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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) had a successful 2018 in terms of export expansion.
USDA officials achieved their goal of expanding export opportunities for U.S. farm and food products over the previous year, according to Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney.
“It’s been a rollercoaster ride (last) year, but U.S. farm exports remain strong, thanks in no small part to the efforts of USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS),” McKinney said. “Under the leadership of Administrator Ken Isley, who joined the agency in March, FAS has been instrumental in the administration’s efforts to promote free, fair and reciprocal trade.”
A significant achievement for 2018 was the negotiation of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
“Dozens of experts from across FAS worked side-by-side with our partners in the office of the U.S. Trade Representative to ensure the best deal for U.S. agriculture, ultimately ensuring preferential access for U.S. exports and solidifying commitments to fair and science-based trade rules,” McKinney said.
USDA worked to break down barriers and seek access to new markets for agricultural exports. Due to their efforts, new deals were made for items to be introduced or reintroduced to countries, including dairy and poultry to Canada, lamb and goat meat to Japan and beef and pork to Argentina.
Hundreds of shipments detained at foreign ports were also released, thanks to FAS staff. More than $77 million of perishable U.S. goods reached their final destinations with USDA’s intervention, including beef to Bulgaria, cherries to Taiwan and cranberries to China.
“We continue to focus our efforts on trade promotion, cultivating relationships with overseas customers and helping U.S. businesses get their products into new markets,” McKinney said.
Six agricultural trade missions were sponsored by FAS during 2018. These efforts resulted in more than 200 U.S. companies and organizations interacting with foreign buyers in 3,000 one-on-one meetings.
USDA also endorsed 19 trade shows in 14 countries around the globe, helping more than 900 American-based companies reach potential customers. These companies reported $296 million in on-site sales and $2 billion in projected 12-month sales.
“From Central America to Southeast Asia to Sub-Saharan Africa, it’s been gratifying to witness the world’s receptiveness to U.S. farm and food products. Consumers worldwide have a true affinity for the American brand and immediately recognize the safety and quality of our products,” McKinney said.
Officials sought every opportunity for exporting agricultural goods in 2018, McKinney said.
“We’re looking forward to great things in 2019, including the pursuit of even stronger trade ties with partners such as Japan and the United Kingdom, the forging of new business relationships through seven agricultural trade missions, and further success in knocking down both tariffs and non-tariff barriers to trade,” he said.


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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Craft brewing company Stone Brewing Co. is suing MillerCoors LLC over the rebranding of Keystone Light beer.
The Roanoke Times reports that Stone Brewing, based in California with a brewery in Richmond, filed the lawsuit on Monday accusing MillerCoors Keystone beer's rebranding of overtly copying and infringing on the Stone trademark. It says the new Keystone label emphasizes the word "Stone," and that MillerCoors has launched a social media campaign intended to mislead customers by establishing Stone as a new name for Keystone.
Stone Brewing's co-founder and executive chairman Greg Koch says in a released video that the company believes "MillerCoors is intentionally and deliberately trying to create confusion in the marketplace."
MillerCoors has denied the claims in a statement and called the lawsuit a "clever publicity stunt."

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Zixi announces partnership with Google Cloud
Nov 17, 2020 – Zixi has announced an alliance with Google Cloud that allows companies in the media, telecommunications and entertainment verticals to deliver end-to-end broadcast quality live video over IP using Google Cloud.
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Finns prefer to watch streaming services on the TV
Sep 15, 2020 – A TV screen is still the most popular choice for keeping up with the content in paid streaming services, according to DNA’s Digital Lifestyle survey. The TV is still the most common viewing device in the home.
News categories: DNA, Mervi Rouvinen, Digital TV, Finland, Market Research, OTT, Set Top Box
Zixi integrated into Harmonic's cloud based live streaming platform
Jul 9, 2020 – Zixi has announced the integration of Zixi into Harmonic's cloud based live streaming platform, allowing content contributors and distributors to scale their video transport to hundreds of outlets around the world.
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DNA selects VisualOn media player for Android TV app
Jul 6, 2020 – VisualOn has announced that it is providing DNA's end users with the ability to stream video on Android TV. VisualOn's OnStream Android TV is integrated into DNA's TV app. DNA is Finland's largest cable operator.
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THEO Technologies and Synamedia form HESP Alliance
Jul 1, 2020 – THEO Technologies and Synamedia have launched the HESP Alliance. The goal is to fast-track the roll-out of low latency streaming by building an ecosystem around the High Efficiency Streaming Protocol (HESP) protocol.
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THEO Technologies secures Series A funding
Mar 10, 2020 – THEO Technologies has announced that it raised $10M in a Series A funding round led by SmartFin Capital with participation from PMV and Media Invest Vlaanderen (MIV). THEO Technologies’ flagship product is its THEOplayer.
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Dec 16, 2019 – Tata Sky has launched Tata Sky Binge. Tata Sky Binge is accessible through a Tata Sky Edition of the Amazon FireTV Stick, and allows subscribers to stream from a diverse mix of apps through a single platform, with a single subscription fee.
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The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) is supportive of the Government’s intention to rebalance the economy after the recent downturn by placing an increasing emphasis on enabling an ‘export-led recovery’. However, our research has identified a number of policy barriers, which are discouraging London businesses – particularly SMEs – from exporting to important global markets.
Today, at a launch event with the Business Secretary Dr Vince Cable MP, LCCI published a new report, Exporting Britain: trading our way back to growth, which highlights the factors that are having a direct impact on businesses’ ability to export. It is based on the findings of a recent survey of London businesses, trade mission questionnaires and in-depth interviews with senior industry and commerce figures with experience of international trade.
The report highlights the benefits of trade missions to London firms and lists a number of key recommendations that should be implemented to help businesses realise their export ambitions. Specifically, it includes calls for:
- A national exports and growth strategy to coordinate relevant Government departmental policies and outline the role that business organisations and private companies could play in creating greater exporting activity
- Greater efforts by Government and UK Trade & Investment to work closer with private sector partner organisations to encourage greater take-up of exporting opportunities through trade missions and increase awareness of finance available to firms wishing to export
- Reform of the UK visa regime to ensure immigration policies do not unnecessarily obstruct businesses’ ability to trade globally and to hire specialist skills needed to compete and grow internationally
- A clear long-term vision for aviation that will enable the opening of routes to key emerging markets with untapped export opportunities, and policies that will make best use of London airports’ existing runway capacity in the short-to-medium term
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Three of Tecmark’s senior team are preparing to head to Amsterdam for the 2016 Friends of Search conference tomorrow (Thurs 11 Feb).
Managing director Richard Heyes and senior account manager Richard Bannister will be at the event all day, while search director Stacey MacNaught is one of the main speakers.
Her talk, which is scheduled to start at midday, will focus on data-driven link acquisition.
It will be MacNaught’s first speaking engagement of 2016, and an ebook to accompany her presentation will be available to download tomorrow.
Bas van den Beld and Wil Reynolds will open proceedings before a range of other SEO and digital marketing experts, including Larry Kim, will also share their insights and experiences.
Bannister said: “It looks like being a brilliant event – the speakers alone suggest that – and I can’t wait to meet some of the other attendees.
“It’ll be fascinating to hear views and opinions from those involved in the wider European market beyond the UK.”
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WALKER, MI – Meijer says it is committing to greener refrigeration systems to help protect the environment.
The Midwest supercenter-chain has joined the U.S. Environment Protection Agency's GreenChill Partnership, which focuses on reducing refrigerant emissions to decrease the impact on the environment and ultimately people's health.
By joining GreenChill, Meijer is pledging to meet higher standards that go beyond the regulatory requirements to protect the ozone layer and combat climate change.
Greenhill partners have refrigerant emission rates that are nearly 50 percent lower than the national average.
The pay off if more supermarkets and supercenters join Greenhill’s efforts is a savings of $100 million in refrigerant costs industry-wide, and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by an amount equal to 2.5 billion gallons of gasoline, says the EPA.
