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‘Bombs’ are designed to store and quickly release copious amounts of energy, so are the mega-batteries said to save wind and solar from their hopeless intermittency.
The notion is that giant lithium-ion batteries will quell the power delivery chaos that comes with attempting to rely wholly weather-dependent wind power and wholly sunshine-dependent solar power; thereby bringing stability and security to plenty a power grid teetering on the brink of collapse, all the consequence of our “inevitable transition” away from reliable and dependable power generation sources, like coal and gas.
But there’s nothing ‘stable and secure’ about lithium batteries.
As Samsung mobile phone owners are painfully aware, lithium batteries have a horrifying habit of spontaneous ignition. STT has fond memories of watching fellow airline passengers being berated for having a Samsung 7 in their pocket.
And there have been plenty of incidents where the lithium batteries in Tesla’s electric cars have exploded in flames.
Now, it’s grid-scale explosions and conflagrations that we need to be concerned about, not just the odd exploding Telsa S and Samsung 7.
Here’s a little saga from the land Downunder, where a giant Tesla decided to release a whole of ‘wonderful green’ energy in a furious hurry.
Crews battle Tesla battery fire at Moorabool, near Geelong
30 July 2021
A toxic blaze at the site of Australia’s largest Tesla battery project is set to burn throughout the night.
The fire broke out during testing of a Tesla megapack at the Victorian Big Battery site near Geelong.
A 13-tonne lithium battery was engulfed in flames, which then spread to an adjacent battery bank.
More than 150 people from Fire Rescue Victoria and the Country Fire Authority responded to the blaze, which has been contained and will be closely monitored until it burns itself out.
“If we try and cool them down it just prolongs the process,” the CFA’s Assistant Chief Fire Officer Ian Beswicke said.
“But we could be here anywhere from 8 to 24 hours while we wait for it to burn down.”
The Tesla battery is expected to become the largest battery (or bomb) in the southern hemisphere as part of a Victorian Government push to transition to renewable energy.
Ambulance Victoria members are also on site monitoring the health of firefighters.
A toxic smoke warning has been issued near Geelong.
Residents have been warned to close windows, close fireplace flues and bring their pets inside in the Batesford, Bell Post Hill, Lovely Banks and Moorabool areas.
No-one was injured and the site has been evacuated.
Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) said the battery had been isolated and disconnected from the main electricity grid and “there are no implications” for supply.
The Tesla battery was paid for by renewable energy company Neoen.
Neoen Australia’s Managing Director, Louis de Sambucy said Neoen and Tesla were working closely with emergency services on site to manage the situation.


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ChinaStar Starts Construction of Gen 6 Flexible OLED Fab
June 19, 2017
Last November we reported that ChinaStar was planning a Gen 6 OLED line in Wuhan China. According to the Chinese press, the company, which could have as much as a has a 2.7% share of worldwide OLED production capacity has started construction on the $5.1b project, with a completion date of 2Q 2019. The fab is scheduled to open its LTPS LCD production in 2Q 2019, but OLED production will begin later in the year. The fab is expected to have a total capacity of 45,000 sheets/month, built out in two phases with 15K/month for LCDs and 15K/month for OLEDs that will be expanded by another 15K/month in 2020. ChinaStar’s OLED lines will produce flexible OLED displays. The company is also researching the production of OLED displays through ink-jet printing, but that would be for TV panels not small/medium displays. The company and the more than 1,000 guests that showed for the ceremony were quite optimistic about the prospects for the fab and the business it will draw to the location. The company indicated that they expect the fab to be able to produce 1.16m m2 of OLED capacity when the full project is completed, which calculates to 45,000 sheets of capacity, but ChinaStar is unlikely to reach that capacity level until 2022 or 2023. ChinaStar is majority owned by TCL, and Samsung Display has a 9.7% stake. As we reported previously, ChinaStar is also planning a Gen 11 fab, which is expected to have capacity for both ultra large LCD and OLED panels, but that fab is still in the planning stage, and represents a very significant project for ChinaStar, both from a physical standpoint (Gen 11) and a financial one.
Figure 1: Construction at ChinaStar’s Gen 10+ Fab in Wuhan China

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Retailer The Range has announced that it will be opening a branch of Iceland inside its Loughborough store.
The new addition is set to open on Friday, July 30, and will take the total number of Iceland branches in Range stores across the UK and Ireland to 90.
According to The Range, customers will be able to get everything from fresh fruit and vegetables to meat and dairy produce as well as store cupboard staples and frozen food at the new Iceland outlet.
The Iceland selection will feature Greggs sausage rolls in frozen form, a wide choice of frozen desserts, Slimming World ready meals, and on-the-go favourites like Naked Noodles and Cup-a-Soups.
The Range says that the opening of Iceland means customers will have even more affordable shopping lines to choose from, in addition to the already wide variety of products provided at The Range.
The store also has a large outdoor garden centre full of plants, paving, water features and more, ideal for sprucing up your outdoor space this summer.
The Loughborough store is located at Willowbrook Retail Park in Derby Road, and is open Monday to Saturday 9am to 8pm, Sunday 10.30am to 4.30pm.


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If a potential customer calls your facility asking about video surveillance, climate control and safety, it’s a pretty good bet that the person will wind up booking a unit.
That’s just one of the findings of a new analysis of phone calls to storage facilities across the U.S. Marchex, a mobile advertising technology company, performed the analysis.
About 70 percent of callers who inquire about video surveillance, climate control and safety end up reserving a unit, confirming a reservation or making an appointment to visit a facility, the analysis found. The analysis looked at calls made to U.S. storage facilities in the past year.
“In our analysis of more than 20,000 phone calls, it was clear that storage facilities aren’t just a place to stash and forget about your spare belongings,” said John Busby, senior vice president of the Marchex Institute, the research arm of Marchex. “People really value safety, protection and privacy when choosing where to store their stuff.”
Other findings of the analysis:
- Consumers in Washington, DC, were most likely to ask about “privacy,” followed by those in Minnesota, Missouri, Indiana and South Carolina. Privacy refers to the safety and security of a facility.
- Questions about climate-controlled units came most often from consumers in Nevada, followed by those in Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama.
- Consumers in Texas were most curious about self-storage insurance, followed by those in New York, Illinois, Michigan and Massachusetts.
- Storage of furniture and appliances was sought most by consumers in Louisiana, followed by those in Alabama, South Carolina and Mississippi.
It’s Not All About Price
This data shows that certain features, such as video surveillance and climate control, can be a big factor in determining whether a customer rents a unit at your facility, according to Busby.
“Customers are not always just looking for the cheapest place to store their stuff,” he said. “It’s all about remembering that personal attachment that people have to their things, even if these items may seem worthless to the rest of us.”
‘Reserve Now’ Mindset
Busby pointed out a major concern about phone calls from consumers—not answering those calls at all.
“When no one picks up the phone during the day, that’s essentially saying to a customer, ‘Call another self-storage facility.’ We know that a significant portion of customers who take the action of calling up a business are already in a ‘reserve now’ or ‘buy now’ frame of mind,” he said. “These customers have likely done online research, which means that calling is often their last step before making their business with you official.”
Even if you don’t have staff available to answer the phones day and night, at least make sure the phones are being answered during peak times, Busby said.
The analysis showed that 68 percent of callers want to talk in the morning about reserving a unit or coming in to look at a unit. By the afternoon and evening, consumers are less likely to take the next step in the booking process, with just 32 percent of callers inquiring about reserving or visiting a unit.
“The self-storage industry is dominated by small business owners, and many of them don’t have the capacity to field calls all day,” Busby said. “This data can at least tell owners the most appropriate times to staff phone lines and, more specifically, what features their employees should be ready to answer questions about.”


