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Hyundai has integrated the Aha Radio service into its Hyundai Genesis luxury sedan to give U.S. drivers the ability to access over 100,000 music, entertainment and news stations as well as location-based services simply with their connected smartphone. The Hyundai Genesis features an exclusive Lexicon® 17-speaker 7.1 Discrete audio system, with a 9.2-inch high definition display, and Bluetooth Audio streaming.
Aha Radio delivers Web-based entertainment and information in vehicles using a radio-like format familiar to drivers. With Aha Radio, Hyundai drivers can access their favorite podcasts, radio stations, news, entertainment, audiobooks, music, Facebook and Twitter feeds. Aha also includes personalized location-based services such as weather and fuel prices, as well as searches for nearby restaurants, hotels, parks and coffee shops. Aha Radio will seamlessly deliver content from around the world to Hyundai Genesis drivers.


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Global Supply Chains Are About to Get Better, Thanks to Blockchain
Blockchain technology is uniquely suited to create efficiency improvements in supply chains, so that we end up with dynamic request chains instead of rigid supply chains — resulting in more efficient resource use for all. But challenges lie in the development and governance of the technology. Even before governments can be coaxed to support this effort, and to do so in a globally coordinated way, industry must agree on best practices and standards of technology and contract structure across international borders and jurisdictions. Any system that promises to eliminate the inter-commercial frictions that curb trade while also enhancing transparency and control for businesses and their customers is inherently worth exploring. It’s why an enlargening number of investors, businesses, academics and even governments are beginning to view blockchain technology as a much-needed platform for economic renewal.
When an E.coli outbreak at Chipotle Mexican Grill outlets left fifty five customers ill, in 2015, the news stories, shutdowns, and investigations shattered the restaurant chain’s reputation. Sales plummeted, and Chipotle’s share price dropped 42%, to a three-year low, where it has languished ever since.
At the heart of the Denver-based company’s crisis was the ever-present problem faced by companies that depend on numerous suppliers to supply parts and ingredients: a lack of transparency and accountability across elaborate supply chains. Incapable to monitor its suppliers in real time, Chipotle could neither prevent the contamination nor contain it in a targeted way after it was discovered.
Now, a slew of startups and corporations are exploring a radical solution to this problem: using a blockchain to transfer title and record permissions and activity logs so as to track the flow of goods and services inbetween businesses and across borders.
With blockchain technology, the core system that underpins bitcoin, computers of separately wielded entities go after a cryptographic protocol to permanently validate updates to a commonly collective ledger. A fundamental advantage of this distributed system, where no single company has control, is that it resolves problems of disclosure and accountability inbetween individuals and institutions whose interests aren’t necessarily aligned. Mutually significant data can be updated in real time, removing the need for laborious, error-prone reconciliation with each other’s internal records. It gives each member of the network far greater and timelier visibility of the total activity.
How Blockchain Works
Here are five basic principles underlying the technology.
1. Distributed Database
Each party on a blockchain has access to the entire database and its finish history. No single party controls the data or the information. Every party can verify the records of its transaction playmates directly, without an intermediary.
Two. Peer-to-Peer Transmission
Communication occurs directly inbetween peers instead of through a central knot. Each knot stores and forwards information to all other knots.
Trio. Transparency with Pseudonymity
Every transaction and its associated value are visible to anyone with access to the system. Each knot, or user, on a blockchain has a unique 30-plus-character alphanumeric address that identifies it. Users can choose to remain anonymous or provide proof of their identity to others. Transactions occur inbetween blockchain addresses.
Four. Irreversibility of Records
Once a transaction is entered in the database and the accounts are updated, the records cannot be altered, because they’re linked to every transaction record that came before them (hence the term “chain”). Various computational algorithms and approaches are deployed to ensure that the recording on the database is permanent, chronologically ordered, and available to all others on the network.
Five. Computational Logic
The digital nature of the ledger means that blockchain transactions can be tied to computational logic and in essence programmed. So users can set up algorithms and rules that automatically trigger transactions inbetween knots.
In a nutshell, this is a global system for mediating trust and selective transparency. Its advocates say it will take the internet’s empowering potential to its next level. Albeit much attention and money has been spent on financial applications of the technology, an identically promising test case lies with global supply chain relationships, whose complexity and diversity of interests pose exactly the kinds of challenges this technology seeks to address. The technology can expose hitherto hidden information and permits users to fasten digital tokens — a unique, negotiable form of digital asset, modeled on bitcoin — to intermediate goods as they progress along the production, shipping, and delivery phases of a supply chain and as title to them passes inbetween different players. This could give businesses far greater plasticity to find markets and price risk, by capturing the value that they have invested in the process at any point along the chain. What we end up with are dynamic request chains in place of rigid supply chains, resulting in more efficient resource use for all.
Various endeavors have already commenced. Provenance, a UK-based startup, tells prospective clients they can use its blockchain-based technology to “share your product’s journey and your business influence on environment and society.” Walmart is working with IBM and Tsinghua University, in Beijing, to go after the movement of pork in China with a blockchain. Mining giant BHP Billiton is using the technology to track mineral analysis done by outside vendors. The startup Everledger has uploaded unique identifying data on a million individual diamonds to a blockchain ledger system to build quality assurances and help jewelers obey with regulations barring “blood diamond” products.
Business in the Era of Blockchain
Advances in chip and sensor technology, which can translate data from the automated movement of physical goods, should greatly enhance these emerging blockchain systems. It could be especially powerful when combined with “smart contracts,” in which contractual rights and obligations, including the terms for payment and delivery of goods and services, can be automatically executed by an autonomous system that’s trusted by all signatories.
But this technology’s potential traceability and automation benefits don’t just pertain to things; it could also keep human beings in check. Staff and supervisors from different vendors can be granted special, cryptographic permissions, which, when placed into a blockchain environment, would emerge as unique, traceable identifiers — preferably encrypted, to protect the employee’s private information. This would permit all members of a supply chain community to monitor the activity of each other’s credentialed staff. Chipotle, for example, could see in real time whether a decently credentialed person in a facility possessed by one of its beef suppliers is carrying out adequate sterilization and disinfection procedures.
This kind of provable, semitransparent credentialing will be especially significant for additive manufacturing, which is central to the dynamic, on-demand production model of the so-called Industry Four.0 movement. A team from precision parts manufacturer Moog Inc. has launched a service it calls Veripart, which seeks to overcome a challenge that the director of its additive manufacturing and innovation unit, James Regenor, described to us in these terms: “How can the maintenance team on a U.S. aircraft carrier have absolute confidence that the software file they downloaded to 3D print a fresh part for a fighter jet hasn’t been hacked by a foreign adversary?” This underscores one of the most compelling arguments for blockchain technology: Without its solution to the trust problem, the sophisticated, decentralized, internet of things–driven economy that many are projecting might well be unlikely.
These potential efficiency improvements, enabled by hitherto unavailable information, suggest blockchain technology could produce vast savings for companies everywhere. But there are formidable obstacles to overcome very first.
One challenge lies in the development and governance of the technology. Ideally, to encourage free access, competition, and open innovation, global supply chains would have the option to anchor to a public blockchain that no entity controls. In other words, data extracted from commercial and production activity would be cryptographically recorded in open ledgers. But, inevitably, private, closed ledgers run by a consortium of companies will also arise, as their members seek to protect market share and profits. Both imperatives pose challenges. For one, achieving global economic capacity for the most significant public blockchains, digital-currency service bitcoin and clever contract platform Ethereum, is constrained by divisions in their open-source communities, making it difficult to agree on protocol upgrades. 2nd, there needs to be interoperability across private and public blockchains, which will require standards and agreements.
Another big obstacle: the law. A sophisticated array of regulations, maritime law, and commercial codes governs rights of ownership and possession along the world’s shipping routes and their numerous jurisdictions. Marrying that old-world bod of law, and the human-led institutions that manage it, with the digitally defined, dematerialized, automated and denationalized nature of blockchains and clever contracts will be difficult.
Even before governments can be persuaded to support this effort, and to do so in a globally coordinated way, industry must agree on best practices and standards of technology and contract structure across international borders and jurisdictions. In Hong Kong, the recently formed Belt and Road blockchain consortium seeks to bring order to this process by adopting internet governance approaches pioneered and tested by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the organization that manages domain names. As an international, private sector–led bod, ICANN has already proven itself to be an effective global administrator and adjudicator.

