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Editorial Results (free)
1. New Tennessee State Museum Campaign Yields $25M in Donations
- Wednesday, October 11, 2017
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The new Tennessee State Museum project has yielded more than $25 million in donations by corporations, foundations and individuals.
In a news release Monday, museum officials said the money committed during the initial "silent phase" puts the campaign more than halfway toward its $40 million fundraising goal.
2. Auto Supplier Denso: $1B Investment in Tennessee Plant
- Monday, October 9, 2017
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Automotive supplier Denso announced plans Friday to invest $1 billion and create more than 1,000 new jobs in its main Tennessee facility to meet growing demand for electric vehicle parts.
3. Automakers Bounce Back With Strong Sales in September
- Wednesday, October 4, 2017
DETROIT (AP) – Toyota, Honda, Ford, General Motors, Nissan and Volkswagen all posted strong monthly U.S. sales numbers, confirming expectations that a boost in sales from hurricane-ravaged Texas would push the industry to a September rebound.
4. Nashville Mayor Presents Stadium Financing Proposal for MLS Bid
- Wednesday, October 4, 2017
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Mayor Megan Barry has proposed a $250 million stadium deal as the final piece in Nashville's bid for a Major League Soccer expansion team.
5. Positive Absorption Streak Continues in Industrial Market
- Tuesday, October 3, 2017
For the 17th straight quarter, the Memphis area industrial market continued its positive absorption streak, as it wrapped up Q3 2017 with more than 800,000 square feet of positive net absorption, according to commercial real estate brokerage firm CBRE’s Memphis Industrial MarketView Report.
6. Titans Begin Season With Questions At Wide Receiver
- Friday, September 8, 2017
For most of their two decades in Tennessee, the wide receiver position has been a glaring hole for the Titans.
Other than the years when Derrick Mason and Drew Bennett were among Steve McNair’s primary targets, and an occasional quality free agent signing like Nate Washington, there have been many swings and misses when it comes to the Titans and the wide receiver position.
7. Intriguing Story Playing Out Off The Football Field
- Friday, September 8, 2017
Anybody got an extra billion dollars lying around? If so, you can own one-third share of an NFL franchise plus a handful of other assorted business ventures.
That’s the situation involving the Tennessee Titans as they head into what could be a very eventful season. Susie Adams Smith, one of three children of the late franchise founder Bud Adams, is attempting to divest herself of one-third interest in KSA Industries, the business conglomerate built by her father.
8. Honda Owners Could Get Up to $500 in Air Bag Settlement
- Monday, September 4, 2017
DETROIT (AP) – Honda and some of the people suing the company over faulty Takata air bag inflators have agreed to a $605 million settlement.
The settlement, which still must be approved by a federal judge, covers owners of 16.5 million Honda and Acura vehicles with the inflators dating back to 2001. They could get up to $500.
9. For Electric Cars to Take Off, They'll Need Place to Charge
- Monday, August 14, 2017
DETROIT (AP) – Around the world, support is growing for electric cars. Automakers are delivering more electric models with longer range and lower prices, such as the Chevrolet Bolt and the Tesla Model 3. China has set aggressive targets for electric vehicle sales to curb pollution; some European countries aim to be all-electric by 2040 or sooner.
10. Haslam Wants Tennessee to Land New Toyota-Mazda Plant
- Wednesday, August 9, 2017
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Gov. Bill Haslam says he is making the case for Japanese automakers Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. to build a new assembly plant in Tennessee.
11. Toyota, Mazda Plan $1.6 Billion US Plant, to Partner in EVs
- Monday, August 7, 2017
TOKYO (AP) – Japanese automakers Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. plan to spend $1.6 billion to jointly build auto manufacturing plant in the U.S. – a move that will create up to 4,000 jobs, both sides said Friday.
12. TCAT Students See the Future, Get Prepared
- Thursday, August 3, 2017
Bryan Rippy, 38, chuckles when he says he’s in the prime of his life. But sharpening his skills is no laughing matter, and he understands the importance of raising his value in the job market.
13. Summertime Blues: Car Sales Head for 7th Straight Down Month
- Wednesday, August 2, 2017
DETROIT (AP) – U.S. sales of new cars and trucks showed declines in July as automakers cut back on low-profit rental car sales and consumers waited for Labor Day deals.
July was likely the seventh straight month of lower sales. Analysts have been predicting lower U.S. sales this year as demand levels out after an unprecedented seven straight years of growth.
14. As Mississippi Vote Nears, Labor Board Says Nissan Broke Law
- Tuesday, August 1, 2017
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – With a union election scheduled this week, the National Labor Relations Board is again charging that Nissan Motor Co. violated workers' rights at its Mississippi plant.
15. Ford Says It Will Fight Latest Takata Recall
- Monday, July 24, 2017
DETROIT (AP) — Ford is fighting the latest expansion of the Takata air bag inflator recall.
Earlier this month, Takata filed documents with the U.S. government adding 2.7 million vehicles to the recall from Ford, Nissan and Mazda. All have inflators with a drying agent that previously were thought to be safe.
16. UAW, Nissan Pressing High-Stakes Campaign for Worker Votes
- Monday, July 24, 2017
CANTON, Miss. (AP) — The United Auto Workers faces a strong anti-union campaign from Nissan Motor Co. as it tries to gain a foothold in the union-averse South by organizing workers at the Japanese automaker's Mississippi plant.
17. Legislature’s End Game on Guns: No Rules at All?
- Thursday, July 20, 2017
If you think the state Legislature is full of gun nuts, Rep. Micah Van Huss begs to differ.
“No, not at all,” Van Huss says when asked if the General Assembly is too pro-gun. “I don’t think they’re pro-gun enough. In fact, … I think our laws in Tennessee infringe on our constitutional rights. There are now 16 states – we’ve added two or three this year – that allow constitutional carry. So, we’re falling behind.”
18. Aug. 3-4 Set for Vote to Decide Union at Miss. Nissan Plant
- Tuesday, July 18, 2017
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Workers at Nissan Motor Co.'s Mississippi plant will decide on Aug. 3 and 4 whether the United Auto Workers will represent them.
19. Takata Adds 2.7M Vehicles to Air Bag Inflator Recall
- Wednesday, July 12, 2017
DETROIT (AP) – Takata is adding 2.7 million vehicles from Ford, Nissan and Mazda to the long list of those being recalled to replace potentially dangerous air bag inflators.
The inflators are a new type that previously was thought to be safe. Vehicles affected are from the 2005 through 2012 model years.
20. Rally Starts Union Push at Nissan Motor Plant in Mississippi
- Wednesday, July 12, 2017
CANTON, Miss. (AP) – Union supporters at a Nissan Motor Co. plant in Mississippi say United Auto Workers representation would increase their voice in workplace matters.
21. Analysis: Mississippi LGBT Law Faces More Court Scrutiny
- Monday, June 26, 2017
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is in for a long court fight over constitutional questions about its law dealing with religious objections to same-sex marriage.
Legislators in 2016 passed House Bill 1523 , called the "Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act."
22. Tennessee Auto Parts Supplier to Lay Off 160 Workers
- Wednesday, June 21, 2017
DAYTON, Tenn. (AP) – An auto parts supplier says it will lay off 160 people in Tennessee as it moves some business operations to another plant in the Midwest.
International Automotive Components spokesman David Ladd tells the Chattanooga Times Free Press the layoffs at the facility in Dayton, Tennessee will impact 138 permanent employees and 22 temporary workers.
23. Cyberattack Wave Ebbs, But Experts See Risk of More
- Tuesday, May 16, 2017
LONDON (AP) – The "ransomware" cyberattack that has hit companies and governments around the world ebbed in intensity on Monday, though experts warned that new versions of the virus could emerge.
24. Auto Sales Tumble; 7-Year Win Streak Could Come to an End
- Wednesday, May 3, 2017
DETROIT (AP) – The six top-selling automakers in the U.S. reported sales declines last month as demand seems to be slowing after seven straight years of growth.
General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Fiat Chrysler, Nissan and Honda on Tuesday all reported weaker U.S. sales than a year ago.
25. Nissan Faces More Labor Law Charges at Mississippi Plant
- Wednesday, April 12, 2017
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Federal labor regulators have added to charges to a complaint that Nissan Motor Co. and a contract worker agency at Nissan's Mississippi plant have violated workers' rights.
26. Car Sales Keep Falling, But Buyers Pay More for Trucks, SUVs
- Tuesday, April 4, 2017
DETROIT (AP) – Passenger car sales continued to plummet last month and were a drag for many automakers, even with offers of some very juicy discounts.
For now, the auto industry isn't worried because it's making solid money selling reams of SUVs and trucks to consumers who are loading them up with expensive features. But some analysts see the large inventories of cars as a looming problem.
27. Nissan Declines Talks With Union After Mississippi Rally
- Friday, March 24, 2017
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Nissan Motor Co. is declining to talk to union supporters about conditions at its Mississippi assembly plant.
28. Haslam Questions Call to Label Non-Permanent Residents' IDs
- Tuesday, February 7, 2017
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Republican Gov. Bill Haslam is raising concerns about a bill seeking to label IDs issued to people without permanent residency status with the words "alien" or "non-U.S. citizen."
29. US Auto Sales Near Record Highs in 2016
- Thursday, January 5, 2017
DETROIT (AP) – Demand may be slowing, but U.S. consumers still bought a whole lot of cars and trucks in 2016.
U.S. sales of new vehicles – which set a record of 17.47 million in 2015 – could hit a new high in 2016. Consulting firm LMC Automotive and car-buying site Edmunds.com each predict sales will squeak past the previous record and reach 17.5 million in 2016.
30. Strunk has Provided Long-Missing Ownership Stability
- Friday, December 30, 2016
Since becoming controlling owner of the Titans in March 2015, it has become customary for Amy Adams Strunk to spend a half-hour or so on the sideline visiting with coaches and players prior to games.
31. The Alamo? No, Vols Rally Around Loss to Vandy
- Friday, December 23, 2016
Tennessee’s football team can’t afford to get too merry when it goes into Christmas break this weekend. Not with the way it finished the 2016 regular season, and not with a chance for some redemption.
32. Winning With ‘Bad’ Mariota a Good Sign for Titans
- Friday, December 16, 2016
The Titans had been riding the gifted right arm of Marcus Mariota for about two months. The second-year quarterback had played so well during that period that he was named November AFC Offensive Player of the Month and was beginning to draw attention as one of the young QBs to keep an eye on as he began elevating his game toward superstardom.
33. Music City Bowl Not Most Pressing Issue for Jones
- Friday, December 9, 2016
Butch Jones has a lot more than Nebraska on his mind this bowl season.
The fourth-year Tennessee football coach will spend the next several weeks evaluating his coaching staff and program and figuring out why the 2016 season went from so good to so bad.
34. Black Friday Deals Helped Lift US Auto Sales in November
- Friday, December 2, 2016
DETROIT (AP) – Black Friday deals and postelection confidence helped pull November U.S. auto sales out of their recent slump – and increased the chances that 2016 could set a record for new vehicle sales.
35. Titans Desperately Need to Get Past Indy Jinx
- Friday, November 18, 2016
It’s time. In a weak AFC South, the Tennessee Titans appear to be at least a year ahead of schedule in their quest for playoff contention.
Sure, a 5-5 record might not look all that great to those on the outside, but considering where this team has been the past few years, the Titans at least have hope that the second half of the season will be for something other than next year’s draft position.
36. October US Sales Fall as Auto Boom Slows
- Wednesday, November 2, 2016
DETROIT (AP) – It's a chilly autumn for U.S. auto sales. Sales of new cars and trucks were expected to fall in October as consumer demand wanes. J.D. Power and LMC Automotive expect total October sales to fall by just over 7 percent, with retail sales to individual customers dropping 8 percent.
37. Titans Turnaround? Only If They Can Beat Colts
- Friday, October 21, 2016
A single two-point victory at home over the worst team the NFL has to offer this season might not sound like much of an accomplishment.
But for the Tennessee Titans it was definitely a step back toward respectability.
38. Study Shows Knowledge Gap With In-Car Technology
- Wednesday, October 12, 2016
DETROIT (AP) – Hyundai and BMW customers are the most satisfied with their in-vehicle technology, but those brands and others still need to work on educating drivers about what their cars can do, according to a new survey by the market research company J.D. Power and Associates.
39. Automakers Report Mixed US Sales Results in September
- Tuesday, October 4, 2016
DETROIT (AP) – Automakers reported mixed U.S. sales results in September as demand for new cars and trucks sputtered.
Nissan's sales rose 4.9 percent over last September and Toyota's were up 1.5 percent. General Motors' and Honda's sales were flat, Fiat Chrysler's fell 1 percent and Ford and Volkswagen both reported 8-percent declines.
40. How Could Your Brand Capitalize on Live-Streaming?
- Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Since Facebook Live launched in April of this year, live-streaming events have become very popular. While competitor Periscope has been around since early 2015, Facebook has integrated live-streaming directly into the timelines of 1.71 billion users, making these live videos more visible than ever.
41. Self-Driving Car Race Sees Flurry of Partnerships
- Friday, August 19, 2016
Uber announced Thursday that it will partner with Volvo to make autonomous vehicles. The tie-up is the latest between automakers and tech companies hoping to speed driverless cars to market. Here's a rundown of who's working with whom:
42. Can Alan Zucker Do for Titans’ Marcus Mariota What He’s Done for Mannings & Taylor Swift?
- Friday, August 19, 2016
As an NFL quarterback, Sunday is show time for Marcus Mariota. That’s when he suits up and does everything in his power to help the Tennessee Titans win football games.
But a recent Sunday morning was a different kind of show time. Mariota spent four hours on the opposite side of the Cumberland River from Nissan Stadium on a commercial shoot. A camera crew captured footage of him jogging in downtown Nashville and posing in front of various landmarks.
43. Whisenhunt Might Not Recognize These Titans
- Friday, August 12, 2016
Welcome back, Ken Whisenhunt. You’ve only been gone a few months, but you might not recognize many things about your old workplace when you arrive Saturday night.
Call it a cruel twist of fate, irony or whatever you please, but the very man who personified and spearheaded the Titans’ recent failures will be on the sideline at Nissan Stadium when the Titans open the preseason.
44. Nashville Joins Cities Seeking Major League Soccer Team
- Wednesday, August 10, 2016
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Some Nashville investors and supporters are making a push for Music City to be among the communities awarded expansion franchises by Major League Soccer.
Bill Hagerty, a former state commissioner of economic and community development, and Will Alexander, the son of U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, are spearheading the effort called the Nashville MLS Organizing Committee. It includes a bipartisan group of former politicians and leaders of Nashville-area companies.
45. Delta Dental of Tennessee Donates Vehicles to UTHSC
- Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Thanks to a recent donation of two Nissan Rogue crossover vehicles from Delta Dental of Tennessee, students at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry can now carpool together when traveling back and forth from Memphis to the new clinical site in the Healing Hands Health Center in Bristol, Tenn.
46. July US Auto Sales Could Fall on Weaker Demand
- Wednesday, August 3, 2016
U.S. auto sales were expected to drop slightly in July as unusually hot weather – and softening demand – kept buyers at home.
Kelley Blue Book predicted a 1 percent decline from last July to about 1.5 million new cars and trucks. Sales were strong at the beginning of the month thanks to Independence Day promotions, but weakened after that, KBB senior analyst Alec Gutierrez said.
47. US Auto Sales Expected to Hit Record in First 6 Months
- Tuesday, July 5, 2016
DETROIT (AP) – U.S. auto sales may be slowing, but they're still expected to set a record in the first six months of this year.
Sales through June were expected to be up 2 percent over last year to 8.66 million, according to Kelley Blue Book.
48. Robots Are Taking Tennessee’s Jobs
- Saturday, April 23, 2016
MTSU student Nathan Simpkins found the perfect major when the university started its mechatronics engineering program in 2013, a pursuit practically guaranteeing him a high-paying job in an increasingly automated manufacturing industry.
49. Hankook Tire Moving North American Headquarters To Nashville
- Thursday, April 14, 2016
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – South Korean tiremaker Hankook is moving its North American headquarters to Nashville.
Company and state officials announced in a ceremony at the state Capitol on Wednesday that 200 jobs will move to downtown Nashville, which is about 40 miles southeast of Hankook's new factory in Clarksville.
50. Time for Strunk to Become Titans' Most Valuable Player
- Saturday, April 9, 2016
Quick question about the Titans: Who has the most to prove?
Is it Mike Mularkey, a two-time loser as a head coach?
Is it Jon Robinson, a first-time general manager?
51. Orders for Lower-Priced Tesla Hit 198,000
- Monday, April 4, 2016
HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) – Demand for Tesla Motors' new lower-priced electric car surprised even the company's CEO Friday as 198,000 people plunked down $1,000 deposits to reserve their vehicles.
52. Statewide Demand Outstrips Supply of Qualified Workers
- Saturday, April 2, 2016
Tennessee is surging as a major manufacturing state, bouncing back from the Great Recession by attracting billions of dollars in new investment and creating thousands of new – and often very high-paying – advanced manufacturing jobs.
53. GOP Lawmaker Questions Haslam's Secret $30M Development Deal
- Wednesday, March 30, 2016
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – A state senator on Tuesday questioned fellow Republican Gov. Bill Haslam's proposal to earmark $30 million for an undisclosed economic development project in Tennessee.
54. Dodging a Disaster With Volkswagen?
- Saturday, March 26, 2016
Next month will mark five years since the first Passat rolled off the assembly line at Chattanooga’s Volkswagen plant. Most anniversaries are a cause for celebration.
But as Chattanoogans blow out the candles on this particular milestone they’ll be hoping that Volkswagen’s diesel emissions troubles will soon be extinguished, too, and that the new SUV model they’ll start producing this year will help VW emerge from the crisis a better and stronger company than before.
55. March Is a Good Month to Find Deals on Japanese Cars
- Thursday, March 24, 2016
DETROIT (AP) – If you're in the market for a Japanese car, March is a good time to buy.
Unlike U.S., European and Korean automakers, which end their financial year on Dec. 31, Japanese companies such as Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. close their books on March 31. In order to hit their annual sales targets, Japanese automakers usually ramp up the promotions and deals in March.
56. Automakers Post Healthy February US Sales Gains
- Wednesday, March 2, 2016
DETROIT (AP) – Automakers posted big U.S. sales gains last month as consumers – giddy from Super Bowl ads – returned to showrooms after a snowy January.
Ford's sales rose 20 percent over last February, boosted in part by higher sales to rental car fleets. Honda's sales were up 13 percent and Fiat Chrysler's rose 12 percent. Nissan's sales rose nearly 11 percent and Toyota's were up 4 percent. Hyundai's sales rose 1 percent.
57. Last Word: The Crest, OPEB Fever, Armstrong Leaves and An Elvis Warning
- Friday, January 8, 2016
The crest is here and it is not quite 40 feet on the Mississippi River gauge. The projections Thursday evening going into Friday’s crest of the river at Memphis changed a bit from the 40.3 foot level. The crest is 39.8 feet.
No reports of major damage anywhere in Shelby County, according to the Shelby County Office of Prepardness.
But the river’s high water is still a sight to behold.
58. Renault-Nissan to Introduce 10 Self-Driving Vehicles by 2020
- Friday, January 8, 2016
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) — The Renault-Nissan Alliance is entering the race to build autonomous cars with a plan to introduce 10 models capable of temporarily relieving humans of their driving duties on highways and city streets.
59. US Auto Sales Expected to Hit an All-Time High in 2015
- Wednesday, January 6, 2016
DETROIT (AP) — Americans are buying more new cars than ever before.
U.S. auto sales were expected to reach a record high of 17.5 million in 2015, topping the old record of 17.35 million set in 2000. Analysts expect sales could go even higher this year as unemployment continues to decline and more young buyers enter the market.
60. The Titans Will Be Sold. Soon. Here’s Why
- Saturday, December 19, 2015
Anybody got a spare $2 billion lying around? If so, the Tennessee Titans could be yours. Despite statements to the contrary by Titans management, there is growing sentiment locally and around the NFL that the team soon will be available to the highest bidder.
61. Even Without Wins, Mularkey Has Refreshing Attitude
- Saturday, December 5, 2015
Credit Mike Mularkey with one thing, if nothing else.He has approached his interim stint as the Tennessee Titans head coach with a high degree of honesty and a bit of a straightforward approach to the job.
62. GM, Toyota Sales Up in Strong November for US Auto Industry
- Wednesday, December 2, 2015
DETROIT (AP) — November used to be a slow month for U.S. car sales. Not anymore.
Black Friday promotions — some of which began well before Thanksgiving — were expected to push last month's sales to near-record levels. Car buying site Edmunds.com predicted sales of new cars and trucks will hit 1.33 million, eclipsing the previous November record set in 2001.
63. Mularkey’s Choice: Build Resume or Build for Future
- Thursday, November 26, 2015
Mike Mularkey finds himself in a tough situation.
The Titans head coach, who took over after Ken Whisenhunt was fired three games ago, knows he needs to win some games down the stretch to better enhance whatever chance he might have of being named permanent head coach.
64. Painful thought: Will the Titans ever be good again?
- Saturday, November 21, 2015
As the Tennessee Titans head down the backstretch of another unproductive season, it might be time to ponder a scary question: Will the Titans ever be good again?
How much longer will they be an NFL’s bottom feeder, swimming the same muddy waters as the Raiders, Browns, Lions and Jaguars?
65. Whisenhunt’s Failed Tenure Now Easier to Understand
- Saturday, November 14, 2015
It was only one game, one win, but it was clear in the aftermath Sunday just how much the Tennessee Titans needed the victory they got in overtime against the New Orleans Saints.
After an emotional week highlighted by the firing of Ken Whisenhunt, interim coach Mike Mularkey and the remainder of Whisenhunt’s staff was able to rally the team and find a way to end a six-game losing streak that derailed the 2015 season almost from the start.
66. Feuer Powertrain Begins Production In Tunica
- Saturday, November 7, 2015
Feuer Powertrain North America Inc. has started production at its $60 million plant plant in Tunica County, Mississippi.
The Robinsonville plant’s first product from the assembly line was a V8 diesel crankshaft for Cummins that will go into a new Nissan Titan pick-up truck.
67. Feuer Powertrain Begins Production In Tunica
- Friday, November 6, 2015
Feuer Powertrain North America Inc. has started production at its $60 million plant plant in Tunica County, Mississippi.
68. Automakers Post Big Oct. Sales Gains; Record Year in Sight
- Wednesday, November 4, 2015
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. is speeding toward what could be a record year for auto sales.
Sales of new cars and trucks rose by double-digit percentages at most major automakers in October, and companies are raising their expectations for the rest of the year. Ford now expects total U.S. sales of 17.4 million this year, just topping the record of 17.35 million from 2001.
69. Nissan Making Refreshed Altima Sedan at Tenn., Miss. Plants
- Wednesday, October 28, 2015
SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) — Nissan is launching production of an updated version of the midsized Altima sedan at assembly plants in Smyrna, Tennessee, and Canton, Mississippi.
The Japanese automaker's U.S. plants have combined to make more than 5.5 million Altimas since 1992.
70. Haslam Expresses Hope of Luring VW Headquarters to Tenn.
- Wednesday, October 21, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Haslam on Tuesday expressed hopes that Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal won't hurt Tennessee's efforts to lure the German automaker's North American headquarters to the state.
71. Better Titans Doing Nothing for Whisenhunt’s Record
- Saturday, October 17, 2015
The whispers are already out there. How much job security does Ken Whisenhunt really have with the Tennessee Titans?
It seems a little soon for message boards and talk radio to be discussing the ouster of the Titans coach, but such is life in the coaching fish bowl when you lose games that should go into the win column, like the Titans have done in their past two games.
72. AFC South is There for the Taking
- Saturday, October 10, 2015
Some team has to win the AFC South. League rules require it, even if no team truly deserves to go to the playoffs.
It was proven last year when the Carolina Panthers won the NFC South with a not-so-tidy 7-8-1 record, a mark that required four consecutive wins to reach.
73. ECD Commissioner: Memphis Megasite is Tennessee's 'Greatest Asset'
- Tuesday, September 22, 2015
The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development is getting serious about the Memphis Regional Megasite with new promotional materials intended to attract a major original equipment manufacturer.
74. Big Nashville Homecoming for Middle Tennessee Vols
- Saturday, September 5, 2015
Tennessee defensive end Derek Barnett won’t be in a strange place Saturday when he walks into Nissan Stadium in Nashville for the 2015 season opener against Bowling Green.
75. Rocky Top In Nashville: Good For City, Bad For Vols
- Saturday, September 5, 2015
I can’t help but get fired up for a college football game between Tennessee and Virginia Tech in front of 150,000 people at Bristol Motor Speedway.
76. Fisher, Other Familiar Faces Return for Preseason Play
- Saturday, August 22, 2015
The Tennessee Titans welcome back a familiar face Sunday night when Jeff Fisher rolls back into Nashville as coach of the St. Louis Rams.
77. Raise Gas Tax or Borrow? How to Fund Road Projects
- Thursday, August 13, 2015
Tennessee has an $8 billion backlog of transportation projects and not enough funds to pay for them, largely because the state gas tax, which funds those projects, hasn’t been increased in 26 years.
78. Preseason Analysis: Vols Will Defeat Oklahoma, Finish 8-4
- Saturday, August 8, 2015
Tennessee’s football team has something to prove as it concludes the first week of preseason practices and moves forward to the 2015 season.
The Vols must prove they belong in the national picture in Butch Jones’ third year as coach.
79. US Auto Sales Strong in July on SUV, Luxury Demand
- Tuesday, August 4, 2015
DETROIT (AP) – American drivers want to get noticed again.
SUVs and luxury vehicles are selling fast, defying recession-era predictions that Americans would downsize and stop flaunting their wealth. Luxury sales were up 10 percent in the first six months of this year; in the same time period, mass-market vehicle sales rose just 3 percent, according to car shopping site TrueCar.com.
80. Tennessee Tops Economic Development Rankings
- Saturday, August 1, 2015
Tennessee has been named the No. 1 state for both automotive manufacturing strength and tech-skills education, according to national economic development publication Business Facilities.
The state received several other high rankings in the annual report, including No. 2 in both the Best Business Climate and Best Infrastructure categories, No. 4 in Workforce Training Leaders and No. 7 in Automotive Employment Leaders.
81. Tennessee Tops Economic Development Rankings
- Friday, July 31, 2015
Tennessee has been named the No. 1 state for both automotive manufacturing strength and tech-skills education, according to Business Facilities magazine, a national economic development publication.
82. Colleges, Pro Franchises Seek Strategies to Keep Millennials Interested
- Saturday, July 18, 2015
UT and Vanderbilt are accustomed to tough competition from Tuscaloosa, Athens and Gainesville. Likewise, the Titans must deal with the Colts, Steelers and Ravens.
On games days, they and many others now have to go against Sony, Microsoft, Apple and EA Sports.
83. Vols, Titans Fight to Fill Empty Stadium Seats
- Saturday, July 18, 2015
When it comes to giving the consumer what it wants, few sports programs can match University of Tennessee football.
Neyland Stadium, which 40 years ago could accommodate only 70,000 fans, has swelled to a capacity of 102,455, fifth largest in college football. It has a $4 million, 4,580-square-foot Jumbotron, W-Fi connections for fans and enough flashing lights around the stadium’s interior to shame the Las Vegas Strip.
84. Cardwell a Link to Metro’s Past, Present
- Saturday, July 11, 2015
Metro Trustee Charlie Cardwell definitely is a member of the “good old boys” network that ran Nashville for decades.
85. Piano-Playing Senator's Latest Tune: New Education Policy
- Tuesday, July 7, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) – How does a musician-senator fill the time during yet another partisan Senate stalemate?
In Sen. Lamar Alexander's case, he sits down at a borrowed piano in his Capitol Hill office and, with a grin, bangs out "The Memphis Blues."
86. SUVs, Muscle Cars Help Auto Industry Maintain Momentum
- Thursday, July 2, 2015
DETROIT (AP) – Americans again bought vehicles that sit up high and come loaded with features like backup cameras and smartphone capabilities in June. Horsepower was also in; gas-sipping not so much.
87. Tennessee Titans' Home Field to Be Renamed Nissan Stadium
- Friday, June 26, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The Tennessee Titans' home field is changing its name from LP Field to Nissan Stadium.
Officials from the Titans and Nissan announced Thursday a 20-year partnership that renames Nashville's downtown stadium. The naming rights are subject to approval by the NFL and Metro Government Authority.
88. Tesla Motors Co-Founder Wants to Electrify Commercial Trucks
- Wednesday, June 3, 2015
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Twelve years ago, Ian Wright and some fellow engineers launched Tesla Motors, a Silicon Valley company that has helped jumpstart the market for electric cars.
89. Talent Takes the Wheel
- Friday, May 29, 2015
As the economy continues to improve, employers are beginning to think of what they can do to attract and retain the best talent. In fact, I was just asked for tips on this very topic by a local employer.
90. Ramsey: No Medicaid Expansion Until 2017
- Thursday, May 28, 2015
The Tennessee legislative session ended in late April, giving itself a little more than two and a-half months to handle the state’s business. That’s plenty of time, according to Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey.
91. Tennessee Restarting Rebates for Electric Vehicles
- Monday, May 25, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is restarting a rebate program for electric car buyers.
WPLN-FM (http://bit.ly/1cRP2Hn) reports the state had $682,000 left two years ago after shutting down the subsidies, which were approved five years ago under former Gov. Phil Bredesen. The funds have remained unspent.
92. Small, Midsize SUVs Drive April Auto Sales Gains
- Monday, May 4, 2015
Hot sales of small and midsize SUVs drove auto sales higher last month as General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Fiat Chrysler and Nissan all reported U.S. sales gains.
Several of the companies reported their best April totals in years. Overall, sales were mostly in line with analysts’ predictions of a 6 percent increase compared with a year ago. All automakers were scheduled to report sales on Friday.
93. Nissan Launches Production of Redesigned Maxima
- Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Nissan on Tuesday launched the production of a redesigned version of its flagship Maxima sedan that the Japanese automaker hopes will revive flagging sales.
Nissan stresses a sportier approach taken for the eighth generation of the Maxima as the company seeks to reverse a trend of struggling sales for large sedans in in recent years.
94. 1 Million New Residents: Where Will They Live?
- Saturday, April 18, 2015
At least 1 million people are expected to move to the Nashville region over the next 20 years. Already, the early arrivals have begun to dramatically change the landscape of the suburban counties surrounding the city.
95. US Car Buyers Tap the Brakes in March, Following Torrid Run
- Thursday, April 2, 2015
DETROIT (AP) – U.S. car buyers tapped the brakes in March, a sign of a long-expected slowdown in the blistering pace of sales.
March sales were up less than 1 percent compared with the same month a year ago. U.S. consumers bought 1.5 million new cars and trucks in March, according to Autodata Corp.
96. Less for the Tank, More for the Bank
- Saturday, March 21, 2015
The U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts the typical American household will save nearly $750 on gasoline in 2015, but no one should expect the good fortune to last forever.
Yes, gas prices did fall below $2 – and have begun falling again in recent days after rising about 35 cents in February and early March – but now it’s spring, a time when gas prices typically rise.
97. Nissan to Build $160 Million Supplier Park at Tennessee Plant
- Thursday, March 19, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Nissan Motor Co. announced plans Tuesday to build a new $160 million supplier park at its Tennessee assembly plant that the Japanese automaker projects to attract more than 1,000 jobs.
98. Eakin: Rising Rents Hitting All of Middle Tennessee
- Saturday, March 7, 2015
Selling business people on the idea of relocating to Nashville is easy for commercial real estate broker Barry R. Smith because he, too, bought into the city’s charm when he first came to town in 1981.
99. Auto Industry Slows for Bad Weather, But Stays on Course
- Wednesday, March 4, 2015
DETROIT (AP) – February threw snowstorms and other roadblocks at the auto industry, but U.S. sales of new cars and trucks are still poised to hit their highest level in more than a decade this year.
100. Tennessee GOP Leader Questions Incentives for Unionized GM Plant
- Monday, March 2, 2015
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – State Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey said last week that it may have been "a mistake" for Tennessee to subsidize the development of the General Motors plant outside Nashville because it has a United Auto Workers union contract.


