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The number of television sets connected to the internet is forecast to rise from around 300 million at the end of 2013 to almost 760 million by 2018. That will represent over a quarter of the television sets in the world. The latest forecast from Digital TV Research includes smart televisions, games consoles, digital media adapter devices, network connected set-top boxes and disc players.
“Connected TV is undergoing the largest upheaval in its short history,” writes Simon Murray of Digital TV Research. “The introduction of affordable devices such as Google’s Chromecast and Sky’s Now TV are shaking up the market, with connected TV set manufacturers already reducing their prices as a reaction to this increased rivalry. The introduction of three next-generation games consoles adds further competition.”
The number of smart television sets will overtake games consoles connected to the internet, rising from around 110 million by the end of 2013 to nearly 260 million, accounting for over a third of all connected television sets.
Games consoles will be boosted by the launch of the next generation Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The total number of network connected games consoles is forecast to rise to over 175 million by 2018.
The number of digital media adapters, in the form of retail set-top boxes and dongle devices, is forecast to increase from around 34 million at the end of 2013 to reach over 125 million in 2018.
Television service providers will also contribute to the number of network connected televisions with hybrid set-top boxes, reaching over 115 million sets by the end of 2018.
Blu-ray disc players will also play a role in the expansion of connected television, with 81 million connections forecast by 2018, which is nearly double the total forecast for the end of 2013.
The United States is expected to have around a third of all connected television sets by the end of 2013, but this proportion will fall to under a quarter by 2018, while China will rise to reach over 16% of connected sets.
The Connected TV Forecasts report is available from Digital TV Research. It includes individual forecasts for 40 countries.


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One thing is certain; business markets will continue to change. Unlike shifts that occurred in the business world three decades ago, changes that are happening today are coming at a faster rate. Smart entrepreneurs, whether they are solopreneurs (a one-woman outfit) or owners of large corporations, need a healthy appetite for risks taking. Fast markets and unexpected industry shifts demand that entrepreneurs also have vision.
Bringing a vision to fruition, of course, calls for creativity. It also calls for the right automated marketing tools. Without these tools, entrepreneurs can expect it to take them two or more hours a day to build and distribute email marketing campaigns, lead capture deliverables, event management and social marketing.
For example, automated marketing tools use a company’s existing web forms to capture new leads. Automated marketing tools also empower entrepreneurs to assign owners to web form leads, add leads to pre-built trigger email campaigns and review and analyze visitor tracking analytics.
Surveys built into automated marketing tools make it possible for entrepreneurs to build a survey in a matter of minutes. People operating a business today might be happy to learn that marketing tools also give business owners the resources to streamline social media marketing campaigns.
With these resources not only can entrepreneurs publish content like videos, pictures, motivational quotes, daily business facts and short films to social media networks they have accounts on, they can also track how well their published content is performing at the social media networks. To entice visitors to their business’ social media page to stay longer, digging deeper into content provided at the page, entrepreneurs can easily add widgets to their online content.
It’s these types of action steps that help keep business owners on the cutting edge of digital change. And staying on the cutting edge is critical, because as leaders at the Singapore Management University share, more changes are coming. More specifically, the leaders say, “2014 will be the year that wearable technology goes mainstream. We have seen the much-hyped introduction of Google Glass, Samsung Galaxy Gear and various Minority Report-inspired products. Many companies will jump on the bandwagon. I expect to see continuous innovation and companies daring to push the next frontier as they attempt to introduce the next product that the world will employ as an indispensable tool.”
In fact, changes that may be headed the world’s way have a strong chance of shocking even the rarest visionary. No business owner has the time to get bogged down in manual marketing campaigns, the types of campaigns that rely solely on spreadsheets, print presentations and traditional forms of marketing. Time spent working on manual projects erodes the time that entrepreneurs could be spending on introducing their products or services to prospects.
It also robs entrepreneurs of the time they could be spending on training newly hired employees on how to better market to consumers via direct marketing methods. But, more importantly, it may help entrepreneurs to combine their creativity, vision and sales goals into winning propositions.

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'E.T.' Atari Games Unearthed From New Mexico Landfill
Here it is up close - the very first ET cartridge exhumed after 30 years pic.twitter.com/nb8tv33w8F
— Larry Hryb (@majornelson) April 26, 2014
If you're familiar with video game lore, you're probably aware of the Alamogordo Landfill in New Mexico. As legend has it, Atari buried thousands -- some say millions -- of copies of 1982's E.T. video game at the site due to the game being an unparalleled commercial and critical failure. Over the years, the story has inspired countless message board debates -- and even the creation of The Mooninites -- but has remained confined to the realm of urban legend... until this past week, that is, when excavators uncovered copies of the famous game.
Epic day! After 30+ years, a successful ET Atari recovery! #digginget #atari #xbox pic.twitter.com/2eg8EaofL8
— Elan Lee (@elanlee) April 26, 2014
The dig was organized by Fuel Entertainment and Xbox Entertainment Studios as part of an upcoming documentary on the game. While exciting news for hardcore video game fans, such a discovery doesn't exactly move the needle for those of us with only a passing interest in video game culture. For the casual fans, I guess you could say the news is nothing to phone home about.


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Topshop May Be Coming to a Mall Near You!
Topshop may be coming to a neighborhood near you in the near future. The store’s exec Sir Philip Green just inked a deal with investment group Leonard Green & Partners (LGP) to expand the retailer’s reach within three to four years with the sale of a 25% stake. For starters, the British retailer will continue its partnership with Nordstrom where it has 14 in-store locations but will open the first U.S. Topshop and Topman stores in Los Angeles on February 14 with a possible Manhattan Flagship in the future. The businessman talked to Women’s Wear Daily about the deal and revealed that there may be up to 50 stores that could hit malls across the U.S. “[LGP] feels that we can go into at least 50 cities,” he said. “We’ve never thought of that.” The new deal leaves open many possibilities, but we’ve got our fingers crossed that we’ll see more of the British designs!


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In a recent post made to the Google Developer’s Blog, it was revealed that the company’s experimental workshop Area 120 has been working on implementing ad formats designed for mobile VR.
The project comes as a response over developer concern over making money to fund future VR applications, with the goal being to create a non-disruptive, easy way for developers to implement ad experiences.
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The first idea for a potential format shows a cube that the user may tap in order to engage with and then see a video ad pop up. By tapping on the cube or staring at it for a few seconds, the cube opens a video player that the user can then watch and close.


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There will be plenty of glasses raised this week as Guinness marks 200 years since it first started shipping the black stuff to the US.
In another big anniversary, the company is also marking the 120th anniversary of the birth of John Gilroy, the artist behind the classic Guinness advertisements that ran from the 1930s to the 1960s. The ads played a significant role in helping to make the brand known globally.
A handwritten note discovered in a brewer's log held at Guinness's archives at St James's Gate in Dublin, reveals that on October 16th, 1817, eight "hogsheads" of porter were delivered to a Mr John Heavy in South Carolina.
To mark the anniversary, brewers working at the company's Open Gate Brewery in Dublin have dreamed up a 200th anniversary export stout for sale in the US. It is based on an original recipe from Benjamin Guinness, the son of founder Arthur Guinness.
Diageo is set to mark the next chapter in its history stateside with the opening of the first Guinness brewery in more than 60 years on US soil. The $50 million (€42 million) Open Gate Brewery and Barrel House, which will open next year, is located in Relay, Maryland.
Limited edition cans
Closer to home, Guinness is also marking the anniversary of the birth of John Gilroy with the launch of limited edition cans bearing two of his most famous ads.
The cans depict Mr Gilroy’s “smiling pint” image and his lobster illustration. The latter was conceived as Guinness was once considered to be the perfect pairing with the seafood.
Guinness was established in 1759 when Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease on St James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin. It is now brewed in 49 countries and sold in more than 150 countries with almost nine million glasses of the stout consumed each day.


