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This fall, we are proud to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Prosciutto di Parma’s return to the United States. 30 years of buttery, salty, sweet slices of our beloved Parma Ham. Now that is something to celebrate.
Following a 20-year import ban, Prosciutto di Parma was officially welcomed back into the U.S. in October 1989.
The U.S. Ambassador to Italy, Maxwell Rabb, played a big role in lifting the U.S. ban. He said it “took less effort to negotiate cruise missile installations in Sicily than to solve the Parma ham problem,” as noted in this Sun Sentinel article from 1987.
Although the ban was lifted, at the time, some importers were not convinced when Prosciutto di Parma made its return in the fall of 1989. In this Chicago Tribune piece, one was quoted saying ”I really don`t think there`s going to be a huge market, even with all the hype.”
On the other hand, Galloni, one of the first Prosciutto di Parma producers to export to the U.S., had some positive things to say about the prized ham: “It’s not like bologna. It’s definitely a gourmet item like caviar. It has a taste and flavor to be savored. It’s not a belly filler.”
Despite what the skeptics thought 30 years ago, the market for Prosciutto di Parma today is exploding. The United States is the top export market for Prosciutto di Parma, exporting around 600,000 pieces per year, including whole legs and pre-sliced, at an estimated value of €60M. Right behind the U.S. are Germany and France.
Some of Prosciutto di Parma’s top U.S. distributers, retailers, and restaurants today have been along for the full 30 year ride – NYC’s Balducci’s and Di Palo’s, Arthur Avenue’s Teitel Brothers and Tino’s Deli, Philly’s Di Bruno Bros, and more.
These days, Prosciutto di Parma can be found in countless delis, restaurants, and homes across the nation. New research from the Consorzio del Prosciutto di Parma shows 63% of consumers consumed prosciutto in the past year. It’s more than just a holiday treat – It’s an easy and delicious way to elevate any dish and impress your loved ones. Enjoy some Prosciutto di Parma this month to celebrate.
Looking for tips and ideas for how to work with Prosciutto di Parma? Head to The Whole Leg.
Happy Anniversary, Prosciutto di Parma, and here’s to another 30 years!


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Infrastructure which would minimise disruption at Kent ports has been rejected by the Government, despite strong objection from NFU.
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Last night, UK MPs voted against the House of Lords’ amendments to the Agriculture Bill, which were included to protect post-Brexit food standards.
Data released by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) said that there is a “great deal of uncertainty” around approximately a tenth of England's potato crop as farmers review the damage of the flooding.
Soft fruit is a staple for many UK consumers, and the British love affair with strawberries and raspberries is particularly prominent. According to Defra, consumption of strawberries and raspberries has risen by 150 percent and 123 percent respectively between 1996 and 2015, supported by perceived health benefits and improved availability.…

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The Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership has developed a scheme with manufacturers such as Jaguar Land Rover and banks including HSBC, Lloyds, Royal Bank of Scotland and Santander to “dispel some of the myths surrounding lending to the auto industry”.
According to the Manufacturing Advisory Service, many smaller manufacturers with full order books are struggling to get the working capital they require to complete work reports The Telegraph.
A report by the Smith Institute, commissioned by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, found automotive companies were particularly hard hit.
The research found a lack of understanding of the sector within banks, “particularly at a local level and in regions with a number of automotive companies in operation”. It also said favourable payment terms offered by vehicle manufacturers to suppliers were often not being passed further down the supply chain.
Paul Heaven, chairman of the LEP, said the financing issues were preventing small businesses from “developing new tools, taking new staff on or in ramping up capacity to cope with new contracts. A lot of this is down to myths
surrounding the automotive sector and a lack of understanding on how both parties work.”
The plan will see large manufacturers share more detailed investment plans with banks, including information on how they work with suppliers. In turn, banks will appoint industry specialists to look after small manufacturers and play a bigger role in funding decisions to tackle the complaints from bosses of small businesses that there is a lack of understanding of their industry among lenders’ relationship managers.
Mr Heaven said the scheme had made “good early progress”. “If we can enable closer discussions through a series of small, confidential meetings, the LEP may be able to increase access to finance.”


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Looks like Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean has finally arrived for the Nexus S… in Pakistan. Our Android brothers and sisters in Asia are the first to receive the update over-the-air as one user has reported over on XDA. This is a good sign the 114MB update could soon arrive in other parts of the globe. If you don’t feel like waiting, you can download and apply the JRO03E update directly via the Google link below. Exciting stuff!
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The unlocked versions of the HTC 10 are now receiving Android 8.0 Oreo via an over-the-air update.
A new image has been shared which supposedly reveals the retail packaging for the Galaxy S9. This shares some of the key specs for the upcoming device.
US models for the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus have passed through the FCC, bringing us one step closer their inevitable launch.
A new leak gives us a look at the upcoming HTC U11 EYEs ahead of the device’s official unveiling which is scheduled for January 15th.


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Bank of Ghana (BoG) Governor has revealed that the country is exploring the benefits of issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC).
Speaking at the 23rd National Banking Conference, the BOG boss – Ernest Addison said the country’s central bank is discussing the launch of a CBDC project with key stakeholders in the industry; with the possibility of issuing an e-cedi in the near future.
See details from the meeting here, e-cedi is referenced in article 16.
According to Addison, the project will form part of efforts towards the digitization of the country’s financial and banking sector, as he affirms that digital financial technologies will continue to define the future of banking experience.
“The digital age provides enormous potential for the financial sector to re-orient itself to satisfy the new consumer and business demands for financial services;” as he referenced the increase in mobile money transfers by 70% between 2017 and 2018.
The Governor further announced that the BoG has authorized the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB Bank) – the nation’s largest bank by total operating assets, to issue e-money (a mobile money equivalent of its fiat currency).
By this order, GCB will create electronic money equivalent to the nation’s cash which will allow users access to electronic wallets to be issued by the bank.
Ghana now joins fellow African nation Rwanda in making steps towards digital currency initiatives. Reports say Africa remains a top shot for wider cryptocurrency adoption especially owing to the restrictions by traditional financial institutions which has left many of its residents unbanked.
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I learned to make a decent cup of tea when I worked in the U.K.; at a country pub, my barmaid duties included steeping perfect cups of milky tea for the managers, several times a day. Later, when I worked in business settings, “elevenses” — late-morning tea, coffee, and sweets — was such a formal ritual that at one place, uniformed women parked a tea cart outside of our office every day at 11 a.m. My coworkers and I would immediately stop what we were doing to serve ourselves bracing cuppas from a huge, dented metal urn.
I was reminded of this as I read the results from a recent Hilton International global survey on “The DNA of successful meetings,” which seems to affirm caffeine as a pillar of our workdays, though not consistently from country to country.
During 15-minute phone interviews with professionals in the United States, the United Kingdom, and China, researchers found that coffee and tea “play a much more important role in success for business people in the U.K. and China, than they do for business people in the U.S,” according to the survey’s executive report.
Only 64 percent of Chinese respondents show “strong preferences,” for face-to-face meetings, versus 82 percent in the U.S. and 87 percent in the U.K.
U.S.-based businesspeople are keen enough on the strong stuff — 80 percent drink a cup of coffee or tea before 10 a.m., but only 46 percent sip it after 10 a.m. — versus the majority of U.K. and Chinese staffers, who sip coffee throughout the day.
To perhaps explain their habit, 68 percent of U.K. respondents consider coffee and tea to be important to successful meetings, and 58 percent of Chinese and 61 percent of U.K. respondents think the most successful meetings happen over coffee, compared with 44 percent in the U.S.
And if you’re going to serve coffee to Chinese attendees, make sure it’s not weak, burned, or otherwise lacking: 54 percent of Chinese respondents think that if it’s going to be served, coffee should be of high quality, compared with 43 percent in the U.S. and 37 percent in the U.K. (I recall that the coffee on our tea cart was — gasp —instant.)
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Uneven reliance on coffee wasn’t the only difference that emerged between businesspeople in the three countries. While most of us are sharper prior to noon — professionals in each of the three countries agree that the best meetings should be held in the morning (95 percent in the U.S., 93 percent in the U.K., and 91 percent in China) — the Chinese are more open to those meetings being virtual. Only 64 percent of Chinese respondents show “strong preferences” for face-to-face meetings, versus 82 percent in the U.S. and 87 percent in the U.K.
Another interesting tidbit about China: Start on time, but don’t sink or swim according to your agenda. Seventy-four percent of Chinese professionals prefer meetings to be scheduled, versus 58 percent in the U.S. and 57 percent in the U.K.; however, half of Chinese business people gravitate toward unstructured meetings, versus a relatively paltry 16 percent in the U.S. and 11 percent in the U.K. And here’s another interesting comparison: Chinese respondents have a “significantly higher” interest in ice breakers (86 percent China versus 63 percent U.S. and 61 percent U.K).
And lastly, when it comes to ambience, don’t assume it’s secondary to getting business done: 70 percent of U.K. and 53 percent of Chinese respondents consider windows important, and 76 percent of Chinese respondents agree that a meeting’s ambience is important to its success, compared to 67 percent of U.S. respondents. (To wit, 67 percent of Chinese professionals would rather be in a two-hour meeting in a comfortable room versus a 15-minute meeting in an uncomfortable room.)
Those are a lot of stats to digest, but it boils down to this: During a meeting, coffee and tea unite (most of) us. Yet culture is a determining factor in how we view, participate in, and ultimately perceive the meetings we’re a part of.


