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Tech stocks have experienced exponential growth like no companies in history have before. As always, keep your ears and eyes out for when companies may make their debuts on Wall Street.
It may be your once in a lifetime chance to get in on these great companies on the ground floor. November 2, I guess we should get this out of the way, in case you're not sure of what an IPO is.
An initial public offering is when a company wants to move from a privately owned company, to a publicly traded one. This means that, while executives can still maintain control, they do cede some control of the company to public shareholders.
IPO This is probably the most common way that a company can debut. Direct Listing A direct listing is when a company decides to skip the underwriter part of an IPO and go directly on to the market without any prior institutional investor backing.
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As the COVID pressures begin to lift, visibility into the long-term growth drivers should improve, and we would expect the shares to move meaningfully higher.
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Airline discount schemes a fraud, passenger body tells DGCA
27 October 2014
The massive discounts periodically offered by India's budget airlines are little more than a marketing fraud, according to the Air Passengers Association of India (APAI).
The leading air travellers' body has written to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) complaining that such schemes, under which air tickets are available at unbelievable discounts for limited periods, don't even exist.
No would-be passenger is likely to get tickets at these rates, usually under Rs900, the APAI said, asking the DGCA to ban such schemes.
The APAI said on Sunday that it monitored the schemes offered by three leading domestic carriers - IndiGo, SpiceJet, and Jet Airways/Jet Konnect - which had on Wednesday announced special fares for travel between 1 November and 15 December.
The airlines offered one-way tickets priced between Rs899 and Rs1,799 on a few sectors provided they were booked between 22 October and 26 October.
The APAI said that it deputed three of its staffers to try and book the tickets, not just through the airlines' websites but also travel portals. "All we got was a 'sold out' response," APAI president D Sudhakara Reddy said.
The association has challenged the airlines to make public the seats that have been sold at discounted rates.
"The DGCA must put an end to this practice of offering ridiculously low fares which are non-existent and are not really available to the passenger," Reddy said in his communication to the aviation regulatory body chief Prabhat Kumar.
Reddy said that the association was "forced to draw the DGCA's attention to the issue following several complaints from passengers". The association has said that several passengers have complained that they have been unable to access the airlines' websites after such discounts have been announced.
"In most cases, flyers don't get access to the airlines' portals. And if they do, the advertised special fare section always shows 'sold out'. Most of the time, all airlines' schemes are similar and the fares announced are also similar. How can this happen unless a cartel is working to fool the public?" Reddy asked.

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Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has emerged as a popular credit option, enabling consumers to make purchases immediately but pay for them in smaller installments over time.
This flexibility has revolutionized shopping experiences, offering convenience and greater control over spending.
In “The Credit Accessibility Series: BNPL’s Wide-Ranging Impact on Consumers and Merchants” report, PYMNTS Intelligence drew on a survey of over 3,100 consumers to assess the rising popularity of BNPL products as a credit option, consumers’ reasons for choosing to use it, and the potential of BNPL to improve their credit profiles.
The survey results indicated that BNPL has garnered a broad appeal, with consistent use across various demographic groups. In early May, 16% of consumers overall used the product, while an additional 12% had used it in the past.
The data showed that BNPL adoption varies across demographics, with millennials at 20% use and baby boomers at 11%. This potentially reflects the latter group’s more prudent spending habits, notably among those on fixed incomes. Additionally, this contrast might be attributed to the nature of interest-free loans, acting as a bet on the borrower’s future financial capacity. Millennials, being in their peak earning phase, might be more inclined toward BNPL, unlike baby boomers and seniors who are not in the same earning stage.
When it comes to important reasons for using BNPL, preserving cash and effectively managing credit lines are top priorities. More than 50% of respondents said managing their cash flow efficiently was the most important reason they opted for BNPL, while an additional 18% acknowledged it as a significant factor, although not the primary one.
Breaking down payments into affordable installments gives consumers control over the timing of their expenses while maintaining a cash buffer and access to credit lines.
“In an uncertain economic environment with high inflation, accessing credit payment options that most effectively preserve cash is likely to become increasingly important for consumers, especially those who live paycheck to paycheck,” the study explained.
The opportunity to enhance credit scores also serves as a motivating factor for some consumers to opt for BNPL. As the study revealed, one-third of BNPL users believed that using this payment method positively influenced their credit scores, although BNPL transactions are not directly factored into credit scoring models.
Moreover, nearly 30% of survey respondents indicated that the low or nonexistent interest rates contributed to their decision to apply for BNPL. Another 19.4% pointed to its lack of impact on their credit score, as it didn’t necessitate a hard credit check, as a motivating factor. Additionally, approximately 10% each cited reasons such as the inability to cover bills without this payment method, it being the sole accessible credit option, and encountering a financial emergency as contributing factors influencing their decision to opt for BNPL.
