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CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Monday marks the busiest mailing day of the year, and this year's predicted mailing numbers are as huge as the packages themselves.
Postal workers are working seven days a week this holiday season to deliver a record number of packages. The Postal Service hired temporary employees to help sort through packages and cars expected to go through Lowcountry post offices.
USPS predicts record numbers, which include 15.5 billion holiday cards and letters to be delivered. In addition, they are expected close to 600,000,000 packages to be delivered through New Years Eve.
But as fast as the holiday season came, the delivery deadline did too. Tuesday is the first deadline for standard mail, which is good for larger items because it should take between two and eight days for them to be delivered:
Dec. 19, is the last day to mail first class mail.
Dec. 21, for global express guaranteed.
Dec. 23, is the last day to mail priority mail express.
FedEx predicts it will move a record-breaking 317 million shipments between Black Friday and Christmas Eve.
UPS forecasts a holiday delivery of more than 630 million packages, and their Black Friday to New Years Eve deliveries are up more than 10 percent from last year.


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Westpac wins best-value gong
Westpac has been named the best-value everyday bank by ratings agency Canstar, which said its digital offerings were particularly strong.
Canstar researched 36 credit cards, 51 deposit accounts and a range of other factors across 10 different banks.
The research firm's New Zealand general manager, Derek Bonnar, said the cost of transacting and ease of use were the two most important factors.
"Increasingly, ease of use means great online service," Bonnar said.
Westpac has made a public commitment to being the best digital bank in the world, and has led the way in several areas.
Bonnar said the bank's digital offerings, deposit account and credit cards had earned it the award.
Westpac's fee-free electronic account was user-friendly and cost-effective, making it a "standout performer", he said.
Westpac product manager Mark Lenaarts said in the last 12 months there had been substantial growth in customers using online banking, led by mobile.
Customers increasingly wanted to be able to do much more than just move their money around while on the go, Lenaarts said.
The Canstar report shows it is definitely worth consumers' while to shop around.
For one case-study couple, the difference between "three star" and "five star" products added up to $594 a year.


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In the wake of news that companies are not actually taking the necessary steps to protect their supply chains, new information uncovered by Supply Chain News highlights just how long the supply chain can suffer when a key region involved in the process experiences a tragic event. The latest news ties the recent recall of U.S. auto manufacturer Chrysler of half a million vehicles to the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan. Two years after the devastation, OEM parts that the manufacturer scrambled to get when Japanese suppliers were unable to deliver are still causing the auto maker quality issues.
According to the article, these vehicles have the potential of bearing faulty microcontrollers. These microcontrollers entered the supply chain during the microcontroller shortage after the earthquake and tsunami. Chrysler is now recalling Sebring models produced from 2011-2013, Chrysler 200 models, and Dodge Avenger models of the same year. Additionally, the company is recalling Dodge Nitros produced from 2011 to 2012 and Jeep Liberty vehicles produced between 2011 and 2013.
When companies fail to have a suitable backup plan for natural disasters, political upheaval, social unrest, and other unpredictable events, they must find alternate supplies quickly. Some auto manufacturers around the world were unable to produce all the vehicles scheduled following the natural disasters in Japan. Scrambling to find substitute suppliers often leads to inconsistent or poor quality supplies, which can lead to many other long-term issues such as those Chrysler is facing.
Japan is the fourth largest trader of goods and services in the world, and the impact of their disasters was felt most painfully in the automotive industry and in the field of technology. Japan’s Asian neighbors are also subject to similar disasters, and are also responsible for supplying many of the automotive and technology supplies that the rest of the world depends on. News sources say the natural disasters in Japan led to fewer exports going out of the country, and an increase in the number of imports they needed to purchase elsewhere.
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Cisco is hoping to accelerate HyperFlex's momentum by piling on incentives for partners through its Value Incneitve Program and other rebate programs. According to Mohr, a top partner that stacks all available program benefits onto a HyperFlex sale stands to see a payout in the high-20-percent range. Mohr would like to see Cisco partners take advantage of customer refreshes as a way to sell HyperFlex.
"We have over 60,000 installed UCS customers today, and we're just now scratching the surface on penetration rates," Mohr said. "There's a huge growth opportunity for us in refresh with HyperFlex as well as UCS."


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Google announced the launch of the Android One platform in India today, with the first set of low-cost devices now available for purchase in the country. While India is the first country where users get to experience Android One, Google has announced that the program will be making its way to Indonesia, the Philippines and South Asia (Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) by the end of the year, with more countries set to follow in 2015.
Along with an international expansion, Google is adding more manufacturers to the fray, which sees the likes of Acer, Alcatel Onetouch, ASUS, HTC, Intex, Lava, Lenovo, Panasonic and Xolo launching Android One smartphones in the near future. Google has also partnered with Qualcomm, highlighting the possibility of a Snapdragon-enabled Android One handset, which may even be the LTE-enabled Snapdragon 210, seeing as how Qualcomm is targeting the $100 segment with its latest SoC.
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This is just the beginning of the Android One journey. The first phones, from our hardware partners Micromax, Karbonn, Spice and chipmaker MediaTek, are available starting today in India from leading retailers starting at Rs 6,399. We're also excited to welcome more partners to the program, including phone manufacturers Acer, Alcatel Onetouch, ASUS, HTC, Intex, Lava, Lenovo, Panasonic, Xolo, and chipmaker Qualcomm. We expect to see even more high-quality, affordable devices with different screen sizes, colors, hardware configurations and customized software experiences. Finally, we plan to expand the Android One program to Indonesia, the Philippines and South Asia (Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) by the end of the year, with more countries to follow in 2015.
With Android One, Google is aiming to make it easier for hardware vendors to launch a device in the budget category by providing reference designs that vendors can leverage from, saving time and sourcing costs in the process. While vendors can choose from the list of hardware designs, Google will control the software side of things, and has mentioned that it will roll out updates directly. Android One devices will receive the Android L update as soon as it is available, with Google stating that these devices will be some of the first to receive the update to the next version of Android.
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A new report published by Japanese site Mac Otakara shoots the iPhone 7 Smart Connector rumor down. The report suggest Apple has decided against including an iPad Pro-like Smart Connector on its upcoming flagship handset.
The Smart Connector, first made an appearance on the iPad Pro. The new connector allows the transfer of both power and data between the tablet and its accessories, such as the Smart Keyboard.
The rumors that were floated about the Smart Connector being included on the iPhone 7/7 Plus never indicated an actual intended use for the connector on the handset, but some speculated it would be used for wireless charging, or battery cases.
An image said to be that of an iPhone 7 Plus was published by a Chinese website back in March, which indicated a Smart Connector could make an appearance on the 7. The photo could be an actual iPhone 7, a mockup, or simply a counterfeit device. However, it did help fuel rumors that the connector would be included on the new handset.
Today’s report suggests Apple shelved the idea of the Smart Connector, after first deciding to include it as part of the new iPhone’s design. However, that is merely speculation on Mac Otakara’s part, and it’s likely the Smart Connector was never intended to be part of the design.
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The United States underscored Friday its opposition to a new European Union plan to allow member states to block genetically engineered imports after bilateral talks on a transatlantic free-trade pact.
"It is hard to square this proposal with either EU long-standing internal obligations or their aspiration for a seamless internal market," said Dan Mullaney, the assistant U.S. trade representative for Europe and the Middle East.
"We are still studying the proposal implications but we hope that the EU will move forward in a way that respects our decades-old rules on trade," he added.
Mullaney was speaking at a news conference following the ninth round of U.S.-EU trade negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership held this week in New York.
His remarks echoed those of U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, who said the U.S. was "very disappointed" by Wednesday's EU proposal to allow the 28 member states to individually decide whether to allow the import of genetically modified organisms or food, animal feed and other products made with them.
Under current rules if a GMO is judged safe for human consumption by the European Food Safety Agency, then the Commission must agree that it can be grown or imported without restriction in the EU. Individual states though could justify opting out by reasons unrelated to risks to human and animal health and the environment.
On Friday, the Commission cleared 19 new GMO products for use in the EU, 11 of them from U.S. agriculture giant Monsanto, including genetically modified varieties of soybeans, maize, rapeseed and cotton.
"We are pleased that the Commission is acting on long-standing biotech applications, but this does not remedy a proposal to allow EU member states to ban products deemed safe by Europe's own scientists," said Mullaney, the head of the U.S. negotiating team at the TTIP talks.
Speaking at the same news conference, chief EU negotiator Ignacio Garcia Bercero said the opt-out proposal was "consistent" with the rules of the World Trade Organization and "maintains fully the role of science in the authorization process."
"Any measure taken by the member states will have to be on a non-discriminatory base. We feel it's a proposal which is fully compatible with our international obligations and that in no way undermines our negotiations with the United States," Bercero said.
If agreed, the TTIP would be the world's biggest trade deal, linking about 60% of the world's economic output in a market of 850 million consumers.
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It’s the frontier of social science — experiments on people who may never even know they are subjects of study, let alone explicitly consent.
Experts are of the opinion that the implications of this breakthrough could be significant.
Smartwatch capabilities were said to include fitness features such as measuring and tracking heart rates.
Alongside the commerce ministry, SAIC and the reform commission have taken on a higher profile in anti-monopoly cases since last year.
Microsoft's cloud revenue jumped 164 per cent in the second quarter, while IBM's surged 86 percent, according to a report last week by the Synergy Research Group.
Microsoft has announced what it called a breakthrough in real-time voice translation and said it would offer a test version through Skype before 2014.
Yahoo's ad revenues will increase by around 2.7 percent to $3.53 billion, but its growth will be slower than the rest of the fast-growing sector.
Skype Translator, the result of years of research at Microsoft, first will be available as a Windows 8 beta app before the end of 2014.


