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Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Latin America edition
Argentina: Tomato production shows slight increase
Argentina’s tomato production has experienced a slight increase in this last campaign. Despite this increase, the sector won’t manage to achieve the sale figures reached in 2001. In fact, the downward trend continues year after year. In 2017, Buenos Aires’ Central Market received 117.569 tons of tomato,…..
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Panama: Reported losses of 70% of the national production are wrong
According to some Panamanian media outlets, the rainy season caused crop losses of up to 70%. Even though they stated that some of the affected plantations could be recovered, they affirmed that several products, such as melon, tomato, banana, watermelon, papaya, onions, and beans, had been affected by the…..
Mexico blackberry season entering slower period
The blackberry season is entering a period of slower volume, as weather and the time of year play their part on supply. In the last month, cooler weather slowed growth, however this week has seen a return to warmer temperatures in the growing regions in Mexico.»At this time of year, the Mexican blackberry…..
Haiti to export produce to Bahamas
Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis revealed that the government of the Bahamas plans to import fruits and vegetables from Haiti by year end. This was reported yesterday during Minnis’ address at a high level meeting with the President of the Republic of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, on the margins of the 29th…..
The first fruit is already on its way to the Netherlands
Costa Rica: Hass avocado producers want to grow in the European market
The president and vice president of the Cantonal de Tarrazu Agricultural Center, David Calvo Mora and Francisco Elizondo Ureña, said they hoped the Hass avocado production of their associates would conquer the European markets.In July last year, they began the process to be certified by the Global GAP…..
Alfredo Tapia: «Today, somebody in Paris will eat fresh pineapple from Bolivar»
Colombia: Montes de Maria ships its first pineapples to Paris
Three years ago on one of his trips to Europe, businessman Alfredo Tapia Rizzo saw a package of pineapples in a warehouse in Barcelona, Spain, that was branded: ‘Transported by plane from Costa Rica’. The image became fixed in his mind and he told himself: «One day, I will also bring my…..
Peru: Asparagus exports fell by 6.4% in value in 2017
According to the Agrodata Peru website, in 2017 asparagus exports (fresh, preserved, and frozen) totaled US $519,975,121, i.e. 6.4% less than the US $555,380,725 achieved in the previous year.In terms of volume, last year Peru exported 146,737,871 kilos of asparagus, which is 9.4% less than the 161,924,603…..
“Volume isn’t the only way to make money”
For the international company SanLucar, the importance of a brand comes first. The company name is directly linked to the products. Brand new CEO Michael Brinkmann talks about the company’s method of working. In production, new technologies can help absorb the effects of extreme weather. But technology can’t…..
AU: Broccolini growth static at peak time of year
A Western Australian vegetable grower says while the recent growth of the broccolini has been static, it has enjoyed double digit growth over the past decade.Capel Farms produces Broccolini® baby broccoli, which is a cross between broccoli and Chinese kale. In Australia, Perfection Fresh hold the rights to the…..
‘Polish apple growers have no reason to complain this season’
After hearing conflicting versions of the current situation, a majority of the Polish apple producers we’ve spoken to, confirm that there is really nothing to complain about this season. Sure, it could have been better, but it could also have been much worse.»Of course, there was a small number of growers in…..
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Landgard persuades its visitors with innovative marketing ideas for fruit and vegetables
After three eventful trade fair days, the growers, retail partners and Landgard itself all agree: In 2018, Fruit Logistica more than lived up to its reputation as the world’s leading trade fair for the fruit industry.Immediately upon entering the Messe Berlin through the North Entrance, tens of thousands of…..
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VI.P organic producer organization Vinschgau:
‘We want to be Europe’s leading supplier of organic apples’
It was a bad year for apple producers in Europe. In the organic sector, the producer organization VI.P Vinschgau also faces considerable losses. As the sale of the 2017 harvest will be completed by April at the latest, the VI.P Bio Vinschgau is already looking ahead. «We are already taking the first steps with…..
Almeria-based company strongly invests in organic citrus and Demeter certification
«Demand for organic lemons is on the rise»
Statistics show that lemons are a fashionable product, increasingly associated with health and well-being. In fact, the demand for them has increased in recent years, especially in the organic sector, given their versatility in cooking, cocktails and desserts, as well as their many uses in cosmetics. This has…..
Demand stable despite tough competition
Germany: «Our big advantage is the Bio and Fair Trade certification»
The continuous supply of fresh pineapples leads to a constant range of goods both in the conventional and in the organic sector. Accordingly, middlemen or importers each have to shop inexpensively to generate profits. Despite this fierce competition in today’s exotic trade, Kipepeo has been successful for…..
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US volume of Vietnamese rambutan to resume this week
Shipments of rambutan are set to arrive in the U.S. from Vietnam this week. “Right now there is very little rambutan in the market since Vietnam is the main supplier this time of year and they have been on Lunar New Year holidays since Feb 15,” says Paul Armstrong of Los Angeles, Ca.-based RHA Group. “But we…..
Low Mexican temperatures thin Canadian imports
Fair trade banana consumption still limited in North America
Chilly temperatures in Mexico have affected the import of Fair Trade bananas to Canada. “Supply has been tough—supply has been down easily by 50 percent,” says Julie Sage of Vancouver, BC.-based Discovery Organics. “Our main supplier is in Colima, Mexico and they’ve had really cold temperatures for many months…..
Marc Evrard (BFV) on the search for alternatives for the Russian market:
“Strict production conditions mean exporting larger volumes of pears to China”
In the years before the boycott, Russia bought as much as 50 per cent of the Belgian Conference pears at certain times during the season. “A volume of roughly 100 million kilograms can’t just be regained. That’s why we’re now working hard to reconquer our share on both current and new markets, although it…..
South African parliament adopts motion for land expropriation without compensation
A day is a long time in politics: two days ago, new President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a new cabinet, appointing new ministers in the portfolios of finance, public enterprises, mineral resources and water affairs (among others). Yesterday a momentous debate on land reform in parliament led to the adoption of…..
Hans Maagendans, Banafood Services GmbH:
«Sky-high banana prices, but supermarket sales doing well»
The banana market has been on fire for a few weeks now. «I have never, in the 34 years that I’ve been trading bananas, seen such excessively high prices», says Hans Maangendans of ripeners, Banafood Services GmbH from the German Straelen. «We have one advantage – the cold, dry weather. This means the…..
Former timber farm now a mainstay of the South African kiwi industry
The accidental kiwi farmer
When Danie Meyer bought two farms in the lush countryside of Magoebaskloof, he had its timber plantations in mind for his sawmill, not the farm’s Hayward kiwi orchards. “That was the first time I ever saw a kiwi,” he says – and today, the two farms making up Nooyenskopje not only deliver much (if not most) of…..
Willem Bakker, Bio Tropic Perpignan:
Moroccan Nadorcott season kicks off
The first Nadorcott mandarins from Morocco are available from this week at Bio Tropic Perpignan in France. The season will run until early April. «This year, we are cooperating with two French growers, Soumia and Emile Grac, of Le Verger Bio. These growers have 30 hectares of mandarin trees between Essaouira…..
Positive outcome for growers
Tasmanian producers negotiate control zone transit
As Tasmanian apple producers begin harvesting this week, they have achieved success in negotiating a critical transport protocol allowing them to send fruit to the mainland.Geeveston apple producer, John Evans, said the issue was the use of Taut Liners (curtain-sided trailers) for which there was no protocol…..
Red Sun Farms adds avocados to product range
One of the biggest greenhouse growers in North America, Red Sun Farms, is expanding its produce family, with Golden Sun Avocados.According to Red Sun Farms Chief Operations Officer, Carlos Visconti, “Consumers and retailers alike already associate Red Sun Farms with the very best in tomatoes, cucumbers and…..
La Banane de Guadeloupe & Martinique
French Ministers reveal the fair banana
Yesterday at the Salon International de l’Agriculture, the French company La Banane de Guadeloupe & Martinique announced the release of a banana that guarantees a revenue to small producers: La Banane Française Équitable. The fruit was revealed by Stéphane Travert, the French Minister of Agriculture and…..
California heavy in the running of its easy-peeler season
California’s mandarin/clementine season is heading into the thick of its season with a number of varieties on the go. “We’re picking W. Murcotts very heavily and we have a few Tangos that we’re also picking. And this is our first year shipping Gold Nuggets as well,” says Linda Cunningham of Dinuba, Ca.-based…..
“Growing further in Europe”
In the first week of February the French company Idyl started the Moroccan Nadorcott season. The French company is best known for its Charentais melons, which are marketed under the Idyl brand, but the company offers more products, amongst them, Nadorcott mandarins from Morocco.Philippe Puech, Hugues Moyollet,…..
Max F. Dohme, supplier of organic mushrooms:
‘We are trending towards brown mushrooms’
Until the early 2000s, the German mushroom market was largely dominated by canned and processed products. Nowadays, absolute freshness determines events in the specialist and retail trade and the share of organic products is also growing gradually.The Max F. Dohme company – a subsidiary of the Dohme Group -…..
Conventional reefers no longer sailing, but reefer container market not simple
Due to the age of conventional reefer ships, 30 years on average, more and more ships will be taken off of the water in the coming year. Last year the company formerly known as Lloyd scrapped 24 reefer ships, the largest amount since 2012. This was mentioned by Dynamar in a recent report. Special reefer…..
Marie Legendre, Syngenta: “You can’t just throw products on the market anymore”
Are club concepts the future?
Club varieties such as Kanzi and Pink Lady have been doing well for years. Due to the considerable brand promise, consumers are willing to pay a higher price. The vegetable branch also has increasing demand for special varieties with their own story.Club varieties are grown and marketed under specific…..
The happy sounds of Uttar Pradesh
An 2.44 metre long vegetable that makes music
The Narendra Shivani variety of bottle gourd is making news because of its unusual fruit length.The variety was developed in 2007 by Professor Sheo Pujan Singh aka ‘Bottle gourd Man’, a faculty member of the Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology in the Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh……
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The Lone Star State overlayed with Poland
Frozen veg imports to Japan reach new heights as domestic prices rise
According to online news from the Japanese agricultural industry, Japan’s frozen vegetable import broke the 1 million tons record for the first time in 2017. Japanese retailers vigorously promote frozen vegetables as an alternative with a more favorable price, because the price of domestically produced…..
US growers enjoy successful season of KIKU apple variety
U.S. KIKU growers, in the final 6-8 weeks of selling the 2017 crop, are looking back on a successful season while setting out plans for the first KIKU imports from the Southern Hemisphere.According to George Harter of CMI Orchards, the 2017 KIKU brand apple season was very successful despite a smaller overall…..
LDAF and LSU AgCenter partner to fight citrus disease
The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) and the LSU AgCenter are joining efforts on a project to fight citrus canker disease. Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said the goal is to identify citrus canker tolerant satsuma cultivars.Citrus canker is a bacterial disease…..
APAL seeks fair pricing for apple and pear growers
Australian apple and pear growers are calling on marketers and retailers to set fair prices for new season fruit and not use the current surplus to sell quality fruit at below-cost prices.The industry’s peak body Apple & Pear Australia Limited (APAL) said growers were struggling with some of the lowest…..
Use of shared and reusable “Smart Packaging” maximizes operational efficiency
Pure Flavor® – IFCO partnership ensures year-round delivery of fresh produce across North America
Pure Flavor®’s use of IFCO Reusable Plastic Containers (RPCs) has had a positive impact for the Leamington, Ontario-based, vertically integrated provider of a wide variety of fresh produce products year-round to retailers across North America. After six years of collaboration, Pure Flavor®’s use of IFCO RPCs…..
Washington organic apple acreage to grow 16-20%
The area of certified organic apple production in Washington State grew by 37 percent in 2017 and is poised to grow further in 2018.In 2016, there were 16,191 acres of certified organic apples in the state, with another 4,244 acres intended for certification in 2017. Of the transition acres, only 60 percent…..
Pink vegetables are new Social Media hype
Pink radicchio, a rosy lettuce look-alike, is brightening up salads and taking over Social Media, being the latest Instagram-friendly superfood.
The veg, also called Radicchio del Veneto and La Rosa del Vento, is a chicory grown mostly in regions of Italy and in parts of California, Pennsylvania and Washington.
India now has over 30% of world’s organic producers
India has since long been part of the organic farming revolution. It has over 160 million hectares of arable land. According to the World of Organic Agriculture Report 2018, India has the largest number of organic producers in the world.With over 835,000 certified organic producers, it is home to more than 30…..
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Hungary: December retail sales up 5% y-o-y to HUF 1,072blnIn December 2017, the volume of sales in retail shops increased by 5.0% according to raw data, and by 6.1% adjusted for calendar effects, reveals a second estimate of retail data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH). In 2017 as a whole, the volume…..
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How Facebook’s feed purge could expose publishers to fraud
One unintended consequence of Facebook’s feed purge is that it may make publishers more vulnerable to ad fraud.
With Facebook favoring user content and deprioritizing publishers’ posts in its news feed, publishers will turn to traffic resellers to make up for the clicks they’re losing from Facebook, said independent ad fraud consultant Augustine Fou. The traffic brokers found through online forums and LinkedIn tend to specialize in low-cost traffic that’s of low quality, though. More than 90 percent of the sites that DoubleVerify flags for having high levels of fraud purchase clicks from traffic resellers.
An exec at a digital lifestyle publisher, speaking on the condition of anonymity, anticipated buying more traffic to make up what his site loses from organic visits. This publisher has people devoted to making money on paid Facebook traffic through arbitrage and has gotten the cost down to a few cents a click.
Publishers that don’t already focus on buying Facebook traffic won’t be able to afford those prices at scale, so they’ll likely turn to traffic sellers whose costs per click are under a cent.
Publishers that pay celebrities like George Takei and Lil Wayne to promote their content on Facebook are also likely to find themselves in a precarious situation. Facebook has told publishers that people will see less content from celebrities in their news feed. Facebook did not reply to an interview request for this story.
“Publishers that rely on celebrities will scramble and turn to lower-tier traffic markets,” the publisher exec said. “Those that don’t know how to do proper audience targeting [with paid Facebook traffic] will get crushed.”
Jonathan Mendez, board member of ad tech firm Yieldbot, said that when Facebook and Google change their algorithms to reduce organic traffic, a swath of publishers reacts by purchasing cheap clicks from traffic brokers. Getting industrywide data on this effect is difficult because publishers typically don’t publicly admit to buying traffic, even though the practice is common, and getting data from the traffic brokers requires sleuthing.
Facebook at least has real human users, which can’t be said of many traffic sellers. If publishers turn to traffic sellers as a shortcut to replace their declining referrals from Facebook, then they’ll likely end up with a high amount of fraud that drives down their CPMs, Mendez said.
Of course, publishers aren’t blameless in this scenario. Nobody forced publishers to become dependent on Facebook, just as nobody is going to force publishers to buy cheap clicks when Facebook rips the rug out from underneath them. But platform-dependent publishers that are already feeling strained are likely to look for a new source of cheap clicks, according to an ad fraud exec, speaking anonymously.
“If the publishers are running light on traffic, they will take steps to buy the traffic, and so they are contributing to fraud,” the ad fraud source said. “In their desperation, they may make the entire ecosystem worse.”
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HONG KONG - Police in central China's Hunan province have discovered used medical supplies being "recycled" at a workshop, and tracked down a network of dealers across the country, in the latest case of black-hearted goods being sold on the market.
Over 140 tonnes of used plastic medical supplies, including syringes and blood bags, were illegally sold off through an underground network of recyclers, Chinese state media reported over the weekend.
The case came to light with the jailing of a dozen people found guilty of polluting the environment in Hunan province last week, the South China Morning Post reported on Monday. (June 12).
Police said they were concerned that more of the dangerous waste materials might have been re-introduced into the manufacturing chain and reprocessed into plastic products for the food, medical and building renovation industries, the Post cited Outlook magazine as saying.
In April 2016, officials from an environmental protection bureau in Hunan, acting on a tip off, discovered several men "recycling" some 50 tonnes of used medical supplies in a backyard workshop in Gupei township, reported Outlook, which is published by China's official Xinhua news agency.
The men, including a dealer and a few workers, said they bought the waste from a rubbish dump for 2,000 yuan (S$407) a tonne. The waste material was then sold to another dealer for 5,000 yuan a tonne.
Bureau official Xu Shuli was cited as saying: "The scene was dreadful to the eye and disturbing to the mind."
Liquid residue from IV bags was seen leaking onto the ground, and syringes were found with dried blood, Outlook reported, adding that there was a stench in the air.
Hunan police spent six months investigating the case, and detained dozens of suspects in the web of dealers and suppliers in provinces including Hubei, Guangdong, Hebei and Jiangsu. More are expected to be arrested.
In one case, a dealer in Langfang, in northern Hebei province, sold the illegally processed waste for use in manufacturing pipes, and supplies for food and medical industries.
Most of the waste had come from public medical facilities, and investigators said several hospital property management companies have also been implicated in the case, the Post reported.
"County-level hospitals do not pay support staff and cleaners enough, so they let them sell the waste," one hospital employee said, adding that many of such hospitals try to save the cost of engaging professional recycling companies to destroy used medical supplies.


