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John Fanning, founder and chairman of Napster, and Joe Abrams, co-founder of Intermix Media and founder of The Software Toolworks, joined the strategic advisory board of Longwood-based Pistevo Inc., the company announced March 18.
Pistevo offers $2.99 background checks online.
“We are honored to have some of the sharpest business minds on the planet investing their valuable time into making Pistevo a success,” said Mark Songer, CEO of Pistevo, in a release. “The invaluable input, ideas and expert advice received will help propel the company forward in our quest to become the go-to provider of background screening services for online dating websites, nonprofit organizations, automotive retailers, care givers, real estate agents and educational institutions.”
Fanning said in the release that there’s a massive market for the service, both for consumers and businesses.
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'Project Runway' judge Nina Garcia appointed 'Elle' magazine editor-in-chief
Nina Garcia, the critical and ever-stylish fashion maven who has appeared on television screens for the last 13 years as a judge on the hit reality competition show "Project Runway," will be adding a new title to her resumé — editor-in-chief of Elle magazine.
She succeeds Robbie Myers, who worked at the top of the glossy magazine's masthead since 2000. Garcia's appointment was announced Tuesday by Hearst President and CEO Steven R. Swartz and Hearst Magazines President David Carey.
"Today is a very special day for me. So excited and honored by be back to Elle Magazine as its new Editor-in-Chief," Garcia tweeted Tuesday.
The Colombian-born influencer has been creative director of Marie Claire magazine since 2012 and was formerly a fashion editor for the publication from 2008 to 2012. While at the magazine, she introduced several editorial sections and pursued other endeavors outside of publishing. She worked previously at Elle from 1995 to 2008.
“Elle is close to my heart, and this is a very special homecoming,” Garcia said in a statement. “This is Elle's moment to be out in front, inspiring and informing readers in every area. Fashion and beauty are at Elle's core, as are culture, politics, health and new media. I’m excited to work with this incredibly talented team to set the pace for women who are moving as fast as the times we live in.”
Garcia now heads a publication with over 1 million copies in circulation that is a part of a global brand with 46 editions, 34 websites and more than 150 supplements. According to Hearst Magazines, the American brand reaches more than 33 million readers, fans and followers across several platforms.
“Nina is the ultimate Elle woman—her life is incredibly full, she’s curious about everything and she’s passionate about fashion, beauty, technology, art, travel, the environment, women’s issues and the ways that they all intersect,” wrote Hearst Magazine's Chief Content Officer Joanna Coles. “...Nina is a force of personality, and she’ll bring her energy, her unique sensibility and style to Elle, a brand she knows so well.”
Coles, like Garcia, has pursued ventures in television that have given prominence to several Hearst publications like Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire. She has appeared on "Project Runway," mentored the series' early all-star seasons, helmed a reality TV show about Cosmo and inspired Freeform's dramedy, "The Bold Type" earlier this year.
Garcia has been a steady force on the judging panel of "Project Runway" since its inaugural season in 2004. She has critiqued and judged more than 100 designers over its 16 seasons with a savvy and analytical approach alongside host Heidi Klum, longtime mentor Tim Gunn and designers Michael Kors and Zac Posen.
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Jura wine veteran Jacques Puffeney has announced that he has sold the vines from his namesake estate to the d’Angerville family of Volnay, as part of a retirement plan.
This year’s ‘percée du vin jaune’ festival in Jura. Image credit: Getty/AFPSebastien Bozon. Second image: Jacques Puffeney. Credit: Jacques Puffeney.
Puffeney, whose renown has seen him nicknamed as the ‘Pope of Arbois’ – the subregion of the Jura where he is based – has been seeking to move into semi-retirement for some time.
He has sold the majoirty of his vines – just over 4.2ha – to the d’Angerville family via its Domaine du Pelican estate, also in the Jura and established in 2011 by Guillaume d’Angerville. The d’Angervilles also own Domaine Marquis d’Angerville – including Clos des Ducs – in Volnay.
Puffeney confirmed to Decanter.com that he has vinified the 2014 vintage and will both mature it and sell it, but he will be stepping back from further vineyard and winery duties as of January 2015, working only as a ‘consultant for a little while’. He will remain in the family house in the village of Montigny-les-Arsures in the Arbois appellation.
Puffeney and his wife are keeping back a small area of 40-year-old Trousseau and Savignin vines, from which they will produce around 2,000 bottles per year.
‘I will continue to make wine in a small way,’ he said, ‘as I have not sold the rights to my family name along with my vines.’
Reflecting on the future for the region, Puffeney said he saw potential for red wine in the Jura, beyond its famed vin jaune. ‘We have long been known for our white wines, but the red wines have great potential here and are starting to get better recognition as working methods continue to improve.’
Puffeney’s 2014 Arbois Vin Jaune, the estate’s last wine under its current form, will not be released until 2012, following the rules of this style of wine.
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Starbucks is raising prices on some of its drinks by 5 cents to 20 cents starting next week, and customers can also soon expect to pay $1 more for the packaged coffee it sells in supermarkets.
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A struggling Ottawa-based software company that made less than $100,000 last year says it’s hoping for a standing offer to supply the federal government with its secure file-sharing and storage platform cloud will pull it out of the doldrums.
In financial documents filed last week, Leonovus reported revenue of just $78,000 for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 2021, compared to $327,000 the previous year. The business generated no revenue in the last six months of 2021.
Leonovus reported a net loss of $2.6 million, compared to a net loss of $1.8 million in 2020, driven by higher administration costs and foreign exchange losses.
Still, the company says it hopes for a turnaround after receiving a standing offer in March to sell its technology — which has been rebranded from XVault to Torozo — to the federal government.
CEO Michael Gaffney said in a press release last week that two federal departments, Justice and Shared Services, had finished testing the product in mid-April. He said the company has moved into the “next phase of evaluation” with the federal government, adding that the product was launched last week for private sector customers with “additional functionality needed for enterprise and consumer markets.” companies”.
Leonovus’ solution distributes and encrypts customer data stored across multiple cloud servers rather than a single on-premises location. The company now sells the platform on a monthly subscription basis.
In last week’s press release, Gaffney touted the secure file sharing and data transfer space as a multi-billion dollar market opportunity. The company said the industry is growing rapidly as the Internet of Things requires more and more connected devices to communicate wirelessly with each other.
“Leonovus is well positioned with its technology to capitalize on growth trends in cloud computing data storage,” management said in a report filed with regulators last week.
Leonovus got the green light last spring to sell its secure data transfer technology to more than 100 federal departments and agencies. In May 2021, the company announced the closing of a public offering that raised approximately $3.4 million to help fund its customer acquisition campaign and new product development efforts.
The company said it then saw Approved Vendor status as the key to finally unlocking a revenue stream that had been shut down for years as the company continually hunted for the right market.


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Angela Merkel wants hurdles removed to EU-Mercosur free trade pact
BRASILIA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel assured Brazil on Sunday that she will do her utmost to bring to a successful end the 15-year-old negotiation of a free trade deal between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur trade bloc.
Merkel, stopping in the Brazilian capital on her way to see the German soccer team play in the World Cup on Monday, said Germany and Brazil, the two largest economies in Europe and Latin America, had much to gain from more trade and investment.
"We have a lot of interest in reaching a free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union," she said in a statement to reporters after meeting with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. "I will do what is possible so that we can take a step forward and overcome the obstacles."
Merkel and Rousseff discussed expanded cooperation in scientific research and the energy sector, including renewable energy, and joint ventures to increase investment flows.
But freeing up trade flows between the two countries has been held back by the drawn-out negotiations of a free trade accord between Europe and the Mercosur trade bloc formed by Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and, more recently, Venezuela.
Off and on talks have been held since 1999 and were taken up again in 2010 after a six-year freeze. Talks have floundered in the past over European agricultural subsidies and the opening of Mercosur industries to competition from Europe.
In countries like Ireland, farmers fear their meat production cannot compete with the likes of Argentina and Brazil, now the world’s largest beef and chicken exporter.
In the midst of an economic crisis, Argentina has dragged its feet on drawing up a list of European products that would be allowed to enter Mercosur free of tariffs.
Mercosur’s newest member, Venezuela, has been left out of talks with Europe as it is not ready to compete.
Brazil, a regional powerhouse that is seeking more trade to boost its stagnant economy, feels it is being left behind by advances in the negotiation of trade pacts between Pacific nations and between the EU and the United States.
The EU and Mercosur were due to exchange proposals by the end of last year outlining the limits of the duty-free access they are willing to offer in markets ranging from beef to cars to create a pact that would encompass 750 million people and $130 billion in annual trade.
The deadline was extended and the lists are not expected to be exchanged before July, after the World Cup hosted by Brazil.