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Since 2003, the UK has held a Hemp Expo, which aims to raise public awareness of the value of hemp as a national crop.
Each year, the Hemp Expo is held in held in various locations around the UK. This year it’s returning to London - the place of the first Hemp Expo back in 2003.
Here’s what the official website has to say about the Hemp Expo:
Featuring the latest and greatest in new inventions, clothing, bags, food, books, alternative therapies, healing, music, famous names and famous faces, seminars, new seed strains, vaporisers and much, much more.
Exhibitors, inventors, wholesalers and retailers will be coming from all over the world to show the best in hemp and alternative technologies.
This year’s Hemp Expo will be held on 14th, 15th and 16th of November 2008, at the Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London E1


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Does buying a ring from Costco make the whole proposal experience less romantic? After all, it is also a place where you buy bulk quantities of meat. In the meantime, Tiffany & Co. brings up dreamy images of Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Lately, more attention has been drawn to these two very different retailers because of the multimillion-dollar lawsuit the luxury jeweler has brought against the wholesaler. The high-end jewelry company contends the "Tiffany" rings sold in Costco falsely lead people on to believe they are genuine Tiffany goods.
In the meantime, more people are finding that taking the practical route and shopping for a ring at the superstore is definitely better for the wallet, The Atlantic says. There is the assumption that Tiffany rings are overpriced, while you're getting more bang for your buck with a Costco ring of the same quality. And informal appraisals have found that to be true. Good Morning America appraised a diamond from Tiffany and one from Costco in 2005 and found that a particular diamond ring cost 58 percent more than its actual value at Tiffany, while another from Costco cost 17 percent under its real value.
What do you think — would you buy a ring from Costco over one from Tiffany?


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Jennifer Hyman, chief executive officer and cofounder of Rent the Runway, logged her first quarter of profitability — well, adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization in the second quarter.
But a quick turn in the rental service’s users, who became more reticent this summer, prompted Hyman to batten down the hatches, laying off 24 percent of the company’s corporate employees in a restructuring intended to make the company more profitable quicker and, ultimately, self-sustaining.
Investors, who have been waiting for the rental pioneer’s finances to grow into the promises of its business model, sent shares of the company down 23.9 percent to $3.75 in after-hours trading on Monday. Even in a market that’s fallen sharply this year, that’s a steep drop from the more than $24 a share the stock briefly traded at immediately after its October initial public offering.
Hyman, though, is focused on the longer-term future and how renters will be using the service for the rest of this year and into 2023.
The CEO told WWD in an interview that the second quarter started out strongly in May, only to weaken in mid June with more subscribers pausing the service and new customer acquisition slowing.
Even so, the company hit its long-looked for target of making money on an adjusted ebitda basis, reeling in $1.8 million in the quarter. Net losses narrowed to $33.9 million from $42.4 million.
Revenues showed continuing strength, rising 64 percent to $76.5 million.
Even with some promising signs, and a stronger showing from users in August and early September, Hyman is taking a better-safe-than-sorry approach.
“Despite the bounce-back that we’re seeing, we think it’s important to be prudent and assume that uncertainty will persist,” Hyman said. “It’s hard to anticipate how customers will behave in an environment that’s fundamentally different than the one we left behind pre-pandemic.”
The CEO described the company’s approach as data-driven and said, like it did when the pandemic hit, Rent the Runway was reacting to the information available.
“We simply can’t predict what’s going to happen over the next 12 months,” she said.
The restructuring is aimed at fixed costs and Hyman said Rent the Runway will continue to spend on marketing and product to maintain the experience for the customer.
The plan is expected to produce annual operating expense savings of $25 million to $27 million.
This year, the company is projecting revenues of $285 million to $290 million with an adjusted EBITDA margin of negative 2 percent to flat.
While profitability has been a target for Rent the Runway since it went public — and before — the top line is also important to watch.
Hyman is charging toward revenues of $400 million, at which point she said the company would be able to cover operating expenses.
While she declined to give a timeline, she said the $400 million target is “very within our grasp and we believe that it happens in the short term.”
On a conference call with analysts, Hyman added that the cost cuts are “just as much about growth as they are about efficiency.”
“This gives us the ability to reinvest in the customer experience,” she said, noting the cuts were focused instead of the back end of operations. “These changes put us in a strong position. We go from a business that’s burning a lot of cash to one that has a much tighter cost structure in the short term and can fund product cost.”
In addition to readying Rent the Runway for potentially a more difficult macro economic landscape in the second half, Hyman said she still sees plenty of longer-term potential.
“We believe we can become a much larger business,” she said. “We believe the apparel market continues to evolve in a way that’s favorable with our business. Recently, a partnership with Saks Off 5th to sell preloved clothing with our brand was a success. I truly believe that our best days lie ahead.”
But clearly, she still has some work to do if she’s going to convince investors.


text: All that practicing with his dad and Kenny Mayne proved worthwhile, as Steph Curry finally has a trophy to prove that he is indeed the best shooter in the NBA. This year’s NBA All-Star 3 Point Contest was undoubtedly the most hyped in years, as it was supposed to outshine this year’s Slam Dunk Contest (Zach LaVine had something to say bout that, though). Wearing the upcoming “Candy Rain” colorway of his UA Curry One to date, Steph outlasted teammate Klay (a recent Anta signee) and Kyrie Irving (who broke out those Australian venus flytrap inspired Kyrie 1s) to bring home this year’s 3-Point crown. James Harden surprisingly ditched the upcoming Hyperchase, a shoe that’s as close to a signature shoe as one could come without getting their name printed atop it, to instead wear the Nike Hyperrev 2015. Be sure to check out the rest of the latest NBA Feet findings from All-Star Weekend after the break and know that we’ll have more updates for all of the NBA’s NYC celebrations right here on SneakerNews.


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Michael Jordan giving up basketball to play baseball.
"The Brady Bunch" adding a cute little kid, cousin Oliver, to boost sagging ratings.
Celebrities who name their babies "Banjo," "Apple," "Facebook," "Moxie Crimefighter" or "Bronx Mowgli."
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It's sure felt like a different season when North Texans woke up this morning. In fact, many business owners say the cooler temps made a difference. At the Pearl Cup Coffee shop the manager says fall weather always means more java is sold.
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For the past two years, James Nasty has co-hosted the Physical Education dance party at Ottobar each Friday, spinning everything from Basement Boys to Future Islands. This Friday, Nasty will not only host TT the Artist’s birthday party at Ottobar,...
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Pardon Day is today. Its an opportunity to seek forgiveness where needed.
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800 Degrees Pizza is on fire. In the last five years, two have popped up in Las Vegas, seven in Dubai, one in Tokyo and six in Los Angeles, including their newest restaurant last month in Runway at Playa Vista.
The concept is simple: fast, fresh, authentic Neapolitan-style pizza. And people are eating it up. Steve Overholt, CEO of 800 Degrees Pizza, shares a few secrets of their success.
What’s the philosophy behind 800 Degrees Pizza?
Our chef/founder Anthony Carron developed the concept during a dream almost six years ago. The fast-casual, build-your-own segment was gaining popularity with consumers all across the country. Nobody was doing it with pizza. He set out to develop a concept where he could serve authentic Neapolitan-style pizza using premium ingredients and cook it in 90 seconds. …
Read the full article at Playa Vista Direct.


