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In order to slow the spread of COVID-19, many governments and private businesses are implementing policies requiring the use of facemasks. While they aren’t necessarily comfortable, most people can wear the masks just fine, but that’s not stopping everyone from kicking up a fuss when asked to put them on.
Costco is among the stores requiring everyone to wear masks while inside, but one man refused to do so. This naturally attracted the attention of an employee named Tison, who saw the uncooperative customer waiting in the checkout line. The customer started recording Tison for his “3,000 Instagram followers,” but Tison handled the situation like a complete pro.
Despite the customer’s protests about “waking up in a free country,” Tison deescalates the situation, calmly but firmly reiterating the store’s policy and warning the customer that he’ll have to leave the store if he chooses not to wear a mask. In the end, the employee walks away with the cart while the customer berates him and complains that the employee is “walking away with all [his stuff]” that he still hadn’t paid for.
Tison is being celebrated on social media as a hero for his handling of the situation, and we can see why. Join over 6 million people who have already watched the video by checking out the clip below:
Oh, and in case you’re wondering, Tison has seen the viral video and responded while giving us a selfie so we could see him without his mask:


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As I’ve said before, the part of people’s brains that understands things like supply, demand, and shortages seems to turn off when the subject turns to street parking. Here in DC, for example, we turn our parking meters off and have free parking downtown on Saturdays. People like convenient parking spaces. They’re valuable. And when you set the price of a valuable commodity at zero, you get parking shortages. Which is what we have on Saturdays in key retail corridors. Perversely, the stated reason for this policy of guaranteed shortages is that it’s supposed to encourage people to come downtown to shop:
But [David] Catania and outgoing member Carol Schwartz both spoke passionately about free Saturday parking as an incentive to draw suburban residents into DC to shop and eat, and to encourage DC residents to stay in the District on weekends to spend their dollars. It might be a compelling argument, except for one thing: there’s never any available street parking downtown or in busy neighborhood retail districts on weekend afternoons and evenings.
Schwartz introduced and passed a ban on Saturday parking fees in 1997. “We get money when people come into DC to eat or shop, or DC residents stay to eat,” she said. “I asked people, ‘Why do you go to the suburbs?’ They said, ‘They’ve got free parking.’”
That might have been true in 1997, but not today. People go downtown because of the great restaurants, exciting nightlife, and walkable shopping streets. If you just want to drive to a big box store, the suburbs will win out every time. The nice restaurants downtown all run valet services. If free parking really deters so many people, why are these restaurants packed while the valets are charging $10 for parking during dinner?
Unless we want to blanket our city with surface parking lots (a very bad idea!) downtown businesses can never compete with suburban businesses on the basis of pure parking convenience. But downtown locations have other advantages. But be all that as it may, the best parking-related thing you can do for downtown businesses is to park pricing rationally. You don’t want the fee to be so high that nobody’s using the spaces. But you want it to be high enough that people can generally find a space where they’re trying to go. This isn’t about discouraging people from driving or parking, it’s about ensuring that parking is done efficiently. That kind of performance parking will reduce traffic on the streets (fewer people searching for parking spots) and be better for business. But there’s desperate need to educate the business community, because politicians are often being responsive to what business owners are telling them. One possibility would be to earmark a share of the parking fees in any given area to go to the local BID or something else along those lines.

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Date: Apr 13, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA
Four more Chinese pork products and another pig carcass found in Kinmen County have tested positive for African swine fever, the Central Emergency Operation Center for the disease said on Thursday.
The products that tested positive for African swine fever included a pack of sausages that was sent for testing on March 26 after being found in a bin at Shuitou Pier in Kinmen, the center said.
The other infected products included a second pack of sausages and a pack of cured ham that were found in a bin at Taichung International Airport, it said.
They were dumped by a passenger who flew in from Macau and were sent for testing on March 27, the center said. [FULL STORY]


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Much Ado About Microsoft's New SQL Server
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When Microsoft unveils its SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and BizTalk Server 2006 products next week, it shouldn't be seen so much as the release of three separate products but as the fruit of constant collaboration between Microsoft's research team and the product specialists.
The company said that a so-called "technology-transfer team" helped bridge the research and product development functions within Microsoft to make the products a reality.
SQL Server 2005 is a classic example of a product buoyed by Microsoft Research.
David Heckerman, research area manager at Microsoft, said some of the technologies in SQL Server 2005 began in 1992 as pure research. Certain SQL Server 2005 utilities are based on graphical modeling and Bayesian statistical methods.
"There's a predictive component with using Time Series," Heckerman said in a statement. "You can look at business data, at sales data, and extend the patterns into the future. Database tools traditionally have been used to store and look at data, but with SQL Server 2005, users can look into the future."
Microsoft Research also supplied indexed view-matching technology for SQL Server 2005.
Indexed viewing improves database query processing by storing previous requests and analyzing the stored queries when a new query is issued to see if a stored one can supply some or all of the requested data. That process is significantly faster than if each query is treated as completely new.
While the revelation of technology incorporated from Microsoft's research division is new, the world already knows what is going to be in SQL Server 2005.
That's because the Redmond, Wash., giant has been anything but secretive about what customers can expect in the revamped database, building up to the launch at the Moscone Center in San Francisco next Monday.
Microsoft has said it is spending some $50 million on the launch and will host more than 90 global events in November to hype the new products, with legions of customers and partners following.
Roger Frey, senior business development manager at Network Appliance, said in an interview that NetApp will support SQL Server 2005 in its back-up products and is a gold sponsor.
"Microsoft really believes that this version of SQL is their Oracle, or DB2 killer, and it's going to be interesting at their launch when they line up their customers to see if that story is true," Frey said. "We definitely hope for our business that it is. We've seen a lot of interest in the product already."
Microsoft has spawned the interest with frequent updates about the product's new features. Following is a timeline of highlights the company has announced to generate buzz for the SQL Server 2005 launch.
May 2004: Microsoft vows to augment the security in SQL Server 2005, unveiling native security encryption and decryption support and government security certification.
July 2004: The company pledges support for AMD Opteron chips with Direct Connect Architecture in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 beta 2. The deal is considered Microsoft's response to customers and partners at a time when demand for high-performance computing is growing.
September 2004: Microsoft expands business intelligence capabilities in its database software with two free software service packs that augment the reporting capabilities in SQL Server 2000.
October 2004: Microsoft kicks off the first of what will be six Community Technical Previews (CTP) of SQL Server 2005 through September 2005. CTPs are "interim builds," giving customers an opportunity to provide the company with as many suggestions as possible.
December 2004: Microsoft released its second CTP for SQL Server 2005, adding greater performance and 64-bit support for SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services and SQL Server 2005 Integration Services.
February 2005: Microsoft announces pricing for SQL Server 2005, including a new edition of software priced between the developer and standard versions.
March 2005: Business intelligence highlights the third CTP for SQL Server 2005, which includes a tool that allows business users with little technical experience to create reports on the fly.
April 2005: Microsoft stresses close ties between Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 in fourth CTP.
June 2005: Microsoft announces the public beta availability of the SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver on Friday.
September 2005: Microsoft completes its final CTP for SQL Server 2005, improving its Database Mirroring feature.


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- September 1, 2014 9:42 AM
In the 120 years that Labor Day has been a federal holiday, it has morphed from a day celebrating the blue-collar working class to a handy if inaccurate marker of the end of summer. As for Spend Matters, instead of the usual programming, here is a run-down of significant news relating to labor from this year.
Walmart is attempting to attract more Chinese online shoppers to its partially-owned venture Yihaodian. Along with making efforts to ramp up the supply chain for the online store, Walmart has added additional products to its offerings and made the website more mobile friendly. And, Google is the latest company to test out drones for the delivery of goods. The tech giant recently sent a prototype of a drone to deliver a range of products - from candy bars to cattle vaccines - to two farmers in Australia. Afternoon coffee brings you the latest new on supply chain and procurement.


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Google has yet to break the code for wearables despite its numerous attempts. WearOS-powered watches have not been able to cope with the strength of Apple Watch although the Fitbit acquisition is still considered a step in the same direction.
Now a recent patent found by 91 Mobiles leads to a new fitness tracker by Google. Although the patent list does not list the current wearable, the patent list states that the new gadget is a “fitness bracelet tracking”
Google does not have in the pot a watch or exercise band that already allows smartphones and home appliances. When the light of day is seen by this commodity, it’s the first business. Although the patent concept shows that this fitness tracker does not have a monitor on the market in other activity trackers.
The patent concept also indicates that health and physical activity are tracked by sensors and trackers. Instead of an embedded screen, Google will view the statistics on your smartphone. You may use the Google Fit application or Google Assistant to share your activity information.
The exercise band looks like a normal watch band without an attached dial, according to the patent application. The belt face is straightforward, while the whole length is strapped on the back. These cords serve as a lock to secure the harness.
The battery powering the band is supplied along with sensors and a magnetic pogo connector, which in this category is almost normal charging technology. Since now, this exercise tracker is not really well known and it is unclear if it ever will be released.


