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Taking an historic and welcome step toward further normalization of grain trade between Cuba and the U.S., this morning (Dec. 14) Cuba’s food buying agency committed to purchase half a million tons of U.S. wheat in the next calendar year.
Representatives from U.S. Wheat Associates, the industry’s export market development organization, arrived in Cuba on Monday morning (Dec. 12) and were greeted warmly by the leadership of Alimport, the Cuban government’s official food importers. By Tuesday (Dec. 13), the two groups agreed to cement deepening trade relations with a formal Letter of Intent. In a moving ceremony held in Havana, they signed the letter, spelling out the terms of the pledge.
“Recognizing the quality of the U.S. wheat and related products, as well as the professional performance of American wheat growers and processors, Alimport hereby undertakes to purchase 500,000 metric tons of wheat from American exporters in 2006,” the letter states. The purchases are subject to competitive pricing, delivery and other applicable terms.
U.S. Wheat Associates, led by president Alan Tracy, has been a strong advocate through the years for normal trade relations with Cuba. The Letter of Intent recognizes USW’s long-standing position, as the parties agree to “work together to help expand Cuba-U.S. bilateral commerce and lift the current U.S. restrictions that affect trade and travel with Cuba, a valuable market for U.S. food products.”
The document was signed by Leonard Schock, USW vice chairman who is a wheat producer in Montana, and by Pedro Alvarez Borrego, chairman and CEO of Alimport. Tracy and USW vice president Vince Peterson witnessed the signing.
Wheat producers back in the states warmly welcomed the news.
“Trade relations between Cuba and the U.S. wheat industry have been steadily progressing since Cuba’s first purchase in November 2001,” said former USW chairman Keith Kisling, an Oklahoma wheat farmer who has made several trips to Cuba to promote U.S. wheat. “This purchase commitment is a very important – and greatly appreciated – boost to U.S. wheat exports.”
“Just as important, for the long-term, this document is a testament to the power of trade in establishing a human dialogue that can hopefully act as a counterpoint to some ill-advised political strategies which are still mired in the tired rhetoric and failed policies of yesteryear,” Kisling said.
The U.S. wheat industry has been working for the last decade to establish relations with Cuba. In coordination with member state wheat commissions, USW initially facilitated wheat flour donations in the mid-1990s through humanitarian groups working in Cuba. Following a series of meetings between USW and Cuban officials over a three year period, Cuba was ready to purchase U.S. wheat in 2001.
Cuba has become the largest U.S. wheat customer in the Caribbean, purchasing 1.6 million metric tons of U.S. wheat since trade resumed. They primarily buy hard red winter wheat and, in 2004/05, only five other countries in the world purchased more HRW than Cuba. They have also purchased some hard red spring and durum.


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A Norfolk retailer is set to undergo the biggest sale in its 123-year history with £6 million worth of stock to be offered at reduced prices.
Bargain hunters are expected to flock to the Aldiss stores in Fakenham and Norwich when 40,000 product lines will be up for grabs with discounts of up to 70 per cent off.
To prepare for the event, both stores will shut from the close of business today for all of the firm’s 170 staff to begin marking down prices.
They will then reopen for the start of the sale at 10am next Friday, September 18.
Managing director Paul Clifford said every item, from every department, including brand names, will be offered at reduced prices.
“It’s the biggest sale that we have ever done,” he said.
“I would urge people to get to the stores as soon as they can when it starts to ensure they don’t miss out.”
Next week’s clear-out is necessary to make room at its distribution centre in Norwich Road, Fakenham, for essential works.
It wants to bring the centre up-to-date to keep abreast of a huge increase in internet trade, and to carry out maintenance and structural works.
Mr Clifford said: “The one thing no retailer ever wants to do is close its doors, and I apologise to customers for the inconvenience it will cause, but doing it this way gets it done in the shortest time possible.
“There’s no point is trying to carry out the works to the distribution centre over many weeks as it will only cause more disruption.
“The centre is at the heart of the business, and handles over a million items a year. If anything goes wrong, the shop shelves will be empty.”
He said the growth in internet shopping has brought new challenges not envisaged when the centre was created, with more goods being dispatched directly to customers’ homes and its furniture delivery fleet now covering a huge geographic area.
“The whole retail business is changing out of all recognition and we have to change with it.
“We have got to make sure we constantly improve to give our customers the choice, value and service they want.”
He also explained that the work was being carried out now before its autumn/winter stock arrives and its busiest time of the year with Christmas.


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Wenonah Canoe has announced that the company will be building a 40,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in the Riverbend Industrial Park of Winona, Minn. The new plant is slated to be up and running by the fourth quarter of this year, at which time Wenonah will be closing the company’s Victoria, British Columbia, facility.
Rich Enochs, president of Wenonah, contacted SNEWSÂ® shortly after the announcement was made to the Victoria-based staff on Wednesday, April 28, and told us the company needed to make the nearly $2 million commitment to build a new facility and close down Canada simply because production efficiency demanded it.
“We’ve had a nicely growing kayak business since we acquired Current Designs five years ago, but it has gotten to the point where we are moving 70 percent of the boats from Victoria to Winona for redistribution,” Enoch said. “We have been shipping boats twice, handling them twice, and as a result, needing twice the number of staff.
“We ship from Winona because we deliver all of our boats on open trailers to our dealers, so we can combine canoes and kayaks in one lot — it is one of the big advantages we have and one our dealers appreciate,” Enoch added.
The Victoria facility employs approximately 70 people, a few of whom will be offered jobs in Winona, though Enoch told us he doubts many folks will want to move.
“We’ve offered our Victoria-based crew opportunities at headquarters before, but if you’ve ever been to Victoria, you’d soon realize why no one has taken us up on offers — it is an incredibly beautiful city and location,” Enoch said.
Wenonah expects to add 50 new employees to the payroll at the new facility when it is completed.
Enoch told us that the new plant will be dedicated to the molding and finishing of the Current Designs line of kayaks.
No changes will be made to Wenonah’s current 65,000-square-foot headquarters which houses warehousing, canoe production and administrative offices.
The company, which ships approximately 1,300 boats (kayaks and canoes) each month, anticipated that once the new facility is up and running, it could see up to 1,400 more boats shipped each month if demand warrants it.
Wenonah currently delivers boats to about 400 dealers in the United States. Company owner and founder Mike Cichanowski told us at a recent trade show that his business is mostly U.S. driven with just under 5 percent of the company’s overall business occurring in Europe and slightly over 10 percent in Canada.
Despite the loss of the manufacturing facility in Canada, Wenonah will maintain a Canadian-based warehouse, a Canadian-based sales manager, and establish a system set up to focus on the company’s Canadian dealers, Enoch told us.
SNEWSÂ® View: Not surprisingly, Wenonah has been able to take advantage of Minnesota’s economic development program designed to stimulate companies to expand business. Working with the city of Winona, the Winona Port Authority, the state (which approved a transfer of specially designated land from the adjacent township of Montgomery to Winona), and the local community banks and merchants, Wenonah doubtless secured a sweet deal. The communities benefited as well since there will be 50 more folks employed and spending money in Winona now — not to mention the added benefit of jobs generated during construction. Montgomery made out well too, since a broadband company which is part of the convoluted deal has agreed, we’ve been told, to provide broadband service to the community of 3,000. While no one likes to see anybody lose a job, and we do feel for the folks in Victoria, this was a smart move by Wenonah and will allow the company to better manage its growth while managing production and shipping efficiency. It’s nice to see a 30-year-old veteran thinking so progressively.


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In addition to deploying location-tracked “bait” to trap package thieves and other criminals, the Citrus Heights Police Department is advising the public of eight ways to reduce the chance of having a package stolen this holiday season.
In a social media post following Thanksgiving police offered the following tips for preventing package theft:
- Track packages and sign up for alerts.
- Have packages delivered to a lockbox or utilize ship-to-store.
- Require signature for delivery.
- Consider an alternate shipping address.
- Have a trusted neighbor pick up your package if you’re not home.
- Use security cameras.
- Be a good neighbor and look out for one another.
- Call police to report crime or suspicious activity.
In responses to the police department’s post on Facebook, one woman said her daughter took a photo of a suspicious vehicle after it appeared to be following a delivery truck. In a response, police credited the daughter with being observant and encouraged sending a photo in to police via Facebook messenger.


