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Decreasing need for unsecured loans or other credit business
The federal government has taken numerous efforts to restore the business. Seemingly such efforts are much less impactful as borrowing consult because the Summer has actually significantly dropped in comparison to request regarding pre-COVID several months.
To boost the credit move in the business, the us government has brought several methods. The newest Reserve Bank away from India has taken steps with the hope to bring liquidity again in the business. Even after these types of imaginative measures, a respected monetary companies (banking companies and you can low-financial economic people) is surrounded by dilemmas.
New demand for personal loans or any other credit facilities dips throughout the the new pandemic
The market to own personal loans particularly signature loans, which is the spine away from credit enterprises have seen the lowest demand in 2010. They are certainly not far-in-consult and you may slowed so you’re able to 10.5% away from fifteen%. The financing demand for the latest priority industry, typically, could have been filed during the lowest of just one.9%, which used to get 10.2% per year into the average. The fresh new demand can there be, however it is broadening from the a dwindling price.
As the latest problem depicts new imbalance throughout the economy; whether it’s a keen MSME (Small, Small, and Typical Businesses) loan or perhaps be it a individualised loan particularly an individual loan, we are able to come across men and women are unsure when you’re bringing any kind of finance.
In the lockdown, we features confronted paycheck slices, and lots of people was in fact entirely closed, and therefore lead to shrunk to shop for stamina and shortage of bucks-in-hands of those. With regards to the Hindu, a dozen.dos Crore, some one lost work for the lockdown.
The food running, fabric, intense steel, and you can iron and you may metal structure discussed up to 70% of the full borrowing in the business. Such circles from inside the pandemic have submitted bad borrowing gains. As well as, for the lockdown, there’s a posture where in actuality the MSME field try to your verge out of collapse.
Up coming, inside the April, our honourable Finance Minister, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman keeps revealed numerous financing strategies to possess MSME( Micro Small and Average Companies). The only real purpose of these types of strategies were to help these firms to deal with brand new perception regarding COVID-19. She proclaimed the program away from GECI (Make sure Disaster Credit line) will help individuals in operation playing the liquidity things. By establishing which design, government entities was having difficulties to add rescue that is necessary toward MSME industry. It provides an equity-free automatic mortgage from rupees step 3 lakh crore. The firms that have a turnover away from rupees one hundred crores and you will a great money off well worth 25 crores qualify into loan GECI.
The us government lead such strategies with the expectation you to MSME often see its operational obligations and you will resume the organization. The brand new central bank, new Reserve Bank off India (RBI) introduced a regulating plan setting-out on leisurely the latest conditions and terms for different borrowing facilities for folks, especially the personal loans. However, according to the quarterly report, all of these work appear to have a warm auto title loans effect.
Should it be a business owner or salaried employee otherwise self-operating individual, we-all is up against financial dilemmas. Or even upcoming, you’re fortunate why these days to have a frequent and you can steady source of cash.
Even after numerous tips of your own regulators, bringing funds is not within so you can-perform number and can even never be a concept they might require to consider about time to come. Also, people are not very positive that they shall be in a position to pay back the brand new lent matter or otherwise not. Let us hope we’re going to in a position to look after the trouble and perform so you’re able to environment this new storm aided by the assist provided by several monetary organization.


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The long-awaited collaboration between A-Cold-Wall* and Nike is finally coming to fruition. According to an article from Sole Retriever, the A-Cold-Wall x Nike Air Max Plus pack is set to be released this summer.
The collaboration features Samuel Ross’ unique take on the iconic Air Max Plus silhouette. The sneakers are showcased in tonal white and black colorways, with a luxurious leather upper replacing the typical mesh construction found on regular Air Max Plus models. A-Cold-Wall* branding details are also visible on the heel and the Tuned Air midsole.
As of now, there is no official release information available. However, it has been recently revealed that there will also be a blue colorway for this collaboration, as teased by Samuel Ross on Instagram. Fans of the collaboration should stay tuned for updates on the release.

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Insider says marketing considerations are the primary factor for the lack of Zelda anniversary announcements so far.
2021 is the year of The Legend of Zelda’s 35th anniversary, and most have been expecting Nintendo to do something special for the occasion. Largely, the expectations have been that they will do something similar to what they did for Mario’s 35th anniversary last year, and re-release older games on the Switch. In the recent Nintendo Direct however, other than the announcement of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, no other announcements for Zelda were made.
Recently, insiders have suggested that announcements for The Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD are still forthcoming, and in a recently published report on GamesBeat, Jeff Grubb provided some more insight into that. According to Grubb, the relative lack of Zelda announcements is driven by marketing decisions, not only because Super Mario’s 35th anniversary plans are still ongoing, but also because Nintendo wants to maximize the visibility and sales of each planned Zelda release as much as possible.
“Nintendo will want to position The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD out in front,” Grubb writes. “This is one of the biggest reasons that Nintendo didn’t talk about other Zelda beyond Skyward Sword HD in its latest Direct video event. The company doesn’t want other Zelda games to distract from its attempts to bring back Skyward Sword. Sure, it could’ve released Wind Waker and Twilight Princess at the same time, but the company wants Zelda fans all focused on Skyward Sword.”
Grubb goes on to state that Nintendo will maintain a “steady cadence” of releases to celebrate the series’ Zelda anniversary, adding that plans for The Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD are likely to be announced this Summer, shortly after the launch of Skyward Sword HD.
Meanwhile, development on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s sequel is also ongoing, with series producer Eiji Aonuma recently confirming that Nintendo will be providing a proper update on the game later in the year.
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD launches for the Nintendo Switch on July 16.


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Internet marketing company Figleaf Enterprises announced today the launch of ezeemoney.com. The website will offer a variety of marketing tools and product resources that offer users free advertising solutions and strategies to reach 100’s of millions of potential customers with just one click.
“I have been looking for an effective tested and proven group of internet marketing products to sell,” ezeemoney.com owner Robert W. Figlo said in a press statement, “and after careful research discovered Howard L. Moreland’s products.” Figlo also explains that the website has been designed based on his marketing experience. “I have been disappointed by the lack of kept promises that are made by many of the companies offering marketing tools today. I have spent a fortune on various products and affiliate programs that just don’t deliver and I wanted to offer tested and proven products all in one place.”
In addition to the site’s marketing tools, ezeemoney.com will also offer an affiliate program with 30 free income streams and selling tools to market these products at no extra cost.


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Mr Trump's announcement in August of additional tariff increases caused the renminbi to fall below the psychological threshold of Rmb7:US$1. The currency strengthened again in late 2019, rising above Rmb7:US$1 at end-December. However, this trend has not been sustained, given the poor outlook of the Chinese economy as it battles the coronavirus epidemic, and ongoing risks of a deteriora‑tion in US-China relations; we therefore forecast that the exchange rate will average less than Rmb7:US$1 in 2020. However, provided that trade talks with the US continue, we do not expect the US to designate China a currency manipulator (as it did initially when the renminbi breached the Rmb7:US$1 threshold).


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The 2007-built airframe has been registered 9XR-WW (c/n 35131) and, in addition to the standard livery, features ‘RwandAir CARGO’ titles (see picture below).
According to RwandAir, the 737-800SF is to be based at the flag carrier’s Kigali hub and will be flown to several “key destinations” within Africa and the Middle East including the cities of Johannesburg (South Africa) and Nairobi (Kenya), as well as the UAE.
Yvonne Makolo, RwandAir CEO, said: “The delivery of our dedicated cargo aircraft is a huge milestone in RwandAir’s fleet expansion plans. Cargo is of ever-increasing importance for the aviation industry, and as a landlocked country, we recognise the importance and value of good cargo connections. We want to ensure that Africa is seamlessly connected to the world, driving economic growth and valuable trade deals.”
This particular aircraft – 9XR-WW – will be very familiar to aviation enthusiasts in the UK and Europe. The jet was initially handed over brand-new in a 189-seat passenger configuration to Thomsonfly as G-FDZB (and later flew under the Thomson Airways and TUI Airways branding); during this period, the airframe had also been sub-leased to Sunwing Airlines in Canada over several winters.


