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Chrysler Corp. Chairman Lee A. Iacocca, ecstatic that his company received a $500 million cash injection from federally backed notes sold to the public Tuesday, said today the ailing automaker will be "back in the black" by the fourth quarter of this year.
Iacocca told reporters the company expects to draw at least another $250 million of the $1.5 billion in loan guarantees, authorized by the government Tuesday morning.
He said Chrysler will need the additional funds as it launches its new line of small, fuel-efficient front-wheel-drive cars in September.
The new cars -- called the K car among Chrysler's planners -- are the hope of the financially troubled corporation, the third-largest automaker in the nation behind General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co.
He said that companies that purchase big fleets of cars for their own use already have ordered more than 46,000 of the new cars and that Chrysler had to limit the number of K cars it would sell to fleet owners so it would have enough of the small automobiles for its dealers.
"We've got a winner," he said. Chrysler plans to produce 600,000 of the small cars during the 1981 model year. "The quality looks so good," the Chrysler chairman said, the company has moved up the production schedule by two weeks. Chrysler will produce 180,000 of the K cars before Christmas. Earlier the company thought it would be able to make 150,000 K cars by the holidays.
Despite Iacocca's ebullience, many industry observers think Chrysler will have troubles struggling back into the black by the fourth quarter and may never make it.
Iacocca himself conceded that the severe slump in the automobile industry could put a kink in not only Chrysler's plans but those of Ford and GM as well.
Domestic auto producers are selling cars at an annual rate of about 5.3 million units in recent months, half the pace of 1978 and early 1979 -- before the Iranian oil shortage created a new spate of gasoline lines across the country and sent U.S. auto buyers on a small-car buying jag they have not gotten off.
Foreign car sales here, usually about 18 percent of the market, have climbed close to 30 percent because domestic producers do not have the capacity to make as many small, fuel-efficient cars as consumers are demanding.
Chrysler, for example, saw its big-car and truck sales slump mightily in the last 18 months but was selling its small, front-wheel-drive Omni and Horizon subcompacts as fast as they could be built. But Chrysler lacked the ability to make or buy more than 300,000 engines to fit the subcompacts. As a result, Chrysler lost sales to foreign automakers, mainly Japanese, who produced small cars in quantity. Iacocca said the new K cars, which are supposed to get close to 30 miles per gallon, fill a niche in the U.S. marketplace. He said the quality problems that have plagued Chrysler in recent years have been eliminated in current products and stressed that a reputation for quality will be what sustains the new K cars in the years to come.
He said dealers are ordering as many K cars as they can and that the company is allocating vehicles to its dealers. When General Motors introduced its fuel-efficient X cars 15 months ago, buyers also flocked to those products. For some of the GM cars, the waiting list was backed up for months.
"The key question is the staying power of the K car," Iacocca said. "You never worry about the first year."
He said that by 1983 the company will have changed completely its ability to produce small cars and by then will have phased out nearly all of its big autos, called gas guzzlers by industry critics.
Iacocca said that the company immediately will begin to pay off suppliers, who have foregone payments for products shipped to the automaker during its period of crisis. He said the company will use between $130 million and $200 million of the funds it just raised to pay off suppliers.


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Welcome to a new episode of Buffalo Bulletin, where we discuss the latest and greatest in the world of technology, gaming and whatever else that is awesome. This week we talk Project Ara, new BlackBerry flagship device, Wii U Sales, World of Warcraft and Disney Movies Anywhere!
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Project Ara, under the Advanced Technology and Projects group left behind by Motorola, will be detailed to developers by Google this April. On the project’s Google+ page, Paul Eremenko, head of Ara, said the first developers’ conference will take place between April 15 and 16, with the entirety of the event live streamed online. Some […]
After announcing the budget-friendly BlackBerry Z3, and a “classic” Q20, BlackBerry CEO John Chen says the company still has plans to release a flagship device sometime this year. Speaking to CNET, Chen said the device will be designed to “win over new customers,” though very few details about it were shared. While there’s a strong […]
Nintendo’s Wii U still continues to chug along at a slow yet steady pace in its home country of Japan. Once more, it has churned out another typical eight thousand units a week, but this week is special in that it finally puts it over the top of the Xbox 360’s lifetime sales. The most […]
Blizzard finds itself in the spotlight this week after a decision to require subscribers to drop more money if they want to boost their characters up to level 90 leaked from its store. The plan currently stands at one character being allowed to level to 90 for free with the purchase of the expansion Warlords […]
Disney Movies Anywhere launched today and is bringing several new perks to being a Disney fan using iOS devices. The new Disney Movies Anywhere app is looking to bring the world of Disney movie collecting on physical discs that much closer to the digital realm. While fans have already been able to purchase their films […]