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A bipartisan coalition in Congress is challenging a new federal standard that could greatly restrict raw milk cheese production in the United States. The legislators believe the new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standard threatens the artisan and farmstead cheese industry without evidence of risk to public health.
A Dec. 3 letter to FDA, spearheaded by Vermont’s congressional delegation, questioned whether the standard’s thousand-fold decrease in allowable levels of non-toxigenic E. coli in raw milk cheeses would benefit public health, noting that non-toxigenic E. coli are “typically not harmful to humans.” They also questioned whether the standards were scientifically sound.
“IDFA shares these concerns and will work closely with FDA to try to resolve these issues,” said John Allan, IDFA vice president of regulatory affairs and international standards.
The FDA standard seeks to limit the level of non-toxigenic E.coli found in raw milk cheeses from 10,000 most probable number (MPN) per gram to 10 MPN per gram. The standard was included in the latest edition of the FDA Compliance Program Guidance Manual and a Compliance Policy Guide.
In addition to the Vermont delegation, the letter was signed by 19 other lawmakers. Read the letter here.
For more information on the congressional letter, contact Chelsee Woodey, IDFA director of legislative affairs, at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Google Makes Fun of iPhone 15 Ahead of Pixel 8 Launch [VIDEO]
In a playful video titled “#BestPhonesForever: Scary Story,” Google’s Pixel 8 again pokes fun at the iPhone 15 ahead of its own Pixel 8 launch event set next week.
The video, posted on the Made by Google YouTube channel, personifies the Google Pixel and iPhone as friends sharing a campfire conversation about their respective launches and features. It’s part of an ongoing series where the Pixel tosses shade at the iPhone.
“And some say, on a quiet night, you can still hear his full QWERTY keyboard click-clacking in these very woods,” said the Pixel 8 device, setting a spooky tone.
“Pixel, I’m scared,” responded the weak iPhone 15, expressing concern not about the story but about the future and the competition between the two phones.
“Well, you’ve got this big launch coming up. You’re going to be getting all kinds of attention,” the iPhone 15 continued, mentioning that people will be comparing their cameras and AI features.
“iPhone, no launch is bigger than our friendship,” the Pixel 8 reassured, emphasizing that the competition between the two phones doesn’t affect their ‘friendship.’
The video humorously highlights the iPhone’s recent changes, such as a “different mute button, a dynamic-er island, and a new charging port,” while subtly teasing the Pixel’s upcoming “ground-breaking AI features and eye-catching design.”
The video concludes with both characters getting startled by a noise, only to laugh it off while roasting marshmallows, reinforcing the notion that competition doesn’t overshadow their ‘friendship.’
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From chipmakers to SaaS vendors, the tech industry is making significant investments in autonomous cars and connected vehicles. Cars aren’t the first thing to come to mind when you think about many of these companies. The chipmakers, SaaS vendors, and hardware providers that are dropping major coin on automotive tech might make you scratch your head for a second and wonder why they are suddenly so into cars.
There’s no doubt that every tech company is trying to get involved in the IoT in some way. The reason that they are becoming techie-motorheads is that connected and autonomous vehicles are shaping up to be the largest and fastest-growing sector of the IoT. The sector is estimated to be worth $25 billion by 2025, according to Bain and Company. Not to mention that breakthrough innovations in the space will be big news and great PR for the companies involved. Here are some of the tech-sector acquisitions in connected cars that have been making a lot of noise recently.
Intel acquires Mobileye: $15.3 billion
Intel has been inside your PCs for decades, and now they want to be in your self-driving cars. The chipmaker picked up the Israeli digital vision technology company that is developing technology to help autonomous vehicles “see”. Intel and others in the silicon trade have long been threatened by the contracting market for desktop PCs and the volatility of the mobile device market. And Intel has long lost its monopolistic stranglehold on the Microsoft PC market. It needs to diversify and expand its reach, and it hopes to appeal to automakers that want to offer autonomous driving but lack the in-house expertise and do not want to end up giving up their valuable data to the likes of Google in exchange for the tech.
Qualcomm buys NXP: $46 billion
Qualcomm, the world’s largest mobile handset chipmaker, picked up NXP Semiconductors, the biggest chipmaker for the automotive industry. And it makes a lot of sense—demand for handsets is leveling off while tech in cars is rapidly expanding. Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf is betting the deal, the largest in the chip industry’s history, will accelerate his company’s entry into the burgeoning market for electronics in cars. “If you look at our growth strategy it’s to grow into adjacent markets at the time that they are being disrupted by the technology of mobile,” he said.
Cisco bets on Jasper: $1.4 Billion
Networking giant Cisco picked up Silicon Valley’s Jasper Technologies in large part for its potential in the connected car space. Jasper is the IoT platform that now powers nearly all connected cars, including AT&T’s connected car platform. “Our largest vertical is the connected car market,” said Tom Fisher, Managing Director, ANZ at Cisco Jasper. The platform allows car companies to offer (and monetize) third-party services and the data streams that come with them. “It’s a massive industry for us, but also it’s got a lot of challenges for us that we need to solve,” Fisher said.
Verizon gobbling up connected car tech: $2.4 billion +
Verizon bought both Telogis, a developer of telematics and fleet-logistics systems used by major automakers like Ford, and commercial GPS vehicle tracking firm Fleetmatics, last year. The price paid for Telogis was not disclosed, but it paid $2.4 billion for Fleetmatics. Verizon is not as heavily vested with automakers as AT&T, but it looks like their target is industrial fleet vehicles, which may end up growing even faster than the connected car market. “The acquisitions of Fleetmatics and Telogis positions us to be the leading provider of fleet and workforce management solutions,” said Verizon Telematics CEO Andrés Irlando.
Expect more big acquisitions in 2017
So, that’s $65 billion invested in connected car tech acquisitions in the last year or so alone. And that does not count what companies like Apple, Google, and Microsoft are throwing at the connected car market. As more tech companies are looking to diversify their portfolios and extend their reach, you can expect more big acquisitions and investments in 2017.


