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The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in Alberta.
A new poll released on Thursday by RBC says 63 per cent of Albertans have thought about owning their own business. It’s the highest percentage in the country and way above the national average of 54 per cent.
Of those Canadians who have considered owning a business, 56 per cent are already putting their entrepreneurial skills to use by making money from their passion project (28 per cent), taking on side jobs when they need money (20 per cent) and testing out a new business idea (eight per cent), said RBC.
“Many Canadians are taking the entrepreneurial steps to earn money outside of their regular income, but don’t necessarily view themselves as small business owners in the traditional sense. Starting a business can take on many different forms, from a casual side-hustle to a more formal, planned commitment,” says Jason Storsley, vice-president for small business at RBC.
“Regardless of what path is right for your business, putting the appropriate disciplines in place from the start, like proper accounting and marketing practices, will allow you to focus on growing your business.”
The RBC report also found:
- the majority of non-business owners (61 per cent) said that access to financial capital would be the number one factor that would encourage them to start a business, ahead of having a great idea (51 per cent);
- for those who already own a business, only 25 per cent said that access to financial capital was an encouraging factor, and placed far more emphasis on having a great idea (48 per cent) and understanding the fundamentals of business admin (30 per cent);
- almost two-thirds (63 per cent) of Canadians aged 18 to 34 have thought about owning a business, and 59 per cent of millennials who don’t already own a business are engaging in entrepreneurial activity to supplement their income. This includes: 28 per cent who are finding a way to make money from a passion project or hobby; and 11 per cent who are already testing an idea for a business.
“Equipping prospective entrepreneurs with the tools, knowledge and resources to help realize their business ownership aspirations will be key to creating a thriving economy and vibrant communities across Canada,” said Storsley.
Mario Toneguzzi is a veteran Calgary-based journalist who worked for 35 years for the Calgary Herald, including 12 years as a senior business writer.


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Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has announced the reopening of Dundrennan Abbey in Dumfries and Galloway after closing its doors to visitors in December due to nationwide COVID restrictions.
From Friday June 4, visitors are welcomed back to the historic site in Kirkcudbrightshire as part of HES’s ongoing phased reopening of sites across the country, with more than 70% of its ticketed and free to access attractions opening again last month. More ticketed sites are set to reopen across the summer on a rolling basis.
Now a ruin, the 12th-century abbey was home to a community of Cistercian monks for 400 years. The peaceful woodland location fitted very much with the Cistercian ideal, described by Abbot Ailred of Rievaulx as: “Everywhere peace, everywhere serenity, and a marvellous freedom from the tumult of the world”.
Alex Paterson, Chief Executive of HES said: “We are pleased to announce even more of our sites reopening up and down the country, providing visitors with the opportunity to enjoy much loved heritage attractions once again.
“As well as attractions such as Dundrennan Abbey, we are opening a further 12 of our ticketed sites to visitors over May and June, including a number of seasonal sites, joining over 70% of our attractions which opened at the end of April with additional sites to follow.
“With over 5,000 years of history in our care, we’ve adopted a phased approach to reopening, providing as diverse a mix of attractions as possible, as well as reviewing and implementing the individual reopening requirements of each site, in line with Scottish Government guidance. We are now looking forward to welcoming visitors back to even more sites, providing further opportunity to enjoy Scotland’s diverse and globally renowned historic environment.”
As before, safety measures will be in place at all sites, with visitors wearing face coverings in indoor locations and in some enclosed spaces where social distancing can’t be easily maintained. There will also be an initial capacity management on numbers and one-way systems will be in place in some locations. For the parts of several sites where access is currently restricted, a programme of agile interpretation has been developed which can be accessed via QR codes and includes digital film or audio to further enhance the visitor experience.
All sites will follow the HES minimum operating standards, which were developed to set a benchmark for the safe reopening of historic sites and resumption of operational activities.
Tickets should be booked online in advance from the HES website and are now on sale for the sites opening in May. Tickets for sites opening in June across Scotland will be available to book from Thursday May 27. To book and for more information on further HES sites reopening visit: restarthistory.scot

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New York City In a pilot program, H-E-B is installing solar panels on the roof of one of its stores in Austin, Texas. If successful, the initiative could be expanded to other stores, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
The project, which calls for a 2,500-sq.-ft. solar array on the building's roof, is due to be completed in July. The panels will produce about 31,000 kWh of renewable energy annually, according to the report.
As part of the project, H-E-B is participating in the solar rebate program offered through Austin Energy. The rebate amount is 80% of the invoiced cost or a maximum of $100,000, whichever is less.


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Apple has paid $75,000 to a hacker for figuring out a number of zero-day vulnerabilities in its software programme, a few of which could possibly be used to hijack the digital camera on a MacBook or an iPhone.
Former Amazon Web Services security engineer Ryan Pickren reportedly discovered seven zero-day vulnerabilities in Safari after he decided to “hammer the browser with obscure corner cases” until it started showing weird behavior, Forbes reported on Friday.
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Pickren reported his research fully via the Apple Bug Bounty Programme in mid-December 2019.
“My research uncovered seven bugs,” Pickren said.
Apple fixed three of the security flaws the ones that allowed for camera hijacking in the January 28 Safari 13.0.5 update. The four remaining flaws were not fixed until the Safari 13.1 release on March 24.
“I really enjoyed working with the Apple product security team when reporting these issues, the new bounty programme is absolutely going to help secure products and protect customers. I’m really excited that Apple embraced the help of the security research community,” the report quoted Pickren as saying. (IANS)
Food with high water content is highly prescribed by doctors to stay hydrated during the summers, a season that summons a wave of soaring temperatures, higher than 40-degrees.
A much-loved fruit in India, apples are hydrating heros’ in such a situation. A heatwave can affect human health in a varied manner and to maintain ideal body temperature in this soaring summer, one must remain adequately hydrated, be protected from the sun and maintain hygiene.
Working professionals and people who must step out in summers, are prone to the heatwave impact. Pediatric experts and doctors agree on the benefits of drinking water and eating fruits, especially, apples. ‘An apple a day, keeps the doctor away’ is true as they are rich in a number of vitamins with great anti-inflammatory benefits and many other essential minerals. Washington Apple Commission spells how apples can prove to be a summer-friendly fruit.
People often don’t realise the danger of exposing themselves to extreme heat. Older adults, young children, and people with chronic illnesses are most at greater risk for serious problems. The nutrition benefits of apples may help not only in avoiding such illnesses but may also protect against many such conditions.
As popular as apples are as a fruit, they are enriched in antioxidants, dietary fibers, vitamins and a range of other nutrients that are greatly beneficial in maintaining good health. The fruit is rich in soluble fibers which may help prevent several health conditions and may lower the risk of major diseases such as heat strokes, diabetes and cancer.
The soluble fiber also promotes weight loss and improves gut health. The prebiotic effects of apples help feed the good bacteria in the gut, thus, improving digestion.
Apples are made of 85 percent water and contain vitamins, fibres and antioxidants. A high fibre content is a particularly beneficial property of apples, as improper digestion is a major health concern in the tropical climatic region. Apples are also enriched in antioxidants that help protect the lungs from oxidative damage and help oxygen flow through the blood.
Make interesting snacks, dessert, beverages and savoury meals with this miraculous fruit during summers.
Salted apple caramel galette
Caramel apples get a grown-up makeover with this Salted Caramel Apple Galette. Warm, gooey, and delicious, this pastry is loaded with apples and homemade caramel. It’s a sophisticated take on a childhood favorite and since it’s easier to make than pie, it’s perfect for summer get-togethers.
Nothing is better at a cookout on a warm day than a cold, refreshing ice cream sandwich. In Caramel Apple Pie Ice Cream Sandwiches, the comforting flavor of apple pie is recreated in a creamy frozen banana-based ice cream studded with apple and date pieces. Then that scoop of ice cream is sandwiched between two pieces of no-bake cinnamon oat cookie dough. (IANS)
OnePlus has released “McLaren Edition” smartphones for couple of years but now, a Reddit user reports that the British carmaker has not listed OnePlus as partner for the 2020 F1 season.
The removal of the Chinese brand from the list of partners has resulted in the speculation that the OnePlus 7T Pro McLaren Edition will most likely not get a successor this year, reports XDA Developers.
OnePlus has been doing special editions of its phones for a few years now.
The OnePlus 5T was available in the Star Wars: The Last Jedi Edition, and the OnePlus 6 was available in a Marvel Avengers Edition.
Both of these smartphones were available in limited quantities and in select regions only.
The smartphone maker launched the OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition, with a new and distinct CMF (colour-material-finish), 10GB RAM and Warp Charge 30 charging technology, to expand the scope of these special editions.
The most recent McLaren Edition device from the OnePlus was OnePlus 7T Pro.
The company recently launched its 8 series smartphones, the OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro. Both are powerful as well as expensive and the smartphone maker will have to find a new partner to give that a special twist worth paying more for. (IANS)
Apple Glasses could feature a high-resolution display and are likely to be reliant on the iPhone for processing power to keep them slim and lightweight. The glasses are expected to run a new operating system, rOS (or reality OS).
Apart from Kuo, Taiwanese site DigiTimes and The Information recently claimed that Apple’s AR glasses could launch by 2022 as suppliers work to ramp up development. (IANS)