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Plex Launches Ad-Supported Streaming Service
Internationally focused AVOD platform to compete with Roku Channel, Viacom’s Pluto TV, Tubi, Amazon’s IMDB Live and Vudu’s Movies on Us
Plex, a maker of popular software for organizing personal digital media, has announced the launch of an AVOD platform in around 220 countries.
In recent months, Plex had announced content deals with MGM, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, Lionsgate, and Legendary, structuring these arrangements to prioritize international rights.
It will be competing in a global market for ad-supported streaming that includes the Roku Channel, Viacom’s Pluto TV, start-up Tubi, Amazon’s IMDB Live and Vudu’s Movies on Us.
Related: Plex Licenses Movie Package from Warner Bros.
“Over time, we’ll be adding more stuff from different studios and creators—from Oscar-winning Hollywood movies to the latest from India, Russia, China, Japan, Africa, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe to really cool independent movies fresh off the festival circuit,” Plex announced this morning on its company blog.
The Plex UI will be delivered through the company’s software, existing under a “movies and entertainment” heading. The platform will be accessible to Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Android TV, as well as iOS and Android mobile devices and many smart TVs, among other OTT ecosystems.
As Roku Channel, Pluto TV and other AVOD services are just beginning to aggressively seek international expansion, Plex says its service will enter the market with more content than its competitors.
“While there are certainly other free streaming services out there, we’re the first to offer a vast, free, diverse collection of content for a truly global audience,” Plex said. “Starting today, Plex will deliver more content to more countries than any other free streaming service to date.”
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The Beckhams recreate viral Netflix moment in Uber Eats ad
Thinking about getting food delivered for a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner? You might be out of luck.
Thousands of food delivery workers in the US and UK are planning a major strike on Valentine’s Day in disputes over pay and working conditions.
The strike will impact four food apps, including Uber Eats and Deliveroo, and affect as many as 3,000 drivers and riders on Wednesday.
A US campaign group called Justice for App Workers said in a blog post last week that drivers for Uber and Lyft and riders for DoorDash were “sick of working 80 hours/week just to make ends meet.”
The group, which says it represents 130,000 drivers and delivery workers across the country, also said its drivers for ride hailing services will stop giving rides to and from major US airports on Wednesday.
The group wrote: “Join Justice for App Workers from 11am to 1pm on Wednesday, February 14, as we demand changes from Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and all the app companies profiting off of our hard work!”
Meanwhile, thousands of food delivery riders are expected to be on strike in the UK on Valentine’s Day, primarily workers for Uber Eats, Deliveroo, and Just Eat.
A spokesperson for campaign group Delivery Job UK said that riders have seen their incomes drop significantly in recent years as companies cut delivery fees from customers.
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The group said in a post on Instagram on Sunday: “Our request is simple: We want fair compensation for the work we do. We are tired of being exploited.
“Valentine’s Day is a celebration of love, but it should not overshadow our struggle.”
A spokesperson for Uber Eats said the company offers riders flexibility when it comes to how they earn money.
The spokesperson said to CNN: “We know that the vast majority of couriers are satisfied with their experience on the app, and we regularly engage with couriers to look at how we can improve their experience.”
Spokespeople for Deliveroo and Just Eat also said they take their riders’ concerns seriously.
A spokesperson for Lyft said the company was “constantly working to improve the driver experience” and recently implemented a minimum weekly earnings guarantee for all drivers.
This comes as workers have called for better pay and working conditions for years.


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Until last month, it was understood that no Intellectual Property license was subject to value added tax VAT under Vietnamese law, benefiting from an exemption based on the principle that technology transfers, being beneficial to the Vietnamese economy, were to be encouraged. This, however, has changed after the Ministry of Finance issued Official Letters No. 10453/BTC-CST and No. 15888/BTC-CST.
Under the new guidance from the Ministry, transfer of the right to use a trademark is no longer exempted from VAT, and a 5% tax rate will now apply to these transactions. The rationale behind this change lies in the understanding that trademarks licenses do not form part of agreements which should fall under the technology transfer tax exemption. Businesses have expressed their disagreement with the change, though ultimately the cost of VAT will fall on the Vietnamese customers.
Official Letters are not pieces of legislation, but simply aim to clarify how the competent bodies will apply the regulations. Accordingly, it remains to be seen whether the taxing authority will apply the same principle to types of IP licenses other to franchises or other uses related to trademarks. It is not inconceivable that similar steps be taken in some cases of copyright licensing which may not be understood as falling under the umbrella of technology transfer.
Intellectual Property Right owners and licensors are encouraged therefore to review their IP licensing contracts in Vietnam to ensure that the relevant VAT is declared correctly for each royalty payment agreements. The new guidance partly applies retroactively, so that all license fees dated after November 7th 2016 would be subject to the new added VAT. Royalties which have not been paid and filed by that date are subject to the new guidance.
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By RICHIE MALOUF
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(The Center Square) — Two U.S. senators, one Republican and one Democrat, discussed how local and federal governments can help small businesses thrive in an economy plagued by high inflation.
Goldman Sachs hosted an event Tuesday where Sens. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., discussed how to help small business owners attract employees and ask for help from local representatives when needed.
Sen. Scott cited the 3.6% unemployment rate, but said there are more than 11 million job openings. To attract more employees, Sen. Scott said small businesses need help competing with large companies by offering comparable health benefits for their employees.
“The challenge that we have is how do we help small businesses, especially micro-businesses, five or 10 employees or less, have the ability to compete with large companies,” Sen. Scott said. “In many ways, it’s the benefit package. We need to make sure that there is available retirement benefits that you get at a larger company; you want to have the same kind of health benefits you get at a larger company.”
Sen. Scott then explained how America has put too much emphasis on a college education and that people should look to trade schools or apprenticeship programs instead.
“We have sold that the only way to succeed or to live your American dream is through having a college education – that is not true,” he said. “We should spend more time focusing on technical education and apprenticeship programs.”
Sen. Sinema agreed with Scott, saying there aren’t enough people attending technical schools.
“Just Friday, I was home in Arizona visiting a local company,” she said. “I was talking with manufacturers throughout the state, and their No. 1 concern was they can’t hire qualified folks because we don’t have enough people going to technical school and getting the technical expertise that we need.”
Sen. Sinema added that she also hopes to address the supply chain issue by focusing on producing goods in the U.S. rather than depending on foreign imports.
“What’s on top of the mind for all of us is how do we deal with inflation, and how do we deal with a coming potential recession,” Sen. Sinema said. “One of the ways to do that is to shorten our supply chain and to enable manufacturing more of what we need right here in the U.S.”
Toward the end of the event, the senators emphasized the need for small businesses to reach out to their local representatives for help.
“I would suggest … reaching out to the local office at home,” Sen. Sinema said. “Because the folks at home … they have time, five days a week, to talk with local business owners. They can tour your business, they can learn about what your challenges are, what your successes are, and they’re dying to hear from real people on the ground about what your experiences are.”
Sen. Scott finished by telling small business owners to reach out to tell their senator to host small business events to discuss issues plaguing their communities.
“Ask your local congress member or your senator to have a small business event in your community,” Sen. Scott said. “You’re so busy doing your job that you don’t have time to advocate on your behalf, but we work for you.”


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Pringles Xmas Turkey and Pigs in Blankets flavours are returning to stores this autumn. The range will also receive a new gift wrap can design, with an on-pack gift tag for consumers to personalise.
Rebecca Worthington, senior brand manager for Pringles UK & ROI said: “18% of shoppers would like to see more limited edition Christmas products to help them with their food and grocery shopping over the festive period.” (IGD Shopper Research, Base w/e 18 November 2016)
“Our festive flavours are incremental to the category and that’s why Pringles has brought the limited edition flavours back for 2017, due to popular demand as we know consumers love them.”
The Christmas themed packs will also appear on the top four skus in the Pringles portfolio; Original, Sour Cream & Onion, Salt & Vinegar and Texas BBQ Sauce.
The company is encouraging consumers on social media to share a picture of their festive cans for a chance to win a variety of prizes, using the hastag #GetTogether.
Pringles is supporting the Christmas activity with a full marketing campaign, which includes store experiential and a four week TV campaign.
The festive range of Pringles crisps will be available from mid-October (rrp £2.79).


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Gluecode Founder Creates Investment Firm
Winston Damarillo, the founder of Gluecode, has founded Simula Labs, an investment firm which will focus on open source software. According to News.com, Simula has committments from Redpoint Ventures and Mission Ventures to put $10 to $15M in six to eight startups over the next three years. Gluecode was purchased by IBM earlier this month. Simula has created a company called LogicBlaze to commercialize the open source project ActiveMQ.


