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Being a developers conference, Google I/O has always been focused on, well, developers, with the search giant holding off the announcement of a new version of Android until later in the year, usually at a dedicated event that also introduces a new Nexus device. This year, however, Google might be taking inspiration from Apple and previewing the next major version of Android much earlier than usual.
Google I/O 2014
Google I/O will be kicking off in almost 48 hours, and we’re all getting really excited about Google’s annual and most important conference. This is where we usually see the evolution of past products and the announcement of new and intriguing ventures. This year won’t be any different, and from the rumors we’re seeing, the next few days are gearing up to be very interesting. Below is a list of what we expect to see at I/O and what probably won’t be making an appearance anytime soon.
It is all but known that LG will be showing off its Android Wear powered G Watch at Google I/O next week and also be giving it away to all the attendees. Now, it looks like Samsung is all set to join the bandwagon as well by unveiling its own Android Wear powered smartwatch at Google’s conference, if sources from CNET are to be believed.
The Moto 360 might be the Android Wear smartwatch everyone is looking forward to, but it is LG’s G Watch that has been making an appearance in most of the rumors and leaks in the past few weeks. We’ve come across a complete list of its specs, seen it make a short appearance on the Play Store, and today, we can feast our eyes on the G Watch in its flesh thanks to a leaked image that has made its way online.
Registrations for the Google I/O event went live a couple of days ago and will last until tomorrow i.e. the 18th of April. But up until this point, it was unclear as to what’s on the agenda for the event. And now, the lead designer behind the Google Search team has shed a light on what to expect from Google during the I/O event in late June.
Mark your calendars for June 25th and June 26th as that is when Google will be holding its I/O developers conference at San Francisco’s Moscone West conference hall. The initial event details were announced on Google+ by Android head Sundar Pichai.


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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – Downtown Huntsville, Inc. CEO Chad Emerson stopped by WHNT News 19 to tell us about the latest business developments and new programs for downtown Huntsville.
Emerson was excited to share that Curse, Inc. is adding several significant new jobs to Downtown Huntsville. Curse, headquartered in Huntsville, is one of the largest gaming-information properties worldwide.
Curse is planning to hire 20 new workers in Huntsville, with 12 jobs already listed on their website. Find those job listings here.
Next, Emerson announced a bike share program for downtown Huntsville called 'Thursday Night Bikes.' Thursday nights while Greene Street Market is open, people will be able to ride one of 10 bikes, donated by Regions, around downtown Huntsville.
Emerson says this bike share program will give people a chance to do see and explore downtown in a different way, giving them the opportunity to ride through all the different areas such as Five Points, Twickenham, and the square.
The cost to borrow a bike is free, as long as you swipe a credit card at the kiosk and return the bike in the correct amount of time.
Also, Greene Street Market will offer a $1 credit to spend at the market to anyone who rides a bike to the market. You can cash in on this deal with the Thursday Night Bikes, too!
Greene Street Market opens the first Thursday in May.

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Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg has enlisted Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Qualcomm Inc and other technology companies to help him in a project aimed at making Internet access affordable for the 5 billion people around the world who are not online.
The group, called internet.org, is the latest effort by an Internet company to seek to expand Web access to emerging economies. It follows a similar thrust by Facebook rival Google Inc, which uses everything from balloons to fibre connections to expand connectivity.
While short on specifics, Zuckerberg’s group intends to explore everything from lower-cost smartphones and providing Internet access to underserved communities, to working out ways to reduce the amount of data downloads required to run mobile Internet applications such as Facebook.
Zuckerberg did not give an estimate on how much it would cost to connect the world’s population to the Internet.
He said the key is to cut network operators’ costs for providing data services so they can in turn lower the prices charged to consumers.
The 29-year-old who founded Facebook in his university dorm room said in a 10-page document released on Wednesday that he hopes the efficiency of data delivery will improve 100-fold in the next five to 10 years.
Keith Mallinson, a longtime telecom industry analyst, said that while the concepts and technologies Zuckerberg cites could be viable, the commercial interests of big companies and government politics could create bigger obstacles.
“There has to be a lot of heavy lifting to make all these things happen and to coordinate them,” said Mallinson, who founded research firm WiseHarbour.
While 2.7 billion people are already online, the number is increasing by less than 9 per cent annually, a rate that Zuckerberg said was too slow. Two-thirds of the world’s population still has no Internet access.
While many of today’s Facebook members use the service just to keep in touch with friends, Zuckerberg said future Internet users may have more lofty needs.
“They’re going to use it to decide what kind of governments they want, get access to healthcare for the first time ever, connect with family hundreds of miles away that they haven’t seen in decades,” he told CNN’s “New Day” show on Wednesday.
The world’s largest social network with 1 billion-plus members, Facebook once harboured ambitions of becoming an all-encompassing Web destination with everything from searches to messaging and shopping, analysts say. But a succession of forays into new areas, such as its “Home” interface for smartphones, fizzled.
Zuckerberg said in the CNN interview that internet.org was for now a “rough plan.” He said the project was not just about making money for Facebook, which needs to keep expanding to boost revenue.
He noted that the first billion Facebook members “have way more money” than the rest of the world combined.
Facebook recently surprised Wall Street by reporting stronger-than-expected quarterly results, helped by an increase in advertising revenue from mobile users.
The earnings report was a much-needed boost for the company, which has struggled to regain credibility after a rocky initial public offering in May 2012. It remains under pressure to sustain its high growth rate by expanding into new markets.
Besides Facebook, other players in internet.org include Ericsson, MediaTek Inc, Nokia and Opera Software ASA.
While the list did not include mobile network operators, Zuckerberg said these companies would play a central role.
For example, he suggested improvements such as new antenna technology and data-caching, new types of partnerships and better use of wireless airwaves, which are typically auctioned to carriers for billions of dollars in government sales.
He also suggested that linking consumers’ Facebook accounts with carriers could provide operators more consumer data.
Analyst Mallinson said it may be difficult to get governments to change their policies on spectrum but suggested that Internet and telecom companies could change how they do business.
For example, Internet firms like Facebook and Google, which do not have to build or maintain vast public networks that carry Internet traffic, could pass some advertising revenue on to carriers that spend billions of dollars on networks to help reduce data prices for consumers, he said.
Google has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on fledgling network projects such as local high-speed fibre networks. But it now depends almost completely on traditional telecom companies to deliver its services to consumers.
In June, Google announced a small network of balloons over the Southern Hemisphere in an experiment it hopes to use to bring reliable Internet access to remote regions.
The pilot program, Project Loon, took off from New Zealand’s South Island, using solar-powered, high-altitude balloons that ride the wind about 20 kilometres, or twice as high as airplanes, above the ground.


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Sony's recently announced remodel of the PlayStation Vita (the PCH-2000) was both on-hand and in-hand during this week's Tokyo Game Show proceedings, and after having spent some time with the device we can directly confirm that yes, this new unit is indeed a slimmer, lighter Vita. We didn't ...
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Look ma, a new report is circulating which suggests there is good money to be made in online video. The conclusion is that CPM’s for video are high. For the noobs, CPM means cost per thousand – how much money an advertiser pays for every 1000 views, for instance. According to the report the average $’s range from $40 per thousand on pro long-form content, to $20 for short-form pro content, down to $17 for UGC.
Thus, if you have a million views per week, and sell ads for a $20CPM, for instance, that’s $20k per week and about $1,000,000 per year.
If you can then grow your audience size to 2M per week, without a lot of additional resources, thats obviously twice as much, or $2M/year for that one set of views.
These CPM’s are similar to what is sold on TV in the U.S. A $25 CPM for a TV show is okay. The only problem of course is the amount of money it takes to produce a TV show cuts into the profit margins when compared.
The original epiphany that I had personally when I thought of Rocketboom, was exactly this simple formula. If TV shows are getting a CPM worth $25 then a lot of online video will be greater than $25 because the advertising can be targeted, searched, tracked and played on demand.
A production that costs almost nothing to make, reaching hundreds of thousands or millions of people can thus lead to a massive profit margin. Accordingly, TV Week refers to web tv as a silver lining.


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A report by Strategy Analytics shows that sales growth of Android tablets outpaced that of the iPad in the fourth quarter of 2011, closing the gap between the two product lines. Apple's iPad now controls 58 percent of the tablet market, compared to 39 percent market share for Android.
The Android gains are credited to strong sales of devices made by Amazon, Samsung, ASUS, and others.
"Global tablet shipments reached an all-time high of 26.8 million units in Q4 2011, surging 150 percent from 10.7 million in Q4 2010," Strategy Analytics executive director Neil Mawston said
. "Apple maintained its strong market leadership with 58 percent share during the fourth quarter of 2011. Apple shrugged off the much-hyped threat from entry-level Android models this quarter."
That's not what the numbers show. One year previous, iPad claimed over 68 percent of the market, but that figure fell to 57.6 percent in the most recent quarter, which was a record-setting quarter for Apple. Android tablets, meanwhile, surged from 29 percent in Q4 2010 to over 39 percent this past quarter.
Most would probably assume that Apple controls 90 percent of this market.
Looking at unit sales, Android tablet sales grew more than threefold, from 3.1 million units in the year-ago quarter to 10.5 million units this past quarter. Sales of Apple's iPad also grew, but at a slower pace, from 7.3 million units to 15.4 million in the most recent quarter.
As a footnote, sales of Microsoft-based tablets--i.e. those running Windows 7--actually rose too, from basically nothing to 1.5 percent of the market. That's about 400,000 units. As Strategy Analytics notes, "The upcoming release of Windows 8 this year cannot come quickly enough for Microsoft."
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that iPads (and apparently other tablets) should be counted as PCs, thus artificially elevating Apple's PC market share, which even Apple CEO Tim Cook noted this week has never risen out of single digit share worldwide. "No amount of ivory tower contemplation will persuade Apple's iPad customers they have bought a 'PC'," a note on the company's blog reads. Exactly so.
And while it's almost inevitable that the line between PC and iPad will blur in the coming years, as I believe it will, that hasn't happened yet. Apple fans are probably very willing to accept Mr. Cook's assertion that the Amazon Kindle Fire, for example, somehow magically isn't competing with the iPad. But the differences between a PC and an iPad are even greater. Like Strategic Analytics, I'd say that there is indeed a comparison that can be made between all "general purpose computing devices." But that's not just tablets and PCs, it's "desktops, notebooks, netbooks, tablets, MIDs, smartphones, and a fair few TV set-top boxes and other devices as well."


