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Google Set To Shut Down YouTube After 8 Years, Launches Google Maps With Treasure Mode [VIDEO]
In two rather surprising moves, Google today changed the way users will interact with two of its post popular services; YouTube and Maps. One has received an all-new mode for people to use, whilst the other is going the way of Google Reader.
First up, Google Maps is set to receive a whole new mode, with Treasure Mode stemming from Google’s discovery of treasure maps belonging to Captain Kidd (clue number one). Using Maps in a way that only Google can, the company hopes to enlist its army of users in the hunt for Kidd’s long lost treasures, mainly because Google’s two co-founders just don’t have enough money as it is.
Users will need to perform all manner of tasks in order to take up the Treasure challenge, with certain aspects of the map only becoming visible when exposed to heat, or direct sunlight for example. (For those paying attention, that’s clue number two right there).
Whilst Google Maps is all very interesting, it’s the news that Google is killing off YouTube that is the most interesting.
According to Google, YouTube is in fact an eight year competition for the best ever video and, starting tonight with the closure of the site, an army of 30,000 judges will set about the task of deciding which video is indeed the best to ever be uploaded to YouTube. We’ve all got our favorites, but which will win the prestigious award?
Unfortunately, we’ll have a long wait to find out, with Google saying that the winner will be announced in the year 2023 (that’ll be clue number three), when the video in question will be made available once more on YouTube.com for all to see. Until then, we will just have to try and guess the winner ourselves before they are all gone for good!
Of course, some say that these two announcements are just elaborate April Fools jokes, but we think they’re being overly cynical. After all, why wouldn’t Google kill off one of its most popular properties and the largest online collection of videos whilst simultaneously having people hunt for treasure the world over?
It makes perfect sense to us!
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: The deluge has hit Kerala
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business too. The state had to scrap 5.52 crore lottery tickets
of various lucky draws it had printed after the draws scheduled from August 23-29 were cancelled as ticket sales were badly hit by the unprecedented floods. On a normal day, the state sells around 96 lakh lottery tickets.
The directorate had postponed draws of seven lotteries scheduled from August 16-22 after agents complained that the ticket sales had almost came to a halt due to floods. The draws of these lotteries will be held from August 23- 29.
Officials at the directorate of lotteries said the government had incurred a printing cost loss of over Rs 2.6 crore in case of cancelled tickets. Add to that the crores of rupees it would have brought to the state exchequer as profits. The slump in lottery sales is likely to make an impact in the sector that saw Rs 1,695-crore profits in 2017-18.
“We cancelled six lotteries and postponed draws of seven others as ticket sales in state were badly hit due to floods.,” publicity officer Anil Bhasker said.

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The FINANCIAL — On 4 July, the EU4Business initiative launched a new project in Armenia aimed at improving the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Armenia and other Eastern Partner countries, to help connect them to international and EU markets.
The project ‘Eastern Partnership: Ready to Trade – an EU4Business initiative’ formally started in March 2018 with an SME survey from the agro-processing sector, conducted in cooperation with the Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Development National Centre of Armenia (SME DNC).
Based on the results of the survey, as well as the findings of the project inception phase, three value chains have been prioritised for project assistance in view of their export potential to the EU. These are the processed fruit and vegetables, dried fruit and vegetables, and herbal tea value chains. The survey results show that 25% of surveyed companies are already exporting to the EU and 32% have expressed interest in entering the EU market.
A value chain analysis was also conducted for the selected product groups, the results of which were presented and discussed during the event.


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Sweet and obsolete
Internet bolsters market for rare computer systems, vintage video games
By Jonathan Sidener
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David Weil, curator and executive director of the Computer Museum of America, played Missile Command, a video game from the early '80s. Weil said only a few of the early computers are valuable to collectors.
One of the popular theories of consumer electronics holds that performance always goes up, while prices always come down. As a result, last year's computer becomes next year's doorstop. The once-pricey DVD player now costs little more than a single movie disk.
Computing's artifacts fetch a pretty penny
Auction-house official hails 'new frontier in scientific collecting'
By Katie Hafner
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
In the spring of 1946, J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly sent out a business plan for a company that would sell "electronic computors."
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John Smedley is president of San Diego-based Sony Online Entertainment, which recently released EverQuest II, the sequel to its successful online game EverQuest.
Cruise lines sailing into wireless waters
More offering Wi-Fi to their passengers
By Mim Swartz
THE DENVER POST
Taking your laptop on vacation amounts to an oxymoron, especially on a cruise ship. Is nothing sacred?
Yet people want to feel connected, and they want the same kind of services they would get at a resort hotel.


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Wunderman at CES 2019
While CES features 2.7 million square feet of exhibit space for showcasing the latest technology, for marketers, the show is mainly about ideas. What’s new, what’s next, and what we should be experiencing in 2019.
This year, WPP CEO Mark Read, Chief Technology Officer Stephan Pretorius and Wunderman Thompson Global CEO Mel Edwards took to the stage to discuss, ‘Are you Future Ready?’. Looking at the Future of Work, Brand, Partnerships and Collaboration.
You can find our summary of the key takeaways from CES here.


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The 2022 graduating class from Cosmetic Fragrance Marketing and Management at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) explored the impact of COVID on the industry in their capstone presentations.
Annually, the FIT sets research briefs which aim to look five to ten years in the future, and which assess the pressing issues, and successful solutions for industry’s leadership. For 2022, the graduates presented “Beauty After COVID: Renaissance or Reformation”.
Every aspect of our lives has been disrupted by the pandemic, including fundamental shifts in consumer psychology and purchasing patterns, and in corporate organisations with culture and work-life balance being impacted.
The two themes for the research stem from an echo of earlier social disruptions such as the Spanish Influenza.
This element of the research identified that the pandemic has accelerated the re-evaluation of priorities, making the threats leaders face today more complex than ever before. Created by Covid, we are living in a time of reprioritisation and reflection, with 84% of those surveyed agreeing that the pandemic has made them re-evaluate what they want from their employer.
In 2021, in the US nearly 50 million employees resigned, and of those surveyed 25% of people who work in beauty plan to leave their jobs in the next two years. A separate study conducted by Microsoft showed that over 40% of workers globally were considering leaving their employer. The Great Resignation is impacting industries across the globe, including our own. Cosmetics Business echoes the findings from the students, explaining that numerous factors have catalysed the Great Resignation – including the uncertainties surrounding Covid, which increased the effects of burnout.
The research students suggest that to prevent an imminent collapse, employers need to look beyond the needs of consumers and investors and look to their workforce. Businesses are facing four internal threats:
In order to stunt the impact of these, it’s suggested that businesses should look holistically to future-proof. Beauty’s Great Reformation must consider the collective of humans behind the corporation – “those who breathe life into business”, and who have shaped businesses for decades.
With lines blurring between physical and digital, beauty consumers are facing a complex reality, with unlimited ways to interact with brands. This element of research identifies that businesses must go beyond current strategy and beyond product, and form deeper, more meaningful connections with consumers, to future-proof.
Research conducted by the FIT students found that there is a need for realignment caused by two parallel shifts in the emotional and the technological, described as a “moment of historic beauty entropy”. The consequence of the shifts in the emotional – 25% of US adults agree that the pandemic has made them re-evaluate their life priorities – and the technological – by 2030, the metaverse could account for at least 6% of Global GDP – is that the consumer landscape is forever changed.
Penning the term, the ‘Neo-Consumer Landscape’, FIT students in this research group explain that consumers are inhibiting fluid realities, and are (or will be) living on a spectrum between the Real Me and the Meta Me. To speak to this every-changing consumer landscape, business should look beyond trust, product and the individual.
To go beyond the individual and cater for the inter-collective whilst fostering multidimensional communities, businesses should: design for long term architecture, integrate social issues, and reward consumers with digital or physical ownership.
Trust has become paramount – to transcend trust brands must integrate factual-faith, to do this: provide transparency throughout; evolve influencing to be 1:1; and remember to ‘show me you know me’ – creating valuable experience with consumers data.
To recruit and engage consumers, transcend product and provide a total immersion, businesses should: provide the right tools and infrastructure for consumers to express themselves; bring back the magic with immersive experiences; and expand the possibilities of the shopping experience, catering to each channel.
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Recently, the world’s largest 3D printer and the largest 3D printing technology product in history, the printing ship, made a public appearance at the University of Maine in the United States. And unbelievably, the ship, printed with 3 D printing, can really sail on the water.
The so-called 3D printing technology, can also be said to be a kind of rapid prototyping technology, it is based on digital model files, the use of powder home metal or plastic and other adhesive materials, and finally through layer-by-layer 3D printing technology to construct objects.
The ship, printed at the Center for Advanced structures and Composites at the University of Maine, is 7.62 meters long and weighs 5000 pounds and is named 3Dirigo. It is understood that the ship was made in a 72-hour uninterrupted printing process at a cost of about $40000.
This example shows that large print machines can create larger objects that can effectively assist companies in product development, says habib dag, founding director of the composites center. And this new type of printer can make prototypes with faster speed, also let us can invent and innovate faster.
At the same time, the world’s largest printer printed out of the ship was also on display. The printer is about 23 meters long and will be expanded to about 33 meters in the future. The University of Maine and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee are working on a printer program. It is reported that the school, in cooperation with Oak Ridge Laboratory, will work on the use of cellulose-reinforced biological-based thermoplastics to produce more durable and recyclable 3D printing materials. If the plan goes well, the printer will be able to produce models or cement buckets quickly and recycle them.
Finally, the University of Maine pointed out that the Guinness World Records have confirmed that the world’s largest prototype polymer 3D printer is on display on the 10th, which is, of course, the world’s largest 3D printing technology ship and the largest 3D printing technology object.


