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Cult online retailer Mast Furniture opens its flagship showroom
When it comes to keeping things timeless, often simplicity is the key. This is something that the brains behind cult retailer Mast Furniture understand very well – the brand’s focus on creating pieces that will be treasured for years to come has earned it a loyal and growing following. Up until now Mast has been an online operation, but the team is about to open the brand’s very first showroom – giving people a chance to fall in love with the goods in person before making a purchase.
The Mast Furniture story started back in 2012 in Sunshine Coast town of Noosa Heads. Couple Rory and Kati Morgan started the company, with Christian Håkansson coming on board later as a worker and then eventual part owner. The trio has a diverse collective resume that works together to create a total dream team – Rory has a background in architecture and design and is a mainly self-taught furniture maker, Kati has a business degree and comes from the marketing and retail world, and Christian ditched the accountant life to become a furniture maker. The brand’s clean and simple designs earned them some serious popularity, and an increase in production led to a move to Brisbane in July 2017.
The concept of a Mast Furniture showroom was hatched more than a year ago, with the team not wanting to rush the process of creating their first retail space. All of the Mast pieces in the showroom are produced in-house at the company’s Virginia factory following a rigorous design and prototype process. The showroom will showcase not only a wide range of Mast Furniture, but also a carefully curated selection of home goods from all around the world. The team has sourced everything from Japanese glassware to soaps from New Zealand, all in the name of providing some treasure that you wouldn’t usually find in Brisbane.
Want to see all of the goodness for yourself? The Mast Furniture showroom is opening its doors from Friday October 26 – you can find more details and opening hours on the website.


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Kansas City, we just keep on hitting the home runs.
As we celebrate our back-to-back arrival to the World Series, Kansas City designer Matt Baldwin is representing our city in the holy grail of fashion: Vogue. He and his children appear alongside another hometown hero, Jason Sudeikis, who’s a family friend, as well as model Kendall Jenner in the magazine’s November issue.
But it’s more than a pretty picture. Baldwin is one of 10 finalists competing for the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Vogue Fashion Fund prize. For the past few months he and wife Emily, known for Standard Style and Baldwin Denim, have been hard at work in hopes of winning it all — $400,000 and mentoring from fashion greats. In the past, this win has helped turn Alexander Wang and Proenza Schouler into style icons.
Yes, that means fashion queen Anna Wintour approved of our very own Baldwin Denim. And to think, we can buy the gear at the couple’s stores on the Country Club Plaza and in Leawood.
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Last week, Matt took part in the final challenge: a Los Angeles runway show hosted by Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West.
“This experience has been an honor and I am humbled to have been selected to go through the process,” Matt says via text message. “I have grown so much as a designer, creatively and in business, through the process. I have met the pioneers before me in this industry, and I have gained a new outlook on the future of fashion and retail in the U.S. I am excited about the energy on the brand and I am looking forward to applying it into our business and this city.”
Baldwin’s high-quality denim and popular KC hats have been worn by celebrities including Sudeikis, Jay Z and Ellen DeGeneres. Two years ago, GQ named him one of the four best new menswear designers in America.
We won’t know if he’s won the top prize until Nov. 2. In the meantime, we can enjoy his spread in Vogue.
“Being in the middle of the country really let us pull ideas from everywhere — and everybody,” Baldwin told Vogue. “It’s always a mix of grit and grace.”
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(Bloomberg) — Hedge fund Elliott Funding Administration has taken a considerable activist stake in Salesforce Inc., making its transfer after layoffs and a deep inventory swoon on the enterprise software program large.
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Elliott, which frequently pushes for strategic adjustments and seeks board illustration, took a multibillion-dollar stake within the firm, in line with an individual acquainted with the matter. The San Francisco firm had a market capitalization of $151 billion at Friday’s shut, down from a peak of greater than $300 billion in 2021.
“Salesforce is without doubt one of the preeminent software program firms on this planet, and having adopted the corporate for almost twenty years, now we have developed a deep respect for Marc Benioff and what he has constructed,” mentioned Jesse Cohn, managing companion at Elliott in a press release. “We look ahead to working constructively with Salesforce to understand the worth befitting an organization of its stature.”
