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Counterfeiters are making their way into a new marketplace, and their products can now land in an unlikely location—your medicine cabinet. These criminals are creating cheaper and more dangerous counterfeit prescription drugs, according to CBS’ recent report on “60 Minutes.”
Here are some tips for consumers to avoid buying counterfeit drugs, from Tamara Ward, public affairs specialist for the Food and Drug Administration.
No. 1: Purchase drugs from a state-licensed pharmacy. Although it is becoming increasingly popular to fill prescriptions and purchase drugs over the Internet, Ward said buying them from a local pharmacy is best. “You have to be careful when buying over the Internet,” she said. “It’s about the purchase and what you are getting—make sure it is an FDA-regulated product.”
No. 2: Steer clear of the phone. Ordering drugs over the phone opens consumers up to even more risk, Ward said. Anything purchased over the phone or Internet should be marked with a Verified Internet Pharmacy Provider Site (VIPPS) seal.
No 3: Take note of changes. If your drug looks like it has been tampered with, or has a different taste, smell or packaging than it has in the past, don’t take it. Ward said bringing these questions to a pharmacist is best, before taking something that may have been tampered with. “Any change in the product is important, and a pharmacist will be able to tell you if something like the flavor or packaging has been changed.”


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Comcast Technology Solutions and FreeWheel bring programmatic ads to STB VOD
Jun 9, 2020 – Comcast Technology Solutions and FreeWheel have announced a solution that brings programmatic capabilities to STB VOD video inventory, unifying it with other inventory sold across connected TV and digital video channels.
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FreeWheel unifies decisioning for direct sold and programmatic advertising
Apr 14, 2020 – FreeWheel has announced the rollout of its unified decisioning capability that enables buyers and sellers to seamlessly transact across both direct sold and programmatic advertising.
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DISH Media taps FreeWheel for both traditional and addressable linear TV
Dec 11, 2019 – FreeWheel (Nasdaq: CMCSA) has announced that DISH Media will partner with FreeWheel to enable linear inventory allocation and a holistic view of TV advertising performance across both traditional, demo-based buys and household-level, addressable TV campaigns.
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OpenAP partners with dataxu to power digital audience creation
Jul 11, 2019 – OpenAP has announced that it has selected dataxu as its partner to provide technology and services for advertisers to create audience segments for use in targeted digital campaigns.
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FreeWheel's Blockgraph presents data-driven TV survey results
May 30, 2019 – Blockgraph (Nasdaq: CMCSA) has released a whitepaper on the future of data driven TV. The paper offers practical advice for companies moving towards the data-driven future and explores the current approaches for data sharing in the TV industry.
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FreeWheel and A+E Networks pilot unified ad decisioning engine
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No dilemma in Eureka, the Farmer's Market promises an omnivore’s delight.
From farm-grown greens to baked goods to Amish ice cream, this market will leave your mouth watering. Stroll through bedding plants, as well as local arts and crafts, alongside a vast array of wares on the south end of Main Street at Riverside Park every Wednesday from 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., starting June 1, 2016.
"We're making some drastic changes," farm organizer Randy McIntyre says of this year’s market. The weekly event used to be in parking lot at edge of town and held on Saturday mornings. Now the market has moved to grassy Riverside Park, on Wednesday evenings.
McIntyre chose Wednesday because Whitefish has a market on Tuesday and Libby on Thursday, so he’s hoping to create a circuit. In addition, a flea market will be held at other side of Riverside Park.
What to expect: Local Amish ice cream and baked goods, farm-grown greens and produce, and on occasion, live entertainment.
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – (NYSE: T) is rolling out its in-home wireless data and voice service on a national basis after offering it as a trial offering in the Carolinas and other markets since September.
The so-called “femtocell” technology is offered through devices known as MicroCells that AT&T developed along with Cisco. They are designed to boost cellular performance in homes that have poor reception. The ties in to the customer’s broadband service to relay voice calls and data sessions.
AT&T plans to begin the national rollout in April.
MicroCells cost $150 before rebate and allow up to four simultaneous sessions with phones that utilize AT&T Wireless service.
“Customers in [the Carolinas] do not have to wait till the national rollout to purchase a MicroCell,” an AT&T spokesperson told Local Tech Wire and WRAL.com. “They are currently available in all our corporate owned retail locations.”
The MicroCells operate similar to Wi-Fi wireless routers.
AT&T provided the following explanation on how to utilize the MicroCell service:
“Consumers manage AT&T 3G MicroCell though their online MyWireless account at Through this online management, only those phones chosen by the customer may use the MicroCell. Customers may define up to 10 lines to have access and up to four may operate on it simultaneously. Minutes used through the MicroCell affect only the account of the phone making the call – there is no requirement to purchase separate service for the 3G MicroCell.”
Additional call and data plans are available at additional costs.
Some AT&T phones, such as the iPhone, can already access data through a broadband connection at home by using Wi-Fi, according to the Associated Press.


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Thriving in Utah: Payday loan stores are showing up everywhere
Pay day loan stores are showing up everywhere
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- Megan Pedersen, who claims lenders that are payday to be every-where, has used this always Check City in Taylorsville. Jason Olson, Deseret News morning
- The very first cash advance store starred in Utah in 1984. In 1994, 17 had been within the Salt Lake area. Now, utah has 381 loan that is payday and online lenders certified within the state. Tom Smart, Deseret Morning Information
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As Megan Pedersen of Midvale struggled with funds, she ended up being tempted constantly by the bright yellowish or green awnings of stores marketing instant payday loans. „It appeared like they certainly were on every part.“
She finally made a decision to decide to try one seven years back to prevent asking her moms and dads once more for the money. She says paying down the mortgage shops‘ 500-percent-or-so interest is difficult, but she nevertheless utilizes them periodically simply because they offer a fast, convenient option to manage emergencies.
Pedersen isn’t only imagining that payday loan providers are rampant in Utah. Data show they have been.
Industry experts say which may be because Utah’s regulations are specifically friendly towards the industry. Loan providers, but, say Utah may simply have significantly more needy people compared to other states.
Irrespective, lenders‘ numbers are booming, and financial obligation counselors state that issues from their store are, too, particularly among the list of poor and Hispanics. Their areas additionally are actually where payday loan providers are most greatly focused, even though industry insists it generally does not specifically target those teams.
Current development of payday loan providers in Utah happens to be astronomical. The very first shop appeared in Utah in 1984. In 1994, 17 had been into the Salt Lake area. Now, state-license lists reveal Utah has 381 pay day loan stores and online lenders certified here.
Which means Utah has more pay day loan stores than 7-Elevens, McDonald’s, Burger Kings and Subway stores –≤–ā‚ÄĚ combined.
Utah has also a far high rate of payday lenders per resident than average. States that enable payday loan providers normal one store per 10,000 residents. Utah averages 1.6 per 10,000 residents.
Morning News analysis demonstrates that 74 % of Utahns are now living in a ZIP rule with at least one lender that is payday. (ZIP codes without the payday lenders tend become in a choice of gently populated rural areas or perhaps in the wealthiest of areas.) Also some not likely towns that are tiny as Midway, Salina, Hyde Park and Grantsville have payday loan providers.
Such shops in Utah are scattered among poor, middle-income and areas that are high-income. That could be unusual. Information reports in other states repeatedly state shops you will find heavily focused in bad areas and virtually nonexistent in rich places. While poorer Utah areas have actually more than typical variety of payday loan providers, shops listed here are nevertheless present in communities of approximately every ilk that is economic.
„Their company is constructed on being convenient and quick,“ stated Frank Pignanelli, attorney, lobbyist when it comes to industry’s Utah customer Lending Association and a Morning Information governmental columnist, offering one good reason why payday loan providers have grown to be the 7-Elevens associated with the monetary globe and now have found apparently every where to provide quick solution –≤–ā‚ÄĚ at a greater price. Needless to say, the majority are available late, also until midnight. A few are now available twenty four hours a day, 7 days a week.
The cash advance industry’s credit rating analysis Foundation claims studies reveal 5 per cent of People in america have experienced a pay day loan and ten percent say they have been notably or more than likely to acquire one in the near future.
Industry experts say one explanation countless lenders that are payday locate the following is that few states have actually friendlier regulations for the industry than Utah.
It really is among 39 states that explicitly enable loans that are such. It really is among 10 without any limit on rates of interest or costs. It’s among two without any amounts that are maximum such loans. Utah has among the list of longest limits for „rolling over“ or loans that are extending high interest: 12 months. Most states ban rollovers.
„They clearly like conducting business right right here with those form of guidelines,“ stated Linda Hilton, coordinator associated with Coalition of Religious Communities, an advocacy team when it comes to bad.
The Morning Information also unearthed that some online loan providers providing pay day loans nationwide via the web are situated in Utah, evidently to make use of its friendly rules.
For instance, immediate cash Flow states included in its online form, „Our loans are governed by Utah legislation. Utah law regulating payday advances may change from the regulations of this state in which you live. Should you not desire to enter that loan contract at the mercy of Utah legislation, you ought to submit an application for this loan at a loan provider located in the state your location.“
Utah-based online loan providers can charge greater prices than will be allowed generally in most states. For instance, Global payday (Cashnet500 ) of Murray charges $30 for the two-week, $100 loan. The apr is 782 percent. That is greater than optimum prices allowed by at the very least 23 of 39 states that explicitly enable payday loans, and of course the 11 states which have maybe perhaps not legalized them but likely don’t try to stop such Internet deals.
Quik Payday, located in Logan, ended up being granted an advisory that is cease-and-desist few years back by Colorado’s credit regulator for providing online loans at prices greater than Colorado permits. Quik Payday charged $20 per $100 for loans as much as $500. Colorado caps rates at 20 % for 14 days in the first $300, and 7.5 percent for loans from $300 to $500.
Pignanelli states the big numbers of payday lenders drawn to Utah come not so much because of its laws and regulations but as a result of more and more people who require their solutions.
“ Our wages that are lowUtah is close to the base of per capita income nationally) play a role in economic issues right right here. That is mirrored by the growth in payday loan providers,“ he stated.
Hilton agrees on this one point. „Our wages in Utah have become low. We now have larger families. And then we likewise have older (college) pupils with families that a complete large amount of the areas in the nation usually do not. Therefore, families here generally have greater monetary burdens.“
The Morning Information utilized computer analysis to see where growth is happening and where shops are focused.
It unearthed that, generally speaking, the poorer the residents have been in a certain ZIP code or town, the greater amount of loan that is payday they have a tendency to own. Additionally generally speaking, the more Hispanics in a ZIP rule or city, the greater amount of lenders that are payday have actually.
Three exceptions that are key, nonetheless.
First, areas containing regional departmental stores or big commercialized highway strips (such as for instance Salt Lake County’s State Street or Redwood path) do have more payday loan providers than anticipated from demographic information. Areas near Hill Air Force Base have a lot more than will be anticipated. And some towns that restrict the numbers legally of shops have less than expected.
Appropriately, areas which are fairly low-income, have big Hispanic populations and also regional shopping areas have probably the most payday lenders.
For instance, one of the 62 Utah towns and communities that have a minumum of one payday loan provider, Midvale gets the many per resident: 6.63 per 10,000 residents. Southern Salt Lake is 2nd with an interest rate of 6.35 per 10,000 residents. Both prices are four times greater than the state average.
Midvale and Southern Salt Lake also are actually nearby the top of Utah towns using the greatest poverty prices and lowest per-person income. They rank No. 2 and 3 among all Utah metropolitan areas for portion of Hispanics. And both Midvale and Southern Salt Lake have actually greatly commercialized State Street running through them, lined with strip malls and discount shops.
Needless to say, Midvale is near to Fashion Put Mall, right above the border in Murray. For instance of just exactly how shopping that is large seem to attract payday loan providers, 18 cash advance stores are on State Street in Murray and Midvale within a mile of Fashion Put. That means it is convenient for borrowers to pay money from their convenient loans.


