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The Jersey Mike’s sandwich shop is opening a second location in Washington Township! The new location is coming to Washington Center Shoppes on Egg Harbor Road.
Locals may know the shopping center as “The Acme Center”! Jersey Mike’s will be situated somewhat in the middle of the strip-mall segment, between Tuxedos by Rudi, and H&R Block.
The first Jersey Mike’s “Township” location opened 2 years ago on the Black Horse Pike, in a brand new three store building sitting between House of Brews and the Auto Complex.
I stopped in today at the Black Horse Pike location and caught up with Washington Twp. High School graduate Jon Smith who is a part of the management and ownership team! I was then introduced to Jim and Tom who are also a part of the core team.
Tom is going to be the General Manager for the new Egg Harbor location and he tells me the permits are already submitted to the Township. They have a goal of having the new Egg Harbor Road location opened before the end of the year!
So this is another awesome signing for the Washington Center Shoppes, which also says very positive things about the area and town.
This one center recently added Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, Chipotle and First Watch. For other food options the center also offers; Chef Gun, Philly Grill & Pizza, Yama Japanese, Bistro Di Marino… as well as Starbucks and Cold Stone Creamery.
Also, a Hat-tip to NJ.com…
I knew Jersey Mike’s was opening up a second location but needed some extra confirmation. On Oct 1st they published a Jersey Mike’s Press Release listing 14 new locations including the Egg Harbor Road one. A loyal 42Freeway reader pointed out the article to me.
Keep reading and scrolling for more on Jersey Mike’s and their new location.
Jersey Mike’s : National Success With a Jersey Brand
Jersey Mike’s is a cheesesteak and sub shop…. or hoagies as we call them in our area!
They offer all of our local favorites, from cold subs to piping hot cheesesteak sandwiches. The meats are all top quality and sliced in front of you, per order.
The sandwich roll is a New Jersey recipe that is baked fresh in the store every day!
It’s a Jersey Bread recipe because Jersey Mike’s was started in our State back in 1956!
What started as a submarine shop in Point Pleasant New Jersey, has grown into a large franchise restaurant company, with over 2,000 locations open and under development.
Sure there are other nationally known sandwich chains, but Jersey Mike’s really makes a sandwich that feels, tastes, like it is locally made. And that’s because it IS locally made!
Jersey Mike’s Cold Subs
All of the ingredients at Jersey Mike’s are sourced locally whenever they can. The vegetables are prepped the same day.
The cold subs are made “Northeast-style” where everything is sliced fresh right in front of you.
They are then prepared Mike’s-way which means onions, lettuce, tomato, vinegar, oil and spices.
But let’s be honest… isn’t that the only way!?
Their online menu shows 14 different cold subs!
Sure they have the classics including Original Italian, Turkey & Cheese and Tuna Fish.
But how about the Club Supreme which features roast beef, turkey, swiss and bacon.
Or the Stickball Special, which is provolone, ham and salami.
And there is even a sandwich named after the founder… the Cancro Special which is oven roasted top rounds and provolone with a layer of pepperoni!
Jersey Mike’s Cheesesteaks
Cheesesteaks in our area are a religion. Everyone has their favorite, and very strong opinions on what is good or not.
Jersey Mike’s is a really good and authentic cheesesteak, no matter where you are.
Many have already learned that if you are traveling out of the area and craving a cheesesteak, that Jersey Mike’s is almost always your best option.
Well if you haven’t tried in in a South Jersey shop… they are also a contender for their well packed sandwich, high quality ingredients and a fresh roll.
Another win for Jersey Mike’s is they are getting a bit creative with the cheesesteak menu.
For me it’s usually Cheesesteak, Chicken Cheesesteak, Buffalo Chicken Cheesesteak. End
At Jersey Mike’s they are showing 12 different varieties, building up that number with some creative recipes.
I recently tied a Big Kahuna chicken cheesesteak at the Black Horse Pike location and it really was delicious.
It’s a chicken cheesesteak with onions, peppers, mushrooms and extra cheese (American).. which is already interesting. But then they toss on some jalapeños. Straight up homerun!
Chipotle cheesesteak is another unique option, and it features a chipotle mayo.
Or how about a portabella cheesesteak!? The still offer the steak or chicken but add in a healthy portion of portabella mushrooms.
Links and Locations
Jersey Mike’s – Sewell (Egg Harbor Rd) : Coming Soon!
415 Egg Harbor Road


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A well-known cryptocurrency analyst predicts that bitcoin price could skyrocket this year. According to reports the CEO and founder of digital assets investment fund BKCM LLC, Brian Kelly suggests that bitcoin could set an all-time high record before the end of this year by hitting $25,000 per token price. The cost of the cryptocurrency dropped at the beginning of this year thereby making several investors worry about the future of their assets. Financial institutions and experts also seized the opportunity to air their opinions about the unreliability of the future of bitcoin.
However, the fears of fans and investors were mitigated at the beginning of this week as the cost of the digital coin increased by about 13.5 percent. Bitcoin has maintained the same price range ever since with no significant increase or decrease in its value. It’s believed that this led Kelly to predict that the volumes of transactions in the cryptocurrency, as well as its cost, will likely increase significantly before the end of 2018. He predicted during an interview with CNBC earlier this week. Meanwhile, the analyst is not the first to predict an increase in the price of bitcoin.
Many strategists including Thomas Lee and Tim Draper have suggested that the price of the cryptocurrency will hit the roof over the next few years. During Kelly’s interview, he remarked with regards to the forecast made by draper stating that it is not unrealistic. Draper predicted that there are possibilities that the price of a BTC token could hit $250,000 by 2022 which is about 3,000 percent increase over a period of four years. Kelly supported this prediction and added that because bitcoin recorded a 4,000 percent increase in the past couple of year, the cryptocurrency would likely hit this record by 2022.
Is History on His Side?
If cryptocurrency enthusiast could remember, Draper predicted in 2014 when the price of bitcoin was about $320, that the cost of the cryptocurrency would skyrocket in 2017 to cost over $10,000, which turned out to be true. It may seem that Brian Kelly is not the only one that has high hopes that the price of bitcoin could skyrocket before the end of this year as the management of Pantera Capital – a cryptocurrency hedge fund revealed in their April newsletter that the price of bitcoin would hit the bar before the end of the year.
According to reports, the management added that the price of bitcoin which was about $6,500 at the time the statement was released is probably the lowest the cost that the cryptocurrency could hit and that the price will increase significantly to hit $20,000 before the end of 2018. This is not the first time the management of Pantera Capital is predicting with regards to the price of the cryptocurrency. At the fall of 2017, the CEO of the company, Dan Morehead reportedly predicted that the cost of bitcoin would likely drop about 50 percent before recording new high figures.
This prediction partly came to past as the cost of the digital coin fell drastically below $7000 in the past couple of months which is about 65 percent decrease. However, bitcoin price has risen and has maintained the same range throughout this week. It is still unclear whether these predictions are based on reasonable data or just a wild guess, but the bottom line is that they turned out to be true. Morehead also stated in the newsletter that this is just the beginning of the price increase as a wall of institutional money will contribute to the continuous rise in the price of bitcoin.
Wall Street is Finally Starting to Take Notice
Other reports earlier this week revealed that many different Wall Street players ventured into the cryptocurrency space, one of which is the venture capital arm of Rockefeller – Venrock that partnered with Coinfund, a cryptocurrency investment firm. It’s also reported that the executives at Goldman Sachs have left the company to join a cryptocurrency merchant bank operated by Michael Novogratz. Additionally, Soros Management Fund is reportedly prepping to venture into cryptocurrency trading. Morehead added that the current increase in the cost of bitcoin is a rare buy signal because it’s not wrong to buy something at $7,000 which previously cost about $20,000 and which is expected to cost more within a short term.
The CEO holds a strong opinion about the imminent rise in the cost of bitcoin, and he blamed the post new year decrease generally on the unintended tax position created by the value of the token. This tax position opinion compliments that made by Tom Lee, who stated that tax could be the culprit behind the general downturn of cryptocurrency market since the beginning of 2018. Many cryptocurrency analysts have submitted different opinions stating the reasons they believe to be behind the decline in the cryptocurrency market, which is treated lightly by crypto enthusiasts who are now looking forward to the outcomes of recent predictions.
There’s no assurance whatsoever on whether these predictions will turn out to be true but fans are hoping that it will. Even with the fall in the cost of bitcoin over the past few months, the cryptocurrency is still the biggest in the digital coin space, and as already stated above, there’s a rapid influx of investors. In addition, bitcoin is snowballing regarding awareness and acceptance. Bitcoin enthusiast holds strong opinions that the cryptocurrency will grow even more prominent. A blockchain marketplace executive stated earlier this year that the price of BTC would skyrocket sooner rather than later.
Although he did not state explicitly when this price increase will take place, the CEO of distributed marketplace Shopin, Eran Eyal noted during an interview that the current bitcoin analysis shows the price is likely to grow more prominent to surpass $100,000. That’s one heft bitcoin price prediction, being so, now is the best time to invest in the cryptocurrency. However, many investors are yet to recover from the post new year price drop. The negative attitude of financial institutions and experts toward the cryptocurrencies is also a contributing factor to the reluctance of many other aspiring investors.