Benioff is chairman and co-chief govt officer of Salesforce. Elliott’s assertion didn’t disclose particulars of its funding, which was first reported by The Wall Road Journal. Salesforce declined to remark.
Shares of Salesforce jumped as a lot as 4.1% in pre-market US buying and selling Monday.
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Elliott, which has been concerned in pushing for adjustments at tech firms starting from Paypal Holdings Inc., Pinterest Inc. to Western Digital Corp., is the second outstanding activist investor in latest months to get into the inventory. In October, Starboard Worth took a stake in firm and mentioned the corporate had points translating progress into profitability.
Salesforce mentioned earlier this month it will reduce about 10% of its workforce and scale back its actual property holdings, after hiring too many individuals in the course of the Covid pandemic as demand surged. The corporate, which had about 80,000 folks on the time, mentioned it was adjusting to extra cautious spending by prospects.
Salesforce had nearly tripled its workforce within the earlier 4 years, largely by way of dozens of acquisitions, together with shopping for Slack in 2021 for $27.7 billion. From January 2020 to the top of October final yr, headcount grew by greater than 30,000.
“This isn’t stunning to us,” mentioned Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Anurag Rana of Elliott’s transfer. “Salesforce’s valuation has plummeted because it introduced the acquisition of Slack and since then now we have seen a slowdown in gross sales and a number of govt departures.”
Bret Taylor, who had been Salesforce’s co-CEO, mentioned final yr that he would depart the corporate to return to entrepreneurial actions. Taylor had been seen as the apparent alternative if Benioff ever stepped apart at Salesforce.
“It’s now buying and selling properly under its pre-pandemic ranges,” Rana added. “Elliott’s involvement may assist administration focus each on natural gross sales progress and margin growth. We gained’t be shocked if there’s a change on the prime additionally, much like what Microsoft went by way of again in 2013.”
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Robbers Swipe Over 230 Pints of Ice Cream at a Duane Reade in New York City
New York City thieves raided a Duane Reade store in Tribeca and stole more than 230 pints of ice cream on October 9.
The ice cream robbers entered the pharmacy on Broadway near Duane St. before 5 p.m. and stuffed 226 pints of 14-ounce Häagen-Dazs and six 16-ounce tubs of Delish ice creams in their backpacks, according to New York Daily News.
The losses in ice cream are estimated to cost more than $1,300. Duane Reade employees did not disclose what flavors were stolen.
Over the summer, thieves stole more than $1,100 worth of ice cream cones, ice pops, and toppings from several trucks parked at the Waterfront District in Brooklyn. Just last week, thieves in Scotland were involved in a Kellogg’s cereal bar heist worth $70,000.
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China named Shanghai as the country’s pilot city for electric vehicle development.
Jiading District, in the city’s northwest, has been picked as the international demonstration zone for a fleet of electric vehicles, including plug-in hybrid ones.
Chinese Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang said Shanghai is an important center of manufacturing, research and development of electric vehicles and gained valuable experience during last year’s Shanghai World Expo.
The project aims to have more than 10,000 electric vehicles in use in the district by 2012, said Fei Xiaoshu, deputy director of Jiading District.
She said six charging stations, one battery distribution station and one charging station especially for public transport would be set up by the end of this year.
The infrastructure will increase to 13,000 charging poles, 15 charging stations and two hydrogen refueling stations next year, covering main areas such as Park and Ride stops, supermarkets, hotels, cinemas, hospitals, schools and offices in Jiading’s Shanghai Automobile City area.
People will be able to try out the latest electric vehicles in Jiading as early as next month. Shanghai plans to expand the program to Minhang District, Chongming County, Lingang New City and Hongqiao transport hub by the end of 2012, setting up 25,000 charging poles in these areas.
By then, about 20,000 electric vehicles are expected to be running on streets citywide.
Last year, more than 1,000 new-energy vehicles were in use on the World Expo site.
In order to make the price of the new-energy cars more competitive, the central government has offered subsidies as much as 60,000 yuan (US$9,235) on the purchase price and the city will offer additional subsidies.
