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Manufacturers of PPI Drugs Prilosec and Nexium and Others Headed to Trial
Bellwether trials are scheduled to begin in May 2020 regarding accusations that PPI medications caused unexpected medical complications for users.
There are more than 4500 proton pump inhibitor (PPI) medication lawsuits in progress at the moment and include popular name brand drugs such as Nexium, Prilosec, Prevacid, and Protonix.
Volkswagen Faces Billion Dollar+ Fine for Cheating on Emissions Tests
Volkswagen will pay a $1.2 billion fine for cheating on engine emissions testing. The decision was recently announced by the company and German public prosecutors. Both sides are hoping to put the scandal to rest with the settlement.
Volkswagen’s actions had a serious impact on the automobile industry and significantly impacted the sale of diesel engine vehicles.
Intel Issues Security Patch to Deal with Flaw Ongoing Problems
It was revealed in January 2018 that Intel CPUs featured a serious security flaw that affected the majority of devices on the market. Now, a new security risk related to the original flaw has prompted Intel to offer consumers the choice of turning on its chips or leaving them off.
The original problem affected every modern CPU using designed with a feature intended to increase speed was at risk for falling victim to Spectre bug.


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Cinnamon adds more than a warm, spicy flavor to food. Its benefits include acting as an antioxidant and lowering cholesterol levels.
Insider's Lisa Paradise asked head baker of Sweden's famed Fabrique Bakery to send one key ingredient to recreate its best selling dessert at home.
Cinnamon could help control blood sugar levels for people with prediabetes, according to a new study
New research suggests that large doses of cinnamon over a 12-week period significantly improves blood sugar control in people with prediabetes.
Ann Sather is home to the most iconic cinnamon rolls in Chicago. We visited the restaurant to get a behind-the-scenes look at how they're made.
Coca-Cola is releasing cinnamon-flavored Coke and spiced cranberry Sprite for the winter, and summer isn't even over yet
The new flavors will be available nationwide from September 30 to December 31, long before you have to hang up your stockings and Christmas lights.
The pumpkin and cinnamon-flavored espresso drink comes topped with whipped cream, caramel drizzle, and cinnamon sugar dust.
For the upcoming holiday season, Coca-cola has released a zero sugar cinnamon-flavored Coca-Cola. This cinnamon Coke can be found in the UK for a limited time.
The key oil in cinnamon can help cells burn off fat and turn it into heat energy.
De Coeur Bakeshop in Bakersfield, California serves giant cinnamon rolls for weekend brunch
It's the ultimate dessert hybrid from Hamilton Pork in Jersey City.
Chimney is the first chimney cake shop in Singapore.
The co-founder of Noma opened a Nordic food hall in Grand Central Terminal.
Order a PieCaken online for $65 and have a pumpkin pie, a pecan pie, and a spice cake all in one.
Cinnamon is a special food that can help you cool down and stop sweating.
This spice can help lower your blood pressure, prevent cognitive regression, and more.

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This time, SmartMart wasn't so smart.
Deputies with the Shelby County Metro DUI Squad cited the fully-automated, touch-screen, do-it-yourself convenient store at the corner of Park Avenue and White Station in East Memphis for selling beer to an underage, undercover buyer.
The buyer, a 20-year-old female, bought a 24-ounce can of beer using her real driver's license. It indicates her birth date is 1989.
"I thought it said '87," says Ryan Day, SmartMart's software engineer who ran the video surveillance on the underage sale. "I thought she looked pretty young, and (deputies) pulled the video, and I'm like '89.' Good job."
Deputies cited Day with a misdemeanor.
Memphis entrepreneur Mike Rivalto conceived SmartMart in the late '80's and opened the East Memphis location as the prototype in 2003.
Instead of clerks or cashiers, SmartMart has computer screens where customers drive up and punch the items they want to purchase. Once a purchase is approved, a robotic system fetches the merchandise from inventory sealed inside the building, then delivers it in a drawer to the customer's car window.
When alcohol is purchased, a SmartMart employee is supposed to check the customer's identification via surveillance camera. The customer puts his or her drivers license in a slot where the employee can read the license and determine whether to complete the sale.
Metro DUI Squad Sgt. Michael Pope says this is the first time SmartMart's been cited for an underage beer sale in one of the squad's beer stings.
"We've tried on several occasions, I think, in about 6 years," says Pope. "This is the first time we got them."
"One time is one time too many," says Dell Russell, victim advocate for Shelby County Mothers Against Drunk-Driving. She says SmartMart's concept of checking ID's by surveillance camera is flawed.
"It's much better to be able to take the license, hold it in your hand and look at it," Russell says. "You can visually see it better. I mean, the numbers could have been distorted. Anything could have happened."
Rivalto did not return an e-mail requesting an interview. When reached on his cell phone, he said, "If I wanted to talk to you, I would have contacted you," and he abruptly ended the call.
"I definitely should have caught it," says Day, whose court date is set for July 7. "I mean, the hardware and software's there to help someone like me catch it, and I just blew it."
SmartMart's management will also have to go before the city's beer board for a hearing on the violation.


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Following a dispiriting 3.3 per cent drop in April, UK retail sales by value increased 1.3 per cent in May on a like-for-like basis. Performance in the industry was helped by the sunny weather, according to the monthly sales monitor released today by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG. On a total basis, sales were up 3.4 per cent, against a 0.3 per cent decline in May 2011.
Food and drink, clothing and footwear sales rose modestly year on year, helped by the weather. However, big-ticket items continued to struggle, as consumers' caution about jobs and the economy restrained larger purchases.
Online (including mail-order and phone) sales of non-food items showed stronger growth, increasing by 12.4 per cent compared to 10.4 per cent last year. Sales growth returned to levels more consistent with the 12-month average.
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As the relentlessly difficult underlying conditions continue to make trading tough for retailers, any temporary boost is of even greater importance and retailers had plenty of reason to celebrate the eventual arrival of summer at the end of May. Much of the month's positive performance can be attributed to spending in the final week when consumers responded enthusiastically to the sun coming out.
It’s likely the prolonged wet period helped create pent-up demand and people also felt more relaxed about their spending as the sun created a feel-good boost. Small numbers of customers buying jeans and knitwear in the first weeks of May became many more people purchasing skirts, shorts and swimwear by the end of the month. Womenswear had its best growth this year, while garden centres enjoyed a boom in the number of people investing in new lawnmowers to tackle overgrown grass.
The performance of food retailers was more consistent across the month but again there was a marked change in the type of products customers were buying. Retailers will be hoping the boost continues, sustained by this summer’s celebrations and sporting events.
Helen Dickinson, head of retail at KPMG, said:
Retailers are hoping that the jubilee celebrations will have helped to pull out them of the mire but a short-term patriotic spending spree will not overcome the underlying difficulties facing the industry – which remains under pressure from a combination of declining consumer confidence and squeezed incomes.
After a dismal April, May was a much better month and many retailers will be breathing a small sigh of relief. No sector put in a star performance, but a focus on spending on children was evident and childrenswear saw a double-digit uplift in sales. Businesses in the home-related sectors, where good weather runs counter to strong performance, found the going much tougher. Those not selling big-ticket home-related items are hoping the sun stays out all summer long.


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Skechers Surges as Overseas Sales Help Profit Top EstimatesMatt Townsend
Skechers USA Inc. shares jumped the most in almost a year and a half after second-quarter sales and profit smashed analysts’ estimates, helped by new products and robust overseas growth.
Net income more than doubled in the quarter to $79.8 million, or $1.55 a share, the Manhattan Beach, California-based shoemaker said. Analysts expected $1.01. Revenue also topped estimates, rising 36 percent to $800.5 million.
Skechers has been riding high as its push to become more of an athletic-shoe brand is taking hold, especially among older adults who are buying its walking shoes. The company also is benefiting from more people seeking comfortable and casual shoes, a trend that’s been dubbed “athleisure.” International sales rose about 60 percent and now account for almost a third of Skechers’ revenue.
“At no other time in the history of our company have so many product lines resonated with consumers,” said David Weinberg, the company’s chief operating officer and chief financial officer. “We believe we will continue to achieve new sales and profit records through 2015.”
Skechers rose 16 percent to $148.99 at the close, the biggest one-day gain since February 2014. The stock had already more than doubled this year before the latest gain.