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BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- Don't let last week's stumble in stock prices fool you -- this earnings season is coming in with a vengeance. So far, 84% of the S&P 500 components that have reported their first-quarter numbers have also beaten analysts' expectations. On average, profits have ended up almost 9% higher than Wall Street's best guess.
That's the biggest beat-rate we've seen in years -- and that's a big part of why stocks bounced so hard yesterday. Put simply, U.S. stock fundamentals still look good now.
The good news is that you don't need to roll the dice and bet on individual stocks' pre-earnings moves to make money from them. Instead, good earnings results are helping to buoy all stocks as a group. As buyers start waking up this earnings season, we're turning to a new set of Rocket Stocks worth buying here.
For the uninitiated, "Rocket Stocks" are our list of companies with short-term gain catalysts and longer-term growth potential. To find them, I run a weekly quantitative screen that seeks out stocks with a combination of analyst upgrades and positive earnings surprises to identify rising analyst expectations, a bullish signal for stocks in any market. After all, where analysts' expectations are increasing, institutional cash often follows. In the last 295 weeks, our weekly list of five plays has outperformed the S&P 500's record run by 79.39%.
Without further ado, here's a look at this week's Rocket Stocks.
It's a little hard to believe that oil service company Schlumberger (SLB - Get Report) is making our list of Rocket Stocks today. After all, SLB has been pummeled just like the rest of the energy sector in recent months, in this case down more than 20% since last summer. But energy stocks are finally turning around, and Schlumberger is one of the best examples of that.
Schlumberger is the biggest of the oilfield service companies. The firm's revenues come from a menu of niche services such as seismic surveys and well drilling and positioning. In a nutshell, SLB's job is to pull oil out of the ground as efficiently as possible. Oil firms turn to Schlumberger because the tasks they need to accomplish are too nuanced or proprietary to pull off in-house. Schlumberger has been cutting costs aggressively to reduce the impact of low oil prices on its business -- and with oil finally catching a bid this spring, SLB has been able to stick a plug in the profitability leak. Last week's earnings beat was proof of that.
What many investors don't realize is that most large oil companies are actually marginally profitable at much lower costs per barrel than their official breakeven oil production costs. That's because those breakeven costs include sunk costs that have already been paid. For SLB, that means that the firm can continue to stay very active with its existing customers' well-sites even if oil prices trip again.
With rising analyst sentiment in Schlumberger this week, we're betting on shares.
$22 billion utility PPL (PPL - Get Report) has been a mixed bag in 2015. With a hefty 4.4% dividend yield, this stock has had a big target on its back as the Federal Reserve has hinted at interest rate hikes later this year. But nervous investors need to take a deep breath with PPL. This big utility has been improving its earnings quality in recent years, and it's finally picking up some momentum since mid-March.
PPL is an integrated utility, with more than 10,500 megawatts of generation capacity and distribution networks in Pennsylvania, Kentucky and the U.K. The firm's decision to spin off its merchant generation business into a publicly traded company called Talen Energy should help improve earnings quality starting in the middle of this year by moving more of PPL's revenues to the regulated side of the business.
Operating a completely regulated business means that there aren't big surprises, for better or worse. The fact that PPL has a good relationship with most of its regulators means that it's able to generate attractive returns on equity, plus modest incremental growth rates. That's not a bad combo, and it helps to set the stage for PPL to keep paying its huge dividend checks each quarter.
Specialty chemical maker Eastman Chemical (EMN - Get Report) operates in a cyclical business that ebbs and flows with the global economy. That's not a bad thing -- with the global economic engine firing on all cylinders today and with basic materials catching a bid again, Eastman is pretty well-positioned heading into its first-quarter earnings call at the beginning of May.
Eastman is a major supplier of the chemicals used to make adhesives and coatings, as well as plastics and fibers. Customers include everyone from automakers and construction companies to clothing manufacturers. While the chemical business tends to be very commodity-like, Eastman has done a good job of specializing by shedding its most margin-sensitive businesses and focusing on products where it can actually carry a moat and pass input costs to customers. Very low-cost operations are a big piece of the puzzle at Eastman. That lean operation was a big reason why EMN converted almost 8% of every sales dollar into profit last year.
There's a lot of comfort in Eastman's sales diversification. Because the firm touches so many different industries, it's less impacted by any single sector. Instead, EMN's fortunes are tied to the global economy. Less than half of sales come from the U.S. Instead, EMN is more closely tied to manufacturing centers in Asia, where demand for raw chemicals is high.
With rising analyst sentiment in shares of EMN this week, we're betting on this Rocket Stock.
2015 has been a good year so far for shareholders of Akamai Technologies (AKAM - Get Report). Since the calendar flipped to 2015, this $13 billion tech stock has rallied almost 17%, leaving the rest of the broad market in its dust. That momentum isn't showing any signs of slowing down as we get further into April – in fact, Akamai is making new multi-year highs this week.
Akamai is the biggest content delivery network in the world. The firm's internet services help to speed up users' internet performance for e-commerce and media websites. In short, Akamai gets paid to make sure that more than 1,100 global networks are actually usable when put under load. Rapidly increasing bandwidth usage and data demand make AKAM's product all the more important today; the wind is most certainly at Akamai's back in 2015.
Akamai has the scale that gives it a big moat versus rivals. Because running a competitive CDN requires significant infrastructure, Akamai's 170,000 servers are able to get physically closer to the user's machine. That hard-to-replicate infrastructure makes Akamai an increasingly valuable vendor as more and more content makes its way to "the cloud". Look for a rapid ramp-up of internet TV usage to provide a major boost for Akamai.
Last, but not least, on our list of Rocket Stocks is beverage bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE). CCE has undergone some massive shifts in recent years, after selling off its North American bottling operations to Coca-Cola (KO) back in 2010. Today, CCE focuses exclusively on Europe, producing Coke products for eight countries in the Eurozone.
CCE's positioning as Coke's anchor bottler in Western Europe is attractive. While per-capita consumption of soft drinks isn't as high as in North America, Europe provides a mature market with approximately 170 million customers and a diverse set of products. Besides CCE's namesake brands, the firm also produces Fanta, Sprite and bottled water, energy drinks and juices.
While bottling is a capital-intense business, CCE's balance sheet leverage is reasonable. The firm currently carries just $3.7 billion in net debt at the moment. As Coke expands its product offerings in the European market, CCE is well-positioned to grow its top line, which has been more or less static for the last few years. In the meantime, look out for earnings to hit on April 30.


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Annual survey finds Twin Cities holiday shoppers in an enthusiastic mood this year
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Equipped with 11 years of research data, University of St. Thomas marketing professors find the mood of holiday shoppers is close to pre-recession levels.
Twin Cities holiday shoppers appear to be in an enthusiastic mood not seen since the recession, according to research conducted by marketing professors at the University of St. Thomas.
The 11th annual University of St. Thomas Holiday Spending Sentiment Survey has been conducted in late October since 2002 and provides more than a decade’s worth of longitudinal data on Twin Cities holiday shopping trends.
The survey measures the intent of Twin Cities shoppers: how much they think they will spend for holiday gifts, what they will spend it on, and where they will spend it. The research is conducted by Dr. Lorman Lundsten, Jon Seltzer and Dr. John Sailors of St. Thomas’ Opus College of Business.
According to the survey, household spending for holiday gifts is predicted to be 9.95 percent more in the Twin Cities this year than last. Data shows that a decline in holiday spending began in 2007, but was especially pronounced in 2008 when shoppers said they were trimming budgets by more than 10 percent. The turnaround began in 2010, with a predicted 8 percent uptick, and continued in 2011 with a predicted 3.4 percent increase.
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Flipkart has confirmed that the first-ever Nokia-branded smart TV will launch in India next Thursday, December 5th. The e-commerce company has reportedly started sending media invites for the launch event to be held in New Delhi, where it will unveil the Nokia Smart TV. The news comes just a couple of days after rumors suggested that the device would launch as a ‘Flipkart Unique’ product in early December.
There’s not a lot of official info on the TV just yet, but rumors suggest that the company might launch just the one model for the time being. The first Nokia-branded smart TV (rumored model number 55CAUHDN) recently received certification from the Bureau of Indian Standards, revealing that it would come with a 55-inch 4K UHD panel. It will also come with Android TV 9.0 out-of-the-box and is expected to offer a relatively bloat-free experience in line with Nokia smartphones.
The Indian e-commerce giant has already confirmed some key features of the upcoming TV, including the fact that it will run Android TV and come with JBL speakers that will offer “superior audio quality powered by JBL’s sound program”. The device will also offer Dolby Audio & DTS TruSurround Sound. There’s no more official info available at this point, but we expect to know more in the coming days.
In case you don’t know it already, Flipkart earlier this month announced a partnership with Finnish tech giant, Nokia, to launch smart TVs under the former’s brand. As part of the plan, the Indian e-commerce firm would develop and market Nokia-branded smart TVs manufactured in India under the ‘Make in India’ program. The development comes almost a quarter of a century after the Finnish telecom giant shuttered its TV business in 1995.


