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The dollar decline has typically helped improve trade and resilience in the global economy, as well as shifted trade imbalances between countries toward equilibrium.
*** Change the position of the dollar
However, the recent devaluation of the US dollar due to the Corona pandemic does not seem to have the same effects as before. The new effect of the devaluation of the dollar is due to the contradictory movement of value between different world currencies and on the other hand due to the special conditions of the world economy, which has prevented the global economy from adapting to the recent devaluation of the dollar. The dollar has been declining since the beginning of June; The main reason for this was the change in investors’ view of the dollar from a global safe haven to a high-risk currency.
The value of the dollar index has fallen by more than 9 percent since April, when the corona crisis peaked. According to many global currency analysts, the reasons for keeping the dollar are rapidly declining. In fact, the Fed’s rapid and declining interest rates have eroded the position of the dollar and the currencies of other developed economies; The policy was adopted in response to the economic crisis caused by the Corona epidemic.
*** dollar failure; Hope for the Euro
While the US government has failed to control the corona epidemic, major European and Asian countries have been able to control the virus relatively well. On the other hand, the approval of the unprecedented 750 billion euro package for the recovery of the European economy, as well as the relative success of the countries in this area in controlling the corona, has raised many hopes about the economic outlook in this area and also about the euro.
“The dollar has entered a downtrend,” said Aaron Hurd, chief executive of State Street Global Advisors. This downturn may not happen in the coming weeks, but the dollar is projected to fall 15 to 20 percent over the next five years against a basket of rival currencies. GMP analysts also say that relative economic growth could be the main driver of the dollar; But the high number of coroners in the country, along with the economic outlook, will still act as a devaluation of the dollar.
Among developed economies, the devaluation of the dollar, as long as it does not become a permanent trend, can also have positive global effects. For many years, the United States has had a stable trade deficit, and the devaluation of the dollar could boost US exports and balance the country’s trade balance with more expensive imports from developed economies.
The EU recovery package, along with increasing domestic demand, could lead to a more balanced global economy at a higher demand level. However, this effect could be lessened if the United States continues to have cheaper access to finance than other countries. However, no part of the global economy has experienced a fall like the devaluation of the dollar.
*** The devaluation of the dollar to the detriment of the global economy?
The dollar index actually measures the value of the US currency against a basket of currencies from developed economies, most of which are denominated in euros. The euro area includes 57.6% of the basket, while the rest is occupied by the five currencies of the Japanese yen, the British pound, the Canadian dollar, the Swedish krona and the Swiss franc.
But the point is that this index does not include any of the currencies of developing economies; Currencies against which the dollar has risen in value since the beginning of the corona epidemic. For example, since March, the dollar has risen 25 percent against the real (Brazilian currency) and more than 10 percent against the Mexican peso and the Russian ruble. Analysts see the appreciation of the dollar decline against the currencies of developing economies as a threat to the outlook for the global economy.
Traditional economic theories predict that the devaluation of developing economies against the dollar decline could be to their advantage. In fact, with the devaluation of these currencies, the exports of these countries will increase and the imported goods will become more expensive, and thus the demand in these countries will increase. But some economists worry that this argument is incorrect.
*** Damage to developing economies by the devaluation of the dollar
Many emerging economies trade in US dollars, so a devaluation of their currency will not necessarily mean an improvement in exports. Recent research by the International Monetary Fund also shows that demand growth will be very weak in this case. On the other hand, because imports from other developing economies are also priced in dollars, trade in these countries will generally be hit.
On the other hand, this factor has been aggravated by the corona pandemic. The tourism industry, as the largest part of a country’s exports priced in domestic currency, has suffered huge losses due to travel restrictions during the Corona. Governments and large corporations in developing economies with dollar-denominated debt are also facing major problems; Because they need more income to pay off their debts.
The International Monetary Fund has also said that these conditions could be very destructive to the global economy. Finally, IMF analysts have concluded that a stronger dollar decline against the currencies of emerging economies and emerging markets could exacerbate the downturn in global trade and economic activity.
In such circumstances, it seems that even the countries that predict It is also unlikely that they will benefit from changes in the value of currencies during the epidemic, which is projected to benefit them during this period. Rising currency values in developing economies can relieve some of the financing pressure on emerging markets; However, it is not enough to neutralize the effects of the epidemic on these markets.
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British automakers have won a four-year delay for the introduction of European rules designed to force them to reduce CO2 emissions from new cars. Earlier this year, European sports car makers said they felt endangered by new EU regulations. The new deal means automakers producing fewer than 10,000 cars a year won’t have to invest in carbon-reduction technology for years, Times Online reports.
For the rest of the industry, a 130g/km target is being phased in over three years from 2012. A third of each company’s output will be exempted from the target in 2012.
Under the special deal, Jaguar Land Rover can comply with a 25 percent CO2 emissions reduction by 2015 from its 2007 average. Aston Martin, Lotus and McLaren have also won the right to have special targets.
The new deal also delays the fines for failing to comply with EU’s CO2 reduction target. The fines won’t be enforced until 2019.
Tony Bosworth, transport campaigner of Friends of the Earth’s, told Times Online that “This is a depressing outcome on a vital piece of climate legislation.”

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Consumers are spending cautiously in the face of still-high gasoline and grocery-store prices, slowing economic growth.
But some relief could be on the way: Wholesale food prices dropped last month by the most in a year. And motorists are likely to face lower gasoline prices this summer.
Retail sales fell 0.2 percent in May, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. The first decline in nearly a year was mostly because Americans purchased fewer cars.
Auto sales dropped 2.9 percent, the biggest decline in 15 months. Buyers received fewer incentives and dealers ran short on popular fuel-efficient models. The natural disasters in Japan disrupted shipments of cars and component parts to the United States.
Excluding the drop in car sales, retail sales rose 0.3 percent. That seemed to encourage investors, who were expecting more broad-based weakness because of the higher gas prices.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 130 points. Broader indexes also increased.
"The decline in headline retail sales during May can be chalked up to slumping auto sales," said Alistair Bentley, an economist at TD Economics. "This was to be expected following the sharp rise in gas prices and the tsunami in Japan, and thus should not be interpreted as a dramatic swing in consumer sentiment.
There were other signs that the economy could strengthen in the second half of the year.
Cheaper prices may be coming to grocery stores and gas stations soon.
Food costs at the wholesale level fell by the most in a year, according to a Labor report on producer prices. Fruit and vegetable prices led the declines. Tomatoes plummeted 47.2 percent, the most since last June. Spinach prices dropped 48.4 percent and watermelons fell 73.7 percent, the most on record.
Gas prices at the wholesale level rose by the smallest amount in eight months. Those prices are likely to fall further in the months to come.
Consumers had been paying an average of nearly $4.00 for a gallon of gas in early May. On Monday, the national average was $3.70 per gallon, according to AAA. Still, that's a dollar more than what consumers paid a year ago.
Higher gas prices have left consumers with less to spend on discretionary goods. Analysts hope that the economy will regain momentum in the second half of this year if gasoline prices fall further.
A majority of the nation's largest companies appear to be optimistic, according to a new survey. The Business Roundtable, which represents CEOs for the 200 biggest U.S. companies, said 51 percent of chief executives plan to step up hiring in the second half of the year. That's nearly in line with last quarter's 52 percent, which was the highest percentage since the trade group began polling its members in 2002.
The survey began in mid-May and ended on June 3, the day the government released a May jobs report, which showed a steep pullback in hiring by employers. The unemployment rate rose to 9.1 percent.
The retail sales report did show other areas of weakness in the economy. Sales at department stores and big general merchandise stores such as Wal-Mart and Target edged down 0.1 percent in May. Many of the nation's big retail chains reported shoppers pulled back on such as clothing and home goods.
Sales were also down at furniture stores and electronics and appliance stores, declines that probably reflected the continued weakness in the housing market.
Economists surveyed by The Associated Press now believe the economy will show only a modest growth pickup in the current April-June quarter. They forecast growth at an annual rate of 2.3 percent, which would be only a slight improvement from the lackluster 1.8 percent growth in the January-March quarter.