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Xylan Corp. this week will finally take its PizzaSwitch out of the oven and serve it up to customers looking for a taste of Ethernet switching.
The store-and-forward switch features 12 switched Ethernet ports and a choice of up to two Fast Ethernet, FDDI or Asynchronous Transfer Mode high- speed backbone links. Pizza-Switch boasts a forwarding rate of 14,880 packet/sec and supports as many as 2,000 media access control addresses.
The device, which will be on display here at NetWorld+ Interop 96, is designed for small workgroups and serves as a little brother to Xylan's OmniSwitch nine-slot switching hub.
Xylan announced its intention to roll out the PizzaSwitch at the fall NetWorld+Interop show in 1994. At that time, the company expected to ship the product during the first quarter of 1995, followed by the OmniSwitch box. But the company reversed its plans and put the PizzaSwitch on the back burner when customers demanded the high-end modular OmniSwitch first, analysts said.
"There was a lot more need for a high-end switch like the OmniSwitch early on rather than a smaller configuration [Pizza-Switch] box," said Esmerelda Silva, an analyst at International Data Corp., a consultancy in Framingham, Massachusetts. "The delayed rollout is just a reflection of what happened in the market."
While the PizzaSwitch seems like a workgroup device, Silva said it actually offers many high-end features, including integrated routing capabilities.
"Xylan's PizzaSwitch has features that you typically don't find in switches from the leading internetworking vendors," she said. "For example, it has IP and IPX routing support."
Other PizzaSwitch features include policy-based virtual LANs, Re- mote Monitoring and ATM LAN Emulation support. John Mazzaferro, Xylans director of corporate marketing, said the switch will compete with similar products from Agile Networks Inc. and Bay Networks Inc.
PizzaSwitch is available now starting at US$5,000.
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India for more trade centres with MyanmarOctober 13th, 2008 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) India will suggest opening of two more trade centres in Nagaland and Mizoram with Myanmar during trade and investment talks beginning Oct 15, officials said here Monday.Minister of State for Commerce and Power Jairam Ramesh will head a delegation for the talks in Mandalay, the economic and spiritual hub of Myanmar.
“India will take up the issue of expanding trade centres along the 1,600-km India-Myanmar border. At present, Moreh in Manipur is the only operational trade centre on the border,” said the commerce ministry in a statement.
The two-day talks will see India proposing to open two more trade centres - at Avangkhu in Nagaland and Zowkhathar in Mizoram, a long-standing demand of the two states.
India’s exports to Myanmar in 2007-08 amounted to about $185 million, and imported items worth around $810 million from the neighbouring southeast Asian nation.
The Indian minister will also inaugurate Oct 16 the Centre for Enhancement of IT Skills in capital Yangon, set up with an Indian assistance of $2 million. To be run by Indian professionals, this is equipped to train 1,000 youths annually, the ministry said.


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Venture Corp. is targeting expansion in the life sciences market, pointing to expectations it will “grow significantly,” the contract manufacturer said in a filing to SGX with answers to shareholders’ questions before its annual general meeting (AGM).
The company said it has introduced new products in the life science segment, including analytical instruments.
“Growing trends in next generation sequencing and molecular diagnostics are opening up exciting business prospects to support customers in these market segments. Beyond creating valuable business impact, breakthroughs in life science research have the potential to improve human lives,” Venture said.
The company said it has seen “positive momentum” in instrumentation, test and measurement, networking and communications, advanced industrials and semiconductor-related equipment, with new products expected to be launched across those domains.
The customer base in those segments has topped 100 corporate customers, Venture said.
When asked about the impact of the Covid-related lockdowns in Shanghai, Venture noted it has temporarily halted operations at two plants there for three weeks.
“The impact to our financial performance is estimated to be less than 1 percent of the group’s annual revenue. We expect to be able to recover the revenue shortfall in the coming weeks when full production resumes,” Venture said.