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New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that an additional $30 million is now available through the New York State ‘Drive Clean Rebate’ program to assist more consumers to lease or purchase a battery-electric car or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.
The strengthening of the subsidy pot comes at an important time, as New York is preparing to transition to a fossil-fuel-free transport economy. It was only recently announced that the US American state would be banning the sale of new internal combustion vehicles for 2035, mirroring the initiative from California. Additionally, just last month, New York’s Governor Cuomo launched a clean transportation competition to seek alternative fuel options for public transport systems.
Charging stations have also been a subject in the state of New York and was addressed early last year. Now that the two major public hurdles are out of the way, it is time to look at private vehicle usage.
So far, more than 37,000 EV rebate applications have been granted under the program totalling more than $54 million. The program is now being adapted so that more rebates can be distributed throughout the market. For this reason, some rebate ranges are being lowered to allow more New Yorkers to take advantage of the incentives.
Adjustments for the programme are designed to bring in more drivers to switch to an emissions-free option. EVs with a range of 200 miles or more are to receive a subsidy of $2,000. With a range between 40-199 miles, vehicles will be eligible for $1,000. For vehicles with an electric range of less than 40 miles, $500 will be provided. Finally, a price measure is also included to prevent the grants being used for luxury cars; For electrified vehicles with an MSRP over $42,000, $500 will be provided regardless of the car’s range.
The program incentive levels for consumers will change starting 30 June 2021. These changes include updated rebate levels to incentivize EVs with longer all-electric ranges and EVs with a base MSRP of less than $42,000. There are an increasing number and variety of EV models available, with more than 50 models currently available in New York, and of those models, 15 have a range of more than 200 miles and are eligible for the rebate. Eligible vehicles under the Drive Clean Rebate include all-electric cars, plug-in hybrid electric cars, and fuel cell electric cars.
Governor Cuomo explains the adjustment as follows: “Reducing emissions from vehicles will continue to enhance the quality of life in communities across New York by improving air quality, especially in disadvantaged communities that have been disproportionately impacted by pollution and climate change.” Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul added additional context to the economic fallout of the pandemic on New York’s population, and why it is important to widen incentive levels for the initiative: “As we focus on our economic recovery for the post-pandemic future, we want to help New Yorkers make the switch to an electric vehicle, resulting in less pollution and a cleaner and greener New York.”
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The allegations of fraud filed yesterday against Crazy Eddie Antar show just how easy it can be to inflate profits, fooling investors and Wall Street analysts. What appears to have been an effort to make already-impressive results for 1985 a little prettier seems to have descended by 1987 into a complicated scheme to hide huge losses.
As put forth by the Securities and Exchange Commission, whose allegations form the basis of the following account, the fraud was amazingly simple for the first two years, focusing on overstating inventory figures and thus increasing reported profits.
But in the third year, the simplicity vanished. As recounted by the S.E.C., evidently based on reports from people involved, orders went out from corporate headquarters to falsify numerous accounts. Even before one order was carried out, the people coordinating the fraud seem to have realized that more was needed and ordered even greater changes.
The S.E.C. has not been able to put a figure on what it says was the 'inflation'' in profits in that third year. The agency says only that the reported pretax profit of $20.6 million really concealed a ''substantial loss.'' 'Guaranteed Lowest Prices'
Crazy Eddie was a merchandising phenomenon, exemplified by a pitchman who screamed that the ''prices are insane'' and promised ''the guaranteed lowest prices.''Continue reading the main story
While its public image was of a low-price retailer, its Wall Street image was the opposite. A key item that analysts look at is the gross margin, what a company charges for an item compared with what it pays for the item. Reported markups at Crazy Eddie were about 27 percent in the early 1980's, before the fraud is said to have begun. But the figure rose to 32 percent in 1985 and 35 percent in 1986, largely, it appears, because of the fraud.
Those margins do not tell the entire story; other costs like advertising, salaries and rent must be deducted before getting a net profit figure. But margins are closely watched, and the the rise in Crazy Eddie's gross margins helped to inspire analysts who believed that while some customers were getting good deals, many others ended up paying close to list price because they were not good at negotiating prices.
By the S.E.C. account, the fraud began less than six months after Crazy Eddie went public in September 1984, as the company prepared to close its books on its fiscal year ending March 3, 1985. Eddie Antar, the company's chairman and chief executive, ordered an employee to overstate inventory by $2 million. By so doing, Crazy Eddie inflated pretax profits by that amount by reporting that goods that in fact had been sold were still in the warehouse. That raised its reported gross margin from 29 percent to 32 percent. The overstatement amounted to about 8 percent of inventories.
As the following fiscal year ended, in early 1986, the tampering with the books resumed, the S.E.C. contends. Had the company done nothing, it would have under-reported pretax profits by $2 million - the amount it would, in effect, have borrowed for the prior year. Instead, the company raised inventories by approximately $9 million, or 18 percent, the S.E.C. says. In addition, on orders from Eddie Antar the company concealed that it owed $3 million to suppliers, the S.E.C. contends.
Those overstatements add up to $12 million, or $10 million after adjusting for the 1985 charge. The S.E.C., however, contended that pretax profits were overstated by just $6.7 million. S.E.C. officials declined to explain the discrepancy.
By 1987, the consumer electronics business in New York was plagued by intense competition. Crazy Eddie nonetheless reported profits of $20.6 million before taxes. The S.E.C. said that figure was ''tens of millions'' too high, and the correct figure should have been a ''substantial loss,'' but it did not provide a figure. The agency said numerous documents were destroyed to keep them from investigators and from the new management that won a proxy fight for control of the company in late 1987. Accusations of Tampering
The S.E.C. said some employees, acting at the direction of Sam E. Antar, Eddie's cousin and the company's chief financial officer, wrote phony documents and concealed others. The total effect was to understate by $28.5 million, or 36 percent, the amount of money the company owed to suppliers. Inventories were also overstated by millions more, the S.E.C. charged, with some of the doctoring done by employees in a motel room.
It is not easy for auditors to detect fraud by management, and some of the actions described by the S.E.C. would seem to have been inspired by a desire to fool the auditors from Peat Marwick Main & Co. No auditors were named as defendants in the complaint filed yesterday, although Peat Marwick has been sued by shareholders and by Crazy Eddie's current management.
Auditors are not supposed to count every box, or review every bill, and it is not hard to see how an 8 percent inventory overstatement might slip by in 1985. But the misstatements were much larger in 1986, and larger still in 1987, if the S.E.C. accusations are true. It is not as easy to understand why Peat auditors failed to uncover any evidence of fraud in those years. Peat officials declined yesterday to comment on any aspect of the case.Continue reading the main story


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10 local non-profits to receive holiday delivery
In an effort to make the holidays brighter for hundreds of Alaskans, Chugach Electric Association is donating 450 turkeys to 10 local non-profits. Chugach’s holiday turkey delivery will occur this week as part of an annual tradition. This is the 17th year Chugach has donated turkeys to local non-profits to help fill the need for holiday meals and food baskets throughout the local area. The turkeys are purchased from Carrs/Safeway and distributed to the charities.


text: Haute couture meets magic thanks to the Winx. After the prestigious Milan Fashion Week ’22, the most famous fairies of the small screen and flagship of Made in Italy worldwide, landed on the red carpet of the eagerly awaited Rome Film Festival, this year in its 17th edition. On 20 October for the first time, the six haute couture dresses inspired by the six Winx fairies, born from the extraordinary collaboration for the 18th anniversary of Winx Club, paraded at the Ferrari Fashion School, where the students created the dresses supported by the young twin designers of the Feleppa brand, Francesca and Veronica Feleppa. Thanks to this initiative, the global phenomenon Winx Club, a symbol of pop culture thrilling entire generations, has thus also become an inspiration for new voices in the world of fashion. The students of Ferrari Fashion School demonstrated their great skills and expertise studying in detail the personalities and distinctive features of each of the six heroines, delivering real haute couture dresses created with the utmost care in the choice of materials and attention to detail, drawing the spectators into the universe of the style icons of the Winx Club.