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Last year meeting management Web sites boomed. This year, companies may actually be using them. Online sites that can help you find a property, send out an RFP, and much more--like StarCite, EventSource, AllMeetings.com, and the relative grand- daddy, PlanSoft--are pitching their meeting services as faster and more economical replacements for faxes and phones. And some major companies are heeding the call.
One of those is high-tech giant Hewlett-Packard, whose corporate meetings manager, Rich Del Colle, likes the AllMeetings.com concept. Del Colle is particularly attracted to that site's emphasis on cost control and its ease of use for people who aren't professional meeting planners.
That's why Hewlett-Packard logged on to AllMeetings.com, says the Web site's vice president and general manager Brian Ashton. "Hew-lett-Packard recognized that 70 percent to 80 percent of its meetings are planned by secretaries and administrative assistants, not by professional planners," he says. "HP was looking for some tools to help these non-professional planners make the right decision."
And quickly. AllMeetings, for example, can supply information on some 5,000 domestic hotel properties in 15 seconds, and suggest the best value for a particular meeting in terms of location, type of hotel, rates, and airfare from various locations. (See story, TM, March/April 2000, page 13.)
"When you have an $800 million companywide travel budget and 20 percent of it is meeting-related," says Del Colle, "a lot of money can be saved with the sites' cost-analysis feature. It really is a quantum leap in terms of efficiency."
HP's use of AllMeetings appears to be part of a growing trend in which major firms are suggesting--if not mandating--the use of Internet meeting management tools. Another example is hardware retailing chain Home Depot, which now requires event planners to work through StarCite (www.starcite.com). "Our message to corporate America is that for the first time, you can effectively communicate policies on travel and meetings, and you can track the data and the money spent on meetings," says Tom Flanagan, head of marketing for StarCite. "Home Depot is mandating that its meeting planners use StarCite, and we are in the process of training them." Flanagan says similar arrangements are under with other companies. StarCite has also worked out a relationship with site selection company HelmsBriscoe. (See related story, page 14.)
"It really is a quantum leap in terms of efficiency."
--Rich Del Colle, corporate meetings manager, Hewlett-Packard


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“I’ll change my name to Amazon Cuomo if that’s what it takes,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said to reporters on Monday in reference to his determination to land Amazon’s second headquarters, HQ2.
Cities and states have proposed billions of dollars in economic incentives in an effort to woo Amazon into naming them the host of HQ2.
New York is reportedly still in active talks with Amazon, and the company now plans to split HQ2 between two locations, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
As the competition for Amazon’s second headquarters heats up, cities and states are getting increasingly desperate to win over the e-commerce giant.
“I’ll change my name to Amazon Cuomo if that’s what it takes,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters at an event on Monday, referring to his determination to land Amazon’s second headquarters.
The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that New York is “still actively talking with Amazon, although it’s unclear how far along they are in the process.” The e-commerce giant is also reportedly in discussion with Crystal City, Virginia, and Dallas.
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Panasonic selects Kansas City for what it claims will be largest battery plant in the world
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The battery maker Panasonic Energy has announced plans to build an electric vehicle battery factory in the Kansas City area. And this plant, which will be Panasonic’s first in the U.S. outside of its Tesla partnership, it claims will be the largest battery plant in the world.


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Costco customers might have a hard time finding their favorite cheese.
The company says it's having trouble keeping imported cheese in stock because of a shortage of shipping containers around the world.
It says there have also been bottlenecks at West Coast ports.
The combo has led to delays for suppliers shipping their goods and higher costs in the supply chain.
Costco says the problem not limited to cheese but also seafood, olive oil and furniture to name a few.


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A new release date and a slight delay.
What you need to know
- Ghost of Tsushima and The Last of Us Part II have new release dates.
- The Last of Us Part II is set to release on June 19, 2020.
- Ghost of Tsushima is now set to release on July 17.
PlayStation has announced new summer release dates for The Last of Us Part II and Ghost of Tsushima. The Last of Us Part II will now release on June 19, while Ghost of Tsushima is set to be available on July 17.
The Last of Us Part II
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- $60 at Best Buy
How far will Ellie go?
The wait is almost over. Ellie’s harrowing journey looks to take her on the bloody path of revenge, but against what we’re not sure of yet. Whatever the situation, Joel is there to have her back.
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The recent implementation of higher tariffs by the United States has sparked a flurry of retaliation from U.S. trade partners. The effects of which have already started to hurt many farmers in Acadiana, especially those who farm soy beans. One area that hasn’t been directly affected is rice, but that could eventually change. We spoke with Kathryn Shea Duncan with the Acadiana Chamber of Commerce about the potential impacts to rice farmers.
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Consumer checks instead of VAT reduction: Verdi calls for second stimulus package
In 2021, the upswing in Germany? There are big question marks. Today, the part of Lockdown especially in the leisure sector starts first. Claims according to a further thick money shot for the economy to be louder.
In the face of persistent Worries about the economy in Germany, the Verdi Union calls for a second stimulus package to counter the consequences of the Corona-crisis.
In essential areas, and the problems and risks would outweigh further, said the Verdi Chairman Frank Werneke, the German press Agency in Berlin. So the municipalities would have to fight persistently with a drastic decline in trade tax revenue. When it comes to public transport, the revenue path might break. Also buying pulses are required.
Not to continue the lowering of the VAT, so Werneke should be. “The lowering of the VAT has not brought the momentum that we hoped for in Germany,” said Verdi head. Instead, consumption checks should not be issued. “This would also have the effect that not only more business in the Online area is made,” said Werneke.
Consumer checks of 500 Euro – but not for all
Already some time ago, Verdi consumer checks in the amount of 500 euros was proposed for citizens with no or low-and middle-income. The checks are supposed to expire after six months. Because the affected sectors should be quickly helped.
Since July, lower tax rates: 16, instead of 19 percent, or 5 instead of 7 per cent shall apply for a year and a half. Thus, the Federal government wants to boost in the Corona-crisis consumption. Against the extension of the VAT reduction had already turned the German Finance Minister, Olaf Scholz (SPD) and Economics Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU).
Altmaier expects up to date for the current year, with a slump of the gross domestic product in Germany of 5.5 percent. For the year 2021, the Minister of economy expects a GDP increase of 4.4 percent. However, the recovery is according to the CDU politician, under the Title, such as the pandemic progressed further and when a vaccine is available.


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UK mobility dealers could be more successful if they adopt a ‘less medical’ and more empathetic approach to customer sales.
That’s the suggestion from GBL Wheelchair managing director, Ian Laker, who has said that empathy with customers and a lifestyle approach over a solely medical one has been a major advantage for the company over the years.
Speaking to AMP at Mobility Roadshow last week, Laker, said: “Empathy is our big thing and one of our biggest advantages. We’ve sold off that for years – not all our staff are disabled, but we do have some people with hidden disabilities, I myself am a wheelchair user.”
He continued: “Many dealers try and do things medically, and the customer is tired of speaking about that with the doctor, the therapist, the nurse. Customers come to us and we ask them what they want from the chair, what do they want to use the chair for.
“It’s a totally different approach, that’s the logic. Of course, the medical element is part of it and has to come up in the conversation, but some dealers will only use the medical approach – I suppose it makes some of them feel more professional. But that’s what OTs are for.
“Dealers are there to say what do you want the product for and can you use it? But many dealers come over as medical, and that means punters feel they’re getting a medical experience which they’re not – it’s a complete fabrication.”
GBL Wheelchairs currently holds the distribution deal for the Panthera brand, manufacturer of the world’s lightest carbon fibre wheelchair. The dealer was at the Mobility Roadshow exhibiting the Panthera X. The dealer specialises in high-performance, custom wheelchairs.


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The Galaxy Note 10 supposedly won‘t require an external speaker. Instead, this vital component will be built into the screen.
This is something that could improve future iPhone models too.
Look and listen to Sound on Display
Samsung announced Sound on Display (SoD) last year. It’s kept mum on technical details so far, but basically it will vibrate the screen to produce sound waves.
SoD hasn’t yet been incorporated it into any handset, but that might change when the Galaxy Note10 launches next month. An analysis of a screen protector supposedly for this model points out that there are no openings at the top of the panel for the front-facing speakers needed during phone calls. This strongly suggests these are built into the display.
Note 10's "chin" is very narrow, the same level as the iPhone, no speaker grooves on the forehead, which means that the flagship Sound on Display(SoD) technology will replace the traditional speaker. The forehead will be narrower. pic.twitter.com/6aRGQIG0ee
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An open question with SoD is sound quality. Despite recent missteps, Samsung surely wouldn’t use this technology in one of its premier models if it sounded terrible.
SoD for iPhone too
Despite the two companies battling it out for smartphone supremacy, Apple regularly buys components from Samsung.
If Apple used SoD panels made by this Korean megacorp in future iPhones, it would be able to shrink the screen cutout. While most people seem reconciled to the Notch, surely no one would complain about it becoming smaller.