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Crysis, a game that was known to be the benchmark of top-end PCs, is coming to Switch at 720p and 30 FPS with even more graphical upgrades. Of course, those performance numbers might not sound too exciting for some shooter veterans, but the fact that we have mobile devices that can run Crysis is a show of how much technology has improved over time.
Crysis was so infamous for trashing on even decently-expensive PCs, for a long time “But can it run Crysis?” was a popular meme on the internet. I think if you told people then that Crysis (with even better graphics) will be on an affordable mobile device by 2020, most wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m excited for Crysis Remastered because I never had a good enough of a PC back in the day to play the game. Now me, and many others, will be able to play one of the most infamous video game ever made. What about you? Anyone else out there in the same boat?


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Britain's shortest web address X.uk could fetch £10m as internet shake-up now allows users to drop .co.uk
- The four characters are owned by insurance entrepreneur Simon Burgess
- Nominet is today expanding Britain's online retail estate
- Businesses and individuals can choose to drop the familiar '.co.uk'
- TV presenter Stephen Fry is among the first to make the shift
- Mr Burgess owned x.co.uk so he had first say on acquiring x.uk
Selling: Insurance entrepreneur Simon Burgess (pictured) owns X.uk and if bought for £10m it will be the highest price ever paid for a UK website
One of the shortest but most expensive web addresses in the world will go on sale today and is expected to fetch £10million.
The four characters are owned by insurance entrepreneur Simon Burgess and if bought will be the highest price ever paid for a UK website.
Nominet, a non-profit organisation that controls UK web addresses, is today expanding Britain's online retail estate.
It will mean businesses and individuals can choose to drop the familiar '.co.uk' and '.com' suffixes from their web addresses in favour of the short and simple '.uk'.
Just as Germany has a ‘.de’ domain name and France has its own ‘.fr’, so the British will be able to demonstrate their national affiliation with ‘.uk’.
Mr Burgess told The Telegraph: 'There's only 36 of these four–character addresses: 26 letters and 10 numbers. We think x.uk is uniquely valuable.
'I've already had an offer of more than £5m from a very large organisation, which I turned down.'
Because Mr Burgess already owned x.co.uk, he had an automatic option to acquire the more valuable x.uk.
The American equivalent of x.co.uk is 'X.com' which is owned by PayPal. It was the name of the online financial website it became known as PayPal in 2000.
Born in Stoke on Trent, Burgess studied law at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne where, despite his severe dyslexia, he won a prize for best examination performance.
His dyslexia meant becoming a barrister would have been 'impossible'.
After taking a year out after university he joined Lloyd’s of London syndicate Gibbs Hartley Cooper as a junior broker in 1982 and was poached three years later by rival Lloyd’s syndicate RH Payne & Others.
Burgess left Lloyd's in the 1990s to join his father working for his road haulage firm taking humanitarian aid to Bosnia and was in charge of distribution of food, healthcare supplies and clothing to locals for the next five years.
In 2000, Burgess set up on his own business as a broker specialising in payment protection. insurance.
Nominet, a non-profit organisation that controls UK web addresses, is today expanding Britain's online retail estate
TV presenter Stephen Fry is among the first to make the shift to .uk, while both small start-up companies and major household names are set to follow suit.
Among the other first adopters are the tech start-up Lowdownapp, which is switching from ‘.co.uk’, and the independent craft lager company Saint Lager, which is changing from a ‘.com’ to ‘enjoysaint.uk’.
The introduction of ‘.uk’ is one of a number of new domain name options that have become available with a major shake-up in the web address system, which include ‘.london’, ‘.bbc’, ‘.cymru’ and ‘.company’.
The rise of social media services has made short web addresses more valuable.
Sex.com sold for £8.3m in 2010 and Insurance.com set a world record selling for £21.2million during
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A £10m sale of x.uk would rank it among the top ten most expensive addresses.
Sex.com sold for £8.3m in 2010 and Insurance.com set a world record at £21.2m the same year.
BIG BUSINESS: SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE WEB ADDRESSES
Korea.com was purchased in January 2000 for £2.9million.
SEO.com was purchased for the same amount by the venture capitalist firm WashingtonVC in 2007.
Toys.com was snapped up by the children's toy retailer ToysRUS in March 2009 for £3million.
Casino.com and Slots.com domains both managed to fetch £3.27 million a-piece when they were sold in 2003 and 2010, respectively.
Beer.com sold in 2004 for £4.1million to Thought Convergence.
Business.com and Diamond.com both fetched £4.46million asking price.
Fb.com was snapped up by Facebook in 2010 for £5million.
Porn.com fetched a whopping £5.65million when it sold in 2007.
Fund.com is reportedly a site for a financial services company and was bought for £5.9million in 2008.
Hotels.com was bought for 'around' £6.5million in 2001
Sex.com is well-known for being one of the most expensive domain name purchases of all time, and given how much traffic searches around the term drives, it’s little surprise. Sex.com sold for £8.3million in 2010.
PrivateJet.com was sold in 2012 for £18million.
VacationRentals.com was bought in 2007 for £21million.
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The event, which will be held May 14, 2009 at the Jumeirah Essex House in New York City, will maintain a wait list for interested potential attendees.
“I’m very excited that BevNET Live has captured this level of interest,” said John Craven, founder of BevNET.com. “We are looking forward to a great event.”
The one-day conference is a way for entrepreneurial beverage marketers to mix with distributors, retailers, suppliers, and other experts to learn about ways to improve their products and their business performance. With high-quality panels and speakers covering aspects of the business that include Branding, Distribution, Innovation and Investment, BevNET Live is the premier forum for growing companies in the beverage industry.
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The tellurian economy might be frail though consumers still feel good about their situation, new information from Ipsos shows.
The Ipsos Global Consumer Confidence Index — that measures consumer certainty opposite 24 countries — came in during 48.7 for January, only 1.5 points next an all-time high of 50.2 set in May 2018. The index also bounced from a lowest turn in dual years. Consumers in a U.S., Great Britain, Argentina and South Africa were among a ones whose certainty grew a most, a information showed.
This consumer resilience seen around a universe comes even as experts tatter over a state of a tellurian economy. In late December, a International Monetary Fund embellished a tellurian expansion foresee for 2020 to 3.5% from 3.6%, citing intensity risks geopolitical tensions and deflationary pressures.
Meanwhile, production activity in a euro section engaged final month while a U.S. production zone fell to a misfortune turn given Jun 2009.
Nicolas Boyon, comparison clamp boss of open affairs during Ipsos, pronounced consumers sojourn assured notwithstanding a slack given their practice confidence and marketplace outlook.
“The pursuit conditions has softened in a lot of places,” he said. “Even in a series of European countries, it is improved than it was 5 or 10 years ago.”
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The Good and Bad News That Volkswagen is Investing $25 Billion on Electric Vehicles
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David's story describes Volkswagen's decision to invest a fairly large amount of money on manufacturing electric versions of their great vehicles (I love driving VW and Audi vehicles, they may in general be the best driving cars on the road - but this is not germane to this article). David's story reads, in part:
"It looks like those pesky fines and settlements from their diesel emissions scandal didn’t hit Volkswagen too hard after all. The company recently announced the signing of $25 billion in supplier contracts that will allow the company to ramp up battery production for electric vehicles.
"VW had previously announced plans to have as many as 16 EV plants up and running by 2022 as part of their Roadmap E strategy. This number compares to the three currently in place. The company is looking to ramp electric vehicle production up to three million vehicles annually by 2025, with no fewer than 80 EV models throughout a collection of brands that includes Audi and Porsche.
"It’s estimated that 50 of these vehicles will be powered by batteries and 30 will be plug-in hybrids. By 2030, VW wants to offer an electric version of all 300 of their vehicle models. Many insiders feel this push is brought about by a need to aggressively move past the diesel-gate scandal.
"Others state that this level of investment is VW’s way of throwing down the gauntlet as it takes aim at Tesla, which reportedly has similar deals worth about $15 billion in place through 2022, primarily for lithium-ion cells from Panasonic."
(I apologize if David or THOMAS feel I have reprinted too much of their article, and will happily reduce the quotation to a much briefer version if requested. I just want the flavor of David's story to really come through. Please visit the link to read and/or watch the video in its entirety).
I have no problem with David's story, I think it's a good story for him, and a good story for VW. This is the "GOOD" news about VW's decision to pursue electric cars so strongly.
The BAD news is the information that David shares with readers about electric vehicles in the last paragraph of the story. It refers to the rare element cobalt, which is needed for the vehicle batteries. The paragraph reads, in part:
"Cobalt is an element that is mined as a by-product of nickel and copper...in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...one the most unstable countries in the world."
Being an unstable country isn't the bad part, the bad part is how and by whom the cobalt is mined. It is a disgusting, filthy business that is as close to ancient slave mining as anything could possibly be. The promise of electric vehicles is that it's supposed to fix most or all of the evils of internal combustion engine powered cars and trucks. But the problems with cobalt mining makes electric vehicles as bad as the worst problems caused by lead-gasoline spewing cars and trucks. It is an unconscionable problem. This situation should not exist in any country of the world. And while it is not VW's problem alone, given VW's recent diesel emissions scandal, not to mention the elephant in the room issue of certain in-humane events of the last century, Volkswagen should never ever, ever, ever, be associated with anything like this.
The Auto Channel has reported on the revelations made by other media outlets of the horrendous conditions related to cobalt mining. Unless the reports are completely and totally inaccurate, any consideration of electric vehicles that require the use of cobalt in their batteries should be immediately curtailed until a clean, heathy solution is put in place.


