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Fortify Software, the application vulnerability security specialist,says that the Heartland Payment Systems data breach - which could turn out to be largest data heist of its type in history - was probably the result of highly sophisticated software installed on the card processing firm's computer systems.
"It will be interesting to see how this incident pans out. Our best guess is that the software was either installed by a sleeper, a rogue employee working inside the firm who passed the usual vetting procedures, or a direct systems attack followed by the insertion of a custom application on the processor's IT resources," said Rob Rachwald, Fortify's director of product marketing.
"The $64,000 question, of course, is whether Heartland and the US Secret Service, who are working with company staff on an investigation, will reveal the actual modus operandi of the fraudsters. I somehow think this will not happen," he said.
According to Rachwald, assuming - as seems likely - the rogue software was inserted into Heartland's payment computers, the question of Secret Service staff lips will be `what happened to the security systems the card processor employs?'
Heartland, he explained, is the sixth largest card transaction processor in the US with around a quarter million businesses on its books, and processes 100 million transactions each month.
"Reports are also coming in that Forcht Bank, one of the top ten banks in Kentucky, has started reissuing more than eight thousand debit cards to customers, owing to its systems being compromised. If the two incidents are related as Secret Service and Department of Justice officials have intimated, then the card processing industry could have a major challenge on its hands," he said.
"Both incidents seem unrelated, since Forcht uses a different transaction processor to Heartland. Unconfirmed reports also suggest that these two cases could be part of a much larger global scam, although that remains to be confirmed," he added.
Rachwald went on to say that the authorities have been throwing everything they have at the Heartland data breach, with two forensic audit teams working at the New Jersey card processor since late last year, when Visa and MasterCard notified the company of suspicious activity. Forch Bank's transaction processor, Star, he added, is also investigating the source of its loss, data from which has been tapped to produce a number of cloned debit cards.
"It's good to see that Heartland has established a Web site - www.2008breach.com -- to provide information about the incident to customers and other interested parties, but the authorities and the IT security industry in general is going to want to know how these incidents happened, and how they can be prevented from happening again in the future," he said.


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The tenth anniversary of Craft Brewing Business presents an opportune time to not only reflect on a lucrative decade for the brewing industry, but a decade of new and emerging products, practices and accompanying risk exposures.
There’s no question that business was booming for brewers over the past ten years. In fact, in 2013, there were 2,822 operating breweries in the U.S. according to data from the Brewers Association. By the end of 2022, that count reached 9,709, including a record 9,552 craft breweries.
Like with any industry, as our businesses have grown, we have seen a wider range of risks emerge and threaten operations.
During periods of growth, business owners tend to focus on strategies to grow their business and find new clients, rather than on monitoring for risk exposures. But, as the craft brewing industry has matured, so have its efforts to embrace a culture of safety.
For example, brewery owners are recognizing the need to hire more seasoned individuals with specific skillsets where they can, to handle the complex safety challenges that breweries face. At the same time, larger organizations are hiring risk managers to develop and implement catastrophe plans and regularly run loss control mitigation practices and loss analyses.
At smaller breweries, such as nanobreweries, we might not see such sophisticated risk management protocols in place. We often see nano brewers who recognize the value of safety but have not dedicated resources to mitigate their risk exposures.
In all, while the industry is making progress in prioritizing safety, more can be done.
In 2013, our industry’s most significant risk exposure was likely equipment breakdowns. The bulk of claims came from manufacturing equipment and if one piece was damaged or shut down, the whole process would shut down. We also saw other safety risks, such as forklift accidents, explosions and implosions, boil overs and more.
These risks are still prevalent in the industry, and in some cases the severity of these incidents has increased while the number of claims has decreased. For example, in the wake of supply chain shortages, one broken part can shut down equipment as the supplier navigates supply chain delays, creating a bottleneck that halts the brewing process. The wait to replace parts is so long that we have seen breweries forced to shut down for extended periods of time. We recommend all breweries budget accordingly and have spare parts on hand where possible so that in the event of an equipment breakdown, they can return to brewing quickly.
In addition to equipment breakdown, there are several exposures that have been more common in recent years. The most significant area of growth in claims has been on the liability side. As this industry has grown and with-it unfortunate incidents, customers are becoming more aware of what they can hold businesses liable for.
As a result, we have seen some liability claims rise, including:
Liquor liability: From state to state, liability related to drunk driving varies. Several states do not leave much up for interpretation when it comes to overserving. If a customer has an accident, the brewery can be held liable, with potentially heavy costs on the horizon. To avoid such situations breweries should ensure all employees that serve alcohol are comprehensively trained in how to identify and manage overserved customers.
Employment practices liability: We hear often about employees or owners creating toxic work environments, leading to harassment claims. Management should have a comprehensive employee handbook in place with details regarding company workplace policies, including an equal opportunity statement and employment at-will statement. They should also have a zero-tolerance policy towards discrimination, substance abuse and any harassment.
Other general liability claims: Claims related to slips, trips and falls and other customer injury exposures continue to rise. Brewery staff should constantly be on the lookout for anything patrons can trip over, clean immediately in the event of a spill and ensure the manufacturing area is properly roped off to prevent any customers from potentially injuring themselves.
Where is the industry headed?
While some of these risk exposures like slips, trips and falls are age old and industry agnostic, we are seeing new risk exposures enter the scene as brewers move into the future.
For example, one trend we have seen recently that likely will play a role in the decade to come has been transporting beer across state lines. Some breweries have cult followings across the country and have started mailing their beer across state lines to provide new regions with access to their product.
We expect to see more of the industry trend toward this digital convivence. There are potential exposures involved though. Some states, like New Jersey, do not permit shipping of alcohol across state lines. Any brewery considering mailing their product should ensure they are in compliance with their state laws and the laws of the state they are delivering to.
Before adding on any new technology or programs, brewery owners should be sure to consult with a specialty insurance provider. A specialty provider will know the complex risks facing breweries and can offer comprehensive risk mitigation advice and coverage to prevent those exposures from threatening their business.
People have been making beer for thousands of years. As breweries continue to enhance their product offerings and adjust their brewing processes, it will be important that owners and operators continue to keep safety and risk management in mind.
Paul Martinez is program manager and insurance brewmaster for Brewery PAK Insurance Program. Martinez has 20+ years of commercial insurance experience and 10 years of experience underwriting breweries. He can be reached at 888-386-5701 or [email protected].


