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MUMBAI: Hindustan Unilever
), India’s most valuable pure-play consumer company, appears to be yielding ground in some personal-care categories, with both local and overseas challengers seeking to breach the leader’s bailiwick in an expanding market that’s leaning increasingly towards herbal products.
In the past two years ended September, the maker of Lux and Dove soaps saw its share decline 290 basis points (bps) to 41% in skin-cleansing or soaps, the largest segment within personal care
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data sourced from industry officials. By that gauge, the fall was 320 bps in oral care, while in the hand-and-body-care category, HUL saw its share decline to 29.8% in September, compared with 34.2% two years ago. HUL did not comment on specific marketshare trends, but highlighted the apparent disconnect between its growth patterns and the Nielsen statistics.
“It is pertinent to clarify that Nielsen data may not provide the correct picture and there is a huge disparity between our actual growth numbers and the HUL growth numbers shown by Nielsen,” said the HUL spokesperson. The face-care segment saw a 100 bps decline at 44.9%. Hair care was the only business where it gained 200 bps, with a share of 51%.
For its part, Nielsen said its estimates on FMCG
sales are derived using an elaborate extrapolation mechanism, involving the largest panel across more than 100 markets where it tracks sales of various product categories.
“There will obviously be a divergence between the manufacturer’s shipment numbers and Nielsen estimates, since we only look at the retail-to-consumer sales, and do not cover certain channels like exports, army canteen, B2B sales, etc. The variance could also be due to a multilayered trade intermediary structure and trade pipeline lag in a market like India, which has recently seen significant disruption due to demonetisation
and Goods and Services Tax,” said a Nielsen spokesperson.
However, HUL’s reported numbers of personal care business segment, which accounts for nearly 60% of its profit, has seen tepid sales growth in comparison with HUL’s overall business.
“Consumers are drawn to such brands under the perception they are safer than cosmetics. Hence, personal care segment saw entry of newer brands, and existing companies also launched products in the ayurvedic sub-segments,” said Anand Mour, analyst at ICICI Securities.


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As expected, LG has unveiled the white version of its popular handset, the Google Nexus 4. It gets the full "Google Nexus" name because the search giant earlier chose the device as worthy to carry on its Nexus name. With that, Google and LG are partnering on a device that, according to both companies, has sold quite well to this point.
The white Nexus 4 doesn't try to improve upon that earlier design, but does deliver a fresh new look to an already popular device. The white version will be available in Hong Kong first on May 29, and then likely be made available elsewhere around the world. LG Mobile CEO Jong-seok Park said in a statement recently that the device "delivers the same Google experience to consumers in a stylish and attractive color option."
But perhaps the biggest question for those consumers is whether the Nexus 4 can actually hold up against the best smartphone models on the market right now, including the iPhone 5 and Samsung's Galaxy S4. The truth is, it can.
Here are the reasons why the white Nexus 4 is a serious contender in the Smartphone market:
1. It has the name recognition
The nice thing for LG and the white version of its Nexus 4 is that the device is already well-known as a strong competitor in the mobile space. In other words, it has name recognition. And in the land of smartphones, having name recognition goes a long way in selling products.
2. Same design, new color
The black Nexus 4 was always a nice-looking product, but its chief issue was that it didn't have the design flair of its competitors, the Samsung Galaxy S 4 or Apple iPhone 5. With a white version now available, LG has offered an alternative that will extend its market appeal and further boost sales.
3. A big screen is awfully nice
The Nexus 4 comes with a 4.7-inch screen, making it notably larger than the 4-inch version available in Apple's iPhone 5. And although it's slightly smaller than the 5-inch screen in the Galaxy S 4, it's still large enough to appeal to a broad audience.
4. The standard Android flavor
Whenever customers buy Nexus-branded devices, they can be guaranteed that they're getting the true Android experience. Although most companies (including LG) have tossed their own software atop Android, there's a growing contingent of customers who want only what Google has created. The white Nexus 4 offers that, making it appealing to some customers.

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Fintech startup Circle reportedly paid $400 million to acquire cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex, positioning the institutionally-backed company as a direct rival to Coinbase in the US market.
On Monday, CCN.com reported on Circle’s acquisition of Poloniex, which is currently the world’s 14th-largest exchange by 24-hour trading volume. The companies did not disclose the terms of the deal, but Fortune ,citing an unnamed source familiar with the matter, has reported that Circle paid $400 million to acquire the US firm, which is headquartered in Boston.
This acquisition, one of the largest in the industry’s history, is notable for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that Goldman Sachs, Baidu, and a number of other notable firms have invested in Circle. Consequently, despite Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein’s sometimes-critical comments on cryptocurrency, his firm now indirectly owns stakes in both an institutional cryptocurrency trading desk and a cryptocurrency exchange.
This, perhaps, could indicate that institutional firms are becoming more comfortable with being linked to companies planted firmly in the center of the cryptocurrency supply chain — if only through indirect associations.
To some extent, this process has already begun in several major Asian markets. Upbit — now one of South Korea’s largest exchanges — was established earlier this year by a subsidiary of internet company Kakao. In a similar move, Japanese messaging platform giant Line recently filed an application with regulators to establish a cryptocurrency exchange, although this application is still under review.
As Fortune further noted in its lengthy piece on the acquisition, the addition of Poloniex provides Circle — which also operates a lucrative over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk — revenue figures comparable to those of industry giant Coinbase, which is rumored to have made about $1 billion in revenue in 2017.
Circle also plans to roll out a new product this year — Circle Invest — that will offer a range of brokerage and custodial services similar to those currently available at Coinbase.
However, Circle is just one of several firms positioning themselves as direct rivals to the cryptocurrency industry giant, which has thus far dominated the cryptoasset brokerage market in the US and a variety of other countries.
Last week, stock trading app Robinhood began accepting users from five states into the early access program for its new cryptocurrency trading platform, which allows retail investors to trade cryptocurrencies alongside stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in a single brokerage account.
Mobile payments firm Square recently rolled out Bitcoin trading in its popular Cash App, and this feature is now available to most US customers.
Finally, Canada-based cryptocurrency trading platform Coinsquare is preparing to raise $120 million through an initial public offering (IPO) later this year, funds it has said it will help it become a “strong competitor to Coinbase…by the end of the year.”
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Traders should go long here and add on any one or two day dip.
For housing, lower rates have the biggest multiplier impact of any industry in the country.
I feel good in recommending the long side of LEN at current levels.
There are indications the country could be in for a nice economic rebound and that the migration from high-tax cities to low-tax areas may accelerate.
LEN is due to report its latest quarterly earnings Tuesday but weakness in the broad market may overshadow any positive surprise.
NetEase is the second Chinese company to launch a secondary listing in Hong Kong. It is unlikely to be the last.
A shallow dip is likely to be a buying opportunity.
Rising U.S.-China tensions continue to weigh, but new home sales and stalled continuing jobless claims may be positive catalysts.
LOW has made a rapid price recovery from the March low.
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This $500 Pure Silk Tallit Is Produced In An Italian Village — Alongside Hermes Scarves
Like many traditional Jewish brides, Dora Piperno wanted to give her future husband a tallit — a Jewish prayer shawl — as a wedding gift. With one difference: She wanted to give him a tallit made of silk, the same material the ones worn by her Italian ancestors were made of.
“Back in the day,” Piperno said, “women would sew incredible embroideries on their grooms’ tallitot, or they would pay someone else to do it.”
To her surprise, Piperno discovered that silk tallitot today reside mainly in some European Jewish museums and in private homes as a memento of the past. Due to the war, migrations, the changes in the local Jewish communities and the decline of silk production, which is costly and time-consuming, the tradition faded in the mid-1900’s. Today, most Jews wear wool or polyester-made tallitot.
Together with her younger sister Sofia, Dora decided to start her own production. The two sisters, both entrepreneurs in the hotel industry, created the first prototype with the help of a clerical apparel shop in Rome and used it as a chuppah for two family weddings. The production, however, turned out to be too expensive. So they traveled to Como, Italy’s silk capital, in search of more affordable silk.
As early as the 14th century, northern Italy was an epicenter of silk production. Today, many luxury fashion brands still work their silk for scarves and ties in the Como area, but they import the raw yarn mainly from China and India.
In Como, the sisters produced a first batch of several dozen shawls in 2016 and distributed them among the men in the family. (It’s rare to see a woman wear a tallit in Italy, where non-Orthodox denominations attract a very tiny minority of Jews — only about 400 Italian Jews, of 30,000 total, identify as Reform.)
“We didn’t know who to give the rest to. My mother was worried, she said, ‘How are we going to pay for these?’” Piperno recalled during an interview in New York last month. “Sofia and I posted on Facebook that we had some leftover silk tallitot. In 20 minutes, they were sold out.”
More and more people reached out, expressing interest in buying a silk tallit. The sisters perfected the shawl, launched a crowdfunding campaign and produced another sold-out batch.
In 2017, their business unexpectedly went global when someone shared their page, Talled di Seta, on a Facebook group called “The Foundation for the Preservation of the Western Sephardic Tradition” — the silk tallit spoke to Jews of Spanish, Portuguese and Mediterranean descent alike, and the sisters started receiving orders from all around the world. Some customers requested special embroideries on the shawls, such as colorful and elaborate family crests in the corners where the tzitzit, the fringes, are attached. The tallitot currently sell for 450 euros (around $513 in US dollars), and could go up to 1,000 euros for customized pieces with embroideries or larger sizes.
And then came the greatest challenge: Someone asked if they could produce silk tzitzit [the religious fringes on the tallit], as well.
Until then, the sisters had been ordering wool tzitzit from Israel and had the fringes attached to their manufactured shawls. For the fringes to be kosher, according to traditional halakha (Jewish ritual law), they should be handcrafted with the supervision of an observant Jew. The rabbinic debate over the acceptability of silk tzitzit dates back to centuries ago: According to authoritative opinions in halakha, the tzitzit should be made in the same material as the shawl. A 16th-century rabbi from Mantua, in northern Italy, Moshe Provençal, advised against silk tzitzit because, given that the manufacturing process more complex than with wool, it’s difficult to ensure that the fringes are kosher.
The sisters’ mother, Celeste Piperno found a company in a village in northern Italy that owned an old spinning mill imported in the 1970’s from Japan.
Several Italian rabbis, including Rome’s chief rabbi Riccardo Di Segni, traveled to northern Italy to produce the silk for the tzitzit. From the placing of the cocoons of the larvae in boiling water to the extraction of the fibers and the spinning of the reel, they gave life to the first Italian “kosher silk” in decades.
The event was so unique that it aired on national television and was reported in local newspaperss.
One of the rabbis who took part in the lengthy process was Umberto Piperno (not related to Dora) from Rome, who said he discovered a responsa by a rabbi in the north-eastern Italian city of Gorizia who was asked in 1630: “Can we feed the silkworms during Shabbat?” “The production of silk was a fairly common occupation among Jews,” Rabbi Piperno explained. “Italian tallitot were all made of silk.”
Piperno also noted that in the 1600’s there was a papal ruling in Rome forbidding Jews from spending more than one percent of their dowries for the tallit, because people were spending too much money on it.
Today, following the recent revival of the tradition, silk tallitot can be found in several Jewish communities around the world. New York’s historic Spanish and Portuguese synagogue, Shearith Israel, has purchased some.
Marc Michael Epstein, the director of Jewish Studies at Vassar College in New York, has himself adopted the silk tallit tradition. The corners of one of the shawls he ordered from the Pipernos feature an embroidery of a lion and a unicorn, an image he took from a 17th-century synagogue in Hodorov, Ukraine.
“These tallitot are gorgeous works of art,” Epstein told the Forward. “They’re the pinnacle,” he continued, “of conscientious, historically-aware elevation of rare and precious natural materials to the level of vessels for connection with the Divine — and with centuries of Jews who have gone before us.”
Simone Somekh is a New York-based author and journalist. He’s lived and worked in Italy, Israel, and the United States. Follow him on Twitter @simonesomekh