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I haven't read it yet, but we're not the only ones expecting big things from this guy.
"At the recent big bookseller convention in Los Angeles, dozens of curious readers lined up late on a Saturday afternoon to have Mr. Davidson, clad in a casual black shirt and jeans, autograph their advanced reader copies of his book. Doubleday, which printed a hefty 10,000 early editions to give away, also handed out miniature gargoyles.
Although his publisher won't disclose how much it is spending on its marketing campaign, there will be major print and online advertising. Also planned is an extensive online presence anchored by a Web site titled burnedbylove.com, where readers will be asked to describe, briefly, "their most intense relationship." There are plans for a Gargoyle Flickr Group on the photo-sharing Web site; a MySpace page, and book-related contests on various other sites. Doubleday is also creating a series of videos inspired by the book.'
We're working on an instore event with Andrew Davidson, and an absolute horde of other passers by in the fall. So far though, this looks like the big get.
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DUBLIN Airport punters have been left heartbroken after a popular restaurant closed forever.
Harvest Market in Terminal 2, known for its early morning fry-ups. has shut down for good.
Fans of the iconic restaurant were devastated to see it was gone – but a replacement is set to open up very soon.
Passengers at Dublin Airport will soon have far more options for grabbing a bite to eat or a drink, thanks to the upcoming opening of a number of new outlets.
Dublin Airport has already opened a new pub, The Lansdowne Bar + Kitchen, which can be found on the arrivals floor in Terminal 1.
The pub is named after the famous stadium on Dublin’s Lansdowne Road.
It features numerous large-screen TV’s on which guests can enjoy the biggest sporting events, while they wait at the airport or enjoy a post-flight beer, wine or gin and tonic.
Cloudpicker Coffee Roasters, Camile Thai, and Handsome Burger will also open for business in the busy terminal.
And Dublin Airport will start offering hot food options in the T1 Lounge, The East Lounge, and the US pre-clearance lounge in Terminal 2, 51st & Green.
The breakfast menu in the lounges will incorporate a mix of traditional Irish favourites, all from a self-service counter, along with porridge, granola and fruit options.
At lunch and dinner, customers will enjoy a selection of gourmet sandwiches and hot food options such as lamb ragu and beef in Guinness, as well as vegan dishes.
A range of home-baked pastries, Irish Charcuterie, Irish cheeses, Irish smoked fish and a selection of fresh breads will be available throughout the day.
Food and Beverage Business Development Manager at Dublin Airport, Aileen Dowd said: “We have listened to what passengers want and the additions we are making in both terminals will increase the food and drink options and lead to a more enjoyable experience for everyone who travels through Dublin Airport.
“Our goal is to deliver the best food and beverage offerings possible, providing increased variety, quality, and affordability.
“We are proud of the progress we have made so far to enhance the food and drink offerings at Dublin Airport and passengers can look forward to many more exciting additions coming very soon.”
Meanwhile, a woman and her boyfriend have tried Dublin Airport’s viral new alcoholic drink – and rated it out of 10.
Brid-Og Kelly, who can be found online at @bdogkelly, taste tested Guinness Prosecco Black Velvet before heading off on holidays.
Starting the video, she said: “So we’re in Dublin and we’re doing a taste test.”
The Guinness Prosecco Black Velvet drink has taken Dublin Airport by storm after TikToker Barbara tried it out at The Fallow Kitchen and Bar.
Brid’s boyfriend Matthew went for the first sip and said: “It’s really good.”
She mentioned that she’s not a huge fan of Guinness but wanted to try it out as people are raving about it.
After giving it a go, Brid said: “It’s actually okay, it tastes okay. It’s grand.”
Matthew rated the viral drink 8 out of 10 and Brid rated it 10 out of 10.
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These aren’t your mother’s Goldfish crackers.
The ubiquitous snack that smiles back was introduced in 1958 by Oscar J. Kambly, who invented it for his wife, a Pisces. The brand is now celebrating the Nineties with a limited-time taste makeover bowing on September 1.
“Nineties nostalgia is incredibly popular right now,” Janda Lukin, chief marketing officer of Campbell’s Snacks told me. “Our food trends research revealed that hot and spicy is the most requested flavor for Goldfish, particularly among young adults. Digging deeper, we discovered that the spicy, cheesy jalapeño popper was trademarked in 1992.”
“When deciding on our next flavor, we immediately thought of our favorite snack from the era, jalapeño poppers,” added Danielle Brown, vice president of marketing for Campbell Snacks. “In bringing this iconic flavor to life, nothing put a smile on our faces like creating the ultimate Nineties combo of a pair of jeans with a bag of Jalapeño Popper Goldfish peeking out of each pocket.”
The new flavor offers “a bold, cheesy taste with a slight kick of heat, and combines the premium quality crackers fans know and love with the nostalgic snack from the Nineties,” Campbell’s said.
Consumers can get the immersive Nineties Goldfish experience and wear their passion for the snack on their pants with a pair of JNCO jeans. Goldfish partnered with the jean company, which had its heyday in the Nineties. JNCO designed what the brand is calling the ultimate snacking accessory – limited-edition Goldfish Jalapeño Poppers JNCO Snack Pants.
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The wide-leg style jean features oversize pockets that will fit a bag of Jalapeño Poppers Goldfish, and each pair conveniently comes with its own 6.6-ounce bag.
Food and fashion have a long history of collaboration. Most consumers are too young to remember Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí’s sartorial contribution, an A-line gown designed in 1937 by Elsa Schiaparelli with a lobster in the middle of the skirt.
More recently, Anti Social Social Club slapped its designs on T-shirts and hoodies for Panda Express, highlighting the mall-based purveyor of Chinese fast food’s popular orange chicken dish.
Iconic soft drink giant Coco-Cola in 2017 partnered with streetwear’s A Bathing Ape, infusing the latter’s cameo pattern with Coke’s trademark shade of red on limited edition Tees, button-down shirts, polo shirts and caps, as well as a G-Sock watchband.
Why all the fashion forays into tasty territory? For one thing, food and fashion fusions bring attention to both parties and can energize sleepy brands. They can also reel in new customers and supply additional revenue streams, albeit for the short term.
“This is our first fashion collaboration,” Lukin said. “We’ve had other collaborations in the past with Frank’s Red Hot sauce and Disney. There’s a natural connection between snacking and fashion. Both celebrate having fun and creating and enjoying new experiences.”
JNCO was a phenomenon in the Nineties when the brand hit the fashion scene hard. “JNCO wide leg jeans captured the imagination of a whole generation,” the brand says on its web site. “With a brilliant team of designers, illustrators, graffiti artists, and cartoonists, we were able to present extraordinary jeans with each pair expressing an individual identity through name, styling flasher, embroidery and graphics.
“The best proof of this legacy is our loyal followers, who through the years collected and traded these amazing jeans,” said JNCO cofounder Milo Revah. “My brother Jacques and I, and now with my daughter Camilla, are very proud and grateful for the longstanding appreciation and support. We’re now on the second leg of this incredible journey.”
In a new commercial for the snack, a teen is leaning against a playground fence when a couple approaches. “Jalapeno Poppers, those were huge in the Nineties,” says the woman excitedly. “As huge as Nineties pants,” says the man, noticing the boy’s jeans. “Oh, these pants? These aren’t Nineties pants, they’re Jalapeño Popper Goldfish pants. They’re nothing like Nineties pants.”
“So those big Nineties pockets?” the man in the commercial says. ‘’I’m pretty sure they’re Nineties pants.’’ “They’re Jalapeño Pocket Goldfish pants,” says the teen again. “Handful?” “Don’t mind if I do,” says the man, as he reaches his hand into a bag in the young man’s back pocket.
“Go for a handful of the Nineties,” is the tag line. Print ads feature copy such as, “Huge Nineties pockets finally explained.”
The limited-edition flavor will be available at major retailers where Goldfish is sold, for a suggested retail price of $2.69 per 6.6-ounce bag. The limited-edition Goldfish Jalapeño Popper JNCO jeans can be purchased from JNCO’s web site.
Asked what flavor and era Goldfish might tap next, Lukins said, “The verdict is still out, but we’re always looking for ways to surprise and delight our fans. As we develop flavors, we continue to be inspired by consumer feedback and trends.”


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The Alaskan king crab that once watched over diners at the venerable
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Other items that are being sold off during some remodeling at the over 100-year-old restaurant include ship models, beer steins, photographs, a wooden mermaid and a ship's telegraph.
Do you have memories to share of the Oyster Bar? Why do you think they've weathered the years? Share your stories in the comments section below.
The antiques show opens Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., to those who have purchased a $30 early admission ticket good all weekend. On Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., admission is $7. Expo Center parking costs $8. There will be over 1,000 booths selling items.