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Apple is seeding today beta 6 of tvOS 14.5 and HomePod 14.5 to developers.
The software is for the Apple TV HD, Apple TV 4K, HomePod, and HomePod mini but only Apple TV users can download the beta 6 version. The HomePod 14.5 beta is only available for invited developers. Both the software have the same build: 18L5200a.
With HomePod 14.5 beta 6, 9to5Mac was able to confirm that Siri’s additional voices have been added to this build. With iOS 14.5 beta 6, Siri no longer defaults to a female voice.
The Apple TV software is bringing support for the latest PlayStation 5 DualSense and Xbox Series X controllers, which can be used to play games from the tvOS available on the App Store or Apple Arcade.
HomePod 14.5, which is based on the tvOS, will be the first update for the smart speaker from Apple after it being discontinued early this month. The company said it’s now focusing on the HomePod mini.
The tvOS update can be installed on Apple TV HD (4th generation) and Apple TV 4K (5th generation) through the Settings app if your Apple TV is already enrolled in Apple’s Developer Program.
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Global Electric Motorcars to Offer GEM Electric Vehicles
The GEM line of vehicles will be a major part of Matra MS’s involvement in the Light Electric Vehicle market in France. The extensive range of GEM light electric vehicles will be modified to meet European Union regulations for light and heavy quadricycles and will be available in two-passenger, four-passenger, and utility versions.
Matra MS will operate as the exclusive distributor of GEM vehicles in the French market. The GEM vehicles will bring an immediate solution to the European customer looking for alternative transportation for short distances and to reduce emissions and fuel consumption.
"We are pleased to announce this new relationship with Mantra," said Rick Kasper, President of Global Electric Motorcars. "GEM electric vehicles have proven themselves with American consumers, and we look forward to providing the benefits of these clean, fun-to-drive vehicles to a new group of consumers in France."
The partnership between GEM and Mantra also includes the establishment in Romorantin, France, of a European Manufacturing and Services platform for GEM vehicles, to establish the highest quality and service for its European dealers and customers.
Over 30,000 GEM vehicles have been produced and distributed across the United States and internationally, and are in use in settings such as city centers, master planned communities, rural areas, military bases, local, state and national parks, industrial developments, airports and college and university campuses.
"GEMs provide clean, quiet, efficient and affordable transportation. As a zero-emission alternative to petrol and diesel-powered vehicles, they can have a significant impact on air quality. And best of all, GEMs are fun to drive," Kasper says.


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AHMEDABAD: Conglomerate Arvind Ltd’s plan to go full throttle with its premium fabric brand Tresca has hit a roadblock with over 7,000 workers employed at its facility near Ahmedabad going on strike demanding wage revisions.
"About 7,000 workers have boycotted work since the second shift on Thursday demanding wage revision, bonus and insurance," said Amar Barot, a leader of Majoor Mahajan Sangh, Ahmedabad textile labour union association.
The strike has paralysed the wovens and knits divisions at Arvind’s Santej plant that manufactures knits, wovens, denims and advanced materials.
Arvind Ltd in a statement said, "The agitation by a section of workers in the wovens and knits division at our Santej facility is illegal with no specific demands."
It claimed that Majoor Mahajan Sangh, Kalol, to which its workers are affiliated to, has not authorised the agitation.
"As per our agreement terms of employment are already been agreed upon till FY 2018," it said.
US-based e-commerce giant said the EA award of Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) was enforceable and the single-judge bench of the Delhi High Court rightly gave an interim order in its favour granting a stay on the ongoing amalgamation.


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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eventbrite (NYSE: EB), a global ticketing and event technology platform, today announced the appointment of Casey Winters to Chief Product Officer. In this role, Winters will lead the global product management, design and research teams to drive innovation for event creators around the world.
Winters has spent the past 15 years scaling technology businesses as a skilled growth and product leader, starting as an early employee at Grubhub and Pinterest. Throughout his career, he has advised companies including Airbnb, Tinder, reddit, Thumbtack, Canva, and Hipcamp. Most recently, he served as a strategic advisor to Eventbrite, where he was focused on identifying and creating new opportunities for consumers to engage with the platform, including increased personalization of event recommendations and the ability to follow creators.
“For the past two years, I’ve analyzed the behaviors of event attendees and the complex needs of event creators and developed products to find creative and impactful ways to meet their needs. I’m excited for this new opportunity to work with the world-class product and engineering team at Eventbrite to craft and execute a product strategy and vision that will better serve all of our customers, both immediately and in the long term,” said Winters.
“Casey is both a proven industry leader and an advisor who deeply understands our business and our customers, which positions him to make an immediate impact in this new role,” said Julia Hartz, co-founder and CEO of Eventbrite. “The opportunity in front of us is massive, both across our self-sign on business and with our higher touch creators like music venues, promoters and festivals. Casey brings the exact type of leadership that will guide us to continue striking the right balance between continuous product innovation, serving a diverse set of customer needs and accelerated growth.”
The appointment of Winters to this new leadership role underscores the company’s commitment to developing innovative product solutions that help creators in 170 countries sell more tickets to more events. In 2018, Eventbrite served 795,000 creators, processing 265 million tickets to nearly 4 million events around the world.
Eventbrite is a global ticketing and event technology platform that provides creators of events of all shapes and sizes with tools and resources to seamlessly plan, promote, and produce live experiences around the world. Eventbrite’s powerful platform, which can be accessed online or via mobile apps, scales from basic registration and ticketing to a fully featured event management platform. Customers include Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals, Pitchfork Music Festival, and Wanderlust, in addition to top venues and promoters that include Bowery Ballroom, the Brooklyn Bowl, and The Troubadour. Eventbrite was founded by Julia Hartz, Kevin Hartz, and Renaud Visage and launched operations in 2006. The company has more than 1,000 employees in 14 offices around the world. Learn more at www.eventbrite.com.