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Former steelmaker VSŽ Košice has bought back 3,963,864 shares from small shareholders within a buyback bid, thus regaining 24.1 percent of its share capital, news wire SITA reported.
Almost half of the total of over 78,000 shareholders made use of the opportunity to sell their shares in the buyback bid, within which 36,765 transactions were carried out. The buyback bid expired on September 24.
The firm will satisfy shareholder claims within three to four weeks. Trading in VSŽ shares on the Bratislava Stock Exchange will probably be concluded in the first half of October.
VSŽ announced a buyout bid of both issues of the company's shares on August 5 at a single price of Sk89 (€2.16) per share.
VSŽ closed the first six months of this year with a profit of Sk40.25 million (€978,400).
The largest VSŽ shareholders are Penta Investments Limited and A.R.T. Investments Limited, each holding about 33 percent. But Penta seems to have agreed with the British firm A.R.T. to buy its stake.
Government privatisation agency the FNM has over 16 percent, and small shareholders have up to 20 percent. The nominal value of a VSŽ share is Sk343 (€8.34).
Compiled by Beata Balogová from press reports
The Slovak Spectator cannot vouch for the accuracy of the information presented in its Flash News postings.
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Earlier, it was allegedly said that the next generation BMW 5 Series will make its world premiere at the 2017 North American International Auto Show, but not at the 2016 Paris Motor Show. Now, the BMW Group has started teasing the seventh generation of the 5 Series, hinting of an online reveal that could take place this year.
Going by the images, the 2017 BMW 5 Series is heavily camouflaged surrounded by robotic arms at a fully automated optical measuring cell in the BMW Group facility in Munich. These freely moving robot arms use sensors to create a 3D image of the entire vehicle and generate a data model from the captured data. It comes with an accuracy of less than 100 µm that allows barely visible deviations to be identified at an early stage. Moreover, it will be the first product by the Bavarian company in the world to make use of the technology.
The seventh-gen BMW 5 Series will be based on the CLAR platform same that was first introduced on the new generation 7-Series last year, making it bigger but up to 100 kg lighter with the use of lightweight materials like carbon-fibre in the structure. It will be introduced as a saloon (Codename – G30), an estate (Codename- G31), and a Gran Tourismo (GT) version. Apart from sedan the GT variant will most likely make its way to India.


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Dubai Ports World (DP World) recently welcomed the announcement of new SIMATIC operated shipping lines recently opened linking the Jabal Ali and Mogadishu ports, describing it as an important step in helping to re-integrate Somalia into the international market.
The company stated that this new line would introduce container shipping to the port of Mogadishu, allowing clients to obtain their products more quickly and more securely.
Container shipping into Somalia ended several years ago due to the threat of piracy and the country’s deteriorating security situation. Without container shipping, Somali businessmen operating in Mogadishu have had to resort to using smaller ships to import their goods.
The UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has previously mentioned the need to develop links between Somalia and the rest of the world to revive the country’s economy and help combat piracy, most recently during a series of Anti-Pirating Conferences hosted in 2011 and 2012.
Muhammad al-Moallem, Senior Vice President and General Ports Manager for DP World, recently stated that “we welcome the introduction of SIMATIC services to be used in helping to connect Somalia to the international market by way of the UAE’s Jabal Ali port. This is an important step in working to speed up Somalia’s economic development and provide long term solutions to help combat piracy, by giving Somalis a source upon which they can build stable and secure livelihoods”.
The move comes as part of an attempt to expand SIMATIC services offered throughout the Middle East and other regions. Sources stated that the use of shipping containers in the Port of Mogadishu would initially occur bi-weekly and would soon increase to weekly.
Dubai’s most recent Anti-Piracy Conference took place in June 2012 and was attended by representatives from both the public and private sectors. A number of businessmen and international dignitaries called for aid for Somalia in working to address the risks involved in shipping along its coasts, particularly piracy and the country’s deteriorating economic situation.
Huge achievements in combating piracy were reportedly made after the UAE’s first Anti-Piracy Conference, held in April 2011.


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Phase-out pressure moves on to PFCs
As part of efforts to get the textile and clothing industry to invest in a toxic-free future, pressure is now on firms to eliminate perfluorinated and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) - use to make products water repellent - from their supply chains.
Environmental campaign group Greenpeace is calling on the outdoor clothing industry to ban perfluorinated and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) from production after tests found the toxins in a number of leading brands.
Fashion retail giant Marks & Spencer (M&S) today (24 October) pledged to eliminate all hazardous chemicals from its entire textile and clothing supply chain by 2020, in a move that also paves the way for the development of new ways to produce its products
German outdoor clothing brand Jack Wolfskin plans to ban a chemical used in water-repellent coatings for textiles.
Fashion retailer H&M Hennes & Mauritz today (4 August) said it will ban the use of a chemical which creates water repellent effects as part of its efforts to reduce the use of hazardous substances.
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flame arrestor device, which is necessary and reasonable safety device that would have prevented plaintiff's severe injuries."
When we talked to the Aransas Pass Fire Chief back in January, he told us the lack of 911 call could indicate some kind of cover up.
Aransas Pass Man Says Walmart is to Blame for Burn Injury
Now, 6 News has learned Anthony Torres is suing Walmart, saying it's their fault he and Colton Warren got burned that night.
And stranger still, when we interviewed the barber shop's owner back in January, he seemed to indicate that he knew who burned down the shop, but that's all he would say.
Fire marshals are investigating a possible connection between the backyard fire and the arson case with the barber shop because of several reasons, but their main question is why Torres and Warren Nike Shoes Pictures And Prices
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never called 911 that night, even though they were badly burned.
The lawsuit says the fuel container they bought from Walmart exploded on the two young men because it was defective and that Walmart knew about it's defects.
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Now Mobile country manager Vikram reckons customers will be continued to force to look for value, as MVNOs focus on delivering flexible solutions to meet this demand
2012 will be a significant year for the mobile industry. Eurozone difficulties and government cuts will stimulate customers to look for value. This will result in increased price sensitivity, especially on the part of customers looking to make calls overseas.
MVNOs need to focus on delivering flexible solutions that are profitable, while empowering customers to define their own experience and tailor their own proposition to fit within their budget.
MVNOs that continue to offer overly generous or misleading acquisition offers, disregard quality and adopt the calling card approach of leading with price are likely to increase their SAC, degrade their ARPU and struggle to achieve profitability.


