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New Farm Policy: the future for food, farming and environment
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In the late dispatched acclaimed Farm Bill 2020, three bills have been passed by the Indian Parliament targeting presenting changes in the rural division. The significance of changes must be perceived subsequent to thinking about that over 60% of the populace works in the agribusiness business. This segment additionally adds to about 18% of the nation's GDP. These bills right now face outrageous complaint by the resistance in both the houses. The bills have likewise prompted escalating fights by ranchers in states like Punjab, Haryana, and Madhya Pradesh notwithstanding COVID-19.
The least difficult arrangement against the dissent of the ranchers concerning the homestead bills can be including legal support to the base selling costs and acquisition in the new bill to kill the dread of the ranchers.
Giving ranchers the decision to sell without the assistance of agents will be of incredible utilize just if there are streets that connect towns to business sectors, atmosphere controlled storerooms, the power flexibly is made dependable and accessible to control those offices, and food preparing organizations who contend to purchase their produce.
The Rajya Sabha passed 3 new farmers bills were in these farm bills have been ushered in by the government to bring in the much needed agriculture reforms mainly. The first one is the farmers produce trade and Commerce (promotion and facilitation) bill of 2020, this bill basically seeks to give freedom to farmers to sell their produce outside of the notified APMC market yards or the Mandis as they’re known and the aim is to basically facilitate numerated prices through competitive alternative trading channels also the farmers will not be charged any cess or levy for sale of their produce under this act when the farmers sell through a APMC’s they also have two pair cess or levy which is levied by the APMC so there will be some benefits for the farmers it will open more choices for the farmers reduce the marketing cost and help them to get better prices
The second bill is the farmer’s empowerment and protection agreement of price assurance and farm services bill 2020, this bill basically seeks to give farmers the right to enter into a contract with Agriculture business firm’s processors wholesalers exporters or large retailers for the sale of future farming produce at a pre agreed price. Wherein this is basically enabling contract farming seeks to transfer the risk of market unpredictability from farmers to sponsors and it will also allow farmers access to modern technology and better inputs and boost farmer income by reducing the cost of marketing the
Third bill is the essential commodities amendment bill 2020 And this bill clearly seeks to remove commodities like cereals pulses oilseeds onions and potatoes from the list of essential commodities and it will also do away with the imposition of stockholding limits on such items except under extraordinary circumstances like war, famine and extraordinary price increase that is like in the case of natural calamities and this is aimed at attracting private investment or FDI into the farm sector as well as bringing price stability.
The first bill which is the farmers produce trade and Commerce (promotion and facilitation) bill 2020 and what the bill mainly aims on focusing on, is it bypass the APMC’s which are having a stranglehold over the agriculture produced marketing but having said that it is clear and justifiable to say that the Central government has clarified the varied doubts of the people regarding the bill, that this bill will not lead to shutting down of the APMC’s but what it will do is that, it will expand farmers choices where to sell his produce right now the farmer is tide down to the APMC’s but after this bill becomes an act the farmer will have all the freedom to sell his produce wherever he wants.
The second bill is the farmers empowerment and protection agreement on price assurance and farm services bill 2020 and this bill is basically creating a framework for contract farming and the idea of the government is that it will clearly lead to more investment from the private sector coming into the Agriculture sector, which will pave the way to better remuneration for the farmers which is the core concern of these aforesaid bills.
The third bill is the essential commodities amendment bill 2020, which mainly gives freedom of food stocking, with respect to the two bills that have been passed by Rajya Sabha on 20th of September are the farmers produce trade and Commerce promotion and facilitation bill 2020 and the farmers empowerment and protection agreement on price assurance and farm services bill 2020 and the basic game behind these bills is to liberalize the farm markets in the hope that it will make the system more efficient and allow for better price realization for farmers but then having said that, it is true to say that there have been widespread opposition to these farm bills and the opponents are hellhound on the point that this bill is employed by the comment to get away from its traditional role of being guaranteed of minimum support prices as MSP’s work in the formerly regulated APMC Mandi only and not in private deals, this is the greatest concern and also the biggest reason for fuelling these protests especially in the MSP dependent states of Punjab and Haryana, though the government has clearly clarified that the MSP regime will continue as usual and it will not be taken away.
Further, it can be clearly pointed out that the three farm bills mainly look forward in order to break the monopoly of government regulated Mandis and allow farmers to sell directly to private buyers providing legal framework for farmers to enter into contracts with companies and produce for them, which will also allow Agriculture businesses to stock food articles and remove the government’s ability to impose restrictions arbitrarily, which shall lead to fear that the agriculture Mandis bringing revenue for state governments, this will diminish their relevance of the middle men which was one of the tormenting concerns of the farmers which was leading to fear’s among them, will come to an end, the minimum support prices regime, the lack of bargaining power with big companies is one of the concern, also one of the positive points is that the fears that a farmer will have the freedom to choose.
Then, again the main issue or the crux of the fear is that where he wants to sell is clear but does not have the knowledge to negotiate the best terms with a private company. Brings the concerns to light where there is hardly any regulation outside the Mandis and no grievance redressal mechanism yet.
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Chevrolet Thailand has put together a nostalgic display of its pickup truck heritage for the 38th Bangkok International Auto Show. At the introduction of the 2017 Chevrolet Colorado Storm, the brand brought two very iconic trucks to showcase, too.
The Chevrolet Silverado and 1960 Apache will also be present in order to tie the story of the brand’s truck legacy together, as Chevy prepares to celebrate 100 years of pickup trucks in 2018.
Specifically, the Apache kicked off the modern day pickup following the Task Force Series in the 1950s. While the Task Force Series was Chevrolet’s first personal pickup truck, the Apache dialed up what a pickup was capable of doing, and set the stage for the more modern C/K and Silverado to come in the future.
And, as we’re all aware, Silverado carries on Chevrolet’s history of full-size trucks to this day. Introduced in 1999, it replaced the C/K and ushered in General Motors’ Duramax engine in 2001. That engine also happened to celebrate two million units built just recently, too.
In Thailand, the Colorado High Country Storm sits atop the truck’s trim hierarchy as the ultimate expression of Chevy trucks. With unique black accents and premium appointments inside, the High Country Storm looks to push the brand’s success in the country to new levels.
Back home, Chevrolet is celebrating appropriately, too. The brand revealed its Chevy Truck Legends program, which recognizes faithful owners and serves as a testament to quality with pickups that read 100,000 plus miles on the odometer.

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OnePlus is expected to launch a new flagship – the OnePlus 10T 5G in the coming months. Last week, a report revealed that the OnePlus 10T will launch between July 25 to August 1 in the Indian market. Just yesterday, the upcoming OnePlus flagship was spotted on the company’s India website hinting toward an imminent launch. Now, in a new development, the OnePlus 10T 5G has been spotted on the 3C certification website, courtesy of Pricebaba.
The latest listing reveals that the upcoming OnePlus flagship will be equipped with 160W fast charging support. The listing also reveals the model number for the OnePlus 10T which is PGP110. Let us take a closer look at the details.
The 3C certification listing suggests that the OnePlus 10T 5G will support 160W fast charging. As per the listing, the device’s charging adapter has model number VCK8HACH and supports 5V/3A, 11V/7.3A, and 20V/8A power output. This means that the charger will support 15W, 80W, and 160W fast charging. Apart from it, the 3C listing doesn’t reveal anything about the upcoming OnePlus flagship.
OnePlus 10T Specifications and Features
The OnePlus 10T will be powered by a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor and up to 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM. The handset is tipped to offer a 6.7-inch Full HD+ AMOLED with a 120Hz refresh rate. The device will come with a centered punch-hole notch, similar to the OnePlus 10R.
The OnePlus 10T might offer a 50MP Sony IMX766 primary shooter. It is tipped to offer an 8MP ultra-wide-angle shooter as well. The handset might come equipped with a 4800mAh battery unit and up to 512GB UFS3.1 storage. It is expected to come pre-loaded with Android 12.
Similar to the OnePlus 10R, the upcoming OnePlus flagship will lack the alert slider. The renders of the device have already been leaked and going by those, the OnePlus 10T camera module design will be very similar to that of the OnePlus 10 Pro. However, the OnePlus 10R won’t feature Hasselblad-tuned cameras.
What are your expectations from the upcoming OnePlus 10T 5G? Do let us know down in the comments section.