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A recent survey by Souq Analyst found that around 2% of adults in Oman, or 65,000 people, own bitcoin or other forms of cryptocurrency.
While this percentage may seem small, the survey suggests that there is a high level of awareness and understanding of cryptocurrencies in the country. In fact, the research indicates that an impressive 98% of adults in Oman have heard of digital currencies, indicating a significant increase in knowledge about this topic.
In addition to that, the survey reveled that the majority, 55%, own Bitcoin. Ethereum is the second most popular, followed by XRP, Tether, and other alternative cryptocurrencies.
The study also found that 25% of respondents had completed high school, and that 90% of those who own cryptocurrency are between the ages of 18 and 44.
Many bitcoin holders in Oman view their investments as a safe alternative to traditional forms of money. The survey found that 12% of respondents own digital assets worth more than 10,000 Omani Rials (OMR). Additionally, 35% of these respondents reported owning crypto assets with a value of less than $259.
The survey data also shows that 62% of Bitcoin holders in Oman plan to make long-term investments, while 25% are using digital assets to gain knowledge and education about cryptocurrencies. Another 23% reported trading bitcoin on a daily basis.
The Capital Market Authority (CMA) of Oman is currently researching guidelines for crypto assets, which demonstrates the Gulf Cooperation Council’s positive attitude towards digital currencies and their regulator’s interest in fintech.
CMA specialist and advisor Kemal Rizadi Arbi stated during the IFN Oman Forum 2022:
“We plan to regulate all digital assets in Oman with the exception of the payment system, which falls within the purview of the central bank… we hope to have something in place by the end of the year.”
While some countries, such as Algeria, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and Qatar, have banned the use of cryptocurrencies, other countries in the GCC are embracing them in various forms.
The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) is reportedly working on creating its own digital currency, and the bank has been increasing its efforts to digitize its operations, including evaluating open banking and implementing a regulatory sandbox to encourage digital innovation in 2022.
Commenting on the matter, His Highness Azzan Bin Qais Bin Tariq, co-founder of the EasyCoins, explained that traders can buy and sell their digital currencies from a personal wallet without the intervention of the platform or the trader’s commitment to trust the platform’s wallet in terms of storage.
He then mentioned that this strategy has proven to be efficient, especially in recent times, after the collapse of FTX, which exploited and abused the currencies of traders saved in their portfolio.
He concluded, “We always advise users to personally store their cryptocurrencies and not to trust any other platform or person to store them on their behalf.”
For his part, Dr. Khaled Mohamed Walid Tahan, co-founder of EasyCoins, explained that there is a huge difference between an encrypted token created by a person on a network, and an encrypted currency that represents a network currency.
He said, “The encrypted tokens created by a person or company require the investor to study them, while they require you to trust their ‘creator’, as there are many investment tricks in them. Obviously, this differs from the cryptocurrencies that represent the currency of decentralized blockchain networks.”
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Gold scored another four-month high on Tuesday, extending a string of wins to three sessions.
Gold for April delivery added $4.70, or 0.4%, to close at $1,342.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The settlement price was the highest since gold ended at $1,349.30 an ounce on Oct. 30.
"People are concerned about U.S. economic growth, and that’s why many people have turned bullish," Adam Klopfenstein, a senior market strategist at Archer Financial Services in Chicago, said in a telephone interview according to Bloomberg. "Gold is also finding some support from the ongoing political turmoil" in Ukraine, he said.
The precious metal on the day ranged from a low of $1,331.20 to a high of $1,343.60.
Snapping a two-session winning streak, silver for March delivery slipped 9 cents, or 0.4%, to end at $21.96 an ounce. Silver prices traded as low as $21.67 and as high as $22.03.
In PGM futures on Tuesday:
Up for a third session, April platinum added $1.20, or less than 0.1%, to $1,442.60 an ounce. Platinum ranged from $1,425.10 to $1,445.
- Down for the first time in four sessions, palladium for March delivery shed $6.95, or 0.9%, to $736.10 an ounce. It traded between $734.05 and $743.35.
London Fix Precious Metals
Earlier fixed London precious metals moved in the same direction as later New York bullion futures closings. In contrasting the London fix prices from Monday PM to Tuesday PM:
- Gold rose $4.25, or 0.3%, to $1,339 an ounce,
- Silver fell 32 cents, or 1.5%, to $21.73 an ounce,
- Platinum gained $5, or 0.3%, to $1,435 an ounce, and
- Palladium declined $2, or 0.3%, to $739 an ounce
US Mint Bullion Coin Sales in February
It looks as if the U.S. Mint was able to build on its inventory of 2014 American Silver Eagles as sales moved up another 346,000 after rising 825,500 on Monday. The two-day total of more than 1.17 million is the strongest since the newly dated coins debuted on Jan. 13, 2014. The Mint has rationed sales of 2014 Silver Eagles since that launch.
Higher gold prices seem to be pressuring sales of the Mint’s gold bullion coins as no gains have been published for the week so far.
Below is a current sales breakdown across all the bureau’s bullion products.
|American Eagle and Buffalo Bullion Sales (# of coins)|
|Tuesday Sales||Week-To-Date||Sales Last Week||Feb Sales||YTD Sales|
|$50 American Eagle Gold Bullion Coins||0||0||10,000||17,000||79,500|
|$25 American Eagle Gold Bullion Coins||0||0||0||2,000||14,000|
|$10 American Eagle Gold Bullion Coins||0||0||0||8,000||36,000|
|$5 American Eagle Gold Bullion Coins||0||0||15,000||45,000||205,000|
|$50 American Buffalo Gold Bullion Coins||0||0||2,000||11,500||53,000|
|American Eagle Silver Bullion Coins||346,000||1,171,500||750,000||3,671,500||8,446,500|


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LOS ANGELES—ValueClick, one of the world's largest integrated online marketing companies, has retained Edelman as its PR agency of record. The agency will be responsible for managing media relations, influencer engagement and corporate communications.
WASHINGTON, DC—The American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute has hired Environics Communications as its new national public relations agency. The ACS Green Chemistry Institute is a not-for-profit devoted to promoting the advancement of green chemistry. Environics will be working with the Institute to help build awareness of three roundtables representing the pharmaceutical, chemical manufacturer’s and formulator’s industry segments. The agency will conduct an extensive audit of trade and consumer awareness around green chemistry and then develop a communications strategy to promote each individual roundtable.
NEW YORK—Lou Hammond & Associates has added Premier Rail Collection, a growing portfolio of passenger railroads with both freight and passenger services, and is also launching The Polar Express at the Saratoga & North Creek Railway, inspired by the hit Warner Bros. film. Other new clients include urbangreen, a “real wood” furniture brand.
LOS ANGELES—The Nonhuman Rights Project has selected Los Angeles-based agency Sagon-Phior for branding, social media and PR, to assist with its pursuit of legal rights for specific nonhuman animals.
Sagon-Phior will develop a national strategic social media and public relations campaign for the NhRP. The project will include brand messaging development, public relations, digital and social media, support and positioning as the NhRP files the first of many lawsuits.
DENVER—Boom Broadcast & Media Relations is again assisting the March of Dimes Foundation with the announcement of its annual March of Dimes 2013 Premature Birth Report Card. Boom has also added the Joyful Heart Foundation to its client roster to launch the “No More” PSA campaign aimed at stopping domestic violence and sexual abuse.
MARLBOROUGH, MA—Champ/MacNeill Engineering Worldwide, a leader in sport cleat technology and maker of Champ spikes, golf tees and accessories, has extended its partnership with Buffalo Communications to continue managing the company’s global golf PR and marketing programs.
ELMWOOD PARK, NJ—The Job Search Solution, created by Tony Beshara, president of the Southwest's oldest placement and recruitment firm, has appointed CPR Strategic Marketing Communications to launch a public relations campaign for its tutorials and apps designed to empower individuals to master every aspect of the job search process.


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London, Feb. 25, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Five designers of African origin making their runway debuts opened Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday under the banner “We are Made in Italy,” having nurtured dreams deemed fanciful in their native countries and which faced considerable obstacles coming to fruition in their adopted Italy.
Fashion designer Fabiola Manirakiza, center, poses with models at the end of the Black Lives Matter Fall/Winter 2021/22 collective fashion show, presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. 2021. Five Italian designers of African origin made their runway debut during Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021 under the banner “We are Made in Italy,” having nurtured dreams deemed unlikely in their native lands and which faced considerable obstacles in their adopted Italy. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) Joy Meribe, who is originally from Nigeria, started out working in Italy as a cultural mediator. Fabiola Manirakiza came to Italy as a child from Burundi and first trained as a doctor.
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Morocco-born Karim Daoudi grew up in a shoe-making town in northern Italy and eventually took up the local craft. Pape Macodou Fall arrived from Senegal at age 22, applying his creative streak as an actor, film producer, figurative painter and now, as a designer of up-cycled garments.
Fashion designer Gisele Claudia Ntsama poses with models during the Black Lives Matter Fall/Winter 2021/22 collection collective show, presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. 2021. Five Italian designers of African origin made their runway debut during Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021 under the banner “We are Made in Italy,” having nurtured dreams deemed unlikely in their native lands and which faced considerable obstacles in their adopted Italy. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Just one of the five, Cameroonian Gisele Claudia Ntsama, set her sights on Italy with the singular, already mature goal of a fashion career.
“When I told friends in Cameroon that I wanted to travel to Italy to become a fashion designer, they said, ‘Why are you going to study fashion. You know you are Black? What Italian fashion house is going to hire you?’” Ntsama said in a video chat with The Associated Press. “It is always in people’s minds that fashion is for white people. No and no and no!”
The designers, dubbed “the Fab Five,” are the first crop of creators nurtured through a collaboration between the National Chamber of Italian Fashion and the Black Lives Matter in Italian Fashion movement. Italian-Haitian designer Stella Jean, Milan-based African American designer Edward Buchanan and Afro Fashion Week Milano founder Michelle Ngonmo launched the movement last summer..
The collaboration has expanded from September, when the Fab Five’s collections hung in a showroom, to a bona fide runway show of five looks each for Milan Fashion Week, which is taking place 99% online. For their fall-winter 2020-21 collections, the designers worked alongside suppliers and received mentoring from experts, all organized by the Italian fashion council, in an enhanced partnership that allowed them to take their creations to the next level.
A multi-ethnic team of stylists, hairdressers and makeup artists were on hand to prep for the runway show, and buyers can visit the collection on the National Chamber of Italian Fashion website.
Meribe worked with silk from the Como-based textile company Taroni, revisiting some of her earlier designs for her Modaf Designs brand that she has traditionally made from cotton renderings of traditional African wax textiles. Buchanan helped with fitting and encouraged Meribe to change ideas at the last minute without being too rigid,’ she said.’
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KOTA KINABALU: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Haji Noor welcomes the decision of SK Nexilis, a South Korean company to set up its first overseas copper foil manufacturing plant here.
Meeting with the Fortune 500 company’s entourage led by its Vice President Lee Hyun Woo at Sri Gaya here Friday, Hajiji who is also Finance Minister assured them the State Government would provide assistance to facilitate the company’s investment in Sabah.
A subsidiary of SKC Co, a Korean Fortune 500 company, SK Nexilis would be putting in a RM2.3 billion investment at the Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park (KKIP) and create 400 job opportunities.
Construction of the manufacturing plant is expected to start in July this year.
The investment would make Sabah into one of the investment focusses in the manufacturing sector of electric vehicle components (EV) and in general creates a positive chain reaction on the state’s economy.
“I hope SK Nexilis’ venture into Sabah will catch the eyes of other world companies and those from Korea to come and invest here,” said Hajiji.
Also on hand were Deputy Chief Minister cum Industrial Development Minister Datuk Dr Joachim Gunsalam, State Secretary Datuk Seri Sr Safar Untong and officials from Invest Sabah, KKIP and MIDA.