Meijer joins retailers Publix, SuperValu and Whole Foods in the Greenhill Partnership.
"Meijer's participation in the partnership brings GreenChill that much closer to our goals of ozone layer protection and the fight against climate changes,” said Keilly Witman, EPA's GreenChill program manager.
In addition to joining the GreenChill partnership, the Walker-based retailer is working on other environmentally-friendly initiatives.
- Fuel centers that offer alternative fuel choices such as E-85 Flex Fuel, clean diesel and electric vehicle charging stations.
- Building all new stores using LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program guidelines and principles.
- Testing wind turbines at several locations with the understanding that tapping wind as a renewable power source can make a difference in reducing a total carbon footprint.
Those efforts reflect Meijer's commitment to "positive environmental care through our many corporate actions and decisions," said Julie Croll, senior vice president, properties, real estate and procurement for Meijer.
"This pledge demonstrates Meijer's ongoing effort to provide our customers with more than just a great shopping experience, it gives them the peace of mind that we are doing everything we can to keep them and their families healthy and the environment protected," Croll said.


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BMW sales totaled 35,746 vehicles in December 2019, an increase of 4% over the 34,357 vehicles sold in December 2018.
For the full year 2019, BMW sold a total 324,826 units, an increase of 4.4 percent over 2018 sales, to finish the year ahead of Mercedes by 8,732 units.
The massive new X7 SUV was BMW’s major contribution to the sales growth in 2019. The three-row SUV, which has been criticed for his massive kidney grille, starts at $73,900.
US-built BMW X3, X5, as well as the all-new seventh-generation 3 Series also boosted BMW sales in 2019.
Commenting on the results, Bernhard Kuhnt, president and CEO, BMW of North America, said :
“BMW currently has the youngest and most exciting product portfolio in the segment. We are very pleased with our results in 2019 and wish to thank both our customers and dealers for their tremendous support.”
In comparison, Mercedes posted a total 316,094 luxury vehicles sold in 2019. This figure is just 135 units more than the total sold in 2018. The GLC-Class was Mercedes-Benz’s best-selling model with 73,650 units sold (up 5.6 percent).
Daimler’s Mercedes sales was crippled by supplier bottlenecks at its lone U.S. car-assembly plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
But there may be an asterisk on BMW’s victory over Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz. Rolls-Royce motors’ parent is currently being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission for potentially inflating its sales figures a bit.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) confirmed last month that it is investigating BMW’s sales-reporting practices.
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Blockchain technology promises to transform how nearly all industries manage data. Since roaring onto the scene as the engine behind Bitcoin in 2009, it's become applicable to a diverse array of industries beyond financial services, including industrial manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics.
The common thread between these industries is that they all feature complex supply chains, large numbers of interconnected players, and vast amounts of data. The digital advertising industry shares those characteristics as well. These characteristics, combined with the industry's transparency issues, make advertising a prime candidate for blockchain solutions.
Blockchain can help solve one of the advertising industry's biggest challenges: opaque advertising practices.Publishers, advertisers, and ad tech vendors are exploring blockchain as a tool to boost transparency around ad practices, with the end goal of reducing fraud. Ad fraud is expected to cost the industry $44 billion by 2022, up from $19 billion this year, according to Juniper Research estimates. Through its function as a public database, blockchain can store information about a digital advertisement, like who has created it, while sharing it with everyone else on the network in a verifiable and immutable way. For digital advertising, that means ad impressions can be tracked along the supply chain, and advertisers can record where an ad is delivered.
In The Blockchain in Advertising Report, Business Insider Intelligence will explain what blockchain technology is and how it can inject transparency into the advertising supply chain. We will then highlight the significant hurdles to adoption, and propose different ways the industry could navigate those challenges. Finally, the report will profile companies that are at the forefront of the blockchain advertising space to give advertisers an idea of what blockchain looks like in practice today.
The companies mentioned in this report include: Basic Attention Token (BAT), IBM, Kochava, and MetaX.
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Microsoft appointed Victor as its own director of brand strategy, working in Microsoft’s Central Marketing Group (CMG). There are no comments from Microsoft about Victor’s role, not even from Victor himself. However we could at least find something from Microsoft’s recruitment ad on LinkedIn.
The posting said the one “has accountability for brand stewardship on primary brand(s)." So we guessing Victor’s initial focus will be Office, Windows, Bing, and Xbox. It also means one of Victor’s first jobs will be introducing Windows 8, which mat release on April 2012 together with x86.
According to Microsoft’s ad, Victor must develop and deliver brand strategy, which includes working on product names, messages, visual identities, marketing programs, and packaging, with all this integrated across advertising, PR, events, and retail. In another words, he may need to deal with most of everything, as branding, advertising, public relations, research, events, packaging, marketing, and internal communications.
Since 2008, Apple and Google has been the biggest competitor to Microsoft. And this year, Apple bumped Google aside to become "world’s most valuable brand". Microsoft has been throwing to the place of fifth, even behind IBM and McDonald’s. It just really time for it change the brand strategy to make Microsoft more “cooler” to follow user’s love.


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YouTube Premium, the paid service by YouTube that allows its users ad free video viewing and few original shows, is all set to come to India. There will be two versions of the app – an ad supported free version and a premium version with a subscription cost.
The subscription cost of YouTube Premium stands at around $10 per month in USA. The same app costs around $13 per month if your download the app from an iOS app.
YouTube Red was launched in October 2015 to watch ad free video on the platform and some original shows. But this service was rebranded as YouTube Premium by Google. Apart from this, the video platform also launched YouTube Music to compete with other music apps such as Spotify and Apple Music to help users stream music and music videos from the YouTube app.
Interestingly, YouTube Red was a rechristened name for Music Key launched in 2014. Earlier, the music platform by YouTube – YouTube Music – was slated to release in India on May 22.


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In 2015, as Microsoft was preparing to release its Windows 10 operating system, a developer evangelist speaking at a technical session during a company event dropped an eyebrow-raising statement. “Windows 10 is the last version of Windows,” he said.
Will there be a Windows 11 operating system?
Windows 11 is due out later in 2021 and will be delivered over several months. The rollout of the upgrade to Windows 10 devices already in use today will begin in 2022 through the first half of that year. If you don’t want to wait that long, Microsoft has already released an early build via its Windows Insider Program.
Will Windows 12 come out?
As of now, Microsoft says they would not be releasing a version of Windows beyond 10 as it would be the last version of Windows and would be continually refined. Unfortunately, the rumors of a Windows 12 are just that rumors. That way, once your PC is up to date, you will always have the latest version of Windows.
Is there a Windows 9?
Even though Windows 9 doesn’t exist, you can still keep other versions of Windows, like Windows 10 and Windows 8, updated and free from bugs using Windows Update.
What is the last operating system?
Windows 10 now has a larger market share than any other desktop operating system version, including the previous king of all desktop OS versions, Windows 7. Net Applications noted that major IT industry milestone in its December 2018 market share figures.
Will Windows 11 be a free upgrade?
As Microsoft has released Windows 11 on 24th June 2021, Windows 10 and Windows 7 users want to upgrade their system with Windows 11. As of now, Windows 11 is a free upgrade and everyone can upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 for free. You should have some basic knowledge while upgrading your windows.
Will Windows 10 users get Windows 11?
Windows 11 will only be available as a free upgrade for Windows 10 users. Anyone on older operating systems will have to pay for the upgrade.
Will Windows 12 be a free update?
Part of a new company strategy, Windows 12 is being offered for free to anyone using Windows 7 or Windows 10, even if you have a pirated copy of the OS. So if the new Windows hasn’t come to you yet, it’s only a matter of time before you can – you can force Windows 12 to install, learn how to do it here.
What is the old name of Windows?
Microsoft Windows, also called Windows and Windows OS, computer operating system (OS) developed by Microsoft Corporation to run personal computers (PCs). Featuring the first graphical user interface (GUI) for IBM-compatible PCs, the Windows OS soon dominated the PC market.