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Changes under way in the global electric vehicle market will require the businesses affected to make a significant change in their approach to how they address intellectual property.
The global automotive industry is undergoing a period of rapid technological and manufacturing transformation. Electrification, digitalisation, autonomy and connectivity are reducing the dominance of established OEMs and introducing greater uncertainty about the shape of the industry, particularly in the fast-growing EV market. The emergence of new technologies has encouraged a number of start-ups and non-traditional players to enter the market. Changes in the technological and manufacturing landscape will also necessitate a change in strategy around the protection of intellectual property.
In the past, automotive-sector knowledge has been largely centralised, owned by just a handful of OEMs and a close-knit group of Tier 0.5 suppliers. These businesses have been happy to share their intellectual property and innovate collaboratively, confident in the knowledge that their interdependency makes it unlikely that they would ever need to litigate to protect their commercial interests.
However, the rapid take-up of evolving technologies is contributing to a seismic shift in Europe’s manufacturing landscape. Traditional manufacturing centres in countries such as Germany, France and the UK have seen a reduction in output in favour of lower-cost countries such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary and Turkey.
Against this backdrop of change, growing demand for EVs is placing pressure on emerging European supply chains and forcing some automotive manufacturers to re-evaluate their operational footprints, either by shifting their own manufacturing or entering into joint ventures with tech companies located elsewhere.
For example, battery packs are heavy and costly to transport over long distances, and increasing regulation will make the cross-border movement of automotive products between the UK and Europe more onerous, particularly for those made outside of these areas. Therefore, it makes sense for a UK and European battery supply chain to be developed rapidly, and for new EV manufacturing hubs to be located close to gigafactories that are capable of supplying large volumes of battery packs from a local source. This need has intensified with the recent agreement by the EU to effectively ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2035.
While the shape of the emerging EV industry map is not yet known, it seems likely that it will be much more geographically spread, with more producers in more countries reliant on their own local supply chains. It also seems likely that the involvement of many smaller, tech-led businesses that are less reliant on OEMs could introduce greater competition and potentially lead to a more litigious approach.
Some EV industry newcomers have a background in other sectors, for example telecoms, where patent litigation is ubiquitous. In a fast growing EV marketplace, these companies recognise that there is an opportunity to develop and own critical technologies that become ‘standard essential’ and go on to reap the commercial rewards. In order to achieve this, these businesses are aware of the need to secure patent protection in all relevant end markets.
From an intellectual property perspective, the market changes now under way will require a significant shift in approach. In the past, the practice of seeking patent protection in just a handful of the largest end-user markets – typically those with the greatest concentration of automotive companies – has led to a tendency for some to file in Germany only (on the basis that this is likely to provide sufficient protection across Europe). A much broader approach is now needed to future-proof European patent portfolios and to provide licensing opportunities with new entrants based outside of the traditional automotive heartlands.
For example, if a new battery supply hub is established in Sweden, a manufacturer who only has patent protection in Germany would be unable to prevent the Swedish producers from using the same technologies and exporting their end products around the world.
There are major changes on the way for the automotive industry, and with new EV supply chains beginning to take shape, manufacturers must rethink their IP strategies and prepare for a more competitive and litigious future.


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We have gotten so used to the downward trends from the past few years that most people don’t know that prices are increasing rapidly
Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) May 28, 2013
Homeowners in Maryland who found themselves underwater during the housing crisis are discovering that they may now have equity resulting from exceptional price increases in the last 6-8 months.
“We have gotten so used to the downward trends from the past few years that most people don’t know that prices are increasing rapidly,” says Dan McDevitt of Cummings & Co. Realtors. “The impact of these price increases means that people who used to be underwater may now finally have equity in their homes again.”
Many homeowners in this situation had to resort to foreclosure, short sale (selling the home for less than what is owed on the mortgage), or other alternatives. “Today, those homeowners that have been able to wait until the market improved may be able to sell the home without having to take the hit that a foreclosure, or even a short sale, will have on their credit,” McDevitt said.
As a Certified Distressed Property Expert® (CDPE), McDevitt is specially trained to help homeowners facing foreclosure understand their options, and to help them understand all the facts of their circumstances. “It’s important that homeowners in distress understand that they’re not alone. There are alternatives to foreclosure, and with recent equity gains, many may have a viable way out of a difficult situation,” McDevitt said.
McDevitt has launched a website at http://www.BaltimoreAreaHouseValues.com where homeowners can go and get reports on all recent home sales in their neighborhood. More importantly homeowners can sign up to have these reports sent to them on a regular basis. "Even homeowners that are not interested in selling right now this is a great tool for all Baltimore, MD Homeowners to keep track of the value of their biggest asset," said McDevitt


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The founder and CEO of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin became the youngest billionaire in the world last May at the age of 27. Vitalik’s keen eye for investing at the right time has made him one of the richest people in the world. The creator of Ethereum revealed that he had invested $25k in the meme-inspired cryptocurrency Dogecoin back in 2016, and has now gained over $4 million in profits due to the ‘Dogefather’ himself, Elon Musk.
In a podcast hosted by Lex Fridman, the MIT researcher, Buterin stated that he was impressed by Dogecoin’s potential, and impulsively gambled on the meme-currency without really a certain goal in mind.
With Dogecoin growing popular in the market, the prices of the meme currency gradually rose up. Buterin had made $4.3 million after he sold half of the tokens. The total sum was donated to a non-profit organization known as GiveDirectly.
Vitalik did not expect Dogecoin to soar through the charts so quickly. Dogecoin, which started as a joke only reached its peak due to celebrity endorsement mostly from the Tesla CEO Elon Musk. 80% of Dogecoin’s growth is mainly due to frequent tweets made by Musk, who now claims himself to be the ‘Dogefather’.
Despite Elon’s influence over Dogecoin and other major cryptocurrencies, Buterin believes that Musk does not hold any ill-intentions. He also commented on Tesla’s investment and withdrawal from Bitcoin in the past, stating that sooner or later Elon’s companies will have to adapt Ethereum. Bitcoin started as a blockchain for money, while Ethereum was created as a general-purpose blockchain, Buterin added.
Vitalik is aware of the fact that everything could be a bubble and eventually burst if it hasn’t already. However, he is still optimistic about the future of digital assets which might add more to his fortune.
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- WikiLeaks Shop – Official Shirts, Mugs, Stickers, Posters, etc.
- Varle.lt – Lithuanian General and Tech Store
- TormentBox – Various prank articles like glitter letters etc.
- ThaiBaM – Coffee, Tea, Oils, Balms etc.
- SugarTrends – Huge local stores online marketplace
- SSL Dragon – SSL Certificates
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Tourism Minister: In May Bulgaria was Visited by over 560,000 Foreign Tourists, this is a 15% Increase
Wizz Air low-cost air carrier reported over one million passengers to and from Varna airport for one year from opening its base in the seaside.
The national carrier Bulgaria Air added another interesting and remarkable city to its portfolio of destinations - Tbilisi.
THE COMMISSION FOR Aviation Regulation (CAR) has withdrawn the licence for a number of travel agents under the same company leaving dozens of Irish people stranded on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast.
We expect this summer to have growth o about 5% compared to last year's visits in June-September and foreign tourists to more than 5.
Higher prices of natural gas and electricity from the beginning of July, as well as of the fuel of the last few months, will not make the holidays more expensive this summer, commented for Darik Branimir Milanov, a member of the management board of the Bu
Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelova talked on the phone with Turkey's new Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Ersoy, the press center of the ministry announced.
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IF you still haven't booked the summer holiday, it's time to head east.
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SOFIA (Bulgaria), July 11 (SeeNews) - Total revenue from tourist overnights spent in Bulgaria rose by 27.
Varna is an extremely attractive destination with the combination of culture and beautiful nature and that is why I am sure that more and more tourists from our town will come here.
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Business Review - The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, has announced that as of July 1, travellers booking package holidays will enjoy stronger consumer rights.
The Bulgarian National Statistical Institute published its latest survey during the week, according to which Bulgarians are traveling abroad more and more.
Bulgaria is the EU Country with the Largest Number of Women in the IT Sector
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Sold its Assets and Contracts in Bulgaria