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European Industry Associations Partner In Promotion of Cargo Bike and Cycle Deliveries
DUBLIN, Ireland – At their cycle logistics conference in Dublin, the European industry associations European Cycle Logistics Federation (ECLF) and Cycling Industries Europe (CIE) today announced that they have created a strategic partnership. The aim is to strengthen the impact and industrial coordination of the cargo bike sector.
Richard Armitage, Executive Director of ECLF said, “Our members specialise in local cycle logistics operations, providing expertise in working with new businesses and start-ups in our sector. Supported by CIE we will now have more capacity to bring together operators, suppliers and supporters internationally, working for our industry at all levels.”
Kevin Mayne, Chief Executive of CIE said, “2 million light commercial vehicles per year are sold in the EU and 96 percent of them are diesel, a figure that is growing. Our businesses provide an alternative that can save lives through emission reductions, reduce congestion and allow city centres to flourish. Our collaboration with ECLF means we can showcase how cycle logistics businesses must be at the heart of sustainable mobility policies.”
Representation in Brussels
ECLF will be represented in Brussels by the CIE staff unit at the heart of the EU district, enabling the benefits of cycle logistics to be presented at the highest policy levels in the EU.
Through the new structure ECLF’s logistics companies will be able to link with CIE’s member companies in the manufacturing, digital, financial and bike sharing sectors to strengthen their services and make strategic cross-sector partnerships.
An Expert Group in cargo bikes and cycle logistics will be formed to represent the companies involved and to draft the policy positions of the new organisation. This will include activities in the EU funded project City Changer Cargo Bike, a 4 million euro project to grow cargo bike use and sales across the EU. The companies’ input will also feed into the development of standards for cargo bikes when it reaches EU level via CONEBI.
Conference on cycle logistics
Today the 2019 European Cycle Logistics Federation Conference ‘Smarter Last Mile Deliveries by cargo bike’ takes place in Dublin, Ireland, hosted by Dublin City Council in collaboration with Velo-City 2019.
The ECLF is the professional body which represents and supports the needs of cycle logistics companies at EU level. Existing since 2014 it aims to develop and implement strategies for transferring as much as possible of the freight/goods being moved within the urban environment in Europe, from motorised vehicles to bicycles, cargo bike & trikes. In addition, it supports businesses or social enterprises which uses or intends to use a bicycle to deliver its operations or services.
The CIE is the advocacy voice for cycling businesses in Europe. Its ambition is to reach out beyond the traditional definition of the industry as a bicycle and parts industry and to make sure we align all business and commercial actors in a common mission. As a result CIE expects to grow cycling in Europe, for the benefit of society and the benefit of cycling businesses.


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A deal that was expected to be confirmed from December has today been rubber stamped, Monster Energy will be sponsoring the factory Yamaha team for the 2013 and 2014 MotoGP seasons.
When the news broke that Yamaha had paid off World Champion Jorge Lorenzo’s rockstar deal this deal looked like dead set, building on the excising relationship between the two brands.
Monster are the title sponsor of the Japanese brand and will be visible on both the M1’s on Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi, as well as visible on the leathers of the pair, and all team wear worn by both crews.
MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo has a personal engagement with Monster Energy and Yamaha included in the agreement, in Lehman’s terms meaning the World Champion will also have Monster personal sponsorship.
Yamaha managing director Lin Jarvis said “We are very happy to be able to announce the start of a new chapter in the Yamaha – Monster Energy partnership.
“Monster Energy is already a major partner to Yamaha’s top global sports activities in many domestic and international racing activities around the world in Motocross, Supercross, Endurance and Superbike disciplines. They have also been the title sponsor of the Monster Energy Tech 3 Yamaha team for the past 4 years. The expansion to include the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Team is a logical and prestigious expansion of the program.”
The Yamaha Tech3 team’s Monster sponsorship won’t be effected by the factory also getting sponsorship from the American brand, and all four Yamaha’s will be sponsored by Monster next year.
Whether this is already the Rossi factor, or not we can only assume, but regardless of why Monster have decided to up their sponsorship its a huge boost for MotoGP and for Yamaha.


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We like the T-Mobile Vario, however this weekend I’ve noticed that it’s vanished from the T-Mobile UK website. In fact, some readers have spoke to T-Mobile and they’re telling customers that this MDA Vario II is due to be released in the UK sometime in May. Huzzaar! We’ve been told previously that this device was being launched first in Germany, so hopefully this is good news for the UK too.
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People with tablets shop more on their devices than PC and smartphone users, according to new research from mobile advertising network InMobi and mobile marketing agency Mobext.
The new report, entitled ‘The Role of Tablets in the Consumer Sales Journey’, contacted more than 8,400 people worldwide. It found that 69% of tablet users had shopped via their device in the last 30 days.
The majority of tablet users in the UK said it was easier to access media content on a tablet than on a mobile or laptop/desktop computer. In addition, the research found that tablet users used their device for online purchases more regularly than any other connected device.
Tablet use is even affecting high-street purchasing, with over 20% of tablet users saying they now shopped less in ‘bricks and mortar’ stores since purchasing their device.
John Stoneman, InMobi’s Sales Director for the EME region, said “Media consumption habits are indeed evolving, with digital consumers supplementing or even replacing time spent with traditional forms of media, such as print readership and much purchasing now happens in the home via a mobile device. The research shows there is a strong correlation between the use of tablet devices and TV viewing, with the UK showing the highest levels of ‘dual-screening’ across the globe. Considering the path to purchase point; tablets are being used to research and browse products; which is then followed by a decision to buy the product. Notably we discovered that when consumers shop on tablets, they spend more than on any other device.”
Almost a third of non-tablet owners said they were likely to purchase one in the next six months.
InMobi and Mobext have now produced a Connected Device planning tool that allows advertisers to determine which devices should be up considered when planning digital campaigns to target consumers using multiple devices.


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Apple finally made the apple an official Online store live in India (Apple India store). Now you can purchase Apple products directly from the apple online store India.
“We’re proud to be expanding in India and want to do all we can to support our customers and their communities,” said Deirdre O’Brien, Apple’s senior vice president of Retail + People. “We know our users are relying on technology to stay connected, engage in learning, and tap into their creativity, and by bringing the Apple Store online to India, we are offering our customers the very best of Apple at this important time.”
The Apple Store online is the most convenient destination to shop for Apple products if you are looking to buy, with online Apple Specialists available to help with anything from custom-configuring any Mac to setting up new devices. Customers can get advice, receive guidance, and learn about new products directly from Apple, both in English and Hindi.
Previously third-party sellers used to sell Apple products in India, but from now you can directly buy apple products directly from the apple India online store and soon apple is also going to set offlines store in India, starting next year.
Apple says For the health and well-being of Apple’s teams, customers, and communities, all orders from the Apple Store online will ship with contactless delivery. Orders that do not require a signature will be left at the customer’s door, and those that do will need only a verbal confirmation from a safe distance instead of a written signature.


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Leading online game developer and publisher, Joymax, has revealed that its latest event for the world-renown free-to-play 3D MMOPG, Silkroad Online, proved close to impossible to complete. “Roc Time Attack!” was so challenging that players barely completed the event even with the help of the GM. Players were thrilled to be tested to their limits in the most nerve-racking event yet.
Sony of Canada Ltd. today unveiled the VAIO NW notebook— a new line of PCs that provide a powerful high-definition experience priced at $899.99 for the standard model and $1,199.99 equipped with Blu-ray Disc technology. Part of a series, the NW notebook features an optional Blu-ray Disc ROM drive making it ideal for viewing pristine HD content on-the-go. It also has the added convenience of DVD and CD read/write functionalities.


