kamran, principal consultant at UK-based GRC360 Ltd., the PCI DSS Qualified Security Assessment company who awarded the PCI DSS certificate to du.


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A debt buyer and collector has taken the unusual step of suing a creditor for allegedly selling hundreds of millions of dollars in accounts that it knew had issues that made the debts uncollectible.
The suit was filed earlier this week in a Georgia state court by Turtle Creek Assets against Aaron’s, a rent-to-own retail giant.
Among the allegations made by TCA are that Aaron’s sold accounts even though it knew that the customers were victims of identity theft, had filed for bankruptcy protection, or where the accounts had already been settled or the merchandise returned.
Aaron’s has previously disclosed it was being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission for possible issues related to its sales of delinquent or defaulted customer accounts and had made changes to how it sold portfolios going forward, and was waiting on the FTC to approve the agreement, according to a published report.
Gordon Engle, the owner of TCA, said his company has purchased more than $500 million of receivables from Aaron’s between 2010 and 2017. Engle had been re-selling the accounts to other collectors until Aaron’s changed the terms of their agreements to prohibit the accounts from being re-sold. Engle said TCA began collecting on the accounts itself, which is when it started noticing problems with some of the accounts.
“During the past 10 years, TCA has bought hundreds of millions of dollars face amount of accounts from Aaron’s relating to hundreds of thousands of customers of Aaron’s,” said Gordon Engle, president and CEO of Turtle Creek Assets, Ltd., in a statement. “We bought these accounts with the express understanding that these were valid accounts with true amounts owing, and that they represented only instances in which the customer had not settled his account and the merchandise had not been returned.”
“As our staff began client actions on accounts, we were distressed to learn that many of the individuals had previously settled with Aaron’s, returned the merchandise, had never signed lease agreements with Aaron’s or were not even Aaron’s customers. In fact, there were numerous instances where no valid paperwork existed or perhaps never had. The breadth of the tainted accounts is so pervasive that it threatens to render the entire portfolio uncollectible.”
Aaron’s allegedly initiated criminal proceedings in more than 20,000 of the accounts that it sold to TCA, Engle said in a press release announcing the lawsuit.


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Tulsi Extrusions has bagged cumulative order worth Rs. 25.00 crore from 125 dealers at its Rajasthan Regional Dealer’s Conference held on October 25, 2012 at Jaipur for supply of various sizes of pipes and fittings viz. PVC, LLDPE and HDPE Sprinkler, which will be delivered by January, 2013.
The Company expects to have benefit from the above order which is backed by immediate payment terms and amid ongoing global economy scenario in the market and tough competition, the company is determined to reach its revenue targets.
Tulsi Extrusions is engaged in the manufacturing and trading of PVC, HDPE & LLDPE pipes and fittings with an installed capacity of 24,833.08 MTPA as on March 31, 2010 at Jalgaon. The company’s product offering includes PVC pipes, PVC fabricated fittings, PVC casing and screen pipes, ASTM plumbing pipes and fittings, LLDPE pipes and fittings, HDPE pipes and fittings, SWR pipes and fittings, moulded fittings and elastomeric sealing pipes.


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Over a dozen chefs are preparing an impressive menu for the April 18th culinary and wine extravaganza, Taste Takes Flight, a rare opportunity to sip, savor and sample a variety of dishes from area restaurants. It’s the third annual tasting event benefiting WINGS (Women in Need Growing Stronger), an organization that works to end domestic violence and homelessness in Chicago’s suburbs. For the first time, the event is being held in the evening instead of the afternoon, so more spouses can attend this year. And this impressive group represents the faces behind the fine foods to be featured alongside an exciting list of wines.
The chefs will provide their signature cuisines for sampling, International House of Wine and Cheese will provide wine for sipping and Anderson’s Candy Shop of Barrington will provide homemade chocolates for savoring.
Amelia Levin, author of Chicago Chef’s Table, will be on hand to autograph her book and discuss the great cuisines available throughout the Chicago area. And Jaime Laurita, celebrity chef to the stars, will also headline this culinary charity event. Mr. Laurita recently launched a line of food and wine products now available at Heinen’s Fine Foods in Barrington.
Restaurants or caterers scheduled include: Butera’s Market; Carnivlae; Chessie’s; Francesca’s Familiglia; the new Fresco 21; L’Eiffel Bistrot & Creperie; Mago Grill & Cantina; Makray Memorial Golf Club; Chicago Marriott Northwest; McGonigal’s Pub; NEAR (rated 2 stars by Chicago Tribune food critic Phil Vettel); The Annex; The Baking Institute; The Rosewood Restaurant & Banquets; Wild Asparagus and Wynstone Golf Club.
Emcees for the evening are Margaret McSweeney, host of “Truffles and Tribulations” and radio (WCKG-AM) personality Geoff Pinkus. And jazz pianist, Joe Re, will set the musical tone for the evening.
Also new this year, WINGS has chosen a recipient for their First Annual Leadership Award. It’s going to Lisa Stamos, editor & publisher of Quintessential Barrington Magazine, for her devotion to WINGS since 20005.
The event lasts from 6:30 to 10 p.m. on Thursday, April 18th, at the Chicago Marriott Northwest, 4800 Hoffman Boulevard in Hoffman Estates.
The cost is $75 per person for a “Sip Savor Sample” ticket, which includes delicious tastes from over 15 renowned chefs, wine tasting and sampling gourmet offerings. The “Wine Pairings Ticket” costs $100 per person and includes Sip Savor and Sample events plus wine, cheese and chocolate pairings at your table.
To purchase tickets online, CLICK HERE. To purchase tickets by phone, call 847-519-7820. For more information about the event and the organization, visit WingsProgram.org.