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Today, Father’s Day, let’s take some time to reflect on the challenges and opportunities that our Fathers in T&T and in the world face.
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Abel unveils most modern clay factory in Americas
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said she was pleased to hear Ansa Mcal group chairman Anthony Norman Sabga speak of his company’s investment of $400 million in the new Abel Clay facility and the buoyancy of T&T’s economy. The PM made the comment at the launch of the state-of-the art factory which replaced the old one at Depot Road, Longdenville, Chaguanas. Sabga said the decision to make such a huge investment was because of the growth of the economy.
Persad-Bissessar said the investment was made in the non-energy manufacturing sector by a local company global in its operations. She said the investment in the almost fully automated Italian-made clay factory was the largest in the non-energy sector in the Caribbean. The PM noted the plant was set up in Chaguanas where clay was plentiful and commended the Ansa Mcal Group which she said possessed the rare quality of adapting to the environment.
Group chief operating officer and sector head–manufacturing and chairman of Abel Building Solutions (ABS) Gerry Brooks, said the new facility represented the dawn of a new era in manufacturing in the Caribbean and its state-of-the-art technology will revolutionise the construction industry. He said against that background it was fitting for Persad-Bissessar to give the feature address.
“Your presence, support for the local industry and your Government’s often expressed support for the public/private partnership model will continue to lay the foundation for a revitalized and robust construction sector and economy,” Brooks said Sabga said the new clay factory, the most modern in the Americas, has the capacity to produce 54 million blocks of a far superior quality annually.
The automated factory has replaced 150 workers Sabga said, something the company did not take lightly. He said jobs were found for the majority of displaced workers and they are still looking for jobs for the others. Sabga said well-trained and dedicated employees usually find work and observed there is a shortage of talented labour. He said customers and partners played an important part in the creation of the Chaguanas clay factory which has “remained rooted in local territory.”
Caroni East MP Dr Tim Gopeesingh, Chaguanas East MP Stephen Cadiz, Works and Infrastructure Minister Dr Suruj Rambachan, Local Government Minister Marlene Coudray and Chaguanas Mayor Gopaul Boodan were at the launch.
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Christie’s brought in more than $2.1 million in its Handbags x Hype online auction, thanks in part to an Hermès matte white Himalaya Niloticus Crocodile Birkin 30 and a Louis Vuitton x Supreme Monogram Malle Courrier 90 Trunk, which both doubled their low estimates and sold at $125,000 each.
While an overall total of 89 percent of the pieces were sold during the auction, Supreme merchandise exceeded that number, selling 95 percent of its pieces including an Everlast Boxing Group that sold for $17,500, Stern Pinball Machine for $32,500 and a set of two signed Kaws Chum Skateboards also for $32,500, which was also four times its low estimate. Also, a set of five Damien Hirst Dots Skateboards sold for $15,000 and a Louis Vuitton x Supreme red Classic Monogram Skateboard sold for $30,000.
Additional notable sales include a Hermès multicolor One Two Three & Away We Go Birkin by Nigel Peake that sold for three times its estimate at $47,500, a limited-edition black calfbox leather So Black Birkin 35 for $37,500, and a custom matte Mimosa and Gris Perle Alligator Birkin 30 for $50,000.
“The strong sale results demonstrate Christie’s ability to meet our clients’ ever-changing needs and rise to new market demands,” said Caitlin Donovan, head of sale for handbags and accessories at Christie’s. “This auction successfully captured luxury as it is defined today and we were delighted to see the wide range of global participation with bidders from the U.S., Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.”
The sale further cements skateboards, handbags and consumer products as collectible assets comparable to art pieces. In May 2018, French auction house Artcurial held an auction dedicated to Supreme products, including Supreme-branded punching bags and boxing gloves with Everlast, a Spalding basketball, various box logo T-shirts, an electric guitar, Kaws, Futura and Barbara Kruger works and select Louis Vuitton x Supreme pieces.
Many Supreme skate decks are available and on view at Otis, the new investment app that sells shares of art pieces, sneakers, handbags and other collectibles. The app also offers an Hermès Birkin bag.
This summer, Sotheby’s held a similar auction with Stadium Goods to sell 100 rare sneakers, which were acquired privately by entrepreneur and collector Miles Nadal. The Nike Moon Shoes from the 1972 Olympic Trials sold for $437,000, which set a Guinness Book World Record for the most expensive shoes sold in the world.


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Five things to know about new Apple iPhone 6S, 6S Plus
- The iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus comes with a ‘3D Touch’. This means you can make new commands when the phone detects the pressure you apply to the screen.
- These new iPhones have rear cameras with 50 percent increase in sensor size to 12 megapixels. They also have front cameras with a 400 percent increase to 5megapixels. This means you can now take photos with more details. You can now record video using the rear and front cameras respectively for the first time.
- The two iPhones will surely give you optimum performance. You will never have it slow using either as they come with CPU and GPU of 70 percent and 90 percent respectively. The iOS 9 will bring enhanced multitasking features on the new iPhones.
- In addition, the new phones offer faster and more accurate performance for Touch ID as Apple makes a push to increase the popularity of Apple Pay now rival systems from Samsung and Google are appearing. They are available in Rose gold
- The new iPhone 6S will cost $200, and the iPhone 6S Plus will cost $300. However, prices for previous versions of the iPhone will drop by $100.
The new phones will be available in 12 countries, including the United States, on Sept. 25. You can order online starting September 12, 2015.
Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will be available in Nigeria at the Apple iStore in the Ikeja shopping mall. For a list of authorised resellers in Nigeria go to www.iSpot.com.ng.


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Cincinnati has been noticeably absent from the flood of IPOs that have lately hit the national market.
Six C-level executives at Chiquita have departed during the last three months.
Former Chiquita Brands International Inc. CEO Fernando Aguirre is the proud new owner of the Erie SeaWolves, a AA baseball franchise in Pennsylvania.
Real estate executives planning new office projects in uptown and midtown say the big block of space produced by the closure of Chiquita Brands International Inc. at NASCAR Plaza will not impact their development time lines.
Former Chiquita Brands International Inc. CEO Ed Lonergan got $16.2 million when the Charlotte banana company was sold in January.
Real estate executives planning new office projects in uptown and midtown Charlotte say the big block of space coming available at NASCAR Plaza doesn't affect their construction time lines.
Former Chiquita Brands International Inc. CEO Ed Lonergan made more than $16 million when the company was sold in January.
Former Chiquita Brands International Inc. CEO Ed Lonergan, once the CEO of Diversey Inc. of Sturtevant, got $16.2 million when the Charlotte, N.C., banana company was sold in January.
While North Carolina saw a slight month-over-month uptick when it came to layoffs in February, the Triangle – at least in terms of the required notices to the Department of Commerce – was spared pink slips.
Chiquita Brands International has hired JLL to sublease its headquarters space at the NASCAR Plaza building in uptown.
It appears Chiquita Brands International Inc. will exit its Charlotte headquarters sooner than anticipated.
The space in the NASCAR Plaza building is the second largest block of existing, available office space in uptown Charlotte.
Chiquita will start dismissing 262 employees at its Charlotte headquarters April 17 and close the office by year end, according to a notice the company filed Thursday with N.C. Commerce Department.


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DAVOS, January 23./ITAR-TASS/. Russia’s government will consolidate its position on tougher control of online shopping in foreign stores and bringing in tighter tax rules, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told Itar-Tass on Thursday.
“We have been ordered to discuss the issue within the government until February 11,” he said. “Then we will make some resume.”
The government is currently developing measures for more rigorous control on Internet transactions. Today, Russian customers can receive an order from a foreign country worth up to 1,000 euro tax-free. The Federal Customs Service proposed initially to lower the level of tax-exempt Internet purchases to 200 euro.
At the end of 2013, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov suggested reducing the level from 1,000 euro to 150 euro.
The Ministry of Economic Development also supported limits but considered 150 euro too low. Deputy head Alexey Likhachev said duty-free purchases for Russian citizens should be limited to “several hundred euro”.
It also opposed lowering the current 30 percent customs duty on imported goods exceeding the limit and suggested harmonizing these restrictions in all countries of the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan to avoid illegal trade flows.
In January, Head of the Federal Customs Service Andrey Belyaninov told journalists that online shopping limits remained under discussion. Besides lowering the duty-free purchase level to 150 euro, it was proposed to limit the weight of imported goods to 10 kilograms and the possibility of effecting such transactions at no more than once a month.


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Many people wear their hearts on their sleeves. Robert Geller wears his political leanings on his chest.During his bow following his fall show, which was inspired by political unrest and protest, the designer wore a gray T-shirt with "Immigrant" hand-painted in pink letters by his wife Ana Beatriz Lerario-Geller the morning before the show.The German-born Lerario-Geller found the shirt quickly attracted a following so he has teamed with Grailed.com to create a limited edition of the Ts. Priced at $50, the shirts for men and women launched on the web site exclusively today with proceeds benefiting the ACLU and matched by Grailed.com.Last week, Public School started selling the red ball caps sporting the Make America New York slogan that were worn in its fall fashion show on its web site and temporary store in TriBeCa. The proceeds from the sale of the hats is also being donated to the ACLU.
"I saw a chance to use my platform to send a message about unity, love and inclusion. The response has been incredible and I am thankful to have the opportunity to raise some money for the ACLU, an organization that is as important as ever during these times," Geller said.
Grailed's chief executive officer Arun Gupta added: "There is no denying this is a turbulent time for our nation and it falls to each of us to stand up for the values we believe in. Grailed is proud to team with Robert Geller on this project and help support the ACLU and everyone fighting for human rights and equality everywhere."
From overseeing America’s fastest-growing speciality retailers to codifying cool, WWD talked to the women who are leading the way for the future of beauty. Check out our Instagram Stories to see how these women built today and are creating tomorrow. (📸: @hannah_khymych) #wwdbeauty
For @laperlalingerie's spring 2018 show, the brand chose to host their event at @thevenetianmacao. With Chinese megastars @bingbing_fan and @hubing in attendance, La Perla debuted a rock ‘n’ roll-inspired collection. The show marked the start of Sands Macao Fashion Week, which runs from October 19 to 24 — the city’s first such event. Pictured here are models backstage with glimmering eyes. #wwdfashion (📷: Cheuk-Yin To)
Trending for spring 2018: top stitch design. Gone are the days of stitch just for seams — designers are using the once-minimal detail to create strong decorative elements. (📷: Paola Testa; Styled by @andrew_shang) #wwdfashion
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Spotted last night at the @erdem x @hm launch event: Kate Bosworth, Rashida Jones, Kirsten Dunst and Selma Blair. The party, which took place in LA, also marked the opening of their pop-up shop. “I was interested in creating a collection that wasn’t in any way disposable. It was about pieces you’d create and keep forever, things that have a permanence to it,” designer Erdem Moralioglu said. #wwdeye (📷: Katie Jones)
Renee Zellweger in yellow in 2001 and again in 2017. Chosen as one of the 12 @pantone Leading Spring Colors (and dubbed “Meadowlark”), it only makes sense that the bright hue stands the test of time and is making a resurgence this season, seen already on stars like @blakelively and @gigihadid. (📷: Donato Sardello & @rexfeatures) #wwdfashion #tbt
Dior’s 70th anniversary celebration continues with a new exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. “Christian Dior,” which is scheduled to run through March 18, takes a look at the founders tenure from 1947 to 1057 and feature 40 designs. Pictured here is an evening gown from the Ailée, fall 1948-49 haute couture collection. #wwdfashion (📷: Brian Boyle)