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- Gap recently cut its keyword on paid search ads by 95%, according to an Adthena analysis of 2.2 billion impressions across about 3 million paid desktop and mobile ads from December 2017 to June 2018. Gap increased its keywords from 225 to nearly 1,000 between January and mid-March 2018, and then dropped them to 50 by mid-May. Gap cut its women’s fashion terms and was using 190 terms by early May.
- Gap is devoting most of its search investment on brand and sister brand terms. Over the past few months, 76% of clicks have come from these terms. In women’s fashion, the top performers have been “gap,” “athlete,” “gap com,” “old navy com” and “www.oldnavy.com.” The company continued using non-brand terms, like “denim dress” and “women’s suits,” but they weren’t the focus.
- The company’s clickshare dropped to 0.1% in women’s fashion at the end of May 2018, one of the weakest performances that Adthena reports seeing from a major retailer. That’s after reaching 0.8% in early January. Gap’s product listing ad clickshare grew from 2% in December to 3% by the end of May, with spikes above 4% over the time period.
The Adthena analysis highlights how dramatically Gap has cut its search strategy as sales have stalled. Paid search is an important strategy for retailers, so Gap trying to get by with the minimum could signal trouble for the company. Despite being an iconic American brand, focusing search terms on sister brands like Old Navy and Athleta is a smart move for Gap, however, since these brands have been some of the top performers for the parent company. By not investing in terms like "spring jacket" the marketer is missing an opportunity to lure in new customers.
In general, paid search marketing continues to grow as marketers invest more of their budgets to reach the growing numbers of consumers initiating their purchasing journey's online. Google has long dominated the space but Amazon has recently made inroads.
Gap Inc. reported an 8% net sales increase for Q2 to $4.1 billion. Comparable sales grew 5% for Old Navy and 2% for Banana Republic, but dropped 5% at Gap. The company is projecting that comps will be flat to slightly positive for the 2018 fiscal year. In June, the company tapped Neil Fiske as the new president and CEO of the Gap brand. Fiske formerly led a brand turnaround for Billabong, and Gap is clearly hoping he can help the brand regain its top spot among fashion retailers.
This month, Gap unveiled its fall campaign “Good Creates Good,” which is promoting the retailer’s new Soft denim and celebrates what inspires people to feel good and look for the good in others. The campaign features a diverse cast of influencers with reputations for doing good, and content will run across paid social, owned and digital channels.


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President and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA), Rossi Ralenkotter, was recently awarded the prestigious Pinnacle Award from the International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE). The annual award recognizes an individual who has shown unwavering dedication to advancing exhibition management. Ralenkotter has devoted more than 40 years to the industry and is currently helping brand and market Las Vegas as a top destination for leisure and business travel. He is also among those credited with making Las Vegas the top trade show destination in North America for a consecutive 19 years.
“Rossi’s achievements are a perfect example of how prolific and diverse a career in the exhibitions and events industry can be,” said David DuBois, president and CEO of IAEE. “His contributions have advanced the industry in a way we can all be proud of.”


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Lizzo has been a longtime proponent of the body positivity movement that has been sweeping our culture. She makes it very clear in her songs, interviews, and social media that she is doing her best to uproot beauty standards.
Lizzo rose to fame with her catchy music and her outspoken views on body image in Hollywood and general American culture. She has declared herself a body icon, posted nude photos of herself online, and insisted that being obese doesn't mean you're unhealthy. She's back with a new project – she's launching a brand new shapewear line for Fabletics.
Lizzo's New Shapewear Line Is Called Yitty
She hinted on her Instagram that this announcement was around the corner about a week ago. "I can’t be stopped. This is my season," she wrote in the caption. "I’m about to be everywhere and I’m about to announce the biggest thing YET. Bigger than anything I’ve ever done. 3 years in the making. A Dream Come True. Stay tuned b*tch."
Lizzo opened up to the New York Times about her new business venture.
"I'm selling a mentality that 'I can do what I want with my body, wear what I want and feel good while doing it,'" she said. She promised that Yitty will "give everyone the opportunity to speak for themselves when it comes to how their body should look and how they feel in their body."
In the caption of her announcement post on Instagram, she said that Yitty "isn’t just shapewear, it’s your chance to reclaim your body and redefine your beauty standard."
While there's nothing wrong with creating shapewear for women of all sizes, there's still a major part of Lizzo's brand that is hard to get on board with: her celebration and glorification of obesity as if it's something to be proud of. Being overweight doesn't make you less worthy, but it certainly isn't something you should parade around as a badge of honor, especially considering that obesity is the number one predictor of all the leading causes of death in the U.S., including heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and many cancers.


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Matteo Dell’Acqua never thought Italy’s rebound from Covid would be this good.
The 31-year-old boss of a family business says his investment in digitalisation and more environmentally friendly products made during the pandemic is paying off and has contributed to a 20 per cent annual increase in orders.
“It’s going very well,” said Dell’Acqua, whose company in Lombardy —Italy’s initial Covid epicentre — makes plastic pipes and tubing. The company is “sailing through” the post-pandemic phase, he says, thanks to “a positive atmosphere generated by the sudden and unexpected recovery”.
Italy, the first European country affected by the pandemic, is now changing gear in its recovery after a widespread vaccination programme, robust investment and expanding exports.
“Italy’s economic outlook is far better than we expected in the spring,” said Mario Draghi, Italy’s prime minister, last month. He expects the country to grow 6 per cent this year, in line with the OECD and international private forecasters, and much stronger than the 4.5 per cent expected in April.
Italy’s economic growth had the biggest upgrade of any other G7 country over the past five months, according to Consensus Economics, which averages leading economists’ forecasts.
It is a marked change for a country that has suffered years of economic stagnation, dragging living standards below the EU average. Economists hope it could be a springboard for longer-lasting changes, with an ambitious programme of EU-funded reforms and public spending getting under way.
“For the first time in many decades, Italy is in such a favourable position,” Laurence Boone, chief economist at the OECD, told the Financial Times. She pointed to Italy starting to tackle well-known brakes on growth such as a sclerotic civil justice system and public administration and its ineffective competition laws. “Italy today is in the position of resetting its economy.”
Draghi, the former president of the European Central Bank, has put much of the improved outlook this year down to his government’s vaccination campaign. Italy’s proportion of fully vaccinated people is the second-largest among G7 countries, after it made a Covid “green pass” mandatory for most workers and access to most public venues.
Draghi said this had allowed the reopening of businesses without a spike in hospitalisation, boosting consumer confidence and spending. Household consumption rose by a strong 5.5 per cent in the second quarter.
Nicola Nobile, economist at Oxford Economics, expects Italy’s economy to have expanded by about 2.5 per cent in the third quarter, following an above expectation 2.7 per cent rebound in the previous quarter.
Other factors are also at play in the recovery, said Emma Marcegaglia, chair of the B20 international business summit, a G20 business forum.
Investment is “booming”, said Marcegaglia, thanks to government-supported incentives for energy efficiency improvements and purchases of machinery and equipment, as well as more investor confidence in Draghi’s government after years of political instability.
Many businesses have also stepped up digital investments to adapt to the pandemic — helping Italy, which lagged behind EU peers on readiness for ecommerce, to make up ground. Italy’s investment was 5 per cent above pre-pandemic levels in the second quarter, stronger than a marginal contraction in Germany and a 4.5 per cent drop in the UK.
Exports are also supporting the post-pandemic rebound, with Italy less affected than some countries by supply chain disruption thanks to lower reliance on semiconductor imports, according to some analysts. In the first seven months of the year, the value of Italy’s goods exports was up 4 per cent compared with the same period in 2019, better than stagnation for Germany and a contraction for France.
Manufacturers have proved agile in adapting to changing national and international restrictions, said Marcegaglia.
The green and digital transition could continue at a much faster pace if Italy gets the €205bn from the EUs “Next Generation” recovery plan that has been promised if key reforms and targets are achieved.
This is by far the biggest commitment by the EU to a member state and would be Italy’s largest support package since the Marshall plan after the second world war. Italy has already received an instalment of €25bn.
The OECD expects Italy’s economic output to return to pre-pandemic levels by early 2022, quicker than in previous estimates and much faster than the recovery in earlier recessions — although later than in most advanced economies. Before the pandemic, output had not recovered to levels of more than a decade earlier.
Italy’s government is certainly bullish. It expects strong growth to continue until at least 2024, reducing the country’s high public debt of more than 150 per cent of gross domestic product and the above EU average unemployment rate of over 9 per cent.
Nobile argues that “ambitious reform agendas typically face enormous political hurdles in Italy” and that official growth forecasts could be “too optimistic”. Political stability is also a threat to the reforms and spending plan.
“Good as all this modernisation may sound, Italy’s fractured political system has often meant that reforms started by one government get reversed or abandoned by the next one,” said Nick Andrews, economist at the investment research company Gavekal Research.
Meanwhile, there are shorter term concerns. Italy is already worried by Europe’s soaring energy prices and is to spend €4bn to subsidise bills. A protracted crisis could lower the pace of the recovery. Weakening demand following prolonged supply chain disruption and slowing Chinese economic growth create extra headwinds for the country and the global economy.
But Italy’s business and consumer optimism remain at a near-decade high. “Of course, we have to be cautious and continue to monitor critical factors such as the cost of raw materials and transport,” Dell’Acqua said, “but at the moment we have the wind in our sails”.