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Clothes may be able to recycle themselves
Nanotechnology may be on the verge of enabling one of the UK's most wasteful sectors - the fashion industry - dramatically improve its recycling record.
A Royal Society conference on nanotechnology and the environment, held in London, was told that each year 1 million tonnes of textiles are thrown away in Britain with 80% being landfilled.
But a leading researcher said the days of in-built obsolescence of passing fashions may be over.
New materials and approaches working at the nano level will enable clothes to be re-used, enjoy longer working lives, recycled, even mend themselves or simply biodegrade harmlessly, said Professor Sandy Black, reader in fashion and textiles design and technology at the London College of Fashion.
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By Mr. Kunal Sawhney, CEO at Kalkine
While technological leaps seem to be defining brighter future for some businesses in the post-COVID era, FinTech continues to thrive and transform the landscape of financial services industry. It is about staying ahead of the curve in this race against grabbing a bigger chunk of market amidst shrinking consumer and business confidence – as adoption of advanced technology can be the secret sauce in attracting and retaining customers in the digital era.
Asset management, insurance and lending companies are some of the prominent segments in the broader financial segment that have very swiftly embraced the latest digital technologies. Looking at Investment Banking (IB) space, while COVID-19 pandemic initially brought the sector to its knees, latest trends in financial technology adoption seem to be getting them back on their feet, driven by advanced and streamlined offerings pertaining to M&A advisory, risk management and financial assets management.
In general, we have heard about versions – Fintech Version 1.0 & Fintech Version 2.0, but the modern theory around investment using financial technology does not end here. There is a multitude of factors that can push and prod the IB thematics while channelising the way technology can slither through and give a spin to each and every product and service in Investment Banking space. Tech-based end-to-end models appear to take things one notch up when it comes to dealing with risk profiling, lending, fraud analysis, payments etc. Let’s look at how this is made possible in today’s world:
AI Technology Penetration – The ‘New Normal’: Penetration of Fintech in IB models is charting out new growth prospects for the financial services industry, ensuring cost optimisation of due-diligence, enhancing value for M&A prospects, streamlining legal checks and advancing asset-reporting discrepancies in acquisition deals. Besides, AI-empowered actuarial software is providing a firm nudge to offering top-notch, faster and accurate risk advisory services.
Moreover, seamless utility and penetration of AI and ML in algorithm trading, stock market prediction, fraud detection and prevention, acquisition of new customers, risk profiling and network security deserve much applause. Amidst COVID-induced market volatility, technology-enabled valuation models play an important role in carving out future stock predictions and aiding sound investment decisions.
Big Data Analytics Driving Value-Based Offerings- IB players are increasingly adopting big data models in evolving and providing advanced offerings in terms of building customer-centric asset portfolio valuation models, offering trading and investment support, risk advisory and M&A support. Meanwhile, big data is also leveraged to optimize internal processes such as automated customer support, salary optimization, attrition modelling, fraud analysis, credit/operational risks, etc.
Besides, the concept of algorithm trading seems to be gaining wide acceptance across major IB players in ensuring efficient execution of financial trades and robust investment decisions without human intervention.
Empowering revolution in the IB space, adoption of unique predictive models, sophisticated statistical techniques and ensuring privacy and integrating of data is crucial here. Specific set of challenges needs to be carefully catered to, in order to ensure that big data boosts competitiveness and support deeper market penetration.
Robo Advisory – The Next-Gen Frontier: Robo Advisory engages high-tech algorithms and provides secure, faster and self-service functionality via online investment management platforms. As per market experts, asset under management using Robo Advisory is expected to grow multifold in the post COVID era.
With minimal manual efforts, Robo Advisory allows automatic adjustments and rebalancing of the portfolio allocation based on algorithms and pre-defined investment rules. The investments are entirely automated and have self-learning algorithms, while the cost of running a robotic automation tool is far less than doing the same work manually.
Cash Less Transactions – The Immediate Future: With increased comfort and safety associated with online cash-less transactions amidst current health crisis, IBs are able to improve and augment existing products and services, in addition to developing new business models. While social distancing is becoming a new normal in the coronavirus era, financial advisors appear to be harnessing the fruits of tech transformation and heightened cashless transactions.
Undoubtedly, banking giants that are fast in adopting digital technologies have an edge over their peers. However, the biggest challenge for FinTech is data privacy, as transactions that go digital are highly prone to cyberattacks. Nevertheless, digital transition may see emergence of a digital-first model in the near term, ensuring radical shift in the value proposition offered to clients, with an ever-increasing emphasis on digital toolkits and electronic market access. All in all, it’s how firms refine their transformation objectives, evolve from the lessons learned from the pandemic and review their broader strategic agenda.


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One Stop Shop opens up for creative, digital and media firms
A team of lawyers, accountants, IT and HR professionals have set up a one stop shop to help support the creative, digital and media sector.
BackOfficeUK is a collaboration between Summ.it, Bermans Solicitors, NatWest and Rowan Partners and they’re aiming to provide training, legal, growth, HR, financial and funding issues, all under the one roof.
“Creative, Digital and Media Business have been collaborating with each other for years and enjoyed some fairly spectacular success in winning more high-profile and profitable projects than they could ever hope to individually,” explained Steve Kuncewicz, head of IP and media at Bermans.
“The Professional Services sector has predictably moved more slowly, often having loose affiliations with members of their little black books but still working within traditional constraints. We’re hoping that BackOfficeUK will give us an opportunity to offer a genuine multidisciplinary service in innovative ways for the benefit of our clients, who are at the heart of everything we do. We want this to be a tailored fit to their needs rather than us telling them what they should be wearing at a cost they can’t afford. It’s a very exciting prospect.”
The venture is based at The Landing at MediaCityUK and will be running a series of drop-in sessions and surgeries as well as a calendar of events aimed at the media industry.
A launch event is taking place on May 6th, with a keynote speech from Creative England boss, Caroline Norbury.
“…while creativity is thriving in the UK and in the North West, many businesses struggle to make the step from executing successful projects to becoming fully-fledged, sustainable creative companies. This is largely due to the fact that investing and lending to creative businesses is still a minority activity and creative businesses don’t always get the professional support they need to grow,” she said.
“BackOfficeUK will give creative businesses in the North West the vital network, support and professional advice from experts in the field, which will help them to take their businesses to the next level.”
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Sonic Completes DivX Acquisition8 Oct, 2010 By: Erik Gruenwedel
Sonic Solutions Oct. 8 said it has officially completed its $323 million acquisition of digital media company DivX.
First announced in June, the deal should help Novato, Calif.-based Sonic expedite the debut of its RoxioNow movie download technology in third-party consumer electronics devices, including foreign markets where DivX is well-established.
“The acquisition of DivX accelerates our vision to make accessing entertainment over the Internet directly from home and mobile devices as pervasive as physical disc consumption is today,” said David Habiger, president and CEO of the combined company, in a statement. “With DivX, we instantly add hundreds of millions of consumer electronics devices to our footprint; make it faster and more efficient for device manufacturers, retailers, and studios to launch digital services; and increase our global reach, particularly in the European market.”
Indeed, the DivX player and DRM (digital rights management) technology has been included on more than 300 million devices from 150 different CE manufacturers – mostly in international markets where Sonic has had less success, according to Eric Wold, analyst with Merriman Curhan Ford in New York.
He said Sonic remains on track to embed RoxioNow technology in 30 million CE devices by June 2011.
“We believe we could now see RoxioNow included on potentially hundreds of new [devices] during the 2011 and 2012 product years,” Wold wrote in a note.
Ralph Schackart, analyst with William Blair & Co. in Chicago, said the RoxioNow platform could be included in 48 million to 75 million devices by 2012, according to pro-forma estimates.
Although Sonic has had success with both OEMs and major retailers for the adoption of RoxioNow, Wold believes it remains to be seen whether consumer adoption and utilization of the service spikes during the holidays.
“We understand that Best Buy will be heavily promoting CinemaNow (their name for RoxioNow) to CE product customers, while RoxioNow will also be launched with both Sears and Kmart – both of which could yield strong results,” Wold wrote. “While attach rates have been moving higher (consumers signing up to use the service), given that it is non-subscription, we believe hearing evidence of usage levels by Sonic management is more important.”


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- Texting is a faster communication channel than email for sales and marketing, with 75% of people saying they read text messages in two minutes or less, per survey results that Lunar, which offers Salesforce consulting services, shared with Mobile Marketer.
- Texts also generate quick responses, with 25% of survey respondents reporting that they reply to a text in less than one minute and 67% replying in under two minutes. About eight of 10 (78%) people said texting is the easiest communication channel that will urge them to respond.
- Almost half (48%) of survey respondents said they take at least 10 minutes to view an email.
Lunar's study suggests that marketers should adopt texting to expedite conversations with existing and prospective customers, as long as the mobile messages aren't distracting, intrusive or too frequent.
"Businesses need to realize if they're not communicating with clients and sales prospects via text, they're inadvertently extending their sales timeline and reducing the amount of sales they could be closing," Lunar President Jon Robinson said in a statement around the survey.
Other research shows mixed attitudes toward calling or texting businesses for marketing purposes, indicating that messaging is in its early stage of consumer adoption when it comes to interacting with companies. Fifty-seven percent of consumers said they prefer phone calls over other forms of electronic communications when contacting local businesses, per a survey by phone technology provider Ooma and Sapio Research. The research found that 35% of Gen Zers favor phone calls because they're faster and more efficient, and phone calls are the preferred way to contact businesses in categories like healthcare, beauty, automotive and legal and tax services. However, 56% of consumers and 53% of small business owners report wanting to use text messaging with each other more often, according to a separate survey by cloud software platform Zipwhip.
Marketers have developed a variety of methods to transform text messaging into a marketing tool that can enrich communications with more visual content. Lighting retailer Lamps Plus in March started letting customers seek help from store employees by sending text messages to specific store locations. The platform gives Lamps Plus employees the ability to send photos and videos from the store directly to customers, who can then get a more detailed look at products before making a purchase. Customers also can send photos of their home interiors to get tips about which products would complement their furnishings, deepening customers' connection with the brand and expediting the path to purchase.