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The registrations of cars and light trucks fell by 17.95% in February compared to the previous month. The figures were released by Fenabrave (National Federation of Motor Vehicle) this Thursday, March 6.
Land Rover revealed on Monday (17) Discovery Special Edition XXV. As the name suggests, this is the series that celebrates the 25th anniversary of the utility, which, since its launch, has had more than 1 million units sold.
The Tesla is becoming a more attractive option than Toyota for some of the usual customers of the Japanese manufacturer. According to a study by IHS Automotive, approximately 15.5% of the buyers of the Model S had previously a Toyota model.


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PayPal is a multinational financial technology company handling an online payments system in many countries for online money transfers.
Today on August 03, the shares of PayPal witnessed a stormy boom. The shares of PayPal took a high jump when the market is open.
The information-sharing agreement with Elliott Management, after that PayPal's shares jumped to 9.6%.
PayPal's shares surged after Elliott Management said it had a $2 billion holding in the financial services company.
PayPal is doing well in the online payment business. Elliott Management expects PayPal's growth to grow significantly in the near term.
According to Refinitiv, PayPal's second quarter results showed an increase in revenue and a loss of $341 million.
CEO Dan Shulman said on the conference call that PayPal has announced a $15 billion share buyback program.
PayPal shares have fallen nearly 65% in a year. There is a possibility that the share graph will increase in the coming time.
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- By Kathy Gordon
Amid scathing criticism of its business model online grocery retailer Ocado only just managed to get away, then its shares fell 10% on its first day of dealing, while Betfair flew off the shelves faster than a Heston Blumenthal Christmas pudding, soaring 18% on its first day.
Today Ocado remains around 10% off its IPO price, while Betfair is down 17%.
Before I end up pelted with apples and pears, I know they aren’t directly comparable, but it’s a perception thing. The market was willing to ignore most of the 13 pages of risk factors in the Betfair prospectus, but it seems investors are in an unforgiving mood after a disappointing set of interim results.
And Ocado, after months of naysaying, has recovered some lost ground although it is still under water.
What the market seems to have forgotten is that despite its high-tech betting exchange model, Betfair is still ultimately a betting portal subject to (some) of the same pressures as its rivals.
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Ladbrokes’ CEO Richard Glynn, his feet barely under the desk since joining in April, is in no mood to gamble with the betting giant’s future.
He marked his arrival by stating unequivocally that the largest retail bookmaker in the world, founded in 1886 by horse commission agents in Worcestershire, England, needed a dramatic top to tail overhaul.
“In recent times, the strength of our brand has diminished. We feel the need to regain our primacy,” he said.
As befits any serious operation, military or otherwise, he gave it a codename–‘Project Galvanize’.
Glynn realized that the company’s long-standing offering, which relied for years on a traditional ‘bricks-and-mortar’ model of smoke-filled, tacky high-street betting shops with casual punters betting over-the-counter and telephone betting, is outmoded.
If your model is dated in the rapidly changing 21st century gambling industry, it means you are losing your commercial edge.
So Glynn is investing in a new strategic focus…
Human nature being what it is, vice has a reputation for being stronger than recessions. The harder the times, the more attractive the drink. The more desperate the finances, the better long-shot bets seem. Some smokers will literally give up their lungs before they give up cigarettes.
Or so the theory goes. At least one major investor pursuing that theory hasn’t done so well. USA Mutuals’s Vice Fund, which invests in tobacco, alcohol, gambling and defense companies across the globe, hasn’t beaten the recession — as of September 30 it had fallen 11% over the past year (the S&P 500 fell 7%) and fallen 5.3% over the previous three years (the S&P fell 5.4%).
Back in February, the fund’s manager was saying the falls reflected the sheer force of this global recession, comparing it to a storm that broke down the levee people erect around sinful pleasures.
In the UK, the latest earnings season suggests that the quantity of vice hasn’t changed, but the quality of it has plummeted. It is becoming seriously antisocial, with the supermarket as its hub and the living-room couch as its main staging area. Sales of drinks in restaurants and pubs fell in the third quarter while sales of drinks in supermarkets and shops rose 4.4%. The woes of pubs seem to know no end. Threshers and its affiliated chains of wine shops are looking to make redundancies and sell shops, again blaming cut-price competition from supermarkets.
Gamblers William Hill and Ladbrokes have held up relatively well — a lack of lucrative draws in football games aside — but a lot of the resilience is coming from online gambling.
In sum, British vice, when down on its luck, used to look like Gin Lane: people out and about, smoking and drinking, in terrifying public clumps. Now it’s 16.5 million people sitting on their couch in front of one of two channels on a Saturday night, playing online bingo during the breaks and washing the experience down with beer cans pulled from a supermarket bag. If you want a vice stock, look to the supermarkets.
*Who knows how what the French consider to be the English vice is doing in the recession.


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Activision and Treyarch released a new teaser trailer today for Call of Duty: Blacks Ops III. The new trailer gives some background to the new setting, where the line between man and machine has blurred. Humans have now begun using cybernetic modifications that make them faster, stronger, and more perceptive. The US military is starting to implement these modifications into their soldiers to create the ultimate warrior. No word on how this will affect the Mason family, the stars of the previous two titles.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III will be revealed in full on April 26, 2015. We are currently unsure if the new game will launch on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, but PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows support is guaranteed.


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– Industry revolts as federal health agency proposes ban on discount booze (The Australian, Oct 13, 2012):
CHEAP wine will be banned under a federal health agency’s plan to make drinkers pay at least $8-$10 for a bottle of booze.
The Federal Government’s Australian National Preventative Health Agency will advise this week that a “floor price” and new taxes be calculated as a way to make alcohol dearer.
The prohibition plan to stop cheap drunks binging on discount drinks – including cask wine and cleanskins – has delighted health groups but sparked an alcohol industry revolt.
Consumers who drink cheap wine are not all drunks, industry groups have told the agency, and not everyone can afford an expensive tipple.