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SEATTLE — Starbucks Coffee Co. has announced the acquisition of the Calif.-based premium juice company Evolution Fresh Inc.“This is the first of many things we’re going to do around health and wellness,” Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO and president, told analysts, while speaking about the US$30-million acquisition. “We’re not only acquiring a juice company, but we’re using this acquisition to build a broad-based, multi-million-dollar health-and-wellness business over time.”
The company plans to launch a new chain of juice bars that will re-invent the juice category. According to Schultz, this is the next step in the company’s goal of transforming the chain into a global, multi-channel brand.
Earlier this year, Starbucks removed the word coffee from its logo so it could move into new categories.
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Just over a month remains before the United States is scheduled to impose a new round of tariffs on billions of dollars worth of Chinese products. On Dec. 15, Washington is expected to slap a 15% duty on a wide variety of consumer goods, including footwear, apparel and other accessories.
As such, businesses, investors and consumers have been keeping a close eye on President Donald Trump’s speech today at the Economic Club of New York, where he addressed trade relations with foreign countries, as well as providing an update on the ongoing trade war with China and whether a “phase one” deal could soon put an end to tit-for-tat tariffs.
Markets appeared to move little during the president’s address. At 1:45 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 35 points, or 0.13%, while the S&P 500 rose almost 10 points, or 0.32%, and the Nasdaq Composite grew roughly 38 points, or 0.45%.
Here, FN rounds up the five takeaways from Trump’s much-anticipated speech.
On the “phase one” trade deal with China:
“My administration has taken the toughest-ever action to confront China’s trade abuses. We’re taking in billions and billions of dollars in tariffs that China is paying for. We’re not paying; China is paying because they’re devaluing their currency to such an extent, and they’re poring tremendous amounts of cash into their system. They’re having their worst year in more than 57 years, more than half a century. Their supply chains are cracking very badly, and they are dying to make the deal. We’re the ones that are deciding whether or not we want to make a deal. We’re close. A significant ‘phase one’ trade deal with China could happen. [It] could happen soon. But we will only accept a deal if it’s good for the United States and our workers and our great companies because we’ve been hit very hard.”
On moving production back to the U.S.:
“As president, I understand and embrace the fact that the world is a place of fierce competition. We’re competing against other nations for jobs and industry growth and prosperity. Factories and businesses will always find a home. It’s up to us to decide whether that home will be in a foreign country or right here in our country, our beloved USA — and that’s where we want them to stay and be and move to. If we want our families and communities to prosper, America must be the best place on earth to work, invest, innovate, build, pursue a career, hone a craft or start a business. We want companies to move to America, stay in America and hire American workers. My mission is to put our country on the very best footing to thrive, excel, compete and to win.”
On the state of the U.S. job market:
“When we say hire American, we mean hire all Americans by focusing on the needs of people, not the desires of government. We’re helping our citizens realize their ambitions and pursue rewarding careers. Over 1.1 million fewer Americans are now forced to rely on part-time work today than when I was elected — that’s a tremendous number. People were working two jobs and three jobs and making less money than they made 21 years ago — that was the stat. A record number of Americans are quitting the job they had to take the job they like even better … This increased competition is driving up wages for blue-collar workers, who are the biggest beneficiaries of what we’re talking about.”
On the U.S.’s trade relationship with other countries:
“Many countries charge us extraordinarily high tariffs or create impossible trade barriers. Impossible and, I’ll be honest, the European Union [is] very, very difficult. The barriers are terrible. Terrible. In many ways, worse than China. We’re working on legislation known as the United States Reciprocal Trade Act, meaning quite simply what’s good for them is good for us. They wanna judge us, we judge them — it’s a very simple thing. … It’s very unfair the way we’re treated by certain countries. There are certain countries where the average tariff is 100%, and we charge them nothing. And then they call it fair trade. That’s not fair trade. That’s stupid trade.”
On the broader U.S. economy:
“We have delivered on our promises and exceeded our expectations by a very wide margin. We have ended the war on American workers, we have stopped the assault on [the] American industry and we have launched an economic boom the likes of which we have never seen before. … Our middle class was being crushed under the weight of a punitive tax code, oppressive regulations, one-sided trade deals and an economic policy that put America’s interest last — and a very deep last at that. I knew that if we lifted these burdens from our economy and unleashed our people to pursue their ambitions and realize their limitless potential, then economic prosperity would come thundering back to our country at a record speed.”
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From the time Joe Dorsey opened the Divers Den in 1958, the small Parkville dive shop had almost always published a newsletter -- a kind of greeting that customers came to expect to see every few months.
But just a few years ago, the newsletter was reduced to a list of items on sale. There were no hints about local diving sites, no tips on cooking fresh-caught fish.
Customers were not impressed. Declining sales were the evidence.
As a result, Divers Den recently returned to its original concept -- but in a much different form. Titled Dive News, the four-page black-and-white newsletter tells customers about scheduled trips, safety issues, diving techniques and sport diving in general.
Jim McCallister, manager of the Divers Den, said the changeover has paid off.
"We got letters from regular customers who had stopped being regular customers, saying, "Glad to see the changes, glad to see something new and exciting happening in the store,'" he said.
Mr. McCallister said Dive News recently won awards from the Dive Equipment Manufacturers Association and the National Association of Scuba Diving Schools for its informational content.
"A lot of newsletters are purely sales-oriented, with 'We have wet suits at this price, regulators at that price,'" Mr. McCallister explained. "We use very little of that in Dive News. That's what fliers are for.
"We don't want the newsletter to look like an advertising gimmick. We want to keep people interested in the shop.
"Our regular customers like to be apprised of what's happening," he said.
"We promote our classes, dive travel, special activities, like our underwater pumpkin-carving contest. And in each newsletter there is some mention of an upcoming trip."
Divers Den's newsletter has changed over the years, not only in its content but also in how it is produced.
"Joe [Dorsey] used to crank it out with a mimeograph machine in the back," Mr. McCallister said. "Now it's typeset and laser-printed."
He acknowledged that the newsletter is not published as frequently as it should be. "It's been hit-or-miss. Right now it comes out every other month. We need to do it monthly," a goal he said Divers Den will reach next year.
Because of the time lost in the printing process, Mr. McCallister said, Mr. Dorsey recently invested in computer equipment, software and a new laser printer, as well as training in desktop publishing. Next year he and the staff will be able to lay out and laser-print the newsletter on the premises.
"The newsletter is probably our best advertising medium," Mr. McCallister said. "It keeps our name in front of people."
"We have a mailing list of 4,500 to 5,000 names," he said, "and we know a couple of newsletters are going to do a good job" of promoting Divers Den.
"It's a memory jogger," Jim McCallister added. "The newsletter more than pays for itself, just in the renewed interest of our existing customers."


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WTXL Sunrise took to Pinterest to find some unique and out-of-the-box ways to decorate a pumpkin that don't always involve carving.
Just a few of the pumpkins we found: glow in the dark puff paint, turning a pumpkin into a cheeseburger and chalkboard paint.
Sunrise anchor Kellie Bartoli also showed off her pumpkin from last year -- which included glitter and rhinestones, of course.
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BANGLADESH: European delegation voices worker safety concerns
A delegation from the European Parliament has voiced concerns on the progress made to improve conditions in Bangladeshi garment factories, saying more needs to be done.
The EP delegation visited the country earlier this week, and held extensive discussions with Commerce Minister Tofail and stakeholders in the ready-made garment sector.
The mission, led by the Honourable Jean Lambert, chairperson of the delegation for relations with South Asia, assessed the progress made to improve factory safety and workers' rights, notably with the reform of the Labour Law and the commitment to hire 200 new safety inspectors.
However, it noted that more work lies ahead. "European buyers and Bangladeshi owners should continue to fulfil their commitments under the EU-Bangladesh Global Sustainability Compact," the delegation said in a statement.
The delegation concluded the government should implement rules for the Labour Law, deploy the inspectors, ensure a comprehensive publication of their reports, enforce the rise in the minimum wage, and the compensation and rehabilitation of all the victims of the Rana Plaza building collapse.
"Time matters: it is crucial that these measures be effective by 24 April 2014, which will mark the first anniversary of the catastrophe," the group said.
While Lambert added: "When European consumers purchase clothes, they want to be sure that these have been produced by people who are safe at work and earn a decent living."
Among other concerns are the reported incidents of violence and vote rigging in the January 2014 elections and the current local elections.
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Google recently clarified how it shows song lyrics in search results using copyright content from partners after being accused in a report by the Wall Street Journal. Now, the search giant has given its second explanation this week, clarifying its stance on showing fake business profiles on one of its most used apps, Google Maps.
The product director of Google Maps, Ethan Russell mentioned in the blog post how actively the company tackles fake businesses in Maps. This explanation comes soon after a report by the Wall Street Journal that accused Google of showing fake business profiles in the Maps application that dupe users.
“We get millions of contributions each day (like new business profiles, reviews, star ratings, and more) and the vast majority of these contributions are helpful and accurate. But occasionally, business scammers take advantage of local listings to make a profit. They do things like charge business owners for services that are actually free, defraud customers by posing as real businesses, and impersonate real businesses to secure leads and then sell them,” says Russell.
He adds that fake business profiles have the lowest contribution of all the business profiles on Google Maps and are using different ‘techniques and approaches’ to limit abuse. Russell says that the company has strict policies and tools to determine which business profiles are fake. They also take help from public feedbacks and business that have been flagged to determine it. He, however, did not reveal exactly how Google Maps tackles fake business profiles as it may help scammers find new ways to beat the systems.
“There was still work to be done then and there’s still work to be done now. We have an entire team dedicated to addressing these issues and taking constant action to remove profiles that violate our policies,” said Russell.
Last year, the company took down over 3 million fake business profiles, of which 90% were removed before end users could see it. In addition, over 250,000 fake business profiles were reported by users.