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Crash City Guides acquired, to be rolled into WanderWe
Internet multi-tasker Oversee.net has acquired city guide app Crash, and will be rolling the product into the recently launched WanderWe.
The city guide company, backed by Idealab and launched at SXSW last year, covers US destinations and aggregates destination information for travelers to “be their own tour guide.” The app distinguished itself by focusing on “photo-worthy” attractions, bringing travelers to a city’s most photographed attractions and art.
WanderWe, which was funded and launched out of Oversee.net, launched late last year.
The startup focuses exclusively on short duration vacations, curating experiences that can be had nearby for 2-4 day getaways. This is a relatively undeveloped niche, and the company says it will use the acquisition to beef up the content offerings available on site.
Read full story at: http://www.tnooz.com/article/skypicker-nabs-500000-investment-buys-whichairline/


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The classic and modern-looking Speedback GT is officially launching in the United States at the Quail Motorsports Gathering this August. The bespoke GT from England’s David Brown Automotive will start at just $753,000.
The Speedback GT, which launched across the pond in March of last year, is built with Jaguar XKR underpinnings. It also features the Jag’s drivetrain, which means a supercharged 5.0-liter V8, six-speed ZF automatic, 501 hp and 461 lb-ft of torque. Top speed is 155 mph, 0-60 mph takes just 4.6 seconds.
The Speedback will appear in Carmel, Calif., initially at the Quail Rally Welcome Reception on Aug. 10, then will participate in the Rally on the 11th and 12th before the main Quail event on the 14th.
“It’s been a fantastic year for Speedback GT since its launch,” said CEO David Brown. “Having had such a warm reception at a number of world-leading shows in Europe, it is a natural progression to bring the car to an American audience, where we’re sure there will be plenty of fans. We have already received a lot of inquiries asking when we would be bringing the car over, so we’re really excited to finally be making the journey across.”
Although the company shares the same name as a famous former owner of Aston Martin (and DBA’s first product looks more than a little like a classic Aston Martin DB), the two are unrelated.
Alan Mobberley, an ex Jaguar Land Rover employee, designed the GT, giving it the chrome grille, British curves and tailgate that flips down for sitting.
“Owners can use the tailgate as a seat to picnic off when they are out and about,” the company said.


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APPLE'S next iPhone is "likely" to have an ultra-fast charger that can power it up to 50% charge from zero in half an hour.
The rumoured iPhone 11 has been tipped to arrive with the speedy plug-and-cable in the box as standard.
For years, Apple has supplied a measly 5-watt adapter with the iPhone.
This charges very slowly compared to rival Android smartphones – leading some customers to fast-charging using the speedier iPad plug.
But specialist Japanese tech site MacOtakara – which regularly provides scoops on Apple gear – reckons an upgrade is due for 2019.
It's claimed that the iPhone 11 will come with an 18W USB-C power adapter, and a Lightning to USB-C cable in the box.
Right now, your iPhone has a Lightning port on the bottom – which connects to a USB port in the adapter.
But MacOtakara claims that the USB port will be swapped out for an improved USB-C port (already featured on new MacBooks and iPads).
This would then connect to your iPhone's Lightning port using a brand new cable.
It would mean that you could directly connect your iPhone to a new MacBook without any adapter-dongles.
More importantly, it would mean your iPhone could charge from dead to half-power in around 30 minutes.
Of course, it's impossible to verify this rumour – so take it with a pinch of salt.
It's also worth remembering that Apple may not have finalised its 2019 iPhone design yet.
These designs could change in advance of the official launch, so while the rumour may be true for now, it could later turn out to be false.
What is USB-C?
Here's what you need to know...
- When the first iPhone launched in 2007, it featured a charging port designed from the ground up by Apple
- This was called the 30-pin dock connector, and survived on Apple handsets for years
- But in 2012, Apple introduced a new Lightning port for charging phones (from the iPhone 4 onwards), making everybody's old charging cables useless
- USB-C is an increasingly popular type of charging and data transfer port that was launched in the middle of 2014
- The male end of the cable is a little thicker and much wider than Apple's Lightning cables, but they largely perform the same job
- However, while Lightning ports are exclusively used on Apple devices, USB-C ports are now very common
- Most flagship Android phones now feature USB-C ports, including the Samsung Galaxy S10, Google Pixel 3, and OnePlus 6
- And Apple has already fitted out its latest MacBook Pro models with USB-C ports, too
- The advantage of all gadgets switching to USB-C is that you'll be able to use accessories (like headphones and charging cables) across all of your devices
- It means you could potentially charge your iPhone and MacBook up using the same cable, and plug your headphones into the same port too
In any case, we can expect a new iPhone in September, at Apple's annual gadget launch event in California.
The tech giant is expected to unleash a bevy of new gadgets, including three brand new iPhone models.
The most likely feature rumoured to appear on the so-called iPhone 11 is a triple camera.
An upgrade from the double-camera on current high-end iPhones, the triple camera would allow for better depth-sensing – for augmented reality features like Snapchat filters or Pokémon Go-style games.
It could also introduce new lenses, included a super-zoom style lens like the one seen on the new Huawei P30 Pro.
However, until Apple makes an official announcement, we'll have to take all rumours with due caution.
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Ride-hailing giant Uber has revealed plans to sign up another 20,000 drivers as demand begins to ramp up following the reopening of outdoor dining.
The firm said it aims to have the new drivers on board by the end of the year under the recruitment drive that will boost its driver network to 90,000 in the UK.
It comes as the group reported a more than 50% increase in trips across the UK since restaurants opened for outdoor dining on April 12, with expectations for demand to rise further as restrictions ease over the summer.
A landmark decision of the Supreme Court in February ruled that Uber drivers have worker status, in what was seen as a blow to the gig worker economy.
As a result, Uber now guarantees drivers at least the National Living Wage, holiday pay and auto enrolment into a pension scheme.
But its drivers can retain flexibility to choose when to work and can drive with multiple apps at the same time.
Jamie Heywood, Uber’s regional general manager for Northern and Eastern Europe, said: “As cities open up and people start moving again, we are encouraging 20,000 new drivers to sign up.
“We are proud to offer every driver the rights and protections they deserve, a guaranteed wage, holiday pay and a pension, but we’re not the only player in town.
“Drivers work with multiple operators and deserve the same standard of work on every trip.”
Uber said drivers must hold a valid private hire licence from their local authority and go through an enhanced background check (called DBS).
It stressed that for every journey, passengers see their driver’s name, photo, vehicle make and model, as well as their licence plate and their private-hire licence number.
Mick Rix, national officer of the GMB trade union, said: “Uber is trying to signal the horrendous collapse of the private hire minicab sector brought about by the pandemic is coming to an end.
“Signing up another 20,000 drivers on top of the 70,000 already using the app is a positive indicator.
“Now Uber has committed to treating its workers fairly, granting them the rights to which they are legally entitled, this can only be good for the beleaguered private hire sector.”


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Shoppers Seek Investors To Keep North Tulsa Grocery Store Open
TULSA, Oklahoma - Shoppers in north Tulsa hope to save a grocery store that plans to close by July 10, 2014.
Gateway Market at the corner of Pine and Peoria is the only grocery store in the area.
Monday a group of about 20 people met at Lacy Park Community Center to discuss what options they have to save it.
The store has been open for four years. When it opened on January 16, 2010, north Tulsa celebrated because the area had been hoping for another store after the Albertson's at 1601 North Peoria closed.
But now, owner Antonio Perez says the store is losing money and he has to close it. The store leases the property. According to Billie Parker, who lives nearby, Perez says someone else can take over the store if they can raise enough money.
"We need to take it back ourselves, we need to get investors to invest with us and run this ourselves," said Billie Parker.
Two more meetings are planned Monday and Tuesday at the Lacy Park Community Center at 2134 North Madison to continue the discussions and search for investors.


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Fonterra says there has been really positive feedback to the inaugural June round of a new Fixed Milk Price scheme designed to give farmers more certainty around their income.
Chief executive Theo Spierings says Warrnambool Cheese and Butter, now owned by Canadian processor Saputo, was providing stiff competition.
A farmer shareholder at Friday's special meeting asked Fonterra to confirm if it was losing milk suppliers in Australia.
Spierings says Fonterra is active in three regions of Australia; Tasmania, eastern, western and northern Victoria.
He says western Victoria is a challenge.
Spierings says Fonterra needs more milk in Australia and will be strongly fighting for more milk.
The co-op's new plant at Stanhope is bigger than the one it replaces and will need more milk.
Spierings noted that Fonterra has lowered its farmgate milk price in Australia and this would lead to some suppliers leaving.