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Wednesday February 1st 2017
The steering group of recent launch of MBTAG at Thirlestane Castle.
Stephen Whitelaw of Digital Tourism Scotland is among the guest speakers at the first event organised by Midlothian and Borders Tourism Action Group (MBTAG). MBTAG was set up earlier this year (2017) to develop the counties’ tourism industries.
The free event is on 21 February at the Peebles Hydro Hotel and is open to all tourism related businesses in Midlothian and the Borders.
Midlothian Council’s cabinet member for economic development Councillor Jim Bryant said: “It’s fantastic the group has managed to pull together such an impressive line-up of speakers in such a short space of time.
“I’m really looking forward to hearing more about how digital technology can have an enormous impact on tourism in the Borders and Midlothian by doing everything from connecting local businesses with customers to using the latest video techniques to bring services to a global marketplace.”
Councillor Stuart Bell, SBC’s Executive Member for Economic Development, said: “With more visitors coming to the Scottish Borders and Midlothian thanks to the Borders Railway, MBTAG was set up with the aim of helping develop businesses to deliver authentic experiences to these tourists.
“The first MBTAG event has a wide variety of speakers offering their knowledge on various digital technology trends, and their advice will prove hugely useful for tourism-related businesses in their efforts to attract more new visitors.”
Stephen Whitelaw will speak about the latest digital marketing and tourism consumer trends.
Also on the agenda is a seminar by Mark Sorsa-Leslie of the Edinburgh-based Bubbal. Bubbal makes it easier to publish hyper-local content and connect with customers, visitors and potential consumers. The firm is currently working with ScotRail to pilot the use of this technology on The Borders Railway.
Dave Bowie and Nick Hyatt of 360 Video Pro will show how simple it is to share 360 degree video in order to truly stand out from competitors while Alan Martin of Chat Marketing will explain the current trends in social media and what they mean for local businesses.
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ngaging with both the wider tourism sector outside of the Borders Railway corridor and businesses along the line, the two year MBTAG project has secured £150,000 from the Borders Railway Blueprint Group, and a further £200,000 from Scottish Enterprise’s Tourism Destination Development Fund to implement the plan.
MBTAG is a private sector led initiative in partnership with Midlothian Council, Scottish Borders Council, Midlothian Tourism Forum, Scottish Borders Tourism Partnership, ScotRail and VisitScotland. MBTAG has pledged to work collaboratively with local businesses over an initial two year period.
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Powerade launch zero-calorie sports drink
Powerade, a brand under the Coca-Cola Company banner, has tried to enhance their offering with the creation of a sports drink with no calories.
Powerade Zero, the first sports drink from a major brand to offer zero calories, is Coca-Cola’s response to the range of new options by market leader Gatorade.
Gatorade, a division of PepsiCo, introduced their own low calorie option last year -‘G2′. G2 was designed to keep hydration levels high off-field and has proven very popular. ‘Tiger’, a drink with added electrolytes, and ‘A.M.’ have also been launched by Gatorade to assist them with maintaining their market dominance.
Vice president of marketing at Powerade, Matt Kahn, is confident the new drink will be a success. “We think we have the right strategy … to take Powerade up a notch,” he told USA Today. “We expect big things from Powerade Zero.”
Kahn’s optimism is warranted based on the success of the G2 product which, after being released a mere four months ago, has already captured 8% of the US sports drink market according to Beverage Digest.
The flood of new sports drinks available is in response to demand from non-athletes seeking a healthy and hydrating sports drink.
Lindt is expanding its Australian presence, opening a new retail store in Canberra.
The winners of the 2016 International Spirits Challenge hosted in London have been announced.
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Coca-Cola South Pacific has announced a new summer marketing campaign for its Fuze Tea beverage.
Nespresso is bringing back one of its most popular coffee pods, ‘Tribute to Milano’.
Nestles Nescafe business has unveiled a new Nescafe Gold range.
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Mitch Gould and Nutritional Products International Help Health and Wellness Launch Products in the U.S.
Helping fuel this unparalleled boom is an economy flushed with COVID-19 stimulus money and, as the Journal reported, new businesses opening at a historic rate.
“The economy was strong before the pandemic, and it seems to be in great shape to exceed all expectations in the near future,” said Mitch Gould, CEO of Nutritional Products International, a global brand management firm based in Boca Raton, Fl. “COVID-19 put life on hold for many people. Now, with extra savings, they will help power the economic rebound.”
Gould said international product manufacturers are watching the U.S. recovery with great interest.
“Even during the pandemic, I worked with health and wellness companies worldwide that wanted to launch products in the U.S.,” Gould said. “Many of them laid the groundwork to expand their presence in America during the health crisis. They are now in a position to ride the economic recovery wave to success.”
Gould and NPI continue to work with new companies that want to launch their products in the U.S.
“NPI has been developing the retail infrastructure for our clients,” Gould said. “We make sure their products meet FDA guidelines and we contact retailers to carry their products.”
Gould developed his “Evolution of Distribution” platform to make it easy for retailers to enter the U.S. market.
“We provide all the services product manufacturers need. Under the NPI banner, we provide expertise in sales, logistics, and marketing,” Gould said.
Gould’s career with product manufacturers spans more than three decades.
“One of my highlights occurred in the early 2000s when Amazon launched its health and wellness category online,” Gould said. “I worked with Jeff Fernandez, who was part of the team tasked with stocking the virtual shelves of this new category.”
Gould used all of his contacts in the health and wellness industry to place more than 150 health and wellness brands with Amazon.
Today, Fernandez, who also worked as a buyer for Walmart, is the president of NPI.
“Jeff and I have a great working relationship, which is why I brought him into the NPI family,” Gould said.
Together, along with the rest of the NPI team, Gould and Fernandez are looking forward to the historic economic recovery in the U.S.
“2021 should be a record year for NPI, as well,” he added.
For more information, visit Nutritional Products International online.
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NPI is a privately-held company specializing in the retail distribution of nutraceuticals, dietary supplements, functional beverages, and skincare products. NPI offers a unique, proven approach for product manufacturers worldwide seeking to launch or expand their products’ distribution in the U.S. retail market.
Mitch Gould, CEO of NPI, is a third-generation retail distribution and manufacturing professional. Gould developed the “Evolution of Distribution” platform, which provides domestic and international product manufacturers with the sales, marketing, and product distribution expertise required to succeed in the world’s largest market — the United States. Gould, known as a global marketing guru, also has represented icons from the sports and entertainment worlds such as Steven Seagal, Hulk Hogan, Ronnie Coleman, Roberto Clemente Jr., Chuck Liddell, and Wayne Gretzky.


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Some other reports say that in order to provide official contents to this service, Warner Music Group has signed with a few prestigious channels such as Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group. At the moment, Spotify boasts over 140 million monthly users while Apple Music has over 30 million subscribers. Now, its music streaming service Music Unlimited and Echo lineup of smart speakers will be available in a number of countries in Europe and South America. After the not so stellar performances of Google Play Music and YouTube Red, reports are saying they will be trying once again to launch a new service that will not just bring in revenue but also appease record companies who are asking for better revenue from YouTube. It may happen that Amazon Play Music will offer some discounts for its services in the countries which has recently been added here. That morphed into YouTube Red in 2016, letting users watch any video without advertising. The new service, code-named Remix, would include on-demand streaming and as well as YouTube video clips. Also, the music labels those have been pushing for money from the video streaming site with Youtube's music service.
YouTube must overcome several hurdles to meet a March target.
This rollout is part of a massive global push that started over a year ago, TechCrunch reports.
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In September, Trump Jr. told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he, Goldstone and Agalarov "never discussed the meeting again". Department of Justice Special Counsel Robert Mueller is also conducting a broad investigation of the matter.
Though the music industry had hoped Red would be devoted to music, YouTube has positioned it as a home for original video projects like science-fiction comedy "Lazer Team" and a reboot of "The Karate Kid".
YouTube has already hired Warner Music Executive Lyor Cohen to help manage its music operations.
According to Bloomberg, Alphabet Inc., the parent company for Google and YouTube, plans to launch a music subscription service as early as March 2018 in an effort to catch up to rival music streaming services such as Apple Music and Spotify.