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Created for a video game, the Citroën supercar is headed to the streets.
The GTbyCitroën, shown as a concept at last year’s Paris auto show, makes its production appearance at this year’s Frankfurt soirée. Originally created for the Playstation 3 racing game Gran Turismo 5, Citroën has confirmed that six examples of the GT are now planned for production.
The price for the ultimate mid-engine Gallic supercar: a cool 1.5 million euros—that’s $2.1 million. Sales are planned around the world to whoever might be interested. Considering the extremely low production volume and the price tag, we’d guess that the vehicle won’t be street legal anywhere.
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Huawei Is Working On A Budget Smartphone With A 4000mAh Battery
After the Huawei event in MWC 2017, most of the people are looking forward to the newly announced P10 & P10 plus. But, it’s not only the flagships Huawei is working on. Recently a new Huawei smartphone was spotted at Tenna. It seemed to be a Metal body smartphone with a design that’s quite familiar with current entry level smartphones including similar placement of the exteriors.
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The specifications are kinda entry level with a 1.5GHz Octa-core Processor, 3GB RAM, 16GB Internal Memory ( expandable upto 128GB), 5inch 720P Display, 13MP Rear-facing Camera, 5MP Front-facing Camera & a 4000mAh Battery.
The connectivity options include support for 4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.0 & Wi-Fi.
However, looks like the battery is the main highlight here. Being a phone with a 720P Screen can translate to much higher SOT compared to a simmilar phone with 1080P screen. But, that can’t be confirmed till it’s actually out. For, now we know that it’ll launch first in China. About other countries, we can’t say anything but hopefully Huawei will make it available outside China as well.


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Google Intros Spec for Streaming Audio from Android Phones to Hearing Aids
Google today said that it partnered with GN Hearing to create an open specification meant to stream audio to hearing aids. The published spec is called Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids (ASHA) on Bluetooth Low Energy Connection-Oriented Channels. Google says the spec will allow hearing aid users to connect their phone to the aid, monitor battery life, and listen to any audio content from their phone. Google says it created the spec to ensure connections have minimal impact on battery life and provide low latency for near instant response time between the phone and the hearing aid. Google said it expects to add ASHA to a future version of Android down the road. Since the spec is open, any hearing aid manufacturer can build in native update the spec over time.
YouTube Broadens Creators' Ability to Connect and Earn
Jun 22, 2018
YouTube is expanding the features offered to its top creators in an effort to help them put their fan base to use. First, it is adding Channel Memberships.
Apple Complains About FCC's Hearing Aid Push
Jan 29, 2016
Apple has filed comments with the FCC requesting the agency refrain from adopting new hearing aid rules. In November, the agency issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would require all phones to be accessible to people who use hearing aids or have cochlear implants.
AT&T Makes Commitment to Purchasing Renewable Energy
Feb 8, 2018
AT&T today said it has agreed to purchase wind power in order to help it reach renewable energy goals. AT&T will buy 220 megawatts of power from the Minco V Wind Farm in Oklahoma and 300 megawatts from the wind farm in Webb and Duval Counties in Texas.
Bluetooth 5 Released By Bluetooth SIG
Dec 7, 2016
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has released the core Bluetooth 5 specification. Bluetooth 5 was first announced earlier this year and is now available in final form to technology companies.
Motorola Solutions Supercharges Talkabout Walkies with Phone-Based App
Oct 23, 2018
Motorola Solutions today announced the Talkabout T800 walkie talkies and accompanying mobile application. The concept is to let outdoor adventurers keep in touch — and, more importantly, share precise location data — when cellular networks are not available.


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College Students Explore the Final Steps of Making a T-shirt Responsibly in Episode 6 of “Crop to Campus” Minidocumentary
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., October 16, 2020 /3BL Media/ - In the sixth episode of filmmaker Rod Murphy’s “Crop to Campus” minidocumentary on apparel sustainability, college students exploring the supply chain of Hanes ComfortWash T-shirts get a behind-the-scenes tour of a screen-printing facility in North Carolina.
In the episode that dropped today on www.CropToCampus.com, the students – Mamie Trigg of Austin, Texas, Katy Powers of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Sydney Parker of Raleigh, North Carolina – design a T-shirt that represents the Crop to Campus project and have them printed at Total Exposure Designs in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
The project kicked off in 2019 to determine how HanesBrands’ commitment to sustainability measures up with the expectations of millennials. On their journey, the students explored the life of a garment, from cotton to customer, as Murphy documented their experiences along the way. According to the students, one of the biggest takeaways was the meaning of the word “sustainable” and how it encompasses transparency and responsibility.
“As a global industry leader, HanesBrands has a responsibility to make an impact through our workplace practices, environmental stewardship and community building initiatives,” said Chris Fox, HanesBrands’ vice president of corporate social responsibility. “Our 2030 global goals will lead our sustainability journey into the next decade, and we’re proud to see that our efforts in pursuit of these goals appeal to those entering the workforce.”
HanesBrands recently announced its 2030 global sustainability goals, which include a commitment to setting science-based environmental targets, improving the lives of at least 10 million people, and addressing the use of plastics and sustainable raw materials in products and packaging. The goals were launched via a new sustainability website, www.HBISustains.com, designed to increase company transparency and reporting on key metrics.
In previous “Crop to Campus” episodes, the students visited cotton fields and yarn spinning operations in the United States and traveled to El Salvador to visit the company’s textile fabric and sewing operations while also getting a firsthand look at environmental and social responsibility in the communities where HanesBrands operates and its employees live.
Murphy, a filmmaker from Asheville, North Carolina, was commissioned by HanesBrands to make the documentary to assess how well the company’s corporate social responsibility efforts resonate with the expectations of millennials and Generation-Z youth.
The last episode of the documentary will be released on Oct. 20 as the students meet with senior leadership at HanesBrands to share their insights about the experience and what was important to them.
HanesBrands, based in Winston-Salem, N.C., is a socially responsible leading marketer of everyday basic innerwear and activewear apparel in the Americas, Europe, Australia and Asia-Pacific. The company sells its products under some of the world’s strongest apparel brands, including Hanes, Champion, Bonds, DIM, Maidenform, Bali, Playtex, Lovable, Bras N Things, Nur Die/Nur Der, Alternative, L’eggs, JMS/Just My Size, Wonderbra, Berlei, and Gear for Sports. The company sells T-shirts, bras, panties, shapewear, underwear, socks, hosiery, and activewear produced in the company’s low-cost global supply chain. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 stock index (NYSE: HBI), Hanes has approximately 63,000 employees in more than 40 countries. For more information, visit the company’s corporate website at www.Hanes.com/corporate and newsroom at https://newsroom.hanesbrands.com/. Connect with the company via social media: Twitter (@hanesbrands), Facebook (www.facebook.com/hanesbrandsinc), Instagram (@hanesbrands), and LinkedIn (@Hanesbrandsinc).
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Fintech pioneer Nick Ogden has joined the board of Funding Options, the UK’s leading business finance marketplace, as non-executive chairman.
Business finance marketplace, Funding Options, has launched a partnership with Caxton FX for its market leading prepaid Corporate Currency Card to help UK small businesses better manage their finances when overseas for business trips, conferences, trade missions and meetings.
UK-based online business finance marketplace Funding Options is launching in the Netherlands with the backing of local bank ING.
Business finance marketplace, Funding Options, has been announced as one of the winners of the second phase of Nesta’s ‘Open Up Challenge’ - one of only three companies to have won both stages of this challenge.
Award-winning business finance marketplace, Funding Options, will soon be part of Starling Bank’s in-app marketplace for small businesses.
Funding Options today announced that Alastair Preacher has joined Funding Options as their new Chief Product Officer.
With Money20/20 about to open in Amsterdam, local bank ING is showing its innovation chops with a slew of announcements around SME financing, fintech investments and smart money management.
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Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI) announced its Canadian outfit has a signed a long-term deal with another Canadian outfit, Jaguar Land Rover. The deal insures that SIRI’s satellite radio platform will be pre-installed in every vehicle to leave the production line for years to come. It also includes a free three-month offer for SIRI’s services. The free offer will give purchaser’s access to the company’s SiriusXM offering that includes 120 channels of commercial free music. This also includes major league sports, news and exclusive talk and entertainment not available via other offerings.
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI) has a had a long standing relationship with Jaguar Land Rover and the addition of the free offer brings added value to buyers of the vehicles. It also opens up an opportunity for the company to add new subscribers, which is the metric most often used to value the company’s performance for investors.
The company’s Canadian holdings operate under the name of SiriusXM Canada. It currently has over 1.2 million subscribers and is considered the country’s leading audio entertainment provider. It broadcasts to 120 different channels that feature the hottest offerings in music, sports and special events. Commercial-free music is the big draw though as traditional radio stations are unable to offer the same product without the advertising dollars generated by commercial ads. They currently have deals with all the major sports leagues and also have exclusive contracts with Howard Stern, Comedy Central and Disney. The pre-installation off the system makes this deal even more valuable to Siri as it removes it as an option and exposes it to every purchaser. Combining that with the free three months could be a subscription boost that will help with the company’s important subscriber metric.
The stock is at a three-month high and looks like it is trying to regain the $5 level of the past. Its building support at $3.90 and if it can continue to remain strong should see an opportunity to break back to $5 soon.