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DeLynn Mittleider used to bring clothes to school that her own children had outgrown. The special needs strategist at Jamestown High School kept the items in her storage room in case a student needed something.
“... you know, there’s accidents, there’s ripping pants or anything,” she said. “And then I found that the counselors were coming to me because they found out that I had a little supply of clothes in my room to ask if I had a warm coat for a student or some gloves, and I always would go back into my tubs in my storage room in my classroom and find them. So then I decided it was time to set something like this up.”
“This” is the B-UniQue Clothing Closet, a nonprofit student-run business at JHS that opened in the fall of 2020 where students can shop for anything they want or need - and everything is free.
The freshmen and sophomore students in Mittleider’s work experience class operate the “clothing closet,” as it’s referred to, learning skills as well.
“I wanted to start this quite a while ago,” Mittleider said of B-UniQue. “I felt that there was a need for it because we were having a lot of kids needing things.”
Mittleider, B-UniQue adviser, and Cheryl McIntyre, JHS choir director and adviser for the Z Club, an extension of the Zonta Club at the school, collaborated together to manage B-UniQue, Mittleider said.
The Z Club provides an opportunity for leadership, McIntyre said. While the club promotes women’s leadership it is not restricted to girls, she said. For B-UniQue, students in the Z Club help publicize the business and have helped with back-to-school shopping events and prom dress/tux showcases.
“We’re trying to get the word out to my other peers (about B-UniQue),” said Madison Grieve, a junior who is a member of the club. “Just like put an emphasis on ... you won’t be judged on what you take" and everything is free.
The difference with this nonprofit business is that everything is donated by parents and the community, said Mittleider.
“Our main goal is we know that there’s a lot of families who basically financially are strapped and this is our way of helping their student,” she said. “... students have a lot of baggage nowadays, it seems to me that they have to worry about a lot of different things. And one thing they shouldn’t have to worry about is coming to school and not having something nice to wear or having hygiene products that they can use at home to make themselves feel good. I just feel it makes their education a lot better when they are prepared for school.”
Mittleider said B-UniQue's mission is to serve students in need of a little extra help with getting daily necessities and students striving to do well academically who need an extra boost so they can focus on their education and not meeting basic needs. That helps the individual and also improves the overall community as the students become contributing members of society, she said.
Adam Gehlhar, JHS principal, said the school has grown the number of student and school-run enterprises over the last few years.
“Many of our students are very engaged and community focused because of these opportunities,” he said. “These types of opportunities are great as they benefit the students with real-world work experience and entrepreneurial experience.”
They also benefit the community and reinforce the school’s mindsets of “live to give” and “we are all connected,” Gehlhar said.
The program’s seven mindsets promote “the healthy productive mindsets we want our students to practice,” he said.
The “We Are Connected Mindset” teaches students that everyone who comes into their lives can contribute to the achievement of their dreams. The “Live to Give Mindset” teaches students that life’s abundance moves in cycles. In order to receive love, respect and financial security, they must be willing to give those things to those around them.
The clothing closet
B-UniQue Clothing Closet initially was located in early 2020 in a small space near the Commons area at the high school last year but increasing demand - and “poufy” prom dresses that take up more space - prompted the move to a more private, larger room on the main floor in the building, Mittleider said.
The current location provides enough space for a dressing room for students to try on clothing as well as inventory that includes coats, prom dresses, hats, gloves, other clothing and personal hygiene items such as shampoo, shaving cream, body wash and toothpaste. Tuxes and suits are coming, Mittleider said. With prom scheduled on March 28, there’s a high demand for dresses that many parents simply can’t afford to buy during a pandemic, she said.
Tawni Wanzek got one of those dresses for prom. Wanzek was homecoming queen and got a dress for that, too, in the fall at B-UniQue, she said.
Eliza Garzia, a freshman, said she didn’t have shoes for her band concert and got them at B-UniQue. She got jewelry and a curling iron, too.
Dominic Radtke said his pants tore one day and he was able to get another pair at B-UniQue to wear that day for school.
“I also got an extra pair of shoes for my PE class,” he said.
B-UniQue is also handy for such times as when a student forgets something like a needed tie for a concert or gym shorts. The students in those situations were able to find what they needed at B-UniQue, Mittleider said.
Other students might simply want to shop.
“I just like going to see what they have, maybe like repurpose some things to things I like,” said Jayden Pizinger, a freshman.
Kathy Burkle, the school librarian, said she sees students in need at the school.
“I had a student the other day that didn’t have any gloves in this cold weather and went down there (to B-UniQue) because he needed gloves,” she said. “We just have a lot of kids that with COVID their parents don’t have jobs and there’s no money and they are growing and they need clothes.”
Mittleider thinks the need for items has grown since the coronavirus pandemic began.
“Before it was just maybe a coat here or a coat there that a child needed,” she said. “But they’ll come in and they’ll actually do their shopping here.”
Two siblings picked out all their school clothes there, she said.
Students getting items are grateful, she added.
B-UniQue is open when staffed during the school day and by appointment with an administrator or counselor.
“Some kids are comfortable coming in here and looking at things (when it’s open),” Mittleider said. “Some kids may not be so comfortable so those are the kids that we let them know you can also make an appointment. Go see a counselor and a counselor can bring you in at any time.”
Students learn skills, gain work experience
Students in Mittleider’s work experience class are responsible for the general operation of B-UniQue including such jobs as cleaning, stocking, washing clothes and hanging them, she said. They also work shifts in the store to interact with "customers". Those tasks teach a variety of skills.
Of those B-UniQue workers, Jake Hastings said he hangs up items on the racks, while Lawson Adams picks up donations every week that have been dropped off at the school to bring to the room. Sammie Kolden said one of her jobs is to make sure the shelves are clean.
Being able to check the inventory and stock when it’s low are other tasks. Students also vacuum and clean the store and make sure it’s ready to open, Mittleider said.
Community supports B-UniQue
Mittleider said community and staff support for B-UniQue is appreciated.
“This came today,’ she said, pointing to donated items. “We’re getting donations quite a bit from the community. I came in here the other day, there were eight bags here of brand new stuff that a lady on Facebook messaged me, and she went up and bought all the brand new items, hygiene items, to school.”
McIntyre noted the community has provided new prom dresses previously and continues to support B-UniQue.
"It’s amazing what the people in Jamestown are donating," she said "Some of the clothes still have tags on them. Some of the clothes are brand new.”
Donated clothing that is considered unusable is sorted for cutting for rags, quilt squares and button collecting.
“We’ve already got a business that has requested 10 boxes of rags for their business and they gave us a donation,” Mittleider said. “We don’t ask for money for those things, if they want to give a donation that’s fine.”
Those monetary donations will be used to buy things that are needed, she said. Hygiene products, for example, run out pretty quickly.
Other clothing that the students won’t use - baby clothes that were donated, for example - are given to Orphan Grain Train, Mittleider said.
To donate to B-UniQue
Items may be brought to the Jamestown High School office, where a donation box is located.
Clothing donated should be for teens, clean and free of stains.
Suggested items to donate
Clothing for young men and women
Shoes, all sizes (dress, tennis, boots, sandals)
Bar soap or liquid body wash
Curling irons, blow dryers


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- Februar 3, 2018
- Eingetragen von: ICO Invest Team
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Official language of the conference is English.
On February 8, Gibraltar will host the Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference.
Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference is a series of blockchain events held in Russia, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Malta and from now on – Gibraltar, Switzerland, India, South Africa, Turkey.
Organizer of the conferences is the international company Smile Expo, which became a pioneer of the exhibition business in the field of advanced technologies.
Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Gibraltar 2018 will focus on new regulations, digital identity and current state of cryptocurrencies and ICOs.
First shipment in bitcoins involving Gibraltar company
Gibraltar-based financial company along with its partners have conducted the first-ever shipment transaction using cryptocurrency. The substance of the deal was the delivery of 3000 tons of wheat from Russia to Samsun, Turkey ⚓
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Scheduled to exhibit at this year's CES trade-show on the 10th, LG Electronics has revealed that it will be manufacturing Intel's first Medfield-powered smartphones running the Google Android operating system.
This partnership with Intel is nothing new, LG at last year's CES demonstrated an Intel Atom-powered smartphone, however the device never saw the commercial light-of-day as the chip drew too much power, resulting in a bulky and inefficient slab. Suggestions have been raised that in a similar fashion, LG may simply be producing a reference design for the Medfield CPU, though if Intel's power claims for the new design ring true, no doubt LG and other manufacturers will look to CES and the impression from onlookers to help determine commercial viability of the product.
Certainly Medfield must have stepped a long way from the Atom CPU of last year, Intel integrated graphics have improved significantly, a reduction to 32nm production and tweaking specifically for the mobile platform, including integration of SoC components. Unlike last year, there's potential for real competitiveness and serious room for improvement given the power-efficient claims of Intel's upcoming 22nm 3D Tri-Gate production process. We have a hunch that this year's Medfield launch may not be quite the flop of last year's, provided Intel can live-up to its promises of reduced power consumption.
After CES, we'll await eagerly to see exactly how ARM licensees respond to this new Intel threat.