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Swatch turning away partnership deals
Apple, Google, and Samsung are among the wearable tech developers trying to court help from Swiss watchmakers, says the Financial Times. One of the core targets has been Swatch, the world's biggest watchmaker. "We have been in discussions - not ever initiated by us - with practically all players in smart wearables up until today," says Swatch CEO Nick Hayek. "However, we see no reason why we should enter into any partnership agreement."
He comments that Swatch's priority is holding advantages over high-tech rivals such as ergonomics, longevity, and battery life. "Never forget, to make a smartwatch work you need two hands or voice recognition, which again needs a lot of power which is difficult in a very limited space," the executive adds.
Another target has been LVMH. Jean-Claude Biver, the president of LVMH's watches and jewelry division, has accused Apple of trying to poach workers from the company's Hublot brand, and from Swiss parts manufacturers. "Apple has contacted some of my employees - I saw the emails personally," Biver states. The people approached by Apple are said to have declined job offers.
Apple is believed to be working on the iWatch. Google has mainly been invested in the software side of watches, through Android Wear, but is still developing Google Glass, for which it has partnered with Ray-Ban sunglasses maker Luxottica. Samsung is one of the few companies to have actually shipped wearable electronics in the form of the Galaxy Gear and Gear 2.


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Research in Motion (RIM) is looking to recruit a senior iOS developer for its BlackBerry platform in a move that suggests the firm is looking to make dedicated versions of some of its core applications for the iPhone and iPad.
The news stemmed from a job post on RIM's LinkedIn page, which has since been removed, that reportedly promised the successful candidate would create BlackBerry products for iOS devices.
Reuters reported that the successful candidate was expected to "create exciting enterprise applications for distribution on the iOS platform" and will need to be "capable of architecting, designing, developing and testing complex applications for iPhone and iPad devices".
Speaking to V3 a BlackBerry spokesperson confirmed the post had been live and was related to its Mobile Fusion software.
"RIM announced BlackBerry Mobile Fusion on 29 November, 2011 and the job posting referred to in some media articles is to help continue the development of this product offering," they said.
Due to be released in March, Mobile Fusion is designed to allow businesses and governments to manage Apple and Android devices in the same way they do BlackBerry handsets.
Despite the clarification, the post has added to ongoing speculation that RIM is planning to port several of its popular services, such as BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), to Apple's platform in a bid to reverse its ailing financial fortunes.
In recent years RIM has seen its smartphone market share rapidly decrease, being overtaken by both Apple and Google.
The incurred financial damage was compounded when the company invested vast resources trying to break into the tablet market with its Playbook, which flopped.
Most recently, research from IDC reported that Apple iPhone sales have overtaken BlackBerry in the company's native Canadian market.
IDC reported Apple sold 2.85 million devices in 2011, beating RIM's 2.08 million sales.
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In a much-needed first, Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today unveiled a national strategic plan to smooth the $52 billion-a-day freight delivery system and eliminate bottlenecks that can slow the shipments of energy, food, and even packages from Amazon, Walmart, and Target.
With the first-ever National Freight Strategic Plan, she put the government’s focus on improving the nation’s infrastructure, a key promise from President Trump, to keep the economy humming.
“The department is unveiling the first-ever National Freight Strategic Plan so that the U.S. can maintain our competitive edge across major industries like agriculture, manufacturing, energy production, and e-commerce,” Chao said.
The plan is a broad blueprint to coordinate infrastructure improvement plans and freight shipping strategies with the federal government, states, and towns. It is also part of a larger infrastructure plan that has already directed money to rural parts of the nation in a bid to get their projects up to date with urban areas.
The 14-page plan highlighted several goals, including improving safety and clearing bottlenecks on highways, at airports, and in ports used by freight shippers. It will be used to make future planning and spending decisions.
It also promoted future innovation to speed the movement of products, including through the use of drones.
Several industry leaders, including shippers Amazon, Walmart, and Target, were consulted.
It came as the coronavirus has millions of Americans working and shopping from home, boosting the commerce moving on trucks, planes, trains, and ships.
The network the plan is aimed at is huge. DOT said that every day shippers move more than 51 million tons of freight and energy products valued at nearly $52 billion “on highways, railways, ports and inland waterways, pipelines, and airports.”
The department added, “The growth in freight demand due to increasing use of e-commerce and global supply chains in recent years has strained our freight system, and could threaten the competitive advantage of American businesses. As these supply chains continue to spread across the world, America’s ability to compete could be limited by inadequate infrastructure and a lack of preparation for incorporating innovative technologies.”
A department official said, “Our focus is on helping shippers get their goods to market,” and added, “the goal is to modernize, end duplicative regulations, and coordinate with states and local officials to build a national network.”


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Is there Albertsons in Houston?
HOUSTON – Albertson’s is closing five stores in the Houston area and is expected to sell another five stores to Safeway in the final step of its exit from that market, the Houston Chronicle reports.
How much does a grocery store owner make in USA?
Indeed.com reported that grocery store owners get an average of $96,198/year in the United States. The recent pandemic has significantly increased the price to $146,071/year since March 2020.13 Jan 2021
Are there Krogers in Austin TX?
Although it doesn’t have any stores in Austin, Kroger Co. — the country’s largest grocery retailer — is breaking into the Austin market with a new e-commerce delivery service that is expected to create more than 160 jobs.Mar 8, 2022
Where was the first H-E-B?
Where is the oldest H-E-B in Texas?
The story of H-E-B began in 1905 in a small, family-owned store in Kerrville in the Texas Hill Country.
How much do Indian grocery stores make in USA?
The average Indian grocery store also makes about $350K to $1 Million (Sunnyvale, Santa Clara) in profits. Most of the produce and the packaged food is rather old, some way past their sell by date and many products are rarely replenished quickly enough to categorize them “fresh”.2 Aug 2015
Who is the Patel family?
Patel is an Indian surname, predominantly found in the state of Gujarat representing the community of land-owning farmers and later (with the British East India Company) businessmen, agriculturalists and merchants.
Does Houston have Krogers?
Kroger, being the largest traditional grocer in the nation, we’re going to continue to use our scale to our advantage here in Houston.18 Apr 2022
What states have a Krogers?
Shoppers in Alaska, Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia named Kroger (NYSE: KR) or its local affiliate store chain as their favorite grocery store. That’s more than one-third of the 35 states in which Kroger operates.
How much a grocery store earns in USA?
The average retail store owner makes an average of $49,924/year according to Payscale. That’s based on a range of annual salaries that falls to $24,000 on the low end and $149,000 on the high end.
What is the number 1 supermarket in the US?
1. WALMART INC. Walmart’s 2020 grocery sales were $341 billion from 4,756 stores. Walmart owns Sam’s Club which itself boasted total revenues over $35 billion in 2020 grocery sales.1. WALMART INCWALMART INCThe Walmart business model includes: marketing to a broad “family” demographic that includes rural as well as urban, ethnic minorities as well as mainstream, people without a higher-level education, lower- or working-class consumers, as well as the middle-class; one-stop shopping based on a very large selection of https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › WalmartingWalmarting – Wikipedia. Walmart’s 2020 grocery sales were $341 billion from 4,756 stores. Walmart owns Sam’s Club which itself boasted total revenues over $35 billion in 2020 grocery sales.31 Jan 2022
What is the biggest H-E-B in Houston?
The all-new 107,000 square foot El Dorado H-E-B, located at 18611 Eastfield Dr. in Webster, TX (at I-45 and El Dorado), replaces the former Clear Lake Market H-E-B (El Camino Real) and offers a nod to neighboring NASA with a metal shingle design that mimics the underside of the space shuttle.
How many Kroger stores are in Houston?
Kroger has been a player in the Houston market since 1955. Today the company has 111 stores and 16,000 employees in the Houston division, which includes the Brazosport area, Katy, Bryan-College Station, Huntsville, Beaumont and Lake Charles. The Houston area’s hot grocery market streak continues.16 Mar 2016
Who is the founder of Patel Brothers?
Biographical History Begun in Chicago in 1974 by brothers Mufat and Tulasi Patel and Tulasi’s wife, Aruna, Patel Brothers is among the oldest and largest Indian grocery stores in the United States. Mufat, Tulasi, and Aruna Patel were born and raised in the Mehsana district of Gujarat, India.
What is Patel Brothers worth?
a $140 million
Where was the first H-E-B in Texas?
What is the most popular supermarket in Texas?
TEXAS: 99 Ranch Market With over 3,600 reviews on Google, 99 Ranch Market is rated as one of the most popular grocery stores in Texas.1 Jan 2022
What is the largest H-E-B in Texas?
At a whopping 182,000 square feet, the new H-E-B Plus is more than twice the size of the adjacent H-E-B, which was scheduled to shut its doors for good Thursday night. The company will lease out the old store. The new store is in the San Antonio area’s busiest market for new-home building.