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The two-way between Cambodia and Indonesia reached US$196.26 during the first four months of 2019, according to a press release of the Cambodian Ministry of Commerce.
This figure represented an increase of 10.48 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, said the same source, adding that Cambodia's exports to Indonesia increased by 7.75 percent, while its imports from this country rose by 54.18 percent.
Last year, the volume of Cambodia-Indonesia bilateral trade reached US$558.62 million.
To cheer the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two ASEAN countries, a friendship trade fair will be organised from July 19 to 21, 2019 in Siem Reap cultural province.
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Consumer staples exchange traded funds followed the market higher Tuesday and received a lift from Dean Foods (NYSE: DF), which rallied over 10% after the dairy company raised its full-year outlook.
“This could be the first quarter that Dean has exceeded EPS expectations in close to two years,” Deutsche Bank analysts said in a note.
“While the stock may react positively we note the already strong stock recovery has resulted in a premium valuation by most measures and fluid milk volume remains surprisingly weak,” they said.
Dean Foods represents 4% of First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund (NYSEArca: FXG) and 2.4% of Rydex S&P Equal Weight Consumer Staples (NYSEArca: RHS).
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Kia launches the “Fueled by Youth, A State of Mind” Stinger marketing campaign with a 60-second ad entitled “Feel Something Again” scheduled to air during the third quarter of Super Bowl LII. Created by the advertising agency David & Goliath, Kia’s commercial features Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler featured two years ago in the Skittles’ 2016 Super Bowl 50.
Here you can watch the Kia 2018 Super Bowl and the reverse version (maybe you catch the hidden message in the 2018 Kia Stinger big game ad).
Set to a cinematic remix of Tyler’s timeless hit “Dream On,” “Feel Something Again” finds the Stinger GT’s 4.7-second 0-60 time being put to the test – all in reverse
Featuring Steven Tyler behind the wheel, turning back the hands of time is as easy as pressing the start button in the all-new 2018 Stinger in Kia Motors’ Super Bowl ad for the highest performing and most anticipated model in the company’s history.
As the haunting notes of “Dream On” play backward, two-time Formula One and Indianapolis 500 champion Emerson Fittipaldi looks on approvingly as Tyler approaches a Kia Stinger on an abandoned racetrack. Once inside, the Stinger GT’s twin-turbo, 365-horsepower engine is put to use – in reverse – sending Tyler on a transformative journey back to the seventies. Working in close collaboration with Tyler, state-of-the-art video and CGI work helped bring the music industry icon’s 25-year-old persona to life on the screen to stunning effect.
Designed in Frankfurt and developed on Germany’s famed Nürburgring under the watchful eyes of two auto industry legends – Peter Schreyer, Kia Motors’ president and chief design officer, and Albert Biermann, head of Vehicle Test and High-Performance Development – the Stinger is unlike anything seen before from the brand. The Stinger GT, with its twin-turbo V6, pushes the sports sedan to a top speed of 167 miles per hour and from zero to 60 miles per hour in 4.7 seconds.
“The Stinger is the dream car driving enthusiasts have been longing for with its head-turning design, premium amenities and heart-pounding power at an incredibly value-packed price,” said Saad Chehab, vice president, marketing communications, Kia Motors’ America. “As one of the youngest mainstream car companies in the U.S., our youth – and the fearlessness that comes with it – is Kia’s strength, and the youthful mindset we share with Steven Tyler and Emerson Fittipaldi is on full display in our Super Bowl ad.”