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Hollister is vying for Black Friday shoppers with a new campaign on YouTube that showcases its vision of a Southern California beach party in stores.
If shopping on Thanksgiving evening is your kind of thing, apparel brand Hollister is vying for your business with its vision of a Southern California beach party at all of its stores. For one night only, Hollister promises its "most epic” shopping deal ever and a chance to "party with the hottest lifeguards” on Thanksgiving, starting at 8 p.m. local time.
The Abercrombie & Fitch brand began promoting its Black Friday sale with a short new video on YouTube this week. While Hollister kicked off its promotional campaign on YouTube with a teaser, it has bigger plans for the video site as the holiday approaches, including TrueView video ads, two homepage buys next weekend and a series of forthcoming videos that will announce the actual deals to be had in stores.
In its first leap into video advertising on YouTube to reach millennial shoppers, Hollister is primarily using the platform as a sales vehicle instead of a more open play for brand awareness.
The company has been active on YouTube for about a year now, having accumulated 2,354 subscribers and a cumulative 1,026,083 views. Hollister has published more than 100 videos on its YouTube channel, with most featuring those lifeguards it promises to have on hand this coming Thursday evening.
Hollister’s most popular videos on YouTube came over the past few months, including a pair of promotional spots for its new mobile app that have generated more than 739,000 views combined.
The brand has gained a following among young video bloggers on YouTube, as well. A Google spokeswoman notes that a search for “Hollister haul” returns more than 228,000 video results. The most popular videos feature young fashionista types gleefully bragging about their latest Hollister shopping sprees.
Hollister plans to publish more videos over the coming days, showcasing the vibe and excitement it hopes to foster in stores Thanksgiving evening. Eventually, a video will reveal just what the company means by “our most epic deal ever.”
The company is increasing its investment on YouTube as Google makes a heavy push around the platform’s role in shopping. According to a recent survey from Google (also cited by a spokeswoman), about 40 percent of the site’s visitors who watch an apparel video eventually go to an online or retail store to learn more about the product.
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This latest batch features a guy trying to hold onto the side of a truck, a police chase, and a little plane flying over the countryside. Sadly we still have no release date for the game, but hopefully Rockstar can offer one soon. You can check out the screens below.
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Applications for the new Welsh dairy support scheme will open on 18 June, supporting farmers hardest hit by the recent exceptional market conditions due to COVID-19, Rural Affairs Minister, Lesley Griffiths, confirmed today.
The sector, which plays an important role in feeding the nation, felt the immediate impact of the pandemic with the closure of the food service and hospitality sectors.
The Welsh dairy support scheme, developed by working with the industry, has been designed to support dairy producers to maintain production capacity during this challenging period.
The scheme application window will be open until 14 August 2020.
Through the fund, eligible dairy farmers will need to demonstrate they have suffered a reduction of 25% or more in the average price paid for their milk in April and subsequently May, when compared to February 2020. Eligible farmers will be entitled to up to £10,000, to cover around 70% of their lost income to help them to continue to meet fixed costs and sustain production capacity without impacts on animal welfare and the environment.
Eligible farmers will need to provide their Milk Statement covering February, April and May 2020 as supporting documentation. The mid-June application opening period will enable eligible farmers to gather all their statements ready to support their application. Online guidance will be available to support this process.
Provided all of the necessary documentation has been submitted and validated, successful applications can expect payment within 10 days.
The Minister said:
Our Welsh dairy support scheme is there to support the hardest hit by market conditions resulting from this pandemic and ensure they can continue to operate without impacting on their high standards of animal welfare and environmental protection.
I would encourage this core group of dairy farmers to apply for this one off payment through RPW Online to help offset some of financial impacts they have experienced.
I would also like to thank industry representatives on the Dairy Focus Group for their contributions in helping us develop the scheme. We will continue to work with the sector during these challenging times, so together we can ensure a resilient future for our Welsh dairy industry.
The opening of the scheme follows a series of announcements aimed at supporting the sector during these challenging times, including:
- A new consumer campaign, led by AHDB, to increase consumer demand for milk by 3%
- The temporary relaxation of competition laws to enable greater collaboration so the sector, including dairy farmers and processors, can work closer to solve the differences between supply and demand
- Opening of the EU Public intervention and private storage aid for skimmed milk, butter and cheese.


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Looks like Singapore is now feeling some inflation pressure. The small island nation raised its inflation forecast for 2011 and may be forced to raise interest rates.
Bloomberg reports in “Singapore Raises 2011 Inflation Forecast to 3%-4% After Record Expansion“:
“Consumer prices may climb as much as 4 percent this year while exports may rise 10 percent, the trade ministry said today. The economy expanded a revised 14.5 percent in 2010, with gross domestic product growing an annualized 3.9 percent in the three months to Dec. 31 from the previous quarter, it said.”
Bloomberg also quotes Ravi Menon, the permanent secretary at the trade ministry:
“The key macroeconomic challenge this year will not be growth but dealing with emerging cost pressures…At this juncture, we expect these pressures to be relatively contained although there may be some pockets of tightness that we should continue to be watchful for.”


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Possible theft draws more attention to online currency Bitcoins
About $500,000 worth of Bitcoins, an online currency, might have been stolen from a user's wallet file on June 13.
The self-described victim announced in a Bitcoin forum post that 25,000 Bitcoins had been taken from his or her wallet by a hacker.
Bitcoins are a currency shared via a peer-to-peer network that allows for anonymous online transactions without the need for a third-party facilitator such as a bank or PayPal. Though few vendors accept the currency, it has gained enough traction among drug dealers that Senators Charles Schumer of New York and Joe Manchin of West Virginia recently sent a letter characterizing it as an online security threat to the heads of the U.S. Justice Department and the DEA.
The Wall Street Journal SmartMoney website linked this increased attention to a skyrocketing exchange rate for the online currency, which reached a value of over $30 to the Bitcoin on June 8. As of June 15, this had fallen to about $19.63 per Bitcoin, according to Bitcoinwatch.com.
Because the currency is not overseen by any central body, it could prove as impossible for the U.S. government to regulate the Bitcoin market as it will be for the victimized user to recover the stolen money.


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If you upscale it, they might well pay more. In the Manhattan hotel market, one out of every four hotels is in Times Square, the area around the intersection of Seventh Avenue, Broadway and 42nd Street that serves as the portal to Broadway. But on average, Times Square hotels generally see a slightly lower room rate compared to Midtown and Manhattan-wide figures, the Times Square Alliance reported in its annual study.
The solution? Upscale the properties.
Demand is not the problem. Times Square hotels see slightly higher occupancy than Midtown as a whole and all of Manhattan, which is itself clocking along at 85 percent.
“The Times Square hotel market is among the best in the city because there is strong customer demand seven days a week with corporate and leisure demand during the week and great leisure demand on the weekend,” said Mark Gordon, head of Cushman & Wakefield Sonnenblick Goldman’s U.S. Hotel Group.
While it is impossible to count exactly the area’s huge number of visitors, around 80 percent of visitors to New York City come to Times Square, with an estimated 42.6 million in 2005.
Also, over the past few years, Times Square has seen a renaissance in growth and rebuilding, especially in the corporate sector, said Jeff Davis, an executive vice president at Jones Lang LaSalle. After Sept. 11, many companies decided to move their offices to Midtown and settled on the Times Square area, which was well into its rebirth as an area geared toward families and tourists.
As a result of these forces, many Times Square hotel owners have chosen to renovate and reposition their hotels as more upscale assets to capitalize on the increased
corporate demand in the market. This has been achieved with boutique hotels as well as branded properties.
Marriott is jumping on the trend by renovating its Renaissance Times Square hotel, a 310-room luxury property, into a modern and eclectic hotel appealing to a more boutique clientele, said Kathleen Duffy, public relations director for the hotel. Completion is scheduled for next month.
Meanwhile, the chain’s flagship Times Square hotel, the New York Marriott Marquis, still fills 90 percent of its rooms year-round. “This is quite out of the ordinary — and we know it has a lot to do with the hotel’s location, in the hub of Times Square, convenient to just about everything in the city,” said Duffy. “Times Square has changed drastically, with major financial firms moving into major office buildings in the area, and there is certainly room for a luxury market segment to accommodate the high-end business traveler.”
Also, this fall will mark the completion of a $5 million enhancement project by Kimpton Hotels, a chain of luxury boutique hotels, which last year reopened the 200-room Muse Hotel in the heart of Times Square. The group had taken over the
location when Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers awarded them management of the property.
“Our strategy of taking over existing hotels in desirable locations — to reposition as a Kimpton property — is something Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants will continue to pursue as opportunities arise,” said Tom LaTour, Kimpton’s chairman and CEO, in a statement shortly after the acquisition.
“In the world of hotels, Times Square is center of universe,” added Thomas Mathes, the general manger at the Muse. “There had great rebirth over eight years, but more recently we are seeing a demand for new hotels, or hotels that are being converted from office buildings.”
The newer properties will be competing with established luxury hotels such as the Westin New York at Times Square, which are themselves not suffering. The Westin, which opened in 2002, has seen occupancy rates increase every year since it opened, said John Sweeney, the hotel’s general manager.
Jones Lang LaSalle’s Davis argues there is still more opportunity for development in the area, especially in the luxury market.
Budget and mid-priced hotels, meanwhile, are exploring the edges of the area. As The Real Deal noted in February, there are six
hotels going up on West 39th Street. Hoteliers are also touting properties in the 50s as being in Times Square — as with any hot area, the boundaries of Times Square have gotten blurrier.
“At this point, there is really no western boundary for Times Square. The market has changed dramatically over the past 10
years and is now comprised of both leisure andécorporate demand. Hotel investors are trying to capitalize on this dramatic change,” said Gordon of Cushman & Wakefield Sonnenblick Goldman.
The interest and frenzy has yet to die down, and does not seem likely to in the future, said most interviewed.
“I truly think Times Square is a location onto itself; it carries its own market cache,” said Davis.