Jiading District is home to four manufacturers of environment-friendly cars and 10 research and development institutes for such vehicles.
Companies specializing in parts for new technology vehicles are also mushrooming in Jiading.
China has great ambitions for electric cars amid rising fuel prices and a growing demand to cut emissions.
Authorities are considering having more than 150,000 new energy cars in operation by 2012, including hybrid, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell cars.
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OTTAWA — On June 22, Destination Canada (DC) hosted an English language industry webinar with Parks Canada and the Indigenous Association of Canada (ITAC). Together, the organizations provided an update on their most recent initiatives to support the recovery of Canada’s tourism sector.
Moderated by Adrienne Foster, director of Strategy and Corporate Planning at Destination Canada, the webinar featured four speakers: Marsha Walden, president and CEO of Destination Canada; Gloria Loree, senior vice-president of Marketing Strategy and Chief Marketing Officer at DC; Michael Nadler, vice-president of External Relations and Visitor Experience at Parks Canada and Keith Henry, president and CEO of ITAC. The speakers summarized key steps the organizations are taking for a sustainable recovery of the tourism sector after COVID-19.
First, DC outlined three phases of work in response to the pandemic: shifting into survival mode; reviving market revenue; and achieving long-term success. According to a DC survey, 80 per cent of Canadians plan to travel once more restrictions are lifted, so the organization is promoting national travel heavily.
“With the current strong roll out of vaccinations, we’re seeing strong upward trends and sentiments about travel as well as increasing levels of our communities and their readiness to welcome visitors again, which is critical to the success of the industry,” says Walden.
Specifically, DC is ramping up domestic marketing and communications to encourage Canadians to travel in their own country this year with its Oh! Canada campaign. The purpose of this campaign is to uncover lesser-known places in Canada so travellers can take advantage of new experiences. The association is encouraging Canadians to book trips and is providing a range of domestic itineraries and packages while also ramping up international marketing in anticipation for the Canada-U.S. border re-opening.
Parks Canada is working with the tourism industry at the local, regional and national levels to support recovery and encourage Canadians to visit more national parks, historic sites and marine-conservation areas across the country. In fact, Parks Canada is already forecasting a busy summer season.
“We launched a reservation service in April this year, and we’ve received over 206,000 reservations. This is double the previous record in January 2020, and it is triple the number of reservations we received when we offered free admission in 2017 as part of Canada 150 celebration,” says Nadler.
In response, Parks Canada is focusing its marketing and promotion efforts on visitor retention in addition to strengthening tourism relations, enhancing transaction tools and client services, upgrading visitor facilities and collaborating with tourism partners to promote itineraries.
Lastly, ITAC is elevating its messaging to educate travellers on the importance of Indigenous destinations and experiences in Canada. Henry says Indigenous tourism businesses are more at risk of permanent closures because while it was the fastest-growing sector pre-COVID-19, Indigenous-owned businesses aren’t in a position to survive financially.
ITAC is focusing on four areas to re-build the tourism sector: marketing, development, leadership and partnership. These four pillars are evident in ITAC’s new The Original Original Mark campaign, which aims to celebrate Indigenous culture, promote domestic tourism, and assist travellers in booking experiences from Indigenous-owned businesses across Canada.
Despite the challenges the sector has faced in light of COVID-19, Henry identifies positive aspects of the pandemic and how they align with the messaging in The Original Original campaign.
“We see that attitudes have shifted to embrace a slower, more mindful pace of life with loved ones. Appreciating nature, simplicity, spirituality and soulfulness speaks to a lot of Indigenous tours and businesses, and these are the kinds of meaningful experiences we want to push in itineraries for Canadians to enjoy,” says Henry.


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Nokia X7 was officially announced a month ago by the Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia. It was initially announced for the Three mobile in the UK. Nokia X7 will come with slanted sides and a brushed aluminium back offering great looks, running the latest Symbian Anna OS, with a 4-inch 360 x 640 pixels AMOLED display powered by a 680MHz ARM 11 processor, 256MB RAM, 1GB ROM, an 8-megapixel camera with dual-LED flash, 8GB of on board memory with microSD support up to 32GB,3G connectivity, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS support. We were also shown a sneak peek video of the Nokia X7 earlier.