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Epic Games demands Apple restores developer account
The firm has filed for an injunction that would restore Fortnight on the App Store to avoid “irreparable harm”
Epic Games has filed a preliminary injunction in its legal dispute with Apple, accusing the developer of being a monopolist and demanding the restoration of its Fortnite game to the App Store.
In an 182-page court document, the Fortnight distributor demanded that Apple restores its access to iOS and Mac development tools, and its developer accounts, after the iPhone manufacturer stripped access to them at the end of August.
The games company argued that Apple’s retaliation would compromise Epic's supply chain by preventing third-party companies from accessing its widely-used Unreal Engine. This is in addition to no longer being able to release updates or patches to Fortnite on iOS or Mac devices.
Both Apple and Google removed Fortnite from their respective app stores last month after Epic said it would offer a 20% discount to players who bought in-game currency directly from Fortnite, rather than through the app. This was so Epic could avoid paying the 30% cut both Apple and Google demand for all in-app purchases. Epic then sued both Apple and Google over the decision to pull the company’s widely-played online game.
"Apple is a monopolist. It controls all app distribution on iOS. It controls all in-app payment processing for digital content on iOS. It unlawfully maintains these two monopolies by explicitly prohibiting any competitive entry in either market," Epic Games said in its latest court filing.
"It is highly likely to lose this case," the games developer's filing continued. "On this motion, however, all Epic seeks is for the Court to stop Apple from retaliating against Epic for daring to challenge Apple’s misconduct."
The debate over Apple’s App Store practices, and the 30% cut it demands on in-app transactions, has been a common talking point since Epic took action in August. Facebook, for example, towards the end of the month accused Apple of forcing it to remove a message from its iPhone app that informed users about the company’s mandatory "tax".
Epic Games is claiming the removal of its development tools and Fortnite from the App Store would leave the company "irreparably damaged". The company added that Apple's move represented a warning to other developers that challenge its power and "monopolies".
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According to sources at Droid Life, Verizon is set to launch two new Android handsets next Friday, October 29th. Should their intel prove correct, we should expect a press release from Verizon any moment. I wouldn’t be surprised to see something sent out tomorrow to allow for a week’s notice. As a refresher, the LG Vortex is a touch-only device with 600 Mhz CPU, Android 2.2, a 3.2-inch display, and support for GPS, Bluetooth, and FM Radio. The Samsung Continuum, on the other hand, is the dual-screen guy with a “Ticker” across the bottom for reading alerts, news, and weather.
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Hundreds of female motorcycle riders will be present at the Suffragists Centennial Motorcycle Ride – a ride originally installed to support women’s right to vote.
The ride will take place August 20-21, in one of 13 cities across the U.S.A.
“Dunlop makes great tires, and they are incredibly supportive of women’s events and empowering women riders,” says event producer and founder of Women’s Motorcycle Tours, Alisa Clickenger.
“I’ve been using their tires for a long time, and one thing you always want is to be able to rely on: great tires. I am thrilled they are working with us on the Suffragists Centennial Motorcycle Ride and at the Women’s Motorcycle Festival & Conference.”
Founded in 1890, the Irish tire manufacturing brand has been known for its innovation and durability of tires. Currently, they are the only motorcycle tire company that carries out the complete birth of a tire within the borders of North America – that includes designs, development, tests, and manufacture.


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Namibia should increase investment in higher-yielding horticultural seeds, water availability and basic farmer training to boost production and competitiveness in international markets and also take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area.
This was said by High Economic Intelligence (HEI) in an analysis of the country’s horticulture industry in June.
According to the report, the country’s economy is heavily reliant on imported horticultural products, but providing farmers with affordable credit, subsidised ploughing, weeding services and government support (fertiliser subsidies) can also enable them to upscale production.
“This will also motivate a significant number of producers to enter the horticulture industry, which could increase production and lead to food security for Namibia,” said HEI in an analysis released by economist Turimuye Uandara.
The Namibian Agronomic Board (NAB) has protected the country’s nascent horticultural sector against foreign competition by periodically closing the border to the importation of certain crops when they are available locally and imposing the market share promotion scheme, currently at 47%. NAB chief executive Fidelis Mwazi says this is to give local producers an opportunity to grow.
The implementation of the scheme is a growth-at-home strategy to develop the sector by stimulating horticultural production and promoting local sales of locally produced fresh fruit and vegetables through encouraging importers such as wholesalers, catering companies and retailers to source locally.
Namibia’s horticultural products consist of specially controlled products such as gem squash, beetroot, sweet potato, potato, butternut, pumpkin, cabbage, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onion, green/coloured pepper, carrot, watermelons, sweet melon and sweetcorn.
These are produced in the commercial and communal areas under irrigation, but mainly in the Karst (Otjozondjupa region), Central, Orange River, Kavango, North Central and the Zambezi region.
The most consumed horticultural products in Namibia are potatoes followed by onions and carrots, says HEI. According to NAB, this year, about 96% of Namibia’s fruit requirements are imported, with only 4% produced locally.
The Namibia Statistics Agency says N$2,9 billion worth of horticultural products were imported into Namibia last year, with the highest value of imported horticultural products recorded in September at N$362 million and the lowest value was in July at N$149 million.
HEI says the decline in the importation of horticultural products for that period was attributed to the import restrictions NAB imposed on products such as beetroot, butternut, cabbage, carrot, coloured pepper, onions and sweet potato, because the country had enough local products.
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Fact Sheet: Build it Here, Sell it Everywhere: Why Exports Matter
Revised July 17, 2012
In his 2010 State of the Union, President Obama announced the National Export Initiative (NEI), which set the ambitious goal of doubling U.S. exports by the end of 2014 to support an additional two million jobs.
- Exports help U.S. businesses reach new markets and new customers. With 95 percent of the potential customers for U.S. goods and services living outside of the United States, exporting provides vast potential for American businesses.
- Exports are critical to supporting American jobs. Record-breaking levels of exports supported 9.7 million jobs in 2011, an increase of 1.2 million jobs since 2009. In 2011, every $1 billion dollars of U.S. exports supported more than 5,000 jobs.
- Exports are growing. U.S. exports in 2011 reached historic highs, and represented an increase of 33 percent over the level of exports in 2009.
The U.S. has already begun to see the economic impact of the NEI.
- U.S. businesses’ exports are growing at a rapid rate. Between 2009 and 2011, U.S. companies increased their exports at an annualized rate of 15.4 percent a year, a pace greater than the 14.9 percent annual rate required to double exports by the end of 2014.
- The United States boasts a large trade surplus in services. In 2011, U.S. exports of services reached a record $606.0 billion, boosting our 2011 trade surplus in services to a record $178.5 billion.
- Exporting is boosting the U.S. manufacturing sector. Manufacturing employment has risen by 504,000 jobs over the past 29 months, the strongest growth for any 29-month period since April 1995. Exports in manufactured goods specifically increased by $358 billion (39 percent) since 2009, to a record $1.3 trillion in 2011, the highest in history.
- The United States had a trade surplus in manufactured goods with our now nineteen trade agreement partners in 2011. In 2011, the U.S. trade surplus in manufactured goods with our trade agreement partners totaled $38.3 billion, up 162 percent from 2010. Exports of manufactured goods to our trade agreement partners totaled $595.8 billion in 2011, representing nearly 47 percent of total U.S. manufactured goods exports.
- In 2011, U.S. exports reached a record $2.1 trillion and supported 9.7 million American jobs.
The United States has made great progress toward meeting the goals of the NEI, but we cannot let up on our efforts. The Department of Commerce has a critical function in helping companies compete in the global marketplace.
- Export Counseling: Since the implementation of the NEI, the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) has assisted more than 12,200 U.S. companies export, supporting more than $140 billion in exports. In 2011 alone, 5,600 American companies—including more than 3,000 small- and medium-sized enterprises—were able to export for the first time or increase their exports to new markets. The U.S. Commercial Service, the trade promotion arm of the ITA, works in more than 70 countries to connect U.S. businesses with buyers overseas.
- Interagency Trade Enforcement Center: In February 2012, President Obama signed an Executive Order creating a new Interagency Trade Enforcement Center (ITEC), led by the Commerce Department and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, to enhance the administration’s capabilities to aggressively challenge unfair trade practices around the world.
- BusinessUSA: The administration recently launched BusinessUSA, a virtual one-stop shop that makes it easier for America’s businesses to access the services and information they need to help them grow, hire and export. BusinessUSA implements a “no wrong door” policy for small businesses and exporters by using technology to quickly connect businesses to the services and information relevant to them.
- Trade Agreements: Trade agreements eliminate or reduce tariffs and other trade barriers between countries, making it easier for businesses to export. The United States currently has trade agreements in effect with 19 different countries after the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement went into effect on May 15. In addition, a new trade agreement with Panama is expected to be implemented this fall.
- Partnerships: The administration is expanding the breadth of partnerships to improve trade advocacy and export promotion efforts. To date, the Commerce Department’s private sector partners have reached out to more than 25,000 client companies, and more than 1,000 U.S. companies have requested assistance in entering new markets.
- Advocacy Center: The Commerce Department’s Advocacy Center helped hundreds of U.S. companies win government contracts across the globe. Since the launch of the National Export Initiative in 2009, the Advocacy Center has increased its caseload 52 percent and has helped U.S. companies win 117 projects. In 2011, ITA’s Advocacy Center helped U.S. companies win 53 overseas projects worth nearly $30 billion in U.S. export content, supporting about 150,000 jobs.
Why Exports Matter to Small Businesses
- More than 293,100 U.S. companies exported goods in 2010, nearly 16,500 more than exported in 2009. Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – those with fewer than 500 employees—accounted for 98 percent of all identified exporters in 2010.
- In 2010, SMEs accounted for 34 percent of known total goods export value, up from 33percent in 2009. This continues the trend of the past decade, and highlights the importance of SMEs to the NEI and the U.S. economy as a whole.
- In 2010, SMEs exported $383.4 billion in goods, up 24 percent from 2009.
- 97 percent of manufacturing exporters are SMEs. These companies represent nearly one-fifth of the manufacturing sector’s $683 billion known value of exports in 2010.