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Gold prices plunged by Rs 300 to Rs 34,170 per 10 grams on Wednesday, reported news agency Press Trust of India (PTI) quoting the All India Sarafa Association. Silver also followed suit and plummeted by Rs 500 to Rs 38,700 per kg due to reduced offtake by industrial units and coin makers. Gold prices fell on weak demand from local jewellers and subdued global trend, said the report citing traders. In Delhi, gold of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per cent purity plummeted Rs 300 each to Rs 34,170 and Rs 34,000 per 10 grams, respectively. Sovereign gold also declined by Rs 100 to Rs 26,800 per eight grams.
Here are five things to know about gold and silver prices today:
1. Globally, gold fell more than 1 per cent on Wednesday, retreating from a 6-year peak scaled in the previous session, on signs the US Federal Reserve will not resort to aggressive interest rate cuts in July, reported news agency Reuters.
2. Spot gold was down 1.1 per cent at $1,407.80 per ounce in intraday trade, on track to snap a six-session long winning streak. Gold prices hit their highest since May 14, 2013, at $1,438.63 on Tuesday. US gold futures fell 0.6 per cent to $1,410.60.
3. "Bullion prices traded lower with international spot gold prices falling below $1,410 with recovery in dollar index post Fed officials comments. The less aggressive signal for rate cut prompted profit booking in gold prices from six-years highs," Press Trust of India quoted Tapan Patel, senior analyst (commodities), HDFC Securities, as saying.
4. The G-20 summit this weekend would be of interest as the US and China would be having talks to possibly sort out the trade issues which have been instrumental in the eruption of the trade war between these two nations, CARE ratings said in a note.
5. Silver ready prices fell by Rs 500 to Rs 38,700 kg, while weekly-based delivery dropped Rs 399 to Rs 37,734 per kg. On the other hand, silver coins held flat at Rs 81,000 for buying and Rs 82,000 for selling of 100 pieces.
(With agency inputs)
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BlackBerry today announced that BlackBerry® Unified Endpoint Manager (BlackBerry UEM) has achieved certification from the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP), a U.S. government initiative which oversees the evaluation of commercial cybersecurity products for use in U.S. national security systems.
The NIAP certification further strengthens BlackBerry’s portfolio of certified security solutions for the government sector, as well as regulated industries that have similarly stringent security requirements. The government offering includes NIAP-certified BlackBerry SecuSUITE® for Government for secure voice and FedRAMP-authorized cloud versions of BlackBerry® AtHoc® crisis communication, BlackBerry® Protect endpoint security, and BlackBerry® Government Mobility Suite endpoint management.
"Security is part of BlackBerry’s DNA and all of our products are built with that in mind. This new certification gives our federal government and regulated customers confidence that BlackBerry UEM delivers a high level of security and is compliant with the latest government assurance requirements,” said Billy Ho, Executive Vice President of BlackBerry Spark Group, BlackBerry.
BlackBerry UEM was validated against the latest and most comprehensive version of the NIAP Mobile Device Management Protection Profile version 4. The NIAP Common Criteria certification is a worldwide security standard and is recognized by 31 member countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, France, Japan, Singapore, and Australia.
The company also recently announced that BlackBerry UEM is the only MDM solution that was approved for use by the Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN) and has achieved NATO Restricted Level certification. BlackBerry UEM is the core foundation for BlackBerry Spark Suites, a new range of tailored cybersecurity and endpoint management options to help protect data, minimize risk, and reduce cost and complexity.
Learn more about BlackBerry Spark Suites at the 2020 BlackBerry Security Summit (October 6-7). During the company's seventh annual event, industry experts and thought leaders from across the globe will come together virtually to discuss a range of topics, including security in a remote working world, business continuity, Zero Trust/Zero Touch, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and crisis communications for employee safety. To register, please visit https://www.blackberry.com/securitysummit.


text: Born and raised in Indiana, Katrina Markoff developed an early passion for baking in her family’s kitchen. “I’ve always had strong female influences in my life,” said Markoff. “My mother is an entrepreneur who worked in a male-dominated industry.” This year, Markoff is launching new products and flavors for Wild Ophelia, the diffusion line that highlights regional American foods. The chocolatier plans on expanding the brand’s philanthropic platform—inspiring, encouraging, and empowering female entrepreneurship by donating a percentage of profits to organizations that fund women-owned businesses. Vosges Haut-Chocolat gave its first grant to Chicago’s 1871 WiStem program, which fosters opportunities for women in technology.


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There’s still a huge amount of uncertainty facing today’s investor. But I still feel now’s a great time to go share shopping. The FTSE 250 trebled in value following the UK stock market crash of 2008/2009 as the global economy steadily recovered.
I think these three UK stocks could similarly surge in value following the 2020 share market crash.
#1: A popular UK gambling stock
The online gambling sector is ripe with opportunity for UK stock investors. And 888 Holdings is one major operator I’m thinking of adding to my ISA in 2021. This share trades on a slightly-toppy forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 20 times. But I believe it’s worth every penny.
888 has some of the strongest brands in the sports and casino betting segments. This is helping the company to ride this exploding market to the maximum. Last month, the business said it expected full-year sales to soar 45% in 2020, better than its previous forecasts.
Brand investment and new product launches are just two reasons to get excited. Ongoing geographic expansion (and in the massive US market in particular) is another reason I’m expecting earnings at this UK stock to rocket in the 2020s.
#2: Gaming goliath
I’d also buy shares in Paris-listed Ubisoft Entertainment to get rich from the booming games industry. In November, its Assassins Creed Valhalla title sold more copies in its launch week than any previous instalment in the series. And the software colossus has plenty more popular titles such as Far Cry and Watch Dogs in its locker to capitalise on this ballooning market.
Now Ubisoft’s shares don’t come cheap. Today, this non-UK stock trades on a P/E multiple of 30 times at today’s prices. But a business with such a mighty position in a fast-growing market warrants a meaty premium, in my book.
Latest data from Mordor Intelligence illustrates Ubisoft’s bright profits outlook perfectly. It reckons the global games market will soar at a compound annual growth rate of 9.2% through to 2025.
#3: A cyber security hero
I’d also buy tech-focussed UK stocks which specialise in the fast-growing field of cyber security. Businesses and government agencies are spending more and more to protect themselves against fraud and malicious digital attacks. And Kape Technologies (LSE: KAPE) is one expert that’s enjoying stunning sales growth as a consequence.
Revenues at Kape soared 97% during the six months to June as companies stepped up efforts to protect themselves. And the UK share has embarked on a significant number of product launches, such as its CyberGhost 8 Privacy Suite and pioneering WireGuard encryption protocol, to meet the needs of its growing customer base.
Today, Kape Technologies’s shares trade on a forward P/E ratio of just 18 times. This makes the IT star a steal, in my opinion, and could lay the foundation for stunning share price growth in 2021 onwards.
In fact, I think this UK stock is one that could treble investors’ money this decade.
Royston Wild has no position in any of the shares mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Ubisoft Entertainment. Views expressed on the companies mentioned in this article are those of the writer and therefore may differ from the official recommendations we make in our subscription services such as Share Advisor, Hidden Winners and Pro. Here at The Motley Fool we believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors.


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The old Hooters building will be home to another Florida restaurant chain— Hurricane Grill & Wings, a family restaurant and bar that could give Buffalo Wild Wings a run for its money.
“We saw a really great opportunity to expand Hurricane Grill & Wings to Minnesota,” Mitch Peterson, president of Torgerson, said in a statement to Twin Cities Business. “Minnesota is full of wings fans.”
According to news releases from the company, the Burnsville location will be the first of 17 in Minnesota, and represents just small part of an aggressive expansion plan that will ultimately bring the restaurant to Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, and North Carolina. In all, the company plans to open 65 new locations.
Since its inception in 1995, the company has already to include locations in Arizona, Indiana, Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania in addition to its home state.
Since opening its first restaurant in 1995, Hurricane has grown to include more than 45 locations throughout Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania.
By fall, Hurricane should be opening up in the building at 12950 Aldrich Avenue South. According to Twin Cities Business, 16 other restaurants are set to crop up in Minnesota over the next eight years. Click here to get a preview of the menu.