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A couple of weeks ago, EA and DICE announced the forthcoming arrival of a brand new Battlefield 1 update. It's called the Winter update, though no specifics were unveiled at that time. But hey, that shouldn't be an issue now. That's because it has already been launched. Here's everything about it.
According to GameSpot, the developers of Battlefield 1 has just released the Winter update. It's worth noting that this one here is deemed as a major update for the hit World War 1-inspired shooter game. It's being rolled out across all platforms (PC, Xbox One and PlayStation) 4, with a size of at least 2 GB.
The most interesting part of this aforementioned Battlefield 1 update is the return of a classic feature. Well, it's no other than the Ribbons. The latter is best known for its existence in the previous titles in the franchise. Apart from these, Class Rank jumps have been upgraded (from 10 to 50). Heck, players will even have the chance to earn a couple of new things once they reach their max class rank.
The Battlefield 1 Winter update also brought a couple of changes to the game's Rent-A-Server program. Also, changes have been made in order to tweak weapons a little bit. Or perhaps, add some significant balances to the in-game vehicles. More importantly, bug fixes have been unleashed, too.
Battlefield 1 players who are worried about getting killed by a horseback rider should be happy.That's because this one here will no longer be the death of them whenever that rider utilizes a saber that's "multiple meters away." The current update has made this possible as well as the gas duration. From 22 seconds, it has been significantly dropped to at least 15 seconds. To check the full patch notes of the Winter update, just go straight to the patch notes here.