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Hyundai changed the headlight design on its 2019 Tucson crossover SUV midway through the model year, earning high-trim versions of the small ‘ute a Top Safety Pick+ award.
The Audi Q3 has been recalled to fix a turn signal warning light that may not work correctly.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has embraced in-car commerce with the introduction of its Uconnect Market system. The automaker revealed the latest in-car connectivity feature Monday, which will allow FCA vehicle owners to shop, pay for fuel, and even reserve a table at a restaurant from their cars.
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Yahoo Inc. YHOO -2.65% Yahoo! Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $39.16 -1.06 -2.65% Dec. 11, 2013 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 20.66M AFTER HOURS $39.30 +0.14 +0.37% Dec. 11, 2013 7:59 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 254,878 P/E Ratio 32.63 Market Cap $40.80 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $406,873 12/09/13 Tech Giants Band Together for ... 12/05/13 Mayer's Vanity Fair Treatment ... 11/26/13 The Morning Download: NSA Reve... More quote details and news » bid an abrupt and awkward farewell to former Chief Executive Carol Bartz last year, and the parting didn't come cheap either.
Yahoo disclosed in a regulatory filing Friday that Ms. Bartz, who was removed in September after less than three years at the helm, received $3 million in cash severance as a result of her firing. Yahoo also gave her accelerated vesting of nearly 802,000 company shares in the form of restricted stock units and options.
Yahoo shares closed Friday at $15.57, up 4 cents.
Ms. Bartz also received a cash incentive bonus that was guaranteed in her employment contract of nearly $478,000, plus a payment for unused vacation days, Yahoo said.
Last year, Ms. Bartz's total compensation was nearly $16.4 million.
A veteran technology executive who had spent more than a dozen years as CEO at design software maker Autodesk Inc., ADSK -2.22% Autodesk Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $45.75 -1.04 -2.22% Dec. 11, 2013 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3.12M AFTER HOURS $45.74 -0.01 -0.02% Dec. 11, 2013 4:42 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 21,677 P/E Ratio 40.85 Market Cap $10.56 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $313,082 11/21/13 Morning MoneyBeat: Dow Stalls ... 10/09/13 CEOs Talking About the U.S. St... 10/08/13 What Six Big Companies are Say... More quote details and news » Ms. Bartz took the CEO role at Yahoo in January 2009. She was tasked with mounting a dramatic turnaround at the faded Internet giant, an effort that ultimately was seen to have fallen short in many ways.
Ms. Bartz preemptively notified Yahoo employees of her firing in September before it was publicly announced in a blunt email to employees, and later complained publicly about the way her dismissal had been handled by Yahoo's board.
Yahoo hired former eBay Inc. EBAY -1.06% eBay Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $51.37 -0.55 -1.06% Dec. 11, 2013 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7.94M AFTER HOURS $51.49 +0.12 +0.23% Dec. 11, 2013 7:53 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 287,904 P/E Ratio 24.23 Market Cap $67.22 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $491,936 12/04/13 B-Schools Vie for Startup Crow... 12/02/13 HEARD ON THE STREET: Resetting... 11/27/13 EBay President Dials Profits W... More quote details and news » executive Scott Thompson in January to succeed Ms. Bartz.
Mr. Thompson is paid a base salary of $1 million, and is eligible for a $2 million annual bonus. He received stock grants this year worth $16 million, in addition to "make whole" pay intended to compensate him for bonus and stock awards left behind at eBay.
Ms. Bartz isn't the only high-ranking Yahoo executive to leave the company recently. Yahoo announced the departure of Blake Irving, its former chief product officer, earlier this month.
Mr. Irving, who will officially leave Yahoo on April 30, was entitled to total severance of nearly $4.9 million in cash and stock as of the end of last year, Yahoo said in its regulatory filing.
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Jan 22, 2017 at 11:38 | Source: PTI
Japanese carmaker Toyota is expecting its vehicle sales in India to remain flat during the current year mainly on account of uncertainty in the market post demonetisation.
Jan 17, 2017 at 13:17 | Source: Reuters
Trump has threatened to slap a 35 percent tax on vehicles imported from Mexico, criticising foreign automakers from BMW to Toyota Motor Corp for building vehicles in Mexico for the US market.
Jan 16, 2017 at 16:54 | Source: Reuters
United States President-elect Donald Trump warned German car companies he would impose a border tax of 35 percent on vehicles imported to the US market, a plan that drew sharp rebukes from Berlin and hit automakers' shares.
Jan 14, 2017 at 09:52 | Source: PTI
The chief of US aerospace giantLockheed Martin met today with Donald Trump, promising tocreate thousands of jobs and bring down costs of the stealthfighter the president-elect lambasted.
Jan 13, 2017 at 17:00 | Source: Moneycontrol.com
Keeping the young as its primary target Maruti Suzuki, Indias largest passenger car maker, on Friday launched the much-awaited premium urban compact vehicle Ignis priced at an introductory price of Rs 4.59 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).
Jan 13, 2017 at 13:54 | Source: PTI
Takata is at the center of a massive recall of inflators that can explode in a crash, spewing metal shrapnel inside the vehicles.
Jan 09, 2017 at 20:42 | Source: Reuters
President-elect Donald Trump praised Ford Motor Co and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV on Monday for announcing new investments in the United States after he made US auto production a key part of his campaign.
Jan 06, 2017 at 15:56 | Source: Reuters
Kaeser made the comments after Trump singled out Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp and threatened to slap punitive tariffs on its Mexico-built cars.
Jan 06, 2017 at 15:50 | Source: Reuters
Trump has criticised US companies like General Motors and Ford Motor Co which manufacture abroad, accusing them of costing US jobs. On Thursday he took on Toyota, warning the world's largest automaker that it would face a "big border tax" if it exported Mexico-built cars to the US market.
Jan 06, 2017 at 12:50 | Source: PTI
Toyota Kirloskar Motor Director and Senior Vice President (Marketing and Sales) N Raja said, the sales figure in December was the highest in last five years.


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Since Ritchie Bros. received the ‘green light’ from the US Department of Justice at the end of May to complete its acquisition of online equipment auction giant IronPlanet, its customers have already began using the combined multichannel platforms to their advantage. Through one point of contact – the Ritchie Bros. Territory Manager – businesses that want to sell equipment now have more powerful solutions at their fingertips.
Different needs, different ways to sell
Ritchie Bros. has combined the best of both companies and now offers a one-stop, multichannel experience for its customers. Depending on the asset itself, the situation and the individual needs of the equipment owner, three main product offerings are now offered at Ritchie Bros. – each with its own unique benefits:
• Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers live unreserved onsite auctions, with online bidding
• IronPlanet’s frequently featured online auctions with exclusive IronClad
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• EquipmentOne / IronPlanet Daily Marketplace, daily online equipment marketplaces (will be combined later in the year)
With more than 485,000 combined asset transactions around the world in 2016 (Ritchie Bros. and IronPlanet together), Ritchie Bros. can offer businesses more valuable consultation and disposition services when equipment needs to be turned into cash. Ritchie Bros.’ Territory Managers are working closely with businesses of all sorts and sizes, consulting which solutions best fit their needs, even with clever package combinations between multiple platforms to get the best possible returns. In the words of Ritchie Bros. CEO, Ravi Saligram: “Together, we are combining decades of industry knowledge and trust – providing customers from around the world with choices and platforms to sell, buy and list equipment when, where and how they want, whether onsite or online.”
Ritchie Bros. live unreserved auctions in Dubai continue to be an extremely powerful place to buy and sell equipment. The team is currently gearing up for its next live auction in Dubai, which will be held on September 19 & 20, 2017. To learn more about the various options to sell and buy equipment contact the Ritchie Bros. Dubai office at +971.4.8120600.


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Did Business Week "lie" about the ad world's most famous liar?
The New York ad agency that created the smooth-tongued Joe Isuzu sure thinks so. And Della Femina, MacNamee WCRS has placed a scathing full-page ad in today's Wall Street Journal that could make even Joe Isuzu blush.
The ad will run under the headline, "Business Week Admires Joe Isuzu So Much That in Their July 12th Issue, They 'Lied' About Isuzu's Sales."
Not surprisingly, Business Week says that it is Della Femina that is twisting the truth.
Ad to Cost $82,000
But Jerry Della Femina, the outspoken chairman of the agency, is livid over a recent article in Business Week that said pitchman Joe Isuzu "hasn't been very good at selling cars." That's why Della Femina's agency is spending $82,000 for an ad that he says will vindicate Isuzu's use of the lying pitchman.
"Business Week is guilty of very shoddy reporting," said Della Femina in a telephone interview. "The fact is, Joe Isuzu is very successful at selling cars. If sales were down, heck, we'd get rid of him."
The ad firm created Joe Isuzu nearly 3 1/2 years ago as TV's fibbing car salesman whose spoken lies are corrected by captions appearing below him on the screen. Since then, actor David Leisure has gone on to co-star in NBC-TV's "Empty Nest."
The Business Week article says that Isuzu passenger car sales fell 38% in 1988 compared to the year before. But it makes no reference to Isuzu's improved truck sales in 1988--which account for nearly 80% of all Isuzu sales. "If Business Week had wanted to be fair," the ad says, "they would have reported the Isuzu truck sales were up 4% in 1988." During that same period, double-digit drops were reported for truck sales of rivals Toyota, Nissan, Mazda and Mitsubishi.
The ad, which Della Femina said he wrote himself, concludes: "Does knocking Joe Isuzu unfairly sell magazines? You're going to have to ask Business Week about that one."
Malarkey, Business Week says to that. "The most you could argue is that we made an honest mistake," said Stephen Shepard, editor-in-chief of Business Week, which also this week printed a detailed letter to the editor from the agency. "This ad seems grossly out of proportion to whatever offense there is," Shepard said. "They're grandstanding."
Because Business Week is "unfairly accused of lying" in the ad, Shepard said his magazine refused a request by the agency to run the ad in this week's issue. Although the ad appears in today's Journal, the newspaper did require several changes to it. Among other things, quotation marks had to be placed around the word "lied" in the headline.
The Journal would not comment on its decision. "We don't discuss our advertisers or their ads," said Roger May, deputy director of corporate relations for Dow Jones. "It's up to them if they want to talk about it."
Fortune magazine is also considering the ad for its next issue as are the advertising trade publications, Adweek and Advertising Age, said Della Femina. "There's nothing worse than winning," said Della Femina, "but being told by people that you're losing."
But one advertising consultant said that Joe Isuzu may very well be a loser. "Joe Isuzu has created a larger marketing problem for Isuzu then he solved," said Jim Hillson, senior analyst at the Los Angeles advertising research firm Phase One. "Sure, he brought Isuzu lots of name recognition, he's also given Isuzu the image of a less than trustworthy company."


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On Thursday, October 11, 2018, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) filed the rate case for Market Dominant products with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). Set to go into effect on January 27, 2019, the new rates represent about a 2.5% overall increase over the current prices for mailing, or “Market Dominant” products.
Despite the headlines appearing on news websites, this isn’t “the biggest rate increase”. For many mailers the increase is lower than expected. While retail customers may have “sticker shock” on the 10% increase on stamps, the nickel increase allows the USPS to achieve the “simplicity of structure” of pricing. Plus, second ounce rates go down, flats pricing stays flat, as do postcards.