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Chesapeake Lodging Trust, an Annapolis-based owner of hotels, will sell 7.25 million shares in a stock offering, the company said. The size of the offering is up from the 6.25 million-share offering the real estate investment trust announced.
Chesapeake (NYSE: CHSP) said it expects to raise $144.2 million from the larger offering. It plans to use to the proceeds to repay borrowings under an existing credit facility, to buy more hotels and for other corporate purposes.
The company on Thursday reported adjusted funds from operations available to common shareholders of $16.03 million, or 41 cents a share, for the fourth quarter, which ended Dec. 31. For all of 2012, Chesapeake reported AFFO of $54.8 million, or $1.61 a share.
The company owns 15 hotels in major business markets and convention cities totaling 4,722 rooms. Its properties include the 613-room Denver Marriott City Center, the 420-room Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina in San Diego and the 520-room W Chicago-Lakeshore hotel.
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The following is the 1q21 reported revenue of $12.919 billion, up 16.7% year on year From TSMC recommended by recordtrend.com. And this article belongs to the classification: Enterprise financial report, Investment & Economy.
On April 16, 2021, TSMC released its financial report for the first quarter of 2021. The financial report showed that the revenue in the first quarter of 2021 was US $12.919 billion, with a year-on-year growth of 16.7% and a month on month growth of 0.2%. Among them, smart phones and high-performance computing market contributed 45% and 35% of TSMC’s revenue respectively, with a total of 80%. In terms of the proportion of specific projects, 5nm shipment accounted for 14% of the total wafer revenue, and 7Nm shipment accounted for 35% of the total wafer revenue.
Many analysts predict that: in 2021, TSMC’s revenue will increase by more than 20%, while last year’s revenue has reached 45.5 billion US dollars.
According to the development speed of TSMC, Citibank predicts that TSMC’s revenue will reach US $94.1 billion in 2024, and it will surpass Intel in 2024 / 2025 (Intel’s revenue in 2020 is US $77.9 billion), becoming the semiconductor company with the highest revenue. It can be seen that the expectation of the outside world for TSMC is quite high.
In addition, in terms of new technology, TSMC originally planned to carry out risk trial production in the second half of this year and mass production in the second half of 2022. However, it is reported from the supply chain that TSMC’s 3-nanometer manufacturing process is progressing smoothly, the trial production schedule is ahead of the original expectation, and it has begun to pull goods from the equipment factory.
via TSMC: 4q20 revenue reached US $12.68 billion, up 22% year on year. TSMC: 3q20 revenue was NT $356.43 billion, net profit increased 36%. Intel: 4q20 net profit was US $5.8 billion, down 15% year on year. IC insights: in 2017, semiconductor M & a transaction volume reached US $27.7 billion, SMIC International: 3q20 revenue was US $1.08 billion, net profit was US $256 million, SMIC International’s decline expanded to 8%, the company said SMIC: 2q20 revenue 938.5 million US dollars, net profit 138 million US dollars, ASML: 2q20 net sales 3.3 billion euro, sales growth is expected to remain unchanged, a TSMC 5nm chip total cost more than 2900 yuan? IC insights: in 2017, Samsung will surpass Intel to become the largest chipmaker SMIC: 2q20 telephone conference record annual revenue target still grows by 15-20%, gross profit rate is higher than that of TSMC last year, how does this necktie enterprise start in Taiwan? AMD: net profit of 4q19 is US $170 million, a year-on-year increase Accenture: Technology Vision report of semiconductor industry in 2019 Gartner: global semiconductor market will reach US $420.4 billion in 2017
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Fuisz In Partnership With AwesomenessTV
Venice-based Fuisz, a developer of software to automatically identify objects and people in any video, has just partnered with AwesomenessTV, the company said Thursday. According to the company, its technology is being used by AwesomenessTV to enable direct links to purchase items in its videos being produced by AwesomenessTV. In one of the first videos produced out of the partnership, AwesomenessTV used Fuisz media's technology to link clothing in a video with retailer Wet Seal's website, allowing viewers to directly purchase the clothing they see being worn by Awesomeness TV's actresses. Financial details of the deal were not announced.


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Nintendo has slowly started to flesh out its E3 plans, and has now confirmed a couple of additional promotions to get us in the mood before and during the event.
First of all, we're contractually obliged to share some handsome concept art that Nintendo including in its press release, as it's lovely.
If there are 10,000 retweets we'll get a 'Link's new hair' wig, and 20,000 will bring us a 'green Link' Wig as free rewards in the app. Beyond this there'll be Legend of Zelda-themed Miitomo Drop stages for a month from 14th June, along with a 'special item' in the app's shop. My Nintendo will also have reward outfits from that date, so it should be a fun day for LoZ and Miitomo fans.
There's more pleasing news for bargain hunters, as Nintendo of America has confirmed that it'll be triggering a 'big sale' on the eShop from 14th June, and it'll run for a week until 21st June. Whether this is an equivalent to the five year anniversary sale in Europe or something entirely different isn't clear, but it will include a 'special bonus' for those with My Nintendo accounts, so all are naturally encouraged to set them up.
We suspect the prospect of a major set of discounts is the most appealing announcement here, and it should add a little extra spice to Nintendo's E3 week.


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Vision For Sloans Development Becoming A Reality
The vision for Sloans, the 7.5-block master-planned community on the south shore of Sloan's Lake, is taking shape as developers have completed several residential buildings, shops and restaurants and other projects have started vertical construction.
Led by master developer EnviroFinance Group, Sloans is a mixed-use community on the former St. Anthony Hospital campus a block from Sloan's Lake Park, a 177-acre park that has walking and biking trails, tennis and basketball courts and the city’s largest lake with a marina and water sports. The site is being redeveloped with condominiums, townhomes and apartments, a dedicated retail street with restaurants, coffee shops and stores, a movie theater, community gardens and a public plaza.
New developments will be among the topics discussed at Bisnow Multifamily Annual Conference 2018: Rocky Mountain Series Sept. 13.
In 2006, the St. Anthony Redevelopment Task Force formed to study and recommended a set of guiding principles for the site’s redevelopment. The goal was to create a high-density residential development, attract quality retail and neighborhood services, and create pedestrian-friendly streets.
The concept appears to be working. Of the 64 townhomes Presidio Residential Capital and Prospect are developing at Perry Row at Sloans, all but 11 have sold, Prospect principal Scott McFadden said. The final building in the project will be released for sales in September.
“We sold the first unit nearly two years ago,” McFadden said. “Prices have continued to go up as we’ve built out the project. When we started out, the first units were in the mid-$400s. We just sold one for $589K.”
The task force's recommendations also called for preserving the 16th Avenue Chapel and the adaptive reuse of the Kuhlman Building, the former nurses’ dorm and nunnery that Koelbel and Co. and Trailbreak Partners are converting into deed-restricted workforce housing, EnviroFinance Group Executive Vice President Cameron Bertron said. There will be 49 permanently affordable rental units for households earning up to 60% of area median income, and the attached gymnasium will be transformed into restaurant or retail space.
“We kept those two buildings to integrate some of the old with the new,” Bertron said. “They’re not super-special buildings, but they’ve got some character.”
Also rising from along the south shore of the lake is Lakehouse, a 196-unit mixed-use project being developed by NAVA Real Estate Development. The project, expected to be completed next summer, already is 20% sold, NAVA co-founder and President Brian Levitt said.
Levitt said the location’s proximity to downtown and a light-rail station are what drew him to the site.
“It’s a timeless, beautiful spot,” said Levitt, who also worked on the redevelopment of the former Stapleton Airport into a master-planned community for seven years. “A streetscape that’s pedestrian-focused and scaled and inviting is important."
Hear more from Levitt and other multifamily experts at Bisnow Multifamily Annual Conference 2018: Rocky Mountain Series Sept. 13 at Halcyon, a hotel in Cherry Creek.