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Fake Review: Many fake review cases were coming to the fore on e-commerce websites. Due to this, dust was being thrown in the eyes of the users, because innocent users buy bad products on the basis of reviews. As a solution to this, the Department of Consumer Affairs has announced guidelines for rules to prevent fake reviews and ratings on e-commerce websites. These rules have been issued. Along with this, these rules apply to websites selling travel services, restaurants and consumer durables. In this news, we are going to tell what are these new rules and how will you benefit from them.
What are the new guidelines
Earlier this year, on June 10, a committee was formed to investigate fake and misleading reviews. After this, on November 21, new guidelines were issued to ban fake reviews and paid reviews. Under the new guidelines, if the company is found guilty, it can be fined up to 10 lakhs. These new guidelines for e-commerce companies have come into force from 25 November. The purpose of these new rules is to stop fake and paid reviews. E-commerce companies can no longer get fake and paid reviews done.
As per the new rules, once a consumer has posted a review, they will not be allowed to edit it. Furthermore, consumers who want to post a review have to accept the terms and conditions and provide their information. Platforms that will come under the new rule include Zomato, Swiggy, Tata Sons, Reliance Retail, Meta and Amazon.
How will you benefit from the new rules
It is a general practice that e-commerce websites solicit reviews from customers, and post some of them. In addition to “stars” and text, reviews also include short videos and photos. These reviews not only build a company/brand but also help the customers to know how the product really is. Before buying any product, check customer reviews. Many news have come to the fore, in which people have posted fake reviews to sell a particular product.
These fake reviews mislead other customers to spend money on that product. With the implementation of the new rules, fake reviews will be removed on a large scale. This will give the customers a better picture of the business/product. Customers will be able to make more informed choices in purchasing goods online. This will give better shopping experience to the customer.
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Maker of hemp-derived cannabinoid and health and wellness products Global Widget will showcase its newest product and brand offerings at the 2022 Convenience Distribution Marketplace, to be held Feb. 7-9, at the JW Marriott Tampa, in Tampa, Fla.
According to the Convenience Distribution Association (CDA), Convenience Distribution Marketplace is the only national conference and trade show exclusively for the wholesale distributors of convenience stores in the U.S.
“As the Hemp category captain in convenience with over 60% market share, we look forward to collaborative conversations regarding innovation and market strategies,” said Vince Gillen, vice president of sales for Global Widget. “This is a great opportunity to welcome both existing and prospective distributors to our hometown and showcase our gummy manufacturing and distribution capabilities.”
In addition to hemp-derived cannabinoid products from Hemp Bombs, Global Widget will also highlight products from its additional health and wellness brands – Mystic Labs, hyper brain iQ and Forever Well Nutrition.
CDA is a trade organization working on behalf of convenience products distributors in the United States. Its distributor members represent more than $102 billion in U.S. convenience product sales and serve a wide variety of small retail formats. The organization’s annual conference brings together CDA members with key trading partners for one-on-one meetings.
“Hemp-derived cannabinoids will continue to be a growth point for convenience in 2022,” said Gillen. “As retailers look for ways to compete with licensed dispensaries, the popularity of low-THC, hemp-derived products available to consumers at local retail stores will continue to increase.”
Tampa-based Global Widget became a member of CDA in 2021 and attended its CDBX event in September held in Chicago. Global Widget recently announced the acquisition of its Florida Food Hemp Establishment Permits as it expanded its manufacturing and distribution facilities in Tampa.
Global Widget was founded in 2016 and is a vertically integrated manufacturer, distributor and marketer of premium hemp-derived cannabinoid and health and wellness products, and a leader in gummy production and packaging. The company operates in more than 150,000 square feet of manufacturing space with more than 350 employees.


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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former manager at an Iowa-based halal food supplier is expected to plead guilty as part of a federal criminal investigation into the company's exporting and marketing practices, according to court documents filed Thursday.
Conspiracy charges filed against Philip G. Payne are the latest involving the Midamar Corp., which is accused of exporting beef products to countries such as Kuwait and United Arab Emirates that didn't meet halal standards as advertised.
The founder of the Cedar Rapids-based company, 73-year-old William B. Aossey Jr., and his two sons who now direct it have pleaded not guilty to similar charges, as did the company and its halal certification organization, Islamic Services of America.
Unlike those defendants, Payne was not indicted by a grand jury but instead charged in an information, which is usually reserved for defendants who are cooperating with the government.
A plea hearing was scheduled for Jan. 5 for the 50-year-old Payne, who worked as Midamar's operations manager from 2008 to 2012. His attorney didn't immediately return a message.
Prosecutors contend that Payne conspired to mislead regulators and customers about the source and nature of Midamar's beef products, how cattle were slaughtered and the level of adherence to halal standards.
Halal products are supposed to meet Islamic standards of manufacture, meaning they are not to be contaminated with pork or alcohol, and that livestock is slaughtered in accordance with Shariah law. Midamar and I.S.A. promised customers their products met the strictest standards, saying they always used Muslim slaughtermen who recited the "Tasmia" prayer under the supervision of halal checkers.
Prosecutors allege that from April 2010 and June 2012, some of Midamar's beef came from a Minnesota meatpacking plant that often didn't use Muslim slaughtermen or checkers. In many instances, beef slaughtered at the plant was actually done by rabbis as kosher beef. The plant killed all cattle with a brain-penetrating captive bolt stun gun — a commonly used technique that Midamar claimed wasn't used because it negates the halal process, prosecutors say.
Midamar spokeswoman Sara Sayed said this week the Minnesota plant "engages in non-invasive stunning after the ritual slaughter" and is not a primary supplier.
The company's lawyer has defended its practices and alleged the government is violating the separation of church and state by trying to regulate halal standards.
The company is also accused of falsifying certificates to fool the United States Department of Agriculture into allowing beef for export to Malaysia and Indonesia that didn't come from a facility approved under those countries' strict standards.
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Recent LotLinx Study Analyzes Automotive SEM Spending Trends Amidst COVID-19 Hardships
LotLinx, the auto industry’s leading VIN Demand Platform™, announced today, on average, paid search spend per vehicle has increased, not decreased, since the COVID-19 outbreak.
Immediately following the pandemic outbreak, SEM spend across the automotive industry suffered massive cuts, but it is slowly on the rise. A recent LotLinx analysis found that SEM marketing for new vehicles is even higher than used despite inventory shortages.
SEM spend is still down about 15%, but because there is so much less inventory, it’s all concentrated on a small percent of inventory, so spend per vehicle is much much higher.said Lance Schafer General Manager of Product and Technology at LotLinx.
As the new vehicle inventory shortage continues, there are fewer vehicles to shop online. This reduced inventory means organic traffic for available vehicles has significantly increased. That increase in organic traffic should be more than enough to sell those VINs, and dealers are finding that they don’t need to supplement with expensive paid campaigns.
Schafer advises dealers that proper data analysis is crucial to keeping track of trends like these and to streamlining marketing spend amid COVID-19 obstacles.
Jeremy Wiggains, General Manager of Vanguard Kia of Arlington, diligently monitored COVID’s influence over his SEM market. After realizing the trend of over spending, he was able to reallocate SEM budget to his LotLinx campaigns while many competitors pulled back on their advertising all together. The increase in in-market shopper traffic to both New and Used inventory enabled him to gain control of his market share and improve his sell rate to 67%. A recent LotLinx case study details Wiggains success with this approach.
LotLinx is offering dealers an opportunity to learn more about how dealerships can analyze their marketing spend and streamline their SEM efforts amidst fluctuating inventory levels. Visit LotLinx.com or email email@example.com.


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German shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd has opened its second office in Nairobi, Kenya, as it looks to strengthen its logistics operations within the East African Community.
According to the firm, its main business will continue to be managed from the port city of Mombasa which was set up in 2018 when the firm commenced operations in Kenya.
“Kenya is the economic hub of East Africa and the most important growth region on the continent. By opening our new office in Kenya, we expect to continue our robust growth on the African continent,” said Dheeraj Bhatia, Senior Managing Director Region Middle East at Hapag-Lloyd.
The shipper mainly transports agricultural goods out of Kenya, especially tea, coffee, fruits and textiles while imports primarily consist of chemicals, foodstuffs and a wide range of goods made of plastic or rubber.
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Hapag-Lloyd offers shipping services focusing on the China Kenya Express Service (CKX) which connects Kenya with some of the most important ports in Asia, such as Singapore and Shanghai and the East Africa Service (EAS2) which connects the East African country with the west coast of India and Jebel Ali in Dubai.
The firm which currently serves landlocked East African countries such as Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan from Mombasa Port also targets to develop inland connections to Somalia, Southern Ethiopia and Northern Tanzania.
“Our Strategy 2023 focuses not only on becoming the “Number One for Quality”, but also on selected growth markets worldwide. We see an enormous growth potential in Africa and will further invest into our services and selected countries,” said Rolf Habben Jansen, Hapag-Lloyd Chief Executive Officer.
With the opening of the new office in Kenya, Hapag-Lloyd now has own five offices on the continent in South Africa, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya.
The Nairobi office will be headed by Country Manager Prashant Sindhwani.