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USA: “The Midnight Sentinel” host JD Rucker has warned that people should start prepping as food shortages are about to get worse.
In a recent episode of his program, Rucker shared information that old and new preppers can use to prepare before SHTF. Rucker also warned against two potential outcomes:
- First is a “creeping anarchy,” where the degradation of society will occur over an extended period of time. In this scenario, more and more people will be unable to take care of themselves and their families until they become desperate.
- Second is a quick, sudden domino effect. Within a couple of weeks or even several days, society will start to break down.
After a complete societal collapse, there will be martial law and anarchy and chaos in the streets. If you haven’t stocked up on supplies, your whole family might starve.
There might be food shortages and supply trucks could get hijacked as stores run empty. Eventually, President Joe Biden will impose martial law and there will be a lot of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) trucks and camps trying to handle the situation, which will then spread across the globe.
This worsening problem isn’t unique to America.
Before things get worse in your city, start preparing and stock up on food, water and other supplies. If society does collapse, survivors will be crucial to ensuring that things eventually go back to normal.
Rucker said it’s unwise to underestimate just how badly things can go. The country will need patriots, particularly people who can take care of themselves.
Don’t count on the government, the Biden regime or the powers that be who are controlling the Biden regime. Don’t let all your hard work go to waste because of needless sanctions for a plandemic.
If things are only starting to get bad in your area, they could still get worse. Whatever happens, it’s better to prepare now than starve later.
Aside from the war between Ukraine and Russia, food prices were affected by the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Government COVID-19 responses have damaged the global supply chains, causing disruptions that continue to this day.
In 2022, Ukraine ceased exports of buckwheat, cattle, millet, oats and wheat, while Russia has banned exports of fertilizer. Both Russia and Belarus provide nearly 40 percent of the global exports of potash, a key fertilizer ingredient.
Russia also exports 48 percent of the global exports of ammonium nitrate. Combined with Ukraine, they export 28 percent of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers.
Experts have warned that fertilizer prices may double as a result of Russia’s ban on fertilizer exports.
Stock up on food and water to prepare for food shortages
If you’re not a prepper yet, now is a good time to become one.
Before SHTF, prepare for multiple major disasters, supply chain issues, food shortages, cyber-attacks and rumors of war. Don’t wait for the government to take care of you and your family. (Related: World Alternative Media: Global food shortage is part of Great Reset agenda.)
For your water supply, consider stocking up on clean drinking water. If you have space in your garage or homestead, set up a huge water tank, like one 300-gallon tank or several tanks.
Alternatively, you can stock up on five-gallon buckets or five-gallon water containers.
Here’s a list of food items that you should also stockpile before SHTF:
- Baking powder
- Baking Soda
- Brown and white rice
- Canned food (fruits, vegetables and assorted meats)
- Cooking oils
- Dried pasta
- Hard red winter wheat
- Honey or sugar
- Peanut butter
- Pinto beans
- Powdered milk
- Salt and other spices
- White flour
Experiment with these foods so you can come up with a list of easy-to-prepare meals that you can make for your family when dealing with a long-term survival scenario. Don’t waste money on food your family doesn’t like to eat, but make sure you also stock up on nutritious items so you get the nutrients you need to stay healthy.
If you have pets or livestock at home, don’t forget to stock up on pet food, treats and toys for them too.
To ensure that the food in your stockpile doesn’t go to waste, rotate your supplies. If SHTF, start by eating the short-term food in your pantry, freezer and refrigerator. Always go through the food based on when it expires.
Visit FoodCollapse.com to read more articles about food shortages.
Watch the full video below of “The Midnight Sentinel” with host JD Rucker to learn how to prepare for food shortages.
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Teal, an adorable boutique in Summerville, is quite a trek for a lot of people, but it's worth the roadtrip. They're offering a "fashion stimulus package" to all frugalistas who are downright deprived during this economic downturn. Make sure to get a fix on your fashion craving every week with Teal Tuesdays, which offer a variety of discounts ranging from 25 percent off dresses to 15 percent off total purchases. Right now, all fall/winter-wear is 50-70 percent off, with great deals on sweaters, sweater dresses, and denim at 40 percent off. Clutches, handbags, and scarves are all 40 percent off as well.
Teal will also be holding a Sidewalk Sale Feb. 20-21 to introduce their new spring and summer lines with 10-15 percent discounts, including the purging of all past season goodies. New spring-wear stuff coming in includes vintage prints, flirty tops, mini-dresses, cute jackets, and maxi dresses, and denim like colored skinnies. Check out their Facebook group for more information, weekly messages, and updates. Call (843) 851-8470 for more info. —Reina Gascon-Lopez


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WASHINGTON — In an effort to jump-start a sputtering Detroit, President Obama announced yesterday that the federal government will purchase 17,600 new fuel-efficient vehicles from American automakers by June 1.
“As part of our commitment to the American auto industry, I charged my administration with using Recovery Act funds to purchase a new fleet of fuel-efficient government vehicles to increase demand for our American auto companies and stimulate the economy,” Obama said.
The automobiles will be bought from General Motors, Chrysler and Ford, all of which already had existing contracts with the government’s General Services Administration.
The president said the GSA will spend about $285 million in funds from the $787 billion Recovery Act approved by Congress earlier this year to buy the 17,600 commercially available fuel-efficient vehicles.
“This is only a first step, but I will continue to ensure that we are working to support the American auto industry during this difficult period of restructuring,” Obama said.
The announcement yesterday includes the purchase of 2,500 hybrid sedans that will be ordered by April 15, the largest one-time purchase of hybrid vehicles for the government fleet ever.
Swapping older federal cars for hybrids and fuel-efficient vehicles will reduce gasoline consumption by 1.3 million gallons per year and cut carbon dioxide emissions by 26 million pounds.