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Burcon NutraScience Corp (TSX:BU, NASDAQ:BRCN) announced that it has developed a cost-effective and scalable process to extract high-purity protein ingredients from sunflower seeds for use in food and beverages.
The food and beverage plant-based protein developer said its Sunflower Protein Isolate sets a new benchmark for the next generation of high-quality, own-brand plant-based protein ingredients.
“This latest development further validates Burcon as a global technology innovator in sustainable protein ingredients, leveraging its industry-leading expertise to create significant value in the global food supply chain,” Burcon’s interim CEO said. NutraScience, Peter Kappel, in a press release.
READ: Burcon NutraScience provides update on funding and progress of its Merit Functional Foods joint venture
“A clean-brand, plant-based protein source that delivers great taste and texture is exactly what food and beverage formulators are looking for,” Kappel added.
Burcon noted that by leveraging its technology platform and commodity protein expertise, it has developed a proprietary extraction and purification process to convert sunflower meal, a by-product of production of sunflower oil, in high quality neutral-tasting sunflower protein isolates. and off-white color.
He added that these unique properties make them ideal for use in a variety of valuable food applications, especially those with delicate flavors.
Additionally, the company said it is working with Pristine Gourmet, a processor of 100% pure Canadian non-genetically modified organism (GMO) cold-pressed virgin oils, to further optimize Sunflower’s new sunflower protein technology. Burcon.
The parties are working together in a previously announced C$1 million project that included co-investment from Protein Industries Canada, according to the company.
Additionally, Burcon said it intends to develop ideal food and beverage applications for its unique sunflower protein isolate while establishing a market for this new class of plant-based protein ingredients.
Burcon NutraScience is a global technology leader in the development of plant-based proteins for food and beverages. With over two decades of experience in formulating high-purity proteins that have superior functionality, taste and nutrition, Burcon has amassed a portfolio of patents spanning its vegetable proteins derived from peas, canola, soybeans, hemp, sunflower seeds and other vegetable sources.
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SK Telecom to split into two entities to accelerate growth
South Korea's largest mobile carrier SK Telecom announced today it will create a new holding company that aims to boost its shareholder value and accelerate the company's growth.
The company said that the new restructure will mainly be for its non-mobile subsidiaries and will split the carrier into two companies, creating a "spin-off" which will form the basis of the project.
In a report detailing the announcement, SK Securities Analyst, Choi Gwan-soon: "This will provide an opportunity for SKT's subsidiaries, including SK hynix, One Store, ADT Caps, 11Street, SK broadband, to receive reasonable market assessments, while they have remained in SKT's shadow so far.
"The total market cap of both entities, after the split, is likely to increase from the current value," he added.
SK Telecom said in a regulatory filing that the spin-off, which will form the holding company, wil oversee operations of its tech affiliates and subsidiaries, including memory chip giant SK hynix Inc., e-commerce firm 11Street Co. and ride-hailing company T Map Mobility Co., as well as others.
The company split will aim to focus on SK Telecom's traditional telcom business, later expanding to new sectors such as artficial intelligence (AI) and data centres.
During a shareholders' meeting lst month, Park Jung-ho, CEO of SK Telecom, said: "We hope to change the corporate restructure so that the our assets could be fully recognized."
Shareholders will continue to be able to own shares in both entities, with the restructure giving them "the biggest benefits" possible, according to Park Jung-ho.
SK Telecom hopes to complete the plan by the end of this year, providing it can gain approval from both the board of directors and further shareholders' meetings.


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Outlets of Michigan will feature about 75 retail shops and is set to open in 2016. (New England Development)
DETROIT, MI – Plans are moving forward for a 325,000-square-foot outlet center with 75 retailers across from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, a development firm said Wednesday.
New England Development said it intends to develop Outlets of Michigan as an open-air center with shaded pedestrian walkways and Detroit-inspired architecture. The mall is scheduled to open just east of Vining Road and north of Interstate 94 in 2016.
The company has developed outlet malls throughout the country, including in Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and North Carolina.
New England Development looked at these demographics when deciding to add the outlet mall: Wayne County is the 18th-most populous county in the country, and more than 3.5 million people live within 30 miles of the company’s planned development. Detroit Metro Airport has 32 million passengers passing through its terminals each year.
The company wagers it could attract some business from Ann Arbor as well, where the affluent home of the University of Michigan has an average household income of $71,580 and where there are about 43,000 college students.
“The center’s location in this market is ideal,” Douglass Karp, Executive Vice President of New England Development, said in a statement. “Outlets of Michigan is located on the major highway between Chicago and Detroit, directly opposite Detroit Metro Airport, and is the closest outlet center in Michigan to the Canadian border.”
Romulus Mayor LeRoy D. Burcroff added, “The Outlets of Michigan is a great example of growth and positive change that is coming to the City of Romulus. A 325,000-square-foot high-end outlet mall is just what our region needed and we are pleased that New England Development has chosen Romulus for the development. Businesses that locate in our community often take advantage of Romulus’ reputation as a transportation hub, including access to both I-94 and I-275.”


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The reverse auction marketplace also has plans to focus on partnerships this year
Historically, a fully digital journey for a multi-car insurance policy product has not been possible on an aggregator platform.
A multi-car insurance policy is a singular insurance policy with one insurer that includes multiple cars registered to the same address - it is suitable for anyone that has more than one car in their household.
Gavin Sewell, Honcho’s co-founder and chief executive tells Insurance Times that “the challenge with multi-car is that the plumbing doesn’t exist” between software houses, aggregators and insurance providers to support multi-car propositions.
Currently, multi-car insurance is a direct-to-consumer proposition that customers can only obtain by visiting individual insurer’s websites, such as LV= or Admiral, for multiple quotes. But Sewell hopes to change this.
He continues: “We are keen to work on making that exist, such that we can run a reverse auction in the same way that we do for car and van insurance.
”In the absence of that being instantly available, we decided to partner with Admiral, one of the biggest providers of multi-car [insurance], to put our toe into the water and see how we can engage our customers.”
Sewell believes that by better understanding Admiral’s customer base for multi-car insurance through this partnership, this will help Honcho develop an aggregated multi-car auction product.
Nearly three-quarters (70%) of Honcho’s users have more than one car in their household.
Honcho has also revealed another major partnership this week.
It has joined forces with automotive trade digital solutions platform SilverBullet - this will see the insurance distribution marketplace offer car dealers cover by connecting the two businesses’ respective platforms.
Insurtech Honcho is a reverse auction marketplace that has brought electronic trading to the distribution of insurance.
Sewell says that multi-car insurance is something that Honcho always wanted to venture into.
“It’s never not been on the list - it’s one of the longer-term plays. Motorcycle, caravan and motorhome insurance we still want to do in the same way we do car and van [insurance],” he adds.
In terms of plans for the multi-car proposition, Honcho is working with various software houses and other providers to build bespoke integration between them and Honcho. This is so it can have multiple providers for a multi-car auction place.
“What we have done with Admiral is part of a set of technologies we have built to provide to our customers an alternative ancillary product. We are an insurance distribution platform, that’s our core purpose – we help customers buy the right product,” he says.
Alongside this, in the context of small businesses that use vans, Honcho has built what Sewell refers to as a third-party marketplace, which features an array of propositions that may be of use to both car or van drivers at these businesses.
This work has allowed Honcho to gather information on its customers. In turn, this enables the firm to offer other convenient or discounted products to “streamline car ownership life at the right time in an intelligent way”.
He continues: “We have built a whole bunch of third-party marketplace integrations now.
”We did a big partnership with a business called MotorEasy – [it offers] warranties, MOTs and the like. We are currently building a curated set of providers in micro-SME - they are going to [be] doing things like tool insurance, cover to defend your license.
”The technology that we used to build that is the same technology that we used to integrate Admiral’s multi-car proposition in a tactical way.”
He says Honcho is now becoming more than just an insurance marketplace - it is also becoming a car care and micro business car marketplace.
For 2021, Honcho will continue to concentrate on motor insurance, but its primary focus is on partnerships.
Sewell says: “The way we bring customers to the platform is through partnerships. Through Covid-19, a lot of motor [insurance] sales have moved online - that means there’s a real opportunity now to cross-sell to the customer an insurance product at the point of sale.
”Likewise in financial services, particularly open banking [for example], financial wellness apps have a real insight onto customer data.”
Meanwhile, referring to embedded insurance, Sewell says Honcho can provide access to an ancillary insurance product into the point-of-sale of a motor product.
No claims bonus
When asked about claims on a multi-car insurance policy, Sewell says: “The way they work behind the scenes is like an aggregation of several single car insurance products together with a payment schedule that is aligned and discounted.
”Each of the cars in the policy can have its own no claims bonus attached to it. The more [cars] you add to the portfolio, the more [the insurer] will discount you.”
If a car is added after the policy had already begun, the policyholder would only pay for the remaining time left on that policy, meaning that all vehicles would have the same policy end date or renewal.
Therefore, Sewell deems “convenience and value” as the main benefits for the customer on multi-car policies as there is only one insurer and the customer does not pay a finder’s, marketing or price comparison website fee.