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NEW YORK (WKBW) — The New York State Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) announced it has taken action against businesses suspected of illegally selling cannabis.
According to the OCM, letters were sent "ordering businesses suspected of illegally selling cannabis, including the practice of 'gifting,' to cease and desist those operations or risk the opportunity to get a license in the legal market as well as substantial fines and possible criminal penalties. The letters explain that while cannabis has been legalized for those aged 21 and over, selling it requires a license under the law."
The OCM explains the practice of "gifting" as a business selling a product or service and providing cannabis as a “gift” in return. Under the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) this practice is illegal and the OCM says it has identified over two dozen alleged violators.
We have an obligation to protect New Yorkers from known risks and to strengthen the foundation of the legal, regulated market we are building. We will meet the goals of the MRTA to build an inclusive, equitable and safe industry. Therefore, these violators must stop their activity immediately, or face the consequences.
We want to make sure these operators fully understand the law and the consequences they face and now that these letters have been sent, we fully expect them to cease and desist their activities – if they don’t, we will take action. New York State is building a legal, regulated cannabis market that will ensure products are tested and safe for consumers while providing opportunities for those from communities most impacted by the over criminalization of the cannabis prohibition, and illegal operations undermine our ability to do that. We encourage New Yorkers to not partake in illicit sales where products may not be safe and we will continue to work to ensure that New Yorkers have a pathway to sell legally in the new industry.
The OCM oversees and develops and enforces rules for the three prongs of the industry oversees – the Medical Cannabis Program, the Cannabinoid Hemp Program, and the Ault-use Cannabis Program.


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Wurth USA Inc. joined as a corporate member. Established in 1969, USA is a leading supplier of products and services for the transportation maintenance and repair industry. The company is part of The Group, a global organization operating in more than 80 countries worldwide.
“CIECA is well-known within the collision industry from a software developer side,” said Dave Laymon, National SIS/Vending Support for Wurth USA. “As the world becomes more and more integrated, CIECA and Wurth were a natural fit.”
CIECA Standards will be used in future updates to Wurth’s SIS: Next (Smart Invoicing System) software. By using CIECA Standards, Laymon said it will allow the company to enhance the invoice generating aspect of the SIS: Next system while improving the end user’s experience.


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We Are All Little Lads Who Love Berries and Cream
Between the popularity of low-rise jeans, The Spice Girls dropping a new single, and Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez rekindling their romance, it feels as if we've managed to transport ourselves back to the mid-2000's, a cultural reset apparently complete with commercials – namely, Starburst's iconic 2007 advertisement for their berries and cream-flavored candy.
Over the past several weeks, TikTok has undergone a massive transformation -- evolving from a platform where teens can dunk on Morrissey by dancing to The Smiths and somehow gain online clout through dumping cans of beans on people's porches to a forum for old English Lads with a passion for fruity desserts, all thanks to the re-emergence of the commercial after roughly 14 years. Formally entitled “Bus Station,” the 2007 advertisement for the Starburst variation introduced the world to the Little Lad – a Lord Farquad looking boy who apparently loves the fruit and dairy combo so much, he'll burst into song upon simply overhearing their mention – even at the bus stop.
"Berries and cream, berries and cream! I'm a little lad who loves berries and cream!" he sang, jumping and clapping along to tune before two modern strangers who seemingly want nothing more than to enjoy their novelty-flavored Starburst in peace.
The ad quickly went viral – well, as viral as something could go in 2007 -- taking over the pop culture lexicon, schoolyards, that part of your brain where commercial jingles get stuck, never to be released. Due to this popularity, the agency behind the commercial decided to make a sequel to their iconic work, dropping a hybrid origin story/tutorial on YouTube, explaining how the Little Lad dance came to be, and how viewers can recreate it at home.
“We actually kind of tried to make it viral, or at least aid it in being viral,” Gerry Graf, the executive creative director of the commercial, recently told AdWeek of the Little Lad's digital transition, adding that they were inspired by fan recreations of the Midas-touch Skittles commercial, an ad their agency also created in the mid-2000's
“That was how we knew what success was,” added Brandon Davis, who served as a copywriter for the iconic spot. “It was the people’s platform. We would read all the comments, and it was really funny when people hated it just as much as when they loved it.”
While the commercial's relevance and social media success waned over the decade and a half since it first hit the airwaves, the Little Lad ultimately prevailed – finding his way back into the digital limelight earlier this year. Although a video of the berries and cream dance tutorial was first posted on TikTok in January by Justin McElroy of the McElroy brothers alongside a caption encouraging users to “make great art with this sound,” as “its what we all need,” the Starburst-inspired trend didn't start taking off on the app until August, according to Know Your Meme (a sibling site to Cracked).
From videos showing off inadvertently lad-like haircuts …
… to clips complaining about the hazards of wearing sweatpants to bed …
… highly- themed celebrations of unofficial “Little Lad Day" on September 20 …
… cursed music mashups …
… and even more cursed music mashups – this time, featuring My Chemical Romance for that extra 2007-inspired flavor…
… the Little Lad who loves berries and cream has (star)burst beyond his commercial origins, joining the ranks of creators like Addison Rae, Charli D'Amelio, and that one dude who reviews types of lawns -- cementing himself as a true TikTok star. It's incredibly rare for a national TV advertisement to re-emerge roughly 14 years later, let alone, find itself at the center of a cultural obsession, yet Graf says he wasn't too shocked to see his spot makes the rounds on social media – even a decade and a half after it first confused the hell out of audiences everywhere.
“This one doesn’t surprise me,” Graf explained. “Most of the time when some of these come back, I’m kinda surprised. But knowing the talent and effort that created it, I can see it," he continued, calling the commercials accompanying tutorial “the first TikTok dance—that we just happened to create for YouTube.”
Ian Reichenthal, who served as another creative director on the project apparently agreed. “There’s no way to go into a project saying, ‘Let’s make a character that people will remember 14 years later,” he explained to the industry publication. “I’m super happy to see that happen, but I don’t know why.”
It seems the actor behind Little Lad – a New York City-based dancer, choreographer, and writer named Jack Ferver – also didn't fully comprehend the commercial player's viral reemergence, dubbing TikTok's berries and cream mania “strange" in a recent social media post. Although since appearing in the iconic ad, Ferver has gone on to make a name for themselves in the world of dance, partaking in several “genre-defying” performances, according to their website biography, some of which have been likened to exorcisms, and noted for their humor, it seems even with this success, the dancer has decided to return to their humble, Lad-tastic roots, launching a TikTok page and YouTube channel dedicated to reviving their iconic character.
“It’s strange,” they wrote on Instagram earlier this month alongside a series of photos featuring them posing next to light pink flowers. “After all these years. To see a character I created a hundred years ago… return….. of its own free will…. Doesn’t this flower remind you of berries… berries……. and what else?”
Racking up more than 1.1 million followers and upwards of 8 million likes since joining the app on September 3, it seems the Little Lad, with his dancing videos, musical tributes to his “mummy,” and sheep fan cams is here to stay. Celebratory bowl of berries and cream, anyone?
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The supervisory board of Borgward Group has named Philip Koehn CEO from 1 July though the former Rolls-Royce cars head of development will continue to head the Stuttgart based automaker's R&D as a member of the executive board.
He replaces Ulrich Walker who has headed the revived brand since April 2015. Beiqi Foton Motor (a subsidiary of BAIC) holds a stake and manufactures the SUVs sold since 2017.
"Borgward is entering into the next phase of its resurrection. As we enter into this new phase, we are making a change in leadership as planned," said supervisory board chairman Christian Borgward.
"Walker has shaped Borgward decisively over the past three years and has created a solid foundation for the brand to re-establish itself in the automotive industry."
This included establishment of the structures of Borgward Group AG and market launches in China, south east Asia, the Middle East, South America and now in Germany.
Walker will remain with the company as an advisor until the end of the year.