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Law enforcement agencies are actively cracking down on illegal online activity. That is a good sign, primarily because the darknet activity continues to mount at an alarming rate. Operation Pangea XI is the new operation by the FDA which primarily targets websites selling unapproved drugs. There will be a lot of work ahead in this regard, but some initial results have become visible already.
Operation Pangea XI is Rather Significant
Numerous law enforcement agencies are cracking down on different types of illegal online activity. Given the rise of cybercrime as an industry, any activity to nip illicit activity in the bud needs to be applauded first and foremost. For the FDA, cracking down on websites selling unapproved drug is more than necessary, as this appears to be a growing industry which can have major repercussions.
Operation Pangea XI is quite an interesting way of dealing with these threats in this day and age. It is the effort highlighting the 11th annual International Internet Week of Action. For now, over 400 websites are being targeted by the FDA, although that number is likely to increase as more time progresses.
All of the online platforms under scrutiny right now sell illegal prescription drugs to American consumers. They often take advantage of those who turn to the internet for their prescription medication. The rise in legitimate online pharmacies has given way to criminals trying to prey on these same consumers in the process. Especially antiviral, oncology, and opioid drugs are of great interest to the FDA, as they pose a legitimate threat to US citizens.
It is a bit unclear how this operation will pan out moving forward. After all, there is no mention of going after darknet marketplaces at this time, even though those would pose the biggest risk to US consumers first and foremost. Even so, there seem to be plenty of clearnet websites which offer similar products. It is easier to crack down on those platforms first and foremost, as they will mark an important step forward for Operation Pangea XI.
The FDA would not be able to make this a successful operation without the help from other agencies. As such, this is a global effort to coordinate efforts involving the identification of the manufacturers and distributors of illegal medicine sales. How successful this approach will be in the long run, remains a bit unclear. For every website being shut down, new ones will surface rather quickly, by the look of things.
While operations on this scale are definitely commendable, one has to wonder what will happen in the coming weeks and months. Criminals have gotten a very significant lead over law enforcement when it comes to selling and distributing goods they shouldn’t. Shutting down a multi-billion illegal industry will be a massive challenge first and foremost, but without efforts like Operation Pangea XI, no real progress can be made.


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The European Commission (EC) has set out freight guidelines to keep supplies of essential goods flowing as borders shut to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
The guidelines aim to address “the challenge of protecting the health of the population whilst avoiding disruptions to … the delivery of goods and essential services across Europe”.
It proposed member states should introduce priority lanes for freight transport, known as ‘green lanes’, to ensure the free circulation of essential goods.
“They [member states] should guarantee the supply chain of essential products such as medicines, medical equipment, essential and perishable food products and livestock. No restriction should be imposed on the circulation of goods in the single market, especially (but not limited to) essential, health-related and perishable goods, notably foodstuffs,” it said.
The EC also introduced a temporary restriction on non-essential travel to the European Union, following a warning from the World Health Organization that the continent is now the “epicentre” of the pandemic.
“Control measures should not undermine the continuity of economic activity and should preserve the operation of supply chains. Unobstructed transport of goods is crucial to maintain availability of goods, in particular of essential goods such as food supplies including livestock, vital medical and protective equipment and supplies,” it added.
President of the EC Ursula von der Leyen said: “Our measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak will be effective only if we coordinate on the European level.
“We have to take exceptional measures to protect the health of our citizens. But let’s make sure goods and essential services continue to flow in our internal market. This is the only way to prevent shortages of medical equipment or food,” she added.
Separately, the UK Department for Transport announced rules on driver hours would be relaxed in order to help supermarket’s fulfil demand for food, cleaning products and medicines.
The new daily driving limit would be extended to 11 hours, from nine hours, while rest periods could be shortened from 11 hours to nine hours. Requirements for daily breaks of 45 minutes after 4.5 hours driving can be replaced with a 45 minute break after 5.5 hours of driving.
The exemption from the rules has been extended to drivers carrying products from distribution centres to stores or fulfilment centres and from manufacturer or supplier to distribution centres or stores.
It has not been extended to drivers delivering goods directly to consumers.
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Fakenham-based Kinnerton captures sales uplift thanks to nation’s love of chocolate
Fakenham's biggest employer has captured a sales uplift despite a 'difficult trading environment' thanks to the nation's taste for chocolate.
Sales at EDP Top100 firm Kinnerton grew 15.1% to £83.4m for the full year of 2015, up from £72.4m a year earlier.
Pre-tax profits rose 65% from £2.9m to £4.9m for the same period.
It comes as the German-owned company has invested in a new 25,000sq ft factory extension at its Oxborough Lane site to house its packaging facility after closing its South Creake base.
Kinnerton, which moved to Fakenham in 1988, produces between nine and 10 million advent calendars each year, and is best known for obtaining licences to sell chocolate under big entertainment brands such as Disney and Cornetto.
Its luxury chocolate brand Magnum helped increase European exports by 55.5% from £2.8m to £4.4m during 2015, and the value of its contracts with Marks & Spencers - which make up almost 50% of its business - also continued to grow.
In its latest annual results, posted on Companies House, directors said the firm had made progress despite increased pressure on margins from major retailers and increased input costs from suppliers.
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'The company seeks to be innovative in its design and manufacture of new products in order to maintain its market share,' said the report.
It said it was aware of competition from other confectionary manufacturers, but aimed to grow the business further in 2016 despite tough trading conditions and pressures on margins.
Kinnerton was bought by German food business Zertus in 2012 in a deal worth £42.7m, but continues to operate independently.
Products are designed in Fakenham in its development kitchen, and then shown to potential clients.
Once a product has been chosen, the development kitchen team teach factory workers how to produce them on a mass scale.
Employee numbers swell in the run up to Christmas and Easter, but the average number rose from 969 to 1,056 during 2015.
Is your business investing in production? Call business writer Sabah Meddings on 01603 772879 or email firstname.lastname@example.org


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15, December 2015
Check out the hottest gifts of 2015 recommended by Rayovac. Most gifts require batteries and you do not want to be caught without them. For high tech toys try Rayovac® Fusion™ batteries, they are our longest lasting battery!
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- UDI Quadcopter Drone: All the rage with parents and kids alike, the drone hovers thru the air recording video. The remote control requires 4 AA batteries. More...
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To consumers around the world: Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 – a day that will live in infamy – Rayovac announced that FUSION batteries are now available for retail purchase. Shockwaves rumbled across the nation when consumers heard the news of 35% longer lasting batteries on shelves at local stores. Let this letter serve as a caution to the general public: once you try the new FUSION battery formula, all others will fail in comparison.
A celebration of battery invention, Battery Day lauds the accomplishments of Sir Alessandro Volta, the inventor of the world’s first electrical battery. Fast-forward to 2015 and the Rayovac FUSION brand is pushing the limits of alkaline battery technology. FUSION is created when elite performance is paired with a super-charged formula. Expectations will be shattered. Boundaries will be surpassed. With an improved energy-dense formula that lasts 35% longer than alkaline, FUSION has taken energy to a whole new level. No doubt Professor Volta would have been proud. More...