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Accor showcases new era for Mercure, opens Novotel in Melbourne, unveils refreshed Sydney Sofitel
No doubt the French hotel giant’s Pacific office will be in dire need of a few glasses of Perrier Jouët after this week’s bombardment.
AUSSIE FIRST: Accor unveils next gen Mercure Hotels with new Melbourne property
While away your Friday afternoon by perusing through some stunning pictures of Accor’s swanky new-look Mercure in Doncaster.
Accor rolls out new work perks to counter hospo staff shortage
The main work perk we enjoy here at Travel Weekly is a fully-stocked biscuit shelf, which means we are usually one Iced Vovo away from going on strike.
Accor opens Mercure Auckland Queen Street, plus a new Aussie resort
The French hotel chain has been busy this past week, opening the doors of a slick new Mercure across the ditch and new retreat in South Australia.
World’s most valuable hotel brand revealed (and it’s not the one you’d expect)
A busy little bee in the hospitality world has come up trumps in an annual hotel rankings report, knocking off last year’s title holder.
Mantra confirms rumours on Accor takeover proposal
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Mobile stock trading app Robinhood turned heads in the cryptocurrency space months ago when it launched a digital currency trading service through its mobile platform. Now, Robinhood has announced that two new digital currencies will join its list of those on offer. Litecoin and bitcoin cash, each among the top ten cryptocurrencies in the world by market cap, will now be offered alongside bitcoin and ethereum.
No-Fee Trades in Four Currencies
With the announcement, made late last week and reported on by CoinDesk, Robinhood now offers four digital currencies through its no-fee trading platform, Robinhood Crypto. The company made the decision to add litecoin and bitcoin cash following strong demand from customers for alternative options beyond ethereum and bitcoin.
Given that Robinhood now claims more than 5 million users on the Robinhood Crypto platform and across 17 U.S. states, it's no surprise that the company is interested in catering to the investment needs of this base.
$363 Million in Series D Funding
The report of the enhanced Robinhood Crypto platform follows just weeks after a report in May that indicated Robinhood raised $363 million in a Series D funding round. At the time, the company stated that this funding would allow it to offer a broader selection of cryptocurrency trading pairs in the U.S. At that time, Robinhood Crypto was available in 10 states. Now, other locations including Texas, New Jersey, Indiana, Arizona, and Pennsylvania have joined that list.
Robinhood initially launched its cryptocurrency trading branch in February of this year with bitcoin and ethereum trading pairs across five states. In just five months, the company has dramatically increased its offerings in this area, with more than three times as many states enjoying the service at this point. Robinhood Crypto aims to offer service to the entire U.S. by the end of 2018, according to Robinhood co-founder and co-CEO Baiju Bhatt. The company, which was founded as an easy-to-use, no-fee mobile app for trading stocks, has more recently dedicated itself to becoming one of the most popular digital currency exchanges in the country as well. There is no word as of yet as to whether Robinhood will continue to augment its list of cryptocurrencies offered for trade as of this point.
Investing in cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings ("ICOs") is highly risky and speculative, and this article is not a recommendation by Investopedia or the writer to invest in cryptocurrencies or ICOs. Since each individual's situation is unique, a qualified professional should always be consulted before making any financial decisions. Investopedia makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy or timeliness of the information contained herein. As of the date this article was written, the author owns bitcoin and ripple.