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MUMBAI: Consumers can look forward to anti-infective, cardio and gastro-intestinal drug prices being lowered the most, even as the draft policy will impact only a 3% of the Rs 60,000 crore pharma market. Among the popular medicines whose prices may be slashed once the policy is finalized next year include Augmentin, Mox, Zanocin, Ocid, Taxim-O, Pantocid, Emeset and Amlogard.
The impact will be felt largely on top 10 ranked companies in the market (in terms of market share) due to price reductions in their top-selling and premium-priced drugs. The overall impact of the proposed policy is a meagre 3% or Rs 1,500 crore of the industry, a detailed analysis by consultancy firm, IMS Health says. Of this, Rs 1,000 crore is contributed by retail trade, and the balance (Rs 500 crore) from hospital sales.
Anti-infectives will bear the brunt of the proposed policy with the impact around Rs 400 crore, while gastro-intestinal and cardio-vascular therapies were affected by Rs 160 crore each. Around 50% of the impact is felt by the top 10 companies in the domestic market led by Abbott, and followed by Cipla, Ranbaxy, GSK and Zydus. Those companies ranked 11 to 20th on the list contribute around 23% of the Rs 1000 crore impact.
The twin objective of NLEM (national list of essential medicines) which is to ensure access of medicines at affordable prices is getting lost as the overall coverage is small, experts say. "Pricing as the only lever to drive access and affordability is a micro-view, and a larger view needs to be taken by including other models", Amit Backliwal, managing dirtector, IMS Health told TOI.
While for most companies, 50% of the decline in value (due to price reduction) is contributed by three brands, but for GSK, a major portion of the loss is due to the impact being on its blockbuster drug, Augmentin.
The IMS analysis shows of the Rs 1,000-crore loss, 60% will be borne by domestic companies, and the balance from multinationals. Major drugs impacted due to price reduction include Augmentin (GSK), Zanocin (Ranbaxy), Emeset (Cipla), Cefi (Abbott), Ocid (Zydus) and Taxim-0 (Alkem).


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BridgeTower Capital, a platform to connect blockchain markets, is partnering with global art fund Artemundi to release NFTs based on the work of Spanish artist Francisco Goya. The partnership was announced at the Avalanche Summit in Barcelona. All audience members at the summit were given an NFT illustrating Goya’s Caprice No. 6 titled, “No One Knows Each Other.”
Goya’s Caprice No.6 is the first in a series of NFTs created by Artemundi and BridgeTower Capital. A series of NFTs featuring the 80 Goya Caprices, or architectural etchings, owned by Artemundi will be released over the next year. The NFTS will be in the BridgeTower Permissioned Market. Buyers enter by creating a Securitize iD.
Artemundi is an art investment company that manages over a billion dollars. “Goya’s work transcends time,” said Artemundi CEO Javier Lumbreras. “This piece — Caprice No. 6 — shines light on our ability to effectively connect with each other. This has never been more relevant today and is at the core of our society within the expanding Metaverse.”


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Palm oil, used in everything from candy to biofuels, is set for the largest annual decline in four years as inventories surge in Indonesia and Malaysia, the biggest producers, and a global economic slowdown curbs demand.
Futures in Malaysia, the global benchmark, plunged as much as 6.7 percent to 2,577 ringgit ($839) a metric ton today on the Malaysia Derivatives Exchange, before ending at 2,646 ringgit. The intraday slump exceeded the median estimate of a decline to 2,600 ringgit by December in a Bloomberg survey of 11 analysts and importers who attended an industry conference in Mumbai yesterday. A year-end close at 2,600 ringgit would show a loss of 18 percent, the biggest decline since 2008.
Palm oil, the world’s most-used cooking oil, has slumped as demand slowed from importers including China and the European Union, and stockpiles surged because of an increase in production. The plunge may cut revenues for producers including Sime Darby Bhd. and IOI Corp. and cap increases in food costs.
“Demand for palm oil in particular, and for vegetable oils in general has been softer than expected in 2012,” said Dorab Mistry, director at Godrej International Ltd., who has traded palm oil for more than three decades. Demand was hurt by slower growth in the production of biofuels from vegetable oils and a slowdown in economic growth in the developing countries amid high prices, he said.
Intraday futures tumbled today to the lowest since 2010. The low surpassed Mistry’s prediction yesterday that he expected futures to drop to 2,600 ringgit to 2,700 ringgit a ton by December. The probability of a drop to 2,300 ringgit has risen to 50 percent from 20 percent in June, he said.
The tropical oil has fallen 23 percent since the end of March and is heading for a second straight quarterly decline on concern that a pick-up in production will drive stockpiles in Malaysia and Indonesia to records.
Stockpiles in Malaysia will continue to expand in October, November and December and may reach as high as 3 million tons by January, Mistry said. Inventories in Indonesia have hovered between 3.5 million tons and 4 million tons since 2010 as against popular estimates of 1.5 million tons to 2 million tons, he said. Production in Indonesia may climb to 27.5 million tons in 2012, higher than the 27 million tons estimated on Sept. 6, while Malaysia’s output may be 18 million tons, less than the 18.2 million tons forecast previously, he said.
“The supply position on palm oil is therefore extremely comfortable and is likely to remain that way for the next several months,” Mistry said.
Prices may drop to 2,500 ringgit a ton by December because of rising stockpiles, said Dinesh Shahra, managing director of Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd., the country’s biggest importer of cooking oils. Futures may slump to 2,575 ringgit in the fourth quarter if Brent crude falls to $95 a barrel, according to James Fry, chairman of LMC International Ltd.
“There is a large potential for prices to go down substantially,” Shahra said on Sept. 22. “There is a slowdown in China, and Europe has slowed purchases for biodiesel. The discount between soybean oil and palm oil will further widen.”
The gap between the two oils widened to $329.61 a ton today, the most since 2008, data tracked by Bloomberg showed. The record is $493.76 in August 2008. Soybean oil and palm oil are used in foods and fuels.
Global vegetable-oil supplies will increase by 3.05 million tons in 2012-2013, while demand may expand by 3.5 million tons, Mistry said. Soybeans may reach a record $20 a bushel in December or January and drop with the swelling of harvests in Brazil and Argentina, he said.
Sunflower oil prices will remain in line with soybean oil and compete for market share in importing countries such as Iran, Egypt, parts of the Middle East and India, Mistry said.
Cooking oil imports by India, the largest palm oil buyer, may climb to a record 10 million tons in the oil year ending Oct. 31 on lower domestic oilseed output, Mistry said. Stockpiles in India at the end of October will be higher than in previous years, he said.
Vegetable-oil imports climbed 19 percent to 8.16 million tons between November and August, according to the Solvent Extractors’ Association of India. Stockpiles, including those at ports and in the pipeline, totaled 1.55 million tons as of Sept. 1, it said on Sept. 14.
The 33 percent jump in soybean futures this year is set to reduce demand. Global consumption will drop about 3 million tons in 2012-2013 because of record prices, according to Thomas Mielke, executive director of Oil World.