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Honda will be showcasing the re-styled CR-Z at Tokyo Auto Salon 2011 that held on January 14 to 16, 2011. The antagonistically-styled CR-Z is called Tesutosutadimoderu TS-1X’. Apparently, it is a basic CR-Z with a set of new alloy wheels, body-kit and matte-black paint job.
Other than that, what is under the hood? Seriously, we have no idea Although, it could be the flat dull hybrid power plant. There is also a chance that it could be the mind blowing K20A i-VTEC engine too. However it is, just stay tuned with us for more updates.


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LOS ANGELES — Kristel Penn, Grooby’s longtime marketing and editorial director, has announced the launch of her new company, Ikigai Marketing and PR.
“I’ve been working with Grooby for nearly a decade, and I’ve always shared my knowledge and resources with any performer who has asked me for advice,” Penn said. “In recent years I’ve had performers ask me to guide them in their careers in a more official capacity, and I thought this would be the most helpful format.
“The term ‘ikigai’ is a Japanese concept meaning ‘reason for being,’” she said. “I firmly believe that success is the most substantial and sustainable when it aligns with a person’s personal and professional 'ikigai.'”
Penn said that Ikigai Marketing and PR offers a wide variety of services, but a unique feature is a bundled consultation that includes a 30-minute life coaching session with a sex-positive licensed therapist (LMFT) who works extensively with the LGBTQ community followed up with a one-hour business consultation with Penn.
Penn also offers business consultations, copywriting and editing, brand building and other marketing services on a case-by-case basis.
Penn added, “I don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all kind of blueprint for success. For this reason, I’m very excited to offer business consultations bundled with a life coaching session. In my experience, it’s helped clients to further clarify their professional and personal goals so we can create a strategy tailored to them.”
Penn is on the board of directors for TAIF (Trans Adult Industry Foundation) and has presented educational workshops around the country to help destigmatize the adult industry and the consumption of porn.
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(Detroit Lakes, MN) -- Black Friday means shopping for some, but at Detroit Mountain it meant skiing.
There was a large turnout at Detroit Mountain the day after Thanksgiving. The massive turnout was partly related to the closure of Frost Fire in North Dakota for the season because of malfunctioning snow machines.
Seven of the 12 runs at Detroit Mountain are open right now.
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Software copyright protection company PACE have just announced a new version of their ubiquitous iLok. The third-generation iLok is available in either USB-A or USB-C versions, the latter of which should be particularly appealing to MacBook and iMac users who have previously had to connect their iLoks to a USB hub or adaptor cable.
PACE tell us that the new model of iLok can hold up to 1500 software licenses (a threefold increase compared with the previous generation), and that its transfer speed is double that of the iLok 2.
Finally, unlike the previous plastic USB keys, the newest iLok is built into a metal case, making it much less likely to crack or split.
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Yahoo Buzz: A Lot Like Digg
Yahoo! (YHOO) is unveiling the first major initiative of Chief Executive Jerry Yang's turnaround bid—and the first since Microsoft's surprise takeover bid—with a news-oriented site, similar to Digg.com, that lets users vote on articles from top Web publications, guiding which ones get prominent billing on Yahoo's massively trafficked front page. The new Yahoo Buzz, launched Feb. 25, "embodies the strategy that Jerry has talked about," says Tapan Bhat, Yahoo's vice-president for Front Doors.
What that strategy means for Yahoo—and whether it justifies the company's rejection of Microsoft's (MSFT) takeover bid—has been an open question since Yang took back the reins eight months ago. As the first product constructed from the ground up with Yang's vision in mind, Yahoo Buzz has the burden of concretely demonstrating how his leadership can change the company's declining fortunes in arenas increasingly dominated by Google.
Adding Buzz to Ad Revenues
In particular, the new service epitomizes Yang's focus on boosting ad revenue by making Yahoo a key destination for more than just content from the company's own sites (BusinessWeek.com, 9/11/07). Buzz may certainly help make Yahoo a more engaging site for both users and advertisers. But it fails to prove Yahoo can generate the kind of game-changing ideas necessary for the company to forgo Microsoft's offer, now valued at roughly $41 billion, or demand a significantly higher bid.
More than 100 major news sites have agreed to place Yahoo "Buzz Up" buttons next to their articles and other content. The partners include Gannett's (GCI) USA Today, News Corp.'s (NWS) Wall Street Journal, and Time Warner's (TWX) Entertainment Weekly. A click on the button is tallied as a user endorsement and sent to Yahoo's Buzz page. Those with the highest scores are considered for placement on Yahoo's front page. But Yahoo is retaining some editorial control: An internal team will have final say over the stories featured on the main home page. Yahoo says this is to guard against articles deemed lewd, violent, or capable of exposing the company to legal liability—like the stories voted to the top of Digg last year explaining how to hack past the copy protection on digital media (BusinessWeek.com, 5/3/07).
The initial launch also includes "widget" applications that can be embedded on any site to display the most popular stories on Buzz, helping Yahoo brand itself as a leading destination for news. Yahoo plans to expand the Buzz program to other publishers not involved in this test phase. Bhat also sees a future where Yahoo will be able to personalize the home page for users based on the articles they have "buzzed" over time.
A Copycat with Scale
But investors and analysts may be underwhelmed by Yahoo Buzz, as far as Yang's vision goes, in that it's not a new idea. The concept is strikingly similar to Digg.com, a social news site with more than 25 million unique visitors a month, according to that company's statistics. Even the "Buzz Up" buttons are reminiscent of the "Digg it" buttons already featured on many of the same leading sites. "It is great to see more and more companies embracing the power of communities," says Digg Chief Executive Jay Adelson, insisting he's not concerned about competition from Yahoo. "We've seen literally hundreds of clones appear, and those include ones from multibillion [dollar] corporations like Time Warner."
There are a few key differences between Yahoo and rivals that could help Buzz stand apart. Chief among these is scale. Yahoo is already one of the leading destinations on the Web. The opportunity for publishers to see their stories featured on Yahoo's front page, where it could be seen by tens of millions in a day, is a strong incentive to install "Buzz Up" buttons on their sites. "The scale and scope of this is unparalleled," says Bhat. "The number of people who come to [Yahoo's home page] is bigger than any page on the Web."
Despite these advantages, Buzz is still Yahoo's version of a social Web site that already exists. What Yahoo may need most right now, as it tries to prove it deserves its independence, isn't Buzz. It's fresh ideas.
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PC cooling specialist Cryorig turned to Kickstarter earlier this year to fund production of Taku, a retro-inspired Mini-ITX PC chassis that doubles as a monitor stand. Solid effort aside, the campaign came up well short of its $100,000 funding goal with just $48,051 raised from 138 backers.
It looked like the end of the road for the case but this story will have a happy ending after all.
In what can only be viewed as good news for interested parties, Cryorig has elected to move forward with production despite the setback.
The company said the response from the PC community and media outlets was enough to encourage them to continue with the project alongside co-developer and manufacturing partner Lian Li.
The chassis, if you recall, is meant to house a high-end Mini-ITX machine in a space-saving design. It utilizes a slide-out hardware tray with support for two 2.5-inch drives, a single 3.5-inch hard drive and a graphics card measuring up to 280mm in length. CPU coolers up to 48mm tall are also compatible.
Cryorig, which has been working on the case for over two years, will launch Taku in the US, Japan and Taiwan in December at an MSRP of $299. Kickstarter backers will have the option to pre-order the case with delivery guaranteed by the end of the year. Backers will also receive a complementary Cryorig C7 cooler.
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Micro-enterprise revival in Katutura
Team Namibia announced this week that it will train 25 micro and small entrepreneurs with promising business ideas from both the informal and existing business sectors in Katutura, over the next two years.
Projects are funded by entities such as the Embassy of Finland to develop the SME sector and the next generation of business leaders. The Embassy of Finland is allocating N$1.9 million to help equip SMEs for integration into the national and international economies.
A key goal of this is to encourage socially and environmentally responsible entrepreneurial activities which contribute to poverty eradication. Practical sessions will focus on assisting SMEs to identify competitive and viable business opportunities, with an emphasis on mobilizing local funding and operational business management.
“Team Namibia’s mandate of increasing the consumption of local products and services can not be achieved if we do not invest in the quality output of our SMEs through enhancing our country’s capacity,” said Chief Executive Officer of Team Namibia, Roberta da Costa.
A major concern in Katutura, is the number of talented people living in poverty, unable to utilize their potential due to lack of advice and opportunities. Team Namibia aims to help address this issue with the financial assistance from the Embassy of Finland.
The extremely high unemployment especially in rural areas, has resulted in increased rural urban migration and [lead to] huge informal settlements, particularly in Windhoek, da Costa said adding that entrepreneurial and technical talents exist in many of Katutura’s informal settlements but that living in poverty and the lack of knowledge on financing, administration and product innovation, hinders would-be entrepreneurs from running profitable businesses.
The Team Namibia training will cover basic business principles, regulatory requirements of a business, procurement procedures, production management, personnel management, marketing and financial management.
Da Costa described the intervention as an all-inclusive campaign to encourage existing and future entrepreneurs to apply for the scheme. Application forms will be ready for collection as from 02 January 2017. Once the project has successfully been piloted in Windhoek by 2018, it will be implemented in other areas in need.