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MaltaPost Christmas and New Year openings including San Lawrenz
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MaltaPost has advised of the temporary closure of the Sub Post Office in San Lawrenz Local Council, on Monday, the 24th of December.
The public are advised to use the postal services provided from the Victoria Main Post Office for that day.
All Post Offices will be closed and there will be no collection or delivery of mail on Wednesday, the 26th December and Wednesday, the 2nd of January.
The Parcel Office at the MaltaPost Head Office in Marsa will close at 4:00pm on Monday, the 24th of December and the last collection of mail from all letterboxes will be carried out at 1:00pm on that day.


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PA Group, the parent company of the Press Association, has signed an agreement to sell its weather business MeteoGroup to global growth investment firm General Atlantic. MeteoGroup provides weather services for corporate, industrial, media and consumer markets including key sectors such as transport, marine and energy.
PA Group, the parent company of the Press Association (PA), has signed an agreement to sell its weather business MeteoGroup to global growth investment firm General Atlantic.
MeteoGroup, Europe’s largest private sector weather business, provides weather services for corporate, industrial, media and consumer markets including key sectors such as transport, marine and energy.
Since PA’s acquisition of MeteoGroup in 2005, the business has enjoyed consistent double digit growth in both revenue and profit and has more than doubled in size, employing almost 400 people in 14 countries.
Clive Marshall, PA Group’s Chief Executive, said: “The sale of MeteoGroup will provide the capital to enable us to continue to invest in and diversify the Press Association business, as well as address our pension fund deficit.
“This sale, which follows the divestment of our interest in Canada Newswire in 2012, is part of the company’s strategy to focus our activities on the Press Association news and information business; develop new products and services for both media and non-media customers; and seek strategic acquisitions that help diversify the revenue and profits of the company.
“Our recent investments in Globelynx and Sticky Content – companies that provide services to both the media and corporate markets – are key elements in our diversification strategy.
“Under the ownership of General Atlantic, MeteoGroup will have access to the skills, expertise and capital that will enable them to become a truly global force in the provision of weather services.”
John Bernstein, Managing Director at General Atlantic, said: “MeteoGroup is another example of a fast growth European business with global reach, creating innovative new products and services in the weather data and forecasting industry.
“MeteoGroup combines world-leading forecasting technology and products with a highly talented international management team. We are impressed with the achievements of the business and are excited to contribute our strategic support and long-term partnership approach to further MeteoGroup’s development and global expansion.”
The transaction is subject to regulatory approval.
PA Group was advised on the deal by Portico Capital Securities Limited and Taylor Wessing LLP.
PA Group Limited
Headquartered in London, PA Group is a news, information and communications business which includes the Press Association – the national news agency of the UK and Ireland.
PA Group has 27 shareholders, most of whom are UK national and regional newspaper publishers. The biggest shareholders are dmg media Limited, News UK plc, Trinity Mirror plc and United Business Media plc.
MeteoGroup is Europe’s largest private sector weather business. MeteoGroup has a worldwide customer base and operations across Europe, in Southeast Asia and the USA.
MeteoGroup is a full-service weather business supplying tailored products to corporate, industrial, media and consumer markets. Founded in 1986, the company has an unrivalled reputation for quality and innovation in weather forecasting. Expert meteorologists provide forecasts, support, monitoring and consultancy services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. In addition, a dedicated weather modelling team continuously develop MeteoGroup’s in-house systems and forecasting techniques.
Offices are located in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland the UK and the USA.
About General Atlantic
General Atlantic is a leading global growth equity firm providing capital and strategic support for growth companies. GA combines a collaborative global approach, sector specific expertise, long-term investment horizon and a deep understanding of growth drivers to partner with great management and build exceptional businesses worldwide.
Established in 1980, GA manages $18 billion in capital under management (comprised of total committed capital and portfolio investments) and has more than 80 investment professionals based in Greenwich, New York, Palo Alto, São Paulo, Amsterdam, London, Munich, Beijing, Hong Kong, Mumbai and Singapore.
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Chattanooga-grown entrepreneur Derelle Roshell is relaunching the business he put on hold as he grew from a teenager to a young adult.
“It was my first dive into the entrepreneurial world,” Roshell said of his chocolate company, Lingua Cocoa. “I’m super-excited to take something that was popular at the time and bring it back to the market now that I have more free time and more capabilities.”
Lingua Cocoa launched after Roshell took a class with LAUNCH, a local organization that aims to empower community members through entrepreneurship, job training and mentorship.
He partnered with Chattanooga’s The Hot Chocolatier to produce the chocolate, which is infused with spices from around the world.
But at that time, he was a high school student. He went on to attend Chattanooga State Community College, where he studied business, before launching other companies here and eventually moving to Nashville, where he still lives.
He’s relaunching the business in Nashville and Chattanooga, and aiming to make products available online by February.
He’s currently working with three companies to make samples, and he plans to launch with three different bars.
Roshell is also working to get the products in coffee shops in Chattanooga and Nashville, he said.
“I can’t express how excited I am to try to get back in touch with my Chattanooga market,” he said.


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China’s biggest e-commerce company, Alibaba, launched its Aliyun mobile OS back in July of last year, bringing an entirely new mobile ecosystem into the crowded space that’s dominated by Android and iOS. And now Wang Jian, the president of Alibaba Cloud Computing (the department that created the Aliyun OS), has said that the e-tailer is willing to invest RMB 1 billion ($158 million) per year in its development, with a dedicated R&D team of 1,200 people.
Even with the might of the company behind it, the OS limped to one million in sales in its first year, and is currently found on two smartphone models – the K-Touch W800, and the budget Haier Zing (pictured). One million is a pretty large figure, but with nearly 200 million 3G users in the country, and Android and iOS usage growing at 401 percent in China, it’s tough to see how it can be a contender. But Aliyun will get a new flagship phone very soon – we’ve seen it, and it does indeed look like more of a world-class smartphone than the two that came before it – so that might have an impact by the time of next year’s sales figures.
The cloud-oriented OS focuses on web apps and is based on Linux – not adapted from Android. But it can run Android apps via virtualization, giving users access to lots of neat apps and games. In Wang Jian’s talk with local media, as reported by Techweb, the Ph.D and computer engineer said that Aliyun is mainly going after Google’s Android OS. He stressed that, in terms of mobile usage of cloud computing, Google wasn’t doing it right, and he and his team is confident that Aliyun represents the better way to do a mobile platform.
[Source: Techweb – article in Chinese]