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Australia has been invaded by American fast food chains over the last two years, with Five Guys opening in Sydney and Melbourne. Even the Wahlburgs have moved in with their first Wahlburgers gracing Sydney’s Circular Quay earlier this year. Now, the burger chain Wendy’s has its eyes set on Australia—not to be confused with our sacred Wendy’s Milk Bar.
The Wendy’s franchise has more than 7000 restaurants worldwide, and its first new Australian restaurant is set to open soon, although a location is yet to be decided on. We do know they plan to open hundreds across Australia, including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and other major cities.
“We believe Australia is a lucrative market for long-term growth. We think that the Australian market could be hundreds of restaurants,” said, Wendy’s chief development officer, Abigal Pringle in a The Australian interview.
Pringle said the company had to be careful about the timeline of its Australian rollout because it needed to ensure it found “the right partner”.
“But we think that we can have hundreds of restaurants in the market over time,” she said.
Surprisingly though, this isn’t Wendy’s first foray into Australia. The U.S burger chain first opened restaurants in Australia in the 1970s, and lasted until last least 1986 before all locations were purchased by Hungry Jack’s.
It seems as though the majority of the restaurants were located in southeast Melbourne, but Wendy’s was also seen in Sydney in 2021 when they hosted a pop-up in The Rocks.
For those unfamiliar with the U.S burger chain, here’s a taste. Wendy’s is best known for their square hamburgers (although they call them sandwiches), french fries, and a frozen dairy drink called ‘The Frosty’. In the U.S., you might hear the locals froth over the baconator, which is a beef hamburger stacked with six pieces of bacon. They love it, but the Aussie version could be a little different. Some other very American menu items include a loaded baked potato, chilli cheese fries, and chilli you can get in a cup.
If that excites you, stay tuned for more updates on Australia’s first Wendy’s location and opening date.
Mexican restaurant chain Mad Mex has dropped a new protein, and it’s one of the most popular street foods in Mexico.
Enter, Chicken Al Pastor. It’s traditionally made with pork and grilled on a spinning rotisserie with a pineapple sitting a top, but Mad Mex has put its own spin on it, serving chicken bathed in an Al Pastor marinade with a touch of juicy pineapple.
You can order the protein-packed filling in your favourite burrito, bowl, quesadilla, nachos, or in a taco.
As always, these things are here for a good time, not a long time. Pop into your local Mad Mex restaurant, order delivery or through the Mad Mex app today.


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Five omnichannel trends to look out for in 2021
Want to know what’s next for omnichannel retail? Here are the expert predictions.
Omnichannel may not be new, but post-COVID-19, it’s coming into its own.
Omnichannel retail refers to the connection between bricks-and-mortar and digital shopping, with technology the conduit between the two.
These days, consumers expect a seamless shopping experience – from the time they search for your brand online, to the moment they visit a store, opt to order online and then receive their goods (and go back and forth between all these stages).
To meet consumer expectations, it’s vital that retailers learn to navigate the omnichannel retail environment.
Here are five omnichannel trends retailers should be aware of in 2021.
1. The booming market of social commerce
Social media has become a crucial marketing tool to many businesses, but in 2021 experts predict that social commerce – or selling products directly from social media – will take off.
So, what is it? Social commerce involves selling products directly from social media, where e-tailers embed links into posts so consumers can easily click through to buy coveted items.
On sites like Instagram, shoppable posts are indicated with a shopping bag icon in the top right-hand corner of the post.
It’s likely that social commerce will grow even faster in the wake of Apple’s iOS 14.5 update, says Michael Betts of AKQA Media. That’s because Facebook has announced that it will be focused on driving more sales within its own apps in response to Apple’s update, which restricts access to third-party app data.
2. The rise of shoppable video
Shoppable video is video that is embedded in social media posts that allows consumers to buy the products featured without having to leave the video.
Discount e-tailer Catch is a great example. It regularly posts shoppable videos on social sites such as Instagram, easily allowing consumers to click through and buy everything from sneakers to swimsuits.
Video is good for long-term brand building but not as good for generating sales.”- Michael Betts, Media Innovation Lead at AKQA Media
Betts says it’s important to understand shoppable video is good for brand recognition, even though people may not immediately buy. “People tend to be passive, not active, when they consume videos – they want to be entertained. This is why video is good for long-term brand building but not as good for generating sales.”
3. Moving beyond 'cost per acquisition' when measuring marketing campaigns
Last-touch attribution is a model where marketers credit the last ad that buyers view before purchasing a product as the reason for the sale.
But this is a very basic measurement tool. In fact, shoppers typically progress through multiple touchpoints when they make a purchase; for example, a consumer might discover a product on a niche fashion website, and then go online to research it using Google, before eventually buying it.
In this example, Google receives the ‘credit’ for the sale, when in fact the discovery channel was the fashion website. So, measuring campaigns by last-touch attribution and cost per acquisition doesn’t necessarily deliver marketers the full scope of an advertising campaign.
An alternative approach is to use deterministic or predictive data to target a group of people who are more likely to buy a product or service. For instance, a person who books a flight from Sydney to Melbourne may also be looking for hotel accommodation or car hire. Hotel chains and car hire companies could access and activate this data in order to target travellers.
4. Click and collect comes of age
There’s little doubt that COVID-19 has caused a surge in demand for click-and-collect services – and the trend is poised to continue long after the threat of coronavirus has subsided.
Everyone’s different and shoppers want the delivery option that suits their individual purchase”- David McLean, the founder and CEO of HUBBED
“It’s important to offer a range of different delivery options to secure the highest-possible conversion rates at the checkout,” says David McLean, the founder and CEO or parcel collection point HUBBED. “Everyone’s different and shoppers want the delivery option that suits their individual purchase,” he adds. “Especially when it comes to valuable items, sending purchases directly to a click-and-collect point, rather than simply leaving the package outside a home. This gives buyers peace of mind that their package won’t be stolen.”
5. A seamless shopping cart experience
A huge number of shoppers walk away from an online purchase once they reach the shopping cart, with one study suggesting up to three-quarters of shoppers abandon their cart before completing a sale. This means that a frictionless shopping cart experience is paramount for converting people who are just browsing into buyers.
“The shopping cart should be a seamless experience,” says McLean. “You shouldn’t have to jump out of your shopping cart, go somewhere else or follow another link. It should all be integrated directly into the shopping-and-buying experience.”
For instance, shoppers now expect to be offered a huge variety of payment options – including buy-now-pay-later services like Afterpay – and for the checkout to be simple, fast and include live chat.
These are just some of the trends driving e-commerce right now. No matter if you’re a small or large e-tailer, what’s important is to understand how consumers are buying – and how their shopping patterns are changing – as well as emerging trends to help you build the right omnichannel strategy for you.
Alexandra Cain is a freelance journalist who writes for titles such as The Australian Financial Review, The Sydney Morning Herald.
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A unified voice is needed for progress on digital trade
Written by Mark Evans
In light of UN’s E-Commerce Week Geneva and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 commence, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) United Kingdom has made calls for a cohesive voice on digital trade from the developed and emerging markets.
The ICC sees mis-aligned national regulations, poor infrastructure, low use of electronic payments, undeveloped legal systems, low purchasing power, lack of enforcement capability and low levels of digital skills all contributing to slowing progress. However, it believes these issues could be solved, and the policies, frameworks and resources exist to address them if governments can work together.
The ICC cites a potential market of 1bn people under 25 years old in Africa by 2030, a USD1tr Commonwealth GDP, and an additional 47 per cent of the global population – currently not online could have access to global markets via the internet – further expanding digital trade worth USD25tr.
With the concept of digital trade comes a likely increase financial inclusion and greater gender inequality - all UN Sustainable Development Goals.


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Electricite de France SA's Démász Nyrt, Hungary's biggest power distributor, said chief executive officer Yves Autret will resign from the company as of April 13, newswire Bloomberg reported.
Autret, 59, also asked Démász's largest shareholder not to extend his board membership at the company's AGM on Friday, Démász said in a statement. The southern Hungary-based power distributor will name a new CEO at its next board meeting April 13, the company said. No reason was given for Autret's resignation. Autret worked as deputy CEO with Démász between 2003 and 2005 and was named CEO January 13, 2005, according to the company's website.
Separately, Démász shareholders approved a Ft 1,280 per share dividend for last year, unchanged from a year earlier. The company will pay a total Ft 4.74 billion in dividend on after-tax profit of Ft 5.38 billion in 2005, Démász said after the general meeting.