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Amaya buys Ongame for up to $32.2m
Posted on October 02, 2012 at 12:10pm
Despite social gaming giant Zynga reportedly leading the race in a bidding war for online poker provider Ongame Network, it now seems that Canada-based Amaya Gaming has acquired the network from Bwin.party, for up to $32.2 million. The initial agreement will see Amaya paying $19.3 million, with additional payments over the next five years up to $12.9 million, dependent on how widespread online gambling becomes in the United States during that time. The exact payment will all depend on how many states will legalise internet gambling, as well as the population covered. Ongame’s management will transition to Amaya along with the business. It’s also interesting to note that it wasn’t just Zynga who were after the network.
Earlier in the year Shuffle Master had reached an agreement with Bwin.party to purchase Ongame for €19.5 million, pending the commencement of legalised, real-money online poker in the US. However Shuffle Master pulled out of the deal citing a European market and an uncertain regulated internet gambling market in the US as their reasons not to acquire.
The Amaya Gaming Group was founded in 2004 and provides online and mobile casino gaming platforms worldwide through its Montreal headquarters. They offer a host of services and solutions that range from online gaming platforms, online and mobile casino games, traditional and mobile lotteries, networked electronic gaming systems and more for the regulated gaming markets.
Bwin.party is the result of a merger between Bwin Interactive and Party Gaming and operates a poker skin on the Ongame Network, which will migrate to the Party Poker site once the acquisition agreement is finalised. Amaya plans to extend its reach in the European and American markets, using Ongame, which is claimed to be one of the most advanced poker engines ever designed. David Baazov, CEO of Amaya says they will “utilise Ongame’s technology through the leveraging of its B2B relationships and deliver new partners and players to the network.” This move will provide the group with a wide range of opportunities as they execute their global vision. Co-CEO’s of Bwin.party Norbert Teufelberger and Jim Ryan said in a statement, “the sale of Ongame conforms to our strategy, especially as we move closer to launching our single, proprietary technology platform in the next few months.” With the Ongame Network currently ranking fifth in worldwide player traffic, this could be a great move for Amaya as they expand its poker network, whilst Bwin.party have a nice sum from the sale which will undoubtedly be of use in the launch of its new platform.
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The Dow opened lower this morning, as both President Donald Trump and China ramp up the rhetoric in their trade dispute, ahead of resumed talks in Washington today. The Dow eked out a small gain Wednesday, but it's still off more than 2% this week. (CNBC)
* Cramer: Markets could roar after we get past Friday's China tariff and Uber IPO gauntlet (CNBC)
Trump fueled market concerns late Wednesday, saying at a rally in Florida that China "broke the deal." Trade negotiations get underway today, facing a 12:01 a.m. ET Friday deadline for the U.S. to increase China import tariffs from 10% to 25%. (CNBC)
* China says it's prepared to respond to all kinds of outcomes on US trade talks (CNBC)
Dow stock Walt Disney (DIS) was higher this morning after reporting fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue that beat estimates. Disney got a boost from its recently concluded $71 billion purchase of assets from 21st Century Fox. (CNBC)
Stamps.com (STMP) shares were losing about 50% after the online postage seller lowered its full-year guidance on cancellations and renegotiations of various contracts between the U.S. Postal Service and certain re-sellers. (CNBC)
* Chevron walks away from Anadarko Petroleum deal, will collect $1 billion breakup fee (CNBC)
North Korea fired unidentified projectiles today, according to the South Korean military. It's the third such launch by Pyongyang since talks collapsed between President Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un in February. (Reuters)
* Iran's uranium enrichment threat sets up a 'severe escalation path' (CNBC)
* 'We reject any ultimatums': Europe responds firmly to Iran's nuclear deal threat (CNBC)
The GOP-led Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed the president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., to answer questions about his claim to have just limited knowledge of an ultimately aborted plan to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. (NBC News)
Uber is aiming to price its IPO at the midpoint of its target range or below, a source told CNBC. Uber set a price range of $44 to $50 per share for its initial public offering in an updated filing last month. Uber is set to begin trading on Friday. (CNBC)
Edgewell Personal Care (EPC), owner of Schick and Wilkinson razors, announced today plans to buy U.S.-based shaving startup Harry's for $1.37 billion, in a cash-and-stock deal. Three years ago, Unilever (UL) purchased Dollar Shave Club for $1 billion. (Reuters)
Novartis (NVS) is buying the dry eye drug of Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical for $3.4 billion, plus potential milestone payments of up to $1.9 billion. Takeda is selling $10 billion in assets to cut debt taken on in its acquisition of Britain's Shire earlier this year. (Reuters)
Use of prescription opioids such as OxyContin or Vicodin fell at a record rate last year as the U.S. government continues to crackdown on the pharmacists and drugmakers that dispense the sometimes lethal painkillers, according to a new report. (CNBC)
* Denver becomes the first US city to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms' (AP)
Pope Francis issued a groundbreaking law today, requiring all Catholic priests and nuns around the world to report clergy sexual abuse and cover-up by their superiors to church authorities, in an unprecedented new effort to hold the Catholic hierarchy accountable. (AP)
A coalition of 19 consumer and privacy groups plans to file a complaint, alleging that Amazon's Echo Dot Kids Edition is illegally collecting voice recordings and other identifying information on users under 13 and that the system's parental controls are flawed. (Washington Post)
Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook (FB), is calling for the government to break up the tech giant in an op-ed published in The New York Times this morning. "The Facebook that exists today is not the Facebook that we founded in 2004," wrote Hughes.
Americans are not ready to buy electric vehicles and do not think their neighbors are either, according to a new study by AAA. That said, as many as 40 million Americans said they would at least consider a battery-electric vehicle for their next vehicle. (CNBC)
Tapestry (TPR), the company formerly known as Coach reported adjusted quarterly profit of 42 cents per share, 1-cent above estimates, with revenue essentially in line. Comparable store sales were up 1.0%, beat the 0.9 percent consensus forecast.
Fox Corporation (FOXA) beat estimates by 9 cents with adjusted quarterly profit of 76 cents per share. Revenue also beat Wall Street forecasts in Fox's first report as a stand-alone company, helped by growth in its cable and broadcast T.V. businesses.
Etsy (ETSY) earned 24 cents per share for the first quarter, 10 cents above estimates. However, the online crafts marketplace saw revenue miss. Gross merchandise sales matched expectations. Etsy also paused some marketing investments during the quarter.
Roku (ROKU) lost an adjusted 9 cents per share for the first quarter, smaller than the 25 cent loss that Wall Street was expecting. The maker of streaming video devices saw revenue beat estimates. Roku also gave an upbeat current quarter forecast.
Fossil Group (FOSL) posted an adjusted quarterly loss of 42 cents per share, less than the 64 cent loss that analysts had been forecasting. The watchmaker's revenue beat estimates on stronger sales in China and India, among other factors.
SVMK (SVMK) posted an adjusted loss of 2 cents per share for the first quarter, compared to estimates of a 3 cents per share loss. The parent of SurveyMonkey posted better-than-expected revenue. SVMK also saw average revenue per user increase.
The James Beard Foundation's annual awards, considered the "Oscars of the food world," named its Outstanding Restaurant for 2019, and it's not in foodie meccas New York City or Los Angeles. Zahav, which serves modern Israeli cuisine, is in Philadelphia. (CNBC)


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Fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken faces a new challenger after US based Texas Chicken revealed it would open 50 fast-food outlets in the UK by the end of the year.
Texas Chicken, known as Church's Chicken in the USA, has signed up 50 franchisees from the Dixy Fried Chicken chain and will convert all the sites by the end of the year.
However, the transition To Texas Chicken will be even quicker for most with 36 sites expected to be operating under the brand by the end of March.
The first sites will open in Birmingham and East London on Saturday 9 February.
Harsha Agadi, chief executive of Church's Chicken, said: "Currently in the UK, there are no strong players to compete with KFC. We are entering this market to grow aggressively and provide an alternative."
Texas Chicken will have to go a long way to match the dominance of KFC which currently has 722 restaurants in the UK.
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FormFree has announced that Cindy Snow, director of product marketing, has taken on the position of chief operating officer.
The exec will now lead all aspects of the company’s business operations, including product management, business intelligence, integrations, and customer support.
Snow joined FormFree as product manager in May 2019 before advancing to director of product marketing earlier this year. The firm said that it experienced a surge in user adoption, with a 65% increase in AccountChek verification reports over the previous year, as a result of Snow’s partnership and product update initiatives.
“Since day one, Cindy has created operationally excellent processes that have helped FormFree deliver top-tier service to our 1,000-plus mortgage lender customers,” said FormFree founder and CEO Brent Chandler. “Her collected and methodical approach to complex challenges has earned her the respect of the entire organization, and I know she will excel in a position of executive leadership.”
“An agile and innovative organization, FormFree engages my full professional skill set, which both gratifies and motivates me,” Snow said. “I’m excited to have a hand in FormFree’s mission to revolutionize the credit decisioning landscape.”


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Sainsbury's CEO Insists There Will Be No Job Losses In Asda Merger
30 April 2018, 07:18 | Updated: 30 April 2018, 07:24
The CEO of Sainsbury's insists there will be no store closures or job losses following the company's controversial merger with Asda.
There are calls for the potential deal to be subject to scrutiny by the competition watchdog, with many unions claiming that the deal would only be allowed to go ahead if they agree to close a series of stores.
That would have led to a large number of workers being made redundant.
But in his first interview since the deal was announced on Saturday, Sainsbury's CEO Mike Coupe insisted no employees will be affected.
Speaking to Nick Ferrari, Mr Coupe said: "The head company will be called J Sainsbury's PLC, but we'll run the two businesses as separate brands. Sainsbury's and Asda will continue to run under those banner headlines.
"And there will be no store closures on the back of this. So from our store colleague point of view, it's very important to make that point.
"I'd want to reassure all Sainsbury's and Asda colleagues in both businesses that no stores will be closed as a result of this deal.
"No closures and no job losses. That is absolutely fundamental to the deal."


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Microsoft’s new affordable 10-inch Surface Go to compete with Apple’s iPad precipitated a slew of upbeat articles. Reports indicated that Microsoft was unveiling a $399 tablet directly aimed at potential buyers of Apple’s 9.7-inch iPad. Microsoft touted that the Go would also suit the needs of businesses, as the tablet can plug into a monitor for a more traditional desktop experience. Interestingly, media outlets revealed that in 1Q Surface sales were up 32% from a year earlier; however, global tablet shipments slumped 11.7% during the same period.
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Jeep Grand Wagoneer Will Go Body-On-Frame
Jeep fans have been expecting to see a unibody Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer from the automaker for a while and now we’ve learned that they’ll be coming as body-on-frame vehicles instead.
FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne made the announcement at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit earlier this week. According to Automotive News
, the company plans to use body-on-frame construction for both the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer. This means the body and frame are two separate pieces resulting in vehicles with a quieter cabin, better at off-roading and hauling capabilities, and they’re generally easier to repair like the outgoing Jeep Wrangler.
Both new models will be manufactures at the company’s Warren Truck Assembly plant in Detroit. It’s currently building the Ram 1500, but the plant will be retooled when the time comes.
By going the body-on-frame route, Jeep will be able to produce a more affordable Grand Wagoneer which was previously estimated to cost around $140,000 each and rival the Range Rover.
Now it looks like Jeep will be competing against GM’s Chevy Tahoe and have an initial price of around $100,000. The drop in price could mean higher sales volume for Jeep, at least in the United States.