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Online Shopping Sales in Australia Growing
By Esther Tanquintic-Misa | November 28, 2012 4:12 PM EST
Click Frenzy may have been an event organisational disaster, but there is no denying that it magnified and somehow sealed the future of online selling in Australia.
On Tuesday, according to the National Australia Bank (NAB) Online Retail Sales Index, sales from online shopping jumped 26 per cent year-on-year to October, versus the 14 per cent registered year-on-year in May.
Although sales from online shopping still remain a low figure if overall total Australian spending was computed, still it is a force to reckon with because the growth rate of the medium is accelerating, Alan Oster, NAB chief economist, said.
NAB figures showed Australians fished from their wallets some $12.3 billion to splurge on online shopping in the year ended October 2012, representing 5.6 per cent of total retail spending during the period in review.
"We're seeing strong online growth from local retailers as online becomes an integral sales and distribution channel," Tiernan White, NAB Corporate for New South Wales head, said.
"In part, this can be attributed to retail businesses understanding their customers' channel preferences and responding accordingly by providing their customers with choice in how they engage and make their purchases."
The growing trend could jack up further this Christmas season as a survey done by the Commonwealth Bank revealed Australians would scour online Web sites for gifts to give to family, friends and colleagues. Of the 1,000 respondents, 30 per cent said they will do their shopping online.
Of the $12.3 billion online sales, most or 75 per cent were spent on products sold by Australian domestic department stores and local retailers.
Mr Oster believes sales from online shopping will improve to 20 per cent of the retail market over the coming decade.
"This is not a mature market and we can expect annual growth of around 20 per cent over the next four to five years especially as domestic retailers start to fight back against the international players," he said.
"The pick-up in online sales in recent months - a rise of around 26 per cent in the past year - has largely been driven by domestic sales. And it is the local food and department stores that are driving it forward."
Mr White likewise believes the Click Frenzy hype, along with its meltdown and technological crash, is just the start of things for the Australian experience of Internet shopping.
"Generally the impression we're getting from retailers is that it didn't quite work on the day, but it's an emerging market and something they should persevere with," he told AAP.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a decision dismissing a lawsuit that could have cost Sam's Club more than $1 billion in damages.
The case claimed violations of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, which prohibits companies from printing more than the last five digits of a consumer's credit card number on a receipt.
Consumer argued that the receipts printed at Sam's Club printed their full membership identification numbers, which included the last 10 digits of their credit card numbers.
U.S. District Judge Howard Sachs noted in his original judgment that the company's exposure "may be in the multibillion-dollar range."
The appeals court agreed with Sachs, finding that Sam's Club did violate FACTA but dismissed the case because it was not willful.
Kansas City-based Walters Bender Strohbehn & Vaughan PC represented the plaintiffs along with Liberty firm McClelland Law Firm PC. Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP represented Sam's Club.


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Survey: Retail Job Seekers Are Prioritizing Health-Related Benefits
Health insurance is the top desired benefit, while dental and vision insurance are also popular.
NEW YORK — Health insurance and other health-related benefits are among the top priorities for retail job seekers, according to job search platform DirectApply.
In a recent survey, nearly one in five respondents (18 percent) named health insurance as their top benefit in the pandemic era.
Dental and vision insurance are also popular benefits, cited by 13.3 percent and 10.8 percent, respectively.
The most desire non-health related benefits include paid vacation (16.9 percent) and a 401(k) plan (13.5 percent).
The survey also found that "softer" benefits are less sought after. Compared to other benefits, just 0.9 percent of respondents prioritized a gym membership and just 1.8 prioritized a signing bonus.
Additionally, while 8 percent chose flexible working hours as their preferred benefit, childcare (3.7 percent), working from home (2.8 percent) and equal parental leave (0.6 percent) were less in demand.
Overall, retail job seekers are looking for "fundamental" benefits, according to Dylan Buckley, co-founder of DirectApply.
"It's not surprising to see retail job seekers most attracted to positions that offer benefits like healthcare compared to 'softer' benefits like gym memberships," he said. "There are a growing number of retail vacancies that employers are actively looking to fill as the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. Knowing which benefits job seekers prioritize will help employers to attract and retain the best talent in the market."
Benefits gain in importance as job seekers are able to be choosier in the midst of a jobs boom, according to DirectApply. The latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report showed that the United States had a record 10.1 million jobs available as of June 30. Retail added 133,000 vacancies during that month, making it one of the industries with the highest number of open positions.


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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shenzhen Center Power Tech Co Ltd, a Chinese lead-acid battery maker, will shift its production facility to Vietnam and the inland province of Hubei, the latest in a string of companies to look beyond China amid tighter regulations.
Shenzhen Center Power Tech announced the decision late Sunday in a filing with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, citing “environmental requirements” of the district in which the company is located across the border from Hong Kong.
The company said the move would help reduce labor costs.
Tianneng Group, another Chinese battery producer, said in March it was considering setting up a factory in South or Southeast Asia, and said many small- and middle-sized Chinese battery firms had already relocated because of the 4 percent consumption tax on lead-acid batteries in China.
The relocation of battery manufacturers is similar to China’s scrap copper sector, where new restrictions on imports of solid waste and a need for importers to prove they are end-users of the material, prompted scrap companies to set base in South or Southeast Asia.
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The number of vehicles affected by London’s Low Emission Zone will increase significantly from the start of 2012, Transport For London has announced.
The LEZ covers most of Greater London. To drive within it without paying a daily charge, vehicles must meet certain emissions standards.
From 3 January 2012 these standards will become tougher, and more vehicles will be affected, including vans, pick-ups, 4x4 utilities and other specialist vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes, plus minibuses with more than nine seats (including the driver’s).
Unless they were registered before 1 January 2002, they won’t meet the Euro III emissions standards and will have to pay the £100 daily charge – or have a filter retro-fitted. Around 150,000 vehicles are thought likely to fall into the net of the new regulations.
Full details are available on the Transport For London website, http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/lez/17678.aspx


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The equity markets are teetering at new multi-year highs, riding the top of the range until some direction is formed. Overseas the markets have been relatively strong, mostly in part due to the great ZEW German economic sentiment indicator which came in much better than expected. Analyst consensus was calling for 35, while the real number was a whopping 48.2, a three year high. Global investor confidence is high, as there is a widespread belief that 2013 is going to be a great year. Not to be a skeptic, but this much confidence in an economic rebound may be a bit too much too fast, as the financial markets may be sourly disappointed come the summer. Up until the summertime the markets should be able to grind higher with some near-term potential headwinds that may cause a minor pullback. But overall, there may be too much optimism baked into earnings especially with the Sequester threat looming over Washington. Prudent investors do not have to short the market, but cash sometimes may be the ultimate safe choice.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture offered a projection that feedstock demand for biofuel consumption will continue to grow during the next 10 years. Aggregate production in the major producing countries is expected to grow 30 percent for biodiesel and 40 percent for ethanol by 2022. Companies that provide good and unique products in this sector can easily navigate through some expected volatility in the near-term. Dividend paying stocks and companies with unique products may be the best option for the portfolio.
Solazyme Inc. (NASDAQ: SZYM) provides a unique algae-based technology platform that essentially converts carbohydrates into tailored oils. Effectively, the company uses algal biotechnology to produce clean fuels, chemicals, foods, and health science products. The company focuses on commercializing its products into three target markets; fuels and chemicals, nutrition, and skin and personal care. The company’s aim is to replace or enhance oils derived from the world’s three existing sources; petroleum, plants and animal fats. Identifying better and greener ways to replace these items is welcomed by most, and has public and political support.
Earlier this month, Solazyme and Mitsui & Company Ltd (8031: Tokyo) entered into a $20 million agreement to jointly synthesize triglyceride oils for use in the oleochemical industry. Applications for these oils will ultimately be used for renewable, high-performance polymer additives for plastic applications, toiletry products, aviation lubricants and other household items. The agreement makes sense from a developmental standpoint, as both companies have a ton of experience and research producing these types of products. Also, geographically, this helps Solazyme, the San Francisco-based Company and Mitsui, the Japan-based producer, both gain further exposure overseas.
The company is expected to participate in Morgan Stanley’s (NYSE: MS) Technology, Media & Telecom conference. With new and alternative sources of energy, which is the wave of the future, and the cross-pacific agreement with Mitsui, SZYM is expected to shine in the coming quarters. The company is currently trading at $8.70 per share, slightly off its recent high of $9.15, reached a few trading sessions ago. The company is well off its 52-week low of $6.49, which it fell to this past summer. Scooping up some shares of SZYM is a great play on the sector, and is a viable take-over candidate for 2013 at these price levels.