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SHANGHAI, Sept. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- eHi Car Services has entered into a strategic partnership with SAIC Motor, the largest automotive manufacturer in China and a Global Fortune 500 company. This relationship starts with a first order of thousands of vehicles including Roewe E50 electric vehicles and Roewe 550 plug-in electric hybrid vehicles.
Recently, the Chinese government has released several stimulating policies such as a waiver of sales tax and free license plates to further develop the electric vehicle industry in China. The industry is growing rapidly, and the alliance of eHi and SAIC is a milestone, signaling the bright future of China's electric vehicle industry.
Xiaoqiu Wang, Vice President of SAIC, said during the signing ceremony, "As the first Chinese automaker who strategically planned the development of alternative energy vehicles, SAIC has been focusing on R&D, manufacturing and production. Currently, SAIC offers Roewe E50 EV, Roewe 550 PLUG-IN HYBRID, Roewe 750 FUEL-CELL, and other alternative energy vehicles. Other than having government support, it is more important to create an active market demand for electric vehicles in China. We believe the alliance of eHi and SAIC can help promote electric vehicle adoption as well as the electric vehicle industry in China."
Ray Zhang, eHi's founder and CEO, mentioned that eHi has been maintaining a great relationship with SAIC. "Both parties have been working together on the rental service of electric vehicles since 2013. The successful collaboration is on a strong foundation for this strategic partnership," said Ray Zhang. "We are very impressed by SAIC's leading technologies, excellent product quality and post-sale services. Our strategic partnership will cover all SAIC product lines from existing vehicle models to future models particularly in alternative energy vehicles. eHi will actively participate in SAIC's product development and market promotion. In turn, SAIC can leverage eHi's nationwide coverage to offer consumers SAIC's latest products. We are looking forward to adding SAIC's best-in-class products in our wide variety of offerings to our valued customers through our online and offline channels."
As a leading car rental services provider in China, eHi Car Services has the largest directly-owned service network covering over 90 Chinese cities and over 700 service locations. eHi has been providing EV rentals and free charging service to its customers, and these services will be available in more cities in China.
eHi's Roewe E50 EV rental has been well accepted by many customers. This new round of EV acquisition is based on eHi's more than a year of operating experience, data analysis and market experiments.
SAIC released its Roewe 550 PLUG-IN model in March this year, which has received very positive feedback. The car has a driving range of more than 500 kilometers while reducing fuel consumption by 70%. eHi is looking forward to the success of Roewe 550 PLUG-IN in the rental car market because of the car's greater fuel efficiency and better comfort level.
Some experts stressed that this strategic partnership between eHi and SAIC is a great start to allow consumers to experience and learn more about alternative energy vehicles given the growing environmental concern in China. It also helps in the building of EV charging infrastructure and developing related technologies.
eHi is the leading car rental and car service provider in the fast growing market in China. Founded in January 2006 with the goal of providing comprehensive mobility services to both consumer and corporate clients, eHi is the first car rental company utilizes the latest information technology to achieve a complete service delivery and vehicle management system in China. With its headquarter based in Shanghai, eHi offers car rental and car service nation-wide with more than 700 eHi outlets located in more than 90 cities. eHi's fleet consists of more than 100 different vehicle types. During the past eight years since its establishment, eHi has experienced a steady and rapid growth while achieving industry leading vehicle utilization rate and brand-name recognition. Today, eHi has become the designated car service provider for most of the Fortune 500 companies that have operations in China.
About SAIC Motors
SAIC Motor is the largest auto group on the Chinese A-share stock market (Stock Code: 600104). By the end of 2013, SAIC's total equity topped 11 billion units. SAIC Motor provides research, production, sales and logistics services of vehicles (passenger cars and commercial vehicles) and components (engines, gearboxes, powertrains, chassis, interior and exterior and electronic components). It also offers vehicle telematics, second-hand vehicle transactions and auto finance services. SAIC's affiliated vehicle companies include Morris Garages, SAIC Motor Commercial Vehicle Co, Shanghai Volkswagen Co, Shanghai General Motors Co, Shanghai General Motors Wuling (SGMW), NAVECO Ltd, SAIC-IVECO Hongyan and Shanghai Sunwin Bus Corporation (SUNWIN). SAIC Motor has maintained its dominant position in the domestic auto industry. In 2013, it sold 5.11 million vehicles, an increase of 13.7 percent over the past 12 months. In addition, it took in $92.02 billion in revenue that year and climbed up the Fortune 500 list for the tenth year running, making its way to 85th place from last year's 103rd.
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MMJ smokes out second Aussie medical marijuana invesment
Health & Biotech
MMJ Phytotech has bought a small shareholding in Australian medical cannabis researcher Martha Jane Medical.
The cannabis investor (ASX:MMJ) bought 12.5 per cent for $600,000.
This is MMJ’s second Australian investment — it’s first was online portal Cannabis Access.
Martha Jane Medical is one of the 10 companies in Australia with a domestic medical cannabis research licence.
Martha Jane was registered as a business in 2016 and says it wants to become a vertically-integrated medical cannabis grower, supplier, and medicine-maker.
They have a five year MoU with the University of Tasmania to use its expertise gained from when the island commercialised its opium poppy industry.
MMJ now has investments in seven companies in Canada, Australia, the US, Israel and Switzerland.
Martha Jane and MMJ have been contacted for comment.
MMJ share lifted 3 per cent on the news to 31c:


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Scroll down for the full photo gallery from the second annual VON Exposure Fashion and Art Exhibition on Oct. 4.
‘F’ is for Fashion
Every year as the weather grows cold, Windsor rolls out the runways and fashion gets hot.
Last week’s Exposure Fashion and Art Exhibition show at the St. Clair Centre for the Arts ushered in the latest designs from Windsor couturiers.
Featuring a mix of local boutiques and designers including event co-orginizer Ana Stulic, the show acted as a fundraising initiative of the Windsor-Essex branch of Victorian Order of Nurses. Though, like any good fundraising event, there was a charge at the door.
Luckily for those of us who missed Exposure, due to empty pockets or scheduling conflicts, many of the same designers and a few new ones are pushing styles down the catwalk again this week, for free.
Dee-Dee Shkreli, creator of Dilly Daisy, has teamed up with Harvesting the FAM Festival for the seventh annual ‘F’ is for Fashion show, Thursday, Oct. 11 at The Room Nightclub.
“I’m debuting my new fall line on Thursday, ” said Shkreli, who resisted running her latest wares down last weeks runway in favour of a retrospective show.
“The fashion show is really one of the highlights of the festival,” said FAM Fest organizer Murad Erzinclioglu. “People love the fashion show.”
‘F’ is for Fashion will also feature new lines from Chatty Collection, Ana Stulic, The Gilded Lily, Kat Palmer Custom Cases, Never Hopeless, Rejected, Tainted Red, Denial and a selection of locally designed band tees.
DJs Tomas Gaspar, Martin Southall and Speekrcreep will keep the runway bumping from when the doors open at 8 p.m. until the on site afterparty winds down in the early hours.
Dee-Dee Shkreli, who trained as an engineer, began designing her own line, Dilly Daisy, in 2005. Breaking at London Fashion Week in the UK in 2010, Shkreli’s work has appeared on Fashion TV and she was named top local designer in The Lance readers survey in September.
“I’ve always loved fashion and the thought of creating my own clothing line was much more exciting than engineering, so I started sewing and designing and I’ve been loving it ever since,” said Shkreli whose autumn/winter line, inspired by “sexy secretaries” debuts at ‘F’ is For Fashion, Harvesting the FAM Festival’s annual fashion show on Thursday, Oct. 11.
“It’s like sexy pin-ups from the 50s meets confident business women of today,” said the designer, who is also an advocate for supporting local beyond the cars and cab frac. “If Windsorites can choose to buy local when it comes to cars and wine, think local when it comes to fashion. There are great local designers here in Windsor and we would love to make Windsor a more fashionable city, one stylish outfit at a time.”
Find Dilly Daisy at the ‘F’ is For Fashion show at The Room Nightclub, 251 Ouellette Ave. at 8 p.m. Clothing can be purchased online, and locally at the Back Room Gallery, 4749 Wyandotte St. East, especially on Oct. 19 for the gallery’s Girls’ Night Out Sample Sale.
British born Elaine Chatwood’s Chatty Collection has become something of a Windsor institution.
“I started to design and sew my own clothing in high school,” said Chatwood, whose frequent trips to the UK kept her ahead of the trends from an early age.
Chatwood graduated from Sheridan College’s fashion design program and started her own business from a small Toronto apartment before moving to Windsor in 1995. She opened her own signature boutique in Walkerville, later moving to her current Ottawa Street location, where she lives and works.
For Chatty Collection’s new autumn/winter line, Chatwood hopes to evoke a winter’s journey.
“From rustic highlands to modern city chic,” said Chatwood. “Updated vintage inspired designs rekindle a passion for the past with a twist towards the future. Femininity and comfort is a style essential in each design.”
Chatwood’s designs are for modern interesting women. “I hope [my designs] empower women and give them confidence. I work with real women’s proportions and sizes and I show customers how to accentuate the positives and conceal the negatives; to love your body and work with it, don’t just hide it.”
“Being a woman, I appreciate how some previous designers like Paul Poiret and Coco Chanel changed fashion and history. Paul Poiret was best known for freeing women from corsets. His major contribution to fashion was the introduction of ‘draping.’ Chanel also liberated women literally from the tyranny of corsets and from the idea of being defined by who their husband was, who their father was … Independence was part of what Chanel stood for.”
Catch up with Chatty Collection at the ‘F’ is For Fashion show on Thursday, Oct. 11 at The Room Nightclub, 251 Ouellette Ave. at 8 p.m., and on sale at Chatty Collection at 2025 Ottawa St. and chattycollection.com. Chatty also carry exclusives from other designers including the recent additions of FEVER London from England and Rene Dehry, designed in Paris.
Ana Stulic, a graduate of the esteemed Istituto di Moda Burgo in Milan, Italy, is easily one of Windsor’s most progressive designers.
Starting by designing friend’s prom dresses in high school, Stulic immediately in pursuit of couture chic left for Milan. She soon after returned to Windsor, a city that style-wise she sees as “cautious and almost afraid to step out of societal norms. They often let the small size of the city confine them.” Stulic aims to change that.
Her recent designs, debuted at the VON Exposure runway last Thursday in Windsor, are inspired by 90s film. “Especially The Craft, Empire Records and GIA inspired me for this collection,” she said.
“The concept for this line was the simplicity of everyday wear with a splash of flair all while being affordable. The whole collection ranges from $20 to $100.”
Taking cues from Stolen Girlfriends Club, Chloe Sevigny for Opening Ceremony and Vivienne Westwood, Stulic plays lightheartedly with sex and death without coming across overly gothic.
Check out the recently debuted Ana Stulic by Ana Stulic autumn/winter line at the ‘F’ is For Fashion show on Thursday, Oct. 11 at The Room Nightclub, 251 Ouellette Ave. at 8 p.m., before she runs of on us again.
“I would like to move away again, the wanderlust has got me.” Rumor has it; she has her sights set on London, England.
Tainted Red Clothing
Jeanette Giroux, the name behind Tainted Red Clothing, launched her line last year in a haze of rock and roll.
“I started designing basically due to my love of music,” said Giroux. “I had a bunch of old band shirts laying around that I loved but were ripped or too big, so it started with altering bands shirts. Just a tweak here and there and it then basically snowballed from there.”
Giroux found that her manipulated merch became the topic of conversation at concerts and rock bars and began making altered band shirts for friends and fans.
“I love the edginess of it all,” she said about her love for rock wear. “I love leather and studs— rocker chicks are the most badass breed there is— but I wanted to mix it up. The rock uniform is usually jeans and a band shirt. I wanted to shake things up and yet keep to my rock and roll roots.”
Giroux’s desire is to let the wearer of her fashions to have “the most interesting outfit in the room and they know that everything is one-of-a-kind.”
“It’s any rocker-chicks wet dream,” said Giroux. “Style is about individuality and when you wear a one-of-a-kind dress made from an Iron Maiden flag or something, you’re sure to stand out and get a lot of compliments in that sea of jeans and black band t-shirts.”
Giroux is off to Quebec to see how the French-Canadians take to her creations, but she has set aside a few new pieces to send down the runway at the ‘F’ is For Fashion show on Thursday, Oct. 11 at The Room Nightclub, 251 Ouellette Ave. at 8 p.m.
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KARACHI: The Spot Rate Committee of the Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) on Saturday increased the spot rate by Rs 200 per maund and closed it at Rs 16300 per maund.
The Spot Rate Committee of the Karachi Cotton Association on Saturday increased the spot rate by Rs 200 per maund and closed it at Rs 16300 per maund. The polyester fiber was available at Rs 247 per kg.
The local cotton market remained stable and trading volume remained low.
Cotton Analyst Naseem Usman told that the rate of cotton in Sindh remained between Rs 13000 to Rs 16,800 per maund and the rate of cotton in Punjab was registered at Rs 14,300 to Rs 16,700 per maund.
The rate of the new crop of Phutti in Sindh was remained between Rs 4500 to Rs 7,200 per 40 kg. While Phutti prices in Punjab were between Rs 5,800 to Rs 8,000 per 40 kg.
Similarly, prices of cotton in Balochistan were remained at Rs 13,800 to 16,400 per maund while Phutti prices were high as compared to other two provinces which were Rs 6,200 to 8,000 per maund, said Naseem Usman.
The rate of Banola in Sindh was in between Rs 1350 to Rs 2,000 per maund. While in Punjab rates of Banola were in between Rs 1650 to Rs 2,200 per maund.
1200 bales of Saleh Pat were sold at Rs 15800 to Rs 16200 per maund, 1400 bales of Sadiqabad were sold at Rs 16500 to Rs 17000 per maund, 1600 bales of Khan Pur were sold at Rs 16500 to Rs 17000 per maund, 1200 bales of Rahim Yar Khan were sold at Rs 16500 to Rs 17000 per maund, 1000 bales of Chichawatni were sold at Rs 16600 per maund, 600 bales of Dharanwala were sold at Rs 16000 per maund, 1000 bales of Hasil Pur were sold at Rs 15900 per maund and 1000 bales of Fort Abbas were sold at Rs 15800 to RS 16000 per maund.
With textile exports, especially value-added, marking a significant growth in first four months of this fiscal year, industry officials on Thursday said a wave of new investment in the sector was on cards.
Officials said the sector invested $3-3.5 billion on modernisation and expansion in the last few years and the investment is likely to match $5 billion, witnessed during Musharraf era when the sector was undergoing major modernisation, balancing and replacement (BMR).
"The figures can be matched in next six to eight months provided the government provides the sector level-playing field", Zubair Motiwala, a leading textile industrialist told The News International.
Exports of various categories of value-added textile goods went up substantially in July-October period of this financial year compared to the corresponding period of previous year, as per latest figures released by Ministry of Commerce.
Exports of men's garments jumped by a massive 32 percent to $1.584 billion in the months under review compared to $1.201 billion in the same period last year.
Home textile exports grew 22 percent to $1.575 billion in July-October of 2021-22 against $1.294 billion in the same months a year ago.
Exports of cotton fabric increased 20 percent to $745 million in first four months of current fiscal compared to $622 million in the same months of last fiscal.
Likewise, exports of jerseys and cardigans soared 60 percent and women's garments increased 20 percent in the period under review compared to same months during the last fiscal.
Motiwala attributed the growth in value-added textile exports to global Covid lockdowns when India was closed and orders were diverted to Pakistan.
Similarly, buyers also moved to Pakistan after being dismayed by Bangladesh child labour issues.
"Buyers do not change their suppliers swiftly. Luckily, Pakistan captured these buyers in Covid times and it is very hard for them to again switch to new suppliers," said Motiwala.
He pointed out that export figures of value-added textile goods would have been much bigger if the shipping charges had not been raised massively in recent times.
"Textile sector only wants even-playing field from the government in the form of continuous supply of gas to the sector as disruption will pose serious threat to the sector, which is presently buoyant by registering the much-needed growth for the country."
He said more investment in the import of machinery for textile sector expansion and modernization would boost sector's prospects in terms of high growth in exports.
"We believe that $5 billion investment in Musharraf era would be matched in next six to eight months as the sector has invested $5 billion so far," Motiwala hoped.
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We’ve all been waiting with anticipation to see how well Apple did during its second fiscal quarter of 2013. Turns out, it was about as well as many analysts expected. Apple just posted $43.6 billion in revenue and a profit of $9.5 billion.
Many predicted that profit would be down on the same quarter last year, which it was, as Apple made $11.6 billion profit during the same period in 2012. However, the revenue is up from $39.2 billion.
iDevice sales are looking strong too, with 37.4 million iPhones being sold between January and March this year compared to 37.04 million in 2012. iPad sales grew quite tremendously from 15.43 million last year to 19.5 million this year.
No doubt helped by the arrival of the iPad mini in November. A factor which is also undoubtedly the cause of Apple’s lower profit margins. iPod sales are down – as expected – as consumer demand for the MP3 player in general is waning. Apple “only” managed to sell 5.6m iPods compared to 7.7 million last year.
Apple’s chiefs Tim Cook and Peter Oppenheimer will be discussing results at 5pm Eastern. If you want to listen to the call, head on over to the audiocast.
It will be interesting to see how the stock market responds to this. My guess: indifferently. There’s little growth despite billions in cash made.


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It’s been a little more than 18 months since Stan Savellis opened That Retro Piece, a store dedicated to selling hand-chosen vintage homewares in Summer Hill. Now the shop – which began online – has moved into a bigger space on Newtown’s King Street.
With plenty of natural light and exposed-brick walls, this new space is two-and-a-half times roomier than the original. “We have done everything we possibly can to really elevate the retail space – not just in terms of the stock, but the presentation. We have really fine-tuned what we sell,” Savellis tells Broadsheet.
All the extra space means Savellis has been able to expand his selection. While much of the range is still made up of mid-century Pyrex, glassware and ceramics, there are also new additions Savellis picked up during recent buying trips across Italy, France, Portugal, Spain and New York. “We probably have no less than about 1200 individual products.”
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Savellis explains that the items are mainly “things that we love, things that catch our eyes … But we always try and specialise in items that you can’t predominantly get from other suppliers in Australia”.
For example, you could find wall decor from the ’50s – including plaques and wooden flying birds with brass wings – as well as Empoli glass, Japanese glass, and decanters and vases from ’60s and ’70s Italy. But there are also items that would have been sold at department stores such as David Jones, back when the “department store was the place to buy all your homewares”.
Savellis is also thinking about expanding the range to include new products – but they’d have to fit strict criteria.
“They would likely be products that have designs from the mid-century era,” he says. “But vintage will never go away for us. It is our jam. It’s what we love. It’s where my passion sits and is the heart of That Retro Piece. This small range of new products will just be something a little extra.”
That Retro Piece’s online store remains popular. Customers are teased frequently on Instagram about new stock that’s available exclusively online. “Having a great online store is fantastic because it means anyone, anywhere in the world can buy from us, and you can give them what they want.”