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Travel Information: March 20, 2020
In light of the current COVID-19 outbreak and the local travel mandate restricting visitor entry into the British Virgin Islands in an effort to lessen the spread of the virus, Rosewood Little Dix Bay will temporarily halt operations effective March 24, 2020 as a precautionary and protective measure.
The safety and well-being of our guests and associates are of the utmost priority, and we have made necessary arrangements to facilitate the temporary closure of Rosewood Little Dix Bay and accommodate the needs of all current and incoming guests.
We apologize for any inconvenience and look forward to welcoming our visitors back and resuming service to the highest standards as soon as the health situation improves. In the meantime, we remain available to answer any questions and can be contacted at +1 347 561 1199 or at email@example.com.
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Bright Food Group Co., a state-owned Chinese food conglomerate, is close to finalizing a deal to purchase U.S. vitamin retailer GNC Holdings Inc. Reuters reported Dec. 7 that Bright Food would purchase GNC for $2.5 billion to $3 billion in a move that would bring the well-known foreign brand to China’s growing middle class. The deal could be announced within the next several days, Reuters reported.
Pittsburgh-based GNC is currently owned by Ares Management and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board. As Reuters reported, the Chinese government has been scooping up foreign assets in recent months, but the purchase of a U.S. consumer company by a Chinese firm is less common. Bright Foods, which is backed by the Shanghai city government, operates mostly in the dairy market and faces stiff competition from other local players.
GNC and Bright Foods: current partners
GNC and Bright Foods are not new to one another. In February, the supplement retailer announced that it was partnering with Bright Food Group to introduce GNC supplements and nutritional products to the Chinese market. The plan was for GNC to collaborate with Shanghai Yantang Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bright Food, to form the joint venture GNC China.
“Bright Food’s partnership with GNC in nutritional products will not only introduce GNC’s popular products into China,” Jungie Ge, vice president of Bright Food and chairman of Shanghai Yantang Group, said at the time. “But we will also seek GNC’s assistance to improve and upgrade selected Bright Food products. In the future, the products of GNC and Bright Food’s health related products will be sold in a wide range of retail formats in China.”
According to Nutrition Business Journal research, China’s supplement sales grew 9.3% to $8.1 billion in 2008, and the country is poised to become the world’s largest supplement market in coming years. “Based on our research in the nutrition industry in China, GNC believes there are significant growth opportunities in the PRC marketplace,” said Joe Fortunato, chief executive of GNC, said in February. “We look forward to working with Bright Food, which has strong product, distribution and retail capabilities in China.”
Read the Reuters article.


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STETSON’S NEW TOP HAT: Stetson has named Pam Fields chief executive officer, filling a position that has been vacant for about three years. Fields was most recently at Ryan Partnership and Ryan iDirect, a marketing agency, where she was responsible for development of digital, direct and promotional strategy and programming for Unilever’s Dove brand. Fields has also served as president of Tag Heuer’s U.S. subsidiary. At Stetson, Fields’ duties entail developing new business and overseeing marketing and brand-building initiatives. She reports to Paul Guilden, owner of Stetson.
This story first appeared in the March 19, 2008 issue of WWD. Subscribe Today.
LANDS’ END GROWS IN CANADA: After a successful introduction in 2006, Sears Canada plans to expand its offering of Lands’ End apparel by adding it to more of the retailer’s 197 department stores in Canada and 183 dealer-owned locations. The line was initially carried in four stores, all in the Greater Toronto area. Last year, it rolled out to 30 more stores, for a total of 34, spread across the country. The selection of items includes all major categories such as knit tops, bottoms, women’s, men’s and kids’. Sears plans to expand the line further into an unspecified number of stores.


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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- People who smoke electronic cigarettes may want to start paying attention to where they light up.
Because there are so few studies on the effects of e-cigs, some counties are saying you cannot use them in public places.
The Cabell-Huntington Health Department added regulations regarding e-cigs last year, treating them exactly like real cigarettes.
“They’re considered a tobacco product by the EPA,” Dr. Harry Tweel says. “Even State Bill 4237 last year declared them to be a tobacco-derived product, so indeed they are considered a cigarette.”
WSAZ.com spoke with multiple restaurant owners in Huntington. None of them was aware of the regulations.
Some of the restaurants did not allow the use of e-cigs anyway, but managers at others say they see people use them frequently and didn’t think anything about it unless a customer complained.
“Business owners are confused because the industry is hyping that they are not cigarettes and not a tobacco product,” Tweel said. “Unfortunately that is not the case, and yes there is confusion, and I hope this will satisfy that yes it is a tobacco product, yes it does fall under the code.”
According to Tweel, using an e-cig in Cabell County is the same as smoking a regular cigarette, so they do not work as an alternative in a place you can’t already smoke.
In Putnam and Kanawha counties, there are no regulations on electronic cigarettes. The use of them is left up to individual business owners.
WSAZ.com asked people in Cabell County what they thought about the regulations, and we got mixed reviews.
One man said people use electronic cigarettes to quit smoking. He says with the amount of smokers in our area, instead of mandating e-cigs like real cigarettes that we should focus on helping people quit.
Another man said, despite being a smoker, he does not use e-cigs and understands why people eating in restaurants would be upset if someone starts using one.
There is a discussion WSAZ’s Facebook page, if you would like to weigh in.


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'Why would you want to be like us?' Norwegian business guru warns against following her country to the fringes of Europe
Stay: Kristin Skogen Lund, director general of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise
One of Norway’s top business leaders has warned Britain against following her country to the fringes of Europe.
The comments from Kristin Skogen Lund, director general of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise, come just a week after polls in Britain showed most voters favour adopting the Norwegian model should Britain quit the EU in this week’s referendum.
Lund warned that her country – which joined the European Economic Area but not the full EU in 1994 – faced almost all the rules imposed by Brussels on full members, but had no say in how they were drawn up.
‘I just do not understand why you would want to give up full membership to obtain EEA status where you will have to implement the rules without having a say,’ Lund told The Mail on Sunday.
She was one of a handful of non-EU business leaders who spoke out last week to encourage Britain to stay in the EU.
Lund said: ‘The EEA is not just a trading agreement. There are laws, rules and regulations and bureaucracy.’ Norway also adheres to the agreement allowing free movement of people.
She said Norwegian citizens had been unwilling to sign up for full membership of the EU but she had been against the compromise.
Last week, Monika Rühl, director-general of Swiss business group economiesuisse, said: ‘Our relationship with the EU took 16 years to agree and is made up of over 100 separate deals, so I hope you are not pinning your hopes on getting a deal quickly.’
John Manley, president and chief executive of the Business Council of Canada, said: ‘The Canada-EU economic partnership is as ambitious as any trade deal ever negotiated by the European Union, but the access it provides to Canadian businesses doesn’t compare to the advantages the UK enjoys by virtue of its membership in the single market.’
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Twoo Social Network is a new social network that is looking to introduce an exchange for its token, the O2 Token, which will enable token holders to invest in the new social media platform.
The exchange will allow investors to buy and sell tokens on O2, with the O1 token holders getting paid in the O3 token after the token is redeemed.
The O1 tokens will be used to buy digital goods on the social network.
The social network is currently working on a way to add additional tokens, with plans to add more tokens as the platform grows.
One of the first investors in the token exchange will be a Japanese company called Nippon.
One can see the O5 token being used on the website.
“We are very excited about this new product.
We think the platform is really going to be a great addition to our portfolio,” said Nippo CEO Kazuo Sakamoto in a statement.
“One of the advantages of the O10 token is that it is a token which is very useful in a token market where there is no liquidity.
We have been working on this idea for a long time.
We believe that this new token will really help us expand our business, as we are already in the process of expanding our business in Japan.”
The O2 token will be traded on O3 and O1, with users receiving O1 after they buy and redeem tokens.
The platform is planning to open the platform up to foreign investors, with a timeline of launching on November 14, 2018.
In addition to the O6 token, investors will be able to trade O5 tokens for the O4 token, which is used to purchase goods on O1.
The total value of O2 is currently estimated at $4 billion.
The token exchange was announced on February 5, 2018, with an initial token sale beginning on April 5.
Twoo is aiming to be one of the most profitable platforms on the blockchain, according to the social media giant.
It has raised $1.4 million in funding, and is aiming for $4.2 million in market capitalization.
The company is currently in the middle of a crowdfunding campaign, with additional funds available.


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Life360 makes the popular Family Locator client that helps to keep (primarily) families connected and in touch. Through the app, parents, for example, can know when their kids move to and from school when a spouse arrives home and all sorts of other combinations. For a family on the move, it makes for an excellent tool to keep everyone in touch and organized.
In the past, Life360 made a Windows Phone app that’s worked just fine in the past. Now that Windows 10 Mobile is officially out the door, however, it looks like the developer has no interest in keeping up with Microsoft’s newest OS (via mspoweruser.com).
The word comes via the company’s support site:
Why doesn’t the app work with Windows 10 phones?
We are unable to support the latest version of Windows devices. Life360 does not have any plans at this time to further develop the app for the Windows mobile device platform. The current version of Life360 is designed to work only on iPhone and Android smartphones.
While a growing number of developers are starting to offer Universal Windows Apps, it’s disappointing to see a popular service remove support the Windows phones. We’ll have to hope that Life360 reconsiders, because at some point that app is going to stop working on Windows 10 Mobile devices.