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MTN South Africa-owned Supersonic has appointed telecommunications industry veteran Megan Nicholas as MD, replacing Calvin Collett.
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In a move that could rattle its competitors’ cages, Telkom has launched a new package, called Unlimited Lite, offering customers unlimited calls to fixed-line networks and to its own mobile network for R599/month. Unlimited Lite is a “lighter version” of Telkom’s Completely Unlimited plan. Unlimited Lite packages are


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|Quintiles CEO Tom Pike|
Quintiles ($Q), the world's largest CRO, is further expanding its outside-the-clinic business, agreeing to buy healthcare analytics outfit Encore Health Resources to beef up its access to real-world patient data.
It's something of a complete-the-circle deal for Quintiles, the company said, bringing in a provider-focused service to complement its existing wealth of capabilities in drug development and commercialization. Founded in 2009, Encore employs about 250 consultants who advise providers on the implementation of electronic health records (EHR). Quintiles has long billed itself as able to offer end-to-end services to its clients, and appending Encore's expertise only extends that reach, CEO Tom Pike said.
"Today's announcement signifies the increasing importance of leveraging EHR and real-world information to inform our customers and improve their probability of success," Pike said in a statement. "Encore has significant EHR expertise, strong relationships with many large U.S. provider networks and academic medical centers as well as experienced consultants, proven tools and methodologies."
Access to those outcomes data will bolster the rest of Quintiles' business, too, the company figures, giving biopharma clients valuable information as they launch their products but also providing a trove of ex-clinical results that can inform decicionmaking during the drug-development process.
Quintiles isn't disclosing the price tag on Encore, saying only that the company will join its Integrated Healthcare Services (IHS) segment once the deal closes some time this quarter.
The acquisition is also an effort to boost IHS, which is dwarfed by Quintiles' much larger product development business. Last year, the business' revenue fell 7.8% to $888.6 million, but the segment ticked up 6% to $234.5 million in the first quarter of 2014 thanks to some impressive net new business wins, a trend the company expects to continue.
Thanks in part to IHS' projected growth, Quintiles is planning for up to $4.2 billion in 2014 revenue, good for as much as 10% growth. The company is aiming for earnings per share of $2.45 to $2.58, translating to profit increases of 17% to 23%.
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US farmers store record soybean crop as China dispute weighs
November 28, 2018
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — American farmers still working to get out their remaining soybeans after a weather-plagued harvest season are struggling to figure out what to do with a record crop now their traditionally dominant export market is largely closed.
Usually by this point in the year, 100-car trains filled with North Dakota soybeans would be moving to ports on the West Coast destined for China. But this year is different, after China all but stopped buying U.S. soybeans in response to President Donald Trump's trade tariffs . Fearful of economic failure, farmers are frantically trying...


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Apple, Google and several other companies are the target of a new lawsuit from InNova Patent Licensing alleging they’re using spam filtering technology it owns without paying licensing fees. The case names 36 different companies and was filed in U.S. District Court in Marshall, Texas — a court known for being sympathetic to patent holders.
The patent in question, 6,018,761, describes a system to differentiate between legit email messages and spam, or junk mail messages. InNova’s lead counsel, Christopher Banys, claimed the patent is “one of the building blocks for all email communications.”
“Email as we know it would essentially stop working if it weren’t for InNova’s invention,” he said.
Along with Apple and Google, the patent names several other big-name companies such as Bank of America, HP, IBM, RIM, Yahoo!, Alcatel-Lucnet, and more.
InNova is a patent holding company and is presumably looking to force the defendants to pay licensing fees or to negotiate cash settlements.
Apple has not commented on InNova Patent Licensing’s lawsuit.


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A vehicle recall can be a taxing thing for any driver, especially when driving a brand new car. However, it can easily be argued that a recall on your vehicle that’s been paid off for years is just as taxing, as it leaves you with the question as to whether or not you should make the repairs and unload the car or keep it around and wait for something else to go wrong. It would seem that there is something going wrong in a vehicle every time we turn around, but recalls aren’t nearly as prevalent as the news media would have us think.
Whether they’re a frequent happening or not, recalls happen, and they can be somewhat of a pain. First of all, the necessary repairs during a recall leave us without a vehicle for a period of time, however small that may be and that’s emotionally and sometimes financially taxing.
Some of the biggest auto manufacturers have been forced to recall hundreds of thousands of vehicles, and in some cases, millions of some of the most popular vehicles on the market are affected. It’s difficult to keep up with the latest items on the recall list, and the massive airbag recall has drivers waiting by their mailboxes to see if their cars are going to be part of the next round.
How Will I Know?
There are easier ways to see if your car is part of the recall list, rather than just playing the waiting game. There is a national website that lists all of the cars and SUVs that are part of the latest issue that is forcing an automaker to pull cars off the market for repairs.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is responsible for ensuring the safety of every vehicle on the road, and their website is a treasure trove of information to avoid the anticipation of a recall letter. Simply enter your VIN on the site, and get instantaneous results.
The big news in the recall world right now centers around airbags manufactured by Japanese supplier, Takata. What seemed to only be impacting Honda vehicles for a long period of time has now spread to dozens of different automakers. In the middle of February, BMW, Volkswagen, and Daimler AG announced the recall of nearly one million vehicles due to faulty airbag inflators. What was thought to be a brand specific issue has spread like wildfire with the newest number of vehicles totaling over five million.
The Takata Airbags
The recall on Takata airbags started in 2009, and Honda was forced to pull over two million vehicles to repair the faulty airbags. Not long after Honda’s airbag crisis started, other brands started being declared defective at an alarming rate. Nearly twenty-five million vehicles are affected by the defective airbags, leading to the biggest recall in history, and seriously impacting new sales numbers for Honda. According to news reports, Takata has offered little in the way of a statement, outside of making a variety of excuses meant to cover themselves.
While the Takata airbag recall seems to be the biggest news as it is incredibly widespread, there is yet another airbag issue that has recently been reported, although there is no news yet as to how widespread it will be.
Continental Airbags, a German company, has said that some of their airbag control units are corroding at an alarming rate, and thus leading to airbag failure. As of right now, the numbers contend that over two million vehicles could be potentially recalled as a result, but no official moves have been made, thus far. However, if there is a widespread recall, it will impact vehicles made by Honda, Volkswagen, Mazda, Volvo, and Mercedes.
In smaller news, GM has also had to recall some of their 2016 vehicles due to failure in the power steering system in the 2016 Buick Regal. As a result, GM is systematically issuing notices to their owners, and replacing the rack and pinion unit for free. If you happen to own one of these vehicles, head over to the NHTSA site and check to see if your VIN is among those that will be recalled and get a jump on the repairs.
Toyota is also facing some major recalls in RAV4 models manufactured from 2006-2012 as it has been discovered that the rear seat belts are being cut by the seat design, and are therefore ineffective in the event of a collision. With a potential 1.2 million vehicles affected by this particular recall, Toyota is issuing a recall notice to RAV4 owners. However, repairs will not start until the end of March, as the protective covering for the seat assembly will not be available prior to that date. If your vehicle is on the list for recall, contact Toyota’s customer service division to find out details as to when the repairs will start.
A great deal of people have recently been remarking on the pain of these recalls, complaining that they shouldn’t have to happen. However, when weighed against the alternative, getting your vehicle repaired for free isn’t all that big of an issue. Don’t wait out the recalls or ignore a notice, if your car is one of the many on the recall list, get it fixed immediately.
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As you probably know, Battlefield 3 won’t be released on Steam. Valve cofounder Gabe Newell recently said that he strongly wants Battlefield 3 (and other Electronic Arts’ titles) to be published on the service again. Apparently, there’s a dispute between the two companies and as a consequence, EA pulled both Dragon Age II and Crysis 2 from Steam.
Newell said to Develop that the relationship between the two companies is “a whole complicated set of issues,” but he certainly thinks they can figure this out. Not only did Newell say that he wants to prove EA that Battlefield 3 is worth publishing on Steam, but he also wants to convince them that their online store is the best option for both of them.
“I don’t think Valve can pick just one thing and think the issue would go away if we fixed that,” Newell said. “We have to show EA it’s a smart decision to have EA games on Steam, and we’re going to try to show them that.”
“The same thing is true of Steam. We have to prove we are creating value on an ongoing basis, whether it’s to EA or Ubisoft or whoever.”
“I think at the end of the day we’re going to prove to Electronic Arts they have happier customers, a higher quality service, and will make more money if they have their titles on Steam. It’s our duty to demonstrate that to them. We don’t have a natural right to publish their games,” Valve cofounder said.
Newell didn’t exactly suggest how he will convince the company to publish games on the online store again, but the situation seems really complicated indeed.


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The move is aimed toward guarding domestic players from the rise in imports that square measure supported by the neighboring nation.
India has initiated a tariff probe into raised imports of a Chinese India rubber – Fluoroelastomers, following a grievance from Gujarat FluorochemicalsNSE -0.96 %.
The move is aimed toward guarding domestic players from the rise in imports that square measure supported by the near nation.
The investigation has been initiated by the board of directors General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), associate arm of the commerce ministry.
Gujarat Fluorochemicals has filed associate application before the DGTR alleging subsidisation of the merchandise from China associated requested for initiation of an anti-subsidy investigation for levy of countervailing duties on the imports.
The human has alleged that the producers/exporters of the merchandise have benefited from the unjust subsidies provided at numerous levels by the Chinese government, together with the governments of the various provinces and municipalities, the DGTR has aforesaid during a notification.
The alleged subsidies contains direct or potential direct transfer of funds or liabilities.
The human has claimed that supported imports of the merchandise square measure materially retarding the institution of the domestic business.
The authority clear finds “sufficient evidence” of subsidisation of the products from China, injury to the domestic business associated causative link between the alleged subsidisation and injury exist to “justify initiation of an anti-dumping investigations” to see the existence, degree and result of subsidisation and to advocate the number of tariff,” it said.
There square measure numerous applications of Fluoroelastomers in sectors together with business, automotive and part.
the amount of investigation is January 2017 – December 2017 (12 months). it might additionally cowl the info of 2014-17.
tariff could be a country-specific duty, that is obligatory to safeguard domestic business against unfair trade subsidies provided by the native governments of the commerce nations.
Republic of India has already obligatory tariff further as anti-dumping duties on numerous sorts of steel from China to guard domestic players, that face issues.
it’s India’s one in all the largest commercialism partner, however, the trade gap is leaning in China’s favour.
Republic of India incorporates a deficit of USD sixty three.12 billion in 2017-18 with China as compared to USD fifty one.11 billion within the previous year.