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Gold Sponsors Include Intel, Wind River, Codenomicon & VDC Research
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mocana, a leader in smart device security, today announced the lineup of industry luminaries who will speak during the upcoming Amphion Forum in San Francisco on December 5, 2012. Attendees can save $200 by registering at https://amphionforum.com by October 31.
Modeled on the World Economic Forum, Amphion is characterized as “where security meets the Internet of Things.” The event brings together thought leaders from academia, business, government and the technology industry to discuss the threats and opportunities presented by the unprecedented proliferation of mobile apps and connected devices. The San Francisco event is sponsored by a ‘who’s who’ of mobile and device security innovators, including gold sponsors Mocana, Intel Corporation, Wind River, McAfee, Codenomicon and VDC Research. Fixmo, Cryptography Research, Metaforic and Arxan Technologies are also sponsors.
“As the rollout of the Internet of Things accelerates, the industry must ensure that better security is built into devices and apps from the very start. Unfortunately, that’s just not happening right now, and it puts us all at risk,” said Kurt Stammberger, CISSP, the Chair of the Amphion Forum. “The Amphion Forum provides industry players with an arena for sharing best practices and solutions across industry lines – crucial for the cross-industry Internet of Things – and we’ll have iOS and Android device makers talking to medical device makers, industrial controller manufacturers, smart grid designers – every type of non-PC connected device concern you can imagine.”
After an opening statement by Adrian Turner, CEO of Mocana to welcome forum attendees, the event will kick off with two keynote addresses: Chris Rommel, vice president of embedded software and hardware for VDC Research, will present “Navigating the Internet of Things: Securing Profits by Protecting Devices,” followed by Ira Winkler, chief security strategist at Codenomicon, speaking about “Preventing Zero-Day Vulnerabilities on Mobile Devices.”
The morning session will continue with two panel discussions. First, Alberto Yepez, managing director at Trident Capital will lead a panel of experts in exploring “The Enterprise App Tsunami – What Leading Organizations Need to Know to Ride the Wave while Securing Their Interests.” After a short break, Chris Rommel of VDC Research will lead an expert panel with luminaries from Intel, Wind River and McAfee addressing device security and threats to the Internet of Things.
The afternoon forum agenda comprises four technology tracks featuring presentations by thought leaders from a number of leading technology companies, including Charles Walton, CEO at SecureKey Technologies, who will present “Securing the Endpoints: Innovations in ID and Security;” Dave Buster, director of customer solutions architectures for Elster Solutions, who will present “Threats to the Smart Grid: Possible Responses;” Erik Peterson, principal engineer for Mocana, who will present “The Security Cathedral and Bazaar: Mobile System Level Crypto Services vs. Embedded App Security;” and Dan Stickel, CEO at Metaforic, who will present “Self-Defending Software (Lessons from the Garden of Eden).”
For more information on the Amphion Forum, please visit https://amphionforum.com. Companies interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at the Amphion Forum should contact George Keegan at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Launched in 2004 and recognized by the World Economic Forum as a 2012 Technology Pioneer, Mocana provides the only device-independent security platform that secures all aspects of mobile and smart connected devices, as well as the apps and services that run on them. Mocana's solutions dramatically increase confidence and compliance for the enterprise, OEMs, service providers and their customers. Millions of people use products sold by the more than 200 companies that rely on Mocana's solutions, including Cisco, Honeywell, Dell GE and General Dynamics, as well as four of the top five Android handset makers. For more information, visit www.mocana.com.
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The new rules are expected to divert about 50,000 tons of food waste from landfills every year.
Under the proposed bill, plastic bottles would be required to have tethered caps to ensure all waste goes to the recycler.
Auction is scheduled for March 22, 2018.
The adhesive for shrink-labeled containers is designed to release during whole bottle wash in a wet recycling line.
CHEP Recycled is the largest whitewood pallet recycler in North America, with a footprint of 73 locations and 2,400 employees.
The Armor series features 135-ton capacity and internet of things monitoring.
Century Club is made up of industry veterans whose combined age and years in the recycling business equal 100 years or greater.
The funding will be utilized to support the second phase of the Switch Africa Green Project, said Zoltan Agai, Head of Cooperation at the EU.
It will be the 17th state with Slow Down to Get Around laws if passed.
The National Environmental Standards and Regulation Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has been collaborating with electronics majors including HP, Dell and Philips in developing best practices of collection
Full-year Income from Operations grew almost 15% driving strong growth in Net Cash Provided by Operations The Company’s Core Solid Waste Business is the Strongest in Two Decades
SWANA has established a new Recycling Task Force to help address the challenges facing recycling programs in the U.S. and Canada.
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European Union regulators want all plastic packaging in the EU recycled or reused by 2030.
The Minister has proposed the introduction of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) as one among the several solutions. This in turn would result in manufacturers taking physical and financial respon
As part of the agreement, Enviroserve Rwanda Green Park will offer e-waste collection points across the country to ensure proper collection of discarded electronic waste.
In order to meet its projected expansion goals, the company has already appointed reputed industry leaders as their preferred vendors and partners for electronics waste recycling.
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The Galaxy Upcycling initiative aims to allow users to develop ancillary uses to their used smart phones. The code when shared on the Upcycling website can be downloaded and used by other users.
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Best Buy, a good buy or a bad buy
Nov 20, 2012 / 6:24 am
Best Buy Co. reported another dismal quarter on Tuesday, recording a loss in the third quarter, hurt by a continued sales slump and charges related to restructuring.
Shares fell more than 6 per cent in premarket trading.
The electronics chain is struggling to reverse a year long decline in its business as competition from online stores and discounters increases, and consumers' tastes shift from more profitable items like TVs and desktop computers toward less profitable smartphones and tablets.
In addition, it's facing a growing number of consumers who are "showrooming," going to Best Buy stores to check out merchandise, but buying it elsewhere.
"In-line with trends experienced over the last three years, Best Buy's third quarter financial performance was clearly unsatisfactory," said CEO Hubert Joly, a turnaround expert tapped in August to help improve results.
Last week at an analyst meeting, Joly outlined a plan to improve results via beefing up customer service and revamping stores while at the same time cutting overhead and supply-chain costs.
"The results we are reporting today only strengthen our sense of urgency and purpose," Joly added.
Best Buy Co., based in Richfield, Minn., reported a loss of $10 million, or 3 cents per share, for the three months ended Nov. 3. That compares with net income of $156 million, or 42 cents per share in the prior year period.
Excluding one-time items, net income totalled 3 cents per share. Analysts expected net income of 13 cents per share.
Revenue fell 4 per cent to $10.75 billion from $11.15 billion but still matched analysts' expectations.
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UK carrier finds loophole to let it increase prices mid-contract Cheeky buggers! UPDATE: Three has issued a statement to clarify its own position: “Your fixed
With Three about to increase the price of the SIM-only One Plan, rising to £20 per month on a 12-month contract, and £22 on a
As long as I’ve got my 4G enabled SIM, I’ll continue to do testing as I move around London day and night.
As Three begins the process of activating users for its 4G network, I headed into London to do some speed tests and put Three’s 4G service up against EE and O2, as well as pitting 4G versus 3G.
I’m a TalkTalk customer, and a happy and contented one at that, so I was quite pleased to hear the announcement today that it will
My 4G-activated SIM for Three has arrived! Unfortunately I don’t have 4G at home, so over the coming days I’ll be out and about to
Google has launched Google Play editions of the Motorola G, but I really can’t see the point whatsoever.
The Motorola X, first announced in the US last August, is now coming to the UK from February 1st.
Sony has today quietly launched two new Xperia smartphones to add to its portfolio; the Xperia E1 and Xperia T2 Ultra
Motorola has today announced that Android 4.4 (KitKat) is now rolling out to UK and European users of the Moto G, one day before it is due to make another announcement that could see the launch of the flagship Moto X in the UK.
Three has confirmed all of its subscribers will gain access to 4G by mid-February, as well as allowing a select group of bloggers a chance to do some speed tests.
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The San Diego-based company said it has developed proprietary technology to produce compounds extracted from plants, called terpenes, at a fraction of the cost using yeast fermentation in a process similar to making beer or wine.
Initially it has focused on two products. They are nootkatone - a grapefruit flavour that can be extracted from grapefruit - and valencene, an orange flavour that can be extracted from the peel of the valencene orange. Both are broadly used as citrus flavor ingredients.
However, more products are imminent as its years of investment in biotechnology comes to fruition at a time when food and beverage manufacturers seek “green” and stable supplies.
Carolyn Fritz, Allylix CEO, told FoodNavigatorUSA.com: “We have in the pipeline six more flavours and fragrances that we will have in the market place by 2012.
“Unfortunately we have not yet disclosed what those ingredients are.”
She added: “Yeast based fermentation has been around for a long time. It is basically bakers’ yeast that we use. What is different about our technology is that we can produce terpenes specifically.”
Nootkatone can cost around $2,000 a pound and valencene $600 a pound.
Fritz said that long-term they anticipate producing them for a fifth or a tenth of the cost of terpenes extracted from plants
This is partly due to the production process enabling Allylix to produce highly pure terpenes in large quantities in fermentors, without being subject to variations in crop yield and commodity swings.
The products come with a natural label as Allylix said its terpenes are identical to the terpenes produced by plants and extracted for use.
The company is also pitching its products against synthetic alternatives, claiming its fermentation process offers “a significant cost advantage over both extracted and synthesized nootkatone”.
But Allylix faces much more direct competition.
Last summer, Netherlands-based biotechnology company Isobionics said it had developed a fermentation process for the commercial production of its aroma substance Valencene Pure, a natural ingredient for soft drinks, among other applications.
Isobionics claimed at the time to be “the first company in the world that has succeeded in bringing this natural ingredient to market”.
However, biotechnology is tipped to play an increasing role in the development of new products in the flavor industry, according to Bridget McMurtrie, an industry analyst at Freedonia.
And she told FoodNavigatorUSA.com that if Allylix can achieve its lower prices, “interest in these engineered products will likely be great”.
Allylix said biotechnology is the key to developing new products for the flavor and fragrance industry that are “natural, cost effective, and green, in the sense that they don’t create the burden on the planet that previous methods required”.