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Representative Tom Emmer, has introduced a bill to prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC). Representative Emmer was the first member of Congress to push back at CBDCs through legislation when he introduced a similar bill in January of 2022. That bill prohibited the Federal Reserve from issuing a retail CBDC by barring it from issuing CBDC directly to an individual. It also forbids the Fed from offering products or services directly to an individual, and from maintaining an account on behalf of an individual.
The updated version provides additional protections designed to prevent the Federal Reserve from issuing a retail CBDC. Specifically, the newer version prohibits both the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee from using CBDC to implement monetary policy. Finally, the bill also prohibits the Federal Reserve from conducting CBDC pilot programs without informing the congress.
Congressman Tom Emmer stated:
“Today I wanted to talk about an important piece of legislation that may or may not yet be on your radar last week I introduced the Central Bank digital currency anti-surveillance State act to Halt the efforts of unelected bureaucrats here in Washington D.C, from stripping Americans of their right to financial privacy. Digital Assets in the digital economy are the future but the Federal Reserve should play no role in developing a central bank digital currency or otherwise known as a CBDC the consequences if we get it wrong are far too serious.
The Biden Administration is currently itching to create a digital authority authoritarian styled surveillance style digital dollar and through an executive order they are pursuing analysis on a retail CBDC that would not be open permissionless or private in fact it would be ridden with significant risk to Americans privacy, security, financial inclusion and a whole lot more. This kind of digital currency would give the federal government access to and control over literally every financial transaction conducted by Americans, that’s why I along with a number of my colleagues introduced the CBDC anti-surveillance state act it’s going to prohibit the FED from issuing a CBDC directly to anyone. Said Tom Emmer.
It’s going to bar the FED from using the CBDC to implement monetary policy and control our economy and it’s going to require the fed’s cbdc projects to be transparent, if they get to go forward to be transparent to congress and the American people we need these common sense guard rails to prevent unelected bureaucrats here in Washington from sacrificing Americans right to financial privacy. He noted.
I think Mike Gallagher’s committee is going to show us tonight we do not want to emulate the CCP we should not be taking our direction from the Communist party of China developing a digital version of the US dollar that makes transactions more efficient extends financial inclusion and does not compromise American sovereignty or privacy will send us into the next several generations of the digital economy and we can’t afford to get this wrong.” End of statement.
Tom Emmer is a hero that is trying to prevent dystopian future in USA, worse of what you see today in communist China. Tom Emmer is a member of the US Congress who has been vocal about his concerns regarding the potential risks and negative impacts of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) on the US economy and financial system. Emmer has introduced bills and amendments to prevent the Federal Reserve from issuing a CBDC without proper oversight and regulation, arguing that such a move could jeopardize the privacy, security, and stability of the financial sector. Many considers him a hero for standing on a way of potential tyranny upon Americans, and he is defending their individual liberties.
CBDC or Central Bank Digital Currency are digital tokens, issued by a central bank that runs on centralized ledger They are pegged to the value of that country’s fiat currency. The danger of centralized ledgers is that the entity who is in charge can do what they wish for and some serious damage to its users. The Central bank has total control on all transactions, because CBDC are going to be on a centralized ledger.
The globalist architects of the Great Reset at the World Economic Forum want to use CBDC Central Bank Digital Currencies to “revolutionize” the future of finance. Probably you’ve heard the famous sentence: ,,You will own nothing and be happy”
Government can use CBDC as a tool to: Freeze account, put limit on your account, set location limits, spend limit, automatically tax every transaction, decide what you can buy or how to spend, restrict individuals from basic goods and services, set expiry date on savings and other dystopian and totalitarian features. CBDC is one of the three pillars of dystopian future, you can read more here.


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GURGAON, India— Rahul Sharma, co-founder of Micromax Informatics Ltd., was in a New Delhi airport lounge recently, reading his email on a new phone his company designed. Every few seconds, he waved his hand above the handset. A fellow traveler asked him what he was doing.
"Gesture control," Mr. Sharma says he responded, "so you no longer have to touch the screen."
The Micromax A85 Superfone he was using is part of a drive to duplicate in the fast-growing smartphone market the success the Indian handset manufacturer has had undercutting and outmaneuvering the giants of India's more traditional cellphone industry.
The A85 is priced at $400, an important marker for a company mostly has been known for selling cellphones for less than $100, occasionally for less than $50.
"Sometimes, you have to prove a point that you are capable of making world-class products," Mr. Sharma, 37 years old, says in an interview.
The A85, which runs on Google Inc.'s Android operating system, has a front-facing camera that captures hand gestures. Software then translates that gesture to, for example, scroll through emails, songs or pictures.
Micromax is trying to combine that high-end technological savvy with its recipe of driving down prices, hoping to sell a smartphone to the masses. The company currently offers five smartphones, the least expensive starting at $80. Smartphones from Nokia Corp. NOK 0.53 % and Samsung Electronics Co. start at around $160 while BlackBerry's entry-level model starts costs around $200.
With an initial investment of $20 million, Micromax plans to introduce four more smartphones every quarter and for the category to account for one-quarter of the company's revenue for the fiscal year through next March. The company is aiming for a 10% share of the Indian smartphone market by the end of 2012. It had just a trace share of India's smartphone market, behind Samsung, Nokia and Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry in September, according to research and consulting firm CyberMedia Research Ltd.
Analysts warn that a low price is no guarantee of success. As a new player, Micromax will have to woo customers from its better known rivals. "We will be the most serious competition that these companies have seen," Mr. Sharma responds.
RIM says that with only 12 million smartphone users in India, a country of 1.2 billion people, the potential for the market to grow is huge. "As more players come in, it will, by default, increase the pie of the smartphone market," a spokesman says. Nokia and Samsung decline to comment.
India is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing phone markets. Last year, roughly 213 million phones were sold in the country, compared with 185 million in the U.S. and 444 million in China. India's sales of smartphones are growing about 44% a year as lower prices make them affordable to more people.
"Smartphones is where the market is going to move in the coming years," says Anshul Gupta, a consultant at research firm Gartner.
Analysts caution that Micromax's smartphone foray could distract the company from its bedrock market of inexpensive phones.
In the three years since it began making inexpensive phones, Micromax's sales have been swift. Revenue rose more than fourfold in fiscal 2010 to $320 million and reached $466 million in fiscal 2011. The company now is India's No. 3 seller of cellphones, behind Nokia and Samsung.
But Micromax's market share by volume has eroded as new companies entered the low-end market, to 5% at the end of November from 7.6% at the end of 2010, according to CyberMedia. Profit slipped to $39 million for fiscal 2011 from $40 million a year earlier.
"Between 2008 and 2010 Micromax was the most sought-after company," says Prashant Singhal, head of Ernst & Young's India telecommunications practice. "It was the leader in the local handset market. It's lost that spot now."
Competition at the high end will be fierce as well. "The trade-off is with brand perception," says Mr. Gupta. "People will need a compensation factor to go for it."
Mr. Sharma says he is confident the company can succeed in the low end and in smartphones. "We changed the rules of the game in feature phones and we are all set to do that in smartphones," he says."Our minds are always working on, 'Why will a consumer buy a Micromax phone?' And that's how we start building a product."
Mr. Sharma joined Micromax in 1998, when it was run by a childhood neighbor and built e-commerce websites. In 2003, the company developed an attachment that could connect an old-fashioned phone where landlines didn't reach.
In 2007 Mr. Sharma was traveling in rural India where there was no electricity and saw people charging their cellphones with a truck battery. Micromax developed a phone with a 30-day battery life and sold out its first run of 10,000 phones in 10 days. "We hadn't done any marketing; it was only word-of-mouth," recalls Mr. Sharma.
From then on, the company has manufactured a wide range of phones targeted at specific audiences, leaving out features according to each narrow market. Its Bling line is embedded with Swarovski zircons but has no GPS, which Micromax assumed wasn't a priority for the fashion-concious audience. For teenagers, Micromax offers a candy-bar-size phone that has a full keypad for sending text messages but doesn't have the third-generation chip for Web browsing that is standard on many other phones. Micromax says parents won't foot a 3G phone's higher monthly bill.
Micromax also is expanding outside India. It entered Nepal in 2010 and has since moved to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, the Arabian Peninsula and Brazil. Nigeria is next.
The company had planned for an initial public offering last year but shelved the idea in a weak Indian stock market. "We are already prepared for an IPO," Mr. Sharma says. "The moment the market comes back with its normal swing, we'll be there."
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Holiday season delivery thefts start early in River Park
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Cyber Monday is just around the corner. But, the flow of packages and holiday gifts, getting delivered to your door, has already started.
Some neighbors in South Bend's River Park neighborhood, say that their packages from Santa have been swiped, right off their front porches.
It's no secret to anyone living in the neighborhood, that leaving a package out on the porch, is risky.
"I know packages get stolen around here. I don't really trust a package sitting on my porch all day," says Mark Echard.
Echard moved to the River Park neighborhood a couple of years ago.
He was warned by neighbors, almost immediately.
"I'm just afraid it'll get stolen," he adds.
Posts in the River Park neighborhood Facebook group already show, it's happening yet again.
One woman posted that her Christmas gifts were take,.
That's where Bob Pellegrino comes in.
"We heard from the neighbors that there were a lot of packages being stolen off porches," says Pellegrino. "So, we decided it would be a nice gesture to offer our shop as a place for packages to be delivered."
He owns Avenue Automotive, right in the heart of River Park.
Last year, he opened his own heart, by allowing people to ship their packages to his shop.
"We had 18 people who called and said they were having their packages delivered, for a total of 22 packages," he recalls.
This year, he plans to do the same.
"It worked well last year and we're not changing the rules," says Pellegrino.
It may be news to some, like Echard who was surprised by the news, but it is appreciated by many.
"It's great idea, I think it should be more implemented all over the city," says Echard.
Pellegrino says all you have to do, is call them and let them know you're planning to ship something there, and to bring an ID when you plan to pick it up.
"We take care of our people here in River Park," adds Pellegrino.