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Ongoing geopolitical uncertainties continue to affect the global air freight business. We examine the impact that trade tensions are having on the air cargo charter market.
Trade standoffs between the US and China, Brexit uncertainties and other geopolitical squabbles are just some of the issues that our cargo industry must contend with.
Citing a fall in world trade following a series of tariff increases as one of the reasons behind the slow-down, IATA’s Cargo Chartbook for Q3 notes that industry-wide air freight kilometres’ annual growth remained negative at -3.8 per cent in the three months up to July. According to the association, the performance was the weakest since early 2012 for two consecutive quarters.
It’s no wonder, then, that air charter companies have been preparing for the impact on the market by taking precautions.
One example of this is Air Charter Service, a global air cargo charter broker that offers private jet, commercial airliner and cargo aircraft charters as well as onboard courier solutions, which in March this year appointed industry veteran and former Air Charter Service CEO Tony Bauckham as its dedicated Brexit consultant. Air Charter Service chief executive officer, Justin Bowman, commented at the time of the appointment that as Brexit Consultant Tony would be reporting directly to the ACS group board.
Tony will be working with the business to ensure that internal systems would be ready in the event of a no-deal Brexit. He will ensure that business heads are aware of the implications that various scenarios could have on different airlines and other suppliers.
Responding to a changing landscape
When it comes to demand, airlines are naturally responding to changes by adjusting supply. Lufthansa Cargo, which offers an extensive and high-frequency network consisting of belly capacity and freighter connections, responded in May this year to weaker demand in the market by adjusting its schedule and reducing its overall offering for the second and third quarters.
The carrier said this allowed the company to ensure profitable load factors and continued deployment of its aircraft at optimum levels going forward as well.
“We have traditionally taken a flexible approach to the flight programme for our freighter fleet to suit customer requirements. This has allowed us to respond quickly to normalising demand in the market so that our operations remain cost-effective,” said Peter Gerber, CEO and chairman of the executive board at Lufthansa Cargo AG.
“We will continue to closely observe market developments and flexibly adapt our supply in line with demand.”
The airline planned to cut services across its entire flight programme in line with trends in demand and stated the adjustment to offered flights was in keeping with its planned rollover from the MD-11F freighter to the Boeing 777F jet.
Miami-based cargo airline Amerijet operates its freighter fleet of B767-300/200 aircraft to 48 destinations throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America. Glen C. Gates, director charter sales at Amerijet, says that the regional cargo charter markets in the Caribbean, Central America and North America; while similar to last year, remain attractive for oil and gas, energy, perishable produce, seafood and automotive parts and that increases in the amount of aircraft dedicated to e-commerce and slimmer twin-engine widebody feedstock options for P2F conversions are moving the market for on-demand cargo charter to higher rates.
Hurricane recovery and cross border Mexico to US automotive charters continue to drive increasing demand and RFQ’s (Request for Quotation), Gates states, commenting that aerospace charter has been negatively affected by the B737Max grounding and telecoms charters are down due to Huawei’s restrictions. “Some Asian traffic that used to transit the US is now bypassing it on the way to other regions.”
According to Gates, the US charter market remains strong. However, recent integrator capacity reductions associated with China trade tensions will impact what happens in regions including the US, South and Central America, Puerto Rico, The Marianas – Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, the US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Hawaii and Alaska.
“Amerijet continues operating in support of the US Department of Defence (DoD) printed matter, auto parts, oil and gas and high-tech manufacturing. Disruptions to global supply chains are often solved with air cargo charters but rarely planned ahead of time. When the bell rings, everyone has to react and the carrier with the right combination of aircraft, timing, availability and expertise can count on being awarded high yield on-demand charter contracts.” Gates concludes.
Variations in the market
Chapman Freeborn, a global air charter broker with over 45 years of experience in the cargo charter market, has observed an impact on the air cargo market due to trade tensions. Reto Hunziker, Group Cargo and OBC sales director at Chapman Freeborn notes: “Intensified trade tensions inevitably impact the air cargo industry – the market in general is seeing reduced demand between US and Asia in the last 12 months.”
When it comes to the global cargo charter market and variations in market demand in certain regions, Hunziker says the company has seen a shift in demand away from traditional trunk routes this year. “For example, demand has been high on intra-Asia routes, plus Asia to Middle East, Middle East to Africa, and so on,” Hunziker notes.
“As always though, it is difficult to accurately predict where and when charter demand will spike – due to the event-driven nature of the charter business. Charter demand can surge due to humanitarian events, port strikes, industrial action, political events and broader market conditions. This year we’ve already had hurricanes in the Bahamas, Brexit uncertainty in the UK, and trade tensions elsewhere.”
An air cargo charter platform that locates and calculates suitable aircraft for immediate ‘Go-Now’ charters in a matter of minutes, says the company has experienced increasing demand despite changes caused by trade tensions.
“Given the ongoing uncertainty and dismantling of key trade lanes, there is no doubt that the global cargo charter market has been affected this year. Worldwide air freight is very elastic to the macroeconomy with factors such as the US–China trade dispute creating great friction in the sector. Despite this, demand from our side has been increasing month by month since our launch, with demand placing pressure on supply within the intra-European sector,” director of CharterSync, Ed Gillett states.
“We have also seen an increasing trend towards shorter lead times for cargo transport, and the requirement to charter much faster aircraft with higher cruise speeds,” Gillett continues. “This, in part, can be seen to be the result of constrained road infrastructure throughout Europe, and the necessity to charter aircraft to meet the strict cargo deadlines.
“We even had a situation recently where we had a time-critical shipment that was stuck on a motorway, and our platform had to quickly react to find the most suitable aircraft to intercept the cargo. This calculation was achieved in less than a minute through our platform, and we soon had an aircraft available to intercept the shipment at a nearby airfield.”
Moving on to discuss the impact of Brexit on air cargo charter business, Gillett says preparations for the changes have also resulted in an increase in demand: “As the UK heads into unchartered territory with the imminent exit from the EU, we have actually witnessed a substantial increase in the demand for cargo charters. Many forwarders have been making contingency plans for such a scenario, and we have been making additional preparations our side to cater for this increase in demand.”
“Supply chains will certainly need to be working to their most optimum during this period of uncertainty, and it is the CharterSync that will be well-positioned to react quickly to the urgent demands of the freight forwarder,” Gillett continues. “We now have a great range of aircraft on the platform, and it is the intelligent live tracking and quick reaction of our technology that will provide the best air charter solutions to our clients.”
Future of air cargo charter
So how will the air cargo charter business be developing following such challenging environments? Hunziker shares his thoughts on the broker side of the market: “Over the last decade, the charter market has changed significantly in terms of changing freighter fleets and operator profiles – as well as the role of a broker.
For a broker to be successful now, they must add value beyond just sourcing an aircraft. For example, the ability to finance large scale operations, plus offering specialist consultancy, compliance screening, project management, 24-hour flight monitoring, and so on.”
Hunziker says that larger brokerages are also increasingly diversifying their portfolios, one example being Chapman Freeborn’s investment in its animal transport division Intradco Global, and the company’s hand-carry service Chapman Freeborn OBC.
“Brokers can also play a role in ensuring charter capacity continues to be available long term – for example, our investment in supporting Magma Aviation. This is nothing new; at various points several of the leading brokers have helped to ensure that ad hoc capacity is available for the wider charter market.”
Commenting on how he sees the global cargo charter market developing in the next five years, Gillett adds: “With an ever-increasing demand for air charters, we may start to be in a position where demand outstrips supply. With a continued increase in the number of ageing cargo aircraft, systems such as CharterSync will help to better manage the coordination of aircraft and provide the fastest solutions available to the freight forwarder. We will continue to innovate and develop new solutions to make the processes quicker and more transparent than ever before.
“We are constantly thinking ahead to the future, and need to be agile to seize new opportunities. Our stable IT backbone will be at the heart of this, and new capabilities will help us adapt to our customers’ changing needs. We see a fully digitalised sales and customer service experience becoming the industry standard in the future, and CharterSync will be developing in line with this.”
Just how far the current trade wars and geopolitical tensions will escalate remains to be seen. It seems clear though that the global air cargo charter business is ready to react to any changes and will continue to evolve, tackling the challenges and making most of the opportunities that may arise.