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2014 was year of big successes (Frozen), milestones (Hello Kitty’s 40th) and industry-changing innovations (3D printing). Here’s a recap of the news that shaped the year.
HanesBrands, owner of sportswear brands such as Hanes and Champion, has acquired the licensed collegiate apparel company Knights Apparel.
Five iconic British institutions will be exhibiting at Licensing Expo this year for the first time including The Royal Ballet and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Entrepreneur Media, publisher of Entrepreneur magazine, has partnered with the Professional Education Institute to develop coaching and training programs.
Ravensburger is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the "Thomas & Friends" brand with the addition of new puzzles to its existing range.
CJ Products has added characters from the TV series "VeggieTales in the House" to its line of Pillow Pets foldable plush.
Retro Apparel launched its first line of It's A Good Sign apparel at the MAGIC Marketweek trade show last month in Las Vegas, Nev.
Crayola has teamed with Bloomingdale’s for the new I Am Color campaign that includes fashion collaborations, window displays and in-store events.
Disney Consumer Products is celebrating one of the studio's most iconic characters with a massive assortment of products inspired by the upcoming film Cinderella.
Universal Partnerships & Licensing has teamed with Xbox to bring the Fast & Furious film franchise to the video game "Forza Horizon 2."
Feld Motor Sports and Strottman international have once again partnered with home improvement retailer Lowe’s to bring back Monster Jam-themed Build and Grow Clinics.
Nickelodeon is planning a new live awards show–Kids' Choice Sports 2014.
Yoplait Go-Gurt yogurt is celebrating the new movie Disney's Muppets Most Wanted with an on-pack promotion from now through April.
KitchenAid has teamed up with two well-known brands in the world of beverages–home carbonation brand SodaStream and home espresso company Nespresso.
Fender and Major League Baseball are extending their partnership to include a line of team-themed electric guitars.
Lucky Brand is expanding its ongoing partnership with music legend Johnny Cash in honor of the release of a lost Johnny Cash album.
Toys ‘R’ Us will offer an expanded range of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood toys, as the brand heads to other top retailers.
The full series of BRB Internacional’s animated series “Canimals” is now available on Hulu Kids, making its U.S. debut via the Internet TV service.
Décor and novelty manufacturer Fathead has launched its latest Big Head cut out mask featuring financial guru Warren Buffett.
Concept One is developing a line of accessories featuring the mobile game “Flappy Bird."
U.K. children’s research and consulting firm The Pineapple Lounge is planning to open a U.S. division and has Cheryl Gotthelf to lead it.
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It is increasingly becoming clear that the COVID-19 health crisis is having far-reaching implications on Uganda’s economy than it has had on the health sector alone.
With disruptions to people and cargo movements registered so far, the government is rethinking its economic strategy from exports promotion to import substitution to drive economic development.
Import substitution is an economic policy that encourages the establishment of industries to produce the bulk of goods that were previously being imported.
Minister of Finance Matia Kasaija told journalists this week that the government has changed tactics to pursue import substitution.
Kasaija says he will provide details of the government’s strategy in his address to the nation through Parliament on Tuesday next week.
The change in economic strategy is necessitated by increased difficulties in the movement of cargo, especially at Uganda’s borders, that come from the major industrialised countries particularly China.
For example, during the past month, as the government mounted an aggressive testing for drivers of cargo trucks at the main border points, motorists have had to spend up to five days in miles of queues at the border.
The recent launch of several of a few factories that were producing previously imported products by President Museveni has given new impetus to the import substitution drive.
And as the country awaits the details of how it will implement its import substitution, in which it will show who the drivers will be, and how it will be financed, there are indications that reliance on foreigners, will be the primary goal of the plan.
While launching Lida Packaging’s Face Masks and Personal Protective materials for health workers in Mbalala Mukono district early this week, President sounded optimistic that the strategy will succeed because of the presence of raw materials.
Minister Kasaija has also hinted that his ministry is also considering lowering or removing some taxes as a way to stimulate economic activity and demand that have been badly hit by the economic realities of post-COVID-19 hardships.


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Jekko unveils its most recent collaboration with Bagant Ecuatoriana: the company has undersigned a dealership agreement for Ecuador via the broker Fa.Ro. Italian Technology, that supported both firms in finalizing this deal promising to bring innovation and excellence to the South American country.
The decision to start this collaboration comes from a careful research on the Ecuadorian territory aimed to spot consolidated firms enjoying a strong market positioning, a widespread network and a professionally skilled expert team.
Bagant Ecuatoriana stood out in this scenario as the ideal partner to Jekko. Boasting two well-managed rental and sales lines, and offering world-renowned brands in the building, mining and special project sectors, Bagant has been a reference provider for the Ecuadorian market for over 40 years now.
Fernando De Sucre, Sales Manager of Bagant, thinks that Bagant, Fa.Ro. and Jekko share the same founding values and a customer-oriented vision. “Our concurrence of ideas focuses on improving efficiency and on the ongoing upgrade of our customers’ processes, supplying them with the ideal tools to reach these targets. Bragant has seized the opportunity to grow as a cutting-edge and visionary player on the lifting market in Ecuador. This collaboration is a blend of synergies that will promote business growth and will effectively improve our customers’ experience during their operations.”
Alberto Franceschini, Sales & Marketing Director of Jekko, remarks the fundamentals of this collaboration and underlines that it is a further step forward in the process of Jekko’s internationalization. “Despite the internal security issues that have recently affected a seemingly small market, we strongly believe that people make a difference. We’ve joined the leading local business in the lifting sector without hesitation since we’re attracted by the managerial and organizational approach of Fernando De Sucre and his team.”
“We’re sure we’ve chosen the ideal partner for the Ecuadorian market, a constantly-growing company boasting a 40-year experience and having a product-oriented vision to develop cutting-edge machinery. Our technician and sales team will back Bagant in training their staff and develop the product on their market, aiming at an exponential growth in Ecuador in the years to come,” says Fabio Roscini, CEO of Fa.Ro. Italian Technology.


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Disney iPhone app makes photos the key to content
(AP) -- The Walt Disney Co. is releasing an iPhone application that rewards users for poking through the Disney.com Web site and could one day offer exclusive bonuses for activities such as shopping at Disney Stores.
The free app, which debuts in the iTunes app store Wednesday, offers bonus animations to users who follow clues to take cell-phone pictures of characters from movies such as "Up," "G-Force," "Ratatouille," and "Wall-E" on the Web site.
Taking the correct picture unlocks an exclusive video and downloadable content such as frame images that can be overlaid on photos, or wallpaper images for cell phone screens. Disney is calling the feature "Click2Life," because it makes characters captured in photos appear to suddenly become animated in one's hand.
In the future, the family entertainment company said it could allow bonus content to be delivered to phones based on their location, pinpointed with GPS coordinates, such as inside a Disney Store. Future photo keys could also include movie posters to drive interest in the company's upcoming releases.
Jason Davis, vice president of Disney.com, said the main purpose of the app was to deepen fan relationships with Disney characters, rather than just drive traffic to stores, theaters and online.
"We treat it just as a unique content experience," Davis said.
The app also corrals all of Disney's 17 apps together in one place, allowing users to shop for other programs and manage ones they have already purchased, some of which sell for $4.99.
The app is unrelated to a so-called "Keychest" technology that Disney is developing to give consumers access to movies across multiple devices with one purchase.
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WaPo Owner Lands Boiler Co. Amid Diversification Push
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CAA officials said the tests carried out on N-joy products yesterday (28) had revealed the presence of carcinogenic aflatoxin in the products.
However, a senior official of the CAA said that N-Joy coconut oil was made using local copra.
Following the instructions of Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardane, the CAA is conducting investigations to test all coconut oil brands in the market for the toxin.
Accordingly, the coconut oil samples under the name N-joy brand coconut oil was tested at the labs of Peradeniya University.
The second test carried out at the Institute of Industrial Technology also confirmed the presence of aflatoxin in that brand.
Following the detection, the CAA had decided to remove the coconut oil from the market.
The warehouse of N-Joy at Grandpass was sealed by CAA officials yesterday.


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Various studies have found that the wheel of the economy, which has come to a standstill in the lockdown, will start turning very fast. This time its direct result was seen in Diwali. Evidence of an overall increase in sales in the country despite the ban on the sale of bets has been found in the Mill survey. According to the Confederation of All Traders, Diwali has seen a turnover of Rs 72,000 crore this year. Which is a strong indication of turning around.
This report has been prepared by collecting data from 20 major cities of the country. According to the report, the ban on the sale of bets across the country has damaged businesses worth at least Tk 100 crore. But without selling bets, the total sales in Diwali have increased by more than 10 percent. Businesses like electronics, home decor, gifts, sweets, clothes, shoes have turned up.
According to a recent report by Oxford Economics, India's economy is turning faster than expected. According to the survey, inflation could be above 6 per cent in the last quarter of the year. On the other hand, the Reserve Bank may announce a new repo rate in December.
Incidentally, Nirmala Sitharaman had made the same demand at the press conference a few days ago with the announcement of the third phase of the package. Let me tell you, the most significant part of the third part of the self-reliance package is the self-reliance earning plan. This facility will be available if any organization under epfo employs employees below Rs 15,000. However, the condition in this case is that the lost worker must be employed between 1 March and 30 September. The facility will be available from the first day of October to July 30.