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Carl Icahn launches coup against ‘irrational’ Yahoo!
Carl Icahn, the billionaire activist investor, has launched a boardroom coup against Yahoo!, threatening to oust its founder and seeking to force the online search engine to accept a $47.5 billion (£24.4 billion) offer from Microsoft.
Mr Icahn, who has built a career taking stakes in companies whose share price is weak and threatening them to compel a change of strategy, has spent $1 billion acquiring a 4 per cent stake in Yahoo! in the last few weeks and has nominated 10 directors to the internet company’s board.
He is also seeking regulatory permission to more than double his stake to boost his chances of forcing Yahoo! to yield to his demands.
In a letter to Roy Bostock, chairman of Yahoo!, Mr Icahn indicated that


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Samsung Galaxy S6 seems ready for production to continue successful Galaxy S5 which can be absorbed by the market. Galaxy S6 also reportedly prepared to block the Alpha Galaxy accompany the presence of the iPhone 6, which reportedly will be launched within the next few months. iPhone 6 seems to have inspired, perhaps more precisely the envy, the other manufacturers make similar products.
As reported in the previous article, that the Samsung Galaxy S6 released to balance competition with the main competitor Samsung smartphones, namely the iPhone.
iPhone 6 is the latest product from the iPhone which plans to make its presence has excited the gadget users around the world. Reportedly, the iPhone 6 will produce the series was a massive concern that would invite vendors who are also targeting the high end segment. Samsung has been also been known as an imitator or a design gadget spec output iPhone.
Samsung Galaxy S6 Ready For Continued Success Galaxy S5
Currently Samsung has released the Galaxy series Alpha as premium smartphone that has advanced performance refers to the performance of the iPhone 6, but it seems that the Taiwanese manufacturer felt the need to launch the Samsung Galaxy S6 to continue the success of its predecessor Galaxy S5.
Samsung Galaxy S6
Samsung Galaxy S6 seems to be the first Android smartphone using 64-bit chipset type to improve performance at high speed for multi tasking. Processors will be embedded in the Galaxy S6 is the Exynos 5433 chipset with 64-bit types are also used on the iPhone 6.
There has been no official information regarding the specifications or appearance of the Samsung Galaxy S6 are produced. However, some sources say that the designer Jermaine Smitt has been hired to create a design of a smart phone this one.
Including the possibility of screen design which is rumored to be made in a curved shape that is equipped with a bezel on the edges. Weight of smart phones is expected to only about 162 grams with dimensions that will be made in the form of super-thin that will be one of the benefits of this latest Samsung smartphone.


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- Flow is being unified with the social media platform, Instagram
- Flow is a strong competitor of Ethereum
Flow, a cryptocurrency layer-1 blockchain and smart contract platform, is taking flight after being unified with an excellent social media platform.
The largest social networking Meta has publicized and stated that NFTs produced on the smart contract platform, Flow will go ahead posting on the new digital collectibles feed of the social media platform, Instagram.
Flow is a strong competitor of Ethereum fit for gaming, app developers, and NFT creators.
The protocol makes operational enhancements straight onto its protocol layer, which permits users to do transactions and take part in the authority of the network. The partners of this firm include some brands such as Cryptokitties, Top Shot, animoca brands, Laliga, etc.
On Thursday, Flow tweeted that:
“ Today is the day. Our partnership with instagram begins rising, which means now users can easily connect their dapper wallet and display their favourite NFTs directly on their account.”
After the announcement of the news from Meta, the native token of the platform vertical saw drastic hype and jumped by 99%, and also, its value went from $1.86 to $3.77.
In March 2022, the chief executive officer of Meta, Mark Zukerberg, disclosed his plan to include NFTs in the social media platform Instagram which is currently a photo-focused platform.
NFT features to be introduced shortly
After that, in May of this same year, the CEO revealed that he was planning to introduce its NFT features shortly and that thing would be launched on Facebook and other Meta-driven apps.
Crypto users will be bridging a lot of wallets to their Insta accounts and will be able to share their digital assets; the app will also tag the creator and owner on its own. Presently there is no charge for the feature of posting and sharing.
Apart from Flow, the blockchains such as Ethereum and Polygon are also supported on the platform.
In July, the social media giant Meta publicized that leaving the Novi crypto wallet at the same time it said that the technology would be applied to the upcoming products.


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Do you have an older iPhone, like the iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus? This past week Apple released the details of the iOS 12 update scheduled for this fall, and keeping older iPhone’s viable is part of the plan.
According to the press release as reported by Mac Rumors, in the upcoming iOS 12 update, Apple is focused heavily on performance, working from top to bottom to make iPhones faster and more responsive, including older iPhones.
If your iPhone 6 (or newer) is sluggish, check out this article from Apple about battery performance, which includes how to check the battery life on your iPhone and how to take advantage of the $29 battery replacement that was announced earlier this year.
A new iPhone 6 battery makes a big difference! One of our employees replaced the battery on her iPhone 6 Plus and it’s running like a brand new iPhone, and a client just reported that with a new $29 iPhone 6 Plus battery, “Dare I say it’s improved by possibly over 60%??”.
With a new battery and upcoming improvements to performance on older iPhones, as cost-conscious baby boomers, there will be less pressure to trade in a perfectly good iPhone every few years. I think this is great news…how about you?


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The technology industry has various individuals who made their names on a single company or product, with many of these including the likes of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. This has led to many people wondering whether or not these individuals could replicate their success with another business. One person who has been able to find success with a few companies has been Andrey Andreev, who currently serves as the CEO of social network site Badoo (LinkedIn).
Before founding the company, however, the Russian entrepreneur had a string of successes that helped feed into the ongoing success that Badoo has been seeing in the past decade or so.
The first of these was an e-commerce company that Andreev founded when he was 21. Named virus, the business sold computers and various related products. The firm was started in the early years of online retail and highlighted the innovation and creativity that Andrey Andreev brought to his roles, which are factors that he’s brought to each of the companies he’s started and worked with since. However, the success of many of these companies was somewhat local, with the largest barely becoming national. This changed in 2006, though, when the entrepreneur established Badoo, which was the first of his creations to truly go worldwide.
Much of this growth was driven by his dedication to improving user experience, which has meant that the social networking site has continually received new features and updates. The app, which is based on a freemium business model, has expanded to include users in both Europe and the Americas. Badoo, which boasts over 140 million users, has been able to institute a variety of features that aren’t seen in much of its competition, especially when combined. This includes the likes of finding people based on proximity and video chatting, which often haven’t overlapped in social sites.
Following up on the success of Badoo, Andrey Andreev has founded a few more companies, with one of the largest of these being Bumble. Believe or not, he has helped people to find their love of their lives. The app has since become a worldwide phenomenon as a social discovery app and specializes in both business and social opportunities for users across the globe.
Keep on reading on Andreev´s new business projects at https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-11/bumble-owner-targets-nasdaq-ipo-to-become-world-s-top-matchmaker


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Following Business Gateway’s assistance, Duradiamond Software secured a major two-year distribution agreement worth over £350,000 across the UK and Republic of Ireland with leading animal identification technology firm, Allflex UK.
The company signed a one-year exclusive distribution deal worth £73,000 with a partner in South Africa and has just signed contracts worth £65,250 over an initial 6-month period with two distribution partners in Australia.
As a result, the firm’s turnover in the first four months of the 2019 financial year outstripped sales for the whole of 2018, with year to date sales reaching £203,000.
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Two of the biggest retail chain stores, Walmart and Target, are doing something that Wall Street really doesn’t like. In fact, if you believe Wall Street they’re crazy to do it and it’s a complete waste of money. What could they be doing to get that response? Re-investing in their business.
Walmart is remodeling 500 stores this year, opening a few more and spending $20 billion to do it. Target started to spend $7 billion in 2017 and is remodeling 600 stores along with a couple other activities. We won’t know the results for Walmart for a while but we already know what is happening at Target.
Was it doom and gloom? Wall Street thought so and sent Target shares 12% lower when they announced what they were going to do last year. Now a year later, Target is looking pretty smart. The number of shoppers visiting Target jumped by 3.7% which was their biggest quarterly growth in a decade for that metric. Feedback is also showing higher customer satisfaction numbers at the remodeled stores because the shopping experience is nicer.
You may be thinking “that’s nice, but show me the money.” Target can do that too. Their same store sales grew by 3%.
That number is even more impressive when considering that for the same quarter a year ago they experienced a decline of 1.3%. The news gets even better. They’re not done with the remodel so the new numbers should keep getting better.
Does it cost to make improvements to stay fresh and keep the customers coming in the door? Yes, it does. However, the results can pay for themselves and keep your business a growing and healthy business where customers actually enjoy shopping. Seems pretty smart to us!