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Powerhouse retail chain Wal-Mart just released Q4 earnings and wow, were they good.
The world’s largest retailer not only topped what Wall Street had expected with earnings but it also had the largest domestic same-store sales increase since July of 2012.
This quarter marked Wal-Mart’s 10th straight quarter of comparable sales growth.
Revenue did however fall a little short of expectations at $130.94 billion while the Street expected $131.22 billion according to Thomson Reuters.
EPS came in at $1.30, adjusted, versus the $1.29 per share, adjusted, expected by a Thomson Reuters consensus estimate.
The company’s comparable sales saw a 1.8 percent increase. FactSet had expected a 1.3 percent increase.
Disclaimer: We have no position in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and have not been compensated for this article.


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New Oxfam campaign ranks policies of food and beverage companies
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The social and environmental policies of the world's ten biggest food and beverage giants need a major shake-up, said international relief and development organization Oxfam America as it launched its new global campaign called 'Behind the Brands'. The campaign was launched with new research that for the first time scores and ranks the agricultural policies, public commitments and supply chain oversight of Associated British Foods, Coca-Cola, Danone, General Mills, Kellogg, Mars, Mondelez, Nestle, PepsiCo and Unilever.
The research reveals that the "Big 10" food and beverage companies – that together make $1 billion-a-day – are failing millions of people in developing countries who supply land, labor, water and commodities needed to make their products.
ABF (19%), Kellogg's (23%) and General Mills (23%) scored most poorly. They have weaker policies than Coca-Cola (41%), Unilever (49%) and Nestle (54%) for example.
"While some companies are doing better than others, no company has passed the test," said Raymond C. Offenheiser, President of Oxfam America. "Some companies have made important commitments that deserve praise. But none are moving fast enough to help tackle hunger, inequality and poverty in their supply chains. No company emerges with passing grades. Across the board all ten companies are failing."
The 'Behind the Brands' campaign reveals:
"It's time these companies take more responsibility for their immense influence on poor people's lives," said Offenheiser. "Eighty percent of the world's hungry people work in food production and these companies employ millions of people in developing countries to grow their ingredients. They control hundreds of the world's most popular brands and have the economic, social and political clout to make a real and lasting difference to the world's poor and hungry."
'Behind the Brands' –part of Oxfam's GROW Campaign - will launch in more than 12 countries including the US, Mexico, China, Brazil and across Europe.
Its first public action will target Nestle, Mondelez and Mars for their failure to address inequality faced by women who grow cocoa for their chocolate products. Today Oxfam is also releasing a brief with first-hand accounts of the inequality that women cocoa growers face. Oxfam is urging the three companies to do more to know and show how women are treated in their supply chains, create an action plan to address inequality for women in their supply chains and engage in advocacy to influence other powerful actors to do the same.
"No brand is too big to listen to its customers," said Offenheiser. "If enough people urge the big food companies to do what is right, they have no choice but to listen. By contacting companies on Twitter and Facebook, or signing a petition to their CEO, consumers can do their part to help bring lasting change in our broken food system by showing companies their customers expect them to operate responsibly."
NOTES TO EDITORS:
See the full scorecard at www.oxfamamerica.org/behindthebrands
Read Oxfam's Behind the Brands report: http://www.oxfamamerica.org/publications/behind-the-brands
Read Oxfam's media brief Mars, Mondelez, Nestle and the Fight for Women's Rights: http://www.oxfamamerica.org/publications/mars-mondelez-and-nestle-and-the-fight-for-women2019s-rights
Images of women cocoa farmers in the Ivory Coast: http://resources.oxfamamerica.org/pages/search.php?search=!collection1974&k=6969f243a8
Images of women cocoa farmers in Nigeria: http://resources.oxfamamerica.org/pages/search.php?search=!collection1971&k=23d6307910
Video: The Truth about Women and Chocolate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYqZO4fUSzg
Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. Together with individuals and local groups in more than 90 countries, Oxfam saves lives, helps people overcome poverty, and fights for social justice. Oxfam America is an affiliate of Oxfam. To join our efforts or learn more, go to www.oxfamamerica.org
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When the cryptocurrency darkcoin launched earlier this year, it distinguished itself from dozens of bitcoin copycats by promising to keep users’ transactions far more anonymous than its predecessor. Now that promise is being tested in the Internet’s fastest-growing proving ground for privacy technologies: the online black market for drugs.
Soon after California lawmakers passed legislation that would update present day currency laws and eliminate bans on alternative currencies, Democratic Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill into law that would see digital currencies, such as bitcoin and litecoin, legalized.
What last week’s arrest of Charlie Shrem means for the virtual currency By Adrianne Jeffries and Russell Brandom A week ago, 24-year-old Charlie Shrem landed at JFK, home from giving a talk about the virtual currency Bitcoin at an e-commerce convention in Amsterdam. The trip had gone well.
First big U.S. online retailer to accept it The online retailer Overstock plans to accept the digital currency Bitcoin next year, the company’s top executive told the Financial Times, becoming the first big American online retailer to do so. Patrick Byrne said the online general merchandise shop plans to start taking Bitcoin as early as the second quarter in 2014.