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2 men wanted after cutting Walmart employee while stealing chainsaw, police say
Simpsoville police are searching for two men after an armed shoplifting at the Walmart store on Grandview Drive, dispatchers said.
Simpsonville Police Department said it received a 911 call around 2:25 p.m. Wednesday with reports of a person being cut during an attempted shoplifting.
The caller said a man was attempting to walk out of the store with a number of items, including a weed-cutting tool and a chainsaw, police said.
Simpsonville police said the Walmart asset protection employee who was attempting to stop the individual from pushing out a shopping cart was cut with a knife by the shoplifter.
Police said the employee was cut on the arm and was taken to Greenville HealthSystem and is expected to be OK.
Police said the shoplifter fled the store in a two-door pickup truck heading toward Harrison bridge Road.
Police are looking for two men. One man was approximately 6 feet tall and 165 pounds with a medium build, wearing a dark hooded sweat shirt and black ball cap. The other man, who was driving the truck, is approximately 230 pounds, and was wearing a red golf shirt and blue jeans.
The two men left in a red and gray Ford F-150 extended cab and are considered armed and dangerous, police said.
Anyone with more information is asked to call Simpsonville police.


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Printers, mice and keyboards added to recycling program
Oregon E-Cycles is expanding.
Starting Jan. 1, the Oregon Electronics Recycling Program will accept printers and computer peripherals, such as mice and keyboards.
Oregon E-Cycles is a network of about 270 collection locations and recyclers throughout the state that accept computers, monitors and televisions. It also holds collection events.
The program is funded by electronics manufacturers and administered by the state Department of Environmental Quality.
"The addition of new devices to the Oregon program demonstrates the strong commitment of Oregonians to responsibly recycle their electronic waste while protecting our shared environment," said Craig Lorch, chief executive officer of Seattle-based Total Reclaim, which operates a North Portland recycling facility.
Total Reclaim has been one of Oregon E-Cycles' primary collectors and recyclers of electronics equipment since the program began on-ground operations in 2009.
The company, along with several other program participants, ensures that electronic equipment is safely dismantled and that any potentially hazardous materials are properly managed.
Oregonians no longer are allowed to put electronics such as computers and televisions out for household waste pickup. That's because they contain hazardous substances such as lead, cadmium and mercury, which can harm human health and the environment.
There are about two-dozen collection sites in Marion and Polk counties, including the Salem-Keizer Recycling and Transfer Station, Garten Services and several retail stores.
From 2009 to 2013, Oregon E-Cycles collected 123.5 million pounds of electronics for recycling and 158,335 units for reuse.
DEQ estimates that achieved greenhouse gas reductions of about 141,500 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, which is about the same as eliminating tailpipe emissions from 30,500 passenger cars for a year.
The program is on target to meet its electronics recycling goal of 29.3 million pounds for 2014, preliminary figures show.
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The time has come for Microsoft to unleash the next beast. The next gen Xbox will be revealed at an event on May 21. Several blogs have received their invitations for the US event and will be streamed globally via XBOX.com and broadcase on Spike TV for Canadians. (Luckily Spike TV will still be a part of the Rogers VIP until May 24, and then they start charging extra for it!!)
Hopefully we get a good taste of what to expect with the new Xbox at the event but if not, fear not! E3 2013, The largest video game conference will begin on June 11 being held in Los Angeles and we expect to see a full lineup of blockbuster games. (most excited for Watch Dogs!)
We do not know much about the new Xbox, not even the name, although the Xbox 720 name has been flying around for years. We do not speculate on rumors so no point talking about what it may have until it is announced officially.
Stay tuned! The event will begin at 1PM EDT on May 21.
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Plunging oil prices mean lean times for the owners of greasy spoons no longer able to cash in on their excess fats, The Post has learned.
When a barrel of crude oil was going for $100 or more, restaurants earned as much as 50 cents a gallon for dirty fryer oil used to produce such treats as french fries and chicken nuggets.
Recyclers happily bought used soy, peanut and canola oils for processing into biofuels.
But the fat times are disappearing as crude oil hovers around $54 a barrel.
The city’s biggest biodiesel collector of discarded oil says he can no longer afford to pay most of the restaurants that are his suppliers.
“It’s the reality of the market. It’s not like we’re trying to be greedy,” said Brent Baker, founder of Tri-State Biodiesel.
Demand for grease — used to power cars and heat homes — is now so low that the firm pays only about 15 percent of the 5,000 restaurants that provide the stuff, Baker said.
That’s a big drop from the 90 percent the company paid six years ago, when oil prices were sky-high.
“Now, with petroleum prices dropping, it’s very difficult for us to offer restaurants money for oil . . . We’ve had to really tighten our operations and downsize our work force,” Baker explained.
“The biodiesel industry needs a subsidy — like petroleum.”
With petroleum prices dropping. . . We’ve had to really tighten our operations and downsize our work force.- Brent Baker, Tri-State Biodiesel founder
The company pays only the top-producing restaurants, based on “the volume of cooking oil we can collect at one stop,” he said.
At other locations, it picks up the grease for free.
The firm began to suffer badly “around midyear,” according to Baker.
Times weren’t always so tough.
Two brothers in their 70s were sentenced on Dec. 4 to six months of home confinement and two years’ probation for stealing and conspiring to sell thousands of gallons of cooking grease in previous years.
In New York, cooking oil even powered a commercial flight from Kennedy Airport to Amsterdam in 2013.
Tri-State Biodiesel, which is based in The Bronx, collects cooking oil from New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut. The company wouldn’t disclose recycling figures.
But officials at a competitor, Grease Lightning, said in 2012, it recycled more than 7 million gallons of used oil.
“Lower petroleum prices is just bad for the biodiesel market,” Baker said.
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OUR OPINION: AM General's adaptability pays off big
The positive news in Tuesday’s announcement by AM General that it will begin producing a line of luxury Mercedes-Benz vehicles in Mishawaka goes beyond the obvious.
Adding hundreds of jobs will have a significant impact on the local economy. But also impressive about AM General’s ability to secure a long-term contract with Mercedes-Benz is the creativity and persistence of its leaders to stay relevant in today’s competitive auto industry.
It hasn’t been easy.
AM General’s reputation grew in 1979 when it designed the Humvee, an off-road military vehicle. More than a decade later it began production of the Hummer H1, the civilian version of the Humvee. Later, in 2002, a $200 million H2 plant was opened in Mishawaka. Who could forget the photos of longtime Hummer fan Arnold Schwarzenegger touring the new plant, signing autographs and mingling with workers during a two-hour visit promoting the new vehicle. The muscular, off-road vehicle seemed a perfect fit for the equally muscular, cigar-smoking action-movie hero. But production of the H2 was halted in January 2009.
A little more than two years later, AM General began production of the MV-1, a wheelchair-accessible vehicle. It’s the first vehicle to be produced at the commercial assembly plant since the H2.
Over the years, AM General’s persistence has paid off. Pat McMahon, former head of Project Future, an organization that worked on St. Joseph County economic development for nearly 30 years, put it best: “They’re one of the most adaptable manufacturers anywhere.”
In today’s business climate, adaptability is the difference between a successful, expanding enterprise and one that can’t survive. AM General has proven to be a survivor.
The contract with Mercedes-Benz shouldn’t be taken as a sign the local economy has completely recovered from the doldrums of the recent recession. There’s still work to be done to keep existing businesses viable and show new businesses that they can thrive in the local economy. You needn’t look any further than AM General for proof.


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BorgWarner Inc., headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA, has announced plans to accelerate its electrification strategy, a move which is expected to bring the company’s electric vehicle revenue from less than 3% of total revenues today to approximately 45% in 2030. BorgWarner also announced a commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2035.
The company’s recently announced ‘Project Charging Forward’ plan comprises three pillars: profitably scaling electric light vehicles, expanding into electric commercial vehicles and optimising the company’s combustion portfolio through the planned dispositions of businesses with between $3 billion and $4 billion in aggregate revenue.
“Our company’s 100-plus year history is a story of evolution, built on superior product leadership, an agile, decentralised operating model and disciplined financial and operational management. As we plan for the next decade-plus of profitable growth, now is the time to move away from a balanced propulsion strategy and accelerate our shift towards electrification,” stated Frédéric Lissalde, president and CEO of BorgWarner.
“We believe the electrification opportunity is real, large, near term and important to our sustainability goals,” continued Lissalde. “We’ve been building toward capitalising on this opportunity for years and are confident we have the scale, portfolio, financial strength and team to execute successfully.”