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Fruit Roll-Ups Had to Tell People Not to Eat the Plastic Wrap
The makers of Fruit Roll-Ups had to clarify that you CANNOT eat the plastic wrapper they come with. There’s been a rumor circulating online that those wrappers are edible, but they’re not.
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When the bitcoin price was $60,000 everyone was talking about it and many were lining up to buy it. Since bitcoin has been in a bear market, nobody around you is talking about it and a lot less people want to buy it.
by Andrew Howard on 04 Sep 2023
The psychology of investing is truly fascinating. Human beings feel more comfortable doing something when everyone else is too. It may feel comfortable to buy when everybody else is buying, but as Nathan Rothschild is credited for saying:
"The time to buy is when there's blood in the streets."
Is bitcoin a bubble? Is bitcoin just a hyped-up fad that's doomed to fail? For many, it may feel like that after a huge drop in price. But bitcoin has been rapidly rising and falling since its inception.
Take a look at these older headlines claiming that bitcoin would become a thing of the past, and ask yourself: What if you ignored the fear, uncertainty and doubt, and just invested consistently over time?
BITCOIN PRICE: $746
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BITCOIN PRICE: $3,553
BITCOIN PRICE: $13,709
Another great resource is "Bitcoin Obituaries", which is a repository of every single article since bitcoin's inception that claimed bitcoin is either "dead" or "doomed to fail".
Historically speaking, with any new technology there have always been concerns and naysayers. Even with the telephone, the automobile, and the Internet:
Despite the criticisms bitcoin has received in the media, especially in its early days, the claims of it "failing" have so far all turned out to be proven false. That being said, bitcoin can certainly be volatile. It can seem scary to buy and hold something so new, with the price constantly fluctuating and so many concerning headlines published over the years.
If you DO think that bitcoin is going to fail though, then why would the following people own it? What do you know that they don't?
- CEO of Apple
- Co-founder of Apple
- Co-founder of LinkedIn
- Former CEO of Google
- Former President of PayPal
- Co-founder of PayPal
- Former CEO of Morgan Stanely
- Founder of the world's largest hedge fund
(For a list of over 100 notable figures who own bitcoin, such as those mentioned above, check out TheyOwnBitcoin.com)
But, is bitcoin too volatile to be a form of money? Well, here's the reality...
Bitcoin is NOT money...yet. Bitcoin is an EMERGING form of money, born out of the free market. Historically speaking - looking at all other forms of money that have existed in the past - in order for something to be "fully monetized", there must be three key characteristics, each in this order:
1. Store of value: Stating the obvious, in order for something to be money, people must assign value to it.
2. Medium of exchange: Because people assign value to a form of money, they’re willing to exchange it for other goods and services which are valuable to them.
3. Unit of account: Money then serves as a tool to denominate how much value a certain good or service has.
Bitcoin is currently in the process of step #1, becoming a store of value. It would simply be impossible for bitcoin to go from being born in 2008 to becoming world reserve currency without any volatility along the way.
That being said, the word "volatile" often has a negative connotation, but volatility can go both ways - down AND up. Let's take a look at how "volatile" bitcoin has been in the past...
Bitcoin went up to $29, then crashed to $2.60.
Bitcoin went up to $1,180, then crashed down to $200 in 2015.
Bitcoin went up to $19,000, then crashed down to $3,200 in 2018.
Bitcoin went up to $67,500, then crashed down to $15,800 in 2022.
This is why it's historically been the better option to simply buy and hold bitcoin, rather than try to time the market and trade it. Bitcoin can be seen as a long-term savings vehicle and not a short-term gamble in hope of profits.
The graph below sums up how the average person who does NOT understand bitcoin could feel during these fluctuations:
Notice a common trend? Bitcoin's price still inevitably continues to rise despite the fear, uncertainty, and doubt. Yes, bitcoin is indeed "volatile", but again - volatility can go both ways... in this case, the price has historically trended upwards, as more people all over the world continue to allocate capital into it, as well as the newly issued supply of bitcoin being cut in half every four years (known as the "halving"). If you think bitcoin is volatile, then you must really not like fiat currencies! (see Hanke-Krus Hyperinflation Table below)
Yes, bitcoin's short-term price movements can seem alarming to those who haven't taken the time to learn about it enough to have conviction. Those who do, however, realize that bitcoin is a necessary invention which solves a major problem humanity has faced for thousands of years: Bitcoin is the separation of money & state.
Ultimately, the value proposition remains the same, with the price gradually moving up over time as more people all over the world realize why bitcoin is valuable... despite large upswings and pullbacks:


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Posts Tagged ‘ Altia Systems ’
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Altia Systems Inc. a video and web collaboration solution provider, has raised fresh funding from Naya Ventures, an early-stage venture fund. As part of the investment, Dayakar Puskoor, managing director, Naya Ventures, has joined the board of directors of the company. The company has also disclos...


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May 17, 2023
SEOUL – Major companies in South Korea witnessed their operating profit nearly halve on-year in the first quarter this year, as the country’s key semiconductor industry struggles from its worst downturn, a corporate tracker said Tuesday.
According to corporate data research institute CEO Score, the combined operating profits of 309 of the top 500 Korean companies by sales marked 25.8 trillion won ($19.3 billion) in the January-March period this year – a plunge by 48.8 percent from 50.5 trillion won in the first quarter last year.
CEO Score said the figure recorded a decline for a third consecutive quarter. The combined operating income in the third quarter last year declined 11.4 percent on-year, and 69.1 percent in the fourth quarter.
Combined sales, on the other hand, edged up 6.8 percent to record 700.7 trillion won in the first quarter of this year.
For the severe drop in the combined operating income, the corporate tracker attributed to the poor performance of Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, the world’s No. 1 and No. 2 memory chip makers, respectively.
As the global chip market is suffering from serious slump in demand and falling prices, Samsung saw its worst quarterly operating profit in 14 years in the first three months of this year. It posted 640.2 billion won, dipping 96.6 percent on-year, as its sales fell 18.1 percent to 63.75 trillion won.
SK hynix also suffered a record loss of 3.4 trillion won in the first quarter of the year, falling into the red for a second consecutive quarter.
Drops in other industries also contributed to the fall in the combined operating profit. Operating profit of 11 out of 19 industries decreased, according to the corporate tracker.
Information technology and electronics fell in to the red, logging an operating loss of 794.1 billion won in the first quarter this year. The industry had reported 20.9 trillion won in operating profit in the first quarter last year.
Petrochemicals witnessed the second largest drop of 41.4 percent to record an operating loss of 3.4 trillion won, as the logistics, pharmaceuticals and steel industries also landed in the red.
On the other hand, cars and automotive parts saw operating profits jump 81.6 percent on-year to record 7.96 trillion won.


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Honda didn't just unveil a slick-looking EV coupe concept at the Tokyo Motor Show. It also had a robot... though it's definitely not the kind of robot you'd expect from the company. Its RoboCas Concept is a super-cute cargo bot that can follow you around while hauling whatever you like in its large, customizable carrying space. Basically, it's an autonomous cooler with giant eyes. Honda imagines people using it to open pop-up curry shops or haul pumpkins home from the farm. We could see this being incredibly helpful if you don't have a car, or if you'd rather not drive just to haul some food and drinks to the park for a picnic. There's just one problem: it's not clear that RoboCas will move past the concept stage.
The transportation giant hasn't said whether or not RoboCas will go into production, and The Verge notes that the prototype shown at the Tokyo Motor Show was stationary and had a Windows tablet unceremoniously stuck to its back. We don't know the full capabilities of the robo-cooler, let alone whether or not it would be affordable as a production model. All the same, the idea is intriguing. Honda isn't just planning for a transition to self-driving cars -- it's arguing that robotics can eliminate the need for any car in certain situations.


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July 6, 2020
June 30, 2020
Companies like Apple and Google have recognized that whether an employee has a degree, had no impact in terms of the quality of the employee. As such, people are starting to look to alternative educational options, rather than the traditional ultra expensive route of going to college. Some of the new options include online courses, …
February 27, 2020
February 26, 2020
Does Wix, WordPress or Shopify mean the end of web design as a job? Website builders like Wix and Squarespace have been around for a long time, but web designers and web professionals are still high in demand. I personally don’t see these tools as competition, just the next evolution in website building tools we …
February 26, 2018
Schools around the world are now teaching code in the classroom. But for many years before, web design was taught in forward thinking schools, using web design software like Dreamweaver and Frontpage. Now, schools are discovering that web design is also the best way to teach code! Web languages: Visual code that is used in …
February 22, 2018
Schools are starting to realize that a code curriculum should be real-world focused. That means students come away with both conceptual, and practical coding skills. Unfortunately, many courses/solutions offered today only offer conceptual learning. … There are no jobs in block based coding, or in using code snippets to move a character around a screen. …
January 1, 2017
Just wishing everyone a Happy New Year! We hit a milestone this year, where students have answered over 1 million code questions on StudioWeb! Much more to come with the soon to be released StudioWeb 3.1, and a new Python course! Thanks! Stefan
August 1, 2016
Is it bad to shamelessly promote my ‘easy as apple pie’ book, on beginners web design on my own site?
January 28, 2016
Like with all the new Studioweb courses, they come packed with quiz questions, code challenges and assignments.
January 8, 2016
Luminosity claims its’ games helps to train the brain; well, the government seems to have had a few issues with that claim. But one thing is sure, learning a new language is proven to have many brain building benefits.