Nearly half of respondents stated that they would either postpone or cancel a purchase or opt for a cheaper alternative if BNPL were not available, highlighting the significance of merchants offering BNPL as a payment option to prevent cart abandonment and encourage customer spending, especially on higher-priced items.


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NEW DELHI: Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi says it will fully comply with the Delhi high Court order asking it to stop sales of its smatphones in the country, Manu Jain, head of the company’s India operations, told ET.
Xiaomi, the third largest smartphone maker in the world, had earlier suspended the upcoming flash sale of its Red Mi 1S and Red Mi Note smartphones.
“We have not been served the notice till now, but we know about the issue. If the court has asked us not to do it, we won’t do it,” Jain said referring to the high court order barring Xiaomi from selling, importing or advertising mobile phones in India until February 5, the next date of hearing. “We would want to be 100% compliant with Indian rules and regulations.”
The order, which followed telecom equipment maker Ericsson’s plea that Xiaomi was infringing on its patents, leaves its future flash sales and business prospects in ambiguity even as the fast growing smartphone maker is trying to work out legally to resolve this issue in a critical market for the company.
“We will explore all options including legal options on what can be done. Our lawyers and legal teams are working on it but we don’t know how this will proceed. We will communicate and explain very openly to our users about what the order says, once we get it,” Jain added.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday had asked Xiaomi and its exclusive partner Flipkart to stop selling and importing phones in India until February 5 on Ericsson’s allegations that Xiaomi had infringed upon eight of its registered standard essential patents.
Hugo Barra, head of international operations at Xiaomi, apologised to enthusiasts in a Facebook post on Thursday night while informing them about the company’s decision to suspend sales. He added however, that the company ‘firmly’ intends to continue operations in India.
“We have been forced to suspend sales in India until further notice due to an order passed by the Delhi High Court. As a law abiding company, we are investigating the matter carefully and assessing our legal options,” Barra said. He added that the company was doing all it can to revert the situation.
Xiaomi is selling Red Mi 1S and Red Mi Note in India via flash sales through e-commerce partner Flipkart.com and has received about 150,000 registrations for the Note.
A Flipkart spokesperson said it was yet to receive official communication. “We will work with Xiaomi and the authorities and cooperate with them wherever required,” the spokesperson said. At present, pre-registrations for both devices have been closed and the next flash has been suspended.
As per the court order, seen by ET, the interim injunction effectively bars the company from manufacturing, assembling, importing, selling or advertising, including their third party website, any devices into India. Both companies have also been asked to furnish details of quantum of devices sold by them till date in India that are 3G, EDGE compliant and the revenue earned from the sales of these devices.
Xiaomi’s top executives had told ET earlier that they intend to manufacture handsets in India within a couple of years, starting off with assembling devices locally, and were exploring the potential with their existing partners in China besides looking at regulatory constraints, tax implications and financial requirements.
When asked whether the ban would impact their local manufacturing plans, Jain did not comment directly but added that Xiaomi was committed to stay in India for long and plans to invest in its operations here in terms of people and products over the coming years. Barra had earlier told ET that India has the potential to become one of its top two markets as Indians buy more smartphones that are being made available at lower prices.
Xiaomi has managed to gain massive traction in India after selling more than 800,000 smartphones, including the popular Mi 3 and low cost Red Mi 1S since its launch in July. It has sold more than 50,000 units of the newly-launched third device Red Mi Note. The company has more than 1% share of the burgeoning smartphone market and is steadily moving towards the 1-million devices mark.
In a similar plea by Ericsson, the Delhi High Court had asked home-grown handset maker Micromax to pay a royalty of up to 1% of the selling price of its devices to the Swedish equipment maker for using its patents on technologies that are essential to manufacture mobile devices. The interim order for Micromax holds until December 31, 2015, the deadline set by the court to conclude the case.
While replying to a question on the market share of Chinese companies ZTE and Huawei in India, Minister of State for Communications Sanjay Dhotre said that the government maintains no data of Chinese telecom gear makers.
Reliance Jio on Monday launched new JioFiber tariff plans and will provide no-condition 30-day free trial of 150 Mbps internet, 4K Set Top Box with subscription to 12 OTT streaming apps for all new users.


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BRUSSELS : Cloud companies suppliers reminiscent of Amazon and Microsoft and different data processing service suppliers should arrange safeguards in opposition to unlawful data transfers to non-EU governments, in accordance to the European Commission’s Data Act to be revealed this month.
The proposed rule, seen by Reuters, units out rights and obligations on using EU data reminiscent of sensible equipment and client items, and is a part of a raft of legislations aimed toward reining in U.S. tech giants and serving to the bloc meet its inexperienced and digital goals.
EU considerations about data transfers have been rising ever since former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden’s revelations in 2013 of mass U.S. surveillance.
Europe’s prime courtroom in 2020 scrapped a transatlantic data switch deal relied on by 1000’s of firms for companies starting from cloud infrastructure to payroll and finance due to comparable considerations. The United States and the EU have been making an attempt to provide you with a brand new deal.