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Several analysts have recently updated their ratings and price targets for Ubiquiti Networks (NASDAQ: UBNT):
- 11/16/2017 – Ubiquiti Networks was downgraded by analysts at ValuEngine from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
- 11/16/2017 – Ubiquiti Networks was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating. According to Zacks, “Ubiquiti’s first-quarter fiscal 2018 earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 16.5%. The company saw impressive momentum in the UniFi product family which drove top-line growth and earnings. Ubiquiti’s shares have charted an impressive trajectory in the past six months, outperforming the industry's gain. Going forward, the company believes traction of the recently launched products will drive top-line growth. However, on the flip side, macroeconomic problems like currency risks, rising labor costs in key locations and natural disasters pose concerns for the company. Also, an extremely competitive environment, which includes big multinational wireless telecom players, poses a threat to the company. In addition, the company faces issues with its sales channel and supply chain execution, which affects operations and can directly impact margins.”
- 11/10/2017 – Ubiquiti Networks was upgraded by analysts at ValuEngine from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating.
- 11/10/2017 – Ubiquiti Networks had its price target lowered by analysts at BMO Capital Markets from $66.00 to $60.00. They now have a “positive” rating on the stock.
- 10/5/2017 – Ubiquiti Networks was upgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $64.00 price target on the stock. According to Zacks, “Ubiquiti’s shares have charted an impressive trajectory in the past three months, outperforming the industry's gain. Ubiquiti’s excellent global business model, which is highly flexible and adaptable to any kind of change in markets, has helped it steer past challenges and maximize growth. Over the past few quarters, both of Ubiquiti’s business segments are experiencing solid prospects, which, in turn, have stoked its top line. Going forward, Ubiquiti’s product innovation is likely to emerge as long-term growth drivers. Especially, the Enterprise Technology business is expected to grab a higher market share for the rest of the fiscal year, fuelled by strong demand for its products. However, on the flip side, macroeconomic problems like currency risks, rising labor costs in key locations and natural disasters pose concerns for the company.”
- 10/4/2017 – Ubiquiti Networks was downgraded by analysts at Vetr from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $62.28 price target on the stock.
Shares of Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. (UBNT) traded down $0.28 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $66.92. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 270,800 shares, compared to its average volume of 617,104. The firm has a market capitalization of $5,210.00, a P/E ratio of 21.30, a PEG ratio of 1.05 and a beta of 0.50. Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $45.71 and a fifty-two week high of $68.14.
Ubiquiti Networks (NASDAQ:UBNT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 9th. The Wireless communications provider reported $0.92 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.86 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $245.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $240.39 million. Ubiquiti Networks had a return on equity of 45.45% and a net margin of 28.76%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 20.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.79 earnings per share. equities analysts anticipate that Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. will post 3.35 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Ubiquiti Networks, Inc develops performance networking technology for service providers and enterprises. The Company offers a portfolio of networking products and solutions. Its service provider product platforms provide carrier-class network infrastructure for fixed wireless broadband, wireless backhaul systems and routing.
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The Breeders Sales Co. of Louisiana is expecting a strong yearling sale Sept. 23. The 2013 sale reported strong double-digit growth in average and median.
The Breeders Sales Co. of Louisiana annual yearling sale has cataloged 197 horses.
A chestnut yearling colt by Awesome Again out of Clear Sailing by Empire Maker brought $210,000 to top the Breeders Sales Company of Louisiana yearling auction Sept. 24.
The Breeders Sales Company of Louisiana annual yearling sale has cataloged 202 horses for its Sept. 24 auction, which begins at 11 a.m. CT at the Ike Hamilton Center in West Monroe, La.
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Nissan Qashqai outside 10 Downing Street in London. The Qashqai is in sixth
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Samsung went for commercial flash at the International Consumer Electronics Show this week with bendable screens, kitchen appliances controlled by smartphones, and razor-thin televisions.
But just as important was a less-glamorous announcement that the world’s largest smartphone maker is turning its attention to a new pocket of lucrative potential customers: corporations and government agencies.
At the CES show in Las Vegas, Samsung is touting a new platform, known as Samsung for Enterprise, that will allow businesses to control, secure and closely monitor the security of employee smartphones.
Samsung is attempting to muscle its way into the growing enterprise market, which is expected to reach $181 billion by 2017.
That’s bad news for BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, which has struggled to retain its place as the preferred platform for security-conscious customers and is attempting a comeback with a more consumer-friendly mobile operating system.
When it comes to security, Samsung has some catching up to do. Its phones run Google’s Android mobile operating system, an open platform that comes with inherent security risks. In addition, Samsung’s version of Android has run into its own security problems. Last month, developers uncovered a bug in Samsung’s version of Android that opened up some of the phone’s most popular models to tampering. Another code loophole meant phones could be wiped remotely.
Samsung has said it is investigating both problems and has sent software updates to fix the bugs on some devices.
No smartphone manufacturer is immune to security bugs, said Chester Wisniewski, the senior security adviser for security firm Sophos. Samsung has to be more vigilant, he said, to bolster its chances of success in the enterprise market.
“If Samsung said all phones have this extra layer of security, they could have a serious enterprise advantage,” Wisniewski said.
That’s because, when it comes to consumer popularity, Samsung already surpasses BlackBerry. That opens the door for Samsung to solidify its position as corporations increasingly allow employees to choose the smartphone devices they use for work, analysts said.
“Clearly having the best security is not enough,” said Michael Sutton of the security firm ZScaler, otherwise RIM would be in a better position.
To retain its place at the top of the smartphone market, which it dominates with Apple, Samsung must continue to leverage a combination of responsive software and low manufacturing costs in South Korea to fend off competitors, analysts said.
“They’re still hungry; they’re still all about trying to be Apple,” said Bob O’Donnell, a technology analyst for International Data Corp.
That gave it and other South Korean firms such as LG an advantage over the Japanese firms that once dominated the consumer technology industry. Those companies ignored the rising importance of software and content, leaving Samsung an opening, analysts said.
That, too, was obvious at the CES, where analysts said companies such as Sony had to prove they could embrace the software side of the business to reverse their flagging fortunes.
Sony touted its newest televisions and smartphones at the show, even introducing a waterproof smartphone. Those devices should tell consumers that “Sony is really starting to get its mojo back,” Kazuo Hirai, Sony’s chief executive, told a Las Vegas audience this week.
But the effort fell short, said Forrester technology analyst James McQuivey. “If Sony wanted it to be a turning point, they needed to come with their best game,” he said. “They’re not paying attention to the fact that consumers are no longer enthralled by size or brightness of screen, but what the screen can do for them.”
Samsung’s software focus will likely insulate it against growing competition from Chinese firms such as ZTE that threaten to use the same cost advantages Samsung used to overtake Japanese firms against it. But Chinese firms, McQuivey said, have yet to develop the software chops to compete against companies like Samsung.
“Korea’s in a great position by timing,” McQuivey said. “Coming in as China and saying ‘we can do this at lower cost’ means building a tablet that looks like this or a phone that looks like that. But if it doesn’t satisfy the software expectations; it doesn’t do anything for them.”
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Samsung to Have Snapdragon 820 Exclusivity Until April
As we all know, Qualcomm is ready to start off the new year with its new and powerful Snapdragon 820 chipset. And it has also been rumoured that many of 2016’s flagship devices will sport the new chipset. However, word around the rumour mill is that Samsung is planning to keep the chipset to itself for the first three months.
Here’s why that is. As you may also know that Samsung is planning to unveil its next flagship Galaxy S7 devices. These devices will come in two versions. One will sport Qualcomm’s newest chipset while the other will feature the Exynos 8890 chipset. And Samsung wants exclusive rights to the Snapdragon 820, at least initially. The company wants to show off the new SoC with the Galaxy S7 before anyone else gets there.
So what does this mean for other companies like Xiaomi which is ready to launch the Mi 5 flagship smartphone with the Snapdragon 820 chipset? The Chinese company had already delayed the launch that was initially supposed to take place in December due to the launch of the Snapdragon 820 chipset. Now, if rumours are true and Samsung does indeed hold exclusive rights to the next-gen SoC until April, then this would mean that other flagship devices like the Mi 5 and LG G5 won’t see a launch in the first quarter.
Samsung’s next flagship smartphone has been rumoured to come with a pressure sensitive screen (like Apple’s 3D Touch), a retina scanner, a USB Type-C port, and an improved camera, among other things.