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Will The FDA Regulate Vaping Flavors?
Some people may find it funny to make reference to papers as e-juices, but what they really mean is electronic cigarette. It’s been established that e-juice and vaporizer do exactly the same thing. The only real difference is that e-juice comes in bottles and vaporizers come in boxes. Although they don’t have to do a similar thing, some researchers attended up with a test that proves both types of merchandise are harmful. As of the moment, vaporizers remain considered a safe alternative to cigarettes.
The analysis was done by the National Institute of Health, which discovered that young high school students who used e Cigarettes had twice the volume of tissue damage from cancer in comparison to non-using smokers. This shocking news caused lots of people to be very cautious of the dangers that vaporizing tobacco can bring. But researchers say that this tissue damage will not prove any links between using e Cigs and cancer. This is why why most tobacco companies remain using e Cigs as a marketing tool. They may promote their product to be safer than standard tobacco products, however the public Smok Novo just doesn’t have the stomach to take the risk. That’s the reason why e-Cigarettes are here, available to anyone.
There are several areas in which vaporizing tobacco is still prohibited, like public places where smoking is prohibited. One place where this law has been flouted is in hotels. Most hotels don’t allow smokers, though it is prohibited, to smoke in the rooms. To make up for having less flavored e Cigs, many hotels have resorted to putting mints or gum in the guestrooms.
Vaping also brings along with it the opportunity to experiment with new tobacco flavors. Despite the fact that tobacco flavors was previously obtainable in only cherry, orange, and chocolate, flavors such as fruit and cereal flavors are actually available. But not all vapers are content to just try out the brand new flavors. Many vapers and even non-vapers enjoy tinkering with different tobacco flavors and bring them home. These flavored vaping are becoming a trend in households in the united states.
A few of the flavors that are gaining popularity include things like fruit, candy, and chocolate. The key reason why the FDA decided to add a public health warning about the dangers of nicotine was as the market for e-Cigarettes keeps growing exponentially. As more people are attracted to the idea of quitting cigarettes by using e-Cigarettes, so do the manufacturers’ fears relating to this new development. So that you can curb the popularity of flavored e Cigs, the FDA has made a decision to enforce a one-year public health warning on the packaging of these products. It will be interesting to see how long the FDA must enforce this rule before it really is enacted into law.
There are several who feel that while the FDA could be regulating the flavoring chemicals, they’re actually making things a touch too complicated for the buyer. Some feel that if the FDA wants to institute such a large restriction on flavorings, they need to sit back with the manufacturers and come up with an effective way to determine the level of risk in inhaling single flavor e-liquids. Or even, the FDA only will regulate incorrectly and that won’t help the public’s health.
Many e-Cigarette companies will work on developing a treatment for the problem. One company that has already come up with its own unique take on the thing is Blu-ray. Blu-ray will be releasing a new product that may include menthol and other wood notes. In addition, it plans on implementing its set of guidelines for proper menthol use. Whether or not this new regulation can quell the exploding demand for flavored vaporizing electronic cigarettes remains to be seen, but for now, it looks like the FDA’s plan would have little effect on the vapor market.
Michael J. Cole, a lawyer with American Consumer Business Association, was quick to point out that even though the FDA implements their new regulations, the consumers are not required to buy menthol flavored e-juices. “If the FDA really wants to come after the manufacturers of e-juice, and force them to put menthol in their products, they ought to come following the manufacturer of the merchandise,” he said. “The FDA shouldn’t step into a person’s personal business.” Azar said that he believes the flavoring industry will survive the FDA’s attempt to regulate because flavors are not a product that will require the FDA’s approval. He sees the FDA’s plan as a way for the agency to “reward” the tobacco industry as well as perhaps force smaller companies to improve their recipes.


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MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin egg production during June 2022 was 134 million eggs, up 1 percent from last month but down 28 percent from last year, according to the latest Chickens and Eggs report from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.
The average number of all layers on hand during June 2022 was 5.29 million, up 4 percent from last month but down 29 percent from the same month last year. Eggs per 100 layers for June were 2,534, down 3 percent from last month but up 2 percent from last June.
United States Chickens & Eggs
United States egg production totaled 8.67 billion during June 2022, down 3 percent from last year. Production included 7.39 billion table eggs, and 1.28 billion hatching eggs, of which 1.19 billion were broiler-type and 89.4 million were egg-type. The average number of layers during June 2022 totaled 366 million, down 4 percent from last year. June egg production per 100 layers was 2,367 eggs, up 2 percent from June 2021.
Total layers in the United States on July 1, 2022, totaled 366 million, down 4 percent from last year. The 366 million layers consisted of 300 million layers producing table or market type eggs, 63.0 million layers producing broiler-type hatching eggs, and 3.51 million layers producing egg-type hatching eggs. Rate of lay per day on July 1, 2022, averaged 79.0 eggs per 100 layers, up 2 percent from July 1, 2021.
Egg-type chicks hatched during June 2022 totaled 56.8 million, up 5 percent from June 2021. Eggs in incubators totaled 45.4 million on July 1, 2022, down 12 percent from a year ago.
Domestic placements of egg-type pullet chicks for future hatchery supply flocks by leading breeders totaled 298 thousand during June 2022, up 3 percent from June 2021.
Broiler-type chicks hatched during June 2022 totaled 835 million, up 1 percent from June 2021. Eggs in incubators totaled 723 million on July 1, 2022, up 1 percent from a year ago.
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Get $3 off an online order at Au Bon Pain today through July 23, 2018.
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Coupons, happy hour deals and other specials at coffee chains including Starbucks, Peet’s Coffee, Bruegger’s Bagels, Caribou Coffee, Dunkin Donuts, Krispy Kreme and more places.
Starbucks has a BOGO on espresso beverages for their next Happy Hour on Thursday, July 26, 2018.
Caribou Coffee has an endless Cold Cup for $24.99 that gives you free iced tea refills now through July 31, 2018.
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf celebrates its new cold brew teas and coffees with a $2 special every Thursday in June, 2018.
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has teas for $1 to celebrate the British Royal wedding on Saturday, May 19, 2018.
Get a Cinnabon coupon for a free MiniBon when you enroll in the Cinnabon email club.
Join the Starbucks Rewards Program to get free drink or food rewards, custom offers on items you enjoy, and other specials.
Wawa convenience stores have a free Rewards program.
Peppermint Mocha and Peppermint Hot Chocolate are back in new holiday cups at McDonald’s McCafe.
Starbucks has returning favorites for the holidays.
Dunkin’ Donuts has begun their Halloween celebration with Halloween donuts and a special on their Munchkins for October.
Pumpkin Spice Latte has finally arrived at Starbucks, McDonald’s, Dunkin’ Donuts and other chains.
Peet’s Coffee & Tea has a Buy One Get One Free offer every Friday now through August 25, 2017.
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Companies like Chipotle and Philip Morris have been discussing price hikes that would give bottom lines a whole new driver. USAT reports.» Read More
RICHMOND, Va.— Newport maker Lorillard Inc.' s profit fell 4.2 percent in the second quarter as sales of its market-leading Blu electronic cigarettes dropped and it sold fewer cigarettes.
RICHMOND, Va.— Marlboro maker Altria Group posted flat second-quarter earnings Tuesday as higher prices helped to offset decline in the number of cigarettes it sold.
MIAMI— The nation's No. 2 cigarette maker is vowing to fight a jury verdict of $23.6 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. executive J. Jeffery Raborn has called the damages awarded by a Pensacola jury "grossly excessive and impermissible under state and constitutional law."
MIAMI— A Florida jury has slammed the nation's No. 2 cigarette maker, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., with $23.6 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer in 1996.. The case is one of thousands filed in Florida after the state Supreme Court in 2006 tossed out a $145 billion class action verdict.
BRUSSELS, July 18- The European Commission's call for views on a contentious part of a planned EU-U.S. free trade deal has drawn almost 150,000 responses that will take months to process, a senior EU official said on Friday.
*Reynolds, Lorillard marriage seen making $500 mln savings. LONDON, July 11- U.S. cigarette maker Reynolds American Inc is in talks to acquire rival Lorillard Inc in a multi-billion dollar deal that would reshape one of the world's biggest and most profitable tobacco markets, the companies said on Friday.
LONDON, June 27- Marlboro cigarette maker Philip Morris International is seeking to challenge Europe's new laws on tobacco products, the latest clash between Big Tobacco and governments seeking tighter regulation.
Some of Thursday's midday movers:
Some of the names on the move ahead of the open.
Philip Morris cut its 2014 earnings forecast saying it is proving to be a "complex and truly atypical" year for the company.
June 26- Cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc cut its earnings forecast for 2014 and said it is proving to be a "complex and truly atypical" year for the company.
June 26- Cigarette and tobacco company Philip Morris International Inc cut its 2014 earnings forecast saying it is proving to be a "complex and truly atypical" year for the company. The Marlboro cigarettes maker now expects to earn $4.87- $4.97 per share, lower than the $5.09- $5.19 per share it expected earlier.
MOSCOW, June 24- U.S. healthcare firm Abbott Laboratories is to buy Russian drugmaker Veropharm for up to $495 million, giving it a manufacturing presence in a country where it has been operating for nearly 40 years, Abbott said on Tuesday.
Industry trade groups, as well as cigarette makers, including Philip Morris parent Altria Group Inc, Reynolds American Inc and Lorillard Inc, complained that the limits violated their free speech rights and were pre-empted by other federal and state laws.
Industry trade groups, as well as cigarette makers, including Philip Morris parent Altria Group Inc, Reynolds American Inc and Lorillard Inc, complained that the limits violated their free speech rights and were pre-empted by other federal and state laws. A lawyer for most of the plaintiffs referred a reporter to Altria, which did not have an immediate comment.
BAYREUTH, Germany, June 18- It takes a British American Tobacco factory machine three minutes to load 4 million cigarettes onto a truck in northern Bavaria- but it can take a lot longer to figure out whether those cigarettes end up where they should.
LONDON, June 11- Japan Tobacco Inc has agreed to buy the maker of E-Lites, a leading brand of e-cigarettes in Britain, giving it entry into the fast-growing market for tobacco alternatives. Japan Tobacco said on Wednesday that it had agreed to buy all outstanding shares of E-Lites' parent company Zandera, founded in 2009..
MOSCOW, May 28- Russia may introduce minimum cigarette pricing as early as next year to curb smoking in a further restriction on the $20 billion market, business daily Vedomosti reported on Wednesday. Currently the cheapest pack of cigarettes in Russia sells at 39 roubles.
I started throwing up, "said one 16- year-old worker, who worked pulling tops off of tobacco plants to help increase yields, according to Human Rights Watch, which interviewed 141 youths aged 7 to 17 working on tobacco farms in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
April 30- An Illinois state appeals court has reinstated a $10.1 billion verdict against Philip Morris USA in a lawsuit accusing its Altria Group Inc unit of misleading consumers about the risks of smoking "light" cigarettes. Philip Morris USA said it will appeal immediately.


