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Ocean freight rate benchmarking platform Xeneta said transpacific rates have been gradually rising since April, stripping out the short-term impact of Hanjin Shipping’s insolvency in late August.
The French shipping company, which acquired Neptune Orient Lines and its APL subsidiary earlier this year, is seeking a buyer for the APL container terminals.
The Atlanta, Ga.-based shipping and logistics provider reported year-over-year increases in net income and revenues for the third quarter of 2016 despite pressure from changes in fuel surcharges and currency exchange rates.
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An increasing amount of shippers are requesting “hidden” financial data from carriers, following weak carrier financials and Hanjin’s bankruptcy filing, according to shipping research and consulting firm Drewry.
The U.S. District Bankruptcy Court in Newark, N.J. will hear from companies today that said Hanjin is not “promptly” informing creditors when ships go off charter.
The U.S. government has signed off on a plan by Crowley Maritime to transfer perishable cargo from Central America to the Miami International Airport for onward delivery to customers in Europe.


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Nowadays, there seems to be an app for just about anything, and the Burger King Status Trader app can account for this! This new app is not only free to download, but it can actually also help you save money!
Andrei Khashan is the brains behind this latest application designed for smartphone users. A Miami Ad School Europe student came up with this cool concept just last year and now it is hitting the market.
The Burger King Status Trader is designed so that downloaders can give up a portion of their social media space for Burger King to advertise on. In exchange for this advertising space, Burger King will give its users coupon codes that may be used at its burger locations for food savings.
The ability for users to trade virtual advertising space for coupons is a major part of the reason the Burger King Status Trader app is so cool! By simply allowing this fast food retailer to promote its brand on your social media space, you can pocket all kinds of yummy Burger King savings!
The Burger King Status Trader App Gives Users Food Savings
Emily Evans — May 25, 2011 — Tech
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Two new iPhone models are not the only innovations that Apple may show September 9th. In less than two weeks, the company will also introduce smart watches iWatch. They will be closely integrated with fitness platform HealthKit, which was shown in the summer at the conference WWDC-2014.
Most likely, iWatch can transfer iPhone statistics on the health status of its owner and its sports Achievements . These data will be included in Health (“Health”) – a new application that will appear in the operating system iOS 8. Release “G” is scheduled for September-October.
As reported by BBC News, Smart -Clock Apple also will be associated with HomeKit – Apple platform for home electronics. Presumably, users can adjust the lighting, include Bluetooth-bulbs, lock and unlock the doors, put the house on the alarm system directly from iWatch.
Meanwhile, the Taiwanese publication Digitimes reported that Apple partners have started supplying components for thin Laptop MacBook. About what kind of model in question, Pro or Air, information yet. She can go out later this year or at the end of 2015.


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GTA 6 Map
As we all know, it has been almost ten years since GTA 5 hit the market and it also has changed the games as well. The biggest gap that the Grand Theft Auto franchise has taken is the launching between two significant titles but the delay of the game release date is worthable.
The latest entry in the GTA franchise will have vast features but a familiar map that is unique.
A lot of information about GTA 6 has been leaked as it featured the game code and other several features.
GTA 6 Release Date: As When Is GTA 6 Coming Out?
It was confirmed that the next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series is going to be in February 2022 as it was announced in an official newswire post. This post was made to announce people about the community updates of GTA 5 but then it ended with a subtle note about the franchise’s future.
But later Rockstar Games in its official statement shared that they are investing all their important resources for the development of GTA 6 in June 2022, as it showed their seriousness towards GTA 6 and even their announcement put their other projects on hold for further notice like GTA 4 and Red Dead Redemption.
Unfortunately, their Announcements got us closer to the release date as we all were so excited for it. But we must be thankful to the most famous GTA leader Chris Klippel who gave us additional information about the launch date of GTA 6.
He said that GTA 6 won’t be released before the last months of 2024 as many other Bloomberg reporters like Jason Schreier also supported him and said that the release date of GTA 6 will be early 2025 or late in the month of 2024. As neither of them confirms the actual release date of GTA 6 the release date is worth keeping an eye on.
The fans of GTA 6 were very upset as they were expecting the release of GTA in September 2023 but the leaker also said that Rockstar would be released in the date of fall of 2024 the prediction didn’t go well so people started mocking the leader as they were quite interested in Rockstar games as considering the previous announcement now it can become out in late October.
An official tweet has been shared that the release date will be last October and we can expect that it can be released on 26th October 2023.
Take-Two Financial Reports To Confirm It
The two parent company of Rockstar Games has released their final report to the public about the announcement regarding the problems and even take two also announced technical stuff it was expected to be released in the first quarter of FY25 but it wasn’t officially confirmed in August 2023 take two CEO and the chairman Strauss Zelnick has mentioned that he is enough confident that they have been positioned for best profits for FY 25.
All About GTA 6 Game
GTA 6 Gameplay
Red Dead Redemption 2 as in this we can expect a major change or leap in terms of graphics, world design gameplay mechanics and so on with GTA 6. Even the Rockstar game last year this game has suffered a major hack named “teapotuberhacker” as it leaked about 90 of the gameplay videos of the next GTA game on the official GTA forums platform.
GTA 6 Characters
In that leaked video it showed two playable protagonists one Male and one female and it is named Jason and Lucia both of them are holding together for dinner together and it is the first time that Rockstar Games has included a female protagonist in its famous GTA series.
GTA 6 Setting
As Rockstar we can expect that it can bring the game back to Vice City as its fiction will take it on Miami and according to the report of Bloomberg this project can be titled “Project Americas” as it is a reference to the south and north American cities and even like previous entries the vice city is expected to be small as it has been reportedly added in Rockstar and it also mentioned about adding new areas and missions in this game.
GTA 6 Mechanics
The leaked footage shows that it has a weapon wheel that is not similar to GTA 5 as well as other gameplay mechanics as this weapon is quite different other leakage also revealed about 20 radio stations as it is a new feature of the GTA 6 and even it was informed that the Rockstar has hired a new team of 20 engineers that will work on the water physics and even it was claimed that this feature of water sport will be like surfing for the first time.
GTA 6 Rockstar Games
As we all know lots of rumours have been spreading on social media about the announcement of GTA 6 and when will be it will be announced GTA has been trending on Twitter for many days as fans have got some clues regarding the release date so they are very curious to know more about it.
These rumors are also based on the voice recording of the Two CEO who has confirmed the launch date of GTA 6 and according to that recording Take Two Boss said that GTA will be going to release on October 2023 as this game has been going to launch 12 months later.
Another rumour is that the Rockstar games haven’t informed or pinned any tweet on social media in over two weeks and this can be notified that maybe the developers are preparing to make a big announcement but some of Rockstar websites are down and fans are hoping for good news as they are thinking that it is a good sign for GTA 6.
But it’s all speculation as this news or rumours can be false as there is no perfect announcement for this as the Rockstar company is going to take two interactive told investors for record cash boost in the year 2025 which will run from April 2024 to March 2025.
Many fans are thinking that Cash Boost is related to Grand Theft Auto 6 as it is the only game like GTA but some details have been about regarding the next Grand Theft Auto as it has both Male and female in playable characters.
Will GTA 6 Have A Multiplayer Online Mode
GTA online multiplayer is based on massive success it is an indication then GTA 6 going to happen but wait for further updates as don’t believe or rely on speculation as a new list on the Rockofar games is going to be open on the website as it has mentioned online in the description of the gameplay. The details indicate that there is a lot of development in GTA 6 content.
New Game Engine
Every game has its capacity and has its engine that is used to develop the game. As the game is a base platform in which the game world loads and functions and even it can interact with the player.
Chris Klippel is the leaker as he gave us a GTA 6 release and even he has claimed that Grand Theft Auto has been going to be developed by using the new Rage of the engine. This new engine has more potential than its counterpart and it also powers the GTA 5 and RDR 2. Even though it has more elaborate missions we can’t expect only dropping graphics as it has more elaborate missions and has more powerful platforms and has small game engine.
GTA Supported Platforms
As the gaming industry is changing rapidly and there is a lot of gap between GTA 5 and GTA 6 GTA 6 has an initial release on the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S so it will not be available to PS4 users as only PS5 can play this but GTA 5 is quite different as it cbe playedlay in any PC but that also means that GTA 6 will reach to PC users later on 2025 or early in 2026.
As GTA 5 was released in 2013 and was available on PC in 2015 we can expect the same with GTA 6.
Rockstar has also pulled an unprecedented move and it can release the game on next-generation platforms and this will make GTA 6 fans more happy.
As GTA 6 has not mentioned its original release date no further notifications are added on the release date of GTA 6. As this game is based on the incident that was recreated in a 1967 movie and was a duo and the level of violence that was mentioned at that time is the same as The Grand Theft Auto familiarities this violence leads to GTA 6 the danger as the death of the main characters was a shock and it was even inspiration and even Grand Theft Auto 5 could kill one of it’s protagonist in the endings and only two characters are left in the endings.
As Grand Theft Auto 6 is a guarded secret it is quite impossible to tell whether it is the protagonist or it is destined to die as it remains a history as heroes may go out messily as Bonnie and Clyde did.