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Privacy and security are paramount concerns in the digital sphere. In response, tech companies big and small vow to protect your data through enhanced encryption, anonymity tools, and strict privacy policies. However, you should approach these claims with skepticism. Often, privacy marketing aims to shift your trust from mainstream services to unproven alternatives, rather than truly safeguard your information.
ChromeOS 75.0.3770.10 Rolling out to the Dev Channel – Enables VPN Support in Crostini and other Fixes
Google is currently pushing ChromeOS 75.0.3770.10 to users on the Dev channel. Software developers and Road Warriors all over will start to rejoice when they hear that Crostini containers will finally route connections through a VPN if active on your Chromebook.
The fact that it was not possible to route traffic on a Crostini container over a VPN has been one of the most annoying bugs for developers who wish to use their Chromebooks to work in a corporate environment. Google has been working on a fix since I reported it over a year ago. The community of Chromebook owners were saddened to report that the fix was pushed back to M76 about 2 weeks ago. It looks like Google is going to squeeze it into M75, specifically in build 12104.0.0 which may hit the developer channel any day now.
If you are a Chromebook owner who uses a VPN, you probably noticed that:
- ChromeOS’s VPN Support Sucks
- Setting up a OpenVPN Connection on ChromeOS Sucks
There are of course countless VPN Solutions on the Google Play Store however if you ever tried to use one of these, you will notice that the VPN appears to be functioning correctly however only traffic from other play store applications will flow through the VPN while the main ChromeOS traffic bypasses it – Potentially exposing sensitive data. I even wrote a long rant about this a few months ago. Fortunately there is a simple fix.


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KUALA LUMPUR- All Nippon Airways (ANA) becomes the latest global airline to avail and authorise the sale of their flights on the airasia Super App OTA platform, enabling all users of Asean's fastest growing super app to explore the best of Japan and more.
ANA's expansive fleet has a variety of cabin options, including First Class, Business Class, Premium Economy and Economy Class - a variety of unique options that travellers can choose from. As a Star Alliance member, ANA has partnerships with more than 35 airlines, flying to 50 destinations within Japan and 32 international destinations across Asia, Europe and America.
Amanda Woo, CEO of airasia Super App said, 'We are thrilled to welcome another world-renowned airline, ANA, unto our airasia Super App OTA platform, as yet another clear a testament towards our effectiveness and future prospects as a strong marketplace with the right reach for all types of airlines across the region. With more airlines authorising the airasia Super App OTA platform to sell their flights, we are confident that we will continue to see an upward trend on our OTA platform's current double digit month-on-month growth for bookings from other airlines.
'We look forward to collaborating with other airlines across the globe to reinvigorate the travel and tourism industry, as the world opens up again. The addition of ANA into our list of notable airlines on the airasia Super App OTA platform is also very timely, in line with Japan's recent announcement on its plan to reopen its borders to international tourists from June,' added Woo.
'With this collaboration with AirAsia Super App, travelers can easily book their ANA experience to Japan or any other international destination effortlessly. ANA and airasia Super App will continue to work together as international travel resumes, improving customer experience and ensuring travel planning is as convenient as possible,' said Minoru Kusakabe, General Manager of ANA Kuala Lumpur Branch Office.
Book your next adventure to Japan and America with ANA today simply by clicking on the 'Flights' icon on the airasia Super App anytime, anyday!
Aside from ANA, the airasia Super App OTA platform also includes over 700 other airline partners with other notable names such as Turkish Airlines, Emirates, Air New Zealand, KLM and many more.
Aside from other airlines' flights, the airasia Super App OTA platform also includes more than 700,000 hotels across the globe through its partnership with notable names such as Trip.com, MG Group, WebBeds and more. Interested parties who would like to be part of the airasia Super App OTA platform can reach out to firstname.lastname@example.org.
Stay up to date with everything from the airasia Super App by following @airasiasuperapp on Instagram and Facebook for the latest updates. For a seamless and enhanced experience, download your airasia Super App from the Apple App Store, Google Play Store or Huawei AppGallery now.
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About airasia Super App
The airasia super app is a one-stop travel, e-commerce and fin-tech platform offering consumers over 16 lines of products and services via the super app as well as airasia.com website. Powered by data and technology, the airasia super app leverages its digital ecosystem of 75 million users and 40 million downloads to generate personalised and seamless consumer experience in the digital new era. Users can also engage in real-time conversations, join like-minded communities, play games and much more. From travel needs to everyday lifestyle essentials, there is always something for everyone on the airasia super app.
Download the airasia super app via the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store.
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About All Nippon Airways (ANA)
Founded in 1952 with just two helicopters, All Nippon Airways (ANA) has grown to become the largest airline in Japan.
A member of Star Alliance since 1999, the airline's legacy of superior service has helped it earn SKYTRAX's respected 5-Star rating every year since 2013, with ANA being the only Japanese airline to win this prestigious designation for nine consecutive years. ANA also has been recognised by Air Transport World as 'Airline of the Year' three times (2007, 2013 and 2018); it is one of only a select few airlines to win this prominent award multiple times.
In 2021, ANA was awarded the 5-star COVID-19 safety rating by SKYTRAX, recognising the airline's initiatives to provide a safe, clean and hygienic environment at airports and aboard aircraft, embodied in the ANA Care Promise.
For more information, please visit https://www.ana.co.jp/group/en/.
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The Perth Mint has unveiled Australia’s most expensive coin, named Discovery. The $2.48 million coin is the most valuable collector coin in history.
The two-kilogram coin boasts two of Australia’s rarest and most precious elements. It is comprised of 99.99 per cent pure gold and four rare Argyle pink and purplish-pink diamonds — the largest of which is 1.02 carat.
The coin was created as an ongoing collaboration with Argyle Pink Diamonds’ major partner, Singapore-based John Glajz, and is intended to tell a story of the most valued natural gems of the two nations, with every facet of its design symbolic of the relentless search of gold and diamonds by early prospectors.
Perth Mint chief executive Richard Hayes said that from the humble beginnings of gold and diamond discovery, two industries have emerged to produce yields that have influenced the development of mining and market desires.
Discovery’s facade depicts a sailing ship and diggers in a rowboat, a 19th century prospector panning for gold in front of miners’ tents, and boab trees and kangaroos. The last two are symbolic of Western Australia’s Kimberley region, where Argyle pink diamonds are found.
Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston said, “The Discovery coin showcases our country’s prized treasures, and the talents of our craftsmen and women who have transformed them to create this collectors’ item.”
Discovery took inspiration from the holey dollar, which was introduced as Australia’s first official currency in 1814.
The coin will be on display at The Perth Mint’s Hay Street retail store until September 28, unless sold earlier.