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Samsung wins patent battle against Apple in Holland
Dutch courts ruled yesterday that Apple have violated certain 3G patents belonging to Samsung.
Lumia 800 and 710 users to get software update on June 27
This will add support for internet sharing, flip-to-silence and media streaming.
Nokia, Samsung, Huawei, HTC to make the first phones with WP8
Qualcomm will remain the only source for chipsets for Windows Phone mobiles.
Nokia announces a suite of new Windows Phone apps
Nokia just announced they are updating their location apps and are bringing new camera extras, too.
Microsoft officially unveils Windows Phone 8
At the Microsoft Phone Summit, the software giant showcased the next version of its mobile OS.
Legacy devices denied WP8, offered WP7.8 instead
Legacy hardware will be treated to Windows Phone 7.8, which will enable the resizable live tiles.
Samsung Galaxy Note II launch supposedly set for this fall
The Galaxy Note sequel is rumored to feature a 12MP camera, better battery life and quad-core Exynos chipset.
Nokia 808 PureView now available for pre-order in the US
You can pre-order the 41MP cameraphone through Amazon. Shipping will start in early July.
HTC One S Deluxe Edition comes with Beats Solo in Singapore
The deal is available only from carrier M1, but it also offers the phone both SIM-free. [UPDATED]
The Dark Knight Rises Lumia 710 announced for T-Mobile
For those who already have the phone Nokia and T-Mobile are offering the special edition back cover for free.
Supply shortages plague Sprint and T-Mobile Galaxy S III launch
T-Mobile is limiting the initial launch to 29 major markets, while Sprint is delaying the 32GB version.
Huawei unveils Ascend P1 TD- SCDMA and 2600mAh XL droids
The two ICS smartphones are modified versions of the international P1 heading for China.
LG introduces Quick Voice to compete with Siri and S-Voice
The feature will be available on existing Optimus devices through software upgrade by July.
The Nexus Tablet has reportedly started shipping, lacks 3G or LTE
Google has made the cut in connectivity in order to meet the low price of $199.
ZTE unveils Qualcomm S4-powered Grand X LTE
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HTC admits Wi-Fi hardware issue on the international One X
The issue has been noted only in the Tegra 3 version of the device and will be taken care of in future handsets.
Nokia launching the 808 PureView in the US for $699
The 41 megapixel Symbian-based camera phone will be sold through Amazon and will cost $699.
Samsung launches SAFE Galaxy S III, warms corporate hearts
The new quality assurance program offers features like VPN and Mobile Device Management.
Photo of Samsung T699 QWERTY ICS droid leaks
The T-Mobile-bound Samsung T699 just leaked, showing a full-QWERTY keyboard and Android 4.0.


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Ardagh Group will be manufacturing bottles for Virginia-based O'Connor Brewing Company using 100% recycled amber glass. "Ardagh was competitively priced while offering top-notch quality standards," said Zach Volkman, O'Connor's vice president of operations.
California-based Gallo Glass is joining others in the glass container industry in producing hand sanitizer bottles to help combat the spread of coronavirus. Gallo's employees have volunteered to fill and label the bottles.
The owners of Other Half Brewing in Brooklyn, N.Y., are spearheading an open-ended, worldwide beer collaboration called All Together to raise support for the brewing community. Roughly 40 participating breweries are each donating an IPA recipe along with art and marketing supplies, then a portion of sales is donated to support employees in each brewery's community, according to the Other Half team.
In a bid to capitalize on the popularity of premium rose, Rhone Valley wine producer Gabriel Meffre partnered with glass manufacturer Owens-Illinois on a rose series offered in six brightly colored bottlings for summer. The Inspiration by Gabriel Meffre line was "inspired by Provencal patterns creates an incomparable bottle with an ultra-chic appearance," according to the winery.
Agr International is opening an office in Japan to offer sales and service support for its Asian markets. Agr provides quality-management and process-control equipment for the plastic and glass container industries. Full Story:European Plastic Product Manufacturer(3/30)
Eight states -- Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Oregon and Vermont -- have temporarily suspended enforcement of bottle and can redemption requirements due to the coronavirus pandemic. California and Hawaii are experiencing some changes to the redemption process but have not suspended enforcement.
The coronavirus pandemic has changed trash collection and recycling with increased online buying and takeout food orders straining residential collection while commercial pickups are decreasing due to business closures, writes Chaz Miller. He adds some drop-off sites are closing and some transfer station attendants are refusing to accept cash to curb spreading of coronavirus.
The recycling process at Mississippi's Door2Door facilities is taking longer with employees having to take extra precautions to protect against the coronavirus, according to owner Faith Young. Every bag is sorted by hand to air out recyclables, she added.
Recycling collection and hauling will continue in Monroe County, Mich., as the government has declared it an essential service, said Dan Rock, the county's recycling and Green Community Program coordinator. He added that there are no changes to this month's drop-off collection schedule.
Fairfax County, Va., is suspending glass collection at its purple drop-off bins due to concerns about the spread of coronavirus. Residents are advised to take glass materials to the I-66 transfer station or I-95 landfill complex for recycling.


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Updated: 06/19/2013 2:41 PM KSTP.com By: Jenna Jaynes
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Nice Ride is looking to expand its bike ride system to different cities in Minnesota.
Thanks to sponsor Blue Cross Blue Shield, the bike rental company is creating a new Director for Greater Minnesota Strategies position that will look at the possibilities of expanding the company past the Twin Cities, said Nice Ride spokesman Anthony Ongaro.
The position is expected to be filled in July.
The new initiative will look at different cities in Minnesota, like Rochester, and decide what the best course of action will be, Ongaro said.
“Specifically with Rochester, there would be the density that is needed for something like in the Twin Cities,” he said.
Since its start in 2008 the company has grown to nearly 1500 bikes and 170 stations, including 24 new stations added this year.
Over Father’s Day weekend, the company saw 8,000 trips, and compared to last year there are more trips being taken per day, according to Ongaro.
Nice Ride offers a one day subscription for $6, and a yearly subscription for $65. Cyclists can check out a bike for an unlimited amount of time at different fees.
The rates are available here. However, by going from station to station in half-hour increments, a bicyclist can ride free all day.
Should the expansion take place, yearly subscribers to the Nice Ride program will be able to use their key at any station across Minnesota.
“We’re looking for opportunities to continue to grow,” Ongaro said. “We want people out on bikes whether it’s their own or Nice Ride. That’s our overall goal.”
For more information see the Nice Ride website here.


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Standing up to a bully is easier said than done, but it can also have a sweet payoff… literally.
Two teens at a New Jersey Wendy’s allegedly decided to take matters into their own hands when a customer began berating an employee who was having a difficult time working the cash register, according to a thread on Reddit.
"I butted in, telling [the customer] that she's just doing her job and if you… spent one day in either a food service job or retail, you would understand the difficulties," one of the teens wrote in the thread that received over 900 comments.
The unpleasant confrontation apparently wasn’t all for nothing. After the incident, the grateful cashier gave the two teens a free order of chicken nuggets and two Frosty desserts, along with this note:
We reached out to Wendy's to see what they had to say about the incident.
"We’re proud of our register operator -- her actions are a reflection of her personality and her training," a spokesperson from Wendy's wrote in an email. "We’re also proud of the two teens who stood up for her. This story makes our day!"
Hat Tip: MSN NOW.


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Trading finance intelligence with Twitter
German economic scientists have set up an online platform called ‘TweetTrader’ that helps analyze stock and market information provided by tweets on Twitter. It aims at predicting market outcomes by using textual analysis filters and specific algorithms.
Why it matters
Market researchers are already relying on social media analysis tools to understand consumers better. Now the analysis of tweets is being transferred to financial / information markets. Will the expertise of some financial analysts become obsolete thanks to the wisdom of the crowd?
The financial service institution Paylife and the Austrian magazine “Woman” together have launched a “Woman credit card” which gives credit in a number of fashionable stores.
Barclays bank has set an interesting website for its clients – the Barclays Circle. It’s presented as a social media platform where customers can interact instantaneously with their bank, but also with other customers. Users can get the opinions of banking experts and other customers on financial products and services, as well as give their own opinions.


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Pirate Adventure Bilkins’ Folly Gets October Release Date
Earlier this year, developer Webbysoft and publisher Armor Games Studios revealed that its pirate adventure game, Bilkins' Folly, would be releasing on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch alongside the already-announced PC version. However, the teams stopped short of revealing when we can expect the game to hit those platforms. Now we know; Bilkins' Folly will be released next month on October 2.
Alongside today’s release date news, Webbysoft has also released a new Bilkins' Folly trailer showcasing some of the swashbuckling and mystery that awaits players in the final release. You can watch the Bilkins' Folly release date trailer for yourself below:
"Join Percival 'Percy' Bilkins and his beloved dog Drayton on a treasure-hunting, puzzle-solving, ship-wrecking romp across a series of open islands in search of Percy’s mother and grandfather, who mysteriously vanished without a trace," a press release reads. "Together with Percy and his pup, you’ll find a new ship, meet and recruit your very own crew, and scour every nook and cranny of the world uncovering great mysteries, bountiful treasures, and life-changing family secrets."
In order to do so, you’ll need to solve puzzles across the high seas, and you can read more about what that’s like in Game Informer's hands-on preview of Bilkins' Folly here.
Bilkins' Folly hits PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC on October 2.