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On Tuesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau introduced new rules that would limit the number of calls debt collectors can make to seven per week.
What are the details?
According to the new proposed regulations, debt collectors would have "bright light limits on the number of calls" they can make "to reach consumers on a weekly basis." The weekly limit is per debt, which has led the National Consumer Law Center to point out to CBS News that someone with multiple loans could still be inundated with calls.
In addition to the limiting the number of calls to seven days a week, the rules would require debt collectors to wait a week before calling someone again if they actually reached the person they were looking for.
The CFPB will give the public 90 days to comment on the new rules in writing.
While the rules would limit the number of calls that debt collectors could make, it would allow them to contact consumers through unlimited emails, voicemails, or text messages. Debt collectors have been asking the government to allow them to use these methods of communication, since many people are starting to move away from using phones to make and receive calls.
Consumers will still be able to ask the collectors not to contact them using a particular method, effectively allowing them to "unsubscribe," according to the CFPB. Debt collectors would also be prohibited from "suing or threatening to sue a consumer to collect a debt if the debt collector knows or should know that the statute of limitations has expired."
In a statement announcing the new rules, CFPB Director Kathleen L. Kraninger said, "The Bureau is taking the next step in the rule-making process to ensure we have clear rules of the road where consumers know their rights and debt collectors know their limitations."
Editor's note: an earlier version of this story incorrectly said that the limit was seven calls per week per debt collector, not per debt.


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Making the iPhone work for Business
Flurry, a firm that offers analytic, deployment and monetization tools to developers, has identified the top paid and free iPhone business applications available at the App Store.
Unless you're absolutely craving a Verizon iPhone, Consumer Reports, like our Rob Enderle, is advising folks to hold off purchasing the Verizon iPhone 4 in lieu of a cooler next-generation version, according to the Austin Business Journal. Lance Whitnet at TMCnet provides a solid recap of what is and isn't known about the Verizon iPhone 4 as of yet.
News of the CDMA iPhone has also fueled speculation that Sprint is about to announce its own version of the iPhone, eWeek reports. Apple noted that its agreement with Verizon was non-exclusive and Sprint is set for a major announcement Feb. 7 in New York. At this time, it is still anyone's guess what it will be about.
There is also speculation that T-Mobile could be next to offer the iPhone. The carrier already offers a version of the device in Europe. Like Sprint, T-Mobile is sitting on a secret announcement in New York City as well.


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The season of the globally acclaimed Spanish show La Casa de Papel or Money Heist got released on September 3, and guess what a Jaipur-based IT company offered its employees a "Netflix and chill holiday" so that they can binge-watch the show?
Well, it does sound weird but it is true! Verve Logic, a Jaipur based company’s CEO Abhishek Jain issue an official statement to its employees about this regard. The CEO declared a holiday so that the company could avoid, abundance of false mails from its employees seeking permission to get a leave on September 3 just to binge watch ‘Money Heist’.
According to Jain that this decision was taken to prevent the unnecessary bundle of emails with false leaves or to demolish the mass bunks.
He further explained that the company understood that taking a break to recharge was acceptable. Jain also stated that he wanted to applaud all employees for the work, stating that after all of the recent stress, "we know after all, 'Ek Break to Banta Hai'. "
Jain stated in his email that the holiday was taken to avoid an attack on our emails with false leaves or to witness mass bunks, and that he had turned off his mobile phone for the day.
The post drew attention from all over the world, with even Netflix India's official account making a comment on it. The streaming service joked that it had already planned excuses for missing work, but that the idea of a vacation was "fantastic."
We had our "bank work" excuse ready for our boss but this is fantastic! 💯 https://t.co/2wb5c6MORm
— Netflix India (@NetflixIndia) August 30, 2021


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Merrill Lynch's annual "Car Wars" study points to Ford taking the lead from Chrysler and General Motors, which are expected to experience sharp declines in their market share in the US.
Ford's share could go up by 3% over the next four years to 18%. GM's share is expected to fall 4%, leveling off to a point between 15% and 16%. Currently, GM's four core brands (Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC) account for 16.5%.
Chrysler's share is expected to drop 6%, meaning that it was able to sell only half the number of vehicles it was able to sell four years ago.
The study further painted a grimmer picture of Chrysler's future as it said that its product pipeline is "dubious" and is likely to lead to significant market share losses.
Chrysler will be introducing Fiat-designed small cars in the US in 18 months. Merrill Lynch's forecast fuels the perception that Ford will maintain its momentum after having avoided bankruptcy.
Ford has boosted its market share by about a third of a percentage point in the first half of 2009 compared to the same period last year.
This comes after Ford lost market share in the U.S. for 13 straight years and puts Ford in the number 2 spot ahead of Toyota and behind GM again. [via autonews]


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Ford Motor Co. says the number of dealers certified to sell the company's new lineup of plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) will exceed 900 this spring, up from only about 200 just a few months ago. The increase in certified dealerships coincides with a record-breaking January for Ford hybrid EV sales.
According to the company, the Focus Electric, C-MAX Energi and Fusion Energi will be available in all 50 states for the first time by the spring. Demand has been strong, with Ford's EV market share jumping from less than 3% in April 2012 to almost 16% in December 2012.
‘Research indicates that 60 percent of new vehicle shoppers are considering hybrid products,’ says C.J. O'Donnell, Ford's EV marketing manager. ‘With this demand for more fuel-efficient vehicles, early sales of Ford's five electrified vehicles has been phenomenal, creating a tremendous amount of excitement among our dealers.’
Certification means the dealerships have met the Ford's guidelines for dealers selling EVs – including installation of at least two on-site charging stations and participation in specialized training in the field of EVs.


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A Lincoln lawmaker says he plans to introduce legislation next year that would require credit agencies to provide free, lifetime credit monitoring when their data systems are breached.
State Sen. Adam Morfeld said Tuesday he will propose the measure in response to news that up to 143 million American consumers had their personal information exposed when credit monitoring service Equifax was breached.
The information exposed includes Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and in some cases driver's license numbers. Equifax has promised free credit monitoring for up to one year for those affected.
Morfeld said the company's response is insufficient.
Nebraska Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division warned on Tuesday that more than 700,000 Nebraskans may be affected by the Equifax security breach.
To see if your information was affected, visit equifaxsecurity2017.com. You will have to enter your last name and the last six digits of your Social Security number, after which Equifax will inform you if your information was involved in the breach.
The state Attorney General's Office suggests consumers closely monitor their credit reports for suspicious activity; actively monitor financial statements and consider placing a fraud alert or security freeze on your credit report.
For additional details about protecting yourself from identity theft, visit the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office, Consumer Protection Division website: protectthegoodlife.nebraska.gov/identity-theft.