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On September 11, 2001, the small businesses surrounding the site of the World Trade Center would come face to face with their greatest hurdle, in both business and life. A proud group of resilient, loyal New Yorkers, they watched the unimaginable tragedy unfold from their store windows, eventually fleeing the destruction, leaving their livelihood behind them. In a matter of minutes, nearly 14 million square feet of bustling office space was destroyed, 65,000 jobs were relocated and nearly 20,000 residents were displaced from their homes, according to the Alliance for Downtown New York. Buried under ash, debris and the weighty sorrow of the attacks, shopkeepers returned to a toxic ghost town, to clean up, rebuild and breathe life back into Lower Manhattan.
With a tumultuous decade behind them, many now face new challenges as the shadow of One World Trade Center expands across the cityscape. Once an area laden with banks and Fortune 500 corporations, Lower Manhattan has become more of a residential haven. Today, the shops are welcoming a new wave of customers and revived tourism thanks to the new construction and the 9/11 memorial. Many are still awaiting the return of normalcy, while others are busy embracing a new downtown and a new era in business.
From the stoops of their shops, restaurants and salons, these beacons of small business share a story of survival unlike any other.


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The economy is rocky and heading into uncharted waters in 2012, but digital media sellers are bullish that they will maintain rates on their video advertising and even see an increase.
Digiday partnered with SellerCrowd, a community site with over 2,000 digital media sales professionals from 750 companies, to pose the question: What is the outlook for video CPMs in 2012. Out of 154 responses from sellers with 126 companies, including portals, networks and vertical sites, 40 percent said video CPMs would rise. Another 30 percent said rates would hold steady. About 30 percent saw declines coming.
The caveat to those results is the eternal optimism that is a hallmark of just about any person in sales. But it’s indicative of the enthusiasm publishers feel toward video, which has yet to see the kind of commoditization endemic to display advertising. The sector is buoyed by a still bubbly overall online ad market, which returned a surprisingly healthy 22 percent growth rate in the third quarter, according to new figures from the Interactive Advertising Bureau.
According to eMarketer, Web video ad sales are set to rise 43 percent in 2012 to top $3 billion. It is an open question whether seller bullishness will hinder that growth, seeing that a Brightroll survey of ad buyers this year found the top limiting factor to online video ad growt is the high price of video ads.
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Year two of Possible is once again being held in Miami Beach, and it will take place from April 15-17 with 3,000 attendees expected to listen to another 200 or so speakers, including Snap’s Colleen DeCourcy, Uber Ads’ Megan Ramm and UM Worldwide’s Matthew Smith.
Last week, tech companies like Google, Microsoft and Amazon all announced updates more updates for their cloud and AI efforts
At least 21 different sessions across the three days that Possible takes place — all in the halls of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel— feature the capital letters AI In their headlines. And the topic will be pretty inescapable in most of the conversations that take place onstage or around the event.


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Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has warned that a “bloodbath” is coming if EV makers follow Tesla and Elon Musk in a “race to the bottom.” The Stellantis CEO’s comments came amidst Ford’s announcement that it was scaling back production and trimming its workforce that is producing the F-150 Lightning.
While BYD exceeded Tesla in raw battery electric vehicle deliveries at the end of 2023, the American EV maker is still one of the world’s undisputed leaders in the electric vehicle sector. To keep Tesla’s vehicles competitive, the automaker has implemented aggressive strategies such as steep price cuts to make its vehicles more affordable to mainstream consumers.
Such strategies helped Tesla achieve a record year in deliveries, but it also sacrificed profitability. Tesla’s automotive gross margin without regulatory credits in Q3 2023, for one, fell to 16.3% from 27.9% in Q3 2022, as noted in a Fortune report. Elon Musk, for his part, has stated that Tesla would likely need to keep lowering its prices to ensure that customers could afford its vehicles.
As per Tavares during an event in Amsterdam on Friday, he is trying to avoid chasing Elon Musk as he drives Tesla’s prices lower and lower. “If you go and cut pricing disregarding the reality of your costs, you will have a bloodbath. I am trying to avoid a race to the bottom,” the Stellantis CEO said.
“I know a company that has brutally cut pricing, and their profitability has brutally collapsed,” Tavares also noted without naming Tesla.
The EV efforts of America’s biggest auto players have taken notable hits. Ford has stated that its electric vehicle business lost about $4.5 billion last year, as noted in a Yahoo Finance report. General Motors (GM) also pulled back on its electric vehicle plans in late October despite stating in the past that it has every intention to dethrone Tesla in the electric vehicle market.
Tesla’s price cuts have not ended. Just recently, Tesla lowered the prices of the Model Y crossover in several European countries by over $5,000. Similar price adjustments have also been rolled out in China, one of Tesla’s largest and most competitive markets.
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Marina Village, a retail center in the newly named Skyway Marina District, was sold for $3.9 million.
CBRE arranged the transaction and represented EBK Properties Inc., which sold the center to an entity comprised of Paradise Ventures of Safety Harbor and ADJ-DIG LLC, according to a written statement.
The center was 79 percent occupied at the time of the sale.
Retail centers in Pinellas County, which is a built-out market, attract buyers’ interest, and Marina Village’s tenants and the property’s location on 3th Street South made it particularly attractive, said Mark Shellabarger, CBRE senior vice president, in the statement.
Marina Village was built in 1985 in the 4700-4900 blocks of 34th Street South. The 62,000-square-foot center is anchored by Dollar Tree, with other tenants that include Radio Shack, The UPS Store and JSA Healthcare.
Late last year, the City of St. Petersburg and residents and businesses in the 34th Street South area agreed to brand the commercial corridor where Marina Village is located as the Skyway Marina District. It is the first step in a proposal to revitalize the area.