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“Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) is warning the Federal Trade Commission that a lawsuit against Google would be disastrous and could prompt Congress to limit the agency’s authority,” Brendan Sasso reports for The Hill.
“‘I believe that application of anti-trust against Google would be a woefully misguided step that would threaten the very integrity of our anti-trust system, and could ultimately lead to Congressional action resulting in a reduction in the ability of the FTC to enforce critical anti-trust protections in industries where markets are being distorted by monopolies or oligopolies,’ Polis wrote in a letter sent last week to FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz and obtained by The Hill on Monday,” Sasso reports. “Polis argued that the market for online search is already fiercely competitive. He noted that customers search Amazon for shopping results, iTunes for music and movies, Facebook for social networking and Yelp for local businesses.”
Sasso reports, “The FTC is nearing the end of a sweeping antitrust investigation into Google’s business practices. People familiar with the case say the commissioners are leaning toward taking action against the company. The agency is investigating whether Google manipulates its search results to ensure that its own services, such as YouTube, Google Maps and Google Plus, appear above those of its rivals.”
MacDailyNews Note: Teh FTC is also investigating Google for FRAND abuse or using standards-essential patents to sue Apple as retribution for Apple’s design patent infringement lawsuits against Android.
Read more in the full article here.
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The ‘Dive into Maldives’ roadshow kicked off yesterday (May 26) in Australia, with the objective of boosting Australian tourism in Maldives.
Organised by the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), ten representative partners from the tourism industry of Maldives are participating in the roadshow together with the corporation.
According to an established resort manager, the Maldives is still a relatively unknown destination in Australia, due to little exposure from tourism operators.
“Many people [in Australia] still don’t know where it is. People are hearing about it, but there is limited public information,” the source told Minivan News.
“We have seen some growth,” the industry source continued, “they have a lot of their own islands, like Bali and Thailand that are cost effective, but now they’re looking for the next destination.”
According to the MMPRC, the roadshow offers a platform for the Maldives to establish direct contact with the Australian travel trade.
It is also an opportunity for the Australian travel trade to receive the latest updates regarding the Maldives, as well as the chance to directly meet the representatives of some of the Maldives’ most popular hotels, resorts, and travel agents who are participating in the roadshow.
An overwhelming response was received from the Australian travel trade for the Maldives roadshow participation, indicating their level of interest in the destination, according to a press release from the MMPRC.
Visits from Australian tourists made up 1.4 per cent of the visitors to the Maldives up to April of this year, and a total of 16,913 visitors from Australia visited Maldives last year – a growth of 38.1% compared to the previous year.
The roadshow will be held in three major cities – Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth – for three consecutive days, and will finish tomorrow (May 28).
Similar roadshows were held in China in 2012, following the explosion in Chinese tourist arrivals.
The main aims of the tour in China was to build confidence in the Maldives as a destination as well as to portray the country as an investment opportunity.
In 2011, China became the market leader in terms of visitors to the country, when the number of visitors from China surpassed those from Britain, reaching 198,000.
Since then, by individual market performances, China has remained the overall market leader to the Maldives, making up over 26% of shares by the end of April 2014.


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Belgium-based app maker FibriCheck has announced a new version of its smartwatch app that is capable of automatically monitoring the users’ heart rhythms while they sleep.
The app can be integrated into any smartwatch and can detect episodes of intermittent and silent atrial fibrillation, in which symptoms are either irregular or non-existent, making it difficult to diagnose.
Atrial fibrillation is responsible for about 25 per cent of strokes, the majority of which are preventable if diagnosed and treated in a timely manner.
The app automatically monitors the wearer’s heart rhythm ever five minutes and then provides a nightly overview and any alerts. These can also be forwarded to doctors for follow-up and treatment.
FibriCheck CEO Lars Grieten said: “Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for people to know if they have a heart rhythm irregularity, to prevent AF strokes from happening.”
“The FibriCheck heart rhythm app is a device-agnostic medical software application that can easily be integrated into any phone or wearable product that uses PPG (photoplethysmography) sensors.”
“For smartphone, smartwatch and consumer technology companies, this opens up new possibilities to expand product offerings and provide consumers with innovative ways to manage their health and health-related conditions, including better heart health.”
The company has said that the revamped app is towards the end of user testing and will be available to smartwatch manufacturers in the second half of this year.