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Turning Technologies, Inc., a Youngstown-based interactive response systems developer, tops the 2007 Weatherhead 100, the annual list of the fastest growing companies in Northeast Ohio.
Presented by the Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management and the Council of Small Enterprises (COSE), the Weatherhead 100 is a ranking of companies based on sales growth over five years, 2002 through 2006. Winners must have had net sales of at least $100,000 in 2002 and more than $1 million in 2006. Additionally, the winning companies must have had a minimum of 16 full-time employees last year.
"For 20 years, the Weatherhead 100 has been a hallmark of recognition of the fastest growing companies in Northeast Ohio," said Mohan Reddy, dean of the Weatherhead School. "The achievements and unparalleled accomplishments of these companies are a testament to the fact that the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Northeast Ohio."
Founded in 2002, Turning Technologies markets its audience response products to K-12, higher education and corporate clients. It experienced sales growth of 18,439 percent in 2006. The company has 120 employees.
The Weatherhead 100 also recognizes the top "Centurions" -- the fastest growing companies in the larger, $100 million-plus category, as well as the top "Upstarts" -- growth companies in the smaller, under $1 million-plus sales category.
The top Centurion winner is MemberHealth, Inc. of Solon, the nation's fourth largest Medicare prescription drug provider. MemberHealth held the number one spot in the Weatherhead 100 last year.
The winner of the Upstart category is Lakeside Produce Distribution, Inc. The Westlake company is a national distributor of fresh produce to salad manufacturers, retail stores and wholesalers.
Since its inception in 1987, the Weatherhead 100 has recognized more than 2,000 entrepreneurs who have achieved the extraordinary business growth required for winning the award.
Review the complete list of the 2007 Weatherhead 100.
Case Western Reserve University is committed to the free exchange of ideas, reasoned debate and intellectual dialogue. Speakers and scholars with a diversity of opinions and perspectives are invited to the campus to provide the community with important points of view, some of which may be deemed controversial. The views and opinions of those invited to speak on the campus do not necessarily reflect the views of the university administration or any other segment of the university community.


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A controversial Israeli company that sells spyware to governments around the world denied having anything to do with the alleged hack of Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos.
In a statement sent to reporters Sunday evening, a spokesperson for NSO Group said that “we can say unequivocally that our technology was not used in this instance.”
The spokesperson said that NSO’s software “cannot be used on US phone numbers.”
“Our technology, which is only licensed to prevent or investigate crime and terror, was not used by any of our customers to target Mr. Bezos’ phone,” the
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Produce marketers get fresh with new campaign
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association is juicing up its image with a new multimedia campaign that includes its first social media efforts.
Freggie is getting a facelift.
The loveable broccoli-headed mascot who has been coaching kids to eat healthier for more than 10 years will be undergoing a bit of a makeover come March 1, as the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) updates the message it sends to kids.
The CMPA will roll out a new national multi-platform campaign featuring a 30-second PSA created by Ottawa’s Mediaplus Advertising that will target TV, paid targeted TV, radio, online and – for the first time – the social media triumvirate of YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
‘The campaign is targeted at Canadians at large, but for the purposes of media buying, we’re really targeting females 25-to-54 with a secondary audience, which is our kids campaign aimed at elementary school children,’ Melanie Richer, CMPA senior marketing and communications manager, tells MiC. ‘We do little newsletters that are available. And also there will probably be some social media programs around the kids programs as well.’
Part of the campaign is a pilot project in Ottawa schools called Freggie Fridays, in which kids are encouraged to bring fruit and veg instead of other snacks every Friday for a month. Every fruit or veggie they bring in earns them a ballot for a draw that’s done at the end of the month, and that’s supported by a website.
‘It’s all about getting kids to think about fruits and veggies in their daily lives,’ Richer says.
The change is part of a wider refocus and relaunch of the Ottawa-based CMPA’s ‘5 to 10 Days Of Better Health‘ campaign, in which the org partnered with the Canadian Cancer Society and the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada more than a decade ago.
‘Basically it was a PSA campaign aimed at getting consumers to eat more fruits and vegetables based on the recommendations of the Canadian Food Guide,’ Richer explains.
‘After many talks with our key stakeholders, we felt that Canadians knew that fruits and veggies are good for them. They also told us that they know they’re not hitting their targets and they need to eat more, and to stop telling them to eat more because it’s not helping.’
Instead, Richer claims Canadians want to know how to get more fruits and veggies into their diet and convince their reluctant kids to also adapt healthier eating habits.
‘Our March 1 rebrand and relaunch is focusing on just that,’ says Richer. ‘Plus great tips, ideas and recipes on how to increase fruits and veggies in the diet.’
Although Richer was reluctant to offer more detail about the campaign prior to a Feb. 16 webinar, she did reveal that several agencies pitched the CMPA for the new campaign, with Mediaplus winning it on the basis of ‘showing us something really clever and different from a social marketing point of view that we hadn’t seen before.’
‘We did focus group testing with teens, moms and adults male and female with no kids in the home across Canada in both languages, and the groups took to it very well,’ Richer notes. ‘I’m really excited about it. It’s something fun and whimsical that I think will stand out.’


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Shares in Quebec’s Valeant Pharmaceuticals International surged on the Toronto Stock Exchange yesterday after the company released its second quarter earnings report, which surpassed expectations. Shares were trading at $341 per share, giving the company a value of $116 billion. This makes it, at least temporarily, the most valuable company in Canada, ahead of the Royal Bank of Canada at $106 billion. Valeant’s shares have advanced 105 per cent this year. Earlier this year its value passed two other big banks, TD in May and Scotia Bank in February. Valeant is forecasting earnings per share to reach $11.50–$11.80 and revenues of up to $11.1 billion for 2015.
The company has had greater than 15 per cent organic growth—growth in output and increased sales—in four consecutive quarters. In the latest quarter, organic growth was up 19 per cent. Valeant CEO Michael Pearson is “certain” that double-digit organic growth will continue until the end of 2016. Total revenue for the second quarter was $2.7 billion, an increase of 34 per cent over last year. Even a $173-million loss on foreign exchange had barely any effect on the company’s bottom line.
Valeant has also pursued an aggressive mergers and acquisitions strategy in recent years. Earlier this year the company acquired the specialist American firm Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. for $11.1 billion. Salix develops drugs and medical devices for treating gastrointestinal disorders. Its latest drug, Xifaxan, is for irritable bowel syndrome and was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in May.
Valeant also acquired eye care giant Bausch and Lomb of Rochester, New York, in May, 2013, for $8.57 billion. Other recent acquisitions include Medicis Pharmaceuticals, Solta Medical and Dendreon. Valeant has just announced that it intends to acquire Amoun, an Egyptian pharmaceutical company, for US $800 million. This will help Valeant expand in the Middle East and North Africa. The company also wants to expand in Latin America.
According to CBC news, only a few non-financial firms have held the top spot on the TSX’s market capitalization ranking. These included the once powerful telecom giant Nortel, smartphone maker Blackberry (formerly RIM), the energy company Encana, and fertilizer company PotashCorp.
Most market analysts are rating Valeant stock as “buy” or “hold,” according to Bloomberg. The company’s business is not expected to slow any time soon. Health care stocks in general have outperformed all others on the TSX over the past year, up 118 per cent.