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June 9, 2014
France is considering a move to brandless packets to curb smoking, instituting one of the world’s toughest anti-tobacco policies in the home of chain-smoking singer Serge Gainsbourg and no-filter Gauloises cigarettes.
Health Minister Marisol Touraine is due to present a law next month that would stop cigarette manufacturers from printing their distinctive logos on packages, Le Figaro newspaper reported on Friday.
Plain packaging, with the cigarette brand written in small lettering under a graphic health warning, would be among a raft of radical measures to curb smoking, including a ban on using e-cigarettes, or “vaping”, in public places, Le Figaro said.
Australia pioneered plain packaging for cigarettes in 2012 and Britain, New Zealand and Ireland all plan similar bans.
In a statement, France’s Health Ministry said it was studying several options to curb smoking.
“We are far from the point of taking any decisions and no particular course of action has been determined so far,” the ministry said.
With its cafe culture and chain-smoking Nouvelle Vague movie stars, France earned a reputation as a smokers’ paradise after World War Two. Iconic dark-tobacco brands like Gitanes, favoured by Gainsbourg, who smoked up to five packs a day, and Gauloises, preferred by philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, grew hugely popular, in part thanks to their stylish packaging.
While the reputation sticks, smoking rates in France have since plummeted. Less than a third of the population now lights up regularly, which is about average for the European Union and down sharply from nearly 60 percent in the 1960s.
Tough anti-tobacco laws were introduced in 1991 which banned smoking in public places, forced cigarette manufacturers to display health warnings on packets and forbade large-scale advertising on billboards and TV.
Advocates of plain packaging argue that stripping packets of eye-catching logos is effective in reducing smoking among young people. Currently, one in three French people aged 15 to 19 is a smoker, according to the Health Ministry.
As French smoking rates have declined, so has the country’s once-vibrant tobacco industry. The state-owned Seita brand that produced Gauloises and Gitanes was bought by Britain’s Imperial Tobacco in 2008, and much of its production moved abroad.
In April, Imperial Tobacco announced the closure of the largest Gauloise cigarette factory in France, prompting the factory’s 327 workers to go on strike and hold five managers hostage on the worksite, near Nantes, this week.
The managers were released on Thursday after a day of captivity.
Source: Nicholas Vinocur, Reuters UK (May 30, 2014)


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How Le Monde uses Whatsapp to reach African readers
Facebook may have restricted the list size that publishers can broadcast WhatsApp messages to, but French newspaper Le Monde is using the status feature to reach new readers in French-speaking African countries.
Since December, African-focused edition Le Monde Afrique has grown to 10,000 WhatsApp followers by posting content to its WhatsApp status, a similar feature to Instagram Stories. It typically posts three or four times a day and content lasts 24 hours. Le Monde has two staffers working on publishing content this WhatsApp channel and growing the community.
Depending on the day, around 20% of its followers will view the WhatsApp status content. That’s relatively high compared with the percentage of people who view its Instagram Stories, according to Le Monde. On Instagram is has nearly 1 million followers.
The French news publisher first used WhatsApp in November 2018 to grow its audience in African countries like Morocco, Senegal and the Ivory Coast. In France, Le Monde has 235,000 digital subscribers and 9.1 million monthly unique users in December, according to Comscore. Le Monde has 35 journalists in France and in the field covering countries in Africa.
“We wanted to reach countries where there are a lot of French speakers and Le Monde doesn’t have a big presence,” said Julie Lelièvre, editorial and audience development project manager. “In these specific countries, people do not consume as we do. In order to build audiences we need to adapt how we send our information.”
WhatsApp has become a primary network to discuss and share news in non-Western countries, according to Reuters Digital News Report. In 2019, 16% of people surveyed use WhatsApp each week for news, compared with 36% who use Facebook. In non-Western countries the number of people using WhatsApp is much higher where internet connection is primarily through phones. WhatsApp as a news source has been growing since Facebook changed its algorithm in 2018. The intimate nature of the platform and users’ wish to communicate in private groups rather than on newsfeeds means that publishers and brands like Adidas are working out their voice on the platform.
Le Monde had previously grown its WhatsApp following to 40,000 but had to start from scratch in December when Facebook reduced the list size people can broadcast out down to 250 people in an effort to crack down on the spread of misinformation during elections in Brazil and India.
Anyone who has that number saved can see Le Monde’s WhatsApp status. One issue with posting on its status rather than broadcasting is that people don’t get a notification when it’s updated, so the number of people viewing its content naturally falls. On the flip side, Le Monde can re-use this content on its Instagram Stories too.
Publishers had known since July 2019 of Facebook’s plans to nix wider broadcasting on the platform so Le Monde had some time to evaluate how else to foster the community it built. The publisher asked followers how else they wanted the service to continue. This led to launching on Telegram too, where it sends out three articles every night and has grown to 2,000 followers.
Using WhatsApp has gone in and out of favor with publishers. Media owners like The Guardian, Axel Springer and the Financial Times experimented on the platform three years ago. Many wound these down as the maintaining lists and publishing to the platform became more manual and Facebook imposed more restrictions.
For now, Le Monde is not looking to turn its WhatsApp followers into subscribers.
“The first goal is to grow audiences on our site and for people to know and like us,” said Lelièvre. “The second goal is we would like to drive subscribers but we’re not sure yet how that would work.”
Update: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Le Monde had 100,000 followers.
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MOSCOW, October 13. /TASS/. Russia has requested explanations from Turkey on new export restrictions, Deputy Economic Development Minister Aleksei Gruzdev said Friday, adding that the Turkish side has already submitted certain documents.
"They [Russia’s trade mission in Turkey - TASS] has made a request. We will obtain explanations within days. Certain documents have already been sent, and we are analyzing them now," he said.
When asked whether Russia may take tit-for-tit measures, Gruzdev said that first of all the reasons should be clarified, and "whether those restrictions are in line with the whole situation."
Earlier Turkey imposed additional requirements to Russia’s imports of agricultural products. Exporters of unrefined sunflower oil, corn, dry peas, unshelled rice, sunflower oil cake and durum wheat will not have to make additional certification of VAT invoices.


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Millennial-focused plus-size apparel retailer Torrid this week filed a Form S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission indicating plans for an initial public offering of its stock. Neither the number of shares to be offered nor their price range have been determined, according to a company press release.
If the company follows through, its ticker symbol would be CURV, per the filing. The proposal comes two years after withdrawing such a registration statement, which had been filed in 2017.
Even after going public, private equity owner Sycamore Partners would still “own a majority of the voting power of shares eligible to vote in the election of our directors,” according to the filing.
It’s not clear why Sycamore pulled the plug on Torrid’s previous IPO plans. But it may have been that the brand decided to regroup amid slowing sales growth in the apparel market overall and disruption in the plus apparel market in particular.
That disruption to some extent involves a push for all apparel makers, retailers and designers to provide an inclusive range of sizes, rather than forcing an entire segment of fashion-forward consumers to seek clothing online only, in out-of-the-way departments or at niche stores.
Some brands, like Athleta, have moved in that direction, while others (including Sycamore-owned Loft) have retreated from it. In general, inclusive sizing hasn’t reached the mass market, and marketing to this customer is often condescending and passive-aggressive, according to research from retail analytics platform Edited.
That leaves room in the market for specialists with the right merchandising and marketing. Two decade-old Torrid, which says it’s focused on “the 25- to 40-year old woman who is curvy and wears sizes 10 to 30,” has retained a following. The company enlisted comedian Nicole Byer, “known for being vivacious and unapologetic,” for a recent casting call campaign, and regularly turns to influencers for its social media messaging.
The latter may be especially effective. In the past year, 67% of shoppers spent over $151 and 10% spent over $1,000 based on influencer recommendations, with 81% saying they trust an influencer’s recommendation more than a celebrity’s, according to research from Inmar Intelligence.


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text: Recently, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge took a trip to Barry Island, South Wales, where they met with local business owners in the resort town to learn about how they are slowly returning to normal following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The royal couple visited restaurants, a gaming arcade, and even managed to play a round of Bingo. For their day out, Kate Middleton re-wore a blue floral midi by one of her go-to names, British designer Emilia Wickstead. The royal was last seen wearing the fit-and-flare piece back in 2019, at the Chelsea Flower Show. The dress had all the makings of her signature style: full sleeves, an elegant belted waist, and a full midi skirt. Keep scrolling to see her entire look, plus find similar looking options for yourself.


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San Francisco Behind Apple, Microsoft has become the world’s largest market cap company. Microsoft’s valuation stood at $ 851.2 billion (Rs 59.58 lakh crore) and Apple’s $ 847.4 billion (Rs 59.31 lakh crore) on Friday after the US stock market closed. For the first time since 2002, Microsoft has topped the market cap. Apple was at number one before the year 2012. Before that, Exxon Mobil was at the top.
Apple suffered a loss due to weak results
On Friday, Microsoft’s share price was $ 110.89 and Apple’s $ 178.58. In this week, Microsoft’s market cap in Intra-Day is more than Apple. But, the business came down from Apple when it was over.
Apple became the first American company to become a trillion-dollar company in August this year. However, its share declined by 16% in November. Apple’s July-September quarter results were not as expected by the analysts as the investors sold shares. The company announced that it would not release the sales figures for iPhones, iPads, and Macs from next time. Because of this also the stock had to suffer losses.
Microsoft’s share price tripled in 4½ years
Microsoft’s stock price has tripled in four and a half years after becoming CEO of Satya Nadella in 2014. Microsoft last month left Google’s parent company Alphabet in the market cap. The alphabet’s current valuation is $ 771.7 billion.
Microsoft had left Amazon on October 30. Amazon valued that day was $ 803.28 billion and Microsoft’s $ 821.05 billion. Amazon was ahead of Microsoft in April this year.