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By David Shepardson
(Reuters) – Ford Motor Co CEO Jim Farley said on Thursday Chinese electric vehicle makers are its main rivals in the sector, but the company has hurdles competing on cost at a smaller scale.
“I think we see the Chinese as the main competitor, not GM or Toyota,” Farley said at the Morgan Stanley Sustainable Finance Summit. “The Chinese are going to be the powerhouse.”
China, the world’s largest auto market, has some of the best battery technology and dominates EV production, Farley said. He cited BYD, Geely, Great Wall, Changan SAIC as among the “winners” among Chinese automakers.
To beat Chinese automakers, Farley said Ford needs distinctive branding, which he believes it has, or lower costs. “But how do you beat on them on cost if their scale is five times yours?” Farley said. “The Europeans let (Chinese automakers) in – so now they are selling in high volume in Europe.”
Ford said in February it would invest $3.5 billion to build an electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan using technology from Chinese partner CATL to produce lower-cost batteries.
The U.S. Treasury must still issue rules later this year that will determine whether the Ford SAIC arrangement violates a prohibition on “Foreign Entities of Concern” that is part of a $7,500 EV tax credit. Ford has faced criticism from Senator Marco Rubio for the plan.
“We have a decision to make here in the US,” Farley said. “If battery localizing their technology in the US gets caught up in politics – you know the customer is really going to get screwed.”
General Motors CEO Mary Barra this week made her first visit to China since the start of the pandemic, as GM struggles with a sales slump there.
Ford is cutting costs in China where its sales have been sliding since 2016. It is restructuring operations there to turn one of its joint ventures into an export hub for low-cost commercial electric and combustion vehicles.
In January, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said of Chinese automakers: They work the hardest and they work the smartest. … And so we guess, there is probably some company out of China as the most likely to be second to Tesla.”
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Richard Chang)


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Sign up to i-Travel York’s BIG Challenge
A new city-wide travel challenge which encourages York businesses and their employees to consider different modes of sustainable transport starts next month.
The i-Travel York BIG Challenge starts on Monday 1 June and will offer prizes to those who clock up the most journeys during the six-week period, plus weekly prize draws for taking part.
York residents are also encouraged to take part and participants can use any form of sustainable transport from walking, cycling, using public transport, car sharing or even scooting during the challenge - even working at home (and therefore not having to travel to the office at all) counts.
Registration for the challenge is now open. Registering is simple via the BIG Challenge website
The BIG Challenge is being run by Sustrans, the sustainable transport charity, in partnership with i-Travel York.
I-Travel York has already helped thousands of residents and businesses change their travel habits to more sustainable modes of transport.
David Short, i-Travel Programme Manager, said: “Last year’s feedback was overwhelmingly positive. We supported even more people to walk, cycle, use public transport, or car share to get around York and as a result encouraged 27 per cent of those who took part in our personal travel planning exercise to increase their levels of cycling and walking and 18 per cent to increase their bus use. We hope the BIG Challenge will encourage even more people consider changing their travel habits.”
Bryony Holroyd, Challenge Co-ordinator at Sustrans, said: “For the first time, York’s challenge covers all sustainable travel modes - not just cycling. Instead of rush hour traffic jams and parking problems, people can discover how to make their commute less stressful, save cash, get active and have fun!”
I-Travel York’s FREE online journey planner is on-hand to help residents, businesses and visitors get around York more easily during the challenge.
Available at www.itravelyork.info and accessible via smartphones, tablets and desktop computers, the planner provides the best walking, cycling, public transport and driving routes in or through York at the touch of a button.
Residents can even sign up to MyTravelYork on the website to receive information updates, promotional offers and the latest news on their travel options. For more information follow @itravelyork or like at www.facebook.com/itravelyork
The BIG York Challenge is supported by the council’s i-Travel York initiative, made possible by £4.6 million of government funding which the council successfully bid for in 2011. The success of the project also contributed to another award from the government of £1million last year to sustain the i-Travel York programme to March 2016.
The campaign specifically targets the northern quadrant of the city where there are high numbers of short car trips to employment and retail destinations.


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Tag Archives: photos
UMi kick off the weekend with some official photos of the all new UMi Iron. Keep reading for the first official UMi Iron photos.
Once again we see Oppo’s bezel-less phone, but now we have had a good look does a bezel-less phone really make a narrower phone?
Real photos of the Ulefone Be Pure have been published showing what we can expect in the looks department, but does the design make up for the specification choices.
No.1 get back to their clone roots with a knock off version of the Samsung Galaxy S6 which they say they are ready to launch!
Motorola, OnePlus and Xiaomi. Each of these phone makers have embraced the use of bamboo on their phones, with the latest device being the Xiaomi Mi Note bamboo edition to launch.
ZTE’s worst kept secret is the Nubia Z9, already we have seen the standard phone model in various leaks, not those are followed up by photos of a phablet variant.
JiaYu have released more official photos of their JiaYu S3 plus a few more confirmed details of the specifications inside.
Elephone’s first step in to the living room is the launch of the very interesting and rather unique Elephone TV Box with built-in security camera. Here are the first real photos of the home media/security device.
Xiaomi Mi Box owners and Mi TV owners who want to enjoy a little gaming are now finally able to as the Xiaomi Gamepad begins shipping to lucky customers in China.
First real photos of the UMi Zero published and what do you think of that $250 retail price?
The camera centric Vivo Xshot goes on sale in China today at 3498 Yuan, here are unboxing of the phone from sources with early hands on access.
JiaYu have posted some HD photos of their new JiaYu G6 phablet, but the bad news is we won’t see the G6 in stores until the end of the month!
Take the styling which made the Huawei Ascend P6 so successful and update the display, hardware and other features to current standards and you have the Huawei Ascend P7. More details and photos.
Here are the first real photos of the all new JIaYu G6 octacore smartphone in 3 colours.
Photos samples taken with the main 13 mega-pixel camera on the latest iOcean G7 phablet.
We get our hands on with the Oppo Find 7 (both the 1080 and 2K models) we also have plenty of video too which we will upload later.
Finally an iPhone I could own! These leaked photos of a purported iPhone 6 come from Chinese factories and show off some very nice design improvements.
First leaked photos show the rear of the Huawei Sophia phone which will boast 4G LTE support!
Reports that the HTC M8, or HTC One 2, could look similar to the current flagship phone are confirmed once again by more alleged leaked photos.
Gionee officially launched the Elife E7 mini with Oppo N1 style rotating main camera in India a few weeks back, since then nothing much about the phone has been said so we thought we would revisit the smart Mediatek powered device with some hands on photos and spec details.