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EUMCCI HOSTS CYBER RISK MANAGEMENT FOR INDUSTRY 4.0
Seminar aims to get better understanding on the role of cyber security innovation and paving the ways for Industry 4.0
March 19, 2018, KUALA LUMPUR: While Industry 4.0 has been at the forefront of driving innovation and business, it has also presented a new dimension of challenges on managing operational cyber risks, be it smart factories or smart devices.
Given the highly interconnected nature of Industry 4.0, there is a need for organizations to take a very strategic outlook to manage security and privacy issues.
Mr Roberto Benetello, Chief Executive Officer of the EU-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EUMCCI), said better and larger connectivity is one of the pillars of this disruptive new industrial revolution.
“As more and more devices talk to one another, keeping data safe has never been more challenging. It is imperative that manufacturing plants looking to adopt Industry 4.0 take steps to improve security and ensure that they are not exposing their system to cyber criminals,” he added.
He was speaking at a seminar on cyber risk management for Industry 4.0, organised by EUMCCI in collaboration with TUV Rheinland, a global leader in testing, inspection, consulting and certification in Kuala Lumpur today.
Roberto said cyber risks are constantly evolving and companies have to make the crucial decision on which risks to avoid, accept, control or transfer.
As the global economy evolves towards Industry 4.0, it is not only crucial that companies prepare their cyber systems for any potential risks but they should also educate themselves continuously on developments pertaining to risk management.
A highlight of the seminar is the VIP Luncheon with YB Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau, the Minister of Science, Technology & Innovation (MOSTI). Datuk Seri Wilfred shared his thoughts on the role of cyber security in securing innovation in paving the way for Industry 4.0
TUV Rheinland also provided insights on the some of the key issues and how companies could address cyber risk concerns as they move towards Industry 4.0. Among the topics discussed are the protection of critical infrastructure, automotive cyber security and the evolving threat landscape, and security in the IOT world.


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WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration has given permission to some U.S. suppliers to Huawei Technologies Co. to resume shipping to the Chinese telecom giant, easing export restrictions while U.S. negotiators struggle to wrap up the first stage of a trade deal, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.
Commerce officials put Huawei on an export blacklist in May, citing national security concerns. U.S. officials have warned that Huawei products could be used to spy on or disrupt telecommunications networks, which the telecom giant denies.
But President Trump, meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, agreed to ease the blacklisting for cases that didn't involve national security.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said late Tuesday on Fox Business Network that his agency had received nearly 300 requests for exemptions, and that he had begun approving some of those license applications.
"We've now been starting to send out the 20-day intent-to-deny letters and some approvals," he said.
A Commerce spokesperson said Wednesday that the approved licenses "authorize limited and specific activities which do not pose a significant risk to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States."
While trade talks have largely avoided security-related matters such as those involving Huawei, the approvals were seen as constructive for U.S. negotiators seeking to remove some obstacles in the way of reaching a "phase one" deal that Mr. Trump outlined last month.
"I read Huawei as, 'I want to keep the door open for a deal,' so it's positive right now," said Derek Scissors, a trade expert at the American Enterprise Institute who has advised the Trump administration. "This is a goodwill gesture to the Chinese."
Huawei officials didn't respond to requests for comment Wednesday on the Commerce Department's announcement of the approvals.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) criticized the Commerce action. "Given that Huawei, a Chinese state-directed telecoms company, poses a clear and growing threat to economic and national security of the U.S. and its allies, I strongly believe it's against America's national security interest to grant licenses for U.S. exports that sustain or strengthen Huawei," he said in a statement. "The Commerce Department should be transparent to all U.S. lawmakers about what licenses they are approving with regards to Huawei."
Commerce officials didn't say how many licenses were approved, denied or still awaited clearance by its own application reviewers or those within the Departments of Defense, State or Energy, which also have a say in approvals. A person familiar with the situation said Wednesday that many applications were still awaiting a decision.
The news brought a sigh of relief to the country's semiconductor industry, even though some companies had determined in recent months that they could still sell Huawei certain products made outside the U.S. without violating export controls and risking steep fines. U.S. chip makers and other companies sent $11 billion in components to Huawei last year. Some chip makers had cut revenue forecasts after Huawei's blacklisting.
"Sales of these nonsensitive commercial products help ensure the competitiveness of the U.S. semiconductor industry," John Neuffer, Chief Executive of the Semiconductor Industry Association said Wednesday.
Last year, U.S. semiconductor companies sent $44 billion worth of shipments to overseas buyers, making those products the fourth largest U.S. export behind airplanes and oil. Semiconductor makers have manufacturing operations in 19 states, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.
The next few months will determine how the temporary blacklisting might have affected the industry's supply chain. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal earlier this month, Huawei Chief Executive Ren Zhengfei said it had found other suppliers to make up for the loss of U.S. chips and other components.
U.S. markets didn't appear to respond favorably to the Commerce announcement. By early afternoon, the Dow had dropped 200 points on news reports that the first stage of a trade deal might not be completed this year.
The license approvals marked the second source of relief for Huawei's business from U.S. regulators this week. On Monday, Commerce officials gave Huawei more time to work with rural telecom providers that have purchased its equipment.
But further restrictions loom. The Federal Communications Commission is expected to vote Friday to designate Huawei a national security threat, which would stop U.S. telecom companies from spending part of an $8.5 billion federal fund designed to expand service in rural areas on Huawei equipment.
Federal officials are also working to tighten security on the country's telecommunications infrastructure through other avenues. In May, Mr. Trump declared a national emergency over the threats posed to that infrastructure, which stores sensitive information and connects first responders to citizens in need.
Commerce officials haven't released the details of how they intend to implement that order, which could impose additional restrictions.
--William Mauldin and Asa Fitch contributed to this article.
Write to Katy Stech Ferek at email@example.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
November 20, 2019 18:20 ET (23:20 GMT)
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German football club Bayern Munich has chosen DHL as its official platinum partner and international logistics and e-commerce partner.
“FC Bayern Munich is now a global player whose fan base is constantly expanding in a large number of countries and on all continents,” said club chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
“We just completed our summer tour in the United States. This trip showed us once again just how much potential we have in international markets. With DHL acting as our experienced, globally respected partner, we intend to further expand our online touchpoints with our fans around the world and thus our international merchandising.”