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It was seven years ago when Housing New Zealand decided to use synthetic carpets. The KiwiBuild programme of the government with a funding worth $2 million is set construct around 100,000 affordable houses which will be offered to first time home buyers in the next decade. The only problem is that they are not choosing to shift to wool carpets. Companies specializing in carpet cleaning in Perth believe that wool carpets are better for the home.
According to the acting prime minister of New Zealand, Winston Peters, recommended the use of wool carpets in offices of government departments as well as on the floors of state houses. New Zealand First is dedicated in purchasing natural and wool fibres because these are sustainable, natural and renewable. These materials are going to be used as floor coverings and the same materials are going to be used as insulation. Peters has already expressed these sentiments last year but his spokeswoman said that the policy was not approved during the Labour Party’s coalition.
Miles Anderson, the chairman of Federated Farmers in the meat and wool department, said that since the taxpayers are the one funding the housing and the public establishment then the safest and healthiest choice should be used and it is none other than wool. They are still trying to convince the government to use woolen products for their future projects.
He added that the government should be using wool instead of synthetic materials that are known to be petroleum-based as it counters their aim in following through with policies such as zero carbon. Wool is not only resistant to fire but it is completely natural and the material is biodegradable. Nylon carpets, on the other hand, are dyed with a solution and manufactured using fibres that are man-made and with petroleum products.
Anderson said that the wool carpet industry of New Zealand is currently in a poor state because the sales and the prices continue to decline therefore advocating for it will be beneficial to the sector. While there is a big price difference, carpet cleaning in Perth believes that the benefits of wool outweigh that of synthetic carpets.
Asean countries have expressed their readiness when it comes to the tourism bonanza that many are expecting to happen this year. The countries are getting ready for the economic gains brought about by the rise in tourism. Analysts have predicted that the number of international visitors will increased to almost 200 million in 2030 from the 120 million recorded in 2017. This is already felt by Thailand as Rayong hotels are already accepting many bookings from tourists.
According to Malaysia’s secretary of general at the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Rashidi Hasbullah, they are looking for investors in order to afford an expansion that will help them further develop the infrastructure as well as tourism projects in Asean countries. These are necessary in order to accommodate the increasing number of tourists in the region. Hasbullah expressed this sentiment during the Asean-Korea Tourism Investment Seminar 2018 which was conducted in Seoul, South Korea.
He added that the measures they are conducting in order to encourage the rise of tourism is part of their major plan to emphasize the Asean Tourism Strategic Plan for the years 2016 until 2025. The tourism ministers under the Asean were able to discuss about the plan during the meeting at the capital city of South Korea. They have also committed to increase investments in order to fund infrastructure necessary to answer the demand in the growing tourism economy of the region. This is one of the many major priorities.
Hasbullah and the leaders believe that the development of infrastructure will be beneficial to countries because it will lead to an increase in corporate earnings, higher employment rate and the incomes will also increase.
As a whole, Asean countries have a total gross domestic product or GDP of 2.6 trillion in USD for the year 2016. That figure helped the region rank in the sixth spot when it comes to having the largest economy. By 2030, the region expects that they will be able to rise to the fourth place. When this happens, Thailand businesses such as Rayong hotels will benefit from the rise in the economy as well as the rest of the countries.
Details regarding the most awaited wedding of the year have been revealed to the public by the couple, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. As expected, wedding planner in Sydney will be taking notes because it is not unlikely that brides-to-be will want a wedding inspired by this royal occasion.
The engaged couple, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, are going to tie the knot at the St. George’s Chapel located inside the Windsor Castle. The wedding is set to happen on the 19th of May.
Kensington Palace decided to reveal some details regarding their wedding day which is the same day as the 2018 FA Cup Final.
People who are excited to see both events might not have to worry about the timing because the wedding service of the couple will start at midday while the finals of the sports in the last few years have been set to start at around 5:30 in the afternoon.
The palace shared a statement coming from the couple who is thankful for the good wishes coming their way ever since they announced that they are already engaged. The palace added that the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are already excited for their wedding and they want to celebrate the event with the public.
They have already confirmed that Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, will lead the marriage ceremony.
The carriage procession for the wedding will start at 1 PM and the route will cover Castle Hill going to High Street and then processing to Sheet Street. They will go straight to Kings Road and will pass by Albert Road. The procession will include Long Walk before concluding in Windsor Castle.
The reception is to be hosted at the St. George’s Hall while the Prince of Wales will throw a private reception in the evening of the same day. This is only open for close friends and relatives.
There is much to be excited about for wedding planner in Sydney and all over the world as it is tagged as the royal wedding of the year. Prince William, older brother of Harry, might not be able to award the trophy for this year’s FA Cup Final because of the wedding. He traditionally does the honour being the Football Association’s president.
Office spaces are not complete without office fitouts nowadays. An increasing number of companies are more aware of the importance of green choices such that office fitouts in Canberra and other places in Australia are geared toward making the space eco-friendly. One of the best examples is the recent award received by the office of Westpac located in Barangaroo. The company’s office is found inside the International Tower Two. According to the award, it is Australia’s greenest office.
The Green Building Council of Australia gave the interior fitouts of the company a green star rating of six stars. This is the highest number of green stars that was given among all offices located within Australia.
The sustainable design comes with an extensive metering system that has the capacity to measure the amount of water and energy used by the company. The materials used for constructing the office have very low impact to the environment because 95 per cent of the PVC and timbers used are certified to be reused and recycled and it also received best practice certification.
The six stars rating is the highest that can be achieved by a building and given to the whole Tower Two building. The International Towers of Lendlease was also included in the list of the tall buildings in the world.
In May of 2016, the office fitout by the St. George, office located in Tower Two as well, was awarded to the first retail fitout as well as the first bank to receive the 6-star ranking.
The Green Star award to Westpac was due to the lower water consumption of the company. They are also not dependent on private transport and they give importance to the local ecologies by reducing harm and improving its quality.
According to Romily Madew, the chief executive of GBCA, Westpac is making an example of all the companies located all over the globe. The rating is only proof that Westpac is willing to do everything to make sure the company has very little impact to the environment. The same should be embodied by the office fitouts in Canberra in order to create a big difference for the environment.
Your slimming quest does not end after you buy HCG drops. As a matter of fact, your endeavor has just begun after the purchase. One of the things that you should keep in mind is that there are some important considerations before you start taking slimming hormones. This will ensure that the product will be effective on you and at the same time, make it safe for your FDA seal for assurance.
After you have confirmed that you are buying from a legitimate seller, you should then find out if you are fit enough or suitable to take slimming hormones such as HCG drops. To be sure, consult your doctor about it. There are medical conditions that require you to have full heavy and healthy meals and you cannot have that when you buy HCG drops because you would have to limit your calorie intake to 500-550 a day. Diet is an important element in HCG slimming program. Those with gastrointestinal conditions or ulcers are not recommended to take HCG so if you have medical issues, you should then consider losing weight the natural way. Pregnant women and lactating are also advised to forego taking the supplement.
However, if you do not have health issues and you are fit to take slimming hormones, you should then start looking for a reputable online shop where you can shop for HCG drops. To get more value for your money, buy in bulk instead of buying individually. This way, you get to save money. There are suppliers that offer free shipping to their customers and you might want to take advantage of this. If you have friends who also want to loosen extra weight and buy HCG, you can suggest having your purchases in one order to get big discounts.
To further lower expenses, apply for membership in the supplier’s website. Find out if the supplier has a toll free number and contact them to get more information about how you can buy their products and how you can save money out of it. You can also check for deals at the website.


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The coronavirus pandemic may lead to a global shortage of Condom, the worldâ€™s largest producer of condoms, Karex Bhd, has said.
The Malaysia based company said it has not produced a single condom from its three Malaysian factories for more than a week.
This is due to a lockdown imposed by the government to halt the spread of the Covid-19 virus, Bloomberg has reported.
Karex Bhd makes one in every five condoms globally. It produces for brands like Durex as well as its own line of specialty condoms such as Durian-flavored ones.
The other major condom-producing countries are China, where the coronavirus originated and led to widespread factory shutdowns, and India and Thailand, which are seeing infections spiking now.
Sadly, Malaysia is one of the hardest-hit countries in southeast Asia. As of Monday morning, more than 2,400 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, with 35 deaths.
The lockdown in the country is due to remain in place at least until April 14.