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The consultancy says it has worked with The Royal Mail for around ten years and began working on a site overhaul 18 months ago.
Royal Mail web director Charlie Herbert says, ‘Listening to our customers, coupled with the changing nature of our business, we recognised the need to update our website.
‘Our brief to Proximity was clear: design us a website that is simple to use, provides quick access to key products and services and makes it easier for our customers to purchase Royal Mail products.’
Proximity created ten customer profiles of ‘typical users’ who access the website for personal and business use, and created a new design around their needs, according to consultancy group account director David Battrick.
‘After two rounds of usability tests, we wire-framed the site before looking at visual design and content delivery,’ says Battrick who adds, ‘Information is now presented in blocks of content.’
The home page, which now has a horizontally navigated top section, has been designed with individual and business users in mind, and elsewhere there are new product pages, and a reorganised help and support section.


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Just 2 weeks in and some are saying Michigan football looks to be a contender in the Big Ten East. They won over the Washington Huskies over the weekend. The score was 31 to 10. And the fans? They showed up too!
Those TV commercials where the pizza delivery guys you keep seeing delivering not only pizza but also ranch dressing are pretty close to being a thing of the past. Not the commercials, but the delivery guys are pretty close to being dinosaurs.


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New Delhi: Google on Thursday said it will reduce commission for subscription on Google Play from 30 percent to 15 percent with effect from January 1, 2022. In the past, companies have strongly criticized Apple and Google for taking 30 percent commission on the App Store.
“To support developers offering subscriptions starting January 1, 2022, we are reducing the service fee for all subscriptions on Google Play from 30 percent to 15 percent,” Google said in a blogpost.
Google said digital subscriptions have become one of the fastest-growing models for developers, but subscription businesses also face specific challenges in the form of acquiring and retaining customers.
Google said that with the proceeds from subscription fees, it continued to invest in its Android and Play and made them available to all device makers for free.


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Cherokee Inc., sticking to its plan to acquire lifestyle brands, has bought Everyday California from founders Michael Samer and Christopher Lynch.
Terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed.
Everyday, which offers guided kayak tours of the La Jolla Ecological Reserve and rents surfboards, paddleboards, kayaks and snorkels, also offers men’s and women’s apparel and operates a store in La Jolla, Calif.
As part of the transaction, Samer and Lynch will continue to operate the kayak business and retain ownership of the store in La Jolla. They will sell Everyday apparel, accessories and footwear through a licensing agreement with Cherokee. They will also serve as global brand ambassadors for the brand.
“We have been actively working to identify new licensee partners for the brand,” said Henry Stupp, chief executive officer of Cherokee. “Several licensees have already been identified, and we expect to announce them shortly. In addition, through our global platform and expanded licensing network, we are confident that we will be able to swiftly secure international partners for Everyday California.”
The brand will be formally introduced to the licensing community at the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas, which begins its three-day run June 9.
Stupp said in April that Cherokee was pursuing acquisitions of “style-focused lifestyle brands” with earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of between $5 million and $15 million a year and “high potential for international market expansion.”
Cherokee’s stable of brands includes Cherokee, Carole Little, Liz Lange and Sideout. In January 2014 it bought the Tony Hawk and Hawk brands from Quiksilver and has shown interest in other California-bred lifestyle brands.
“Many great active lifestyle brands have been born in California and we are confident that, together with Mike and Chris, we can take an already strong brand and make it even more successful,” Stupp said.


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Rate cut hopes fading away
Retail sales rebounded in July and business investment plans surged to a record high, making big rate cut less likely.
“Rates over the medium term are going to need to go higher," said Michael Blythe, chief economist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
Markets now imply a mere 19 per cent chance of a 25 basis point rate cut next week, when the Reserve Bank of Australia meets. Last month, markets had fully priced in such a move.
Overall business investment grew 7.7 per cent in the March quarter, compared with an initially reported 3.4 per cent rise. Unemployment remains low at 5.1 per cent and household income growth has handily outstripped inflation, giving consumers the means to spend if they choose.
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The island of Ibiza is the perfect place to celebrate one of the most important days in the life of a couple as it offers all sorts of options for organising weddings of all different kinds: civil, religious, spiritual, traditional, avant-garde, free or with all the guests dressed in white.
In order to publicise all the wedding options available on the island and the formalities to follow in order to carry them out, the Consell d’Eivissa has set up the website www.ibizadestinobodas.net, where it tells future brides and grooms how to go about organising the ceremony, whatever option they may have chosen. Not surprisingly, over the last decade, the number of couples from all over the world choosing the Pityusic Islands as the venue for their wedding has increased fivefold.
Moreover, to ensure all the details are perfect, there is an event that no couple should miss: Ibiza Bridal Week, a boutique fair where the bride and groom will have the chance to access quality information, hire the necessary services for the event and take part in intensive workshops to prepare themselves for their wedding day. This bridal show, which will take place for the third time on 16 and 17 March at the Palacio de Congresos de Ibiza, in the town of Santa Eulària des Riu, is the ideal event for those planning to get married on the island in the coming months.
The main sponsor of this show for future couples will be the Adlib Moda Ibiza label, which brings together around 30 designers who defend a different idea of fashion in their Ibizan workshops and whose aim is to become a benchmark for quality, within the framework of a new textile revolution where they recover the values of their origins: offering sustainable fashion, creating personalised garments and accessories and dressing people of all ages and countries with freedom and good taste. To this end, the Consell d´Eivissa will organise catwalks during the weekend, where some of the main firms on the island specialising in the bridal sector will parade.


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In late March, the Ontario government announced that it would be committing $91,000,000 to public EV charging across the province. With a focus on public points of interest, community hubs, and rural municipalities Ontario is set to further electrify its transportation.
Easing Concerns and Increased Adoption
With increased investment in public charging, many of Canadian's concerns about charging times and availability will be addressed potentially further increasing EV adoption rates. In a 2022 poll conducted by KPMG on Canadian interest in EVs, they found the following:
85% expect gas stations to offer the ability to quickly recharge EVs sometime within the next five years.
87% want the ability to charge their car at work
88% want the ability to charge their car at shopping malls
63% want the ability to charge their car on the street
51% aren't willing to wait longer than 20 minutes to charge their EV at a charging station.
85% believe charging anxiety will intensify as drivers will have to wait in line to use a public charging station during peak times, as seen in more mature EV markets, where many drivers don't have home-based chargers and rely instead on public chargers.
More Details to be Announced
Program specifics including restrictions, eligibility, and application process have not been announced yet, but we will be sure to follow program news and update our blog accordingly.
Sources and Further Reading
Ontario Newsroom - Ontario Making it Easier to Access Electric Vehicle Chargers
KPMG - KPMG 2022 auto poll


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Bigbelly, Inc. and Future Street Ltd. this week announced a strategic partnership to support the international growth of theBigbelly smart waste and recycling system.
Bigbelly has signed a multi-region license agreement with Future Street Ltd. (based in Dublin, Ireland) to deliver a multimillion dollar investment in sales and marketing programs, business development initiatives, regional event participation, and localized strategic operational supports in developing the Bigbelly business across Europe and the Middle East.
Brian Phillips, Bigbelly CEO told us “This marks a momentous time for Bigbelly. Our agreement is based on a long-standing partnership and proven success of Future Street’s team enabling customers to reap the benefits of our smart waste system. This partnership will elevate the worldwide presence of the Bigbelly brand and product, and deliver overall smart waste system market visibility and penetration in a number of key international locations.”
Taking advantage of the rapidly growing global footprint, the partnership will directly impact business in many key markets such as Germany, France, Spain, and Italy, as well as the Middle East and additional territories in Southern and Eastern Europe.
Don Coughlan, Future Street CEO said “We look forward to providing strategic financial, sales, marketing, and operational support as well as bringing years of experience in Bigbelly market development to bolster the growth in adoption of the Bigbelly system in markets around the world”.
Future Street Ltd. is funded by the Beauparc Utility Group which has revenues of over €400 million and own and operate leading utility businesses spanning sectors such as domestic and commercial waste management; renewable energy supply; recycling collection and processing; logistics; green fuels and energy recovery.