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November 29, 2012
The Bethlehem Zoning Hearing Board says developer Abe Atiyeh's beef with a zoning district that is allowing the construction of a Sheetz gas station is a matter for the courts, not zoners to decide. Atiyeh, a township resident, wanted to argue his challenge before the zoners. But on Wednesday they voted 5-0 that his company, Penn Ventures Capital Inc., should file a challenge in Northampton County Court if he wants to overturn the zoning law. At issue is an overlay district Bethlehem Commissioners approved earlier this year that enabled construction of a Sheetz convenience store-gas station and strip mall on William Penn Highway across from Farmersville Elementary School.
June 5, 2012
Bethlehem Township commissioners met with praise and some criticism Monday before approving a zoning law change allowing the construction of a 24-hour gas station-convenience store and a retail store complex on William Penn Highway. The estimated $17 million complex, to be called William Penn Commons, will be on about 9 acres across from Farmersville Elementary School and will include a Sheetz gas station/convenience store and nearly 30,000 square feet of retail building space.
November 30, 2011
Joe Lech, a tractor-trailer driver, made his daily stop Wednesday morning for coffee and cigarettes at the Sheetz on Schoenersville Road in Bethlehem. While parked in the lot at the convenience store, Lech said he felt the ground shake and was suddenly looking at the sky. His cab had fallen into a sinkhole that suddenly opened in the parking lot around 8 a.m. Police said engineers are trying to determine how it happened. "It's not your typical way to start your day, huh?"
April 2, 2011
New merchants in Moore Township always raise eyebrows since the rural Northampton County area isn't exactly one of the Valley's retail hotspots. The addition of BeanBath Café helps fill the void. The 1,600-square-foot café really raises the bar, especially since it's doing things to one-up nearby establishments. BeanBath Café is the first merchant in the new 11,000-square-foot shopping center at 2425 Plaza Court, which isn't on most maps or GPS devices yet. The place is off Route 512, roughly a quarter-mile opposite Southmoore Golf Course.
June 22, 2010
I offer my deepest gratitude to all the people who took time to help me when I fell on May 28 at the Sheetz gas station on Schoenersville Road in Bethlehem. Especially the lady who offered me her cell phone, gave me tissues, wiped my bleeding mouth, and who went and got two Sheetz employees to help me get up. The employees came immediately and were extremely kind, courteous and helpful. At a traumatic time like that, one is not able to think to get names and addresses to write and thank them, but through The Morning Call I am able to say a special thank you to all who helped in any way for your kindness, caring and compassion.
April 30, 2010
A state board has allowed the Sheetz convenience store chain to serve beer and sell it for takeout at one of its largest state locations. Sheetz in a statement said it hoped to resume sales at its "convenience restaurant" in Altoona as soon as possible following the decision Wednesday by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. A timeline is in question, though, after the Malt Beverage Distributors Association of Pennsylvania said it would file an appeal. It's the latest development in Altoona-based Sheetz's quest to sell beer at its spacious gas station/fast-food eatery location in the city.