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San Francisco officials have voted to ban the sale of non-rescue dogs and cats at pet shops as part of a concerted effort to eradicate inhumane puppy breeding operations in the city.
The amendment will not affect current licensed breeders, however it will aim to tackle the prevalence of large-scale “puppy mills”, while helping to facilitate the adoption of thousands of animals already occupying the city’s shelters.
San Francisco will not be the first US city to implement such a measure, which will also ban the sale of animals under eight weeks old. Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and Austin all enforce similar legislation.
Most animal lovers are horrified at the thought of keeping their beloved family pet in a dirty wire cage for a second — let alone a week, month or even years. Yet, that is the fate of many animals at large-scale commercial breeding operations across the nation, including the mothers of many puppies and kittens sold in pet shops,” the San Francisco Board of Supervisors wrote in an op-ed piece.
The vote also bans future pet shops from opening to inhumanely sell illegally bred animals. District Supervisor Katy Tang, who also sponsored the proposition, told The Independent, “This ordinance will serve as a deterrent, preventing a business from moving into San Francisco and selling animals from irresponsible mass-producing breeders that churn out puppies and kittens as if they were on an assembly line.”


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Danish shipping company A.P. Moller Maersk (Maersk) on Wednesday inaugurated an integrated logistics park in Pakistan’s southeast port city of Karachi, with a total footprint of more than 1.3 million square feet across seven cities, according to a statement from the company. The park aims to connect and simplify supply chains for Pakistani importers, exporters, and traders.
The park, which has six purpose-built sheds, was established at Karachi’s Port Qasim, a deep-water seaport on the Arabian Sea’s coast, making Maersk the nation’s largest logistics and warehousing provider.
With a consolidation and fulfillment center, cold storage, and other features, the integrated logistics park would serve as a warehouse. This facility will also meet the storage needs of cargo coming from the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), technology, automotive, and retail and lifestyle industries. Additionally, it will be the ideal location for a customer’s warehouse, allowing them to manage their import and export goods with the fewest possible connections to and from vessels.
“At Maersk, our purpose is to improve life for all by integrating the world,” said Hasan Faraz, Managing Director of Maersk Pakistan commented during the inauguration of the facility.
“With our state-of-the-art Integrated Logistics Park, we want to ensure that we play an important role in connecting and simplifying the supply chains for importers, exporters, and traders of Pakistan.”
Faraz continued by expressing his pleasure in this significant investment in Pakistan, which would act as a key component of the country’s logistical infrastructure.
It is also appropriate to acknowledge the consistent support given by our clients, with whom we were able to have constructive conversations that assisted us in developing a solution that adds value to their supply chains.
Pakistan has enormous potential for development, according to Jakob Linulf, the Danish Ambassador to Pakistan, who was also present at the facility’s opening ceremony.
“Despite the various current challenges, Maersk has played an important role as a trusted partner for Pakistan’s traders,” the statement quoted him as saying. “Maersk’s commitment to invest in a large facility such as the one inaugurated today in Port Qasim speaks volumes of the potential that is out there to be harnessed.”
The statement added that the logistics park would come equipped with modern warehouse management systems.
“With Maersk taking care of the movement of cargo – ocean transportation on one side and landside transportation on the other side of the warehouse – customers will experience lesser handovers of their cargo, leading to higher efficiencies, faster turnaround times, deeper visibility, and better control over the cargo movement,” the statement said. “All of this will result in better predictability of supply chains.”


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In an interview with TV channel “Russia 24” the speaker was asked to assess people’s reactions to inflation and the situation in the economy. In response, the Minister said that there are two different trends. On the one hand, savings in March reached 15.7% of revenues, on the other hand there is a revival in some markets. “First and foremost is the housing market. The mortgage market in March and April is experiencing a real boom,” said the Minister.
Ulyukayev also noted the improvement of the situation in terms of granting retail loans — auto loans, retail loans. “There are trends that can work both in one and in other party” — said the Minister.
According to the National Bureau of credit histories, in the first quarter of 2016, the number of retail loans increased by 40.2%. If in the first quarter of 2015 were issued of 2.33 million loans in the same period this year – 3.26 million
The Bureau noted that the highest rate in the reporting period were recorded in the segment of secured lending: the number of mortgage loans increased 2.25 times, and auto — 65.7% (100,1 thousand against 60,4 thousand in the previous year).
In 2015, credit institutions have issued about 700 thousand housing loans (30% less than the previous year) totaling 1161,7 billion rubles (34% less than in 2014).
Their share in total loans granted to individuals amounted to about 20%, as compared to the previous year by 0.6 p. p. the Average size of loans has decreased from 1.74 to 1.66 million rubles, while in Moscow, he made up 3.63 million RUB.


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AEC 2015: Gov’t, business to undertake more dialogues on integration
The Departments of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Foreign Affairs (DFA) conducted a joint briefing and consultation meeting on the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015 and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2015 Philippine Priorities with representatives from the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) and the ASEAN Business Advisory Councils (ASEAN-BAC).
Trade Undersecretary Adrian Cristobal Jr. provided updates to the business representatives early this week on the government’s preparations and initiatives in ensuring the country’s preparedness for the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015.
The forum was likewise a venue to increase awareness and understanding of the benefits and challenges of AEC 2015. He said, “Over the past two decades, tariffs across ASEAN have been gradually decreasing. Since 2010, most of the import duties in ASEAN have been at 0%. Having addressed these tariff issues, the focus now is to tackle non-tariff barriers that impede inter-ASEAN trade.”
Since January 2010, the ASEAN-6 Member States, i.e. Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand have eliminated import duties on 99.65% of trade tariff lines, while the ASEAN-4 Member States (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam) have 98.86% of their traded tariff lines reduced to 0 – 5%. As of 2010, almost all duties have been eliminated on agricultural and industrial products.
Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Laura del Rosario presented the priority themes for APEC 2015 as well as the timetable their implementation. Suggested themes are regional economic integration, mainstreaming SMEs, food security and inclusive growth, among others.
Present in the consultations were business leaders from the Makati Business Club, Financial Executives Institute, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Employers Confederation of the Philippines, Federation of Philippine Industries, PhilExport, Bankers Institute of the Philippines, Animation Council of the Philippines, Management Association of the Philippines, IT and Business Processing Association of the Philippines, Philippine Association of Service Exporters, Semiconductors and Electronics Industries in the Philippines. Officials from the NEDA, DOTC, DOE, DA, PMS, DOF, BOC and the Office of the President were also present and participated in the dialogue.
“We need to define our trade and economic interests in the Asia Pacific region and ASEAN, as well,” Cristobal said. “It is through sustained and constructive engagements with the private sector that will help us in identifying areas of concern in the ASEAN and APEC economies. Both are our markets for exports, raw materials, and intermediate goods as well as a source and destination of investments,” Cristobal added.
In response to Cristobal’s statement, the forum’s participants agreed to continue the dialogue among government and business through more frequent and focused discussions in areas such as energy, services, SMEs, emergency preparedness, food security, and connectivity and logistics.
Makati Business Club Chairman Ramon del Rosario Jr. said that the Philippines is currently enjoying favorable foreign investor interest and added that now is the best time to open up the economy and address remaining trade and investment restrictions such as the 40% foreign ownership in Filipino companies.
Both the APEC BAC and the ASEAN BAC are comprised of business leaders representing a diverse range of sectors including small and large enterprises in the region. The APEC BAC presents recommendations to APEC Leaders in an annual dialogue and advises APEC officials on business sector priorities and concerns. Meanwhile, the ASEAN BAC provides private sector feedback and guidance to boost ASEAN’s efforts towards economic integration and identify priority areas for consideration of the ASEAN leaders.
AEC 2015 envisions a single market and production base, a highly competitive region, a region of equitable economic development and a region fully integrated into the global economy.
Meanwhile, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Davao Region has reported that sales of its assisted micro small and medium enterprises in 2013 reached P942.78 million or 18 percent higher than its annual target of P800 million.
DTI-Davao Region Officer-in-Charge Ma. Belenda Q. Ambi said various initiatives implemented by DTI with its partners last year yielded good results that made the agency hit its annual targets.
The products that generated much of the domestic transactions include fresh and processed fruits such as: Banana, durian, mango, pineapple, and coconut; processed fish (tuna and pangasius); processed meat and vegetables; juice and beverages; handcrafted products; beauty and health; jewelry; and wood products.
Ambi revealed that the major initiatives that contributed to the increased domestic sales are the conduct of and participation in local and international trade fairs, and market facilitation.
Among the new products that showed promising potential in the domestic and export markets are chili powder, chili sauce, and chili paste produced by MSMEs in the super-typhoon Pablo-affected areas of Davao Oriental.
“Though affected by super-typhoon Pablo in 2012, these powdered chili makers have proven that we can really rise above the challenges,” Ambi said.