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Nokia has quietly acquired a featurephone OS, Smarterphone, intended to dress the low-cost handsets up in the manner of their smartphone siblings. The acquisition, reported by previous owner Ferd Capital, took place in November last year, though neither Nokia nor Smarterphone have given any public indication of what they might be doing with the software.
Smarterphone’s OS is targeted at cheap, simple devices, particularly those where carriers are keen to customize them. The company apparently provides not only the UI and apps, but the hardware abstraction layers, for improved performance on humble components, supporting multitasking, social networking integration, internet access and more.
Nokia currently uses Windows Phone on its smartphones, then a combination of S40 and Symbian on its more affordable devices. There has also been talk of a “Meltemi” platform in the labs, a new open-source OS following MeeGo and Maemo.
However, speculation has arisen over the past days of a purchase of the Nokia smartphone division by Microsoft, though Nokia itself adamantly denies that. The company spent a significant portion of its time at Nokia World 2011 on the Asha series of affordable handsets for developing markets, highlighting how S40 could make frugal use of simple processors to deliver smartphone-style experiences.
Update: Nokia has given us the following (terse) comment on the deal:
“Nokia acquired Smarterphone AS as part of our Next Billion strategy.”


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The Brexit vote will have no impact on Christmas spend from the majority of UK consumers, according to a survey conducted by PwC.
The Consumer Christmas Report indicate that despite this year‘s share of economic volatility as a result of the UK‘s decision to leave the EU, 67 per cent expect no impact at all on how much money they spend over the festive season – compared to 25 per cent who do.
“We‘ve seen UK consumers respond robustly to this year‘s political uncertainty and sterling weakness, as evidenced by the post-referendum retail sales figures,” PwC retail lead Madeleine Thomson said.
“Our survey results underline this resilience.”
READ MORE: Brexit to plunge UK retail into decline
The report also found that the average UK adult expects to spend around £280 on Christmas gifts this year, while four per cent of consumers expect to spend nothing – whether it be because they don‘t celebrate Christmas or they can‘t afford it.
Meanwhile, 53 per cent of those surveyed said they would make their purchases online this Christmas, compared to 43 per cent in store.
“The survey, like our Black Friday and Cyber Monday research, also shows that consumers are adapting their shopping habits, by purchasing more online,” Thomson said.


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NVIDIA might not have had any physical chips to show off at the GPU Technology Conference earlier this week, but CEO Jen-Hsun Huang did have one very, very special exhibit up his sleeve.
Paul: "And below the logo is a picture of all the shipping devices running Tegra 2."
Don: "Here are the new logo designs we've been working on, Mr. Huang."
Ross: "Take a cue from Peter Moore and go with temporary. You never know where you'll be in even just a few years' time."
Chris: "Huang's Boxee Box tramp stamp, of course, would remain a secret."
Joanna: "And this is why I hate gun, er GPU shows."
Darren: "Whatever. At least it's not a Zune tattoo."
Richard Lai: "Yo Intel, this is how embedded is done."
Vlad: "Jen-Hsun's displays of support for Notion Ink are starting to get out of hand..."


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Delaware is expected to be one of the first states to legalize bitcoin and other virtual currencies, a new state law announced on Tuesday said.
Delaware is one of several states in the country that have legalised bitcoin and its digital equivalent, the virtual currency called bitcoin, under a 2015 law known as HB 523.HB 523 is similar to legislation that allows some state residents to pay for services using bitcoin, but it does not allow the exchange of bitcoin for goods or services.
The law requires Delawareans to be able to use their “current or previous physical currency to pay the price of goods or to obtain services in Delaware.”
It also allows for the exchange, transfer, or issuance of bitcoin and the related digital currency.
Sen. Mike Folmer, R-Staunton, said the new law will enable people in Delaware to use bitcoin in a way that will make Delaware a leader in the digital currency space.
Delawares bitcoin license holders will be able use bitcoin to pay utility bills, bills for their personal vehicles, utilities, and rent, according to a news release.
The Delaware state government will use the new license to issue and transfer bitcoins in the state, as well as sell bitcoins and the associated digital currency, Folmer said in a statement.
The new law, which was passed by a Senate committee last week, was approved by the full state Senate on Wednesday.
Delavans bitcoin license allows for up to $2,500 per transaction, according the news release from the Delaware Department of Revenue.
The bitcoin license will expire on Jan. 6, 2019.
In other states, lawmakers have also proposed bills that could allow the use of bitcoin to purchase goods and services.
Last month, Utah lawmakers passed a bill that would allow the purchase of goods and merchandise with bitcoins.
The bill was backed by bitcoin exchanges, and it also gave Utah residents until Dec. 1, 2019, to begin using bitcoin for payments in Utah.


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Google Pixel 4a preorders already selling out
The Google Pixel 4a was finally announced on Monday with a 5.81-inch OLED display, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G chipset, Pixel 4's well-received 12.2MP camera, and a 3,140mAh battery. With a $349 price tag, it undercuts last year's modestly popular Pixel 3a as well as the Apple iPhone SE Thus, it's no wonder that its preorders are selling quite well.
Android Police reports that the Pixel 4a is the best selling-unlocked smartphone at the moment at Best Buy.
Google Pixel 4a is currently Best Buy's top selling unlocked smartphone
Momentarily, it was also the best selling unlocked phone on Amazon. However, now that the e-tailer has run out of the device, its ranking has slipped. Currently, it's the second most popular unlocked device on Amazon US.
As the publication points out, a sold-out smartphone isn't necessarily a massively popular one, since we don't know the stock situation. That said, if the Pixel 4a made it to Amazon's 'Best Sellers' for unlocked smartphones, it's safe to assume that it's off to a good start.
The device was briefly the best seller on Amazon too
The handset has left behind the Galaxy A51, which has proven to be quite a hit. Unless the inventory is replenished in time, the Pixel 4a will lose the second spot as well.
Amazon opened preorders for the device shortly before it was announced.
On Best Buy, the Pixel 4a remains the top unlocked phone, if you count out a sponsored listing.
It will be released on August 20.
Pixel 4a is currently the only phone Google is making
With stock Android and a flagship camera, the Pixel 4a aims to build on the success of the Pixel 3a series, which has now been discontinued. Similarly, Google has sold through its inventory of the Pixel 4 and 4 XL.
The new budget phone comes at a time when many consumers have apparently decided against buying expensive phones because of the economic difficulties that have cropped up because of the pandemic. Later in the year, Google will also release the $499 Pixel 4a (5G) and the Pixel 5.