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Thursday, May 24, 2018
Latin America edition
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Cape Gooseberry, a little-known berry produced in Latin America
Cape gooseberries, which are originally from Peru but are mainly produced in Colombia, are not very well-known. Cape gooseberries, or Golden berries, can be confused with the orange tomatillo or cherry tomato, even though cape gooseberry grows inside a wrapper and on a smaller plant.Those who have tried this…..
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Ecuador’s granadilla export season begins
The high season of Ecuadorian granadilla will start in June and it will last until December. Its main export destination will be Canada, a country where this tropical fruit is very appreciated and where market prices are good. There is also a big demand for this fruit in Hong Kong and Europe, even though it’s…..
Camposol has a higher Q1 turnover thanks to blueberries
Camposol sold more blueberries at a higher average price. They also sold more shrimp at a stable price. This resulted in a higher turnover for the company in the first quarter of the financial year. The results for avocados were disappointing when compared to last year. It should, however, be noted that the…..
Brazil’s agriculture sector bearing the brunt of rising fuel prices
Brazil’s agriculture sector is one of the hardest hit by the rising diesel prices. This hike has provoked a nationwide trucker strike, according to an analysis from a leading university released on Wednesday. The University of Sao Paulo’s College of Agriculture (Esalq) said that as compared to early 2017,…..
Honduras to make its first melon shipment to Mexico
Authorities of the National Service for Agrifood Health and Safety (SENASA) of the Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG) confirmed that Mexico had approved the entry of Honduran melons.This approval and official notification of the Mexican government was received by the Director General of Senasa,…..
Lime supplies starting to hit their peak in Mexico
After several months of limited supplies, lime volumes are now steadily increasing each week. Warmer temperatures are helping production move along, and suppliers are now beginning to see a surplus. This is a fairly typical pattern each year, however the peak in production has been shifted later this…..
Guatemalan farmers occupy plantation formerly owned by drug traffickers
Guatemala’s southern coast is in a constant conflict caused by the expansion of agro-industry. Across the region, small farmers struggle to feed their families as companies buy up more and more land for export crops. These conflicts have continued into the 21st century with the massive expansion of sugar cane…..
Mexico: Pineapple producers seize the Sedarpe to demand the release of resources
Since the Secretary of Finance and Planning (Sefiplan) only approved 12 million of a total of 50 million required to carry out a pineapple cultivation project in the southern zone, producers from approximately 43 cooperatives took over the facilities of the Secretariat of Agricultural, Rural and Fishing…..
Colombia: Good times for pineapples
Santander and Norte de Santander have the largest area devoted to producing pineapples in Colombia, with 12,027 hectares, i.e. 47% of the national production. The departments of Meta, Arauca, and Casanare have 5,760 hectares, which yield 31.5 tons per hectare.The Minister of Agriculture, Juan Guillermo Zuluaga…..
Spanish queen visits organic banana plantation in the Dominican Republic
Queen Letizia of Spain arrived in Haiti’s capital on Tuesday, May 22, after concluding a visit to the Dominican Republic to promote cooperation projects financed with the support of her country.Prior to her arrival in Haiti, Letizia visited the Dominican Republic, where she toured an organic banana plantation…..
Superfood berry producer ready for new markets
Superfoods, especially berries like goji, sea buckthorn, aronia, Cornelian cherries and organic blueberries, have been all over the news in recent years and, what some people may not be aware of, is that Greece is one of the few countries in Europe who are able to produce all of these berries.Yannis…..
Global Focus Melons/Pineapple
Queen Victoria pineapple producer expands with NFC juice line
For fifty years Wegro has been growing pineapples in Hluhluwe, northern KwaZulu-Natal as a family concern, always growing the Queen Victoria pineapple, a variety grown in few other parts of the world like India, Australia and former or current French Indian Ocean territories like Mauritius or Réunion.Wegro…..
Possible import tariff hikes for fresh products
India hits back at US anti-dumping duties
America recently decided to impose anti-dumping duties on the stainless steel flanges imported from China and India. This was done after it found in its preliminary probe that both these countries had provided subsidies to the exporters. In response, India wants to institute retaliatory tariffs on a list of…..
Increasingly higher international demand for Colombian fruit
Colombian fruits are taking more and more orders from abroad. At least that was the case at the MacFrut 2018 fair, one of the most important fruit and vegetable fairs in the world, which was recently held in Italy.There, more than 70 European and Asian companies made orders to Colombian entrepreneurs in the…..
Yurun Watermelon expands marketing channels
«Good market conditions for watermelons – April to May»
«Every watermelon production area in China began to bring large volumes of watermelon to the market in April. Overall, the traders were pleased with the opening conditions on the watermelon market. The market is clearly in better condition than in previous years. Those conditions have continued into May.» This…..
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No pesticides and 95% less water – the indoor farming revolution
Indoor farming is not really that new, the most prevalent example being that of greenhouses. A New York based company is taking the concept to another level. Bowery, which launched just last year, has started up their concept of vertical indoor farming by acquiring warehouses in urban areas and turning them…..
Solid crop of Georgia peaches are welcome sight after 2017
Georgia peaches are off to a good start.“We don’t have an overwhelming early crop of Georgia peaches but we do have a steady supply,” says Duke Lane III of Lane Southern Orchards in Fort Valley, GA, who notes the first picking of Georgia peaches happened on May 11th. “We expect to hit more of a normal crop…..
California cherry growers feel relieved
Chinese inspections of US fruit are back to normal
For the past four weeks, the China Inspection and Quarantine (CIQ) has been detaining all US fruit shipments for seven days upon arrival into China to test for pesticide residues. However, as of yesterday inspections of new arrivals into Beijing and Shanghai Pudong are being released the same day according to…..
Launching premium variety of apples
IG International joins hands with Mr Apple
Leading fresh fruit importer IG International has entered into an association with Mr Apple, a major global apple exporter from New Zealand, to launch DIVA, a premium variety of apples into the Indian subcontinent. Deliciously sweet and crunchy, the DIVA apple variant is naturally bright red in colour and high…..
André Boer, fresh produce buyer at Superunie:
«PlanetProof is forcing trade to become transparent»
The new label «On the way to PlanetProof» (previously known as Milieukeur) not only makes cultivation more sustainable. It also brings a new dynamic to the market. It is Superunie’s goal to make fresh fruit and vegetables 100% PlanetProof, or the equivalent thereof. By the end of the year, 50% of this must…..
UK: Spanish woman charged with smuggling drugs in fruit presser
A woman has been charged with importing drugs with a street value of €25 million into the UK from Mexico. She had the drugs hidden inside an industrial fruit-processing machine. Spanish national Olivia Anton-Altamirano allegedly smuggled 250 kg of cocaine and 9 kg of crystal meth hidden inside a specially…..
‘Like a huge bee with wheels and an arm’
BrambleBee robotic pollinator
Apples, oranges, berries… For these foods we can thank bees and their extraordinary pollinating powers. Unfortunately, to show our appreciation, humans are killing off bees in staggering numbers—destroying their habitats and poisoning them with pesticides. And at the same time, our population is skyrocketing,…..
A general overview of agricultural production in Turkey
The Turkish Association of Chambers of Agriculture Chairman, Semsi Bayraktar: “The growers are the core of this country. There is a population of 81 million, 5 million immigrants and 40 million tourists annually visiting the country and agricultural production is responsible for feeding them all whilst…..
A fungus could be the key
Australian researchers working on ways to produce better looking bananas
James Cook University scientists Dr Tobin Northfield and honours student Amy McGuire will use a fungus found in soil to combat rust thrips.“Rust thrips are tiny insects that feed on leaves and developing bananas. This produces a rust-coloured scarring that becomes more apparent as the banana grows. The rust…..
South Africa: Eastern Cape thieves loot moving pineapple truck
A group of thieves in the Eastern Cape looted a pineapple truck while it was on the move. Some people are not averse to grabbing a «freebie» when they see an overturned truck. But others are obviously not even waiting for the truck to come to a standstill. A driver in the Eastern Cape filmed three men clinging…..
«The easiest way to consume fresh produce anywhere»
“The company processes and serves all kinds of fresh fruit and vegetables, such as apple, pineapple, persimmon, watermelon, pumpkin, onion, carrot, lime, lemon, etc. It’s the easiest way for consumers to consume fresh fruit anywhere, with the natural flavour but without having to process, wash or cut the fruit…..
Iran: Apple export volumes officially at 700.000 tons
Ministry of Agriculture official, Shokrollah Hajivand, said this week that about 700,000 tons of high-quality apples have been exported in this Iranian fiscal year (March 20, 2017 to May 20, 2018). It is predicted however that this product will experience a considerable decline in terms of production in the…..
Colombia: Containerized exports increase
In the first quarter of 2018 Colombian containerized trade grew by 3.2% driven by a 10.2% increase in exports, according to a report by AP Moller Maersk, which also stated that Colombian agroindustry’s exports’ upward trend of the last two years was still alive.Banana, avocado, and pineapple exports increased…..
First inspection of Chilean lemons for US under the systems approach
On Saturday, May 19, professionals from the SAG-USDA / APHIS-ASOEX los Lirios Phytosanitary Inspection Site made the first inspection and approval of Chilean lemons for the USA under the systems approach.On April 6, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the United States Department of…..
Chile expects citrus exports to increase by 17% this season
The Citrus Committee of Chile-ASOEX, stated that they expected a 17% increase in citrus exports for the 2017-2018 season. According to the Committee’s forecasts the increase would be led by mandarins, which are expected to increase by 32% over the previous season, followed by oranges, and clementines.Mandarin…..
New GMO foods made for you
Pink pineapples, non-browining apples and potatoes that don’t bruise
There is a new generation of GMO foods, designed with the consumer in mind. They can give health benefits, increased flavour or longer shelf-life. Let us list some of them:Non-browning apples – Some people dislike eating fruit with flesh that has become discoloured. This never happens to Arctic apples. They…..
US-China trade truce: Agriculture, shipping and energy firms set to gain most
The truce in the US-China trade war is set to benefit the agriculture and energy sectors because of China’s commitment to significantly increase related imports from the US, say analysts. Shipping companies and port operators are also likely to profit from stronger freight demand and trade flows.Following two…..
Vermeulen Food Group going to ‘pick other fruit’
Flevofruit to stop growing fruit – auctioning off sorting lines
Many people are familiar with Flevofruit, thanks to their well-known juices, Flevosap. Flevofruit and Flevosap are part of the Vermeulen Food Group. This Dutch group will no longer be cultivating their own fruit. They are going to exclusively focus on making juices. This means Flevofruit’s extensive sorting…..
Record New Zealand kiwifruit exports boost overall exports in April
According to monthly trade data released today, a record month for kiwifruit exports helped push the country’s overall exports in April to the second-highest level ever. Kiwifruit exports surged 82 percent in April to $438 million, a new high. The rise in kiwifruit exports was the leading contributor to a 7.3…..
This ocean voyage is the longest straight-line journey on Earth
If you want to go on the longest boat ride in the world, but you don’t have a rudder, what route would you take? Five years ago, a reddit user proposed that traveling overseas from southern Pakistan to northeastern Russia would yield a trip of 32,090.3 kilometers: the longest straight-line journey on Earth.
Now, a team of scientists has finally proved him right.
Cops guard melons in eastern Taiwan
In order to protect a bumper crop of watermelons in eastern Taiwan’s Hualien County, local police have initiated «Operation Protect Melons,» to protect the gourds from potential thieves. Hualien’s Yuli Township is renowned for its sweet watermelons and this year -because of a mild spring- a bumper harvest is…..
As NAFTA talks are stalling
Mexico hopes to export more bananas to China
A Mexican trade delegation travelling to China this week expects to wrap up talks that will allow more banana, pork and sorghum exports to the Asian behemoth. The talks, which centre on health and safety protocols, come at a sensitive time for Mexico as negotiations over an updated North American Free Trade…..
«Reducing labour costs and improving crop growth in soft fruit»
Reducing labour costs and improving crop growth is an important topic for soft fruit growers around the world. Thanks to newly developed Latex Weed Mats, they have a new tool in doing so. Less is moreMade from natural latex and organic coconut fibre, Galuku’s Latex Weed Mats provide a protective layer around…..
Aussie grower Rod Dalton switched from avocados to figs
Fig farmer Rod Dalton claims he made the switch from ‘thirsty’ avocados to the forbidden fruit after a tip-off from a friend. It was the early 2000s and Dalton was predominately growing stone fruit as well as avocados and a few oranges. A friend, who was also a farmer, would come over regularly and we would…..
Spain: 6 months in prison and 2,000 Euro fine for illegal blueberry plantation
A farmer has been sentenced by the Huelva Criminal Court No. 1 to six months in prison and the payment of a 2,160 Euro fine for the unauthorised production of Snowchaser blueberries, whose intellectual property belongs to the University of Florida and is licensed to the company Rústicas del Guadalquivir.The…..
Victory Supermarket: record-high growth
VTB sells part of stake in Magnit for $1bln
Germany: Kaufland captures 1st mover advantage in Germany with roll-out of NCR self-checkoutsNCR Corporation, a global leader in omni-channel solutions, announced that its self-checkout solution is a key part of Kaufland’s store reinvention initiative. The German hypermarket chain embarked on a store…..
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Has the scheme helped reduce CO2 output?
* Who sold the most cars? * How much cash did the Government make? * Did scrappage lower CO2 and protect jobs?...
Yes. Many people expected, and wanted, the scrappage scheme to have a CO2 cap to ensure it had an environmental benefit, as well as helping the beleaguered motor industry.
While there are examples of cars with higher CO2 outputs being bought with scrappage cash the 32 Porsches for a start the scheme has had a beneficial environmental impact.
A recent report by the SMMT highlights that, on average, the CO2 emissions of cars bought with the incentive are 26.8% lower than those of the car being scrapped.
The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership reckons that means CO2 emissions have been reduced by 1-2% thanks to the scheme. A spokesman said: 'There has been a downward trend anyway, but scrappage and the recession have helped to accelerate this.'
Best pick-up trucks 2023
The best pick-up trucks are tough and dependable working vehicles that can serve as practical family cars at the weekend. These are the best pick-ups available in the UK (plus one electric model)
Jaguar I-Pace long-term test
When Jaguar launched the fully electric I-Pace, it had few rivals, but that’s certainly not the case any more. So, is it still worth considering? We’re living with one to find out