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Nigerian financial data startup Mono has raised a seed round of $2 million from a number of investors including Entrée Capital and Lateral Capital.
Babs Ogundeyi, co-founder and CEO of Kuda; Gbenga Oyebode, partner at The Continent Venture Partners; and Eric Idiahi, co-founder and partner at Verod Capital, also invested according to TechCrunch.
Mono was founded in 2020 by Abdul Hassan, a former product manager at Paystack, and Prakhar Singh. The company’s technology enables businesses and individuals to gain access to financial information, such as account statements, stored at commercial banks. Mono is one of out a number of startups creating open banking solutions in Nigeria.
The seed money adds to the $500,000 Mono raised in September 2020 and the $125,000 received as part of the Winter 21 cohort of Y Combinator. Mono was one of 10 African startups to pitch at YC’s Demo Day in March. Abdul Hassan, the startup’s CEO, told TechCabal at the time that YC was an opportunity to make strategic connections.
But beyond making connections, Mono appears to be expanding its focus beyond financial data.
“We’re thinking of how we can power the internet economy with data that isn’t necessarily financial data,” Hassan said.
One thing on his mind is “open data for telcos,” a framework that enables customers to easily move their data between mobile network providers.
Hassan could not be reached for comment at press time. On the surface, an open data for telcos plan rings close to and could be looking to build on the existing mobile number portability (MNP) service in Nigeria.
Launched by the Nigeria Communications Commission in April 2013, MNP enables customers to freely switch network providers while retaining their phone numbers. A consortium of three companies (Interconnect Limited, Saab Grinteck and Telecordia) currently acts as the Number Portability Clearing House (NPCH) for the industry.
Hassan also told TechCrunch that Mono will be going live in Ghana by June and that they already have five banks and MTN Ghana’s mobile money service as partners.


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Lindsay Pattison, Maxus Global CEO and Ricky Chanana,Maxus Australia National Digital & Trading Director have both been discussing the increasing amount of time we all spend online this week, but from very different perspectives.
Lindsay, writing for the World Economic Forum, focussed on how brands can stay relevant in a world where the average person’s attention span has fallen from 12 to 8 seconds since the start of the ‘mobile revolution’ some 15 years ago.
As we become more accustomed to short snippets of information and flitting between media messages, brands struggle to create content that’s brief yet impactful. As Lindsay puts it; “companies are now facing a three-second audition in an increasingly fragmented, multimedia landscape”.
But not only this, the consumers’ appetites for quality long-form content such as original dramas are also on the rise, and stand to create communal experiences that can be shared across social networks – think Game of Thrones and Netflix series releases. Viewers aren’t afraid to immerse themselves in longer content if they know that what they’re getting is going to be a valuable experience for them, and with that comes fantastic opportunities for brands to build relationships with their audience by learning what they want to see.
It certainly seems to be working, as our young gun Ricky Chanana of Maxus Australia blogged this week about his struggles with Nomophobia – the fear of being out of mobile contact – which 66% of us are said to suffer from.
Identifying and accepting his addiction to his smartphone, and labelling them the ‘scourge of modern society’ Ricky still shows no remorse in succumbing to their digital charms, “it’s too late in the game to do anything about it. If you’re not addicted, you’re missing out.”
Until Ricky and the rest of the world fall out of love with having all the information in the world at their fingertips, brands need to keep adapting to their audiences wants and needs. And although it may seem like an impossible task, it sure is going to be an exciting one.


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The Olympics are right around the corner and the competition is heating up. Nations around the world will be competing for gold in events like swimming, basketball, and jumping really high. But if your sports knowledge is limited and you'd rather find out which countries were dominating the business world, the 2016 Fortune Global 500 list was recently released and the numbers are a lot more surprising than you might think.
All right, they aren't that surprising, as Walmart was able to hold onto its top spot for another year. However, the sheer number of Chinese companies making waves is staggering. According to the data, over 100 Chinese companies hold places on the list of the top 500, second only to the United States. Companies like State Grid, China National Petroleum, and Sinopec Group managed to sneak in the top 4, again second only to the US-run Walmart, which will be hard to topple considering they boast nearly half a trillion dollars in revenue and $14.9 billion in profits per year.
The data taken ranked companies based on their revenue. A number of factors went into the consideration of the list, including the global economy, trade policies, mergers and acquisitions and corporate upheaval. As a whole, the Fortune 500 companies generated $27.6 trillion in revenue and $1.5 trillion in profits last year and currently employ 67 million people across 33 different countries.
If you want to see which other companies made it into the top 10, feel free to check out the list below, or click the link above to get the full picture of the 2016 Fortune Global 500:
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Nollywood actress, Benita Nzeribe has joined the league of brand ambassadors as she wrapped up an ambassadorial deal with the Nigerian Airspace Management Authority (NAMA) just few days to the end of the year 2013. She is now the latest brand ambassador in town.
The sultry actress who has expressed joy and happiness being the brand ambassador of NAMA, has also promised to show commitment towards representing the brand well.
“I feel good to be NAMA ambassador. We just finished the photo shots and it will soon go on air. NAMA is seriously doing their job well to ensure that runways and every other air facilities are put in place. I promise to do my best to represent them well.
I will be attending their events within and outside the shores of the country when the need arises,” she said.


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The first teaser trailer for the third person shooter is expected to debut next month on April 8, exactly one year ahead of the game’s pencilled in release date. A full reveal is due at E3 in June.
While it hasn’t been officially announced yet, Gears Of War 3 is currently in development at series creator Epic Games. It will continue the story set out in the first two games, which centres on humankind’s battle for survival against the nightmarish Locust Horde.
Gears of War 3 could have been released this year, but Microsoft does not want to release a Halo game and a Gears of War game in the same year.
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KOLKATA: The humble pink bulb that’s a staple across kitchens has scored a century, and Kolkata’s not happy. After months of ‘upwardly mobile’ prices, the price of onion
has breached the 100-rupee mark in Kolkata, pinching end-of-the-month pockets.
On Monday, onion was selling for anything between Rs 100 and Rs 115 per kilo in retail markets across the city. Even at Koley Market, the city’s biggest wholesale vegetable hub, “superior quality” onion sold for Rs 100 a kilo, for the first time ever, though there were few takers.
Some traders recalled that the last time the price of onion crossed Rs 100 per kilogram, albeit for only 48 hours, was in 1999. Onion prices
became the main issue in several state elections that year.
Kolkata and its adjoining areas consume close to 1,400 tonnes of onion every day. “The price of onion goes up during this time every year due to various reasons and then settles,” said Chandan Chakraborty, working president, Posta Bazar Merchants’ Association. “This time, that hasn’t happened. The price is on an upward swing. In most retail markets, onion was selling at Rs 100 or more per kilo on Monday,” he added.
“Most of Kolkata’s onion supply comes from Nashik and Ankola in Maharashtra. This year, there was rain during Ganesh Chaturthi, which damaged the crop. The resultant scarcity raised prices.” On Monday, onion sold at Rs 110 in New Market, Rs 115 in Jadavpur market, Rs 110 in Salt Lake’s BD market and Rs 100 in College Street market. The price has been steadily rising for the past three months.
Households are trying to figure out substitutes for onion on the dining table. “The price of onion has been burning a big hole in the pocket. It is an indispensable kitchen ingredient. Earlier, I used to buy for the whole week; now, I am buying in much smaller quantities — just the amount needed for the day,” said Madhusree Ghosh, a homemaker in Salt Lake.
In a meeting soon after cyclone Bulbul just a little over two weeks ago, chief minister Mamata Banerjee had come down heavily on traders and instructed police and the Enforcement Branch to conduct raids in the market to stop pricing malpractices. At that time, the price of onion was Rs 75 per kilo. The government has been selling onion at Rs 59 a kilo through Sufal outlets.
A member of the task force set up by the government felt the soaring price was an indication of malpractice and hoarding. “We have been holding repeated meetings with traders and their associations, but prices have not come down,” he said.
Food processing and industries minister Abdur Rezzak Mollah said the state fully depended on other states for onion supply. “The state’s onion production cannot meet the total demand. The government is selling onion at Rs 59 per kilo. We have also remained vigilant towards malpractices,” he said.