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A new quad core smartphone from LG looks set to include NFC. A leaked photo of the LG Eclipse 4G LTE published by Brief Mobile shows an NFC antenna mounted inside the battery cover. The device, also known as the LG LS970, will join the Korean company’s rapidly growing global line-up of NFC handsets.
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The Middle East isn’t typically considered a hotbed for bitcoin, but that hasn’t stopped entrepreneur Ola Doudin from generating local interest.
The founder of bitcoin wallet and exchange BitOasis, Doudin graced the cover of Forbes Middle East in January in an issue where the startup was ranked 19th on a list of the most promising UAE-based startups.
Doudin was lauded alongside co-founder Daniel Robenek for the firm’s dedication to spreading awareness of the emerging technology in the market. Since then, BitOasis has released a steady stream of updates to its service, offering the ability for users to withdraw bitcoin to bank accounts and launching iPhone and iPad wallets.
However, BitOasis perhaps made its biggest splash internationally last month when it revealed it had completed a proof-of-concept with commodity marketplace tech provider Dubai Multi Commodities Center (DMCC) in what might be the first test of the technology by a major regional financial institution.
Doudin, whose startup is also a member, described the group as part of a broader initiative by local government officials to better understand the emerging technology.
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Doudin said that local blockchain companies are now benefiting from an initiative called Dubai 2021, a government effort to create a vision for how government services can be better automated in the future.
"A lot of the public services are automated or self-service, but now they’re trying to integrate all they have in digitizing payments and creating smart payment tools. They have been looking into the blockchain," she said.
As for BitOasis’s work with the DMCC, Doudin said the project was part of a bid by the firm to improve onboarding to its trading system.
Based in the JLT Free Zone, a special economic zone offering tax and customs benefits to businesses, DMCC is described as the only international commodity center in the region. Its main commodity groups including precious metals, diamonds, pearls and tea.
Doudin said that when BitOasis looked at DMCC’s internal processes to find applications for the technology, the firms decided on a trial for how the commodities firm could issue blockchain-based identities to customers.
The trial envisioned that companies could onboard to the DMCC and be issued a digital ID for verification as part of its Flexi Desk offering. Flexi Desk, according to the DMCC, provides businesses with communications services, but Doudin said other opportunities have been discussed.
"We've also been looking and exploring ways to potentially streamline collection of payments for DMCC and their companies by using the public blockchain," Doudin explained.
Doudin added that BitOasis remains focused on its consumer-facing bitcoin services, suggesting that it doesn't see the effort as part of a change in strategy.
BitOasis has five employees, but hopes to grow to as many as eight by the end of the year, she said.
Despite the interest from agencies within the Dubai government, Doudin said that the local startup community remains small.
There are just a few notable blockchain startups, a group which includes BitOasis, YellowPay and Umbrellab, all of whom are involved in the Global Blockchain Council. Doudin is also co-founder and former adviser to bitcoin payment service YellowPay, though she says she is now focused on BitOasis.
"There are a few people here and there trying to set up stuff, but nothing yet is growing at the same pace," she said.
Still, she said user adoption is happening, both in the UAE and in Egypt, where she said local meetups in the country’s capital and largest city are growing.
Doudin herself was instrumental in the formation of the Jordan Bitcoin Group in 2014, a meetup group designed to raise awareness of digital currency in the country.
Now, she said investors are waking up to the opportunity, and that the technology is beginning to lose the stigma of its past association with cybercrime.
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Through a partnership with Coinbase, the community bank, which is based in Tulsa, Okla., and has $744 million of assets, is joining a handful of others that are seeking to meet the needs of customers who are interested in buying cryptocurrency through a regulated institution.
There’s clear demand for making crypto easier to obtain. Quontic Bank began offering bitcoin rewards on checking last year by working with the fintech NYDIG. And Square, which added bitcoin trading to its Cash App in 2018, earned $32 million in third-quarter 2020 gross profit from bitcoin alone, or 15 times more than it earned a year earlier.
In July, when he was still running the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Brian Brooks gave banks permission to handle cryptocurrency on their customers’ behalf, by providing custody and other services.
Around that time, Vast Bank started working with the OCC’s Office of Innovation on its crypto initiative. The bank is creating a user interface in which customers will be able to see their traditional account balances and cryptocurrency accounts side by side.
“We saw lots of changes with consumer preference and massive technology and regulatory changes,” said Brad Scrivner, the bank’s CEO. “And customers have choices in other industries that they didn’t have in the financial services industry.”
Cryptocurrency had been on the bank’s roadmap for a long time, but Brooks’ July announcement enabled it to move forward with its partnerships with Coinbase and another fintech the bank can’t yet name.
With this crypto product, announced Wednesday, Vast is targeting high-net-worth individuals and institutions.
“There’s roughly a trillion dollars in crypto,” Scrivner said. “It’s something that people are working on. In the crypto industry, many people believe that having a trusted, regulated financial institution involved will increase the adoption.”
Also, as so many others have observed in recent days, institutional investor money is flowing into cryptocurrency.
“We believe there’s a market, but fundamentally, what we believe in is putting the customer in control of their choices,” Scrivner said. “If customers want to buy bitcoins and store it in the bank, they can at Vast.”
Coinbase was a logical partner choice because it has so much of the digital wallet market, he said.
Scrivner credits SAP with providing the technology that let Vast Bank integrate with Coinbase. Vast Bank was the first national bank in the U.S. to implement SAP’s core banking system in 2018, when the bank was still called Valley National Bank.
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Bernard Arnault has again upped his stake in Lagardère SCA, as a French commercial court is expected to wade into a battle between French industry titans for control of the embattled publishing and retail company.
Acting in concert, Groupe Arnault and Financière Agache, the holding company controlled by Groupe Arnault, together with a group of companies controlled by Arnaud Lagardère, chief executive officer of Lagardère, now jointly hold 15.01 percent of the capital of Lagardère SCA and 16.93 percent of voting rights.
The move, revealed by stock market regulator AMF in a filing on Tuesday, comes as a Paris court is set to rule on Wednesday on a request from Vivendi, a media group controlled by French billionaire Vincent Bolloré, and activist investor Amber Capital for an exceptional shareholder meeting, part of their bid to gain board representation.
Arnault, chairman and ceo of luxury conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, first stepped in to support Lagardère last May, citing his friendship with founder Jean-Luc Lagardère, Arnaud Lagardère’s father, and saying the two families shared a long-term strategic vision for the company.
Arnault and Lagardère said their consortium does not aim to take control of Lagardère SCA, but will acquire shares as market conditions allow. Vivendi owns close to 27 percent of shares, Amber Capital has around 20 percent, and Qatar Holding, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, has roughly 13 percent.”


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CHENNAI: While the European Union's ban on Indian mangoes, including the famed Alphonso varieties, set to take effect on May 1, intellectual property
right (IPR) attorneys in the country are citing provisions of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) between EU and India and saying the former should have resolved the issue under the WTO instead of imposing unilateral ban.
"Union commerce ministry should take a necessary step to approach the World Trade Organisation
regarding the matter, more so as it involved the legal rights accrued under the Geographical Indications (GI) Act for Alphonso mango
variety," said the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Attorneys Association president and advocate P Sanjai Gandhi
This is not the first time the Indian mango faced ban in a developed market. In 1989 the U.S. banned import of Indian mangoes including Alphonso. After nearly 15-year struggle, the ban was finally lifted when President Bush
and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
signed a deal in New Delhi in March 2006," recalled advocate and trademark specialist S Elambharathi. " Since both India and Europe come under FTA, they should approach the WTO for dispute settlement," he agrees.
The Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement encompasses all 159 WTO members, and India and Europe became WTO members on January 1, 1975.
Sanjai Gandhi urged IPR attorneys and GI-holders to rally around an e-petition titled 'Reverse Mango Import Ban' which, he said, has gathered hundreds of signatures favouring lifting of the mango ban immediately. According to him, the e-petition floated by London-based fruits importer Monica Bhandari said: "The ban has been undertaken hastily. Proven treatments -- such as 'hot water treatment', 'irradiation approved for import into the US', and vapour heat treatment — have not been considered before an outright ban.
The sudden ban has affected not only India but several other countries too, Sanjai Gandhi said, adding that the temporary ban has hit mangoes, eggplant, the taro plant, bitter gourd and snake gourd.


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Fraud Protection & Compliance
Latin America is a huge opportunity market for financial services with approximately 70% of the region either unbanked or underbanked. This opportunity is being exploited by a growing number of fintech and banking technology innovators such as Digio, an organisation with the strength of a bank but the agility of a fintech. Unfortunately, this digital growth is a fertile ground for fraudsters, who take advantage of these new organisations and technologies that generally have limited financial experience to perpetrate fraud in Latin America.
That’s why Digio partnered with Conductor, a leading payments and banking-as-a-service platform provider in the region, to provide the latest in cutting edge fraud technology provided by FICO.
“Within the South American financial services market, there are thousands of banks,” said Armando Junior, Head of Fraud Prevention at Conductor. “They vary greatly in size. Some banks might serve just one hundred customers, while others serve millions. It was very important to us to democratize fraud protection and provide best-in-class solutions to financial institutions that had historically found such security unaffordable.”
Conductor realised that more than just detecting fraud, their clients needed to protect and improve the customer experience. Following the implementation of the FICO Falcon Platform, Conductor extended their support to their clients by rolling out FICO Customer Communication Services for Fraud. This omnichannel communications platform — enabling automated communication via email, voice, SMS, and mobile applications — has proved particularly valuable in reducing false positives and improving the customer experience.
Digio has been able to take full advantage of this integration by implementing FICO Falcon Fraud Platform to identify fraud faster, double their fraud detection rate to 60% and reduce false positives. Also, by adding Customer Communication Services for Fraud, they have been able to increase their customer contact rate to 72% above market average.
“Now, when we identify suspected credit card fraud, we are able to confirm the transaction by communicating with the customer through the best channel,” said Márcio Dutra, Product Security Manager at Digio. “If it is a false alarm, it is also possible to quickly reprocess the transaction.”
To learn more about the benefits Digio have enjoyed from FICO solutions through Conductor, see below.
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GSR names new French dealer
By Leila Steed19 May 2021
GSR Aerial Platforms has announced that CFM Ile de France has become its exclusive dealer for the country. The deal was agreed after CFM acquired the truck mount manufacturer’s previous French distributor Nacelles Services.
CFM Ile de France specialises in the sale, rental and servicing of access and material handling equipment. It operates branches in the Roissy-en-France and Jouy-le-Moutier suburbs of the Paris and has a supplied over 2,000 machines to the region to date.
Alessandro Palazzi, GSR commercial director, said, “We are renewing our long tradition of supplies in France thanks to the agreement with CFM Ile de France and...Sign in to continue reading.