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Want to get in on the ground floor of a new electric-car startup? Crowdfunding seems to be the latest rage for automotive startups in Europe.
The latest is an Estonian startup called Nobe, which hopes to raise funding to build a small, electric three-wheeler. The company officially launched the vehicle Wednesday along with a crowdfunding drive looking to raise just over $1 million to build the car. (Another effort is the German Crowdcar, which is planning to compete in the Wave electric car rally in Switzerland next month.)
Nobe's designers aren't the only ones who figure if you're going to build a tiny electric three-wheeler, at least it should be cute.
In a video on the company's website, Nobe's designers say they want it to make people smile in the way they do when they see a classic VW Bug—it conjures nostalgic memories but isn't trying to impress anybody.
To that end, the Nobe 100 looks like it rolled right out of 1959, with slim window pillars, a wraparound rear window, a targa bar wrapping over the roof, and a metal dashboard with big analog gauges and a wicker parcel tray underneath. The front end looks like something Alfa Romeo could have designed in the '50s.
In its introduction of the car last fall, Jalopnik noted that the Nobe 100 looks like a cross between an Alfa Giulia, a Studebaker Avanti, and a Messerschmitt Kabinenroller. That strikes us as about right.
Estonian Nobe concept interior
Everything in the Nobe seems to come in threes: three wheels, three seats (for very cozy people), and three motors, one to drive each wheel.
The company founders say the car will be upgradable over time as batteries and motors improve. As a crowdfunded concept, there are no hard specs anyway, though the company has a few targets: 60 horsepower and 100 miles of range from the main battery.
Estonian Nobe next model concept
Nobe says the car will also have a second, removable battery to run the lights, heat, and radio, and that drivers can remove this battery to charge outside the car—say, in a coffee shop—to get a few more miles of range. The second battery looks like a 1950s leather suitcase that sits in the footwell between the front passengers.
Even though the Nobe is just a crowdfunding concept and may or may not ever make it to production, the company already has a design for a second design that looks something like a miniature, three-wheeled Ferrari 250GTB.


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Chile scores access to Chinese pear market
Chilean Agriculture Minister Antonio Walker has confirmed that Chile has gained access to the Chinese pear market, with the first export expected to be sent in May.
The agreement was ratified during a visit by Chilean President Sebástian Piñera to China, and followed visits last year by Walker to China and by the Chinese Minister of Customs, Ni Yuefeng, to Chile.
"With the pears we want to replicate what we have achieved with cherries in the Chinese market," Walker said.
Eight varieties may now enter China, including Abate Fetel, Packham, Forelle and Bosc.
There are currently 8,800 hectares of pear trees planted in Chile, with exports last year reaching US$128.5 million. Colombia and Russia are currently among the biggest markets.
Chilean authorities say that this development will accelerate the process of achieving Chinese market access for citrus such as oranges, clementines, mandarins and lemons.


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A rising star at British international retailer Tesco announced his resignation on Thursday, in the same week that Terry Leahy stepped down and international chief Philip Clarke was named his successor.
Fresh-foods chief Colin Holmes, who has been with the company for 22 years, will leave at the end of July. Holmes has long been touted as a potential CEO, and is thought to have been being groomed to take the top job.
To view the full article (note: you must be a Retail Week subscriber), visit Retail Week.
(Source: Retail Week)


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CoinDCX partners with Advertising Standards Council of India
Will build public confidence for the advertising sector in the crypto space
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Crypto exchange company CoinDCX, has partnered with the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), to support the advancement of the industry body in promoting cryptocurrency for various transactions.
The partnership is aimed at promoting transparency in communications and building public confidence of the advertising sector in the crypto space.
Sumit Gupta, co-founder and CEO of CoinDCX, said, “We are honoured to be a member of ASCI that safeguards consumers' interests. The involvement reaffirms our commitment towards ensuring safety and security for our users, and to raise the bar for advertising transparency in crypto space in India. This will boost confidence among the users, and they can use our platform without any apprehension. Being the safest crypto exchange, we have always gone the extra mile to ensure we are fully compliant with the laws and imbue credibility and trust in our service and products.”
Subhash Kamath, chairman, ASCI, said, “As ASCI steps into a digital age the nature of advertisers and advertising is changing rapidly. We welcome members representing these new industries, who believe in self-regulation. Collaboration and consultation with all stakeholders are keys to navigating the consumer protection challenges posed in this digital age.”


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The boss of British fashion retailer Next said on Thursday the latest easing of COVID-19 restrictions felt different from previous relaxations, making him more positive about the trading outlook.
Non-essential stores reopened in England and Wales on April 12 after more than three months of lockdown.
They reopened in Scotland on April 26 and Northern Ireland on April 30.
“The relief from this (latest) lockdown feels more optimistic. It feels like this might genuinely be the end of it,” CEO Simon Wolfson told Reuters.
“So to that extent the rally (in trading) may last a little bit longer,” he said after Next reported better than expected first quarter trading.


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MGM Resorts has welcomed Yahoo Sports as an official digital media sports partner under the terms of a new exclusive agreement regarding BetMGM.
The “historic partnership” alongside the Las Vegas headquartered firm and Roar Digital, launched in a joint venture with global gaming firm GVC Holdings, is to power sports wagering for Yahoo Sports as well as deliver a number of content and live event experiences.
Under the terms of the multi-year agreement integration is to launch within the app next month throughout the US, with transactions to take place on the BetMGM platform.
“This partnership marks an important moment for BetMGM in the growing US sports betting sector,” said Jim Murren, chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International.
“Integrating Yahoo’s leading fantasy sports operations and content with BetMGM’s world-class sports betting and interactive platform uniquely positions us to drive market share and large-scale adoption among sports fans.”
Striving to expand Roar Digital across the legalised US landscape, MGM Resorts is also to distribute Yahoo Sports content properties and platforms. Furthermore, the latter will also host a plethora of player events at MGM’s nationwide establishment.
Through the deal with its sports media entity, Verizon Media stressed that the announcement builds upon a core strategy to re-imagine sports for fans via unprecedented experiences.
“The historic partnership with Yahoo Sports and BetMGM will change the future of fandom, providing new ways for sports fans to go beyond engaging with content and interact through commerce,” said Guru Gowrappan, CEO of Verizon Media.
“At Verizon Media we believe in building products that connect consumers to their passions and drive the deepest end-to-end value possible.”
Furthermore, MGM and Yahoo sports are to also collaborate on an array of content experiences, exclusive live events and more than 20 high profile major sporting and promotional marketing efforts.
“This is an exciting partnership for the BetMGM brand and Roar Digital, helping us reach the widest possible audience of engaged sports fans in the US,” added Roar Digital CEO Adam Greenblatt.
“The Yahoo Sports app and digital sports content is enjoyed by 60 million US users every month, while Yahoo Fantasy Football clocks nine billion minutes of user time every year. Together we offer fans a winning combination.”


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A century ago; in the 1920s, a Brazilian rainforest was turned into a rubber plantation by the famous Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company (FMC). This land space was not only used to supply material for his business operation, but was also turned into a social experiment of sorts. Ford’s aim was to establish a picturesque American society. What […]
Ford revealed the all-new Bronco SUV. It’s an exciting time at the moment with the resurrection of Ford Bronco; the family and off-roader SUV. Ford revealed three variants of the new SUV: a two-door, four-door, and a Sport option. The Ford Broncos are highly capable when it comes to 4×4 adventuring and off-roading. Ford mentioned that there will be several engine and transmission options as well. The Ford Bronco SUV […]
The all-new Ford F-150 has been unveiled in America and it’s a ferocious-looking large pickup! This 14th generation Ford F-150 makes its debut without much of a makeover but lots in the way of added car features. This large pickup truck is truly an American favorite and has earned the spot of best-selling car for a while now.
American supercar the Ford GT already owns the athletic look with features such as a racing stripe across the center of this supercar from the front to back that match its mirror caps, but it is now also getting an upgrade. The latest car news that car buyers can now not only choose from three colors (dark red, blue, or white) but get the opportunity […]
It’s been 55 years since we have been honored with the iconic Ford Mustang and Ford are continually working toward refining and fine-tuning the sprinting steed. The Ford Mustang has been an honest representation of the American spirit since 1964; free, fast, and ever-evolving. Presently, with the rise of electric vehicles, Ford Motor Company has created an all- American, all-electric sports car the Mustang Mach E. The latest car news is that this […]
The all-new Ford Puma made its debut today and just as its title suggests, it’s bound to be a sleek and stylish new small SUV. This cute and small SUV brings style, comfort, and practicality into one new car and does so with a charismatic charm. There are three variants available of the new Ford Puma depending on the new car buyer’s budget and what specs and accessories they may look for in their new small SUV. The range […]