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Stainless Steel / Special Alloys: Suspended purchases? Low production? Weakened prices? A debate on the unclear outlook of the market
Dramatically altered landscape for stainless steel and nickel
The COVID-19 pandemic had presented the stainless steel scrap industry with “a lot of difficulties and challenges”, reported BIR Stainless Steel & Special Alloys Committee Chairman Joost van Kleef of Oryx Stainless BV in his opening remarks to the body’s eForum on June 10.
And yet the stainless steel industry had entered 2020 with a measure of optimism following the previous year’s record production of 53.2 million tonnes and a healthy demand outlook for electric vehicle batteries in particular, confirmed Natalie Scott-Gray, Senior Metals Demand Analyst - EMEA & Asia at INTL FCStone Ltd. But as a result of pandemic-related lockdowns, particularly in China, the first quarter had witnessed the lowest three-month stainless steel production figure for three years at 11.5 million tonnes.
The guest speaker went on to reveal forecasts for the second quarter of a 12% slump in global stainless steel demand to 11.9 million tonnes. Furthermore, the “huge growth area” of electric vehicle batteries had undergone “a very dramatic change”, with global nickel demand from this sector now projected to drop 15% this year.
With nickel demand from all sources expected to slide 7% in 2020, several years of market deficit were likely to be replaced by a substantial surplus of 130,000 tonnes for the current year. Owing to demand weakness, total nickel stocks at the end of the first quarter of 2020 had been at their highest level since the third quarter of 2018.
Taking all factors into account, Ms Scott-Gray predicted that the LME nickel price average would be 11% lower than that for 2019 at US$ 12,452 per tonne, but with the potential for the price to fall below US$ 11,000 at some point in 2020; for 2021, she envisaged a 7% increase in the nickel average to US$ 13,318. Fellow guest speaker Jason Schenker, President of US-based Prestige Economics, anticipated a nickel price average of around US$ 13,000 per tonne for 2020, climbing to nearer US$ 15,000 in 2021 and US$ 16,000 in 2022. “We expect higher nickel prices and higher stainless steel prices later this year, next year and the year after,” he stated.
During a panel discussion moderated by Doug Kramer of Spectrum Alloys LLC in the USA, it was confirmed by Pablo Abasolo, Head of Raw Materials Purchasing at Acciai Speciali Terni in Italy, that he foresaw no prospect of a problem with stainless steel scrap availability in the short term and that prices should remain linked to “weak” stainless steel sales prices. The same contributor also anticipated more difficult market conditions for ferro-chrome than for nickel.
Mr Schenker warned of a slow sales recovery in key sectors for stainless steel such as jet turbines and automotive, adding that electric vehicle sales were not helped by a low oil price. However, his projections for the longer term were more encouraging: over the next two decades, substantial population growth and increased purchasing power within China and India in particular would boost demand for durable goods - “for which stainless is important”.


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ABOVE: Terrie Costello cleans her Woodburn shop with two friends after the floods.
Landlords of business properties have been asking for financial help to restore their buildings since the February-March floods.
Finally, a $30 million Northern Rivers Commercial Property – Return to Business Support Grant was announced today, Thursday, September 1.
Business landlords Glenn and Terrie Costello have a shop on Woodburn’s main street.
“I welcome any support for landlords as we are still struggling with no income since the floods. I need to get the shop up to a standard for it to be leased,” Mr Costello said.
“We as a community need to have vibrant businesses opening as soon as possible.”
Landlords can’t apply until the end of September and can only apply for up to $50,000.
The support grant comes from federal and state governments.
Mr Costello said the community needed services of all types to ensure the community gets what it needs.
“We need retail, food, hospitality, clothing, a gym, heath and wellbeing.”
Federal Minister for Emergency Management Murray Watt said the support will cover repair-related costs for landlords to ensure retail businesses can reopen.
“That could include clean-up services, hiring equipment or covering the cost of building repairs,” Mr Watt said.
Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience and Minister for Flood Recovery Steph Cooke said she had heard from many landlords who were unable to fund the repairs to the property they lease.
Applicants can register to be notified when grant applications open by calling Service NSW on 13 77 88.


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Is BlackBerry Storm 2 Piezo Electronics Touchscreen Technology good?
RIM’s first foray into touchscreen technology was the BlackBerry Storm, mainly to keep up the pace with other touchscreen devices such as Apple’s iPhone.
Windows Mobile Professional from Microsoft was met with mixed reviews. Rim is on its way back and there have been a number of leaks regarding the next generation Storm. The Storm 2, which will include a revised version of RIM’s patented click screen SurePress technology.
Have a look at the video and see what you think it clearly shows the technology involved in the forthcoming Storm 2, which includes the Piezo which is activated with an electric current when the device is turned on. I wonder if Samsung, HTC and others will emulate and adopt this technology on any future Windows phones. Source – pocketnow.com


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So many leaks in v9.30 it’s been hard to keep up, but one of the largest is a new Stranger Things event.
The popular Netflix show that focuses on supernatural events happening to a small town in the 80s is returning for a third season on July 4th.
At the same time, Fortnite will be beginning an event around the show according to data files found by Lucas Yoshi.
This event was already teased by Netflix during E3, but full information on the crossover wasn’t available.
The addition of the same ice cream shop as the show was certainly a key indicator but we didn’t know if it would end up being more than that.
Their use of the old and decommissioned Fortnite logo also made the event seem less official when that news came out.
Thanks to these data files, we know we will be getting a set of Stranger Things skins as well as a unique event.
One of those skins is going to be the Demogorgon, the key villain in Season One.
That skin was found by Lucas Yoshi and is the only one with enough key info in the text string to tell us what it is.
Other skins will probably also be added to the game, personally, I’m hoping for one based on Millie Bobby Brown’s Eleven.
Sounds for an event were also found in the files. Indicating an upcoming LTM for the event.
They are labelled just as “Weird Objects” but that apparently is also similar to what the Stranger Things set was found under so data miner FortTory is making the connecting between these sounds and the set:
New sound files related to a kind of weird object pic.twitter.com/T18brH6Y2i— FortTory – Fortnite Leaks & News (@FortTory) June 18, 2019
And yes, Maybe there is a connection between those sound files and the “Stranger Things” set named in the files:— FortTory – Fortnite Leaks & News (@FortTory) June 18, 2019
As with all stories on leaks, these are still unconfirmed as of writing. We will almost certainly be getting skins from Stranger Things in the game but just because something is found in the game files doesn’t make it a guarantee to be added.


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Starz Says It Won’t Renew Giant Netflix Deal
If the company follows through on that statement, it will mean Netflix won’t be able to provide digital access to movies from Sony and Disney — a scenario Reed Hastings and company have been trying to avoid for years.
Here’s the statement from Starz:
Starz Entertainment has ended contract renewal negotiations with Netflix. When the agreement expires on February 28, 2012, Starz will cease to distribute its content on the Netflix streaming platform. This decision is a result of our strategy to protect the premium nature of our brand by preserving the appropriate pricing and packaging of our exclusive and highly valuable content. With our current studio rights and growing original programming presence, the network is in an excellent position to evaluate new opportunities and expand its overall business.
UPDATE: Here’s a comment from Netflix, which is acting as if Starz’ decision is final:
Starz has been a great content partner since 2008 and we are thankful for their support.
While we regret their decision to let our agreement lapse next February, we are grateful for the early notice of their decision, which will give us time to license other content before Starz expires.
While Starz was a huge part of viewing on Netflix several years ago because it was some of the only mainstream content Netflix offered, over the years Netflix has spent more and more licensing great TV shows from all four broadcast networks and many cable networks, and we have licensed 1st run movies from Relativity, MGM, Paramount, Lionsgate and others. Because we’ve licensed so much other great content, Starz content is now down to about 8% of domestic Netflix subscribers’ viewing. As we add even more content in Q4, we expect Starz content to naturally drift down to 5-6% of domestic viewing in Q1. We are confident we can take the money we had earmarked for Starz renewal next year, and spend it with other content providers to maintain or even improve the Netflix experience.
We have tremendous respect for the Starz creative team, and we look forward to someday licensing some of their original or licensed content.
Netflix shares dropped nine percent in after-market trading after Starz put out its press release.
Netflix has been preparing to live without programming from Disney and Sony by broadening its library, particularly via deals that have brought it TV shows from the likes of CBS and other networks. The company has also announced a move into original programming, via an expensive mini-series starring Kevin Spacey.
The company has already been living without Sony movies since June, when they were pulled off the streaming video service because its subscriber growth had tripped off a contract violation. At the time, Netflix described the Sony absence as “temporary.”
The fact that Netflix had access to Sony and Disney’s digital library at all has often rankled Hollywood, since the company paid a pittance for them back in 2008 — something like $30 million a year. Netflix has signaled that it would be willing to pay much more than that now — at the D9 conference in June, Reed Hastings said that it “wouldn’t be shocking” if he paid $200 million a year or more to renew the deal.
The Starz/Sony/Disney deal also symbolizes big media’s conflicted feelings about Netflix. On the one hand, Hollywood and TV executives worry that Netflix is training its 25 million subscribers to expect all the video they want, at very little cost, piped directly into their house.
On the other hand, they’ve been very happy to cash the significant checks that Hastings has been handing them for access to their stuff. Hastings has clearly been betting that short-term cash would trump long-term business model worries. “The whole relationship thing is over-stated,” he said at the All Things Digital conference. “If you have a big checkbook, you can do business.”
If Starz does end up staying away from Netflix, it will be interesting to see who ends up with its digital rights. Satellite TV provider Dish Network has talked openly about creating a video subscription that could rival the one Netflix has built, and Amazon is building up its library of digital video, which it is giving away free to some users.
Meanwhile, Google — which has struggled to land much premium content for its YouTube site — has recently started signaling that it might pay big money to get some: The company is one of several bidders interested in Hulu, the video site joint venture co-owned by Disney, News Corp. and Comcast. (News Corp. also owns this Web site).
And of course there’s yet another scenario, where Starz just hangs on to its rights for itself, and tries to boost the value of its own service via a digital extension.
Here’s Hastings onstage at D9 a few months ago, discussing his deals with Starz and the rest of the big media companies. And here’s Hastings’s D9 entire interview, in video form and via notes I took during his presentation.