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GUBA Awards will be hosting a two-day Expo at the Charlton Athletic Football Club, London, on Friday November 7 and Saturday November 8, 2014.
The Expo will be taking place from 9am to 6pm on both days.
The expo will be a business focused event aiming to equip businesses with the knowledge and insights on procurement standards and supply procedures to major multinational companies in the UK.
It will be a platform for buyers to connect with potential suppliers and offers investment prospects for attendees.
The objective of the GUBA Expo is to increase trade between the UK and Africa, to increase the economic opportunities for Africa and the UK.
The focus will be centered on connecting small and medium-sized African businesses (SMBs) seeking to establish their products in the British mainstream market.
These SMBs will gain access to industry experts who will share knowledge and advice on achieving industry-set benchmarks.
The event will also feature exhibitions, networking and invaluable workshops led by industry experts.
The current prominence of African inspired products on the British market makes it imperative for SMBs to market and promote products effectively.
Major retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s and ASOS have demonstrated their interest in African SMBs by stocking products from various countries on the continent. The GUBA Expo aims to bridge the gap between production and procurement for SMBs, and hopes to facilitate a profitable relationship.
The first day of the GUBA Expo will be an opportunity for attendees to benefit from the informative workshops. Experts from various companies will speak on areas such as: Business Planning, Going Global on a Budget, How to Pitch & win Contracts, Expand your Brand with Social Media, Branding & Packaging, Tax, Exports and Imports. Attendees and registered exhibitors will get to partake in Q&A sessions alongside these workshops.
The second day of the expo will be a showcase of the products on offer by the registered exhibitors. Products on offer and presented for sale on the day will include: Clothes and Accessories, Furniture, Cosmetics, Food & Beverages and many more. Procurement experts and wholesale buyers from major outlets will also sample products, interact and provide advice.
Several dignitaries and business experts have confirmed attendance to the GUBA Expo.
Among them are Ghana's Minister for Tourism, Cultureand Creative Arts Ghana, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, MP for Greenwich & Woolwich, Nick Raynsford, Representatives from Barclays Bank and several others.
- Afenyo-Markin pleads for confirmation of ministerial nominees
- AFCON 2023Q: Antoine Semenyo nets last-ditch winner as Black Stars beat Angola
- Ashaiman invasion: We have been commended for ridding town of criminals – DG of Armed Forces Public Affairs
- I didn’t attend the seminary to become a Priest – Rev. Akua Boateng
- Ghana power firms reject move to restructure $1.4bn debt
- Get financing assurances from creditors, partners before Board approval – IMF to Ghana
- Ghana v Angola: Jordan Ayew, Kudus start as Chris Hughton era begins
- 3 die, 8 go blind as FDA cautions against certain eyedrop brands
- AFCON 2023Q: Benching Andre Ayew was my choice – Chris Hughton
- Ghana is not poor, we are only being poorly managed – Dr. Ali-Nakyea
- I wanted something that reflected Africa – Sheryl Lee Ralph on why she wore kente to NAACP
- ICGC’s CT Praise to drop ‘Lala Dance Medley’ ahead of The Encounter album
- Pregnant mother’s death in Oti Region island community sparks healthcare concern
- Esmond Quansah: Lead pollution, Ghana’s ticking time-bomb
- Support Ghana’s Efforts to Restore Debt Sustainability – IMF to Bilateral Creditors
- We’re making progress towards securing a deal with China – Ofori-Atta
- Chamber of Mines appeals to government to protect mining firms
- Minority MPs oppose approval of 2 Supreme Court Justice nominees
- Be Cautious in Making Financial Decisions in Times of Uncertainty – SIMS
- 23 KNUST newly-qualified veterinary doctors inducted
- Partnerships – main driver behind mobile money success in Ghana – Eric Nsarkoh
- “His first goal will boost his confidence” – Asamoah Gyan backs Inaki Williams to flourish
- NYA trains 40 students in vocational skills in Western North
- KATH begins home delivery of drugs to chronic but stable patients
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It was a packed house at Motor City Casino Soundboard Wednesday morning.
People attended the annual Detroit Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau membership meeting. Here they saw the plans to market Detroit to the rest of the world.
“I think it’s fascinating how we’ve been getting out more in the world,” said Debbie Gibb with Sea Life Michigan Aquarium & Legoland Discovery Center. “Just getting known more. Detroit’s known for its grittiness and it’s that we’re gonna fight and we’re gonna come back and we’re gonna be better than ever.”
It’s an exciting time for these members, made up of businesses with connection to the hospitality industry.
“Oh you’ve got people from hotels, restaurants, attractions, transportation companies, all individuals that look forward and depend on the hospitality industry and the people that come in and help their business,” said Larry Alexander with the Visitors Bureau.
‘It’s Go Time’
A new year means a new advertising campaign for the visitors bureau. Last year’s was “Detroit, America’s Comeback City.” This year’s is “It’s Go Time.”
“We don’t have to compare ourselves to the past anymore,” said Alexander. “We don’t have to keep saying we’re coming back. We’re back! And our tourism product is great. It’s alive. It’s active. It’s edgy. We want people to experience it now!”
The new theme and this special marketing video were unveiled at Wednesday morning’s meeting and it will go out to the rest of the world starting today. Detroit has come back in more ways than one.
“To come down here now and see so many amazing restaurants and so many wonderful activities and to see people out and about, I love it as a native Detroiter,” said Gibbs.
And now the rest of the world has a chance to love it to.
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Independent wrap platform IFDL is putting its direct-to-consumer (D2C) business Fundsdirect up for sale.
The group said the fund supermarket is not seen as core to its ongoing business strategy of providing investment administration services to intermediaries.
Launched in 1999, Fundsdirect currently has 2,000 customers with around £23m of assets under administration. IFDL is seeking a purchaser of the Fundsdirect assets together with the client base.
Hugo Thorman (pictured), managing director at IFDL, said: "Fundsdirect participates in the D2C market which is expected to benefit hugely from [the] Retail Distribution Review but it is ultimately at odds with our ongoing strategy which is to focus on intermediaries.
"Obviously we would expect to continue to administer the assets and products for the new owner. Research suggests that there will be strong consumer demand for access to direct platforms, giving a new entrant a great springboard for growth in this market."
Thorman said the company operates primarily as a provider to introducers and the sale of the D2C platform removes any potential conflicts of interest.
IFDL said the development marks a shift in the company's approach to execution only services. It is currently developing a new B2B2C (Business to Business to Consumer) platform, which will allow distributors to set up their own non-advised business stream.
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For many, losing weight can often be the easy part. However, maintaining that weight loss is the neverending battle. But now, new research suggests the low-carb diet is your best bet in order to maintain weight loss after that initial loss.
The low-carb diet is currently the go-to diet when it comes to rapid weight loss. It works on the premise that users cut down drastically on their carb intake as well as substantially increasing their protein and fat intake. By eating more fat and protein and cutting out most of your carbs, the body then converts its energy use from carbs to fat. People who love this diet swear that this form of energy use assists in winning the weight loss war but help with those hunger pangs that quite often see dieters throw in the rag and resume their normal eating patterns.
As pointed out by Today, new research might actually help to collaborate this theory.
A new study, published on Wednesday to The BMJ indicates that a low-carb diet helps to boost the number of calories burned as well as helping to maintain weight loss over a period of time.
The study was conducted on 164 people who had recently lost weight. Of these people, the researchers involved in the study allocated each to one of three diets for 20 weeks. These diets were: high-carb, moderate-carb, and low-carb.
What was discovered during this study was that people on the low-carb diet burned as many as 250 more calories per day than those on the high-carb diet. In addition, those in the low-carb diet category also "had significantly lower levels of ghrelin — known as the hunger hormone," according to Today.
As the Los Angeles Times points out, this new study could be considered in line with an alternative hypothesis about weight loss. This theory sees people not being able to lose weight not because they are consuming too many calories versus their energy expenditure, but because of something called the "carbohydrate-insulin model."
"Consuming processed carbohydrates (especially refined grains, potato products, and sugars), causes our bodies to produce more insulin. Too much insulin, one of the most powerful hormones, forces our fat cells into calorie-storage overdrive. These rapidly growing fat cells then hoard too many calories, leaving too few for the rest of the body. So we get hungry, and if we persist in eating less, our metabolism slows down."
"There aren't enough calories for the rest of the body and that's what causing people — despite the fact they may have 50 or 100 pounds of extra body fat — to think they're starving," Ludwig said. "Until we relieve that internal starvation, calorie restriction is doomed to fail."
So, for now, if you are currently trying to lose weight -- and maintain that weight loss -- the low-carb diet seems to be the way to go.


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This afternoon Aleksandr Milewski posted a picture that suggested the ticket-less streak might come to an end, but now Google says its car was flagged down because it was going so slowly. These new prototype models are classified as "Neighborhood Electric Vehicles" and have their speeds capped at 25mph, so they stick to slower-moving streets. The officer had some questions about the car, which is apparently common for the cartoony vehicles. According to Google, its self-driving vehicles have driven 1.2 million miles, or the equivalent of 90 years of experience for an average person -- and probably still can't get an insurance discount.
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One business that is getting a significant amount of rate of interest today is QuantumScape (NYSE: QS). Shares of this solid-state battery manufacturer have skyrocketed greater than 7% at the time of writing, on uncommonly high volume. For capitalists in qs stock price today, this move is a welcome reprieve from the or else negative price action seen over the past year.
Indeed, over the past twelve month, shares of QS stock have given up almost 60% of their value.
Much of the view around solid-state batteries has actually moved drastically over the past year. Why? Well, capitalists appear to be reducing their expectations as to when this modern technology will be sensible. Simply put, also advocates of the game-changing technology that QuantumScape concentrates on think that it may take time.
Accordingly, assumptions of future capital development are significantly being pushed out right into more years, a truth that doesn’t square well with rising rates of interest.
Where Do Analysts Believe QS Stock Is Headed?
For referral, QS stock presently trades at $18.60.
– JPMorgan’s Jose Asumendi lately restated a “hold” ranking on QS stock, with a price target of $27 per share.
– Adam Jonas of Morgan Stanley also reiterated an “equal weight” score, lowering his rate target to $30 from $40 for QS stock.
– Finally, Baird expert George Gianarikas preserved a “hold” score, with a $20 price target on this stock.
Why QuantumScape Stock Suddenly Leapt Monday Afternoon
QuantumScape (QS 6.88%) stock soared greater by as high as 12.8% Monday afternoon before regulating to shut the session up by 6.8%. The sudden enter the stock price can be attributed to a short article released by German service month-to-month Manager Magazin that sustained conjecture about a possible collaboration between QuantumScape as well as a high-end vehicle maker.
QuantumScape is building multilayer solid-state lithium metal battery cells that are apparently far better than the lithium-ion batteries that presently power most electric vehicles (EVs) on a number of matters, including energy thickness, efficiency, billing rate, price, as well as safety.
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According to the Supervisor Magazin post, Volkswagen’s (VWAGY 2.12%) deluxe brand name Porsche, best recognized for its 911 cars, is reportedly establishing an electrical version of the 911 that might utilize solid-state batteries, as well as is working with QuantumScape to provide them.
Although neither QuantumScape nor Porsche have actually verified anything yet, capitalists were probably banking on this rumor confirming real, given the firm’s long-standing collaboration with Volkswagen.
In 2021, QuantumScape received an extra $100 million well worth of funding from Volkswagen after its battery cells met the car manufacturer’s technological landmark needs in laboratory examinations. The two companies have additionally signed an arrangement to jointly develop a solid-state battery pilot-line facility.
QuantumScape doesn’t expect to start commercial production of its batteries prior to 2024. Yet investors have wagered huge on the stock, and the backing of Volkswagen develops an essential part of the financial investment thesis for the EV battery start-up.