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Tony Xu (born Xu Xun, 1983/1984) is a Chinese-American billionaire businessman, and the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of DoorDash. Born in Nanjing, China, Xu immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of four.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Xu
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Meta today announced that Tony Xu, co-founder and CEO of DoorDash, Inc., has been elected to the company’s board of directors, effective immediately. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Meta, said, “Tony has built a great service for millions of people to get food and more from hundreds of thousands of restaurants and small businesses.
Tony Xu is a very famous businessman who is very successful in his career. He is also known as the business tycoon and was chairman of the food company DoorDash who started his career as an intern of a company named Square Inc. Xu previously volunteered at Square, Inc. and served for companies like McKinsey & Company, eBay and PayPal.
Tony Xu, MBA ’13, says that immigrating from China at the age of five and moving around as a young kid taught him one of the keys to success — how to adapt to new environments. Influenced by his entrepreneurial and hardworking parents, Xu started DoorDash in his apartment while attending Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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He’s been named to Fortune’s 40 under 40 Xu has crammed a lot into an incredibly short space of time. Over the past decade, he’s gone from being a student to becoming the head of one of the fastest-growing companies in the US. Even more astonishingly, he’s still only 35 years old.
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For the second time in three years, total U.S. hay exports in 2019 eclipsed 4 million metric tons (MT). This was accomplished despite the flurry of trade battles that waged on and off during the past year.
The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) pegged 2019 total alfalfa and other hay (mostly grass) exports from the U.S. at almost 4.1 million MT, just shy of the 2017 record of 4.2 million MT. The past year’s total hay exports were 4.5% greater than 2018’s final tally.
Alfalfa hay exports to all trade partners in 2019 totaled a record 2.7 million MT, just 21,000 MT above the previous high, which occurred in 2017. Alfalfa exports this past year exceeded 2018, another tariff-riddled year, by 5.5%.
Even with imposed tariffs that were 25% higher than normal for much of the year, China still holds down leading alfalfa trade partner status. In 2019, the country imported 865,393 MT of U.S. alfalfa (see graph below).
Exports to China were 0.7% behind 2018 and far behind the record 1.17 million MT that it purchased in 2017. Monthly export totals to China during 2019 were a roller coaster; they ranged from 25,461 MT in January to 128,582 MT in October.
China will most likely remain our biggest alfalfa trade partner into the future, and with tariffs now back to pre-trade war levels, there is optimism that the market will grow along with China’s dairy industry.
Japan’s alfalfa hay import total of 663,994 MT was 14.2% higher than 2018 and was that country’s largest amount of U.S. alfalfa purchased since 2009. The past year marked the fifth consecutive year of higher U.S. alfalfa exports to Japan.
Saudi Arabia, the third leading importer of U.S. alfalfa, was something of a good news-bad news story in 2019. The country imported 417,518 MT of U.S. alfalfa, but that total was over 63,000 MT (13.2%) less than was acquired in 2018.
For several years, we have heard reports of a Saudi phase out of alfalfa production to conserve water. Although that has occurred to some extent, it apparently isn’t happening as rapidly as was expected. Even so, we need to keep in mind that as recently as 2014 the Saudis were essentially nonplayers in the U.S. alfalfa export market.
Rounding out the top 5 of U.S. alfalfa importers in 2019 were the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and South Korea. The UAE’s total of 303,022 MT was 25.7% greater than 2018 but still only half as much as what that country imported during the early 2010s.
South Korea finished 2019 with an import total 241,416 MT, up 9.2% from the previous year.
USDA-FAS reported 1.4 million MT of hay other than alfalfa was exported from the U.S. in 2019. That was 2.6% more than in 2018 but below the 1.5 million MT exported during 2017.
Japan leads all export partners for nonalfalfa hay. They imported 770,753 MT in 2019, 6.9% more than the previous year.
South Korea, the second leading importer of nonalfalfa hay, finished the year with a total of 351,771 MT, which was 11.7% below the previous year. The remaining 2019 top 5 export trade partners for hay other than alfalfa were Taiwan (129,233 MT, up 16.5%), UAE (51,652 MT, up 1.9%), and Canada (39,587 MT, up 80.4%).
Total hay exports exceeded 4 million MT for only the second time in history. Given the trade hurdles imposed by tariffs during 2019, total U.S. alfalfa exports finished the year much higher than many industry analysts expected.
Hay exports still remain a small portion of total U.S. hay production. Based on USDA production data for 2019, only 3.5% of all U.S. hay produced and 5.4% of all alfalfa hay enters the export market.
In the seven Western states of Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington, hay exports play a much larger role in impacting both markets and prices. According to Dan Putnam, University of California forage extension specialist, hay exports make up about 41% of the grass hay production and 17% of the total alfalfa production in those combined states.