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On January 25th, Gov. Laura Kelly announced that Kansas’ Tourism Department will join the Department of Commerce to promote economic development in the areas of travel and tourism. Kansas’ Tourism Division was previously based out of the Wildlife Department for 10 years, and with the help of businesses, destination marketing organizations (DMOs), and Industry Partners, travel and tourism will become an increased focus under Kelly’s leadership.
The Travel Industry Association of Kansas, Kansas Restaurant & Hospitality Association, and Kansas Economic Development Alliance were three primary advocates who initiated this request for Kelly, and this Executive Reorganization Order will go into effect into July 2021 unless rejected by the Senate or House.
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The Men and Women of Kelly Blue Book have again helped the consumer pick an affordable and cool car. In this article, the list of the Top 10 coolest affordable cars, made by Kelly blue Book is examined. The cars are all less than 18,000 dollars and are filled with cool and interesting gadgets. Coming in at number one was the Hyundai Veloster, a car with a slick exterior and plenty under the hood. According to the article, we may see more of these affordable cool cars, as the manufacturers are making it easier and easier to purchase them as they can build them cheaply.
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VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) will install detecting devices on retail gasoline pumps across the country after widespread fuel fraud was found at gas stations.
Inspectors check a gasoline pump at a fuel station in Hanoi
MoST will cooperate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade to trial the black boxes before rolling them out at all gas stations, he said.
Thang also said the ministry would recommend the government increase penalties for fuel fraud, such as breaking pump’s inspection seals, using unregistered pumps and installing devices to modify the pump gauges.
Vietnam Standards and Consumers Association Deputy Chairman Ho Tat Thang said petrol pump tamperers should face criminal charges.
“The current fines of up to VND40 million (US$2,355) are nothing compared with the billions of dong people have been defrauded,” he said.
“Some stations have asked other people to get a new license on their behalf after losing their permission to operate,” he said. “We should use criminal charges and jail sentences as a deterrent.”
Devices to alter fuel pump gauges were easy to buy and cost around VND4 million ($235) each, said Dang Nhat Kien, director of Seen Technologies Corporation, which makes gasoline pumps.
“The Ministry of Public Security should set up a unit to handle the manufacture and trade of gasoline defrauding devices,” said deputy director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Market Monitoring Management Unit Pham Quang Vien.
Experts also suggested withdrawing 83-octane gasoline, used for farm equipment, old motorbikes and boats, from the retail market.
Vien said some gas stations used 83- octane gasoline to dilute more expensive types of fuel.
During inspections of gas stations last month, 797 were found to be committing some kinds of fraud. Fines worth more than VND3.8 billion ($224,000) were issued and inspectors recommended the 100 gas stations lose their business licenses.
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Meet Mmabatho Portia Morudi, a South African bee farmer extraordinaire educating rural communities on biodiverse conservation methods to preserve and revive nature while creating markets for produce — all in an effort to improve overall livelihood.
Human survival depends on bees, and Morudi embarked on a mission to save the threatened species. The road wasn’t always a smooth one.
Morudi said, according to Food For Mzansi: “The fact that there weren’t many bee farmers around brought out a lot of skepticism and we didn’t have enough land at the time, so we relied on community members and people to allow us to create beehives on their farms.”
It was a tall ask for locals. She explains, “Being in a community that knows bees for stinging and nothing else was hard because we had to convince them to allow us to create a hive on their land.”
Morudi saw an opportunity to assist with the economic development and food security challenges for local farmers. This idea led to the co-founding of The Village Market SA.
The co-founder describes it as an “emporium of village produce and products. We set up bee farms in rural communities to assist farmers with bee pollination, which improves their crops and yields and once their produce is ready, we buy it and beautifully package it in wooden crates and deliver to homes, wellness centers, and companies.”
The outcome has been remarkable. Her efforts have created awareness, pride, and economic development in rural communities. She now owns Iliji Bee Farm in South Africa.
“We used to produce one bucket of honey and now we are producing 8.5 tons. We are now able to go to certain retail stores and see the brand come alive,” Morudi prides.
She’s the recipient of the 2018 INCO South African Women Entrepreneur of the Year and RoshGold Woman of Impact award in 2017. She also partnered with Elephants, Rhinos & People to help diminish poaching efforts using bees.
Morudi’s goal is to teach more communities about bee farming in hopes of transformation, changing the face of agriculture one hive at a time.
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The nation’s milk processors and producers via Bozell are participating in the “Community Challenge” program at iVillage.com. The program developed in partnership is a tool for women giving concrete steps toward improvements in their health. Terms of the partnership were undisclosed.
The co-branded programincorporates multiple interactive and community elements to inform and inspire women to change their nutritional habits and reach their daily calcium requirement by drinking at least three glasses of milk per day.
As a core component, iVillage.com customized its “Community Challenge” behavior-modification program into a four-week “Drink 3” Challenge. This programming module guides members through weekly chats, email reminders and lively message boards to support one another with creative ways to get into the habit of drinking three glasses of milk per day.
“The Milk Mustache program is an education campaign women can believe in, one that makes a lot of sense in this community context,” said Nancy Evans, co-founder of iVillage.com
In an additional element of the program, Milk is sponsoring an enhancement of iVillage.com’s “Personal Health Report.” This interactive health-management tool now provides members with a customized and confidential assessment of their risk for osteoporosis, based on lifestyle and heredity.
“I view this as a great model for advertising on the Internet. It combines content sponsorship, relevant editorial linkage, online promotion, integration with other marketing initiatives and banners, plus a partnership mentality that is crucial to making it happen,” said Peter Gardiner, senior partner and media director of Bozell Worldwide.
The new initiative will capitalize on one of the most successful advertising campaigns ever by debuting an interactive Milk Mustache tool. iVillage.com members will be able to draw a mustache on a scanned picture of themselves — or their kids — which they can then print, or send to a friend.
A class action lawsuit against an internet-connected pleasure device highlights the potential pitfalls a growing number of companies will face as they embrace ... read more
Google sparked a small firestorm last week as reports surfaced that its intelligent assistant device Google Home delivered an unsolicited advertisement to unsuspecting owners.
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The rise of YouTube and digital video generally has a lot to do with the rise of the internet and the abundance of digital video content. But YouTube's ascendency is also the result of Google's savvy use of algorithms.


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The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs will this Saturday, 7 June be at the Grand Opening of the newest Jaycar Electronics store in Bankstown.
After they take on the Sea-Eagles at Brookvale Oval on Friday night Trent Hodkinson, Josh Reynolds, Mitch Brown, Tim Browne and Tim Lafai* will be on hand to cut the ribbon at the Major Partner’s newest store, right in the heart of Bulldogs territory.
The players will be present from 10am-12pm and will be more than happy to sign autographs, pose for photos and even give you some advice on all the latest electronics around the store.
To celebrate the opening of the new store, Jaycar Electronics will be giving away a double pass to the Bulldogs next home game against the Eels on Sunday, 15 June just by spending $50 or more at the store between 10am-12pm.
Be sure to head down to 1/165 Canterbury Rd, Bankstown this Saturday to catch up with some of your favourite Bulldogs.
Details for the appearance are:
Where: Jaycar Electronics Bankstown (1/165 Canterbury Rd, Bankstown)
When: Saturday, 7 June
Time: 10am – 12pm
Who: Trent Hodkinson, Josh Reynolds, Mitch Brown, Tim Browne, Tim Lafai*
*players are subject to change at late notice due to the match being the night before in Manly.


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- IBM’s stock surged nearly 10% on Wednesday following a better-than-expected earnings report.
- Morgan Stanley sees reasons to be hopeful about the company, but other analyst firms are less optimistic.
- The company’s revenues declined for the 22nd consecutive quarter.
The future may be looking brighter for IBM.
The venerable tech company’s stock rallied early Wednesday and was up as much as 10% after its latest earnings report beat Wall Street’s expectations and showed what some see as promising momentum.
IBM’s third quarter results could mark an “inflection” point, Morgan Stanley financial analyst Katy Huberty said in a report issued Wednesday. The company’s “organic” revenue growth — what it produced from building on its own products and services — and the fact that its gross margins — the difference between what a company charges customers for its products and services and its direct costs of producing and providing those products and services — declined less than they had been falling are signs the heretofore declining tech company could stage a successful rebound, she said.
The company’s “results were better than expected,” said Huberty, who reiterated her overweight rating and $US192 price target on IBM’s shares. She continued: “Low investor expectations and ownership set-up for a re-rating as fundamentals recover post a period of investment.”
Investors seemed to share Huberty’s bullishness. After closing regular trading on Tuesday before the company’s earnings report at $US146.54 a share, IBM’s stock opened at $US157.12 a share on Wednesday and hovered around $US160 by mid-afternoon.
It was a positive omen for the company, which, despite beating analysts’ expectations, reported its 22nd consecutive quarter of declining revenue. In the third quarter, IBM posted sales of $US19.15 billion, which was down from $US19.23 billion in the year-ago period, but above Wall Street estimates of $US18.59 billion.
IBM’s performance should improve if it acquires more customers in the cloud and uses its newly released z System mainframe to drive growth, Huberty wrote.
But even Huberty noted that IBM is in a transition period and success in the cloud, which provided 20% of the company’s revenue in the third quarter, won’t be easy. IBM runs the risk of its cloud business cannibalising its core offerings, Huberty wrote. If the company isn’t able to start making money off its investments in its Watson artificial intelligence technology and its other cognitive computer systems, that could hurt the company’s profit margins, she said.
IBM’s cloud services likely won’t be able to compete with Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure on price, Huberty said. But its various cloud service offerings ought to help it retain customer sales dollars. And those services could potentially offer better-than-expected margins, she said.
“Can IBM win the cloud game? Not how you think,” she said.
Other analysts weren’t as optimistic. At least seven financial analysts have hold ratings on IBM’s stock. And at least two rate it as a sell.
Industry analyst Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights and Strategy, was also cautious on IBM’s prospects. There are positive signs, he said. But he worried about the slow growth IBM’s cognitive systems area recorded. That business’ sales grew by just 3% in the third quarter, compared to 10% growth in hardware. Because cognitive systems is a new business for IBM, it should be growing much faster, Moorhead said.
But IBM’s not alone in struggling to transform itself from a traditional enterprise technology company to one that emphasises cloud, mobile, and other products, he said.
“HPE, Cisco Systems, and Dell EMC are in a very similar position,” Moorhead said.
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Android’s Stagefright Puts Millions of Users at Risk
On September 12, mobile security company Lookout e-mailed users to alert them of a security vulnerability called Stagefright, which allows an attacker to control and steal data from Android devices by sending infected multimedia messages (MMS). Stagefright is used on 95% of Android devices, so it affects nearly one billion people worldwide.
Worst of all, users don’t need to open the message to be infected. The message will automatically be downloaded to the device.
Zimperium, a mobile security firm, initially discovered the vulnerability earlier this summer. Stagefright gives hackers access to all of the data stored on your phone, including bank information, the phone’s camera and microphone, contacts and photos.
Many apps can be used to exploit Stagefright, including Google Hangouts, Android’s default messenger app. Smartphones with Android 2.2 are vulnerable, and anyone with a version prior to Jelly Bean is at the highest risk.
Nvidia has said its latest update for its Shield tablets has a security patch for Stagefright, and Google told PCMag that many Nexus devices have already been fixed. To see if an update is available for your device, Lookout recommends going to “Settings” on your phone and clicking, “System Updates.”
In its e-mail to users, Lookout provided a link to download their new Stagefright detector app. It will tell you whether your device is vulnerable, and once a patch is released, the app will be able to analyze whether it worked. Zimperium has similar software available.
All major cell phone manufacturers and Google are working to patch the vulnerability. Until then, consider downloading a mobile security app to protect your device.