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Maruti will Benefit from Suzuki’s Tie-up with Toyota: RC Bhargava
Maruti chairman also says failure to keep up with changing tech will cost automakers dear
Mumbai: RC Bhargava, the chief of India’s top-selling carmaker Maruti Suzuki, has said the company will reap enormous benefits from its Japanese parent Suzuki Motor Corp’s partnership with Toyota Motor Corp, the blueprint of which is likely to be finalised soon. Toyota Motor and Suzuki Motor are moving towards a business partnership that will enable the two to explore cooperation in areas including environment and safety, IT and mutual supply of products and components.
In a note to shareholders in the company’s 2016-17 annual report, the Maruti Suzuki chairman stressed that new “technologies are going to be enormously important” in the years to come and failure to keep up with change could have “severe consequences” for any company.
“In India, we have to deal with issues of energy security, environmental protection and safety. The aspirations of the young, technologically savvy customers have to be met. Fortunately, our parent is fully aware of these needs,” Bhargava said.
Alluding to the government’s plan to promote use of electric vehicles, Bhargava said such policies would enhance the country’s energy security and, over time, lead to a cleaner environment.
Maruti Suzuki will not hold back on introducing EVs if people are ready to buy them, he said. “Meanwhile, efforts must continue to be made to enhance fuel efficiency. Hybrid technology is already resulting in significant improvements in fuel efficiency and is acceptable to customers,” Bhargava said. “We will continue to promote such vehicles as a step towards electric mobility.”
He said the lithium-ion battery pack plant being established by Suzuki in a joint venture with Toshiba and Denso will help reduce costs and promote hybrids and EVs.
Bhargava said the ‘Yaruki’ spirit or ‘Will to do it’ attitude would enable the company to reach its goal of selling 2 million cars by 2020, and then to achieve even higher sales.
With the parent company taking responsibility to increase production, Maruti Suzuki is focussing on expanding its sales, service and spare-part outlets. Kenichi Ayukawa, MD of Maruti Suzuki India says the business environment is becoming more and more uncertain and the organization has to be strengthened further to deal effectively with unanticipated disruptions.
ET ARCHIVES RC Bhargava made the remarks in co’s annual report for 2016-17


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EBay is compiling a list each year for the most popular items on everyone's favorite auction site. The list takes into account sales, as well as search trends, and this year the iPhone 4
topped the popularity contest with 1.63 million related items sold. A distant second came Barbie at 1.17 million sales, and, interestingly, there were a lot of items related to the World Cup 2010 - those cheap vuvuzelas had to come from somewhere, after all.
made it in the top 5, with 600 000 items sold. What's more impressive is that last year there have been no electronic gadgets on eBay's Top Shopped list, which comes to prove the exponential growth in popularity for Apple's finest this year. The iPhone 4 and Apple TV made it in the top 10 gadget list of Time
magazine, where the iPad occupied the first place for 2010.


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Daimler EV Investment, ZIEHL ABEGG Supervisory Board changes, LG Magna Powertrain agreement
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Siemens retrofits power transformers for wind farm in the Netherlands
Siemens Transformers Linz has been commissioned to retrofit two power transformers at the Fryslân wind farm using their transformer digitalization technology. Fryslân wind farm is a $588 million 380 MW near-shore wind project developed in the Frisian part of Ijsselmeer Lake near Breezanddijk, Netherlands.
Son and Daughter take over Supervisory Board at ZIEHL-ABEGG
Transformer cooling fan manufacturer ZIEHL-ABEGG has made two changes to its Supervisory Board, with leader Uwe Ziehl passing more responsibility on to his children. Uwe Ziehl has handed over the Chair of the Supervisory Board to his son Dennis Ziehl, while his daughter Sindia Ziehl takes over the Mandate within the Board of Supervisors.
India to upgrade rural power distribution networks
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of India have signed a $300 M loan to be used to upgrade rural power distribution networks to provide reliable electricity supply to consumers in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Daimler announces massive new investments in EVs, plus a fund to protect workers
German auto giant Daimler has announced a new plan to invest €70 billion ($85 billion) in “research and development and in property, plant and equipment” between 2021 and 2025, the lion’s share of which will be used “to accelerate the transformation towards electrification and digitization.”
Audi tests grid-optimised charging with e-tron models
Together with the company GISA and other partners, Audi has tested grid-serving charging in the German city of Chemnitz. Specifically, the participants created an overload scenario in the local power grid and tested the use of a smart meter gateway.
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LG and Magna enter agreement to expand powertrain electrification
LG and Magna have announced a joint venture to manufacture e-motors, inverters, onboard chargers and related e-drive systems. The new company, tentatively called LG Magna e-Powertrain, combines Magna’s experience in automotive manufacturing with LG’s expertise in component development for e-motors and inverters
Marelli open new facility for electric drivetrains in Cologne
Global Japanese automotive supplier Marelli will open a production facility for electric drivetrains in Cologne, Germany with the start of production is targeted for the first half of 2021.The new German facility will employ around 160 people and the production line for electric drivetrains will be installed over 18,000 sqm, with space for potential future expansion.


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I am not quite sure about you, but did you not think it strange that Wal-Mart has never offered pre-orders for the iPhone in the past? I guess things do change over the years after all, with Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, announced that they will be taking in pre-orders for the newly introduced iPhone 5 for the first time in their history, in addition to offering discounts on the device in order to maintain their reputation as a company that sells value-for-money products.
You can place your pre-order at 8 a.m. from September 14th onwards at US stores, according to Sarah Spencer, a spokeswoman for the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer. Wal-Mart’s Apple iPhone 5 will be cherry picked for $189.97 with a two-year contract, making it slightly more affordable than the $199 price point that was announced by Apple. The previous generation iPhone 4S will also receive a price cut, while the iPhone 4 is going cheap at just $0.97 with a two- year contract. Other pre-orders from different carriers will also happen on September 14th, although some of them open the floodgates at midnight.


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World’s largest sugar consumer, India wants its people to eat more!
By Sharonya Kundu
In a world where sugar has attracted an increasing study for its impact on fitness, wellbeing, health, and obesity, they are making the biggest consuming country to induce people to eat more of the sweetener.
Mills in India are observing increased consumption as a technique to reduce the nation’s atrocious oversupply, which comes partly from the approving incentives provided to producers in politically strong rural areas. A high production levy means the country finds it difficult to trade sugar on the global market without allocation. To accelerate their initiatives, the mills have begun an online web campaign to improve domestic requests, involving workshops and webinars, where everyone from nutritionists and endocrinologists, to public health experts and medical practitioners, will share their expertise, skills, and knowledge.
Sugar is the most selected source of the body’s fuel for muscle energy, brain power, and for every natural activity that goes into the proper functioning of our body cells, the calories in sugar are alike to calories from any other food, and the body weight increases only when too many calories are consumed but not burnt adequately.


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The Madras High Court has asked the Central government to ban the Chinese video mobile application ‘TikTok’, saying it spoils the future of youths and minds of children.
Hearing a petition filed by an advocate, the Madurai Bench of the High Court on Wednesday also issued an interim order to the Central government banning downloading of the app in India and restricted the media from telecasting videos taken using the app.
The court said inappropriate content was being provided by the ‘TikTok’ app and the government had a social responsibility to stop it.
Earlier, Tamil Nadu’s Information Technology Minister M. Manikandan had said that the state would write to the Central government seeking a ban on the app in India.
With crores of people in India already using TikTok and all of them having the option to share the app with others, blocking its access on Google Play Store and Apple App Store may not produce the desired results, experts have warned.
TikTok, which is very popular among children, is facing criticism from different quarters for circulation of “pornographic content”.
Google and Apple blocked the download of the Chinese short video-sharing app, following a request from the government.
But there are some market and technical realities which will not make the ban very effective on the ground and the possible issues and concerns will continue to bother people, increasingly worrying parents, according to market research firm techARC.
“I don’t believe the TikTok ban is going to be very effective for now, given that tens of millions are using it. I also don’t see how exactly this ban will be implemented,” leading tech policy and media consultant Prasanto K. Roy told IANS.
“This knee-jerk reaction of banning is impractical and doesn’t solve the core problem. For instance, if there is abuse on Twitter, banning Twitter is not the solution,” Roy added.
Any existing user of TikTok, who has the app installed on the smartphone, can share it with any such seeker through apps like ShareIt. Once the app is shared, the user can install the app and become a new user, said Faisal Kawoosa, Founder and Chief Analyst at techARC.
“There is a need to have a holistic approach to get rid of such increasing digital menace, which cannot be absolved by technology and/or legal recourse alone,” Kawoosa said.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had asked Google and Apple to block the app following the Supreme Court’s refusal to stay the original Madras High Court order on April 3.
Expressing concern over the “pornographic and inappropriate” contents on TikTok, the high court had directed the Centre to ban the app.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday refused to lift the ban on TikTok and set April 24 as the next hearing date.
Owned by Chinese technology company ByteDance, TikTok claims that it has over 120 million monthly active users in India.
So already a considerable number of users are on the platform..
Although the app is now not available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store, people can get them from the third-party app stores such as apkpure, androidapkbox, uptodown and apkmirror, techARC said.