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Date: Monday, March 13th, 2017, 05:07
Category: Apple Pay, Finance, iOS, News, retail
If you were curious as to what happened to CurrentC, the intended mobile payment service that was intended to compete with Apple Pay a few years ago, there’s an answer: JPMorgan bought it out.
Oddly enough, Chase Bank played both sides and was one of a few major banks to partner with Apple when Apple Pay launched back in the fall of 2014, but several retailers including CVS and Walmart blocked or denied plans to accept Apple Pay due to an upcoming CurrentC app and commitments to MCX, the company developing CurrentC.
Some CurrentC backers including Rite Aid and Best Buy eventually changed their course and added Apple Pay as a payment option in stores, and last summer efforts to bring CurrentC to market finally ended.
Chase currently remains an Apple Pay backer, although its in-house payment service, knows as “Chase Pay”, is based on MCX technology. Although CurrentC is dead, JPMorgan Chase says it has acquired MCX to help bring Chase Pay to more retailers.
MCX’s members were already connected to MCX payments technology, which made it seamless to connect to Chase Pay. Chase executives wanted to acquire the technology to use in lieu of building separate parallel technology to serve non-MCX members.
At present, only a few retailers currently accept CurrentC, especially given its QR code-based payment option. Best Buy and Starbucks, for example, accept both Apple Pay and were launch partners for Chase Pay, while JPMorgan Chase says Walmart, Shell, or other MCX members will start accepting Chase Pay in the future.
As always, stay tuned for additional details as they become available.


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At a special event at Ford’s Cologne, Germany manufacturing facility Tuesday, the automaker will finally pull the wraps off of the all-new Ford Fiesta subcompact – anticipated to go on sale as a 2018 model-year car. Before that happens, we figured we would run through what we know about the pint-sized passenger vehicle.
The Ford Fiesta Mk VII (Mk VIII in the UK) is expected to be more evolution than revolution when it goes on sale next year. Test mule sightings from the past several months have revealed that the subcompact’s track and width may grow slightly, but height, length, and wheelbase won’t budge far, if at all. Spy photographs all but confirm that the new Ford Fiesta will be available as a three-door or five-door hatchback, but there’s no reason not to expect a four-door sedan body style, too.
As with the current model, we don’t suspect the three-door will ever go on sale here in the US.
The biggest change expected for the 2018 Ford Fiesta is a shift slightly upmarket. Ford Europe has had to nix the two lowest-cost trim levels of the current model to make room for the even-cheaper Ford Ka+ supermini, and while the Ka+ will likely keep to its side of the pond, we’re expecting finer materials and improved fit-and-finish inside the new US-market Ford Fiesta’s cabin, as well. That will likely drive up the roughly-$14k base price, but not by much.
More than likely, the current 1.6-liter Ti-VCT I4 and 1.0-liter EcoBoost I3 petrol engines will carry over into 2018 in the US, although the latter will likely receive more emphasis as Ford chases improved fuel efficiency. We don’t expect any transmissions beyond the current 5-speed manual and 6-speed PowerShift dual-clutch, either – at least, not until a new Ford Fiesta ST comes along years down the road.
We do think there will be a new ST, but as was the case with the current ST, it won’t be available right out of the gate.
Stay tuned as Ford reveals the all-new, 2018 Ford Fiesta at a special event on Tuesday, November 29th.


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Bitcoin Internet Payment Services, a Denmark-based exchange billing itself as Europe's biggest, was robbed of bitcoins worth more than $1 million in a theft that took place over the course of the past several days.
Bitcoins are a decentralized digital currency generated by computers "mining" for the solutions to complex math problems, and authenticated on a peer-to-peer basis not by a central banking authority. It's the third major heist this month about $1.4 million worth was stolen several weeks ago from an anonymous Australian who ran an online wallet service known as Inputs.io, and a Chinese exchange abruptly vanished two weeks ago, taking more than $4 million with it.
Smaller thefts, which affected consumer exchanges in the Czech Republic and Poland, have also taken place this month.
In the latest incident, BIPS was apparently targeted by a distributed denial-of-service attack earlier this month. A follow-up attack, according to bitcoin news site Coindesk, subsequently knocked out key security systems and allowed the thieves to make off with 1,295 BTC.
In response to the incident, BIPS said in a statement that it was forced to pull the consumer payments functionality of its services off-line, and warned users that they would have to transfer any balances to a different wallet service.
"BIPS will temporarily close down the wallet initiative to focus on real-time merchant processing business which does not include storing of Bitcoins," the statement said, adding that BIPS will attempt to re-open its consumer wallet service with improved security measures in the future.
BIPS customers aren't happy with the exchange's response to the incident. Many have taken to the Bitcointalk forums to accuse BIPS' leadership of carelessness and, in several cases, hinted at actual malfeasance. One user, who says he or she lost 90 BTC (about $71,000, at the time of this writing), has created an online form so that others can sign up to be part of possible legal action against BIPS.
Bitcoins, thanks to their general anonymity and lack of centralized regulation, have become popular among illegal users, who can use it as a convenient medium of exchange for illicit goods or services. Huge price spikes have driven the value of a bitcoin to more than $750, making the crypto-currency an attractive target for unscrupulous hackers.
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25 July 2012 23:54 [Source: ICIS news]
HOUSTON (ICIS)--A weakened economy in Europe and unexpected expenses helped to plunge Ferro into a $2.8m (€2.3m) second-quarter net loss, the US-based specialties chemicals producer said on Wednesday.
Ferro swung to the loss from a profit of $19.4m attributable to common shareholders for the same period last year.
Net sales for the quarter ended 30 June dropped by 19% to $482m from the same quarter in 2011.
“The business recorded sequential sales growth in the United States and Asia-Pacific compared with the first quarter of 2012,” said James Kirsch. “However, sales and earnings were negatively impacted by the effects of a weakening economic environment in Europe and higher than expected healthcare and pension expenses.”
Reduced sales of electronic materials products, including precious metal sales, largely drove the drop in sales, Ferro said.
The company cited less demand for conductive pastes used in solar cell applications, metal powders used in electronic products and surface finishing materials
Kirsch said Ferro was taking “aggressive steps” to lower costs in Europe with a new management information systems platform that would allow it to cut future operating costs and administrative expense.
“In addition, we expect to move forward on staffing reductions that will lower annual costs by approximately $5m in our European operations through consolidation of certain manufacturing and administrative resources in our performance coatings business,” Kirsch said.
Looking forward, Ferro said it expects 2012 sales, excluding precious metal pass-throughs, to be down by 3-7% compared with 2011.
Sales of precious metals were expected to decline because of lower average prices and lower volume.
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With headlines everywhere declaring that lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret has cancelled its hugely popular Angels runway show, Robyn Lawley has every right to be slightly smug.
The hugely successful “plus-size” model (that’s a completely normal size 14 thank you very much) famously started a petition last year to encourage the lingerie brand “to be more diverse and inclusive of body shapes and sizes on their runways”.
Aptly titled #WeAreAllAngels, her initiative drew worldwide support and now many are saying the brand’s perceived 180 turnaround is largely due to Lawley’s passionate persistence.
In the latest edition of “Finding Fearless with marie claire” podcast, Lawley said she started the initial campaign because she wanted to see real women represented on the VS runways.
“Every year I would say this might be the year that they went down a bit more of a curvy route, or even just a more average size route,” Lawley said. “They sell my size, they should show it on the runway. It seems pretty obvious to me.”
“When I started talking about it I knew straight away that [VS Marketing Chief] Ed Razek would have something to say, because he always has something negative to say about plus-size models, trans-models or anyone different. Of course he did. He said, “No one wants to see that ever on a runway.”
“You just hear comments like that and you’re like, “Mate, you don’t even know what you’re talking about.” He has to change the game and get with the times, or they’re going to be shovelling their own company soon. And from now on it looks like they’re going to have to come up with a different way of doing it.”
While the reports of the show’s cancellation are still unconfirmed by Victoria’s Secret HQ, the company’s silence on the matter is deafening. But Lawley, in her typical understated manner, has already moved on and has her sights set on an even bigger battle.
Since having her daughter Ripley – named after Sigourney Weaver’s kickass lead character Ellen Ripley in Aliens – four years ago, Lawley has been diagnosed with Lupus and suffered a seizure which caused facial injuries. She is committed to beating the incurable disease and has won over a new legion of fans on social media for her honest account of the health setbacks she has endured. Similarly she is seeking an exhausting range of new creative outlets from music production, to cinematography, to documentary maker, to food blogger and of course her new `life mission’ – saving the planet.
“I think the environment should be on everyone’s mind,” Lawley said. “I especially care about getting people back into the dirt and growing their own food. As much as I love the fashion world, I think it’s the eco world that truly motivates me.”
We may have just found someone who can actually fix this.
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Home Tags Blockchain
Despite the cryptocurrency market’s current troubles, bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream has raised $125m in a convertible note and secured loan financing.
More than 28 tech organisations that develop open-source projects have called on Congress to protect consumer privacy when regulating the blockchain space.
Kraken, a digital asset platform, has unveiled the public beta launch of Kraken NFT, the marketplace for collectors to explore, discover and securely trade NFTs.
With the rise of new digital technologies that are disrupting the financial market, many industry participants are keen to learn more. What benefits does blockchain offer?
US-based users of MetaMask will be able to purchase Ethereum from within the PayPal app after PayPal partnered with Web3 firm ConsenSys.
EMURGO Ventures has made two new investments, as it bolsters its Web3 portfolio.
The Clearing House has released a research paper that analyses the legal authority and policy considerations for banks’ engagement in stablecoin-related activities.