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The fed cattle market remained rangebound, with the volume of trade still within a wide range from $140/cwt. in the south to $146/cwt. in the north. The weighted average last week came in $1/cwt. lower than the week prior at $143/cwt. in the live spot trade.
Live Cattle Futures contracts have mostly failed to perform to expectations since early May. The upfront June contract debuted with a $135/cwt. close on May 2 but has only given up value since closing Friday at $132/cwt.
The May fed cattle basis tends to be quite strong compared to the contract month of June. However, we’re half way through May with roughly a $10/cwt. basis last week. That, coupled with the downward trend mentioned above, doesn’t provide much positive sentiment to fed cattle sellers.
Using the Choice cutout value as a proxy, cutout prices continued to decline through the end of last week, down to $256/cwt. from their mid-April high of $274/cwt.
The downtrend in cutout values is indicative of a boxed beef market that needed to adjust lower to meet consumer demand. Consumer appetites for beef have likely not wavered, given the strong demand signals we’ve observed through the end of 2021. However, inflationary price pressure has reached the grocery aisles and consumers are not as enthusiastic to buy beef at recent price levels.
The pace of fed cattle slaughter has been strong and packers have a positive profit margin to work from, although smaller than in many recent months. This has incentivized the weekly slaughter pace, but boxed beef inventory is slower to move at this point, prompting price reductions and encouraging buyers to step in to the market. With Memorial Day just ahead, it appears that renewed buying interest from retailers will create some lift in the market and spot market activity.
Middle meat items such as ribeyes, strip loins and tenderloins are reflecting the market pressure with notable downward price moves in the past few weeks. Similarly, flat irons have seen a steep downward price trend from wildly inflated price points relative to other cuts. Brisket prices typically spike this time of year but have fallen 13% since mid-April in a counter-seasonal move.
FEEDLOT FUNDAMENTALS CHALLENGE SUMMER QUALITY GRADE
In the past 10 years, the fed cattle price has declined 6% from the first week of May through the end of June. Under current conditions, this suggests a $135/cwt. price at the end of June. The June Live Cattle contract currently trading at $133/cwt. is a bit oversold and a $2/cwt. discount to the 10-year cash market trend for the period.
The cattle placement pattern beginning in the fourth quarter of 2021 shows the finished cattle supply will start to swell in June and could become a 20,000 head surplus over a year ago. Abundant fed cattle during the summer will keep a lid on market prices until cattle numbers are manageable in the fall.
Current cost of gain projections in the feedlot sector are a moving target with volatility in grains and other feed inputs. Regional cost basis will differ but the recent Focus on Feedlots report from Kansas showed projected steer costs averaging $134/cwt. and heifers at $141/cwt. for April placements. If anything, the projections may have increased in a month’s time.
Tallow prices have increased to the point that many feedlots are either feeding a minimal amount to achieve the most initial benefit (around 1% of the ration), or removing it completely from the diet. Tallow provides two to three times the energy benefit of cereal grains and promotes carcass marbling. Replacement ingredients providing the same benefits are scarce to non-existent.
Costs of gain running very near the projected fed cattle price suggest that feedlot managers may opt to market cattle on time or early with respect to their optimum finished date rather than push cattle further out toward a declining market and burdensome cattle supplies.
Higher feed costs and challenging summer breakevens may cause carcass outcomes to continue underperforming specific to marbling and premium beef production. We have noted the smaller Prime grade percentage since the beginning of the year, down 1.2 percentage points (ppt.)—an almost 10% drop in Prime carcass tonnage. Similarly, the Premium Choice marbling shortfall is pulling certified carcass counts 2.5 ppt. lower for the CAB® brand since the middle of February.
End product price spreads for high quality carcasses began to widen in last week’s data. The Prime cutout advanced $5.90/cwt. in five weeks to average $31.90/cwt. higher than Choice last week. The CAB® (traditional) cutout premium to USDA Low Choice advanced $1.40/cwt. in the past month to average $14.50/cwt. while the Choice/Select spread is up to $14/cwt. These price spreads should continue to widen if carcass quality grade trends continue to underperform.
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Most recent USDA quality grade data updates carcass grading trends through May 19. This is precisely the week on the calendar at which the percentage of carcasses meeting USDA Prime marbling levels have sharply decreased in each of the past three years.
Lighter Carcass Weights and Shrinking Supply
Now, we’re well into the second quarter of 2023, but backing up to the first of the year, there have been two overriding trends in the fed cattle supply. The first of which has been those fewer headcounts that we’ve seen harvested on a weekly basis, down about 2.7% year to date as well.
Value Cuts and Thin Meats Lead
Current carcass values are being underpinned by positive price moves from several carcass cuts, and we’ve just named a few. The classic spring price rally from ribs is in a counter-seasonal pattern and strips are modestly sideways. End users are seeking value items to partially offset shorter supplies and higher prices.


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Ather Energy sold 9,344 units in November 2023
Telugu super news,National, 2nd December, 2023:Ather Energy, India’s premium electric scooter manufacturer sold 9344 units in November’23. Ather, is making significant strides in expanding its reach and accessibility. With an impressive network of 176 Experience Centres with 11 opened in november spanning across 100 cities, Ather is set to revolutionize the electric scooter market. Among its exciting offerings is the Ather 450S, hailed as one of India’s fastest and smartest scooters, available alongside the Ather 450X. The Experience Centers offer potential buyers the unique opportunity to test ride any Ather vehicle, helping them determine the ideal fit for their needs before making a purchase. Ather’s customer-centric approach and innovative products continue to propel it to the forefront of the EV industry.
In the coming years, Ather Energy is set to unveil significant announcements, notably their latest addition to the fleet, the Ather Family Scooter. This innovative vehicle promises enhanced comfort, a spacious seat, and affordability, catering to a wider audience. Ather is embracing a subtle shift towards a more traditional scooter design to align with market demands. CEO Tarun Mehta proudly announced this forthcoming model, emphasizing its consumer-oriented features. Alongside this announcement, he also shared about the upcoming Ather 450 Apex, their fastest offering yet, showcasing their commitment to innovation and advancement in the electric scooter domain.
Commenting on this occasion, Ravneet Singh Phokela, Chief Business Officer, says, “November continues the momentum that we built in October, as we delivered 9,344 units to our customers. The EV 2-wheeler market is approaching volumes seen before subsidy revisions, and we anticipate a positive end to 2023. This month we forayed into the international market with the opening of the inaugural Experience Centre in Nepal. As we marked our 10th anniversary, we celebrated a decade of innovation by announcing the launch of two new scooters, including the Ather APEX and a family scooter set to hit the market in 2024. More is in store in December as we are gearing up for an exciting and fast-paced start to 2024.”
Ather’s expansion into international markets follows its remarkable success in the Indian domestic market, where the 450 Series has emerged as the uncontested leader in the premium electric two-wheeler segment, boasting an impressive 75% market share. The decision to export the Ather 450X aligns strategically with Nepal’s growing interest in cleaner mobility alternatives. Despite being a comparatively smaller market than its larger counterparts, India and China, Nepal presents an enticing opportunity for companies like Ather to gain insights into new markets, gauging product performance and acceptance.
Additionally, Ather Energy has forged partnerships with prominent financial institutions such as IDFC First, Bajaj Finance, and Hero FinCorp, facilitating increased accessibility to electric vehicles (EVs). Through the provision of flexible loan tenures extending up to five years, Ather has successfully lowered the monthly EMIs for its electric scooters to as little as Rs 2,999. This forward-thinking initiative aligns seamlessly with the Indian government’s ambitious target of achieving a clean and green 2030, thus actively contributing to the realization of sustainable mobility on a national scale.