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Abu Dhabi, UAE—(October 20, 2021) Following a successful meeting today between the Guyanese private sector and the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, its President and CEO Mr Hamad Buamim, indicated that the Chamber is ready to facilitate a Guyana Trade Office in Dubai.
He said that the office will promote and expedite continuous investment and trade partnerships between the two countries.
The Guyanese private sector representatives were led by the Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, the Honourable Oneidge Walrond and Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, the Honourable Charles Ramson Jr.
Both delegations discussed ways to connect businesses for trade and business opportunities between countries and about increasing the presence of Dubai’s private sector in our region.
Mr Buamim emphasised his Chamber’s desire to continue building relationships with emerging countries like Guyana through private sector partnerships.
Prior to the meeting, the private sector delegation was told by President Irfaan Ali at a breakfast meeting to take advantage of the opportunities available and form themselves into consortiums.


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D&B launches Manufacturing India 2025
Dun & Bradstreet, the worldâ€™s leading provider of global business information, knowledge and insight, today, launched its publication, Manufacturing India 2025.The study provides forecasts of overall economy and manufacturing sector by 2025.
Dr. Arun Singh, Lead Economist, Dun & Bradstreet India said, â€œDun & Bradstreet expects that the future holds much promise for the Indian economy. We believe that this government will continue with the policy of driving reforms in a systematic and time bound manner. Consumption as well as investment demand is thus likely to remain healthy, support overall growth momentum and push Indiaâ€™s nominal GDP to reach US$ 6.4 trillion by FY25 with real Gross Value Added (GVA) expected to grow at an average rate of 7.9% till FY25. The manufacturing sector is expected to be the major driver of growth in the coming decade. Even as the various challenges confronting the manufacturing sector are significant, a great start has been made to grease the wheels of the manufacturing sector. The â€˜Make in Indiaâ€™Â initiative of the Government will be a vital component in Indiaâ€™s quest for establishing itself as a global manufacturing hub. The various measures taken by the government in terms of measures for ease of doing business, creation of conducive environment for the manufacturing activities, focusing on improving industrial policies and FDI enhancement would aid in reviving the manufacturing sector and achieving global competitivenessâ€.
â€œWe expect India to realize the target of 25% share of manufacturing in overall economy at best by 2025. Going forward, changing economics of production and distribution and frequent shifts in consumer demand will require manufacturers to adopt new process and make new products. Indian manufacturing companies will have to adapt and increase their focus on developing advanced manufacturing capabilitiesÂ if they wish to stay competitive at the higher ends of the value chainâ€ he added.
Dun & Bradstreetâ€™s â€œManufacturing India 2025â€ was released by Chief Guest Shri Amitabh Kant, IAS, Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog, Government of India; Mr. Kaushal Sampat, President and Managing Director – India, Dun & Bradstreet. Leading names from the corporate sector participated in a panel discussion on â€œJourney towards achieving 25% share in GDP: Accelerating manufacturing by redefining building blocksâ€ that followed thereafter.
- Indiaâ€™s nominal GDP is expected to be approximately US$ 6.4 trillion by FY25.
- Given its strong domestic fundamentals, India is expected to realize its potential and achieve an average growth rate of around 7.9% during the next decade (FY16-FY25).
- The share of services sector in GVA is expected to be 56% by FY25, while the share of the agriculture sector in GVA is expected to decline from 16.3% in FY15 to 9.9% by FY25.
- Growth of the industrial sector is expected to revive in the coming decade. With recovery in the industrial activity, share of industrial sector in overall GVA is expected to increase from 31.2% in FY15 to 34.1% in FY25.
- Indiaâ€™s manufacturing sector is expected to gain momentum in the coming years and is expected to realize the target of 25% share of manufacturing in GVA at best by 2025.
- The share of 6 major industrial sectors in Indiaâ€™s economy i.e. Mining, Metals, Machinery & Equipment, Chemical & Pharma, Textiles & Leather and Food processing sectors are expected to grow from around 17% in FY14 to approximately 23% by FY25.
- In view of various initiatives taken by the government, a significant pick-up in infrastructure investment can be expected in the coming years. According to D&B estimates, physical infrastructure investment is expected to surge to 10.2% of GDP by FY25.
- The goal of raising the share of manufacturing to 25% of GVA would require conducive business environment, efficient business processes, investment to support innovation, capital and labour efficiency, shift from low value added sectors towards high value added sectors, presence of supporting industries along with continued policy thrust amongst other measures.
- Besides improvement in physical infrastructure, strong supply chain and logistics, focus on health and skill development are required which will not only facilitate the growth of the manufacturing sector but will also push India on a high and sustainable growth trajectory in the coming years.
- The â€˜Make in Indiaâ€™ initiative, improvement in business environment, implementation of critical reforms in the areas of land, labour and taxation, focus on skill development and macro-economic stability are expected to be the key factors that would provide fillip to the Indian manufacturing sector.
- Even as some of the main barriers to manufacturing are gradually eliminated in the coming years, there will be yet another force that the manufacturing sector in India will have to reckon withÂ – the evolution of new and disruptive technologies.


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Microsoft lays down software piracy law
- 09 November, 2005 22:00
SOFTWARE piracy continues to lurk in the shadows of the legitimate IT industry and every so often rears its ugly head.
Microsoft is still the most vigilant of companies when it comes to busting counterfeit software.
Last week an Australian reseller, PC Club, was ordered to pay Microsoft Australia $1.3 million in damages for trademark and copyright infringement.
Vanessa Hutley, Microsoft Australia senior corporate attorney, is confident the ruling will send a clear signal to software pirates.
Hutley urges all Microsoft partners and customers to question deals that look too good to be true.
Legitimate business people should not have to compete with people who are undertaking these sorts of practices, she says.
Helen Robinson, Microsoft NZ director for small to medium businesses and partners, echoes the sentiment.
“It’s the same old thing, if it sounds too cheap it probably is,” she says.
While Robinson believes demand for counterfeited goods is probably driven from the consumer side, she says unscrupulous businesses are to blame.
“There are certainly some commercial organisations creating a market that makes it difficult for anyone else to survive.”
But, as IDC country manager Graeme Muller points out, piracy can have an even greater impact on small software companies.
“If you are a New Zealand company piracy is vitally important to you in the global market — especially in countries that don’t have a high regard for intellectual property. If you ship your product to China and someone thinks it’s good, they can make their own product and run with it and you’ve lost out,” he says.
• To read more on piracy in New Zealand and its negative effect on the channel, turn to page 16.


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Customer hurt by falling trellis at Pittsfield supermarket
50-pound trellis knocks customer unconscious
Authorities say a customer was knocked unconscious and had to be taken to the hospital after he was struck by a section of decorative wooden trellis that fell from the ceiling of a western Massachusetts supermarket.
Two other customers and three employees of the Pittsfield Price Chopper suffered minor injuries when the trellis tumbled in an area near the checkout area during remodeling work Tuesday morning.
A spokeswoman for the Schenectady, New York-based supermarket chain said in a statement to The Berkshire Eagle that an electrician on a lift working on the lights bumped the trellis, causing the cable securing it to the ceiling to snap. As a precaution, several other similar trellises were taken down.
Deputy Fire Chief Steven Peaslee says the trellises weighed about 50 pounds each.