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hura Solutions has been awarded funding by Innovate UK’s Sustainable Innovation Fund to develop its contract intelligence platform, which will help businesses to reduce their legal costs and risk exposure. The company is developing advanced AI-based technologies to automate, clarify, and drastically enhance business productivity in relation to legal matters.
“The pandemic has disrupted a countless number of legally binding relationships, and hence legal disputes need to be resolved between vast numbers of parties,” said Djuro Stojanovic, co-founder of Uhura Solutions. “Our aim is to enable commercial and legal professionals to process large quantities of agreements and risk stratify the relevant clauses in the respective documents.”
Innovate UK Executive Chair Dr Ian Campbell said, “In these difficult times we have seen the best of British business innovation. The pandemic is not just a health emergency but one that impacts society and the economy. Uhura Solutions along with every initiative Innovate UK has supported through this fund, is an important step forward in driving sustainable economic development. Each one is also helping to realise the ambitions of hard-working people.”
Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation, is investing up to £191 million to fund single and collaborative research and development projects as part of the Sustainable Innovation Fund over the next two years. The aim of these competitions is to help all sectors of the UK rebuild after the effects of COVID-19. The Sustainable Innovation Fund is funding 1,103 projects, 1189 UK businesses and totalling over £130 million in support across the UK.
Uhura Solutions is an AI solution provider specialising in contract intelligence. The company has developed an AI platform that reads and understands contracts and agreements just as humans do. The platform addresses the manual processing of documents, an important challenge that businesses regularly face. It offers automation capabilities and can shorten document processing time from hours to seconds. The platform uses cutting-edge AI, including image and natural language processing technology, to automatically extract data and classify the content, review contracts accurately, and conduct automated contract drafting. Its early investors include Barclays, Techstars, and South Central Ventures. For more information visit https://uhurasolutions.com/
Innovate UK drives productivity and economic growth by supporting businesses to develop and realise the potential of new ideas. We connect businesses to the partners, customers and investors that can help them turn ideas into commercially successful products and services and business growth. We fund business and research collaborations to accelerate innovation and drive business investment into R&D. Our support is available to businesses across all economic sectors, value chains and UK regions. Innovate UK is part of UK Research and Innovation. For more information visit http://www.innovateuk.ukri.org


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New platform for producers and industry professionals showcases outstanding Pinot Noir, Bordeaux-styled blends and Syrah from 13-15 November 2013
BEIJING, Nov. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New Zealand's outstanding red wines took centre stage at ProWine China 2013, a new platform for producers and industry professionals at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre from 13-15 November 2013.
Continuing its high profile promotion of the New Zealand wine brand across China this year, New Zealand Wine focused on red wines -- rather than the country's most internationally renowned white Sauvignon Blanc -- at the showcase focused on informing Chinese retailers and importers of latest trends and wines.
At the educational-networking event, New Zealand Wine presented three flights of New Zealand reds at tastings led by Chinese wine educator Martin Hao -- where their purity and subtlety was well received as eminently appealing to China’s taste for flavourful red wine.
"New Zealand wine is far more than just Sauvignon Blanc," said Mike Arand, the Shanghai-based Trade Commissioner for New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE). "This time we showcased some of the most interesting red wines from 'middle earth -- Pinot Noir' and full-bodied reds."
"While our Sauvignon Blanc are celebrated among the world's finest, New Zealand has for some time also being increasingly recognised and acclaimed among top producers of Pinot Noir, the classic Burgundy grape, as well as top Bordeaux-style blends and Syrah."
"NZTE and New Zealand Winegrowers (NZW) are making a significant commitment in China to position New Zealand as a premium wine producer, and provide greater opportunities for sales of New Zealand wine in China," added Mr Arand.
The joint Wine High Impact Program aims to "consolidate and strengthen New Zealand's market share" as wine exports to mainland China have soared from 200,000 litres in 2007 to 2.5 million litres in 2013 (as of June 2013). In value terms, exports have risen from RMB 10 million in 2007 to RMB 135 million in 2013, and China is now New Zealand’s fifth largest wine export market.
The export boom has been especially notable since the signing of a Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and China in 2008.
About Wine High Impact Program
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) and New Zealand Winegrowers (NZW) are working together to promote New Zealand's wine brand as a premium offering through the Wine High Impact Program into markets where there are significant opportunities for New Zealand Wine, namely China, the United States and Europe.
NZTE and NZW have made a significant commitment to the New Zealand wine category in China over the next three-to-five-years via the program, with an export value target of NZ$150 million (US$120 million) by 2020. *Exchange Rate: NZ$1=US$0.8
The program focuses on leveraging key Chinese influencers to build the profile of New Zealand as a producer of consistently high quality wines; delivering a comprehensive program of events; conducting a traditional and social media campaign; and providing trade education which will include a program of targeted workshops in New Zealand that will provide New Zealand Wine companies with local market information to help with developing effective strategies for managing and growing their business in China.
About New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is New Zealand's international business development agency. Our role is to help New Zealand businesses grow into international markets. Through a global network of 46 offices, we connect New Zealand businesses with the world, sharing opportunities, knowledge, experience and networks.
For further information please visit www.nzte.govt.nz, Twitter @NZ_Global.
About New Zealand Winegrowers
New Zealand Winegrowers is the national organisation for New Zealand's grape and wine sector.
New Zealand Winegrowers conducts a wide range of tasks on behalf of the wine industry including: advocacy at regional, local and international levels; providing a global marketing platform for New Zealand wine; facilitating world-class research on industry priorities; giving the industry timely and strategic information; and organising sector-wide events. These activities are developed around the goal of "Building a Great New Zealand Wine Industry".
New Zealand Winegrowers is based in Auckland, New Zealand, with overseas offices in London, New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Melbourne and Hong Kong.
For further information please visit www.nzwine.com.
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Apple finally announce the release date for the iPhone4S, as it will be known. Rumours about the name have long been floating on the internet but it has finally been announced as iPhone4S and not iPhone5.
There will be an improved camera and significantly better battery life on the new model, which is set to go on sale on the 14th of October.
The new model has the same look and feel as the current iPhone4 and will be available as 16Gb, 32Gb and 64Gb versions in ether black or white.
Even though it has the same look and feel as the current iPhone4 the new version of iOS will boast 200 new features.
There will be a dual core A5 chip improving performance.
An 8 megapixel camera that will also shoot 1080p HD Video.
Siri, the intelligent assistant that you can ask questions and hear the answer.
The iPhone4S is also the first phone to switch intelligently between two antennas to transmit and receive calls, so call quality is better.
Full details can be found here
Rumours have begun and it is expected that Apple will launch its long awaited iPhone 5 today!!!
Journalist have been invited to a “Let’s talk iPhone” event at the California campus due to start at 18:00 BST.
As always rumours have been MASSIVE as to how different it will be from the predecessor, or in fact if there will be any differences actually worth writing about. As ever with Apple launches, exact details of product features will not be known until the event.
The launch is scheduled to be hosted by Tim Cook, now Apple’s full time boss following Steve Jobs’ retirement in August. However rumours are running that Steve Jobs may make an appearance at the event.
The director of research at analysts CCS Insight said they are expecting to see a ‘flagship’ device to cement the iPhones position as the ‘must have’ device. However others think the iPhone will be named the iPhone 4S (rather than 5).
I guess we all have to wait until 18:00BST tonight to find out.


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Lenovo K900 with 2GHz processor, Android 4.2, 13 MP camera launched for Rs 33K
Lenovo, the Chinese smartphone and computer manufacturer has arrived in India in the smartphone market after almost taking over India’s laptop market. Though not many people are aware about its image as one of the best and biggest smartphone manufacturer back home, analysts know that the company comes with long and well deserved history and is going to win millions of fan followings in the market.
I am amazed at the delayed launch or arrival of the company in the smartphone market. I am more amazed because of the fact that despite having infrastructural presence in almost every part of the country, the Chinese tech giant delayed its launch till now. But I think that company was not very enthusiastic about its entry in the smartphone market as the market was still in its infancy and it might have thought it waste of resources to invest hundreds of millions of dollars. But as the smartphone market is saturating in China and the fact that Indian smartphone market is growing at fast pace right now, this was the most opportune time to come here and get a market traction by offering great handsets at comparably lower price.
The company has come out with 6 handsets and to be true the least pricey of them comes for around Rs 8000 while the costliest comes at Rs 33000. So the company is looking forward to have something to offer to every group of people looking for different types of handset. So it has an entry level rather good handset, several mid range smart phones and then handset that comes with top specifications and features. Nonetheless, despite coming with so many products and at prices that look affordable compared to Samsung and HTC handsets, the Chinese company will have to work really hard to attract people to its handsets. There are many smartphone vendors here and so many handsets in all the categories that it is going to be a tough task for a new company to make an impact.
Lenovo K900 is as good if not better than Korean tech giant Samsung’s Galaxy S4 and comes at least Rs 8000 cheaper than S4. The best handset that the company is launching in India is K900 that is priced at Rs 33000. And without doubt it comes with best specifications. The 5.5-inch 440+ ppi screen hides a 2.0GHz dual-core Intel processor and 2GB of RAM, with a 13MP camera (including a Sony Exmor lens) around the back. It’s all tied together with Android 4.2 inside a nice metal chassis. So it is very impressive without doubt. The highlight of P780 is high-capacity 4000 mAh battery while the A706 has the Dolby Digital Plus technology for better audio experience.
Other handsets that are equally enticing for different segments and are priced very reasonably include P780. This handset is aimed at professionals and executives. P780 comes with 1.4 GHz quad core processor along with a 4000 mAh battery. Another equally good handset is S920 that comes with a massive 5.3-inch IPS display, 8 mega pixel camera and a 1.2GHz quad core processor. Other handsets too are great and may attract significant number of buyers.