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The official price of iPhone 14 series in Pakistan has finally been revealed by Mercantile, the authorized distributor of Apple products in the country. The latest generation of iPhones is now available for purchase through retailers across the country, however, the stock is limited due to high demand.
According to the details, the company has three variants of the iPhone 14 series available for purchase in Pakistan, including the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max, while the iPhone 14 Plus will be available sometime later this month of early November.
It is pertinent to mention that price of iPhone 14 series mentioned by Mercantile is for available stock, which means that customer will not have to wait for delivery and all the models, including iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max will be PTA approved.
It means that customers are not required to pay any taxes to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in order to get their iPhone 14 PTA approved. Earlier, we posted prices of the latest generation of Apple smartphones as revealed by Telemart, an e-commerce platform, however, the prices as per the company were quite hefty compared to those revealed by Mercantile.
iPhone 14 Price in Pakistan
iPhone 14 Pro Price in Pakistan
iPhone 14 Pro Max Price in Pakistan
Meanwhile, the price of the iPhone 14 Plus in Pakistan will be revealed as soon as the smartphone becomes available. Furthermore, the smartphones carry official Apple warranty and they are available in Dual SIM (Physical SIM + eSIM). The iPhone 14 series available through Mercantile are already PTA approved that means all taxes have been paid for by the company (Mercantile).
What do you think about the official price of the iPhone 14 series in Pakistan? Let us know in the comments below.


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REBUS author Ian Rankin has called for tax breaks to support budding authors as the internet squeezes out publishers’ advances.
He suggested publishers were taking advantage of the fact authors were having to sell books online for ‘virtually nothing.’
The multi-million selling author has pointed to the Irish system of artists’ exemptions as a way of nurturing the nation’s literary talent.
Rankin is due to read from his first novel, which was rejected by publishers and has remained unseen, at the First Fictions book festival this week.
He said: “If you want to give new writers a start, then a tax incentive is one thing you can do.”
Publishers used to offer generous advances for first novels to encourage a promising writer.
But online shopping giant Amazon and ebook downloads are changing the tradition.
He continued: “The internet has plusses and minuses.
“It’s easier than ever to get your stuff seen by people. But it’s harder than ever to make a living from it.
“Look at the money that publishers are paying for new writers… less than they paid 20 years ago.
“They know first novels don’t sell many copies and, if writers decide… to sidestep the traditional publishing route and sell their stuff online, they’re having to sell it for virtually nothing, 99p.”
The Irish tax scheme means new writers, composers or visual artists do not pay any tax on the first £33,000 earned from their work.
The Rebus author’s claims of hard-up writers are supported by research from the society of authors, which says 46% of writers earn under £5,000.
Kate Pool, the Society’s Deputy General Secretary said authors were lucky to get advances of up to £3,000, compared to £10,000 20 years ago.
Rankin’s first book, Summer Rites, was rejected by Gollancz after he submitted it to the publishing house.
The story is a black comedy which the writer has only found again recently after coming across it in a box.
He originally penned the tale in 1983.
The author recalled his first inspector Rebus book was turned down by five publishers.
He said: “We don’t become successes overnight.
“A lot of us have got stuff in the bottom drawer that we’re either very embarrassed about or we’re glad it never did get published.”
The First Fictions book festival at the University of Sussex will celebrate first novels throughout the ages.
It will run from 20 January to the 22nd.


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Remember that new PS4 that looks a bit like a PS1 we told you about? After someone who is clearly entirely sensible paid more than $15,000 for one on eBay, PlayStation has slashed the price to £19.94, almost as if to laugh in Mr Entirely Sensible's grey-marketing face.
Of course, that's not why it's done it – and there's a catch or two. This PS1-release-date-referencing price tag is being pinned to just 94 (*creak of PlayStation's self-referential crowbar*) of the PS4 20th Anniversary consoles in the stock room.
They'll be on sale Wednesday 10 December only, alongside a load of similarly misty-eyed merch, at a secret pop-up, retro-styled "PlayStation '94 Shop" on, to my local eyes, what looks like east London's Bethnal Green Road, near Slam City Skates:
For a child of Harrow, whose local game shops ran the gamut from jumper-wearing, Games Workshop-esque Speccy dens like Adam's World to sticky-floored, behind-the-peeling-VHS-posters back rooms like Video Hits, they appear to have got the look authentically low rent. Although as an adult of Bethnal Green, most of the phone-cracking shops down there have kept that interior decor trend very much alive anyway.
But woah there! Don't get too carried away by our nostalgic digression to think you can just get your ass to London in a mad dash to be in the first 94 for the 11am opening – that would be way too simple. You also have to have in your possession: 1 x piece of PlayStation memorabilia (a WipEout soundtrack should do) and 1 x a super-secret password… that's in the video above.
If you can't be arsed with queues, or are less concerned about eBay mark-ups, you could give tomorrow's queue-laden media scrum a miss and pop down on Thursday or Friday (11am to 7pm), where 50 more of these fashionably rare, edition-of-less-than-13,000 'Original Gray' consoles will be available each day for a full-fat £399.
Update #1 : According to your Facebook feedback, 94 overnight campers are already in place. We're going to pop down when it's open and will report back…
Update #2: Pictures from the scene this Wednesday morning…
Update #3: We've had a sneak peek inside the pop-up shop…
We've posted the full gallery here.
Update #4: According to one queue leaver, the 50 anniversary PS4s set to be sold each day on Thursday and Friday have already been allocated to people who queued and they have wristbands to line jump.
Update #5: PlayStation has confirmed the above to us: that all anniversary PS4s have sold out from the pop-shop. The first 294 people in the queue were given wrist bands and will return over the next two days to collect.


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Hearst Plans More Acquisitions in 2017 to Rely Less on MediaBy
ESPN streaming audience has ‘grown significantly,’ Hearst says
Hearst spent more than $2 billion on deals in 2016, CEO says
Hearst Corp., the publisher and TV station owner, will be an active buyer of companies in 2017 as part of an effort to cut its reliance on traditional media businesses, President Steven R. Swartz said.
The closely held company, which owns a stable of newspapers, magazines and TV stations, spent more than $2 billion in 2016 on acquisitions to “significantly reshape our business mix,” Swartz said in his annual year-end letter to staff.
Hearst is diversifying at a time when cable TV ratings are down and advertising revenue is declining at newspapers and magazines. The company’s largest acquisition this past year was CAMP, which provides safety data and maintenance for corporate jet owners. Hearst also bought a majority stake in MedHOK, a health-care software company.
Swartz acknowledged the challenges his company faces.
“The media industry is coming to grips with a less favorable supply and demand equation,” he said, noting the internet has created “virtually unlimited places to put advertising.” Swartz said Hearst is trying to increase subscription revenue to become less dependent on an uncertain advertising climate.
Hearst’s growing role in providing data and software to other businesses is expected to contribute up to 25 percent of profit in 2017, he said.
“We’ll look to be similarly active on the acquisition front in 2017,” Swartz said, but he added that Hearst “has always been and always will be a media company.”
For 2016, Hearst recorded its sixth consecutive year of record profit, while sales grew modestly to $10.8 billion, Swartz said. The company didn’t disclose its income.
Along with its 30 TV stations, Hearst owns a 20 percent stake in ESPN, the rest of which is controlled by Walt Disney Co. The sports channel was once considered the crown jewel of Disney, but lost viewers as consumers dropped their pay-TV subscriptions. The two companies also share ownership of A&E Networks.
ESPN recorded higher year-over-year profit. The network’s streaming of live sports “has grown significantly” and ESPN’s new NBA broadcast deal, while costly in the short-term, “will position it as television’s most valuable franchise for as far as the eye can see,” Swartz said.