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The marketing message of the Shinola Hotel, coming to downtown Detroit in 2018.
It's no secret that Detroit-based watch and luxury goods maker Shinola has faced a fair share of criticism for its marketing practices
The company, which is owned by a Texas-based private equity group, put down stakes in the city in 2011 with a branding scheme some believe co-opted the workman's spirit of Detroit to sell items the majority of Detroiters could not afford. Shinola also suggested that its watches, bikes, and other products were made in Detroit, when in reality, they are assembled in the city using foreign parts. The issue prompted the Federal Trade Commission
to enter the debate over Shinola's authenticity, and last year, the company was made to add the words "Swiss and imported parts
" just below the "Built in Detroit" slogan on the back of each of its watches.
Despite that debacle and ongoing issues over its brand identity, Shinola appears to be enjoying continued success and has substantially grown its operation since first opening in Detroit. The company now has about 50 stores across the U.S. and Europe, employs more than 600 people (about two-thirds of them work in Detroit), and recently expanded its product offerings to include audio equipment
. In the fall of 2018, Shinola will formally enter the hospitality business when work wraps up on the downtown Detroit building that will become its first hotel.
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Shinola Hotel construction project on Woodward Ave.and Grand River Ave.
But with construction underway at the Woodward Avenue site that will eventually serve as the face of Detroit for some visitors, we find Shinola again making claims about the city that aren't quite true.
Our thinking-face-emoji sensors first went off on a stroll through downtown last month, when we caught a glimpse of the language the company is using to market the new hotel. Hung along the perimeter of the eight-story red brick building were banners that read, “American craftsmanship and urban luxury. The hotel only Detroit could build."
Just how "Detroit" is building this hotel, however, is not exactly clear. A cursory Google search finds that a Southfield-based firm
has been hired as the general contractor for the construction project, and deeper digging reveals that those overseeing the hotel's construction cannot yet say how many Detroiters are involved.
"The best you can do very practically in the marketplace today, given the availability of labor ... is hire 25-30 percent [Detroit residents]," says Jared Fleisher, vice president of governmental affairs for Quicken Loans. Quicken founder Dan Gilbert's Bedrock is teaming up with Shinola to create the hotel, and Fleisher's office is in charge of securing tax incentives for the project.
Fleisher did not know how many Detroiters were working on the hotel project, specifically. He did, however, say Bedrock would track and eventually report that information because hiring local "is an important value for us." A spokeswoman for the general contractor on the project, Barton Malow, says the company will next month have a firm grasp on how many Detroit residents are working at the site.
To be sure, the companies on the project are right now not required to hire any Detroiters to build the hotel. There is a rule
that says developers must hire city residents for 51 percent of work on a project if it will receive more than a total of $3 million in tax incentives, discounted land, or direct money from the city. That rule, however, does not apply to the Shinola project because the hotel's developers have not applied for any tax abatements.
Yet. And that's where the Detroit labor requirement gets a little murky.
Fleisher says the Shinola project plans to apply for a 10-year Commercial Rehabilitation Act abatement, and if approved, the project would likely be subject to the 51 percent Detroit labor rule. But construction at the site has been going on for nearly six months
with no such requirement. It's not clear what happens should an abatement be approved in the midst of a construction project, but we've reached out to the city to find out.
A spokeswoman for the general contractor, meanwhile, says the company has a strong track record when it comes to workforce development and will follow whatever labor guidelines it is given.
"We'll certainly get to whatever we need to get to and work with Bedrock to help them do that," says Barton Malow spokeswoman Dana Galvin Lancour.
The company is one of the primary contractors overseeing construction of the Little Caesars Arena, where the city has issued at least $500,000 in fines
to various contractors who've failed to meet the 51 percent Detroit workforce quota. At issue is a skilled labor shortage
that city officials are hoping to address by putting the fines paid by violators toward a program that helps Detroit residents learn skilled trades. Companies have also been working to get more skilled laborers trained to ensure they can keep up with Detroit's construction boom.
Considering this issue, it makes sense that the Shinola Hotel is — at best — likely just 30 percent Detroit-built. But the company does not seem compelled to change its marketing message with that in mind. A spokeswoman for Shinola asked that we forward our inquiry about the "hotel only Detroit could build" slogan to Bedrock. A spokeswoman with that company could not speak on the marketing effort.


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The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority says it will sanction fuel stations that reject the use of Point of Sale machines or bank transfers at their outlets.
Kimchi Apollo, General Manager, Corporate Communications and Stakeholders Management, revealed this on Thursday in Abuja.
A statement by Apollo frowned at the act by the retail outlets due to the recent cash crunch brought about by the Naira redesign.
He said: “It has come to the attention of the NMDPRA that some retail outlets are not accepting the use of POS machines at their fuelling stations due to the recent cash crunch brought about by the new Naira design.
“The authority frowns at this recent behaviour which is causing untold hardship for Nigerians at a time when all hands should be on deck to assist the government in the transition to the new Naira.”
Apollo therefore directed all retail outlets to ensure the free use of PoS and bank transfer for the sale of petroleum products to alleviate the suffering of customers.
He said the authority and security agencies would be at retail outlets to enforce compliance with the directive, warning that defaulters would be sanctioned.
He reiterated commitment of the Authority towards ensuring quality services in the sale and distribution of petroleum products in the country.


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Glass Found Has Been Found in Huggies Wipes-Unproven!
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Shards of glass have been found in Huggies baby wipes.
Right now, there’s no proof that shards of glass have been found in Huggies baby wipes, but the company and federal agencies are still investigating those reports.
A number of parents have reported finding glass inside new packages of Huggies baby wipes. One mother posted a video on YouTube that appeared to show glass in a pouch of Huggies baby wipes. In the video — which had been viewed nearly 200,000 times within days — the women opens the package of wipes, holds one of the shards on her finger and says, “those little things are sharp”:
The company quickly denied reports of glass in Huggies baby wipes in an official statement:
No, we do not use glass in the manufacture of our wipes. Generally speaking, we make our product by combining a blend of fibers. Rarely, but on occasion, when those fibers combine together while being formed, they create a shiny particle, similar to what was found by this consumer.
Huggies said that no injuries had been reported, and its wipes were safe to use. The company did add, however, that it was investigating the original complaint and engaging with other parents who had voiced concerns.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said via Twitter that the commission was “looking into reports of glass in baby wipes.”
Consumers can file complaints about Huggies baby wipes at safeproducts.gov.
We’ll post new information about this developing story here, so check back for updates.


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Verizon CEO to Retire, Succeeded by a Newcomer
Lowell McAdam to step aside Aug. 1; former Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg to run U.S. telecom giant
Verizon Communications named Hans Vestberg as its next chief executive, choosing a relative newcomer to run the wireless giant at a time when its industry is being reshaped by megadeals.
Mr. Vestberg, who joined the company about a year ago and is its chief technology officer, will succeed longtime CEO Lowell McAdam on Aug. 1. Mr. McAdam will remain executive chairman until the end of the year and then become nonexecutive chairman.
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Our verdict deemed Suicide Squad to be more of a missed opportunity than an out-an-out calamity, particularly when you factor in the A-list cast that featured the likes of Will Smith, Margot Robbie and Jared Leto.
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But if the critical consensus had any impact on general excitement, it didn’t show – not yet, at least – with Fandango reporting that advance ticket sales for Ayer’s villainous ensemble piece have stormed past the records previously set by Guardians of the Galaxy and last year’s rap drama, Straight Outta Compton. Pre-release buzz is palpable, then, and all signs point to Suicide Squad going on to enjoy an opening weekend to the tune of $140 million.
How and ever, you may recall the “historic” second-week drop-off that affected Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice five months ago – ticket sales plummeted close to 81 percent from Friday to Friday – which doesn’t exactly bode well for the longevity of Warner’s stylish spinoff. But let’s reserve judgement until those box office figures start pouring in over the coming weeks and months.
Suicide Squad will finally have its time in the Sun on Friday, August 5.


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Australian businesses can now access a new portal for the federal government’s R&D Tax Incentive, which will provide a one-stop-shop for managing companies’ registrations and applications online.
Businesses applying for the RDTI will be able to do so via the portal from July 5, 2021, coinciding with a number of other changes to the incentive, with the portal to eventually replace the existing application process.
However, if a business’ submission deadline is before that time, the application must be submitted using the current registration form.
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Once the transition to the new portal system is complete, businesses will no longer be able to apply for the tax incentive via the existing PDF Smartform.
According to an update on the Australian Taxation Office’s website this week, the new portal will feature an updated RDTI application form that will make it easier for businesses to understand the eligibility criteria for the tax incentive.
The portal will essentially form a secure online space where business owners or their representatives can manage all their interactions with the RDTI program.
To access the portal, business owners will need to make sure they have a personal MyGovID and link that identification number to their business via the tax office’s Relationship Authorisation Manager (RAM) system. The same system can then be used to authorise other individuals to collaborate on the same application or act on behalf of a business, while other businesses, such as tax agencies, can be given access via the RDTI portal.
The ATO said businesses will also eventually be able to use the portal to apply for and manage Advance and Overseas Finding applications, and request to withdraw or vary RDTI applications.
Businesses will also be able to use the portal to check the status of their applications and even apply for time extensions.
The portal will also feature support resources, including videos that explain how to access and complete applications for the tax incentive, which has been notoriously difficult to navigate.
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Superfood tragics boost demand for human breast milk
Raw breastmilk is the latest “superfood” craze for bodybuilders, paleo-diet fanatics and some chronic disease sufferers, report public health experts.
But they say it is a dangerous waste of money.
In the UK, breast milk ice cream is for sale. In the US, a confectionary company sells breast-milk-flavoured lollies. Primarily, though, the milk is sold online in its raw state.