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Big trucks like fire engines and cement mixers capture many a wee one’s imagination, but for most keiki, they are completely out of reach. That all changes Saturday this weekend at Kapolei Commons.
PHOTOS BY KAT WADE / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER on August 21, 2017
PHOTOS BY KAT WADE / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER Posted on August 21, 2017
The annual Made in Hawaii Festival, a showcase of “Made in Hawaii” products in its 23rd year, returned to the Blaisdell Center on Aug. 19 with food, books, art, gifts, fashions, plants, crafts, produce and more, plus cooking demonstrations and ongoing entertainment. Read More


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A new sector-specific engineering degree at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK aims to tackle the current skills gap in food engineering, with the first students starting next year.
In this guest article, director of employment and skills at the Food and Drink Federation, Angela Coleshill, explains what such a degree means for food industry employers.
Polish fruit juice manufacturer Sokpol has launched an aseptic line, packaged using Sidel’s “dry decontamination” technology. The move doubles Sokpol’s bottling capacity.
The Beef Working Group, which includes McDonald’s Europe, Unilever and Vion Food Group, will meet in Paris on February, 24, to discuss principles from the SAI Platform (Sustainable Agriculture Initiative).
General Mills has developed a no-bake method for granola that ensures the desired toasted appearance and flavor while reducing costs, energy and production time.
Scientists have ‘significant concerns’ over the risk to pregnant women after finding high lead levels in a wide range of teas sold in Canadian grocery stores.