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Camden, NJ (WTXF) - Camden County police say they are investigating several burglaries and working to determine the rightful owners of stolen goods recovered Wednesday during the execution of a search warrant.
Police say Manuel Mendoza, 41, of Camden, was arrested October 12th and charged with 16 counts of burglary stemming from car burglaries. According to police, the crimes happened primarily in North Camden during September and early October. Mendoza is being held at the county jail with bail set at $136,499.
Upon investigation, detectives determined that many of the items allegedly taken by Mendoza had been taken to the Quisqueya food market located at 2421 Federal Street, police say. A search warrant was executed at the store Wednesday and detectives say they recovered numerous stolen items including power tools, car stereos and electronics, medication and other items. The store has been closed by the city Department of Code Enforcement due to health violations and the suspension of its business license.
Anyone who has had items stolen in recent weeks from their vehicle in North Camden or East Camden is asked to contact the Camden County Police Department Investigations Bureau at (856) 757-7420.


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AN airline has boosted its North-east flights to two European cities by 30% in time for the Christmas market season.
From October 28, flybmi (www.flybmi.com) will increase its service from Newcastle Airport to Brussels in Belgium and Stavanger in Norway.
By bringing the changes in now, the increased services means more seats for people wanting to attend the Christmas festivities in both cities.
But flybmi says the increase will remain in place for 2019 “to meet a year-round rise in demand from business and leisure travellers who frequent the routes .”
In Brussels, the Christmas season starts on November 30 with the opening of Brussels Winter Wonders and Christmas Market.
Running until January 6, more than 200 chalet-style stalls line the Grand Place, along with a fairground, covered ice rink and a sound and light show. Fares start from £88 one way.
For those who prefer a more traditional setting, the Christmas Market in Egersund, Stavanger, offers an authentic and more laid-back experience, with its backdrop of snow-capped mountains, traditional wooden houses and a warm community spirit.
The market runs over two long weekends in December from 6-9 and 13-16. Fares start from £88 one way.
Leon McQuaid, flybmi’s head of aviation development, said: “Brussels and Stavanger are a popular choice for travellers from across the region. The route to Brussels not only connects business passengers to destinations around world but both destinations provide great winter city break options for our leisure passengers.
“It’s fantastic news for the airport and our passengers that fybmi have increased capacity on these two important routes. We look forward to seeing more people than ever enjoying these destinations from the region this winter.”
For more information, visit www.flybmi or call 0330 333 7998.


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Dec 22, 2021 in Company Update
Back in February 2020 the team announced that we would be supporting One Tree Planted, an environmental charity focused on replanting the world's forests. Our pledge was to help plant one tree each time a new merchant location was added to our platform.
Nov 12, 2021 in Merchants
Euronics has joined ReceiptHero’s merchant network, which will give Euronics customers the option of having receipts sent to them digitally when buying in-store.
Oct 29, 2021 in Merchants
Golf Sky, part of GoGolf family, is Finland's leading golf retailer with stores in Tampere, Vantaa, Espoo & Turku. Golf Sky has partnered with ReceiptHero to provide digital receipts to their customers to enhance the in-store experience.


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Amobee, a global leader in advertising technology that unifies TV, digital and social to deliver results that drive customer growth, today announced a partnership with InfoSum, the world’s leading identity infrastructure provider, to bring alternative, privacy-compliant identity solutions to advertiser and broadcaster clients around the world.
The partnership will allow both Amobee and InfoSum to jointly offer their respective clients access to leading identity and media buying solutions through InfoSum’s powerful decentralized customer data ecosystem, and Amobee’s cross-screen, programmatic and broadcaster-centric advertising platform.
“While most competitors are focused on the replacement of third party cookies through alternative identity solutions, Amobee is differentiating itself by also betting on ecosystems not reliant on these forms of cookieless identifiers,” says Maria Flores-Portillo, General Manager of EMEA for Amobee. “We believe the decentralization of data will play a key role in the future of identity, with Amobee and InfoSum together empowering advertisers to understand and reach their audiences in environments where traditional identity markers are no longer scalable.”
With future-proofed identity solutions at the core of both companies’ roadmaps, Amobee aims to centralize data across paid and owned properties with purpose-built tools to discover, plan, activate, optimize and measure across both the addressable ecosystem, in addition to unique planning and measurement solutions that span both opt-in and opt-out environments, like Google and Safari. These solutions coupled with InfoSum’s ability to offer advertisers advanced audience analysis, segmentation and measurement between decentralized data sets from premium media publishers marks a strategic, complementary offering for brands, agencies and broadcasters.
“The media industry is going through a shift in the way advertisers and media owners collaborate to deliver better data-driven customer experiences, but through this new partnership with Amobee, companies can access a future-proofed approach to identity,” said Richard Foster, Chief Revenue Officer at InfoSum. “As identity becomes increasingly disparate, an agnostic approach to identity is needed to engage consumers wherever they are, across whatever content they are consuming. By using InfoSum’s decentralized identity infrastructure and Amobee’s converged media platform, brands and media owners are empowered to deliver high-performing marketing campaigns that prioritize the privacy of their customers, and the security of their data.”
Recently recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Ad Tech and the Forrester New Wave™: Cross-Channel Video Advertising Platforms report, Amobee provides clients with solutions that drive results in any format, across any screen, to optimize reach across desired audiences and deliver desired business outcomes. Amobee unifies TV and digital to provide advertisers with advanced data management and media planning capabilities, as well as actionable, real-time market research and proprietary audience data. Amobee also empowers media companies with sophisticated audience-based planning technology that helps them efficiently meet marketers’ goals, while managing the business challenges and technical complexities of the converging world.


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The indictments filed in U.S. District Court charge the two Postal Service employees with delaying mail delivery and stealing from the mail, according to a joint statement from U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Postal Service Office of Inspector General Assistant Special Agent in Charge Kenny Smith.
Erin Michelle Watson, 28, of Moulton, is charged with one count of delay of mail and one count of mail theft by a postal employee, both on Nov. 4, 2010. Watson worked as a mail carrier at the Decatur Post Office.
Lennie Matthew Williams Jr., 25, of Birmingham, is charged with delaying mail delivery and stealing from the mail between Aug. 9 and 10, 2010. Williams worked as a mail handler in the Birmingham Processing and Distribution Center Annex.
"Postal employees who abuse this system do us all a great disservice," Vance said. "My office prosecutes these cases aggressively because we are all entitled to rely on the security of the U.S. Postal Service."
The indictments come as the number of crimes for theft from the mail and destruction or delay of the mail charges against postal employees have increased in the past five years.
The maximum sentence for mail theft by a postal employee and for delay and destruction of mail is five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
The U.S. Postal Service's Office of Inspector General investigated the cases. Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank M. Salter is prosecuting the cases.


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BENTONVILLE, Ark. Sam’s Club announced plans to open a membership warehouse club with an expanded assortment of imported products from Mexico. Mas Club is slated to open during the first half of 2009 in Houston at 8711 North Freeway.
“Mas Club will cater to the wants and needs of Hispanic families and entrepreneurs,” said Doug McMillon, president and ceo of Sam’s Club. “We are excited about this club and the new range of products and services we can offer in Houston. Our objective is to create an additional shopping choice that provides currently unavailable value for families, restaurant owners, convenience stores and more.”
Mas Club will offer fresh produce and meats, including a variety of cuts, and a full-service meat and seafood counter. The club will carry a unique selection of Hispanic foods and international brands including beverages, spices and candy for both family use and small business resale. To enhance the member experience, there is space for an out


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Software continues to drive revenue for IBM, with the company’s software group accounting for $4.8 billion for the first quarter of 2008, an increase of 14 percent over the same period last year.
Although services continue to lead in generating IBM’s revenue, software profit grew 22 percent in the first quarter of 2008, according to IBM’s earnings announcement April 16. IBM officials said a significant part of IBM’s growth strategy with its software business are OEM (original equipment manufacturing) agreements, through which vendors are embedding IBM software inside their own products, to meet specific customer needs.
IBM officials claim the company coined the term “OEM” in the 1950s when it began to incorporate subassemblies from other vendors into its computer systems. Today, IBM is ramping up its efforts to sell IBM software “under the covers” via OEM deals as part of its push to boost profits, create other routes to market, and reach out to new customer segments such as consumers and retail, the company said.
IBM’s software group has become the fastest-growing contributor to the company’s revenue, accounting for $4.8 billion of IBM’s total $24.5 billion revenue year-to-year as reported in the company’s earnings announcement. IBM is focusing on OEM sales as part of its strategy to grow its software business and meet IBM’s overall profit objectives.
OEM software sales revenue has been boosted by several IBM software acquisitions that have expanded the company’s portfolio of OEM offerings. Newly acquired products and technologies from companies such as Ascential Software, FileNet Informix, Micromuse and MRO are resulting in significant growth for IBM’s OEM software business, as IBM takes a nontraditional approach to generating software revenue.
Yet, the more traditional approach has its benefits as well for IBM. Revenues from IBM’s middleware products, which primarily include WebSphere, Information Management, Tivoli, Lotus and Rational products, were $3.8 billion, up 16 percent versus the first quarter of 2007.
For the WebSphere family of software products, revenues increased 20 percent. Revenues for Information Management software increased 27 percent and include growth from the acquisition of Cognos, which closed in the quarter. Revenues from Tivoli software increased 9 percent; revenues for Lotus software increased 17 percent year; and revenues from Rational software, which provides integrated tools to improve the processes of software development, increased 3 percent, the company said.
On April 17, IBM announced two new OEM agreements. Linksys, a division of Cisco, announced an agreement to integrate IBM’s Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files software onto their network-attached storage devices to create a data protection solution for small businesses.
Also through this agreement, a shrink-wrapped version of the continuous data protection software will be available for purchase through retailers, IBM officials said. Linksys is calling its offering the Linksys by Cisco Continuous Data Protection for Files solution.
“We are expanding the market for IBM software products and technologies by making them key ingredients in a variety of products sold by other companies,” said Daren Hanson, director of IBM OEM software sales, in a statement.
“More than ever, software has become the central nervous system for all kinds of consumer and business products. The Linksys CDP solution is an excellent example of how companies are finding new opportunities for tapping IBM’s software portfolio-whether it’s for IBM storage software, collaboration tools, middleware or speech recognition technology in global positioning systems-as a source of innovation through OEM agreements.”
Meanwhile, Omnitrol Networks announced that it has embedded IBM’s WebSphere RFID Information Center software into the Omnitrol Work-In-Process appliance to create an EPC (Electronic Product Code)-based traceability and tracking solution for the manufacturing and logistics industries.