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Maine has become the first state to ban polystyrene food containers, adding topspin to a movement that had not previously extended beyond a handful of local jurisdictions.
The measure, signed into law last week by Gov. Janet Mills, takes effect Jan. 1. It bans any disposable food or beverage container made with polystyrene, the foam-like packaging material sold under the brand name Styrofoam.
The ban is comprehensive. The law specifically outlaws any “container, bowl, plate, tray, carton, cup, lid or other item designed to be used for prepared foods,” and covers virtually any business selling food, from restaurants to farm stands.
The responsibilities and methods for policing the ban, and the penalties for violators, were not set out in the law. Those details will be hammered out by the state’s executive branch in the months ahead.
Maine may have narrowly edged out Hawaii to become the first state to ban polystyrene. A bill prohibiting the use of containers made with the common packaging material was introduced in Hawaii’s legislature in January and has cleared several committees already.
A ban has also been proposed in California.
A polystyrene ban went into effect in New York City on Jan. 1, after a court battle that raged for several years. It joined a number of cities large and small—from Glen Cove, N.Y., to Seattle—that have already outlawed the container because it does not degrade in landfills and can pose a threat to wildlife if discarded as litter. The list includes Freeport and Portland, Maine.
A number of counties have also prohibited restaurants from using the familiar containers, which were widely adapted in the 1980s because of their low cost, integrity and heat-retention properties.
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The Williams team has announced that it has signed a deal to run Renault engines from the 2012 season onwards, reuniting with the engine brand it paired up with between 1989-1997 that helped it achieve four Drivers’ and five Constructors’ World Championship crowns.
The deal is for the 2012 and 2013 seasons, with an option to extend the deal into 2014 and beyond when the new turbocharged V6 engine rules come into play.
“We are delighted and excited by our new partnership with Renault,” beamed team founder Sir Frank Williams.
“This reunites the F1 team with a leading car manufacturer and complements our new relationship with Jaguar.
“Our previous relationship with Renault was one of the most successful in Williams’ history but we will not allow ourselves to dwell too much on the past. We must look to the future and continue to re-build our on-track reputation, which I am hopeful that today’s announcement will help us to do.”
“The partnership with Williams has great potential to add to the results we have notched up over recent years with our other partner teams,” added Bernard Rey, the boss of Renault Sport F1.
“Williams has recently taken several important steps, both commercially and technically, to update its operations and we feel that this partnership is another important step in its rigorous plan. It reiterates how determined the team is to achieve results, which matches perfectly with our own objectives. From 2012 onwards the fact that we will have four partners puts us ahead of other engine manufacturers in terms of market share, but off track it will also enable us to further use Formula 1 as a marketing platform for our parent company, Renault, to try to bring a bit of this association to our fans and our customers worldwide.”
The announcement was made at Williams’ Didcot headquarters, with three of the team’s four Williams-Renault Drivers’ Champions – Nigel Mansell (1992), Damon Hill (1996), and Jacques Villeneuve (1997) – attending as VIP guests.
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A new British online retailer said it plans to corner the market in selling eclectic original luxury items from designers on the Internet.
Web site www.20ltd.com, which launched on Monday, sells only original pieces and promises the 20 items for sale at any one time are unique original editions, made in low numbers. They will never be made again and cannot be purchased anywhere else.
It is the latest in a growing trend for online sumptuous shopping and appears amid a debate in the industry over whether luxury brands can create the same feel, shopping experience and attraction for their products online as in a store.
A trawl through the sleek black site shows that it offers everything from a 40,000 pound ($78,960) limited edition Hellcat Combat motorcycle produced exclusively by Confederate to a Longchamp crocodile skin handbag for 10,000 pounds or a silver Alessi tea and coffee set for 20,000 pounds.
Managing director Jolyon Fenwick told Reuters on Thursday that 20ltd.com assembles its collections by invitation only with each brand or designer.
“The first 20 we’ve put on are fairly expensive,” he said. “You can never really be sure that someone is going to turn up and drop 20 grand online.”
But he said the 30,000-odd visits to the site since its launch, and chat on the Internet has been encouraging. A London hedge fund manager has already purchased one of every product on offer.
Fenwick said that he and co-founder Marcus Husselby had been kicking around the concept of 20ltd for a while when they uncovered research revealing that U.S. consumers with disposable income in the millions preferred to shop for luxury online.
The 20 different items available are replaced by new items when an edition sells out or when the editors decide to replace them.
The style-conscious Web site www.coolhunting.com — which bills itself as a “daily update on ideas and products in the intersection of art, design, culture and technology” — called 20ltd.com a “new concept both on and offline.”
“Defining a new luxury, the approach makes for products that avoid trends and flashiness and are available to anyone with an internet connection,” coolhunting said in a preview last week.
Sites such as www.net-a-porter.com and French site www.brandalley.com offer clothing, bags, shoes and accessories from a pool of designers, but they buy collections from designers much like up-scale department stores.
Luxury goods companies like Burberry, Ralph Lauren, Tiffany and Louis Vuitton, just to name a few, all offer some online shopping. That formula is mirrored by top end London department stores like Harrods, Harvey Nichols, Selfridges and Fenwick in London which offer only limited or no online shopping at all.
Eclectic London department store Liberty has a Web site under construction, but when finished this year will offer online customers the opportunity to purchase selected goods.
Paris-based www.brandalley.com and its English-language site brandalley.co.uk has up to now offered brands a way to sell off surplus end-of-season stock. But it plans to open up virtual “corners” which brands would manage themselves.
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We recently sent a pair of Cortinas to Byron at Bikehugger.com and his wife to ride. He is also a popular photography blogger and was riding the bikes while on assignment for a large camera company. The shots he took of him and his wife enjoying North County San Diego will be part of the press materials for the launch of the camera.
Here's what he posted on his Bikehugger blog:
"If you haven't ridden a new bike in this price segment in a while, it'll likely surprise you if not for the value, but how well it handles."
Read his full blog here.


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Less than a month after closing its seventh flagship fund on a whopping €16 billion, CVC Capital Partners has conducted a pair of purchases worth more than €1 billion combined. The firm has acquired online travel agency Etraveli from German media conglomerate ProSieben for €508 million and, in a separate transaction, British IT training provider QA, with the Financial Times reporting a price of £700 million.
To top it off, the firm has chosen advisors to sell soup and sauces provider Continental Foods in a deal that could be worth more than €1 billion, per Reuters. CVC has backed Continental Foods since buying it from Campbell Soup for a reported €400 million in 2013.
In terms of deals completed so far this year, CVC doesn't even crack the top 20 among European investors. When it comes to deals announced in the first six months of 2017, though, no firm in the region has been more prolific. CVC has unveiled 12 new investments so far this year, per the PitchBook Platform, one of only two firms (along with Ardian) to top five new deals. With its €16 billion fund in the books, that pace doesn't figure to slow down any time soon.