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The main trade association representing Coca-Cola PepsiCo and other beverage companies plans to release a report Monday showing that sales of soda and other drinks in U.S. secondary schools have dropped sharply since 2004, in a sign that efforts to improve nutrition in schools are progressing.
The report comes as first lady Michelle Obama is leading a campaign to combat childhood obesity and as Congress is poised to consider regulating the drinks allowed in school-vending machines.
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Online sales of home furnishings have exploded during the coronavirus pandemic. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the surge in e-commerce has exposed serious deficiencies in a venerable industry’s supply chain.
What furniture retailers lost from store closures due to nationwide lockdowns, they’ve been making up through online orders. Stuck at home, consumers opened their wallets to spruce up their living (and remote working) quarters. In just the first few months of the pandemic, the industry saw increases in online sales of more than 220% in home goods, 428% in outdoor furniture, 104% in office chairs, and 89% in office desks. And the results are anything but a blip. Between 2020 and 2023, the U.S. furniture market is estimated to experience a compound annual growth rate of 4.3%.
That said, furniture has always been an uncomfortable fit for e-commerce. The product is heavy and bulky, often requiring scheduled delivery times and assembly at destination. To satisfy picky customers, order fulfillment and service have to operate at maximum efficiency.
Except they don’t. Historically, the furniture business “has not been terrible vertically integrated,” says Bo Grist, executive vice president of product delivery with Ignition Commerce. Manufacturers have had to draw from multiple outside sources for items such as fabric, foam and wood. And those suppliers have been distant and widely scattered, often in East and South Asia.
More recently, traditional furniture makers have had to deal with aggressive upstarts like Wayfair Inc., creator of an online platform that reportedly offers some 14 million items from more than 11,000 suppliers around the world. Then there’s Amazon.com, the oft-described “Everything Store,” which didn’t even blink before jumping into the difficult business of selling furniture over the internet.
Many more online furniture sellers have joined the fray, including Anthropologie, Etsy, West Elm (a Williams-Sonoma brand), and big-box retailers such as Target Corp. Along with these disrupters has come a radical shift in customer expectations. The old-line furniture merchandiser, whether selling through its own branded locations or big department stores, might take weeks to fulfill an order. Then buyers would have to clear an entire day while waiting for their deliveries. “There are custom manufacturers getting things out in days, whereas a six-week delivery window was the norm before,” says Grist. “Now that seems unacceptable.”
Those same manufacturers are often still the ones turning out physical product — neither Wayfair nor Amazon makes a single chair or couch — but the demands imposed on them by e-tailers are intense. At stake is access to an increasingly crucial channel for selling their wares.
This isn’t the first revolution to hit furniture makers. Sweden’s IKEA upended the domestic market when it opened the first of its American megastores outside Philadelphia in 1985, offering cheap home furnishings (with cute names) in flatpacks, and requiring assembly by the purchaser. But the rise of e-commerce has presented consumers with many more options since then, and manufacturers are still scrambling to keep up.
For many years, the traditional American furniture industry leaned heavily on domestic sources of supply. North Carolina, for one, became known for its extensive production capabilities. (The state still calls itself “the furniture capital of the world,” employing some 36,000 workers.) Grist says that remains the case to some extent, especially when it comes to products that require some degree of craftsmanship, or extremely short order lead times. But for basic items like a wooden chest of drawers, it’s now far cheaper to have it made in Asia. And domestic producers are finding it increasingly tough to compete.
The challenge for retailers becomes gaining visibility to, and integration of, inventory throughout the supply chain. That’s not especially difficult for the bigger names in the business — say, Crate and Barrel, Ashley HomeStore or Restoration Hardware. It’s another matter entirely for smaller entities, for which the technology to acquire real-time visibility of online orders can represent a significant investment. “They are frequently ill-equipped to accomplish that,” says Grist.
The degree to which retailers and manufacturers are successfully collaborating with suppliers — freely exchanging data on demand, supply and the status of orders — differs widely. In a locked-down world, where personal contact is impossible, supply-chain partners need to be meeting in virtual spaces. An iPad, for example, can serve as a means of examining fabrics and patterns without the benefit of physical touch.
For traditional retailers, the biggest challenge lies in balancing activities conducted online with those in physical stores. Many have yet to transfer key data from older legacy systems into modern formats such as XML files and web-native services.
As for the ability to schedule, track and deliver orders efficiently to the online customer, “it’s all over the board,” says Grist. Large e-tailers are partnering with white-glove and delivery services to offer pinpoint tracking of orders in transit. Many smaller players are having trouble matching that capability.
Will those tech-challenged players survive? “I think the jury’s out,” says Grist. “The capacity for customizing furniture and visualizing it in the customer’s space becomes table stakes for all retailers and manufacturers. If there’s not an investment made in that area, they’re going to struggle to compete with those who do have those types of tools. If real and relevant data isn’t being extended out to the retailers, then they’re going to suffer.”
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With the $2.4 billion eBay acquisition of GSI Commerce just announced, it’s impossible to know how the melding of the two companies will affect the two companies in the long run, never mind the retail industry as a whole. But retail and business analysts are poised to speculate.
Generally, analysts are focused on the acquisition as an attempt by eBay to offer more services similar to Amazon. In fact, the acquisition does just that. GSI will provide eBay the ability to create and maintain third-party e-commerce web sites; and handle orders, shipments and returns for third-party sellers through distribution centers ― both functions now performed by Amazon.com. Prior to the acquisition, eBay already was a marketplace for third-party merchants and through Paypal has been able to accept online payments.
Additionally, the GSI acquisition provides eBay the ability to offer marketing services for retailers and supply eBay classified ads as well as Craigslist ads — two services not currently offered by Amazon.com.
“I think eBay is going to have to work really hard to out-Amazon Amazon (which clearly seems to be what this is about),” noted Paula Rosenblum, analyst for Retail Systems Research (RSR). “It has some interesting aspects – the cradle-to-grave management of products, an opportunity to stamp out the gray market once and for all, an easy on-ramp to mobile for GSI clients….but it’s still going to be tricky. The customer base of eBay is just really different.” Rosenblum offered further thoughts in the March 29, 2011 RSR newsletter.
“eBay is lagging Amazon in becoming a platform for third-party sellers because Amazon has a bigger distribution network, which lowers costs,” said Jason Helfstein, an analyst at New York-based Oppenheimer & Co., in a recent Wall Street Journal article. “This deal positions eBay with additional distribution centers and GSI’s customer list.”
In a press statement, John Donahoe, eBay President and CEO commented on the acquisition: “With its complementary strengths, GSI will extend the power of our portfolio. With eBay, PayPal, GSI and our global platform capabilities, we are focused on delivering new ways for retailers and brands of all sizes – from sole proprietors to large merchants – to drive innovation, engage customers and help people shop anytime, anywhere and on any device.”
Part of the acquisition transaction will include eBay selling GSI’s licensed sports merchandise business and 70% of ShopRunner and Rue La La. These assets are set to be sold to a newly formed holding company which reportedly will be led by GSI founder and CEO Michael Rubin.
The bottom line for the acquisition? According to RSR’s Rosenblum: “Short-term we think it’s a good deal for GSI’s customer base and certainly a boon for eBay’s marketplace. Longer-term, we believe it’s in retailers’ best interest to control their own destinies.”


