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They are only 28, but already boast three unique projects under their belts. The twin brothers Ahmad and Rashid Bin Shabib started the UAE’s first online shopping portal in 2006 when they were 23; a year later they brought out a magazine to dispel the stereotypes of the Middle East; in 2009 they launched Shelter — a venture to support entrepreneurial developments in the UAE.
Being entrepreneurs, they were well aware of the challenges of starting a venture in the UAE. Hence, Shelter was essentially conceived with the purpose of helping new entrepreneurs bring their vision to fruition without undertaking any huge financial risks. “We started Shelter in Al Quoz, converting a 7,500-square-feet warehouse to offer space to budding entrepreneurs — which was very affordable compared to regular office spaces in Dubai,” says Rashid Bin Shabib in an interview with GN Focus.
“When we first rented a warehouse to launch our magazine Brownbook, our friends and colleagues also began to work around us in that space. Later on as the Brownbook business grew we moved to Dubai Media City and transformed the Al Quoz warehouse into Shelter, an incubator office space where people could come together and work and build bridges through engagement, discussion and social interaction,” Rashid says.
The brothers started their first venture Brownbag.ae, an online shopping portal, with Dh25,000 — money saved from their earlier jobs. “The project, I believe, was ahead of its time. It was launched at a point when Dubai was yet to witness an inflow of expats from across the world. Though it generated lots of interest from Dubai residents, we failed to make the kind of traffic that we were looking at, and that’s why we decided to shut it down,” Rashid says.
They moved to their second venture Brownbook, a magazine mandated to portray the Middle East differently — away from the preconceived stereotypes. The magazine publishes articles on art, culture and lifestyle and today boasts a circulation of 15,000 and is distributed worldwide.
Commenting on the publishing industry in the UAE, Rashid says that the economic boom supported the launch of several ‘unnecessary’ products in the market. “Many international titles were launched based on content imported from abroad which had no regional relevance. Once the boom gave way to sluggish growth these magazines couldn’t survive.”
Both Rashid and Ahmad Bin Shabib were educated in the UK, US and Switzerland and graduated from Suffolk University in 2004. They credit their mother with helping them develop a fine sense of appreciation of art and culture, and their grandfather with developing in them an understanding about the nation.
“Growing up in close association with our grandfather Mohammed Saeed Al Mulla, the former federal minister of communication, helped us understand and experience what went in the last 40 years to build this nation: lots of people have given their time and effort to build the UAE. The nation is in a very strong position right now — economically we are gaining momentum and politically with Federal National Council elections common people are slowly being integrated into the decision-making processes. Based on the efforts that the older generation made and what we are doing now I can only see the nation going forward,” Rashid says.
When it comes to their future plans, they intend to continue on the same path: generating interesting contents, encouraging engagement and initiating dialogue.


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NFA wants to import add’l 250,000 MT of rice
Apparently, the 250,000 metric tons (MT) of imported rice isn’t yet enough for National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Jason Aquino.
Because even if the bidding process for the importation of 250,000 MT of rice is yet to start, the state-run grains agency already requested the President to import additional 250,000 to replenish its depleted stocks.
This, as President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the abolition of NFA Council, the highest policy-making body of NFA that gets to decide on importation.
A report in Business Mirror, citing sources, showed that Duterte already approved NFA’s new request.
“Sources privy to the meeting between Mr. Duterte and rice traders said the NFA importation will be divided into batches,” the report said.
“The initial 250,000 MT will be imported within the month via government-to-government (G2G) scheme to immediately beef up the NFA’s bufferstock, which has sunk to a four-decade low of 200,000 bags. Meanwhile, the remaining 250,000 MT would be purchased by the NFA via government-to-procurement scheme (G2P), which would be in preparation for the lean months, sources added,” the report further said.

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Fraudsters have been targeting bitcoin ATM users in Winnipeg by hanging posters saying the machines were out of use.
Police issued a warning Thursday that following the instructions on the scam posters could lead to their bitcoin getting deposited in the scammer’s account — with no way to recover them.
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The posters, which were plastered on or near the machines, claimed the bitcoin ATMs were developing new software and advised users not to use their own QR code but to scan the QR code on the poster. Following the instructions prompted buyers to give their bitcoin to someone else.
The posters were found at two of the 20 bitcoin ATMs in Winnipeg. Thursday, the police told local news that, so far, no one had reported falling victim to the latest scam.
Bitcoin transactions are irreversible meaning that if a user inadvertently sends their bitcoin to the wrong address, the funds are as good as gone.
“Before using a bitcoin ATM, you should familiarize yourself with cryptocurrency in general and how transactions work. You should only purchase and send bitcoin into your own wallet or the wallet of someone you know,” Winnipeg police said in the statement.


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According to a fresh Apple job listing spotted by AppleInsider publication, it seems that Apple is interested in bringing back public transit directions data into its mapping application. It has been more than three years since Apple has abandoned data from Google Maps, and now it seems that the company is looking to deal with this on its own.
The job listing says Apple is searching for a software engineer who will join the Maps division's Routing team. Apple informs those looking to apply that "as a member of the Routing team, you will work on one of the most anticipated features of Apple Maps."
Apple is looking for someone with "in-depth knowledge about public transit," both as a rider and on a technical level. The best moment for Apple to announce a potential Maps upgrades could be at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference, which starts June 8.
But even with this new job listing, it’s unclear when transit data will become available in Apple Maps. Public transit information was available on iPhones and iPads until the update to iOS 6 in 2012, when Apple decided to replaced Google’s mapping data with its own. Ever since, the Cupertino-based company has been striving to improve its service so that it could prove to be a real competitor to Google Maps.


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At 8:41 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, most Americans were completely unaware of the world-changing terror that was about to unfold at the World Trade Center. One group that had some inkling had five minutes to live. Eighty-nine of the 92 passengers and crewmen on American Airlines Flight 11 were killed at 8:46, when Islamist terrorists crashed the Boeing 767 into the center's north tower (reportedly the hijackers had already stabbed or slashed the other three to death).
At 8:41 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2011, former Enron adviser Paul Krugman, star columnist of the New York Times, had something he wanted to say: "Is it just me, or are the 9/11 commemorations oddly subdued?" Krugman began his post on the Times website yesterday morning. "Actually, I don't think it's me, and it's not really that odd."
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- Petitioners denied delay.
- Why don’t all on FCC agree?
- FCC won’t stop Open Internet, yet.
Friday, /4/8, the Federal Communication Commission denied petitioners including AT&T and CenturyLink the chance to delay opening Open Internet.
On Friday, /4/8, the Federal Communications Commission categorically denied requests to halt any reclassification of Internet service providers as common carriers. The petitioners were industry leaders who disagreed with the Title II regulation in the Open Internet Order.
However, the FCC believed the presented arguments do not meet criteria to reconsider any decisions on Net Neutrality. Tactic and attempt failed, although one commissioner didn’t agree with the majority of the Committee.
Of course, the bigger questions are: who objected, why did they object, and why were they denied?
The groups and businesses looking to halt the introduction of a common carrier status and to face government regulation were United States Telecom Association (USTelecom), CTIA-The Wireless Association, AT&T Inc., the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA), and CenturyLink.
American Cable Association (ACA) and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) were also included in the petition decree, but were not part of the larger petition.
USTelecom et al. argue that “the Commission’s assertion of comprehensive control over the Internet will subject broadband Internet access providers — especially, small providers — to enormous unrecoverable costs and reduce their ability and incentive to invest in broadband infrastructure.”
Petitioners added into the disagreement that “the Commission has identified no urgent public interest need to layer common carrier regulation and a vague Internet conduct standard on top of those rules while petitions for review are pending.” In short, the reclassification isn’t necessary at the moment and to carry on as is.
Included is a sky is falling tactic as well. In reference to the fact the Order has not be issued as lawful yet, telecomm businesses feel they should not have to regulate and burden consumers until such time. In other words, a stalling tactic.
“Consumers and the industry would face a twice-convulsive situation if a fundamentally new and ill-fitting regulatory regime of extraordinary breadth is imposed on broadband providers and then, as Petitioners respectfully submit is likely, vacated by the reviewing court.”
According to the FCC document, the petitioners argued in one point that the mobile BIAS should be exempt since the BIAS is connected to the Internet, not phone networks, and there could be no interconnected, commercial mobile service.
The Commission rejected the entire position because unlike 1994, the current mobile BIAS is considered “public switched network” based on an updated definition. Furthermore, it is no longer “akin to the private mobile service of 1994, such as a taxi dispatch service, services that offered users access to a discrete and limited set of endpoints.”
The FCC noted that the USTelecom et al. ignored an independent Commission conclusion under section 332(d)(3), which states mobile broadband Internet is the “functional equivalent” of a modern commercial mobile service. Also, mobile BIAS is wrapped up in one of the “bright light” rules.
In short, mobile Internet is still a commercial service since it’s bought and paid for by consumers. It’s often added into carrier deals, such as gigabyte data speed and implies a high use. Even more worthy of note is the fact the petitioners all gave the FCC permission to define “public switched network” in the first place.
Additionally, Section 332(d)(2) states that “what is clear from the statutory language is not what the definition of ‘public switched network’ was intended to cover but rather that Congress expected the notion to evolve and therefore charged the Commission with the continuing obligation to define it.”
If one insists on letting another group define the language and agrees to it, then it’s very hard to argument against the already stated permission to do so. And since Congress moved forward with the action, the FCC will be the regulating body for quite some time.
The fact of the matter is the Commission sees access to the Internet and communication platforms as “most vibrant, and best able to serve the public interest, when consumers are empowered to make their own decisions about how networks are to be accessed and utilized.”
An open internet would allow consumers to buy without concerns over false product pricing and service. The Open Internet Order /4/be harder to argue against as the industry leaders continue to offer easily disputed claims.
Engadget points out that most of the carriers, a.k.a. petitioners, “believed would bring not only the industry but the infrastructure that powers the internet under tighter, heavier government control.”
In an effort to push against future growth, opposing FCC commissioner Ajit Pai stated the Commission would have “the power to micromanage virtually every aspect of how the Internet works.” Which is not the idea at all of an Open Internet. Only to provide opportunities for consumers to feel heard when making a wise decision.
And the fact the big three “bright light” rules weren’t argued against is a good thing. But really, it’s hard to dispute the fact that opposing “no blocking legal content, no throttling and no paid prioritization” would not go over with consumers very well.
As the Open Internet Order is slowly absorbed into the nation’s fabric, many telecommunication leaders will rub against the idea. The question is if the FCC will protect the consumer from bad business practices. If Tom Wheeler has his say, the answer will always be yes.
Sources: Engadget, FCC, Public Knowledge