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Nokia X7 was recently approved by the FCC and we now have the teardown photos from the FCC. These images are revealing the SDRAM manufactured by Samsung, a Broadcom transceiver, Gorilla Glass display and the 8 megapixel sensor. Check out the images after the break.
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Nokia X7 is expected to hit the markets during the Q2 2011 (within next six weeks in precise) with price tags at somewhere around €450 to €500. We are however still unsure about when the phone will reach the U.S.
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Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features the release of a new edition of NCCI’s Quarterly Economics Briefing, which examines the current state of the economy and the implications for workers’ comp insurance.
Key highlights from this edition included an exploration of critical issues impacting the US labor market and the impact of the pandemic on the rate of job seeking and participation in the labor force. Notable findings included that decreased labor supply is driving the tight US labor market, with about 3 million fewer people working or looking for work today than would be at the pre-pandemic rate of participation. While participation among prime-age workers from 25-64 is almost completely recovered to its pre-pandemic rate, the largest drops are for workers under age 25 and workers over 65. The share of workers remaining in the labor force past age 65 had been rising before the pandemic, and the post-pandemic drop for older workers has reversed that trend.


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On Tuesday, Toronto police Chief Bill Blair filed a defamation notice against Coun. Doug Ford for comments he made earlier this month. On Wednesday, Councillor Ford made a public apology and said he will retract all his statements.
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Microsoft has named Qi Lu, the former EVP of Engineering for Yahoo Search and Advertising, to run its Online Services Group. In the role, he’ll oversee a sprawling universe of technologies and media platforms, including MSN, Microsoft Live Search, AdCenter, and aQuantive-owned Atlas.
With the appointment, Brian McAndrews, the former CEO of aQuantive who had jockeyed for the position, will leave the company.
As president of online services, Lu will lead the Advertiser and Publisher Solutions business, which includes Atlas, DRIVEpm, MSN Direct Response, and Microsoft AdCenter. He’ll also handle the Online Audience business, which includes MSN and Microsoft Live Search. In addition, his fiefdom includes OSG Research and Development, and OSG Finance.
Taken together, Lu (pictured above) oversees some of the most important areas of development for Microsoft as it battles head-to-head with Google and other Web giants to command eyeballs and ad dollars on the Web.
Lu will begin work January 5 and report directly to CEO Steve Ballmer, who praised the new protégé’s “deep technical expertise, leadership capabilities and hard-working mentality.”
In announcing McAndrews’ departure, Microsoft noted the Advertiser and Publisher Solutions Group SVP had led the integration of aQuantive, which it said is “now complete.” Many in the digital ad space have praised the handling of that acquisition.
“Brian McAndrews built a world-class business for advertisers and publishers and led the successful integration of aQuantive into Microsoft, setting the foundation for our next phase of growth,” said Ballmer in a statement.
Lu joined Yahoo from IBM Almaden Research Center in 1998, and went on to hold a variety of engineering roles. Before being named EVP of Engineering, he led development of Yahoo’s search, e-commerce, and local business listings.
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Changes at Brookfield's Vino Cappuccino
Vino Cappuccino in Brookfield has a new owner who this week expanded the menu with pastas and began expanding seating at the bar.
Andreas Protopapas, who said he owned three pasta restaurants in Greece and has had other Italian restaurants here, added 15 pasta dishes this week to the menu of salads, pizzas and entrées at the restaurant, at 2848 N. Brookfield Road.
They include frutti di mare, carbonara, puttanesca, and vegetable and meat lasagnas. Pasta prices range from $10 to $19 for one with filet medallions, Gorgonzola and walnuts.
Protopapas has begun offering a free appetizer at the bar with each round of drinks. “In Europe, we don’t drink without eating,” he said.
Justin Luebben, who was co-owner and general manager, stays on as general manager and is heading up the kitchen.