Is Windows 12 better than Windows 10?
Linux-based Windows 12 Lite is ‘3x faster than Windows 10‘ and ‘immune from ransomware’ … According to the accompanying information, this operating system promises seamless upgrades that won’t happen when you’re trying to work, it’s immune from viruses and ransomware, and you can run it alongside Windows 7 or 10.
Why there are no Windows 9?
It turns out that Microsoft may have skipped Windows 9 and gone straight to 10 for a reason that hearkens back to the age of Y2K. … Essentially, there is a longstanding code short-cut designed to differentiate between Windows 95 and 98 that wouldn’t grasp that there was now a Windows 9.
Why is the number 9 skipped?
But often it’s for the same reason that Apple skipped 9 – because the company wants to signify a new beginning for a product, just as Microsoft did when it skipped Windows 9 and went straight to Windows 10 from Windows 8 (OK, from Windows 8.1 for the pedants out there).
Is Windows 10 or 8 better?
Winner: Windows 10 corrects most of Windows 8’s ills with the Start screen, whilst revamped file management and virtual desktops are potential productivity boosters. An outright victory for desktop and laptop users.


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Tractor Supply seeks nominations for ‘Rescue Your Rescue’ contest
Published 3:00 am, Saturday, August 23, 2014
Tractor Supply Company is looking to “rescue” a favorite Humble animal rescue.
As part of Pet Appreciation Week, an annual event to celebrate family pets, Tractor Supply is awarding $25,000 in grants, including a $10,000 grand prize, to qualifying animal charities through its “Rescue Your Rescue” social media contest.
To get started, Tractor Supply is asking fans and customers from Humble to visit Facebook.com/TractorSupplyCo and nominate their favorite shelter by submitting a brief story and photo.
Nominations are open from now through Sept. 1.
Tractor Supply will narrow the nominations down to the 10 best, and the public will vote from Sept. 5-14 at Facebook.com/TractorSupplyCo to choose the winners.
Winners will be announced during Pet Appreciation Week, happening at stores Sept. 17-21.
“Pet Appreciation Week gives us the opportunity to show how much we love our pets, and also a chance to recognize those who are finding great homes for animals,” said Seth Estep, vice president, divisional merchandising manager for Tractor Supply. “We invite our fans and customers in every Tractor Supply community to take a moment to recognize the hard work being done to care for animals by nominating and then voting for their favorite shelter.”
The grand prize is a $10,000 grant, but the top 10 will all receive a prize: second place, $5,000; third place: $3,500; fourth place: $2,000; fifth place: $1,500; sixth place: $1,000; seventh place: $800; eighth place: $650; ninth place: $350; and 10th place: $200.
Pet Appreciation Week or P.A.W. is an event to celebrate pets and introduce families to the joy of owning animals.
As part of the main event on Saturday, Sept. 20, every Tractor Supply store will feature pet adoptions through a partnership with Petfinder, demonstrations on pet nutrition, discounts on pet food and supplies, free giveaways and valuable in-store prize drawings.
All Pet Appreciation Week events are open to the public — and pets — and will take place at Tractor Supply stores in the Humble area. On Saturday, attendees will receive free gifts while supplies last and can enter a drawing to win a $200 gift card, a $100 rebate on pet services or a “Doggie Bag” prize pack valued at $35.


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Police raided a gym after Siri called emergency services because it misheard a boxing instructor's words, owner says
A trainer triggered the Siri feature on his Apple Watch after he shouted: "1, 1-2" and "nice" or "good shot," per the gym owner.
Roam149's new New York City gym uses VR and metaverse trails to immerse runners into different courses like a beach, the NYC marathon path, or the moon.
We tried a $220-a-month upmarket fitness club with 82 spin bikes. The silent disco-style fitness class pushed us to the limit.
Third Space members have access to a doctor, an altitude chamber, and 45 workout classes. Two Insider reporters tried one out.
Boston lifts vaccine mandate for stores, gyms, and restaurants but customers still need to wear face masks
Mayor Michelle Wu has lifted the city's vaccine mandate, which required patrons and staff to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination.
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We asked a fitness executive the unwritten rules of gym etiquette — here are 7 habits to avoid this New Year
Whether you're new to the gym or returning from your pandemic-era home workouts, Life Time COO Jeff Zwiefel has tips for being on your best behavior.
LA gym the Dogpound trains clients like TikTok stars Addison Rae and Josh Richards. I tried one of their punishing workouts and I was hooked.
The Dogpound caters to stars including Justin Bieber and Josh Richards with intense workouts. Now it's launching a $1,095 shoe with Balmain and canine-themed NFTs with Deepak Chopra's SEVA.LOVE.
Peloton reportedly freezing hiring after shedding billions in market value as home-exercise interest fades
Peloton shares dropped by 34% Friday in its biggest one-day drop ever, shedding as much as $8 billion in market value.
Gyms like Equinox and SoulCycle will soon require members to show proof of vaccination to use their clubs and studios
Equinox and SoulCycle will require members and staff to provide proof of vaccination starting in early September in their New York City gyms.
Exercise is supposed to be good for you — but exercising too much or running too fast can have serious consequences for your body, brain, and health.
How the co-owners of fitness franchise Burn Boot Camp managed to open 45 new locations and maintain 75% of its members during the pandemic
To keep customers happy and invested, Morgan and Devan Kline immediately began livestreaming workouts and running "member love" campaigns.
New Jersey gym celebrated by Fox News is offering free memberships to people who refuse to take a COVID-19 vaccine
The owners of Atilis Gym were arrested last summer after keeping their indoor gym open for months in violation of the governor's shutdown order.
The ranking includes popular Crossfit athlete Demi Bagby and calisthenics coach Antonie Lokhorst.
How Life Time is capitalizing on its major partnership with Apple Fitness Plus and doubling down on digital by investing in original streaming fitness content
"We intend to be the best healthy way of life company, both digitally and physically," Life Time CEO Bahram Akradi said.
Many fitness facilities have been forced to close during COVID-19, while at-home fitness companies like Peloton have thrived.
A Washington yoga studio is using a religious exemption to stay open amid gym shutdown orders, claiming the studio's workouts are a 'spiritual practice '
Hauteyoga founder Leah Zaccaria told Fox News she believes yoga is more than physical fitness and, like churches, should be allowed to stay open.
If you’re trying to lose weight, don’t trust the calorie counters. Ellipticals overestimate calories burned by as much as 100 in a 30-minute workout.
ClassPass shares how professionals exercised during lunch breaks as studios closed during the pandemic – and why the workday workout trend may be here to stay
One in five people were exercising more during the pandemic than at the start of COVID-19, especially during work hours around lunchtime.
A gym in Poland is calling itself a 'Church of the Healthy Body' in an attempt to stay open during new coronavirus restrictions
The move by Atlantic Sports Fitness in Krakow comes after the country imposed new COVID-19 restrictions in response to a rise in cases.
A PureGym trainer compared slavery to an intensive workout in a Facebook post. Some members say they will cancel their contracts.
The Facebook post advertised a special Black History Month workout, saying "slavery was hard and so is this."


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Hormel associates with Improved Meat Co. to produce subsequent-gen items
Much better Meat Co., a provider of mycoprotein and plant-based mostly protein components, lately struck a deal with Hormel, most properly acknowledged as the creator of canned meat product SPAM. The two organizations will get the job done collectively to make new solutions employing the former’s novel mycoprotein. Rhiza, as it can be known as, is manufactured “via a potato-dependent fermentation pioneered by The Greater Meat Co., and is an all-pure entire food items mycoprotein with a amazing meat-like texture. Boasting more protein than eggs and extra iron than beef, Rhiza features a new technology of sustainable animal-free protein for the burgeoning different meat sector.” The Spoon has far more information.