The Data Act goes additional than present curbs on the switch of non-public data exterior the 27-nation bloc by extending such restrictions to non-private data.
“Concerns around unlawful access by non-EU/EEA governments have been raised. Such safeguards should further enhance trust in the data processing services that increasingly underpin the European data economy,” the EU document mentioned.
It mentioned that suppliers of data processing companies can have “to take all reasonable technical, legal and organisational measures to prevent such access that could potentially conflict with competing obligations to protect such data under EU law, unless strict conditions are met”.
The Data Act seeks to develop interoperability requirements for data to be used between sectors following considerations of obstacles to data sharing inside and between industries.
It additionally aims to make it simpler for firms to swap between cloud and edge companies by setting out minimal regulatory contractual, business and technical necessities on suppliers of cloud, edge and different data processing companies to allow switching between such companies.
The Commission has set a tentative date of Feb. 23 for publishing the Data Act.
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We have been eagerly waiting to see the Huawei P8 flagship for some time now. Recently, the company confirmed that the device will launch on April 15, which is now only a few days away. But before the launch, we have come across plenty of leaks to give us some idea about the upcoming device. Even today, we have three alleged pictures of the said Huawei P8.
These images show off the smooth metal frame around the body. In one picture, you can even see the camera sensor with dual LED (dual tone) flash. The power button seems to be different, placed a bit inside into the body. This could be because it is said that the Huawei P8 will incorporate a fingerprint sensor in the power button. While we are still not 100% convinced that this will be the case in the new flagship device, still it would be interesting to see such a placement. Overall, from what we can see, the device looks premium and well built.
Coming to the specs, the phone is rumored to come in two versions, one aluminum alloy version and the other made out of zirconia ceramic. However, both the versions are expected to feature a unibody design. As for the tech specs, the phone will reportedly run on Huawei’s Kirin 930 processor with 3GB RAM and 32GB of expandable storage. There will be a 5.2-inch display with full HD 1080p resolution. For camera, there will be a 13MP shooter at the back and a 5MP shooter up front. Finally, a 3000 mAh battery will power all these tech specs.
The Huawei P8 will be announced on April 15 at the company’s official event. The phone will be released around April 22 in the Chinese market for an estimated price tag of 2999 Yuan.
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has unveiled the facelifted version of its Giulietta hatchback.
Simultaneous launches were held in five European locations, the main event being staged at the Alfa Romeo Museum in Arese, Italy to reveal what are generally subtle upgrades.
Mechanically the car is virtually unchanged, aside from the option for the first time to match the 120hp 1.6-litre JTDM-2 turbo diesel engine with the Alfa TCT twin dry-clutch transmission.
A refreshed styling treatment majors on the front end and serves to being the Giulietta closer to its sports saloon sister, the Giulia. Details include a honeycomb grille, piano block bumper inserts with red detailing on sports-trim models, and remodelled surrounds to the head and fog lamps.
Other visual signatures include new designs for the Alfa Romeo and Giulietta badges, new alloy wheel designs revised exhaust tail pipes and a pair of new exterior colour options, Alfa White and Lipari Grey.
Inside the revisions extend across the seat upholstery, dash and door panel finishes, while the Fiat Group’s Uconnect infotainment system is fitted with smartphone compatibility.
Giulietta owners will also now be able to specify Alfa Performance, a new service which Alfa Romeo says has been “specifically created to enhance the driving experience”. It uses digital gauges and instruments to allow drivers to control various parameters of the car, measure their performance using imers and see driving statistics on their smartphone, in addition to receiving real-time driving tips.
The revised Giulietta range will debut at the Geneva Motor Show on 1st March and go on UK sale on 1st April, prices starting from £18,450. It will now be offered in five renamed trim levels, recalling classic models of the past – Giulietta, Super, Tecnica, Speciale and Veloce.


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China's ride-sharing giant Didi Chuxing is set to trial the country's central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Announcing the news on Wednesday, Didi said it had signed an agreement with the People's Bank of China's (PBOC's) Digital Currency Research Institute to test digital yuan, officially known as Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP).
"DCEP will become a key infrastructure of the digital economy," said Didi, adding that it will work with the central bank to "promote the integration of the digital economy with the real economy."
While specific details of the trial are not yet clear, it could be one of the first real-world applications of DCEP given Didi's massive user base. SoftBank and Apple-backed Didi serves over 550 million users. Didi acquired Uber's China business in 2016.
Local news outlet Caixin, citing "an Agricultural Bank insider” reported today that Didi had reached out to the bank last year for a digital currency trail in the Xiong'an New Area city.
Notably, Didi already supports Alipay and WeChat Pay on its platform, and the digital currency appears to be a good trial addition.
The PBOC began testing digital currency, which has been under development since 2014, a few months ago. The central bank had partnered with seven state-owned companies, including four commercial banks and three telecom giants, to test the digital yuan.