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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
The next update for Battlefront II will be the The Battle on Scarif, launching today, returning players to the setting of Star Wars: Rogue One and will likely be the last major content update for the game.
Star Wars Battlefront II Creative Director Dennis Brännvall has outlined how the vision for Battlefront II is now complete, after nearly two and a half years of free content updates, adding new settings and heroes to play as. From May onwards, in-game challenges and recurring events such as Double XP weekends will continue, as well as updates providing general support within the game, with the team moving away from regular content updates.
Hoth, Tatooine, Yavin 4, Death Star II and Scarif will all be added to Supremacy and Instant Action. Scarif and Crait will join the Heroes and Villains game modes, and the update also adds the ability to play the game's co-op mode exclusively with bots.
There will also be new Hero and Villain appearances added - Rey wielding her yellow lightsaber, Kylo Ren sporting his reforged mask, and Emperor Palpatine with his Rise of Skywalker look.
Star Wars Battlefront II is available now for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.
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Days after announcing its objective to reach 50 percent carbon neutral shipments by 2030, Amazon rolled out a new delivery innovation.
Amazon Prime members across the US can now choose one day of the week, named “Amazon Day,” to receive orders. The packages will be grouped and dispatched together, ideally promoting fewer packages.
The regular fast, free shipping options are also available for any items not included in the Amazon Day haul.
Maria Renz, vice president of delivery experience, says that Amazon Day puts up another degree of convenience to the many shipping benefits Prime members already enjoy.
To utilize the feature, the customer has to simply put some products into the digital cart, then, at checkout, choose an Amazon Day. The saved option will appear as an additional preference along with regular Prime delivery speeds.
The company has been testing this program with a group of Prime members. Hence, Amazon Day has already reduced packaging by tens of thousands of boxes and would continue to fall down once the feature is available to prime members countrywide.
This initiative is part of the company’s recently-announced Shipment Zero project.
Amazon has a long-term goal to power its global infrastructure using 100 percent renewable energy.
Moreover, another e-commerce giant Etsy is walking through the same path. The company unveiled proud plans to offset 100 percent of carbon emissions generated by shipping. From now, every time someone buys an item online, Etsy will automatically purchase verified emissions reductions, called “offsets.”


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Alipay said Tuesday it has partnered with four more financial services providers in Europe, as it looks to tap into Chinese consumers traveling abroad, in a move that could help China’s top online payments platform expand its global footprint nearly tenfold. According to Reuters, the company has formed partnerships with Barclays, BNP Paribas, UniCredit and SIX Payment Services, giving them access to a network of 930,000 new stores across Europe. Alipay, which has over 450 million active users in China, has sealed a number of successive foreign partnerships in the past two months, hoping to capture the growing market of Chinese consumers traveling abroad. “Our users’ lifestyles are increasingly global,” said Douglas Feagin, the President of Alipay International and Senior Vice President of Alipay’s parent company Ant Financial Services Group, in a statement.
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The organisers have confirmed that tickets for the festival are now available at Computicket. The interesting twist this year is that the public will get to decide on the lineup for the Festival. The local lineup will join Rick Ross when the festival kicks off on the 2nd of May at the Moses Mabhida stadium.
For the first time ever South African fans will get a chance to vote for the local favorites who will then form the local line up alongside the international headliner. The competition to open for all fans across the country and opened to any credible South African hiphop artist. Voting is open until end March and the final lineup will be announced mid April. As an incentive, not only will voters get a chance to choose the line-up but will also stand a chance to win tickets to the show. Show promoters confirmed that they have reserved 10% of the targeted capacity for give-aways.
Early bird tickets are now on sale and range from R380 for General Access tickets and R850 for the VIP experience. Tickets will only be available at Computicket this year and NO tickets sold at the door. VVIP Hospitality packages will be available for out-of-town guests to be announced next month.
This year’s event promises to have a star-studded line-up outdoing the success of 2014. The first Youth Hip Hop Festival took place last year with over 15 live acts performing to over 6000 people. This year promoter Richie R Concepts decided to spice it up a little bit and add an international act to the festivities to attract a bigger audience.
The festival hopes to attract over 15 000 revelers this year. Gates open at 12pm. Concert goers are allowed to bring cooler boxes before 4pm where after refreshments will be on sale.
Are you looking forward to it? Who would you like to see on the local lineup?


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Bitcoin today – the price plunged below $1000 and now around $960, below and above. Read a blow by blow account of what happened in China since the beginning of January 2017 here
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I blogged recently about the "Google Jobs" scammers who were abusing Twitter, Blogspot, Google Reader, and spaces.live.com by creating new accounts in all those places and then spamming those URLs. They then second-phase scammed by claiming that you were entering a "$1.95 trial", which actually could cost more than $200 and had no way to exit, since no one ever answers the phone number you have to call to "cancel your trial". (see Google Jobs Scam: Read the Fine Print
Several sources are reporting that Google has now filed suit against the parent company of this scam, Pacific WebWorks. I first heard about it from Graham Cluley's Sophos Blog, but went on to find Google's report.
Here's Google's actual report on it:
GoogleBlog: Fighting Fraud Online Taking Google Money Scammers to Court
And the Lawsuit filing (26 page PDF)
The case is very similar to the Google Money Tree lawsuit brought by the FTC against Infusion Media and West Coast Internet Media:
FTC v. Infusion Media and West Coast Media (17 page PDF)
Go Google! Take these Spammers and Scammers off the Internet!


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Jammu and Kashmir
Saturday, May 25, 2013
BJP to oppose Coca Cola`s proposed plant in Uttarakhand
BJP in Uttarakhand said it will oppose Coca Cola`s proposed bottling plant at Charba village.
Coca Cola`s proposed bottling plant in U`khand faces protests
Noted environmentalists Avdhash Kaushal, Anil Prakash Joshi, Vandana Siva and Chandiprasad Bhatt hav...
Chinese probe against Coke for mapping sensitive areas
China has launched an anti-espionage investigation against Coca-Cola for allegedly conducting illega...
Coca-Cola returns to Myanmar after 60 years
Coca-Cola has said it will start doing business in Myanmar as soon as the US government issues a lic...
Coca-Cola habit allegedly claimed NZ woman’s life
Natasha Harris, a 30-year-old, stay-at-home mother of eight from Invercargill, died of a heart attac...
Bill to set up tribunal on damage caused by Coke plant
Kerala cabinet approved a draft bill for setting up a tribunal for making available compensation a...
Coca Cola`s secret recipe `exposed`
The ingredients of Coca Cola have always been a mystery. Now, a website claims to have uncovered the...
Consumer Comm raps Coke for unfair trade practice
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Samsung recently introduced its cross-platform chatting service ChatOn on Apple's iOS platform after making it available for Android and Bada.
Taking on Apple's own iMessage instant chatting application, the ChatOn app, available from the iTunes App Store and Android Market, allows users to chat with their friends across all prevailing mobile platforms, reports Mobile Burn.
There are already several cross-platform messaging clients available such as WhatsApp. However, Samsung seems keen on offering its own iMessage alternative. It first launched ChatOn for Android in October of last year followed by the Bada version.
The company claimed that it might launch the app for Research in Motion's BlackBerry and the Windows Phone platform sometime in the future. Samsung also plans to make the app available for PC systems.
The iOS app, like the Android and Bada versions, allows users to chat with individuals or hold a group messaging session. It also lets users share photos, videos and voice clips with each other. The app will also let iOS users chat with Android and Bada users. The ChatOn app also features a drawing board to let users share doodles with friends.


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” But it was not until she mentioned her problem to an American Express concierge that she found out about airport spas.On top of being a bad flier, I’m normally very busy and wouldn’t get a chance to do my spa treatments.
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An agency spokeswoman told The Associated Press that the outage hit the agency’s processing system around 7:30 p.ET, CBP said via Twitter that “all airports are back on line after a temporary outage of #CBP’s processing systems.
The government inspected a record number of international travelers' electronic devices in the last budget year.Customs and Border Protection announced Friday that it inspected 30,200 phones and other electronic devices in fiscal year 2017 _ a nearly 60 percent spike from 2016.
(Hugo Martin / Los Angeles Times) To compete for the travel dollars of big-spending fliers, American Airlines recently unveiled two ways to pamper its most elite fliers.The Fort Worth-based carrier, the world's largest, opened a new lounge at Los Angeles International Airport last month that includes all the luxuries of a buffet restaurant and bar, plus a counter where fliers can make Bloody Mary drinks with crispy strips of bacon.