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TO commemorate the 40th anniversary of the iconic musical Grease, Vue Thurrock is bringing it back to the big screen at select venues* across the UK on Thursday 19th April.
Grease is one of the most successful musicals ever made and fans will have the will have the chance to experience the film that cemented John Travolta as an acting legend and propelled Olivia Newton-John into stardom once more – in true Hollywood style on the big screen. The classic film’s soundtrack sold over 8 million copies worldwide and includes classics like “You’re the One That I Want” and “Hopelessly Devoted to You”.
The screenings take place on Thursday 19th April, at selected Vue venues* across the UK and the official Grease 40th anniversary trailer can be viewed here:
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"It has come to the notice that certain universities are asking the students to submit the paper-printed copy of the migration certificate. Though the CBSE is supplying the printed copy to the students shortly, however, it is informed that documents such as marksheet-cum-passing certificate and migration certificate available in DigiLocker with digital signature are also legally valid and should be accepted by all higher education institutions," PTI quoted CBSE Examination Controller Sanyam Bhardwaj as saying.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced the Class-12 results on July 22.
"Immediately after the declaration of the results, the marksheet-cum-passing certificates and migration certificates of students were made available in their DigiLocker. Both the documents available in DigiLocker are digitally signed by the controller of examinations," he added.
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On June 3 and 4 at the Gold Country Fairgrounds in Auburn, California, just northeast of Sacramento, more than 10,000 people are expected at the Womens Motorcycle Expo, the first event of its kind. Its organized by women, caters to women and families, and everyone is invited. “It very much caters to women, but guys are going to love it, too,” says Lorett Kinnicutt, of RealWomenRide.com, the organizer of the event.
The two-day rally features activities, vendors, bike games and much more but with a female twist to it. “For example,” explains Lorett, “We handpicked the vendors to appeal to a wide variety of women, clothing companies that offer XXS to XXL. Not everybody wears a small size. We also varied our vendors. Weve brought in not only leather and accessory vendors, but also artists and craft vendors. We also have a section called the Red Barn District for everything that is of a risque nature. This is not only a attraction in itself, but makes the rest of the event very family friendly, which was also an important to us.”
There are a variety of bands playing all day long, which Lorett hopes will attract non-motorcyclists. “People not involved with motorcycling will want to be there because we have bands from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. to entertain the crowd.” Special guests include motorcycle builder Terri Lynn Link from Oregon who will be there showing off her creations.
The food vendors have been handpicked to offer a variety of options, and the bike games will offer something new. “Theres always been the weenie bite and the slow race. Personally, I sick of them and dont find them fun to watch anymore,” says Lorett. “Now we have the water balloon toss and ride the plank, those kind of fun things.”
Other female oriented activities include a bubble bath for womens bikes. “Rebels With a Cause, a local motorcycle group, is coming out to wash the ladys motorcycles.” And one motorcycle vendor whos known for bringing out a female model is also bringing a male model with whom women can pose and take pictures.
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Loretts idea for a womens motorcycle expo popped in her head last year when she was discussing with her boyfriend how all the rallies she normally attended werent appealing to her anymore. “They got to be boring. The same old stuff all the time. I had this money to spend, but nothing to spend it on.”
She put together a business plan with statistics on the exploding growth of woman riders and presented the idea to Heather Tanfani of events!, an event coordination company. Heather loved the idea and she and Lorett, an event planner by trade also, partnered to organize the Womens Motorcycle Expo. “Success for me will come if the vendors are happy and the attendees are happy. I think they will be. Were already planning for next years event.” Lorett says shes looking for an east coast location for 2007 as well.
The price for the two days is $30. A portion of the proceeds is going to benefit a local domestic violence charity. Lorett says shes heard from women coming in from as far away as Illinois, Boston, and North Carolina and nearly every local club is committed to being there. She feels her estimate of 10,000 people is not far off. “We talked to a lot of different women, talked to people at a lot of different rides, and paid attention to what they were saying they want in an event.”
She adds, “We talked to a lot of men to make sure they knew they could come as well. And they said Are you kidding? If the women are going to be there, were going to be there.” Visit www.realwomenride.com for more information and buy tickets online, or call 916.608.8686.