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Yahoo has announced the appointment of Tressie Lieberman as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), following an extensive executive search process. A talented and respected marketing leader, Lieberman brings over twenty years of traditional and digital marketing experience transforming world-class consumer brands such as Chipotle, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut. She will report directly to Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone. As Yahoo’s CMO, Lieberman will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the company’s global marketing strategies, brand positioning, user acquisition and customer engagement initiatives. She will play a pivotal role in shaping the brand’s direction and growth strategy as Yahoo positions itself to help people achieve their goals online for decades to come.
Technical, technology and STEM communications and PR consultancy Stone Junction has created two new shareholders. As a result, agency ownership is now shared between consultancy founder Richard Stone and two long-standing members of the team, Laura England and Jessica Phillips. Stone will continue as managing director, while England will become client services director and Phillips director of agency brand. This is the first time Stone Junction has created new shareholders since the agency’s inception in 2006. The move provides greater sustainability, an improved growth outlook and additional potential for further shares to be allocated in future — either to existing directors or to other members of the team. England was recently listed in PR Week’s 30 under 30 and is a former winner of the CIPR’s Outstanding Young Communicator award for the Midlands. Meanwhile, Phillips won the PRCA’s Professional of the Year award for the Midlands in 2021. Both Phillips and England have been at Stone Junction for eight years and in that time the company has grown by 429 per cent, from a turnover of just under £400K in 2016 to a turnover of nearly £2M in 2022.
The Responsible Marketing Agency has announced a number of key appointments as it continues to help clients to realise sustainable growth through responsible and progressive practices. The new hires include Liam Brennan as Managing Director; Alice Brady, Chief Strategy Officer; and Clare Latham, Global Programme Director. Liam Brennan, the Responsible Marketing Agency’s new Managing Director, has a long history working alongside founder Hannah Mirza, with whom he launched Blink Consulting at MediaCom. He is determined to drive positive change for the agency’s clients, and ultimately, positive change for the industry – having already driven media and marketing transformation for a number of global, household name brands such as Mars and The Coca-Cola Company in his career to date. With a background in transformation, he can orientate clients and partners around a common goal and design work-streams which deliver sustainable and progressive change, and ultimately drive stronger business outcomes. Meanwhile, Alice Brady, who joins as Chief Strategy Officer, has spent the majority of her career in large media agencies as a strategist on household name brands including ITV, Marks & Spencer and Unilever – creating actionable communications strategies, leading integration with other disciplines and agencies and instigating ESG thinking. Latterly at Mindshare, Brady was responsible for Grow@Mindshare – where she supported highly ambitious adolescent brands such as Depop, Graze and Elvie to realise their next stage of growth. Clare Latham, appointed as Global Programme Director at the Responsible Marketing Agency, originally trained as a journalist before moving into programme management at digital agencies and consultancies, working alongside major FMCG brands including Diageo, Unilever, Wrigley, L’Oreal and Beiersdorf. Most recently at Flock Associates, Latham led digital and media transformation programmes for clients to drive growth and future-proof their business.
Global digital transformation company GFT is expanding its Amazon Web Services (AWS) business division with the appointment of Brigitte Sollie as SVP, Global Head AWS Sales and Strategy to deliver on these ambitions. Sollie will play a critical role in GFT’s global AWS strategy as it delivers cloud infrastructure to meet growing global demand. Sollie formerly served as Enterprise Executive Strategic Advisor at AWS. In her new role at GFT, she will specifically oversee GFT’s global AWS strategy, manage its multi-year partnership with AWS, and further cultivate executive relationships with AWS clients. Sollie has more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry, having represented various lines of business and overseen vendor sales, as well as in her capacity as a technology entrepreneur. Prior to AWS, she served as IBM’s strategic digital transformation advisor, specialising in cloud, security and analytics. Sollie additionally held dCIO and CISO roles at the Ohio Department of Public Safety, where she successfully led the organisation’s enterprise Agile transformation, mainframe retirement and data center modernisation.
Pattern, the category leader for global ecommerce acceleration, has announced the addition of former Amazon executive Carolyn Sarnoff as chief marketing officer. Sarnoff brings nearly 20 years of experience building and leading global ecommerce businesses and marketing functions to her new role at Pattern. Sarnoff will oversee the company’s worldwide marketing efforts across 24 offices, studios, and fulfilment centres. Prior to joining Pattern, Sarnoff served as a director and general manager at Amazon over several key business units, where she owned a portfolio of multi-billion-dollar P&Ls and oversaw an array of marketing and growth operations — including brand and go-to-market strategy, product development, product marketing, channel development and optimization, customer success, and more. During her time at Amazon, Sarnoff led the company’s worldwide private label business for softlines, served as GM of several Amazon consumer electronic categories, and held several functional leadership roles — leading brand partnerships, customer acquisition, demand generation, customer experience, product development, and more.
Bazaarvoice, Inc., has announced that it has named Chris Nuttall as EVP of Corporate Development. Nuttall has extensive experience in digital growth strategy, technology M&A, strategic partnerships, and investments across retail, e-commerce, and other industries. A global corporate development veteran, Nuttall has led and executed over five billion dollars in acquisition transaction volume over the last few years. In his role, Nuttall will be responsible for accelerating Bazaarvoice’s platform capabilities, global growth, and overall scale through strategic acquisitions and M&A, including evaluating build, buy and partner opportunities. Previous to Bazaarvoice, Nuttall served as SVP of Corporate Development at Simpli.fi where he built and led a new corporate development capability and executed multiple M&A transactions, taking the company into the SaaS business. At Qurate Retail Group, Nuttall served as VP, Corporate Development, leading on transformational M&A and international market development strategy, exploring acquisitions and strategic partnerships in Canada, Latin America, EMEA and Asia Pacific.
Glide Group, a specialist in utilities and connectivity, has announced the appointment of Paula Benoit as its new Chief Financial Officer. With a career spanning over 30 years, having held a number of senior finance and operational leadership roles, Benoit joins Glide with a wealth of experience with network providers, previously holding roles as Financial Director at both KeyCom and Three. In her new role at Glide, Benoit will lead the organisation’s Finance function. She will also lead responsibilities across Glide’s Legal, Regulatory and Compliance, as well as HR departments. As Chief Financial Officer, Benoit joins Sean Lowry, Chief Technology Officer, Glide Group, and Tim Pilcher, Chief Executive Officer, Glide Group, on the company’s Executive team.
Six Degrees has appointed Chris Jackson to the role of Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO). Jackson joins us from online education provider insendi, where his role as Chief Product and Technology Officer focused on their mission to create compelling digital learning experiences for students globally. Chris has previously worked in senior leadership roles with several pedigree brands, including Thomas International, Pearson, and Rackspace.
Balderton Capital has announced the appointment of Leah Sutton as Chief Portfolio Talent Officer. Sutton will be responsible for providing support and advice for the 100+ active companies within Balderton’s portfolio, focusing on recruitment, culture and organisational strategy. Sutton brings over two decades of experience and a passion for helping founders hire world-class teams, develop their leadership teams and scale their organisations. Sutton was previously SVP of Global HR at search company Elastic (ESTC), and has over two decades worth of experience in human resources and people management. In her seven years at Elastic, Sutton led the company through 10x people growth, including an IPO and six acquisitions.
Pro Carrier, the international eCommerce shipping specialist, has appointed Andy Meeson as Director of Returns to focus on streamlining returns processes for online retail customers. Meeson brings with him an extensive background in logistics and supply chain operations. He joins Pro Carrier from ReBound, the global returns management specialist, where he was Operations Director, and previously Head of Supply Chain, responsible for managing 250 suppliers around the globe, and handling over 9 million parcels for some of the world’s largest retailers. As Director of Returns, Meeson will be looking at how Pro Carrier can adapt its returns journey for customers in this fast-moving environment which has only been digitalised in the last few years. He will play a critical role in improving the returns experience for customers, making tracking of parcels more visible from retailer to mile end, and offering high customer service in handling VAT duties and customs processes.
Leeds-headquartered digital transformation specialist Axiologik has made a trio of senior hires as the business pursues further growth. Finance director Ross MacGregor is the first addition to the leadership team. While new to the tech sector, he joins Axiologik with almost a decade of experience in CFO and FD roles within fast-growth businesses across Yorkshire. A Yorkshire Finance Leaders award winner, his background spans supply chain, retail, construction, and manufacturing industries, to name a few, with his most recent role being to support an ambitious start-up in Australia. Newly-appointed head of people Sarah Bright is another critical hire, as Axiologik’s total headcount now tops 110 colleagues nationwide. Bright’s impressive CV spans almost 25 years in a variety of HR roles, including a 13 year stretch at renowned brand, Hallmark. More familiar with the tech sector in recent years, this piqued her interest when this fresh position became available at Axiologik. Commercial director Rob Smith completes the line-up. A Yorkshireman who has lived in London for 30 years, his background spans a range of senior positions. His maths degree took him into technical roles, first into a systems developer role for Kodak, and later to European Engineering Director for Sila Communications — a Reuters’ company. Since then, his career has seen him become increasingly commercial, including MD of the pioneering agile consultancy IndigoBlue, which he led from inception through growth and subsequent sale. He has remained immersed in the strategic technology space, and has now returned to work alongside familiar and highly-respected facees at Axiologik.
GoTo, the company making IT management, support, and business communication easy with flagship products GoTo Resolve, Rescue, and GoTo Connect, has announced the promotion of Meredith Hawkins to Chief People Officer and the appointment of Attila Török to Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Hawkins succeeds Jo Deal, who served as Chief People Officer at GoTo for over six years. Deal is leaving the company to spend more time with her family. Previously serving as the company’s Vice President and Head of Global People Partners, Hawkins joined GoTo in 2019 after holding senior leadership positions at TripAdvisor, Akamai Technologies, and Staples, among others. Her nearly 20 years in human resources include deep experience in talent management, leadership development, performance management, and succession planning, making her well-equipped for her new role. Bolstering the company’s security leadership team, Attila Török returns to GoTo as the newly appointed CISO, having previously held leadership positions within the company’s security department from 2014 to 2019. Török played a key role in his first tenure (then known as LogMeIn), building the company’s security function before leaving to serve as Zapier’s Head of Security. In his new role at GoTo, Török will be responsible for the security of internal systems and products, safeguarding GoTo’s information assets.
Builtvisible, the London-headquartered 70-strong organic specialist agency, has appointed Maria Vardy as Managing Director. Vardy joins Builtvisible from Jaywing, an agency with offices in Leeds and Sheffield, where she was Managing Director and brings with her a wealth of experience in the marketing industry. Maria Vardy is a seasoned professional with a proven track record of delivering exceptional client and agency results. With over 15 years of experience in digital marketing and a deep understanding of industry trends, Vardy is well-equipped to lead Builtvisible into its next phase of growth and success. At Builtvisible, Vardy will oversee the agency’s operations, working closely with the talented specialist teams across data, SEO and Content to develop and execute strategies that drive exceptional outcomes for clients in high-competition verticals.
The IN Group, a global end-to-end talent solution company, has appointed marketing veteran Rachael Jones as Chief Marketing Officer to lead the brand’s global growth strategy. Jones will be tasked with driving The IN Group’s global marketing plan, closely aligned with the overall business strategy, across the UK, Europe and the US, leading a team of 13 at group level across the Group’s practices Investigo, InX, Definia, and Caraffi. Jones is a leading figure in the industry with over 25 years of experience at major brands including BBC, Microsoft Advertising, National Car Rental and Virgin Travelstore where she delivered widespread brand awareness through global marketing and commercial campaigns.
Wavemaker has announced that it has appointed Premjeet Sodhi as Global Head of Measurement and Analytics. Based in New York, Sodhi will join Wavemaker’s Consultancy team reporting to Anna Hickey, Global Consultancy Lead. Sodhi will transition from his current role as Chief Strategy Officer at Wavemaker India. As Global Head of Measurement and Analytics, Sodhi joins Wavemaker’s global Consultancy which supports clients in adopting future-proofed marketing practices to advance transformative growth, protecting outcomes in the near-term, and creating disproportionate advantage in the long-term. L’Oréal, Audible, Paramount and Cadbury are just a few of the household names that the Consultancy has helped to adopt transformative practices to accelerate growth.
Digital Catapult CEO, Jeremy Silver, announced his intention to step down in March 2024, after what will be eight years in the role. Silver plans to focus time on a non-executive portfolio career, continuing to serve as a Trustee of the British Library and with a number of early stage technology companies. Silver has been in the position since 2016 and has been responsible for trebling the Catapult’s size in that time to just under 300 employees and launching 20 national technical facilities around the country. Under his tenure in the past five years alone, Digital Catapult has assisted 260 startups in raising £577m in investment and growing their businesses by bringing innovative new solutions to traditional industry. The Catapult has supported over 2800 businesses since its inception in 2013.