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China's independently developed high temperature superconducting electric maglev transportation system has completed its first suspension run, according to its developer CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. in northeast China's Jilin Province.
Composed of the sub-systems of vehicle, track, traction power supply and operation communication, the high temperature superconducting electric maglev transportation system is suitable for the application scenarios of high-speed, ultra-high-speed and low vacuum pipelines.
It can operate at a speed of 600 km/h or above.
In future, the superconducting electric maglev transportation system is expected to be an important candidate for rapid transportation between large cities and developed economic regions.
Since the early 1990s, CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles has been committed to the research, development and manufacturing of maglev trains.
In recent years, it built a 200-meter high temperature superconducting maglev traffic test line and independently developed automotive high temperature superconducting magnets that can operate completely without power, as well as electric maglev sample vehicles and a high strength non-magnetic track.


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RAMSEUR — Amor Furniture and Bedding hopes to help fill the gap left by the closures of United Furniture and Klaussner Home Furnishings.
The Ramseur-based furniture manufacturer has bought the former Benchcraft Upholstery building in Staley, including all the contents, fixtures, machinery and even fabric. The company had closed last year with the death of its owner, Craig Wright.
Besides building its own product line of promotional furniture, Amor had also contracted with Klaussner to build some of its products. “They didn’t have enough workers,” said Spiro Laousis, president of Amor. “Then they got workers from United (after that company closed last year). Now the market is flooded with people looking for jobs (after Klaussner announced the ending of operations on Aug. 7).”
According to a press release, the acquisition and revamping of the Benchcraft facility will make room for “Amor's new mid-priced lineup that will be debuted at market in High Point in October.”
Laousis said his “designers and company scrambled to create identical knock-offs of the now defunct United/Lane Furniture's best sellers. He explained that to insure authenticity and maintain the quality and spirit of United/Lane, Amor Furniture purchased most of United/Lane's Trinity plant #31 production plant intact from the bankruptcy. He transported 30-odd trailers worth of raw material, patterns, fabric and frames to Staley and now has United/Lane's plant replicated at the former Benchcraft, now Amor Furniture's new plant.”
In an interview at the Amor Ramseur plant last week, Laousis said, “We’ve become a beacon of hope, a reincarnation of United.” That’s not only for workers who lost their jobs at United and Klaussner but also for suppliers of those two now-defunct manufacturers. “They’re looking at us as saviors,” he said.
“With people putting their hopes on us, it’s added pressure to get up and running,” Laousis said. That requires a marketing and sales team to sell furniture and getting the factories up and running. Those who have worked for United would be a plus since the sales representatives have contacts with customers and the workers are familiar with the products.
“United 2 will be separate from Amor,” said Laousis. United made furniture at a mid-price range while Amor produces at a lower price range. He plans to use United’s method of producing at high efficiency, with each worker doing an individual job rather than making a piece from the bottom up. That goes back to Henry Ford’s assembly line production of cars.
Laousis said that by streamlining the process he hopes to go from producing dozens of pieces a day to thousands. And, he’ll focus on United’s styles that were the top 20 lines that made up 80 percent of sales.
“We’re the only company to fill the gap that United left,” he said. “It was the second-largest furniture manufacturer in the world. Somebody has to fill the void.”
While other manufacturers were buying up United’s finished goods, Amor was focused on United’s raw goods, such as upholstery kits. A kit consists of pre-cut fabric produced overseas at a cheaper cost. Upholsterers then use the kits to cover the frames.
“We’ll be building from kits to put in stock,” Laousis said. “Then we can ship an order within days.”
Just as important, he said, is consistency. “Quality includes consistency, which is very important. You make sure you’re putting out your best effort. What goes out the door is what a customer expects.”
Laousis said he started in retail furniture when he got out of the Army, selling to the Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia markets. His Casa Furniture was listed in the Top 100 stores in the country.
One of his suppliers was Carolina Furniture on Pleasant Ridge Road south of Ramseur. When Carolina went bankrupt in 2010, Laousis bought the company and started Amor. He still uses the Carolina facility to build frames.
His main upholstery factory is on Greenhill Road, at the site of the former John Plant Company. He’ll continue to produce there under the Amor name while building United 2 furniture in Staley.
“Amor means love,” Laousis said. “I love furniture. This is what we love to do. You can love it, too.”
Amor Furniture and Bedding, LLC, is hiring all positions from new sales representatives to upholsterers. Experience with Lane/United is a plus. Call 336-795-1077 or email to email@example.com for more information or to apply.


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August 9, 1996 |
The line, eight deep in places, queues behind the velvet ropes on Delaware Avenue and snakes around the corner onto Spring Garden Street. Pulsating music wafts out of the club Egypt, a hint of what awaits inside. The good-looking crowd is dressed to impress - the young women in skimpy summerwear and the young men in pressed T-shirts and slacks. Brightly colored lights illuminate the packed dance floor; cigarette smoke blends with traces of Polo and Obsession. At first glance, this hopping Wednesday looks like any other night on the waterfront, but this is not the usual bar crowd.
October 6, 2004 |
Abercrombie & Fitch fashions are a lot like Gap's this fall: lots of denim, polos and soft cardigans. But to the college-age shopper, Abercrombie is so over; Gap is what's up. "Abercrombie lost it when they became a little 'too white' with their advertising. They lost and alienated a lot of people who didn't see themselves or their friends represented," explains David Morrison, founder and chief executive officer of TwentySomething Inc., a Radnor-based firm that analyzes the shopping habits of the 18-to-35 set. Morrison helps the nation's top fashion, electronics and food brands market themselves so they stay on the minds of consumers in their teens and 20s. It's six weeks into the fall 2004 semester, and young people are rewriting the "hot" brands list because of more reserved fashion trends and a still-weak economy.
April 13, 1990 |
Grab your Easter bonnet and get out your fanciest spring finery: Sunday is the city's annual Easter promenade. At 12:15 p.m., a caravan of antique cars and a New Orleans-style band will set off from The Shops at the Bellevue (the event's co-sponsor), at Broad and Walnut Streets, and make their way up Walnut to Rittenhouse Square. Parade-goers are invited to stroll along the route, joining the promenade. Leading the parade will be the goofiest rabbit, Bugs Bunny, in his brand new Bugsmobile.
January 3, 2000 |
Even when she was an infant, Meghan Peart showed signs that she would become a swimmer. "Meghan has always loved the water," Peart's mother, Charlyn, said. "She loved to be in the bathtub when she was a couple of months old. When she was 6 months, we took her to family swims at the high school. She loved to splash around in the water. " The playful splashing at the Upper Perkiomen High pool eventually turned into powerful swimming. Peart, a 10th grader at Germantown Academy and a resident of Green Lane, is the nation's No. 1-ranked 15-year-old in the 50-meter freestyle.
June 16, 1991 |
Care to watch some blokes play a few chukkers, swing their mallets in a tail shot or two and engage in some perfectly legal hooking - all while benefiting a local charity? If this sounds like an enjoyable afternoon, then the Hidden Pond Polo Center invites you to their inaugural polo match next Sunday at its newly opened facility on Watsontown-New Freedom Road in Winslow Township. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Mental Health Association in Southwestern New Jersey.
August 4, 1997 |
The Philadelphia Polo Association staged two matches in Fairmount Park yesterday to raise money for the Work to Ride program, which uses horses and related activities to promote self-esteem and fitness for urban youngsters. An exhibition match by Work to Ride participants was followed by a match between the polo association and the Cowtown Polo Club of Woodstown, N.J.
December 31, 1989 |
Area equestrians are mourning avid polo player James G. "Brownie" Brown Sr., 47, of Newark, Del., who died last Sunday in his home. According to Harlan Williams, a friend, Mr. Brown spent his childhood in Avondale and spent a lot of time at Brandywine Polo Fields in Toughkenamon, earning quarters by hot-walking the horses that had just competed. "But he stuck with it," Williams said. "Soon he learned to ride a little and he became a pretty good polo player. " After graduating from Avondale High School in 1961, Mr. Brown toured with an East Coast semiprofessional basketball team.
April 14, 1988 |
It's spring, and short-sleeve polo shirts have become a "hot" item - to the dismay of some retailers. Since the arrival of spring, shoplifters have been scooping up the shirts by the armful, according to police and store security personnel. On March 29, Abington police responded to a report of shoplifting at John Wanamaker in Jenkintown. They said store employees told them that two men entered the men's department, grabbed polo 15 shirts worth a total of $450 and fled in a waiting car. The next day, Abington police arrested two Philadelphia men on charges of stealing polo shirts, valued at $2,350, from the Lord & Taylor Department Store.
August 28, 1988 |
Polo, once the game of the ancient Persians and later the sport of royalty, will be played this afternoon at the Brandywine Polo Association near Kennett Square in a benefit for the Brandywine Conservancy. Starting at 3 p.m., the polo club will hold the Polo Ponies Memorial 12- Goal Tournament Finals, an event named to honor ponies that died 20 years ago during a fire at the association's stables. "Each player is ranked 10 to 0, according to their ability," said club member Matt Trembley, an electrical engineer from Coatesville who publishes The County Horse magazine.
June 22, 1988 |
Soccer fields and baseball diamonds for Evesham Township children? Or a polo field for rich out-of-towners? That is how many of the more than 100 residents who flooded an Evesham Township Council meeting last night presented their case against a proposal to build private polo fields on the municipality's newly acquired Barclay Farms tract. Mayor Raymond Bursel said that the council had not yet acted on the proposal made two months ago by a group of Smithville polo enthusiasts to develop polo fields on the property.