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The press on Tuesday covers an outburst by the Defence Minister on a familiar theme: the loyalties of dual citizens. Jussi Niinistö said on Monday that Finland should defend itself against the 'Fifth Column' before a conflict starts, and that the country needed 100 percent trust in people appointed to key positions in the national defence apparatus.
He was speaking to the opening event of national defence training courses for people from business and civil society, and his comments were reported by Helsingin Sanomat (siirryt toiseen palveluun). His ministry is already preparing a law to limit the positions to which dual citizens can be appointed, but that law has been delayed.
His comments were slammed in an editorial (siirryt toiseen palveluun) by the Savonlinna daily Ylä-Savo, which called the comments a 'gross generalisation'. The paper says that Niinistö is really talking about Russians, but doesn't dare say that aloud, and that if there are concerns in the Defence forces about specific individuals, those cases should be thoroughly investigated.
More and more people in Finland are shunning dairy products, but HS has a story (siirryt toiseen palveluun) on Tuesday about their needs being met by some of the big dairy companies. The biggest dairy company in Finland, Valio, is launching an oat milk product and at the end of this month it will be joined by the Juustoportti upstart.
Valio says it's nothing new, as the company has been making juice and berry-based products for decades. Neither of those serve as a milk replacement, however, and the firm's product development manager Tuomas Salusjärvi admits to HS that they are responding to shifts in consumer habits.
Salusjärvi points out that consumption of vegetable-based drinks grew by 39 percent in 2017, and at the same time milk consumption has dropped. It is now running at half the level it was in the 1950s, and even since 2000 annual milk product consumption per capita has dropped some 20kg to 120.3kg.
The move has synergies for Valio, which is a co-operative owned by dairy farmers. Many of them grow oats alongside their cow-based business, so Valio has a ready source of the raw material.
Tax rate review
The Taxpayers' Association published a look at 2018 municipal tax rates, and Iltalehti has gathered (siirryt toiseen palveluun) insights that will have practical benefits for those with a static income and freedom to move anywhere in the country.
Jämijärvi residents pay the most tax in mainland Finland, according to the comparison, while those in Kauniainen (a wealthy enclave in the capital city region bordered entirely by Espoo) pay the least. Not earth-shattering news, but for people who match the comparison couple, with incomes of 40,000 euros a year and 46,000 euros a year, there may be some practical benefit.
Ålanders have the chance to pay even less tax, with Jomala charging those who live there just 16.5 percent of their income, less than even Kauniainen's rate of 17 percent.


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Italian construction equipment sales still falling
By Helen Wright18 May 2012
A drop in Italian construction equipment sales of 22.4% has been reported for the first three months of the year as the crisis in the market shows only limited signs of abating.
Italian construction equipment association Unacea said 1,820 construction machines were sold in its domestic market during the first quarter, of which 1,734 were earthmoving machines (down -22.4% compared to the first quarter of 2011), 40 were road machines (down 11.1% year-on-year) and 46 concrete machines (a 31.3% drop) were sold.
However, the sales data - which came from the Italian Institute for Statistics - did contain some positive news. Exports of Italian construction equipment rose 2% year-on-year during the first quarter, to €121 million.
In particular, there has been an increase in the foreign sales of crushing and screening machinery (+75%), road machinery (+15%) and earthmoving machinery (+11%). Offsetting this, there was a decrease in the exports of tower cranes (-32%), concrete machinery (-21%) and drilling machinery (-15%).
Nevertheless, imports have decreased 22% year-on-year due to the weak internal market, and the first quarter trade surplus totalled €91 million.
Unacea vice president Enrico Prandini reiterated the trade association's call for incentives for contractors to buy new equipment, and for better market surveillance to reduce the number of grey imports.
He said, "In the present situation of crisis, we ask that the companies - which have to invest an enormous amount of money to comply with the European legislation - could benefit at least from a stable system of incentives for innovation in the building site, giving them extra points in tenders which should reward building firms that invest in new equipment, which is safer and more respectful of the environment."
Mr Prandini also called for a stop to the sale of non-compliant machines, and the introduction of adequate market surveillance systems.


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The next Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim DLC will be called Dragonborn and will feature dragon mounts in some capacity. At least that's the word according to a post on the Bethesda forums which claims to have uncovered the information after digging through the source code of the most recently released Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim patch.
Other key points of interest extracted from the code:
- The DLC will take place on the island of Solstheim
- Main locations will be Raven Rock, Miraak Temple, Castle Karstaag, and Telvanni Tower.
- New Bonemold, Chitin, Nordic, and Stalhrim armour types
- New creatures (not specified)
- New Dwemer Artifacts (not specified)
- PS3 Downloadable Content is mentioned (nothing specific)
Obviously all this info is currently 100% unconfirmed by Bethesda, but it’s worth remembering clues to Skyrim’s Dawnguard DLC were similarly discovered in an update patch pre-release which turned out to be accurate.