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Wendy Collie’s official first day at the helm of New Seasons Market arrived Wednesday.
But before she reported to the executive suite, Collie took the company’s pulse over the holidays by working in five of the Portland area grocery chain’s 12 stores.
By way of introduction to colleagues and customers, the former Knowledge Universe and Starbucks executive carried food in and out of freezers, stocked shelves and on one memorable day, bagged groceries for one particularly playful customer.
As she tells it, she had asked the checker to tell her if she was doing anything wrong as a newbie bagger. A customer, who overheard her say she was new, decided to play a little prank. He came through the line with, among other items, an unbagged bunch of radishes.
Should I bag them, Collie asked her colleague.
The customer piped up: He wanted each one bagged — individually.
Collie called it a lively introduction to the culture of New Seasons, which began in 1999 and will add its 13th and 14th stores in 2013 and 2014. Collie was tapped in late 2012 to succeed Lisa Sedlar, who led the chain through a period of expansion that added new stores around Portland and expanded to Washington with its first Vancouver store.
Collie said spending the holidays working in stores was a great introduction.
“It’s an ideal time for me to witness it from the inside out,” she said.
New Seasons is one of the Oregon organizations on The Business Journal’s 2013 Companies to Watch list. Collie, who gamely fielded our questions about New Seasons growth plans about five hours after starting her job, said the company remains committed to sustainable, planned growth. That can mean new stores and new business systems, she said.
“I want to continue to advance the mission and values of the company.”
Business Journal subscribers can read more about the big issues facing Oregon’s companies to watch in Friday’s edition of the paper.


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We've used cloth bags for grocery shopping for a number of years. On the page supporting the continued use of plastic bags, The American Plastic Manufacturing Association states, "The equivalent of approximately 12 million barrels of oil goes into the annual US supply of plastic bags." It goes on to say this about the 12 million barrels of oil, "Bag manufacturing is a fraction of 1% of US oil comsumption." I guess I would rather fuel cars with that oil than carry my groceries in plastic bags. For me, we can't fuel our cars with cloth shopping bags, but we can re-use them for years.
So why is this news to post on bits? Because there is actually some discussion that Cuyahoga County Ohio may finally do something progressive and start making plastic litter (shopping bags) less attractive. This is radical thinking for the land of Northeast Ohio, and all of Ohio in general. From the state which has given up trying to charge bottle deposits because business buys their way through the election every time that opportunity to reduce roadside trash and landfill size is raised, this is big news. We are used to seeing shoppers routinely bring cloth bags whenever we are on the coasts, but always appear to be part of a very small minority when we take our reusable bags to our local store. Maybe the Northcoast can finally begin to become that progressive attractive place it always dreams of being.


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Stagnant Tweets per Day is another Problem of Twitter
Posted: Jun 17,2015
Slowing down of the growth of users is not the only problematic area of Twitter. The tweets that travel cross the service each and every day seems to have stalled in the past one and a half year or so. The spokesperson of the company denied any comments on this particular issue of frozen tweets per day number. There is a thin possibility that the company has not updated the number on a public platform but with maximum focus on Twitter presently, it is certainly an unusual decision. In the past years, Twitter has updated the number like four hundred million tweets per day in the month of June, 2012.
Twitter’s “about” page on its website states that five hundred million tweets flow on service each single day. But this particular figure is completely unaffected from November 2013.At this time Twitter had 215 million active users but today it has 302 million active users. The present user base of Twitter is forty percent larger than the previous year but there is a lack of corresponding increase in tweets .This proves that the users are not tweeting with the same fervor or people are visiting the site and reading the content but not tweeting.
There will be no immediate effect on the company’s finances because Twitter earns money from ad impressions which happens only when an individual views a tweet or shares a tweet and not when someone actually tweets.


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Apple will be launching the new 2018 iPhone tomorrow, yes, we are only a day from the biggest Apple event of this year. A recent leak revealed that one of the new iPhones would be called the iPhone XS. This would be the successor the iPhone X from last year. However, there are going to be two more iPhones, one with a 6.1-inch display, and another with a larger 6.5-inch OLED screen.
2018 iPhone Names
The 6.5-inch OLED iPhone will supposedly be called iPhone XS Max, according to Mark Gurman. He has been right about things before, so it is possible that he knows about this too. According to his sources, the 6.5-inch would be called iPhone XS Max, and the base model 6.1-inch LCD iPhone would be known as iPhone Xr.
We are not sure what the ‘r’ here stands for, but the iPhone XS Max name is pretty self explanatory. What we don’t get, is why Apple wouldn’t go with iPhone XS Plus. It has been using the Plus name ever since the iPhone 6 Plus, so why go with Max now? This is not the first time that these names have appeared on the interwebs. Other reports have also mentioned that Apple would go with these names for its new 2018 iPhone lineup.
2018 iPhone Pricing
Another leak had mentioned that the cheaper iPhone model, with the 6.1-inch LCD display, could be called iPhone Xc. This variant, will have an aluminium frame and newer color options, similar to the iPhone 5c. You can expect colors such as Blue, Red, etc. It will include FaceID, and is expected to be priced around $699.
In fact, pricing for the new 2018 iPhone models were recently revealed at an internal presentation by China Mobile. Going by the slide in the presentation, the iPhone Xs would be priced around $900, whereas the larger iPhone XS Max/Plus would cost around $1015.


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They are two of the best known photographers in the world but David Bailey and Bruce Weber ditched their usual kit to work together for the first time – shooting pictures with smartphones.
Each armed with a Nokia Lumia 1200 smartphone the veterans spent a day capturing life in Harlem, New York.
The pair visited a boxing club, theatre, book store, soul food restaurant and captured local people, taking more than a thousand pictures.
For Weber – best known for his work in fashion – it was his first time working with a digital camera.
He said: ‘I don’t do digital and this is the first time I have really gone out in the world and done like a digital sitting.
‘I was impressed with the resolution and the beauty of the colour,’ the 67-year-old added.
Bailey said: ‘When Bruce said let’s go to Harlem I thought it was a good idea.
‘The locations were fantastic. I am always surprised at how friendly people are in New York, it is less aggressive than London sometimes.’
The pictures taken with the smartphone’s 41 megapixel camera are currently on show in an exhibition at the Nicholls & Clarke Building in Shoreditch, east London.


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November 02, 2012- Doctors for a number of years have urged people who have fair skin, freckles and red hair to avoid too much sun and the damaging ultraviolet rays it emits. Going outside without sunscreen and a protective hat was simply asking for skin cancer. However, now a study suggests that people with fair complexions and ginger colored hair face a higher risk of skin cancer even if they are covered up.
However, the study performed on mice indicates that pheomelanin pigment, the pigment that makes red hair red, is in itself a possible trigger for developing melanoma, skin cancer’s deadliest form.
The study was published this week online and suggests that the reddish-yellow pigment, which produces rusty colored hair and difficulty in tanning, is a potential trigger in cancer.
The new findings appear to give answers to the riddle of how come darker-skinned people have a much lower risk of developing melanoma than those people who are lighter skinned, even if the dark skinned people only have sun protective factors that are just two to four times more than lighter skinned people.
This might also give the answer as to why red-haired people are even more susceptible to developing melanoma than everyone else, including blondes.
Dr. David Fisher, the senior author of the recent study said the even if red-haired people make sure to avoid UV rays by wearing sunscreen, being careful while at the beach or wearing clothes that are protective it is still possible the red pigment is related to activity that is carcinogenic anyway.
Melanoma, the deadliest of all skin cancers, begins in the cells that are pigment producing or the melanocytes and is more often associated with having fair skin or high exposure to sunlight or a large number of moles.
It is estimated that over 76,000 people will be diagnosed in 2012 with melanoma and over 9,000 will lose their lives from the cancer.