Burger King is bringing choice chicken to its menu with Unattainable nuggets
Starting Monday, Oct. 11, Burger King buyers in Des Moines, Iowa, Boston and Miami can get their fingers on Extremely hard Foods’ meat-free hen nuggets at the quick-foodstuff chain. Eater writes that the bar for chicken nugget substitutes is very low, but, then once more, your ordinary typical frozen nugget isn’t really exactly an remarkable culinary expertise either. And this is just not just a engage in for the setting or reducing down on animal cruelty: Pandemic-era supply chain issues and labor shortages have pushed up the selling price of chicken and other meat, incentivizing important foods enterprises to make investments in these food items tech-driven choice meat options.
Poisonous metals continue to a big concern in child meals
A new report contends that neither the Federal Drug Administration nor little one meals manufacturers are executing more than enough to decrease levels of poisonous weighty metals (such as arsenic, guide and cadmium) in baby food items. Testing exposed multiple samples of Beech-Nut’s and Gerber’s toddler rice cereals contained more inorganic arsenic than FDA’s 100 elements for each billion (ppb) restrict, which is an already dangerously higher regular that Food and drug administration is now decreasing. Gurus recommend federally mandated finished-item testing Foodstuff Politics reports as nicely as voluntarility phasing out toxic substances.
Food field personnel recount what drove them to quit en masse
Harmful do the job environments, inadequate pay and difficult prospects: These are just a few of numerous reasons employees at chain suppliers, dining establishments and butcheries throughout the region stop their work in 2021. The $15 federal least wage motion is stagnant, alongside compensated sick leave plan, inspite of a change in presidential management and a fatal pandemic. Additionally, COVID-19 basic safety protocols are nonetheless up to unique enterprises to mandate, this means workers’ wellness and lives have long gone mostly unprotected in extensive swaths of the state. The Counter delves into individual stories.
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and it's easy, just pressing play. i think this is boom, bustling business. you can't afford to miss. i'm ready to 11 and i bred to bore in washington. here's what we have coming up in that a wave of firm cancelling services in russia. crypto currency exchanges are standing by what they call quote, financial freedom. straight ahead. we discussed the decision to remain in operation . this as a conflict in ukraine continues to weigh heavy on market, causing dr. lump. to start the week, we'll break it all down. and china is facing mounting pressure as the world's 2nd largest economy in the wake of the ukraine crisis and ongoing tensions of a trade with the u. s. will bring you the latest. we have a lot to cover today. so let's get started. we leave the program with the state of
the world's most popular crypto currency. now as the russian rubel has plumbing it over the past few days, the price a bit coin has climb steadily. but is there a correlation? well monday, buying frenzy help. most major assets served with big win leaving the chart, the job crypto rally after reclaiming the crucial $40000.00 psychological barrier. briefly crossing 44000. now as the rubel has plummeted around 30 percent, russian traders have been selling bitcoin at a premium on the peer to peer market place. local bitcoin dot com, that may also explain why the asset rallied so hard monday evening, giving credence to bitcoin safe haven narrative. joining us now discuss is due by so host, encrypt, analyst bentz one, and he's in studio with us. it's always, it's like a face to face it out. this is something you've been predicting it. and it makes sense that when economic sanctions attempt to isolate russia, russia is,
would move into bitcoin. so what are we seeing here? yeah, you know, you said we predicted this, right? what would the reason for that is because this is exactly what the coin was created for. this is the whole point of this, right? peer to peer transactions that governments, cancun involved in what we've seen over the last couple of weeks and months especially, is that the u. s. government has, has rolled out the same playbook that they've used for years, and that playbook consists of what it consists of really focusing on sanctions. cutting off the swift banking system, which, you know, we predicted would happen, it absolutely has happened. and so there have to be workarounds. well, the biggest work around in the world is crypto currency. specifically bitcoin though, let's be honest about this. there are a lot a lot of other alt coins that did really well outperformed bitcoin over the last couple of days. some by as much as 20, almost 30 percent right now. i know whenever it comes to any sort of work around, then of course you're going to start getting pressure on coming and banning. well, of course they can't, man, the crypto currency is out, right? but they can try to put pressure on some of those exchanges. right now there has been pressure on this exchanges to block russians from training on crypto platforms
. and back on sunday, the vice prime minister ukraine called for a blanket ban on russian crypto currency trades on twitter. same quote. it's crucial to freeze, not only at the addresses linked to russian and bell, russian politicians, but also to sabotage ordinary users. what exactly is he calling? well, look, he, what he's really calling for here is if you are russian, you should not be allowed to be on a crypto exchanged. now that's an insane concept, right? the idea that you're going to say anyone who was a and is it just russian heritage or are we talking about russian speakers? there's a lot of them are folks who fall into this category. and what he's saying is you gotta cut them off. what's interesting is that already we've heard from the head to some of these changes who are saying, no, they're not going to do that, that, that completely defeats the purpose of this. and not only that, some of the exchanges have contemplated the idea of being able to target specific addresses belonging to individuals who have been sanction hi, networked individuals. here's a problem with that, is that all you have to do was transferred to different wallets and now you can get
around that 1st, 2nd of all, and this is something that, that brought up a minute ago. a lot of what we've been seeing over the last couple of days, or is on peer to peer trading, right? which means you're not going onto a general exchange, you're not putting your your rubles on there in order to buy bitcoin. that would be easier to target peer to peer very difficult to target, but a lot of these exchanges are saying, we're not even going to play that game. we're not going to do that because it undermines the overall strategy and purpose of crypto currency in the 1st place. why i bet i know that you and chrissy have been hyper critical to say what is the of, of centralized exchanges because they defeat the purpose of decentralized crypto currency . but now that we've heard from you know, the crack and c o, who said last week when it came to the canadian truckers that hey, you know, if you want to protect that money that you're earning now get it out of our exchange, put it in a digital wallet isn't it, that's decentralized in that nature. so is it kind of refreshing to see that these people who are kind of mainstream making crypto currency, more mainstream in these big centralized exchanges that they're actually standing
up for the rights of crypto users as a whole. they're not just saying this is an asset where you can make money there. say, if you want to use this the way it's intended, we are going to give you some of those tools. really good question. i would say no, i would say they are not necessarily protecting the users. i think that they're savvy enough to know that the folks who were in these exchanges and many people who are that kind of the, the crypto currency. you know, true believers would call them out in a 2nd if they saw this happening and so they have to do it. but this does the ceo of crack and actually want people to come out of his exchange and go to a non custodial wallet. no, he doesn't want that, but he also knows that if he's a partner and if he is an accomplice to this idea of freezing accounts of stealing crypto directly from users and out of their wallace. if he's part of banning anyone who's russian speaking or is russian from being on an exchange, you've become a part of the system and it would destroy your business. and so i think that, you know, even though they might have some personal beliefs associated with this, that are free oriented, they also know the fastest way you can destroy
a crypto exchange is to become the very bank, the very financial system that, that crypto currency was designed to overcome and you know, something that rachel actually mentioned there earlier to was the fact that, you know, it's almost like they can't ban decentralized crypto currency. yeah. but as you see, it used to, you know, circumvent sanctions, if that's the case or you see it used to, you know, obviously we've talked about many times that the officials will say that it's used for nefarious purposes. i mean, does it risk being taken down by some sort of authority and is there a way to even do that? well, it, what they risk, is it becoming an illegal currency at times? right. i think that's what government would like to do. the problem with that again is that you can't stop it. and when you can't stop something, as china has learned, even about dick when, when you can't stop a currency, you have to either learn to live with it or learn how to regulate it. and i think that's what we're seeing right now as it is a push to say, why don't we better regulated because you're not going to stop it. you're not going
to control it too many people use it and it overcomes these very problems. and i'll say this too about bitcoin. one thing that's incredibly important right now, just from an, a kind of geopolitical purpose. in the united states, we should not want what's happening right now, which is that russia has been pushed into the arms of awaiting china. china loves the scenario right now because the chinese are able to say, hey, forget about that world. reserve currency, the u. s. dollar. and let's focus on our courtesy. let's use our g, b, the r and b. and let's focus on that instead. right. and, and that should become your reserve currency. what big coin has the opportunity to do is to help break that up some and prevent russia from becoming completely dependent on china. if we're more dependent on peer to peer, it's better for the entire world. and i think that's, that's important to and last and i have about 30 seconds left bed. but i mean, we also see it being used in ukraine and it feels like if authorities. busy are going to criticize it being used in russia, but also in what they consider humanitarian efforts. i mean there is that kind of it ways on both sides correctly. oh, absolutely. and, and again, look,