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Motorola teamed up with Verizon on two new smartphones that were unveiled at a press event in New York City yesterday, where we were introduced to the new Droid Turbo 2 and Droid Maxx 2 smartphones.
Starting with the Droid Turbo 2, which features a 5.4-inch AMOLED display with a 2560x1440 resolution (540 PPI). The display has Motorola's impressive ShatterShield technology (check out the video above), which truly protects the display from shattering if you drop it, on every surface. Inside, it rocks Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810 processor at 2GHz, 3GB of DDR4 RAM, and either 32GB or 64GB of storage, expandable through a microSD card.
We also have a 21-megapixel rear-facing camera with an f/2.0 aperture, phase detect auto-focus and dual-LED flash that is capable of recording 4K video at 30FPS. Up front, we have a 5-megapixel shooter with a wide-angle lens. There's also dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi with MIMO, Bluetooth 4.1 LE and NFC technology.
Notifications in the Facebook mobile app have been expanded to support friends' milestone (birthdays and such), sports scores and game start reminders based on the Pages you've liked, and events you've joined. These are customizable.
Disabled by default, you can also add support for local events and news, weather updates, local movies, and a list of places to eat. To do this, you must enable Location History.
The changes are rolling out gradually as of yesterday to iPhone and Android users in the US. Presumably, they'll hit the rest of the world in the coming weeks.
One of LG's most interesting phones would have to be the new V10 smartphone, with dual screens and so much more. But inside, it rocks some serious storage performance thanks to SanDisk's "best-in-class embedded storage solution for imaging", the iNAND 7232 embedded flash drive (EFD).
LG's V10 smartphone is the first handset to meet SanDisk's guidelines for 'Extreme Photo-Imaging Capabilities', or EPIC. SanDisk's EPIC guidelines were designed by SanDisk for its OEMs, so that it could differentiate handsets which are EPIC-capable, from other handsets. The impressive iNAND 7232 storage solution used in the V10 smartphone is optimized for high frame rate, 4K content.
Christopher Bergey, VP and GM of Mobile and Tablet Solutions at SanDisk explains: "LG has once again reaffirmed their leadership in smartphone imaging and video with the LG V10, and we are proud to recognize it as the first SanDisk 'EPIC' smartphone. The LG V10 smartphone is an exciting step forward for the SanDisk EPIC initiative. Leveraging SanDisk's deep understanding of flash storage, digital imaging and the mobile ecosystem, our EPIC marketing initiative is uniquely bringing together ecosystem hardware, software and storage to break new ground in smartphone imaging".
Last month the FCC ruled AT&T be conditionally cleared to offer wireless calling while a replacement teletypewriter (TTC) system (named RTT) be developed. This aging system is traditionally required to be supported in order for a carrier to offer wireless calling, but the FCC, in response to pressure, has decided to bend its own rules a bit in the name of progress.
Following its decision regarding AT&T, the FCC invited "requests from similarly situated providers seeking a similar waiver of the TTY requirements." Verizon responded to this with a petition late last week, requesting it be granted the same waiver.
The much awaited Surface Book notebook and Surface Pro 4 tablet (alongside the Surface Pro 4 Type Cover and Surface Dock accessories) have launched today. As of now, it's available in the US and Canada only, but more markets will follow next month.
Microsoft says pre-orders have gone beyond their expectations, so anticipate limited stock in stores today. That said, they'll be replenishing stock as soon as is humanly possible. Should you decide to skip the retail route, the Microsoft Store site will give you an ETA on delivery time.
New York City residents may want to head down to 5th avenue to check out the grand opening of the company's new flagship store, where there will be a launch event for the Surface Book and Surface Pro 4.
We've known that BlackBerry's new Android smartphone is a premium handset for quite some time--BB's CEO John Chen reminds us that PRIVacy brings a sense of PRIViledge--but up until now we haven't had any indication on the company's definition of premium when it comes to cost. Now recent reports indicate that the Priv could cost as much as $749 in the U.S.
Up until now the company has left us in the dark concerning the key details of the hybrid-OS Priv smartphone. but a member of the Crackberry Forums has found what looks to be specifications, launch date, and pricing for the BlackBerry phone.
BlackBerry's own website is the apparent source of the info, revealing that the Priv will supposedly launch on November 16, 2015 for a price of $749. Key specs include a curved 5.43" display with 2560 x 1440 resolution and 540 DPI, 3GB RAM, a Snapdragon 808 hexa-core 64-bit processor, an Adreno 418 GPU clocked at 600MHz, and 32GB onboard memory. Camera solutions include an 18MP Auto-Focus rear-facing camera that can record 4k video at 30 fps and 1080p HD at 60 fps, as well as a 2MP front-facing camera that can record 720P.
Google's new Marshmallow-flavored, fingerprint-toting flagship Nexus duo--the affordable Nexus 5X and premium Nexus 6P--went on sale today, and to celebrate Google is handing out instant invites to its Project Fi cellular network.
If you've been waiting to get in on Google's own Project Fi connection, now's your chance: the tech titan will answer all requests with an instant invite to join up within the next 24 hours. All you have to do is sign up here. The service normally requires an invite to get in, and not all applications for an invite are met quickly--you often to have to wait quite some time on backlists to join.
Google's Project Fi starts at $20 per month for unlimited domestic talk and text, and even lets you use your phone as a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot to power other devices. Users pay an extra $10 per GB of data they plan to use after the intial $20 basic plan, and their unused data always rolls over to the next month. Project Fi is currently limited to the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P and Nexus 6, but if you're in the market for a new phone, Amazon currently has a great sale on a Nexus 6 for $349.
If you've been like me, you're eyeing off Microsoft's impressive Surface Book, but how much will the 1TB model set you back? If you've got the coin for it, you'll be spending $3,199
The 512GB model will cost $2,699, so if you don't need the bigger 1TB of storage, the 512GB model might be the one for you. Both configurations include a Skylake processor, with the Core i7 including 16GB of RAM, too. Microsoft won't begin shipping Surface Books for another 7-8 weeks because of the high demand, so you'll be waiting for a little while yet.
We should expect Apple to unveil a new iPhone next year, like it does every year, but the new iPhone will be very different due to one small change: its LTE modem.
According to VentureBeat, Intel is working on its new 7360 LTE modem so that Apple can use it in their new iPhone in 2016. The company has over 1,000 people working on the chip, as it will be big business for them to get it into Apple's flagship handset. Even if Apple does use Intel's new modem in the next iPhone, it still might dual source its LTE modems from its current partner Qualcomm and Intel.
During Intel's recent earnings call, CEO Brian Krzanich said that its 7360 modem will begin shipping later this year and that new products using the LTE modem will be available in 2016. Apple hasn't officially signed Intel as the supplier of the modem, but if Intel can continue to reach milestones with its LTE modem, Apple should want it in their new iPhone.
We all know to expect some big upgrades on the Galaxy S7, but what should we expect exactly? According to the latest rumors, Samsung will include some big processor and camera upgrades, two key parts of the Galaxy S7.
Samsung's next flagship smartphone should feature its own Exynos 8890 processor, which is an impressive 8-core processor clocked at a huge 2.3GHz on the 14nm FinFET process. Apple paved the way with Force Touch on the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus, but these new rumors would see Samsung introducing ClearForce technology onto its Galaxy S7, something that Qualcomm unveiled a few days ago now.
The new Galaxy S7 will also receive a camera upgrade, with Samsung using a 20-megapixel rear-facing camera using their own ISOCELL technology. On top of that, the Galaxy S7 should also feature ESS' Sabre 9018AQ2M headphone amplifier solution, which includes a 2-channel D/A audio converter. It also includes harmonic distortion support of up to -120dB, lowered power consumption, and more.