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On the factory floor, the din is overwhelming. More than 3,000 workers – half the population of Clyde – are busy testing, screwing, welding, and painting the hundreds of pieces that make up the company’s washing machines.
This is the largest washing machine plant in the world, with 30 miles (50km) of overhead conveyor belts that clatter along, carrying assorted barrel drums and metal doors.
Those carts driving by, filled with grey fabric? They have no driver. They are automated to follow an orange line on the ground.
And those LED screens at each assembly line? They monitor each worker’s productivity to the second and can give instant feedback about how to improve production.
Such details make the plant one of Whirlpool’s most productive, and it is one reason why the company, when it was looking to move production from a plant in Mexico, decided to bring jobs back to Ohio.
“There’s been a lot of focus both by the company and the employees to become more efficient, more effective,” says Whirlpool vice president Jeff Noel.
“That’s made making products in the US more competitive than it has been in the past.”
American manufacturing lost more than two million jobs during the recession, accelerating a decline that had begun long ago in the 1970s.
Yet since then, manufacturing has been one of the biggest drivers of job growth in the US, adding more than 500,000 jobs.
While much of that job growth could be attributable to post-recession pent-up demand, that is not the whole story.
According to the Reshoring Initiative, a group of companies and trade associations trying to bring factory jobs back to the US, about 10% of those job gains – 50,000 jobs – were created by companies bringing back manufacturing from overseas.
Last March, the GE’s chief executive, Jeffrey Immelt, wrote an article in the Harvard Business Review where he announced that GE planned to add more than 1,000 manufacturing jobs at its Louisville, Kentucky, facility – a manufacturing plant the company tried to sell only a few years ago during the depths of the recession.
“We can bring manufacturing back to the United States and be profitable,” Mr Immelt said.
There are many reasons why the corporate accounts are once again favouring the American worker.
Higher labour costs abroad, coupled with cheap natural gas as a result of the fracking boom in the US and workers who are willing to work for lower wages, have made it more economical than it once was to produce back in America.
Moreover, changing consumer behaviour means customers often want products immediately and with varying specifications, so “it’s better to be closer to your customers”, according to Mr Noel.
Finally, newer factories with increasingly automated technology require a more highly educated workforce, which the US has as a result of its manufacturing past. Besides, automation costs are roughly the same wherever in the world a company operates.
With all these factors combined, by 2015 a variety of manufacturing industries, from appliances to tyres, will find it more cost effective to produce goods in the United States, according to a recent report by the Boston Consulting Group.
This could add an estimated two to three million jobs and more than $20bn in output to the American economy – a striking reversal from years past.
But 2015 is a long way off, and some remain sceptical.
“The best data we have shows us that nothing like a manufacturing reshoring wave is happening now,” says manufacturing expert Alan Tonelson, of the US Business and Industry council.
With headwinds from Europe, dysfunctional politics in Washington, and US trade policy that continues to encourage overseas production, the growth in manufacturing job creation appears to be slowing down, Mr Tonelson adds.
And even if all of these factors were to disappear, it would be unlikely that the jobs added would ever be able to replace the more than eight million jobs that have been lost since the 1970s.
For Clyde’s workers and others in the local community, Whirlpool’s commitment has allowed them to breathe easy for the first time in a while.
“It’s very important for us, especially since they’re the largest manufacturer in our county,” says Kay Reiter, executive director of the Sandusky County Economic Development Corporation.
“If you look at all the suppliers that we have already locally, it’s huge.”
The hope is that Clyde can continue as it has been since Whirlpool first came to the town in 1952; as a place once described in American literature by Sherwood Anderson as the quintessential American small town.
For this community, “Made in America” is not a fading sentiment. It is a rallying cry.
“I’ve been with Whirlpool for 26 years,” says Sonny Workman, who works on the Alpha assembly line in the plant.
“My dad worked here, my aunts and uncles too. It’s the family business.”


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As the cruise industry struggles to resuscitate itself in the wake of the initial coronavirus onslaught, its efforts to right that ship are falling prey to a second wave as cases surge across the U.S.
Nonetheless, Royal Caribbean is planning to forge ahead and is developing a number of cruise protocols in preparation for the time — at some point next year, officials are hoping — that it can once again welcome travelers onboard. Most cruise lines have been virtually shut down since mid-March.
“While we are eager to welcome our guests back on board, we have a lot to do between now and then, and we’re committed to taking the time to do things right,” a Royal Caribbean spokesman told Travel & Leisure on Monday. “This includes training our crew in new health and safety protocols and conducting a number of trial sailings to stress-test those protocols in real-world conditions.”
Hence at some point, cruise lines will be scouting for volunteers. Last week, Royal Caribbean senior vice president Vicki Freed told a group of travel agents that test sailings would be conducted with a combination of Royal Caribbean employees and volunteers, though even she said they had not determined how the volunteers would be chosen.
“We’re going to be doing a series of sailings using our employees and other volunteers to test out the new protocols and make tweaks and modifications to ensure that everything is running smoothly and still deliver that Royal Caribbean amazing vacation experience,” Freed said, according to Royal Caribbean’s blog entry last Wednesday.
However, the tide of offers that flooded in after the company said the “V” word prompted a clarification: Their first volunteer pool will be the employees themselves.
He noted that more than 500 people had expressed interest on the company’s message boards for cruise aficionados.
What is certain is that Royal Caribbean and other cruise lines are testing out a number of scenarios and methods designed to make cruising safe again, even under the pandemic’s shadow, Travel & Leisure reported.
The earliest cruises would most likely consist of short sailings to the company’s private island of CocoCay, Freed told Cruise Industry News, adding that with the all-clear — albeit with strict rules on how it’s to be done — from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the end of October, cruise lines are going full steam ahead.
“It is going to require a lot of work to restart operations,” Freed told the trade publication. “It is complicated to go through this entire CDC recommendation, and we are going to do it.”


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Sud, the hit Manchester pasta restaurant, will be opening up in the Exhibition food hall, it has revealed.
Owners had teased a new city centre location in recent weeks, and will now take over one of kitchens at the recently launched food hall and bar.
They’ll be cooking alongside Ramsbottom-born Basque kitchen Baraxturi and Scandi-inspired Prestwich spot OSMA, who also have space at Exhibition.
They’ll be bringing their ‘authentic cooking, creative flair and stone-cold classic dishes’ from August 28.
It’s the fourth spot for the Italian restaurant, founded by brothers Michael and Alex de Martiis in 2015, with its first restaurant opening up in Altrincham.
The brothers, who draw from their southern Italian heritage, then opened a second restaurant in Ancoats and a third in Sale last year.
“Three great kitchens, one beautiful building in the heart of Manchester and the chance to cook and serve some of our stone-cold classic dishes. – what’s not to love about that!?” said Alex.
It changed its name to Sud, from its original name Sugo, after a dispute with a Glasgow-based restaurant earlier this year.
In a message to followers, the brothers said at the time: “Same us, same mission, same pasta kitchen. From today our new name will be Sud Pasta.
“We’re aware that we can’t stop any speculation, however, all we’ll say is that our home is in the kitchen, not the boardroom.
“We love our new name. We love what it stands for. We love our ‘A Southern Italian Pasta Kitchen’.
“By the way, Sud means ‘south’ in Italian. More importantly, we’ve got a brand new menu format starting in March. The Sud pasta Spring menu. Love, light and appreciation. Michael and Alex.”