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Pace of U.S. Trade with China Exceeds Last Year as Phase One End in Sight
The Phase One Trade Deal between China and the U.S. comes to an end in early 2022. Veronica Nigh, senior economist for the American Farm Bureau Federation, said this year’s numbers are better in 2021 than at the same time last year.
"Thus far in 2021, which is data from January through November, we've exported $30 billion to China. That's up 33 percent compared to the same time period in 2020, when we had sold $22 and a half billion," Nigh said.
Nigh isn’t sure that even the faster buying pace will get China to its purchasing commitments this year.
"The Phase One goal for 2021 is $40.4 billion; at $30 billion, China is relatively close. In December 2020, China bought about $4 billion worth of U.S. ag products. Those of you doing the math: they’re about 10 billion short," Nigh said. "So far, if the pattern holds, China's going to be behind in their purchase commitments for 2021."
Nigh says the relationship between the U.S. and China is challenging.
"There's a lot of issues outside of agricultural trade that are significant, a lot of geopolitical issues, which means that though U.S. agriculture trade is incredibly important, you have to deal with a lot of significant political issues before you can start talking about U.S. ag trade," Nigh said. "The additional communication and meeting between our government can only be helpful, however. The tariffs continue, but the purchase agreement is over at the end of 2021. That makes the relationship between U.S. and China all the more complicated going into 2022."
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Less than a year after debuting its Mission District location, HAUM — the queer-owned, community-driven yoga studio currently at 2973 16th Street — is set to open its second studio inside the closed Yoga Tree Stanyan space (780 Stanyan Street).
Announced on Earth Day last week, SF Parks Alliance — San Francisco’s only citywide nonprofit dedicated to the municipality’s parks — relaunched its Heart Your Parks campaign that first debuted in 2020 to celebrate and show appreciation for SF’s 220 parks and open spaces.
Brickyard Cove became the newest public space inside the 1,833-acre McLaughlin Eastshore State Park over the weekend, adding a list of amenities — picnic tables, walking paths, bike racks, and more — to the area, as well as easier access to the SF Bay Trail.
To show gratitude for the store’s loyal customer base and support local writers, Bookshop West Portal is kicking off its weekend live-reading series Sunday, March 6, which will run until the end of the month.
Van Cleef & Arpels — a centuries-old jewelry chain founded in Paris — and the luxury fashion company Chanel recently acquired new retail store locations in Union Square that are set to debut this year, each real estate investment existing as a sign that downtown SF is rebounding.


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Optical innovations puts Olympus in the picture
Olympus has launched new optical devices used in medical and epidemic prevention products at the China International Import Expo.
The Japan-based optic company, attending the CIIE for the third time, uses tech innovations to achieve and contribute to the “Health China” strategy.
It regards the Chinese market as “one of its most important strategic centers in the world.”
CIIE carries new expectations of global companies for the Chinese market, said Olympus, which has been in the Chinese market for nearly 50 years.
Olympus displays its latest optical innovations at its booth in Hall 8.1.
Of special interest is the new Visera Elite II machine used in the area of medical surgery. It has a wider field of view, better image restoration and super-high resolution close to 4K.
The company also displayed professional medical microscopes and related image analysis tools, with functions of microscope hardware control and post-processing image analysis. It provides accurate and reliable analysis results, which can be integrate with the cloud systems of medical organizations.


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RECORD world rapeseed harvests have been forecast for 1998, with an estimated crop of 36.6 million tonnes.
The prediction, which represents a crop 10% larger than last season, was made by the German industry newsletter Oilworld. It includes large increases in Canada, Australia, Eastern Europe and the European Union.
UK delivered rapeseed prices fell by £2/tonne last week for September delivery. The Home-Grown Cereals Authority blamed the fall on weaker Chicago soya prices and the strength of Sterling.
But the continued reluctance of producers to sell seed caused supply shortages and the drop in prices was short-lived. Ex-farm payments soon recovered to an average of £150/t, highlighting the shortage of seed available for immediate delivery.


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SEOUL, Korea - Three out of 10 South Korean hotels and other tourism-related businesses said they could face a slump this year due to the global economic slowdown and the local currency's ascent ...
Around this time of the year, local businesses related to the tourism industry such as hotels and airlines are busy preparing for the anticipated arrival of Japanese tourists during the Golden ...
HONOLULU — A new report says hotels in Hawaii lost US$741 million last year, $1.1 billion since the tourism slump began in 2008.
Airbus SAS and Boeing Co., the world’s two biggest planemakers, expect a demand slump to continue for at least two more years as airlines pare growth following a record drop in air travel.
The JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels that share a downtown building will open in coming weeks amid one of the worst slumps in years for the hospitality business.
HONOLULU - Hawaii is facing its worst recession since becoming a state 50 years ago, dragged down by its reliance on a single industry.
Thomas Cook Group Plc and British Airways Plc slid in London trading after executives at both companies said the global recession may cripple tourism demand for two years.
DALLAS — The chief executive of Southwest Airlines says travel slumped in early March from February's already sluggish pace and the airline industry hasn't yet hit bottom amid a recession.
According to state visitor statistics, the number of people traveling to Hawaii to get married last year plunged 16 percent from the previous year, to approximately 60,100 couples.
HONOLULU, HI - What began as a promising year for Hawaiian Airlines ended on a negative note due to volatile fuel prices and an "economic cataclysm" that resulted in a double-digit decline in ...
BERLIN (eTN) - The global economic recession arrived on the US tourism scene in September 2008 like an abrupt cold-weather front.
Premium air travel slumped further in November as global trade slowed and business confidence waned, adding to carrier woes, the International Air Transport Association said.
Visitor numbers to Ireland are likely to drop by at least 5% next year, on top of the 3% decline this year, Martin Cullen, the tourism minister, has warned.
The wide sidewalks along the usually bustling Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki are empty, as are many of the stores, restaurants and famed beaches.
IN SPITE of gloomy economic forecasts, the cruise industry is in good shape to weather an economic downturn, speakers at the Seatrade cruise conference in Miami suggested this week.
Leisure industry leaders have lined up to blast the UK Government for its approach to tourism after figures showed that the number of visitors coming to Britain grew at its slowest pace since ...
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An estimated 900,000 customers of Cebuana Lhuillier were affected by a breach where their personal information may have compromised.
That’s according to the official statement released by the local pawnshop this Saturday.
Date of birth, client’s address, sources of income were among the data on the list which may have been accessed without authorization.
Yet, the company gave assurance that their main servers are “remain safe and protected”. Transaction details or information were not leaked.
After Cebuana Lhuillier aware of the incident they have reported the matter to National Privacy Commission (NPC). The company also informed their affected users and gave guidance to safeguard their respective accounts.
Below is the official statement from Cebuana Lhuillier:
“We recently discovered a data breach which affected our email server that is used for marketing purposes. Information of around 900,000 clients was affected. Some of these information included birthdays, addresses and source of income.
Transaction details of information were not compromised. The company’s main servers remain safe and protected.
Upon discovery, we immediately coordinated with the National Privacy Commission (NPC) to investigate the matter, and already implemented safety measures to protect the personal data of our clients. We also notified all affected clients and provided them guidance on how to further protect their personal information.
We are committed to ensuring the data privacy of our clients and adhere to strict security protocols in protecting our interests.
We will provide additional information regarding the incident as soon as it becomes available.”
LOOK: Statement of Cebuana Lhuillier on the reported data breach. They said information of around 900,000 people were affected, including birthdays, addresses, and source of income @rapplerdotcom pic.twitter.com/WSthoB8e4J
— Aika Rey (@reyaika) January 19, 2019
Cebuana Lhuillier is the biggest non-bank financial service provider in the Philippines. Pawning, remittance and micro-insurance are their areas of specialization.
Two years ago, the company said that they have accumulated more than 9 million members across the nation through their loyalty program.