the united states has been able to use these technologies, but, but the one country i would say the united states, more than any other country, is going to be a critical of this because they are the world's reserve currency. when the u. s. is the world's reserve currency. we don't want to see competition from it, from a, from a national level, but because it is able to undermine all of these controls. but once you're able to undermine those, and you're no longer manipulated, it opens it up to governments all around the world. it's why l salvatore's government is coming under so much pressure to not be to allow big coin to remain right as part of their legal, tender governments around the world. the, i enough doesn't want that. why not? because it creates independence. the more independent nations are, the less that they're going to be able to be restricted by these kinds of controls . boom bus, spend swan great evian studio. thank you so much for governance for us. pleasure. and it was another day of losses for markets, while the mo, ex, in russia, remained closed on monday and tuesday, marking its longest pause since 1998 major markets in europe were down with the german dax and french cat,
both falling nearly 4 percent on tuesday here in the united states, the dow jones industrial average dropped more than 600 points while both the s and p 500 and nasdaq composite loss just over one percent. now this as oil prices continue to store with west texas intermediate up over 11 percent to more than a $106.00 per barrel on tuesday. while international benchmark, brent crude was up nearly 10 percent over $107.00 with both at their highest points since 2014. now, all the by an administration has stuck to releasing supply from the u. s. strategic reserve. and opec plus continues to stand by his current plan. the international energy agency said on tuesday that it will release $60000000.00 barrels of oil from global reserve, saying in a statement that quote, global energy security is under threat. putting the world economy at risk during a fragile stage of the recovery. so joining us now to discuss all the way this is michelle snyder, partner and the director of training research and education for the market gauge
group. michelle is great to have you on the show today. now take us through the latest losses. what are the biggest concerns among investors when it comes to the crisis, the new crane and the latest sanctions against russia? and why are we seeing such a reaction in the markets right now? well, the biggest reaction that we're seeing obviously is in the russian market, even though it's been close. if you look at the e t f r s x dropped another 23 percent today. so you really seeing the separation now, even though the united states markets in european markets have decline, that economy is really going down fast, at least as measured by that e t f. so in terms of the energy, really, the biggest problem that all of the investors are looking at right now, of course, is the inflation situation, considering how many resources ukraine actually exports from everything, from corn, we barley, titanium, my goodness, oil, obviously and, and it's actually believe it or not,
i saw this was really amazing that it's feed 600000000 people or has the capability of feeding in from the ukraine, 600000000 people. so there you have, you have now a situation that's so untenable with inflation and energy prices going out of control. that, of course. now what's really happening here is that the impact to the consumer and the u. s. economies in question, even though statistically, other than the inflation numbers we haven't really seen that come home to roost yet . absolutely. michelle, that's something we've talked about over the last week, is that everything that's going on politically is only going to make the inflation even though it might hurt us less than it does elsewhere in the world. we're definitely going to see it here in the united states as well, and when it comes to that current uncertainty. there's also the situation surrounding what the federal reserve is going to do at their upcoming meeting this month. are you think in certain among investors that that policy could be impacted by these current geopolitical tensions? well, it's already, there's so many statistics that the,
that keep dropping in terms of the expectations for any kind of rate rise. now in march, it went from estimates to 19 he rises to now they're saying that in march, maybe there'll be nothing. it's really difficult. stagflation has to be, i think, from an economic standpoint, the most difficult situation to, to deal with, whether it's from the consumer standpoint, the economic standpoint, the government standpoint, and certainly the central bank standpoint. so for the federal reserve, it will be amazing if they were, if they raise, they probably should raise a quarter percent that that would be at least some token. and at this point now, it seems unlikely they'll do anything because we already know that how expressed his concerns about what's going on geopolitically. and certainly when it comes to the federal reserve, they have not been quick to act to say the least. so it'll be interesting to see how they react this month. now i know we mentioned how much oil prices have
skyrocketed in the last week. while that's due to speculations surrounding the current climate. does that have an impact on traditional investors? i know you mentioned those rising energy prices all around. i mean is that assigned to all of those investors about really where we're at right now. well, the best comparable thing that we can look at really is, is the 70s in the mid seventies. when we had the oil embargo and it was really coughing now and coughing for hyperinflation. and one of the reasons why i think people spoke to the transitory narrative of inflation to this point was because oil was relatively behave well now with it going really high. i think that you're going to see a hyper inflation, super cycle of inflation. and that's definitely going to impact investors. and the flight to safety traditionally to, to bonds may not necessarily sustain seeing what the fed does. and then of course, the, you know, the other real impact on that is going to be that may be silver lining,
which would be, do we finally make a real concerted move globally towards alternative energy? i think maybe we can see something good come out of it. well, absolutely, and we've talked about that and obviously there's already some sort of a concerted effort going towards the green energy as well. unfortunately, in the short term, when this is needed, the most that push doesn't help us exactly at this time. but before we go, i want to talk about inflation hedges. as we've talked about inflation so much in the segment, where does it do they stand in all this? are we seeing movement towards traditional hedges like gold and silver right now? absolutely. although i think that gold and silver are still relatively slow to act . and that makes me think there's a lot more upside. we crossed the 1900 level here in gold. we're up at $940.00. i think we could see 202500 relatively quickly. we cleared the $24.00 an ounce in the silver, and that also has a lot of tremendous upside is still so relatively valued compared to the dow,
even with this down movement. and as you talked about earlier in the show, big coin now is starting to emerge as another potential safety play, which is interesting. so i think you need to stick to commodities and i think you should also still look at the food commodities as well. yeah, certainly a lot of moving parts here and never a dull moment. michelle snyder of the monday is group. thank you so much for your time and insight. thank you. and i'm out for a quick break, but when we come back to it facing, rising economic pressure didn't weigh heavy on market. we'll take a look at the future of the world's 2nd largest economy. if we could break here the number that the quote with the corporate parasites in power today might think their control will continue forever. whether they're right or wrong,
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trade plans in the asia pacific region will come quote in the near future. china is warning of uncertainty regarding foreign trade after exports in the us grew by 16.5 percent last year. as demand from trading partners remains up in the air during the recovery and raw material prices have risen, china's backing on more domestic consumption. but with retail sales only growing by 1.7 percent in december on an annualized basis. well, that remains in question as well. so joining us now to take a deeper look at china trade is boom bus co host christy. i are christy, i want to start with china concerns regarding trey, why is there such uncertainty surrounding external demand after trade contributed heavily to the nation's growth in 2021. i think you actually just said at foreign trade contributed heavily to the nation's growth in 2021. but that's not sustainable. given the global macros and china, given its history of being overly reliant on others and the west and subsequently getting burned, has learned a lesson. and that's why it's on
a mission to be self sufficient. which is why domestic consumption is now so important to them. yes, it's great that they grew so much last year because exports rose to new record, but china doesn't want to be overly reliant on trade and exports for growth and stability. so looking forward, there is uncertain demand given the rising inflation worldwide, which will put pressure on consumption and demand. so that's why china is now warning that there will be pressure on foreign trade. and on top of that, labor shortages and high raw material cost has also heaped pressure on the ability of trying to small and medium sized companies to handle overseas orders. and this is very similar to the oil industry. it doesn't want to risk over expanding and then being held with a super high debt balance sheet. when demand then goes away. that would be truly disastrous for the manufacturing sector in china. similar to the oil industry is just a few years ago. there are both industries with super high capital investment costs . so,
given the uncertain macros and headwinds manufacturers will be reluctant to expanded too fast, which will further contribute to supply squeeze. certainly, it seems like no matter what these countries try to do for themselves, they're always so many different factors affecting their economies, especially over the last 2 years. now, the commerce minister also talked about the need to increase domestic consumption. so what is the outlook here and are there worries that growth could stall? i mean, there are definitely worries that it could stall last year. the chinese economy, we founded with its best growth in a decade, which was mainly from robust exports of consumer staples and p, p, and other medical equipment. but now there are signs that momentum is slowing on weakening consumption and a domestic property downturn. so the cameras, ministry is now stepping up domestic demand by building a modern circulation system. and given the policies adopted by the new biden administration, china's dual circulation strategy is one way of setting these potential problems.