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The Fair Labor Association (FLA) announced today its Living Wages for All program was named a 2021 Classy Award Winner for Social Innovation.
The Fair Labor Association (FLA) documents significant increases in net wages – ranging from 29 percent to 57 percent over a three-year period – in a new report released today (pdf). The increases allowed factory workers in China and Vietnam to earn a living wage without working overtime.
The Fair Labor Association (FLA) announced today that its board of directors voted to accredit the social compliance program of Fanatics Brands, the private label division of Fanatics, Inc., a global leader for licensed sports merchandise headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, that specializes in licensed fan apparel for the world’s most popular leagues, brands, and collegiate and professional teams.
Vanilla Supply Chain Mapping in Madagascar Reveals Challenges to Overcoming Child Labor
Fair Labor Association Urges Action During International Year for the Elimination of Child Labor
The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Human Rights Coalition – Working to End Forced Labour (HRC) is pleased to announce today it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Fair Labor Association (FLA) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). This milestone commences a five-year technical collaboration that will help HRC members advance in their objective to help achieve fair and decent working conditions worldwide by driving individual and collective action in their businesses and supply chains to eradicate forced labour.
The Fair Labor Association (FLA) is among the 2021 finalists for awards that honor innovation in the global social sector. The FLA award entries are based on the organization’s belief that factories and farms should be safe places to work, and that each worker has the right to earn a living wage.
FLA joined multiple human rights organizations in calling on the G7 countries to prioritize forced labor and human trafficking in their commitments. Specifically, the groups asked the G7 countries to take action with respect to the state-imposed forced labor in Xinjiang. Government action and attention to the human rights abuses in Xinjiang that lead to forced labor are key to remediation. Support from the FLA for G7 action helps address the root cause and hopefully will lead to a long-term solution.
On behalf of initiatives with international garment, footwear and accessories goods buyers as members, among others, we are profoundly concerned about the military coup that took place on 1 February 2021 in Myanmar, and the military’s continued and increasingly violent crackdown against its own people, including against leaders of unions and labour-rights organizations. This coup, and the military’s growing violence in support of it, threatens to reverse the progress and the thawing of relations between Myanmar and the international community ongoing since 2011.
The Fair Labor Association (FLA) has worked for over 20 years to resolve labor rights issues from factories to farms in global supply chains. The FLA welcomes and supports the United Nations General Assembly’s (UNGA) resolution declaring 2021 as the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour.
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This week has demonstrated a shifting trend among tech firms, which has the potential to alter the landscape for the long term. Whereas in the past we've seen companies specialize in certain areas and partner up on projects to complement each other's offerings, we're now seeing them look inward, trying to cover all the bases themselves. (Has that approach ever worked well?)
I'll give you one guess as to the cause of this shift, and it rhymes with shmeshmeshin. Maybe it's the recession pushing people to watch the DIY channel with increased vigor, or maybe people are trying to hoard as much money as they can possibly get their hands on, not wanting to share the pot with anyone else. But with the tech spending set to decline in 2009 (by as much as 3%, according to Forrester Research), big players are venturing out on their own and starting to compete with their former allies in areas in which they haven't historically competed.
We learned this week that Cisco has decided to build its own servers for corporate data centers, shifting its focus away from its original core business of selling routers and switches to businesses and, more recently, home cable wiring. Its new positioning will make it compete more directly with HP and IBM. In a previous life (which ended with Cisco's server announcement), the firm would often partner with HP and IBM to offer a client complementary services—partnerships that helped generate billions for Cisco. Some thanks! Is this a smart move on Cisco's part? Many analysts are saying it's the riskiest thing the company could have done.
As Cisco's CTO, Padmasree Warrior, put it, "We're going to compete with H-P. I don't want to sugarcoat that. There is bound to be change in the landscape of who you compete with and who you partner with." Nope. There's nothing subtle about this move. Money is certainly the bottom line here: As Cisco CEO John Chambers said, "We would not have entered this if we did not think it was a multibillion-dollar marketplace," adding that this is an "almost unlimited opportunity" for the company.
IBM is considering an equally bold move in the potential purchase of Sun Microsystems. Sun, a maker of high-end server systems, would boost IBM's capabilities in the internet networking and telecom spheres. While company spokesmen are quick to comment that the deal is certainly not final and could fall apart at any moment, the idea of it shows IBM's shift in thinking. For over 10 years, IBM CEO Sam Palmisano has turned Big Blue's focus to software and services, while the Sun purchase—which would be the largest in IBM's history, and which would add about $13 billion in sales—is clearly a move to gain some traction in the hardware market. The deal would also pit IBM more directly against rivals HP and Oracle, who historically have more footing in the hardware market.
"Tech companies can't continue to satisfy Wall Street's requirements for growth without encroaching into the markets of their long-time partners," says Joe Skorupa, a Gartner analyst. "All of these guys are banging into one another trying to figure out where they are going to grow, and at whose expense." The expense may actually be their own, however, as they continue to spread themselves to thin, thinking they can be all things to all people.
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Google Maps Latest Update Brings Live View; An Augmented Reality Navigation System
Google Maps, an app familiar to millions of smartphone users around the world for navigation, in its new 8th August update has introduced some new and exciting features for its users. Among them are the introduction of Live View, the addition of Reservations Tab, a dedicated option to let you know about nearby food outlets, and updated timeline to remember the places you visited if the location history setting of your device is turned on.
One of the long-anticipated features called Live View has left an obvious impact and is tremendously welcomed everywhere due to its expansive technological mechanics. Live View will be using Augmented Reality to find directions for its users more accurately and without any kind of a minute hindrance in their navigation from one point to another. Users will be able to find the desired station or spot of their choice after identifying landmarks being shown on the screen of their phones.
The feature had been issued earlier this year on Google’s Pixel phones after being tested out last year, whereas now it is being tested profusely on more smartphones as a beta feature to enrich the app’s functions and experience. With this new testing feature, virtual arrows and directions are positioned exactly in the real world for people to touch down their accurate destination without any uncompromising obstacle in their way.
The function adds on to the app as it’s being updated on devices across the world. People with Android and iOS devices supporting ARCore and ARKit respectively can tryout Google Maps’ Live View themselves. The feature will be usable in those countries where the street view is available.
How does Google Maps Live View work?
To use Live View, open the Google Maps app on your device, and enter your desired destination in the search bar. Indicate that you are intent on walking, and then, you will hold your phone in the air to capture your surroundings like a viewfinder from its camera after tapping the “Start AR” button when it appears on the screen of your device.
In addition to this, the application has launched a couple of other new features for a better experience for its users in its new update. Now you can see your hotel and flight reservations easily while either you are on your way to your destination, or stuck somewhere before checking in.
Furthermore, you can also find wonderful local food in your vicinities, and book a table in advance if the place is fully packed with people, or in demand at the time of your visit.


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Microsoft’s Windows 10 has released its new update which was earlier promised by the company. This is the update that the users were waiting for as a few aspects of the previous Windows 10 were not something which let out positive results. Prior to this, Microsoft had promised the users of the Windows 10 that it will allow the ‘control, quality and transparency’ for both its minor and major upgrades. And it has done that with the new update of Windows 10 1903. But the thing is, some of the Windows 10 Home users (around 800M active user) have found out that they can’t automatically defer any updates of the OS.
According to CNet, the Windows 10 slowly learns with the new update, so, with this this update, users can’t automatically defer any updates. In other words, they aren’t getting the promised controls that Microsoft touted earlier. All they get is the option to manually pause the updates for around 35 days. The Windows 10 Home users would then have to repeat this process every week to delay the updates of the OS.
Earlier the Windows 10 Home users had the option to cancel or not let their previous version of Windows update to the latest version which in some cases came with problems and bugs. But this time, Microsoft is applying the ‘end-of-service dates’ to all the Windows 10 versions. So, when the company will start pushing out new updates for Windows 10, they will be installed automatically without needing the permission of the user. Even if the user had deferred the permission to install the new updates, they still would be downloaded and installed. So, this time, the users don’t have a say in this.
The users can find out if their version of Windows 10 is still in service or not. For that, they need to go to Settings, then to System and then to About. They can then be able to locate the version number on the official Windows 10 Release information website.
Other than the Windows 10 Home users, the Windows 10 Pro, Education and Enterprise users have the option to defer the updates automatically for both the types of updates. So, the Windows 10 Home users are on the short end here. Earlier, there were updates for the Windows 10 which came with several problems like decreasing the gaming performance or deleting the user’s personal data to name a few.
The other version of Windows 10 is getting the option to defer the updates for 36 months, but the Windows 10 Home users won’t be getting the same option.


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Amazon has declared its plan for an Android app store long back. However, it seems that Google does not want any app store to be available (for download from Android Market) to Android users other than its own Android Market. This is the very reason why, it pulled another app store: the Kongregate Arcade, even though it catered only to flash games.
A lot of development and planning goes on behind the making of an app store and Google pulling off app stores proves fatal for developers who work on this. If this is true, next in the line of fire is the Amazon Android app store. This store would act as a marketplace where apps could be bought and sold by interested parties. Amazon has already urged developers to submit their apps and if Google pulls the Amazon app store app too, it has to be installed separately.
Though, the Android market had already laid the trap when its terms says,
You may not use the Market to distribute or make available any Product whose primary purpose is to facilitate the distribution of Products outside of the Market.
The alternate route app stores can take is to make themselves available pre-installed on devices like the Samsung devices do. Another approach can be simply providing another portal for apps like Getjar does. Either way, they are missing the advantage of a wider reach through the Android Market.
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Attempting to create its cryptocurrency Libra user-friendly as it comes next year, Facebook has obtained a startup named Servicefriend that assembles Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven robots for messaging programs.
The Israel-based startup is famous for building”Hybrid Bot Architecture” – a strategy that delivers the business the scalability of a bot with all the intellect, understanding, and compassion of an individual.
“We get smaller technology firms from time to time. We do not always talk about our strategies,” that a Facebook spokesperson informed TechCrunch.
“Facebook’s strategy is to construct a range of financial services for folks to utilize Calibra to cover out and get Libra as, to send cash to contacts, pay invoices, leading up their telephones, purchase things and much more,” stated the report.
Servicefriend was deployed by leading businesses around the globe.
By making use of a hybrid bot to get Messenger out of Servicefriend to present purposeful and effective customer support, the telecom firm Globe Telecom successfully improved worker productivity by 3.5 times and decreased calls to its hotline by 50 percent.
Together with Servicefriend, the bot is front end, and each dialog gets the same brand cohesive and consistent experience.
Facebook has tied up to 27 organizations around the world to begin the non-profit Libra Association to make the new money.