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President Barack Obama's re-election campaign released a new ad Tuesday accusing Republican Mitt Romney of outsourcing jobs and slamming him for keeping money in foreign bank accounts.
The ad says Romney “shipped American jobs to places like Mexico and China” when he led the investment firm Bain Capital. And it says Romney “outsourced state jobs to a call center in India” when he was governor of Massachusetts.
The campaign was spending about $780,000 to place the ad in markets in Virginia, Ohio and Iowa, according to a Republican strategist monitoring the purchase of advertising time. Obama's camp only described the ad placement as “a significant buy.”
Virginia, Ohio and Iowa are three crucial swing states in November's election.
The Obama ad is partially in response to a spot released last week by the conservative political group Americans for Prosperity. That ad suggested money from Obama's $814 billion economic stimulus package went to overseas green-energy companies.


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Amidst cut-through completion of e-commerce platforms, there are techies who are enabling those brick-and-mortar shopping freaks to continue shopping without wasting much time.
Shoppers Stop today said Salil Nair has been promoted to the post of Chief Executive Officer from March 1.
Marketing consultant TNS says extending or disrupting the search of the "decided shopper" is counter-productive.
Retail chain Shoppers Stop today said it has been bestowed with five prestigious awards in various categories, including energy conservation.
Target said criminals gained access to its customer information on November 27, the day before Thanksgiving and just ahead of one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
The overall economic slowdown has had a negative impact on retail chains in India and the situation is no different for the Shoppers Stop Limited.
In an interview with ET Now, Govind Shrikhande, MD, Shoppers Stop, talks about the company’s performance and shares their business outlook.
JDA’s space & category management solutions enable businesses to improve sales per square foot through reallocation of space to items that sell faster.
Sahara Q, the FMCG & retail arm of Sahara India Pariwar, on Monday launched its successful retail model, Quality Mobile Shop (QMS), in West Bengal to augment its reach to customers in the state. The company had introduced 10 Quality Mobile Shops in West Bengal. Launch of QMS in the state is part of the second phase of rolling out of the model.
Shoppers Stop: Total stores added in the quarter: 4 Shoppers Stop stores, 1 HyperCity store, 3 HomeStop stores, 2 Clinique doors, 2 M.A.C doors, and 3 Crossword stores.
Shoppers Stop net profit Rs. 17.3 cr for Q3Fy14, up marginally as compared to Rs 17.09 cr for the corresponding quarter last year.
Shoppers Stop: Like-to-like growth at 5.5% for Q3FY14
Shoppers Stop EBIDTA at Rs.52.6 cr, a rise of 16% over Q3FY13
Shoppers Stop Gross Retail Turnover at Rs.787.5 crores for Q3FY14; a jump of 16% over Q3FY13
RINL starts production from new Rs 2000 crore steel melt shop. This marks the completion of its capacity expansion to 6.3 million tonne per annum.
Shoppers Stop reports a 15.5% like to like growth for the quarter ended 30th Sept 2013
Shoppers Stop gross retail turnover of Rs.820.6 crores for the quarter ended September 30th, 2013 as against Rs. 666.4 crores in Q2FY13
Shoppers Stop net profit for the quarter ended 30th Sept Rs.9.9 crores, up 55%


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Cairo - Egypt: In accordance with its long-term commitment towards benefiting the entire ecosystem and all segments of society, talabat, the region's leading food delivery and quick commerce company, announced its newest corporate responsibility partnership with Ibrahim Badran Foundation for charitable medical services.
The partnership aims to use tech for good, by facilitating donations through talabat’s platform in order to support Ibrahim Badran’s medical care and treatment services, in addition to equipping and running medical convoys and clinics in remote Egyptian areas. Customers can additionally donate to finance medical examinations, purchase medicine and medical suppliers, as well as contribute to paying for needed surgeries.