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As we are forced to face bare toilet paper shelves and the fact that deforestation is the likely culprit behind Covid-19 (because of one stressed out and sick bat!), it’s time we consider our usage of toilet paper. We hate to tell you, but those quilted pieces of cottony heaven for our nether regions are public enemy number one right now in sustainability circles. But while this news may sound like the ultimate bummer for your bums and Freudian control issues, there are other alternatives out there to consider given the horrendous numbers behind toilet paper production.
Justin Thomas, editor of the website Metaefficient.com, reported in Scientific American that people in the U.S. use 36.5 billion rolls of toilet paper every year, representing the pulping of some 15 million trees. This also involves 473,587,500,000 gallons of water to produce the paper and 253,000 tons of chlorine for bleaching. Thomas adds that TP manufacturing requires about 17.3 terawatts of electricity annually and that significant amounts of energy and materials are used in packaging and in transportation to retail outlets.
So why not consider growing your own toilet paper like the environmental activist Rob Greenfield? Yes, you heard me, soft, furry leaves to clean your bum. While we’re aware that most people in developed regions aren’t going to use plant leaves as an alternative to wiping with TP (given most of us don’t have compostable toilets or outhouses), many eco-conscious people according to Greenfield are still interested in sustainability and self-reliance. In Greenfield´s opinion it took people panic shopping for toilet paper to wake up to the absurdity of the situation.
In an interview with BELatina he told us, “People are waiting to step outside of this system and be able to take care of themselves, both in times of chaos and in times of calm (…) I’ve had hundreds of people who have contacted me to start growing their own toilet paper after seeing my toilet paper plant — blue spur flower / Plecranthus barbatus. The good news is that nature provides many different toilet paper plants around the world.”
If fresh plants on your nether regions isn’t your thing, another simple option is using water. Hygiene aficionados say using water provides important health benefits such as increased cleanliness and its therapeutic effects on damaged skin for those who suffer from uncomfortable rashes or hemorrhoids. Bidets, which were once reserved for Europeans, are now popular all over the world, with 60 percent of Japanese households using hi-tech bidets and 90 percent of Venezuelan ones as well. Greenfield also recommends using spray guns attached to standard toilets or kettles along with other tips listed on his “10 Ways to Wipe Your Butt for Free” blog here. No more squeezing the Charmin, my friends, it’s time to squeeze, ehem, hug, a tree instead.


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The U.S. Dept. of Commerce has imposed import duties of up to 31% on steel pipe from China, agreeing with a complaint filed by American producers and steelworkers that the imports were unfairly subsidized by China’s government. The average duties on the pipe, used in oil and gas wells and known in the industry as oil-country tubular products, will be 21.3%, according to Commerce. Roughly $2.8 billion in Chinese steel pipe is imported annually, but industry analysts say that could fall off sharply, or even completely, because of the tariffs. That drop could help complainant U.S. Steel and other domestic
The market is generally healthy and steadily growing, and margins are up for large specialty contractors. Further, advances in design tools and owner demand for collaboration are giving subcontractors a seat at the table early on in projects.


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I sent this article to my Business partner, Adam Gray and he said:-
"The idea that the creation of “corporate content” will move from a centralised marketing function to customer facing staff is, we think, an inevitability of embracing a social selling ethos within a business."
He went onto say:-
"My concern however, with this type of ”insight” is that it’s almost sponsored / corporate content from the martech companies. As we know Oracle, Adobe, SFDC,, Sitecore etc are all offering a solution which “solves the problem” so organisations don’t need to take any unpleasant medicine…that’s not reality. The embedded / absorbed chart at the bottom is utter rubbish, it say/means nothing other than suggesting you need to buy more tech to support the shift."
In summary, is Martech helping us or hindering us?
If we know that people don't look at adverts, they hate unsolicited emails and we hate cold calls. All Martech gives us is 1990 marketing, hard and faster.
On the basis we hate this type of marketing, why are we investing in it? While Marketing (and social media) will certainly de-centralise, this is not about stuffing buyers with corporate content, but enabling people to engage on social media.
In Gartner’s most recent Marketing Organizational Survey for 2019 — how marketing leaders structure their teams today and how they expect them to change over the next several years — a remarkable finding popped out to me: 20% of respondents reported that they run some form of decentralized marketing organization today. By the end of 2022, however, a majority — 51% — expect they will have a decentralized structure in place.


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MTN Rwanda, the leading telecom company in the country, has reported a tremendous 25% year on year growth of its internet customers. During the same year, the internet usage almost tripled, from 5.7Million gigabytes in 2017 to 14.5Million gigabytes in 2018.
Bart Hofker, the MTN Rwanda CEO said, “in 2018, MTN Rwanda invested over Rwf 22 billion in network expansion and modernization, which was key in the acceleration of internet penetration by availing quality and affordable services to MTN subscribers”.
The unprecedented growth comes after a successful completion of network modernization that resulted into tripling the average internet access speed. MTN Rwanda has also been pushing a pro-customer campaign that, among other initiatives, left the internet (out of bundle) prices per megabytes slashed down from Rwf 51 to Rwf 10.
The trend is projected to continue as MTN has been positioning itself as the Number 1 Internet Network in Rwanda.
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MTN Rwanda is the market leader in the mobile telecommunications industry in Rwanda. Since 1998, MTN Rwanda has continuously invested in expanding and modernizing its network and is now proudly Rwanda’s No 1 Network. MTN Rwanda offers superior services to its subscriber base, including innovative propositions such as personalized voice and data offers with MTN Irekure. The company is also the front runner in Mobile Financial Services in Rwanda with Mobile Money, Tap&Pay and MoKash Loans and Savings.


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Collectors collaborate on new store in historic building
What better location for a new antique store than in a building with a story fit for a big screen?
Steve Blackwell, owner, has been diligently spending his time, energy, and money restoring a building on Peabody’s 1880’s Main Street, along with the help of business partners Christine Flaming and Morgan Marler.
The trio’s new shop, Fannie Sterling 1884, opened Saturday and will have its formal grand opening this Saturday along with Peabody Market.
The condition of neighboring attached Baker buildings indicates how much has changed about this space. Floors are dilapidated, walls are peeling, and a dusty scent almost transports visitors back to when stores were filled.
“There were 100 years worth of well-intentioned repairs done and a lot of structural issues,” Marler said. “So now, the building will last another 100 years.”
The building is one of five on the west side of Walnut St. owned by Baker Lofts, LLC.
All needed new roofs several years ago. A grant from Kansas State Historical Society helped pay for new roofing. Terms of the grant forbid Baker Lofts LLC to sell or profit from the buildings until Jan. 1, 2021.
Blackwell is responsible for taxes, insurance, and bringing the building up to code.
The name is inspired by a family that repaired the building and opened a mortuary and furniture store in it after a fire in 1884.
“We’re choosing business plans that fit the vision for downtown, and attract more visitors and to increase sales tax,” Marler said. “The entire downtown is on the National Register of Historic Places. There aren’t too many downtown districts in the country that can boast that title.”
At its soft opening Saturday, Fannie Sterling 1884 bustled with people, local and from away, who perused antiques sold out of an antique building.
“It’s all happened pretty quick,” Blackwell said. “I’ve been working on the building close to two months.”
Brightly colored wallpaper from the ’70s with women from different eras greets you as you walk in. A wall covered with corrugated tin is on the opposite side, and vintage and repurposed pieces for sale occupy the space in between.
Morgan Marler, Steve Blackwell, and Christine Flaming’s love of all things unique and antique create the nostalgic environment.
“We have a little bit of everything,” Flaming said. “If we don’t have it, you don’t need it. These are quality pieces at fair prices. We can help find people who need that one last piece to finish a collection, or the piece to start a collection.
“Yes, you can live modernly and still have some vintage and antiques that add quirkiness to your home. It brings personality.”
Fannie Sterling 1884 features both repurposed and original furniture, gas and oil collectables, vintage clothing, farmhouse décor, and a coffee bar.
“We have some retro and some mid-century modern,” Flaming said “and anything that really catches our eye that doesn’t really fit into a category.”
Colin Moralez, Blackwell’s 10 year-old grandson, has been helping Blackwell and his wife, Kelma, with the restoration. His grandparents have even deemed a back corner of the store “Colin’s Corner.” It will feature various pieces that caught the young boy’s interest.
Fannie Sterling 1884 will be open noon to 7p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays.
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How Chinese courts will rule the patent world; Qualcomm's 5G licensing spree; don't jail trolls, says former supreme court judge; patent sales are on the up; plus a whole lot more from a wet, but spectacular, Shanghai Pudong
“It is clear that, no matter which viewpoint one takes, Ericsson is the leader in 3GPP and has influenced the technology in 5G over the years more than any other contributor,” company states in new report
Cyber security firm accuses rival of infringing seven patents in its third district court action this year. Even though a high PTAB win rate indicates strength of Finjan's portfolio, prospective licensees still happy to litigate
WiLAN has acquired a portfolio of patents from Panasonic in the latest in a long line of patent transfers between the Japanese tech giant and the Canadian NPE.
The portfolio contains 34 patent families comprising 96 grants worldwide. It relates to… Read more
China is home to an estimated 170 million closed-circuit television cameras, and the BBC reports that another 400 million are set to come online by 2020. Chinese tech firms are pushing the limits of facial recognition technology, giving these… Read more
Finjan shares jumped yesterday on the news that the company had received the $65 million settlement payout from Symantec following the truce between the two businesses announced at the end of February. That sum, which is one of the largest received… Read more
Finjan has already recouped the $2 million it spent on acquiring a small package of patents from IBM last year as part of a deal which saw the cyber security business form a new subsidiary, Finjan Blue. The news emerged as the company announced its… Read more