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Hello readers! It’s been a while, but we wanted to take some time to tell you guys about an incredible event taking place very soon in Toronto. If you don’t already know, one of South Korea’s top tier boy bands is currently on their second ever world tour to promote their ‘MADE’ album and will soon be making four stops in North America to perform for their international fans. That’s right – YG Entertainment powerhouse BIGBANG is coming to the 6 on October 13th.
For those of you whom this may be new news to, let us give you a preview of what to expect for the upcoming Toronto concert.
The five-membered group (comprised of G-Dragon, Taeyang, T.O.P, Seungri and Daesung) embarked on their second ever world tour on April 25th of this year, to promote their new album ‘MADE‘. Following the huge success of their US dates from their last world tour, YG Entertainment partnered with Live Nation to bring the boys back stateside. In addition, the group will be making their long-awaited concert debut in Canada with a stop in Toronto on October 13th. Already travelling on a wave of momentum following the successful Canadian shows of fellow YG artists Epik High, Masta Wu, Lydia Paek and 2NE1’s CL, there is much anticipation for BIGBANG’s first Canadian concert.
In preparation for the October 13th show, Live Nation released a list of the official BIGBANG merchandise that will be available at the concert for purchase, including the iconic VIP Crown lightsticks. Prior to this, when tickets went on sale for the show, they sold out within a few days of release, thus building the hype around this concert.
A peek at the set lists from the Asia leg of their tour reveals that the boys have big surprises ahead for Canadian and international audiences in attendance at the Toronto show. Classic BB tracks, songs from the new album and even solo stages are just some of the performances fans can look forward to!
And if the concert isn’t enough, Toronto event promotion company Onix Media Group is hosting an official concert after-party at The Muzik Box (formerly Muzik Nightclub) in Toronto’s famous Exhibition Grounds. This is the only after-party of the North American leg of their tour, making this an ultra-exclusive event for BIGBANG fans in Canada and the US. According to Onix Media Group founder Javin Hui, tickets for this special event have been selling like crazy, attracting fans from as far away as China, Japan, Peru, Mexico and more. To learn more about the after-party and buy tickets, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/440920559431920/.
Make sure to be part of this historic event in K-pop history by getting your tickets to the concert and after-party. You won’t want to miss this. And stay tuned for some special coverage from us as we’ll be bringing you front and centre with all the details! See you on October 13th at the Air Canada Centre!


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Big Hit Entertainment Will Officially Change Their Company Name To HYBE Corporation
Big Hit Entertainment will officially be changing its company name to HYBE Corporation to mark its start as a comprehensive content company.
Earlier in the day, ARMYs noticed some documents mentioning the change of Big Hit Entertainment’s company name. Big Hit Entertainment has since officially announced the decision through a report filed to Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service, along with the general shareholder’s meeting scheduled for the future.
Previously, founder and producer Bang Si Hyuk has mentioned that the company label of “Entertainment” is no longer inclusive of everything the agency will be offering.
We will become the world’s leading entertainment and lifestyle platform company. By removing ‘entertainment,’ we will have a new, comprehensive image as a general contents group — which is our mission.
— Bang Si Hyuk
In addition to the company name change, real estate has also been added to the business purpose for HYBE. HYBE will rent out practice rooms and auxiliary spaces to their subsidiary companies and other affiliates. HYBE already lists music production, performance, management, and internet business as its purposes.
The general shareholder’s meeting will be held at 9 am KST on March 30 at the Dragon City Hotel. The general meeting will cover the change of the company’s name to HYBE and the appointment of Bang Si Hyuk as an internal director. One of the changes that will be made is the company’s website, from “http://www.ibighit.com” to “http://www.hybe.co”


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Amazon has launched an in-house fulfilment and delivery network in Brazil. Till now Amazon in Brazil has predominantly sold only books and acted as a marketplace for third parties selling electronic and household items.
Fulfilling products across 11 categories
From Tuesday 22 January 2019, the business has stocked and fulfilled products itself. Amazon is offering products across 11 categories, from over 800 suppliers. Its online sales platform now stocks over 320,000 products, of which 200,000 are books. Amazon plans to expand this offering.
Online channel becoming increasingly competitive in Brazil
Amazon expanding its ecommerce offering will be a cause of concern for Brazil’s current ecommerce market leader MercadoLibre, as well as Carrefour and Casino. Our recent research piece on online in Latin America highlights the rising demand for ecommerce in the region, as internet penetration and smartphone adoption rates are both rapidly growing.
Although these are early stages for Amazon developing its ecommerce offer in Brazil, the business could apply learnings from its operations in Mexico, where the channel has been a big success. In January 2019 Amazon Mexico extended its online offer to include grocery. If this proves a success, Amazon could replicate this in Brazil in the future.
Carrefour’s latest results demonstrate increased consumer interest in the online channel
Carrefour Brazil announced a very strong ecommerce performance in its preliminary Q4 results. It said its gross merchandise volume (GMV) heavily outperformed the industry in Q4, with total sales up by 110%.
Carrefour’s own sales for Q4 were up 83% year-on-year (YoY). This was attributed to a strong Black Friday event and very strong sales in December. Marketplace sales for Q4 represented just 19% of this, which illustrates how Amazon could continue to expand on fulfilling products itself.
We have published a new piece of research which explores the five key trends set to shape the Latin American grocery market in 2019 and beyond. One of these trends centres on growth in the online channel. Subscribers can find the research here.