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Inventor mom puts the Genie in a Diaper Dress
MARLBOROUGH -- Very few good things come from dirty baby diapers, but Janet Kieran managed to find one.
After giving birth to triplets, in the midst of dealing with dozens of stinky diaper changes for her three boys, she dreamed up a business idea that combined both of her careers: product marketer and parent.
The inspiration for Kieran's product, the Diaper Dress -- a decorative fabric covering designed to fit around the popular Diaper Genie diaper disposal system -- came from her kids as well as the baby equipment that multiplied around them.
"That was a very intense experience," the Marlborough resident said of giving birth in December 1999, caring for the extended family that followed and changing an estimated 20,000 diapers over the years. "We had Diaper Genies all over the house."
What Kieran wanted, and what she assumed many others did as well, was to make those off-white plastic canisters match.
"I'm a huge fan of the product," she said of the Diaper Genie, "but it occurred to me that there was no way to cover it up and make it tie into the decor of baby nurseries."
Kieran, who had been an Internet product developer for Fleet Bank's online account-opening system, launched a market research project, eventually getting responses from about 1,000 parents through a direct-mailing effort.
"It really helped me to target the patterns and designs," she said. "I determined there was a need."
So Kieran went to work, designing the Diaper Dress and sewing up samples as she and her husband, Damian, a supply-chain manager at 3Com Corp. in Marlborough, raised Tommy, Conor and Shane.
Knowing full well that dirty diapers can create quite a mess, Kieran selected durable fabric that is machine washable and requires no special care. A few similar products already on the market, she found, were made of silk or other material that must be dry cleaned.
"They are decorative and beautiful, but not practical," she said.
Kieran's company, called Ivory Tower Designs, eventually signed up contract sewers through a firm in Fitchburg and also contacted Playtex Products Inc., the Westport, Conn., company that distributes the Diaper Genie.
Playtex, a dominant player in the infant-care industry, acquired the Diaper Genie brand in February 1999 for $122 million from privately held Mondial Industries LP. The Diaper Genie competes with similar products including Baby Trend Inc.'s Diaper Champ and Regal Lager Inc.'s Diaper Dekor.
"They (Playtex) bought a cash cow," said Kieran. "They've done very little to change the product in the last six years, but it remains the market leader."
Kieran said she believes Playtex controls about 93 percent of the diaper disposal system market, selling around 500,000 Diaper Genies a year. The product is a popular gift for baby showers. A spokeswoman for Playtex could not be reached for comment Friday.
The Diaper Dress costs $30 and is currently available in 11 fabrics, with colors and patterns designed for use in baby nurseries but also family rooms, bathrooms and any other space where Diaper Genies may be placed. She is considering developing a similar accessory for Diaper Champ and Diaper Dekor.
Kieran started selling the product last September to family and friends -- there had been "pent-up demand" from those who knew she was developing it -- and started "pre-selling" to a limited number of retailers in January. Diaper Dress is also on sale via Kieran's Web site (www.diaperdress.com) and at the gift shop at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston, where her triplets were born.
Her goal for now is to focus on distributing the product to children's boutiques and online stores such as CyberBabyMall.com and KidsFirstInternet.org, and sell at least 2,500 in a year.
Dawn Marignoli, owner of Marchella's in Melrose, said she has received a sample Diaper Dress from Kieran and is now considering stocking the item. Her store, currently being remodeled, sells draperies, bedding and furniture for customizing nurseries and children's bedrooms.
"It is nice to have (the Diaper Genie) dressed up so it doesn't stick out so much in the room, so it actually looks like it belongs there," Marignoli said.
Kieran's ultimate goal, of course, is to get Diaper Dress into Babies "R" Us and Wal-Mart, the two retailers responsible for the bulk Diaper Genie sales.
While developing the product, Kieran tapped into Mom Inventors Inc., a company in Walnut Creek, Calif., that helps mothers who are also budding entrepreneurs through an online community, telephone-based seminars and connections with manufacturers and retailers.
Mom Inventors plans to add Diaper Dress to the list of mom-invented products it sells through a special eBay site.
"It's now a place where I have (retail) buyers coming to me and asking me about the products," said Mom Inventors founder Tamara Monosoff, adding that major manufacturers have also come knocking. "We see this as a way to funnel new ideas into their companies."
Monosoff said her company has received about 500 submissions from moms nationwide in the last five months.
She started the company after coming up with her own idea, the TP Saver, a device designed to keep kids and pets from unrolling toilet paper dispensers. Since then, Mom Inventors has launched two other products developed by moms: Shoe Clues, or stickers that are placed in the heel to help children get the right shoe on the right foot; and Good Bites, a cookie cutter-like kitchen tool that quickly cuts the crust off sandwiches.
"I think moms are incredible problem solvers," Monosoff said, noting that more women today are highly educated and spend time in careers before raising children. "When they stay at home, they don't just turn their brains off. They're able to use the skills they've learned in the workplace and apply them in a different way."
(Greg Turner can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org or 508-626-3909.)


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USDA awards grant to Tecumseh's Market on Evans
TECUMSEH — The city of Tecumseh has received a federal grant of almost $72,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help further develop the Market on Evans.
The grant was announced Thursday by Jessica Sattler, Tecumseh economic development director, who applied for the grant on behalf of the city.
The USDA’s Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) intends to increase domestic consumption and access to locally and regionally produced agricultural products as well as open new market opportunities for farmers and ranchers. The grants are geared toward the development, improvement and expansion of farmers markets and roadside stands throughout the country.
According to Sattler, the grant is so competitive that less than 15 percent of applicants receive funding. This year, the FMPP was awarded to 49 farmers markets nationally, distributed from a total of $13.35 million. Tecumseh was awarded $71,641.
“It’s a great honor to be selected and I think it speaks volumes about the great work we are doing here in Tecumseh and at the market,” Sattler said in a news release. “This funding will allow us to hire a part-time market coordinator, purchase furnishings for the market and offer additional education and out of reach producers interested in the farmers market.”
In its description of Tecumseh farmers market, the USDA felt that the market was underdeveloped but had potential to expand.
“Most of the producers that currently participate in the market struggle to make farming a practical source of income and often fail to make sufficient connections to develop a customer base large enough to support their business,” the description said. “While a dedicated customer core frequents the market, the available products at the market are relatively unknown to the larger community.”
The description continues by saying that the grant’s goal is to improve the market’s furnishings and amenities, followed by a marketing campaign to raise awareness in TV, radio, print and online advertising. The FMPP website describes a farmers market in Burkesville, Kentucky — located in a county with a population of just 7,000 — that increased its number of vendors from eight in 2015, to 38 in 2017, after receiving funding from the grant.
Vicki Riddle, Tecumseh Area Chamber of Commerce executive director and current market manager, said that the grant will make a big impact on the market. It is the first grant the market has received and Riddle said Sattler was instrumental in putting the grant application together through her grant-writing experience.
“It’s absolutely huge what it means for the market. It will be more programming, more advertising, a dedicated market manager, (and) different improvements to the facility. I think it’s really going to push the market to the next level,” Riddle said.
Riddle sees the money bringing in activities such as a petting zoo for kids, food trucks, picnic tables and a dedicated website curated by the market manager. The market manager would work as part of the chamber specifically on the market.
“Just have the facility itself be a really nice gathering spot where there’s a lot of activity going on and a nice place for people to come and meet and visit,” Riddle said. “(The market manager) would be doing the planning for the markets, work the markets over the season and in the off season, be planning activities and working to increase the number of vendors that we have there and get those retail shed we have there … rented out.”