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London shares fell more than 200 points in the last few minutes of trading last night as Wall Street fell heavily. Overnight, the Asian markets followed suit and traders in the City continued the trend with the Footsie falling 86.42 at 3919.26.
That was the lowest point since 24October, cancelling out the rally inspired by the massive interest rate cuts from the Bank of England that took shares up to 4645 earlier this month.
Investors are fretting about the outlook for the global economy as the recession which started in America spreads to Europe and Asia. Fears over the US are growing rapidly as Republican politicians look set to block a taxpayer-funded bail-out of its giant car manufacturers, who face likely collapse with the loss of tens of thousands of jobs.
Today's shares slide took in sectors ranging from banking to mining and property - all industries affected by global economic conditions.
Keith Bowman, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown stockbrokers, said: "There is a hangover from Wall Street last night.
"The markets are very much on the back foot over concerns about deflation in the US economy and also a great deal of uncertainty surrounding the future of the big US car manufacturers.
"In the UK, there is still considerable uncertainty surrounding the banks, the level of lending to consumers and business, and we have the pre-Budget report to come on Monday so there is a great deal of anticipation ahead of that."
The jittery state of the economy was highlighted by yet more job cuts today.
Rolls-Royce is to shed 2,000 worldwide, drugs group AstraZeneca is cutting 250, Deutsche Bank is losing 900 in London and Wall Street, and fund manager Fidelity is axeing 300 in the UK. More than 20,000 jobs have been cut by British firms in the past two weeks.
The collapse in share prices has wiped billions of pounds of the value of British pension funds, which are among the biggest investors in the stock market.
Among sectors that have been hit especially hard is the high street, where shops have suffered from the collapse in consumer confidence.
This week giant retailers like Debenhams and Marks & Spencer launched big price cuts in the hope of getting shoppers through their doors.
Retail bosses fear that if they do not offer discounts now, they will be stuck with piles of unsold goods that have to be shifted at a huge discount in the post-Christmas sales.
Official figures today highlight the huge decline in high street sales.
The Bank of England's 1.5 per cent interest rate cut earlier this month could go some way towards boosting people's spending in the shops.
But M&S chief executive Stuart Rose today cautioned against further dramatic cuts which he warned could "spook" people and stop them shopping altogether.
"We've gone past the poor sentiment stage," said Miles Remington at BNP Paribas. "People are looking for any kind of positive and there are just no positives out there.
"Everyone seems to be united in the depressed global outlook. Whether it's commodities or equities, everything seems to be on a downturn."
The pound was also falling heavily again today, down two cents against the dollar at $1.488. Just last August the pound was worth more than $2.
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PRESS RELEASE — CLOUD PARTNERS — Gryphon Networks and TouchTone Communications (Booth 624) are giving agents a $1,000 bonus for each new account activated for Gryphon’s patented Do-Not-Call service, TeleBlock Plus, in September. Bonuses are paid in addition to the agent’s residual commissions.
Last month, Gryphon Networks, a leader in sales intelligence and marketing compliance services, and TouchTone Communications, voice and data provider, announced their partnership to offer agents Gryphon’s call compliance solutions.
“TeleBlock Plus is a perfect complement to any agent’s product offering,” said Ken McCormack, TouchTone’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
He continued, “Agents are already selling voice services to their customers, so Gryphon’s Do-Not-Call compliance is a must-have for any call center or high volume clients who are calling consumers or using automated dialing equipment, especially in the wake of the recent TCPA Declaratory Ruling restricting calls to wireless numbers .”
Gryphon’s TeleBlock Plus solution is 100% warranted to ensure marketing privacy compliance and reduced regulatory risk. For companies that market to consumers, Gryphon assumes the liability for Federal, State, and industry Do-Not-Call laws and potential fines for violation.
“The federal and state regulatory authorities do not mess around when it comes to the violation of telemarketing rules, especially Do-No-Call,” added Eric Esfahanian, Gryphon’s SVP and General Manager.
“These hefty fines are dwarfed by the brand damage that non-compliant firms must endure if they are fined. With the regulations becoming a constant moving target, Gryphon can greatly simplify the process, ensure compliance, and make sure clients can continue to market legally and effectively no matter what.”
To learn more about the $1000 bonus giveaway or TeleBlock Plus, visit booth #624 at the Cloud Partners Conference and Expo from September 16-18, 2015 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston.
About TouchTone Communications, Inc.
A facilities-based carrier and reseller, TouchTone Communications provides a comprehensive suite of voice and data services to residential, enterprise, SMB, government and wholesale customers across the United States. TouchTone prides itself on delivering the highest quality service at the most competitive rates, while always maintaining first-class customer service. For more information, visit www.touchtone.net or call 800-900-5474.
About Gryphon Networks
Gryphon Networks provides cloud-based technology and systems that automatically capture, control, and visualize sales and marketing activity from any device to improve management effectiveness and reduce risk. More than a dozen Fortune 100 clients, including some of the largest banks, brokerage, insurance, and consumer services firms, are among Gryphon’s 300+ clients in North America.


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In SA, ACT, NT and Tasmania, certain types of plastic carry bags have been banned. Not content with this, the ACT Greens party are now calling for a complete plastic bag ban. The reason for this is emergence of substitutes which are still polymer based.
The pros and cons of plastic bag ban legislation are too lengthy to mention. Some of the issues regarding bin liners, degradable and compostable bags, and carry bags alternatives are mentioned in previous posts.
I think that it is important to realise that realise that plastic bags were a environmental step forward from the days of widespread paper bags usage. Paper bags have much more detrimental environmental impact than their plastic equivalents.
In fact, due the low amount of energy required to produce them, some studies in the UK have shown that plastic bags are actually more environmentally friendly than their alternatives. The real problems are the incredibly selfish and thoughtless humans among us that discard these products as litter on our public lands.
Packaging, Environment and Legislation Observations from Maxpak
Environmental Packaging, Plastic Bags, Paper Bags, Shopping Bags, Cleaning Wipes & Products, Garbage Bags & Liners, Packaging & Cleaning Products