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2016 Year in Review : Technology Business and Failures
From algorithms that spread fake news to glowing plants that don’t glow and Microsoft acquisition of LinkedIn here are our picks for the event that shape 2016 Technology Industry and worst technologies of the year.
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fires, recall and cancellation
After months of twists and turns since September 2016, the Galaxy Note 7 story has (effectively) come to an end. The core of the situation is that Samsung faced a serious issue with Galaxy Note 7 phones that have a high propensity of batteries failing and in many cases catching on fire, leading to personal and property damage. In the original, pre-recall Note 7, hundreds of phones worldwide had critical failures.
Following initial reports of fires the phone was recalled officially in the U.S. once, and Samsung launched exchange programs in other countries. But the new models continued to see further issues, with replacement catching on fire in early October. This led to Samsung telling Note 7 owners to stop using the phones and return them, before permanently discontinuing the Note 7 worldwide. Shortly thereafter, the U.S. CPSC officially issued a second recall. The Note 7 is well and truly finished.
Microsoft Closes Acquisition of LinkedIn
After getting its final European Commission approvals , Microsoft and LinkedIn announced that Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, the social networking site, has officially closed. The news comes six months after news first broke of the deal.
In an internal memo, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner went through the areas where the two companies would be working together, and how they will in other ways remain independent.
LinkedIn today has over 400 million registered users, making it the largest social networking site focused on the working world. People use the service both to make work connections with other people in their fields, but also to look for jobs and hire people. The fact that LinkedIn essentially has a dominant position in this area meant that Microsoft had to make concessions to the EC about how it would work to allow other social networking sites to integrate on its platforms.
The AT&T-Time Warner Merger
Telecom giant AT&T reached an $85.4 billion deal to buy media titan Time Warner. The news of this transformational merger shaken up both industries, raising eyebrows on Wall Street and drawing criticism from lawmakers and even the presidential campaigns.
The deal expected to face stringent scrutiny from regulators: the Department of Justice, which considers antitrust laws, and potentially also the Federal Communications Commission, which broadly weighs whether deals are in the public interest. (The FCC’s involvement depends on whether the deal ends up involving broadcast licenses.)
The companies underscore that their deal would combine two entities that don’t directly compete in a so-called vertical merger. AT&T is the second-largest wireless carrier, one of the top broadband providers and — thanks to its recent purchase of DirecTV — also a major pay-TV provider. Time Warner (not to be confused with Time Warner Cable, which was recently bought by Charter Communications) is a massive media and entertainment conglomerate, owner of CNN, HBO, Warner Bros. studio and other assets.
A merger of two noncompeting companies — a content distributor and a content supplier — may not face a public interest test, says New Street Research analyst Vivek Stalam. “So you don’t necessarily need to prove that it’s absolutely good for the public interest, you just have to prove that it’s not bad.”
But that’s the top question on many consumers’ minds: What does this merger mean for me? Below are some of the proposed deal’s pros and cons.
The glowing plant that didn’t glow
It seemed like a breakout moment for do-it-yourself biology. A super-successful Kickstarter campaign raised nearly $500,000 to genetically engineer a house plant able to luminesce in the dark.
The glowing plant quickly became a symbol of the big dreams of biohackers. But it turns out that engineering life isn’t so easy. This year, we learned that there is still no glowing plant and no money left to repay the project’s more than 5,000 backers, most of whom paid Kickstarter $40 or more. Now the glowing plant is a symbol of false promises.
The world’s most expensive medicine
The most expensive drug on the planet is Glybera. It’s famous for being the first gene therapy ever approved in Europe and for its eye-popping price tag of $1 million.
But what we learned this year is that the drug, for a rare metabolic condition, has only ever been given once, due to concerns over its cost and how well it works. Instead of being a history-making start to the era of DNA replacement, Glybera is a complete bust for its creator, the gene-therapy startup called UniQure.
Lumosity brain games
Ever see those TV ads for “brain-training” games that will make you smarter? A San Francisco company, Lumos Labs, aggressively marketed online quizzes and memory tests under the brand Lumosity and said users would perform better in school and even postpone dementia.
This October, a team of psychologists reviewing hundreds of studies concluded that brain games don’t make you smarter. By then, Lumos had already been fined $2 million by the Federal Trade Commission for false advertising. “Lumosity preyed on consumers’ fears about age-related cognitive decline,” said the FTC. “But Lumosity simply did not have the science to back up its ads.”
Tay, the rogue chatbot
“helooooooo world!!!” One Wednesday in March, Microsoft unveiled Tay, a female chatbot with its own Twitter account. Microsoft described Tay as a “machine learning project, designed for human engagement” which would converse with 18- to 24-year-olds, learn from them, and get smarter with time.
Within 24 hours, however, Tay was bragging about smoking drugs, asking for sex, and opining that “Hitler was right …” and “feminists should … burn in hell.” Peter Lee, head of Microsoft Research, decommissioned the chatbot the next day. “We are deeply sorry for the unintended offensive and hurtful tweets from Tay,” said Lee. “Tay is now offline.”
Facebook’s News Feed
“Pope Francis Shocks World, Endorses Donald Trump for President, Releases Statement.” That never happened. Yet this headline was among a tsunami of falsehoods spread on Facebook, the 1.7 billion-member social network.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg denies Facebook is a media company or that it can influence global events like elections, an idea he called “pretty crazy” (even though Facebook also sells political ads).
But the public sees it differently. President Obama called fake news an existential threat to our “democratic freedoms” and “prosperity.”
Apple’s latest ads for its smart watch have rap music, dancing, and running in the rain. What they don’t say is what Apple Watch actually does. The answer by now is plain: not nearly enough to make it as popular or profitable as smartphones. During 2016, sales of the Apple Watch were anemic, according to IDC. Competitors started giving up, too: Motorola put off further releases of its Moto360 watch “indefinitely” and category pioneer Pebble
Competitors started giving up, too: Motorola put off further releases of its Moto360 watch “indefinitely” and category pioneer Pebble said in December it would stop “promoting, manufacturing, or selling” its watches, too. One reviewer at Engadget summed up his feelings about the Apple Watch: “I mean, I’d never wear one.”
Volkswagen’s “defeat device”
Volkswagen created what may be the most expensive few lines of code ever written. The software, called a “defeat device” and cooked up by the German automaker to fool U.S. emissions testers, concealed that its diesel cars emit as much as 40 times the allowed pollution.
Even though the scandal broke in 2015, the cost to Volkswagen of their “innovation” is only now becoming clear. In June, the German automaker agreed to pay $14.7 billion to cover legal penalties and the cost of replacing or fixing 475,000 automobiles in the U.S.


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Tempur-Pedic and Purple Top JD Power’s List for Mattress Customer Satisfaction
JD Power, a global leader in consumer insights, advisory services and data and analytics, has released its 2019 Mattress Satisfaction Report, finding overall customer satisfaction with mattresses is up 8 points (on a 1,000-point scale) from 2018, with improvement seen in all factors.
The 2019 Mattress Satisfaction Report, now in its fifth year, measures customer satisfaction with mattress purchases based on seven factors (in order of importance): comfort; price; support; durability; warranty; variety of features; and customer service.
Customer satisfaction is up significantly this year as many new direct-to-consumer retailers offering "bed-in-a-box" style mattresses have entered a market that previously had been dominated by brick-and-mortar retail. In recognition of the growth, this year’s report evaluates mattress in two categories: retail mattress and bed-in-a-box mattress.
Tempur-Pedic ranks highest in customer satisfaction among retail mattresses, performing above the industry average with a score of 893. Sleep Number (884) ranks second and Ikea (854) ranks third.
Purple ranks highest in customer satisfaction among bed-in-a-box mattresses, with a score of 872. Casper (862) ranks second and Nectar (849) ranks third.
The report is based on responses from 1,847 customers who purchased a mattress in the 12 months prior to fielding the survey. The report was fielded in September-October 2019.


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PARIS – Chanel said on Tuesday it has acquired a minority stake in green chemistry company Evolved by Nature.
Formerly known as Silk Inc., the Boston-based firm focuses on designing and developing biomaterials-based products for industries ranging from personal care to textiles and medical devices. Its Activated Silk technology, consisting of natural silk in liquid form, provides a non-toxic alternative to chemicals in products.
“This partnership will allow Chanel to explore innovative material, mechanical and optical enhancements of different fabrics, in line with Chanel’s ambition of constantly creating materials of exceptional and unique quality. This investment is part of the company’s strategy in investing in green technology,” Chanel said in a statement.
Chanel has been diversifying its investments to keep pace with rapid technological changes in technology.
Last year, the French luxury house took a minority stake in luxury e-commerce platform Farfetch as part of an exclusive multiyear innovation partnership aimed at developing digital initiatives designed to deliver an “unparalleled customer experience” both off-line and online, in-store and out-of-store.
Chanel owns 26 specialty ateliers through its Paraffection subsidiary, which includes the jeweler Desrues, feather maker Lemarié, embroiderers Maison Lesage and Atelier Montex, shoemaker Massaro, milliner Maison Michel and cashmere specialist Barrie.