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BattleTech, the first turn-based Mech game in over 20 years, is coming to Mac and Windows on April 24, 2018.
Rarely does a strategy game create as much hype as BattleTech has, but it’s clear gamers have been craving for a new tactical Mech combat game. The fact the game is being developed by Harebrained Schemes and published by Paradox Interactive certainly helps.
Harebrained Schemes is the studio behind the critically acclaimed Shadowrun Returns series and Paradox Interactive published Cities: Skylines. Clearly, BattleTech is in good hands.
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Post Office Takes Credit Cards
Debt is in -- even at the Post Office.
The people who handle the U.S. mail began accepting credit cards at major Bay Area post offices for the first time yesterday. Under the program, which is spreading across the nation, ATM cards also can be used to mail packages and buy stamps.
Credit cards also will be accepted at major post offices in Oakland and San Jose. The program will soon spread to other key post offices in Northern California.
By 1997, all 33,000 U.S. post offices will take credit and debit cards.
The post office says cards can be used for all services except money orders, passports and COD mail. There is no minimum purchase requirement.


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In a famous advertising slogan, AT&T once urged customers to “reach out and touch someone.” Now the company once known as Ma Bell is facing a time when connecting with people has become increasingly more difficult. So it’s betting that a tie-up with Time Warner will put it in a better place to reach as many consumers as possible.
AT&T and Time Warner believe they must merge to bolster new business models at a time when the old methods of selling and packaging TV shows and movies are less tenable. Speaking on a call with reporters Saturday night, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson and Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes made the case that in an era when more people are gaining access to their favorite video content via streaming video, mobile devices and on-demand technology, the two corporations would do better together than apart.
“If you put these two together, you can begin to innovate these types of new services much faster, and get this to market much faster,” said Stephenson. “That’s what this is all about.”
The two companies – one a giant in the world of connecting people through telecommunications, the other a stalwart maker of content often distributed through those means – are grasping for solutions in an industry that needs to come up with answers. As more consumers gain comfort using mobile tablets and watching TV series and movies at times and in situations of their own devising, the current media ecosystem is eroding. The business remains based on scale – reaching millions of people in a single window – but consumers are starting to fall into niches.
To be sure, many companies are trying new methods. Viacom has built an entire unit devoted to helping advertisers isolate particular swaths of audience across its TV networks using various streams of data. At 21st Century Fox, executives are crafting new kinds of commercials that ask on-demand viewers top interact with them. Comcast’s NBCUniversal has offered to sell set-top box audience data to advertisers to help them make pitches in more targeted fashion.
Time Warner, too, has tried new things. For several years, it has urged the media business to consider an idea known as “TV Everywhere” that would allow viewers to watch programming on-demand as long as they could prove they were subscribers to a cable, satellite or telecommunications provider of programming. It has also pushed its HBO unit into new frontiers, including a stand-alone broadband service that makes the programming it shows on its premium-cable outlet to so-called “cord cutters” and “cord shavers” for a fee.
But “TV Everywhere” has not caught on as quickly as say, binge-watching the popular TV series “The Walking Dead.” Its success hinges on multiple programmers and multiple distributors of programming to agree upon a single system – never an easy feat to accomplish.
As Bewkes suggested, such ideas might gain more traction more quickly if AT&T and Time Warner were merged. ” If we had the kind of tie up we could have with AT&T,” he noted, it would have had a big footprint of viewers that were more accustomed to “TV Everywhere,” and might have forced rivals to adopt the technique as well. As things stand, he said, implementing “TV Everywhere” “took a long time. A lot of other cable companies and a lot of the media companies did not do that. They basically kept whatever their VOD rights were,” renewing them piecemeal and contract by contract. “That’s not the way to bring a revolution to the consumer and give them more choice,” he said.
AT&T has in recent years focused on new programming and distribution models. The company operates both the U-verse subscription-video distributorship as well as the DirecTV satellite service, giving it a large base of consumers eager to get video. And the company has experimented with interesting programming models, like its AT&T Hello Lab, a project with streaming-video content network FullScreen that allowed 10 different content creators to develop concepts and distribute them over a longer period of time. The company has supported “@SummerBreak,” an ongoing video series that chronicles the last summer of a group of high-school seniors. Rather than being told in 30- or 60-minute increments on TV, the story unfurls via posts on Twitter in feeds belonging to the show and its teen protagonists, as well as through posts, videos and more. The series is produced by the Chernin Group, along with FullScreen and Astronauts Wanted. AT&T has backed the series since its inception, with an eye toward using the production to tell fans about new services and devices available from the telecommunications giant.
Bewkes sketched out a scenario under which the combined company could work out a system to support new kinds of programming with bespoke content from advertisers, all of it served up to the precise consumer desired by a sponsor. “We all like advertising messages if the thing we see is relevant to us,” said Bewkes, describing a strategy that is also being employed by TV companies ranging from NBCUniversal, 21st Century Fox and A+E Networks to Time Warner’s own Turner, where even CNN has opened a unit to help its advertisers craft special content for news aficionados.
Coming up with new ideas is key at a time when even Nielsen ratings for the TV broadcasts of the Olympics and NFL football have begun to decline. Many media companies are testing new ideas and will continue to do so even as AT&T and Time Warner work to gain approval to merge sometime in 2017. What techniques and formats gain traction by that time will be anybody’s guess.
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The Federal Government has said it will commence payment to unemployed graduates with NCE and upwards through the Social Security Payment scheme.
The Minister of Finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Mr. Wale Edun disclosed this after the Federal Executive Council meeting held on Monday, he said the initiative is aimed at supporting Nigeria youths with regular stipend.
“At this period of heightened food prices, Mr. President has committed to doing all that can be done to assist in giving purchasing power to the poorest and in that line.
“He has committed and instructed that the Social Security unemployment programme be devised, particularly to cater for the youth, for the unemployed graduates, as well as the society as a whole.
“So, we have coming, in the nearest future, an unemployment benefit for the young unemployed, in particular,” said the Minister.
Edun also mentioned that the FG will setup a Consumer Credit scheme to releave the plights of Nigerians in respect to the economical situation relatively.
The Chief of Staff to the President, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, is to Oversee a committee that consists of the Minister of Budget and Planning, the Attorney General of the Federation and himself as Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, he said.
“There is coming a social consumer credit programme. By making consumer credit available, goods become more affordable, the economy even gets a chance to revive faster, because people have purchasing power that allows them to order goods, products,” he explained.
Additionally, Edun discussed the National Social Investment Program evaluation conducted by the Special Presidential team, which has provided the president with a preliminary report.
Noting that what was done was “a review of the existing mechanisms, a review of the existing programs, and where there have been successes, such as the 400,000 beneficiaries of the GEEP program,” he said that the president presented the highlights at the Council meeting.
He added, “So, the direct payments to 12 million households comprising 60 million Nigerians is to resume immediately with the important proviso that every beneficiary will be identified by their national identity number and the bank verification number.
“Therefore, payments will be made into bank accounts or mobile money wallets. So, that whether it is before or after, there is verification of the identity of beneficiaries.
“Each person that receives 25,000 Naira for a total of three months will be identifiable, even after they have received the money, it will be clear who it went to and when it went to them. And that is the big change that has allowed Mr. president to approve the restart of that direct payments to beneficiaries programme.”
Dr. Bosun Tijjani, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, clarified that in order to prevent consecutive disbursements to a single person, participants would be screened using their National Identity Numbers and Bank Verification Numbers.


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After Nokia demonstrated the sort of photos its new 12-megapixel N8 smartphone could produce yesterday, they’ve followed up with a new demo that puts the 720p HD camcorder functionality to the test. The results are certainly better quality than you’d expect from most cellphones.
Video sample after the cut
As with the stills, the video was shot using an N8 running non-final firmware, and as such there are likely to be tweaks and changes before the handset goes on sale. Nokia also say they’ve done no enhancing or tweaking, though obviously they’ve edited the footage a little with titles and cuts.
Photography certainly seems to be the N8’s strong point, with the 12-megapixel sensor paired with Carl Zeiss optics and a Xenon flash. The autofocus camera has an F.28 aperture and 5.4 focal length. It’s expected to go on sale in Q3 2010.


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After more than 20 years of conflict, there are signs of hope in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Islamist militia al-Shabab was last year largely driven out of the city by African Union forces and Somali government troops. Mogadishu is no longer a divided city and, although the security situation remains precarious, people are starting to rebuild their shattered homes, shops, offices and government buildings. Text and photos: BBC's Mary Harper
Mogadishu's district of Hodan was badly damaged by the waves of violence that hit the city. It was one of the main frontlines of fighting between al-Shabab and government troops backed by African Union forces. This shattered building is now being repaired.
It is boom time for brick makers. With so much reconstruction going on, businesses making concrete bricks are springing up in many parts of town. Some workers say they can hardly keep up with demand.
But the challenge is enormous. Many buildings have been reduced to virtual skeletons. This former post office in Hodan is now home to displaced families and their goats.
Some buildings are beyond repair. The former parliament remains a pile of rubble in the heart of the city.
Freshly painted shops, like this one in Hodan, are opening throughout Mogadishu. Many Somalis are dynamic entrepreneurs, and are prepared to invest in new businesses while gunshots continue to ring out in the city. Grenade attacks, suicide bombings and other forms of violence are still regular occurrences.
Crowds of people flock to shop in Bakara market, the city's vast, sprawling commercial district. It was until last year a stronghold of al-Shabab and a major source of revenue for the movement. Local officials say elements of al-Shabab remain in Bakara, carrying out occasional attacks.
Different products are sold in different parts of Bakara market. A large area is dedicated to suitcases. Hundreds of thousands of Somalis live as refugees outside the country, but many are flooding back to visit or stay permanently in what they say is the new Mogadishu.
Imported footwear is sold in shoe alley. Stalls piled high with shoes attract many customers, and trade is brisk. Local officials say that every day millions of dollars worth of business is done in Bakara.
Fresh fruit and vegetables are sold in another part of the market, near the meat stalls. It is grown locally in the Afgoye district - another area recently taken from al-Shabab, 30 kilometres south of the capital.
Fuel is transported and sold in plastic jerry cans. There are no petrol stations in Mogadishu so people have to fill their vehicles by siphoning fuel from the plastic containers.
Although a few banks have opened in Mogadishu, many people keep their assets in cash. These tins, sold in Bakara market, are used to store money in shops, market stalls and people's homes.
Charcoal is for sale deep in Bakara market. US President Barack Obama recently banned the import of charcoal from Somalia. Al-Shabab derives much of its revenue from charcoal exports to the Middle East.
Ahmed Jama Mohamed, who used to live in London, has returned to his country to build restaurants and hotels. Many Somalis spend the weekend at his new hotel on Jazira beach south of Mogadishu. He is hoping to attract foreign tourists but he may have to wait some time to realise this dream.