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During the keynote for this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple showcased tvOS 12 and its new features.
Today, Apple has officially seeded the eighth developer beta of tvOS 12. The update is available for registered developers, and is supported on the fourth- and fifth-generation Apple TV set-top boxes. The new software can be installed on a supported box by way of a profile using Xcode. A corresponding public beta of the same software should be launched later this week as well.
As far as what’s new, there isn’t much in the new features department. One of the biggest new additions, however, is support for Dolby Atmos for improved audio quality while watching specific, supported content.
In addition to that, the fourth- and fifth-generation Apple TV units will also support what Apple calls “Zero Sign-On”. With this feature, when you are on your TV provider’s broadband network, the supported apps and channels will automatically populate without actually logging into anything. Charter Spectrum will be the first to support this feature, with more providers coming down the line eventually.
Apple is also adding new Aerials backgrounds to tvOS 12, with new images of the planet earth that were captured by astronauts on the International Space Station. These will include both day shots and night images.
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Catawba County Government is partnering with Lowes Foods, Keep Catawba County Beautiful and our local schools to encourage reusable bag use and to teach our students about protecting our environment. As part of these efforts, the County had an art contest, in which students competed to have their artwork printed on reusable grocery bags.
Jimena Teron Salazar, a third grader in Mrs. Christina Recker’s classroom, won the art contest. Jimena’s artwork will be on the reusable bags for Lowes Foods. Each of the students in her class will recieve a free reusable bag and the bags will be sold in local Lowes Foods grocery stores.
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Total demand on the Budapest office market reached 86,310 sqm in Q4 2020, representing a 57% decrease year-on-year. The vacancy rate has increased to 9.1%, representing an increase of 1.0 p.p. quarter-on-quarter, according to BRF’s latest figures.
Total leasing activity throughout 2020 on the Budapest industrial/logistics market amounted to 537,900 sqm, marking a 29% increase from the previous year and the second-highest annual volume on record. The Budapest Research Forum published its quarterly industrial/logistics market analysis.
Total demand on the Budapest industrial/logistics market amounted to 460,000 sqm in Q1-Q3 2020. The vacancy rate at the end of Q3 2020 stood at 2.3% following a 0.21 pps decline y-o-y. The Budapest Research Forum published its quarterly industrial/logistics market analysis
Budapest’s office vacancy rate has increased to 8.1% in Q3 2020, representing an increase of 2.2 pps year-on-year. 106 lease agreements were concluded during the quarter and the number of signed transactions dropped by 25% compared to the same quarter of 2019, according to BRF’s latest figures.
Total demand on the Budapest industrial market amounted to 202,610 sqm in Q2 2020, which is two times higher than the figure registered in the same period last year and 17% higher than the 4-year average Q2 volume. The Budapest Research Forum published its quarterly industrial market analysis
Total demand on the Budapest office market in Q2 2020 reached 87,990 sqm, representing a 46% decrease year-on-year and the number of signed transactions dropped by almost 50% compared to the same quarter of 2019, according to BRF’s latest figures.
Take-up on the Bratislava office market amounted to 26,000 sqm in Q1 2020 which represents a 58% decrease compared to Q4 2019. The Bratislava Research Forum (JLL, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield and Colliers International) published the office market figures for Q1 2020.
Total demand on the Budapest industrial market amounted to 79,660 sqm in Q1 2020, indicating a 5% decrease from the figure noted in the same period last year. Lease renewals accounted for an outstandingly high ratio, reaching 85% of the quarterly volume. The Budapest Research Forum published its quarterly industrial market analysis
For the first time since Q4 2018, the vacancy rate on the Budapest office market increased in Q1 2020, albeit only by 0.6 pps. Total demand in the first quarter of 2020 reached 79,660 sqm, stagnating year-on-year, according to BRF’s latest figures.
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Wilsons, an independent law firm, has signed a lease agreement for 800 sqm of office space in The Flow Building. Situated on Wenceslas Square and developed by Flow East. Wilsons will move into their new premises in Q3 2021.
Echo Investment has leased 8,500 sqm of commercial space to the Kaufland chain in the shopping center at Opieńskiego Street. The store will be opened in April 2021.
Barbora, the owner of the e-grocery store Barbora.pl, has leased 6,000 sqm of warehouse and office space in Ożarów II Logistics Centre. The tenant was represented during the transaction process by Cushman & Wakefield.
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iPhone Bumps BlackBerry in RIM's Native Canada
There's nothing worse than losing on your home turf. Whether you're a sports team or a smartphone maker, accepting defeat at home is never easy. Don't believe me? Just ask the folks at Research in Motion. According to a new report published Thursday, the BlackBerry maker has been beat out by the iPhone in RIM's native land - Canada.
Canadians are flocking to the iPhone at a record pace. The result of the ongoing global exodus from BlackBerry has even struck home for RIM. Last year, for the first time since the iPhone was released in 2007, the BlackBerry wasn't the top selling smartphone in Canada. Top honors went to Apple and it's iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S.
Bloomberg, culling data from IDC, says RIM shipped 2.08 million BlackBerrys in 2011 across Canada. Apple, on the other hand, shipped 2.85 million iPhones. In 2010, by comparison, BlackBerry sales topped the iPhone by nearly a half-million units.
“For RIM, in its home market, to lose that No. 1 position to iPhone is strategically important,” Paul Taylor, a fund manager at BMO Harris Private Banking in Toronto, tells Bloomberg. “It does identify, even with a home-country bias, how consumers are responding to the greater functionality of the iPhone.”
RIM will report fourth-quarter earnings on March 29th.
03-22-2012, 11:19 AM #2
Why do people even use blackberry anymore. They're so dated compared to Windows, Android, and Apple
03-22-2012, 11:54 AM #3
Yeah but do people really buy a product just because it's from their home country, even if it's worse than all its competitors? Nobody thinks that, I appreciate that most Americans are disgustingly patriotic, but that's too much even for them surely?!
03-23-2012, 12:43 PM #4
I agree. I used to have only Nokia but then realized they were simply too behind. Dunno what's gonna come out of Windows Mob..
I don't know about Blackberry, they're so boring I haven't even touched them.
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Kerry Trainor, Vimeo CEO, said the company most definitely plans to start a subscription-based service. This announcement was made not long after Susan Wojcicki, YouTube CEO, announced the company is considering launching an ad-free, subscription based, YouTube service.
Vimeo does not currently run ads, and already has already been running a subscription-based service called “Vimeo Plus” which offers video-makers additional options, storage space, and tools for all their video creation needs for the last 6 years. On top of that, Vimeo also has a Video on Demand service which has been running for almost 2 years where video creators sell and rent their own productions. Vimeo currently has approximately 170 million unique users per month – their Video on Demand service apparently bringing in the most profit.
This news comes after a string of similar announcements by various companies, most notably HBO and CBS. It is unconfirmed as of yet, but there are likely to be geo-restrictions on this service, just as there are on most. If the Vimeo streaming service does not become available in your region, don’t forget to click here and find out how to access it from anywhere in the world.See also


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Saturday, January 11, 2014 - 20:27 Updated 3 years ago From a News Release by WV Attorney General Patrick Morrisey
"We want people to know that price gouging laws apply not just to water, but other supplies people need to stay clean, eat and stay healthy,” Morrisey said.
“The law is pretty clear about what constitutes price gouging, and we will be vigilant in protecting consumers from those who seek to take advantage of their neighbors during a time of crisis,” Morrisey continued. “Many of the water stations currently set up in the region require consumers bring their own jugs. People shouldn’t have to pay artificially inflated prices to buy a jug in order to get the water their family desperately needs.”
Price gouging laws go into effect when a state of emergency is declared. The laws prohibit any person, business or contractor from inflating by more than 10 percent the price of any good or service that is deemed to be vital and necessary to the health, safety and welfare of consumers. Price gouging laws stay in effect until the state of emergency is lifted or 30 days, whichever is longer.
Morrisey said if people must pay inflated prices to buy items they need to stay safe and healthy, they should make sure they get a receipt. If the consumer opts to file a complaint, he or she should attach a copy of the receipt to the complaint.
“Receipts are not necessary in order to file a complaint, but they do help our office in tracking offenders,” Morrisey said.
The Office is keeping its price gouging hotline operational this weekend and throughout the duration of the state of emergency. The hotline number is 800-368-8808. Consumers can file complaints or report alleged incidences of price gouging on our social media sites as well. Follow us on Twitter at @westvirginiaag and on Facebook at agwestv.
“Our Office was busy with phone calls on Friday and as the situation continues, I expect the number of calls to continue to climb,” Morrisey said. “We don’t want anyone to think it is OK to take advantage of others by raising prices of any item that consumers need right now, be it water, ice or plastic silverware. We will not tolerate that and will use every resource to track down anyone who attempts to use this crisis for financial gain.”