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The S&P 500 index is up slightly less than 2% this year, after a spring collapse and remarkable rebound. Among the companies in the index, 10 are up more than 50%. Of these, two are over 100% higher. These are the 10 best-performing stocks of the year. Incidentally, business due to the spread of COVID-19 has helped almost all of them.
1. Shares of Carrier Global Corp. (NYSE: CARR) are up 145.9%. The company provides heating and cooling systems for homes and businesses. Its revenue and earnings beat consensus estimates in the second quarter.
2. Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) shares are up 112.8%. It recently bought rival Arm Holdings. Barron’s said the deal could make it the most important maker of computer chips in the world.
3. West Pharmaceuticals Services Inc. (NYSE: WST) has posted a share increase of 84.2% this year. Its earnings handily beat forecasts in the second quarter. The company makes medical products, the sales of which have been helped by the spread of COVID-19.
4. DexCom Inc. (NASDAQ: DXCM) shares are up 79.1% this year. Among the company’s primary businesses are services for diabetes. It topped earnings forecasts by 76% last quarter.
5. Advanced Micro Devices Corp. (NASDAQ: AMD) shares are higher by 70.0% in 2020. Another chip company, it has been helped by the “work at home” environment, which has driven both computer sales and server sales for cloud computing applications.
6. PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) shares are higher by 69.4%. It has been a challenger to traditional credit card payment systems for over a decade. Digital payment volume has spiked due to the pandemic. PayPal also helps people transfer money.
7. ServiceNow Inc. (NYSE: NOW) has risen by 63.6%. The workflow software provider’s automation systems have been in great demand since offices emptied out earlier in the year. Its products are also used in contract tracing of COVID-19. Revenue rose in the most recent quarter, and the bottom line swung from a loss last year to a profit.
8. L Brands Inc. (NYSE: LB) is up 62.5% in 2020. The deeply troubled retailer has gone through a successful restructuring. The owner of Victoria’s Secret posted much better than expected numbers last quarter.
9. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is up 60.2%. The e-commerce giant also has the world’s largest cloud computing business. Revenue surged in the second quarter and is expected to do so through the balance of the year, as both individuals and businesses continue to move their shopping online. Its cloud computing business also has benefited from the trend to remote workplaces
10. FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) has seen a gain of 57.9%. The huge freight company benefits from the e-commerce success of companies from Amazon to Walmart. Its shipping volumes have reached all-time highs. It is expected to have even higher revenue over the course of the holiday season.
Most of these stock price increases have been driven by COVID-19-related sales. Unfortunately, those will continue for the balance of the year.
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Swedish clothing retailer H&M is opening a store in NorthTown Mall on Nov. 16.
It’s the second Spokane-area location for the retailer, which opened a Spokane Valley Mall store in 2012.
Founded as Hennes & Mauritz, the retailer is known for its high-quality, affordable fashions and its commitment to sustainably produced clothing, said Patrick Shaner, an H&M spokesman.
H&M sells clothing for newborns to adults. Its fashions range from “street style” to “classic, tailored,” Shaner said. The stores sell lines of athletic wear and business suits, he said.
H&M encourages shoppers to bring in old clothing, which is recycled into products such as insulation, or resold to secondary markets. The recycling effort diverted more than 2 million tons of clothing and other textiles from U.S. landfills last year.
“We’re trying to be a leader in the industry,” Shaner said. “By 2030, we’re going to have all our clothes made from sustainable sources or recycled materials.”
People already can find clothes with green tags at H&M stores, which incorporate recycled textiles or sustainably sourced fabrics, he said.
The NorthTown Mall store will occupy 23,000 square feet and employ about 20 people.
For the store’s noon opening Nov. 16, the first 200 customers in line will receive fashion passes valued at $10 to $300, Shaner said. People who bring clothes to recycle on opening day also can enter a drawing for gift cards.
Regular store hours will be 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sundays.
H&M has 12 other stores in Washington and two each in Montana and Idaho.
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By now, you would be familiar with the Takata airbag recall issue – the Japanese parts maker’s airbags have been the focus of a series of massive recalls since 2008, involving over 17 million vehicles worldwide, according to Reuters.
The recalls involve improperly-manufactured airbag inflators – in a crash, the inflator could rupture and cause, in extreme cases, metal shards from the airbag casing to be sprayed at the occupants, potentially maiming or killing them.
The flawed part has been linked to at least four deaths in the US and a considerable number of injuries. Initially, the component in question was the front passenger airbag inflator, but lately it has emerged that a Malaysian, travelling in a 2003 Honda City that contained a defective airbag, was killed in a collision in July, and it was the driver’s airbag inflator that ruptured, sending shrapnel flying inside the car.
The Malaysian incident is not only the first related death outside the US, but also the first to involve the driver’s airbag.
Reports suggest that the root cause of the problem is the airbag propellant, the substance that is ignited and burns extremely quickly to create a huge volume of gas to inflate the bag. Exposure to moisture – prevalent in humid climates like ours – can cause the propellants to become unstable, detonating with excessive force during a collision.
Reuters reports that Takata has changed the chemical composition of its airbag propellant, although ammonium nitrate – considered volatile – is still in the mix. Competitors Autoliv and TRW Automotive are reported to use less-volatile guanidine nitrate as the main ingredient.
While Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Subaru, BMW, Chrysler and General Motors have all issued worldwide recalls relating to this, only Toyota, Honda and Nissan have so far officially called back vehicles for airbag issues in Malaysia.
If you own any of the cars in the list below, it is absolutely vital that you send them in to be checked as soon as possible.
UMW Toyota (April 2013) – approx 18,700 units involved, affected models:
- 2000-2003 Toyota Corolla Altis
- 2000-2003 Toyota Camry
Call 1-800-88-69682 for more information.
Lines are open 8.00 am to 5.30 pm, Monday to Friday (except public holidays).
Edaran Tan Chong Motor (April 2013) – four units involved, affected model:
- CBU (fully-imported) first-gen Nissan X-Trail
Call 1-800-88-3838 for more information.
Lines are open 24 hours, seven days a week.
Honda Malaysia (June 2014) – number of units involved not disclosed, affected models:
- 2001-2003 Honda Stream
- 2002-2003 Honda Jazz
- 2003 Honda City
- 2003 Honda Accord
Call 1-800-88-2020 for more information.
Lines are open 9.00 am to 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday (except public holidays).
Honda Malaysia (November 2014) – 15,734 units involved, affected models:
- 2003-2004 Honda City (15,612 units)
- 2004 Honda Jazz (122 units)


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The Sixth annual Swahili Fashion Week will take place at Golden Tulip hotel from the, 5th to 8th December 2013 in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
Swahili Fashion Week 2013 will collectively bring together 40 designers from within Tanzania and beyond to showcase their collection, predicting trend for the East African market for year 2014.
“Swahili Fashion week this year is aimed at reaching out to the public to emphasize and promote talents in the fashion industry. It’s more about valuing our own designers and building brands and taking them to a different level year in year out.” Stated Washington Benbella, Swahili Fashion Week Manager
Being the 6th year of Swahili Fashion week, this year during the Emerging Designers Competition, the organizers have come up with a theme called “Evolution”. Based on the theme, it is required of the emerging talents participating to create ensembles that have evolved, not necessarily neo but that which could be retro with an interesting unique twist to it.
Swahili Fashion Week and Awards 2013 is sponsored by EATV, East Africa Radio, Push Mobile, Golden Tulip Hotel, BASATA (Baraza La Sanaa La Taifa), Ultimate Security, Global Outdoor Ltd, Eventlites and 361 Degrees.
Swahili Fashion Week is THE largest and biggest fashion platform in East and Central Africa for fashion and accessory designers from Swahili speaking countries and the African continent to showcase their talent, market their creativity and network with clientele and the international fashion industry.
This is all aimed at emphasizing to the region that fashion is an income generating creative industry, meanwhile promoting a “Made in Africa” concept.
Swahili Fashion Week is a platform founded and created by celebrated Tanzanian couturier, Mustafa Hassanali in year 2008.
2013 marks the Sixth edition of the Annual Swahili Fashion Week & Awards that will be held in Dar-Es-Salaam from 5th – 8th December 2013.
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Theatre and the performing arts is an industry that relies so much on the physicality of things—from rehearsals to live performances. Faced with the uncertainty of when live theatre would ever be able to make a comeback, two theatre artists found themselves paying an homage to their craft in the most unlikely way—by making milk tea.
Like many people this year, theatre director Miren Jordana and stage actor Stephen Ramirez had many of their plans postponed indefinitely when the lockdowns and community quarantine came into the picture. This sudden change of plans left the two with some free time so they decided to make the most out of it. In an episode of Quaranwins, they shared their story.
“We thought, maybe we should start a business,” the 27-year-old Miren said. “A friend of mine in Manila started her milk tea shop from home. I got inspired by her. Initially, she trained us and helped us find suppliers, then we built on that and created Teatricha.”
Teatricha is one of the newest milk tea shops that popped up during the quarantine period. It stands out among its competitors for its unique concept, catchy names, and upbeat approach in advertising. It also has a very straight-to-the-point logo that sticks—the happy and sad masks of theatre incorporated into the shape of boba drinks.
“We have a lot of repeat customers. When we have ads where the theatre kids from Cebu sing and share it with their friends, we get new customers who are curious about the product,” she said as she explained that many ends up getting curious because of the central theme.
Known for the sip and sing challenges on their Facebook page, the two recently just wrapped up their Miss Chaigon Challenge where the prize involved being able to sing with two professional actors who have performed in the UK and Germany.
“(In the beginning), it was definitely difficult. The challenge was that people weren’t concerned about buying milk tea. They were concerned about buying sanitizers and other necessities,” Stephen, Miren’s 22-years-old business partner, said as he shared the challenges the duo faced in putting up their shop.
The weather when they first started operating had not helped either. “We opened during the typhoon season and deliveries were a challenge,” he said.
According to the two, it was difficult in the beginning to get orders but now that the orders have started coming in, the challenge lies in catching up with all the orders because they make the milk tea themselves.
What sets the brand apart from others is not just the concept, the names, nor the fact that they only use natural sweeteners. It’s that the milk tea they sell is also for a cause.
Miren added, “A portion of our proceeds is used to aid special needs students in adapting to the new normal. It’s already difficult for them in the regular set-up, even before Covid-19 happened. Now it’s become much more of a challenge for the teachers and for them to do their lessons.“
In the future, the two hope to open an actual shop where anyone is welcome to chill and express their creativity in a safe and creative space.
As for advice to budding entrepreneurs, Miren said, “Just go for it. Your biggest challenge, or enemy, is time. It’s not even the amount of money you have in your bank account because that will just come back to you.”
She added that if one keeps putting off something that they want to do and something that they’re passionate about then nothing is going to happen.
“Just go for it and you’ll be surprised at how much support your gonna get from the people that see how passionate you are about the project,” she said. “Just do it!”
To learn more about their story, watch their feature out now on Quaranwins.
Also, if you’re interested in ordering but not sure which delicious flavor to get, Stephen suggests their best-seller: Tea Opera Ghost, which is a bamboo charcoal flavored milk tea named after the hit musical “The Phantom of the Opera”.