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Promotional Marketing Expert Danette Gossett Reviews the Many Benefits of Earth Day
Owner and President of Gossett Marketing, a leading promotional marketing firm, Danette Gossett talks about how businesses have become grassroots leaders in promoting the multitude of benefits surrounding Earth Day awareness and how the favor has been returned in profiting businesses.
MIAMI, FL– March 27, 2017 – Danette Gossett, Founder of Gossett Marketing Communications, Inc., Co-Founder of Promotions Resource, LLC, and co-author of the best-selling book, Transform, recently posted a new article on her website entitled, “Why Earth Day is Good for Business.” Ms. Gossett offers a brief historical overview of businesses and their role in promoting Earth Day awareness.
Gossett wrties, “It all started back on April 22, 1970 when the first Earth Day celebration was officially established.” She continues adding, “That first event was not one that many businesses were quick to jump on. However, much has changed in the subsequent 40+ years.”
According to Gossett, “Businesses have done much to help our planet by changing manufacturing processes and adopting many behaviors that have reduced air and water pollution and has made huge strides toward ensuring that our beautiful earth will still be a wonderful place to live for generations to come. In fact, business owners became modern grassroots leaders in the cause of helping Americans become much more mindful of the environmental impact of their daily decisions.”
“As a result,” says Gossett, “Earth Day has returned the favor and has become a lucrative marketing opportunity for business.” “It’s not just about selling greener products that your customers can feel a little less guilty about purchasing,” writes Gossett. She continues, “It’s also about helping them see how the decision to purchase that ‘greener’ product can create a positive chain reaction, in the supply chain and in their own behaviors.”
The entire article can be read at https://gossettmktstg.wpengine.com/why-earth-day-is-good-for-business/
About Danette Gossett
Danette brings more than 30 years of experience developing advertising campaigns, direct marketing programs and sales promotions to her clients. Prior to starting her companies, she worked for New York advertising agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi & Lowe Marschalk. Her corporate experience included National Advertising Director for Avis Rent a Car Systems, Inc., and Director of Marketing Services for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line.
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Gossett Marketing is celebrating its 23rd year as a promotional marketing agency. We strive to become your partner in business, not just another vendor. We approach every project utilizing our more than 33 years of New York advertising agency and corporate marketing experience to bring creative solutions to all your promotional marketing needs. We know how to drive results with promotional marketing programs. We strive to understand your brand strategy and will ensure your message integrity.


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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums, and San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed joined Better Place CEO Shai Agassi in announcing a plan for a sustainable transportation model for California.
Shai Agassi founded Better Place in October of 2007 with $200 million in venture capital. The vision of Better Place is to reduce global dependency on oil by creating a market-based transportation infrastructure that supports electric vehicles and renewable energy.
Within the first six months of its founding, Better Place forged cooperative agreements with business and government in Israel and Denmark, most recently announcing a deal to bring Better Place to Australia. And with today’s announcement the electric car infrastructure model is set to come to California, starting in the San Francisco Bay Area.
How it works
The Better Place model is designed as a subscription-based transportation service. Based on electric cars manufactured by Renault-Nissan, the idea works around three essential components:
- Charging statons designed to keep batteries adaquately charged to supply a minimum 100 mile range.
- Battery switching stations for longer distance trips. Drivers pull into the stations and have their batteries swapped or quick-charged in the time it now takes to fill a gas tank.
- Specialized software to streamline and automate the process.
Through the use of plug-in electric vehicles, the Better Place model will also help California meet its renewable energy goals by helping balance peak and off-peak loads and providing a solution for renewable energy storage.
Better Place California will involve a first-of-its-kind partnership between government, the auto industry, and Silicon Valley innovation. Preparation for the network will start in January of 2009, with a nine-step policy plan. The main objectives of the plan were set forth in a press statement released earlier today that include:
- Expedited permitting and installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging outlets throughout the Bay Area
- Financial incentives for employers and parking facilities to install EV charging systems.
- Standards established across the region that let us build a united network.
- Government programs that promote the purchase of EVs, as well as the installation of EV charging systems.
- Link EV programs and infrastructure to regional transit and air quality programs.
- Establish aggressive pooled-purchase orders for EVs in municipal, state government and private sector fleets and future commitment of purchasing preference for EV vehicles.
- Expedited permitting and approval for facilities that provide extended-range driving capability for EVs in the region through battery exchange locations or fast-charging.
- Identify and secure suitable standard (110V) electric outlets for charging low voltage EVs in every government building in 2009.
- Identify roll-out plan for placement of 220V EV charging equipment throughout each city including city parking lots and curbside parking.
Mass marketing of the electric vehicles is expected to begin by 2012.
Agassi sees the Better Place idea as one encompassing four pillars that work together toward sustainability:
Agassi believes that creating a transportation model integrating these four pillars is the best path toward a profitable and sustainable future free from a dependence on oil. California now stands poised to pursue that idea and make Better Place a model that Agassi hopes will move across the country.
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The big news, if you don't already know, is that I was featured in USA Today in a article by Larry Bleiberg about, you guessed it, French fries. You can read "10 Must-Try French Fries Across the USA" right here. Special thanks to Larry, for putting up with my fry obsession in emails and phone conversations putting this together, it was awesome fun!
McDonald's celebrated National French Fries Day in a special way with #FryLove. There was a Twitter campaign and even t-shirts that are now sadly sold out. I'm sorry I wasn't hip to it before it happened.
And finally, to celebrate the day, The Bride and I had some fries at b. good, and they were fantastic. I hope your fries were just as good. Happy belated National French Fries Day!


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This week’s Mondays for Moms is all about finding affordable ways to shop for back-to-school clothes.
Reporter Tatiana Cash in Toledo talked to some parents who are doing just that.
Families are searching the racks for good deals.
House of Dow store manager Lucy Pawlowicz, says local thrift stores make sure families have in style, unique and affordable clothing.
“We care about the Toledo residents and people’s budgets, so we make everything budget friendly. And for back-to-school shopping, everyone wants a pair of flair jeans and the ’90s stuff is so in, which is so funny if you grew up in the ’90s,” Pawlowicz said.
While everyone is tickled at vintage styles making a comeback, the laughs are a bit sarcastic out at Oakwood Elementary’s open house.
Because mother of two Casandra Toler says the National Retail Federation’s national average of $900 in spending per family for back-to-school supplies is a little low.
“I spent more than that. I spent about, I’d say $13-1400,” Toler said.
Toler has a high schooler and a kindergartner, which is right in line with the National Retail Foundation’s findings.
The Zagorskys only have one elementary student, Alorah, and father, Andy, says he didn’t have to spend nearly as much because he hunted for deals.
“If you are willing to go to a couple different places if you have to, then you can come way under that. We came way under that, not even close,” Andy Zagorsky said.
And at the Salvation Army’s Thrift Store, retail associate Mirna Tovar-Solas says she’s not surprised by this year’s price tag, but it re-affirms why stores like hers are important.
“With the economy right now and our inflation and everything. I think that stores like this provides good clothing and for people that are low income, they can afford to clothe their children and have better opportunities in shopping,” said Tovar-Solas.
So, should we just push back the school year?
“No, we’re ready for school. We’re ready for school,” Andy Zagorsky said.


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1 September 2020
CAKE ANNOUNCES SALES IN ASIA
Leading kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE has announced a number of deals in Asia with key partners for its animated series.
30 July 2020
CAKE AND FRESH TV ANNOUNCE A THIRD SEASON OF TOTAL DRAMARAMA
Kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE and award-winning Canadian producer Fresh TV have announced a third season of Total Dramarama, the prequel to the multi-award-winning franchise Total Drama.
10 February 2020
CAKE ANNOUNCES GLOBAL DEAL NEW SERIES ON WEB PHENOMENON LUCAS THE SPIDER
Kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE has secured a global deal on behalf of Fresh TV with Cartoon Network and Boomerang for the new long form CGI animated series Lucas the Spider.
29 January 2020
KIRI AND LOU TO LAUNCH IN THE UK
CAKE has announced the UK premiere of award-winning stop motion preschool series Kiri and Lou.
12 December 2019
CAKE SIGNS TEAMTO’S MIGHTY MIKE WITH UK’S CITV
Leading kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE has signed a deal with CITV in the UK for TeamTO’s maverick slapstick comedy Mighty Mike.
10 October 2019
CAKE TO LAUNCH NETFLIX ORIGINAL LEGEND QUEST AT MIPCOM
At MIPCOM this year, leading kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE, has announced it will be bringing new Netflix Original Legend Quest.
7 October 2019
CAKE AND DREAMCHASER ANNOUNCE NEW WOOZLE & PIP ANIMATED SERIES
Leading kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE and Amsterdam-based The Dreamchaser Company have teamed up to develop a brand new Woozle & Pip animated series.
3 October 2019
CAKE celebrate autism with key international partnerships for ‘Pablo’
Leading kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE, has signed a number of deals for ground-breaking pre-school animated series Pablo.
24 September 2019
CAKE BRINGS CBEEBIES’ BIGGLETON TO CANNES
Leading kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE, has announced the international launch of CBeebies’ hit series Biggleton at MIPCOM.
14 September 2019
CAKE, LA CABANE AND THURISTAR TO LAUNCH MUSH-MUSH & THE MUSHABLES AT MIPCOM
Leading kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE, France’s La Cabane and Belgium’s Thuristar have announced the launch of CGI series Mush-Mush & the Mushables, set to launch with two new episodes at MIPCOM.
10 September 2019
CAKE ROLLS OUT TOTAL DRAMARAMA ACROSS THE GLOBE
Leading kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE has announced that Total Dramarama, the prequel to the original Total Drama series, will roll out in multiple territories this year.
2 July 2019
KIRI AND LOU TO VENTURE ONTO SCREENS ON ABC AUSTRALIA
CAKE has announced a deal with ABC in Australia for 52 episodes of preschool series Kiri and Lou.
6 June 2019
CAKE TO TAKE NEW ANGRY BIRDS SERIES TO ANNECY
Leading kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE has unveiled brand new character designs ahead of its much-anticipated Angry Birds series.