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The Tetris Co. LLC said Monday that a New Jersey court has granted final judgment in its copyright lawsuit against Xio Interactive Inc., which alleged Xio's Mino mobile application infringed upon the copyright and trade dress rights of the Tetris games.
The New Jersey District Court entered an injunction permanently prohibiting Xio from “publicly displaying, selling, licensing, distributing, offering for sale, marketing, advertising or promoting Mino,” said Hawaii-based The Tetris Co., which is the exclusive licensee for the Tetris brand.
"Just like the music, film and written word industries, originality and creativity in video games are protectable," Henk Rogers, managing director of the Tetris Co., who is a friend and longtime business partner of Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov, said in a statement. "This is great news for budding designers and developers in the video game industry. Without this protection, our industry would not exist."
The Tetris Co. filed the lawsuit in December 2009 alleging Xio's Mino game, which was available on the Apple iTunes Store, infringed on the copyrights and trade dress rights of the Tetrus games. The court granted The Tetris Co.'s motion for summary judgment on May 30, ruling that Tetris was protected by copyright law.
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Reports of cracked hinges on DS Lites are coming in from various sites, including our own, and Nintendo doesn't appear to be eating the cost to fix the first incidents. MaxConsole writes: "The amount of people who have come forward to display and tell the community that the DS Lite hinge is cracked has been growing by the hours. We now have four pictures submitted by different DS Lite owners of the left hinge cracking and at least eight confirming the problem."
We're not sure if this is just an isolated issue, but one gamer who says he treated his now cracked DS Lite like a new born baby was told by Nintendo that the warranty doesn't cover the crack, and it will cost $50 (nearly 40% of the system's purchase price) to fix. Any Joystiqers having issues with cracked DS Lite hinges?
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According to the research, Netflix will remain on the top, with $30bn expected by 2027.
Global SVOD subscriptions will increase by 475m between 2021 and 2027 to reach 1.68bn, according to the latest report from Digital TV Research.
Six US-based platforms will account for 47% of the world’s total in 2027.
Commenting on the findings of the report, Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at Digital TV Research, said: “Our forecasts in June had Disney+ [274m subscribers] overtaking Netflix [253m subs] by 2027. These forecasts assumed that Disney+ Hotstar would retain the India Premier League cricket rights. It didn’t – hence the 67m lower forecast for Disney+.”
Murray continued: “SVOD revenues for Disney+ will reach $15bn by 2027. Despite lowering our forecasts by 67m subscribers, SVOD revenues for Disney+ will be the same in 2027 as our previous forecast. SVOD ARPUs and revenues will increase in key markets after the platform introduces the hybrid AVOD-SVOD tier and the more expensive SVOD-only tier.”
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Wondering which companies have released new smartphones during Mobile World Congress 2022? Due to several launches happening just before the show itself, it has been difficult to keep track, so we’ve collected the best of them here.
Announced a few days before the start of Mobile World Congress 2022, the Oppo Find X5 Pro is one of the top flagship phones at the show. The sequel to the Find X3 Pro (don’t go looking for a Find X4, as it doesn’t exist), the phone is made from ceramic and metal and has two Sony IMX766 50-megapixel cameras on the back along with a 13MP telephoto camera.
Oppo’s new MariSilicon X Neural Processing Unit (NPU) powers the camera, and it’s the first phone to showcase Oppo’s partnership with Hasselblad. We’re expecting great things from it, and our early impressions are positive. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 powers the phone with a 5,000mAh battery, which takes 50% charge in just five minutes.
The Find X5 Pro will be released on March 24 in the U.K., and will cost 1,049 British pounds or about $1,485. A U.S. launch almost certainly won’t happen.
Honor, once part of Huawei before being sold off, has announced its major flagship phone for 2022 — the Magic4 Pro. Equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, 5G connectivity, and a feature-packed camera, the Magic4 Pro has all the latest technology you want inside a sleek design.
The unusual circular camera module on the back contains a pair of 50-megapixel cameras and a 64MP periscope zoom, along with plenty of computational photography enhancements for great zoom photos. The non-Pro version has a different camera system, but the same overall design and processor. Honor has only said the phones will be released before the middle of the year, but not where or exactly when. It has put a 1,099 euro/$1,227 price on the Magic4 Pro. A U.S. launch is highly unlikely.
Realme has used MWC 2022 as the setting for the global launch of the Realme GT 2 Pro, which had already made its first appearance in China at the beginning of the year. The phone is notable for its low price, 599 British pounds, or about $800, but still features the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor and a fun 50-megapixel camera that takes wide-angle photos with a 150-degree field-of-view.
We’ve put the camera to the test and have been impressed by the results so far, as it takes fun and highly shareable photos in a way that can’t be achieved by the competition. The rather ordinary design has been elevated by a special biopolymer rear panel modeled to look like high-quality paper. It’s especially pretty in the Paper Green color. The Realme GT 2 Pro will be released in the U.K. on March 8, but we aren’t expecting a U.S. release any time soon, unfortunately.
Poco marked its Mobile World Congress debut with the Poco X4 Pro, a take on the existing Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro 5G. This means it has a radical new design, but the internal technology is the same as the Xiaomi phone. Available in a stunning yellow or blue color, along with a more ordinary black, the rear panel is dominated by a massive camera module.
The main camera itself is similarly massive as it has 108-megapixels, which is impressive on a phone that costs just 299 euros, or about $336. The Poco X4 Pro will be released in the U.K. on March 2, but Poco has not released its phones in the U.S. officially before, so don’t expect much to change this time.
A Motorola flagship phone is a rare beast. The Motorola Edge Plus (2022) is a follow-up to last year’s Moto Edge, and it has all the right specs, including a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip, a 6.7-inch OLED screen with a 144Hz refresh rate, stylus support, and a pair of 50-megapixel cameras on the back. It’s pricey at $999, though, but at least it’s getting a release in the U.S., unlike many of the phones announced at MWC this year. We’ve already had a chance to try the phone out.
TCL didn’t hold back on its MWC 2022 announcements, as it unleashed five modestly priced new models into the world. The TCL 30 5G is the top model, and is joined by the TCL 30+, the TCL 30, the TCL 30 SE, and the TCL 30E. We go into the differences between them in detail in this article, but what you really need to know is how reasonably priced they all are.
The most expensive model, with a 6.7-inch AMOLED, a MediaTek Dimensity 700 processor, 5G, and a 5,000mAh battery, is 249 euros, which is less than $300. That’s decent value, and TCL knows how to build decent hardware too. The other models are cheaper with lower specs. All are available to buy in Europe now, and a global release is possible later on this year.
Like TCL, HMD Global, which owns the license for Nokia-branded hardware, came to MWC 2022 with some low-cost smartphones. There are three new models, the C21, C21 Plus, and C2 2nd Edition, and none cost more than 119 euros, or about $132. These cheap devices are aimed at people exploring smartphones for the first time, and have a basic set of specs, but crucially, the latest Android 11 Go Edition software and several years of updates are included.
That’s all the big phone releases from MWC 2022 so far, but if you still want more, you can also take a look at TCL’s concept folding phones to get an idea of what may come in the future, and also learn more about the impending global arrival of the OnePlus 10 Pro.
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Investment Fiji proud to bring Fiji businesses to international platform
Investment Fiji is collaborating with the Fiji Consulate General and Trade Commission in Australia and New Zealand to bring a total of 44 products from Fiji to the Fine Foods New Zealand event scheduled, from 25th to 27th of June.
The show which will be held in Auckland will allow major players in the hospitality, foodservice and food retail industries to see first hand what products from Fiji have to offer.
Panpac Distributors Ltd which is a subsidiary of the CJ Patel Group, is also collaborating with Investment Fiji and the Fiji Consulate General and Trade Commission in Australia and New Zealand.
General Manager Rajiv Prasad, stated they will be showcasing their popular Fiji Made brands which they import to New Zealand to reach out to their prospective customers.
“Our team will also do sampling during this show so that customers can compare with the products they are currently buying,” he said.
“Currently our major customer base has been the Pacific Community in New Zealand and with this show we would like to present Fijian Made products to other communities within New Zealand.
“Partnering with Investment Fiji has given Panpac New Zealand a platform to represent our wide range of Fijian Made brands with other companies who are travelling from Fiji on one stand,” added Prasad.
Another company participating in the event is Golden Ocean Fish Limited, one of the leading seafood suppliers in Fiji.
General Manager Business Development and Marketing, Umendra Prasad said such events allow them a great opportunity to exchange information and create more product awareness, especially for companies in the region.
“This will be one of the greater challenges for us to showcase what we have, given the few opportunities,” he said.
“Our expectation from this showcase is to gain market shares in tuna products at all levels such as wholesales, distributors and retailers.”
Lastly, Sai Yee Foods Ind Ltd, Export Manager Ken Yee aims to captivate the attendees of Fine Foods 2023 with their delectable range of premium products.
“We hope to re – establish our presence in the New Zealand market as we see this as a vital channel to allow our business to reach more customers,” said Yee.
“In this regard we aim to sign up distribution channels for large supermarkets and retail outlets.
“This event will obviously be a stepping stone for us to reach out to other markets internationally and we would like to thank Investment Fiji for giving us this opportunity,” he added.
The Fine Foods New Zealand 2023 event will not only provide an ideal platform to showcase Fiji’s excellence in the food and beverage industry but also open doors for potential partnerships and collaborations with international stakeholders.