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Binance has announced the future launch of a new trading platform regulated by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Is Binance legal in UK?
Crypto exchange Binance to launch UK trading platform in summer of 2020. … The trading venue was designed to allow both institutional and retail investors to buy and sell cryptocurrencies using pounds and euros, Binance said. It will be regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority.
Is Binance regulated?
There are a number of regulated fiat-crypto exchanges using the Binance brand and technology, including Binance Singapore, Binance.US, Binance Jersey, etc. All of these are independently operated and fully compliant with their local regulations. There is, of course, the Binance.com global centralized exchange.
Is Cryptocurrency regulated in the UK?
Cryptocurrency is recently one of the most popular notions. … Cryptocurrency like Bitcoin is regulated in the UK only for money laundering purposes. In the UK, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) assumed oversight of the cryptocurrency’s anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) activities.
Is Binance FCA regulated?
Binance Announces the Acquisition of an FCA-Regulated Entity | Binance Blog.
Can I withdraw GBP from Binance?
Binance users in the EEA and UK can now instantly withdraw GBP and EUR from their fiat wallets directly to their Visa Fast Funds (Visa Direct)* enabled card on web and app. Instant Card Withdrawals will give eligible Binance users faster access to their crypto funds, being processed in as little as five minutes.
Can Binance withdraw to bank account?
Log in to your Binance account. Once you’re logged in, move your mouse to Wallet, and click on Fiat and Spot. … Select the fiat currency you’d like to withdraw and the payment method. Binance supports credit cards, debit cards, bank transfer, or cash balance.
Why is Binance banned in the US?
In July 2019, Binance gave its United States users 90 days to prove that they had not violated Binance’s terms of services, and if they could not provide evidence, then Binance barred them from trading and depositing on their exchange.
Does Binance report to IRS?
If you receive a Form 1099-K or Form 1099-B from a crypto exchange, without any doubt, the IRS knows that you have reportable cryptocurrency transactions. … Likewise, Coinbase, Kraken, Binance.us, Gemini, Uphold and other US exchanges do report to the IRS.
Is Binance better than Coinbase?
Binance doesn’t offer any fiat trading at all.
This means that users can only fund their accounts – and trade – with cryptocurrencies. However, Binance offers a much better selection of cryptocurrency trading than Coinbase. The exchange offers to trade with hundreds of well-known and newly-released cryptocurrencies.
Is Bitcoin illegal in the UK?
The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced a ban on the sale of crypto derivatives to retail clients from January 2021 saying “retail consumers can’t reliably assess the value and risks of derivatives like contracts for differences (CFD’s), futures, options and exchange traded notes (ETNs) that reference …
Is Coinbase regulated in UK?
Coinbase Ireland Limited is authorised and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland as an electronic money institution (register number C188493).
Is it illegal to buy Cryptocurrency?
Businesses that deal with bitcoin currency exchanges will be taxed based on their bitcoin sales. … There is no law that stated that holding or trading bitcoin is illegal.
Is crypto banned in the UK?
The ban has now become law, on January 6. The FCA has banned the sale of derivatives and exchange traded notes (ETNs) “that reference certain types of crypto assets to retail consumers.” … However, UK regulators believe the industry, as a whole, is too risky for retail consumers to enter without regulation.
Is Coinbase regulated by FCA?
Back in 2018, Coinbase became the first crypto company toreceive an e-money license from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) , and to be given access to the Faster Payments Scheme, which allows customers to benefit from seamless, instantaneous deposits and withdrawals.
Is Binance regulated in Australia?
Binance Australia is regulated to the same extent as other Australian cryptocurrency exchanges.


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A first-class trip to Italy is planned by Surrey Board of Trade and its members.
The “Best of Amalfi Coast & Rome” adventure is booked for a week this fall, from Oct. 25 to Nov. 1.
The last SBOT-endorsed trip was to Dubai in 2017, following excursions in India (in 2011) and China (in 2008 and 2009).
“The trip (to Italy) will take place in accordance with current health and travel requirements and regulations,” said Anita Huberman, president of CEO of SBOT.
A flyer posted to the organization’s website details the trip, planned by Aventura World.
The “early bird” $3,599 fee includes round-trip air transportation from Vancouver to Rome, hotel accommodations for six nights, “superb” cuisine, sightseeing, motorcoaches and more.
“This trip is focused on tourism activities, but if you are looking to schedule business meetings in Rome, you can do so by request,” SBOT notes.
A Zoom’d information session will be streamed Feb. 18, when would-be travellers can learn “how you will experience one of the world’s most-loved destinations where history, culture, gastronomy, fashion, and business intersect.”
Details about the session are posted to businessinsurrey.com.
“We as a Board of Trade are sensitive to the fact that some of you receiving this message might find the offer badly timed, while some of you would welcome it as a refreshing change,” notes a message on the website. “We honor both perspectives and welcome appreciation and criticism alike.”
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It’s been known for a while that the Disney-Netflix deal ended at the close of 2018 and only movies released before the end of that year would show up on the streaming service, and today Disney confirmed their first movie to stream exclusively on Disney+.
On Disney’s first quarter earnings call today, they confirmed that Captain Marvel would be the first Disney movie to stream exclusively on Disney+; meaning that it would skip Netflix entirely. There’s no confirmation as to when it’ll debut on Disney+, but with the streaming service launching at the end of the year, it could potentially be there at launch.
Right now there’s no word on what’s going to happen with the existing Marvel movies currently streaming on Netflix, which includes everything from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 through Ant-Man and The Wasp and if they’ll eventually make their way off Netflix and onto Disney+.


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MOUNT HOREB, Wis. — A Wisconsin company that creates workwear is close to giving Mount Horeb a $20 million economic boost.
Duluth Trading Co. has announced that it wants to move its corporate headquarters to the western Dane County village from Belleville, the Wisconsin State Journal reported. The plan would construct a more than 108,000-square-foot, five-story office building along a bike trail.
The project would add 100 to 150 additional jobs to the village’s downtown on top of about 100 primarily marketing jobs already located in the Mount Horeb Innovation Center.
Nicholas Owen, the village’s administrator, said the company’s retail store would remain on Main Street.
Melissa Theisen, executive director of the Mount Horeb Area Chamber of Commerce, said the plan has received broad support. She believes the addition will breed more development and improvements to the Mount Horeb downtown area.
Company officials said its call center would remain in Belleville, where the company nearly doubled the size of its warehouse with a 75,000-square-foot addition this summer.
Duluth is the largest employer for the village in south Madison.
Village president Roger Hillebrand said he was aware of the company’s expansion plans but did not know many more details. He said he hoped the move would only amount to a loss of about 60 jobs for his community.
“It’s very important to the community,” Hillebrand said. “We’re going to do everything we can for them.”