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Take that, Facebook.
Members of LinkedIn, the business networking site, can now add a “professional photo” to their online profile, the Mountain View company announced Thursday.
“Many of our members have requested to have professional photos added to LinkedIn profiles as a way to make the network even easier to use,” LinkedIn’s Adam Nash, senior director of product, said in a press release. The feature should help people who remember faces better than names, and it “will provide another effective way to find trusted colleagues and classmates while keeping the professional experience that defines LinkedIn,” Nash said.
LinkedIn’s decision is clearly an attempt to counter Facebook’s efforts to morph into a full-service networking platform. Facebook, initially designed for the college crowd, has expanded its audience and as it has done so has become a place for business people to connect, LinkedIn’s bread and butter.
In a sign of Facebook’s growing influence, it is reportedly in serious negotiations with Microsoft. The software giant is said to be considering a strategic investment of $300 million to $500 million for up to 5 percent of the Palo Alto start-up.
But by “professional photo,” LinkedIn presumably won’t appreciate the sort of “informal” shots on Facebook, and certainly not the racier fare on MySpace. (Although we wonder if those might help drum up business?)
And it probably doesn’t mean the kind of casual shots you can now find at Fubar.com, which bills itself as the first virtual meat market, er, singles bar.
Yes, you can send that hottie you meet online a virtual mojito.
A BLOW TO mEGO: There were 70 companies listed on the program for the DEMOfall 07 conference in San Diego. But only 69 made presentations.
The reason: One of them, mEgo, didn’t make it because it made an appearance the week before at the TechCrunch40 conference in San Francisco. The strict rules for DEMO require the companies to keep their announcements under wraps, because the organizers promise attendees they will see brand-new technologies, so mEgo got the boot.
For those who missed the first demonstration, the company enables people to create a personalized, animated avatar for social networking purposes. Julia Johnston, co-founder of mEgo, said the company did not get its $18,000 fee back from DEMO.
One company that shouldn’t have appeared was Red Square Ventures, a Moscow mobile technology start-up with what had to be the worst idea at DEMOfall 07.
The company created a service that allows a group of up to eight cell phone users to listen to the same music track at the same time. The service also lets the group listen to different instruments from the song on different phones. Theoretically, if you turned speaker phones on, you could hear different sounds coming from different parts of a room, blending into one distinct sound. Sounds great, right?
You’ll never know what a group of teens might think of as cool, but we think this is pretty silly.
SLIP OF THE gPHONE: So we’re standing in the Emeryville Apple store this week trying to troubleshoot a problem with a sales rep when a young woman bolts up to us saying she wants an iPhone. Like, now.
After some back-and-forthing about the particulars, she says she’s a Google employee and she was going to wait for a demo of the gPhone, but it turns out Google’s only letting 30 people test it internally and she’s not one of them. Drat.
So here she is at the Apple store, needing her iPhone. Like, now.
At which point, we exchange glances with the Apple rep, who says to Google Gal, “gPhone? So it’s real, huh?”
At that point the Google Gal realizes she’s probably said too much and changes the subject.
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(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) As the nationwide supply chain issues continue to dominate the headlines truck drivers around the country share how they're being affected.
"The ports are full," Ricky Jackson, truck driver, said.
Jackson, who passed through town Sunday. with so much inventory at the ports and still coming in, there's a bigger need for it all to get to the shelves.
"There's a lot of trucking companies from what I hear are looking for more drivers on a larger scale," Jackson said.
At the same time, a labor shortage brought on by the pandemic only adds to that need.
Jackson said the shortage of drivers has led shipping companies to hire as many applicants as they can, and that means many are rolling out the red carpet for those willing to sign up to drive a big rig.
Jackson works for a smaller shipping company and doesn't expect these issues to affect him over the next few months.
He does have concerns over the long term, due to fuel prices.
"Right now fuel is skyrocketing," He said. "That has a lot to do with our industry."


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Housemarque has announced a new patch for Returnal, set to release tomorrow (May 8) to fix the game’s save corruption bug.
In a tweet announcing the patch, Housemarque revealed that the upcoming Returnal 1.3.6 patch will include multiple stability fixes to improve crashing, fix issues with pre-order suits blocking items and doors, fix incorrect healing behaviour, fix issues with custom controller mappings, fix issues with corrupt save game data, and will include several minor fixes too.
The brand new patch fixes issues that were addressed with the developer’s 1.3.3 patch. Unfortunately, the 1.3.3 patch led to save data corruption, with some users losing their save data permanently.
Housemarque quickly released another patch, 1.3.4, which rolled the game back to a previous stable build. The new 1.3.6 patch aims to address the save corruption issues while reintroducing the fixes from the 1.3.3 patch.
Returnal has received positive reviews from critics and players but has been criticised for its lack of a save feature, although Housemarque has confirmed that they’re looking into adding one.


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The number of multinational companies has reached Panama, has had a considerable increase in recent years. It is thanks to this that Panama has become the country of the region with more established and operational multinational companies.
So far this year have added 13 new companies, including major companies from Spain, Switzerland, Japan, Venezuela and Peru.
Since 2007, when it began the record, to date, have been established in the country multinational 96 operating under Act 41 of 2007, amended by Law 45 August 2012, which creates the special regime for the establishment and the operation of SEM and SEM Licensing Commission.
The establishment of multinational companies in the country has been very positive and the impact of these companies on the Panamanian economy exceeds U.S. $ 400 milion investment, and besides that, have mobilized more than 3,000 executives from different countries of the world the national territory which they have been joined by more than 2,000 Panamanian professionals.
There are various organizations supporting and promoting the arrival and establishment of companies in Panama SEM. These include the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Panama (Cciap) and the Panama Pacific government agency and London & Regional, developers Panama Pacific, among others.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade, José Pacheco, is very positive about this scenario: “We aim to reach 100 Multinational Corporations (SEM) this 2013 and work on it.” He explained that the way in which the establishment of SEM operates in Panama is: the application of a group of companies interested are analyzed to obtain the benefits for multinational companies, “which we expect to evaluate and submit to the Commission Licenses soon, and we are confident that we will achieve the goal. “
According to statistics SEM registration Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Panama (Mici), the largest number of multinational arrived in the country in 2011, with 22 companies. Then comes 2012 with 21 companies so far this year have reached 13 more. The average from 2007 to 2012 is about 14 companies per year, this means that 2013 will be no exception.
One of the most significant recent investments in Panama SEM was executed by 3M in Panama Pacific logistics park, west of the capital city.
3M opened in Panama, on June 14 this year, its regional offices, distribution center and hub of manufacturing for Central America and the Caribbean with investment reached U.S.$ 52 million, of which U.S.$ 13 million were in different processes manufacture.
The company, with more than 40 years in the country, runs for four years an aggressive expansion plan and recently aperturo its new headquarters in Panama Pacific.
“From here we can produce and export, in addition to serving the local market, and for us it is very important to take the best advantage of these facilities,” said H. C. Shin, vice president of international operations worldwide 3M.


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Let’s get one factor straight. The 2020s did not precisely begin off impeccably.
With the onslaught of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, a historic inventory market selloff, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, deserted cities spiraling into doom loops and Americans extra divided than any time in latest reminiscence, it is secure to say that this decade has been a making an attempt time.
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The solely means we’ll flip issues round, it appears, is that if we rally collectively as a worldwide citizenry and work to make it higher. One place to begin may be with the vitality disaster, as worldwide wars and shortage of assets drive up the value of every thing from groceries and video games to automobiles and gasoline.
A transfer towards extra vitality, it appears, has began to pattern in the correct path. A a latest discovery by Lithium Americas (LAC) – Get Free Report detected what it believes are 20 million to 40 million metric tons of lithium under a supervolcano in Nevada, near the Oregon border. The now-dormant caldera, formally referred to as the McDermitt Caldera, has no less than twice the quantity of lithium than in another clay mattress world wide.
That ought to be chalked up as a win for our march towards clear vitality. Problem is, it takes a variety of fossil fuels to truly extract and refine that lithium. It’s not simply lithium mining that burns carbon. If we’ll sustain with a rising demand for elevated delivery and achievement, extra journey, extra chips and cell phones, extra interplay and leisure, and sure, extra pure assets, it may take much more fossil fuels up entrance.
And one of many greatest polluters among the many Big Five tech companies is Amazon (AMZN) – Get Free Report, which works every day to maintain up with American’s insatiable urge for food for door-side supply. In 2022, Amazon mentioned it emitted 71.3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide — a 0.4% discount year-over-year.
Amazon vows to cut back its emissions
Amazon has made a variety of adjustments lately to cut back its carbon footprint. It started lowering its single-use plastic packaging and reduce use by 11.6% as of July 2023. It’s pledged to be water-positive by the top of 2029, which means it is going to have contributed extra clear and recent water than it makes use of.
And it at present employs a fleet of greater than 5,000 Rivian (RIVN) – Get Free Report electrical supply autos. Impressively, 90% of its energy utilization comes from a renewable useful resource, like wind or photo voltaic.
And on Tuesday, Amazon mentioned it will be working to take away 250,000 metric tons of carbon from the environment over the subsequent 10 years.
Of course, all that carbon has to go someplace. So it is working with Occidental Petroleum (OXY) – Get Free Report subsidiary 1Point5, which makes use of direct air seize to seize after which bury the carbon “deep underground in saline aquifers, which are large geological rock formations that are saturated in salt water,” an Amazon information launch says.
Amazon may even use $2 million from its Climate Pledge fund to spend money on startup CarbonSeize, which can also be working to additional develop direct air seize expertise.
“In DAC technology, CO2 in the atmosphere is filtered out and stored in underground geological formations, or used to create products such as building materials, like concrete, bricks, and cement. With these new investments, DAC will become one component of Amazon’s broader sustainability strategy, which also includes developing nature-based solutions such as forest conservation and restoration,” the discharge explains.
Similarly, Microsoft (MSFT) – Get Free Report introduced earlier in September that it is going to be working with Heirloom Carbon to purchase carbon elimination credit. The tech big will intention to take away 350,000 tons of carbon, a determine that might value it upward of $200 million in complete.
It’s unlikely that customers will be capable of inform simply how a lot carbon Amazon and Microsoft are eliminating. But Amazon’s vice chairman for world sustainability, Kara Hurst, hopes different adjustments Amazon is making may be seen by its conscientious clients.
“Amazon’s primary focus is to decarbonize our global operations through our transition to renewable energy, building with more sustainable materials and electrifying our delivery fleet, and global logistics,” she defined.
“We are also pursuing changes such as reducing the weight of packaging per shipment for our customers. At the same time, we also need to seek every possible avenue to reduce carbon in the atmosphere. These investments in direct air capture complement our emissions reductions plans, and we are excited to support the growth and deployment of this technology.”