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Coca-Cola is all set to launch it's very own energy beverage under its own brand!
With two versions (full-fat & sugar-free) set to launch later this April in 250ml cans, Coca-Cola Energy features caffeine from naturally-derived sources, guarana extracts, B vitamins and no taurine, with that classic Coca-Cola taste!
To say we're excited to see how this stacks up against some incredibly stiff competition of Energy Drinks is an understatement.
One thing you can be sure of? We'll be one of the first UK stockists to have the new drinks on hand. 👌


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By early 2016, thoroughbred fans will have the ability to stream past and present Victorian Racing meets via the Telstra Digital Video Network.
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$54 billion of Apple's $83 billion cash pile is lounging in overseas accounts
0. phoneArena 11 Jan 2012, 19:11 posted on
Out Apple's $83 billion massive cash warchest, a whopping $54 billion are behind bars in offshore accounts. Provided that Apple wants to bring all that money from overseas in the US, it will have to part with $18.9 billion of those for the well-being of Uncle Sam...
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1. The_Miz (Posts: 1496; Member since: 06 Apr 2011)
First. Blame the greedy US politicians and the ridiculous high corporate tax. Course, Google deserves to be taxed for being a monopoly and for other things I shall not list.
2. denney (Posts: 98; Member since: 20 Oct 2011)
"The_Miz": The angriest uninformed twelve-year-old in the whole wide world.
4. Sackboy117 (Posts: 178; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
did u use google search to find ur profile pic?
5. ZEUS.the.thunder.god (unregistered)
6. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
Mizzy.. mizzy.. you were so dead right until you started on the google rant that had no point or proof.
But Miz is right, as much as I dont like it, you cant hate the player for playing the game as the rules are set. Be mad at the referee and rule makers for making the game that way. Our super high corporate tax rate (2nd highest in the world) and extremely complicated tax code system (probably the most complex in the world) drive away a lot of business and most definitely a lot of money.
If they would drop corporate sales tax and income tax ..and go to a consumption only tax we would be the worlds largest corporate tax haven and trillions of dollars would come floating into the USA instead of out. That would do a lot for our jobs situation.
7. cellphonator (Posts: 298; Member since: 29 Oct 2011)
It can't be explained better than this.
3. DROIDX0430 (Posts: 468; Member since: 24 Nov 2010)
The article says Apple and this guy lashes out at Google. Of course all are wrong for doing this...but the article is about Apple hiding the loot
9. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
Right, bot companies are equally as greedy, Apple just has more money to hide.
Also, how is Google a Monopoly? There are many other search engines, browsers, and smartphone OSs out there. Now I could understand if you called them a conglomerate, but I don't think they have a monopoly on anything.
8. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
UNCLE SAM SHOULD HAVE APPLE PAY LOTS OF TAXES after all the money they keep bringing in
18. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
idiot statements like that are exactly why lawmakers keep doing stupid stuff like that to get re-elected. Its that exact policy that makes apple and everyone else hide their money over seas. OI.
LETS PUNISH SUCCESS AND THEN WONDER WHY NO ONE WANTS TO SUCCEED!!!
22. quakan (Posts: 1373; Member since: 02 Mar 2011)
@remixfa At the same time it's like a teeter totter: You give more money to the companies, then money is cut from education, social security, etc and vice versa. I'm all for making the billionaires take the cut instead of people who are struggling to make ends meet even with those social welfare programs.
23. ZEUS.the.thunder.god (unregistered)
agree with you. we cant blame the govt. for everything.
10. microgoogaple_21 (Posts: 3; Member since: 11 Jan 2012)
This is probably the smartest move but not the most fair. I think that however much they make in a country they keep that much in that country. So let's say they make 300mill in US one year (random amount) have them keep it here but if they make 350 mill in china have them keep it there so that they support the economies who support them the most.
11. jacko (unregistered)
apple dont want to pay taxes
everyone else as too on how much they earn so crapple you can too
12. roscuthiii (Posts: 2217; Member since: 18 Jul 2010)
f**k'em if they only want to pay 5%. Especially since portions of that money have been tax free and rolling over in investments for years in foreign trusts.
"Corporations are people" my ass. Wish all I had to pay on my income was 5%. Let the corporations pay the same amount regular people pay if that's what they want to be. Somewhere between 15%- 20%.
13. ph00ny (Posts: 1235; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Yay charge apple tax on consumers and now on US Gov!!!
14. Tux4g63 (Posts: 118; Member since: 21 Oct 2011)
They should come up with a compromise. If Apple really wants to bring the $$ back here they should have a tax holiday that is equal to the lowest tax percentage amount in another comparable top 10 economy where Apple has an office. That way the incentive is still there that it is lower than the 35% rate the US has, but not the 5% that is clearly undercutting every other nation. I think Ireland charges 15%...this way Apple can bring there money home under the auspices they will inject it back into the economy, but when they don't, they will not have screwed the government for a 30% rate break.
16. xvengence42 (Posts: 20; Member since: 12 Dec 2011)
Apple earned money fair and square and its BS that the US is taxing it that much. Its not like they are going to do anything with it anywa
19. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
How else will Obama take another 50 million dollar vacation while we starve?
21. quakan (Posts: 1373; Member since: 02 Mar 2011)
That tax money helps to benefit less fortunate people. If the U.S. didn't tax them like that see how much money Apple or any billion dollar company would give up to help out. If you had $54 billion why would you even cry over losing nearly $20 billion of that, that will go back into the system of people who helped you earn that much. Greedy mentality is sickening.
17. iKingTrust (banned) (Posts: 716; Member since: 27 Jul 2011)
F it. Its not these compnaies responsibility to bail us out. Its our very own gov that got us into this mess. She Uncle same needs to fix this not Apple.
Cook keep that money out there.
20. 530gemini (Posts: 2198; Member since: 09 Sep 2010)
Wow. That's a lot of taxes. Can't blame Apple for keeping their cash somewhere else. The US government needs to do something about this if they want those $$$ to come back to the US.


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Washington: The core consumer price index (CPI), a key measure of U.S. consumer prices rose by less than expected in April on lower used-car and apparel costs, testing the Federal Reserve’s message that muted inflation will prove transitory while giving President Donald Trump more ammunition to argue for an interest-rate cut.
The core consumer price index, which excludes food and energy, rose 0.1% from the prior month, missing estimates, and 2.1% from a year earlier as forecast, according to a Labor Department report Friday. The broader CPI rose 0.3% monthly and 2% annually, with both figures less than projected.
U.S. core and headline price gains both missed estimates on a monthly basis in April
The data suggest a sustained pickup in inflation may remain elusive for some time despite the lowest jobless rate in 49 years and consistent wage gains. However, prices could get a boost in coming months after Trump increased tariffs on Chinese imports Friday.
Trump tweeted 31 minutes after the inflation report that the CPI was “really good, very low inflation! We have a great chance to ‘really rock!”’ The president has pressured the Fed for a reduction in interest rates to supercharge the economy amid muted inflation, even as the tight labor market has raised wages and lowered unemployment.
The 10-year Treasury yield briefly slipped to a session low after the CPI report and fed funds futures showed a slight increase in odds for a 2019 rate cut by the central bank. The dollar fell.
“The Fed tells us it’s transitory, but there’s persistent softness going on that we have to remain watchful of,” said Stephen Gallagher, chief U.S. economist at Societe Generale SA. On the declines in used-car and apparel prices, “both of these are thought to be transitory, but they’re still weighing pretty heavily on the core readings and an outcome is the core reading is pretty low.”
The three-month annualized change in the core gauge was 1.6%, the lowest in almost two years.
Energy prices climbed 2.9% from the prior month as gasoline prices jumped 5.7%. Food costs decreased 0.1%, while medical care costs were up 0.3%.
At the same time, apparel prices dropped steeply for a second month, falling 0.8% in April after a 1.9% March drop that was the most since 1949. Apparel only accounts for just over 3% of the CPI but a new methodology in March had dragged down the overall index.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has suggested the too-low inflation will prove temporary as it is driven by “transitory” factors, indicating at his latest press conference that the central bank is not leaning toward either a cut or a hike in borrowing costs.
Fed officials typically focus on the less-volatile core inflation measure to gauge underlying trends. Their separate preferred index — which is linked to consumer spending tallied by the Commerce Department and tends to run slightly below the CPI — rose 1.5% in March from a year earlier, below the 2% target, as core prices eased to a one-year low of 1.6%. The April figures are due May 31.
Friday’s report showed used-car prices slumped for a third month, dropping 1.3%, the most since September, while new vehicle prices rose 0.1%, less than the prior month.
Shelter costs, which make up about a third of total CPI, continued to underpin inflation. The index climbed 0.4% for a second-straight month, with owner’s-equivalent rent rising 0.3%.
A separate Labor Department report Friday showed how subdued inflation is affecting consumer spending power. Average hourly earnings, adjusted for price changes, climbed 1.2% in April from a year earlier, following 1.3% in March.
Economists consensus survey had forecast the core gauge would rise 0.2% from the prior month and 2.1% from a year earlier, with corresponding gains of 0.4% and 2.1% projected for the broader index.
The CPI is the broadest of three price gauges from the Labor Department because it includes all goods and services. About 60 percent of the index covers the prices that consumers pay for services ranging from medical visits to airline fares, movie tickets and rents.
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the change in prices paid by consumers for goods and services. The CPI reflects spending patterns for each of two population groups: all urban consumers and urban wage earners and clerical workers. The all urban consumer group represents about 93 percent of the total U.S. population. It is based on the expenditures of almost all residents of urban or metropolitan areas, including professionals, the self-employed, the poor, the unemployed, and retired people, as well as urban wage earners and clerical workers.
Not included in the CPI are the spending patterns of people living in rural nonmetropolitan areas, farming families, people in the Armed Forces, and those in institutions, such as prisons and mental hospitals.
Consumer inflation for all urban consumers is measured by two indexes, namely, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U).
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is based on the expenditures of households included in the CPI-U definition that meet two requirements: more than one half of the household’s income must come from clerical or wage occupations, and at least one of the household’s earners must have been employed for at least 37 weeks during the previous 12 months.
The CPI-W population represents about 29 percent of the total U.S. population and is a subset of the CPI-U population.
The CPIs are based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, fuels, transportation, doctors’ and dentists’ services, drugs, and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. Prices are collected each month in 75 urban areas across the country from about 5,000 housing units and approximately 22,000 retail establishments (department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments).
All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the index. Prices of fuels and a few other items are obtained every month in all 75 locations.
Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every month in the three largest geographic areas and every other month in other areas. Prices of most goods and services are obtained by personal visits or telephone calls by the Bureau’s trained representatives.