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Data revealed by the Office for National Statistics has shown that the UK economy has marginally grown despite the doom and gloom forecasts in the wake of Brexit.
The economy grew 2.3% in the third quarter. GDP grew by 0.5%, a slight dip from the second quarter but not as bad as predicted.
Ruth Gregory, a UK economist from Capital Economics said:
“It could be that the economy is in a post-referendum ‘sweet spot’ whereby some of the positive developments since the vote, such as action by the [Bank of England] have been felt before the major adverse consequences, such as a rise in inflation.”
The Bank of England had slashed interest rates to 0.25% in a scramble to save the economy post-referendum.
The fall in the British pound has also encouraged those overseas to spend more, contributing to consumer spending which has in turn helped stimulate the economy.
However, things don’t look so good on the horizon. Howard Archer, chief economist at HIS Markit, said:
“We expect the economy to suffer in 2017 as the uncertainties facing businesses and consumers are magnified by the triggering of Article 50.”


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To lower the costs, bitcoin miners have set up in places like Iceland where geothermal energy is cheap and cooling Arctic air is free. Bitcoin miners are known to use hydroelectric power in Tibet, Quebec, Washington (state), and Austria to reduce electricity costs. Miners are attracted to suppliers such as Hydro Quebec that have energy surpluses. According to a University of Cambridge study, much of bitcoin mining is done in China, where electricity is subsidized by the government.
By March 2014, however, Bitfury was positioned to exceed 50% of the blockchain network’s total computational power. Instead of continuing to increase its hold over the network, the group elected to self-regulate itself and vowed never to go above 40%. Bitfury knew that if they chose to continue increasing their control over the network, bitcoin’s value would fall as users sold off their coins in preparation for the possibility of a 51% attack. In other words, if users lose their faith in the blockchain network, the information on that network risks becoming completely worthless. Blockchain users, then, can only increase their computational power to a point before they begin to lose money.
But with over $1.3 billion invested in blockchain companies during the first five months of 2018, leaders in tech and finance believe the technology will become mainstream and revolutionize the way we do business.Small- to medium-sized businesses that implement blockchain technology could safely and securely store their customers’ most sensitive information, like personal data and passwords. And companies that decide to adopt blockchain technology after it becomes commonplace could lose customers to the businesses who already protect their customers’ data with the technology.
This technology has great implications for the financial services industry as well. On implementing a decentralized database or a public registry like blockchain to verify the identities of all parties, no longer will we need to have our transactions stay “pending” for three days. Settlement would be instantaneous since the transaction and settlement would happen simultaneously once the ledger is updated. There are many such use cases.
Newer cryptocurrencies and blockchain networks are susceptible to 51% attacks. These attacks are extremely difficult to execute due to the computational power required to gain majority control of a blockchain network, but NYU computer science researcher Joseph Bonneau said that might change. Bonneau released a report last year estimating that 51% attacks were likely to increase, as hackers can now simply rent computational power, rather than buying all of the equipment.
Think of a railway company. We buy tickets on an app or the web. The credit card company takes a cut for processing the transaction. With blockchain, not only can the railway operator save on credit card processing fees, it can move the entire ticketing process to the blockchain. The two parties in the transaction are the railway company and the passenger. The ticket is a block, which will be added to a ticket blockchain. Just as a monetary transaction on blockchain is a unique, independently verifiable and unfalsifiable record (like Bitcoin), so can your ticket be. Incidentally, the final ticket blockchain is also a record of all transactions for, say, a certain train route, or even the entire train network, comprising every ticket ever sold, every journey ever taken.
The crowdsourcing of predictions on event probability is proven to have a high degree of accuracy. Averaging opinions cancels out the unexamined biases that distort judgment. Prediction markets that payout according to event outcomes are already active. Blockchains are a “wisdom of the crowd” technology that will no doubt find other applications in the years to come.
Here’s why that’s important to security. Let’s say a hacker attempts to edit your transaction from Amazon so that you actually have to pay for your purchase twice. As soon as they edit the dollar amount of your transaction, the block’s hash will change. The next block in the chain will still contain the old hash, and the hacker would need to update that block in order to cover their tracks. However, doing so would change that block’s hash. And the next, and so on.
Remember in our lemonade example, how people in town knew that Rishi wasn’t allowed to sell lemonade and that $500 was way too expensive for a drink made from lemon juice, sugar, and water? Those sorts of rules were agreed upon beforehand by every node in the network—they’re a defining feature of the network. If they didn’t exist, then anyone could sell lemonade for however much they wanted.
If the private key is lost, the bitcoin network will not recognize any other evidence of ownership; the coins are then unusable, and effectively lost. For example, in 2013 one user claimed to have lost 7,500 bitcoins, worth $7.5 million at the time, when he accidentally discarded a hard drive containing his private key. A backup of his key(s) would have prevented this.
People, don’t be fooled by the apparent advantages and usages of Blockchain technology or Bitcoin, it’s what you don’t know that is destructive to you personally and to society in general. It is merely another way to control you through information, to hack into your private lives and the only ones that truly benefit from this technology are the global wealthy elite, the greedy, materialistic oligarchs of global chaos and conflict. Bitcoin is virtual money, it doesn’t really exist except on the computer!
Transactions are verified by network nodes through cryptography and recorded in a public distributed ledger called a blockchain. Bitcoin was invented by an unknown person or group of people using the name Satoshi Nakamoto and released as open-source software in 2009. Bitcoins are created as a reward for a process known as mining. They can be exchanged for other currencies, products, and services. Research produced by the University of Cambridge estimates that in 2017, there were 2.9 to 5.8 million unique users using a cryptocurrency wallet, most of them using bitcoin.


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The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a new certification programme intended to encourage farmers to go organic.
Under the USDA’s new National Certified Transitional Program (NCTP), accredited certifying agents (ACAs) will reportedly be allowed to certify so-called transitional organic products in accordance with harmonised standards developed by the Organic Trade Association (OTA), an organic food industry group. The certification process will allow producers to sell their products as "certified transitional" organic at a premium price, thereby helping to offset the cost of transitioning to organic farming methods, and facilitating the investment in transitional agriculture.
Current ACAs seeking to participate in the NCTP can file an application with the USDA’s AMS through February 28th, and a list of approved ACAs is expected to be published by mid-March. New certifying agents will be allowed to seek accreditation on an ongoing basis following the initial accreditation round.
A press release on the USDA’s new accreditation programme for transitional organic products is available here.


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Singapore-based asset management firm and blockchain advisory Spartan Group has just launched a $100 million venture builder that has as its focus the WEB3 sector named Spartan Labs.
To this end, the company appointed former CoinMarket Cap exec Shaun Heng to lead the venture builder. Before his stint at CoinMarketCap, Heng was a founding member of Eatsy which is a food ordering startup backed by East Ventures.
Heng says that Spartan Labs will look to launch 6-7 Web3 projects per year, and in the months to come, he will scout for a team of engineers, NFT strategists, entrepreneurs as well as game economists who will be able to manage the projects.
Normally a crypto project takes two years from concept to the public launch, and the venture builder was built by Spartan Groups to accelerate this process.
In a statement, Heng said that their venture building model takes the operational experience from Web2 venture builders, for example, Sutter Hill Ventures which had given birth to cloud computing-based data provider Snowflake. Science Inc, the creator of the Dollar Shave Club will be another inspiration along with BCG Digital Ventures, the brains behind Indonesia’s first unicorn, Ovo.
The Spartan Group is young, being founded in 2018 by Caspar Johansen, Melody He, and Kelvin Koh. At the beginning of the month, Spartan Group announced a $200 million Metaverse Fund, and back in 2021 it also launched a $110 million venture fund that would deal with decentralized finance.