Restaurant giants Starbucks, McDonald's, and Subway were also reportedly looking to trial the digital currency.
Per the Caixin report, more companies, including TikTok owner ByteDance, Chinese group buying website Meituan-Dianping, and video-sharing website Bilibili, have also partnered or are looking into collaboration opportunities with state-owned banks that are trialing the digital yuan — the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the Agricultural Bank of China, the Bank of China and the China Construction Bank.
Chinese tech giant Huawei has reportedly provided technical support for the digital currency project, and the Postal Savings Bank and Bank of Communications have also either participated or are trying to participate in trials, per the Caixin report.
Earlier this year, Hong Kong-based top AI startup SenseTime also partnered with the PBOC's digital currency research institute. While several details of the digital yuan have emerged in recent months, its official launch date still remains unknown.
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In an attempt to stop phishing attacks on its internet banking customers, a German bank will introduce electronic signatures in its customer emails.
Deutsche Postbank said it will attach the e-signatures to all its emails, after research by German research firm TNS Infratest found that 80 percent of customers said they would not be able to tell a phishing email from a real one.
The certificates will be issued by TC Trust, a subsidiary of certificate authority company GeoTrust. When the customer clicks on the symbol within the email, they can seen if the certificate is valid or not. If it isn't, a message will pop up to warn the user.
Postbank and several other large German banks, have been the target of phishing attacks. Earlier this week, German police arrested five men thought to be part of a phishing gang.


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BoxUp gearing up for holiday e-commerce
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- E-commerce and the subscription box industry – think Birchbox and Stitch Fix – are fueling growth for custom printed box company BoxUp.
In its first year, BoxUp has quadrupled its production capacity and doubled its staff.
Started by packaging industry veterans Curt Stephens (BoxUp CEO) and Ward Hubbard (BoxUp CFO), BoxUp uses proprietary technology to custom print boxes in quantities as few as 12 or as many as 5,000, for a low cost. BoxUp launched in 2016 at the inaugural sellers' conference for Etsy, the peer-to-peer e-commerce site that has 1.7 million sellers.
Subscription boxes – which deliver clothes, makeup, wine, meals and more to subscribers on a regular basis – are now a $5 billion industry, according to the newly formed Subscription Trade Association.
While big dogs Stitch Fix and Birchbox lead the market, home-based entrepreneurs have gotten into the game, too. BoxUp customers include such subscription-box services as DaprClub for men's style, ShredBoxMonthly for BMX gear, My Christmas Crate for year-round holiday spirit, and Everyday Sanctuary for meaningful faith experiences.
"It's all about the customer experience," Stephens said. "The small business entrepreneurs who buy our boxes want their customers to be delighted with the 'unboxing' experience. Presentation and brand perception create an emotional response, and that matters a lot."
BoxUp expects growth to continue in 2018 as shopping habits continue to shift from brick-and-mortar retailers to the stay-at-home economy.
"Sellers that are start-ups, makers or at-home entrepreneurs can gain instant credibility with custom packaging," Stephens said. "And positive experiences trigger repeat business."
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Josh Wetzel, Senior Director of Sales and Marketing for eBay Advertising, published the following post along with an infographic on the eBay corporate blog:
As the 2016 holiday shopping season kicked off, the eBay Advertising team took a detailed look at the evolving shopper journey for the millions of consumers that are visiting, researching and shopping for gifts on eBay during the holidays.
eBay users visit the marketplace with a buyers’ mindset that brings together passion and intent, and unlike other online shopping destinations, eBay users spend more time both in app and on the desktop site.
Consumers are making purchase decisions on our marketplace more quickly now than throughout the rest of the year and inform their spending with mobile tools. In fact, we found that beauty products and tech gadgets sold at notable velocities between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday.
eBay has curated more than 60 classic personas reflecting like-minded shoppers. On eBay, we see shoppers from soccer moms to fitness fanatics, from jet-setters to metropolitan millennials, and more.
Visit the eBay corporate blog post (link follows) for an infographic that looks at eBay users’ shopping habits.
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Will Janesville offer company incentives?
The Janesville City Council plans to meet in closed session Monday to discuss a possible incentive package for an Illinois company that is considering a move to the city.
The city released the council's agenda Wednesday.
The paragraph detailing the closed session is typical in its language but unique in the fact that it specifically names the company—Pres-On Corp. of Addison, Ill.—and says the company could locate 71 jobs in the city.
For competitive reasons during the early stages of negotiations, the city rarely—if ever—names specific companies in its agenda materials.
"Janesville is aggressively going after companies to either relocate or expand into Janesville," said Vic Grassman, Janesville's economic development director. "This is one Illinois company that expressed an interest, and we'll be going into closed session on Monday night to discuss a possible incentive package."
For competitive reasons, Grassman wouldn't comment beyond that.