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Hicky, the latest online dating app, that promises safety thanks to the blockchain, is launching its initial coin offering (ICO), quite appropriately, on St. Valentine’s Day.
Hicky promises to be a “service with a perfect system” that makes all mismatches, fakes, and lags impossible. The main principles of Hicky are fairness, security, and democracy, thanks to biometric verification, using voice recognition and face scan technology. The data is then stored on the decentralized ledger of the blockchain, preventing misuse and changes.
“Due to Hicky’s user verification, women are more inclined to join the app as they can be sure that the person they are speaking to is not some sort of creep”, the platform promises. The Hicky token will be used as an incentive. The conflict resolution between the users will be rewarded by Hicky tokens (HKY) for those who have participated in the process, while the offenders will have to pay, also in Hicky tokens. This would ensure that all parties will behave well on the platform.
The creators of Hicky also hope that the verification mechanisms and the underlying token economy will prevent the creation of fake accounts or spam as the cost of these activities outweigh the potential benefits.
At the time of writing this article, just a few hours after the launch of the presale, Hicky has raised 2313.78 ETH and was fast approaching the soft cap target of 3000 ETH. One Ether equals 7.500 HKY and there are a total of 481 500 000 HKY.
It is expected that the actual dating app will launch for iOS and Android devices by the end of Q1 2018.


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Despite disappointing a large chunk of the DCEU fanbase, Warner Bros has been pushing ahead promoting the film's upcoming home entertainment release, which, incidentally, is expected to include some of that mythic Zack Snyder cut.
Even with that small ray of Snyder-shaped hope, it's been claimed that fans aren't at all impressed with Warner Bros' output – so much so that one promo video has been deleted.
According to film writer Bob Chipman, Warner Bros has since pulled an advert for Justice League's Blu-ray release after fans criticised its cheesy retro vibe.
For those with their interest piqued, you can actually watch the ad on Twitter – and despite what's been suggested, we think it's pretty good. Well, who doesn't love a bit of cheese?
Of course, it's worth pointing out that fan criticism is par for the course, so there's still a chance that whoever's running the Warner Bros Twitter account accidentally hit the 'Delete' button... right?
Speaking of deleting, original director Snyder has been spotted taking the piss out of the ill-fated CGI removal of Henry Cavill's moustache in Justice League.
After sharing a photo of his new facial hair, someone suggested to Zack that he should just erase it using a computer programme rather than shave it off. (Like a normal person.)
"We all know that doesn't work," he replied. Too true, Zack.
Justice League is available for digital download in the UK now and will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 26. Pre-order the DVD or Blu-ray here. Both the physical and digital releases are out in the US now.


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Mar 16, 2017 11:20 AM EST
Netflix Bringing HDR Content to Mobile Streaming
Netflix has announced that they will be stepping up their mobile content game. The streaming service will offer HDR quality content for viewing on supported devices. The company feels that the format will soon be universally adopted, and with their increasing mobile subscriber base, the move just makes sense. The announcement came while discussing the upcoming series "Iron Fist", which is being shot in HDR.
Netflix exec Neil Hunt said, "It's been about a year since Netflix became available globally - with the exception of a few markets, including China, and since then it has seen mobile usage soar. In established markets like the US and Canada, most Netflix watching still happens on TVs", He went on to say that in some Asian countries, especially in India, that "mobile screens are the majority consumption device."
Netflix also stated that they were considering streaming mobile-specific content.
"It's not inconceivable that you could take a master [copy] and make a different cut for mobile," Hunt said. To date, Netflix hasn't been delivering different cuts for different viewing platforms, Hunt said, but "it's something we will explore over the next few years."


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CORONAVIRUS has been causing all sorts of chaos and challenges for businesses across the country, but it is not all doom and gloom on the local high street.
In fact, Stalybridge Pets and Aquatics has reported a bump in business since Covid-19 took hold, with increasing footfall from customers shunning major supermarkets.The shop, on Melbourne Street, is well stocked with supplies to cater for all types of animals, from dogs and cats to fresh and saltwater fish, and even equestrian supplies.
Owner Michelle Hennessy believes that the public is turning to local businesses for their everyday essentials as supermarkets struggle to cope with demand for bulk buying.
She said: “We have seen a definite rise in sales in the last few of weeks, ever since a couple of the other pet stores had to shut and the local equestrian supply store closed.
“At the moment, at least, there is plenty of demand for us to stay open and we’ve got great suppliers who we work with and they have been fantastic in keeping us well stocked.
“We have had to reduce our hours and implement a social distancing policy. We’re only allowing one person into the store at a time to comply with government guidelines, but we’re still very busy.”
With business booming, Michelle says there is no indication that the store will need to close but she is hoping that residents will continue to support local businesses even after coronavirus has gone.
And with April kicking off National Pet Month, animal lover Michelle is hoping to mark the occasion in some way, though she admits she will have to play it by ear.
She continued: “We had hoped to do something for National Pet Month but with the current situation, plus the increased business, we’ve not had much time to think about it.“But we will try to get our heads together at some point to see if we can come up with something for the occasion. At the moment, we’ll have to keep weighing things up.
“Business-wise, it’s a case of so far so good but looking at the bigger picture the town centre is very quiet because a lot of businesses have had no choice but to temporarily close.
“We have noticed a lot of new faces at the shop with people shying away from supermarkets, and I just hope that they continue to shop with us even after everything goes back to normal.”
• If you’re struggling to find what you need for your animal friends during lockdown, visit Stalybridge Pets and Aquatics or give them call on 0161 338 3990.
You can also check them out on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by searching Stalybridge Pets and Aquatics.