but then there's also the concern of china's new push towards this common prosperity goal, which aims to reduce china's wealth gap. so that's being closely watched by retailers to see how this will affect can the consumption economy some like burberry. they think that trying to push to narrow the well gap will enable more people rather than fewer to be in a position to make luxury purchases. not to mention there is now a strong push by the gen, years of china to support local chinese brands rather than foreign brands. so the retail landscape is quickly trying to adapt to the new policies and environment. but challenges still remain. that's an interesting point that you just made there about gender in china. we have to do a whole story on that come in, because that is very, very interesting. christie, i want to move to those comments from the u. s. t r office. i was the take away from that. it feels like the trade representative. catherine has really just kind of made some kind of platitudes about how hard they're going to be on china, but really with no agenda right now. exactly. the bottom administration announced
that the u. s. as elevating its issues with china and in the u. s. representatives annual report, it promised to consider all possible tools to combat beijing practices. but it offered very few actual concrete details. so claim that china's anti competitive subsidies created an environment that is harmful towards global competition. and while the u. s. p r emphasize is laser focused on engagement. it falls short of any specific measures. and now it is also trying to claim that china is not holding onto phase one of the trade deals, but that is turning out to be a historic failure. china responded by calling on the u. s. to remove existing terrorists and stopped threatening new levies. however, the u. s. has have never been adjusted and that was not conducive for china to complete the purchases. so therefore trying to claim that it has done the best to its abilities and imported the most under these stressful condition. china also
cited that the supply chain and the u. s. is in shambles, and the ports are unable to ship goods efficiently. it's gotta be frustrating, keep having the same argument over and over and over again. but at the same time, when it comes to the u. s. growing is own influence, how bigger partnerships with other asia pacific nations is tension between the 2 largest economies remain. we've got about a middle i mean, it used to be better. so far. biden has indicated that trade talks are not high on his agenda. so asia pacific countries have in recent years, signed to make a trade agreement. the c p t p, p, and 2018 and the r c p signed last year. and both of them exclude the us. so these nations, they are highly export dependent. and while the u. s. has tried to improve trade relations with them, it was not quick enough. meanwhile, china's influence over these nations have grown in recent years. and the us ended
up excluding it from the region when it pulled out of the t p. p. and so for now, the bite and ministration continues to want to prioritize investing in american workers and infrastructure before signing any new trade agreements. boom bus. kristi, i thank you so much for bringing all that down for us. and finally, after the head of the russian space agency says, dash to that sanctions could put operation and the international space station in jeopardy. the basic ceo, eli must. while he says his company can step in to preserve its operation in response to tweets from the head of russ cosmos, on thursday of last week, which said the space station could face and uncontrollable, the orbit without international cooperation must simply tweeted his company's logo, eccentric billionaire, also replied to a tweet from the international space station editor at nasa space flight, showing a mockup of the i s s with the russian segment, removed with base x and dragon in its place. he is always ready for an opportunity to get involved. now, meanwhile, and other space x related news, ukraine received
a shipment of sterling terminals on monday after mosque had promised them and internet disruptions in the nation. the company has lunch roughly 2000 and starling satellites and orbit over the last several years, which provide high speed internet when use through those terminals on the ground. always another new story for on most to become a part of to a certain extent. absolutely. i mean, of course, a lot mosque will never see a tweet about space for electric vehicles that he will not in input his own company than to that's for sure. it's also very interesting. i mean, we've talked about star link on a very broad scale. but star link is meant for situations where internet is disrupted for places that don't have internet access. so you know, for them to roll those out. it's also very interesting to see just like curb to currency is what we learn from their usage and all of this. absolutely, and that's it. for this time, you can get boom bus on demand on the portable tv app available on smartphones and tablet. google play for the apple app store by searching portable tv. portable tv
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Twenty years ago, no one knew exactly how technology would alter the way retail business is conducted. However those who met the challenges and opportunities it posed with innovative solutions, have proved to be the most successful businesses.
Just as the opportunities and threats relating to technological change created uncertainty in the past, there is currently a lack of clarity around the sustainability agenda, from regulation and the reliability of data to customer and investor appetite.
This is proving to be a barrier to responsiveness within the sector, but must be overcome as global socio economic and resource developments demand action.
The sector needs to deal with the significance of the shift east. If each of the major economic markets grew in the next 20 years at the same rate as the last 20, China’s consumption would be three times bigger than that of the US. The magnitude of this increased consumption must be addressed. The growth of the middle class worldwide is predicted to result in two billion more people all wanting to consume at a rapid pace.
But even if we put the exponential growth of the middle classes aside, if retail sales continue to grow at the same rate on a country by country basis over the next twenty years that will equal $90 trillion – five times greater than today. It would mean that the increase in consumption over the next 20 years will be twice as big as it was over the last 20.
Based on how we use them today, the world’s resources simply will not be able to support that.
However, we must acknowledge that the retail sector is ahead of the majority of the business community in addressing sustainability. Recent KPMG research found 81 percent of retail and consumer goods businesses have a sustainability strategy compared to the corporate average of 62 percent.
The strategies retailers have drawn up are often far reaching. Some are looking at sustainability in a broader sense beyond, for example, their own direct carbon or waste footprint, and using the strategy to develop a fuller understanding of what sustainability means for their business. This has led to better understanding and management of issues like supply chain risk and the security of supply of core materials.
Retailers are trying to become as efficient as possible and reduce their consumption of resources by undertaking energy and waste efficiency projects. These also have the added benefit of reducing their running costs. However, many in the retail sector are also using innovative technologies to go beyond the quick wins.
In some cases retailers’ focus on sustainability has been broadened to include their product ranges. Some are launching sustainable brands or lines, recognising that there is a demand for goods which have a neutral impact on the environment over the whole product lifecycle.
Retailers are also prepared to take a transparent approach to sustainability by setting meaningful targets and reporting publicly against their strategy, which means they can be held to account for their progress.
So in 10 years time, when we look back and assess the factor that fundamentally impacted retail business in the same way technology did over the last 20 years, then sustainability will be the answer. It will have made another step change – it won’t be separate, but all encompassing. A sustainable business will be the only type of retail business that will exist.


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Last week saw the annual unveiling of new gadgets and innovations at CES, the world’s largest technology fest, in Las Vegas. As ever, home tech has had an upgrade. Here, we round up the dominant trends in residential technology and take a look at the latest products designed for cutting edge living.
The new tech could find a home juxtaposed with the exposed brickwork, metal pillars and wooden beams of this one-bedroom converted warehouse in London. On the market for £565,000, the apartment is close to the skyscrapers of the Canary Wharf business district.
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Research by the German trade body GFU Consumer & Home Electronics found that year-on-year sales of home electronics rose 11.6 per cent in Germany in 2020 and the upwards trend continued last year. Dr Sara Warneke, the organisation’s chief executive, says that after spending more time at home during the pandemic “consumers have developed a greater need to surround themselves with lovely and pleasant things”.
Televisions that look the part as well as play the part cater to this demand. Loewe has announced its We.See sub-brand range of smart televisions, designed to look equally good from all angles (below and main picture, above). The TV is available in 55-inch (€1,699), 50-inch (€1,499) and 43-inch (€1,299) versions with Ultra High Definition resolution. It has an elegant pedestal and an unusual bicolour frame. Audio is provided by a Dolby Atmos 80-Watt soundbar.