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- reLogistics Services Expands Reverse Logistics Network to Jacksonville, Florida
- CHEP Containers Group To Open New South Bend Facility
- Range International Ltd Invests in New Plastic Pallet Capacity
- PLUS Pallet Offered in the UK
reLogistics Services Expands Reverse Logistics Network to Jacksonville, Florida
reLogistics Services, leader in reusable asset management services, has announced the opening of its new reverse logistics center (RLC) in Jacksonville, Florida, which is now the company’s 45th location.
The 33 dock door facility expands reLogistics’ network with other locations in the Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida and Kentucky, and California markets. The new Jacksonville RLC will offer the ability for its key retail customers to process reusable transport packaging items like pallets, reusable plastic containers, reusable totes and trays 24 hours a day – seven days a week.
reLogistics employees will unload and process these items on behalf of their customers enabling them to focus on getting product to the consumer while freeing up their distribution center space and maximizing trailer capacity.
“We are proud to broaden our US footprint into the Northern Florida market with our new Jacksonville RLC,” stated Mike Hachtman, President, reLogistics Services. “It’s the perfect location to better enable us to meet the growing demands of our customers while maximizing customer backhauls and facilitating reusable transport packaging contributing to their sustainability objectives.”
According to Hachtman, the new RLC located at 2780 Lloyd Road Jacksonville, FL 32254 will employ 16 to 18 people in various warehouse positions.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, reLogistics is the leading provider of warehouse and pallet management services. reLogistics supports customers at 45 locations, servicing more than 1,000 retail outlets. reLogistics processes more than 245,000 trailers including 73 million pallets and 53 million reusable totes annually.
CHEP Containers Group To Open New South Bend Facility
In response to the growing demand for container pooling solutions in the Midwest United States, the containers division of CHEP is excited to open a new state-of-the-art container processing service center in South Bend, Indiana.
For 18 years, CHEP has been North America’s leading container pooler, providing reusable shipping container rental, tracking, cleaning and repair to food, beverage, cosmetic, general manufacturing and automotive manufacturers. In addition to its corporate headquarters office in Livonia, MI, CHEP has a robust network of service centers located throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico.
The new facility will have direct access to several major interstate systems, which will decrease order lead times and logistics costs, as well as offering improved processes and JIT replenish and fulfillment opportunities for nearby customers. Featuring an advanced semi-automatic wash line, the South Bend service center will not only improve average throughput time and standardize quality, but will also provide additional capacity throughout the SC network.
“South Bend will produce significant advantages for our already robust service center network and allow us to fulfill customer orders with superior reliability and quality,” explained Shayne Murphy, Director of Operations for CHEP Container North America, “We are excited to use this new facility as the blueprint for enhancing our operations to exceed our customers’ expectations.”
CHEP’s conscious effort to improve sustainable, lean operations and create solutions that are valuable and environmentally friendly has earned them recognition as a Top Green Supplier by Food Logistics Magazine for three consecutive years. For more information on CHEP’s products and services, visit www.cheppallecon.com or call (888) 873-2277.
Range International Ltd Invests in New Plastic Pallet Capacity
Range International Ltd has ordered six extrusion and press systems for its new production facility in Pasuruan, East Java, according to Proactive Investors. Delivery is expected in 2017. The company has developed ThermoFusion technology which enables to utilize 100 percent mixed waste plastic in its production process. at the company’s new factory site in Pasuruan, East Java in 2017.
Since being issued at $1.00 (AU) per share two months ago, its stock has increased by 38 percent.
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“Teamwork plays an important part in everything we do at Bendix, so when we earn a recognition as valued as Navistar’s Diamond Supplier award, it’s truly a company-wide achievement that reflects everyone’s efforts,” says Berend Bracht, Bendix president and CEO. “All of us are incredibly proud of our partnership with Navistar, and of our shared commitment to safety, quality, and uptime – along with a continuous drive for innovation and improvement. Together, we make safer vehicles and safer highways, today and tomorrow.”
Bendix has a long relationship with Lisle, Ill.-based Navistar. A wide range of Bendix components and technologies are standard equipment or available as options across Navistar’s lines of International trucks and IC Bus school and commercial buses. Navistar says its 2017 class of 32 Diamond Suppliers represents the top 2 percent of the company’s worldwide supply base.
“We are delighted to acknowledge our best suppliers with the elite Diamond Supplier Award,” says David McKean, vice president, Procurement and Logistics, Navistar. “The select suppliers earning top honors this year demonstrated an unwavering commitment to quality, delivered customer value, and partnered with us on cost-effective, innovative solutions. The 2017 class of Diamond Suppliers are among the best in the business.”


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Foot Locker has opened a new flagship store in London’s Marble Arch.
The two-storey shop at 544-554 Oxford Street features premium product and elevated in-store presentations. It also has space to host events.
The shop has an Xbox Experience Zone where gamers can test their skills and create their own personalised controller via the Xbox Design Lab.
Two specially commissioned murals on mezzanine and basement levels by local street artist Tommy Bates are inspired by the capital, and its relationship with sneaker culture.
The shopfit also sets the tone for how Foot Locker will tailor the store to the local community by including featuring photography shot on location in London throughout the store.
Nick Jones, vice-president and general manager at Foot Locker Europe, said: “London is one of the most creative cities in the world, a cultural melting pot and the perfect destination for the latest iteration of our evolved retail concept. With the new Marble Arch store, not only will we continue to inspire London’s sneaker fans, we will also collaborate with young creatives and celebrate creative expression.”
Footlocker opened a 21,000 sq ft store in Liverpool in June.


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EV maker Canoo (GOEV) is raising cash again after running low on funds as it works to reach full production. However, as evident by Canoo’s falling stock price this morning, investors are not thrilled with the deal.
Canoo (GOEV) stock falls on stock sale
Since its foundation in 2017, it hasn’t been all sunshine and rainbows for young EV maker Canoo.
After posting an over $125 million net loss in the first quarter of 2022 and another $164 million loss in Q2, Canoo expressed substantial doubt it would be able to continue operations.
Its luck turned shortly after, partnering with major retailers and other organizations, like NASA and the US Army, and like Walmart for a supply agreement for up to 10,000 Lifestyle Delivery Vehicles (LDVs).
Meanwhile, Canoo’s financial woes have continued. Despite implementing several cost control measures throughout 2022, producing a low volume of EVs (or any vehicle) while trying to ramp production is a costly activity.
Despite reducing cash burn by 25% and securing additional sources of funding, Canoo said it was still running low on cash in November, mentioning it may need to raise funds by selling new stock.
With this in mind, Canoo said in a press release today it has entered into definitive agreements with certain (undisclosed) institutional investors for the purchase and sale of 50,000,000 shares of Canoo common stock together with warrants.
The investors can purchase the shares for a price of $1.05 per share and can exercise the accompanying warrant for $1.30 per share.
Canoo will bring in approximately $52.5 million in gross proceeds, using it for “general working purposes.” The EV maker is set to receive $1 million in incentives if it creates the 500 or more high-paying jobs it intends to at its Oklahoma City manufacturing plant.
GOEV stock is down over 10% today as investors digest the news, while Canoo shares are down over 80% in the past year.
On the one hand, Canoo continues to free up funds as it works to reach full production capacity. The EV maker is creating an IP library with over 200 patents total while building out its domestic manufacturing footprint. In addition, Canoo looks to benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act, with 92% of its platform sourced from the US or allied nations.
But, and this is a big but, current investors can see significant dilution (again), hence the drop in stock price, with the potential for up to 100 million new shares.
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Date: Tuesday, July 28th, 2009, 06:06
Category: iPhone, News
After about two years of negotiation, wireless carrier has allegedly landed a three-year contract for the exclusive rights to local iPhone distribution, according to MacNN and a Shanghai Securities News report. The deal, described by unnamed sources, is said to extend for three years and guarantees annual sales of 1 million to 2 million units.
Apple recently acknowledged that bringing the iPhone into the Chinese market held a top priority. The recent report suggests the potential carriers could not come to agree on revenue sharing terms. Soon after the first iPhone was released, sources claimed AT&T was paying between US$150 to US$200 per purchased phone and an additional US$9 for each month of the standard two-year duration of a customer subscription.
Beijing reportedly objected to the idea of revenue sharing, although the carrier has agreed to purchase the devices for 3,000 yuan (~US$439 USD) each. The terms also mandate a minimum overall revenue of at least 5 billion yuan (~US$732 million USD) every year.
China Mobile, with a much larger subscriber base than China Unicom, was also involved in negotiations for the iPhone.
The Chinese iPhone is expected to be customized for the local market, although specific details remain unconfirmed. An anonymous source recently claimed that component provider Foxconn has already begun mass production. The device is said to keep 3G and Bluetooth, while omitting Wi-Fi to comply with local regulations.
Finally, Agence France-Presse has quoted a Unicom spokesman as saying that while the carrier is close to a deal, there are still problems to be negotiated. “Both sides have their own timeframe for an agreement but essentially it depends on the practical progress of the negotiations,” according to the spokesman. He adds that proper negotiations with Apple began in January, when the Chinese government began issuing 3G licenses.