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Starbucks Is Bringing Back This Caramel-Loaded Frappuccino
Starbucks has already unleashed a full-fledged Frappuccino frenzy this spring with drinks like the Cherry Blossom Frappuccino and the blended version of the new Caramelized Honey Latte. And now, the coffee giant is about to add to the Frapp-sanity with the return of an old customer favorite: the Caramel Cocoa Cluster Frappuccino.
The drink is just as sweet as its name suggests -- a blend of Starbucks' Frappuccino Roast coffee, toffee nut syrup, milk, and ice that comes topped with a layer of caramel sauce, whipped cream, and a mocha sauce drizzle. Starbucks said it'll arrive in participating stores on April 5th -- just in time for National Caramel Day (yeah, we didn't know that was a thing either) -- and will be available only through April 11th. Starbucks initially launched the drink last summer as part of its "Frappuccino Flav-Off" contest.
Given Starbucks' Frappuccino spree this spring, it's probably safe to assume we'll all be swimming in new Frappuccinos this summer.
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A battery prototype has been designed using salt water and materials that are non-toxic and charge quickly, paving the way for new types of battery.
The design principles behind the new prototype, which changes colour as it charges, could also be applied to existing battery technologies to create new devices for energy storage, biological sensing, and smart colour-changing materials.
The most widely used batteries currently are lithium-ion batteries, which have a relatively high capacity (they hold a large amount of charge) but do not discharge or recharge their energy quickly.
They also contain organic electrolytes and other materials that can be hazardous and flammable, meaning they require careful handling and disposal.
The new battery prototype, developed by a team of researchers from the departments of Physics and Chemistry at Imperial College London, uses thin films of specially designed plastics and simple salt water instead.
While it can hold less charge than conventional lithium-ion batteries, the prototype, which is made from polymers – long chains of molecules that make up plastics – can charge and discharge in a matter of seconds.
As an added benefit of the materials it uses, it also changes colour as it charges, giving users an easy way to read out the state of charge of the battery.
The prototype, the details of which were published in Energy & Environmental Science, could pave the way for improving the charging rate and toxicity of existing batteries, or provide a route for making entirely new kinds of batteries.
Developing recyclable batteries
Co-lead author Dr. Alexander Giovannitti, who worked on the project while at the Departments of Physics and Chemistry at Imperial, said: “The materials we used to create the battery prototype could potentially be made at low cost and combined with the use of non-toxic and non-flammable water-based electrolytes.
This approach could be a viable route to develop recyclable batteries.”
Batteries with faster charge time but lower capacity could have a range of applications where energy needs to be exchanged quickly but the batteries don’t need to be small, such as when energy from car braking is used moments later to accelerate the vehicle.
The video above shows the battery prototype being charged and discharged.
As it is charged, the positive electrode (left) changes from deep blue to transparent, whereas the negative electrode (right) changes from green through brown to steel grey. Credit: Imperial College London
On a larger scale, when renewable technologies like solar or wind are used as part of a national or local grid, they can only provide energy intermittently.
The team say their prototype would need more work to be suited to these areas, but that the principles behind its design could be applicable to a wide range of energy storage devices in development.
Designing new materials
Polymer materials have been successfully used in batteries before, as additives to provide flexibility or as electrolytes that separate positive and negative electrodes, but their use as active materials in battery electrodes operating in water has proved challenging.
The breakthrough comes from the design of polymer materials that can take up and release positive or negative ions from salt water, quickly and reversibly without degrading.
These ions are attracted to electrodes of opposite charge when the device is charging.
Water-based batteries are desirable because of their non-toxicity, but it has been difficult to get the ions in water to be reversibly exchanged with the electrodes.
The team got around this by designing side-chains to attach to the conducting polymer ‘backbones’.
By using polar materials for the side chains, they could create electrodes with high affinity to water.
With this principle they were able to create positive and negative electrodes that can host their opposite ions from the water – and they had the ingredients for a battery.
As the polymer backbones were already flexible – expanding and contracting while the battery charged and discharged – then no additives were needed.
Co-lead author Dr. Davide Moia, who completed the work while at the Department of Physics at Imperial, said: “Using salt water gets rid of toxicity and flammability concerns, but it has not been easy to use as it can limit the amount of energy you can get in and out of a device compared to other organic electrolytes.
“We now want to test how far this limit can be pushed.
We have compensated for lower performance with a safer combination of materials, but improving the performance could open up the path to whole new types of viable energy storage devices that are also safe and sustainable.”
More information: Davide Moia et al. Design and evaluation of conjugated polymers with polar side chains as electrode materials for electrochemical energy storage in aqueous electrolytes, Energy & Environmental Science (2019). DOI: 10.1039/C8EE03518K
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March Is Officially Maple Month In NH
Let the tapping begin! March is officially Maple Month in New Hampshire and Mother Nature is cooperating.
If you love the gooey, delicious brown stuff you’re in for a good year.
Chris Hicks of Sugar House at Morningstar Farm tells WMUR Channel 9 that there have been ideal weather conditions for tapping the maple trees. Hicks says “usually we are just starting the process…but fortunately this year has been very early for us.”
This is good news because WMUR reports that maple production was down in 2019 due to extremely cold weather and squirrels chewing through tap lines.
It’s not a quick process either.
According to vermontmaple.org, “a sugar maple that is 10 to 12 inches in diameter and about 40 years old is only good for one tap…..and takes about 40 gallons of sap to make just one gallon of maple syrup.”
Vermontmaple.org says that a typical sugaring season lasts about 4 to 6 weeks and begins in March or April, depending on weather conditions. What’s ideal? A the website states a “pattern of freezing and thawing temperatures that reach 40-45 degrees during the day will build up pressure within the trees and get the sap to flow.”
Hicks tells WMUR that they tap about 7,000 trees in Plaistow at Morningstar Farm. He says that customers also feel strongly about supporting local businesses.
If your taste buds are now salivating for all things maple, there’s more good news.
WMUR reports that maple producers will host the 25th annual New Hampshire Maple Weekend on March 21st and March 22nd.
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US (FL): Mass-market floral supply chain gathers in MiamiProduce Marketing Association’s (PMA) Fresh Connections: Floral Miami on July 13 brought together a who’s who of mass-market floral sellers and buyers to learn about new trends in floral, and to simply celebrate the floral community. More than 200 people gathered at the Hyatt Regency Miami from across the floral and potted plant supply chain – including breeders and growers, importers and exporters, retailers and suppliers.
The daylong event opened with a networking session to engage attendees and get them interacting with each other. The first educational session featured an update on trends that are driving consumer demand for floral by Katie Dubow of Garden Media Group, an industry consultant who influences consumer media coverage. In the second session, an international panel of plant breeders discussed new varieties and products in the pipeline that will spark sales. The day closed with a networking reception. PMA Floral Council Vice Chair Carlos Oramas, CEO of Gems Group, was master of ceremonies.
The previous afternoon, buyers and sellers participated in optional Floral Buyer Roundtables, 10-minute introductory meetings designed to help buyers and sellers make connections and open doors to more in-depth dialogue.
“I loved how engaged attendees were with the 2018 trends,” says global trend spotter from Garden Media Group, Katie Dubow. “They uncovered new ways to use trends to grow their business, create new brand ambassadors and ultimately increase sales. Because in today’s fast-paced world with connected consumers, keeping up with trends keeps your business alive.”
“Spending time together as community is very important to this industry. This event fed both our professions and our passions,” said panel moderator Joe Don Zetzsche, director of floral and BLOOMS for the retailer H-E-B, a PMA board director, and PMA’s 2013 Floral Marketer of the Year.
“The mass-market floral retail industry has a tremendous opportunity to grow our sales to consumers. Events like this give us the business information – and customer connections – we need to do that,” said Oramas.
The Miami event followed PMA’s Fresh Connections: Floral Anaheim on June 8. In-person events such as these are examples of how the PMA Floral Council and PMA floral staff are working to address three key business priorities of the mass-market floral industry: research on consumer and industry trends and their business implications; networking; and professional and leadership development.
The PMA floral community will next gather in New Orleans in October for PMA’s Fresh Summit Convention & Expo Oct. 19-21 for floral education, a networking reception where this year’s Floral Marketer of the Year will be named, and the Floral Pavilion destination on the trade show floor. For more information and to register, visit www.freshsummit.com.
PMA also hosts webinars on floral topics throughout the year, and conducts industry research. Last year, PMA and Food Marketing Institute unveiled the first mass-market floral industry benchmarking research in decades. PMA members can also find floral news and information on PMA.com 24/7/365 at www.pma.com/topics/floral. The association’s annual Floral Marketer of the Year award is intended to help promote leadership development within the mass-market floral industry.
University students learn about floral careers
Fresh Connections: Floral Miami also included a program to help university students explore career opportunities in the mass-market floral industry. The students participated in a Career Pathways student-attraction program for the floral industry conducted by Center for Growing Talent by PMA (CGTbyPMA). This year’s 12 participating students hailed from Florida International University, University of Georgia and North Carolina State University.
The floral Career Pathways program is among 11 Career Pathways programs that CGTbyPMA will host this year at industry events around the world, including PMA’s Fresh Summit Convention & Expo in October. To date, 67 percent of students who participated in a Career Pathways program took a job or internship in industry after they graduated.
“The fresh floral industry is a fascinating, diverse industry, yet few college students know about us, which means they so they don’t think of us as a career choice. Career Pathways is helping us to change that,” said Oramas.
For more information about CGTbyPMA and its Career Pathways programs, visit www.growingtalentbypma.org.
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DLF Brands, retail arm of real estate major DLF, plans to open 500 stores selling luxury lifestyle labels in the next five years. The proposed pan will witness the company investing over Rs 10 billion, informed Kelvin Coyle, managing director, DLF brands to Business Standard.
Already partnering seven international brands such as Giorgio Armani and Salvatore Ferragamo, the company also plans to tie up with 12-15 global brands in the next five years, Business Standard further reports. The company further plans to fund its expansion through a mix of equity and debt and go in for tie-ups through joint ventures (JVs) and franchise routes with focus of expansion on metros such as Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai in the initial phase, the report further adds quoting Coyle.
“We know there is an economic slowdown. Today, our business plans are not the same as we were looking at a year ago. While chalking out our current plans, we have factored in the downturn and reduced the plans by 25 per cent,’’ said Coyle in the report.
On anticipated investment, he said it might go up or down, depending on overall conditions and the retail environment. The company plans to open at least 100 stores by the end of 2010, Coyle added.
DLF Brands currently has joint ventures with international brands such as Giorgio Armani Holding BV, Salvatore Ferragamo and Boggi, and franchising agreements with brands such as Alcott, Sia Home Fashion and Sun Glass Hut. With its current portfolio, DLF has over a dozen stores in the country.
— IndiaRetailing Bureau