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Huawei Mate 20 Pro, The Samsung Galaxy S10+ and the iPhone XS Max are top of the line premium camera phones for users who are willing to spare no expense. We test out some of the commonly used camera features and see how well they fare against each other. P.S. We’re definitely looking forward to […]
The Samsung Galaxy A9 may be the first smartphone to sport a rear four-camera setup, but is having more cameras really the answer to better images? Here are five things you need to know about the A9.
If you are an Android user and you want a smartwatch, the Samsung Galaxy Watch may be one of the better options out there.
Tech Roundup Nov 2018 – Lazada 11.11 | Samsung’s foldable phone | Lenovo’s Yoga | Samsung Solve for Tomorrow
Join us as we take a closer look at Lenovo's latest Yoga laptops, Samsung's foldable phone prototype, winners at Samsung's Solve for Tomorrow competition, and Lazada's plans to support e-commerce entrepreneurs and SMEs in the region.
Tech Roundup Oct 2018 – Google Pixel 3 & 3 XL | Realme debuts in Indonesia | Samsung’s four-camera Galaxy A9
An avalanche of smartphones were announced recently, starting with the launch of the Realme 2 and 2 Pro in Jakarta, followed by the long-awaited updates to Google Pixel handsets, and a surprise quad-rear camera entry from the Samsung Galaxy A9.
Samsung has given its latest Note smartphone a bigger screen, larger battery, more storage, a smarter camera and a mightier S Pen. Should you get one?
From the new Galaxy Note 9 and Watch to the Galaxy Home speaker with Bixby smart assistant, here's what Samsung announced at its annual launch event in New York.
Samsung has just taken the wraps off its latest Galaxy Note smartphone at a press event in New York. Here are our early hands-on impressions.
The product announcements this week include the launch of Oppo's latest flagship phone with slideout cameras, Lenovo's refreshed Legion gaming PC lineup, as well as Samsung's newest Galaxy Tab tablet. Stay till the end of the video for some special National Day messages, Memoji-style.
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When it comes to drug patents, the stakes are much higher than the profits of big pharma, which is why we should be concerned about the current TPP negotiations, writes Jon Edwards.
In Malaysia, Peru, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and throughout the Pacific rim region, millions of people struggle with debilitating and life-threatening diseases. With the globalisation of communication, sufferers know that there are effective treatments for these diseases, but for so many, these treatments are priced out of reach or are simply not available.
The current negotiations of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement threaten to make this deplorable situation worse.
But why would a Free Trade Agreement result in higher prices for drugs? High prices are just the kind of problem that free trade agreements are designed to solve, right? Well, when it comes to the price of pharmaceuticals the opposite is often true.
Médecins Sans Frontières has been treating patients in poor and vulnerable situations around the world for four decades. For the past two decades we have been following the price of the medicines these patients need and fighting against attempts to keep prices high. What we have found time and again is that pharmaceutical companies have promoted the use of patents and other intellectual property rights mechanisms in free trade agreements to allow them to charge high prices for longer and so maximise profits.
What could possibly justify such cold hearted pursuit of huge profits? The answer was spelled out last week in the Drum by intellectual property lawyer Alex Butterworth, who made a bold claim about the link between patents and innovation in medicines:
... the fact is that there would be no more life-saving medicines without strong intellectual property laws to incentivise their creation in the first place.
Mr Butterworth is wrong about this. Many life saving drugs were never patented at all (polio vaccine, penicillin) and still today new drugs are being developed and deliberately made available without patents. In fact only comparatively recently, since the 1970s in most of continental Europe, have drugs been extensively protected by patents. Since this time, however, the rate of innovation has not increased but instead remained steady at 15-25 new drugs per year. Meanwhile, revenue for the big pharmaceutical companies has increased significantly.
Pharmaceutical research and development is clearly not cheap, although accurate figures are hard to find. Implications for public subsidies, tax breaks, and regulation also give some incentives to inflate research expenses. GlaxoSmithKline CEO Andrew Witty recently (2013) called the $1 billion price tag that Mr Butterworth cites for new drug innovation "one of the greatest myths of the industry", since this takes into account unnecessary expenses relating to failed products. According to research published by the BMJ, the real cost of developing a new drug is closer to $0.33 billion or even lower.
For the negotiators of the TPP, the key principle should be balance. The WTO rules governing Intellectual Property - the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement - already locks in a very generous 20 year patent term for genuine pharmaceutical innovation, and crucially includes flexibilities which allow countries to protect public health interests. Opposing the IP provisions in the TPP will simply reassert these TRIPS provisions.
The health activists' opposition to the TPP provisions that extend patents and offer other monopoly measures is not about removing incentives for innovation. These provisions in fact provide incentives that may block innovation.
A stagnation in genuine innovation is already well established. The British Medical Journal reported in 2012 that since the mid-1990s 85-90 per cent of all new drugs provide few or no clinical advantages for patients. This is because most of the 'new' drugs are 'line extensions' of existing drugs, and 'me too' copy cat versions of successful products.
This is how extension of IP rights beyond TRIPs norms can incentivise pharmaceutical companies to opt for reinvention over genuine innovation. This business model harms patients interests by both blocking access to cheaper treatments whilst reducing the overall investment in bringing new more effective drugs to market.
Getting the balance right between incentives to innovate and incentives to make easy profits is critical because the stakes are much higher than the profits of pharmaceutical companies or the growth rate of local biotech industries. The sustainability of health systems already struggling under the burden of high drug prices and the quality lives of millions in the countries they serve hang in the balance.
Already, the leading causes of death in countries like Malaysia and Indonesia are non-communicable diseases like diabetes and cancer. Patients of Médecins Sans Frontières are increasingly dying of 'developed world diseases' which have existing effective treatments that are simply too expensive to supply to all who need them. There is no evidence that this trend will be turned around by longer and stronger IP protection for medicines. The Australian Government should not allow the powerful pharmaceutical lobby to persuade them otherwise.
Jon Edwards is the advocacy and public affairs manager at Medecins Sans Frontieres. View his full profile here.


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This Week Azuki is joined by Crypto Punks, Bored Apes, and Crypto Punks at the WAGMI Space Race
According to the official Azuki Twitter, on Tues April 26th Azuki plans to send NFT #40 (named “Bobu”) to outer space on a SpaceX rocket. This is part of Azuki’s “NFT experiment” where owners of tokenized fractional shares that represent Bobu can vote in a “choose your own adventure” style experience on what Bobu will do. However, Azuki won’t be the first blue chip NFT collection to touch the stars. Last December eight NFTs from the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Crypto Punks were sent into Earth’s orbit aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by an organization called NFTs2Space. Space and Web3 have been combined to create a new sector. NFTs2Space via the Artemis Space Network allows NFT holders to explore outer space using their own NFTs. Artemis Space Network made headlines last year with the first ever space-related digital art. They sent a piece that would later become minted as part of one of Micah Johnson’s Aku NFTs. As avid NFT collectors and space fans, the founders of NFTs2Space wanted to find a way to experience their Space Suit clothed Apes and Mutants in new and unique ways, and so the first ever NFT trip to space was chartered with Artemis as “Crypto Crew 1” on December 1st, 2021. The rest is history. You don’t want to miss the opportunity to see the real astronauts who participated in the February 2 NFTs2Space chartered missions. The cryptonaut crew included a 1–1 NFT, created by Ron Garan (former NASA astronaut and artist), who spent more than six months at the International Space Station. The “Crypto Crew 2” mission also included artwork created by famed private astronaut Dr. Sian Proctor, who became the first Black female to pilot a spacecraft during the world’s first all-civilian orbital space mission aboard the “Inspiration4” mission, launched by SpaceX. Apparently many more astronauts will be taking part in future missions, adding to the experience and legitimacy that NFT holders feel when they send their own NFTs to space, alongside real life astronauts’ NFTs. For anyone who thinks Azuki and BAYC holders are onto a cool new metaverse experience with their NFTs in this new WAGMI (“We’re All Gonna Make It”) Space Race, check out the whitelist at NFTs2Space to get on the next mission.
We are a Decentralized Autonomous Organization(DAO), which seeks to unify the Space- and Web3 communities. Our official name, NFTs2SpaceDAO. We work with like-minded people who share our vision. Anyone is welcome to join our discord. Visit NFTs2Space.com for more information and to be whitelisted in one of our upcoming missions.


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Here Are All the Major Kitchen and Home Retailers Celebrating Black History Month
The significance of Black History Month is so broad and rich, it could be observed all year without even scratching the surface. And while many people are taking time this month to celebrate figures in the Black community, preparing recipes from Black food bloggers, and supporting organizations doing work in the areas of racial justice and equity, we’d be remiss to forget about a big reason you, reader, might find yourself here. That is, seeking inspiration on your quest to find new and unique items to add to your home and kitchen.
So if you’re looking to spend your dollars thoughtfully right now, we’ve rounded up a handful of retailers that are using their platforms to champion Black-owned businesses, many of which donate a portion of their sales to community-based initiatives. Select sites even have dedicated Black History Month storefronts to make navigating them easier. Below, we’ve highlighted a few of our favorite major retailers, and if we missed any, we’d love for you to share your recommendations in the comments section below!