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Visa took the blame for overcharging Coinbase users.
This, as Visa and Worldpay, has assured those whose Coinbase accounts were drained that they will be refunded.
Coinbase, which is headquartered in San Francisco, raised more than $225 million from venture capital (VC) investors and introduces cryptocurrency beginners to the digital money sector.
Coinbase customers complained on Thursday last week that their accounts have “reverse transactions, unauthorized withdrawals, and other unexplained fees.” One user was freaking out over what happened.
“My bank account went from very comfortable to negatives balance, not to mention extra $5 charges, and overdraft fees. As a result, my rent check bounced, and my bank went further into negative for a NSF charge for $25. My landlord is not a nice person, and is on my CASE and I have nothing to offer him. I am FREAKING OUT.”
Following the complaints, Coinbase explained in a Reddit post: “In the wake of the recent change to credit card classification for Coinbase transactions, we have seen some reports from customers about double charges appearing on their statements from Coinbase purchases.”
New merchant code
And then on Twitter last Friday, Coinbase said it was Visa that was “reversing multiple weeks’ worth of old transactions” under a new merchant category code (MCC), which categorizes a business or purchase by the service it gives and helps the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) determine the appropriate taxes for those purchases.
Coinbase claimed that Visa switched to an MCC “that allows large banks and card issuers to charge consumers additional fees.”
Visa, however, denied Coinbase’s accusation.
On Sunday, however, Visa and Worldpay issued a joint statement and said Coinbase was not to blame for the overcharging incident. The two companies apologized to Coinbase customers.
The full statement is as follows:
“Over the last two days, some customers who used a credit or debit card at Coinbase may have seen duplicate transactions posted to their cardholder accounts. This issue was not caused by Coinbase.
“Worldpay and Coinbase have been working with Visa and Visa issuing banks to ensure that the duplicate transactions have been reversed and appropriate credits have been posted to cardholder accounts. All reversal transactions have now been issued and should appear on customers’ credit card and debit card accounts within the next few days. We believe the majority of these reversals have already posted to accounts. If you continue to have problems with your credit or debit card account after this reversal period, including issues relating to card fees or charges, we encourage you to contact your card issuing bank.
“We deeply regret any inconvenience this may have caused customers.”
Meanwhile, Coinbase said it is coordinating with credit card companies to come up with a new MCC for purchases using electronic currency like Bitcoin.
Coinbase also said it hoped that there wouldn’t be any additional charges or fees, adding that cards give wider access to digital currency than bank accounts.
ICOs offer new opportunities for gold rush
While Coinbase is a great platform for investing in Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ethereum, new investors are too late for the initial “gold rush” that caused their massive spike in value.
The good news is, new ICOs or initial coin offerings are being created each day. Cryptocurrency startups are using these for fundraising, giving investors new opportunities to gain fast returns.
Unfortunately, 97 percent of ICOs have zero potential when it comes to generating value. This is according to ICO hunter, a web service that allows the crypto community to track new ICOs before they are made available in public exchanges.
A good strategy is to profile the top-rated ICOs and understand what makes them valuable as mid-term and long-term investments. Be sure to study the company’s background, grasp their vision, and understand the problems they are trying to solve.
DISCLAIMER: This article expresses my own ideas and opinions. Any information I have shared are from sources that I believe to be reliable and accurate. I do not own any shares in any company I’ve mentioned. I encourage any reader to do their own diligent research first before making any investment decisions.
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The announcement of iOS 16 was just one of the novelties presented by Apple in the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2022. As previously speculated, the big tech event also revealed updates for other Apple operating systems, including watchOS, iPadOS and macOS. All new OS versions will be released to users between september and november this year.
Starting with Apple smartwatches, the apple giant announced the watchOS 9. The new OS comes with four new faces (Lunar, Playtime, Metropolitan and Astronomy), allowing more customization by the user. Faces can now appear automatically with optimizations made to the “Focus” feature in iOS 16.
Additionally, the Workout app has been updated for richer performance metrics during workouts and optimized workout builds. The wearable’s OS will also enable sleep monitoring, a first-of-its-kind measurement of atrial fibrillation and a new app for medication management and notifications.
Who was also revealed during Apple’s WWDC 2022 was the iPadOS 16, which promises to “take the versatility of the iPad even further with powerful new productivity and collaboration features”. And there is no shortage of novelties for this purpose.
Among the main highlights is the Stage Manager: a feature that takes advantage of big tech M1 chips and allows multitasking with multiple overlapping windows. And all this with full support for external displays.
Another point highlighted at the event is the new sharing and collaboration tools. New Messaging features make it easier to collaborate and manage shared content across Files, Keynote, Notes, Safari, and third-party apps.
Freeform brings a collaborative experience with a flexible display and support for Apple Pencil. In practice, users will be able to see, share and collaborate in one place, without extra worries about layouts and page sizes.
The new version of iPadOS will also bring smart Mail tools, Safari collaboration and security features, new iCloud shared photo library, weather app, Live Text and a host of other new features.
Last but not least, viewers got to know the next operating system that will power Mac computers and laptops: the macOS Ventura. Some OS features were also announced in iOS and iPadOS 16, but there are exclusive news for gamers.
Speaking first of what has already been announced for other platforms, macOS Ventura will also feature Stage Manager, improved Mail and Safari features, as well as optimizations to the Messages tools and the new Spotlight feature for easier navigation.
But in terms of news, the operating system will bring the Continuity Camera. The tool will not only make it possible to use your iPhone as a webcam for your Mac device, it will also unlock new features like Center Stage, Portrait mode and the new Studio Light.
As for the gaming universe, the power of Apple’s silicon promises Mac devices to run AAA games (like GRID Legends and Resident Evil Village) with ease. Metal 3 promises to enhance gaming experiences on Apple devices, while MetalFX Upscaling will bring improvements to developers.
The rest of the news about macOS Ventura can be checked through from this link.
Apple’s news will soon reach the public
Again, it is worth noting that all versions of big tech operating systems announced this Monday (6) will be released to the public between September and November of this year. The OSes are now available to Apple Developer Program members and will gain public betas for Mac users in July 2022.


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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) has acquired Kosmix for over $300 million according to a source with AllThingsD. Kosmix is a social media platform company that has raised $55 million in funding from Time Warner Investments, Accel Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, DAG Ventures, Bezos Expeditions, Jonathan Miller, and Ed Zander.
Kosmix is best known for developing TweetBeat, a website that monitors live events being talked about the most on Twitter. Kosmix will be rolled into a division called @WalmartLabs. Kosmix was founded by Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman. These two built and sold an e-commerce company called Junglee to Amazon.com in 1998.


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There definitely won’t be an iPhone from Verizon Wireless until at least 2011, according to a new report from a Broadpoint AmTech analyst. Brian Marshall says AT&T and Apple extended their exclusive deal for the iPhone as part of the agreement that made the iPad available on AT&T’s wireless network.
Of course, Marshall thought it was a lock that the iPad would go to Verizon, but that didn’t come to fruition.
While it’s been a hot topic for a couple of years, talk of a Verizon iPhone has really heated up in the last couple of months. Just this week, a survey was released that indicated almost half of non-AT&T customers would consider buying an iPhone if it were available on their wireless network.
There’s no official word from any of the companies involved.


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FinGo and Croma Security Solutions have entered a strategic partnership to expand access to their customer base.
The UK-based fintech company FinGo is known for being the first biometric identity authentication and payments platform. This finger-mapping technology is used for payment, verifying age, accessing buildings and many other services.
Croma Security Solutions Group plc, with their head office based in Hampshire, is a holding company for a group of four security companies and describe themselves as ‘ex-military security professionals’.
This new strategic partnership is predicted to strengthen each company’s solutions. FinGo’s non-invasive biometric technology and Croma’s global customer base will go hand in hand.
FinGo’s Vein ID technology scans a person’s vein pattern through infrared light, connecting it to their registered FinGo account and links to their verified ID to enable payments and identity authentication.
The Home Office is planning on trialing the fintech company’s platform later this year and will test its efficiency in regards to age verification for selling licensed goods.
Security service Croma is using FastVein biometrics in the retail, education and construction sectors. The partnership will create a vast amount of new opportunities for both companies.
Nick Dryden, FinGo’s Chief Executive Officer, commented: “FinGo is delighted to enter into this strategic partnership with Croma.
“Our combined capability, coupling many years of experience in the security and access management arena with our payments and digital identity management expertise, will create a unique offering.
“We look forward to taking the joint offering to market in 2022 and giving existing and new customers an opportunity to deploy one single secure and convenient biometric solution.”
Croma’s chief executive officer, Roberto Fiorentino, emphasized how beneficial the partnership will be for the two companies: “This collaboration will give rise to the sharing of resources and solutions to bring exacting client offerings across a number of verticals in which we each currently operate.
“We are excited about the opportunity of becoming the absolute leaders in the provision of human identification, biometric payment systems and access control solutions.”


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Since Apple and Google have suggested to the Unicode Consortium to add more diverse skin tones to emojis, more and more icons have evolved to reflect a larger range of skin tones. However, the most noteworthy exception to the trend has been the handshake emoji, until now.
The Emoji 14.0 update from Unicode Consortium will include an array of new handshake characters that will allow users to change the skin tones of both left and right hands for a total of 25 various combinations. The process of developing this emoji has taken over two full years to complete and launch. Due to the limitations in the modifier coding, it was difficult for the hands the share different skin tones. However, the emoji platform has now adopted a new approach, allowing the capability to support mixed skin tones on one icon. The company has been working on handshake’s functionality since the release of its Emoji 12.0 update.
Google’s creative director for emojis, Jennifer Daniel had initially proposed the multi-skin tone handshake back in 2019. However, the Unicode Consortium only decided to include the suggestion in Emoji 14.0, which was originally set to release in 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is now delayed to 2022.
In case you missed it, Max Hodak, Neuralink co-founder has officially left Elon Musk’s brain implant company.