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Norwegians more active on Facebook and Twitter
More and more Norwegians are finding their way to social networks like Facebook and Twitter, new figures show.
63 percent of Norwegians used social media in the second quarter of 2012, compared to 59 percent earlier in the year, according to Statistics Norway.
While increasing numbers of woman and older people dabbled with social networks, the share of users in the 25-34 age group dipped from 87 to 82 percent.
The agency’s round-up of IT usage also showed that every second household in Norway now has access to the internet via mobile broadband. In all, 93 percent of households have access to the internet.
The share of mobile broadband users has risen from 34 to 48 percent since the same period last year.
Most users of mobile broadband also have access to a fixed broadband connection at home, with just 8 percent relying solely on a mobile solution.
The figures further indicate that some 86 percent of the population used internet banking services in the second quarter of 2012.
Over the last 12 months, some 76 percent of the population has used the internet to buy and order goods or services.
Norwegians also used the internet in their dealings with officialdom, with 76 percent of internet users interacting with public authorities online in the last year, Statistics Norway said.


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Here’s to the Benefits of Red Wine, but Don’t Advertise Them - New York Times
An ordinary laboratory mouse will typically run one kilometer on a treadmill before collapsing from exhaustion, but mice given resveratrol, a minor component of red wine and other foods, can run twice as far, according to the widely circulated research announced last week by Johan Auwerx and colleagues at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology in Illkirch, France.
Mice heavily dosed with resveratrol also have energy-charged muscles and a reduced heart rate, just as trained athletes do, and manage to live longer even if they consume a poor diet.
The news was the best free publicity the wine industry has received since late 1991, when Morley Safer hefted a glass of red wine and told viewers of “60 Minutes” on CBS that the French have lower levels of heart disease than Americans despite a diet typically higher in fat.
Prohibition was a mistake in so many ways...
The wine industry certainly has welcomed the recent disclosures that a compound in red wine improves the health and endurance of laboratory mice. So why isn't the industry crowing about it?
Because it can’t. The industry has long been handcuffed by state and federal laws that discourage promoting the benefits of wine, with some of those restrictions dating back to the repeal of Prohibition in 1933.
“Yes, we’d all like to make hay of this, and we’ll do what we can, but we are very constrained,” said Michael Mondavi, founder and president of Folio Fine Wine Partners, a producer and importer of wines here.
As an industry that is closely regulated by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Mr. Mondavi said, “it is blatantly against the law for any alcoholic beverage producers to make any health claim regardless of the facts or the accuracy.”
“Until that regulation is changed or modified in some way so that we can talk about the positive health aspects that are proven,” said Mr. Mondavi, the older son of famed winemaker Robert Mondavi, “we have to sit on our hands and wait for others to pick up the story.”
Mr. Mondavi, who was then involved in running his family business, the Robert Mondavi Corporation, was one of those who chafed at the strictures.
“We actually resigned from the Wine Institute because we wanted to come out and say wine is healthy and good for you,” Mr. Mondavi said.
“We put on a back label, that wine is healthy and recommended in the Bible,” he added. “The B.A.T.F. sent us a cease and desist letter and made us change the label even though we went back to Washington and showed them the scientific evidence and read them the Bible passages.”
The Wine Institute still advises its members not to promote wine as healthy, and these days there are fewer rebels. That is partly because of fear of litigation, and partly because of the vast consolidation that has transferred ownership of many wineries from family founders to corporate conglomerates.
Fruit of the vine, baby. My parents thoughtfully raised me in a wine-friendly household: not fine wine, but drinking wine. I still hesitate buying bottles that cost more than 10 bucks, though with inflation, that number has crept up a bit. I wonder how many gallons I drink a year? Quick calculation: 750 ml per bottle, 3785.6 ml/gallon, somewhere around 40 gallons of wine, lovely wine, slurped, tasted, enjoyed. Mmmm, 40 gallons of wine....


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smartphone and its application rapid user growth is on top niche
And it doesn’t just mean the rising number of smartphone users, but also the host of other reasons behind this growth.
Firstly, the growing number of E-commerce startups in India. Currently, India is the third-largest start up country after USA and UK. And this e-commerce system is fueling the growth of business around the mobile eco system as more and more people are using their mobiles for shopping and other transactions.
Which indicates that more and more people are searching for products and services online, and making payments from their mobile phones which will indeed drive a surge of mobile applications and mobile payment gateways. The adoption rate for both mobile apps and mobile wallet will increase significantly in 2016, compared to last year.
India’s e-commerce revenue can hit $38 Billion this year and industry leaders believe that m-commerce (mobile commerce) could contribute up to 70% of the total revenue. It’s a classic example of need-gap fulfilment. Recently, Union Government of India, has launched four mobile health (m-Health) services by the name of Kilkari, Mobile Academy, M-Cessation and TB Missed Call initiative. Mobile apps and services are also coming up in regional languages. Mobile is not only growing, but also cascading into creating a value circumference for our human lifestyle in technogy


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The looting of foreign owned shops has now spread to the Johannesburg CBD. Police have been engaged in running battles with a group of people targeting shops in the Hillbrow area. This follows similar incidents in Tembisa, Turffontein, Jeppestown and Malvern earlier.
Police and Johannesburg Metro officers have conducted another late night raid in Hillbrow. Last week shops suspected of selling counterfeit goods were targeted.
Several people have been arrested for illegal firearm and ammunition possession during a police raid on Wednesday in Hillbrow, Johannesburg.
Police have managed to quell two separate service delivery protests in Hillbrow in the Johannesburg CBD and Ennerdale south of Johannesburg on Monday morning.
The Johannesburg Metro Police department is investigating an incident of looting at a retail outlet in Hillbrow allegedly by a group of students on Monday.


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Busy service bays have proved to be an effective shield against the impact of the chip shortage. The threat of higher prices for both new and used cars has given people plenty of motivation to keep up on maintenance of the cars they already have.
Better computing, Internet of Things (IoT), next-generation cellular connectivity and cloud computing will increase the dependence on data in the automobile industry. Data will become as crucial to vehicles as oil is today.
Ford says it is setting up a pilot program in Texas, one of the largest markets for the company’s iconic pickup trucks, to train technicians to service battery-electric vehicles such the new F-150 Lightning.
Customers who check themselves in at a kiosk and leave their keys are issued a QR code that’s unique to them. After service is completed, the customer scans the QR code off their mobile phone, and the corresponding keys are dispensed.