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Hundreds of fast-food workers rallied together outside of dozens of New York fast-food restaurants as part of demonstrations demanding higher wages and for the right to organize without ramifications from employers. The organization is calling for a $15 hourly wage, up from the median wage of $9, even in this economy.
Protests were staged in front of various Wendy’s, Burger King, Pizza Hut, KFC and McDonald’s locations across the city. The demonstrations were put together by a coalition of labor, community and clergy groups called Fast Food Forward – it coincided with the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., who was shot and killed as he supported low-wage sanitation workers.
The minimum wage in New York is $7.25, but many workers in the food sector may earn $4.65 per hour because their position includes tips. According to the New York Labor Department, there are 50,000 fast-food workers in New York City and the average annual salary is $18,500. This amount is $4,500 lower than the poverty income threshold level of $23,000 for an average family of four.
“In America, people who work hard should be able to afford basic necessities like groceries, rent, childcare and transportation,” Fast Food Forward states on its website. “While fast food corporations reap the benefits of record profits, workers are barely getting by — many are forced to be on public assistance despite having a job. Raising pay for fast food workers will benefit workers and strengthen the overall economy.”
The petition to raise the wage has generated close to 122,000 signatures (at the time of this writing).
Some of the restaurants commented on the demonstrations. A spokesperson for McDonald’s told the New York Daily News that the majority of its chains are owned and operated independently. A spokesperson for Domino’s Pizza told CNN that its company-owned stores pay their deliverymen the minimum wage plus tips.
Opponents of raising wages for these fast-food workers argue that it could hurt franchisees because most of them are small business owners, according to Scott DeFife, executive vice president of policy and government affairs at the National Restaurant Association, who spoke with the news network.
“Any additional labor cost can negatively impact a restaurant’s ability to hire or maintain jobs,” explained DeFife.
When customers purchase something from a business they are paying for the labor costs, benefits, overhead costs, revenues and profits. This means that if labor costs go up then patrons may not acquire the good or service because it’s too expensive – this is the evidence to suggest that minimum wage laws hurt the overall economy. Furthermore, when the minimum wage increases it hurts those unskilled and uneducated because they won’t be able to find jobs or could even lose their jobs.
Also, an entry level job at an establishment like McDonald’s was once considered as a means to garner experience to put on your resume, earn a bit of extra cash to pay for school or as a part-time job to supplement your income. The general consensus is that a job at a fast-food restaurant should not be considered as a career endeavor or full-time employment.
After national media outlets reported that a McDonald’s franchise in Massachusetts was seeking a cashier with a Bachelor’s degree and experience – it later turned out to be an error – many commented on the state of employment among youth (double-digit jobless rate).
“Sadly we’ve taxed-and-spent our way to an economy in which there’s intense competition for just about any job. Combine that with government meddling in the student loan market that has artificially inflated the cost of higher education and young people are getting screwed over even worse than the country overall,” said Evan Feinberg, president of the Washington-based youth advocacy group Generation Opportunity, in an interview with the Washington Examiner.


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Without such standards, the health of the Internet is at risk, Peter Fleischer, the search site’s privacy chief told a U.N. conference in Strasbourg, France.
He said that the rise of the Internet meant vast amounts of personal data was regularly shipped around the globe, often through countries with little or no data protection laws.
Europe has strict privacy regulations but some are likely outdated, he said. The United States, by contrast, has no nationwide privacy laws.
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Hate Is No Game - Hate and Harassment in Online Games 2022
In 2021, ADL found that nearly one in 10 gamers ages 13 to 17 had been exposed to white-supremacist ideologies and themes in online multiplayer games. An estimated 2.3 million teens were exposed to white-supremacist ideologies in multiplayer games like Roblox, World of Warcraft, Fortnite, Apex Legends, League of Legends, Madden, Overwatch, and Call of Duty.
Hate and extremism in online games has only worsened since last year.
ADL’s annual report on experiences in online multiplayer games shows that the spread of hate, harassment, and extremism in these digital spaces continues to grow unchecked. Our survey explores the social interactions, experiences, attitudes, and behaviors of online multiplayer gamers nationwide. For the fourth consecutive year, the already-high rates of harassment experienced by a nationally representative sample of nearly 100 million American adult gamers increased. According to the Entertainment Software Association, 76% of gamers in the United States are over 18.


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London - It is credited with helping some of the world’s most glamorous women to lose weight. Stars including Lady Gaga, Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Cheryl Cole are said to have used the baby food diet to slim.
Now sales are surging as British women take their lead from Hollywood.
Sales of wet baby food in the UK are up 20 percent compared with the same two-week period last year, while the figure for dry baby food has jumped 59 percent, according to web grocer Ocado.
Orders for Heinz Mum’s Own Creamed Porridge have leapt by 100 percent, while those for pasta and spaghetti bolognese purees are up by 87 percent, said Ocado.
Sales of Plum Baby 7+ Months Bean & Beef Cassoulet with Tomato have risen by 32 percent. Ella’s Kitchen Organic Chicken & Sweetcorn Mash is up 15 percent.
Women trying to slim to fit into summer holiday bikinis are driving the sales trend. The baby food diet has received a lot of publicity in recent weeks. Advocates suggest it is possible, when combined with workouts, to lose 9kg in six weeks on the diet.
Baby food products are subject to strict nutrition controls far more than any other products limiting salt, sugar and other additives. Pots and packets of baby food often contain lower than 50 calories.
The Jennifer Aniston version of the diet is said to include up to 14 small pots a day to stave off hunger pangs plus one main healthy meal of fish and steamed vegetables. Ocado said sales of fish have surged by 23 percent and vegetables by 13 percent in the past two weeks.
The diet’s creator is Tracy Anderson, the personal trainer who is also credited with sculpting the figures of Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow.
She said: “Liquid cleanses do help you lose weight but you will gain more the next week. I wanted something where you can eliminate toxicity, break bad habits but still have your digestive system going. That is when the baby food cleanse was born.”
Nutrionists say the diet will do no harm, but say those who want to lose weight should use healthy eating and exercise regimes. – Daily Mail


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Nutritional labels on food packaging are confusing to consumers and may be hindering attempts to promote healthy diets and reduce obesity, according to a new study from the University of Birmingham.
If the packaging has an appealing design, primary school children also reach for healthy foods. This was revealed in a study in cooperation with the Research Institute for Child Nutrition in Dortmund under ...
Introduction of standardised packaging for tobacco products in Australia prompted more smokers to think about quitting and to attempt to quit, show findings of surveys of adults smokers published in Tobacco Control.
World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan urged global action Wednesday to drive tobacco companies "out of business" and hailed progress in tackling smoking in many countries.
British lawmakers on Wednesday voted in favour of forcing tobacco firms to sell cigarettes in plain packaging despite fierce opposition from the industry.
Ireland on Thursday became the first European Union member state to pass a law introducing mandatory plain packaging for tobacco products, prompting the tobacco industry to threaten legal action.
(AP)—In the ever-complicated debate over labeling of genetically modified foods, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says he has an idea: use your smart phone.
The scientific journal Addiction has today published a collection of peer-reviewed research papers and commentaries that bring together key parts of the evidence base for standardised packaging of tobacco products from 2 ...
Does your sweetheart have a milk allergy? You may want to hold off on a dark chocolate Valentine.
Plain tobacco packaging may reduce the likelihood of smokers seeking to obtain cigarettes by almost 10% compared to branded packs, according to research from the Universities of Exeter and Bristol.
The British government said Wednesday it would seek a vote on forcing tobacco firms to sell cigarettes in plain packaging before the current parliament ends ahead of a May election.
The graphic health warnings on tobacco packaging are twice as likely to catch the eye of smokers when printed on non-branded packaging, a UK charity's report claims.
For years, the government has told Americans to eat their vegetables. A rewrite of the government's dietary guidelines could include some new advice, too, on sugar, salt, meat and caffeine.
Ten years since setting a trend with its workplace smoking ban, Ireland is pushing ahead to be the first EU state with plain packaging for cigarettes despite fierce opposition from tobacco companies.
Smokers' support for plain packaging of tobacco products rose sharply after they were introduced in Australia, according to a study published online in the journal Tobacco Control.