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Official figures have confirmed the economic shock to Swiss tourism caused by the Covid-19 pandemic last year.This content was published on June 28, 2021 - 15:12
Revenue from international tourism fell by almost 48% to CHF9.4 billion ($10.3 billion), reaching the same level seen in the early 1990s, the Federal Statistics Office said on Monday.
At the same time, Swiss residents spent about CHF9.7 billion on trips abroad last year – a drop of nearly 50%.
Hotel and catering was the hardest hit industry after the government imposed travel restrictions and ordered the temporary closure of restaurants and non-essential shops from March to June 2020.
The number of overnight stays of foreign tourists nosedived by 56%, while consumer spending by cross-border workers and people with short-residency status decreased to a lesser extent, a statementExternal link said.
Expenditure not related to hotel stays plummeted by a third, resulting in a drop in revenue of about CHF2 billion.
Last October a senior official of the economics ministry said he expected Swiss tourism to suffer from the impact of the Covid pandemic until 2024.
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On April 30, AAA Northern California, Nevada, and Utah is starting Gig Car Share in Oakland and Berkeley, Calif., according to a report by SF Gate.
Gig Car Share will be the Bay Area’s only one-way carsharing service. Currently, other carsharing services like Zipcar and City Car Share require cars to be returned to their original locations, says the report.
Gig Car Share’s customers will be able to pick up vehicles at locations throughout Berkeley and Oakland and then drop them off at street parking spaces in the cities, according to the report.
Gig purchased permits allowing its cars to be parking in almost any public street space in Berkeley and Oakland. It excludes spots limited to two hours or less, handicapped parking, and loading zones, says the report.
Additionally, Gig will have designated parking spots at BART stations, Oakland International Airport’s Park ‘N Fly lot, and some hospitals. Parking fees are included in the rental price.
The carsharing service will start with a fleet of 250 black Toyota Prius C hybrids. Customers can find available vehicles using an app. The cars can be unlocked via the app or a card that AAA sends out, according to the report.
Click here for the full SF Gate report.


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Galantas Gold Corporation (TSX-V:GAL) (AIM: GAL) the gold-mine developer and explorer, is pleased to announce that delivery has been made of the first consignment of concentrate derived from underground feedstock from the Omagh Gold-Mine, Northern Ireland.
Destined for Glencore’s New Brunswick smelter, the shipment, of approximately 25 tonnes, is the result of processing of limited feed produced from underground development on the Kearney vein at the Galantas Omagh gold mine. Recent analytical test-work has confirmed that the processing plant is meeting quality expectations. The processing of the concentrate is achieved by froth flotation, an environmentally safe method which does not involve the use of toxic chemicals such as cyanide or mercury.
Mine development continues and is expected to be enhanced by the recently delivered, new underground loader, designed specifically for narrow vein production.
Roland Phelps, President & CEO Galantas Gold Corporation, said, “I am delighted that the first concentrate from underground development has been delivered, which will result in near-term cash flow. We continue to make solid and determined progress towards commercial production.”
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$A strong ahead of EU moves, inflation dataPUBLISHED: 25 Oct 2011 16:36:00 | UPDATED: 26 Oct 2011 16:50:11PUBLISHED: 26 Oct 2011 PRINT EDITION: 26 Oct 2011
Currency traders paused to take one last breather ahead of crucial inflation data which could pave the way for an interest rate cut next month.
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Corporate world was back on its feet across the globe after more than 2 lakh computers were affected by the virus and the follow-up attack did not materialise as feared.
Nadella spent time on stage at the Seattle conference stressing a need to build trust in technology, saying new applications must avoid dystopian futures feared by some.
Facebook says its researchers have found a new way to use artificial intelligence to translate material on its social network faster and more accurately.
India's retail market is expected to nearly double to $1 trillion by 2020 from $600 billion in 2015, driven by income growth, urbanisation and attitudinal shifts.
CEO of Infosys Vishal Sikka says employees' innovations are making it all worthwhile for him, despite conflicts with some co-founders. However, Sikka himself appears unfazed, and confident about the direction he’s taking the company in.
Prabhu said the government and private stakeholders would invest at least Rs 8 lakh crore in the next five years to modernise the railways.
Wipros rearticulated values connect and resonate deeply with the new, vibrant, brand identity,” Azim Premji, chairman of Wipro, said in a statement.
“While protectionism has kicked in, local talent is still not available in these countries to meet immediate demand," says an industry expert.
These proposed centres will provide digital services including digital banking, Aadhaar generation, issuing government certificates and filing taxes.
The long-term trajectory, the revenue per FTE has improved, the margins have held steady and we have grown in line with the industry, says Sikka
Responding to Opposition's fears that linking income tax returns and bank accounts with Aadhaar may result in hacking, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that the fear of technology being susceptible to misuse does not mean we should not use it.
Randeep Surjewala said the true mask of Digital India is coming off as government is not intervening to stop banks from imposing heavy charges on use of ATMs and debit and credit cards.
Smartphones have replaced lots of other accessories - cameras, flashlights, calculators.the wallets in their pockets for their digital counterparts.
ePaisa will start manufacturing POS devices this year and plans to reach a million merchants by 2018. "If somebody is able to capture the biometric data, which is easily done, they can very easily impersonate me," said Manish Patel,.
New Delhi, Feb 28 () With the rise in automation, 52 per cent of CEOs say they are exploring the benefits of humans and machines working together and 39 per cent are considering the impact of artificial intelligence on future skill needs, says a PwC survey.
Insights from India help Google create right products for others: Karim Temsamani, APAC President, Google
"India was the first country in the world that moved to mobile for maps access. Because the population is that young and they are critically doing things differently on their devices."
Pandey said that Indian companies such as e-commerce firm Flipkart and ride-hailing service provider Ola will need to modernise their infrastructure to compete with global players such as Amazon, which hosts its e-commerce service on its popular in-house cloud offering Amazon Web Services.