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Shares of Canada Goose (GOOS -2.11%), a producer and retailer of winter coats and other cold-weather clothing, fell sharply at the open on Thursday, losing about 21% of its value in the first few minutes of trading. The decline moderated somewhat as the session progressed: As of 10:55 a.m., stocks were down about 15.5%.
The big news here was its third-quarter fiscal 2022 earnings update, which it delivered before the market opened. Investors weren’t happy, but it’s not like the news was completely terrible either.
For the period ending Jan. 2, Canada Goose reported revenue of just over C$586 million. An extra week in the quarter compared to the third quarter of 2021 pushed that figure up nearly C$41 million, but even so, sales were up significantly from the C$474 million in the quarter. period of the previous year. The problem is that Wall Street analysts were expecting an even higher number. The same story played out on net income, with adjusted earnings per share of CA$1.42 versus CA$1.01 in the third quarter of fiscal 2021. A nice improvement, but below analyst consensus. Investors don’t like companies missing analysts’ estimates, so it’s no surprise the stock fell.
Still, it was a quarter of solid growth, which really isn’t too bad. In fact, one could argue that Wall Street had simply been too bullish – only the negative news didn’t stop there.
Canada Goose also lowered its full fiscal 2022 guidance, lowering its sales outlook from a range of C$1.125 billion to C$1.175 billion to a range of C$1.09 billion to C$1.105 billion. of dollars. It narrowed its adjusted earnings per share range from C$1.17 to C$1.33 to a range of C$1.02 to C$1.11. That hints at expectations of a not-so-good fiscal fourth quarter and speaks to the headwinds the winterwear company continues to face in key markets, including pandemic-related operational disruptions.
Although Canada Goose posted strong results, they fell short of investors’ high expectations, and lower forecasts made matters worse. The glass-half-empty view is obviously the prevailing one among traders on Thursday. However, the specialty retailer, which has a seasonal business, still posted strong growth in its most important quarter of the year and, notably, its non-jackets revenue increased by almost 75%. This latest figure suggests that the company is succeeding in expanding its brand beyond winter coats. If this trend continues, it could make the long-term story here a lot more enticing.


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David Maloni, ArrowStream’s EVP of Analytics and commodities expert, reported that May’s chicken production was 2.2 percent better than 2018 with a year-to-date output higher by 1.2 percent.
“Despite this year’s lackluster chicken production growth and inflated prices, chicken wing consumption has remained resilient,” said Maloni. “In May, U.S. chicken wing disappearance was 5.3 percent bigger than the prior year and the second largest for any month on record. And as the chart shows, the 12-month average of wing disappearance stands north of 2.5 percent for the first time in 15 months. We still expect better year-over-year gains in output to weigh on wing prices in the coming months. But the downside will be tempered if consumption remains strong, particularly if retailers step up take-out wing feature activity like they did in May and early June.”
ArrowStream’s Commodity Intelligence solutions include various reports on over 200 commodities, forecasts and price benchmarking dashboards for restaurant chain operators and food suppliers.


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Wave of bankruptcies In the first half of this year, the number of company bankruptcies rose sharply. The wave of bankruptcies, which had not yet happened due to Corona aid, has now also reached Switzerland.
Overall, 40 percent more companies were insolvent in the first half of 2022 than in the previous year, the business information service CreditorForm announced on Wednesday. Even compared to the average of the two pre-Corona years 2018 and 2019, this corresponds to an increase of 10 percent. Those who were still able to make ends meet with the state Corona aid are now catching up with reality, they say.
However, not all sectors are suffering equally: Insolvencies in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors have more than tripled compared to the pre-crisis years of 2018/19. Otherwise, service companies in particular will be affected in the course of creditreform. There were 40 percent more bankruptcies here.
It is also surprising that insolvency remained stable in the first half of the year, with gastronomy growing by 1.7 percent and construction by 3.3 percent. It was also surprising that personal bankruptcies also fell by 9 percent. However, it could be that the proceedings against private individuals “should be postponed a little longer”.
will be bankrupt for the whole year
For the year as a whole, Creditreform expects 34 percent more insolvencies than in the previous year. Current world events are of particular concern.
While private households are struggling with rising inflation, companies are suffering from supply bottlenecks and increased energy and raw material costs. A strong franc also puts many companies under pressure. And the pandemic is over.
With 25,445 start-ups, 3.8 percent fewer companies were entered in the commercial register than in the previous year. However, Creditreform continues to speak of “strong momentum”.
Overall, the economic information service expects around 50,000 new companies to be founded in 2022, as of last year. The deletions will be at the level of the previous year. Therefore, net growth is expected to fall by 1.6 percent this year. (SDA/AWP)


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Amazon is launching a new service which will allow couriers to enter buyers' homes if they not there to receive their deliveries
The BBC is reporting that those who sign up for Amazon Key will need to have a smart lock and a Cloud Cam camera.
The camera will record the courier who will then scan a barcode before unlocking the door using an app.
Amazon told the BBC that there will be background checks on all couriers involved:
"These individuals are thoroughly vetted, with comprehensive background checks and motor vehicle records reviews"
At first, Amazon Key will be available in 37 U.S. cities before being rolled out in other countries, including Ireland, if successful.


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Should Europe's "right to be forgotten" apply worldwide? That's the focus of a case before the EU's highest court, which has pitted proponents - including Austria and France - against Google, Microsoft and the European Commission, who argue that the EU law provision should only apply in Europe.
A recent incident involving a chronic care management company spotlights how paying a ransom to recover decryption keys from ransomware attackers can put sensitive data at additional risk. Security experts offer insights on how to prepare for the many challenges posed by attacks.
Nearly one-third of U.S. banking consumers use online and mobile fintech apps to help manage their money. But those users are concerned about data privacy and want more control over the financial data their apps can access, says David Fortney of The Clearing House, who reviews the results of a survey.
Does social media fuel toxic politics and racial tension? We're still in the early of days of understanding the long-term effects of social media on society, but the early signs aren't good. It's time for social networks to take moral responsibility for content on their networks - even if they don't want it.
Police in Shanghai are investigating the apparent loss of 130 million customers' personal details from Huazhu Hotels Group. The data exposure may trace to the Chinese hotel group's developers accidentally uploading to GitHub access credentials for a production database.
Three months after the EU's General Data Protection Regulation went into full effect, the U.K.'s data privacy watchdog says that the number of data protection complaints it has received from individuals has nearly doubled.
Companies that want to continue doing business globally will need to take privacy much more seriously, especially in light of increasingly strict new laws, ranging from the California Consumer Privacy Act to the EU's GDPR, says privacy and security expert Michelle Robles.
A lawsuit accuses Google of "the surreptitious location tracking of millions of mobile phone users." The legal action was sparked by a report demonstrating that some Google apps tracked and time-stamped users' locations even if a user deactivated the "location history" setting.
An analysis of the privacy issues Amazon will face as it dives deeper into the healthcare business leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also featured: A preview of ISMG's Security Summit in New York Aug. 14-15.
Hubris has a new name: Bitfi. The cryptocurrency wallet-building company, backed by technology eccentric John McAfee, earned this year's not-so-coveted Pwnies Award for "Lamest Vendor Response" for how it mishandled security researchers' vulnerability disclosures. Bitfi has promised to do better.
One measure of why it's so difficult for organizations to keep their software patched and better secured: Of the nearly 20,000 unique vulnerabilities in 2,000 products cataloged last year, only half involved Microsoft, Adobe, Java, Chrome or Firefox software, says Flexera's Alejandro Lavie.
When it comes to the internet of things, balancing the need to protect privacy against the need for technological innovation, such as to improve healthcare, is proving challenging, says attorney Jean Marie Pechette.
Facebook is making substantial investments to improve its data security and privacy practices. But the long-term cost of those investments and impact on the bottom line has spooked investors, leading to a $120 billion loss in market value on Thursday, the largest one-day loss of value for a U.S. traded company.
Facebook has promised to bring machine learning to bear on the problem of hate speech and information warfare via its platform. But insiders have been urging the company to pursue a major cultural change, including prioritizing not doing anything "creepy" over the quest for short-term gain.