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MORNINGTON Peninsula wine producers are facing potentially serious consequences as a result of China’s effective ban on the importing of Australian wines.
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced on 27 November that new tariffs would be placed on all Australian wine imports while it carried out an “anti-dumping investigation”.
Treasury Wine Estates, the owner of peninsula winery T’Gallant and the premium wine brand Penfolds, has been slugged with a 169.3 per cent tariff on all its wine exports to China, effectively killing off their trade with that country.
The Chinese market accounted for 36.7 per cent of Australia’s wine export revenue in 2019-20, and it is believed Treasury Wine Estates sends around three million cases of wine to China annually.
While China is the largest export market for Mornington Peninsula wine, the volume exported to China is still “relatively low”, according to Rollo Crittenden, the president of Mornington Peninsula Wine, and winemaker at Crittenden Estate.
“The biggest challenge we face is not the reduction in exports, but the flooding of the Australian market with discounted brand-name wines,” Mr Crittenden said.
Treasury Wine Estates has announced provisional measures to “reduce the impact” of the tariffs by “reallocating” wines otherwise destined for China to other Asian markets, as well as the United States, Europe, and Australia.
But, with the long lead time of developing new overseas markets, it appears likely much of the wine will end up back on the Australian market.
Olivia Barrie, the CEO of Mornington Peninsula Wine, the peak industry body representing winemakers and grape growers on the Mornington Peninsula, described the trade dispute as a “definite danger for our industry”.
“There will be discounting of premium brands in the Australian market. It is almost inevitable,” she said.
“Fortunately for Mornington Peninsula wine producers, tourism is a strong component to our wine sales, with a considerable amount of our wines being sold through the cellar door.
“These direct-to-client sales will help mitigate the risks of the Chinese government’s measures, but we still need to stay vigilant.”
It is believed the tariffs will remain until the end of March 2021, although they can be extended at the discretion of the Chinese government.
Permanent tariffs may be imposed pending the outcome of China’s “anti-dumping investigation”.


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For many, Lucasfilm Games conjures up some fuzzy feels. Labyrinth: The Computer Game, perhaps, or the many titles released under the LucasArts name, including The Secret of Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle and Grim Fandango. It’s been a while since Lucasfilm was associated with video games, though. That’s because the LucasArts team was effectively shut down following Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012. The name is being revived, though, for all games that use the studio’s IP. “Lucasfilm Games is now the official identity for all gaming titles from Lucasfilm, a name that encompasses the company’s rich catalog of video games and its eye toward the future,” a post on starwars.com explains.
That means you should see the Lucasfilm logo on future Star Wars video games. Dedicated accounts have also been set up on Twitter and Facebook to share updates on Lucasilm Games projects. To mark the occasion, a brief sizzle reel has also been released on the official Star Wars YouTube account. Lucasfilm doesn’t seem to be interested in becoming a developer again. Instead, it seems content with being a licensor, working with third-party studios that can best leverage its beloved brands. The strategy makes sense: Marvel, another property owned by Disney, has found success by partnering with developers such as Insomniac (Marvel’s Spider-Man and Miles Morales) and, to a lesser extent, Square Enix (Marvel’s Avengers).


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Guest Post Companies all over the world are becoming increasingly worried about their ability to innovate and compete in the fast-changing technology world. That’s according to GE’s third annual “Global Innovation Barometer” released Jan 17.
The Kodak patent sale drama has finally reached its end.
Apple and Google have joined forces to offer more than $500 million for some of the 1,100 digital imaging patents from Eastman Kodak, according to Bloomberg, citing “two people with knowledge of the situation.”
Joining Lexmark, Kodak announced today that its exiting the consumer printing business.
Bankrupt Kodak needs to raise cash in any way it can, and by selling some of its assets, it aims to do just that.
With sluggish interest from bidders so far, Kodak could pull back on its plans to sell its digital imaging patents.
Kodak moments are in short supply right now.
Kodak, the beleaguered company that invented the handheld camera, is slashing its product lines in an attempt to survive a rapidly changing consumer electronics landscape.
In this week’s installment of our weekly video show, Christopher Peri and I talk about one of the most entertaining news stories so far this year: The colorful indictment of alleged pirate content site Megaupload.com. The site’s founder, Kim Dotcom, is an amazing character, who lived large (in a New Zealand mansion surrounded by gorgeous, rare cars) and became the #1 ranked Modern Warcraft 3 player, amazingly enough. We’ll be watching this story closely to report on the allegations and Megaupload’s spirited defense.
Guest Post So, it’s now official. What’s been rumored for some time has come to pass. Kodak has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This is indeed a sad day and not just for nostalgic 35mm film fans (remember those big SLRs we used to carry around our necks?), nor for Paul Simon music fans. Kodak was a rock solid megalith that no one ever would have thought could fall so far, although the writing has been on the wall for some time.
Eastman Kodak said Wednesday night that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The expected move shows that no technology or business franchise lasts forever, no matter how enduring it seems.
After 131 years of innovating the photography industry, Eastman Kodak is reportedly preparing for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.


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Creator royalties provide artists with revenue both from primary and secondary sales. Resale royalties are deemed important because they enable creators to earn recurring incomes. As such, they have been one of the main value propositions of art NFTs.
Setting NFT royalties is mostly at the discretion of marketplaces. Therefore, keeping up with the royalty structures deployed on leading marketplaces is vital. Until recently, major NFT marketplaces’ default setting was to enforce royalties.
On the other hand, over the last few months, there has been a heated debate over NFT creator royalties. A growing list of platforms is now shifting to new models. They follow a wave of a trend set by the emergence of new rival marketplaces. They offer optional royalty models to entice traders into their platforms and gain market share this way.
NFT marketplaces that honor creator royalties
The biggest player is introducing a new set of rules.
OpenSea has a new royalty structure effective from November 8, 2022. It launched an on-chain enforcement tool for new collections. The new tool enables NFT creators to add a code snippet into the smart contracts of new or existing collections that are upgradeable. The code’s function is to forbid the resale of the NFT on marketplaces where there’s no royalty enforcement. In other words, from now on, creators must add this code if they like to enforce royalties in secondary sales of their work.
The new royalty structure is valid only for new and upgradable collections. It’s not yet clear what will happen with the existing ones. David Finzer, the co-founder and CEO of OpenSea, shared a blog post in which he stated that OpenSea wouldn’t make any changes to existing collections through at least December 8, 2022. The company will integrate public feedback, evaluate solutions like optional royalties and other enforcement options for creators, and decide which tools to release after that date.
Other NFT marketplaces that still enforce creator royalties
Curated art marketplaces MakersPlace and SuperRare belong to this group. Rarible has an incentive program that rewards buyers if they pick an NFT from a marketplace that honors creator royalties. Recently, STEPN announced the launch of its marketplace, MOOAR, where there’ll be no optional royalties. Creators will be able to set fees between 0.5% and 10%.
A new protection standard for royalties
The Solana fine art NFT marketplace Exchange.Art introduced a new standard, Royalties Protection, to enforce creator royalties for NFTs originally minted on its platform. The standard has a feature called “allow list” that enables creators to whitelist or blacklist NFT platforms. Hence, they can restrict the resale of their works only to platforms with creator royalty support.
NFT marketplaces that forego royalty enforcement
In the face of significant opposition, many marketplaces are switching to optional royalty models.
This royalty model is applied by the popular marketplace X2Y2. Instead of paying royalties to creators by default, the model gives buyers the option of paying royalties to creators at the checkout only if they wish. This only holds true for multi-edition works, however. For 1/1 artworks, the marketplace continues to enforce royalties.
Another well-known NFT marketplace, LooksRare, also supports optional royalties. Instead of paying royalties, the marketplace shares 25% of protocol fees with the creators. Regarding secondary sales, only buyers can choose to pay royalties in addition to the purchase price if they wish; sellers cannot.
Other prominent marketplaces that function in a similar vein include Sudoswap, Solana’s top marketplace Magic Eden and the recently launched Blur, which has an optional royalty model that incentives the traders who choose to pay creator royalties. None of these models are etched in stone, though. As the marketplaces continue learning from the process, we hope to see upgraded versions viable for all parties.