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Remember my post from July about Quixotic Farming, a family-owned supplier of tilapia to Whole Foods, HyVee, and other grocers? In their heartwarming story, they kinda sorta didn't really promote the fact that their tilapia were farmed by Colorado prison labor.
According to WTOP, Whole Foods has decided not to carry the product (or a similar product, prisoner-produced goat cheese) any more.
Whole Foods will stop selling products made using a prison labor program after a protest against the practice at one of its stores in Texas.
The company said the products should be out of its stores by April 2016, if not sooner. Whole Foods said it has sold tilapia and goat cheese produced through a Colorado inmate program at some stores since at least 2011.
But will this satisfy the prison reform advocates? After all, when Whole Foods was buying the product, prison labor was getting as little as 74 cents an hour. But if everyone discontinues using the product, the prisoners will get zero dollars an hour - which doesn't really help decrease recidivism rates.
I guess tech isn't an organic joke (the Twitter analytics of @empoprises and what this means for Ontario Emperor's "Salad") - I thought I'd peek into the analytics for my @empoprises Twitter account, and I spent a bit of time analyzing the audience insights. Insights are available...
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UK: October retail sales in pre-Christmas slowdown
After a slight uptick in September, UK retail sales fell again in October as shoppers cut back on purchases including clothing and footwear.
Official data released today (15 November) by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said retail sales volumes fell 0.8% in October, compared with the month before, while sales values were down 0.4%.
Compared with a year earlier, retail sales volumes were up 0.6%, and values rose 1.6%.
Sales at textile, clothing and footwear stores fell 2.3% in October compared with the month before. Compared with last year, the quantity of goods bought rose 2.0% and the amount spent was up 2.3%. Prices are estimated to have risen by 0.4% in the year, the ONS said.
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) described the figures as a "bitter blow" for retailers," especially as they come so close to Christmas.
"September's slight upturn in sales offered retailers mild cause for cheer, but it was frustratingly short-lived," said BRC director general, Stephen Robertson.
"Consumer confidence dropped to a six-month low in October and this has led to sales growth almost grinding to a halt at a critical point.
"With Christmas fast approaching, retailers will be hoping that the festive feelgood factor translates into a much stronger showing next time."
Likewise, David McCorquodale, head of retail at KPMG, described the figures as "worryingly lacklustre."
"The figures will put even more pressure on retailers to get Christmas right and will certainly influence how they approach the next five weeks of trading," he said.
"We may see some decide to 'up the ante' and begin significant promotions and discounts in order to win sales from their competitors. This can be a high risk strategy. Discounting can drive footfall, but if retailers cut too deeply this can impact profitability at a vital time of year.
"One thing is clear: the high street remains as competitive as ever. While consumer confidence remains shaky retailers will have to fight hard to win a share of the Christmas wallet."
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Just yesterday, Gearbox had teased a new title when they released the Mask of Mayhem trailer that showed off the iconic mask of the Borderlands franchise with a plethora of characters, guns, and all different types of molding that the render had. This had led to people and fans believing and speculating that the title that would be revealed at PAX East show. But there was more revealed that just showing off the rendered tease.
The first thing that Gearbox wanted to announce is currently a PAX East special. It’s the first ever board game in the Borderlands franchise known as Borderlands’ Tiny Tina’s Robot Tea Party. Players are to build their own claptrap, and can add stuff on, steal from another player, or if they don’t like their Claptrap, they can destroy their current one, and make a new one. There are 54 parts, and 21 actions. The game can be played for 2-5 players and rounds that last up towards 15 minutes. Currently it’s just a PAX East exclusive, but will be available for purchase soon.
The next thing that was announced were that a few things would be coming to Borderlands 2 VR. The first thing is that it aim controller support is coming, as it was highly requested. And, that all of the original Borderlands 2 DLC will be coming to the VR version in Summer 2019 as a free update.
And with that, Borderlands the Handsome Collection will be getting an update on April 3, 2019. The collection contains remastered versions of Borderlands 2 and Borderlands the Pre-Sequel and all their extra content. The update will allow players to experience these games in 4k. Gearbox also announced that the first Borderlands is getting the same treatment: completely remastered, but it’s getting a few new things added. Namely, shift codes have been added, new heads and skins for changing the character up, and the minimap will now be on the screen. This remastered version will be available for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
Borderlands 3 is finally announced!
The tease had shown off a number of what’s to come, including two new villains, several familiar faces, and all new characters to play. And of course, a lot of new guns, and some guns with legs. Gearbox admitted that it’s taken then 5 years to make this game, and they were so happy to show off the work that they put into making it. And even though everyone knew that Borderlands 3 would be talked about and shown off, it was well worth the wait.
There is not set release date for Borderlands 3, but it’s finally coming. Gearbox did say more information about the game will be coming April 3. To see the whole event, check out the stream here.


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Nokia signs five-year deal to migrate to Google Cloud
Neither company has been willing to disclose the financial terms of the deal, but Reuters has reported that the migration will take between 18 months and two years.
The deal has been heralded as a huge win for the US tech firm. In an interview with Bloomberg News, Nokia’s VP of global IT infrastructure, Ravi Parmasad, revealed that the Finnish communications firm currently operates and rents space in numerous colocation facilities in roughly a dozen countries. “Every few years you have to go and invest in all of this hardware, so we get to break that cycle,” he said.
Now, the next phase of Nokia’s digital transformation journey will see it migrate its operations entirely to the Google Cloud, as part of Google’s infrastructure-as-a-service portfolio of compute, networking, and storage solutions.
In a statement, Parmasad added that, “Nokia is on a digital transformation path that is about fundamentally changing how we operate and do business. This is crucial for how our employees collaborate so that we continue to raise the bar on meeting the needs of our customers… Given Nokia’s digital ambitions and plans, this is an ideal time for Nokia to be taking this step with Google Cloud to accelerate our efforts; and doing all of this in a secure and scalable way.”
Nokia has said it expects the migration to deliver serious efficiencies and cost reductions over the next few years. The migration strategy was reportedly worked out over the last few months and has been highly customised to Nokia’s unique cloud computing needs.
The efficiencies and flexibility granted by a cloud-first IT infrastructure could be invaluable to Nokia, as the company continues to battle it out with Huawei and Ericsson for dominance in the 5G infrastructure market. The company recently released a report estimating that 5G will add $8trn in value to the global economy by 2030, which would represent a staggering 7% of global GDP. The figure has raised a few eyebrows from critics, who describe this type of prediction as either “political or promotional”.
Regardless of the specific dollar amount ascribed to 5G’s impact on the world’s economy, the technology will undoubtedly have a substantial effect. Nokia’s report found that, while only 14.9% of the companies it surveyed are currently investing in 5G technology, a staggering 56.8% more are planning to invest before 2025.
What’s next for a post-smartphone LG?
South Korean mega-conglomerate LG made its dramatic exit from the smartphone business at the beginning of April 2021. While the company’s weird, wacky, and kind of wonderful smartphone designs never managed to create the kind of commercial success the company was clearly after, LG’s exit from the business raises one important question: What’s next?
As a brand, LG is thoroughly baked into the fabric of Korean life. The company’s home electronics and white goods are popular overseas, but its presence in Korea is on a whole other level of ubiquitous. Every air conditioner in my 20 storey apartment building is made by LG. The corporation owns one South Korea’s three major telecom carriers, and a subsidiary of LG’s Chem division, LG Energy, is having enough success making car batteries for everyone from Tesla and General Motors to Renault that it filed for what promises to be one of the year’s biggest IPOs this week. My toothpaste is made by LG.
People who worry about LG’s exit from the smartphone business clearly don’t understand just how big this company is. All the closure of its mobile device business means is that this titanic organisation is funneling wasted resources into something more profitable.
When it announced the closure of its smartphone business in April, despite ongoing concerns about what to do with its overseas factory assets, LG said that the staff working in its mobile business would be rotated away to other areas. So, where have they gone, and what are they doing now?
Is LG’s Smartphone Division Getting Reimagined as a Software Company?
There’s a good chance that a number of LG’s smartphone division’s employees have wound up in the company’s software development arm. On Thursday, LG unveiled a new mobile app designed to improve pedestrian safety (if you had to dodge delivery drivers watching netflix on their phones while driving at 30 miles per hour down the pavement on your way to shops everyday, you’d agree with me that this is a welcome piece of news in its own right) which is just the latest development in a flurry of app-based activity at the firm.
Last week, LG also announced that FOSSLight (Free and Open Source Software Light) system, its open source software management tool, will be made available free of charge to third party developers. TechRadar also reported that, according to several LG analysts, the company is looking to “bolster its presence in the software community.”
The new pedestrian safety app, called Soft V2X, is deployed in vehicles, and can warn drivers of potential collision risks between them and nearby pedestrians by relying on ultra-fast data exchange between the app, the vehicle, and surrounding devices. Basically, if the app detects it’s getting really close to a pedestrian’s smartphone really, really fast, then it will intervene with an alert. Presumably it can pause Season One of Bridgerton to offer a polite warning to look at the road.