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F-Stop Gear has announced that KitSentry, the bag it sought (and successfully raised) funding for on Kickstarter, will not be brought to market. The notice, which was posted as the final update for Kickstarter backers on Sunday, details various production issues and expenses that ultimately made KitSentry less than ‘economically viable.’ The company’s explanation is at odds with a report published in a recent investigative article by Resource Magazine, however, where an insider claims the Kickstarter campaign ‘was a sham from the beginning.’
The Kickstarter campaign launched on February 23, 2015 and sought funds for KitSentry, a product F-Stop described as ‘the next generation smart bag.’ The campaign was reached its goal on March 3, 2015 and ultimately raised $27,039 by its end. The first sign of trouble arose with an August 2015 update in which F-Stop said it would be pushing back all of its deadlines by three or four months. By the time its April 2016 update was posted, backers were agitated and many were demanding refunds.
In the final update posted yesterday, F-Stop cited ‘two big problems’ it couldn’t overcome: trouble getting around existing patents and higher than anticipated production costs. ‘While we may have been able to overcome one of the obstacles,’ the post explains, ‘the two combined have proven to be too much at this time. Even after the additional investment of time and money, it has become obvious that KitSentry is not economically viable.’
It doesn’t appear backers will be refunded, with F-Stop instead offering ‘a goodwill credit toward any f-stop product, equal to the amount pledged on Kickstarter.’
Earlier this month, however, Resource Magazine published an article detailing the troubled campaign and a conversation the piece’s author Jaron Schneider had with a contact he said he ‘greatly’ trusts. That source claimed, in part, that F-Stop’s CEO has been hemorrhaging company money with a lavish personal lifestyle, unsustainable projects, premature promises and mismanagement.
Among other things, the source stated:
In regards to the KitSentry Kickstarter, it was a sham from the beginning. A former colleague of the CEO apparently ‘stole’ an idea the CEO had and was trying to execute KitSentry in some form or another. Once that former colleague started creating public info about that product, the CEO got spooked and forced his now-former marketing team to create a Kickstarter campaign to raise funding for a half-baked product. Once the funding was raised, he transferred all the funds to himself, leaving nothing to the actual development team to spend on creating KitSentry itself.


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It started with a dress shirt.
Derek Travers was getting ready for his company’s Christmas party when he couldn’t button up the dress shirt from his wedding.
“It was frustrating and embarrassing,” Derek says. “I had to go buy another shirt.”
Derek’s wife, Ashleigh, had a similar revelation. She never lost the weight she’d gained from her first pregnancy.
Following the birth of their second child a year ago, Ashleigh weighed 215 pounds. And Derek had packed on 30 pounds in sympathy weight.
“I couldn’t deal with it any more,” Ashleigh says. “By the time the RESET Challenge came up, I decided to jump in full force.”
So they stopped procrastinating and started living a healthier lifestyle.
Derek is blunt when he describes how he lost 35.7 pounds during the RESET Challenge: Destination Transformation.
“I didn’t exercise at all,” he says. “I used myself as an experiment. In addition to not exercising, 20 percent of the time I would cheat and have a beer or pizza.”
He has good rationale for his actions: sometimes people don’t want to change all aspects of their lifestyle at once.
“They’ll either change their diet or exercise, but not necessarily both,” he says. “Now I have honest results from my experience.”
Ashleigh feels the same way.
“I’ve never been one for exercising,” she says. “I would do aquafit twice a week and try to get my 10,000 steps in. I did what I could chasing after two kids.”
Still, Ashleigh dropped 29 pounds — and six more since the Challenge ended — and is only 15 pounds away from her goal weight.
What they did do was utilize the RESET™ weight-management program and incorporate the Protein Snacks and Nutrimeal™ meal-replacement shakes into a healthier menu plan. These small changes have added up to a major lifestyle change for Derek and Ashleigh.
From Procrastination to Motivation
Ashleigh used procrastination as an excuse for putting off her weight loss.
“I’ve constantly been putting of my weight loss goals because I did not want to miss out on the fun times,” Ashleigh says.
Now, she knows that procrastination will get you nowhere.
Once the Challenge ended, Derek and Ashleigh used their newfound motivation to help others.
Almost immediately, they had people asking how they’d made such a drastic physical transformation.
Today, they have a handful of Preferred Customers on the RESET program and even more who are interested.
“Our goal is to build more with the 5-Day RESET Kit,” Ashleigh says. “And we want to get people to Sanoviv.”
“If you want something bad enough, just do it,” she adds. “Don’t ever hesitate. This is not just in regards to weight loss or fitness goals, this relates to everything in life.”
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DVLA and the National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) are highlighting to motor dealers how DVLA’s online services can help increase customer satisfaction, following new research published 9 December by DVLA.
A recent survey commissioned by DVLA showed that 97% of those asked would recommend DVLA’s online services. The most popular reason to transact online was convenience (86%), followed by speed (82%). DVLA’s research also showed that 9 out of 10 motorists asked said the dealer took care of the administration at the point they purchased the vehicle. Over half of motorists (52%) also said that they would be more likely to sell their vehicle to a dealer who completed the admin for them.
The quickest and simplest way to tell DVLA that a vehicle has been bought into trade, sold into trade or sold to a customer will always be via DVLA’s online service. Customers will receive instant confirmation that they are no longer the keeper, and an automatic refund of any full months of vehicle tax remaining. Those purchasing a vehicle will receive their new log book (V5C) within 5 working days.
As well as increased customer satisfaction levels, dealers also benefit from reduced administration time, no postage costs and a clearer audit trail for date of keepership changes.
With over half of those motorists asked (51%) saying they part exchanged when buying a vehicle, DVLA’s latest online service to request a duplicate V5C log book slashes the time it takes to receive this from 6 weeks to just 5 days, making this the perfect tool for those seeking to avoid hold-ups where the vehicle’s log book has been lost or damaged.
DVLA Chief Executive Julie Lennard said:
DVLA’s online services will always be the quickest and simplest way for customers to deal with us, and millions of motorists already use these. The research shows that motorists value the support dealers offer with the administration, and customer satisfaction is so important in this industry that we are keen to show dealers the benefits of our online services.
Businesses and motorists can save time and money by going online when they need to make an application or tell us that a vehicle has changed hands – at the time and place that suits them.
Sue Robinson, Chief Executive, the National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) said:
We are aware that many franchised dealers already embrace the benefits of DVLA’s online services. These services are quick, efficient and easy-to-use and, as a result, a great driver for those seeking to increase customer satisfaction and repeat business by excelling in the customer service they offer. We encourage franchised dealers to continue to highlight to their customers the benefits of using DVLA’s online services.
Notes to editors:
The online service to tell DVLA that a vehicle has been bought or sold is available on GOV.UK seven days a week from 7am to 9pm.
Motorists who need to apply for a duplicate (V5C) log book should go online. The new service was launched in September 2020 and has been used around 45,000 times.
In June 2020, a new service was launched for motorists to change the address on their V5C log book. This service has been used around 540,000 times since it was launched.
DVLA’s online services are working as normal and have not been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. All of DVLA’s online services are available on GOV.UK
92.3% of respondents to a DVLA survey carried out in September 2020 said they had bought a used vehicle. 73.8% said they had bought the vehicle from a motor trader. 51.1% said they had part exchanged for another when buying a used vehicle. 93.0% said that the motor trader had completed the sales admin and paperwork for them when they bought the vehicle and 52.5% said they would more likely to sell a vehicle to a dealer who completed all the admin and paperwork for them (18.4% said they did not know).