According to its website, Pres-On was founded in 1949 and is a leading manufacturer of adhesive coating, coated foam tape, mounting substrates, gaskets and cap liners serving customers worldwide in the industrial and consumer markets.
IF YOU GO
The Janesville City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in City Hall, 18 N. Jackson St. Items on the agenda include:
-- A second reading, public hearing and action on a proposed ordinance changing the zoning conditions of approval for the former ThyssenKrupp/Gilman plant on Delavan Drive. Milton manufacturer ANGI has expressed interest in leasing the property and moving its operation to Janesville. The proposed zoning change pertains to truck traffic into and out of the facility.
-- Scheduling of a public hearing for Feb. 13 on a proposed ordinance amending city alcohol regulations to allow Class A liquor and beer sales beginning at 6 a.m.
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In November 2020, China's consumer price index (CPI) went down by 0.5% y/y. Food prices went down by 2% y/y and non-food prices went down by 0.1% y/y, therefore meaning CPI did not show signs of rebounding after the economy recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic.
As always, CPI is more affected by the food component than by the non-food one. Pork prices have been the main driver behind the fluctuations of the CPI for the past two years. It is believed that China's CPI will continue to increase in the first half of 2021 but at a quite moderate rate. The further recovery of the Chinese economy in case there is a working COVID-19 vaccine in the first half of 2021 will help lift the CPI a little bit more. China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), has not taken any action to control inflation for quite a while and we believe it will continue to prioritise supporting economic growth, unless there is a large risk of hyperinflation. The central bank is not likely to take any inflation-related action in the first half of 2021 either, as it is still too early to tighten monetary policy given the uncertain international backdrop and the worrying rise of the default rate in China's credit bond market.
Monthly Forecast for China's CPI
Every five years, China's National Bureau of Statistics adjusts the composition of the CPI. The last round of adjustments was in 2016. The current CPI basket comprises eight categories - food, tobacco, and alcohol; clothing; housing; daily necessities and services; transportation and communications; education, culture, and entertainment; healthcare; and other supplies and services. The weights of these eight categories are not disclosed. By using the contribution of each category to the overall CPI growth rate and their own growth rate, we can estimate the weight of each category based on historical data. We believe food accounts for around 19% of the CPI basket. This estimate was recently confirmed by China's Xinhua news agency, which reported in May 2020 that food accounted for approximately 17% to 21% of the CPI basket.
source: CEIC Data
Since food prices explain a large part of the CPI fluctuations, taking a deeper look at the components of food CPI can help make monthly forecasts based on high frequency data. The weights of the different categories in food CPI can be calculated by using the same data regression as for calculating the weights of food and non-food CPI in the overall basket. Once we have these calculations, we can use high frequency data released by the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Commerce and the Development and Reform Commission for some of these categories to make monthly forecasts about food CPI. The different food CPI components have different forecast accuracy when using high frequency data. The calculated results often need to be checked against other sources and sometimes even local news in order to get a more precise forecast, for example floods in southern China can drive fruit and vegetable price up significantly in summer due to the disruption in production and transportation. Pork, vegetable, and fruit CPI can be estimated rather accurately on the basis of high frequency data, while for grain and cooking oil such a forecast is hard to make.
Medium Term Forecasts for China's CPI
Since the unemployment rate does not reveal the full picture of China's economy, we estimated the output gap using industrial output and part of GDP data. The output gap can explain CPI fluctuations well, provided that there are no significant changes in food prices.
Another way to make longer term CPI forecasts is to use the PPI growth rate to predict non-food CPI.
Since China's CPI growth rate is highly related to food prices, especially pork prices, it is still useful to use the pork prices cycle as a foundation to predict CPI trends and to use the output gap and PPI forecast to help adjust the accuracy of the result and factor in the influence of China's economic growth and commodity prices.
Based on the assumption that an effective vaccine against COVID-19 will be available for at least part of the world in the first half of 2021, we believe that China's CPI will inch up moderately on the back of weak pork prices and a stronger global economy.
PBOC Will Stay on Hold for Now
As PBOC gradually stopped using guideline one-year deposit and lending rate as policy rates and turned to loan prime rate and medium-term lending facility rates instead, we use the required reserve ratio as an indicator of PBOC's monetary policy stance. Since banking credit is essential to China's economic growth, the required reserve ratio is a reliable tool to cool the economy down or boost it up.
PBOC tightened monetary policy before and right after the end of the 2008 financial crisis to deal with high inflation expectation but it has stopped using monetary policy as a tool to fight inflation after 2011. Even when faced with high inflation caused by soaring pork prices in 2019, instead of raising the required rate ratio PBOC lowered it in order to deal with the downward pressure on the economy. We believe the central bank's policy focus has shifted towards supporting economic growth rather than controlling inflation. Although China has put COVID-19 under control, its economic growth is far from the pre-pandemic level. Besides, given the global uncertainty and the devastating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy, mild inflation alone will not diverge PBOC from its current accommodative monetary policy stance.