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The global medium- and heavy-duty vehicle (MHDV) market is changing due to environmental concerns that are pushing commercial and government fleet operators to consider investing in fuel efficiency technologies and alternative fuels. Electric power for commercial vehicles has always been a challenge because of the size of the battery packs required to store and deliver enough energy to drive heavy vehicles over practical distances. It is not just the cost; the size and weight can also significantly reduce the payload, which is a major concern for fleet operators.
Electric hybrid vehicles are now being used in commercial applications where the improved technology offers major benefits for specific drive cycles that involve city driving in stop-start traffic. Plug-in vehicles are being developed for niche applications that can use on-board electrical energy to replace idling diesel engines or provide temporary power to buildings or tools at remote sites. Low-emissions zones in cities are being introduced that will result in greater demand for vehicles that can be driven in electric-only mode. According to Navigant Research, global sales of electric drive and electric-assisted commercial vehicles are expected to grow from less than 16,000 in 2014 to nearly 160,000 in 2023.
Navigant Research has released a report which analyzes the global market for commercial vehicles that use electric drive vehicle technology in three main segments: hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Forecasts for the two hybrid segments fueled primarily by oil-based products (HEVs and PHEVs) are broken out by region and by fuel: gasoline or diesel. Global market forecasts for sales and the number of vehicles in use, segmented by country, powertrain and liquid fuel, extend through 2023.


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Tax cuts mandated by ASEAN Economic Community commitments and Vietnam growing demand for meat are producing a rise in foreign livestock investment and meat imports.
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In this year’s first eight months, the rate of foreign firms asking for permission to import animal feed materials was up 20% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The on-year rate hit 30% last year.
“Foreign animal feed firms are boldly expanding their businesses in Vietnam. Many new investors are working with the ministry for their upcoming projects in the country,” said Dang Dinh Quyet, deputy director of the General Affairs Division under the MARD’s Livestock Production Department.
“Import tariff cuts under the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) are also luring foreign meat imports into Vietnam,” he said.
China’s New Hope Liuhe Company is said to invest US$407 million into building additional seven pig complexes in Vietnam by 2018, with a combined annual capacity of 2.3 million pigs. Construction will start from September. Currently the firm has six animal feed mills in Vietnam.
In another case, the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s CJ will invest millions of dollars into building its sixth animal feed plant in the south-central province of Binh Dinh. This 120-hectare project will also comprise a pig-breeding farm. Local farmers’ households will cooperate with CJ in raising the pigs, which will later be bought by CJ for food processing.
Rusagro, one of leading Russian agricultural groups, is also completing final procedures to export its pork to Vietnam, starting from 2017, with an expected volume in the tens of thousands of tonnes per year.
In late July 2016, Vietnam’s BRG Group, SeABank, and Japan’s Michinoku Bank announced the establishment of a consortium to promote quality agriculture, meat, and processed food trade between Vietnam and Japan.
The consortium aims primarily to provide Japanese and Vietnamese firms with financing, export consulting, training, transport, logistics, compliance, and regulatory issues.
Australian meat imports have not dropped off either. Vietnam has been one of Australia’s fastest growing export markets for live cattle, rocketing from just 1,441 cattle four years ago to almost 310,000 cattle last year. The number was about 200,000 in this year’s first eight months.
Director of the MARD’s Livestock Production Department Hoang Thanh Van said Vietnam’s livestock production industry is expected to witness robust growth by 2018, thanks to new investments in breeding operations this year.
According to the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research’s recent survey on impacts of the AEC, new investments in the local husbandry sector are attributed to slashed import tariffs under the AEC, plus Vietnam’s great husbandry growth potential.
Import tax rates for a series of items such as cattle, animal products, sheep, goat, and horse meats, raw milk, and dairy products will be reduced to 0% over the next two years.
With these advantages, investors may concentrate production lines in a chosen ASEAN member, and then export the finished product tariff-free to other ASEAN members as well as to ASEAN’s free trade partners in the region (China, India, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand).


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Speculation abounds as to what Apple is going to do with the iPad mini 6, due to launch at some point later this year – and the latest rumor is that the scaled-down slate won't get the Mini LED display upgrade that the 12.9-inch iPad Pro has been updated with.
That's according to industry analyst Ross Young (opens in new tab), who has been right about upcoming Apple products before, and who has apparently checked with sources in the supply chain working at companies that Apple could be doing business with.
Considering Mini LED tech – which boosts brightness, color and contrast – is only available in Apple's largest and most expensive tablet at the moment, it's perhaps not surprising that it won't be coming to the more affordable iPad mini range for the time being.
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However, a report earlier in the week from DigiTimes (opens in new tab) had suggested that the iPad mini 6 would indeed come rocking a Mini LED screen. It's also a prediction that's been made by well known Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo in the past as well, so this isn't a rumor that's coming out of nowhere.
Due a refresh
Apple last refreshed the iPad mini back in 2019, so at this point we're overdue an upgrade – it's possible that one was in the pipeline for last year, before a widespread chip shortage and global pandemic caused problems for a lot of electronics manufacturers.
After a two-year gap we can expect some substantial upgrades for the small tablet: the iPad mini 6 is rumored to be coming with a USB-C connector port rather than a Lightning one, smart connectors for clip-on peripherals, and the latest A15 chip from Apple (which also seems destined for the iPhone 13).
It also seems likely that the iPad mini will ditch the home button and the thick bezels this time around, putting it in line with the other tablets that Apple makes: the new thin-bezel style first appeared on the iPad Pros and has since made it to the other slates in the range.
We haven't heard any major leaks or rumors around a launch date for the iPad mini 6, but it's widely expected to be coming at some point in 2021, Mini LED display or no Mini LED display – so that leaves a little over five months for Apple to unveil it.


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Currie European stresses importance of EN codification 15 June 2012
Currie European, the UK and European transport and logistics provider, is reporting an increasing number of European-based customers insisting that hauliers provide EN12462 Code XL codification-approved equipment. Without it, says the operator, they will not do business.
Servicing Currie European's operation is a trailer fleet of 480, including the recent addition of 30 sliding roof Profi Liner curtainsiders from Krone, all of which are compliant.
According to the European Commission – Directorate for Energy and Transport, EN 12642 – XL refers to the 'securing of cargo on road vehicles – body structure of commercial vehicles – minimum requirements'.
'Curtainsiders constructed according to the standard need to fulfil requirements regarding stability criteria and test conditions of the front wall, rear wall and side walls'.
"More and more customers require their hauliers to match up to EN 12642 XL," confirms Stephen Turner, managing director of Currie European.
"Frankly, it is the way we all have to go and, from a responsible health and safety perspective, it makes very good sense... As Krone is the European market leader in this area it was logical for us to seek a deal with them," he adds.
Turner also mentions the build quality and sliding roof and the chassis' 10 year corrosion guarantee, which matches the term each trailer will serve in the fleet.
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Guys, this week has been a good week for Loopring holders!
The price is in a 130% growth this week, and that's because of their new platform, Loopring Live.
Loopring Organization wrote in their medium about the beginning of Loopring Live, a free(really free) platform to payments in ethereum token and transfer ETH which has account in its platform, there will be no fees and no gas in it ETH payments/transfers platform, that's a really epic addition from them and still with the zkRollup!
Loopring Pay wants to be the main way for payments in the future of the crypto world, and we can see this as a good short-term investment future for Loopring's token, so now instead just being an Exchange as they had been these 3 years, now they can be the payment gateway and be the better one without the rise of the Gas Price, ok that's awesome!
Airdrop for Loopring exchange users
So they released an airdrop 'till 06/15/2020 to users who transfers any money/coin/token value in it Loopring Exchange giving 40 LRC to who tweets after:
If you tweet that until June 15th (23:59 EST), and DM them at the twitter profile with your Account ID from their referal platform Loopring exchange, they will credit your account with 40 LRC!
This was said in its article in the Medium, just sharing here with you all guys!
So that's it, i didn't even know how amazing is Loopring Live could be, and for sure a good investment in the future and with their own coin LRC using their stake!
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