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Media watching is an integral part of children and youth from which they get a growing sense of themselves, the world and how they should interact with others.
In an average household that has access to television children as young as two-three years are hooked on to TV and recognize animation characters, products and brands.
It is ironical that eating sufficient is not necessarily eating balanced diet. Even the obese can be malnourished /undernourished.
The youth that is hooked on to fast food need to be sensitized that malnutrition is as much a problem with the rich as with the poor.
To define Malnutrition, it is a broad term which refers to both under-nutrition (sub-nutrition) and over-nutrition. Individuals are malnourished, or suffer from under-nutrition if their diet does not provide them with adequate calories and protein for maintenance and growth, or they cannot fully utilize the food they eat due to illness. People are also malnourished, or suffer from over-nutrition if they consume too many calories.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Malnutrition is the gravest single threat to global public health.
Nutrition Dilemma: What is the Impact of Junk Food?
The general perception is that junk food causes malnutrition because it has a low nutritional value or junk food causes overweight and obesity because it is high in fat or calories, but the problem is more complex.
Thanks to globalization, more and more people especially youngsters have access to junk food. They are drifting away from traditional healthy options like vegetables, fruits and pulses, which are rich sources of protein and fiber.
Some startling facts!
According to a BBC documentary on obesity among Indians, obesity crisis swells among India’s middle class youth as children choose Western fast food over traditional cuisine. Obesity is spreading across India as a result of Western food invasion. Doctors are commonly fitting gastric bands on children as young as 13. According to market estimates, Indian fast food market which is worth £7bn is expected to double by 2016. As a result of the obesity epidemic , the country also has diabetes epidemic. India already has largest diabetes population in the world with over 50m sufferers. Medical professionals expect it to reach 100m soon. Indians are more genetically predisposed to developing diabetes.
The role of media
Is media the real culprit inducing, enticing and persuading people in general and children and youth in particular with life style marketing and promotional strategies surrounding junk food?
Let’s look at it
Some empirical studies in the West suggest that mere one or two exposures of food products in television ads can induce young children to demand that brand/product. If that be so then healthy foods can also promoted to attract children’s attention and demand.
The marketing strategy of many food brands is geared towards children as they are the most gullible and have the capacity as surrogate salespersons and the power of ‘emotional blackmail’ with their parents. Many children get enough pocket money to indulge in the snacks/food of their choice.
The food ads are so alluring and mouth watering and to top it all, they are branded that they carry a certain ‘oomph’ factor attached to them that make them so attractive. Billions of rupees are spent on promotion activities surrounding food brands and their ad campaigns.
In an interview to a newspaper, Ajay Kaul, CEO, Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, which is a master franchisee of brands such as Domino’s Pizza and Dunkin Donuts, says, “You have to create a lot of stimuli for consumers, whether through online and SMS. We have been enticing consumers and will continue to put money in branding campaigns.”
The liberalization of the Indian economy in the 1990s has opened the whole arena of fast food chains in India, just to name a few McDonalds, Pizza hut, Dominos, KFC, Sub-way and the recently launched Burger King among others. The only well-known Indian fast food chain Nirulas has long been relegated to the background (This has also been taken over by an Asian business house, but not doing so well) . Besides the outdoor eating options, fast foods in the shape of packaged alternatives are now available aplenty.
Maggie, Knorr, McCan, Top Ramen, pasta, ready-to eat pizzas are readily available in retail stores that have been initiated by big business houses like the Reliance, future Group and what you have. With a ban on Maggi for a few month on the allegation of higher led content, the brand is back with a huge campaign telling people, ‘Maggi was safe and is safe’, thereby subtly making a point in its favor that it was victimized.
The fast pace of life, nuclear families, working parents have only added to the demand for ready to eat junk foods, when children are alone at home.
The free delivery by the big brands like pizza Hut, dominos, McDonalds, KFC only adds to easy accessibility of these products . The weekly offers of ‘buy one get another free’ and value meals add up to the greed. The traditional Indian savories like samosa, bread pakoras, vada pao and bhel and besan chillas have almost become alien to younger generation. According to a Crisil Study, The Indian QSR (Quick serve restaurants) with a market of Rs 3500 crores in 2013 are likely to double their business to Rs. 7000 crores by 2016. In value terms, the research reflects that pizzas, burgers and sandwiches still account for 83 per cent of the domestic QSR market. On the other hand the Indian food can’t really be put in an assembly line production model, which the foreign cuisine adapt and is more amenable to the cold storage format and a centralized kitchen.
The comfortable sitting environment, the promise of hygienic food supported in great measure of higher disposable income has led an average middle class family to visit fast food joints many a time in a month.
Aerated drinks have a huge market among children and youth. It is small blessing in India that there are no free refills as in the US and Europe!
Does TV viewing lead to obesity?
A study in the west suggested that if “children and youth are to develop eating habits that help them avoid early onset diet-related chronic diseases, they have to reduce their intake of high-calorie, low-nutrient snacks, fast foods, and sweetened drinks, which make up a high proportion of the products marketed to them.”
Empirical multi-disciplinary research is required in India to understand the connection between growing obesity among Indian children and their exposure to fast food and media stimuli. Growth in sales of high-fat fast-foods has also expanded the population’s waistlines. India’s National Diabetes, Obesity & Cholesterol Foundation based in New Delhi says on its website that with the improved economic situation in the country, obesity rates are showing a marked upward trend in adults.
A study of school children conducted by the foundation in Delhi in 2011, found that between a quarter and a third of them were eating fast food, such as pizzas and burgers, more than two to three times a week.
Inclen, a global NGO is engaged in a seminal longitudinal multi-disciplinary study spanning five years to gauge the connect between child obesity and various factors including individual genetics, neuro –cognitive predisposition, – psychology, family environment, social environment , besides availability of junk food and marketing and advertising stimuli is underway to find out the connect and gather insights. For this a sample of 306 children has been randomly chosen in district Palwal of Haryana, India who would be observed over a period on the above mentioned parameters. As society system level, the focus of research is on the agriculture and agri-food systems that determine the balance of health-promoting/impeding opportunities and constraints with following exposure Variables, Agriculture; Food system & supply choices;Marketing including influences of local communities; Media & Communication; Policy changes and Ngo’s & other stakeholders.
Where does it take us from here?
If we think that these brand one day will feel guilty and stop running their outlets , it is farther from the truth. A continuous research and advocacy in goading the food giants in supplying healthy food could be the way out. The good news is that buckled under law suits and pressure from CSOs and NGOs, many of these multi-nationals are tweaking their products to include some protein some roughage and fiber in their foods. Some have pledged not to use children in ads or target children for their products. The Maggi noodles TV commercials now don’t feature children. Before the controversy, one of the ads featured two wrinkled old men, with hearing aids, flying kites on a roof as they argue in trembling voices about the flavour of instant noodles. The commercial came as a surprise to viewers used to watching kids shout “Mummy bhookh lagi” (Mom I’m hungry), with the mother replying, two minutes. On the face of it, it looked as if adults/senior people were being targeted, but a closer scrutiny tells another tale. Similarly the magi come back ads also have adults and teenagers . The print ad had the caption “ was hungry for news” as a banner headline on the front page. Below the page the eight column ad had a formally dressed adult downing the
And Nestle’s Maggi is not alone. In the food and beverages sector, top companies such as Pepsico (Frito-Lay ), Kraft Foods (Cadbury) and Hindustan Unilever (Kwality Walls) too are now using adults for TV commercials . So, where have all the kids vanished and why? The answer to that query lies in a European Union Pledge undertaken by 11 food industry giants such as Nestle, Unilever, Coca Cola, Pepsico way back in 2007. Under that oath, the MNCs agreed not to use children under the age of 12 in advertisements shown in the European Union countries.
To quote PepsiCo India spokesperson, “Post these discussions, we joined a group of global food and beverage manufacturers to adopt a worldwide voluntary commitment to advertise to children under 12 only products that meet specific nutrition criteria”.
Hard core advocacy with media and celebrities is required to take a call on this very important issue. Bollywood and sports celebrities who cast a spell on the young generation can be ‘morally pressurized’ to not to endorse brands that cause obesity. In fact some actors came under public scrutiny after the Maggi noodles fiasco.
In summation, banning the food is neither possible nor will it serve any purpose, but educating children on health and introducing them to traditional home made food through innovative ways of presenting homemade food, providing healthy alternatives and putting moral pressure on fast food chains to innovate healthy food and last but not the least by sensitizing media to write about the issue more wholeheartedly could possibly bring some relief. © JJethwaney
Dr. Jaishri Jethwaney, Professor & Program Director (Advertising & PR),Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi Contact: email@example.com www.iimc.gov.in


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Timed within minutes of the embargoed release of Channel 4’s annual report (which included eye-watering executive salary increases and bonuses all round), if it was an attempt to drain some of the poison contained within, it will quite rightly be judged a failure.
There was no hiding that, at a time when other publicly owned organisations are under severe financial strain, Channel 4 appeared to be splashing public cash around on staff with such profligacy.
Its chief executive, David Abraham, trousered a £100,000 bonus, taking his total remuneration package to an astronomical £744,000, while the chief creative officer, Jay Hunt, took home £542,000, having been handed an additional £116,000 for an apparently "exceptional performance".
While Channel 4’s Paralympics coverage was indeed a triumph – and 4Creative has quite rightly been credited with making the ad of last year – by anyone’s standards, these sorts of rewards seem to be beyond the pale, especially when Channel 4’s share of viewing actually dipped last year and it made a loss.
The partnership with Cancer Research UK is, of course, a laudable one, but Hunt’s state-funded bonus alone would pay for four NHS oncology nurses – something its remuneration committee would do well to reflect upon.
Google, too, has found itself the subject of disapprobation over its financial contribution (or lack thereof) from MPs after it paid just £6 million in UK corporation tax on sales of £3.2 billion. The company claims that it "sells" its advertising from Dublin, suggesting that Mark Howe, the London-based managing director of agency operations, North and Central Europe, and country sales director, Google UK, must have one of the nicest of little numbers going, as well as a misleading job title.
While it was satisfying to see consumers punish Starbucks for confecting a similarly elaborate – but perfectly legal – supply chain system to minimise its UK tax exposure by going to the ethically sound Costa Coffee instead, such is Google’s dominance that a similar scenario is sadly unlikely.
But for both Channel 4 and Google, this must surely be time for a little introspection and an opportunity to examine their own social consciences. Rewarding success and remaining competitive are crucial to the functioning of any market-driven economy. But what looks like greed or a deliberate avoidance of paying your way is clearly not acceptable and leaves the brands, irrespective of the other good work they do, looking rather morally bereft.