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August 30, 2018
New Zealand King Salmon reports record FY2018 result
New Zealand King Salmon reported a net profit after tax of NZ$16.1 million in the 12 months through June 2018, up 14% on company forecast.
The company also achieved a pro-forma operating Ebitda (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) of NZ$26.2 million (up 21% from last year), which was not only a record for the company, but also well above forecast.
A total of 7,779 tonnes of gilled and gutted salmon were sold, up 8% on fiscal year 2017 and 4% on forecast.
The company said volume and value growth were supported by strong branding and focused sales activity, and came about despite sustained higher summer water temperatures that resulted in a significant increase in mortality.
Also during the period under review, the company:
-- experienced strong sales growth in export markets, including increased sales of Ōra King;
-- launched ultra-premium Ōra King TYEE salmon; and
-- became the first company in Australasia to achieve the highest "Best Aquaculture Practices" third-party certification (four-star) from Global Aquaculture Alliance.
New Zealand King Salmon is the world's largest aquaculture producer of the premium King salmon species. Its four key brands are Ōra King, Regal, Southern Ocean and Omega Plus, as well as the New Zealand King Salmon label.


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BOSTON (CBS) — There’s high interest among vacationers for a New England getaway this Fourth of July holiday weekend. Airbnb says the Berkshires in Massachusetts and coastal New Hampshire are “trending search destinations.”
“Over the past month, when compared to the previous month, Airbnb has seen more travelers exploring our site, an increase in interest that corresponds with an increase in searches for the destinations that travelers are looking at for a getaway this holiday weekend, which highlight the desire to visit less urban and more rural destinations,” the vacation rental company says.
New Hampshire is allowing short-term rentals to residents and out-of-state visitors who been quarantined for at least 14 days before arriving in the state. Massachusetts is advising all travelers to the state to quarantine for 14 days.
The other trending spots listed by Airbnb are the Adirondacks, Catskills and Hudson Valley in New York, northern Minnesota, South Shore Lake Michigan and North Carolina’s Outer Banks and Blue Ridge Mountains.


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By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expected to send a team to Brazil in June to conduct a sanitary inspection of Brazil’s beef and pork meatpackers. The inspection could lift the North American country’s restriction on fresh bovine meat imports in place since June of 2017.
“This is an important step so that we can once again export, in the near future, fresh meat to the US,” Brazil’s Agriculture Minister, Tereza Cristina Dias was quoted in a statement released by the country’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply.
A positive inspection, scheduled for June 10-28, would be the green light necessary for the North American market to return to buying fresh meat from Brazil.
In June 2017, the U.S. suspended all imports of fresh Brazilian beef after a high percentage of shipments failed to pass health standards.
At the time, reports indicated that as much as eleven percent of Brazil fresh beef products were failing inspection.
According to the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service the rejection of Brazilian fresh meat was ‘substantially higher than the one percent reject rate for remittances from the rest of the world’.
The decision was made a few months after a meat packing scandal, dubbed as Carne Fraca (Weak Meat). At the time investigators closed in on twenty-one meat packing plants, accusing them of using ascorbic acid to hide the smell of tainted meat, repackaging meat with new valid dates and bribing health inspectors to report their products as safe.