Commenting on the partnership, Hadeer Shalaby, Managing Director of talabat Egypt, said: "Doing by our tech for good philosophy, we are proud to be cooperating with Ibrahim Badran Foundation, which has an exceptional track-record of field work in effort to make quality medical care accessible to all communities. As we value the health and wellness of Egyptians, it brings us pride that we are enabling our customers to have an impact on remote communities from the comfort of their homes. We are also hopeful that donations facilitated through our platform will enable the Foundation to continue their on-ground work in areas most in need of high care standards.”
From her side, Ola Ismail, Founder and Chair of Ibrahim Badran Foundation, said: "At IBF, we believe that medical care is a basic human right. That is why our mission resides in providing high-quality healthcare to marginalized communities wherever they may be. Our work is made possible by partnering with organizations such as talabat, who share our goal of achieving better health across the country and using modern technologies for good. Given that our scope at the Foundation revolves around field-work in remote Egyptian areas, we are excited for this partnership to bring us closer to people who share our vision and want to contribute to a better future for healthcare.”
Ibrahim Ahmed Badran Foundation was founded in 2014 by the late doctor Ibrahim Ahmed Badran’s family and friends, who decided to keep his memory alive by creating a foundation under his name, with a vision to reach and treat the less fortunate. Today, the foundation has successfully organized more than 600 medical convoys in 120 villages in 16 Governorates across Egypt, examined more 395,000 patients in rural areas. In those 8 years, the foundation received help from more than 1600 volunteers alongside the support of our medical team who specialize in more than 15 medical specialties and resulted in 1200 life-changing successful surgeries.
Consumers can now donate to Ibrahim Badran Foundation on talabat, download the app on the iOS App Store, Google Play Store and Huawei App Gallery.
When you think of food delivery in the MENA region, we’d be pretty surprised if talabat didn’t pop into your mind first! Since delivering our first order in Kuwait in 2004, we’ve grown quite a lot over the past 17 years.
Today, we deliver hundreds of millions of food orders, grocery items and other products per year, to our customers in nine countries throughout the region. Our food delivery business works with well over 25,000 brands and almost 50,000 branches, while our q-commerce concept, talabat mart, now delivers groceries to customers in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman Qatar, and the UAE in 30 minutes or less!
Our customers, our partners, our people, our riders, and the communities in which we operate are at the heart of what we do. In 2020 alone, we facilitated the donation of well over 340,000 meals, and 44,000 medicine donations to those in need, as well as donated over 1.3million euros to charity with the help of our partners and customers. talabat is part of Delivery Hero, the global leader in online food delivery and q-commerce.


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Shawn Merriman, aka Mormon Madoff: Auction of amazing Ponzi scheme booty (PHOTOS)
Shawn Merriman, aka the Mormon Madoff, pleaded guilty to mail fraud in December 2009, earning a twelve-year sentence for Ponzi scheming that allowed him to amass an amazing collection of classic cars and more.
This Saturday, Merriman's playthings go on the block. The photos of items up for bid -- many of them on-view below -- are eye-popping and, for his victims, infuriating.
The auction takes place at 11 a.m. under the auspices of the U.S. Marshals service and Dickensheet.com, whose translucent logo can be seen on the images below. As you'll see, wheels were Merriman's thing, with vehicles ranging from vintage rides to contemporary sports cars, motorcycles and even a pedal car painted to look like a police cruiser; bet that one's less amusing to him now than it used to be. On the final page, find a Dickensheet video of a real prize -- a 1930 Lincoln Phaeton -- as well as the U.S. Marshals service release with more details about the auction and a Dickensheet inventory of what's available.
The list is proof that crime can pay -- at least for a while.


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Sony has rebranded for PlayStation Home for the second time this year, apparently confirming that the defunct social service PS3 could make a comeback on PS5.
To jog your memory, PlayStation Home was an online social space for PS3 owners – similar to VRChat – that launched in 2008 before shutting down in March 2015. But now, six years later, it looks like Sony is trying to revive the service – or at least its name.
According to an eagle-eyed Redditor who has been closely monitoring the entire PlayStation Home situation over the past few months, Sony filed a new trademark on July 21, 2021. In accordance with the trademark filing, Sony has obtained the European trademark. until October. 1, 2028 for “computer game software”.