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You deserve the right to choose how much salt you eat. But that decision is often made for you by the food industry – more than 75 percent of the sodium Americans eat comes from some processed, prepackaged and restaurant foods – not from the salt shaker.
The FDA releases voluntary sodium targets for food companies and restaurants.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a draft of the first-ever voluntary sodium targets that set limits on how much sodium should be in certain foods. This is an historic announcement encourages food companies and restaurants to lower sodium levels.
So what do the voluntary targets really mean for you? If fully embraced by the food industry, these targets give you more freedom to choose the healthier option. You truly do have a choice if you know which companies are voluntarily using more moderate levels of sodium.
A moderate level of sodium in the food supply can greatly reduce risk for heart disease and stroke – the two leading causes of death in the world. In fact, sodium reduction could save more than 1 million lives and billions of dollars in healthcare costs over the next 10 years.
Some food companies are already leading the way in innovative strategies, with efforts to reach more moderate levels of sodium. And, even more food companies — from snack manufacturers to fast-food restaurants — have made commitments. But the draft voluntary sodium targets take this a step further by providing a more level playing field for industry, because companies now have a common target as they lower sodium in the foods they sell.
You have the right to decide how much salt should be in what you eat – not food companies and restaurants. Salt has been hidden in the food we eat for too long.
Action from more companies will help make sure all of us eat better and live healthier. It is so important that they hear from you that you not only support these efforts for voluntary sodium targets, but that you expect food companies to support and - once finalized- adopt them.
The good news is, your voices are being heard.
With your help, we will continue to make sure companies hear loud and clear that you expect foods with reasonable, moderate sodium options.
- AHA sodium supporters generated more than 1,000 thank you notes to Nestle for reducing the sodium in some of their foods, without affecting the taste. Since then the company announced support for the release of these targets and further sodium reduction commitments.
- Your tweets reached more than 16,000 people when you thanked Dominos, Schwann’s, and Revolution Foods for changing their recipes to have less sodium for school lunches.
- You supported NYC’s decision to include a sodium warning label on the menu for foods that have over 2,300 milligrams of sodium
- You sent more than 1,400 letters thanking the CEO of General Mills when the company achieved their 20% sodium reduction goals in 7 of 10 food categories.
- You wrote more than 2000 letters to the CEO of Kraft Heinz, asking the company to make sodium reduction a priority.
- You thanked Mars Food with more than 1200 letters when they recently made a commitment not only in support of the release of these targets, but also announced a five-year initiative to reduce sodium in their products.
The American Heart Association strongly supports the voluntary sodium targets.
They can spark a healthy change in our food supply, but we need industry to support them. This change can help all Americans live longer, healthier lives. Join us in encouraging food manufacturers and restaurants to support these targets.


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ESPN+, ESPN’s direct-to-consumer streaming service, now has 3.5 million paid subscribers, Disney chief executive Bob Iger revealed in a quarterly earnings call.
This is up from announced figures of 1 million subscribers in September 2018 and 2.4 million in August.
Much of the growth seems attributed to the addition of the Ultimate Fighting Championship to the OTT platform, which launched in April 2018 and costs $4.99 a month. The rise of ESPN+ is also down to the acquisition of numerous international soccer rights, including the German Bundesliga from 2020.
The service will get a further spike later this month when ESPN+ is bundled with Disney+ and Hulu in a $12.99-a-month offering, starting on November 12. Iger did not disclose pre-sale numbers for Disney+, which costs $6.99 a month on its own.


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You can now be safely assured that you have bought the right track as Apple has now rolled out their 90 seconds preview on iTunes today for international markets – something that the Americans had since last year.
As per Apple’s plan, songs that are longer than 2 minutes and 30 seconds will be affected by the switch. We can safely confirm that all of the library in iTunes that conform to its rules now have the 90 second preview.
The move also does not affect anything else outside of audio music. Videos, as expected, still are 30 seconds – while podcasts are available at length since they are hosted outside of the iTunes servers.
The delay is due to negotiations with record labels in order to be able to extend the preview time. The 90 seconds preview has been confirmed to be available in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and most of Europe.


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Trent, a retailer owned by the Tata Group, has a 50:50 joint venture with MAS Amity Pte. Ltd. The companies will establish a company in India to collaboratively create, design, and produce the products for an intimate apparel and clothing industry.
According to a news statement from Trent, MAS and Trent will combine their industry knowledge to create, develop, and produce a variety of intimate clothing products. The design and purchasing of relevant products will serve as the joint venture’s initial projects.
Noel N Tata, chairman of Trent Limited, stated in a news statement that “we see enormous opportunity to harness the rising reach of our brands to establish a differentiated solution in lingerie, activewear, and related areas.” “MAS delivers exemplary skills and a proven track record in this industry’s production of high-quality products. Trent’s strategic commitment to providing completely owned brands at its retail locations would be strengthened by this partnership with MAS, and MAS would be given the opportunity to further develop their global footprint. We are pleased about the potential to take advantage of our shared synergies and provide our customers with more value.
Mahesh Amalean, chairman of MAS Holdings Private Limited, stated that “the significance of our cooperation with Tata rests in our shared sense of values and an appreciation of the vast commercial prospects that the Indian market presents.” By combining MAS’ expertise in product development and manufacturing with Tata Trent’s expertise in Indian retail, this JVA will enable us better utilise our individual and collective skills. This collaboration supports MAS’s long-term goals of growing the company and increasing our footprint in India.


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The impact of the Caspian Economic Forum on the BRI vision is profound
- The Caspian Sea is a key area for China's export trade to Europe
- The Caspian Sea region is an important economic connection area of the Belt and Road vision, and may also serve as a link between Central Asian countries
In early October 2022, the second Caspian Sea Economic Forum will be held in Moscow, and Kyrgyz experts believe that the economic forum will become an important economic direction for the implementation of the "Belt and Road" vision. Officials and business people from Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan will participate in the Caspian Economic Forum. According to the agenda of the forum, issues such as strengthening transportation, energy, economy, science, comfortable urban environment and inter-city cooperation within the region will be discussed.
The forum is important for Russia, which is seeking cooperation with the East after the West imposed sanctions. In 2022, Russia's cooperation with China, Central Asian countries and Caspian Sea countries reached record levels. Therefore, cooperation with Eastern countries offers practical opportunities for strengthening and expanding economic and trade cooperation in the Russian market. Moreover, Russia continues to intensify its efforts in the foreign policy track (St Petersburg International Economic Forum, Eastern Economic Forum, SCO) to eliminate the world's economic and political attempts to isolate Moscow.
The Caspian Sea is a key area for China's export trade to Europe. After the BRI vision was launched, China's focus on the Caspian Sea has also increased, as its trade volume with EU countries has grown every year. Experts predict the figure could exceed $1 trillion.
It is therefore particularly important for China to open up new transit routes. Routes through Russia and Belarus are restricted because of tough U.S. sanctions. Under the current circumstances, the route through Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan is the most acceptable route for China.
It is no accident that China is paying close attention to the Caspian Economic Forum. There is a railway line that runs through Russian territory, and the possibility of an intermodal transport route directly through the waters of the Caspian Sea is being tested.Editor/XingWentao


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New BioShock Infinite screens show off combat
by John Keefer, shacknews.com, Jan 8, 2013 10:00AM PST
Many are excited for BioShock Infinite's March 26 release (including our own Jeff and Steve). Continuing its slow marketing drip, developer Irrational Games has released four more screens showing off some of the combat and the environment in Columbia.
There's also a shot from the video seen at the VGAs where Elizabeth is about to bean Booker with a book (appropriate, no?) after he drops in on her unexpectedly.


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Gartner's Top 10 Tech Trends for 2018
Artificial intelligence (AI), "smart" apps, analytics and the further decentralization of technology architectures will be the biggest IT trends for the next year, according to recent research from Gartner. The accompanying report, "Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018," points out that we live in a very intelligent world. In fact, ongoing innovation that essentially amounts to making machines smarter accounts for the majority of trends on this list. As a result, companies should position themselves to better visualize events such as customer experiences and more effectively anticipate business-impacting changes. "Digital business blurs the physical and virtual worlds in a way that transforms business designs, industries, markets and organizations," according to the report. "The continuing digital business evolution exploits emerging and strategic technologies to integrate the physical and digital worlds, and create entirely new business models. The future will be defined by smart devices delivering increasingly insightful digital services everywhere. We call this mesh of interconnected people, devices, content and services the 'intelligent digital mesh.' It's enabled by digital business platforms delivering a rich intelligent set of services to support digital business. As a … technology innovation leader seeking to exploit the intelligent digital mesh, you must respond to the disruptive technology trends driving this future."