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Dwindling profits from the sale of aquarium fish have forced some major ornamental fish farms here to change tack - they have started cultivating food fish like grouper and plan to do it on a large scale in a few years' time.
One farm even plans to start a live seafood market.
Of the estimated 70 ornamental fish farms here, at least five - Apollo Aquarium, Panda Aquatic Centre, Nippon Koi Farm, Max Koi Farm, and Dreamfish Inc - have embarked on making the change.
The farms use sea water or freshwater recycling systems to rear food fish in concrete inland ponds.
They are helping to boost the output of Singapore's food-fish farms. The country currently produces 8 per cent of the food fish it consumes - a figure that has risen by only four percentage points since 2010 - well short of the 15 per cent target.
The owner of Nippon Koi Farm in Jalan Lekar in Choa Chu Kang, Mr Pay Bok Sing, 53, started rearing food fish in small quantities in 2013. Of his farm's 300 ponds, about 100 of the largest ones now rear fish such as marble gobi and grouper, and prawns.
Demand for the ornamental koi fish, he said, has halved over the past five years. "Few people are breeding koi as a hobby," he told The Straits Times, adding that he now produces 11/2 tonnes to 2 tonnes of fish a month for restaurants and wet markets.
"We figured that the demand for food will always be there; people will always need to eat," he said.
Singapore is still the world's largest exporter of ornamental fish like mollies, guppies, goldfish and koi, but exports have fallen to levels similar to those a decade ago.
The latest UN Comtrade statistics released in May showed that firms here exported about US$56 million (S$76 million) worth of fish in 2013, comparable to the US$54 million worth of fish exported in 2005.
At Max Koi Farm in Neo Tiew Crescent in Lim Chu Kang, food fish now make up 30 per cent of the farm's revenue. Owner Max Ng, 44, started tinkering with food-fish production two years ago because "the tropical fish industry was coming down and an alternative was needed".
He has so far ploughed $3 million into his food-fish business, and plans to go into full-scale commercial farming by year end, and to sell to supermarkets.
Mr Ng believes land-based food-fish farms have an advantage over sea-based ones.
The water used in land-based farms is treated and recirculated in self-contained systems that protect the fish from disease. This lowers mortality rates and allows more fish to be reared in a single tank. The chance of a plankton bloom is also zero, said Mr Ng.
A plankton bloom hit earlier this year, killing some 500 tonnes of fish at farms in Changi, Lim Chu Kang and Pulau Ubin.
Meanwhile, the owner of Panda Aquatic Centre, Mr Kan Tien Siong, 69, has 5,000 jade perch fingerlings in his farm now.
He is targeting the live-fish market in Singapore, and intends to slowly build up demand for the fish, which is eaten as sashimi in some countries.
"This fish has lots of potential," he said, adding that 10 of his 35 ponds now house food fish.
Dreamfish Inc is developing a food-fish farming system and will have 2ha of its 8ha farm devoted to food-fish farming in about two years.
When that happens, managing director Nicolas Chia, 44, expects a turnover of about $4 million a year from food-fish rearing.
Apollo Aquarium started rearing shrimp in 2013, and is now growing pilot lines of grouper and coral trout. It plans to become fully commercialised in a year's time.
An Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) spokesman said a handful of the estimated 70 ornamental fish farms here are exploring food-fish cultivation and that some have approached the AVA for technical assistance.
"Indoor land-based farming has its advantage of better environmental control," said the spokesman. "However, Singapore has limited land with competing needs. Thus, AVA will continue to work with farmers to intensify agriculture land use, raise productivity and capability."
Fitness trainer Chua Ping Wei, 32, said: "Fish from a tank on land seems better. There is more control over its quality.
"It will also be good if I have somewhere to buy live seafood at good prices."
This article was first published on July 18, 2015.
Get a copy of The Straits Times or go to straitstimes.com for more stories.


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We reached out to Zomato to get some clarity on the situation, asking three very specific questions. The questions we asked are listed below:
1) Why was the policy changed so suddenly without any intimation to subscribers? A prior notice regarding this upcoming update would have helped subscribers decide whether they wanted to renew their memberships or not. What was the reason for a lack of intimation?
2) Will Gold subscribers be allowed to cancel their subscriptions and get a refund if they're not happy about this sudden change in policy?
3) Would Zomato be open to honouring the existing terms of the membership for existing users until their next renewal, at which point, the new policy would be applicable to them as well?
The response we received from a company spokesperson reads “This policy change does not affect 98.65% of our users based on their usage patterns. Our support team is there to help members who have queries about this change.” When pressed for answering the specific questions put to them, we were told that there was nothing more to add and that Zomato would stick to the response given.
This is problematic at various levels.
Bait and Switch
What Zomato has done is a classic bait-and-switch. After drawing in consumers to sign up for the service based on a specific set of offerings, the company has turned back on those terms. For now, the change is that Zomato Gold unlocked will be limited based on number of diners on a particular table. This sets a bad precedent, that Zomato can change any part of their Terms of Service as and when they wish, with no regards for the people who have paid for the subscription. For those who have already paid for a year’s worth of subscription, this paints a rather bleak picture because now that you’ve paid, the company can change whatever they want. It’s like paying advance rent on a house and then the landlord walks in a few weeks later to lock up half the house. It is simply not what we paid for.
The Zomato spokesperson said that of the total number of Gold subscribers, 98.65 percent are not impacted by this change, but the company doesn’t share any concrete numbers as to the number of actual Gold subscribers. You can see the entire Twitter thread of upset Zomato Gold subscribers here. These are apparently the 1.35 percent that Zomato thinks it is absolutely okay to wrong. This was the same justification used by the Supreme Court in December 2013 when it overturned the Delhi High Court verdict on Section 377, saying that since the section (377) “impacted a minuscule fraction” of Indian population it wasn't enough grounds to decriminalize homosexuality. The larger benches of the Supreme Court which finally decriminalized homosexuality particularly criticised that thinking, calling it erroneous logic. Of course, the Zomato Gold policy isn’t anything as major as the rights of the LGBTQ community, but the idea that justice can be denied to a group of people just because they are in the minority is anathema to the rule of law and spirit of the Indian Constitution. Zomato, your argument is invalid.
We reached out to multiple restaurants and bars across the country to understand how Zomato Gold has been impacting their business. No one was willing to speak to us unless we guaranteed anonymity. One particular Pan-Asian restaurant said that ever since Zomato Gold was introduced, they have witnessed a drastic rise in the number of diners they’re catering to. Another popular Italian establishment said that they too had witnessed a significant boost in the number of diners, but there were also several cases of abuse. For example, “two diners would come in, order two dishes which they would eat, followed by ordering two more, of which they’d only eat a few bites. Then they would ask us to pack the remaining food and only pay for two dishes. We have had the same happen with 6 diners coming in. However, such cases are few and not as frequent as honest customers,” said a manager at the said Italian restaurant. Another person associated with a popular bar in Hauz Khas Village stated that they faced a major hit in revenue due to the 2+2 policy on alcohol. He said that “maybe Zomato Gold became too popular too soon.” When asked whether Zomato reimburses restaurants and bars for the freebies they hand out, he said that the establishment has to bear 100 percent of the cost and Zomato reimburses them in no way. When asked whether Zomato Gold helped boost business, he said “we definitely see a lot more people walk in, but the problem is that the existing customers also now have Gold. What that means is that when a party of 20 walks in, I have to serve them 40 drinks, but charge only for 20. So, despite a higher number of people walking in, the revenues were not reflecting profits.” Several other restaurants echoed the emotion that if Zomato couldn’t implement some kind of change in the Gold policy, it would become difficult for them to sustain being part of the programme.
Given that restaurants are taking a hit on their billings because of Zomato Gold, it isn’t surprising that they would ask for a change in policy. This is only normal and to be expected, if not today, then maybe in a few months from now, or maybe even a year. The problem, however, is Zomato changing the rules of the game without any notice or intimation to consumers. What makes things worse is Zomato’s refusal to honor the original terms for existing users till their next renewal is not only a show of bad faith, but also sets a bad precedent, showing that any day, the company can change how Gold works and expect everyone to be okay with it. Unfortunately, this is now the reality of Zomato Gold, a ticking bomb which may go off at any time, changing more conditions.


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This season has been Liverpool’s best in their top flight history – heck, it’s the best season any team has had in top flight history. The Reds have stormed into a 25 point lead at the top of the table and are now waiting to find out whether or not they’ll be rewarded with the trophy. James Pearce has pointed out that Liverpool could lift the Premier League in a Nike kit.
The Reds have been certain champions for months now.
Jürgen Klopp’s men have built up an insurmountable lead at the top of the table and just when everything looked rosy, the world went a bit crazy.
A global health crisis has rightly suspended all sporting fixtures across the country, with the Premier League no exception there is no knowing when the competition will resume.
This means that The Reds’ first league title in 30 years is now in doubt.
Thankfully, UEFA has suspended Euro 2020, making it Euro 2021 in order to help domestic leagues play out their remaining fixtures.
With UEFA giving us time to finish our season, James Pearce has pointed out that Liverpool could lift the Premier League in a Nike kit.
The Reds partnership with the sportswear giants begins in June, meaning that any fixtures played from then on out should be done in a Nike kit.
This would be a major benefit for Liverpool as they receive a much bigger cut for every shirt sold by Nike than they did from New Balance.
Lifting the title in a new kit should give a big boost to shirt sales as people scramble to buy what will become an iconic Liverpool top.
More shirt sales means more money for Liverpool which means more money for the #Mbappe2020 campaign.