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‘9 Archaic Practices Your Marketing Agency Shouldn’t Be Getting Away With’ – HubSpot
The latest article on HubSpot blog is titled “9 Archaic Practices Your Marketing Agency Shouldn’t Be Getting Away With”.
Shannon Johnson says, “It’s not the easiest time to be a marketing agency. While some agencies have survived the slashing of marketing budgets that forced many agencies to close their doors over the past several years, many are still struggling to stay afloat amidst a transformational shift taking place in the marketing industry”.
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RDAbbott is announcing that Alpha Technologies will host a three-day series of live webinars about rubber testing. The series will begin on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, and includes 12 webinars on a variety of topics. Each webinar will be led by an elastomer industry expert and cost $100 to attend. Participants will gain insights about the rheology behind Alpha Technologies’ instruments and learn how to troubleshoot material and process issues.
Starting Tuesday, April 13, 2021, Alpha Technologies is hosting a three-day live webinar series on a wide variety of rubber testing topics. Rick Ziebell, RDAbbott’s Vice President of Technology, will be presenting on “Rubber Characterization for Computer Aided Design.”
TLARGI is gearing up to host its first web technical conference on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, from 12:00 PM – 2:30 PM (PT). Attendees will hear from familiar elastomer pros and some of RDAbbott’s trusted supplier partner representatives, such as John Dick, Pete Spanos, and Ed Norton.
RDAbbott and Rubber Division, ACS are celebrating women’s contributions to the rubber industry with a powerful new video. The video debuted during the October 21st “Women of Rubber” event at the 2020 International Elastomer Conference.
Alpha Technologies is hosting a three-day live webinar series on the topic of rubber testing and presented by industry veteran John Dick.
RDAbbott and Alpha Technologies, a leader in the design and manufacturing of advanced testing solutions for elastomer and polymer materials, are offering a Rheology Applications Course this winter. This one-day training will be held on Monday, February 10, from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM at RDAbbott’s headquarters at 16511 Carmenita Road in Cerritos, California.
Join us Monday, February 10, from 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM for a Rheology Applications Course taught by an Alpha Technologies’ Applications Specialist and hosted at RDAbbott’s headquarters in Cerritos, California.
Visit RDAbbott in booth 645 at the 2019 International Elastomer Conference October 8 – 10 in Cleveland, Ohio. We’ll be featuring innovations in 3D printing from German RepRap using Dow SILASTIC™ 3D 3335 Liquid Silicone Rubber; as well as studies in elastomer sealing performance in hydrogen fuel cells using Cancarb Thermax® N990 Thermal Carbon Black filler and resin-cured and sulfur-cured brominated butyl from ARLANXEO.
Alpha Technologies introduces the new ESR (Encapsulated Sample Rheometer) to the Premier™ instrument line. These new products feature advancements in rubber and polymer process analytics that stay true to Alpha’s exceptional test sensitivity, repeatability, and reproducibility standards.
Visit RDAbbott in booth 122 at the 2018 International Elastomer Conference October 9 – 11 in Louisville, Kentucky. We’ll be featuring innovations in 3D printing using Dow SILASTIC™ 3D 3335 Liquid Silicone Rubber as well as studies in optimal loadings of Cancarb Thermax® N990 Thermal Carbon Black to enhance processability of TSE Industries’ Millathane® Millable Polyurethane.


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Photo credit: Jungkwang Hwang
Germicidal ultraviolet light harnesses a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that contains short waves of radiant energy, called UV-C. This wavelength is further away from the visible spectrum than other forms of UV light, basically gives viruses a lethal sunburn. If you were to implement this into a portable face mask cleaner, it would probably look something like the Samsung 0° Clean by Jungkwang Hwang.
Photo credit: Lets Go Digital
Samsung Electronics has been known to reveal some interesting concepts at trade shows over the years, but this recently filed utility patent with the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) and the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Office) might actually become a reality. Published on August 27, 2020, the sketches appear to describe a transparent smartphone, but the technology itself could eventually be used in other consumer electronics products, like televisions, monitors, laptop screens, game consoles and even cameras.
Set to be officially revealed at Samsung’s Unpacked event on August 5th, technology leaker Evan Blass provides us with the best look yet at the upcoming Galaxy Note 20. Featuring a 6.42-inch (2345 x 1084 pixels) display with 120Hz refresh rate, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 or an Exynos 990 chipset, depending on the market, 12GB of RAM, 128GB of internal storage, and a 4000mAh battery.
Unlike other televisions, the 43-inch Samsung Sero can deliver a mobile-optimized experience, thanks to a rotating screen that automatically mirrors smartphone content. Users can also rotate the screen by remote control, voice command or with the SmartThings app. It’s not just cool to look at, as the screen is also equipped with a multi-channel audio system consisting of 60W 4.1ch front-firing speakers.
Samsung Electronics announced that it will introduce new eco-packaging across its Lifestyle TV product portfolio in efforts to reduce the environmental footprint. These special boxes will be made from corrugated cardboard and used on the The Serif, The Frame as well as The Sero television sets, enabling customers to easily recycle or upcycle them.


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Jafza's F&B sector registers 22pc growth
DUBAI, February 25, 2017
Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), a DP World Company and the UAE’s flagship trade and logistics hub for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, has posted a 22.5 per cent growth in foreign companies from the Food and Beverage Sector (F&B) — rising from 480 companies in 2015 to 588 last year.
Jafza said it will be at the Gulfood Exhibition meeting some of the leading companies from the F&B sector who are planning to locate in the region.
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and CEO of DP World and Chairman of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation underlined the increasing role of the F&B industry in the UAE in driving economic growth and in addressing the food requirements of regional markets.
"The vision of our wise leadership to make Dubai as the Global Islamic Economic Capital provides a major boost to our economy by attracting foreign investment, especially those that are Halal food related. The Dubai Industrial Strategy complements the competiveness of the food industry where local companies can partner global counterparts to increase the emirate’s exports," remarked Bin Sulayem.
"We are also focused on research and development in the industry to develop new products and commodities that will suit different tastes and attract consumers," he stated.
Bin Sulayem pointed out that of the F&B companies based in Jafza, 57 per cent were from the Middle East region, 18 per cent from Asia-Pacific, 13 per cent from Europe, eight per cent from the Americas and four per cent from Africa.
"The importance of Jafza as a preferred destination is apparent from the high occupancy rate in facilities, ranging from plots of land and warehouses top showrooms and offices dedicated to the F&B industry, spread over 1.67 million sq m," he stated.
Bin Sulayem, said Gulfood is an annual event that brings together local and international leaders of the F&B industry under one roof and is a vital platform to meet and discuss cooperation and the investment plans of companies in the UAE, Middle East and Africa.
"Jafza is keen to meet manufacturers, wholesalers, packaging and logistics companies that are looking to reach out to new and emerging markets and benefit from our modern infrastructure and the highly efficient logistics network that will help enable the support and supply process," he added.-TradeArabia News Service


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“This is the first time that a clothing and lifestyle brand has created their own single directly for its fans. “Proud to be a Country Girl” will be Country Girl Nations’ theme song.
Blacklick Ohio (PRWEB) September 18, 2012
In an unprecedented and savvy marketing play, Country Girl / Country Boy brand will officially premiere their new signature song directly to fans on social media. With over 370,000 fans and counting on FaceBook, an eager following awaits the release of what is sure to be a nationwide smash hit in the music industry.
At 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 18 access to the purchase of “Proud to Be a Country Girl” will be released on the Country Girl FaceBook page located at http://www.facebook.com/countrygirl . The song performed by Union Rose with talented singer Marti Dodson on vocals tested off the charts with a focus group of fans which is no surprise given Marti’s achievement as a BMI award winning singer and songwriter.
Union Rose, a three piece country act from Columbus, Ohio, describe their music as “gritty pretty”. The new song for Country Girl is immediately identifiable as a theme song for can-do independent country girls. Rolling out the song for purchase on Amazon.com and iTunes is expected to boost the FaceBook following for Country Girl to 1 million by November.
According to Larry Levine, President of Country Brand Clothing: “This is the first time that a clothing and lifestyle brand has created their own single directly for its fans. “Proud to be a Country Girl” will be Country Girl Nations’ theme song. It embodies all of what a Country Girl is and it is made especially for them.” The song will be available for purchase on iTunes and at http://www.Amazon.com.
Country Girl and Country Boy are successful and growing lines of clothing, accessories and gifts that are sold directly to the consumer at http://www.countrygirlstore.com and at selected retailers throughout the United States as well as retailers in Canada, Australia, Europe and now South America.
For more information about Country Girl and Country Boy please contact Larry Levine at 614-522-6100 or email llevine(at)artbrands(dot)com