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A 'global implosion' of trust is fuelling rising levels of distrust of government, business, media and non-governmental organisations, reveals Edelman's 2017 Trust Barometer.
The findings of Edelman, the world’s largest public relations firm, reinforces the view that the collapse in trust helps to explain political events such as last year's Brexit vote and the Trump election victory.
These findings also echo our long-held view at ClickTell, our evidence-based consulting firm, that one of the foundation-rocking damages inflicted by the recent financial and ecological turbulences has been a catastrophic breakdown of trust.
As far as the world of brands, PRs, and advertising firms is concerned, our analysis pointed towards the need to establish an evidence-based methodology addressing such clear consumer messages.
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Federal Authorities Crack Down on Vaping Industry for Items Resembling Juice Boxes and Candy
Federal authorities said Tuesday they were issuing 13 warning letters to companies that sell liquid nicotine and electronic cigarettes in packaging designed to attract children, including ones that resemble juice boxes and others that look like candy.Posted — Updated
Federal authorities said Tuesday they were issuing 13 warning letters to companies that sell liquid nicotine and electronic cigarettes in packaging designed to attract children, including ones that resemble juice boxes and others that look like candy.
The joint action by the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission is the latest step by the federal government to crack down on the industry, particularly on devices that are popular with teenagers. Last month, the FDA said it had started an undercover sting operation targeting retailers that sell the popular Juul products to minors and had asked Juul Labs to turn over documents related to its marketing practices.
The action Tuesday, against a group of manufacturers, distributors and retailers, focused on products that the agencies said appeared to be aimed toward underage users. The products, which were being sold through multiple online retailers, have names like “One Mad Hit Juice Box,” sold by NEwhere Inc., and “Vape Heads Sour Smurf Sauce,” sold by Lifted Liquids, which look like Warheads candy. One product, the “Twirly Pop,” sold by Omnia E-Liquid, also came with a real lollipop, federal officials said.
Nick Warrender, owner of Lifted Liquids, said he removed the “Vape Heads” product from his inventory and redesigned the packaging about six months ago, he said, to address officials’ concerns over marketing such products. “It was something we already saw as a problem,” he said.
He also said that the products were never marketed to children, but were designed to appeal to adults’ nostalgia.
Other companies could not be reached immediately for comment.
“Companies selling these products have a responsibility to ensure they aren’t putting children in harm’s way or enticing youth use, and we’ll continue to take action against those who sell tobacco products to youth and market products in this egregious fashion,” Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the FDA commissioner, said in a statement.
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If you are a young Russian hockey player growing up in a major centre like Moscow or St. Petersburg, finding Western hockey equipment is not as hard as it was 20 or 30 years ago. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, North American brands such as Bauer and CCM have increasingly found their way onto the shelves of higher-end sporting-goods stores. Western gear is widely used by top players.
Bauer sits atop the pro market, commanding the lion’s share of players in the Kontinental Hockey League—Russia’s version of the NHL—over brands like Easton, Reebok, CCM and European-focused manufacturers such as Torspo and Russia’s EFSI and Miklin.
Of the 472 players in the KHL, 257 of them use Bauer sticks (representing about 54% of the league), 394 wear Bauer skates (83%), and 324 wear Bauer helmets (69%), according to the company’s data.
But step outside the metropolitan centres, and beyond the professional levels of the game, and top hockey equipment becomes more expensive or, depending on where you live, a lot harder to get.
Sam Babintsev, a 19-year-old right winger in his second season with the Ontario Hockey League’s Mississauga Steelheads, remembers growing up in the industrial city of Angarsk, a remote stop on the Trans-Siberian Railway that is closer to Beijing than it is to Moscow. He learned to skate at age 4 on a lake near his family’s home. “When I was in Siberia, I used heavy sticks, heavy skates,” Babintsev says. “Sometimes I bought steel sticks.” Those sticks were good for cross-checking, he jokes, but less than ideal for shooting.
When Babintsev moved to Moscow at age 9, his horizons opened up. Western brands, particularly Bauer, were far more available. The only problem was the price. “Expensive,” Babintsev says. “In Russia, it’s maybe twice as expensive” as Canada.
Bauer is attempting to solve those two problems—of price and supply—by cracking the distribution nut and making gear, including entry-level gear, available in cities across Russia. If the expansion works, a stick won’t have to sell for double what it does in Canada.
“There are what we call keystone or established price points in hockey, in every major category, that have been the same for the last decade,” Davis says. “Those price points haven’t moved. What has changed is that the performance of an entry level pair of skates, an $89-to-$99 pair of skates, is drastically better than it was 10 years ago.
“If [Russian players] were using equipment from a company that didn’t have access to the same technology that we do, and they pick up a pair of Bauer skates that are 40% lighter than the skates they are using…” That’s how Bauer will win in Russia, he figures.
Which is where Ovechkin comes in as brand ambassador. For the past two years, the Washington Capitals star has been the marquee attraction at special events Bauer stages to showcase its equipment for Russian kids—and their parents. Last year, the company hosted an instructional camp for young players on the skating rink at Moscow’s iconic Gorky Park. The kids were given Bauer equipment to try. And during the NHL off-season, Bauer hosted hockey practices at a Moscow arena, with Ovechkin leading the kids through drills.
In the absence of large sports-equipment chains that span the whole country, Bauer needs to find retailers that can sell hockey gear the way it wants the equipment sold. “It’s about going into a region, finding folks who are capable of retailing our product and having the service to the consumer that we require for our brand,” Davis says. “It’s a deliberate process; it takes time.”
For help with distribution channels, Bauer has partnered with Intercommerce, a company that specializes in importing consumer goods to Russia. Bauer’s own people on the ground seek out retailers who are interested in allowing a special Bauer-only section in their store. “It’s almost like a shop inside a shop,” Davis says.Report Typo/Error
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Netbox Global and GDA Capital are happy to announce that they have entered into a global strategic partnership. This engagement will combine GDA Capital’s capital markets and fintech experience and Netbox’s world class technology infrastructure and user-focused innovation.
As blockchain and cryptocurrency see increased adoption, the GDA-Netbox partnership will assemble extensive expertise across blockchain, strategic execution, and technology services to better serve and incentivize Netbox users to participate in the digital asset economy.
GDA will assist in the continued development of Netbox’s global brand initiatives and help to increase the distribution and awareness of Netbox’s complete product suite which includes its revolutionary decentralized browser that currently has over 250,000+ online users.
CFO/COO at Netbox Global, Sergey Kononykhin, said: “We are extremely excited to announce our strategic partnership with GDA Capital. Together, we aim to bridge the gap between traditional institutional investors and the crypto markets, providing access for all global investors to this exciting asset class. They'll act as advisors and will also support Netbox.Global’s long-term initiatives through their relationships with key industry stakeholders, access to new markets, as well as building out new strategic partnerships and product initiatives. We look forward to the tangible collaboration opportunities this partnership creates and we have never been more excited about the long-term success of Netbox.Global.”
VP of Tokenization at GDA Capital, Jonah Mirsky, said: “Our core function is to push digital asset adoption forward. Projects like Netbox allow users to participate in the digital asset economy, without even realizing. Their product suite and specifically their blockchain browser is the perfect vehicle to help get people more involved in crypto and blockchain. We are thrilled to be able to work with Netbox and help the team unlock the next chapter in their journey.”
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Brave, a privacy-focused browser set up by Silicon Valley engineering guru Brendan Eich, filed privacy complaints in Britain and Ireland that could become a test case against Hunt Firm Google and other digital Marketing Companies.
The petitioners say they want to trigger an article from the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requiring an EU-wide investigation, making it a test case for a new European Data Protection Board made to provide the privacy regime more teeth.
The GDPR seeks to make sure that people have more control over the data that companies hold them.
“There’s a systematic and massive data breach at the heart of the behavioural advertising market. Despite the two-year lead-in period prior to the GDPR, adtech businesses have failed to honor,” Brave’s main policy officer Johnny Ryan told Reuters.
The complaint argues that when a person visits a website, intimate private data that describe them and what they’re doing online is broadcast to tens or hundreds of companies with no knowledge in order to auction and put advertisements.
This, it says in the complaints filed on Wednesday, violates the GDPR’s requirement for private data to be processed in a way that ensures they are appropriately secured, such as against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss.
Google says it is has implemented strong privacy protections in consultation with European authorities and is committed to complying with the GDPR.
Brave functions as a personal browser, preventing the use of trackers on web pages to harvest info concerning people’s online behaviour – giving it detailed insight to the internal workings of the online ad industry.
The new data privacy law may also have a huge impact on the little army of technology companies that comes involving giants such as Google and its users to harvest and crunch data from sites to form very specific consumer profiles.
Were the regulator to find in favour of the plaintiffs, that could undermine the bases of this data-driven version on using the online ad sector – prediction by research company eMarketer to grow to $273 billion (approximately Rs. 19.6 lakh crores) this season – depends.
The GDPR is the very first data privacy regime that foresees heavy fines for serious violations – of around 4 percent of a organization’s global turnover.
The filing, on behalf of Ryan, Jim Killock of the Open Rights Group, a nonprofit organisation, and instructional Michael Veale of University College London, collaborated with the opening of a Significant digital Advertising fair in Cologne, Germany.
A copy of the complaint found by Reuters asserts that Google and the adtech industry commit”wide-scale and systematic breaches of the data protection regime” throughout the way that they place personalised online advertisements.
This happens through a process called”real-time bidding” and does this through two main channels. One, known as OpenRTB, is used by most players in the business, while a second, called Authorised Buyers, is run by Google.
The complaint argues that these collect and broadcast more personal data than could be justified for promotion purposes; this data is then subject to further unauthorised processing; also it may include sensitive information like sexuality, ethnicity or political opinions.
Ravi Naik, a spouse at ITN Solicitors in London who’s representing the plaintiffs, said this case dealt with a long-standing data-protection issue that”is very likely to have far reaching and dramatic effects, which might affect our fundamental relationship with the Web”.


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Sales to begin in November 2021 in parts of Europe.
The US and other markets will get it come February 2022.
The Tonale will be Alfa’s most important new product in a long while.
Alfa Romeo is a storied brand that has been through thick and thin since it launched in 1910. The last two decades or so have been tumultuous for the Italian car company under Fiat then FCA. Despite massive investments to create the Giulia and Stelvio, sales have not reached targets, far from in fact. The Tonale could change Alfa Romeo’s fortunes around.
As Stellantis Moves Forward, Alfa Romeo And Chrysler Futures Uncertain
The Alfa Romeo Tonale concept was revealed almost exactly two years ago at the 2019 Geneva Auto Show where it was indicated that the handsome vehicle was to remain a concept. Thankfully, and more or less as expected, production of the Tonale was confirmed and now, as shared by Carbuzz, we now know when it’s coming.
The 2022 Alfa Romeo Tonale will debut this summer and go on sale in select European markets as of this November. Sales will hit their stride coming February of 2022 when other markets will get it including the US.
The 48-volt 330-horsepower mild-hybrid Tonale could be joined by a smaller SUV with components shared with the next-generation Fiat 500X and its twin, the Jeep Renegade. The potentially-named Brennero could also debut sometime in 2022 as well.


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Vaping ban ‘will push smokers back to tobacco’
Medical experts have criticised the decision by San Francisco to ban the sale of all e-cigarettes, saying it could push adults back towards smoking tobacco.
It will become the first big city in America to ban the sale of e-cigarettes as it tries to curtail a rise in “vaping” among teenagers, which it calls an “epidemic”.
The measure requires the approval of London Breed, the mayor, but once implemented it will outlaw their sale in shops and by online delivery to addresses in the city.
Other cities and states have tried imposing their own restrictions. In Nebraska, the school district of Fairbury is forcing its students to submit to random nicotine testing if they want to take part in extracurricular competitions.
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An undercover police sting normally done to curb teen drinking in a Los Angeles suburb might be extended to help cut down on tobacco use among minors.
The Ontario Police Department has applied for a $50,000 grant from San Bernardino County to set up an undercover operation using high school and middle school students as decoys to buy cigarettes and other tobacco products from convenience stores, groceries and tobacco shops, according to the Los Angeles Times. Clerks violating the underage ordinance would be cited and face fines up to $1,000.
The department investigates illegal tobacco sales when a complaint is filed and sends in teens undercover to buy tobacco products. In the past year, two of five stores where the undercover stings took place sold tobacco to the youths, who are known as Explorer Scouts, the report said.
John Duffield, a community policing officer, said grocery chains where employees are trained better tend not to have problems of selling tobacco products to minors. Liquor stores and small neighborhood stores generate most of the complaints.
"But what often happens is the merchants sell off their properties and you never know who the new owners are. They change clerks all of the time and that can lead to problems," Duffield said.
Ontario's proposal also suggests spending money to educate students about the dangers of smoking and store clerks about tobacco laws. The city is considering taking the anti-smoking program to billboards, public service announcements on cable television and closed-circuit televisions at airports and malls.