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“This decision allows domestic manufacturers four months of extra time to make necessary arrangements for compliance of standards in view of difficulties arising out of Covid-19 pandemic,” the commerce and industry ministry said in a statement.
The order mandates all toys and materials designed or intended for use in play by children below 14 years of age to be certified by the BIS.
The move came in the wake of a study by the Quality Council of India (QCI) revealing that 67% of imported toys failed a testing survey, which prompted an aggressive push to produce safe toys in the country. Imports from China and Taiwan account for around 90% of the domestic toy market.
The government is keen push to local manufacturing is significant as the toy industry in India is primarily in the unorganised sector, comprising around 4,000 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Dolls and playing cards to videogame consoles and board games are all considered toys.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi too emphasised on toy manufacturing in the country under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative. In his radio address 'Mann Ki Baat', he called upon startup entrepreneurs to “team up for toys”, saying it was time to get vocal for local toys.
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Unite, the main trade union representing workers at Unilever, warned against workers becoming collateral damage in the standoff with Tesco and accused politicians calling for a boycott of ‘feeding the hysteria’.
David Davies MP announced today (Thursday 13 October) that he would be boycotting Marmite, after it was revealed that Tesco would stop selling the spread following a dispute with Unilever.
Commenting Unite national officer Rhys McCarthy said: “Unilever workers should not become collateral damage in the standoff between the company and Tesco.
“Found in most UK households, products like Marmite, Pot Noodle, PG Tips and Persil are great British staples proudly made in Britain by Unite members.
“It is in everyone’s interests to resolve the situation quickly and is not helped by politicians feeding the hysteria with promises of boycotting British goods.”
For further information please contact Unite head of media and campaigns Alex Flynn on 020 3371 2066 or 07967 665869.
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- Unite is Britain and Ireland’s largest trade union with over 1.4 million members working across all sectors of the economy. The general secretary is Len McCluskey.


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Hand washing is better than disposable gloves in containing COVID-19 infection, say public health officials
Hand washing is better than disposable gloves in preventing and containing spread of COVID-19 infection, Public Health clarifies. Over two months since the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Canada, the federal government moves towards ‘new normal’ conditions. Representatives from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) clarify that hand washing is still a better solution for the general populace than nation-wide adopting disposable gloves in every day.
The question surrounding disposable gloves is an early one. The PHAC, moreover, recommended practicing social distancing and wearing face masks as preventive measures even after easing of lockdown begins. Many feel disposable gloves could become part of every day life for Canadians in supermarkets and elsewhere.
The government’s position on the issue has been vague before today’s statement. Even doctors are still not quite certain how much gloves impact on prevention. Some people, such as Dianne Preston of Guelph, Ontario, say that the lack of evidence does not prevent them from wearing them. ‘I figure, it can’t hurt. I really have no idea if it actually helps or whatever, but I feel a little bit better doing it’, said Preston.
However, PHAC is less certain, pointing out that the virus can survive in droplets on surfaces like disposable gloves. Subsequently touching one’s eyes, nose or mouth with gloves, after an ill-advised sense of security, can lead to infection. Microbiologist and Professor Keith Warriner agrees with the PHAC that gloves are not a solution. ‘It gives you that false security’, says Warriner. ‘If you’re wearing gloves, you’re less likely to wash your hands which is one of the best strategies’
Fast food chains to comply with new recommendations
Meanwhile, the spotlight is aimed at retailers and fast food chains known for using disposable plastic gloves on a large scale. The question on everybody’s mind becomes: should retail workers wear gloves? Face masks are mandatory for everyone working at Tim Hortons, McDonald’s or Starbucks. But policies differ with regard to disposable gloves, with Tim Hortons requiring all workers to wear them. Starbucks and McDonald’s employees, on the other hand, simply have the ‘option’ to wear them.
PHAC posted new recommendations, stressing that ‘wearing disposable gloves does not negate the need for frequent hand washing’. Tim Hortons, McDonald’s and Starbucks each reiterated their strict hand washing protocols for employees. Tim Hortons Representative Michael Oliveira made this pretty clear in a new statement. ‘We do not consider gloves to be a replacement for proper, thorough hand washing’, he said. ‘Team members are still thoroughly washing their hands each and every time they change gloves’.
Customers have criticised McDonald’s for its ambiguous policy regarding gloves. In reply, McDonald’s stated that when handling food, gloves can actually be a risk rather than a safety tool.
Meanwhile, Patty Nowlin, owner of a grocery store in Alberta, an enthusiastic support of safety measures for workers and clients, has axed her policy on mandatory disposable gloves. She agrees with the PHAC that gloves might be more dangerous than thought. ‘When people were wearing the gloves, I would just question whether or not they’re washing their hands as often’, she said.
Nowlin remembered how once she witnessed a shopper enter the store with soiled gloves. She was afraid some might re-use gloves rather than dispose of them. This could skyrocket the threat of a spread in her grocer or in other places.
So, at least for now, it seems hand washing will still be the way to go. Nowlin agrees: ‘We’re still reminding people all the time, wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands’. Hand washing and practicing a conscious social distancing remain our best weapons against a new outbreak.


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People are questioning whether two trailers released to support a supposed new Crocodile Dundee movie are actually a marketing stunt for Tourism Australia? Lending weight to the argument that the trailers are genuine film teasers for ‘Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home’ is the fact that they have been produced by film production company, Rimfire Films, which produced the original Crocodile Dundee movie in 1986 and Crocodile Dundee II in 1987.
However, suspicions have been raised because Australian actor Chris Hemsworth stars in the trailers as Wally Jr., but there hasn’t been a peep from the high-profile actor about filming to date and he happens to be an ambassador for Tourism Australia. American actor, Danny McBride, is down as playing Dundee, the iconic Australian hero’s son, but again, there hasn’t been a word about the popular Thor actor’s involvement up to now. In the age where social media’s ubiquitous cameras have turned everyone into roving reporters, it seems strange that people were unaware that a full-length feature film was filming in Australia, given that movies take months to shoot and involve hundreds of people.
The Brisbane Times grew suspicious, particularly as it noted that the director listed on the trailer is Steve Rogers, an award-winning director who is best known for his work on commercials for Old Spice, Nike, and Southern Comfort. In the course of its investigation, industry sources told the paper that the trailers are part of a US ad campaign orchestrated by Tourism Australia, and the full advert is set to air during the Super Bowl on Sunday 4 February.
Screen Australia is listed as the film’s producer on promotional artwork, and it has declined to comment on the speculation, although it doesn’t list the project on its upcoming schedule. All will be revealed during the Super Bowl, of course, but it the meantime, Australia is looking fantastic in the trailers, which will surely help to whet appetites worldwide for visiting there.
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text: Of course, what would 2006 start off with other than more iPod gagdetry? eMagin Corp has gone beyond their usual market to produce a headset for the 5G iPod, with the ability to display video. Of course, it covers only one eye and looks almost like something out of a sci fi flick. Supposedly, it is similar to watching a 105” display from 12 feet away. It staggers over the iPod in price at close to $600 and is going to be made available in the summer of this year. Who would plunk down $600 for a wearable video headset though? Well, some might, but despite this devices novelty and perhaps future use, that steep of a price tag will keep it out of the hands of most. An interesting peek at things to come.