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May 04, 2004
Mitsubishi: bad signs
In yesterday's Australian Financial Review (subscription required) Brendon Pearson reports on the Mitsubishi crisis. He says that the only remaining hope for the Mitsubishi Motor Corporation (MMC) is the rescue package being put together from the Mitsubishi group. The promised bailout will probably be too small, the company has no surplus assets to sell off, and the DaimlerChrysler stake will be diluted.
That does no augur well for a medium to long-term turnaround for the car maker saddled with high debt, low sales and losses. A cash crunch means cuts to its global operations. Even with the extra money a turnaround will take a long time. What is likely to happen is financial support for MMC is provided until another strategic buyer could be found.
A Chinese buyer?
All this is in such marked contrast to Nissan, Nissan Motor which was near-bankruptcy, revived and is now making record profits. MMC, by contrast, had slumped further over the past two years. It appears that the management lacks a sense of crisis. It has failed to improve its management despite a near decade of continual trouble. The corporation's tendency of covering up problems apparently has not changed.It's corporate culture is overly bureaucratic with a stiff organizational atmosphere, outmoded business practices and a lack of concern for consumers. It's management structure needs reform.
The crisis-hit Mitsubishi is not a big player in Australia since it's volumes of sales keep declining. It appears to be a similar story in Canada. Something on the Chrysler side of the operation. It's not doing that well either.
Nihon Keizai Shimbum, Japan's leading newspaper reported that Yoichiro Okazaki, the new CEO of MMC Yoichiro Okazaki is thinking of scrapping Daimler's original restructuring plan. Okazaki is proposing to a turnaround: to continue with the Japanese production of Pajero SUV since it represents Mitsubishi Motors "identity"; put on hold its original plan to shut down its Australian operations, and instead of withdrawing from the North American markets, "rebuild" it to make it as important as its Japanese market.
Where's the money coming from to do that? Would not that require a change in the corporate culture?
Here is a Mitsubishi sucks website
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A chinese buyer sounds attractive - even if they took up selected plants from a defuct Mitsubishi. The chinese would like the Adelaide plant as a technology transfer iniative - they would be able to use the plant to produce quality cars for export while absorbing the high quality design and manufacturing techniques for chinese operations.
Posted by: Jock at May 4, 2004 07:57 PM
I can't see anyone in China having the money to spare. Nor could I see any Japanese enthusiasm for a partnership with a Chinese company. Bad blood, there.
Posted by: Adelaide Pundit at May 5, 2004 12:20 AM
The idea of the Adelaide plant handling contract jobs to boost volumes has been floated. It arises to fil the volume gap now that the export model of the new model Magna has been rejected.
This is desperation stuff to keep the South Australian operations viable. The plant as a site for Mitsubishi as a car manufacturer can only be viable with increasing exports.
The likelihood is that Mitsubishi's presence in Australia will be as an importer, just like Nissan.
But even that is looking shaky given the poor quality of their product.
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Payment technologies are in an unwelcome spotlight this month, as security researchers expose their weaknesses just as the products are winning a long-desired trust among mainstream consumers.
Samsung, Oracle and the EMV standard are getting hit differently—techies at the Black Hat conference have demoed a hole in Samsung Pay's security that allows the system to be illegally used on other phones; NCR researchers found a way to wipe out the benefits of EMV security; and according to security reporter Brian Krebs, Oracle's technology has suffered a breach that can impact point of sale systems downstream.
Even if these attacks are more theoretical than practical, the end result is an erosion of trust in the very technologies that are supposed to make the point of sale much safer for consumer card data.
"It is a big ridiculous that we keep having the same conversation around the need for strong authentication, especially in environments that protect payment data," said Al Pascual, research director and head of fraud and security for Javelin Strategy & Research.
A presentation at a recent Black Hat event in Las Vegas demonstrated the sequencing of Samsung Pay's protective tokens are predictable and progressively weaker. That allows tokens to be stolen and used in other hardware in an updated version of a skimming attack. In the Black Hat presentation, a researcher sent a token from the U.S. to acquaintances in Mexico — where Samsung Pay isn't supported — who found the token be usable through Samsung's Magnetic Secure Transmission method, which creates a wireless signal that simulates the use of a magstripe card.
Samsung did not return a request for comment by deadline. The news comes amid reports that mobile payments may be poised growth after years of lackluster performance, making it a poor time for bad publicity. Discover's Pulse, for example, reports half of issuers say a quarter of debit transactions will be conducted via mobile devices within five years.
"It is more embarrassing than anything else for the folks over at Samsung Pay," Pascual said. "But I would be surprised if a fix didn't follow in short order. Better that a researcher finds it as opposed to a hardcore fraudster."
It's nevertheless a hard hit for the fintech industry, as most of the big mobile wallets like Apple Pay and Samsung Pay use tokens to shield mobile payment data, providing a substitute numeric ID that's not supposed to be usable on other phones or even for other transactions on the same phone. Both Apple Pay and Samsung Pay bolster tokens with fingerprint biometrics such as Apple's Touch ID.
Despite these protections, mobile payment systems such as Samsung Pay, Apple Pay and Venmo have endured scrutiny about safety since each launched. Meanwhile, merchants have questioned the security benefits of EMV — particularly since the U.S. does not require the use of a PIN with all EMV cards — since long before the migration deadline.
"Expectations for fraud prevention in the mobile form factor are a bit higher than they are for plastic, which is good, but this is really more a story about how the system works than it is about flaws," said Rick Oglesby, president of AZ Payments Research.
If fraudsters figure out ways to exploit the design to steal funds in a repeatable and scalable way, then the term “flaw” would make more sense, Oglesby said. "In this case, the fraud opportunity is dependent upon access to the legitimate consumer’s phone, which limits repeatability and scalability."
But in Oracle's case, the damage is already done. Krebs reports attackers compromised a customer service portal tied to MICROS, a division at Oracle that sells point of sale systems deployed at more than 330,000 locations globally, including 100,000 retail sites, 200,000 food and beverage locations and more than 30,000 hotels. The attackers, part of a Russian organized crime group, most likely targeted a "ticketing" portal that Oracle uses to help MICROS clients troubleshoot problems at point of sale systems.
A similar incident hit the FIS Wildcard in 2011, exposing vulnerabilities in the ATM technology, according to Ben Kneiff, a senior analyst at Aite Group.
If the portal compromise allows remote access to MICROS clients' point of sale systems, it would be easy to install malware to retrieve payment information, said Thomas Pore, director of IT and services at Plixer, a Sanford, Maine-based network traffic facilitating company, in an email.
"While phishing has proven to be very effective, what if the attackers didn't need to phish all of their targets, but just the third party who has access to them?" Pore said.
Oracle provided a letter to clients that said the company detected and addressed malicious code in "certain legacy MICROS systems." The company has added additional security measures, and has required MICROS customers to change their passwords, according to the letter.
"One of the biggest challenges, particularly in the U.S. market, is fragmentation. There are so many players in the ecosystem it would be hard for all of them to on the same security level," Kneiff said. "It takes a lot of time for ISOs and payments processors to make updates to mission critical hardware and software."


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CBDC Transactions to Surpass $210 Billion in Less Than a Decade (Study)cryptopotato.com/cbdc-transactions-to-surpass-210-billion-in-less-than-a-decade-study
A recent study conducted by the analytics company Juniper Research estimated that payments via central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could reach $213 billion by 2030.
The firm believes governments across the globe will use the product to boost financial inclusion and improve the monetary condition of emerging economies.
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FORDYCE — A longtime Fordyce business is under new ownership, but you’d be hard pressed to notice much of a difference.
That’s because Rich and Tricia Millage, owners of T&R Butcher Block, have worked hard on a seamless transition of ownership to Jared “JT” Allen of Crofton.
“His intentions are that everything will remain the same,” Tricia said. “He even kept the name the same. He wants the customers to keep familiar with what they’ve been getting for the last 21 years because we have a really good following.”
Allen became the new owner Jan. 4, but has been working with the Millages since October, making each product multiple times. The recipes, the ingredients, all those trade secrets - the “meat and potatoes” if you will - were shared with him.
The business specializes in custom processing of beef and pork for customers. They also have a full retail line of federally inspected products such as sausage, brats, beef sticks, hotdogs, jerky and every cut of meat you can think of filling their coolers. Seasonings, marinades, cheese, and butter add to the offerings.
Sausage is the most popular product, said Tricia, and they have seven different recipes.
“People will come home to visit their families and they’ll take meat back to their homes with them,” she said. “When they know they’re coming, they’ll call and place an order so that it’s ready when they’re home on holiday.”
She’s fielded a few odd requests over the 21 years in business including one to process an ostrich when they first opened. (They can’t do ostrich meat, by the way).
Allen said since he’s started working at T&R Butcher Block, he’s been most surprised at the sheer volume of meat that’s produced. Allen has previous experience in meat processing but only for his own family.
One staff member is staying on at the business under Allen’s ownership while five new staff are coming in. Allen said he’s looking for more help as well.
The Millages will remain involved in the business until Feb. 13 to help train new staff.
“They’ve been really awesome. They’ve taught me a bunch and helped me along the way and made for a really smooth transition,” Allen said.
The business is closed Tuesdays and Sundays. Business hours are 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., weekdays; and 8 a.m.-noon, Saturday.
Having a business for 21 years and selling it, is kind of like watching your baby grow up and leave the nest, said Tricia.
“It’s bittersweet to turn it over,” she said. “Our bodies are ready for it, but our minds aren’t.”
The Millages said they appreciate the community support over the years and encourage people to continue with that same support under Allen’s ownership.
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M&S Bank launches rewards scheme that includes free next day delivery
Benefits include unlimited free next day delivery for M&S online purchases, three £15 clothing and home vouchers – issued quarterly, a £20 clothing and home voucher to use at Christmas and 32 hot drink vouchers.
Customers will also receive three reward points for every £1 spent in M&S in-store and online – equivalent to three per cent cashback, as well as three points for every £1 spent abroad.
Club Rewards comes with a monthly fee of £10.
Kirsty Ward, director of bank and services at M&S, said: “Our M&S Credit Card program is unique and enjoyed by millions of customers and M&S Club Rewards offers even more for those who love M&S. This marks the latest step in our transformation to deliver truly rewarding payment experiences for our customers.”
How does the scheme stack up?
When all the benefits are added together, they total £165 a year. But when you take into account the £10 monthly fee, you’re left with a profit of £45 for spending nothing.
Personal finance expert Andrew Hagger says…
“My number crunching shows that this is a unique and financially worthwhile product for M&S shoppers, with larger spenders being rewarded with increased reward vouchers on top of the core benefits.
“Its components are different from other store brand offerings and the inclusion of unlimited free next day delivery will no doubt prove popular – it’s a key element of Amazon Prime and during the last 12 months, home delivery has been big business and is likely to remain at pre-Covid levels.
“For M&S spending of up to £350 per month with any of the M&S Credit Cards – or up to £400 in the first 12 months if customers take out the M&S Credit Card Rewards Offer – it’s the most rewarding offer on the market.
“For higher monthly spend then Tesco Clubcard Plus comes out on top due to the 10% rebate on your two biggest food shop bills each month.
“The days of an over-arching rewards/cashback programme that rewards you handsomely wherever you shop are a thing of the past, but as far as store branded reward offers go, this is an added value package that delivers and for M&S shoppers is worth a closer look.”