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Kurt Wagner and Mark Gurman, writing for Bloomberg:
Facebook Inc. lashed out at Apple Inc. in a series of full-page newspaper ads, claiming the iPhone maker’s coming mobile software changes around data gathering and targeted advertising are bad for small businesses.
The ads, which ran Wednesday in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, carried the headline “We’re standing up to Apple for small businesses everywhere.” They home in on upcoming changes to Apple’s iOS 14 operating system that will curb the ability of companies like Facebook to gather data about users and ply them with targeted advertising.
Alex Hern, summarizing nicely for The Guardian:
The point of contention is a feature coming to iPhones in the new year that will require developers to ask for permission before they can track what users do across apps. Apple says the feature, which was originally slated for launch in October before being delayed in order to allow advertisers time to cope, is necessary to protect user privacy; it comes alongside a number of similar changes in new versions of iOS, such as a requirement that app developers provide a “nutritional label” for their software to explain what they do with user data.
Facebook objects – but seems keen to stress it is not doing so because it is defending its bottom line. According to its pitch, the real victims are “your neighbourhood coffee brewery, your friend who owns their own retail business, your cousin who started an event planning service and the game developers who build the apps you use for free”.
“Yes, there will be an impact to Facebook’s diversified ads business,” said Dan Levy, the company’s head of ads and business products, “but it will be much less than what will befall small businesses, and we’ve already been factoring this into our expectations for the business.”
It’s pretty rich to see Facebook taking the angle of ‘standing up for the little guy.’ They’ve been getting away with a complete disregard for user privacy for a long time.


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KENYA – Kenyan Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, has made an appeal to coffee producers in Colombia to an executive collaboration with Kenya to enhance coffee trade and production.
The call came during his participation in the Seventh Coffee Producer and Roaster Forum (PRF) held in Medellin City, Colombia.
During his address at the 2023 PRF, Deputy President Gachagua made a compelling case for Kenyan coffee, highlighting its exceptional quality while expressing concerns about the inadequate returns received by local coffee farmers.
He stressed the need for international coffee buyers, producers, and roasters to explore direct sourcing from Kenya, ensuring that the country’s coffee growers receive fair compensation for their exceptional products.
“Kenyan coffee, known for its unique flavours and high-quality beans, has long been admired by coffee enthusiasts worldwide,” he said.
However, the challenges faced by Kenyan coffee farmers, including low incomes and market access barriers, have hindered the industry’s growth potential.
Deputy President Gachagua’s appeal in Colombia aimed to bridge these gaps and create opportunities for mutually beneficial collaboration.
Gachagua also extended an invitation for Kenya to host the Eighth PRF in 2024, further strengthening the bonds between the two coffee-producing nations.
Notably, the proposal to host the Eighth PRF in Kenya in 2024 received a positive response from the forum’s attendees.
The potential future collaboration could provide a platform for knowledge exchange, market access improvement, and networking opportunities for coffee producers from both countries.
The call for collaboration between Kenyan and Colombian coffee producers aligned with broader efforts to strengthen the global coffee trade and promote sustainability in the industry.
By leveraging each nation’s strengths and sharing best practices, both countries stand to benefit from increased coffee exports and enhanced market presence.
In response to Deputy President Gachagua’s appeal, coffee industry stakeholders from both Kenya and Colombia expressed their willingness to explore potential partnerships and collaborations.
The prospect of combining Kenya’s exceptional coffee quality with Colombia’s rich coffee-growing heritage has generated excitement within the coffee community.
As the global coffee industry continues to evolve, the Deputy President’s advocacy for collaboration between Kenya and Colombia marked a significant step towards ensuring that coffee farmers in both nations receive fair compensation for their products while enriching the global coffee experience for enthusiasts.


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Discover Financial sees charge-off rate drop again
(AP) — Discover Financial Services said the rate their credit card customers defaulted hit another low in August.
The card issuer said it wrote off $50.8 million as uncollectible last month. That's 3.6 percent of balances on an annualized basis. In July, charge-offs totaled $54.4 million, or 3.83 percent of balances.
The charge-off rate has steadily improved for six months, and the Riverwoods, Ill., company now has one of the lowest rates in the card industry, according to the regulatory filing submitted Monday.
Discover's worst month for charge-offs came in February 2010, when they hit 9.11 percent.
Card companies typically write off loans after they're six months past due.
The rate that payments were late by 30 days or more also declined in August, to 2.49 percent of balances on an annualized basis, from 2.6 percent in July. That figure is also the lowest since before the recession started.
Late payments, referred to as delinquency in the industry, are considered an indicator for what to expect for defaults in coming months.
The improvements came as consumers renewed their efforts to reduce the amount of credit card debt they carry. According to the Federal Reserve, total revolving debt, which is mainly credit cards, dropped to $792.5 billion in July, after an uptick in the two previous months. Total card debt is down more than 17 percent since its peak in late 2008. That includes both balances card holders have paid off and more than $75 billion written off by card companies since 2009.
Discover shares rose 5 cents to end Tuesday at $25.08.
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DOWNINGTOWN, PA — Victory Brewing Company (Victory) has teamed up with some of the world’s leading craft breweries to send one lucky beer lover, Jordan Flinchum of California, Kentucky, on a beer trip of a lifetime, touring six of the world’s best craft breweries across five countries in four weeks.
Setting off today, Jordan, who won the trip after receiving the most fan votes in a social media contest orchestrated by Victory, as well as 4 Pines Brewing Company (Sydney, Australia), Feral Brewing Company (Perth, Australia), Good George Brewing (Hamilton, New Zealand), Meantime Brewing (London, England) and The Brew (Shanghai, China), will be flown craft beer class (economy) on a round-the-world ticket, stopping at each participating brewery. Heading first to New Zealand before Sydney and then Perth, Australia, Jordan will next fly to Shanghai and then London, before finally back to the United States. While visiting each brewery, Jordan will get a first-hand look at what it takes to keep each operation ticking, as well as enjoy the craft beer culture of the host city. And, of course, drink world-class beer from around the globe, in the process.
“Craft beer and travelling have been my two biggest passions for many years, so being able to combine them on such an epic scale truly is a once in a lifetime opportunity,” said Jordan. “I couldn’t be more excited to check out some of the best craft brews from around the world.”
During the contest, fans from the participating breweries competed against each other to see who could earn the most votes, after being asked to share a photo and 50-word caption explaining why they deserved to win the Worlds Best Beer Trip atwww.worldsbestbeertrip.com. In the end, Jordan’s caption and travel philosophy resonated with craft brew fans from around the world and now he will have the opportunity to document his trip every sip of the way.
“We have always known that we have the best fans in the biz but, once again, we were amazed by the level of support Jordan received. He will set off on an incredible brewing adventure that will take him around the world and back into his backyard to taste some of the best craft beer being brewed,” said President and Brewmaster, Bill Covaleski.
Follow Jordan on his trip around the world at the hashtags #WorldsBestBeerTrip, #WBBT or at:
┬À Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/
┬À Twitter at: @Jordan_Flinchum
┬À Instagram at: @FLINCHUMJ1
About Victory Brewing Company
Victory Brewing Company is a privately held craft brewery headquartered in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Begun by Bill Covaleski and Ron Barchet, childhood friends who met on a school bus in 1973, the brewery formally began operations in February of 1996. Victory, Pennsylvania’s widely acclaimed brewery and restaurant, now serves fans of fully flavored beers in 34 states with innovative beers melding European ingredients and technology with American creativity.