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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, wait.. it’s a phone? Really?! Yup, meet the deceivingly named ‘HumanForm’ – Nokia’s latest conceptual offering, straight from the Research labs of Espoo.
A bit like that futuristic remote from the Adam Sandler film “Click”, this bendy device looks like it’s trying hard to be the proverbial ‘missing link’ – still, something that would probably please Darwin even, evolutionarily-speaking of course. What’s so ‘human‘ about you ask? Well, from how the folks at Nokia’s Research Center (NRC) put it, this phone is definitely bendy enough to give even the most oddly-shaped ears, a “perfect listening experience”. So “we’ve produced a phone that will work better for everyone’s shape because it is flexible. That’s why we called it HumanForm”, says Heidi, the editor-in-chief at the NRC. Put together using some crafty nanotechnology, the device also features a transparent display with a fully touch sensitive casing. More details to follow soon..
Odd as it may be, this prototype demonstrates Nokia’s deep commitment to evolving the phone and taking it to the next level – after all, this week marks only their 25th year of ‘changing the world’. Head past the break to check out if this prototype could actually clear the drawing boards and into the stores.
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Sugarlands Distilling Co. announced the launch of Birthday Cake Sippin Cream, the newest addition to its award-winning portfolio of craft spirits.
New Birthday Cake Sippin Cream is a 40-proof, rum-based cream liqueur with classic flavors of fluffy cake, sweet vanilla icing and sprinkles, the company says. The flavors represent a significant milestone for the company, which turns a decade old this March, it notes.
To celebrate the launch, Sugarlands is partnering with one of America’s most beloved sports families, the Golics — Mike and his wife, Chris; Mike Jr.; Jake and his wife; Jenny; and Sydney and her husband, Ben Braunecker — as official brand ambassadors, it says.
Sugarlands has a long-standing relationship with the Golics, sponsoring the Golic Family Foundation Celebrity Golf Classic for the past two years, it notes. Welcoming the Golics as official brand ambassadors is the next evolution of the relationship, the company says.
The Golics will collaborate with Sugarlands on content, events and activations.
“Our family is thrilled to join the Sugarland family officially," Mike Golic said in a statement. “We have enjoyed their spirits for quite a while now and could not think of a better group to collaborate with on a fun product."
Along with launching Birthday Cake, all 10 Sugarlands Sippin Creams will receive a new look and refreshed packaging that will begin hitting shelves in the coming weeks, according to the company.
“We’re excited to give our Sippin Creams a fresh, modern look that better reflects the flavors of each product and reflects the true spirit of our brand," said Ned Vickers, Sugarlands founder and president, in a statement. “Rest assured, while the outside may have gotten a makeover, the same great taste you love is still at the heart of every jar."
Sugarlands Birthday Cake Sippin Cream now can be purchased by visiting FindMoonshine.com or online by visiting the company’s website.


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71 employees to be laid off as Pick ‘n Save in Janesville closes
Store set to close in November
JANESVILLE, Wis. — Dozens of employees will be affected by the closure of a Janesville grocery store, according to a notice Wednesday.
The Pick ‘n Save at 1717 Center Avenue in Janesville will close in early November, the state Department of Workforce Development said. Roundy’s Wisconsin notified the state agency in a letter dated Wednesday that the store would close.
According to the notice, 71 employees will be let go on Nov. 4, but Roundy’s said the employees would be offered employment opportunities at other stores.
DWD said that its Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development Area Rapid Response Team will work with the employees to offer rapid response services.
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Exchanges, Startups Pick Sides After the Bitcoin Cash ‘Hash War’
The so-called "hash war" over the future of bitcoin cash is over and it's up to market forces to decide the fate of its two rival cryptocurrencies.
Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision was created out of the hard fork of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) on November 15, 2018. A segment of the ecosystem wanted to increase the blocksize greater and faster as well as limit potential smart contract features. They split was led by nChain’s Chief Scientist, Craig Wright, who is also renowned for claiming he was Satoshi Nakamoto, the original founder of Bitcoin, without extensive evidence. Since it’s forking, it has consistently remained in the top 20 coins by market cap. It also migrated businesses and developers from BCH to its ecosystem. It seeks to emulate the proposed original vision of bitcoin through emphasis on scaling onchain as fast as possible.Blockchain 101
The latest brouhaha says a lot about the propensity for drama in the ecosystem, Michael J. Casey writes.
After a recent network upgrade, nodes separated from the bitcoin SV blockchain, highlighting why hard forks prompt much infighting among devs.
A major code update for the cryptocurrency bitcoin SV will render some features of BitGo's wallets useless, the crypto custodian says.
Regulation is needed to maintain neutrality among exchanges, but it might not be around the corner, argues Konstantinos Stylianou.
The controversy over delisting bitcoin SV shows why crypto exchanges need more consistent standards and rules.


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Vietnam agrees to tech transfers on Russian, U.S. COVID-19 vaccines Made-in-Vietnam vaccine, NanoCovax, is expected to be available by end of 2021 On 20 July 2021, Vietnam has reached agreements on technology transfers for Russian and U.S. coronavirus vaccines. The nation aims to boost its vaccine capacity.…
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Wakamono mask is the world's first anti-Coronavirus mask, invented by Mr. Lai Nam Hai, chairman of Wakamono Joint Stock Company, who owns up to 11 patents and trademarks related to nanotechnology registered in Vietnam, USA, Canada and many other countries.
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If Amazon owns nearly half of the U.S. ecommerce market, why the need to offer one-day delivery? The reason: Its singular obsession with customer centricity. Insights abound for those able to get past the headlines. Here are three of the most important takeaways that were either overlooked or under-covered in the media frenzy.
Firing back at Amazon’s move less than three weeks ago, Walmart is now offering free next-day delivery to customers in Phoenix and Las Vegas, with plans to expand to Southern California within days and 75% of the U.S. population by the end of the year. Walmart’s deal is mostly free: There’s a $35 order value threshold to qualify.
On-demand warehousing and fulfillment firm FLEXE has raised $43 million in Series B funding, led by Activate Capital and Tiger Global Management, with participation from Madrona Venture Group and follow-on investments from Redpoint Ventures, Prologis Ventures and others. Clients include Walmart, Staples and Toms.
As ecommerce takes a greater share of retail sales, the view into relative channel strength has been somewhat opaque. But Nordstrom recently began reporting ecommerce as a percentage of net sales, not just a growth percentage. Tune in to the latest MCM CommerceChat podcast to hear more on this interesting development.
Kroger plans to build the second of 20 automated distribution centers in partnership with UK grocer Ocado for fulfilling ecommerce orders in Groveland, FL. The state-of-the-art FCs, built by Kroger and powered by Ocado’s automation technology, are just part of Kroger’s innovation push including driverless and same-day delivery.
To succeed, retailers and ecommerce companies need to meet heightened customer experience demands. That means offering fast shipping, free returns and same-day delivery, if possible. Learn insights from industry experts on ways to optimize your fulfillment network and focus your technology investments to compete and win.


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Taking on the might of FAANG
Feb 27, 2018
The power of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google was a recurring subject on the opening day of the conference at Mobile World Congress.
How to compete or collaborate with the digital titans known collectively as ‘FAANG’ is an issue that appears to be top of the agenda in many boardrooms....
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Culver City, CA—Let Westfield Culver City play cupid this Valentine’s Day. The shopping mall is helping one lucky winner show his or her love in a BIG way, with a personalized Valentine’s message on a 20-foot by 60-foot billboard.
The billboard will be seen by thousands of Angelenos every day (the billboard will sit atop a major entrance to the center just off the 405). The message can be anything, from a proposal to a declaration of love. It can even be an apology (and no one needs to know what you did, either).
To win, just “Like” Westfield Culver City on Facebook, submit a photo of you and your Valentine, and post a story about your most romantic moment. The couple who receives the most votes through the public poll will win.
Deadline: Tuesday, February 14.
In addition to having a personal message displayed on the billboard, the winner will also receive a $500 Westfield Gift Card by American Express. Second place prize is a $250 Westfield Gift Card and third place is a $100 Westfield Gift Card.
To enter and for full contest rules, click here.


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Can you believe its been ten years since five shy boys made it to the Producer’s Auditions at The X Factor UK, to then proceed through all the stages, to finally be asked to join a group together? Can you believe its been ten years since these five boys became One Direction?
We can, and some of us feel old!
Well, fresh news are reaching us from the 1D World, as One Direction’s 10-year anniversary plans are finally happening!
According to PR Simon Jones, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik’s long-anticipated plans will be taking place on July 23, amid reunion rumours.
On Twitter, Jones said that “there will be a brand new 1D anniversary website, a 10-year celebration video especially made for their fans, and interactive playlists and activations across digital platforms.”
Celebrate 10 incredible years of @onedirection this month! 🙌🏻
There will be a ‘10 Years of One Direction’ anniversary website, a brand new anniversary celebration video for @YouTube, reformatted EPs and steaming partner activations.
All details here:https://t.co/PTqmUUlcTY
— Simon Jones (@simonjonespr) July 15, 2020
A special ‘10 Years of One Direction’ website will launch on 23rd July. This will be an immersive and exciting interactive fan experience.
The site will take the form of a timeline charting the history of the group, from the first audition right up to the start of their hiatus. It will host an archive of music videos, artwork, TV performances, behind-the-scenes and rarely-seen content, all in one place.
Fans will also be able to generate their own shareable ‘mixtape’ playlist on the site, which will be personalised according to how they’ve interacted with the site’s content and the eras they’ve spent the most time exploring. It will also allow fans to connect to Spotify or Apple Music, with the mixtape playlists being saved to their respective accounts.
A brand new anniversary celebration video for YouTube will also be released on 23rd July.
The video will document highlights of the band’s career, from forming on The X Factor to releasing their single ‘History’, including clips from music videos, performances and candid behind the scenes video content. And of course the special relationship they have with their fans.
Reformatted EPs will be released across streaming platforms, featuring b-sides and rare songs, remixes, live recordings and acoustic versions of tracks grouped into one place for fans to rediscover.
There will also be exciting activations across Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and other platforms, including creating and updating One Direction playlists, whilst Amazon’s Alexa will be singing Happy Birthday to the band.
One Direction are a global phenomenon, having sold over 200 million records worldwide, with over 21 billion streams across all streaming platforms. In 2019 alone, the band generated over 3.6 billion streams across all platforms. Their YouTube channel has over 31m subscribers and over 10 billion views, and the combined reach of the bands official social pages is still 85.9 million (Facebook – 38m, Twitter – 30.3m and Instagram – 17.6m).
Though no word has yet been uttered about a reunion concert, Directioners all over the world are waiting with baited breath to see whether this could in fact happen!
Share this with the most dedicated Directioner in your friends’ list!