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The Persona 5 community was upset after Amazon sent out cancellation orders en masse earlier today with the JRPG being only weeks away from launch. Those who pre-ordered Persona 5’s standard Steelbook edition, as well as the Take Your Heart Premium edition each reportedly received cancellation notices. Amazon has since clarified that not all pre-orders had been affected.
According to Amazon, only the Steelbook and Take Your Heart Editions of Persona 5 were cancelled, specifically due to a manufacturer-caused defect.
“The actual reason why the order was canceled is that the entire inventory Amazon had received from the manufacturer had a major defect that was detected by one of our valued customer like you’re [sic] and then an investigation began to check if all the items have the same issue and we had to cancel mass orders and return the item back to the manufacturer.” Amazon said.
The Persona 5 cancellations seem to solely be associated with Amazon pre-orders at this time, as customers of other online retail outlets have not reported similar cancellations. Publisher Atlus has confirmed this, recently tweeting that they are working with Amazon to figure out what the problem is in hope of correcting it.
However, what is interesting is the official cancellation email made the issue out to be much more significant than just a standard defect. According to one received email, Amazon cited “regulated materials classified as dangerous goods” as the purpose of the cancellation. They noted that these types of products have to be delivered in a certain way and that Amazon could not ultimately provide that.
In addition to that, one preorder customer claims that Amazon has already told him it was a mistake and that he should re-order the game. “Well, I got a response from Amazon. They said it was a mistake, and that I should reorder the item. They also said they would wave shipping costs. I don’t know if this is a case by case situation, but if you had your order cancelled, contact Amazon and they might respond with the same information now.”
Persona 5 launches on April 4th for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3.


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The Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered the biggest but never-before-seen ring around the planet Saturn, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced late Tuesday. The thin array of ice and dust particles lies at the far reaches of the Saturnian system and its orbit is tilted 27 degrees from the planet's main ring plane, the laboratory said.
Two Americans and an Israeli scientist won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for atom-by-atom mapping of the protein-making factories within cells - a feat that has spurred the development of antibiotics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath's work on ribosomes has been fundamental to the scientific understanding of life.
Our economy sure could use the Next Big Thing. Something on the scale of railroads, automobiles or the Internet - the kind of breakthrough that emerges every so often and builds industries, generates jobs and mints fortunes. Silicon Valley investors are pointing to something called cleantech
Industrial conglomerate Emerson Electric Co (EMR.N) said it would buy network equipment technology provider Avocent Corp (AVCT.O) for about $1.2 billion in cash to expand its business that ensures the stability of large computer systems.
In an effort to build a nanoscale DNA sequencer, IBM (NYSE: IBM) scientists are drilling nano-sized holes in computer-like chips and passing DNA strands through them in order to read the information contained within their genetic code.
Japan's big name electronic manufacturers are readying flat-screen TVs that can show high-definition movies and video games in 3D for launch next year. At the country's biggest consumer electronics show that opened Tuesday just outside of Tokyo all the major makers displayed 3-D prototypes. Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. said they would bring their first models to market next year.
Verizon Wireless said Tuesday it will put substantial resources into developing and selling phones that use Google Inc.'s Android software. Verizon Wireless had already said it would sell Android phones, but the announcement suggests that the carrier is positioning these "smart" phones as a main means of competing with Apple Inc.'s iPhone, which is exclusive to AT&T Inc. in the U.S.
Ask.com hopes to persuade consumers that are fond of discount Web sites to bring their bargain hunts to its search engine. On Tuesday, Ask is rolling out Ask Deals, a service that will let visitors search for online coupons and bargains that it indexes from several dozen popular coupon Web sites, along with retail Web sites, message boards and blogs.
Google Inc is partnering with privately held Energy Inc to provide households with free energy management software, bypassing utilities' smart meters and potentially boosting energy efficiency, the company said on its blog on Monday.
Americans Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak won the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering a key mechanism in the genetic operations of cells, an insight that has inspired new lines of research into cancer. It was the first time two women have been among the winners of the medicine prize.
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Shouts of "Kill him! Kill him!" ring out as the preteens train their virtual assault rifles on the last remaining terrorist and spray him with bullets. Blood splatters. The enemy collapses. And they cheerfully wrap up another game of "Counter-Strike."
University of Michigan physicists have created the first atomic-scale maps of quantum dots, a major step toward the goal of producing "designer dots" that can be tailored for specific applications.
A new internet game is about to be launched which allows 'super snooper' players to plug into the nation's CCTV cameras and report on members of the public committing crimes.
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The supply chain has traditionally been a battleground with extended tugs-of-war taking place between buyers and suppliers over payment terms. On one side, buyers are seeking extended payment terms and lower costs of materials, on the other suppliers seek to receive timely payment and minimise the level of discounts they offerto their customers. As buyers insist on ever-extending payment terms, suppliers’ cash flow suffers. The buyer may seem to have won the battle but their ultimate goal of cost reduction is not met and the buyersupplier relationship, instead of being one of mutual benefit, becomes one of constant conflict between the two parties.
But across the US and increasingly in Europe, things have begun to change.
Supply chain financing programmes are being established as a result of market demands that have, in turn, developed as a result of the increasing cost of finance and strained buyersupplier relationships.
A Demica research report that is soon to be published investigates the supply chain finance market to ascertain the depth of demand for this type of finance and the principal factors behind the growing importance of new funding techniques.
The study’s preliminary findings indicate that a large majority – over 70 per cent – of large European companies are trying to extend the payment terms offered by their suppliers in a bid to alleviate the working capital pressures they find themselves under. Supply chain finance programmes address this issue. They release the tension between the conflicting demands of buyers and suppliers by enabling buyers to get extended terms from their suppliers, and suppliers to receive payment as early as days following invoice approval.
This process is facilitated by a lender who provides funding to the suppliers. But in assessing the credit, it looks at the buyer who is obliged to pay the invoices. Such programmes are underpinned by a sophisticated reporting technology platform which allows invoices to be viewed by buyer, lender and supplier in real time, streamlining the transaction.
The initial findings of our research reveal that top corporates expect supply chain finance to exhibit the second strongest growth in use over the next two years, slightly ahead of other types of finance such as inventory financing, and second only to traditional lines of credit from relationship banks. In addition, the research also shows that a number of leading banks already have supply chain finance products in place and that many of the others questioned are planning to offer this type of product in the near to medium term future.
The banks’ adaptability has kept them well ahead of alternative finance providers in recent years and their focus on the supply chain is evidence of their responsiveness to client and market needs. Interestingly, banks view the automotive, retail, food and drink and manufacturing industries as the main markets for their supply chain offerings, with buyersupplier relationships in these sectors seen to be under the greatest strain.
It is to be hoped that the emergence of these new financing programmes will help turn erstwhile tugs-of-war into situations in which buyers and suppliers begin to pull together in the same direction.
Avarina Miller, is Senior Vice President at Supply Chain Finance House, Demica