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Want body monitoring that rivals that of an intensive care unit?
Xenoma’s “e-skin” is essentially a shirt with sensors that measure movement, breathing, pressure, perspiration and body temperature. The shirt connects wirelessly to a smartphone or personal computer for real-time number crunching.
Developers at the Tokyo-based Xenoma say the shirt can be used for health monitoring, fitness tracking and even virtual-reality gaming. But they’re still working on it, so it’s not available for sale yet.


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Sensitech Launches New Solution via SensiWatch Platform Advancing Cold-Chain Monitoring for Last-Mile Deliveries
— Sensitech, a leading provider of supply chain visibility solutions, today announces the launch of a new offering for monitoring outbound shipments through the SensiWatch® platform. This solution marks a significant step forward in cold chain monitoring, extending the reach of real-time cargo protection to the last mile of outbound operations to ensure quality shipments of perishable goods. Sensitech is part of Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE: CARR), global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions.
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Peavey Electronics Corporation has defended the failure of several of their products
to meet Federal Safety and Emissions Standards (FCC) by deflecting the allegations
made in US District Court by MUSIC Group. In a statement circulated yesterday, Peavey
has repeatedly claimed that they are engaged in “multiple legal actions” against MUSIC
Group’s brand Behringer, without disclosing either the nature or status of such actions.
In the release, Peavey cited a lawsuit filed against Behringer in 2009 for alleged
patent infringement related to Feedback Location circuitry without disclosing that
the presiding Judge already issued an opinion which rendered the claim as baseless.
As a consequence, Peavey withdrew the claim recently but suppressed the judge’s
finding and the fact that Behringer had in fact patented their own FBQ Feedback
Identification system in multiple countries to defend its own intellectual property.
Another nonsensical lawsuit filed by Peavey centered on a labeling issue whereby the
phrase “Patent Pending” was not replaced by “Patented” on products after the patents
had been granted to Behringer in several countries. In their statement, Peavey also
concealed the fact that they are the subject of a countersuit brought by MUSIC Group
alleging exactly the same mislabeling issue. That case is ongoing.
“It is unfortunate that Peavey would address their declining fortunes in today’s
marketplace by resorting to lawsuits against competitors and more important by
cutting corners on testing and compliance. Their energies would be far better spent
ensuring their products are safe for consumers and that they meet the requirements
of the law rather than engaging in a confused and nonsensical attack on a successful
company”, commented SVP Marketing, Costa Lakoumentas in response.
MUSIC Group has presented independent evidence in the form of test results from
accredited third parties to substantiate the claims that 7 out of 10 Peavey products
tested failed government safety and emissions standards (FCC). The case will be
heard in the District Court of Seattle and the results will be made public as the
The MUSIC Group holds a substantial amount of intellectual property such as patents
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The company plans to use the funds to further its charging network development.
India-based electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure and software company, Bolt.Earth, has recently completed a funding round, raising US$20 million. The landmark funding round was spearheaded by a consortium of both longstanding and new investors, featuring notable names including Union Square Ventures, Prime Venture Partners, ITIGO Funds and several others who share Bolt.Earth’s vision for a sustainable and electrified transportation ecosystem.
Fund allocation blueprint
Bolt.Earth has made commendable progress in its charging network, recently marking the deployment of 30,000 EV charging points. These stations are designed to serve a variety of charging needs, offering a range of power outputs that span from 3.3 kW to a robust 240 kW. The influx of funds will also provide a significant boost to the development of Bolt.Earth’s product offerings. The company’s portfolio, catering to a wide customer base, includes notable models such as the Bolt.Earth Lite, Bolt.Earth LEVAC, and Bolt.Earth Level 2 & 3.
In addition to hardware, the company is venturing into the software realm with the launch of Bolt.Earth OS. This operating system signifies the firm’s commitment to a future that marries technological advancement with sustainability. Designed to be intuitive, its low-code integration platform is tailored to assist original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and EV dealers in transforming their vehicles into software-defined entities.
As part of its growth strategy, Bolt.Earth is also in the process of recruiting professionals renowned in fields like technology, engineering and product design. This talent acquisition drive aims to further cement the company’s position as a leader in the EV infrastructure sector.
On the global front, Bolt.Earth is poised to expand its footprint. With an ambition that stretches beyond its current markets, the company aspires to be at the forefront of promoting electric vehicle adoption across Asia, Europe, South America and Latin America.
Leadership insights: Bolt.Earth’s vision
Mr. Jyotiranjan Harichandan, Co-founder of Bolt.Earth, expressed the company’s dedication to expanding the EV charging network, highlighting their achievement of adding approximately 2,000 charging points monthly. He also emphasized Bolt.Earth’s significant market share in the Indian EV charging domain, which is facilitated by their integrated chargers and software-defined vehicles.
Echoing Harichandan’s sentiment, Mr. Mohit Yadav, another Co-founder, shared his gratitude towards their supportive investors. He remarked on the funding’s pivotal role in enhancing the company’s domestic reach and initiating the “Make in India” campaign for EV charging infrastructure products on a global scale.
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King Join’s interior of bright red lacquer, gold trimmings and ornate carvings is borderline kitsch. There’s a strong tourist vibe with advertisements pushing gift boxes of the restaurant’s desserts and sweets, which you can purchase at the cash register. But it’s not hard to ignore all of that, sit back in your plush chair, and enjoy a meal fit for an emperor — and a fairly healthy one at that.
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By late March, the coronavirus pandemic had caused travel within the United States to come to a standstill. Though many businesses were able to pivot quickly and figure out how to connect and work effectively in a remote setting through an increased reliance on conference calls, webinars and virtual platforms, most agreed: there is no replacing face-to-face interactions.
The fact is, the importance of face-to-face meetings is invaluable. The coronavirus pandemic complete with social distancing and endless Zoom calls and webinars has accentuated the need and desire for human connection in person. From growing new business, retaining and building existing relationships, gaining experience or training, or continuing to be informed and educated on the latest trends, technologies or products, being together, in person is much more effective, efficient and genuine than a virtual setting can capture.
The report is intended to provide U.S. Travel Association members and businesses within the broader travel industry with real data, case studies, and a potential recovery timeline.
All information within report—including the policy solutions provided—can be used to inform lawmakers of the importance of business travel, as well as the meetings and event sectors, to the overall the economy, American jobs and U.S. trade; how the coronavirus pandemic has stalled a decade of growth that jeopardizes the rebuilding of our country; and ways to accelerate recovery.


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Art Place, under construction by developer The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, plans to open a new performing arts venue and other elements to be designed and managed by London-based tvg hospitality, a 7-year-old venture launched by Ben Lovett, perhaps better known for co-founding British folk rock band Mumford and Sons in 2017. The news was announced at the ICSC retail conference currently underway in Las Vegas.
tvg hospitality will oversee the project’s overall design and development, while signing a long-term commitment for the performing arts venue and food and beverage spaces. Tvg has roped in Rockwell Group, led by Broadway aficionado and architect David Rockwell, to design the arts venue’s interiors, as well as those of Art Place’s planned culinary spaces and children’s museum.
When it’s fully built out, it will house 770 multifamily units, a 27,000-square-foot children’s museum, a 32,000-square-foot art museum, a 40,000-square-foot food hall and 215,000 square feet of retail, including an Aldi grocery store and a Onelife Fitness. The performing arts venue, expected to span 48,000 square feet and reach a standing capacity of 2,000 people, will be part of the second phase.
Read full article at Washington Business Journal
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- International Business Machines Corp reported a 12 percent fall in first-quarter revenue as the technology company continues to shed unprofitable businesses to focus on cloud-computing initiatives. | Video
NEW YORK - A federal appeals court on Monday forcefully rejected the fugitive Paul Ceglia's effort to revive what U.S. prosecutors have called his fraudulent lawsuit to extort social media company Facebook Inc and its founder Mark Zuckerberg.
TOKYO - Sony Corp on Monday unveiled a new high-end Xperia handset featuring an aluminium frame and a 5.2-inch screen, showing it is still in the smartphone race even as it scales down its struggling mobile operations.
FRANKFURT - German business software maker SAP reported a 15 percent rise in operating profit helped by a cheap euro, even as rising investment in newer cloud-based software squeezed its profit margin.
SEOUL - U.S. chip maker Qualcomm Inc plans to have its next-generation Snapdragon 820 mobile processors manufactured by Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, tech news website Re/code reported, citing unnamed sources.
- Uber Technologies Inc must defend against a lawsuit accusing the popular ride-sharing service of discriminating against blind people by refusing to transport guide dogs, a federal judge ruled.
TEL AVIV - Network security provider Check Point Software Technologies plans to sharpen its focus on threat-prevention and mobile security, it said on Monday after posting better than expected first-quarter profit.
A humanoid robot which can mimic human expressions greeted visitors on Saturday (April 18) at a Hong Kong electronics fair. | Video
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MUMBAI - India's central bank is working on improving the integration between e-commerce firms and the country's banking systems, a deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Monday.
Regardless what voters decide in the November elections, there will be a major changing of the guard next year in the U.S. Congress as result of a number of key retirements.