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The popular coffee store chain, Starbucks, has announced a new product that will be sold in grocery stores: kombucha. Kombucha is a fermented tea with a range of different flavors. With its’ bubbling sensation and probiotic benefits, it has become exceedingly popular in the U.S., particularly among those invested in their health. Kombucha is a low-calorie drink with little sugar content, only 3-7 grams per bottle, which scores far better than the sugary and heavy Starbucks coffee-flavored drinks. From its Evolutions Fresh brand, Starbucks will sell six flavors of kombucha (some of which are ginger lemon honeycrisp, pink grapefruit, and mango pineapple). The 15.2-ounce bottle will sell for $3.99 in grocery stores, beginning in New York City, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego. The product will be sold in other locations in the Fall.
Kombucha’s popularity is skyrocketing; its’ sales in the past year were $1.2 billion. In the past year, kombucha sales have increased by 40%. Kombucha’s high level of sales could be resultant of the push for physical wellness and health. Throughout social media, there have been many influencers who promote certain diets, lifestyles, and foods which has the potential to increase the visibility of kombucha to a wider audience. Starbucks has seen this health trend through their sales as well. The new CEO of Starbucks, Kevin Johnson, reports that there has been less of a desire for “sugary drinks, like Frappuccinos.” To combat this, he wants to increase the number of healthy options (such as kombucha) for current and potential Starbucks costumers.
As stated, the Evolutions Fresh brand are the creators of the six kombucha flavors for Starbucks. The president of this brand, Ryan Ziegelmann, stated, “We know our consumers are looking for beverages with functional benefits, and Evolutions Fresh Organic Kombucha is just what they are asking for – a delicious and refreshing pick-me-up that also supports digestive wellness.” However, not all individuals are “on board” with the health trends. Some still prefer utilizing Starbucks drinks as their sugar fix for the day.


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WASHINGTON - The number of federal background checks for firearms sales declined in the U.S. last month, as retailers continue to run out of guns to sell during a buying spree driven by Washington's new focus on gun control.
Background checks fell 10 percent between December and January, with large declines in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia and Texas, according to an Associated Press analysis of new FBI data published Tuesday.
Firearms sales surged around the country after the December shooting rampage at a school in Newtown, Conn.
There were more than 2.78 million checks in December. That was a 12-month peak following an upward trend through last fall. The number fell to 2.48 million in January, still a higher figure than any other month than December last year.
Manufacturers and wholesalers can't fill orders right now because demand is so high.
Gun sales traditionally dip after the rush of the holiday shopping season, and the decrease this year is the smallest since 1998 when the federal government began tracking federally mandated National Instant Criminal Background Checks.
The number of background checks does not necessarily represent the number of firearms purchased, but gun manufacturers use these statistics to measure the health of the gun industry in the U.S.


text: Starbucks announced two new drinks to its spring menu this week, including the vegan Hazelnut Mocha Coconutmilk Macchiato. The new beverage—which customers can order either hot or iced—is made with a blend of coconut milk and bold espresso, flavored with hazelnut syrup, and topped with a mocha drizzle for a combination reminiscent of chocolate hazelnut spread Nutella. Starbucks introduced almond milk to its menu in 2016 and has since released several plant-based beverages, including last summer’s four-drink collection it launched to promote Lady Gaga’s anti-bullying organization Born This Way Foundation. In November, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson announced that the company would focus on developing more plant-based food and beverage options to drive sales in what he recognized as a growing segment. In May, Starbucks will debut a dairy-free version of its iconic bottled Frappuccinos—in mocha and vanilla flavors made with almond milk.


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Satcon cuts staff 15% amid European solar slowdown
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Satcon Technology Corp. (Nasdaq: SATC) said Tuesday that it has cut 15 percent of its staff globally and expects a dropoff in revenue for the second quarter, following more than a year of rapid growth at the Boston-based maker of solar power inverter equipment.
Satcon said the problems have arisen due to changes in government incentives in Europe, a key market for the company, along with delays on several projects. The company now expects second-quarter revenue of between $45 million and $47 million, down from previously announced guidance of $50 million to $60 million. Satcon had seen revenue of $62 million in the first quarter.
In a news release, Satcon said it has completed a global restructuring that resulted in the 15 percent staff reduction, though the exact number of employee reductions was not provided. The move is a major reversal for the company, which has been hiring aggressively for nearly two years — including in Boston, where the company said its headcount grew from 35 in 2009 to 195 as of this year. Satcon also chose Boston as the site of its North American manufacturing expansion earlier this year.
The company, which saw its annual revenue more than triple in 2010, has been growing as the solar industry has trended more toward multi-megawatt solar projects, which require power inverters like the ones Satcon makes.
However, demand for solar has dropped in recent months in some European markets, including Germany and Italy, as governments have changed policies the offered incentives for solar. Satcon did not say which markets have been the largest source of problems for the company, though just last week the company announced a new deal to provide inverters for projects in Italy, Greece and Bulgaria.
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Budweiser just made a surprising move. They unveiled a new design that will certainly ruffle a few feathers. In place of Budweiser emblazoned across 12 oz. bottles and cans, the labels now read "America" in the same scripted, trademark font.
Why such a bold marketing move? There's a lot of "America" happening this summer and fall. "We are embarking on what should be the most patriotic summer that this generation has ever seen," Budweiser VP Ricardo Marques said in a press release. Specifically, there's the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics this summer, plus soccer's Copa America Centenario taking place for the first time outside of South America on U.S. soil. And of course the United States presidential election is heating up.
The message is loud and clear: There's nothing more American than drinking beer, no matter who your candidate is. And there's no beer more American than Budweiser. (For the record, its parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev is Belgian-owned.)
AdAge broke the news and announced the cans and bottles will be on shelves from May 23 until the November election. The rest of the label pays homage to other aspects of American history with language like "E Pluribus Unum," "from the redwood forest to the Gulf stream waters this land was made for you and me," and "indivisible since 1776."
Fast Company spoke with Budweiser's branding firm Jones Knowles Ritchie to go into more depth about how the label was designed. "Changing the title wasn't as simple as typing out a new label," they reported. Since the Budweiser typeface is hand drawn, the American also had to be hand scripted to mirror it as closely as possible. Channeling the "same distinctive, swirly aesthetic" was a challenge Fast Company reported.
A patriotic can for the summer isn't new. For the past five years, Budweiser has sold summer-edition cans with packaging that commemorate the season's American holidays. Usually the design involves some combination of stars, stripes and red, white and blue. Last year the Statue of Liberty was featured prominently on the label.
But actually calling the beer "America" is the boldest marketing move yet. The brewer even cleared the new labels with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, AdAge reports. Keep an eye out for Budweiser's "America in Your Hands" campaign and national TV spot, which will air June 1.
So cheers to America! You'll either be drinking an America to celebrate or to mourn the outcome of this election season.


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Gurugram-headquartered hyperlocal delivery startup Milkbasket has raised $2.86 Mn (INR 20 Cr) in a debt funding round. Flipkart cofounder Sachin Bansal through his tech fund, BAC Acquisitions, has invested in the round.
The funds will help this milk and grocery delivery startup reach the required capital expenditure and research and development across domains.
Founded by Anant Goel, Ashish Goel, Anurag Jain and Yatish Talvadia, Milkbasket began its journey as a milk-delivery startup. Over the last four years, the company has expanded to fulfill the grocery needs of a household every day before 7:00 a.m.
Prior to this round, Milkbasket has raised nearly $16 Mn from Mayfield Advisors, Beenext, Kalaari Capital, Unilever Ventures, Lenovo and Blume Ventures.