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Cotton prices plunged further down on Wednesday due to renewed selling pressure, keeping the leading spinners and exporters away from the proceedings. But some millers were able to pick up small lot deals at the falling prices to meet their near-future demand.
Floor brokers said that slow demand for cotton yarn is causing adverse impact on the cotton prices as spinners are avoiding holding â€˜long positionâ€™ in their cotton inventory.
The spinners who had booked cotton earlier in the season with Indian exporters have started reaching the country and this is one of the factors which caused pressure on cotton prices.
Cotton stocks in the country are exhausting fast because phutti (seed cotton) arrivals have slowed down to a very low level.
However, even then prices of cotton during last two straight sessions remained under pressure which indicates that there is no buying interest from leading spinners who are now more dependent on imported cotton from across the border.
The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) reduced its spot rates by Rs100 to Rs6,950 per maund, and trading on ready counter was slow.
The following dealers were reported to have changed hands on ready counter: 600 bales, station Faqirwali, at Rs6,925 to Rs7,000; 600 bales, Mian Channu, at Rs6,800 to Rs7,100; 200 bales, Fort Abbas, at Rs6,925; 400 bales, Khichiwal, at Rs6,925; 200 bales, Haroonabad, at Rs6,900; 200 bales, Yazman Mandi, at Rs6,850; 600 bales, Ghotki, at Rs7,050; 400 bales, Rohri, at Rs6,900; and 200 bales, Shahdadpur, at Rs5,500.
On the global front, the New York cotton market regained part of the overnight losses while Indian cotton price remained firm. The week long Lunar New Year closure of Chinese markets also slowed down cotton trade.
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It’s not just WhatsApp that made it to reach more than one billion active users. Google also announced that its email client, Gmail, is also used by more than one billion active users worldwide. That’s up from 900 million active users back in May 2015.
Gmail’s competitors, Outlook had more than 420 million users as of 2013. Microsoft hasn’t shared new data since. Yahoo Mail had more than 281 million users as of 2012. Yahoo too hasn’t shared new stats since.
Gmail joins the league of Google Search, Android, Chrome, YouTube, Google Play, and Google Maps, the other services from the Mountain View-based company that boast of more than one billion monthly active users.
Other Alphabet services with more than 1 billion active users include Google Search, YouTube, Google Maps, Android, and Chrome.
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Launched in beta in 2004, Gmail has slowly grown to become a household name, with millions of users using it for their personal use, and thousands of businesses relying on Google’s service for email. Google removed the beta label from its Gmail client in 2009. Pichai says that there has been a rapid mobile growth in the usage of Gmail.


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Apple is in talks with suppliers to make MacBooks in Thailand as part of the company’s efforts to expand its manufacturing presence beyond China, Nikkei news report said.
Apple’s revenue from Mac sales plummeted to $7.735 billion in the December quarter of 2022 as compared with $10.852 billion in the same quarter in 2021. Apple does not reveal the number of MacBooks sold.
Suppliers who are participating in these talks have existing manufacturing complexes in Thailand for other clients, and are discussing possible assembly and production of components and modules for Apple’s MacBooks.
Apple has also been mass-producing its Apple Watch in Thailand for more than a year.
Apple and its key suppliers have been shifting production away from China, where strict COVID-19 curbs disrupted Foxconn’s biggest iPhone factory last year.
Separately, Bloomberg News reported Apple has tripled its production of iPhones in India, assembling over $7 billion worth of smartphones in the country in the last fiscal year. The tech giant manufactures almost 7 percent of its iPhones in India, up from 1 percent in 2021.
In March, Foxconn announced its plans to increase investments outside of China.
Meanwhile, Pegatron, another supplier to Apple, is in talks to establish a second factory in India as part of its efforts to diversify production away from China.


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Why It's Not That Crazy To Give A Startup $41 Million Pre-Launch (AAPL, GOOG)
Published 4:00 am, Thursday, March 24, 2011
Mobile photo sharing app Color just announced it raised $41 million in funding from marquee investors, Sequoia and Bain.
That's a lot of money for a pre-launch startup.
But actually, the raise makes plenty of sense.
The most important thing to remember is that Sequoia and Bain almost certainly bought preferred shares.
That means they will get the first $41 million dollars back in any sale of Color.
Considering Color has, right now, $41 million cash in the bank, it's almost a certainty that the startup will sell for at least that much money.
What's more, the guys behind the app have a strong track record of building and selling companies. They make money for VCs, so from that perspective it's not a massive risk for the investors.
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2016 Tesla Model X to cost about the same as a BMW X5 in Australia
The Tesla Model X is on track to arrive in Australia during 2016 priced broadly in line with the BMW X5, and close to the existing 5 Series-rivalling Model S sedan.
Tesla’s eagerly awaited second model line is to begin production in the US around September this year, and marks the next big step in Tesla’s bold growth plans, which encompass volume increases of more than 50 per cent for several consecutive years.
Speaking at the Geneva motor show last week, Tesla global vice president of marketing and communications Ricardo Reyes told CarAdvice that a price comparison between the BMW X5 and the Model X was “fair enough”, and that it would also be equivalent to the Model S.
The X5 kicks off just south of $85K plus on-road costs for the rear-drive diesel entry model, while the Model S kicks off here at $96K. Expect several Model X variants with different battery packs and driving ranges, with the top-spec version to costs north of $120K.
“It’ll be equivalent, and it’ll be the equivalent of a premium SUV, like the Model S is the equivalent of a premium sedan,” Reyes said, adding the peak driving range would be around the same — or better — than the Model S’s 500km-plus maximum.
The Model X will compete in the growing electrified SUV market against Audi’s forthcoming all-electric Q6, among others. Reyes said Tesla “welcomes” rivals, given any increase in demand for EVs is seen as a potential boost to Tesla. A bigger pie means a bigger chunk for all…
As reported, details posted on Tesla‘s website confirm the new Model X will jump from 0-60 miles per hour (96.6km/h) in “under five seconds”, which the US electric car company says means it will “outperform the fastest SUVs and many sports cars”.
The brand has confirmed the Model X will receive the same powertrain options as the Model S, including the P85D twin-motor all-wheel-drive system that is currently capable of producing 515kW of power and 930Nm of torque.
Also available will be the 60kWh base drivetrain with 285kW of power and the non-performance version of the 85kWh powertrain, which also has 285kW but offers extra battery range – in the Model S, the 60kWh offers 390 kilometres, while the 85kWh offers 502km.
Tesla has also confirmed the car will be offered with its eye-catching and complexly engineered ‘falcon wing’ doors, “allowing easy access to the third-row seat, even from the narrowest of parking spaces”.
As well as rolling out its Supercharger infrastructure across the world — including along Australia’s east coast — Tesla is building a battery ‘gigafactory’ in Nevada, looking at establishing assembly plants in China and Europe and working on the BMW 3 Series-rivalling Model 3.


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A video about MEDI-LINE with aloud commentary from Henri Decloux, Operations Director, who presents activities, history and perspectives of the company.
Medi-Line is pleased to announce the launch of its new website.
MEDI-LINE, recognized for its expertise as an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) in the medical sector, has been selected to participate in the research program titled Cardia X.
MEDI-LINE has passed with success its accreditation on Japan. All products manufactured by MEDI-LINE can therefore now be distributed in Japan.


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Palatine Businesses, Local Chamber of Commerce Members Invited to Participate in 'Explore Palatine' Event
The Palatine Area Chamber of Commerce (PACC) is hosting the 2nd annual 'Explore Palatine' event Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019. This village-wide event encourages area residents to think local as they shop, explore, and dine in Palatine on this one-day event, and whenever possible.
Palatine-based businesses, as well as members of the Palatine Area Chamber of Commerce will be offering incentives to explore any of the locations, and a variety of discounts, giveaways and entertainment will be provided; for a complete list participating businesses and offers, visit ExplorePalatine.org.
"Palatine area residents are invited to support the Palatine community; the goal of initiative is to help everyone understand the positive impact this type of effort can have on the Village," said PACC Director Steven Gaus. "By putting this spotlight on our treasured businesses and organizations, we are all working together to strengthen the entire community."
Sales tax dollars generated from Palatine businesses have a direct impact on the community; $48 of a $100 purchase stays in Palatine when individuals shop at an independent and/or small business, while $14 stays in Palatine when patronizing larger/regional businesses located in Palatine - but just $1 stays in Palatine when people shop online.
Explore Palatine is an outgrowth of PACC's 'Think Local' campaign. It is free, and open to all Palatine businesses (chamber of commerce members or not).
Any business located in Palatine can register at no cost at ExplorePalatine.org through September 9. For PACC members who are located outside of Palatine village limits, but would like to participate, please contact PACC Executive Director Steven Gaus at 847-359-7200.