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Wetherspoons sales still growing strongly but pub chain's warning that a slowdown is looming sends shares into a slide
- JD Wetherspoon said sales are still increasing strongly with 6.2 per cent rise
- Pub group expects annual results to be weaker than the previous year though
Pub group JD Wetherspoon expects annual results to be weaker than the previous year, despite sales growing 'strongly'.
In a trading update for the 13 weeks to 28 October, the chain said like-for-like sales increased by 5.5 per cent, and total sales were up 6.2 per cent.
Despite strong growth, chairman Tim Martin said the company was dealing with tough comparatives, having delivered several years of record profits.
Chairman Tim Martin said the company was dealing with 'tough comparatives', having delivered several years of record profits.
'It is difficult to be too precise at this early stage of the current financial year, but we now expect a trading outcome slightly below that achieved in the previous financial year,' he said.
'We will provide further updates on our trading as we progress through the year.'
Mr Martin reiterated his belief that the UK should adopt free trade after Brexit.
Industry analyst Mark Brumby of Langton Capital said: 'This is a short statement of 1,400 words with less than a couple of hundred relating to the group's trading, balance sheet, margins, trading position, outlook etc. The remainder deal with the chairman's views on Brexit.
'If this ratio reflects the split of effort that is being put into the running of the company, then shareholders may have something to think about.
'The implied cuts to estimates for profits for the full year will need to be digested.'
Shares in Wetherspoon's dropped by 5 per cent in early trading.
The company has opened two new pubs in the first quarter and has closed or sold three.
It guided new openings of between five and 10 pubs in the current financial year.
The group also said on Tuesday that it is increasing staff wages in response to record levels of unemployment.
'Having had several recent years of record profits, we are not immediately seeking to recoup these increased costs through higher pricing or 'mitigation', but will review that during the year,' said Mr Martin.
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Bitcoin grew 8% over the last seven days to $22,337, as of this writing, but the world’s favorite cryptocurrency was vastly outperformed by Ethereum, which blew up 27% to $1,523.
Other notable rallies for the week included Chainlink, up 9% to $6.78, Cronos up 9% to $0.12, and Bitcoin Cash up 15% to $121.07.
Last week, Celsius joined fellow lender Voyager and crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital in filing for bankruptcy after weeks of insolvency rumors.
About 10% of the fund’s $230 million worth of assets held under management are cryptocurrencies.
News broke on Wednesday that electric car manufacturer Tesla had sold 75% of its Bitcoin, worth approximately $936 million.
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The race is on to create a new class of consumer-driven health companies. One of the most popular health and fitness apps on the iPhone, RunKeeper, is started tackling by making it easy for people to measure their exercise, but now it is busy building out an entire “Health Graph” so that all sorts of health data can plug into its service.
The Boston-based company raised $10 million in a Series B financing, led by Spark Capital. Steve Case’s Revolution Ventures also participated, along with existing investor OATV. The company has 14 employees and is looking to hire more.
RunKeeper is gunning to become the Facebook of Fitness by tying together data from all sorts of fitness apps and services. Since it opened up its Health Graph API in June, 40 services are no integrated. Third party data sharing is still relatively small, but it is doubling every month.
As Rip wrote in June:
But what is this “Health Graph”, exactly? RunKeeper CEO Jason Jacobs wants you to “imagine a system that can identify correlations between a user’s eating habits, workout schedule, social interactions and more”, that has the sole purpose of delivering an “ecosystem of health and fitness apps, websites, and sensor devices that really work, based on a user’s own historical health and fitness data”.
If it can assemble all your fitness and health data and deliver it to you in its dashboard, RunKeeper has a shot at spreading well beyond fitness buffs to anyone who wants to take control of their health.
Founded eight years ago, Spark Capital is a leading venture capital firm focused on early stage startups. Spark’s portfolio includes companies such as Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare, AdMeld, OMGPOP (acq Zynga), ThePlatform (acq Comcast), and 5Min (acq AOL). With offices in Boston and New York, Spark invests across the globe and across stages, from a $250k active partner at a seed stage, to $25m to establish category leadership. Spark’s tight-knit group of partners focuses on a number of areas including: advertising...
Steve Case is one of America’s best-known and most accomplished entrepreneurs and philanthropists, and a pioneer in making the Internet part of everyday life. Steve co-founded America Online (AOL) in 1985, when the Internet was in its infancy. Under Steve’s leadership, AOL became the world’s largest and most valuable Internet company, and helped drive the worldwide adoption of a medium that has transformed business and society. AOL’s early focus on ease of use and social media set...


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As consumers grow increasingly wary of data harvesting by big technology firms, following scandals like Cambridge Analytica, ordinary people are trying to stop them from following them around the web. The problem is that tech firms always seem to be one step ahead of the game.
One of the latest, and most subtle, techniques being employed by tech giants and web trackers is known as “fingerprinting”. This almost undetectable technology was first reported on in 2010, but its prevalence on the open internet has rocketed recently as it has become increasingly sophisticated.
Browser fingerprints are the characteristics your laptop or smartphone leaves behind as it browses the web.
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Fonterra Co-operative Group today confirmed that farmer shareholders offered to sell 75,223,742 economic rights of Wet Shares in this month’s Supply Offer, amounting to a total value of $595,772,036.64.
The high level of demand means the Offer will be scaled. Fonterra will buy 79.7284 per cent of the economic rights each farmer shareholder offered to sell.
Chairman John Wilson said about 20 per cent of Fonterra’s farmers took advantage of the opportunity to release some of the value of their shareholding, providing more flexibility for their businesses.
“A significant number of farmer shareholders have thought through the potential benefits of using the additional flexibility provided by the changes made to our capital structure last year.
“Some have indicated they will use the Offer proceeds to fund further growth of their farming businesses, while others are saying they will relieve some of the cash flow pressure after this year’s drought,” said Mr Wilson.
The Supply Offer will not increase the current size of the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund. Fonterra is purchasing the Units that arise as a result of this Supply Offer and will then redeem them for Fonterra Shares, which means that the Offer will not affect the total number of Units on issue.


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Sino-Japanese Economic Association's visit to China meeting with Prime Minister Lee Keqiang September 12 6:46
On the 11th, the delegation of the Japan-China Economic Association visiting China met with Prime Minister Lee Keqiang. While the representatives of the delegation over trade disputes between the United States and China said that both countries hoped to solve the problem through negotiations, Prime Minister Lee said, “We want to negotiate with the United States in good faith and seek solutions to the problem. "
On the 11th, a delegation from the Japan-China Economic Association, in which representatives from the business community participated, met with Prime Minister Lee Keqiang.
Among them, Mr. Shoji Muneoka, chairman of the Japan-China Economic Association, said, “I hope that the US and China will try to solve problems through negotiations,” taking into account the effects of trade friction between the United States and China.
In response, Prime Minister Lee responded, “I want to negotiate with the United States in good faith and look for solutions to the problem.”
In addition, Prime Minister Lee stated that “Japan and China's cooperation in trade and technology contributes to the stability of the global economy,” confirming that Japan and China will further strengthen economic relations.
The meeting between the delegation and Prime Minister Lee was realized for the third consecutive year, and Chairman Muneoka said at the press conference, “The story of the Chinese side has become more specific and positive year by year. I am hoping that this will be a climbed relationship. "


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2019 Magic Millions Yearling Sale
What would Magic Millions be without the Yearling Sale? It’s the place to find the next big thing, with two of the highest stake earners in Australian history – Winx and Redzel – coming from this sale.
From Wednesday, January 9, a record number of lots in a star-studded catalogue for the 2019 Gold Coast Yearling Sale will go through the auction ring.
The sales are open to the public and free to attend. So come along and have a look at the yearlings in spectacular condition, watch the dynamics of buying and selling, and prepare to see millions of dollars of bids.