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"Allowing Comcast to take over the content by NBC Universal could mean consumers would pay higher prices and have fewer media choices,” she added.
The campaign includes a 10-by-22-foot mobile billboard with an image of a boa constrictor that resembles a TV cable wrapped around a TV set, with a tagline that reads "Don't Don’t Constrict Choice – Reject the Comcast Buyout of NBC.” The billboard will travel through the streets of Washington this week.
The next issue of Consumer Reports, published by Consumers Union, also includes an editorial citing the organization's concerns about competition and cost in the media marketplace:
“CU’s deep concerns about the proposed deal are about more than size. The merger would create a media conglomerate of incredible power and reach. Left to its own devices, Comcast/NBCU could manage and manipulate the creation and delivery of entertainment, news, and information to its liking. And Comcast/NBCU would be free to charge competitors higher prices to access its programming. Inevitably, those costs would be passed on to consumers."


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The Benefits of Scent
The Sofitel conducted a survey of 3,000 guests and found 78% of women and 74% of
men generally like scented spaces.
A study on 850 nightclub patrons by a group of researchers in the Netherlands concluded that patrons in a scented night club evaluated their experience much higher than those in a none scented club. It was also noted that drink purchases, overall enjoyment and dancing activity all increased.
Researches in Japan have discovered that employees in a scented environment made 54% less typing errors.
One group of neuroscientists’ found that 85-95% of decisions occur at the emotional or subconscious level.
An independent study of 40 office executives aged between 19-50 years old showed:
93% of employees agreed that effective ambient scenting influences their moral, productivity and working behavior.
98% agree that a bad odour can lead to poor job performance and decisions
93% feel appreciative of their scented working environment
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An independent study showed shoppers in a scented Samsung store underestimated the time they spent in the store by 26%.
A study by the Rockefeller University found that we remember just 1% of what we touch, 2% of what we hear, 5% of what we see,15% of what we taste and 35% of what we smell. This means that we recall smell 6-7 times more then what we see or hear.
The Sense of Smell Institute discovered that people can remember smells with 65% accuracy after a year, while visual recall is about 50% after three months.
Sydney Menswear Retailer reported an increase in customer and staff satisfaction that led to an increase in customer retention by 18% within their stores.
Scent researcher, Eric Spangenberg discovered that a consumers overall purchases
increased by 20% when exposed to an olfactory stimulus.
A Belgium study showed that a Scented bookstore had an increase in gross sales of 5.07% when a chocolate scent was diffused throughout the store.
A study with a pair of Nike shoes reported that 84% more customers would purchase a pair of shoes and be willing to spend 10-20% more for the shoes within a scented environment.
A Washington State University study in 2012that shoppers in a scented shopping mall spent an average of 20% more.
"Aromatherapy is now being verified and refined by modern studies"
Oils and Allopathy, Dr David Stewart, 2016
A Belgium study in a bookstore showed that customers were nearly 3x more likely to engage in conversation with staff and up to 2x more likely to examine multiple products.
In an independent study of 40 office executives aged between 19-50 years old 35% of respondents said that a fragrance is the first thing that comes to there attention when entering
See the below links to learn more about scent marketing and how it can elevate your customer experience.
How can scent help entertainment venues.
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Hotel Signature Scents.
When Hans van Wees, general manager, Hotel Vermont in Burlington, set out to create the perfect ... (read more)
Scent of a Lobby
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Silencer Central wins "Suppressor of the Year" award from Guns & Ammo magazine
A Sioux Falls-based silencer company's product has been named "Suppressor of the Year" by a national gun publication.
Banish 30 — a 9-inch titanium suppressor made by Silencer Central — was chosen by Guns & Ammo magazine for the 2021 award.
“The Banish line of suppressors is the product of more than 16 years of experience making and selling silencers," said Brandon Maddox, Silencer Central CEO in a news release. "The Suppressor of the Year award is a welcome validation for the team that engineers and builds these dynamic suppressors.”
Silencer Central, formerly South Dakota Silencer, started as an events-based business in 2005 that has since expanded to operate in all 42 states where silencers are legal.
Guns & Ammos editor Eric Poole notes in the publication's December issue that the suppressor provides a significant reduction in sound and recoil during their evaluation, writing "it's perfect for in the field, shooting competitively, or practice," according to the news release.
Unlike stainless steel or other materials, titanium is lightweight while withstanding use, although it's pricier.
Banish 30 works with rifle calibers from .17 to .30 caliber magnums and retails for $979.
The Banish line of silencers was first launched in 2009, and combines titanium construction with user serviceable designs to cut recoil and noise.


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Resilient, creative and hard-working, they are the pillars of communities large and small nationwide
This Canada Day, we may not see the usual fireworks and fanfare, but young entrepreneurs nationwide have shown us there is still much to celebrate.
Six months into 2020, the global pandemic is thankfully slowing in Canada and many other parts of the world, businesses are beginning to reopen and “social circles” are expanding, offering a glimpse of the return to somewhat normal.
And yet these are not normal times. COVID-19 has taken a huge toll on many Canadians, and disproportionately so when it comes to the health and economic wellbeing of Black, Indigenous and other Peoples of Colour, both in Canada and worldwide. Recent incidents and global protests are reminders of how far we have to go as a society to ensure equitable opportunity for and fair treatment of these communities.
Beyond words of hope, we are now starting to see real action. This confluence of the pandemic and protests has rallied people from coast to coast to coast to support each other. From the nightly cheers of support for healthcare workers to the many shop local campaigns to keep small businesses afloat, to diverse communities protesting racial injustice and organizations committing to change, Canadians are stepping up.
Key among the change agents are the thousands of diverse, young Canadian entrepreneurs who have worked tirelessly to support each other and those in their communities, all while trying to keep their main street businesses in operation.
Within Futurpreneur’s client network alone, there are countless stories of young entrepreneurs using their ingenuity and drive to help those impacted by the pandemic. For example:
Since 1996, Futurpreneur has helped more than 13,400 young, ambitious founders launch more than 11,000 companies like those highlighted above. Located across the country in small rural communities and big cities alike, the founders we support reflect Canada’s diverse population and almost 50% of them are women.
They are the people who run main street businesses all around us—they are newcomers to Canada, women and men from every ethnic background, members of the LGBTQ+ community. They run restaurants and bars, shops and galleries, gyms and bakeries, and everything in between. They are role models in their communities, proving to others that success is also within their reach.
The success of small businesses like theirs will be key to Canada’s inclusive economic recovery in the coming months. Economic factors aside, they are also pillars of their communities, providing vital hubs for residents to connect and engage with each other.
Over the past few challenging months, Futurpreneur has supported many of the entrepreneurs in our network. We’ve developed collaborative peer-to-peer support networks and webinars, and, thanks to critical funding from the federal government, were also able to offer critical financial support—six months of loan payment coverage for all of our 3,200 current entrepreneur clients and interest-free top-up loans of up to $10,000 for eligible clients. To date, I’m happy to report that we’ve supported 600 companies located in every province across Canada with top-up financing, helping them manage through this difficult time.
We’re also taking a deep look at our role in fostering diversity and inclusion within Futurpreneur and in our communities, examining our organization and programs, listening to and learning from our employees and committing to the actions we will take so we can play a meaningful part in the positive changes Canada needs.
In June, as we celebrated National Indigenous History Month, we partnered with the National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association (NACCA) to launch an Indigenous program to support even more ambitious, young, Indigenous entrepreneurs, pairing the financing, mentorship and support tools we offer with workshops, events and an Indigenous Facebook community that saw more than 150 people join in its first week.
Despite this being an extraordinarily challenging period for small business owners, the signs are very encouraging that the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well across Canada. We’ve seen restaurants launch successfully during the pandemic and heard many stories of pivoting to new business models.
Canada’s young, diverse entrepreneurs are keen to continue charting their own paths to success, and we’re just as eager to help them get there, positioning them for growth as the economy rebuilds in the months ahead. After all, their success is Canada’s success.