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Are you being fooled by farmer's markets?
Food at farmers' markets typically costs a bit more than the standard fare at the supermarket. It's an accepted part of the trade-off that you pay more to support small, local businesses which cannot look to the supermarkets for their income.
However, a report claims that this isn't always the case.
What is local?Farmers' markets have taken hold in the UK - with 750 regular markets held around the country. They are popular with those who want to eat locally-produced food and be sure of the provenance of their dinner.
However, an investigation by the Daily Mail found that rather than being populated by very local businesses, many stallholders travel around various markets during the week. It argued that this made a mockery of the idea of supporting local producers.
The rules about locally-produced food vary between markets, but usually state that a farm has to be within 30 miles of the market - except in London where it can be up to 100 miles away. This means a firm from the Isle of Wight can be found selling produce in London - which hardly seems local. A survey in 2008 by Oxfordshire Trading Standards found that 77% of people were unaware of the guidelines.
Supermarket linksThe report also highlighted that some of the producers had links to supermarkets. It identified a number of firms that sell at both farmers' markets and in supermarkets. These include household names like Pieminister: the reporters found the the pies called Moo and Heidi in branches of Sainsbury's and Asda for £3.50. However they also sell at a farmers' market, where a wider range of the pies are on sale at £3.95.
Meanwhile, The Tomato Stall is a regular at farmer's markets and is also part of Wight Salads which sells to a number of supermarkets. It told the newspaper it was a separate limited company and that the specialty tomatoes are grown separately for the farmer's markets - providing a closer link to the grower.
The report questioned whether all this was clear to shoppers - who might assume the stall-holders were small local enterprises who needed support against the might of their competitors who sold to the supermarkets.
Are farmer's markets worth it?FARMA, the National Farmers' Retail and Markets Association is very clear that this is perfectly acceptable within its guidelines. It explains: "Many farmers and producers have started off selling at farmers markets and grown to the stage where their products can also be found stocked in other outlets. They continue to sell at farmers markets because they are loyal to their customers who love them, and they value the face to face contact. Selling direct still give farmers a better return for their work."
You could argue that if the produce is still made in the same way it always was, farmers shouldn't be punished for getting a separate contract with a supermarket.
The farmers also argue that you're not necessarily paying more at the markets either. The Kent Farmers' Market Association did a price comparison of the ingredients for a Sunday lunch for six people at a local farmers' market, and compared it to the same shop in two supermarkets. It said the markets completed the lunch for £20.51, which was 51% cheaper than Waitrose and 30% cheaper than Sainsbury's. The University at the West of England, meanwhile, carried out a study that found that organic meat and poultry was 37% more expensive at the supermarket, and organic vegetables were 33% cheaper at the markets.
In instances where the produce is more expensive, the sellers argue that their costs are higher, because they are transporting and selling smaller quantities - so charging slightly higher prices is not a profit-grab, it simply enables them to offset the extra cost.
They also argue that the quality is better. The food has come straight from the farm to the market, rather than fruit and vegetables being transported to a regional hub and then out to the supermarkets, so fresh produce is fresher.
If you want to know whether the farmers' markets are worth the money, perhaps the only way to tell is to ask people who shop there. They can enjoy a day out in a nice environment, grab a bite to eat and soak up the atmosphere. Maybe asking them whether they could buy tomatoes more cheaply elsewhere is missing the point.
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A U.K. delivery driver is in hot water: After lying to officials about a missing pet, an app caught him dropping off an Amazon parcel and stealing a puppy from a customer’s property.
On Tuesday, Levi Pislea, a 22-year-old man who was employed by an independent delivery service, was convicted of stealing, Wilma, a tiny schnauzer, when he delivered an Amazon package to someone’s home last year, CNN reported. Pislea, who made a court appearance today, was found guilty of fabricating the truth and failing to return the dog to its owner.
Former ‘Amazon delivery driver’ found guilty of stealing customer’s dog – CPS Thames & Chiltern
Levi Pislea given 12 month community order and ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work, plus £705 costs following trial at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court
— CPS (@cpsuk) February 20, 2019
On April 27, Richard Guttfield, Wilma’s owner, discovered that his fur baby was missing from his home in Marsworth, England, according to Court News UK. Once he figured out that Wilma disappeared when his Amazon package arrived, he immediately contacted Amazon about the incident.
When Pislea was questioned by his manager about the missing puppy, he denied seeing Wilma on his delivery route. However, an app unveiled that he was not telling the truth: It tracked his steps on April 27, and showed that he went around Guttfield’s home and into the garden area.
Pislea’s manager then went to Pislea’s home, where he found the dog and reported Pislea to the police. Four days after the incident, Wilma was finally reunited with Guttfield.
Pislea though, didn’t walk out of his trial without charges: The High Wycombe Magistrates Court sentenced him to a 12-month community order, 150 hours of unpaid work, and he has to pay $914 in damages.
“Pislea lied when he said he hadn’t been near the garden where the dog was — a lie that was proven by the tracker data of his steps,” Andrew Morgan, district crown prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), said in a CPS press release. “He denied any knowledge of the dog when he was directly asked about it, and made no effort to reunite it with its owner over the four days that it was in his possession, all of which indicated his intention to keep it.”
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The number of full-time jobs in retail fell by 3.3% in the second quarter of 2017 compared with the same period last year, research from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) indicates.
All three months during the quarter recorded a decline in full-time employment, and April’s levels were lowest.
The BRC’s retail employment monitor found there was a reduction in hours worked on both full-time and part-time contracts, and 69% of survey respondents reported that employees worked fewer hours during the quarter. Meanwhile, 15% said they intend to decrease employment levels in the coming quarter – no respondents planned this in Q2 2016.
BRC chief executive Helen Dickinson said reductions were “particularly acute” among non-food retailers.
She added that factors driving a decrease in retail jobs include advances in technology and automation, a “difficult” market environment and policies that have increased the cost of employing people, such as the National Living Wage and the Apprenticeship Levy.
Dickinson said: “The pace of consolidation in the retail workforce has slowed this quarter compared with last. However, there are further reductions to come. The transformation of the industry is still in progress and this quarter’s data show that more retailers are intending to reduce their workforce in the coming months than at the same point last year.
“With consumers seeing inflation squeezing their spending power, the challenges facing retailers will only increase in coming months, reinforcing the pressure on retailers to rethink and restructure their workforce.”


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More countries welcome Netflix
Posted by Dannielle Noonan
The latest good news for expats
Spain is a popular destination among expats young and old but no matter what your age, it’s likely that if you move abroad, you’re going to miss some of your favourite TV shows.
Good news – Netflix is going to be made available in Spain on 20th October!
It will also take over Italian and Portugese screens, as part of its plan for international expansion. Launching in these countries will effectively open up a potential market of over 19 million households for Netflix.
Netflix is currently available in more than 50 countries and has over 62 million subscribers globally and it has so far proven to be a lifesaver for people living abroad who ache for the sounds and sights of home.
The movie and TV streaming service announced in June that they would take to Spanish screens in June. This comes after Netflix ignored Espana in their European expansion last year, leaving expatriates living in Spain feeling frustrated.
Netflix CEO Neil Hunt assured Spain interview with newspaper El Periodico that they would soon be able to enjoy the service for similar price as the rest of Europe.
The service will cost from €7.99 per month and users will be able to access Netflix's expansive catalogue of everything from the latest blockbuster releases, to documentaries and television series, including Netflix originals such as House of Cards and Orange is the New Black.
To watch HD-quality videos on a maximum of two devices simultaneously, Spaniards would pay €8.99 per month. And to watch movies and shows in 4K - or ultra high definition - on a maximum of four screens at once, Spaniards would pay €11.99.
However the company has not yet officially agreed prices so they may be subject to change.
Hunt said that most devices sold in Spain within the past 18 months will be Netflix-compatible when the service starts up as TV manufacturers have been prepping their devices in anticipation of Netflix's Spanish launch.
Rumour has it that people living in Japan will also welcome Netflix later this year. They also, unsurprisingly, have their sights on China but they face numerous hurdles around licensing.
We’ll keep you updated.