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Diet drinks may cause weight gain rather than weight loss, a study by researchers at Perdue University in Indiana has claimed. Authors Susan Swithers and Terry Davidson said artificial sweeteners made it harder for people to regulate food intake and would lead to over-eating, explaining why obesity levels and the use of artificial sweeteners had risen simultaneously.
Nestlé Rowntree is bringing back the blue Smartie it axed three years ago. The Mirror reported that Nestlé would use a natural dye from spirulina, an algae, to recreate the E133 brilliant blue colour. The paper compared the comeback with that of pop band Take That.
Sausage manufacturer Cranswick Foods took a "hammering" after it announced rising material costs would hit its full-year outcome by £1.8m, according to the FT. The company, which supplies Sainsbury's Taste the Difference, had been attempting to negotiate more favourable terms with its retail customers to offset rising costs.
Food producers across the country would see a surge in demand for ingredients sanctioned by Delia Smith in her latest bestseller, Delia's How to Cheat at Cooking, predicted The Observer. The book, published yesterday, recommended dozens of products for making quick and easy meals. Aunt Bessie's instant mashed potato, Marigold bouillon and M&S roasted red & yellow peppers were among the products expected to be big sellers.


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Ad Age recently announced the finalists for its 2021 Creativity Awards, which recognize excellent work, outstanding people, creative companies and exceptional production in marketing, advertising and tech.
The Courageous Conversation Global Foundation’s “Not A Gun” campaign, which was produced in collaboration with Goodby Silverstein & Partners, has been nominated in the “Best Work for Good” category.
Courageous Conversation CEO and Founder Glenn Singleton has been nominated as a Diversity and Inclusion Champion of the Year.
The finalists were chosen by juries of the advertising industry’s brightest stars. The winners will be announced in the June 7, 2021, issue of Ad Age.


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I’ve been checking out Google Music — so far, I like it — and also learning everything I can about it. As a direct competitor to iTunes Google Music is an enigma to millions who have never used anything BUT iTunes for music buying. If you want to know what the Google Music store is all about, I gathered 10 facts for you below.
1. Google Music is the official name. No more Google Music Store or Google Music Beta. It’s now integrated with Android Market.
2. It is open now — it just opened yesterday.
3. Songs and albums are of comparable cost to what they cost on iTunes — a buck a song, more for an album, depending on the album.
4. It’s out the gate with 13 million songs, courtesy of four out of five major record labels it’s signed with, plus almost every indie song label. It has deals with EMI, SonyMusic Entertainment and Vivendi SA’s Universal Music Group. Warner Music is still a hold out. That’s bad news for all you Led Zep fans. We’ll see.
5. Google intends to eventually have 20 million songs and will keep adding said an exec, exhorting journalists to “be patient.”
6. A streaming service when in beta, the final Google Music store still emphasizes streaming, but now adds sharing at point of purchase over Google+ and other Google+ integration features.
7. It also allows uploading, targeting aspiring musicians who want to upload songs or albums, metadata, art and pricing to Google Music. Artists get 70 percent of proceeds. Artists won’t have to use a service like TuneCore to get into the store, though, as they do with Apple iTunes and Amazon’s music store.
8. It is US only for the time being, allowing one free song download per customer every day.
9. It is free to stream and share songs and albums with google+ contacts on a one-time basis.
10. Google stole The Rolling Stones out from under Microsoft. The band — infamous for selling out its Start Me Up to Microsoft as a theme song — has an agreement with Google to live stream several 2011 concerts over Google Music. Fickle Mick.


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We have been hearing about Samsung’s Galaxy C10 and C10 Plus smartphones since last year. We even came across some leaked renders of these smartphones, however, we haven’t heard much about either of them lately. Well now, a Samsung smartphone, allegedly the Galaxy C10 Plus, has appeared on AnTuTu while revealing some of its specifications.
A Samsung smartphone, with model number SM-C9150, has popped up on AnTuTu with some of its specifications. Earlier rumors suggest that the Galaxy C10 carried model number SM-C9100, whereas, the C10 Plus had model number SM-C9150. Hence, this Samsung smartphone that has appeared on AnTuTu is said to be the Galaxy C10 Plus.
According to AnTuTu, the Samsung Galaxy C10 Plus is powered by Snapdragon 660 SoC which is a tier below Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8xx series chips (835/845 to be precise). The Snapdragon 660 is paired with a generous 6 GB of RAM, and, is backed by Adreno 512 GPU to handle graphically intensive tasks like gaming.
That said, the Galaxy C10 Plus has 64 GB of internal storage, and, while the size of the screen is unknown, what we do know is that it has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. Furthermore, according to AnTuTu, the Galaxy C10 Plus runs Android 7.1.1 Nougat which was released way back in 2016.
Well, it’s kind of weird to see a smartphone with a display having an aspect ratio of 16:9 instead of 18:9 in 2018, but again, benchmarks have been wrong in the past, hence take all the information with a pinch of salt. After all, it doesn’t come directly from Samsung.
Having said that, if Samsung is planning to launch the Galaxy C10 Plus in the coming weeks, or maybe months, we will see it popping up on other benchmarking websites soon.


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It is water buffalo, not beef from cattle, that has helped propel India to the top. Water buffalo is a member for the bovine family and classified as beef by the USDA.
Water buffalo is a chewier and cheaper alternative to beef. It is eaten mostly by consumers in Asia and the Middle East, who are demanding more animal protein in their diets.
According to CNN, the water buffalo trade has been growing rapidly and now earns India more export dollars than basmati rice.
India is 80 percent Hindus, and Hindus consider cows as sacred. There are no LongHorn Steakhouses in India, considering the restrictions on cattle slaughter. However, water buffalo slaughter is not included in the restrictions.
Interestingly, water buffaloes are needed to keep India’s huge domestic dairy industry going, according to CNN.
Vietnam is the top importer of water buffalo, but China may be the top consumer, considering that 40 percent of the water buffalo imported to Vietnam is sent to China.


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a company called gocode, inc. has developed a new technology that links a traditional newspaper to the internet. the technology prints a dime-sized bar code on a newspaper that can be scanned by a hand-held scanner connected to a computer. once the computer scans the bar code, it will launch the related website.
the technology is currently being used this week on the post and courier in charleston, south carolina.
read more at yahoo.
this is definitely an interesting concept. according to the creator, he thought of the idea after being frustrated while trying to type in an url that he found in a newspaper. makes sense to me!
i wonder how much of a market there is for this little device?
from what i read, the company is planning on giving the pens away and having the advertisers cover the cost. i don't know how you would manage something like that, unless you just offered the pens for free in convenient stores. maybe newspaper publishers could give the pens away as part of the delivery service?
i can see many older people liking this device since it saves them the time of having to cut out the article and then type in the url. for most of us, though, typing in the url is not really too much of an issue.
it's interesting to see that this pen could bring a traditional medium like a newspaper into the internet age.


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A new type of home cleaning device, dubbed the GrillsLiner, could soon make its way to your local Walmart.
The device uses a special adhesive to clean your home and is being tested in the United States and the United Kingdom.
The GrillsLab uses a combination of a plastic griddle and a magnet to separate and remove dirt and dust.
The griddle, called the GrillLiner 2, is already being tested at Walmart stores in the US, the UK and Australia.
It has the ability to clean up furniture and kitchen utensils, as well as clean up carpets, flooring, floorboards, walls, and floors.
The grillliner is made of two components: a griddle that heats a heated adhesive-coated glue-based adhesive to your home, and a vacuum cleaner, which is designed to remove the adhesive and cleaning material.
It is being sold as the GrillLab, but it could easily be called the GrampsLiner.
The device uses glue-free adhesive to separate dirt and other debris from the griddle.
The adhesive is sprayed onto a piece of cardboard, which gets stuck to the grilling surface.
The adhesive sticks to the cardboard and becomes hard and hard to break.
The GrillLab 2 was designed to be a low-tech way to get rid of dirty furniture and grills without damaging the fabric of the home.
The inventor says the device is made to last for years.
He said the grillsliner was designed for use in the home as a cleaning aid.
The product was tested in a variety of locations, including Walmarts in the UK, Australia and the US.
The cost of the device has not yet been released, but the price tag could easily reach $150.
This device is being developed in the U.K. and in the Netherlands.
There are also two types of GrillLiners being tested, called GrillLining and GrillLocker.
The two products are not the same, but both will use a grilling adhesive and vacuum cleaner to separate the glue-coating from the furniture.
The former will use an adhesive sprayer to separate both the grating and cleaning materials.
The former is being manufactured in the company’s own factories in the USA.
The manufacturer has not announced the price of the grinsliner, but said that it would be a “fairly modest” price.
It also has plans to sell the Gramsliner in stores.
The Food and Drug Administration has not approved the product.
However, the device does not need to be registered as a home cleaner, as the GrallsLab 2 does not require a license to use.