Tech buyers are becoming more concerned about electronic waste and carbon footprints. “Increasing numbers of consumers say they are likely to spend money with companies working to reduce climate change,” says Alex Cho, president of personal systems at Hewlett-Packard.
Danish electronics brand Bang and Olufsen has responded with the Beosound Level wireless speaker (from £1,149), which has received Cradle to Cradle certification, meaning its manufacture meets the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute’s principles including promoting clean air, saving water and social fairness. The speaker has a modular design that allows batteries to be replaced, fabric and wood covers to be changed and electronic components to be upgraded easily if the streaming technology used becomes outdated. More than half of the plastic used in its construction is recycled. The model can operate as a standalone portable speaker, paired with another or combined with a soundbar to provide immersive Dolby Atmos sound.
The increased consumer focus on sustainability includes a drive towards “premium appliances that benefit from advanced sensor technology, which can intuitively monitor and adapt programmes, and can offer significant energy savings,” says Tim Buszka, head of brand and digital at Whirlpool.
His company’s W Collection 770mm induction hob (£849) uses sensors to monitor and adjust the temperature according to what is cooking, until the food is ready to serve. Buszka claims the hob can reduce energy consumption by up to 30 per cent compared with a standard Whirlpool induction hob.
“How we show up online is of huge importance,” says HP’s Cho. Three-quarters of people surveyed by the company in 2021 said that they judge someone online based on the quality of their audio and video output. Part of the solution is a more reliable home network, but Cho says “great cameras, mics and speakers are now a must-have”.
Debuted at CES, the Noveto N1 sound-beaming device allows someone sitting at a computer to hear immersive audio, as if they were wearing headphones, yet those nearby are almost unaware of the sound. The N1 pushes algorithm-generated ultrasonic sound waves into the air, which are individually silent but, with the help of a built-in 3D camera and AI-based dynamic ear-tracking algorithms, target the listener. The N1 should hit the shops by April, priced $795.
Even smarter homes
The role of the smart home has evolved since Hive made its first smart thermostat 11 years ago. “Customers don’t just want convenience, they want to save money and be more sustainable,” says Americo Lenza, portfolio director for service and solutions at Hive parent company British Gas. The Hive Mini smart thermostat (below, right), due on sale early this year for £119, will remind you to switch off the heating if you have gone out and left it on. It can also automatically turn the heating on when the temperature dips, preventing frozen pipes. Heating and hot water can be controlled manually or by creating automated schedules via an app. Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple HomeKit compatibility allows for integration with other home automation devices.
Meanwhile Lutron, a pioneer of home automation lighting, has recently launched its RA2 Select smart lighting dimmer (from £600) that can operate any existing lights. Unlike some smart lighting options, it runs off its own wireless hub rather than being part of a home network so is unaffected by WiFi problems. An app allows the creation of specific light settings to suit different occasions — such as watching a film or eating dinner — and for remote control from outside the home. The dimmer switch (below, left) can control multiple bulbs and be integrated with smart home products such as Sonos, Apple, Amazon Alexa and Ring.
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TUI resilient in the face of terrorism
Wonderful Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson first lectured the public about travelling "for travel's sake" almost 150 years ago.
But it took 30 years of peace in post-war Europe and the subsequent sustained efforts of cheap travel pioneers like Ryanair's Mick O'Leary to get the ball rolling. Now everyone wants to do what Stevenson recommended: "travel to go".
Many of us remember people in, say, the south or west of Ireland in the past who cheerfully admitted they'd never made it as far as Cork or Galway. But these days most people have been hit by the travel bug.
There is a booming industry to cater for the adventurous travellers and an even bigger one to look after those, like me, who crave the security of a bus; the certainty of a hotel booking; and the satisfactory knowledge that somewhere there is a four-star chef working on my scrumptious dinner. For us there is the package holiday operator.
Keen students of the sector will know there has been huge consolidation. In recent years, the Anglo-German concern TUI AG has become a behemoth of the industry.
It's the world's number one tour operator with a listing in London and Frankfurt. It trades in 130 countries, has 76,000 employees, and a very broad portfolio of hotels, cruise liners, aircraft and tour companies - like Thompson, Reiten, American Holidays and Falcon.
The hotel division is the largest leisure hotelier in Europe with 310 hotels in 24 countries and plans adding 60 new ones over the next three years including one in Ireland. TUI's cruise business is not large - yet. It has 13 ships with four on order.
The cruise business trades as Hapag-Lloyd in Germany and Thomson cruises in the UK. The company's aircraft business operates from 60 airports with a fleet of 140 aircraft making it the fifth-largest airline in Europe.
The group is focusing its firepower on packaged holidays. It has agreed the sale of its hotel beds subsidiary, the world's largest database of beds. It will off-load its specialists division, a niche tourism business for the outdoor types, and is targeting €50m in operation efficiencies.
TUI's biggest and most profitable region is the UK, Ireland and Nordic countries (Northern region) which accounts for €530m, half of the group's operating profit.
Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Central region) has a similar number of customers as the Northern region but with a challenging market, lower revenue and profits at €100m. Belgium, Netherlands and France (Western region) had problems with its North African and Turkey holidays.
Interestingly, the company is considering moving beyond its comfort zone of the Mediterranean to Asia and particularly the Chinese tourist market. This could prove difficult as the Chinese are not partial to sun or swimming. However, it intends adding hotels in the Maldives Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Cambodia.
TUI sales of €20bn - its first year as a combined group - were solid. In spite of terrorism difficulties, operating profit of €1bn was impressive. The shares trade at €13 having had a previous high of €17.60, has an attractive dividend of 5pc and is valued at €7.7bn. Some view its target of 10pc profit growth as ambitious.
Following the two terrorist attacks in Belgium and the earlier horrors in Paris, Turkey and Tunisia tour operators are changing their programmes.
Just how companies like TUI get on in the coming year will be a measure of how cowed the travelling public is. Allowing for these problems, TUI has strong earnings and a solid track record and is a share worth following.
Nothing in this section should be taken as a recommendation, either explicit or implicit to buy any of the shares mentioned.


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OK, so maybe not a huge surprise, but Google is said to launch a paid, subscription-based music service, like Rdio or Spotify, as soon as this week at the Google I/O conference, reports the Wall Street Journal.
According to “people familiar with the matter,” says the WSJ, the announcement of the new service could happen as soon as tomorrow, when Google hosts it’s annual I/O developer conference. The WSJ says that Google has previewed new music initiatives at I/O in the past, so it might just announce the streaming service there, as well.
Twitter Music is launching on iPhone and the web today, and you no longer have to be a star to enjoy it. After a short period of testing with select music artists and celebrities, the music discovery service will be made available to everyone later on today.
Remember how word came down the pipeline the other day that Spotify wanted to start a video streaming service? Guess who just beat them to the punch? That’s right, Rdio — the better of the subscription music streaming services in the United States — and their new service is called, coincidentally enough, Vdio.
Rdio has today updated its iOS app to introduce new album and playlist views to the iPhone, and to make a number of improvements to the app’s user interface. You can now enjoy large album art, see what your friends have been listening to, and more.
Google is preparing to take on companies like Spotify and Rdio with a new YouTube music streaming service, according to sources in the record industry, who have been speaking to Fortune. The service, which is expected to launch later this year, could be available for free, but there will be subscription options for those who don’t like to see advertisements.
It was only yesterday that we found out that music streaming apps like Spotify and Rdio are helping kill music piracy, as the music industry reported that global revenue rose in 2012 for the first time in 13 years.
Well, according to a different report that crunched some serious numbers, Apple’s iTunes Store played a big part in the music industry’s growth, by accounting for 60 percent of global digital music revenues.
Want to hear a good argument for the possibility of Apple launching an iRadio service? According to a couple ofnew report, 2012 is the first time since 1999 that piracy is down, and the music industry has actually grown. And music streaming services like Rdio and Spotify can take all the credit.
Rdio — for my money, the best à la carte streaming music subscription service out there — just released a nice update to their iOS app, making it easier (and prettier) than ever to interact with your music.