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Ross Stores, Gap rise; Farfetch, Williams-Sonoma fall
Nov 18, 2022, 2:17 PM | Updated: 2:25 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday:
Ross Stores Inc., up $9.66 to $107.59.
The discount retailer reported strong third-quarter earnings and revenue.
Williams-Sonoma Inc., down $8.02 to $122.37.
The seller of cookware and home furnishings warned investors that inflation and weaker demand could hurt its business.
Foot Locker Inc., up $2.88 to $35.88.
The shoe store raised its profit and revenue forecasts for the year.
Gap Inc., up 96 cents to $13.67.
The retailer beat Wall Street’s third-quarter financial forecasts.
Farfetch Ltd., down $1.03 to $8.11.
The online luxury fashion company reported weak third-quarter financial results.
Palo Alto Networks Inc., up $10.92 to $167.48.
The security software maker beat Wall Street’s fiscal first-quarter profit and revenue forecasts.
Hess Corp., down $2.68 to $143.99.
Energy companies fell along with prices for crude oil.
Keysight Technologies Inc., up $5.87 to $171.90.
The electronic measurement technology gave investors an encouraging profit and revenue forecast.
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Hewlett-Packard is venturing into the Android space with a new tablet, hoping to capture the interest of mainstream consumers as the personal computer market shrinks.
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Using Media Coverage From LA Times and TIME to Drive Marketing Results
NEW YORK - September 15, 2021 - ( Newswire.com )
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That’s because press release distribution is the catalyst to earning valuable media coverage that gives companies the awareness they need to stand out in the marketplace, stay in front of their target audience, and attract the attention of other relevant media publications.
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Clients that are part of Newswire’s MAP drive hundreds of media mentions, thousands of marketing-qualified and sales-qualified leads, and more search traffic for top keywords.
In fact, clients have landed media coverage in publications such as LA Times and TIME. Both websites collectively attract more than 62 million website visitors a month.
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These marketing results are ones that play a major role in long-term success.
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New Delhi [India], Sep 9 (ANI): Domestic passenger vehicle sales skidded for the 10th consecutive month, falling from 287,198 units in August last year to 196,524 units last month and registering a 31.57 per cent decline.
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New Delhi [India], Sep 2 (ANI): The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) said on Monday that sales report coming out from various companies for August has been dismal with over 30 per cent erosion of sales for passenger vehicles.
New Delhi [India], Sep 2 (ANI): Sagging consumer sentiment amid economic slowdown has led major automobile manufacturers to report significant declines in sales during August.
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New Delhi [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Domestic passenger vehicle sales fell 30.9 per cent in July, marking a ninth straight decline in monthly sales amid prospects of 10 lakh job losses in the automobile and allied sectors.
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Gurugram (Haryana) [India], Aug 3 (ANI): Automobile lighting major Lumax Industries has reported 17 per cent fall in its revenue at Rs 402 crore during the first quarter of current fiscal as against Rs 482 crore in Q1 FY19.
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 26 (ANI): Two-and-three-wheeler maker Bajaj Auto on Friday reported 3.9 per cent increase in its revenue from operations to Rs 7,756 crore during the first fiscal quarter despite tepid volume growth of 2 per cent.
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 11 (ANI): Setco Automotive Ltd. (NSE: SETCO | BSE: 505075), the largest manufacturer of clutches for Medium and Heavy Commercial Vehicles (M&HCV) in India, announced its financial result for the third quarter (Q3 FY19) ended December 31, 2018 and nine months (9M
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New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): The sale of domestic passenger vehicles in India declined by 2.71 per cent on an annual basis in July, data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) on Friday revealed.
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New Delhi [India], Mar. 20 (ANI): Trimble Solutions India announced the appointment of Harsh Pareek as the Regional Sales Director for India and SAARC region.
New Delhi [India], Mar 8 (ANI): Pegasystems Inc., the software company empowering customer engagement at the world's leading enterprises, today announced Pega® Sales Coach, an industry-first capability within Pega® Sales Automation that helps sales managers develop better salespeople and pre
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New Delhi [India], Jan 11 (ANI): Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) on Thursday released the sales data for the month of December, with a surge in overall sales of auto industry by 36.39 percent on YoY basis.
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New Delhi [India], Dec 14 (ANI): 89 percent of Indian car purchases were digitally influenced in 2017, up from 75 percent in 2016, said a report titled "The Drive to Decide" released by Google India and Kantar TNS.


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DeJulio's Army Navy Store's closure two years ago could have meant another vacant property in Syracuse.
"We heard the building had become vacant, it was on the market, thought it be a great opportunity to purchase the building," said Kerry Quaglia, Home HeadQuarters CEO. The organization does housing renovations, first time homebuyer programs and is now involved with commercial property redevelopment. DeJulio's would be one of their biggest undertakings. After talks with Home HeadQuarters' partners, the plan is to transform this former retail space into a commercial kitchen for established or up and coming businesses.
Quaglia explained, "Anybody that's interested in, that might be an entrepreneur and they might have a special family recipe that they might want to take to market, this would be the place to come."
He added food trucks could also utilize this space to clean out their truck and cook food.
The space and location is something he and others believe could help address poverty around the North side and beyond. Quaglia said, "The best way to combat that is to create good jobs for people, particularly neighborhood residents in neighborhoods where you have entrenched poverty."
Laci's Tapas Bar, a short distance away, would be one business that already has plans to utilize the space.
"We want to be involved because we need to expand our Luscious Sauce," said Laura Serway, Co-Owner LaCi's Tapas Bar. Laci's certified kitchen is about 200 square feet, but when they're in the middle of production and packaging their sauce, they have even less space to work with. Serway explained, "It's pretty intense how many pallets of product we put out of that little kitchen."
While it will help them expand their business, Serway said Laci's can serve as mentors for up and coming businesses and individuals hoping to get started.
"Our goal is to help those individuals that may want to sell their product down the road to say, 'Hang on we went through the process. We understand the process, we're not experts at it, but we can shepherd you through some of this to make your life a little easier.,” said Serway.
In the spirit of what was, there is so much more in store for this building and the community. The goal is to have this commercial kitchen in operation within a year.


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DAILY BRIEFING: Carlsberg loses its fizz after Russian crack down on alcohol abuse
The Tuborg and Somersby Cider-maker saw annual net profits sink to £155million from £536.1million.
DISNEY LAUNCH Entertainment group Disney has continued its push into online entertainment with a new on-demand version of its ESPN sports channel.
The $4.99-a-month (£3.60) service will be its first major foray into Netflix-style streaming.
POWER SWOOP Infrastructure firm J Murphy and Sons has bought bust builder Carillion’s power framework business for an undisclosed sum.
Murphy will take on Carillion’s work refurbishing and replacing parts of National Grid’s electricity network in England and Wales. Around 22 employees will be taken on.
RECORD SUM A record £8.3billionn was pumped into British start-ups in 2017, according to analysts at research firm Beauhurst.
LENDING RISE Swedish lender Handelsbanken saw lending to UK customers jump 12 per cent to £19.2billion last year. Deposits at its 208 British branches rose 27 per cent to £13.4billion.
HOUSING FALL London’s most exclusive houses are selling for an average 10 per cent less than their asking price as a property slump continues at the top end of the market, says research by Lonres.
PLANTS BLOOM Sales of house plants have shot up at Waitrose with 40 per cent more being spent by customers in the week to February.
HEALTH MOVE Support services firm DCC is buying US tablet maker Elite One Source Nutritional Services for £35.9million, entering the US healthcare market for the first time.
DCC has spent £670million on acquisitions so far this financial year.
PROFITS HIT Specialty chemicals group Johnson Matthey is to take a £50million hit to annual profits after settling a contract dispute lawsuit in the US.
Meanwhile it is expecting a £30million immediate boost from changes to tax law in the US. The firm said its outlook for the year was unchanged.
ROYALTY ROSE Mining firm Anglo Pacific expects a 90 per cent increase in royalty income for the year ending December 31, 2017, from £19.7million to £30.7million – a record.
The board is recommending a final dividend increase of 1p to 2.5p.
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Two jackets were stolen from shops in Stamford.
A tan leather jacket and a set of cufflinks were taken from a shop in St Mary’s Street on Saturday. If you saw anything, call police on 101 quoting incident number 95 of February 11.
And a navy jacket worth £135 was stolen from a shop in High Street at about 3pm on Tuesday. Incident 210 of February 11.
Police have not revealed which shops were targeted.
Officers are also investigating the theft of an iPhone 5 from the Recreation Ground area at about 7pm on Tuesday. Incident 332 of February 11.