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Uber Technologies, which arranges car rides on demand, is in talks to secure a new round of financing from private equity investors that may value the company at more than $10 billion, Bloomberg cited people with knowledge of the situation as saying.
The size and value of the funding may change, Bloomberg said on Thursday, citing one of the people.
Uber's last round of financing pegged the fast-growing startup's value at $3.5 billion. The company pairs people looking for rides with drivers in major cities and is part of a crop of startups such as AirBnB now profiting off an expanding "sharing economy."
Uber, which is backed by investors including Benchmark Capital, TPG Capital and Google Ventures, was not immediately available for comment.


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The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index began the year in the top 10% of all readings in the 46-year history of the survey. The index rose 1.6 points to 104.3 in the month of January.
Six of the 10 Index components improved, two declined, and two were unchanged. The Uncertainty Index edging up slightly. Small business owners expecting business conditions to improve dipped slightly, but sales expectations and earnings trends were up significantly. As was reported last week, job creation surged in January.
“2020 is off to an explosive start for the small business economy, with owners expecting increased sales, earnings, and higher wages for employees,” said NFIB Chief Economist William Dunkelberg. “Small businesses continue to build on the solid foundation of supportive federal tax policies and a deregulatory environment that allows owners to put an increased focus on operating and growing their businesses.”
State-specific data isn’t available, but NFIB State Director Gregg Thompson said, “It’s clear from the numbers that our members think now is the time to add jobs and expand their businesses.”
The net percent of owners expecting higher real sales volumes increased 7 points to 23 percent with owners a bit more certain of future sales growth prospects. A net 7% of all owners (seasonally adjusted) reported higher nominal sales in the past three months, down 2 points from December.
The NFIB Uncertainty Index moved up 1 point from December to 81, but well below the spike to 86 seen in last January’s Index, following the government shutdown. A net 14% of owners expect better business conditions.
The frequency of reports of positive profit trends reversed half of December’s decline, increasing 5 points in January. Thirty-three percent of those reporting weaker profits blamed weak sales, 27 percent blamed usual seasonal change, and 8 percent cited labor costs, 6 percent cited materials costs, and 4 percent cited price changes. For those reporting higher profits, 61 percent credited sales volumes. 17 percent credited the usual seasonal change.
As reported in last week’s NFIB’s monthly jobs report, new job creation jumped in January, with an average addition of 0.49 workers per firm, the highest level since March 2019. Twenty-six percent of owners reported finding qualified workers as their number one problem, 1 point below August’s record high. Fifty-six percent reported hiring or trying to hire (up 3 points), but 49 percent reported few or no “qualified” applicants for the positions they were trying to fill.
Historically high percentages of owners plan to raise worker compensation, as they seek to fill open positions. Seasonally adjusted, a net 36 percent reported raising compensation (up 7 points) and a net 24 percent plan to do so in the coming months, unchanged from December. Eight percent cited labor costs as their top problem.
“Finding qualified labor continues to eclipse taxes or regulations as a top business problem. Small business owners will likely continue offering improved compensation to attract and retain qualified workers in this highly competitive labor market,” Dunkelberg concluded. “Compensation levels will hold firm unless the economy weakens substantially as owners do not want to lose the workers that they already have.”
The net percent of owners raising average selling prices rose 1 point to a net 15 percent, seasonally adjusted, continuing a measured upward trend since September. Price hikes were most frequent in retail (24 percent higher, 6 percent lower) and wholesale (20 percent higher, 8 percent lower). Seasonally adjusted, a net 24 percent plan price hikes (up 4 points).
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About the Small Business Economic Trends
The NFIB Research Center has collected Small Business Economic Trends data with quarterly surveys since the 4th quarter of 1973 and monthly surveys since 1986. Survey respondents are drawn from a random sample of NFIB’s membership. The report is released on the second Tuesday of each month. This survey was conducted in January 2020. For more information about NFIB, please visit NFIB.com.


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NFC tag vendor Tagage has launched a mobile app that allows users to order custom NFC tags and stickers directly from their phones. Tagage Mobile, from Hansaprint and UPM RFID, does not require knowledge of NFC coding and allows easy upload of images and text. Content is then encoded, printed and shipped globally in small or large quantities. The free app is available now for Symbian and an Android version is expected to be available in January 2012.
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Editor's Pick Karma. Anyone who has spent too much time in Excel spreadsheets needs some.
CEO Phil Libin said his company is “getting more serious about making Evernote a great experience in a work setting.”
Apperian receives strategic investment from Intel Capital to help enterprise custoemrs deploy and manage mobile applications.
No — not that Kony. Enterprise-minded company Kony builds mobile apps for business and consumers and encourages the bring-your-own-device movement with an enterprise app store. Wednesday it announced a $15 million third round of funding.
A startup called Apperian just raised $12.4 million to help businesses build their own apps and access them on tablets and smartphones.
Podio, a company that lets anyone easily create Web apps tailored to their business workflow, today officially launched an iPhone app.
This article is part of a series of posts about DEMO alumni and news of their progress. DoubleDutch launched at DEMO in Fall 2010. Check out more at DEMO.
Guest Post Editor’s note: This discussion about enterprise mobility is one of the five themes we will be focusing on at the VentureBeat Mobile Summit, on April 25-26. We’ve carefully invited the top executives in mobile to discuss the biggest challenges of the day, which, if solved, can lead to much faster growth in the industry. And at our enterprise session, we’ll have top executives around the table from a number of companies, including Verizon, AT&T, Cisco, Salesforce, Box.net, and more. (If you think you should be part of the discussion, you can apply for a ticket.)


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The bad news: the Astros new logo was accidentally leaked yesterday when a shirt with it on there was displayed at an Academy sporting goods store in Houston.
The good news: it’s pretty cool:
— Ernest Moreno (@astromo1977) October 26, 2012
Within minutes of that tweet going crazy, the store pulled the merch and issued an apology.
No apology necessary for the Astros, though: cool old school logo, bringing back both the star-H, for which we have advocated for a long time now and bringing back the orange and blue, which just seem way more Astros than anything.


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Israeli Diamonds Among the BestAN international jewelry and diamond exhibition took place this past week in one of the world's best-known diamond making countries: Israel.
Diamond Export Recovery AbortedLike most participants in the global economy Israel will suffer general and particular losses from the Japanese disaster.
Diamond Smuggling FoiledAlert authorities at Ben Gurion Airport foil an attempt to smuggle $140,000 worth of non-certified diamonds from the Marange field in Zimbabwe.
‘The Star of David Diamond’A one-of-a-kind natural diamond with the design of the Star of David has been discovered, Hidabroot TV revealed.
Clean-Up and Diamonds in KishonThe polluted Kishon River will soon be the object of a major cleaning and purification project, as a $100 million company searches it for diamonds.
Zimbabwean Diamonds - Blood?Activists at Kimberley Process Inter-sessional panel in Israel: Zimbabwean diamond industry funds terror; regime illegally arrested our colleague.
Israel Fighting 'Blood-Diamonds'Israel was elected to chair the "Kimberley Process," an international joint initiative to stem the flow of rough diamonds used to finance terror
Diamond Activist to Miss MeetingA Zimbabwe activist fighting rights violations in the diamond industry has been jailed before an appearance in Tel Aviv.
Israel and UAE: Diamond FriendsIsrael's diamond industry is accomplishing what decades of diplomacy has not -- a quiet agreement with the United Arab Emirates.
Israeli Gems Sparkle in JanuaryIsrael's diamond industry has taken great strides in recovering from the global economic crisis of 2009.
Israeli Diamonds Fly in SpaceIsraeli diamonds now sparkle not only on happy Jewish women but also amidst twinkling stars, after Atlantis launched two of them into outer space.
Goodbye to DubaiThe Arab world’s refusal to recognize Israel helped Israelis to escape the fallout of the Dubai financial debacle. Most diamond firms stayed away.