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Five local hotels made AAA's annual prestigious list of Four and Five Diamond Hotels.
The list includes the Cincinnatian, the area's longest-tenured AAA Four Diamond hotel, with its 19th award.
To other Four Diamond hotels are:
21c Museum Hotel Cincinnati (2014)
Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza (2003)
Renaissance Cincinnati Downtown (2014)
The Westin Cincinnati (2003)
“The AAA Diamond Rating insures a consistent standard of excellence that goes above and beyond customer driven ratings which are much more subjective” says AAA spokeswoman Cheryl Parker. “ Only 5.7 percent of hotels in North America earned the AAA Four Diamond rating this year.”
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January 15, 2014, CarWale India’s largest automotive destination, reportedly reached 9.22 million group visits, a big milestone. We are not even half way through the second month of the new year and have achieved another milestone by attaining 11.1 million group visits until February 12. The group has served 5.74 million unique visitors and recorded over 84.5 million page views in the said duration.
The Indian automobile industry is yet to awake from its slumber, but, the manufacturers were gung-ho at the biennial Motor Show held in India the Auto Expo. While this was one of the influential factors in CarWale's website achieveing this feat before targeted time, it cannot be singled out as the only one.
Our website has grown by leaps and bounds over the last one year, doubling up the number of unique visitors to 4.6 million besides recording 8.7 million monthly visits at a spectacular growth rate of 110% compared to last year. Our website on two-wheels, BikeWale, is the fastest growing bike portal in the industry. It has clocked over 1.43 million visits in the same period and registered a 290% growth over the last year.
Mohit Dubey, Co-founder and CEO, CarWale says, "I am delighted and proud at this feat. This is a manifestation of users' continued trust in us and fuels us to do far better. We will continue to simplify automotive buying for our users with world-class products."
We are glad to have served the interests of every motorist visiting our site and in a bid to keep the good work going we will provide even better service in the coming months. Our efforts to serve our visitors will never cease and we thank every CarWale and BikeWale visitor without whom this achievement wouldn’t have been possible.


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The Arkansas-based meat production company Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of ground turkey after a potential link was found between the meat and a strain of antibiotic-resistant salmonella. From Slate:
The tainted turkey, produced in a Cargill meat plant based in Arkansas, dated back to February and was distributed under the Honeysuckle White brand to different retailers, including chain stores such as Kroger and Safeway.
The first case of a salmonella related illness was reported in early March, but it took the Agriculture Department and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention months to narrow down the source. Even now, Cargill was not identified as the definite source of the outbreak.


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Australia’s Consumer Data Right (CDR) has promised much for consumers, from cheaper products to more tailored banking services, but so far uptake and use of the scheme has been limited. Two years on from the official launch of the CDR, industry and consumers alike appear stuck in a holding pattern, awaiting the scheme’s first “killer use case” – one that will substantially increase the accessibility and usability of Open Data. Beforepay chief executive Jamie Twiss believes, however, that the emergence of a new “smart intermediary” could thrust Open Banking into the public consciousness and make the CDR a truly consumer-friendly experience.
Twiss, the former chief strategy officer at Westpac and, since mid-2021, head of the ‘pay-on-demand’ fintech Beforepay, believes “a new type of company” will emerge to support customers through the unwieldy “search, selection, and [data] movement” and ‘consents’ process – that is, consumers’ express permission for companies to use their data.
Currently, consumers act as their own data intermediator, Twiss said, in many ways “manually moving consents between different organisations”.
This restricts their activity within the scheme, creating bottlenecks that limit consumers’ ability to share their data with multiple financial services businesses and, as a result, how effectively they can search for and usefully compare financial products – one of the principal selling points of the scheme.
“You might [be able to] apply for three mortgages, but it’s going to be harder to apply for, say, 20,” Twiss said at the Future of Financial Services, Sydney 2022 conference.
Consent is the “foundation” of the CDR, according to the Office of Australian Information Commission (OAIC), a co-regulator of the scheme, empowering consumers to decide where their data is sent and how – and for how long – it can be used by businesses. However, the rules governing consent can be tricky for the average consumer to navigate, with a dizzying array of data-sharing options to choose from (not to mention new products and services that can be sent one’s way).
For Twiss, a trusted “smart intermediary” could prove invaluable for CDR users.
“You can see the value of a smart intermediary that manages consents for you, that understands your data and who you are, and actually goes out and practically finds those offers for you, and then manages you through the consent process to get the data safely over to those people,” Twiss said.
The first iteration of the multi-industry CDR, officially launched for the banking sector in July 2020 (and popularly known as Open Banking) has promised not only to empower greater product choice and service tailoring for consumers, but also put downward pressure on prices, as switching between institutions becomes that much easier and competition between banks inevitably increases.
“I think everybody is excited about Open Data – and yet we’re still kind of waiting for it,” Twiss said.
“We’re still yet to find that killer use case.
“We haven’t found that ‘Netscape Navigator’ moment… where suddenly everybody realise[s] that data sharing is going to be incredibly important and disruptive.”
Challengers nipping at heels – incumbents must leverage advantage now
A successful CDR could entirely upend the banking sector’s four pillars model, challenging the long-standing oligopoly of Australia’s major banks.
For Twiss, too many banks are relying on the inconvenience that customers have long faced in switching products or institutions.
“Organisations are relying on the advantages of incumbency, which is based on customer stickiness, which is based on an inability to switch, which is based on an inability to easily share data,” Twiss said.
“If you’re relying on customer stickiness, then you do not have a sustainable business model [in an Open Banking world].”
Twiss added: “Anyone whose economics rely on the gap from your front- and your backdoor pricing – and I think this certainly applies to the big banks and their mortgage books – will face sustained pressure on that gap and will have to trade off giving up that backdoor margin and potentially bleed share.
“And that trade-off will get worse every year.”
As the CDR matures, Twiss argues, customer stickiness will inevitably and rapidly decrease.
“If your model is ‘I know I’m not very good at what I do, but I already have four million Australians and they keep paying me’, I think the end of the road will come into sight soon.”
Incumbents still have “plenty of advantages” to thrive in a mature Open Data world – but must act now to preserve their advantage, he said.
“You have all the customers today. You have deep pockets,” Twiss said.
“I know you all have challenges, whether that’s with your tech stack or your service model or [others]. But you do have resources and you do have some time.
“If you’re in a position to significantly improve your game, even if that means you’re sacrificing margin, then that should give you at least a ticket to play in what the new world looks like.”
Stepping up as a value-added smart intermediary could prove the decisive factor to preserve incumbents’ dominance, Twiss said.
“Banks are not trusted by their customers on any dimension – except that customers trust them with their data and their money, because they always have.”
“And that puts you in a very strong position to potentially be the intermediary yourself.
“Again, you have to disrupt your business to do so, but if you’re looking towards the future and trying to build something, that is absolutely something you’re well positioned to build.”


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