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Gov't should do more to support local manufacturers - JMA
Livern Barrett, Staff Reporter
Some of the leading players in the Jamaican manufacturing sector have blasted sections of the Government's procurement guidelines, charging that those provisions make a mockery of the 'Buy Jamaican' mantra of successive administrations and place local companies at a major disadvantage.
The main gripe, according to Metry Seaga, deputy president of the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA), is with the clause that gives bidders for government furniture contracts 50 per cent of the grade if they can show that they have completed a previous job of a similar standard and size.
"If you haven't done it as a local manufacturer, you can't get it, even if your price is better," Seaga said during a Gleaner Editors' Forum held at the newspaper's central Kingston offices yesterday.
"What does that do to local manufacturers? Made in Jamaica should be 50 per cent of the grade," he declared.
Acknowledging that governments are the biggest spenders for goods and services, he said it was time the nation's political leaders set the example in the 'Buy Jamaican' campaign.
"Our government talks the talk, but they don't walk the walk. They never have," he chided.
"They cannot be going out there telling people to buy Jamaican when they don't buy Jamaican, they don't insist on their ministries and agencies buying Jamaican, and they don't insist on their foreign investors coming here and buying Jamaican," Seaga complained.
Added the JMA deputy president: "So it's really a sham. What the Government is doing is looking to get any quick dollar they can get from overseas and not looking to build the base."
The JMA said it has proposed several changes to the guidelines, but its president, Brian Pengelley, said "various Cabinets and governments" have failed to implement any of those proposals.
One of the changes the JMA has proposed is a 15 per cent price advantage that would "give favourable consideration to local businesses".
"That's probably the largest one (of the proposed changes) that would have an impact on purchases," he explained.
Seaga called for a change in the way governments view the manufacturing sector.
"If we have a government that recognises manufacturing for what it is and can be, and start to act accordingly, I think that we can build our manufacturing sector to leaps and bounds ahead of where it is now and end up building our economy as a result of that," he reasoned.


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— Bedford Farmers Market exceeds 450 attendees for season
— Forest Farmers Market tops $400,000 in local sales
The Ag Board heard a report this month from the Market Managers of the Forest Farmers Market and the Bedford Farmers Market. They stated they have seen increased visitors at the markets this year due to the rising awareness of the health benefits of locally grown foods. For the Bedford Market, Erika McFaden, said her market had 20-25 vendors this year and 450 attendees so far this season. She is looking at hosting a Saturday market on November 14 and possibly one in December as well. For the Forest Farmers Market, Dorothy McIntyre distributed a report to Ag Board members that showed total combined sales at her market near $400,000 so far this season. This is money that helps local farmers and their families. She has an average of 28 vendors a week and donates any leftover produce to the Society of St. Andrew to distribute to those less fortunate. She will hold a monthly Winter Market as well this year. Congratulations to the Bedford and Forest Farmers Markets on a successful summer season of local sales. Learn more at http://www.forestfarmersmarket.com/ and https://bedfordvafarmersmarket.wordpress.com/.


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Wrecked Lamborghini at center of Twin Cities insurance fraud case
A Minneapolis business owner has been arrested and charged with insurance fraud after he crashed a customer's silver Lamborghini Gallardo, causing more than $82,000 in damage to the high-priced sports car.
David Norman Juntunen, 40, the owner of Top Gear Autoworks in Minneapolis, was charged Friday with insurance fraud and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, according to a Hennepin County complaint.
Pamela Jean Dupont, 41, of Minneapolis, faces the same charges, the complaint says.
Juntunen agreed in late 2011 to provide winter storage for the 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo at Top Gear Autoworks, which repairs and stores luxury vehicles, according to the charges. The owner of the vehicle told Juntunen he had "suspended collision insurance" on the vehicle, the charges said.
On March 9, 2012, Juntunen and Dupont took the car for a drive without asking permission and crashed it at 2 a.m. at B.F. Nelson Park in Northeast Minneapolis, according to the complaint. The car hit three trees and two light poles, causing almost $10,000 in damages to the park, according to the complaint.
The state alleges that Juntunen or Dupont drove the heavily-damaged car from the crash site, but eventually had to have it towed. The accident was not reported to police, the complaint said.
Later that day, Juntunen filed a claim with Top Gear's insurer, Travelers Insurance, to repair the damage, which was estimated at $82,480, the complaint said.
Juntunen allegedly told investigators that Dupont was driving the car at 11 p.m. on March 8, 2012, when she swerved to miss an animal and crashed. He said Dupont was driving the car from one Top Gear facility to another.
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NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Eastern New Mexico University is partnering with Red Rock Roasters of Albuquerque to produce university-branded coffee. The coffee will be called ‘Greyhound Grind.’ Red Rock Roasters took inspiration from the Llano Estacado in Portales to roast their coffee.
Red Rock Roasters says the names were chosen from over 200 name suggestions submitted by ENMU alumni, students, faculty and staff, which honors the University’s swift mascot.
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Ubisoft's relationship with PC gamers has been strained for years. Always-on DRM , last-minute delays of PC releases, its insistence on uPlay and CEO Yves Guillemot's stated belief that nine out of ten PC gamers are filthy pirates have collectively made it a difficult publisher to love. But it promises that things are different now.
"We recognize the importance and needs of PC gamers, and want to continue to improve how we create and support games for PC," Alain Corre, the executive director of Ubisoft EMEA, told MCV . "As a percentage of our business, PC grew last year, from 11 per cent in 2012/13 to 15 per cent in 2013/14, which is an indication of the progress we're making."
That is perhaps a slightly simplistic way of looking at the situation, but the bottom line is that the PC's relevance as a game platform is actually increasing and that's something Ubisoft can't afford to ignore. Corre cited the change from always-on DRM to one-time activations, which he described as "a standard practice in the industry," as just one example of the company listening and responding to its fans.
"We're also doing our best to bring our games to PC at the same time as the console versions. Assassin's Creed Unity and Far Cry 4 , for example, will be released simultaneously on console and PC, and this will continue to be the goal for all our major titles," he said. "Finally, we are committed to improving the optimization of our games for each platform on which they're released – including PC."
It sounds good, but words are easy, and given Ubisoft's well-established history of delaying the PC releases of its games at the last minute—consider Driver: San Francisco , Ghost Recon: Future Soldier , From Dust , Assassin's Creed Brotherhood , Assassin's Creed Revelations and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag —I think I'll wait a bit and see how things pan out before I offer any congratulations on a job well done.