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Tencent made 24.14 billion yuan ($3.44 billion) in net profit for the second quarter ended June, versus an average estimate of 20.74 billion yuan from 13 analysts polled by Refinitiv.
Smartphone gaming revenue rose 26% to 22.2 billion yuan, helped by major titles including "Honour of Kings" and "Perfect World Mobile" as well as new releases.
Tencent said it launched 10 new games in the quarter, versus only one in the previous quarter.
In 2018, Tencent turned in its slowest annual profit growth in 13 years due to a suspension in approvals for new games.
Approvals restarted in December, with Tencent receiving permission to launch "Perfect World Mobile" in the January-March quarter.
"FinTech and Business Services" - a new revenue category set up this year that includes payment and cloud services - generated 22.9 billion yuan, up 37% on comparable business last year, helped by rapid growth in commercial payment volume.
Tencent offers commercial payments service to the large number of merchants and consumers on its social media platform WeChat, which had 1.14 billion users at the end of June.
Tencent also said its wealth management platform, LiCaiTong, had aggregated customer assets of over 800 billion yuan at the end of the quarter as more users kept their money within its payment system.
"Amid the evolving macro-economic and competitive challenges, we continue to invest in enhancing our platforms, services and technologies, for better supporting our users and enterprise customers," Tencent said in a filing.
FROM ENTERTAINMENT TO ENTERPRISE
The social media and gaming giant is restructuring in an attempt to find new revenue sources as its consumer business comes under pressure from slowing Chinese economic growth and the Sino-U.S. trade war.
Online advertising revenue grew at 16% in the quarter, down from 25% in January-March, which Tencent said was due to a "challenging macro environment and increased supply of short video advertising inventories across the industry".
Media advertising revenues dropped 7% year-on-year, which Tencent blamed on the absence of soccer World Cup this year and "unexpected delays to airing certain top-tier drama series".
In May, amid U.S.-China political tensions, Tencent's video-streaming platform Tencent Video surprised fans when it announced last minute that it would not broadcast the season finale of "Game of Thrones" as originally scheduled.
Tencent said revenue growth at its cloud services business remained robust and it gained key contracts such as PICC, Bank of Communications, and public services such as healthcare and transportation in various cities.
($1 = 7.0173 Chinese yuan)
(Reporting by Sijia Jiang; Editing by Himani Sarkar and Mark Potter) ((Sijia.Jiang@thomsonreuters.com; +852 65313893;))


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Many consider the country to be in chaos since the referendum of June 2016. While there’s certainly economic uncertainty, has it really caused harm to the UK’s travel and tourism sector? Or, has it instead worked in its favour?
Lycetts — a supplier of arcade, gaming and travel insurance — aims to find out how Brexit has affected tourism for residents and visitors.
Holidays at home
Holidays don’t always have to take place abroad. In fact, it benefits the UK economy to have more people spending money that stays within our borders. The Association of British Travel Agents(ABTA) carried out a Travel Trends report in 2017 and found that holidays in the UK actually rose a massive 71% in 2016 – up from 64% in the previous year. And there’s little indication available that states this is due to an economic downturn or personal funding problems. Barclays’ Destination UK report showed that more than a third of adults across Britain are choosing to holiday closer to home this year more so because of personal preference, not cost.
Here are results from a survey that asked why adults are staying here for holidays:
- “I would like to spend more time in the UK.” (34%)
- “Holidays in the UK are now more affordable.”’ (32%)
- “I enjoyed a recent UK holiday and am keen to have another here.” (23%)
- “There are more holiday activities in the UK than there were in the past.” (15%)
- “I have less time than before to holiday abroad.” (14%)
Another positive finding was that UK holiday destinations benefit the entire country and aren’t restricted to a region. When asked as part of a survey, 30% of respondents said they were planning on visiting south-west England, 22% were heading to Scotland, 20% had chosen Wales, 20% opted for Yorkshire and Humberside, and 18% were packing for a London trip.Out of 2,000 UK holidaymakers, 40% were planning a city break, narrowly beating the 37% who stated that they’d prefer to visit a rural location.
This type of holiday is called a ‘staycation’. Digging deeper into the Barclay’s Destination UK report, it’s clear that holidaying in the UKcan have a positive impact on the British economy. People who holiday in the UKspend on average:
- £309 on accommodation.
- £152 on dining out.
- £121 on shopping.
- £72 on holiday parks (if part of the holiday).
International visits to the UK
Of course, it’s great that UK residents are pumping money into the economy by staying at home for holidays. But what about international visitors? Out of more than 7,000 worldwide travellers, over 60% specified that they were now more interested in visiting places around the UK than they were 12 months ago, according tothe previously-mentioned Destination UK report. On top of this, a massive 97% also said they wanted to see the UKin the next few months or very soon.
The most popular regions for international visitors to the UK are:
- London (67%)
- Scotland (44%)
- Wales (29%)
- Northern Ireland (24%)
- Yorkshire and Humberside (17%)
The Barclays report also found that the average spend on accommodation by international holidaymakerswas £667 — more than double what UK holidaymakers typically pay. Factor in £453 on shopping and £339 on food and drink, and you have a healthy contribution to the economy that hasn’t been weakened by Brexit.
Official figures collected by VisitBritain have discovered that foreign visitors have already spent a record £2.7 billion in January and February 2017 alone! This is a rise of 11% compared to 2016’s figures, year on year.
Patricia Yates, director of VisitBritain, said: “2017 is off to a cracking start for inbound tourism. Britain is offering great value for overseas visitors and we can see the success of our promotions in international markets. We must continue to build on our message of welcome and value in our high-spending markets such as China, Europe and the US.”
Why are people visiting the UK post Brexit?
What’s the attraction of the UK since the referendum? VisitBritain’s 2016 ‘How The World Views Britain’ report explains how the country ranks for different tourism attributes:
|Dimension/attribute||UK rank in 2016|
|Rich in historic buildings and monuments||5|
|Vibrant city life and urban attractions||4|
|Would like to visit if money was no object||5|
|Rich in natural beauty||24|
|Interesting and exciting for contemporary culture||4|
|Excels at sport||5|
|Has a rich cultural heritage||7|
Top tourism word associations for the UK
- Educational – 34%
- Fascinating – 31%
- Exciting – 30%
- Romantic – 16%
- Relaxing – 16%
Top cultural venues associations for the UK
- Museums – 47%
- Films – 39%
- Music – 39%
- Sports – 36%
- Pop videos – 29%
What do Brits think about heading abroad?
That’s not to say Brits haven’t ventured abroad since last summer. Early bookings for holidays abroad throughout the summer season of 2017 went up by 11% compared to last year, according to ABTA’s Travel Trends. What’s more, 26% of all holidaymakers have said that they are very likely to visit a country that they’ve never been to before, while 29% said they will look for a holiday to a new resort or city, even if they have been to the country in the past.
UK tourist attractions since Brexit
It’s not just spending money in restaurants, bars and hotels that benefits the country when it comes to holidays. UK attractions also risked a downturn since Brexit. However, looking at figures from a report by the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA), visitor numbers to UK attractions have risen by 7%, with 66,938,947 people visiting London attractions last year — more than the entire UK population! Here’s a rundown of the top tourist venues and how many people visited last year:
|Attraction||Part of the UK||Total visits in 2016|
|Natural History Museum (South Kensington)||London||4,624,113|
|Victoria and Albert Museum (South Kensington)||London||3,022,086|
|Tower of London||London||2,741,126|
|Royal Museums Greenwich||London||2,451,023|
|National Portrait Gallery||London||1,949,330|
|National Museum of Scotland||Edinburgh||1,810,948|
|Royal Albert Hall||London||1,660,123|
|Scottish National Gallery||Edinburgh||1,544,069|
|St Paul’s Cathedral||London||1,519,018|
|Old Royal Naval College||London||1,477,117|
|Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum||Glasgow||1,259,318|
|Roman Baths & Pump Room||Somerset||1,216,938|
|ZSL London Zoo||London||1,211,279|
|RHS: Garden Wisley||Woking||1,110,050|
|The Royal Shakespeare Theatre & Swan Theatre||Stratford-upon-Avon||1,069,129|
|Imperial War Museum||London||1,011,172|
ALVA director, Bernard Donoghue, commented:“Many of our members in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Cornwall had record years in 2016, although the first nine months of the year were hard for some of our members, particularly in London. However, by the end of the year, nearly all attractions were reporting growth from overseas and domestic visitors.”
ABTA: making a success of travel and tourism despite Brexit
Overall, travel and tourism both here and abroad appears healthy.But how will the UK fare once we officially leave the EU? ABTA advises that the government needs to focus on five key points in the country’s Brexit negotiations:
- Grabbing opportunities for growth — this might include reducing Air Passenger Duty, cutting visa costs and working towards world-class connectivity.
- Protecting consumer rights — such as mobile roaming fees in Europe being abolished and ensuring UK travellers have continued access to either free or minimal-cost medical treatment.
- Maintaining our ability to travel freely within Europe and beyond—including ensuring that UK airlines can still fly and protecting rail, road and sea routes.
- Keeping visa-free travel between the UK and the EU — for fast and efficient processes through ports.
- Giving UK businesses operational stability — such as keeping access to employment markets and continuing to look into tax and border issues.
If these requirements are met, there’s little reason to believe the UK won’t continue to flourish as a top holiday destination.