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Frank Celli’s aerobic digesters quickly turn businesses’ food waste into liquid. But the real key is the data they collect
Composting of food waste in the city was supposed to be required as of July 1, but it won’t be in effect for quite some time.
July 1 was supposed to be a big day for food businesses. Not only were plastic-foam food containers to be banned on that date, but composting of food waste was to become mandatory.
The foam ban is still on track, but the composting mandate won’t take effect because there aren’t enough facilities within 100 miles of the city to compost all of its apple cores, chicken bones and other organic waste. The Bloomberg administration put that circuit-breaker in the law to protect restaurants, supermarkets and other big food-waste producers from having to meet an impossible or expensive mandate.
But one businessman argues that composting need not wait for massive processing plants to pop up in New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania or the Hudson Valley.
Frank Celli, CEO of Rockland County-based BioHitech America, says the technology exists for businesses to process their organic waste on-site, easily and economically. He should know—he sells it.
For $22,000 to $42,000, businesses can buy their very own aerobic digester from Mr. Celli. Or lease one, for $6,000 to $14,000 per year. The largest unit handles 150 pounds of food scraps per hour.
“It acts like a mechanical stomach,” he said.
The billions of microbes in Mr. Celli’s digesters turn vegetation and animal products into liquid that can be poured down the drain as wastewater. (If that sounds impossible, he said, consider that food is mostly water to begin with, and that his bacteria are hungry little devils.) The effluent is then transported by gravity to sewage treatment plants, rather than by truck to transfer stations and then to disposal facilities.
The result is a lower carbon footprint for the business—and no odors, because the waste isn’t around long enough to start rotting.
Mr. Celli said about 25 of his digesters—which are about the size of a commercial dishwasher and can operate 24/7—are in use around the city by such businesses as Fairway Market, Lenox Hill Hospital, Chelsea Piers, Barnard College and Café Metro. BioHitech, which has customers in 39 states and is targeting $5 million to $7 million in revenue this year, has competitors that offer aerobic digesters and similar products as well.
“There are technologies like mine that can solve the city’s commercial food-waste problem,” he said.
But the solution is not just to liquefy all food waste, he said. It is to prevent so much food waste from being generated in the first place. Mr. Celli said his digesters help do that by keeping track of what is fed into them and when. The information goes to the cloud, so a supermarket chain’s regional manager can see, for example, if a particular store is throwing away too many bananas on Thursday afternoons, and adjust its supply management accordingly.
“Fairway Market knows how much food waste they generate by the minute,” he said. “Because they know that, they can make changes.”
Mr. Celli bristles at how much attention is being devoted to doing more composting, which, he said, is “not inexpensive” and produces dirt, which is not exactly a precious commodity.
“There’s a huge misconception” that the problem is how we get rid of waste. Mr. Celli said. “That is not the problem. The problem is how much waste we generate in the first place.”


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What Lies Behind the Apple-Creative Settlement?
TMO Reports - What Lies Behind the Apple-Creative Settlement?
by , 5:35 PM EDT, August 24th, 2006
With Apple and Creative settling their legal dispute, questions remain about the settlement terms. Apple is paying US$100 million to Creative for the use of its patented MP3 player navigation technology, but it could recoup much of that money if Creative can obtain licensing fees from other companies, a curious arrangement for such a situation.
Meanwhile, Creative will produce iPod accessories, but it didn't say if it will also stop making its own MP3 players; iPodObserver.com had a request in for comment from the company as this article was posted.
"This settlement suggests that Apple thought they could lose the case," noted law professor Lars Smith, who teaches at the University of Louisville's Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. "This was more than a nuisance payment, and the legal fees if they had pursued this in court would have been a lot less than $100 million."
He added: "That's not to suggest Apple did anything wrong, however. Patent filings are kept secret for 18 months after they're filed, so both companies could have been working on the same thing at the same time, but Creative beat Apple to the filing."
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster pointed out in a research report he issued on Thursday: "If Creative had been able to win any favorable rulings in the five outstanding lawsuits, Apple could have faced headaches including: further appeals, product injunctions, future and historical royalty payments, etc."
Not only that, said Mr. Smith, but "Apple, as the biggest player in the market, could have anti-trust issues. If they had an exclusive license for Creative's patent, they could have been challenged in court."
The professor also pointed to Microsoft's impending entry in the market, the Zune MP3 player. "Apple could be worried about that," he said. "And Creative can't compete against Microsoft too." He agreed that, if Microsoft has to license Creative's technology for Zune, Apple could reap the benefit by seeing some of its $100 million payment come back via one of its staunchest rivals.
Addressing Creative's announcement that it will produce iPod accessories through the "Made For iPod" program, Mr. Munster said: "We see it as a turning point in Creative's thinking on the space. Over the last several years, Creative has been focused on head-to-head competition with the iPod and it appears that the company is now embracing the iPod ecosystem as a way to grow revenue. We see this as a subtle admission by Creative that iPod does in fact dominate the MP3 player market (~75% U.S. market share according to NPD) and more may be gained from "coopetition" than direct competition."
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Engie EPS plan to join forces in a JV creating a leading company in the e-mobility sector
- The two Companies join forces in order to move ahead into the new era of more sustainable mobility, offering innovative solutions and services and giving everyone easy and convenient access to electric mobility
- The Joint Venture will offer a full suite of products and solutions (such as charging infrastructure and green energy packages) to electric vehicle customers across Europe
- The new entity will be an Italian e-Mobility technology company, with access to a portfolio of more than a hundred patents, a strong team of electrical and system engineers, and an established automotive industrial footprint
FCA Italy S.p.A. (“FCA”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., and ENGIE EPS, an Italian technology player in Energy Storage and e-Mobility, have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at creating a Joint Venture, to become a leader in the European e-Mobility landscape, which would rely on FCA’s financial resources and industrial footprint and on ENGIE EPS’ technological know-how and intellectual property portfolio. The two Companies join forces in order to move forward into the new era of a more sustainable mobility, offering innovative solutions and services to make access to electric mobility easy and convenient for everyone.
The newly created company would offer a full suite of products and solutions for electric vehicles customers such as residential, business and public charging infrastructures as well as green energy packages, enabling customers to charge at home and at any public charging point across Europe with a simple subscription at a fixed monthly rate.
A new Italian tech e-Mobility player, with access to a portfolio of hundreds of patents and industrial secrets, a solid team of electrical and system engineers, and a consolidated automotive industrial footprint would thus emerge. The Joint Venture would in fact benefit from the contribution of both parties in terms of intellectual property, human resources and financial assets, and would focus on innovative and disruptive solutions for the European e-Mobility market. The envisaged transaction would represent an important strategic step in the evolution of the two Groups’ product portfolios and would set a major step towards elimination of barriers to the e-Mobility transition in Europe.
“The signing of this Memorandum of Understanding originates from a fruitful three-year cooperation between the two companies, which allowed the implementation of truly disruptive projects, such as the introduction of the exclusive FCA easyWallbox, an easy-to-use plug-and-play charging unit, the recently launched V2G Pilot Project and the innovative customer-oriented energy packages,” said Mike Manley, Chief Executive Officer of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.
“The envisioned Joint Venture would allow an even higher commitment from both parties to expand the scope of the existing cooperation and further develop innovative products and services to enable and support a smooth shift to electric mobility in Europe”.
“Electrification represents an inevitable trend poised to disrupt urban mobility and – most of all – an unstoppable paradigm change of worldwide energy systems. The signing of this Memorandum of Understanding is a testament of the joint commitment aimed to accelerate this change by leading such a disruption towards a more sustainable future” commented Carlalberto Guglielminotti, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager ENGIE EPS. “Italy left a profound mark on history with its excellence in the automotive industry and in the development of innovative technologies in the energy sector. This Joint Venture is the opportunity to consolidate this heritage whilst shaping the road ahead for a greener mobility”.
The envisaged transaction will be subject to the standard conditions foreseen for this type of operation and all necessary communications and approvals from the competent authorities and institutions.
The two parties expect the signing of the full set of agreements1 by the end of the year, and the incorporation of the Joint Venture in the first quarter of 2021.
Turin, 12 November 2020
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is a global automaker that designs, engineers, manufactures and sells vehicles in a portfolio of exciting brands, including Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Fiat Professional, Jeep®, Lancia, Ram and Maserati. It also sells parts and services under the Mopar name and operates in the components and production systems sectors under the Comau and Teksid brands. FCA employs nearly 200,000 people around the globe. For more information regarding FCA, please visit www.fcagroup.com
ENGIE EPS is the technology and industrial player within the ENGIE group that develops technologies to revolutionize the paradigm shift in the global energy system towards renewable energy sources and electric mobility. Listed on Euronext Paris (EPS: FP), ENGIE EPS is listed in the CAC® Mid & Small and the CAC® All-Tradable financial indices. Its registered office is in Paris and conducts its research, development and manufacturing in Italy.
For more information: www.engie-eps.com
This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the FCA Group’s current expectations and projections about future events and, by their nature, are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties. They relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur or exist in the future and, as such, undue reliance should not be placed on them. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in such statements as a result of a variety of factors, including: volatility and deterioration of capital and financial markets, including possibility of new Eurozone sovereign debt crisis, changes in commodity prices, changes in general economic conditions, economic growth and other changes in business conditions, weather, floods, earthquakes or other natural disasters, changes in government regulation, production difficulties, including capacity and supply constraints, and many other risks and uncertainties, most of which are outside of the FCA Group’s control.
 Based on the governance structure agreed it is expected that ENGIE EPS will fully consolidate the new entity.