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Data breach reported to late? That’s a €475,000 fine!
Fine of €475,000 for Booking.com reporting data breach 22 days to late.
According to a press release of April 6 the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) imposed a €475,000 fine on Booking.com because the company took too long to report a data breach to the DPA into compliance with Article 33 GDPR.
22 days to late
Booking.com was informed of the data breach on 13 January 2019, but did not report the breach to the DPA until 7 February, which is 22 days too late: data breaches must be reported within 72 hours where feasible. On 4 February 2019 Booking.com informed the affected customers of the breach. The company also took other measures to limit the damage, such as offering to compensate any losses.
Risk of falling victim to serious theft
The criminals involved obtained the personal data of over 4,000 customers and credit card information of almost 300 people. By persuading hotel staff to reveal the log-in details for their accounts in a Booking.com system the criminals gained access to the data of 4,109 people who had booked a hotel room. The criminals also tried to get hold of the credit card information of other victims, by posing as Booking.com staff in emails or on the telephone.
‘Booking.com customers ran a risk of falling victim to serious theft’ says DPA deputy chair Monique Verdier, ‘even if the criminals didn’t obtain credit card information but only someone’s name, contact details and booking information. After all, those details could be used by fraudsters for “phishing” expeditions.'
‘By posing in emails or on the phone as hotel staff, they attempted to steal money from people. Such an approach can seem highly credible if the fraudster knows exactly when you made a booking and what room you booked, then asks you to pay for the nights in question. Large amounts of money can be stolen in this way.’
‘This is a serious violation,’ Ms Verdier says. ‘Unfortunately, a data breach can occur anywhere, even if you have good precautionary measures in place. But in order to prevent harm to customers and future attacks, you have to report a breach on time.'
‘Taking rapid action is essential, not least for the victims of the breach. After receiving a report the DPA can order a company to immediately warn those affected. This can prevent criminals having weeks in which to attempt to defraud customers.’
According to Ms Verdier, ‘A company of this size, which stores valuable personal data of millions of customers in its systems, has a huge responsibility. Customers are entrusting their personal data to Booking.com. And the company must do everything it can to protect that data properly. That means not only ensuring good security to prevent breaches, but also taking rapid action if the worst should happen.’
The investigation into the Booking.com breach was international in scope. The situation involved an international company with customers from a range of countries. Booking.com’s global headquarters are in the Netherlands, which is why the Dutch DPA performed the investigation. Since this was an international matter, the DPA coordinated the investigation with other European data protection supervisory authorities.
Data breaches can occur anywhere, even if you have the necessary precautionary measures in place. Nonetheless, it is essential to report a breach in time to prevent (further) harm to customers. This is also important for a DPA to take the necessary actions. Luckily, the number of reported breaches in the Netherlands is 30 % more in 2020 than in 2019. Notifying the DPA is not necessary in case no harm for customers is to be expected. However, for these cases you have to register the data breach in your internal register for accountability purposes.
In general, it is advisable to notify the DPA within 72 hours, even in the situation you are not 100% sure about the severity of the impact of a data breach for customers. Even more so because of organizational issues, as the Dutch DPA does not have nearly enough personal staff to investigate all reported data breaches. Therefore, it is time and cost efficient for the DPA to at least investigate breaches that are reported to late, as low hanging fruit. Lastly, do not hesitate to promptly notify a DPA, as you can always alter or amend your notification at a later stage.
We should not forget that data breaches could happen to the best of us, how good your precautionary measures may be. However, as the Booking.com breach demonstrates, a timely report of a data breach could prevent serious further economic and reputation damages.
Article provided by: Bob Cordemeyer and Wouter Huisman (Cordemeyer & Slager Advocaten, Netherlands)
Dr. Tobias Höllwarth (Managing Director INPLP)


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A Bayonetta announcement is being teased by Sega.
An official countdown has begun over on the Sega website. At first glance it’s difficult to make out what’s being teased, but once you see the image (pictured below) behind the countdown as a whole, the tease becomes clear.
At this point we don’t have much to go on. That said, on April Fool’s Day Sega released an 8-Bit version of Bayonetta on Steam, and while it’s easy to write off April Fool’s shenanigans as a joke, it’s more than plausible the jest could be a sly hint at a PC port.


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Sony, Fujitsu Aim to Make Educational Data ‘Unfalsifiable’ With Blockchain
The two Japanese tech giants have partnered for a trial using blockchain to provide educational records that cannot be faked.
The crypto artist has worked with Dorian Nakamoto and recently expanded his reach into South America.
Blockchain payments company Ripple has launched in Brazil as the first stage of its planned expansion across South America.
Natalia Ameline's nonprofit, CryptoChicks, is spreading the blockchain gospel in emerging markets.
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have launched an internal crypto token to fill a "knowledge gap" around blockchain tech.
Duke University is teaming up with Citizens Reserve to help students learn about blockchain tech and get hands-on with real projects.


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The production volume of Korean automakers is now bigger overseas than at home.
Data from the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association show that Korean carmakers produced 2.77 million cars in the country from January to August but 2.92 million in their overseas factories.
The main reason were major strikes at Hyundai compounded by slow exports and lackluster sales in Korea.
The decreased output at home leads to a vicious cycle of smaller orders for subcontractors, lower factory operating rates, layoffs of assembly line workers and a worsening slump.
The car industry, one of the top export pillars, is starting to see the same exodus of production facilities that has happened among mobile phone manufacturers.
Even until 2009, the domestic plants of Korean automakers accounted for 65 percent of total production. But domestic output peaked at 4.65 million vehicles in 2011 and has been declining ever since.
Although domestic production recovered slightly in 2013 and 2014, overseas output more than doubled over the past six years.
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TORONTO — The Canadian dollar weakened
against its U.S. counterpart on Tuesday, as a sharp drop in
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China’s equity market weighed on sentiment and a record low for
U.S. bond yields after adjusting for inflation signaled worries
about the economic outlook.
The loonie was trading 0.4% lower at 1.2589 to the
greenback, or 79.43 U.S. cents, after trading in a range of
1.2538 to 1.2594.
“Today’s market price action has been driven by events in
China and the impact it has had on broader market sentiment,”
said Simon Harvey, senior FX market analyst for Monex Europe and
U.S. stocks fell from record highs while real U.S. bond
yields hit all-time lows, as further selling of Chinese internet
giants, economic growth concerns and a Federal Reserve interest
rate decision on Wednesday put some investors on guard and drove
Canada is a major producer of commodities, including oil, so
its economy tends to be sensitive to the outlook for global
growth. U.S. crude prices settled 0.4% lower at $71.65 a
The Bank of Canada’s pledge to let the economy run hot could
be tested by inflation that’s already at a decade-high level,
with more price increases expected as businesses shuttered
during the COVID-19 pandemic reopen and consumers dip into
The Canadian Consumer Price Index report for June is set for
release on Wednesday, which will include updated weights for the
basket of goods and services used in the index. Shifts include a
higher weighting for the shelter component as housing prices
Canadian government bond yields were lower across a flatter
curve, tracking the move in U.S. Treasuries. The 10-year
fell 5.4 basis points to 1.169% but holding above
the five-month low hit last Tuesday at 1.104%.
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A New ParadigmBy Baselinemag | Posted 2007-08-22 Print
The search giant's release of free spreadsheets and word processors has been a hit with small businesses. But will it play in larger enterprises?
A New Paradigm
If Google Apps has an advantage over Microsoft Office beyond how it enables collaboration, it lies in how its software-as-a-service paradigm lifts administrative burdens for I.T. departments.
In theory at least, companies that use Google Apps don't need any technical workers to update the client software, fine-tune the e-mail servers or manage the disk space. That's all done by Google, in what people metaphorically call "the cloud," actually a series of gargantuan server farms operated by the company.
Google's strategy of distributing its software as an online service means CIOs also don't need to manage software upgrades. When Google improves some aspect of its spreadsheet or word processing software, it can make the enhancement available to users immediately, without their having to take any action; they may not even be aware that anything has changed.
"One thing about serving software from the cloud is you can innovate very quickly, much more so than in a standard innovation cycle," says Forrester analyst Koplowitz.
Of course, from a corporation's point of view, there's a downside to the idea of using applications that run on another company's servers, and that is the possibility that data may be compromised as it moves between internal and external computers.
Fortunately for Google, it doesn't have to take on the burden of proving that software-as-a-service and security are compatible concepts. Proof of that has already been furnished by Salesforce.com, a maker of customer relationship management software whose founder, Marc Benioff, takes every chance he can to goad Microsoft. Salesforce.com's success in moving up the customer food chain—from tiny accounts initially to accounts like Avis and Bear Stearns today—is something that Google is hoping to replicate.
Google's comfort online—the Internet is, after all, its native habitat—isn't an unqualified advantage. The fact that its applications can only be accessed online is a drawback in a world in which business people still occasionally find themselves in planes or in other places that have no Internet access. To that end, Google is working on offline-enabling its applications through a framework any software developer can tap into, called Google Gears. Google has already used Gears to bring offline capability to its RSS reader; the company plans to do the same with its weightier applications.
At the same time that Google is moving toward making its applications available offline, Microsoft is taking steps to embrace more of a Web delivery model. Microsoft Office Live, a 10-month-old initiative that provides domain names, a Web site and e-mail to small businesses, has been a first step.
And earlier this summer, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts that he expects to augment almost all Microsoft applications with Web services components within the next decade.
"They're both large investments," Koplowitz says of Google's move to the enterprise and Microsoft's move to the Internet. "It's going to be a question of who has the stomach to keep this fight up longer."
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If you missed it, or if you just need to stock up on more local goodies, the market will be back in session Saturday, Feb. 18, from 10 a.m. to noon. The market will continue to be open on the first and third Saturday of every month through April, so mark your calendars for Feb. 18, March 4 and 18 and April 1 and 15.
On Feb. 18, shoppers will find lots of top quality, local foods. The market café will feature the Poolville Country Store. They will have lots of ready-to- eat and frozen take-home foods for purchase as well. Cups of locally roasted coffee will be available.
The market is held in the Poolville Community Center at 7484 Willey Road. For more information email email@example.com or visit the market Facebook page.