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ALAP will come to town late this month
Olaf attracted so many viewers across the world as an animate snowman in the U.S. blockbuster movie Frozen, which was produced by Walt Disney back in 2013.
Similarly pronounced, ALAP strives to draw investors in Korea at a time when a mounting number of people jump into the stock market in response to the decreasing interest rates.
MakeIt, which operates the Korea ETF Trend brand, said on Sept. 14 that it will launch ALAP late this month as an all-around investment platform.
Short for All Life Asset Platform, ALAP will enable folks to trade shares on the back of recommended investment strategies and get financial education simultaneously.
The Seoul-based entity noted that Samsung Electronics’ latest tablet PC, the Galaxy S7, will be used to launch ALAP.
Toward that end, MakeIt teamed up with a few domestic brokerage houses this July, including E-BEST Investment & Securities and Yuanta Securities.
MakeIt expects that ALAP would help financial companies, which languish because they cannot have face-to-face meetings with clients after the virus outbreak this year.
COVID-19 prompted the country’s central bank to slash its benchmark interest rate to a record-low 0.5 percent this year. The low key rate and the plunging share prices encouraged an increasing number of people to enter the stock market.
Against this backdrop, investors show great interest in ALAP even before it hit shelves _ pre-orders of the all-in-one platform already surpassed MakeIt’s expectation.
MakeIt plans to prepare more devices to meet the high demand, according to its founding CEO Park Soo-in.
“Fin-tech companies like MakeIt can deal with the problem of asynchronous information for retail investors. We will put forth efforts to improve the financial industry,” Park said.
Shin Dong-jun, a MakeIt researcher who took charge of the development of ALAP, noted that ALAP will hit the global markets in the foreseeable future.
“We will combine financial content, entertainment, game, and education based on such technology as augmented reality, virtual reality, and voice recognition,” Shin said.
“With the upgraded version, we plan to tap into the offshore markets in a couple of years. To do this, we are currently working on our business and technology infrastructure.”


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YOU CAN NOW TRANSFER MONEY INTERNATIONALLY THROUGH FACEBOOK MESSENGER
Money transfer company, TransferWise launched a new service that allows users send money internationally through chatbots in Facebook’s Messenger app. This move will help facilitate money transfer for the platform as competition in the digital payments market grows. This also comes a month after Ant Financial Services, an affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, said it would acquire US money transfer company, MoneyGram, in a deal that is expected to shake up the international payments market.
“Our mission at TransferWise is to bring faster, cheaper, and more convenient international money transfers to everyone in the world. Building the TransferWise bot for Messenger is a great step in that direction,” TransferWise Head of Global Partnerships, Scott Miller said in a blog post.
TransferWise chatbot is currently available only on Facebook Messenger although it can be adapted to work with other popular chat services. The service is currently available for people in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the US and it is expected to extend to work in other countries and money transfer routes that the company operates in.
This means that people could switch from using MoneyGram and Western Union to using Facebook for sending money to their loved ones.
Facebook unveiled plans to grow the Messenger into a platform back in 2015. According to Facebook, the platform will let retailers and businesses connect with customers directly through Facebook’s universal messaging service using chatbots. A chatbot is an automated program that can help users communicate with businesses and carry out tasks such as online purchases. Currently, Facebook boasts of having over 30,000 chatbots which help people order pizza, book flights and now make money transfers.
How does the TransferWise bot work?
First, you start a conversation in Messenger with TransferWise Bot and, if you want to send money, you are prompted to log in or sign up for a TransferWise account free of charge.
Then the bot asks which currencies you are using, and you must select a recipient from a list you set up with TransferWise. If you want to add a new recipient to your list — and whenever you are ready to make the actual financial transaction — you have to leave Messenger and go to the TransferWise website.
What you didn’t know about transfer wise
1.TransferWise was founded in London in 2010, by Estonian friends Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Käärmann.
2.It was founded out of frustration with the high fees they were being charged by banks for international money
3.TransferWise has raised around $120 million in equity funding for its peer-to-peer (P2P) international money transfer service that bypasses banks to keep costs down.
4.The company, which is valued at more than $1 billion
5.The company is backed by some big-name such as Richard Branson founder of virgin group, Silicon Valley venture fund Andreessen Horowitz, and PayPal co-founders Peter Thiel and Max Levchin
6.TravelWise has customers in more than 50 countries who send roughly $1 billion through its website every month.


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Verizon Wireless finally has the iPhone 4. There have been commercials running for the iPhone by both Apple and Verizon for the past month. Fans rejoice, our savoir has arrived. . . right? You couldn’t be more wrong.
The iPhone is coming out during a time when 4G and dual core phones have already been announced or are already out in stores by some carriers. Verizon is potentially weeks away from releasing their next gen 4G dual-core phone running on Android. Now that is drool worthy.
The iPhone 4 is a nice addition to Verizon’s lineup, but it’s too late to jump on the Apple train. True, we should be happy that it is here and when Apple gets around to releasing iPhone 5 then it will certainly be worth the hype, but for now do yourself a favor and hold off.


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The great Australian Christmas tradition of throwing some sausages and a few lumps of meat on the barbecue could be increasing our risk of getting cancer, according to a new study by the US National Cancer Council reported in The Australian.
The study of 500,000 Americans between the age of 51 and 70 found those that reported eating the most red and processed meat were between 20% and 60% more likely to develop a variety of cancers.
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The 20% of those surveyed who ate the most processed meat were 20% more likely to suffer from colorectal cancer and 16% more likely to get lung cancer.
Among those people who ate the most red or processed meat, 10% of colorectal or lung cancers would have been avoided if they had adopted a more vegie-oriented diet.
But the people who fell into the high risk category did eat quite a lot of meat – about a quarter of a kilo worth each day. People who ate a more moderate 140 grams per day do not have an increased risk for most cancers.
Australian Cancer Council chief executive Ian Olver said while the study is credible, the cause of the correlation between meat consumption and cancer remain unclear.
“We don’t know whether it’s the fatty content, though we know with barbecued meat there are cancer-causing chemicals in meat because barbecueing and creating charcoal causes more of those chemicals as part of burning the meat,” Olver said.


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The trading environment may have been volatile but luxury giant Richemont still managed to see net profit rising almost 40% in the financial year to the end of March, beating forecasts by a wide margin.
The designer passed away in Paris at the age of 59. He had recently launched his own label, AZ Factory, in collaboration with Swiss-based luxury group Richemont, and previously led design at Lanvin from 2001 to 2015.
One brand that appeared to be gathering momentum is the house of Alaïa, which profited from haute couture week in Paris to present its latest ideas, many mined very literally from the house's unique archives.
Richemont, the owner of Cartier and Chloé, gave details of its proposed shareholders' loyalty scheme on Friday, where it will give warrants to investors which later can be converted into newly created stock.