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A blockchain network is preparing for the imminent hard fork to the second version of its core system on 28 Nov - with users set to benefit from flexible transaction fees and the ability to develop their own plugins with ease.
ARK has been preparing Core V2 of its platform for some time, and has stressed that its community will not be affected by the hard fork as long as they update their desktop or mobile wallets to the latest version.
Forking out for feesThe team says one of the most exciting developments from the upgrade is its Dynamic Fees system, which enables ARK users to outline the maximum fee they are prepared to pay in order for their transaction to be completed.
ARK wants to create a marketplace for transaction fees - offering flexibility to people who are prepared to wait a little longer for funds to clear in order to keep their costs down.
There is a cap in the wallets on how high fees can go - meaning users who need their funds urgently won't be facing exorbitant fees.
ARK hopes to ensure that this system is achieved "Without detracting from or confusing the seamless user experience" - and to keep its community informed, an advanced option is being made available where users can see the lowest and highest transaction fees paid over the past 30 days, in addition to the average.
Brand-new featuresOnce the hard fork has been completed to Core V2, ARK says its platform will be able to handle three times more transactions per second.
The new core is also going to help the platform build upon its goal of becoming the "WordPress of blockchains." Improvements have been made to simplify the process of developing plugins that leverage the power of blockchain - and according to ARK, it only takes users a few lines of code to remove or add plugins to the system.
As previously reported by Cointelegraph, ARK says it aims to create accessible tools which enhance understanding about blockchain technology and its potential.
An e-commerce plugin called ARK Pay is also being released soon, and this will make it simple for websites to accept ARK as a payment method.
Blockchain Network's Hard Fork to Triple TPS and Give Users Flexible Transaction Fees
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—The twists and turns of Oreo cookie cream, and flavorful fun with tasty toy bubbles “” Cookie cream rheology In 2016, Newscripts told a tale of twisting tasty treats, a story about Princeton University engineers who tried to figure out where the cream filling will end up when Oreos are split apart by rotating the wafers in opposite directions.
by Mitch Jacoby | June 06, 2022
PHOTO BY PEGGY CORRIGAN DINP is used as a plasticizer in PVC toys and in other products. Children who spend about three hours a day mouthing PVC toys softened with DINP receive the greatest exposures, ingesting as much as 0.28 mg of DINP per kilogram of body weight per day, the panel says. The acceptable daily intake is 0.12 mg per kg per day. Therefore, for those children who routinely mouth DINP-plasticized toys for 75 minutes per day or more, "there may be a DINP risk," the panel says. But for the majority of children, exposure to DINP from PVC toys would "pose a minimal or nonexistent risk of injury," the panel concludes. In 1998, when CPSC asked the toy industry to stop using DINP in toys intended for very young children, such as teething rings, the industry complied by substituting citrate as a plasticizer or switching to polypropylene.
by BETTE HILEMAN | June 25, 2001
The group of chemicals is phthalate esters, used as softening agents in toys made of polyvinyl chloride, and there is a campaign against them that smells a lot like the campaign against Alar, the ripening agent used on apples, several years ago. [Courtesy of National Environmental Trust] Just as in the Alar campaign, the science hardly supports the charges, the appeal is emotional--"Your children will be harmed"--and a popular television show has been made part of the campaign. Two nights before theTimes ad appeared, the ABC program "20/20" broadcast a segment called "Toys in trouble? Are babies at risk from chemicals in toys?" The segment opened with a baby, and her mother talking about teething. The problem with this campaign--which started just before the biggest toy-buying season of the year--is that there seems to be little, if any, evidence of health effects caused by phthalates in toys.
by William Storck | December 07, 1998
—Washington state Restricts Phthalates “” Under a so-called "toxic toys" measure signed into law last week by Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire, thousands of toys that do not meet stricter standards for allowable levels of phthalates, lead, and cadmium in children's products will be banned in the state as of July 2009. Gregoire said a barrage of recalls in 2007 showed that the federal standards for toy safety are inadequate. The new law limits concentrations of six specific phthalates to less than 1,000 ppm, an action the chemical industry says is unnecessary. "There is no reliable evidence that phthalates have ever caused any harm to any human in more than 50 years of use," says Sharon Kneiss, vice president of the American Chemistry Council's Products Divisions.
April 07, 2008
“” Boxes of Legos, featuring adventurous characters and vehicles, are easily recognizable on any toy store shelf. But instead of offering the usual space shuttles and trains, a new Lego product line features a science lab. The Lego Friends toys, with their series of female figurines, are sold in purple boxes, with a target audience of girls age five to 12. Ph.D. chemist Thomasin Miller of Houston notified Newscripts of these toys, highlighting one of the female characters, Olivia, and her Invention Workshop. Miller says, “As a female Ph.D. chemist, I sincerely applaud Lego for making such neat toys.” According to Lego’s website, Olivia’s workshop comes with a workbench, a microscope, a chalkboard, a pet robot, power tools, a crystal, chemist jars, and an oil can—some serious, and varied, lab equipment.
by Emily Bones | March 26, 2012
—Babes In Toyland “” Regarding the bill discussing the banning of phthalates in children’s toys, I comment not necessarily as a scientist but rather as the mother of a one-and-a-half-year old (C&EN, Aug. 4, page 8). Anyone who has had anything to do with small children is well aware that they play with more than just children’s toys.
September 22, 2008
Based on comments received on the draft plans, released in November 2020, the EPA broadened the uses it will consider in the evaluations, including use in toys. Because the EPA is evaluating DIDP and DINP at manufacturers’ request, the agency says it cannot broaden the scope to include other phthalates that pose similar health concerns.
by Britt E. Erickson | September 02, 2021
—The Future Of Fisticuffs; Toys, Tech & Telemetry “” The gauntlet—or whatever it is that robots wear on their hands—has been thrown. In June, MegaBots, a company that has built the first American piloted fighting robot, challenged Japan-based Suidobashi Heavy Industry to a duel that’s the first of its kind: an international robo-rumble to take place next year.
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INDIA: Rise in textile export rebates unlikely to be agreed
A call by India's textiles minister for a higher rebate on duties paid on garment exports to the European Union (EU) will probably be refused by the country's finance ministry, industry representatives have told just-style.
Darshan Lal Sharma, a member of the Confederation of Indian Industry's (CII) National Committee on Textiles and a director of Vardhman Textiles, said it would be "really a challenge" to get an increased drawback approved when there was pressure to reduce the country's fiscal deficit.
Textiles minister K Sambasiva Rao last week proposed to increase the duty rebate rate by 5% for Indian apparel and textile exporters to compensate for losses due to Pakistan acquiring GSP Plus status, which will see many of its EU exports attract preferential import tariffs until 2017.
D K Nair, secretary-general of the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI), said Pakistan's zero duty status has made Indian garments less competitive by 9.6% and textiles by 5% to 6%.
"If some additional incentive could be given, this disparity can be reduced," he said, although he did not expect government action "any time soon".
The only option for Indian textile exporters is finalising the EU-India free trade agreement now under discussion, but this also would take time, Nair added.
Pprogress has been slowed by last year's German elections, the sluggish EU economy and upcoming elections in India. "These international agreements don't get finalised in such a situation."
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That sowed the seeds of a profoundly unbalanced trade relationship. Just in the course of this decade (including the first five months of this year), China took out of its U.S. trade a net surplus of $2.1 trillion, and the Chinese sources now estimate that 40 percent of this American trade deficit is generated by U.S. companies with production facilities in China.
Meanwhile, America's entertainment and hospitality industries — the winners of our post-industrial economy — leave 14 million people out of work (or stable employment), with another 95 million out of the active civilian labor force, while the miserable 0.2 percent productivity gains have relegated the economy to 1.5 to 2.0 percent growth rates.
Apart from that human drama that we now have to deal with, it also sounds like the Chinese have difficulty finding anything interesting to buy in the U.S., other than pieces of real estate in California, Florida and Texas. Yes, they will relent to buy some meat, maybe some rice (if we keep it clean so it does not contaminate their rice fields), LNG and they will occasionally splurge on passenger aircraft.
And then the Chinese are complaining about American "trade discrimination." They are saying that their trade surplus with the U.S. would be cut by "24 to 34 percent" if Washington would "liberalize its export barriers against China to the same level as those applicable to Brazil or France." At issue is mainly Washington's refusal to allow sales to China of strategically sensitive dual-use technologies.
But the sad fact is that the Chinese are not even recycling in the U.S. (with interest) the dollars they get from exports to America. In the year to May, for example, China's net holdings of Treasury securities were cut down by $141.8 billion. Only one-third of that decline was offset by an estimated $45.6 billion in direct investment inflows from China last year.
That's hardly a "win-win" proposition for Washington in view of its $347 billion trade deficit with China in 2016, and another $138 billion in the first five months of this year.
A small consolation is that — unlike the German-led EU — China is responding to Washington's displeasure about its large trade surpluses with America: In the first five months of this year, U.S. exports to China soared at an annual rate of 17 percent. By comparison, we are getting nowhere with Germany. Over the same period, U.S. sales to the EU's largest economy are virtually flat.