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The days of leadership without engagement are gone. With interactive social media and video everywhere, everyone needs to feel they have a relationship with their leaders, and every brand needs leader personification for customers to relate. Soon you won’t be able to name a business as one of your favorites if you can’t personally visualize […]
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This bi-weekly column covers the latest news from venture capital firms in NYC for the first half of October 2018 featuring must know news from Primary Venture Partners, Corigin Ventures, Lytical Ventures, and Inning One Ventures.
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Equities analysts forecast that Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ:GLUU) will report $77.88 million in sales for the current fiscal quarter, according to Zacks Investment Research. Three analysts have issued estimates for Glu Mobile’s earnings, with the lowest sales estimate coming in at $76.60 million and the highest estimate coming in at $80.00 million. Glu Mobile reported sales of $46.31 million in the same quarter last year, which would suggest a positive year-over-year growth rate of 68.2%. The firm is expected to report its next earnings results on Wednesday, February 14th.
On average, analysts expect that Glu Mobile will report full year sales of $77.88 million for the current year, with estimates ranging from $313.90 million to $317.30 million. For the next financial year, analysts expect that the company will post sales of $335.39 million per share, with estimates ranging from $315.00 million to $351.48 million. Zacks’ sales averages are an average based on a survey of sell-side research firms that follow Glu Mobile.
Glu Mobile (NASDAQ:GLUU) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 1st. The company reported ($0.09) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.06) by ($0.03). Glu Mobile had a negative net margin of 29.74% and a negative return on equity of 35.19%. The business had revenue of $81.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $80.67 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned ($0.33) earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 57.8% on a year-over-year basis.
Glu Mobile (GLUU) traded up $0.01 during trading on Friday, hitting $3.83. 2,363,900 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,579,383. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. The stock has a market capitalization of $523.47, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.84 and a beta of 1.72. Glu Mobile has a one year low of $1.85 and a one year high of $4.95.
In other Glu Mobile news, insider Masi Niccolo De sold 131,966 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $3.70, for a total transaction of $488,274.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 512,859 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,897,578.30. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, COO Eric R. Ludwig sold 33,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $3.90, for a total transaction of $128,700.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 72,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $280,800. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 169,966 shares of company stock valued at $636,674. 5.60% of the stock is owned by insiders.
Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. IHT Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Glu Mobile during the second quarter valued at approximately $592,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Glu Mobile by 15.0% during the second quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 54,822 shares of the company’s stock valued at $137,000 after acquiring an additional 7,131 shares in the last quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC increased its position in shares of Glu Mobile by 19.2% during the second quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 56,969 shares of the company’s stock valued at $142,000 after acquiring an additional 9,186 shares in the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN increased its position in shares of Glu Mobile by 66.3% during the third quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 109,665 shares of the company’s stock valued at $412,000 after acquiring an additional 43,735 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Prudential Financial Inc. increased its position in shares of Glu Mobile by 4.0% during the second quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. now owns 119,504 shares of the company’s stock valued at $299,000 after acquiring an additional 4,600 shares in the last quarter. 35.54% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
About Glu Mobile
Glu Mobile Inc develops, publishes and markets a portfolio of mobile games. The Company develops and publishes a portfolio of mobile games designed to appeal to a cross section of the users of smartphones and tablet devices. Its portfolio of mobile games is spread across various genres, including Fashion and Celebrity, Food, Sports and Action, Social Networking and Home.
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Social media platform Google Plus was first launched back in 2011 as Google worked to make its mark in the niche. Some of the incentives of the platform included being able to link with other services provided by Google such as YouTube and Google Drive. In a recent statement that was issued in April of 2020, it has been announced that Google Plus is now being re-branded under the name Google Currents. This change in branding is immediate as the team at Google has already changed the names for the app on the Apple App Store and its own Google Play Store. Those Google Plus users that head to the old URL will now immediately be re-directed toward Currents.
A New Name With Many of the Same Features
Though Google Plus is now operating under the moniker of Currents, the majority of the features that are familiar to users will stay the same. There are some new features as well. These are primarily related to areas such as administration and content moderation related to business. Since launching this re-branding, previous consumer accounts for Google Plus have begun to be shut down by Google. The new Currents branding will be available exclusively for G Suite customers.
A Renewed Hope From the Team at Google
The re-branding of Google-Plus under the new Currents name represents a renewed sense of hope from the team at Google. They are hoping to succeed in this new venture where they fell short in the old incarnation. The shortcomings of the past are seen as not important as there is tremendous optimism that the new vision for this platform will yield impressive results. This hope is being supported by the belief that focusing on enterprise users will help the new branding of the social media network to take off where its past version ended up falling short. Google also plans to shore up some of the security issues that had become prevalent during the Google Plus era of this platform. The former Google Plus apps for iOS and the Android platform have been re-branded under this new Google Currents designation.
Google Hopes to Provide a Valuable Service to Enterprise Customers With Currents
Businesses that add accounts on Google Currents can expect to receive benefits such as improved communications within the framework of their organization. This will be facilitated by a stream of content that will appear to users either in chronological order or by its relevance. G Suite level administrators will also be able to act in a moderator role during discussions. The team at Google sees this new incarnation of the network as being the ideal place for professionals to be able to make connections with colleagues. It is meant to be an ideal meeting place for those with similar professional interests to come together. Overall, the team at Google seems confident that they are going to achieve successes under the new Google Currents branding that they were not able to achieve when operating the network as Google Plus.


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Bayer CropScience showcased its latest global Food Chain Partnership projects at the PMA Fresh Summit Convention & Expo this past week. The annual conference brings together decision makers at every level of the produce supply chain, including growers, importers and exporters, processors and retailers.
“To continue to meet the needs of our growers, we must first understand the needs of the food value chain and those consumers at the very end of it,” said Silke Friebe, head of global Food Chain Management at Bayer CropScience. “Having this understanding allows us to provide growers with the tools to meet those needs, from planting to harvest and storage.”
“Bayer CropScience is focused on providing growers with new technology and expertise in seeds and crop protection,” said Rob Schrick, strategic business management lead for horticulture at Bayer CropScience. “That’s why we’re putting more than a billion dollars a year into research and continually providing new products that improve the health, quality and yield of crops.”
During Fresh Summit, representatives from Bayer CropScience discussed the Food Chain Partnership’s impact on the produce market, as well as the wide range of solutions available to fruit and vegetable growers.


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Amazon can be held liable for defective products sold in its Marketplace in California, a court of appeal ruled Thursday. The California Fourth District Court of Appeals overturned a court ruling in 2019, recovering claims from a woman who said she sustained third-degree burns when a faulty laptop battery she purchased from a third-party seller on Amazon caught fire.
The decision could have serious repercussions for Amazon, which has for years claimed that it only serves as a middleman between buyers and third-party sellers on the Marketplace portion of its platform. That position has protected Amazon from liability for Marketplace products, that is, until now. The company is now facing several other lawsuits over defective products in other courts.
Angela Bolger says she purchased a replacement laptop battery on Amazon from E-Life, a fictitious company name for Lenoge Technology Ltd., who shipped the battery to her in Amazon-branded packaging. Several months later, Bolger claims, the battery exploded. She says she was never made aware of any security concerns that led to E-Life being banned from the Amazon platform.
A lower court ruled in 2019 that Amazon was not subject to product liability laws. The court also ruled that the Communications Decency Act would not have protected the company from Bolger’s claims under California state law. Bolger appealed that ruling, arguing that in California strict liability doesn’t just depend on having or not having a sale.
In its ruling, the appeals court said Amazon was central to the sale of laptop batteries in Bolger’s case. “Whatever term we use to describe Amazon’s role, be it ‘retailer’, ‘distributor’ or just ‘facilitator’, it was crucial to get the product here to the consumer,” the court wrote. Amazon should be liable if a product on its website is defective, the court added.
Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday.


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Q I’d like your opinion of Honda Motor Co. stock, in light of all that has gone on in the auto industry. — B.R., via the Internet
A The latest indication that green technology is key to the company’s future is the new EV-neo electric motorbike that will be leased to businesses in Japan in December.
The company already sells gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles such as the Insight car and the limited-availability FCX Clarity hydrogen powered fuel-cell car. It expects to sell 500,000 hybrids a year within a few years. An increase in gas prices would boost the premium paid for such vehicles.
Shorter-term, Japan’s No. 2 carmaker must work to ensure consumer trust in Japanese quality, overcoming No. 1 Toyota’s highly-publicized problems and its own large-scale vehicle recalls. Honda CEO Takanobu Ito has said of the news coverage of rival Toyota: “We have a concern that it may lead to customers’ perceptions of Japanese carmakers altogether as negative.”
Global vehicle overcapacity, cyclical sales trends, steel prices, currency fluctuations and stricter environmental laws are problems affecting automakers.
Honda (HMC) stock is up 4 percent this year following last year’s 59 percent rise. The company significantly raised its profit estimate for the fiscal year that ended March 31, based on its cost-cutting efforts and improved Asian sales.
The sales of Honda cars in the U.S. — which accounts for more than half of its worldwide car sales — have risen lately as the overall auto industry benefited from a strengthening economy and buyer incentives. Honda uncharacteristically has offered leases with no down payment, no security deposit and no payment for the first month across nearly its entire lineup.
Honda and Subaru were named the best all-around vehicle makers in the Consumer Reports annual auto issue.
Cars represent about 77 percent of Honda revenue and motorcycles 14 percent, with the rest divided between power products and financial services. The company also makes robots and private jets. Honda’s U.S. market share rose to more than 11 percent last year, moving ahead of Chrysler Corp.
The only Honda stock analyst who is tracked by Thomson Reuters gives it a “hold” recommendation. The company has solid finances with little debt and an A-plus credit rating. Honda earnings are expected to rise 11 percent in the fiscal year that began in April, with a projected five-year annualized growth rate of 28 percent.