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Facebook may launch its own web browser in near future as unconfirmed sources says, and that will be named as Facebook WebBrowser. One easy example that will drive people back to Facebook is always-on notifications. Just like Google gives us Google Plus notifications in Gmail and their other apps, Facebook can give us notifications everywhere. They can also take this further and have always-on chat and a Like button that’s always there on the toolbar, regardless of a site supporting it. Always-on notifications and chat
So what happens when Facebook releases this browser? The answer is that it will explode. People try Facebook’s stuff all the time—just look at the adoption rates for their iPhone and Android apps. Facebook users depend on accessing Facebook and are always looking for the best way to get their content. Of all the big tech companies, Facebook has the biggest chance of launching a browser that will be an overnight success. And with technologies like WebKit, it’s easier than ever to build a standards-compliant, well-performing browser.


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Nothing says 'Happy Friday' like Fendi's new candy-colored collection at Saks
We're about to sweeten your day a bit.
An exclusive Fendi capsule collection was launched at the Saks Fifth Avenue flagship store in New York on Thursday -- and the pieces are adorned with candy-colored geometric studs. You heard us.
Great, you can shop the collection right here:
Saks Fifth Avenue Chief Merchant Tracy Margolies commented on the collaboration, saying:
Saks is known for offering our customers exciting and exclusive events, and partnering with Fendi was a fantastic way to highlight the brand's iconic product, as well as create an immersive experience for our customers.
Saks also became the first ever U.S. retailer to host the Fendirumi characters, and together, they unveiled six custom window displays.
Feast your eyes on them right here:
In addition to being shoppable online, the collection is available at the following select Saks stores:
- Beverly Hills
- Bal Harbour
- San Francisco
- New York
And if you're not ready to splurge, the holidays are right around the corner. We're just sayin'.


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French beauty giant L'Oréal has launched a digital skin diagnostic based on people's selfies. This new technology is based on an artificial intelligence-powered algorithm developed by ModiFace - the startup recently acquired by L'Oréal - and on 15 years of scientific research on skin ageing by L'Oréal research and innovation teams.
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South African finance minister Tito Mboweni, during the 2019 Budget Speech, says budget spending has to focus on getting the country ready for technology, and doing this requires fixing the country's education system.
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It is hard to believe that billions of connected devices and sensors - the Internet of Things - are forecast to be worth a staggering $US94bn by 2025 in the retail sector.
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