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India, the world’s largest diamond exporter, is expected to witness a decline in diamond exports in the first quarter of 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and disruption in supply chains. Diamond imports declined by 37% between March and September, compared with the corresponding period in 2019.
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) energy outlook for 2020 has indicated that top mineral companies in Australia will play a critical role in supplying energy resources over the next few decades. The report forecasts that approximately 50% of global energy investments will be made in the Asia Pacific region.
Australia’s minerals companies will have a key role in providing resources required to grow sustainably in coming decades, according to Minerals Council of Australia. Despite global uncertainty, the country’s prospects are expected to be positive because of ‘world-class’ minerals, reliability as a supplier, and investments by industry and government in the research, development and deployment of emission lowering technologies.
The gold production from mines across the world is expected increase by 8.8% to reach 3,664 tonnes in 2021 due to rising bullion prices. The demand for gold will slump by 25% in 2020 before bouncing to 17% in 2021, according to consultancy firm Metal Focus. The Covid-19 led to temporary cessation of gold mines and trimmed jewellery sales, but also fuelled a gold rush due to its status as a safe investment.
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2006 Hispanic Business 500. Ideal System Solutions Inc., a Jenkins, Minnesota-based computer retailer (number 233 on the Hispanic Business 500), hopes to get bigger by pampering customers with networking, consulting, integration, and maintenance services. Ideal, founded in 1996, reported a 27.3 percent revenue increase last year, from $16.5 million in 2004 to $21 million. And they project a bigger jump, to $35 million, in 2006, says CEO Elise Hernandez.
Mid-Atlantic Petroleum Properties – a large Germantown, Maryland-based owner of gas stations and convenience marts founded in 1995 (number 61) – has grown by appealing to two market segments: women and upscale customers, says CEO Carlos Horcasitas Sr. He also increased revenues 27 percent last year, from $85 million in 2004 to $108 million.
Both companies are prospering in sectors with razor-thin profit margins – boosted by currently favorable conditions but planning to stay aloft through unique service offerings.
Bull by the Wires
Ideal System Solutions is riding a bull market due to lower-than-ever prices on computers. PC sales posted year-over-year growth of 10 to 20 percent for each month from November 2005 to March 2006, says research firm Current Analysis.
But the buoyant volumes won't last forever, says Ms.Hernandez, whose business is 25 percent commercial sales and 75 percent federal subcontracting. She plans to increase commercial sales by providing customers with one convenient source for all computer-related services. She will also emphasize continuity. "We need to give customers the satisfaction that they are not dealing with big companies where representatives change all the time," she says.
Also on the agenda: growing the federal contracting business by "letting people know we can do what
bigger companies do through partnerships and alliances," says Ms.Hernandez. She hopes to sell a minority stake in Ideal to a company specializing in computer services.
Mid-Atlantic Petroleum owns or operates about 50 gas stations in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, and is a wholesaler of the Chevron brand. "When we buy a station, we spend the right amount to turn it around and make it completely full service," says Mr. Horcasitas.
Like Ideal, Mid-Atlantic has grown by providing a high quality of service not traditionally found at competing gas stations. Since most stations are independently owned and operated, and compete by keeping margins on gas sales at a small fraction of pump price, they rely on store sales for most profits, according to the National Association of Convenience Stores. Mid-Atlantic's strategy is to build 4,500-square-foot outlets (double the industry average) with room for a wide variety of products and a range of retail services, catering to an upscale clientele.
The gas stations sport Spanish-tile roofs and immaculate landscaping. Soothing music plays. Customers can enter restrooms finished in marble without asking for a key. In addition to a lube center and car wash, there is a delicatessen and gourmet coffee bar where patrons can grind their own beans. "I compete more against Starbucks than 7/11," says Mr. Horcasitas.
His advice to anyone thinking about opening a service station: "Control the property so you can control your destiny. Own it, or lease it from a third party, not from the gas supplier. When you [lease from a supplier] you basically become an employee."
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MIDLAND, N.C. (WBTV) - A new local small business owner is experiencing a major hit, days before participating in a charity event.
“I always say the Lord has a plan, I’ve just got to figure out what that is, with this,” Eric Smith told his Facebook followers in a video.
Smith owns the outfitting company Born Southern, and is trying to figure out why someone would take his utility trailer.
“That’s my lifeline,” he tells WBTV. “That’s how it all started, that’s my initial investment into what is now Born Southern.”
That initial investment was $7,000 of trailer and inside equipment for the new clothing company.
“We’re just a small business,” Smith says. “Just trying to get started, get this thing up off the ground.”
The trailer was parked out in front of his store, all locked up. Now deputies are trying to track it down.
Smith says it has been a slow summer season.
“So, it’s just kind of like a snowball effect for me,” he says. “So that was kind of like the cherry on top, it kind of just hit right at the wrong time.”
Even though he has a store now, 80 percent of business, he says, is still mobile.
“We’re out here working hard, trying to do something, and somebody just decides they want to take it for themselves,” he says.
The charity event Smith was preparing for is in support of Ground 40, a group that helps local men out of addiction. It is August 10 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., at 303 Dale Street in Monroe.
Smith says he is still going to find a way to get there, even with just some tables and chairs, to honor his commitment.


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Do you love instant noodles? Well, everyone does! However, a team of scientists has warned people to stop eating instant noodles upon its association with increased risks of cancer and strokes.
While you might love eating instant noodles on the go, a team of scientists has recently warned people who love the same. This is because continuous consumption of instant noodles has been associated with increased risks of strokes or cancers. There are studies that demonstrate the fact that eating noodles has been linked with increased blood pressure, heart attack, strokes, and even cancer. Now, you can look forward to having some nutritious and healthy for your snack time.
Relation of Instant Noodles & Cancer Risk
While Americans tend to comprehend instant noodles –like Ramen noodles. However, Japanese Ramen is not even the slightest extent a cheap dish to try out. As per the latest study, instant noodles have been observed to be high on sodium content along with calories fat as they are being intensively prepared. The study also reveals that nothing inside the attractive packaging of instant noodles is good for your body. In fact, most of its content is unsafe for your body. A particular aspect of the instant noodles that was found the most detrimental was the presence of TBHQ –tertiary-butyl hydroquinone. It is a type of synthetic additive that has been known to cause malignancy in some cases.
TBHQ –the Cancer-Causing Agent in Ramen Noodles
In most cases, TBHQ gets added to the food materials towards expanding the overall shell life of the same in secure packaging. TBHQ is usually found in cheap food items –typically utilized on oily and fatty foods. TBHQ has proven in multiple studies to be highly toxic when consumed in larger dosages. However, the fact does not prevent the same from being utilized in small portions by a majority of the food manufacturing companies –irrespective of how harmful they might turn out in the long run.
Studies reveal that consuming around 1 gram of TBHQ through foods like Ramen noodles and others is responsible for causing undesirable responses to the body. As much as 5 grams of TBHQ can lead to several deadly outcomes. Instant noodles have been observed to pose much greater health risks –including cancer risks than TBHQ when taken in large quantities.