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As American’s get ready to celebrate the year’s most frightening festivities, the scariest thing about Halloween is not the ghosts, ghouls, and goblins, but the terrifying amounts of trash generated in the space of a few short hours on October 31st.
From rotting jack-o-lanterns through non-biodegradable candy wrappers to single-use decorations, Halloween has recently built a reputation for being a particularly wasteful holiday, and despite increasing awareness around the impact of our waste, spending on Halloween-related items is set to rise to $10.14 billion in 2021.
According the NRF, a significant proportion of this figure is likely to be spent on costumes, with some 3.32 billion dollars shelled out this year alone. However, with the exception of 2021 and the impact of COVID-19 restrictions, this figure is pretty similar to the past five years. The question is then, if spending on costumes remains the same each year, what happens to all those old costumes on November 1st?
The simple answer is, they’re thrown away or forgotten about, and our landfills are heaving with the single-use plastics, both biodegradable and non-biodegradable textiles, and other environmentally damaging materials contained within them. So, with Halloween fast approaching, what can we do to keep costumes out of the trash, and how can we ensure Halloween is celebrated sustainably.
The State of Halloween Costume Waste
One study conducted in 2019 estimated that around 2,000 tons of plastic waste is generated from disposable Halloween clothing in the UK alone. That equates to some 83 million plastic bottles ending up in landfill, and this doesn’t even account for other materials contained within costumes, only scratching the surface of the impact of this single day of celebration.
Sadly, while estimates for the US are difficult to come by, those figures are likely to be significantly higher. Not only is there a much larger population to consider, but Americans are, on the whole, much more likely to celebrate this holiday in style, with other countries often taking a more traditional approach to festivities.
In addition to these issues, the amount of textile waste in the US is already significant, with the EPA estimating that 17,030,000 tons of textile waste was generated in 2018, with 11,300,000 tons sent to landfill. Much of this waste can be attributed to fast fashion trends, of which, purchasing a “disposable” Halloween costume for single use is the very worst example.
Tips for Keeping Costumes out of the Trash
When it comes to keeping Halloween costumes out of the trash, first and foremost, reduction and reuse of materials should be the priority. That means using costumes from previous celebrations again this year, adapting existing clothing to create a new costume, or making a costume out of waste materials.
If you’re a bit tired of wearing the same costume year after year, you can always consider swapping your 2nd hand outfit with someone else. In the US, there are plenty of options for doing this, and Halloween costume swaps are becoming increasingly popular. Additionally, you can simply speak to friends or family and see what they have stored away in the attic.
If you decide to purchase a new costume, then choosing materials carefully with end-of-life in mind can also help avoid the most damaging types of waste. This means avoiding single-use, petroleum-based plastics; avoiding polyester which creates microplastics and is the largest single-component of clothing in the world, and also avoiding other non-biodegradable materials which cannot be recycled and have the potential to pollute the environment.
Finally, any costumes that you do buy or make should be cared for so they can be used again or donated for others to use next year. That way, waste is kept out of landfill and less waste is generated by new, more damaging costumes being purchased each year. Weendream.org even goes a step further by allowing users to donate suitable costumes to needy children across the US.
However you decide to celebrate Halloween this year, give a thought to the environment as you do so—whether that’s composting your old jack-o-lanterns, making your own package-free candy, or reusing your old costume.
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Japanese developer Type-Moon released another trailer of the upcoming remaster of the legendary visual novel Mahoutsukai no Yoru, which is titled “Which on the Holy Night” in English.
This time around, we get to take a look at Touko Aozaki, a recurring character in Type Moon’s media, and heroine Aoko Aozaki’s older sister.
We also take a look at another character associated with Touko, the mysterious and unsettling Lugh Beowulf.
You can check the trailer out below.
Witch on the Holy Night will be released in Japan on Dec. 8 for PS4 and Nintendo Switch.
The most exciting part of this deal is that Type-Moon is actually releasing the game with an English localization. For now, it has a generic “winter” release window, but it’s certainly a great chance for the developer’s fans to enjoy one of its most well-known visual novels without a bloody hindering awkward language barrier in the way.
If you’re unfamiliar with Mahoutsukai no Yoru, which translates as “The night of the witches” (“Witch on the Holy Night” is the official subtitle of the Japanese version), it’s a visual novel released in 2012 by Type-Moon, known for creating the ultra-popular Fate series.
It was written by Kinoko Nasu, originally as an unreleased novel reportedly inspired by the first episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion.


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Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline ready to unveil 4,000 job cuts
Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline is expected to announce plans to axe up to 4,000 jobs this week as part of its ongoing restructuring, it was reported today.
It is thought the majority of the cuts will be made to its European and US workforce, as the group shifts its focus to emerging markets.
The group, which employs 99,000 staff across the world, is trying to find £1.7 billion of annual cost savings by the end of 2011, and improve the efficiency of its research and development arm.
It is also shifting its focus away from low growth markets in the West to emerging ones, such as China, where there is greater potential to expand sales, as well as developing its consumer products division.
Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline is expected to announce plans to axe up to 4,000 jobs. It is thought the majority of the cuts will be made to its European and US workforce
Glaxo is expected to announce the planned job cuts alongside its full-year results on Thursday, when it is thought the group will report a return to annual profits growth, following an 11 per cent fall during the previous financial year, boosted by sales of its swine flu vaccination.
The group recently said it was expecting an £835 million sales lift in the final three months of its financial year from sales of the vaccination.
But it is unlikely to receive such a big boost in future as governments are renegotiating agreed orders after the severity of the pandemic has proved less than was previously anticipated.
Overall, analysts are expecting the group to report a 12 per cent rise in profits to £8.69 billion, with sales of £28.23 billion.
Within this, the consumer products division, which includes household names such as Lucozade, Ribena and Aquafresh and Sensodyne toothpaste, is expected to report an 18% jump in annual sales to £4.7 billion.
The announcement of job cuts by Glaxo would be further bad news for the pharmaceutical sector, after rival AstraZeneca said it would be slashing a another 8,000 jobs from across its global operations between now and 2014, on top of the 12,600 roles it has already axed.
The group also lowered its financial guidance for 2010 and warned that it faced challenges from generic competition as its drugs patents run out.
A Glaxo spokesman declined to comment on the report of planned job cuts.
Glaxo has research bases at Stevenage and Ware in Hertfordshire and Harlow in Essex.
Its UK manufacturing operations include sites at Ulverston in Cumbria, Montrose, Angus, and Irvine in Ayrshire.
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Strauss Group has announced that private equity giant TPG is mulling the sale of its 25.1 percent share in Strauss Coffee, stating that “the process of considering possibilities for selling the shares has begun.”
TPG purchased the shares for $293 million in 2008, and was granted a two-year option to acquire a further 10 percent of the coffee company’s shares at its then-present value, plus 6 percent interest per year.
But the relationship turned sour after Strauss ousted Todd Morgan, the joint venture’s CEO and a former TPG employee, in early 2014 after a court battle. The relationship was mired further with reported squabbles over fees and failed deals which fell short of original growth projections.
TPG had also pushed for an IPO, but it never materialized – despite Strauss announcing in March 2015 that it had submitted a draft prospectus to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the potential public offering.
The parent company, Strauss Group, the largest food products manufacturer in Israel, announced a 5.8 percent organic sales growth in Q3. TPG declined to comment.


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The seaweed-based salmon feed would replace the use of synthetic-based feed in the industry. (Photo: Irish Seaweed Centre/ Stock File)
Seaweed feed will make organic farmed salmon a reality
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Galway-based Ocean Harvest Technology announced on Tuesday its intent to begin commercially producing a new seaweed-derived salmon feed ingredient that will make possible the world's first organically raised farmed salmon.
OceanFeed’s development is being celebrated as a key breakthrough in product quality and environmental consciousness within the farmed salmon industry, currently worth a yearly EUR 6 billion.
The new feed is meant to take the place of the synthetic additives now used in commercial salmon feed. Extensive trials with farmed salmon have been conducted with some of the world’s leading salmon farm companies, and they have yielded excellent results regarding the health, taste and appearance of the salmon raised on OceanFeed.
Leading aquaculture feed producers have already been showing great interest across the globe. EWOS UK, a leading salmon feed producer, has already optioned the first year's production, according to Business World.
"The long term importance of aquaculture in helping to feed the world has always meant that sustainable solutions would need to be found,” said Ocean Harvest CEO Patrick Martin, Irish Examiner reports. "The belief is that OceanFeed will be a key ingredient in helping to make the industry more environmentally, as well as financially, sustainable."
OceanFeed is made with a proprietary blend of seaweeds harvested from waters around the world, but some of its key elements are sourced exclusively off the Irish coast. It is the first 100 per cent sustainable and organic marine sourced complete aquaculture feed formula.
Martin said Ocean Harvest is developing a firm in the West of Ireland that will eventually be able to supply salmon farms in Scotland, Norway and Chile.
Tuam, Galway, will see as many as 30 new jobs created as a result in June upon the the launch of production at Ocean Harvest’s plant.
Ocean Harvest Technology was founded by Irish born seafood expert Martin and Dr Stefan Kraan, a Dutch marine biologist who focuses on the commercial development of ocean resources and who formerly led the Irish Seaweed Centre at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
"It was during research into the commercial application of seaweed derived products that the potential emerged for a sustainable ingredient in the salmon feed industry,” said Martin. "After many years of development, we moved from testing in small numbers to major ocean testing with some of the biggest players in the salmon market.”
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