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The Balearic government finally made up their mind this morning and announced that bars and restaurants can open on Tuesday to 5p.m. with reduced capacity on their terraces.
After days of talks with the sector a formal decision was finally made this morning. The fact that bars and restaurants would open on Tuesday was not an issue it was the time they would be open to.
The decision was largely welcomed this morning with many bar and restaurant owners saying that it was better than nothing.


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ARGYLL and the Islands region has a new NFU Scotland chairman after John Semple stood down last week. At the end of a five-year spell as chairman of the regional board, Mr Semple is succeeded by Bute farmer John Dickson, who took over at the regional AGM in Tarbert on Friday January 15.


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SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently revealed his intention to take his satellite constellation company, Starlink, public. The World’s Richest Man revealed this information on Twitter while replying to the user @BLKMDL3 when he asked whether there’d be an opportunity in the future to invest in the satellite company.
Starlink is a part of SpaceX. However, its COO, Gwynne Shotwell, did mention his intention of making Starlink satellites a separate company and taking it public.
The rise to a successful IPO will not come without steep challenges, according to Elon Musk. He pointed out the fact that every new satellite constellation company in history has gone bankrupt and that they’re trying very hard not to do that.
Before the Twitter user made his query, Musk wrote on the microblogging site regarding how difficult it’d be to make Starlink a profitable and sustainable business. He mentioned that, for some time, SpaceX would need to go through a deep chasm of negative cash flow to make Starlink viable.
Starlink is a staggeringly difficult technical & economic endeavor. However, if we don’t fail, the cost to end users will improve every year.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 9, 2021
SpaceX has been sending 1,000 satellites into orbit via its Falcon 9 rockets to make the internet available to its potential users worldwide. Upon successful implementation, the cost of the internet service to the end-user will come down each year, Elon mentioned.
Potential Starlink customers can currently pre-order the internet service starting with $99 on the company’s website. Based on the address though, the Starlink service will begin either in mid-to-late 2021 or 2022.
Elon Musk has a successful past of turning his companies around from the brink of bankruptcy into profit. He and his team rescued SpaceX, Tesla Inc., and at present, both are profitable ventures. In fact, on Feb 2, 2021, NASA gave SpaceX a contract worth $331 million to launch the first two pieces of the Gateway lunar outpost in 2024.
Tesla Inc also had a successful 2020 with a 743% increase in stock price. And only after two months in 2021, the Stock is already up by 22%. Furthermore, according to the Vice-President of Tesla China, Tom Zhu, the upcoming small electric hatchback from the company dubbed the Model 2 will be a global product.
In a recent interview with the YouTube channel “T-Study,” he mentioned Tesla’s intention to sell a small $25,000 hatchback globally along with a Chinese release date of late-2021 for the product.
With all these announcements, it seems Elon Musk is going to have a lot of work on his hands. Maybe some time off of Twitter will help him.


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West Marine said the grand opening of its new store in Mystic, Conn., will begin at 8 a.m. on Nov. 14 and continue through Nov. 16.
In-store events will include tips from experts, electronics demos, door-buster deals, giveaways and raffles. The new Mystic store is across the street from Mystic Aquarium at 9 Maritime Drive, at the southeast corner of Coogan and Maritime.
At 13,000 square feet, the new West Marine Mystic store is more than 50 percent larger than the store at the previous location.
“I can’t wait for our customers to see our new store, and the broader selection of products we are carrying,” store manager Travis Chamberland said in a statement. “It’s a beautiful building that encompasses the nautical lifestyle of the community, with thousands of items, including boats, boat parts, apparel and waterlife accessories.”


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Dunlop Sports brand sold to Japanese conglomerate
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Dunlop Sports, one of the world’s best known sporting brands, has been sold by its owner – UK-based retail giant Sports Direct – in a transaction worth $137.5 million.
Better known for its tennis, golf, squash and badminton gear, Dunlop entered the angling market in 2012 with a range of coarse fishing tackle following a marketing and promotional campaign headed up by British TV actor and angling fanatic, Robson Green.
The brand has now been sold to Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI), which is part of the Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo Corporation that owns a vast array of businesses across a number of sectors, including construction, media, minerals, food, retail and finance.
SRI already owns the rights to Dunlop in Japan, Korea and Taiwan, alongside sharing the US rights with Sports Direct.
The divestment of the Dunlop Sports business is in line with Sports Direct’s stated aspiration to become the ‘Selfridges’ of sports retail, including its renewed focus on its core UK business and the development of its relationships with third party brands.
In a statement issued to the London Stock Exchange, the company stated that in light of its new priorities Sports Direct does not currently have the ‘bandwidth’ to develop and manage international brands simultaneously. The transaction is expected to be completed before May 31st this year.
Mike Ashley, Sports Direct owner, bought the Dunlop brand, then known as Dunlop Slazenger, in 2004 in a deal said to be worth £40 million.


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Amanat reports record high profitability of Dh235.3 million in H1
The company’s profitability was also bolstered by the Dh160.0 million gain on sale of Amanat’s share of Taaleem Holdings in April 2021, along with robust contributions made from Amanat’s new healthcare investment, Cambridge Medical and Rehabilitation Centre
Amanat Holdings, a healthcare and education investment company, has reported a total income of Dh255.6 million, a significant nine-fold increase from the Dh28.2 million in first half of 2020, according to the company’s financial results for the first half ended June 30, 2021.
The income from investments similarly grew at a stellar pace to Dh251.9 million versus Dh21.3 million this time last year, the company’s press release said on Sunday.
The performance filtered down to the company’s bottom-line profitability with a net profit of Dh235.3 million in the first half of 2021 compared to Dh0.6 million in the same period last year.
The company’s profitability was also bolstered by the Dh160.0 million gain on sale of Amanat’s share of Taaleem Holdings in April 2021, along with robust contributions made from Amanat’s new healthcare investment, Cambridge Medical and Rehabilitation Centre (CMRC).
Excluding the impact from Taaleem’s gain on sale, net profit would record Dh75.3 million emphasising the strong and sustained recovery when compared to the same period last year and reflecting management’s cost optimisation and efficiency efforts. Amanat’s total expenses stood at Dh20.2 million in first half of 2021, down by 26.8 per cent year-over-year basis.
“I am delighted with Amanat’s performance in the first six months of the year, which saw us continue to deliver impressive growth and profitability across both platforms further enhanced by our exit of Taaleem during last quarter. The company’s performance exemplifies our ability to realise value for our shareholders and the effectiveness of our revamped corporate strategy. This has enabled us to fully capitalise on the post-Covid-19 rebound as we continue to drive long-term growth and value creation,” Amanat’s chairman, Hamad Alshamsi, said.
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Tianhe to further develop business circles
Tianhe district will build itself into the core area of an international consumer center, as well as further develop the Tianhe Road Business Circle-Zhujiang New Town business circle into a national leading one.
These goals were put forward in the government work report that was released at the second session of the 10th Tianhe District People's Congress, which concluded on Jan 22.
The report proposed that the district should speed up the construction of the pedestrian tunnel that will link Tianhe Road and Tiyu East Road, as well as deepen the integrated development of the retail, catering, accommodation, entertainment, culture, and sports sectors in business circles.
Through traditional festivals and the Guangzhou International Shopping Festival, Tianhe should carry out diversified consumption promotion activities, promoting the traffic layout and the enrichment of business forms in the business circles.
The report also put forward promoting the development of 'new retail' department stores, vehicle sales, e-commerce, and brand chains, as well as the introduction and cultivation of leading commodity trading enterprises. The traditional wholesale markets and retail formats in Tianhe's Gangding and Shahe areas will also be innovated and transformed.
The "first stores" economy has become a new index that reflects a region's economic activity. By 2021, the Tianhe Road Business Circle has introduced 235 "first stores".
The report emphasized that the "first stores" economy should also be bolstered in Tianhe, along with the brand economy, the nighttime economy, the live streaming economy, and the duty-free economy.
It is expected that more than 40 "first stores" in Guangzhou will be introduced in the district.


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Report by KPMG/Synovate predicts prices will keep going up.
Prices on the high street will continue to rise next year, even after the VAT hike on 1 January, according to research by the KPMG/ Synovate Retail Think Tank.
The report said that most retailers would only pass half of the 2.5% rise in VAT to their customers – absorbing the rest themselves.
However, retailers will then attempt to make up the shortfall through price rises later on in the year. This will have the effect of pushing inflation up faster than expected.
The report also said that households will find their finances stretched by spiralling prices of essential goods such as clothes and shoes.
Last week, the governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, had to write another letter to chancellor George Osborne to explain why the Bank’s 2% target for inflation, as measured by the consumer prices index, was missed for the eight consecutive month. Inflation in July was 3.1% and the Bank has predicted it will not fall to the target level until the end of 2011.
Inflation, coupled with low wage growth and public sector cuts, will have a detrimental effect on public spending.
The RTT report said: “Fiscal policy such as tax rises, welfare cuts and the public sector pay freeze and job cuts, coupled with a premature rise in interest rates, will certainly seriously stall any prospect of recovery in the retail sector in 2011.”