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Every day, it seems that creative and forward-thinking people are responding to the rising demand for inventions that are both useful and ecologically conscious. Some products seem to be straight out of Black Mirror—with their sleek, modern designs—while others are still in their clunky trial stages. We’ve compiled a list of ten green creations that give us hope for the future of our planet.
1. The Ocean Cleanup
23-year-old boy genius, Boyan Slat, is the founder and president of The Ocean Cleanup, a foundation which is dedicated to developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic. The Dutch inventor is in the works of creating a 62-mile underwater, V-shaped barrier to trap plastic trash as it floats along ocean currents. Slat said the technology, which he hopes to deploy by 2020, could remove half of the trash—amounting to 150 million pounds of trash—from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within 10 years. Once removed, much of that plastic could be properly recycled.
2. AVANI Biodegradable Bags
Kevin Kumala, founder of AVANI Eco, was worried about the future of the beaches and marine life on and around his island home of Bali. He identified the plastic bag as one of the biggest threats to the ocean ecosystems. Rather than requiring humans to stop using all bags, Kumala believed he should design a better product that would make it easier for people to make the shift from plastic to eco-friendly. After some tinkering, he created a biodegradable bag made from cassava roots and natural starches. They claim their greenness loudly with the words “I AM NOT PLASTIC” branded to their sides. The bags are also harmless for animal consumption.
3. Epson PaperLab
Brought to you by the company you count on to print out your term papers and flight reservations, the Epson PaperLab is a large-scale machine which may enable big corporate spaces (think government offices and banks) to directly recycle and upcycle paper in their own building.
Epson’s new innovation is a combination shredder and paper-making machine. Here’s how it works: a company dumps its waste paper into the machine, which then tears the paper apart and shoots the stack with a jet stream of air to eliminate ink from the shredded bits. Liquid binders are then added to reassemble the fibers into recycled sheets. A high-pressured process can then perform custom size, thickness, and color alterations to any individual sheet of paper. While the PaperLab machine is by no means portable—it measures nine feet by four feet—it can produce 14 sheets of paper every minute. That’s over 6,700 sheets during the 8-hour workday!
4. The Seabin Project
Australian surfers-turned-inventors Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski are the founders of The Seabin Project. This simple, but innovative bin is making a huge difference in oceans across the world. Designed to be set up in marinas and ports, the floating trash can is powered by an on-shore water pump. It filters through seawater and collects accumulated garbage, which can later be disposed of properly. The Seabin is also capable of capturing oils and pollutants from the surface of the water. Low maintenance and low cost, the trash can is highly effective and engineered to clean the oceans 24/7.
As of now 20 Seabins are operational around the world, but over 2,000 units are currently on order. The long term goal, according to Ceglinski, is to “to use the plastics we catch to create new Seabins.”
5. Edible Water Bottles
At first glance, these clear pods look like something off the International Space Station, but they actually are edible water bottles. Ooho—the water you can eat—is the brainchild of Skipping Rocks Lab, a “seaweed-tech” startup based in London. They have created a waste-free alternative to plastic bottles and cups. A serving size of water is encapsulated in a clear membrane (much like the juice balls in boba tea) made from a seaweed extract. The seaweed does not have a flavor on its own, and can be eaten along with the water. Eventually, flavors may be added to the skin.
Because the skin is 100% compostable, it does not have to be eaten, though many people eat it for the “experience.” Pierre Paslier, cofounder of Skipping Rocks Lab, says of the packaging, “You’re not expected to eat the peel of your orange or banana. We are trying to follow the example set by nature for our packaging.”
6. AIR-INK pens
The air that we breathe is full of poison. But Anirudh Sharma, founder of AIR-INK, believes that we can turn that danger into something useful. His “pollution-filled” pen proves that pollution may be our greatest resource. First, a cartridge, similar to the kind found in printers, is affixed to cars to collect carbon soot from the cars’ exhausts. Next, the AIR-INK team removes toxins, such as heavy metals. What is left is raw carbon, and that is then processed into a high-quality black ink and sold in a pen-like container. One pen of AIR-INK contains 40-50 minutes of car pollution and writes just like a normal pen.
7. Beer Bottle Sand
The solution to saving the world’s beaches could be to drink more beer!
In 2017, DB Breweries launched Beer Bottle Sand, a campaign designed to encourage the recycling of glass beer bottles. The New Zealand brewery has built a machine that crushes beer bottles into usable sand. The entire transformation process takes just five seconds. As the bottle is inserted into the machine, a laser triggers a wheel of small steel hammers, which pulverizes the bottle into minuscule bits. Meanwhile, a vacuum system removes silica dust and plastic labels, leaving behind 200 grams of sand substitute powder per bottle. The sand is then used to preserve the beaches that are so integral to the Kiwi lifestyle. In the future, the brewery plans to supply their sand to national roading projects, commercial and residential construction, and even golf bunkers.
8. Edible Six-Pack Rings
The company, known for Screamin’ Reels IPA and Sea Cow Milk Stout, has partnered up with We Believers ad agency to create the first-of-its-kind edible beer packaging rings—a product that feeds animals, rather than kills them. Developed from a material made of barley and wheat leftover from the brewing process, the edible rings are baked in the oven like bread dough and hardens into a six-pack ring mold. The end result is an environmental masterpiece which not only replaces plastic, but is also 100% biodegradable and nourishing for both humans and animals.
The innovative six-pack ring redesign is as efficient and durable as plastic, and even better—it prompts both manufacturers and consumers to consider the full life-cycle of the product they produce and consume. One major drawback is that the cost has spiked for now—that is until other manufacturers hop on board the environmental train. Saltwater Brewery’s goal is to inspire others in the beer industry to solve the plastic packaging problem, as We Believers creative chief officer Gustavo Lauria describes: “For brands to be successful today, it is no longer about being the best in the world. But rather, being the best for the world and take a real stance.”
9. Nebia Shower System
Showers waste an astounding amount of water—up to 20 gallons of water per 8 minute shower. The Nebia shower system seeks to reduce their product’s water consumption by 70% without impacting “the shower experience.” By utilizing the same technologies that engineers use for rocket engines and medical devices, the Nebia atomizes the water stream into tiny droplets, allowing 10 times the surface area to be covered with only a fraction of the water volume; all while maintaining water pressure and decreasing water wastage.
10. Robot Bees
Perhaps the most Black Mirror of them all is the robot bee. Researchers at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology have created a robotic, bee-like drone in hopes of solving the rapid decline in global bee populations. The manually-controlled drone mimics the process of cross pollination carried out by honey bees. Its base is covered in horse hair and a sticky gel substance. As the drone lands on one flower, pollen sticks to its base, and then rubs off onto the next flower it visits.
While the initial research of the invincible robotic “bees” gives some hope, there’s still much work to be done before a long-term, economical and efficient solution is found. In the meantime, the reduction of harmful pesticide use is an essential part of the solution. Ultimately, bees and drones should work in conjunction. Robots should not plan to replace the real thing.


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Rubikloud Technologies, a global leader in retail artificial intelligence (AI), announced a strategic relationship with Intel to more deeply collaborate on retail AI solutions that can revitalize the shopping experience. Intel Capital recently led a $37 million financing round in Rubikloud and believes AI will transform retail in meaningful ways. Global retail spending on artificial intelligence will grow to $7.3 billion per year by 2022, up from an estimated $2 billion in 2018, according a recent study from Juniper Research.
Through the collaboration, the companies will focus on merging new and old technologies on Rubikloud’s AI platform to help improve the in-store experience and provide a more personalized shopping experience for consumers, online and offline. According to Retail Dive, in coming years retailers will spend heavily on AI tools that will enable them to differentiate and improve the services they offer customers. These will include automated marketing platforms that generate tailored, timely offers so customers receive the products they want, when they want, at the price they’re willing to pay.
With the help of Intel’s responsive retail technology and Rubikloud, retailers now can unify every part of their operations and solve long-standing business challenges. Intel’s edge to cloud technology is designed to streamline and improve store operations. Combined with Rubikloud’s promotion and loyalty data, retailers are able to track how much stock is in the back of the store without leaving the front of it, among other things. The data also informs retailers how to avoid overstocking and stock outs; which promotions to prioritize in which stores; and many other ways to improve sales.
“Intel and Rubikloud have created a powerful solution for retailers to compete and thrive in an automated world,” said Kerry Liu, CEO of Rubikloud. “Retailers will see material uplifts to promotional revenue, inventory stock out rates, and loyalty revenue.”
“An increasingly important source of data for retailers comes from in-store sensors, such as RFID tags and computer vision systems,” said Stacey Shulman, Chief Innovation Officer in the Retail Solutions Division at Intel Corporation. “Combining that localized sensor data with Rubikloud’s AI solution can drive more timely and richer insights for Retailers to act on.”
Brands and retailers are starting to realize what’s at stake if they don’t integrate AI now. With more consumers turning to online retailers, this collaboration brings the personalization consumers want into stores, as well as the integration between online and offline sales to run efficient and profitable businesses.