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Well worth detailing: “Europe” accounts for nearly 25 percent off Apple’s money
Including 23 places which aren’t in the Age.U. – especially, definitely, the newest U.K. – nevertheless Age.You. is actually larger for Fruit to just let them know to lb mud. I’d think whether or not, when it comes to fruition, Elizabeth.U. people will likely finish buying iPhones you to operate very in a different way out-of those people ended up selling almost everywhere otherwise worldwide, and they will suffer for this.
This is you to definitely doozy off a correction inside a new york Minutes statement past to your up-to-date CDC pointers getting COVID enhancer images for children aged 5–11:
An early on variety of this article improperly labeled this new wide variety of kids old 5 so you can 11 that have multisystem inflammatory problem. Regarding cuatro,100000 was indeed identified, maybe not passed away, on the syndrome.
The fresh new report, once again, are out-of Apoorva Mandavilli, which but a few weeks before reported that 900,one hundred thousand children from the You.S. was hospitalized which have COVID, in the event the genuine matter is actually 63,100. Because of the replacement Donald McNeil that have Mandavilli since their direct COVID science journalist, the occasions went from Pulitzer-Prize-profitable science-backed reporting to embarrassing not aware ninnyism.
BOE are but really to get recognition from Fruit to manufacture OLED panels on the then new iphone 4 14 cell phones series, TheElec provides learned. The firm is trapped which have altered the brand new circuit thickness of your thin-film transistors toward OLED panels they made for new iphone 4 thirteen this past year, someone accustomed the matter told you.
Such, it suggested adding webcams toward side of the headset so that people wearing the device often see their land, said the three some one
It was over as opposed to Apple’s recognition inside the a likely quote in order to improve yield rate, they said. BOE could not receive any commands from Cupertino for OLED panels into new iphone 4 fourteen collection therefore, they additional.
This new Chinese monitor panel [maker] sent a c-peak government and you may group in order to Apple’s head office pursuing the incident so you’re able to describe as to why they changed the latest circuit width of the transistors.
Rockwell, Meier and you will Rothkopf in the near future found pushback off Ive’s cluster. The 3 men got first wanted to make good VR earphone, but Ive’s group had concerns about technology, told you about three those who handled your panels. They experienced VR alienated pages off their anybody by the cutting her or him off from the outside world, produced pages search unfashionable and you may lacked standard uses. Apple’s commercial painters have been unconvinced that consumers was willing to don headphones for long periods of your time, a couple of some body told you.
Number myself for the design team’s top. Near the stop off Ma’s declaration is it sentence: “Rockwell’s group in addition to wished pages in order to don the latest headphone for approximately eight era 24 hours.” Maybe I simply lack creativeness, however, I can not get a hold of me putting on something similar to you to having datingmentor.org/nl/mexicaanse-dating eight circumstances a day. (I consider individuals a few age benefit of seated at the front out-of a computer display screen for seven circumstances 1 day, and this I’ve accomplished for my personal entire mature lifestyle, in order actually ever, I’m keeping an unbarred attention.)
New males developed a solution to target the latest issues of Ive’s class. But the element one to fundamentally sold new commercial writers and singers towards the endeavor try a notion getting an external-up against display screen with the headphone. The newest screen could display screen videos images of the attention and you may face words of the individual using the new earphone for other members of the bedroom.
These features treated the new commercial framework group’s worries about VR-caused alienation – they greeting anyone else into the a bedroom to activate and collaborate that have a guy sporting a wireless headset in such a way difficult together with other VR resources. For decades, the presence of like a display, in code-called T429, try recognized in order to a tiny network of individuals even within this Rockwell’s classification.


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Most Well-Known Product Recalls by US Vaginal Sling Device Makers Two of the world’s bladder sling developers from the United States, Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnson, seem to have been affected by all-out product recalls, online media reports. Research reveals that the firms’ move to recall their products have been due to unusually high failure rates, post-surgery injury reports, and a growing public outcry against complications. Mesh devices, also known as vaginal or bladder slings, are often transvaginally inserted in women in surgical procedures as means to address pain and discomfort from disorders that involve the bladder or the pelvis, according to medical experts. Initially designed and used to treat abdominal hernias in the 1950s, medical devices now known as vaginal meshes or bladder slings were cut and reformed into the appropriate shape that would work as support to women affected by stress urinary incontinence (SUI) – a condition of uncontrollable urinary leaks, and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) – a disorder that occurs when pelvic organs move or shift from their places. However, these medical devices have been surrounded with different controversies, increasing post-surgery complication complaints, and a slew of lawsuits brought by women from different parts of the country against major device makers. Constantly growing number of complaints corresponding to malfunction and injuries such as device erosion, organ perforation, bleeding, debilitating pelvic pain, and painful sexual intercourse have been reported and received by the US Food and Drug Administration. It was only a matter of time,
particularly in 1999, when the a major surgical mesh manufacturer first came to the decision of a product recall due to safety issues tied to their device. The first surgical mesh product to have been recalled was the ProteGen Vaginal Sling by Boston Scientific, online media reports, explaining that the move was conducted in response to unusually high device failure rates, and postimplantation complication complaints, reaching up to 500 between the time it was used and recalled. Boston Scientific removed another one of their pelvic sling products from the market in August 2011, a bladder repair sling known as Pinnacle Pelvic Floor Repair Kit, because of mechanical concerns. ObTape, a bladder sling distributed in the American consumer market in 2003, was also reported with safety concerns by women who have received them in surgery, according to online news reports. Manufactured by Mentor Corporation (a company that was eventually acquired by Johnson & Johnson), the firm has also reportedly discontinued sales of ObTape, without completely removing all ObTape products from the market, in 2006. At the height of injury complaints involving four of their vaginal sling products, Johnson & Johnson\â€™s (J&J) division, Ethicon, has also decided to discontinue selling Gynecare TVT Secur, Gynecare Prosima, Gynecare Prolift, and Gynecare Prolift+M in July 2012 â€” a vaginal sling device recall anticipated by most legal experts to fully take effect in the first quarter of 2013. In a 2011 Safety Communication by the US FDA, the agency highlight an increasing number of adverse-event reports linked to the use of bladder slings for POP repair. See bladderslingrecall.us to know more about mesh slings and the potential hazards they have been reported to cause. Sources: everydayhealth.com/health-center/pelvic-organ-prolapse.aspx fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/ImplantsandProsthetics/ UroGynSurgicalMesh/ucm284109.htm health.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/020729/archive_022087.htm accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfRes/res.cfm?ID=100416 imb.ie/images/uploaded/documents/fsn/FSNMay2011/V11930_FSN.pdf nytimes.com/2009/05/05/health/05tape.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-04/j-j-tells-judge-it-will-stop-selling-vaginal-mesh-
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Tuesday, February 02, 2010
February Market Review
New and Resale Levels Fall
After a rising surge from September through November,
existing-home sales fell as expected in December after
first-time buyers rushed to complete sales before the
original November deadline for the tax credit. However,
prices rose from December 2008 and annual sales improved
in 2009, according to the National Association of Realtors®.
Existing-home sales – including single-family, townhomes,
condominiums and co-ops – fell 16.7 percent to a seasonally
adjusted annual rate1 of 5.45 million units in December
from 6.54 million in November, but remain 15.0 percent above
the 4.74 million-unit level in December 2008.
For all of 2009 there were 5,156,000 existing-home sales,
which was 4.9 percent higher than the 4,913,000 transactions
recorded in 2008; it was the first annual sales gain since 2005.
Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said there were no surprises
in the data. “It’s significant that home sales remain above
year-ago levels, but the market is going through a period of
swings driven by the tax credit,” he said. “We’ll likely have
another surge in the spring as home buyers take advantage of
the extended and expanded tax credit. By early summer the
overall market should benefit from more balanced inventory,
and sales are on track to rise again in 2010. However, the
job market remains a concern and could dampen the housing
recovery – job creation is key to a continued recovery in
the second half of the year.”
Sales of new one-family houses in December 2009 were at a
seasonally adjusted annual rate of 342,000, according to
estimates released jointly January 27th by the U.S. Census
Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
This is 7.6 percent (±14.6%) below the revised November
rate of 370,000 and is 8.6 percent (±15.2%)* below the
December 2008 estimate of 374,000.
The median sales price of new houses sold in December 2009
was $221,300; the average sales price was $290,600. The
seasonally adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at
the end of December was 231,000. This represents a supply
of 8.1 months at the current sales rate.
An estimated 374,000 new homes were sold in 2009. This is
22.9 percent (±2.9%) below the 2008 figure of 485,000.
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