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Chrysler has set the value of the 2021 Pacifica’s new all-wheel-drive system at $2,995, which is about what you’d pay for four units of winter tires, not including mounting, balancing, and having them swapped out every season. Hyundai’s luxury model, Genesis, has introduced several changes to the 2022 Genesis G70, its compact luxurious sport sedan which led its segment in each the J.D. Noting the rapid rise in the use of pickups as towing autos, GMC makes modifications to the 2021 Sierra full-size light-duty and heavy-duty pickups that revolve round applied sciences designed to boost trailer-towing.
Mazda has officially introduced that it will start selling its MX-30 electric car in the U.S. market. Since Disneyland is in California, and its parking storage has EV charging stations, a Mazda MX-30 is almost certain to visit the long-lasting theme park in the future. Cadillac has revealed the final production version of its new 2023 Lyriq electrical SUV, along with prices, specs, estimated driving vary, recharging instances, and extra. Honda at present sells essentially the most fuel-efficient lineup of vehicles in the us, and the corporate says its vehicles collectively emit the fewest carbon dioxide emissions of any automaker. This week, we lined the modifications to the 2022 Buick Enclave, 2022 Jaguar F-Type, 2022 Toyota 4Runner, and 2022 Toyota Tacoma. We additionally revealed previews, a Ford F-150 vs. Ram 1500 comparability, and a couple of new critiques.
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Leading maritime stakeholders, analyst and founder of National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders’ (NAGAFF), Dr. Boniface Aniebonam has called on the Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali to lift ban on official auctioning of impounded vehicles so that the revenue so generated can add value to the economy. He also noted that such review will further free up spaces in several warehouses of the agency across the country.
In a telephone interview Wednesday, he said considering the state of the economy, there is no need allowing the cars to rot away when government is looking for fund to execute development programmes that can help the nation exit from recession as soon as possible after all.
Recent findings revealed that seized vehicles with Duty Paid Value (DPV) worth over N6 billion are rotting away in various Customs warehouses and premises across the country following the suspension of auction by its management since August 2015.
The vehicles numbering over 2,000 units, most of which were seized by Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) as part of its anti-smuggling drive, have started depreciating in value. Some of the vehicles were impounded along some inter-state highways when their owners could not produce proofs of Customs duty payment.
Investigations also showed that whereas some vehicles, which include cars, buses, trucks and tankers, were intercepted during attempts to smuggle them into Nigeria, others were seized for being used to convey smuggled items.
Business Hilights recalls that Hameed Ali, a retired army colonel and Controller General of Customs had suspended auction of seized goods upon taking charge of the NCS in August 2015.
However, at the heat of famine in many Internally Displaced Peoples (IDP) camps, President Muhammadu Buhari approved the distribution of seized bags of rice to camps to address the food crisis ravaging the camps. The move by government was to prevent the rice products from expiring or getting infested with weevils and other pests.
But responding on why the ban had lasted, Public Relations Officer of the Service, Joseph Attah, said the auctions were put on hold by Ali to fine-tune it for transparency.
According to him, “The CG suspended it to give room for transparency so that the new system will be without bias or favouritism. The new system is planned in such a way that people will be able to apply in the auction and the highest bidder gets it. The delay in the auction is temporary and will be addressed soon,’’ he said.
The seized vehicles, many of which have gone through a process of court condemnation and awaiting auction, are at the border stations and various arms of the Federal Operation Units in Lagos, Owerri, Benin, Bauchi, Kaduna and Kano.
Besides, fraudsters seem to have cashed in as they masquerade online, falsely braining unsuspecting car buyers of sales of seized cars and many Nigerians had been duped in the process.
The NCS, however, had been warning Nigerians from time to time that the ban is still active so that the public will not fall prey to fraudsters in the process.
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Lyft Leverages Drawbridge’s Cross-Device Platform to Drive Growth
Drawbridge’s one-stop programmatic media buying, targeting, and reporting platform helps Lyft find new riders and drivers
Drawbridge, the leading anonymized digital identity company, today announced that Lyft, the peer-to-peer transportation network, has selected the Drawbridge Cross-Device Platform for mobile and cross-device media buying, targeting, and reporting. Lyft experienced initial success as a traditional managed-service client working with Drawbridge on an insertion-order basis since 2014, and recently consolidated its programmatic media buying and targeting into the Drawbridge platform as a self-service client.
"When partnering with a demand-side partner, you’re looking for a long-term partner that has the technical knowledge and infrastructure to scale,” said David Mausolf, Lyft’s Senior Online Marketing Manager. “With Drawbridge we’ve been able to consolidate and scale our media buying that no other partner in the industry has been able to offer.”
“We have a long relationship with the Lyft team, and it’s always exciting to see the perfect evolution of a client – from what was originally an experimental budget, on to insertion orders, then to always-on campaigns, and now becoming a power-user on our platform,” said Drawbridge COO Winston Crawford. “The team has seen that we’re transparent and scalable, and that the performance is real. It’s been exciting to watch Lyft grow and thrive in new markets, and we’re proud to be provide the programmatic, cross-device power behind Lyft’s success.”
The Drawbridge Cross-Device Platform is a one-stop destination for marketers to buy media, reach consumers, and measure success across devices. Agency and brand clients have full access to the platform, enabling them to set up campaigns, determine targeting criteria, manage creative assets, and understand ROI. Lyft currently leverages the platform to not only find new customers who will become riders, but also to find new drivers for its ever-expanding transportation network.
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Here’s the need-to-know on country of origin labelling
AUSTRALIAN consumers will from today have much greater certainty about the origins of the food they buy as the mandatory compliance period of Country of Origin food labelling begins.
All businesses–including manufacturers, processors and importers that offer food for retail sale in Australia–now must comply with the Country of Origin Food Labelling Information Standard, which specifies how claims can be made about the origin of food products.
The new requirements will apply to most food offered for retail sale in Australia, including food sold in stores or markets, online or from a vending machine. It does however exclude food sold in restaurants, cafes, take-away shops or schools.
Labels must show where food is grown, produced, made or packed
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will conduct market surveillance checks on 10,000 food products to ensure businesses are correctly displaying the new labels. The ACCC, along with state and territory fair trading agencies, will be responsible for enforcing the standard.
ACCC Deputy Chair Mick Keogh says the new labels will show where food is grown, produced, made or packed.
“We’ve been providing guidance for businesses over the past two years about the new food labelling system, including how to apply and interpret the standard,” Mr Keogh said.
“We are now entering the compliance phase, where we are making sure businesses are presenting accurate information about country of origin to their customers.” The ACCC’s market surveillance aims to identify businesses that may not be complying with the food labelling laws. “We have people on the ground to carry out these inspections and will initially focus on fresh or short shelf products sold by supermarkets, both large and small,” Mr Keogh says.
“We will raise concerns with businesses where we believe there is an issue with country of origin labelling.
“As always, we are able to escalate cases which warrant stronger action.
“Some consumers are willing to pay extra for products grown, produced or made in Australia, and producers and importers should be aware that any claim which is likely to mislead consumers will also be a breach of the law.
“We just want to ensure that consumers can make informed choices and businesses have a level playing field to compete fairly in relation to these claims.” The ACCC has a number of materials available to assist businesses and consumers:
How to display the standard marks (visual guide)
Guidance for consumers on country of origin claims (web guidance)
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The future of digital customer experiences will continue to evolve from a reciprocal dynamic between companies and customers looking to interact in a more human-centric way. Businesses in 2020 cannot rely on solely implementing the latest features and technologies for their own sake. AI, hyper-personalization, bots, and digital visualization experiences must be strategically designed and implemented to inspire genuine customer loyalty, engagement, and enthusiasm.
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Venezuela, which has been in our crypto news section for quite some time now, is still fighting the hyperinflation in the country and desperately looking for ways to minimize it. What’s new in this field is the crypto project and altcoin Dash, which recently launched its SMS-based cryptocurrency transaction service for Venezuelan users, naming it Dash Text.
The main idea behind this service is to eliminate the need for Venezuelans to possess Internet access to carry out crypto transactions, which has been a major barrier to adoption in the impoverished country, especially during the state of hyperinflation which made the national currency (bolivar) practically worthless.
Currently, Dash is looking to succeed with this text service. Developed in partnership with BlockCypher, Dash Text will enable users of Movistar and Digitel – which are Venezuela’s largest telecom providers – to access the Dash services via a five-digit shortcode.
The Global Head of Business Development at Dash Core spoke following the announcement of Dash Text. He stated:
“Venezuelans living abroad send an estimated $2 billion USD back home in remittances. This process often takes too long and costs too much, making it a huge pain point for many users. With Dash Text, we are providing real solutions that address real problems. People need easy and cheap ways to send money home, and we’ve done it in a way that expands the Dash ecosystem to those without smartphones! Dash Text offers the perfect solution to ensure that everyone can become part of the Dash family, regardless of what phone people own.”
As the announcement showed, users should send an SMS with the word “DASH” to 22625 followed by another SMS with the word “CREAR” to the same number – in order to create their Dash wallet. Once this is done, they will be able to send and receive Dash via SMS, which is definitely a revolutionary feature given the situation in the country.
Following the announcement, the price of Dash climbed by more than 13% and is trading at $165.28 at press time.
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“By using Coinify, we are not running into the knife. It is still not clear to me how blockchain is any better than other database technologies. The transactions are so far more expensive and slower than a normal payment method. Decentralization brings only cumbersome improvements. None of the blockchains scale enough. But maybe I have not invested enough time and therefore understand too little how the blockchain ecosystem works.”Herren said that the decision comes after the prolonged bearish correction on the market where most of the crypto assets lost nearly a third of their value. Despite the fact that investors didn’t really get scared of the decline in prices, institutional adoption is still uncertain regarding making more profits. For example, back in 2018 in June, the Expedia hotel booking platform deleted Bitcoin out of their options and in the same year couple of months back, Reddit also stopped accepting cryptocurrency for its gold membership plans. Years back, Bitcoin became popular because of its attractiveness as a cheaper alternative for expensive payment processors. But as the technology got more popular, the network was unable to handle a higher number of transactions such as Visa or MasterCard and that’s why retailers didn’t choose crypto for making transactions. The Swiss retail giant brings bitcoin back into the retail game. However, traders who are into crypto or those who just hold on to it for better days can now use their coins to purchase something from the retail platform.
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“Voluntary retirement is part of our support program for former employees and is intended to provide assistance and training for job placement. Apart from that, [Bithumb’s] trading volume has decreased compared to the previous year, [so] we are trying to provide internal measures. We will continue to add necessary personnel for various new businesses.”Bithumb still hasn't responded to the requests for comment. However, many speculate that this move is right because of the crypto winter which led to a lot of minuses all over the market. Still, what's interesting is that Bithumb has been preceded by many other firms in the sector - such as the mining giant Bitmain, the blockchain software company ConsenSys, the decentralized social network named Steemit as well as the similar crypto exchanges Coinsquare and Huobi - all of the companies which have decided to make significant cuts in the recent months. According to data from CoinMarketCap (CMC), Bithumb has seen more than $1.3 billion in trades over the past 24 hours. The exchange, however, was removed from the CMC global exchange rankings in January 2018 mostly because of the concerns that the site had over the reportedly "extreme divergence in prices from the rest of the world" and its fellow exchanges in South Korea. Currently, everyone is waiting for an official confirmation about the layoff from Bithumb. The respected exchange hasn't confirmed anything yet but will probably do that over the next couple of days.
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The socks will debut at a November fundraiser called “Change your socks, change the world.”
The socks are made from a combination of organic cotton, soy and bamboo, along with other eco-friendly and sustainable yarns. The line includes performance and dress/casual socks for men and women. Styles include peds, shorties, anklets and crew, with a retail price of $5–$18 per pair.
During the fundraiser, Devmir will donate 10% of proceeds for each pair sold to the Sierra Club, with the goal of raising $1 million.
“We didn’t just want to make socks,” says company president Diogenes Ruiz. “We wanted to make socks with a purpose. That’s why we teamed up with the Sierra Club.”
Devmir will also donate one pair of socks to the National Coalition for the Homeless for each pair sold during the launch.