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CLEVELAND — The same businesses that would normally be getting ready for a long list of markets and shows through the spring, summer, and fall now have extra inventory and uncertainty around when they might interact with customers face-to-face again.
“Most of our income is from doing shows," said Harrill.
But just like everything else, many of those shows have been postponed or canceled.
Even with customers cooped up inside, Etsy businesses tell News 5 sales are down. Oceanne has its own website, which Harrill says saw an early boost.
“In the first week, people were really supportive and sending and we had way more online sales than we usually do,” said Harris.
But since then, even with a handful of posts and deals online through the store’s Instagram account, Harrill says those orders have fallen off.
In Lakewood, markets are a big part of how Fetch and Co. gets its name out.
“That's the biggest part because we're still just reaching so many people,” said Co-Owner Julia Gramenz.
Gramenz and Fetch and Co. Co-Owner Abbey Markiewitz say their relatively new start up is doing well because of the contacts they make at in-person events like flea markets.
Since coronavirus social distancing started, “shows were getting canceled every single day, fundraisers we had going on, fashion shows we had going on, events at the Van Aken Market,” said Gramenz.
That means some lost sales, but also lost opportunities to hand out discounts to get shoppers into the store later or even just make a personal connection.
“Introducing yourself to the customer base is something you just can't do virtually,” said Markiewitz.
All that’s left now is to try.
Fetch and Co’s Instagram page is filled with pictures and videos trying as best they can to still engage customers online until they can do it again in person.
“Summer Market, we were just accepted into and they have every intention of still going on with that but we just don't know what the future holds,” said Markiewitz.
“My main focus for this year was to sell at multiple spring and summer markets, and I set up my inventory and I set up a timeline,” said Simonds.
Now that many of those shows are at least postponed, if not canceled, the 75% of her business she planned to do at in-person markets is at risk while she hopes for rescheduled dates.
“It's an opportunity to meet other small business owners and clientele,” said Simonds.
Danny Clarke estimates that his business, Big Picture Cleveland, has seen a 70 percent drop in orders since the coronavirus social distancing started. He has a small presence on Etsy, but was getting ready for much larger shows.
“The Home and Garden Show, the Home and Remodeling Show, the Christmas Connection,” said Clarke.
Clarke says Big Picture Cleveland also sells decorations for a handful of large chain restaurants in northeast Ohio, which have all had to close their dining areas under Governor DeWine’s Stay at Home order.
All the small businesses can do now is try to get creative online while customers focus on more essential needs.
“We love art, but it’s not groceries, it’s not medical supplies,” said Clarke.


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The Alibaba.com Ltd. is seen on a shirt on the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is contemplating lowering the scale of a mortgage for a possible Yahoo! Inc. acquisition to round $three billion from the unique goal of $four billion so as to use its money as an alternative. (Bloomberg/Bloomberg)
By Lulu Yilun Chen | Bloomberg By Lulu Yilun Chen | Bloomberg November 13 at 2:40 AM
Just how dominant is Alibaba in China’s booming e-commerce market? The homegrown Amazon/EBay mashup accounted for greater than three-quarters of the nation’s on-line retail gross sales in 2015. There are numerous attention-grabbing web corporations that hope to generate profits off of trend-hopping teenagers; Alibaba is constructing an empire on the spending energy of Chinese farmers, laborers and white-collar staff. That may add up: By the tip of 2016, some 731 million Chinese had been on-line — greater than twice the inhabitants of another nation besides India. As if that market wasn’t sufficiently big, it’s additionally casting its eyes abroad and past e-commerce with investments in Hollywood films, a soccer crew and information media.
Alibaba’s progress story has continued since its document $25 billion preliminary public providing in New York in 2014 and it’s now ranked among the many world’s high 10 corporations when it comes to market worth. An inquiry into Alibaba’s accounting strategies and the corporate’s return to a U.S. authorities record of the world’s largest locations for faux items have wiped off among the shine, however not a lot for traders: Its shares reached a document in 2017, buying and selling at greater than two-and-a-half instances the IPO value. Facing competitors from the likes of Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Baidu Inc., Alibaba is investing closely in reaching clients by means of smartphones and tablets, in addition to cloud computing and digital actuality. It owns stakes in Southeast Asian e-commerce web site Lazada and ride-sharing program Lyft, has its personal cell working system and is leasing spectrum from state-owned cellphone corporations to supply cell voice and information packages. It additionally has a stake in a number one Chinese soccer crew, turned a high Olympic Games sponsor and acquired Hong Kong’s century-old South China Morning Post newspaper. Its supply to collectively purchase Chinese division retailer operator Intime Retail Group was amongst greater than 70 offers price a mixed $25 billion in 2016 and 2017. At the identical time, its buyer base has unfold to nations as numerous as Brazil and Russia. A tussle with the Chinese authorities over fees of bribery and toleration of counterfeit items, whereas shortly patched up, was a reminder of the dangers of doing enterprise in a one-party state. And the probe by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has underlined concern over what one badyst referred to as Alibaba’s “unusual” accounting practices.
Alibaba was based in 1999 by former English instructor Jack Ma, who scraped collectively $80,00zero from 80 traders to begin an internet market for Chinese corporations. He turned the richest man in China and his estimated internet price has topped $47 billion. When Ma noticed a necessity for an web search engine accomplice, he linked with Yahoo! Inc. co-founder Jerry Yang. Yahoo paid $1 billion for a 40 p.c stake in Alibaba in 2005. Alibaba’s Taobao Marketplace, which hyperlinks particular person patrons and sellers, and Tmall.com, which connects retailers and shoppers, supply every little thing from Alaska salmon to Boeing 747s. The firm makes cash from commissions on gross sales, promoting and thru charges for memberships and different providers. A big a part of its progress has been fueled by mom-and-pop retailers like these run by Liu Yuguo, a former farmer who has remodeled his village in jap China by taking its conventional yarn companies on-line. Alibaba mentioned in 2014 greater than 22 p.c of its 7 million shops had been based mostly in villages and cities. Alibaba aggressively defends its turf: When rival EBay made a foray into China in 2003, Alibaba countered by eliminating retailers’ charges on Taobao. Two years later, EBay closed its unprofitable China Web unit.
The $168 billion valuation positioned on Alibaba when it went public spoke to the bullish view of its progress potential. Yet the corporate’s sagging worth in 2015 confirmed how intently its fortunes had been tied to these of China’s economic system: Faltering progress there plunged the corporate’s shares beneath the IPO value. Alibaba is looking for to increase extra shortly abroad, together with within the U.S., with Ma having set a objective of deriving 50 p.c of the corporate’s income exterior China from the present stage of about 10 p.c. Some traders harbor reservations about Alibaba’s administration in gentle of its proposed board and company buildings. The U.S. accounting investigation is wanting into consolidation practices, badociated occasion transactions and information reported from its Singles’ Day promotion. Singles’ Day is Alibaba’s largest procuring day, attracting a document 168.2 billion yuan ($25.three billion) of gross sales in 2017, a rise of 39 p.c from 2016. Others fear about political danger, particularly after the criticisms badociated to the promoting of counterfeit items. And growing competitors on Taobao and Tmall is squeezing revenue margins for retailers like yarn-seller Liu. Yet traders who stored religion in Chinese web corporations together with Alibaba have been rewarded handsomely. After one other record-breaking Singles’ Day, not one of the 51 fairness badysts surveyed by Bloomberg had a promote advice on Alibaba; 49 really useful shopping for the inventory.
First printed April
To contact the author of this QuickTake: Lulu Yilun Chen in Hong Kong at [email protected]
To contact the editor answerable for this QuickTake: Grant Clark at [email protected]
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Arthur Whiteside has decided to retire, ending a career in the automotive industry which has spanned over five decades. While he will step back from day to day involvement, he has agreed to lend continued support to the business during its transitional phase.
Colin Robertson, Alexander Dennis chief executive, said: “Arthur will be greatly missed by colleagues, customers and the wider industry.”
Following a modest start as a truck mechanic, Arthur began his commercial career in the early 1970s selling vans and trucks in central Scotland before joining the Cowie Group as truck sales manager. He later secured a role with Renault Trucks UK and by 1996 was leading the entire Renault truck sales operation.
Arthur joined Alexander Dennis in 2005 as aftermarket director, where he was responsible for establishing new parts warehouse centres in the United States, Canada and New Zealand, before becoming UK sales director in 2009.