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All five of Lessing’s Hospitality Group‘s Main Street restaurants are now offering a 25% discount to all healthcare workers and workers in uniform (police, fire, EMT) during the coronavirus outbreak.
For the uninitiated, the Lessing’s Main Street Restaurant Group includes The Post Office in Babylon, Southside Bar & Restaurant in Bay Shore, Maxwell’s in Islip, Library Café in Farmingdale and Finnegan’s in Huntington.
The restaurants — founded by Long Islanders — announced the deal on Tuesday, March 24, which is national The Great American Takeout Day.
“Supporting Great American Takeout Day will not only feed your family a safe, delicious meal, it will support your local restaurants, nourish your community and support your favorite server,” said Mark Lessing, vice president of restaurants at the Lessing’s Hospitality Group.
During New York’s shutdown, all properties have offered delivery through Door Dash and takeout with curbside pickup.
“We are stronger together! Let’s all show our support of our favorite local spots and order takeout tonight,” said Jennifer Cantin, director of marketing, Lessing’s Hospitality Group.
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CHINASHOP, one of the largest retail trade shows in China, returned for its 20th year Nov. 1–3 in Kunming, China. CHINASHOP is organized by the China Chain Store & Franchise Association (CCFA) and is presented in collaboration with Shop! Greater China. Covering 95,000 sq. m., this year’s event drew more than 55,000 attendees and showcased over 100,000 products.
Shop! Greater China had a significant presence at the event, including a 400-sq.-m. pavilion at the trade show, the Shop! Greater China Award Ceremony, and the two-day Shop!-CHINASHOP International Forum, which featured 12 presentations and 14 speakers from nine nations.
Speakers at the forum included David Plante, director of consumer and marketplace insights, Target (U.S.); Petr Simek, managing director, WELLEN (Czech Republic); Richard Nicoll, chief shopper marketing officer, Publicis Groupe (UK); Roberto Martignone, senior interior architectural designer, New Crazy Colors (Italy); and Angela Chung, founder, Display Community (China).


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Nokia has finally launched its smart phone handsets powered by Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 operating system.
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It also features several Nokia-only functions designed to make it stand out from other Windows Phone 8 devices.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Nokia President and CEO Stephen Elop unveil the Nokia Lumia 920 and Nokia Lumia 820 at a press event in New York.
The Finnish firm claimed that 'floating lens technology' meant the handset could capture up to 10 times the amount of light than other handsets.
Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia, unveils its newest smartphone, the Lumia 920, equipped with Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 in New York.
According to the BBC, the new Lumia 920 features wireless charging and a 'PureView' camera, which the mobile firm said offered better video and still images than rival smartphones.


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V.O. Chidambaranar Port’s Container Terminal Operator, M/s. PSA SICAL
Container Terminal, created a new record by handling 4413 TEUs of containers,
the highest volume from a single vessel on January 10th, bettering the previous
record of 3979 TEUs of containers handled from a single vessel two years ago,
according to a Port Release.
The vessel M.V. SSL Brahmaputra with Length overall (LOA) of 260.05 metres
was berthed at Port’s PSA SICAL Container Terminal on January 08th. After
handling 4413 TEUs of containers at a gross crane moves per hour per crane of
25 moves / hour, the vessel sailed from the Port on January 10th. The vessel
agent for the above vessel is M/s. Transworld Shipping Agencies Private Ltd.,
The vessel’s service rotation is
Tuticorin – Kandla -Pipavav – Cochin – Tuticorin.
This achievement is
set in the COVID-19 situation
This achievement is set in the context of a market that has been
significantly impacted by the COVID-19 situation, with container volumes
through VOC Port decreasing almost 11 per cent during the end of the third quarter of this financial year, 2021.
The shortage of
empty containers alsohas started to ease out
the port T.K. Ramachandran, in hismessage stated that “ the Industry being skeptical on the global
merchandise trade due toCOVID pandemic, the volumes handled at the Port are slowly recovering and
have started to show positive
signs since October, 2020.
Moreover, the shortage of empty containers alsohas started to ease out and the influx of Exports
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(The Hosting News) – AT&T customer’s data may have been exposed during a data breach that occurred in August by one of the company’s employees.
According to Reuters, 1,6000 customers data was exposed in the hack, including customers Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers.
“We take our customers’ privacy very seriously and value the trust they have in us,” said an AT&T spokesperson. “Unfortunately, we recently learned that one of our employees did not follow our strict privacy rules and inappropriately obtained some customer information. This individual no longer works at AT&T and we are directly contacting the limited number of affected customers.”
For those affected by the data breach, AT&T is offering a ear of free credit monitoring, as well as ensuring all false charges are reversed.


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Today’s e-Reads: We know you aren’t going to get any work done today, so here we go with the latest offerings from Google and news that Apple will acquire Sprint.
Losing the keyboard at Google.