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Usha International strengthens its portfolio of sewing machine
New Delhi. Usha International, one of the leading consumer durables brands, and provides household products. The company has launched 19 new sewing machine category in India. These include Industrial Garment Machine (IGM), Usha Jainom and new models in the Domestic Industrial.
With the company’s brand ambassador and the winner of the National Film Award for Best Actress 2018, Kirti Suresh, Usha International organized an exclusive Meet & Greet event for its trade partners in Chennai.
The program also awarded some of the best performing employees and Usha dealers in the company. This new launch is clear proof of our ability to continuously provide customized solutions and innovative to the consumers based on their insights and preferences. we value our trade partners, said President of Sewing Machine at Usha International, Harvinder Singh.
we attach great importance to our trade partners and the opportunities that take our relationship to a new height, not just formal or regular, he further said. Such events also provide us an opportunity to thank the tireless efforts of our partners and recognize to make Usha International the premier consumer brand in the country.
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I’m extremely happy to honored to be associated with Usha and be a part of this event today, said Ms. Keerthy Suresh, Brand Ambassador, Usha International. I thank Usha for extending their love and warmth to me, she added.


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If you follow the 3D printing space at all, then you are sure to have heard about the Robohand Project. It’s a project which helps individuals who are missing their hands, obtain a cheap, reliable, customizable, prosthetic which is constructed almost entirely from 3D printed parts. The Robohand was the creation of Richard Van As and Ivan Owen, and has helped better the lives of hundreds of individuals from children in war torn Sudan, to adults in the United States. Unlike traditional prosthetic devices offered to patients, which can cost well over $25,000, the 3D printed Robohand can be printed out on a 3D printer for around $50. Robohand sells the prosthetic fully assembled with medical grade orthoplastic for $500, which is still a bargain compared to the alternative.
The team behind Robohand was not satisfied with only helping those in the need of prosthetic hands, so they have since set out to create a Roboleg. A 3D printed leg prosthetic is much more difficult to create because the typical ABS or PLA plastic used with FDM based 3D printers generally lacks the strength to hold the weight of an average sized human being, over an extended period of time.
This was a tricky project, but with the help of a few metal rods, two pneumatic pumps, and some other minor parts, they have seemingly accomplished their goal. Yesterday they released a prototype photo of the first ever Roboleg, and this morning they showed off the very first production model, Roboleg Version 1.
The device allows for important knee and ankle movement, and appears to be relatively light-weight compared to its size. This amazing device is almost certain to follow in the footsteps of the Robohand and transform the accessibility and convenience of prosthetic devices for leg amputees. It will be interesting to see what kind of adjustments can be made for people of varying heights, and if future renditions will feature customized covers like that which Unyq.com offers.
Like the Robohand, this device will be open source, meaning there will likely be a nice amount of innovation from the maker community from this point forward. Discuss this prosthetic at the RoboLeg forum thread at 3DPB.com.
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Safety: Open networks pose dilemma
By Robert Lemos
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
February 5, 2003, 4:00 AM PT
If you want to know how insecure today's wireless networks are, just ask the people who make it their mission to locate the access points designated by companies and consumers around the world.
Armed with laptops, special software and some makeshift hardware, these wireless explorers drive through cities, suburbs and business parks in search of the signals that connect computers to wired networks and the Internet. The practice is called "wardriving," a term derived from the "wardialing" tactic of the movie "War Games," where a hacker dials every number in an area to find a modem.
"Wardrivers don't pose much of a threat," said Chip Coy, executive consultant for IBM Global Services' Security and Privacy Consulting Practice. "They are collecting information about access points and publishing maps. However, they do show that someone could just pop an antenna on top of their vehicle and get data."
But this open season on wireless networks may be nearing a close. Almost four years after the 802.11b standard--now referred to as Wi-Fi--was established, wireless equipment makers are nearly ready to sell second-generation products that have better security out of the box.
An industry-standards group known as the Wi-Fi Alliance proposed a set of interim security specifications for wireless networks last fall. Called Wi-Fi Protected Access, the measures improve encryption and ways to recognize devices that are authorized to join the network. Devices including the new protections are expected to be available by April if not sooner.
So far, the lack of convenient protections hasn't stunted the success of Wi-Fi networks. Although security concerns have slowed corporate adoption of wireless technologies, consumers have continued to use them. As these networks become more popular in both companies and the home, however, the need for more security will be inevitable.
According to numbers posted by the Worldwide Wireless Wardrive in November, more than 72 percent of the nearly 25,000 access points found by wardrivers around the planet didn't even have the flawed wireless security standard known as Wired Equivalent Privacy, or WEP, turned on.
"If people didn't take the five minutes to turn WEP on in their access points, I doubt they have other security that can protect the network," Coy said. "They really need to be doing something more proactive to make sure their wireless networks are more locked down."
Finding a solution to the insecurity of wireless networks could be a pivotal factor in determining whether the wireless industry has a profitable year, said Dennis Eaton, chairman of the Wi-Fi Alliance. Sales of wireless hardware to companies have flattened in recent quarters, while consumer purchases have grown.
"The consumer segment is not that concerned about security today," Eaton said. "On the enterprise side it has affected sales, but in most cases it has caused them to defer the decision until a security solution is found."
The only way to secure communications today is to either use WEP, a technique that allows the data transmitted to and from the central network hub, or access point, to be encrypted. But the encryption can be broken with relative ease, often in as little as five hours.
A part of the Wi-Fi Alliance's interim standard called Temporal Key Integrity Protocol will address WEP weaknesses by adding stronger security and protecting the encryption keys. In addition, the standard will add a new way to limit who has access to a network.
Using components of a new standard from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, companies can create a system that distributes digital keys only to those people allowed to connect to a specific network.
A simpler version of this technology called Pre-Shared Key will be available for home use. Under that system, a password can be created as a master key for each PC on the network. From then on, Wi-Fi Protected Access will bar anyone who isn't using a device with the matching password. With the new technologies, David Pollino, managing security architect for digital security firm @Stake, expects to be able to offer customers less complicated and less costly ways to bolster wireless protection.
"From a security perspective, (the future) is all positive," Pollino said. "Currently, if you roll out wireless securely in your campus, you can do it, but you might have to jump through more hoops than you might want."
Yet even simple security might not be enough to persuade everyone to use wireless networks, said Steve Kirschbaum, president of independent consultancy Secure Information Systems International.
He points to the lack of security on the wireless connection points, known as hot spots, offered by T-Mobile. The company, which provides Internet access at Starbucks outlets in partnership with the ubiquitous coffee chain, doesn't secure surfer communications.
"The way things are now, it's a dicey proposition," Kirschbaum said. "You have to assume that each keystroke is something someone is going to see."
It is no surprise, therefore, that wireless technology companies are trying to get secure products to market as quickly as possible.
"When people talk about wireless networking, the first thing that pops into their mind is security, and we recognize that is a barrier," said Eaton of the Wi-Fi Alliance. "Everyone in the industry sees security as the No. 1 issue for growth."


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IAF will organise two conferences on May 13-14, 2019 concurrently with Messe Frankfurt’s Texprocess and Techtextile Fairs in Frankfurt. The first conference will involve young executives. Given IAF’s membership spanning the globe and straddling the supply chain from manufacturers to brands and retailers, it will be based on a theme involving the collaboration of the supply chain for the implementation of technology.
On May 14, 2019 the IAF will organise a meeting specifically aimed at manufacturers’ issues, involving garment manufacturers from all over the world, also to be organised in Frankfurt.
Later in the year, the IAF will organise its 35th IAF World Fashion Convention in Lahore, Pakistan together with IAF member PRGMEA from November 11-13, 2019. The event will be attended by world class speakers and offer global network opportunities during the conference, the IAF Golf Tournament, gala dinner and study tour.