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Eco tech business Pawprint has announced it has exceeded its recently launched £700,000 crowdfunder with two weeks left.
It also received B Corporation certification recognising its commitment to sustainability, ethics and accountability.
The company, which helps businesses and consumers reduce their carbon footprint, reached its goal with two weeks left to run - enabling it to continue to ramp up its employee engagement offering and accelerate climate action at scale.
Pawprint has secured more than £700,000 investment from more than 230 investors in the past two weeks. Since launch Pawprint has attracted more than 2000 investors.
The B Corp certification addresses the entirety of a business’ operations and covers five key impact areas of governance, workers, community, environment and customers.
Applicants are required to reach a benchmark score of more than 80 while providing evidence of socially and environmentally responsible practices relating to energy supplies, waste and water use, worker compensation, diversity and corporate transparency.
To complete the certification, the company will legally embed their commitment to purpose beyond profit in their company articles.
Edinburgh-based Pawprint focuses on reducing carbon emissions through its unique employee engagement platform - Pawprint for Business.
It enables businesses to engage, support and unite employees in reducing their carbon footprints at home, work and beyond.
Currently used by 31 UK businesses and organisations including Brewdog, Tesco Bank, abrdn and Royal London.
Chris Turner, executive director at B Lab UK says “We are delighted to welcome Pawprint to the B Corp community. This is a movement of companies who are committed to changing how business operates and believe business really can be a force for good.“
“Being able to welcome Pawprint to the B Corp community is hugely exciting. Their commitment to doing business differently will be an inspiration to others and really help spread the idea that we can redefine success in business to be as much about people and planet as it is about profit”.
Christian Arno, founder and chief executive at Pawprint says “It was incredibly emotional for me to find out we’d achieved B Corps status, because the way B Corps are run cuts to the very core of what I believe in and the basis on which Pawprint was founded.”
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Smartphone penetration has been a repetitive statement of tech analysts for the last year, but Samsung is starting to show signs that it too, is another victim of saturation. The Galaxy S5 manufacturer is now struggling to retain the same kinds of smartphone profits it has boasted over the last two years. The reason for profit decline is that consumers no longer see the need to upgrade their smartphones each year.
In Q4 2013, Samsung lost 700 billion won (Korean currency) or $676 million due to the decline in smartphone profits. Tech analysts are diagnosing Samsung and even competitor Apple’s profit troubles as what happens when a real lack of innovation exists in the smartphone industry. With each passing year, manufacturers are improving their cameras (from the 8MP Galaxy S3 to the 13MP Galaxy S4 and 16MP Galaxy S5, for example), increasing display sizes (from 4.7-inch to 5-inch screens and beyond), screen resolution (from 1280 x 720 to 1920 x 1080), updating the Android OS, and adding new apps and services (such as S-Health).
Some companies have added extras to the hardware, such as fingerprint scanners and IR blasters as a way to distinguish their smartphones from the crowd. Regardless of these perks, many consumers see these features as “added unnecessaries” that they could live without.
Many Galaxy S4 customers have asked questions like: “Why should I trade in my Galaxy S4 for a Galaxy S5 when I have an excellent camera, screen resolution, and access to S-Health and even Samsung’s new Milk Music internet radio service? Why do I need water and dust resistance in my phone when I don’t intend to take it near a pool?” I wouldn’t say that this is a wise approach to take, but it goes to show that what I believe to be innovations are nothing more than classic extras that come with another $600 price tag that some consumers can’t (and don’t want to) afford.
For Samsung, smartwatches have become “the next big thing,” to use the company’s slogan, in the mobile tech space. The Galaxy Gear 1 is a fine smartwatch that I believe leaves others such as the Pebble and Omate Truesmart in the dust, but many consumers didn’t hold the same view. Samsung is back this year with the Gear 2 running Tizen OS that provides up to 3-4 days of battery life as opposed to the 1-2-day battery life of the first-generation Gear smartwatch. There are numerous tech analysts who like the improvements, but still consider other smartwatches such as the Pebble Steel to be more elegant.
Some believe that the smartwatch will be nothing more than a niche product, but the same thing was said about smartphones in 2007. Now, look at where smartphones are today? If I’ve faith in any company to make the smartwatch a “here-to-stay” kind of product, it’s Samsung. Here’s to hoping the consumer populace agrees.
Samsung wants to invade other areas of electronic world as household appliances, electronic devices and even transport modality. This will not only help it to generate huge profit but also maintain its number one position.
Recently, launched Galaxy S5 is currently beating the Galaxy S4 in sales. Samsung launched its latest-generation Galaxy device in over 125 markets on April 11th, just two days ago. South Korea showed a warm reception to the device, with a 30% increase in sales as compared to the Galaxy S4 sales one year ago. Samsung’s increased market availability (125 markets for the Galaxy S5 vs. 60 for the Galaxy S4), as well as a drop in price from the previous model ($599-$699 vs. $700-$800 full price for the GS4) and subscription bundle have placed the Galaxy S5 in a better position to increase Samsung’s profits. Long lines for the Galaxy S5 have also been reported in places such as Singapore and the Netherlands, but are missing in places such as Australia (where Apple has a strong iPhone presence) and Korea, Samsung’s home country.
As for the Galaxy S5, Samsung’s latest and greatest comes with a 5.1-inch Super AMOLED Full HD display with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080, IP67 water and dust resistance rating that provides up to 30 minutes in 3.3 feet or 1 meter of water, a 16MP camera utilizing Samsung’s own new ISOCELL camera technology that matches the camera quality of DSLR cameras, a 0.3-second Fast Autofocus feature that provides a selective focus feature, and features a home-embedded fingerprint scanner as well as a heart rate monitor just below the 16MP back camera on the device. The Download Booster, one of Samsung’s newest software additions, looks to be present on unlocked/T-Mobile devices, as the Big Three carriers (AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint) removed the feature from their Galaxy S5s earlier this week. Last but not least, the device runs the latest Android upgrade, Android 4.4 KitKat with Samsung’s own TouchWiz.
The Galaxy S5 comes in Shimmering White and Charcoal Black, along with Aqua Blue and Copper Gold, but the blue and gold color options are only available in select markets. Most consumers will see the Charcoal Black and Shimmering White options in carrier retail stores with a price tag of $199.99 or $249.99 with a two-year contract.


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Thai kids find free tablets hard to swallow as govt scheme hits trouble
Report claims 30 PER CENT of devices have broken
Thailand’s ambitious One Tablet Per Child project appears to have gone slightly off the rails after reports emerged that 30 per cent of devices have broken down barely a year after the initiative was begun.
The government-backed project aims to put a tablet device into the hands of all school children in a bid to reduce social inequality, improve learning and overcome teacher shortages.
However, like a similar scheme in India, it seems to have hit problems early on due to the poor quality of the devices procured by the government.
An inside source at the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) told Bangkok Post that 30 per cent of the 860,000 tablets distributed to Prathom 1 (elementary grade 1) students last year had broken.
It remains to be seen whether the manufacturer, Shenzhen Scope Scientific Development, has broken its contract or if the blame should be shared with local firm Advice Distribution, which was given the contract to maintain and repair the devices for two years.
There are claims that repairs took too long and that branches of Advice Distribution were closed down.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, the same source claimed that another Shenzhen manufacturer given a contract to produce tablets for the scheme has hit difficulties.
Shenzhen Yitoa Intelligent Control apparently requested a month’s delay in the delivery of over 800,000 devices due to a factory fire – a request that has been denied.
Seeking to play down the bad publicity, the government has already disputed local media reports.
Addressing the first claim, IT minister Anudith Nakornthap said that less than 1 per cent, or little more than 5,000 tablets, had been in need of repair rather than the 258,000 claimed, according to news site Thai Rath (h/t TechInAsia).
If there is any truth to the claims then Thailand is faring little better than India, where the Aakash scheme to put low-cost tablets in the hands of millions of students in 25,000 colleges and 400 universities across the sub-continent has been hit by numerous delays.
British biz Datawind has been blamed for production problems and a falling out with the Indian government which delayed shipments.
Now New Delhi is pushing ahead with plans for a 7-in Aakash IV device which it hopes will reinvigorate the scheme. ®