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Genshin Impact Leak Sheds Light on New Ningguang and Keqing Skins
As we all know, miHoYo added the ability to change skins for characters, most notably for Jean and Barbara back in update 1.6 for the Summer event. Unfortunately, we have yet to see more new skins since then but that’s expected to change as there will be new ones for Ningguang and Keqing coming soon.
Genshin Impact Leak: New Skins for Ningguang and Keqing
According to a new leak that popped up on the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor Discord server, there are new skins being worked on for Ningguang and Keqing. In the case of the latter, this isn’t exactly a surprise but compared to what miHoYo has worked on before, there is said to be some changes for the skin, particularly with the hairstyle.
As for the Ningguang skin, it’s said to be blue in color overall, and is described as more lewd compared to Keqing’s one as it’s noticeably more revealing. However, it might not remain this way when it does get launched as miHoYo wouldn’t want to make their game too raunchy.
For now, we’re only getting bits and pieces with regards to the new Ningguang and Keqing skins. We likely won’t be able to see visuals of them until they get implemented in the beta. Stay tuned for further updates.
Genshin Impact is currently available for free on the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, and PC. A Nintendo Switch port of the game coming in the near future.
Pokdepinion: I’m putting up bets for Ningguang’s skin being the one that players get the fastest as soon as it’s out. Even if they make it less revealing, I’m sure many would go out of their way to get it anyway.


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Mondelez yesterday announced a 3-year deal with the Peace Corp to promote sustainable development in cocoa growing communities in the Dominican Republic.
The project, part of Mondelez’s 400m 10-year Cocoa Life Program, aims to teach 1,200 young men and women business skills and consult with 120 entrepreneurs on how to develop their business.
Christine M. McGrath, Vice President of External Affairs and Cocoa Life at Mondelez said: “Armed with this new business expertise, these entrepreneurs will be empowered to initiate their own businesses and establish more diversified, stable and inclusive economies.”
This week, Barry Callebaut also launched its Cocoa Horizons Truck project – a mobile training unit that will reach 10,000 farmers in its first year.
The mobile unit is powered by solar energy and will provide farmer training, basic health care and education to farmer cooperatives in the Ivory Coast on Callebaut’s Quality Partner Program.


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Digital cureencies arose with developments in technology. The most popular digital currency is Bitcoin. Now, Bitcoin is in the headlines about it’s energy consumption. Because, statistics shows that it consumes more energy than Switzerland. Here are the details.
Why Bitcoin ’s energy consumption makes people concerned?
While Bitcoin is on the headlines for a long while, now energy consumption included. According to researches from Cambrdige University, Bitcoin consumes way more energy than Switzerland.
Cryptocurrencies preferred as technology develops. While many more models are introduced or on it’s way to introduce; Bitcoin is the most famous. And Bitcoin is a decentralized currency like any of it’s counterparts.
While it’s being independent from limitations and contracts; it has an electronic mechanism. So, it’s produced on an electronic envoirment and relies on strong systems. But, it creates danger because it consumes vast amounts of energy.


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You Tell Us 2009
Not everything is a clear-cut winner or loser. Sometimes it's hard to tell whether we'll someday look back and say, "How did we ever live without that?" or "I guess it seemed like a good idea at the time." Here's your chance to weigh in now
Illustration: Venture Vehicles
The VentureOne hybrid leans into turns and sips fuel but seats only two.
Although fuel prices have fallen far from last summer’s peak, the pain at the pump will not soon be forgotten. That’s particularly true in the United States, still the world’s biggest automobile market, where people have long enjoyed cheap energy and could therefore barely believe they were paying US $4 for a gallon of gasoline ($1.05 per liter).
Clearly, U.S. car buyers have abandoned hulking SUVs for smaller, fuel-sipping hybrid electric vehicles, sticking auto dealers with unsold gas guzzlers and lengthening the waiting lists for hybrids. But it’s hard to say whether the swing in demand is wide enough to create a market for the new car from Venture Vehicles. The Contoocook, N.H.–based start-up will introduce the three-wheel VentureOne plug-in hybrid in 2010.
It remains to be seen how the public will view this vehicle and the five other items we are inviting you to vote on. They include a biometric database that uses pattern-matching technology to identify people by their tattoos, a handheld device that unrolls into an e-book reader, and a giant microwave oven that its makers say can cook a tire until it turns into diesel fuel.
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U.S. Containerboard Production Increased Three Percent in October 2020
The U.S. containerboard operating rate in October 2020 was 98.1%, up 3.6 points from October 2019 and up 2.8 points year-to-date.
Nov. 23, 2020 - The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has released its October 2020 Containerboard Monthly report. According to the report, total containerboard production in October increased three percent compared to October 2019. It was up four percent when compared to the same 10 months of 2019.
October 2020 production of containerboard for export decreased 13 percent compared to the same month last year; it was up 15 percent year-to-date.
The containerboard operating rate was 98.1%, up 3.6 points from October 2019 and up 2.8 points year-to-date.
Mill inventories of containerboard at the end of October decreased six thousand short tons from the previous month, and were up 42 thousand short tons compared to October 2019.
NOTE: Beginning in 2021, AF&PA will publish the Containerboard reports on a quarterly basis; the reports will still contain the monthly data. The first report with 2021 data will be published in April 2021. Please contact firstname.lastname@example.org with questions.
The complete report with detailed tables, charts and historical data can be purchased by contacting Kory Bockman at Statistics_Publications@afandpa.org or 202-463-4716.
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) serves to advance a sustainable U.S. pulp, paper, packaging, tissue and wood products manufacturing industry through fact-based public policy and marketplace advocacy. AF&PA member companies make products essential for everyday life from renewable and recyclable resources and are committed to continuous improvement through the industry's sustainability initiative — Better Practices, Better Planet 2020.
The forest products industry accounts for approximately four percent of the total U.S. manufacturing GDP, manufactures approximately $300 billion in products annually, and employs nearly 950,000 men and women. The industry meets a payroll of approximately $55 billion annually and is among the top 10 manufacturing sector employers in 45 states. Visit AF&PA online at www.afandpa.org or follow us on Twitter @ForestandPaper.


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Mexico’s trade surplus widened to USD 1222 million in February 2019 from USD 930 million in the same month of the previous year. Exports rose 3.5 percent year-on-year and imports went up at a slower 2.7 percent. Considering the first two months of the year, the country posted a trade gap of USD 3588 million. Balance of Trade in Mexico averaged -326.09 USD Million from 1980 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 1836.32 USD Million in December of 2018 and a record low of -4810 USD Million in January of 2019.
Balance of Trade in Mexico is expected to be 2000.00 USD Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Balance of Trade in Mexico to stand at 1500.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Mexico Balance of Trade is projected to trend around 1000.00 USD Million in 2020, according to our econometric models.


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More than $4 million awarded to California agriculture
SACRAMENTO – At a ceremony held today at the state Capitol, CDFA Secretary A.G. Kawamura joined Paul Venosdel, state director of USDA rural development programs in California, to announce the approval of 20 federal grants for value-added agricultural product market development. The grants total more than $4.1 million and will foster the development of new products and markets for agriculturally based products.
Authorized as part of the 2002 Farm Bill, the Value-Added Agriculture Product Market Development Grants program provides an opportunity to refine agricultural commodities and products to increase their value in the marketplace. It is a way to help producers of agricultural commodities, agricultural producer groups, farmer and rancher cooperatives, and producer-based business ventures develop viable marketing opportunities in emerging markets.
“Federal dollars are coming home today for California’s number one industry – Agriculture,” said Venosdel. “USDA is proud to partner with innovative and cutting edge market development cooperatives and companies ranging from caviar and cotton to beef and olives, along with dairies, peaches, walnuts and almonds, figs, wines and special projects aimed at new energy and seed production.”
The range of selected grant projects includes a Western United Dairymen proposal to study the feasibility of developing a fuel market for renewable methane created on dairies, as well as a project by Superior Stampede, which will receive a grant for a value-added Internet cattle marketing company. A complete list of the selected grant recipients can be found at the USDA Rural Development California website: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov.
“My congratulations to the many outstanding companies receiving grants,” said Secretary Kawamura. “We are grateful to our partners at USDA for all they do on behalf of California agriculture. We are interested in continuing to seek partnership opportunities with the federal government as part of the renaissance for agriculture and the entire state economy.”
USDA Rural Development serves as the lead federal entity for rural development needs and administers financial and technical assistance through three agencies: Rural Housing Service, Rural Business-Cooperative Service and Rural Utilities Service.
California Department of Food and Agriculture Office of Public Affairs
1220 N St., Ste. 214, Sacramento, CA 95814