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It may be one of the lesser known international holidays, but data privacy has grown in importance right alongside the increase in online usage. With our individual online presence growing ever larger, you’d think we would all be security crazy and struggle to remember all our passwords.
Email provider TopMail has surveyed internet users on their password usage, and while none fell for the old “type your password here to continue” trick, they did provide some rather worrying insights into online behaviours. While it’s unclear if the mails were sent to African Princes or not, but 68% of users have sent personal information such as bank details, passwords or security question answers through email. 47% of users completed full transactions on unsecured public WiFi and an astonishing 15% have fallen victim to some sort of scam online with their bank details.
In the same study, it was uncovered that 83% of participants recycled passwords across several different sites. Of course, it’s easy to see why people sync their passwords but this leaves users extremely vulnerable to attacks. It’s also important to ensure your password is secure to begin with and not too easy to guess.
Security group SplashData investigated the most popular passwords of 2015 and unveiled that the most popular passwords are terribly guessable. If you recognise any of these, we beg you to sort it out. The recent Ashley Madison hack, however deplorable, also provided interesting supporting evidence to the below passwords as “123456”, “12345” and “password” were the most popular passwords.
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Nothing says “social evening out” like sitting in a restaurant with your face buried in your smartphone. For this reason, if you are out for dinner or walking around a built up area you are probably connected, or at least able to connect to public WiFi. These internet connections are generally unsecured and provide a hotbed for undesirables to attempt accessing your private data or redirecting users to bogus sites, where they phish for your data.
One such way to overcome these kind of data privacy issues is to use mediums such as Invizbox GO (left). Invizbox GO, a recently funded Irish Kickstarter campaign, utilised VPN technology which secures your data and provides a convenience side effect where you an access other services like US Netflix.
All in all, as consumers shift more and more towards online shopping and our data becomes increasingly digitised, everyone must take it upon themselves to secure their own data as ultimately, no-one will do it for you.