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Should You Buy Top Marijuana Stocks This Summer?
Top US Pot Stocks To Watch Right Now
Best Cannabis Stocks For Q3 2022
In this week’s trading, the top US marijuana stocks hit new lows as the market erased the majority of its gains from the prior rise. The cannabis industry will experience more decreases in 2022 as a result of market declines as a whole. Despite earning billions of dollars annually, US cannabis companies have suffered because of the federal cannabis reform’s delays. Day traders and swing traders typically make the greatest money when trading in a market like this one. Some long-term cannabis investors opt to trade around their long-term core assets using short-term strategies. This enables them to profit from the daily fluctuations in the stock price.
One reason for US MSOs’ significantly lower trading levels is the fact that they are only permitted to trade on the OTC Markets. Federal law still forbids the operation of cannabis enterprises in the US. This makes it impossible for them to trade on major US exchanges. On Thursday, Congress began consideration of a bipartisan bill that would grant US marijuana companies access to financial services and allow them to list on stock markets. Representatives Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) and Troy Carter are the primary sponsors of the Capital Lending and Investment for Marijuana Businesses CLIMB Act (D-LA). In theory, it would increase the financial lending and investment options available to the cannabis industry. It does this through supporting governmental organizations and private financial institutions that serve established markets.
Top Pot Stocks To Watch In July
Despite the fact that there has been no federal action to legalize cannabis, the state-level market has expanded rapidly. MSOs have lately exceeded all other income generators globally in the United States. Since the pandemic, they have performed better than Canadian LPs. Considering the market’s new lows in June, let’s examine three of the top marijuana stocks for your watchlist in July.
[Read More] 3 Marijuana Stocks To Buy In July?
Top US Marijuana Stocks For Q3 2022
- Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (OTC: TCNNF)
- Cresco Labs Inc. (OTC: CRLBF)
- Planet 13 Holdings Inc. (OTC: PLNHF)
Trulieve Cannabis Corp.
A cannabis company with operations in 11 states and the largest market share in Florida is Trulieve Cannabis Corp. The business opened the 115th dispensary in the state in April. With 164 retail dispensaries, the business is among the industry leaders in the US. The corporation also has a 4 million square foot capacity for cultivation and processing. Georgia has awarded Trulieve a manufacturing license, enabling it to increase its market share in the Southeast cannabis market. In addition, the business established the foundation for future growth by opening its first dispensary in Massachusetts. On February 15th, the company made a purchase of a 64,00 square foot growing facility in Phoenix, expanding its southwest production capacity. The company expanded its footprint in West Virginia in April by finalizing the acquisition of Greenhouse Wellness West Virginia Dispensaries LLC.
On May 12th, Trulieve began the year with a first-quarter 2022 performance that achieved a new high. The business reported record earnings of $318.3 million in the first quarter of 2022, up 64% from the same period the previous year. With a cash balance of $267 million, the company generated $45.1 million in operating cash flow in the first quarter of 2022. The company now operates a retail network of 164 dispensaries and has a cultivation and processing area of over 4 million square feet. In the first quarter of 2022, Trulieve generated a gross profit of $178.2 million with a GAAP gross margin of 56%. It’s significant to note that the company’s net loss rose by 55% from the previous quarter to $32 million. In the first quarter of 2022, the company’s Adjusted EBITDA was $105.5 million, or 33.2 percent of revenue.
TCNNF Stock Performance
TCNNF stock closed on June 28th at $12.80 down 11.72% in the last month. Currently, the stock has a 52-week price range of $12.31-$39.01 and is down 50.79% year to date. According to analysts at Tip Ranks TCNNF stock has a 12-month average price target of $49.94 per share. In this case, this represents an upside of 290.16% from its last trading price of $12.80.
Cresco Labs Inc.
Cresco Labs is a cannabis corporation established in the United States with a vertically integrated corporate structure. The business is currently the leading producer of branded cannabis products in the country. According to a BDSA survey, Cresco is the most liked marijuana brand in Illinois and Pennsylvania. With 50 retail locations, 20 manufacturing facilities, and 47 retail licenses, Cresco operates in 11 states. As part of its expansion strategy, Sunnyside has opened its fourth dispensary in Pennsylvania. According to the company, new consumables and vaping alternatives will be added to the Good News product range. The business will switch to owned brand distribution in California to increase profitability and do away with the third-party distribution.
Sales for the first quarter were up 20% year over year at $214 million for the company. Additionally, after excluding the fair value markup for acquired items, gross profit is $113 million, or 53% of revenue, increasing 29% year over year. Adjusted EBITDA increased by 45 percent year over year to $51 million in the first quarter or 24 percent of revenue. With same-store sales up 9%, retail revenue climbed by 44% year over year to $119 million, or $2.5 million per average store open during the quarter.
At the end of the quarter, Cresco had $179 million in cash on hand and had added four new retail locations, for a total of 50, with three in Florida and one in Pennsylvania. Additionally, the business introduced its branded product line, which consists of Sunnyside* Chews, High Supply®, Good News®, and RemediTM, in Florida during the first quarter. Cresco recently acquired Columbia Care Inc. (OTC: CCHWF), giving it a $2 billion valuation and making it the new leader in the cannabis industry.
CRLBF Stock Performance
CRLBF shares finished on June 28th at $2.64, down 29.68% in the past month. The stock is presently trading in a 52-week price range of $2.55-$11.947, showing a 60.57 percent decline year to date. According to analysts at CNN Business CRLBF stock has a 12-month median price target of $9.78 per share. In this case, this represents an upside of 270.45% from its last trading price of $2.64.
Planet 13 Holdings Inc.
The Planet 13 megastore opened its second location in Orange County in 2021, making it California’s largest dispensary complex. The Nevada-based business has won awards for its efforts in cultivation, production, and dispensaries along the Las Vegas Strip. On the Las Vegas Strip, Planet 13 is well-known for its 112,000-square-foot Superstore dispensary. Two of the world’s biggest superstore dispensaries are located on Planet 13. The Medezin shop, a scaled-down version of the business’s flagship location that mixes a small dispensary with a bigger retail area, has also recently opened. On March 2nd, the business finished the vertically integrated acquisition of Next Green Wave in California.
Sales for the first quarter of 2022 came in at $25.7 million, an 8 percent increase from the prior quarter, according to business data released in May. Additionally, the business produced Adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter of 2022 of $2.6 million. Due to this, the company lost $2.1 million in the first quarter of 2022 as opposed to $6.0 million in the same period the previous year. The gross profit was $12.9 million, or 50.2 percent, less than the $13.0 million, or 54.7 percent, gross profit from the prior year. In May and June, Planet 13 announced that it had signed a lease for its second and third dispensaries in Florida.
PLNHF Stock Performance
PLNHF stock closed on June 28th at $1.271 down 14.70% in the past month. Currently, the stock has a 52- week price range of $1.25-$7.14 and is down 57.91% year to date.
US MSOs And Cannabis Investing In 2022
It may be time to keep an eye on the top US marijuana stocks now that recent trading sessions have seen a significant decline. You can determine which investments are appropriate for your portfolio and trading style by looking at a company’s financial statements and news announcements. Making better-educated trading decisions may be possible if you learn to interpret technical indicators and chart patterns. For active traders in July, the current market volatility in cannabis may provide an opportunity.


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From Buffalo to Manhattan, we’ve had the privilege of serving customers all across the state.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (PRWEB) March 15, 2013
Cellular Sales, the nation’s largest Verizon premium wireless retailer, has recently celebrated a milestone with the opening of its 30th store in New York.
With more than 560 stores nationwide, and locations in New York City, Buffalo, Rochester and several other New York cities, the retailer’s newest store in the Empire State is in Manhattan.
“New York is a key state for any business with national goals,” said JT Thome, COO of Cellular Sales. “From Buffalo to Manhattan, we’ve had the privilege of serving customers all across the state.”
According to Nielsen reports, more than half of all Americans now own smartphones. Cellular Sales’ addition of new stores across the state of New York allows the premium retailer to provide its growing customer base with personalized service as well as offer the convenience of more locations within each market.
The 30-store milestone in New York comes after several years of record growth across the nation. The company opened 114 stores in 2012, and continues to grow.
“These days, wireless services include not only mobile telephone services, but also partnerships with cable companies and even home Internet solutions,” said Thome. “The wireless industry is changing quickly, and it’s important customers have a knowledgeable expert to rely on.”
Named five years in a row as one of the nation’s fastest growing companies by Inc. Magazine, Cellular Sales currently employs more than 4,500 people across the nation and has plans to open 73 new stores in the upcoming year.
About Cellular Sales
Cellular Sales, based in Knoxville, Tenn., is the nation’s largest Verizon premium wireless retailer. The company employs more than 4,500 people at more than 560 locations nationwide. Cellular Sales has, for the past five years, been named by Inc. Magazine one of the nation's fastest growing privately-owned retailers, operating more than 560 stores with nearly 4,500 employees. For more information on the company, visit http://www.cellularsales.com.
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Nate Box, the dynamic owner of the popular, tiny cafe and catering outfit, has a new project. Starting May 1st, he is taking over the food service at the Devonian Botanic Gardens and is turning it into the Birch Patio.
The outdoor, seasonal restaurant will be open seven days a week (mostly during the day) and if it’s raining – you might want to stay home. There is no inside space. But there will be at least 60 seats (between picnic tables and patio tables) and Box is planning to have a lot of fun designing the menu. The Birch Patio will be like a sister to the Elm Cafe, but with its own, au plein character.
“Our brand will be ‘defining summer,’” says Box.
Box plans to create menu items that are based on the kind of food you would eat at the cabin, or at camp, so watch for lots of barbecue. Expect champagne brunches (the garden has a liquor license) on weekends, and a regular special evening called Date Night. On 13 Thursday nights from May till the fall, a romantic theme will be planned, with some kind of a food and admission package. There will also be a number of three-to-five course outdoor suppers throughout the Birch Patio season, which ends in October.
“It’s going to be really fun,” says Box. “We’re trying to bring people out for summer.”
Also new at Elm Cafe is a new private dining space, available for rental this spring at the cafe’s catering kitchen on Alberta Avenue. Box is just completing the final renovations on the space, which will be able to seat 35.


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2012 was a record year for companies spending money on music use at festivals, online and in adverts
Big brands spend over £100m on using UK music in 2012, according to figures.
The statistics, published by PRS for Music and entertainment strategists FRUKT, show that the spend by companies such as Coca Cola, O2, Volkswagon and Blackberry on using music at festivals, online and in endorsements reached £104.8m last year – an increase of 6.09 per cent from 2011.
Live music sponsorship spend reached over £33m, which included campaigns such as Rihanna’s 777 tour with Budweiser and Coca Cola’s Olympic torch relay, where 66 gigs were put on around the UK.
Artist sponsorship deals, such as Emeli Sande’s with Mastercard for the Brit Awards, contributed to a 33 per cent increase in brand spend on UK music.
Meanwhile, digital spend on music, in campaigns with Spotify, YouTube and events that offered fans access to artists via social media meant digital spend on music reached £10.4 million.
Robert Ashcroft, Chief Executive PRS for Music, said: “Historically, sport was where big brands put their money, but the last 12 months have demonstrated the unique power of music to convey brand value and how the right partnership can benefit music lover, songwriter and business alike.”