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Las Vegas. After two years of work on the part of some 200 people, XRS Corporation (formerly Xata) officially launched its new mobile platform today. The XRS product is now available for sale, with shipment scheduled to begin during the second quarter of the calendar year. The new solution has been available to a limited number of customers since January 2013.
XRS chose the 75th annual Truckload Carriers Association conference being held here this week for the new platform’s public debut. “The possibilities are endless now,” Christian Schenk, senior vice president of product and market strategy for XRS, told Fleet Owner.
The new, cloud-based XRS mobile platform runs on more than 50 types of devices (XRS has partnership agreements with the leading brands in mobile communications in both the U.S. and Canada). It automatically transmits vehicle and operator data directly to a management dashboard, preparing for compliance with the pending MAP-21 compliance mandate for recording hours-of-service. According to the company, nearly 90 percent of drivers already use mobile devices, in which case there need not be additional hardware costs associated with deploying the XRS platform.
“I don’t see a whole lot more capital flowing into the trucking industry, at least not any time soon,” Schenk observed. “If carriers have to make a choice between necessary new equipment and new technology, it will be equipment. [That it one reason why we wanted to bring more features to market at a lower cost.]" Monthly pricing for the XRS mobile fleet optimization platform is $39 per subscription.
“The big difference for us with this product is that it brings all systems together on one platform,” he added. “It is more scalable and more self-evident to use.
“Our industry is only starting to talk about the impact of mobile applications on fleets and drivers, but we are leading and shaping this trend that will benefit fleets and drivers because we’ve already built a wireless infrastructure to support XRS,” said Schenk. “The mobile revolution is accelerating at breakneck speed, with federally mandated EOBR rules making electronic logs the law of the land. XRS offers fleet owners the lowest cost of entry and most robust performance of any other software available today.”
The new XRS mobile communications solution combines the features and benefits of the leading fleet management platforms into a single package, he noted. Additionally, XRS is working with technology partners – including TMW Systems, McLeod Software, BOLT, ProfitTools and RoadNet Technologies– to ensure seamless compatibility and full functionality with the new XRS mobile platform.
According to XRS, set-up time is minimal – drivers can be ready to use XRS after only a few minutes of training – and return-on-investment is “immediate” because of reduced fuel consumption, improved driver awareness and better vehicle utilization. “We believe drivers are just going to want to use our system,” Schenk told Fleet Owner.
XRS customers are also expected to see immediate improvements in the speed of data delivery, instantaneous safety and compliance alerts and real-time command of vehicle and driver performance measures, such as speed, fuel economy, idle, braking, clutch use, fault codes and other variables.
Additional features and benefits XRS lists include: an open platform, built to partner with existing applications on multiple carriers; a truly “plug and play” solution; easy, intuitive and seamless compliance for both drivers and fleet managers; simplified fleet optimization tools, with seamless, automated reporting of fleet performance indicators, including fuel consumption, hard braking, shift patterns, idling, PTO usage and trip reporting; plus automated fuel-tax reporting, made even easier with a “Print-Sign-Send” service that is excusive to XRS.
The new platform also offers a series of integrated dispatching functions, such as order planning, electronic dispatching and order status updating.
“The future of trucking compliance, fleet efficiency and road science is portability and convenience – the mobile phone or tablet that goes where the driver goes,” said Jay Coughlan, chairman and chief executive officer of XRS. “We have a legacy of experience with our pioneering first-generation mobile tool – Turnpike – and we are building on that heritage with our new XRS mobile fleet optimization technology.”
Existing Turnpike customers will begin the transition to the new XRS mobile solution on a scheduled basis, facilitated by XRS customer care representatives.


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From ESCP Europe Finance Society, A new ghost in the street?, by Tancredi Viale
Today, is Tech day. Snapchat’s parent company will be trading today in the New York Stock Exchange with a price tag of $17.0 per share for a total valuation of $24 billion. It is the most awaited and the largest IPO since Alibaba started trading in 2014 with a valuation of $168bn. American capital markets have not seen many tech companies going public despite the growing number of unicorns in the tech sector. Investor will look at this IPO also to evaluate the health of the Tech IPO market. Many start-ups prefer to stay private where they can benefit astronomic valuation as emerged in the latest financing rounds of Uber or Airbnb. Investors are thirsty of new tech stocks and Snapchat valuation seems to support the view. Some concerns remain, such as the profitability profile of the company and growth prospects or the scalability of Snapchat customer base.
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From Escp Europe Finance Society, The biggest European drugs takeover in 13 years: Johnson & Johnson has unveiled its intention to acquire the Swiss drug-maker Actelion Ltd (SIX:ATLN) with a move that will cost $30bn to the US company. Find out in this article more about the two companies, the deal structure and discover an overview of the healthcare M&A sector.
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), the world’s largest healthcare holding company, with total registered worldwide sales of $71.89bn in 2016, has unveiled its intention to acquire the Swiss drug-maker Actelion Ltd (SIX:ATLN) with a move that will cost $30bn to the US company.
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. It has more than 250 companies located in 60 countries around the world while their products are sold in over 175 countries. Their companies are broken down into several business segments: consumer healthcare, medical devices and pharmaceuticals. Johnson & Johnson’s consumer healthcare segment produces a variety of consumer care products in the areas of baby care, skin and hair care, wound care, oral health, OTC medicines and nutritionals.
Johnson & Johnson’s brands include numerous household names of medications and first aid supplies.
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Samsung Announces Standalone Turnkey Security Solution To Secure Crypto Transactions On Smartphones
Samsung, the South Korean electronics corporation, has announced a standalone turnkey security solution to secure cryptocurrency transactions on smartphones and tablets.
On May 26, it has been reported in a press release that the solution consists of a Secure Element (SE) chip S3FV9RR and “enhanced” software, as it is designed to secure the booting process, isolated storage, and mobile-based payments.
However, the new SE chip is certified with Common Criteria (CC) EAL 6+ security standard, which is used in applications with the most rigorous security requirements, namely e-passports and cryptocurrency hardware wallets, as it can be used in any mobile device, and will work independently from the device’s main processor.
The Korean tech giant’s security chip will protect cryptocurrency transactions on smartphones and tablets, potentially leading to wider adoption https://t.co/00U7DeuN7b — Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) May 26, 2020
The report mentioned cryptocurrency transactions as one of the primary purposes of the S3FV9RR chip, which is expected to be available in Q3 2020.
Security Chip | Image: Help Net Security
Dongho Shin, the Senior Vice President of System LSI marketing at Samsung Electronics, said:
“In this era of mobility and contact-less interactions, we expect our connected devices, such as smartphones or tablets, to be highly secure so as to protect personal data and enable fintech activities such as mobile banking, stock trading and cryptocurrency transactions.”
Thus, Samsung’s interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain is well known, as the corporation has invested in numerous DLT startups, and has integrated the technology in its own products.
Source: Cointelegraph | Image: Pinterest
#CryptoNewsPoint #Tablets #Transactions #StandaloneTurnkeySecuritySolution #DigitalNotice #Samsung #Smartphone


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Tinfoil Hats On!
League of Legends developer Riot Games is no stranger to registering seemingly random domain names, and of course it’s completely possible that some domains are registered simply to throw people off, or are just ideas that never see the light of day, but there’s a new Riot owned domain floating around out there according to Fusible, and it is “Project 425″.
Riot Games President Marc Merrill has been the domain owner since November 2008, and has renewed the domain annually until this past week, when it was transferred to internet brand protection company MarkMonitor and renewed up through 2015. The Whois record now shows the domain owner as Riot Games.
Conspiracy theorists can add this domain to LoL Supremacy and several other domain names Riot currently owns. We know that Riot is currently working on other games, but what types of games they are, and what their names might be are still pretty top secret.
This could be the sign of a big new project coming from Riot, or useless speculation that never amounts to anything. At this point, either is likely.


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Samsung plans more Tizen smartphones this year: ReportLeading smartphone maker Samsung Electronics Co Ltd plans to launch more handsets running on its own Tizen operating system later this year, a person with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday.
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MORRISVILLE, N.C. – If Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) sells off its PC manufacturing plants, including its gigantic facility in Winston-Salem, don’t expect Lenovo to be among the bidders.
So says William Amelio, chief executive officer of the Morrisville-based PC maker.
Speaking to reporters at a technology conference in Singapore (where he lives) on Tuesday, Amelio said Lenovo “has enough capacity” for making laptops and desktops.
In fact, Lenovo is adding capacity with a new plant in Poland.
Amelio also said the world’s fourth-ranked PC maker plans to keep its manufacturing capability.
The Wall Street Journal sparked consternation last week in the Triad with its report that Dell might get out of the manufacturing business and outsource the machine-building in order to cut costs. Dell is No. 2 in the PC world behind HP. (Acer is third.)
However, Amelio didn’t say all was bright for Lenovo. He noted that the economic slowdown could affect technology spending in the year ahead.
"The only thing I would caution is that we are coming into a budget cycle now," Amelio said, according to Bloomberg and Reuters.
Dell received a bushel of state and local incentives (more than $340 million) in 2004 to build the $100 million W-S facility. It makes personal computers and servers and employs several hundred people.
In exchange for the payments and tax breaks, which are spread over years, Dell promised in 2004 to create at least 1,500 jobs and to invest at least $100 million in the area over the following 15 years.
The 750,000-square-foot operation opened in the fall of 2005.
Meanwhile, founder Michael Dell remains bullish about his company’s stock. He bought $100 million in shares last week, according to a regulatory filing.