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This year, the market would witness some of the most-awaited initial public offerings, including those of Stripe and SpaceX, if everything goes as planned. After the disappointingly low IPO activity in 2022, with very few successful listings, expectations are high this time. MGO Global, Inc, which manages the clothing and lifestyle brands of soccer superstar Lionel Messi, is all set to debut on the stock market.
The Messi Factor
MGO Global provides branding and marketing services that help businesses increase their visibility. It mainly manages the designing, marketing, and distribution of footwear, apparel, and accessories. The timing of the IPO shows that the company is probably looking to capitalize on Argentina’s recent World Cup victory, under Messi’s captaincy. As per the licensing agreement, which is valid until late 2024, MGO Global can develop and market Messi-branded apparel and accessories during the contract period.
The Florida-based company is planning to offer around 1.5 million common shares in an initial public offering – the date of the offering will be announced later. Assuming the offer price of $5.0 per share announced by the company, the IPO would generate total proceeds of about $7.5 million. It will value the company at $66 million.
Boustead Securities and Sutter Securities are the underwriters in the offering. The management has applied to list the stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol MGOL. Funds raised through the offering will be used for general corporate purposes, mainly as working capital. If the listing occurs this week, as scheduled, it would be one of the earliest IPOs of 2023.
In the nine months that ended September 30, 2022, MGO incurred a net loss of $2.1 million, which is sharply wider than the $ 0.4 million loss reported in the corresponding period of the previous year. The weak bottom-line performance can be attributed to a 40% fall in net sales to $0.34 million and a sharp increase in operating expenses.
MGO Global was co-founded by Ginny Hilger and Maximiliano Ojeda in 2018. Being a loss-making business, the primary risk facing the company — from the investment perspective — is the absence of a proper roadmap to becoming profitable. Also, the overdependence on a single client would be a risk to growth in the long term. The company operates in a highly competitive industry where it might face competition from leading athletic brands.
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Discount store chain Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) will be reporting third-quarter results next week. Operating nearly 20,000 stores across the US, it is one of the largest supermarket chains
Shares of Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) were up over 1% on Thursday. The stock has dropped 13% year-to-date. The discount retailer delivered third-quarter 2023 earnings results that did not
The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) reported its third quarter 2023 earnings results today. Total company sales were $34 billion compared to $34.2 billion for the same period last year. Identical sales


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The Today at Apple classes focus on tips on how to create digital artwork with Apple merchandise. Apple had its first physical TAF session in Delhi. Those who comply with the newest rules can apply for monetization and turn into a half of YPP, which also contains extra benefits like enabling tipping options by way of Super Thanks, Superchat and Super Stickers. After a creator applies for monetization, YouTube will evaluation the applying within a month and have full authority over approval. The Nothing Phone might be powered by a flagship chip from the same firm because the 11R.
The options will use artificial intelligence to determine the most optimum advert placements for brands. Hotel Technology News is printed by the leading useful resource for the hotel trade. Every 12 months, we benchmark greatest practices in expertise enabled business initiatives throughout hundreds of hotels. If resorts proceed to battle in attracting and retaining nice younger hires by not heeding the decision for EX innovation, guest service might be what suffers, impacting the underside line. Your tech stack must keep pace with what the next generation of hoteliers want. The company isn’t anticipated to take a very long time to release the function for the stable model too.
According to the Commission, Google has been accused of partaking in anti-competitive practices by giving preferential treatment to its own on-line show promoting expertise companies. This has had unfavorable penalties for competing providers of advertising know-how companies, advertisers, and on-line publishers. The focus this time might be on enhancing and offering a better software program experience to users, based on the company. Nothing is planning to offer an older design despite the mention of extra customization choices. There is an opportunity that the new Nothing phone might include some adjustments to the again panel.
There Is A Business
When Musk made moves to turn out to be more concerned with the corporate, he was happy. In Singapore, the German industrial conglomerate is spending 200 million to build a facility that can produce manufacturing unit automation devices to meet rising demand. According to a prepared assertion, Anatomy IT purchased IRIS Solutions to broaden its attain in the ambulatory healthcare sector. As the 2 digitally fluent generations raised on graphical seamless person interface, Gen Y+Z workers don’t like going again to outdated GUIs, further demotivating them and forcing them to quit.
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On Wednesday, the European Union’s antitrust regulators charged the company with anti aggressive practices in its digital advertising enterprise. According to the ‘Statement of Objections’ sent to Google by the Commission over “abusive practices in internet advertising know-how” the corporate may should promote a half of its promoting business to handle antitrust regulators’ concerns The Statement of Objections states that the Commission takes concern with the method in which by which Google favors its personal online show promoting know-how companies to the detriment of competing providers of promoting know-how companies, advertisers and on-line publishers.
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As know-how turns into the foundation of easy service supply, all of the older, siloed tech platforms no longer work because you need your supervisors’ and managers’ attention to different matters impacting the visitor expertise. The subsequent phase of excessive touch will be achieved by the energy of the no contact technology. The fixed shifting of cognitive assets amongst the assorted lodge techniques is normally a major performance drain and jobsite stressor for the Gen Y+Z which might be already eternally distracted by the likes ofInstagram, TikTok and WhatsApp. Integrated tech, like what we saw with INTELITY’s R5 platform, supplies higher attention administration if efficiency is boiled down to raised time management. In latest months, artificial intelligence has tremendously influenced the tech business, with companies like Google creating superior chatbots capable of partaking in open ended conversations with users.
Meta has officially introduced its paid verification service in India, generally recognized as ‘Meta Verified.’ This service permits Facebook and Instagram users to obtain a blue tick badges on their accounts. For a charge of Rs 699, both iOS and Android users can use this service. Meta plans to link customers’ social media accounts with a government ID proof. Users will receive a blue tick badge as quickly as the verification course of is full.
An improve in manufacturing may assist Apple and different tech brands expand their provide chain portfolio according to a report by Amish Shah, managing director and head of India research at Bank of America. Big tech companies largely rely on meeting in the country whereas producing key parts like shows and chips in different nations. These parts require large capex and high finish know-how, which is tough to localise. It implies that the worth of the finished items is the same.
The telephone acquired a formidable reception for its hardware and unique design, but the half baked software was criticized across the business. The new Phone might be eligible to obtain three years news of OS upgrades and four years of safety patches. The latest Nothing OS construct will provide a faster expertise and extra features to customers according to the company.


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Tyco International Ltd. said late today that it had agreed to acquire Keystone International Inc. in a deal valued at $1.2 billion.
Under the deal, Keystone, a manufacturer of industrial valves, will be merged into a Tyco subsidiary. Tyco is a diversified manufacturer of industrial and commercial products.
Keystone shareholders are to receive 0.54183 of a share of Tyco stock for each share they own. The transaction is valued at $34 a share to Keystone shareholders, or $1.2 billion, based on Tyco's closing price of $62.75, which was down 37.5 cents a share. That is about a 66 percent premium over Keystone shares' close at $20.50, down 25 cents.
''The combination of Keystone with Tyco's flow control group creates the premier, worldwide company in the valve industry,'' Tyco Chairman and Chief Executive Dennis Kozlowski said in a statement. ''This merger is in line with our strategy of growing our global presence in high value, stable industrial markets.''
Keystone, based in Houston, makes valves, pipes and other equipment used by the chemical, power, food-and-beverage, and petroleum industries, among others. About 60% of its $700 million in annual revenue is from international markets.
The transaction, which will be accounted for as a pooling of interests, is expected to close in September, the companies said. The boards of directors of both companies have approved the transaction.Continue reading the main story
The planned Keystone acquisition is the latest in a string of deals put together by Tyco. Recent acquisitions include the Inbrand Corporation, a maker of disposable products for adult incontinence; the underwater telecommunications cable business of the AT&T Corporation; and ADT Ltd., an installer and servicer of electronic security systems.Continue reading the main story


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General Motors is being investigated by China’s government on questions regarding monopoly and pricing.
Specifically, regulators are looking at Shanghai GM, which is a joint venture between GM and Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp., and which sells Buicks, Cadillacs and Chevrolets, according to a report from the Motley Fool.
On the other end of the market, SGMW, a SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture with SAIC Motor and Lizhou Wuling Motors, GM sells $5,000-$10,000 cars, which get up to 40 miles per gallon. SGMW sold 883,724 vehicles in the first half of the year.
In addition, the GM sales volume in China appears to be resilient to the 29 million GM recalls in 2014 due to safety concerns.


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Looking for a price break on a little fitness training or some much-needed spa-style pampering?
You might just be in luck, if you time it right.
Nearly a thousand spas, yoga studios and fitness centers are participating in Wellness Week March 19-25, says Sallie Fraenkel, executive vice president with SpaFinder.com. As a result, these businesses offer a number of half-off deals and $50 specials, she says.
You can get everything from facials and spa treatments to massages and fitness classes, Fraenkel says.
"It's really a neat program," says Lynne McNees, president of the International Spa Association. "It's really a time to focus on yourself and take that time out."
Want to really get away from it all? For a March travel bargain, sample a ski destination, such as Vail, Colo., says Peter Greenberg, author of "New Rules of the Road" and travel editor for CBS News.
"There are still some spring break deals," he says. One Vail resort that's normally $700 a night can be had for $400, while another that normally books for $470 per night is $330.
The rule for finding March travel bargains: "You do it on the fly," says Greenberg.
"These sales disappear almost as fast as they appear. They have a limited life span."