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INTERNATIONAL food deals were back on the menu yesterday after a Japanese firm swooped on Sarson’s vinegar and Haywards pickle, while German yogurt-maker Müller swallow another British dairy.
Premier Foods sold Sarson’s, Haywards and speciality vinegar brand Dufrais for £41 million to Japanese peer Mizkan, which already has a plant in Staffordshire and is a major supplier of rice vinegar in the UK.
The deal is part of Premier’s strategy of selling off smaller brands so that it can concentrate its efforts on growing sales of eight “power brands”, including Ambrosia custard, Hovis bread and Mr Kipling pies.
Premier expects to complete the sale by the end of the month, with all the staff from the business – which is primarily based near Manchester – due to transfer to Mizkan.
St Albans-based Premier – which also makes Batchelors noodles, Bisto gravy and Lloyd Grossman sauces – has been struggling under a near-£1 billion debt mountain following a spending spree that included Mr Kipling-owner RHM.
Analysts now think the firm is on the mend after recently sealing a “landmark” £1.4bn refinancing deal.
Premier chief executive Michael Clarke said: “I’m delighted that we have found a buyer such as Mizkan.
“Our vinegars and sour pickles business and employees will greatly benefit from being part of a global player focused on vinegar and liquid condiments.”
Sarson’s was created in 1794 by Thomas Sarson and is the UK’s best-selling vinegar. The product, which is a staple of UK fish and chip shops, was once owned by Crosse & Blackwell.
The Haywards business dates back to 1868 and includes products such as pickled onions, beetroot, red cabbage, piccalilli and gherkins. Some of the lines are distributed from Premier’s Bury St Edmunds factory.
News of the deal came as German dairy business Müller snapped up a factory in Shropshire that makes desserts under licence from Cadbury.
Müller already makes the mousses and triffles on behalf of the chocolate firm – which itself fell into the hands of American firm Kraft in 2010 – but will now buy the facility from Uniq, part of food giant Greencore.
Heiner Kamps, chief executive at parent firm Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller, said: “The acquisition is in line with our strategy to internationally acquire profitable companies in markets where we already are a successful player.”
Müller dipped into the Scottish market in January by snapping up East Kilbride-based Robert Wiseman Dairies in a deal worth almost £280m that saw the dairy delisted.
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (Dec. 23, 2004) — Michelin Americas Truck Tires voluntarily is recalling as many as 4,000 commercial truck tires made in Northern Ireland because of quality concerns.
The company said it notified the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration it will recall the Michelin XDE M/S size 10R22.5 Load Range F and Load Range G tires after its quality control system found a condition in a tire that could cause rapid air loss. Michelin said it has no reports of accidents involving the tire.
The recall involves commercial truck tires only and has no impact on any other Michelin tires, the firm said.
The recalled tires were made at the firm's Ballymena, North Ireleand, plant between May and October. Returned tires will be replaced.


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Recording artist, model, and influencer India Love releases an infectious, new single, “#Pretty,” which was produced by and features will.i.am. The upbeat anthem can be heard on the international TV and digital commercial for trendy clothing line Pretty Little Thing. More exciting news will be announced in the coming weeks about India Love and the clothing line.
India Love released several tracks and videos in the last few months, including “Talk Yo Sh!t” and “Candy on the Block.” She also just wrapped up a tour in Europe as opener for the Black Eyed Peas. She first teamed up with will.i.am on the track “Loco,” last year, and the video for that track has over 1.2 million views.
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OnePlus 10 Pro is getting a new software update, which will increase the level of Android security patches on smartphones by May 2022. The new firmware also improves system stability and squash a few bugs, giving HDR photos extra exposure. Under certain circumstances.
Here’s the full changelog of the update:
- Improved system stability.
- Fixed an issue where music playback would stutter when your phone was connected to a Bluetooth car kit.
- Fixed a noise issue that might occur when you record audio.
- Updated Android security patch to 2022.05
- Fixed an issue where the HDR photos might be overexposed in some cases.
- Optimized the phone call stability.
The new build version comes with NE2211_11.A.15 and is currently being seeded only for a limited number of users in India, with extensive rollouts expected to begin in a few days.
The OnePlus 10 Pro was launched worldwide in March. It is powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC and has a 6.7 “120Hz 1440p LTPO AMOLED display with a fingerprint reader at the bottom for biometric authentication and a punch hole in the top-left corner for a 32MP selfie camera.
The rear 48MP primary camera is paired with a 50MP UltraWide and 8MP telephoto unit, and a 5,000 mAh battery that can capture power up to 80W via a USB-C port to keep the whole package running. However, in North America, smartphones only go up to 65W.


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Is this the sequel to Pinball FX? I'd probably prefer to buy this on Xbox since I already have Pinball FX on that machine. Or is this a PS3 exclusive?
EDIT: Never mind. Google is my friend. According to IGN, it is published by Sony Computer Entertainment, so I highly doubt it will show up on XBL.
The article that Protopet linked to says "ZEN's seminal Pinball FX franchise on Xbox LIVE Arcade is one of the most popular titles on the platform and is coming soon as ZEN Pinball, the first pinball title on the PlayStation Network." Which makes it sound like this is a port of an existing XBLA game.
EDIT: Or perhaps not. Just found this on GamerBytes
"Unlike a few of the games coming to the PlayStation Network recently, this is not a porting effort of Pinball FX or some of their iPhone pinball tables - it is an entirely new game with brand new boards."


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Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster has become the latest analyst to suggest Apple needs to build a long-term search strategy to protect the data it generates from the more than 74 million mobile devices it has already shipped.
They're not really vigilantes, but they police the SEM industry and watch each other's backs, taking matters into their own hands when outsiders do a disservice to the industry. One might consider these white-hat marketing professionals the unsung heroes of the Web's Wild West.
Is the value of an online lead greater than a traditional offline media lead? That question, debated during the Vertical Ad Network Revisited panel last week at the BIA/Kelsey conference in San Diego, Calif., appears to put search at the center of supporting online advertising campaigns.
Lexalytics added a cloud computing reputation management service to its traditional in-house platform. It gives small companies the ability to monitor buzz about them across the Web.
Garmin created a name for itself in global positioning systems. But when competitor TomTom wanted to edge its way up to the top of the product listing on retail Web sites, Jeff Gores, then with Mediaedge:cia, (he's now search director at SMG Search, New York) was there. Gores relied on a technology that pushed TomTom up from position No. 20 to No.1.
It appears small businesses have become more comfortable with paid search advertising. The average small business spent $2,149 on search advertising in Q4 2009, up 30% sequentially, and up 111% compared with the same quarter in the prior year.
"We're no more in the real estate business than we are in the restaurant business," Sam Sebastian, director of local and B2B Markets at Google, told BIA/Kelsey conference attendees Monday in San Diego. He was making that statement to emphasize the reasoning behind Place Pages for Google Maps, which initially emerged to support the real estate market.
Marketers who won't launch a paid search campaign because they find the process daunting may want to consider a recently launched marketplace that allows them to instantly jump in and swim without drowning.
Is search also behavioral targeting? Why are advertisers spending so much effort on search and not porting the keywords over and buying the audiences in display advertising? These were among the questions discussed during an OMMA Global San Francisco panel on whether the ad industry will realize the promise of precise ad targeting.
Some believe Pepsi's Refresh project has shifted the conversation between marketers and consumers from an adversarial relationship to a partnership. Yet Andrew Katz, senior manager for Pepsi-Cola Marketing, knows the company will experience bumps along the way. It's okay, he say, because that's the new world of marketing.