If you’re one of those people who still uses Pandora, you’re missing out on some really great music apps that have a deeper catalogs of music. Yes, Spotify and Rdio are pretty much the frontrunners in the streaming music scene, but Slacker Radio just got a brand new look that makes it worthy to be oogled at.
The biggest problems with Spotify and Rdio is that most people (like me) are lazy and don’t want to be forced to comb through 11 million songs to find an artist to listen to for the next 42 minutes. Slacker Radio wants to step in and take that pain away by offering 250 DJ curated stations so you can just kick back and enjoy the music without thinking about what to play next.


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- Sarah Duxbury
Latest-generation tech companies are changing how we communicate, how we socialize, how we play and how we shop.
Some are changing traditional notions of corporate philanthropy, too.
The old-school model for corporate philanthropy includes a combination of cash, employee volunteering, in-kind donations and maybe some cause marketing.
That approach seems stale to Zynga, an ambitious young company that has created a social entrepreneurship business unit that allows it to profit even as it raises millions of dollars for global causes.
Last October, the 3-year-old San Francisco company officially introduced Zynga.org.
Over two months, players of Farmville, a Zynga game in which players tend a virtual farm, could buy special seeds that did not wither. Half the proceeds from these sales went to two Haitian nonprofits and were used to build a school lunchroom; half went to Zynga. The company was always clear about its cut of the money.
Zynga hoped this pilot would raise at least $100,000 for Haiti. Instead it raised $500,000 for that impoverished country, months before the earthquake struck.
“Feedback from our communities was so strong, even from our internal teams who created the campaign, we decided it was something we wanted to build an organization around,” said Virginia MacArthur, director of Zynga.org.
Thus, Zynga.org was born not as a corporate foundation or philanthropic arm of the San Francisco online gamemaker, but as an entrepreneurial business that would tap Zynga customers to raise funds for social causes or nonprofits.
That model has proved lucrative and effective.
Since October 2009, Zynga has raised $2.1 million for various global nonprofits from its users. It has pocketed that same amount.
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It follows moves Amazon has made in other states that have cracked down on internet sales tax collections.
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In a statement published on the chicagoist.com website, Amazon says the Illinois law is illegal:
“We had opposed this new tax law because it is unconstitutional and counterproductive. We deeply regret that its enactment forces this action.”
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Amazon’s protracted battle with states over sales taxes has caught fire in recent months, with states strapped for cash and becoming more aggressive about finding new revenue sources. I have to wonder how long Amazon can withstand what could turn out to be an avalanche of states lining up against the online retailer on this issue.
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A second stimulus package India is poised to announce in coming days will be worth around 1 trillion rupees ($13 billion) and focus on help for small and medium businesses weathering the coronavirus outbreak, two senior officials said on Wednesday.
Last month, India outlined a 1.7-trillion rupee ($22.6-billion) economic stimulus plan providing direct cash transfers and food security measures to give relief to millions of poor hit by an ongoing 21-day nationwide lockdown.
"The second package could be focused largely on MSMEs," one of the senior government officials, with direct knowledge of the plan told Reuters, using an acronym for micro, small and medium enterprises.
The official said a separate package could be announced for bigger companies after assessing the extent of the hit they have faced due to the lockdown imposed to fight the outbreak.
Small businesses account for nearly one-quarter of India's $2.9 trillion economy and employ more than 500 million workers, according to government estimates.
India has so far recorded 5274 cases of the coronavirus, which has also killed 149 people in the country. The country is now considering narrowing its lockdown to coronavirus hotspots after the nationwide lockdown ends on April 14.
Indian media have been speculating that the government would soon announce more relief to help the struggling economy.
The new package aimed at MSMEs could include increases in the limits of bank loans for working capital needs, hiking threshold limits for availing tax exemptions and relaxing rules for deposits of income tax and other dues, the sources said.
A finance ministry spokesman declined to comment.
The second government source said that the government was also planning to partially clear tax refunds owed to small businesses within one month to provide some immediate relief.
The Indian government on Wednesday said it will also release 180 billion rupees in tax refunds to small businesses and individuals immediately and impose expenditure curbs on a host of departments for the April-June period.
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Federal and state governments and state-owned companies owe more than $66 billion to small businesses, the government told parliament last month.
"We do not know how long we will be able to survive if our dues are not cleared," said Raghunathan, a small-time manufacturer of solar parts in the Southern Indian city of Chennai.
Hundreds of thousands of cash-starved Indian small businesses have either deferred or cut their workers' wages this month while trade union leaders said more than five million workers, mainly on contract, have suffered wage losses.
Industry body AIMO, which represents some 100,000 small manufacturers, has said more than two-thirds of its members faced problems in paying salaries.


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Google has rejected an app from the Android Market, amid fears it represents a beach of users privacy and violates the company’s development guidelines.
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Once installed on handset, the Secret SMS Replicator app sends a copy of every incoming and outgoing text message to another pre-determined number.
Naturally, the app could be used for spying on cheatin’ hearts or by parents who want to check up on wayward teens.
After initially approving the application for sale on its download store, Google backtracked somewhat and removed it.
However, in keeping with Google’s relatively free and easy approval policy – compared to the boys from Cupertino, anyway - it is now back on sale albeit with the sneaky SMS replication function removed.
The app now only offers users the chance to make back-up copies of missives they send and receive.
Zak Tanjeloff, Chief Executive of DLP, the company behind the app, had claimed that SMS replicator was “certainly controversial, but can be helpful to people in relationships where this type of monitoring can be useful”.


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As your Ramsbottom Councillors, Rob Hodkinson and I recently had discussions and a site meeting with the owners of the former Mondi Paper Mill Site at the end of Bridge Street, Ramsbottom following concerns that the site has become an eyesore.
The site closed in 2008 and since partial demolition in 2013, concerns have been raised by residents and businesses alike about it being a “blot on the landscape” right in the centre of Ramsbottom.
During the site meeting, the owners explained to us that they were seeking to develop the land, but issues regarding safety of the site were preventing them from doing so.
The tall chimney, which is protected in the Ramsbottom Conservation Area, is in a dangerous condition and has been the subject of a Prohibition Notice from the Health and Safety Executive with a 60 metre exclusion zone.
It was explained that the first stage of the development will be to make the site safe which will include an imminent planning application to reduce the height of the chimney by 15 metres as that part of the structure is unsafe, and decontamination of the land.
The site owners explained that they had recently received a number of approaches from developers. The most controversial is from Netto Supermarkets for a food store on the site.
Both Cllr Hodkinson and I confirmed to the site owners that we would be opposed to another supermarket. With Morrisons, Tesco and Aldi also trading nearby, we expressed deep concern that the arrival of another food store would be a hammer blow for small traders.
Ramsbottom already has three supermarkets in the town centre all within a few hundred yards of each other. We already have excellent food and drink shops, butchers, bakers and delicatessens. We have a wealth of small independent shops. There is also the monthly farmers’ market and non-food outlets. Many of these businesses would be significantly affected by the arrival of a fourth supermarket, with irreversible damage to the character of our special market town.
As Treasurer of the Ramsbottom Business Group and a local business owner on Bridge Street, Councillor Rob Hodkinson put forward his concerns regarding the negative impact to the high street should another supermarket be considered for the area earmarked for commercial use.
After extensive discussions, the site owners agreed that the most sensible option, and one which would gain our support, would be to pursue a proposal for mainly mixed residential housing (including retirement and low cost housing) with an area around the chimney and existing stone buildings earmarked for commercial use – craft workshops etc. Indeed, a number of local businesses looking for small sites have already expressed interest to us with potential for job creation on the site.
Overall, it was a very positive meeting, particularly as we were able to promote Ramsbottom to the site owners (based in the Isle of Man) as a unique thriving town centre of small independent shops and secured agreement from the site owners that any development should not undermine the hard fought success created by the existing businesses.
I will keep you updated with developments but feel free to let me know your views on this issue.