Sprint finds a savior after the AT&T/T-Mobile deal.
Ways to use your smartphone creatively at work.
A killer Easter Treat from ThinkGeek.
The Huffington Post's answer to The New York Times's paywall http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/a-word-about-digital-subs_b_843385.html.
OK, there actually is some real news out there, if you’ve gotten this far.
We checked, and this one isn’t a joke: Google is working on an app to ID people by their faces, CNN says.
Network World weighs in, too.
The Los Angeles Times has an opinion on the Federal Trade Commission’s action against Google Buzz.
Google’s woes in China: Chinese online media company is dropping it, and Gmail is a pain to use there.
Here’s a possible reason: The New York Times reviews a book showing where Google went wrong in trying to get a foothold in China, including not trusting its own engineers.
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Sales of summer clothes hit hardest
Sky news are reporting that for the month of July, retail spending in the clothing sector took a big hit due to the poor weather. All categories of clothing contracted in what is normally a busy month for retailers. The reduction in footfall in stores appears to have been particularly affected by the poor weather as consumers opted to stay home rather than venture out into the rain. If it wasn’t for online, it is highly likely that this contraction would have been much larger.
The government is working to halve inflation by the end of this year in a bid to improve growth and recent signs have shown that their strategy may finally be starting to have an effect, something which families will be relieved to see, albeit later than most would have hoped.
In more positive news, the IMF had already upgraded their forecast for the UK’s growth over the next few years and predicts that it will outperform France, Germany and Italy. Regardless of whether their forecast is accurate, which remains to be seen, it does confirm that the markets are reacting positively to the governments’ plans, which can only be a good thing.
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Colorado State University (CSU) has begun constructing the JBS Global Food Innovation Center. The $15 million state-of-the-art facility will focus on best practices in three distinct areas--food safety, meat sciences and animal handling and welfare.
Last week, a new Strategic Plan for 2017-2021 was unveiled by The Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC)--a partnership that consists of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
After reports of inspectors taking bribes to allow the sale of contaminated food, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now testing shipments of raw beef and ready-to-eat products originating from Brazil.
This week, President Donald Trump released an outline of his first federal budget. His 2018 budget plans include slashing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) funding by a whopping $4.7 billion.
The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has reported this week that there was a significant decline in the number of human cases of Campylobacter in 2016.
Gottlieb, 44, is a partner at a venture capitalist firm that focuses on healthcare investments and has a long history with both the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.
Ouleout cheese from Vulto Creamery in Walton, NY has been identified as the most likely source of a Listeria outbreak that has sickened 6 people in 4 states. Two of those illnesses resulted in fatalities.
A Tennessee chicken farm that supplies meat to Tyson Foods is confirmed to have a deadly form of bird flu, prompting South Asia to reject imports of American chicken.
Researchers at Tuskegee University--a historically African American college in Alabama--have secured a patent for a faster and more efficient way to detect live bacteria that could contaminate the nation’s food supply.
An Escherichia coli (E. coli) outbreak in five states has prompted state and federal officials to investigate the origin of the foodborne illness.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more imported foods--primarily fish and produce--are the cause of foodborne disease outbreaks.
This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens”.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has teamed up with the Global Food Safety Partnership (GFSP) for the purpose of training its laboratory personnel on testing methods for mycotoxins, pesticide residues and veterinary drug residues.
According to a new study conducted by the Brown School at Washington University (St. Louis, MO), notifying the proper government authorities of suspected food poisoning could improve not only the reporting of such illnesses, but thoroughness of the follow up investigation as well.
Food scientists at Cornell University have discovered that some Salmonella serotypes can have a lasting, negative effect on one’s DNA.
The UK's Food Standards Agency clarifies how the region goes about inspecting imported meat after a series of misleading media reports.
The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) have teamed up to develop clearer messaging aimed at helping consumers better understand food expiration dates, thus reducing food waste.
The third party supplier at the helm of the massive recall--Deutsch Kase Haus of Middlebury, IN--is no stranger to Listeria contamination. In the fall of 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reportedly conducted environmental testing in which three out of 25 swabs tested positive for the presence of Listeria monocytogenes.
On Thursday, a Sanderson Farms Inc. shareholder proposal to stop the use of medically important antibiotics for animal growth and disease prevention did not pass with enough votes.
The proposed Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) will introduce modern food safety requirements for businesses that either import food, or prepare food to be exported or sold across provinces.


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The right to be recognised, rebooted: Regulation (EU) 2019/515 on the mutual recognition of goods starts to apply
The EU’s new regulation on the mutual recognition of goods has started to apply. One part of the so-called “Goods Package”, it aims to improve the application of the mutual recognition principle for goods and remove unjustified barriers to trade within the EU.
With COVID-19 heralding unprecedented changes in the sector, our life sciences products experts provide a weekly summary of key international developments to keep you up to date.