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Samsung Electronics Releases 2023 Sustainability Report
On June 30, Samsung Electronics released the 2023 edition of its Global Sustainability Report. Through this report, Samsung Electronics discloses its sustainability strategy and performance in the areas of People, Planet, and Principle.
The report highlights the major activities over the past year, including progress in implementing the New Environmental Strategy announced in September 2022 and launching of the company’s Global Human Rights Principles. The New Environmental Strategy specifies the company’s roadmap to achieve net zero at the Device eXperience (DX) Division by 2030 and at the company level including the Device Solutions (DS) Division by 2050, through its efforts to contribute to climate action and a circular economy. In 2022, Samsung completed its transition to renewable energy use in Vietnam, India, and Brazil – in line with the company’s goal to fully transition to renewable energy use at DX and at all operational sites outside of Korea by 2027. This follows Samsung’s transition to renewable energy in the US, China and Europe in 2020.
In addition, the company more than tripled the amount of recycled resin used in plastic parts compared to the previous year – on track towards its goal to apply recycled resin in 50% of its plastic parts by 2030 and in all of its plastic parts by 2050.
At the DS Division, Samsung expanded installations of the Regenerative Catalytic System in 2022, with the aim of treating process gas more efficiently and thereby contributing to greenhouse gas emissions reduction. Moreover, as a result of its efforts to restore water to their natural state prior to their discharge by 2040, the company attained the highest rating (Platinum) issued by the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS).
Samsung Electronics continues to expand collaboration with various stakeholders. We joined the global initiatives RE100 and the Asian Clean Energy Coalition (ACEC), and collaborated with Patagonia to launch a clothes washer and filter that reduces the amount of microplastic released from washing machines.
This year’s Sustainability Report also delves into the company’s approach to respect human rights and foster talent. In February 2023, Samsung Electronics announced its Global Human Rights Principles that highlight the company’s respect for human rights in line with international standards such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs).
In terms of talent development, the company introduced the Free Agent (FA) initiative and Samsung Talent Exchange Program (STEP) in 2022 – expanding opportunities for employees to experience different functions within the company – and launched a comprehensive training platform that supports employees’ professional development known as The University of Samsung Electronics (The UniverSE).
Moreover, Samsung includes sustainability-related indicators in the performance evaluation of organizational units and executives since 2021. The performance metrics, depending on the area or function, include indicators on GHG emissions reduction, renewable energy transition, energy efficient product development, compliance, and product accessibility.
Last but not least, Samsung launched its updated Sustainability website earlier in February 2023 which serves as a comprehensive platform providing information on the company’s sustainability-related activities – including strategy and goals, ongoing efforts and progress, environmentally responsible products, policies, quantitative performance data, news and featured stories, and recognitions and awards.
See the full text of the 2023 Samsung Electronics Sustainability Report.
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As a plunging currency and a slowdown in consumption hamper India’s once vibrant economy, many industries are facing the prospect of plummeting profits.
Usually at this time of the year, consumer companies look ahead to windfall profits. Starting in September, consumption increases because it is considered auspicious to buy new products such as cars and televisions for the main Hindu festival, Diwali, to be celebrated in November.
But this year the mood in most corporate headquarters is pessimistic. The reason: the plunging rupee. India’s currency has lost nearly 20 percent of its value in recent months, pushing up costs for companies that rely on imports of raw materials. That is a large number ranging from electronics to automobiles.
Shantanu Dasgupta is vice president for corporate affairs and strategy at Whirlpool of India, which sells appliances such as washing machines and refrigerators. He says the depreciation of the rupee is a blow to their industry.
“Considering that we have gone through a highly inflationary period for the last 18 or 24 months, the ability for any company in our industry to absorb these increases in input costs is limited or has vanished," said Dasgupta."So invariably it leads to an increase in consumer price finally.”
Prices of consumer goods are rising at a time when inflation and the collapsing rupee have already sent food and fuel prices spiraling. So consumers, already coping with higher monthly household bills, are cutting back on buying cars, televisions and refrigerators.
That is not good news for India, whose economy is highly reliant on domestic consumption. The country weathered the 2008 financial crisis on the strength of high spending by a rising middle class. It became one of the bright spots in a weakening global economy for many investors and companies.
But the impressive eight percent growth rate during the boom years crashed to about half that in the April to June quarter of this year. Growth in private consumption hit a record low in the same period.
Salary hikes have been lower. Bonuses in the festival season are likely to be less generous as many companies post their slowest growth in three years.
As a result, the mood in India’s middle class has changed. Rahul Mane, a New Delhi resident with a young daughter, says he has no plans to buy any big items this festival season.
“Two years ago, it was quite different," said Mane."Getting into a mall or spending, you did not have a second thought how you are going to manage. But now you know, every bit matters, so one is trying to save every drop... It’s pinching a lot. We’ve cut down a lot of things like moving around, going on small trips, even buying vegetables, fruits, we are moderating I would say. ”
Faced with a steeply higher bill for oil imports on account of the collapsing currency, the government has warned of further increases in gas and diesel prices and other austerity measures. This could worsen inflation and make a bigger dent in disposable incomes.
As a result, many fear that things will only get worse before they get better. Among them is Dasgupta of Whirlpool, who admits that this festive season is not going to be a “heady one.”
“If you are going to withdraw subsidies on diesel and petrol, these are measures that are definitely good for fixing our economy, but are going to increase the cost of living thereby impacting our industry negatively, adversely," said Dasgupta."Hence, I don’t see any signs of immediate hockey stick or reversal of fortunes coming.”
The consumer slowdown is also contributing to an industrial slowdown. Many companies have put expansion plans on hold as their profits plummet and they post negative growth. Manufacturing output contracted in August for the first time in several years.
D.K. Joshi is chief economist with Crisil in Mumbai and says this could mean the loss of jobs.
“Incomes have slowed down so demand slowdown is impacting. Manufacturing has become less competitive," said Joshi."Indian manufacturers are going out and getting stuff produced outside India like in China. It is very difficult to turn this sector around.”
Policymakers are trying to sound a reassuring note, saying the economy may be down, but it is not out. However analysts say the word “austerity” is likely to be heard much more frequently in India in the months to come instead of the word “boom”, associated not long ago with Asia’s third largest economy.


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Morrisons launches internet store but customers will have to wait until new year for deliveries
The long-awaited launch of Morrisons online food offer has finally arrived – but only for customers living in the Midlands who are prepared to wait until next year for their groceries.
It is the last of the ‘big four’ supermarkets to switch on its food website, going live yesterday for deliveries that will start from January 10.
Morrisons (up 1.9p to 261.3p) has seen its sales battered by its late entry into the fast-growth convenience formats and internet shopping, but has teamed up with online grocer Ocado to catapult it into the market.
Morrisons online store is currently available only for customers living in the Midlands
Morrisons, Britain’s fourth biggest supermarket, plans to set itself apart from its rivals by emphasising its niche meat and fish production.
It owns much of its supply chain and employs more butchers and fishmongers than the other grocers.
Chief executive Dalton Philips said: ‘This fresh food offer will be the closest thing on the internet to being in a store and selecting food yourself. Customers do have concerns about buying fresh food online and today we believe we’ve come up with the answer.’
Morrisons will roll out the service to half of UK households by the end of the year. Much of the new website looks and feels like Ocado, with shoppers able to book slots by the hour and delivery prices varying from off-peak to standard and peak times.
Some analysts are fearful Philips overpaid for its partnership with Ocado but the retail chief, who spent some time analysing the best way to play catch up with his rivals, believes this method is the most effective way of making a profit within four years.
The big four supermarkets have come under huge pressure in recent months with all feeling a squeeze as shoppers flock to both low-cost rivals such as Aldi and premium player Waitrose.
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With the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the future of Taiwan has suddenly come into the focus of international strategists. Relations between Washington and Taipei are governed by the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979. Back then, the US was strong and keen to bring democracy to the world; China, on the other hand, was only at the dawning of a reform era that resulted in an almost unimaginable economic boom and rise in power.
Now, Washington is retreating from world politics, while Beijing is making increasingly brash moves. And so international observers are wondering whether the US, after Afghanistan, might drop Taiwan as an ally next? Does Beijing see a historic opportunity to finally reunite the motherland? In light of the current developments in the Hindu Kush, our authors take a look at Taiwan’s uncertain future. Three possible scenarios now present themselves – and not all of them are desirable.
Have you ever bought EirPods, aPhone or headphones from Semsung? Probably not. That’s because until now, only a small group of tech enthusiasts bought cheap electronic goods from China, most of which were little more than cheap knock-offs. It was always a gamble – what will be in the package and will the products even work? Sometimes you got lucky and you suddenly owned an inexpensive tech gadget.
Felix Lee shows how Chinese tech gadgets have long since emancipated themselves from their expensive original products – thanks to quality, fair prices and Aldi and Lidl. For example, Dreame’s T30 cordless vacuum cleaner has long since outperformed its competitor Dyson. As a result, more and more Germans consumers are buying products from Ecovac, Xiaomi and Dreame.
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Taiwan’s uncertain future
Relations between Washington and Taipei are actually governed by the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979. But what good is such an agreement in times when America is increasingly withdrawing from world politics? After the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, America’s loyalty to its allies is in question.
Our authors Frank Sieren, Marcel Grzanna and Michael Radunski take the current developments in the Hindu Kush as an opportunity to take a look at Taiwan’s uncertain future. Three possible scenarios now present themselves:
- The US and China remain prudent and stick to the status quo.
- After the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the US feels compelled to display an example of loyalty to the alliance in Taiwan and thus provokes China.
- China seizes the opportunity and brings its – at least how it regards it – “renegade province” Taiwan back into the fold.
Scenario 1 – Prudent Superpowers
After most US invasions have proven unsuccessful in recent decades, the US is withdrawing. The withdrawal from Afghanistan seals this trend. This reduces the likelihood of US involvement in a war over Taiwan.