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Accountant John Lane loves to tell the story of the executive from a Brooklyn manufacturer who wasn't aware that he was operating in a state economic development zone. That is, until he became Mr. Lane's client last year.
Mr. Lane helped the $125 million manufacturer get certified as a zone participant and file for tax credits. Over the next five years, the company will save hundreds of thousands of dollars.
After decades of ignoring businesses based outside Manhattan, the region's top accounting firms have begun aggressively courting entrepreneurs in the other boroughs. They have discovered over the past year a booming market of medium-sized firms hungry for consulting and other specialized services related to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
"For years, nobody had a presence in the boroughs," says Mr. Lane, the partner in charge of PricewaterhouseCoopers' private company tax practice. "Nobody understood the depth of businesses out there."
Deep-pocketed clients, once thought only to exist in Manhattan, are proliferating in the other boroughs. Publicly traded businesses earning up to $1 billion a year or manufacturers striving to go global represent the new types of accounting clients that can be found in Brooklyn, Queens and even the Bronx. There are roughly 30,000 companies in Brooklyn and Queens that generate between $25 million and $250 million in revenue, according to Tom Marino, chief executive of J.H. Cohn.
Regional powerhouses such as J.H. Cohn and Eisner are also scouting outside Manhattan. J.H. Cohn opened a Long Island office last year to serve businesses in Queens as well as in Nassau and Suffolk counties. About the same time, Eisner began a direct-mail and cold-call campaign in the boroughs.
PwC got a head start 18 months ago by reorganizing its private company services and marketing them to medium-sized firms in Brooklyn. With more than a dozen clients in that borough, PwC plans to meet with business groups in Queens over the next three months.
Many of the companies are outgrowing the expertise of their local accounting shops but still can't afford their own in-house departments. "These growing companies are looking for firms that can handle their new needs," says Mr. Marino. "They want an accountant who can stick with them where they are going."
Choosing the right one could take some research, however. PwC is offering a wide range of services, such as state, local and international tax work, but only to private companies. Eisner is focusing primarily on consulting services tied to Sarbanes-Oxley, which created a headache for all publicly traded companies. J.H. Cohn is pitching clients in both niches.
Breaking into this market isn't easy, says Eisner Managing Partner Charles Weinstein. Firms have to develop brand awareness and trust among companies that are used to being ignored by snobby Manhattan-based bean counters.
Accountants have to prove that they have the technical expertise--and the commitment--to work with smaller clients.
"You have to give these companies a lot of credit," says Mr. Weinstein. "They can tell whether or not someone will be able to give them the service they need."


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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. infringed on multiple Apple Inc. patents and should pay $1.05 billion in damages, a jury ruled Friday in a widely followed trial in federal court in San Jose.
The jury said that all seven patents that Apple presented at the center of its case were valid and that the South Korean electronics giant willfully infringed on six of them. Judge Lucy Koh could triple the damages due to the finding of willful infringement.
Apple and Samsung had accused each other of patent infringement on their mobile devices, with the Cupertino company seeking more than $2.5 billion in damages.
The jury rejected all of Samsung's claims that Apple infringed on five of its patents. Samsung was asking for up to $421.8 million in royalties from those claims.
After the verdict, Apple asked for a preliminary injunction against Samsung's products. Judge Koh told Apple to show which products it wants covered by an injunction.
In a statement released after the verdict, Samsung said, "Today's verdict should not be viewed as a win for Apple, but as a loss for the American consumer. It will lead to fewer choices, less innovation, and potentially higher prices. It is unfortunate that patent law can be manipulated to give one company a monopoly over rectangles with rounded corners, or technology that is being improved every day by Samsung and other companies."
Apple said in its statement, "The mountain of evidence presented during the trial showed that Samsung’s copying went far deeper than even we knew. The lawsuits between Apple and Samsung were about much more than patents or money. They were about values."
The jury returned its verdict after less than three days of deliberations at the end of a trial that lasted nearly a month.
The $1.05 billion award was the third largest in a U.S. patent case, but the two larger ones were both overturned on appeal.
The trial was the first jury decision in the U.S. from among a growing swarm of claims regarding smartphone patents.
Since it involves the two biggest smartphone makers, it was a high-profile case. Of the 406 million mobile phones sold in the second quarter, the two companies shipped about half of them.
Despite their ongoing patent battles in the U.S., Australia, the U.K and South Korea, Apple is Samsung's biggest customer, accounting for about 9 percent of its total revenue from components it supplies for the iPhone and other devices.
Friday's ruling came a day after a South Korean court ruled that Apple and Samsung had violated each other's patents, unlike the total Apple victory returned in the U.S. jury trial.
Click here to see a PDF of the verdict in the Apple-Samsung trial.
Cromwell Schubarth is TechFlash Editor at the Silicon Valley Business Journal.


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RALEIGH — The former Kroger store on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Southeast Raleigh has been acquired by a New York real estate firm.
Nyack-based Market Street Partners acquired the 60,000-square-foot store this month for $2.67 million, according to Wake County property records. Andreas Kissal, the firms managing partner, said Wednesday that a confidentiality agreement prevents him from disclosing plans for the 6.65-acre site.
He said Market Street acquires various properties as joint ventures with its clients.
Beyond that, I cant comment, Kissal said.
Kissal formed 1610 MLK Boulevard LLC to acquire the property, and his is the only name listed on the corporation records on file with the N.C. Secretary of States office.
Market Street describes itself on its website as Where Stranded Commercial Real Estate is repositioned for development. The company lists two sample projects in which it has been involved, but each is described only in general terms.
Market Street was involved in the redevelopment of a former Colgate Palmolive plant in Clarksville, Ind., according to a 2011 news release. In September, an entity affiliated with the firm paid $1.9 million for another former Kroger store in a shopping center in Nashville, Tenn.
Kroger announced in November 2012 that it would close its Raleigh grocery stores on New Bern Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard because they had been losing money.
The New Bern Avenue store, which Kroger didnt own, has since been reopened as a Carlie Cs IGA.
Krogers decision to close the stores stunned Southeast Raleigh residents and eventually led state lawmakers to create a committee to study the issue of food deserts. In urban areas, residents live in a food desert if they are more than a mile away from a grocery store.
The shuttered Kroger store was also recently pointed to by backers of a bill in the N.C. House that would cap local privilege taxes at $100. A Senate version of the bill would eliminate the tax completely. The House plans to concur with the Senate bill.
Supporters of the legislation say excessive privilege taxes have prevented properties such as the Kroger site from being redeveloped.
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LECITHIN NEWS - Q4 2021
After reaching the lowest prices ever by the end of 2020 for both soya and sunflower lecithin, last year has been marked by continuous increases, first in freight prices, the growth in demand, and several political decisions.
On one hand, sunflower seed crop during 2020, in the Black Sea region, decreased approximately a 20%, compared to an average year, reaching 14,1 million t in Ukraine and 13,27 million t in Russia. On the other hand, the Soyabean crops in India were up to 10,45 million t. Despite these figures, prices of both IP soy and sunflower lecithin reached their historical lowest levels in December 2020 – January 2021 because of decreased demand due to COVID lockdown and new players entering the marketplace.
In February 2021, the sunflower lecithin price starts its current trend. Following this pattern, non-GMO IP soy lecithin started its increase in May.
During 2021 the oceanic freight prices have risen dramatically, playing a key role in market dynamics with acute lack of vessels & containers. In addition to the soaring price of fuel, the shortage of vessel crews for COVID- 19 incidence has resulted in skyrocketing prices and shipment delays. Sea transportation has then put severe pressure on international trade.
Current Situation for IP soy lecithin in India:
The soybean crop in 2021 raised to 11,9 million t which stands for a 18% increase compared to 2020. Nevertheless, farmers are stocking beans to keep high prices of soy complex. The domestic soy meal prices skyrocketed in 2021 affecting greatly to the Indian poultry sector. Subsequently, soybean processing is exceptionally low with reduced crushing activity and so an acute drop of lecithin.
Currently, crude lecithin is in high demand. Therefore, securing raw materials is a continuous fight for every available load, which is pushing prices steadily up.
Our prediction is that this trend will be kept, at least, until new crop in September / October.
Current Situation for sunflower in the Black Sea:
Russian sunflower seed crop in 2021 recorded a 15,5 million t that is a 23% increase versus 2020 that was a particularly bad crop due to weather conditions.
Ukrainian sunflower seeds crop in 2021 also recorded an increase of 18% compared to 2020 with a total output of 17,5 million t.
Despite the good output, seed crushing in the Black Sea region has plummeted since the harvest is done, following export taxes applied by Russian government for vegetable oils to protect domestic prices. Extra tax burden does not allow local crushers to be competitive in sunflower oil export markets. Due to the shortage of rapeseed oil because of bad crops in Canada and EU, the milling activity has diverted to the momentarily more profitable rapeseed that is in big demand.
Prices in Europe for both IP soy and sunflower lecithin are expected to rise at maximum historical highs. In our views, market will remain bullish in H1, and probably H2 2022 until Brazilian (April-May) and Indian (October) crops are available.
Key factors to affect price in H2 2022 will be the Brazilian crop, oceanic freights and sunflower in the Black Sea.
If sea freight rates are still in the current elevated level during 2022 and sunflower seed crushing stays at the normal rate, on H2 2022 we foresee the following scenarios:
Option 1: Good Brazilian crop / high sea freight rates.
This will have a positive impact on GM lecithin which EXW price will drop, but still quite high CFR price.
Non-GMO IP lecithin would benefit from the price downtrend, but impact will be reduced as non-GMO crop in Brazil is limited.
In this scenario H2 2022 prices for both sunflower and non-GMO IP soyabean lecithin may decline.
Option 2: Poor Brazilian crop / high sea freight rates.
Prices will remain extremely high for Indian IP non-GMO soybean with maximum historical level for Q2/Q3 CFR shipments to European Ports.
In this case, supply pressure on sunflower lecithin as an alternative to soy, will increase, even if crushing activity comes back to normal level. Prices for sunflower will then moderately decrease in Europe.


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