The EU has decided to postpone application of its new medical regime by one year. Although COVID-19 is cited as the reason, the delay is no doubt welcomed by an industry that has lobbied for postponement of the regime for some time because of perceived issues with its implementation.
RED Talk: EU consulting on proposed laws to deal with software that alters the safety or compliance of connected devices
The European Commission is holding a targeted consultation on proposed new laws to deal with software that alters the safety or compliance of connected devices. The consultation closes on 22 May 2020.
In such unprecedented times, international product regulators are finding themselves under increasing pressure and seem to be reacting with a previously unseen level of agility and flexibility. We look at what is happening, globally. Is it business as usual? What are we seeing them focus on? And what does this mean for the future of products regulations?
The ever-changing COVID-19 regulatory landscape: The European Commission issues guidance on the manufacture of certain medical supply products for COVID-19
The regulatory environment for rapid production of COVID-19 medical supplies changes on a daily basis. Most recently, the European Commission has weighed in to provide some Europe-wide insight. The guidance provided only serves to underline the significant pressures that all of those in these areas are having to grapple with, as well as the considerable complexity of applicable regulatory regimes.
Product safety professionals from around the globe attended the ICPHSO Anunal Symposium in Orlando. We are pleased to bring you some of the highlights coming out of the many interesting sessions.


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Google Fi has been around in one form or another since 2015. Over five years on, what exactly is on offer, and is it worth it? Re-branded in 2018 after initially launching as Project Fi, the telecommunications service
was originally only available for Google's Nexus 6 phablet, developed in partnership with Motorola. The following year, Google rolled it out to the owners of additional devices, including Google's Pixel smartphones.
Fast-forward another two years and, freshly re-branded, Google announced that its Fi telecoms solution would be available to an even wider audience still. This service expansion included, for example, much-anticipated support for Apple's iPhones, as well as a variety of other non-Google handsets and devices.
Yet, many people remain unfamiliar with the Google Fi offering. However, recent news of expanding 5G coverage
and talk of various highly sought-after Google Pixel 6
deals have begun to pique the interest of smartphone owners and others across the board. But, of course, the question remains – is it worth it? Let’s take a closer look at precisely what's up for grabs.
What Is Google Fi?
Google Fi is the search engine giant and multinational technology company's telecommunications service that provides calls, SMS, and internet over Wi-Fi and a range of cellular networks. The service predominantly uses networks operated by T-Mobile and U.S. Cellular.
What sets Google Fi apart from much of the competition, though, is that it automatically switches between networks. By doing so, Google promises users peak signal strength and speed as the service seamlessly transitions between encrypted Wi-Fi and cellular coverage as necessary.
Subscribers can also use the service to make calls and send messages via Google Hangouts on any computer, in addition to their phones and tablets. For the most part, Google designed Fi for families and other groups. Having three or more users on a plan brings down the cost for each individual significantly.
Is Google Fi Worth It?
Google Fi boasts many benefits in addition to those outlined above. For example, so-called bill protection, available on group plans, is great for families, preventing unnecessary, unwanted, or unanticipated spending. Elsewhere, the service's ever-growing range of packages is as flexible as possible, with no activation fees or contracts.
Where available, customers have access to super-fast 5G coverage by default. However, this works on a relatively small number of supported handsets. Other limitations are outlined in full in the brand's mobile broadband consumer disclosure
Right now, prices start from as little as $16 per month, based on a flexible plan for five or more users. Monthly costs for individuals begin at $20. For this, Google Fi subscribers get unlimited calls and messages in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Customers can purchase data at $10 for every gigabyte used.
Those looking for more data can also upgrade to one of a choice of largely unrestricted plans. These plans are called Simply Unlimited and Unlimited Plus. Prices start at $50 per month for an individual, but drop to $20 and $40 per person per month, respectively, when you have four or more people on your plan. Both of these plans are especially good for those who frequently travel, particularly overseas. There are special provisions for low-cost international data, calling, and messaging where Wi-Fi isn't available.
Whether Google Fi is worth it ultimately comes down to selecting the optimum package and comparing prices with alternative solutions supplied elsewhere. Google makes this easy with its interactive plan comparison tool
, where potential new subscribers can explore a plethora of options available to them and their families.
Switch to Google Fi
For regular travelers and families, in particular, switching to Google Fi could result in significant cost savings each month. Thankfully, signing up is straightforward
Most Android handsets and iPhones now work with Fi. And moving from another carrier is a breeze, done strictly online and with no need to visit a store. Moreover, once subscribed, it's possible to freely switch plans, add or remove users, pause an agreement, and even cancel entirely with no hidden fees.
Protect Your Device With Upsie
Google Fi offers many benefits that can save customers money and improve their service. At the same time, customers can protect their smartphones with an all-important extended warranty from Upsie
. Upsie offers smartphone subscription warranties that cost just $9.99 per month.
In addition, every Upsie protects smartphone warranty customers from defects, faults, cracks, drops, spills, and all manner of further eventualities.
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