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The flow of goods and services has an ugly underbelly that isn't part of the balance sheet. Under the radar is the flow of byproducts of our consumption, toxic waste that finds a home wherever regulations are most lax. The collateral damage of this toxic free trade is borne most heavily by children.
Nowhere is this more evident than in Mexico where, as the New York Times recently reported, the recycling of spent car batteries is spewing the heavy metal lead into neighborhoods where kids live and go to school. Mexico is getting this toxic trade because the USEPA clamped down on domestic car battery recyclers. Rather than comply, the marketplace goes elsewhere in its attempt to flee regulation and cost. Companies can claim environmental stewardship all they want but such blatant disregard for environment and public health can do nothing but breed skepticism. Mexico receives 20 million spent car batteries a year from the U.S. with much of that going to chop shop factories which use the crudest techniques to liberate and recycle the lead. The plumes of particulate lead that leave these smelters contaminates the ground where children play, getting into their bodies and depositing in their brain. This affects their ability to concentrate and learn, and increases the chances that they will never leave the wrong side of town.
We learned all this 30 years ago when blood lead levels in U.S. children were found elevated in concentric rings around battery recycling plants. This lead to a clamping down on lead smelters and cleaning up of lead-contaminated neighborhoods. Hundreds of millions of dollars later, we now know how foolish and damaging it was to allow lead to escape from these operations. So we regulate this domestically but allow free trade to turn lead recycling into a commodity that seeks maximal profit on the world market. Of course no one is counting the costs of lost intelligence to local populations and the bigger social implications -- for example, might this fuel the Mexican drug trade (lead exposure in childhood is associated with later criminal behavior and prison time). Dumping toxics into the marketplace can come back to haunt the consumer-disposers, an example being the recycling of our computer waste in chop shop operations in China, the heavy metals finding their way into consumer goods shipped back to the U.S.
The free ride that free trade offers toxics can be stopped by putting up some barriers. There is no reason why inherently dangerous waste should be allowed transport overseas for cheap disposal or recycling. If we create it, we should deal with it, or at least have a way to certify that it is dealt with responsibly. We have a conscience when it comes to our jeans being made in overseas child sweat shops; how could we not have a conscience about our toxic waste damaging far away young minds? The extra cost of proper recycling lead acid batteries can be passed onto the consumer as a healthy reminder that the battery that runs your car is 40 pounds of powerful nerve poison. The full life cycle costs of a product need to be seen as corporate and consumer responsibilities; we should not allow market forces to hide these costs in a Mexican barrio.
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Last Friday, the Food and Drug Management (FDA) introduced it will end the controversial pure nicotine addiction examination it had been performing on squirrel apes complying with strong protests from consumers and pet rights protestors.
In a declaration, the FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, stated the agency will completely end the research study. In this research study, teen and also grown-up squirrel apes were injected with pure nicotine. Gottlieb quit the research in the autumn as well as called for an investigation into the welfare of the animals after he learned the fatality of 4 apes.
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Consumer Advocates for Smoke-Free Alternatives Organization, Students for Reasonable Medication Policy as well as Not Blowing Smoke also advised Gottlieb not to return to the studies in a letter previously this month.
" Nonhuman animals that do pass by to smoke and also are forced to live in a regulated, highly stressful as well as sterile restricted environment are difficult to fully educate inquiries concerning the complicated habits of human smokers who have much more challenging mind feature and also reside in an extra complex globe," they wrote. "Our company believe making use of pets in looks into putatively made to educate cigarette policy to be misleading, unreliable as well as dishonest."
While the company is working to decrease the need for pet testing, Gottlieb says there are still many areas where pet testing is needed. "Without animal study, it would be impossible to get some vital understanding to stop animal as well as human struggling with lots of deadly conditions," he said. "In the past, animal study has played a vital role in avoiding polio, getting rid of smallpox as well as recognizing new cancer treatments."
Anthony Bellotti, owner of the taxpayer guard dog group White Coat Waste Task, commended FDA's choice in a statement Friday. "This is a substantial success for taxpayers and over used pets," he claimed.
Vaping is under danger in Indonesia. Chain-smoking Indonesia is relocating to stub out its flourishing e-cigarette industry, which elevates people's objection that the federal government gets on huge tobacco companies side at the price of public health and wellness.
The Southeast Eastern country has one of the highest possible smoking cigarettes rates worldwide. Regarding 65 percent of grown-up guys cigarette smoking in this nation. A pack of cigarettes costs just $2 there.
Cigarette advertising and marketing is almost everywhere throughout Indonesia, which is a crucial growth market for international tobacco firms. Recently, in spite of its tobacco-heaven status, e-cigarette coffee shops have been appearing across Indonesia in the middle of dispute over their safety.
Vaping Under Threat in Tobacco-loving IndonesiaIn feedback, Jakarta stated it would enforce a 57 each cent tax obligation on e-cigarettes this summer season. Hasbullah Thabrany, a health and wellness professional and also expert for the National Compensation on Tobacco Control, cautioned that although custom-mades and import tax regulation asked the government to impose tax obligations for such items, it was feasible that authorities could use the tax obligation to take a stand. He added: "I do assume that the policy has something to do with the tobacco market."
Rhomedal Aquino, spokesperson for the Organization of Indonesian Individual Vaporizers stated: "We accept a tax strategy to regulate consumption, but a 57 percent tax rate is too expensive. It will certainly kill a growing market."
E-cigarettes have actually been popular for the past ten years. They are hand-held tools that can heat up nicotine-containing fluid to ensure that extra resources the user can breathe in the vapors. The very early clinical agreement was that, for adults, they may be safer compared to smoking cigarettes.
Last November, Indonesia's trade resource preacher Enggartiasto Lukita triggered a reaction from anti-smoking teams. He recommended cigarette cultivators would undergo damage by the emerging vaping industry, and that those who utilize e-cigarettes-- likewise understood as vaping-- ought to smoke routine cigarettes instead. "We need to turn vapers right into cigarette smokers," he claimed during that time.
The federal government's plans are bad information for IT worker Roy Iskandar. He is a heavy smoker-turned-vaper who stresses over the increase in costs. "If they impose such a high tax obligation, those that feel healthier after stopping cigarettes like me will relapse," said the 38-year-old.
Indonesian custom-mades office claimed it wishes the high tax obligation will make e-cigarettes expensive for youngsters, while the health and wellness ministry said it is not sold pop over here on the argument that vaping is risk-free. "E-cigarettes are as hazardous as cigarettes, even a lot more cancer causing compared to cigarettes," claimed Muhammad Subuh, a senior ministry authorities. "We reject both electronic as well as typical cigarettes-- it's much better to stop them entirely. When it involves smoking cigarettes, there is no 'less hazardous' point."
Jakarta disputes asserts the brand-new plan places business economics over public health. Yet tobacco is an industry. It contributes about $10.5 billion every year in tax obligations. In comparison, the vaping industy starts just $7.5 million, primarily with the sales tax.
Gudang Garam, a local brand, that makes ubiquitous clove-infused cigarettes, is among the nation's biggest companies and also both brothers that possess rival Djarum top the listing of wealthiest Indonesians.
" This is not concerning home siding with one business," Deni Sirjantoro, spokesperson for the Indonesian Customs and also Exise workplace stated. "The country's income from the vaping market is not as large as cigarette obligations. Cigarette tasks can be as high as 54 percent."
But protestors claim several of the most prominent brand names are exhausted at rates around 35-40 percent, far below than the recommended 57 percent vaping responsibility. "The tax on cigarettes is not even that high," stated Eqy Riqly, supervisor of a vaping coffee shop in Jakarta.
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Indonesian customs workplace said it wishes the high tax obligation will make e-cigarettes unaffordable for children, while the health ministry said it is not offered on the argument that vaping is secure. "E-cigarettes are as harmful as cigarettes, even a lot more cancer causing than cigarettes," claimed Muhammad Subuh, a senior ministry authorities.
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CHANGZHI, China, Nov. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Changzhi, the home of many Chinese ancient legends, is creating a new legend of industry today. An original report by City Channel of CRI Online follows:
Sitting in southeastern Shanxi province, the city is where, according to folklore, the Chinese nation's ancestor Shen Nong tasted all herbs and taught local people to farm, and thus started a great civilization.
During the Second World War, Changzhi was the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, who fought against the Japanese aggression.
Rich natural resources, convenient transportation, excellent ecological conditions and policies have made the Changzhi an ideal investment destination with a resources-based economy model. Its traditional key industries include coal, coke, electricity and metallurgy.
But emerging industries, such as LED, solar battery, new materials and deep processing of oil, are attracting increased attention from the local government.
The LED industry, in particular, is believed to be a new engine to boost the city's economy with the nation's only one full LED industrial chain established there.
The city's mayor Zhang Bao said the coal industry "has once contributed much to Changzhi, but over-dependence on the industry led to difficulties," so they "made a strategic choice to seek some new sources of development". The LED industry is one of the solutions.
With two years' effort, the city has built a large-scale LED industry cluster. It will become the world's first LED industry park with an integrated industrial chain.
The government also plans to build the world's largest production base of sapphire and high-end lighting facilities.
SOURCE City Channel of CRI Online