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U.S. Producer Price Growth Exceeds Estimates In September
After reporting a modest increase in U.S. consumer prices on Tuesday, the Labor Department released a report on Wednesday showing U.S. producer prices increased by more than expected in the month of September.
The Labor Department said its producer price index for final demand climbed by 0.4 percent in September after rising by 0.3 percent in August. Economists had expected prices to edge up by 0.2 percent.
The report said food prices jumped by 1.2 percent in September after decreasing by 0.4 percent in August, while energy prices fell by 0.3 percent after dipping by 0.1 percent.
Excluding food and energy prices, core producer prices still rose by 0.4 percent in September, matching the increase seen in the previous session. Core prices were also expected to inch up by 0.2 percent.
The stronger than expected core price growth was partly due to a continued increase in prices for services, which climbed by 0.4 percent in September after advancing by 0.5 percent in August.
The Labor Department said over 80 percent of the broad-based September increase can be traced to prices for final demand services less trade, transportation, and warehousing, which climbed by 0.5 percent.
The indexes for final demand trade services and final demand transportation and warehousing services also rose by 0.2 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively.
With the bigger than expected monthly increase, producer prices in September were up by 0.4 percent compared to the same month a year ago following a 0.2 percent dip in August.
The report also showed a significant acceleration in the annual rate of core producer price growth, which jumped to 1.2 percent in September from 0.6 percent in August.
On Tuesday, the Labor Department released a separate report showing a modest increase in consumer prices in the month of September, with the uptick in prices matching economist estimates.
The Labor Department said its consumer price index rose by 0.2 percent in September after climbing by 0.4 percent in August.
Prices for used cars and trucks spiked by 6.7 percent, accounting for most of the monthly increase by the headline index.
The report said energy prices increased by 0.8 percent amid a jump in prices for natural gas, while food prices came in unchanged.
Excluding food and energy prices, core consumer prices still edged up by 0.2 percent in September following the 0.4 percent growth seen in August. The uptick in core prices also matched estimates.
Compared to the same month a year ago, consumer prices in September were up by 1.4 percent, slightly faster than the 1.3 percent growth seen in August.
Core consumer prices were up by 1.7 percent year-over-year in September, unchanged from the annual growth seen in the previous month.


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A report has found overwhelming evidence of Tinder age discrimination in the pricing of premium memberships, with users charged as little as $4.45 or as much as $25.95 for the same features, depending on their age…
Engadget reports that the company has now promised to cease this practice.
Tinder says it will no longer charge older users more to use Tinder+, following a new report questioning the dating app’s practice of charging older users “substantially more.”
The , from Mozilla and Consumers International, detailed just how much Tinder+ pricing can vary based on users’ age. The report relied on “mystery shoppers” in six countries — the United States, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Korea, India and Brazil — who signed up for Tinder+ and reported back how much the app charged for the subscription […]
The latest report from Consumers International highlights just how much the dating app’s subscription pricing could vary. In New Zealand, where the mystery shoppers were quoted a total of 25 different prices, the lowest quoted price was $4.95, while the highest was $24.54, according to the report. In the Netherlands, there were 31 different prices, with the lowest at $4.45 and the highest at $25.95.
Tinder positioned the differential pricing as discounts for younger users rather than premiums for older ones.
When we launched our first subscription we wanted to offer younger members a lower price point than the standard price, to make Tinder affordable for those in school or early in their careers.
The company says that it will cease doing this by the end of Q2, and will later be transitioning away from subscriptions and toward in-app purchases of specific features, like Super Like.
As we look to the future, we’re incredibly excited about how Tinder Coins, the in-app currency we’re currently testing, will help us expand our offerings and ultimately create a very different experience for our payers. For the past few years, we have offered three tiers of subscription (Tinder Plus, Tinder Gold and Tinder Platinum) as well as a la carte features like Super Like and Boost, which will remain the foundations of our Premium Features. This year, we are testing ways to take some of our most popular subscription features – like See Who Likes You and Passport – and offer them on an a la carte basis.
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It is fairly common for apparel makers to “borrow” ideas from one another, but when it comes to those checkerboard slip-ons, Vans Inc. feels very protective. Vans, a longtime purveyor to surfers and skateboarders, contends that a new offering by Skechers U.S.A. bears far too close a resemblance to its own checked pattern.
The shoe has been tightly identified with Vans ever since Sean Penn wore the company’s classic black-and-white slip-ons in the 1982 movie “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.”
Anticipating a fight, Skechers beat Vans into court. The company filed suit last March in Federal District Court in Los Angeles, seeking a ruling that its shoe does not infringe the Vans trademark on the pattern. Skechers submitted evidence that a dozen other manufacturers had used the checkerboard pattern. Then, when Vans filed a claim to block Skechers from selling its version, the judge denied its request. Vans is now appealing.
“The checkerboard is central to our design ethic, and it’s been one of our best-selling shoes for 25 years,” said Chris Overholser, spokesman for Vans. The company is part of the VF Corporation, which also owns the North Face and Nautica brands.
Mr. Overholser noted that the Vans offices in Cypress, Calif., have a checkerboard entryway, and that company executives use a checkerboard-patterned recreational vehicle for promotional appearances. The signature pattern also appears on other apparel made by Vans.
Skechers did not return a call seeking comment. ELIZABETH OLSON
THE SEVERANCE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN
Shareholders of E*Trade Financial may get a burning sensation when they hear that the company is paying almost $11 million to its ousted chief executive, Mitchell H. Caplan. But a year ago, Mr. Caplan could have walked off with much more.Continue reading the main story
E*Trade, which made an ill-fated foray from stock brokering into banking, said last week that it would pay an additional $10.9 million to Mr. Caplan, whose resignation was effective Dec. 31. Mr. Caplan, 50, left after a five-year reign, during which E*Trade’s stock price quintupled, then gave back all of those gains and more.
Mr. Caplan’s severance was double the salary and bonus he received for 2006. But according to the company’s last proxy statement, he could have left early last year with a package of cash and stock that would then have been worth more than $50 million. PATRICK McGEEHAN
Even from prison, Samuel D. Waksal continues to be pulled into the business of ImClone Systems, the cancer drug company he founded.
Abbott Laboratories, which is suing ImClone, contending patent infringement, wants a face-to-face interview with Mr. Waksal, who is serving a seven-year term in the Otisville Correctional Facility in New York after pleading guilty to securities fraud in 2002.
The two companies are in a patent dispute over Erbitux, ImClone’s only product, which is used to treat neck, head and colon cancer. Abbott contends that ImClone’s manufacturing process violated its patented method for creating antibodies.
Despite the insider-trading scandal that surrounded ImClone — and that also led to jail time for Martha Stewart — Erbitux went on to achieve $1.1 billion in sales in 2006.
In papers filed last week in federal court in Boston, Abbott said Mr. Waksal, who founded the company in 1984 and served as C.E.O. until 2002, “played a central role in numerous issues significant to this litigation.”
ImClone “is not opposing the request,” said Tracy Henrikson, a spokeswoman for the company. ELIZABETH OLSON
WHAT A PAY SETTER PAYS
Salary.com, which helps companies and employees negotiate compensation, said last week that its chief financial officer, Kenneth S. Goldman, had left to pursue other opportunities. He will remain on the board of directors.
Chris G. Power, formerly chief financial officer at Monster Worldwide Inc., took over for Mr. Goldman last week. Presumably one of his first orders of business will be to shore up the company’s earnings. The company has projected a third-quarter loss of up to $1.7 million, after compensation and other charges.
So what did the salary-setting monitor pay Mr. Goldman? He earned a base $185,000, as well as a $74,000 stock bonus and stock options. ELIZABETH OLSONContinue reading the main story


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As poultry sectors continue substantial transformation to align with new reduced antibiotics demands and other key trends shaping the future of food, bio-based feed additives innovator Canadian Bio-Systems (CBS Inc.) is expanding its North America based poultry team to help infuse advanced new science-based solutions across the supply chain.
Paul Garvey, based in Hanover, Ont., joins CBS Inc. as Sales Manager, Poultry, with a key focus on helping to service dramatically rising demand for bio-based feed additives that support RWA (raised without antibiotics) production. This includes a major emphasis on facilitating aligned programs and strategies among producers, feed mills, processors and retailers.
Critical time of evolution
“It’s a critical time of evolution in the poultry industry,” says Mark Peters, Director of Sales and Marketing, CBS Inc. “Paul brings valuable experience and expertise, including a strong track record building relationships and delivering solutions across all components of the poultry supply chain. We are very pleased to have Paul on board to help drive our expanding North American poultry team focused on innovative, sustainable, high performance poultry production.”
Garvey comes from a farm background and farms himself in the Hanover area, where he resides with his wife and two daughters. His education includes a Bachelor of Science (BSc), Animal Sciences, from the University of Guelph, in a program that included a year as a visiting student completing poultry studies at the University of Alberta under renowned poultry researcher Dr. Frank Robinson. Garvey held several senior sales and procurement roles with poultry-focused feed and food companies before joining CBS Inc.
Expanding the poultry toolbox
“I’m delighted to join the Canadian Bio-Systems team and look forward to working with the industry in this new role,” says Garvey. “In my previous positions I came to see the value of the CBS Inc. approach and product portfolio first hand. I’m excited to be part of the company’s continued direction of innovation, science and advancing industry success. It’s a great opportunity to be involved at a time when CBS tools have arguably never been a better fit with the toolbox the poultry industry needs today.”
The CBS Inc. portfolio includes a range of bio-based feed additives (multi-carbohydrase enzymes, enhanced yeast technology, probiotics and more) that support everything from higher nutrition capture and related performance to reduced waste and optimized health and welfare. “Because all CBS Inc. products are bio-based they are an excellent fit with what consumers and branded retail programs are increasingly demanding,” says Garvey. “With benefits such as supporting gut health and optimal productivity without reliance on antibiotics, they offer unique advantages balancing production and market needs.”
CBS Inc. is headquartered in Calgary, Alta., with major manufacturing facilities in Calgary and in Oshawa, Ont., along with expanding partnerships and networks across North America and worldwide. More information on CBS Inc. and its comprehensive line of feed technology is available at www.canadianbio.com.