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Bitcoins stolen after cryptocurrency site NiceHash hacked
Dec 08, 2017, 01:41
At 1:35 p.m. EST, Bitcoin was valued at $17,032, according to Coinbase, after briefly surging above $19,000 Thursday morning.
That said, there are often significant price differentials on different bitcoin exchanges.
The price of bitcoin swung wildly Thursday, rising to more than $19,000 only to fall sharply within minutes, as the frenzy surrounding the virtual currency escalated just days before it starts trading on a major USA exchange for the first time. On Thursday afternoon the ASX 200 was 0.54 percent higher while the Shanghai Composite and South Korea's Kospi were both lower.
Bitfinex, a Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange, was briefly shut down a year ago after hackers stole almost 120,000 bitcoins - worth more than $65 million at the time. The dollar was trading at $1.3365, a 0.20 percent decline.
The frenzy even has parts of Wall Street concerned. At Thursday's record price of about $15,000, that would put the value at over $70 million.
It wasn't immediately clear whether funds had been taken from NiceHash users' accounts as well. Chicago-based CBOE Global Markets is planning to launch bitcoin futures on Sunday, while the world's largest futures exchange, CME, is set to launch its futures product the following week.
Blockchain is the ledger software that makes bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies possible, and Digital Asset Holdings LLC, the startup run by former JPMorgan Chase & Co. banker Blythe Masters, will supply the technology.
"Bitcoin continues to have a strong bid during Asia trading as emerging market currencies are being sold to buy, pushing us above another milestone", Spallanzani said in a Twitter direct message soon after bitcoin broke $12,000. Such currencies are not tied to a bank or government and allow users to spend money anonymously. Some say they serve merely to facilitate money laundering and illicit, anonymous payments.
Online security is a vital concern for such dealings. That prevents cheaters from spending the same digital coin twice. In Japan, following the failure of a bitcoin exchange called Mt. Gox, new laws were enacted to regulate bitcoin and other virtual currencies.
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The wind and the fires are expected to continue whipping up at least until the end of the day on Thursday, said Umansky. Wind speeds could increase in the coming days, reaching as much as 60 miles per hour through Thursday, officials said.
Brent oil for February gave up $1.64, or 2.6%, to $61.22 a barrel on the ICE Futures Europe exchange, its lowest since November 2. US crude inventories dropped by 5.48 million barrels last week, the API said Tuesday, according to people familiar with the data.
It has underperformed by 19.60% the S&P500.The move comes after 8 months positive chart setup for the $61.79B company. National Bank & Trust Of Montreal Can owns 122,127 shares. 117,247 were accumulated by Comml Bank Of Ny Mellon.
His intervention comes ahead of the expected announcement that the United States will recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital. This irked Israel because his predecessor had always gone first to Israel and entered the territories from Israel.
CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora has confirmed that Goodell has been given a new deal by the NFL's Compensation Committee. Blank told The MMQB that he spoke with Jones recently and that the Cowboys owner "understands the contract and how we got here".
Now, with the new app, it will be far more convenient for users to enjoy their favorite shows and movies on the Prime Video. With this addition of the Amazon Prime Video app on the Apple TV, it ends a long standoff between Amazon and Apple .
Glassdoor Announces the Best Places to Work in 2018
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Kevin De Bruyne seeking 'massive' Manchester derby win
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Debt Limit Deal: Finish the Job
The gravity of this moment cannot be overstated. Leaders should use this opportunity to limit out-of-control spending to avoid passing on the issue to future generations.
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Investing In The Cloud Is Starting To Pay Off For Tech Firms
Amazon, Microsoft and Google made smart investments when they got into the cloud, and it's starting to pay off.
The future of computing is in the cloud, and right now the top three companies benefiting are names we're all familiar with: Amazon, Google and Microsoft.
Each of these tech giants invested a lot of money into the infrastructure necessary to make its cloud business boom. Last week, each company's earnings report showed that the investments paid off in terms of money and marketshare.
Amazon Web Services brought home $2.1 billion in revenue for Amazon.com — that's up 78 percent year-over-year. The service hosts IT infrastructure mainly for corporate accounts. (Video via Amazon)
Microsoft has also snagged a ton of enterprise cloud users. Revenue in the company's Intelligent Cloud segment, which tracks some of Microsoft's business products, was $5.9 billion. (Video via Microsoft)
But the company can also thank all those Office and One Drive users out there for its cloud gains.
"There are now more that 18 million consumer Office 365 subscribers. ... More than half a billion people manage their documents and photos in One Drive. ... Of note: Commercial Office 365 monthly active users grew to 60 million," CEO Satya Nadella said on the company's earnings call.
Google’s not exactly pushing its cloud power at corporate clients to the extent the other two are, but it's using the same infrastructure to boost its mobile search, which was the MVP in the latest earnings report. (Video via Google)
As The Wall Street Journal puts it, “Investment in its network backbone is crucial to its core advertising business.”
Because Google already has the cloud infrastructure built, it could become a driver of what Nadella calls the “enterprise cloud platform” if it ever chooses to. Which would make sense because even Bloomberg says, "There's no end in sight for this [cloud] trend."
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Iron Galaxy has the launch of rumbleverse, their free-to-play “brawler royale” game originally set to launch in just a few weeks. The reason for the game’s delay is that the team wants to “do more to perfect the experience”.
When will Rumbleverse be released?
No new release date has been given for rumbleverse, but the game will no longer launch on February 15. This means that early access will no longer launch on February 8, either. IronGalaxy said::
We want to thank everyone for the enthusiastic reception Rumbleverse received after our unveiling at The Game Awards. During the First Look play session, it was hilarious and inspiring to see people landing their first elbow strike from the top of a skyscraper. Those are the moments you dream of when you’re working on a game. The thing about game development is that plans have a way of changing…
Today we are announcing that we have decided not to launch Rumbleverse on February 15th.
Having Grafital City filled with Rumblers taught us a lot. We’re excited about the game we’re making – and we’re glad you are too – but there’s more we want to do to perfect the experience. Rumbleverse is more than a game, it’s a community that we want to support for a long time to come. We’re going to take the time to make sure we can do that right.
Those who pre-purchased the Early Access Pack will now get their money back and the pack has been removed from sale. As soon as a new release date is announced, the Early Access Pack will return to the store. Before the game releases, there will be a series of beta testing across all platforms, including PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. The first of these will be limited to PC players and will begin on February 12, with more to be announced later.
Other news has been confirmed by WarnerMedia’s CEO: Gotham Knights and Hogwarts Legacy both will be released in 2022. Elsewhere, PlayStation’s London Studio is looking for people to join their studio as they create a new PS5 multiplayer game.


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The Cure have announced the details of two special releases for this year’s Record Store Day this day, which are essential purchases for any Cure superfan.
The first release that the band have lined up is a new vinyl pressing of the group’s 1990 remix album, Mixed Up.
The other release that Robert Smith and co. are planning is a new collection called Torn Down (Mixed Up Extra) which is a sequel to the other release and features 16 new remixes.
According to the official Record Store Day listing, the remixes on the LP were all done by Robert Smith and both releases will be available at independent record stores on April 21 and are pressed on double picture disc vinyl.
The ambassadors for Record Store Day this year are Run The Jewels and other notable releases include a new 12″ from Brian Eno and Kevin Shields, a live album by The National, and Arcade Fire re-issuing their debut EP. See the full list here.
Yesterday, the Robert Smith curated Meltdown Festival revealed the first wave of artists for this summer’s festival which includes The Libertines, Mogwai, My Bloody valentine, Deftones, Placebo and Nine Inch Nails who will all perform at London’s Southbank Centre this June.
The Cure are also set to headline a sold out Hyde Park this summer as they celebrate the 40th anniversary of their first single, where they will be joined by Interpol, Editors and many more.


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Nintendo announces three new 2DS XL bundles for Japan, including designs based on Minecraft, Mario Kart 7, and Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
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The New Nintendo 2DS XL hasn't showed signs of slowing down yet, with two new editions on the way: PokeBall and orange-and-white.
Dragon Quest XI Tops Japanese Sales Chart For Third Straight Week; The Snack World Makes Strong Debut
Dragon Quest XI holds off chart newcomers The Snack World, Hitman, and Mega Man to continue its reign atop the Japanese market alongside the Nintendo Switch.
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Media Create: Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood Debuts at No. 2 on This Week’s Japanese Sales Chart; ARMS Retains No. 1
Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood debuts at No. 2 on Media Create's Japanese weekly sales chart, but it isn't enough to knock off the returning champ: ARMS.
Nintendo Switch exclusive and new IP stretches its ARMS to grab a hold of the top spot in Media Create's latest weekly Japanese sales charts.
Mario and his pals race back to the top alongside the Switch of Media Create's latest weekly Japanese sales charts.
Bandia Namco's latest installment in the iconic Tekken series -- Tekken 7 -- debuts at the top of this week's Japanese sales charts alongside the Nintendo Switch.
Today, Media Create has released its weekly sales charts of the Japanese market between May 8th and May 14th (2017).
Today -- like almost every other Wednesday -- Media Create has released its weekly sales charts of the Japanese market between May 1st and May 7th (2017).
Media Create: Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia and Nintendo Switch Top Japanese Sales This Week
It’s April 26th, 2017, aka another Wednesday. And like every Wednesday, Media Create has released its weekly sales charts of the Japanese market. However, unlike the past five weeks, the software charts are no longer crowned by
It's April 19th, 2017, aka a Wednesday. And what happens on Wednesdays? That's right, Media Create releases its weekly sales charts of the Japanese market. Or should I saw the Monster Hunter XX and Nintendo Switch charts,
It's Wednesday folks. And like every Wednesday before it and for the foreseeable future: Media Create has released its weekly sales charts of the Japanese market. And like the last three Wednesdays, the week starting March April