Interestingly, the brand also involves London Studio and its Soho Engine, the developer of the OG software.
Sony has yet to confirm exactly what it plans to do with PlayStation Home. And honestly, chances are that this brand is just their way of perpetuating intellectual property and they actually have no desire to revive the software.
However, many fans were quick to speculate that it might have something to do with the “return to PSVR 2” rumor.
Considering that this filing comes months after Sony filed another trademark related to PlayStation Home in May, it is becoming more and more likely.
Honestly, that seems like the least Sony can give us as we live in a pandemic (and will likely be practicing social distancing until Australia comes to terms with its vaccine rollout). If I can’t throw a real party, I should at least be able to socialize virtually through PlayStation Home.
In a world where travel is dead, you can’t have a beer standing up and millions of Australians can’t even leave a 3 mile radius of their homes, PlayStation Home is what we need.
We’ve seen the success of in-game gigs from Fortnite before, and even the IRL Splendor In The Grass festival went VR this weekend to bring us the next best thing in live music, so we already know that the VR during the pandemic was successful, so it wouldn’t be particularly surprising to see Sony bring back PlayStation Home.
I mean, there has never been a better time to relaunch software.
And while you’re at it, bring EyeToy back. In fact, scratch that out, just remaster the best bits of PlayStation 1/2/3, and release a hit game to strike us all in nostalgia.
Come on, do it.


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US Wholesale Prices Fell 0.2 Percent In October
WASHINGTON (AP) â¿¿ Wholesale prices fell in October as a big drop in gasoline and other energy prices offset a rise in the cost of food.
Wholesale prices dipped 0.2 percent last month, the Labor Department said Wednesday. It was the first decline since May and followed big gains of 1.1 percent in September and 1.7 percent in August, increases that had been driven by spikes in energy.
Energy prices retreated a bit in October, dipping 0.5 percent but food costs were up 0.4 percent as the summer drought continued to put pressure on some food prices.Core prices, which exclude food and energy, fell 0.2 percent in October, the biggest drop in two years. Over the past year, core prices were up a moderate 2.1 percent, evidence inflation remains under control. In October, the fall in energy costs included a 2.2 percent drop in gasoline prices, the biggest since July, and a 3.3 percent decline in home heating oil costs. Gas prices averaged $3.44 a gallon nationwide on Tuesday, down 35 cents from a month ago, according to a survey by AAA's Fuel Gauge. The 12-month rise in core prices of 2.1 percent reflected a moderation from the start of the year. Core wholesale prices were up 3.1 percent for the 12 months ending in January. "Inflationary pressures at the producer level are moderate and have been slowly retreating in recent months," said Stephen Wood, chief economist at Insight Economics. The rise in food costs was led by an 8.1 percent increase in the price of pork, the biggest spike in four years. The summer drought in the Midwest has driven up food costs include the cost of beef and pork because animal feeds made with corn have increased in price. The 0.2 percent drop in core prices in October reflected in part big declines in the price of passenger cars and light trucks. Without those declines, core prices would have been unchanged.
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Mahindra Holidays to Expand Network With Potential Overseas Purchases
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Mahindra Holidays is one of the world’s leading vacation ownership companies and doesn’t plan on stopping. The brand has announced its plans to grow as it works towards acquisitions in different countries to expand its resort network. Currently, Mahindra Resorts has a strong presence in Dubai, Kenya, and Sri Lanka with potential market growth in upcoming years.
These acquisitions would grow their already impressive portfolio. The Club Mahindra brand purchased 95% of Finland’s Holiday Club resorts in 2015, which brings their resort portfolio to over 50 resorts in sought-after destinations like Bangkok, Spain, Sweden, Singapore, and Malaysia. They hope this decision will allow their company to tap into the NRI segment and interest vacationers to holiday with them back home.
Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Managing Director and CEO Kavinder Singh stated:
“We are planning for more resorts not only in India but internationally. We are looking at acquisitions in South East Asia, Western Europe and even America if we can. We believe that we are uniquely positioned to create a global company by acquiring resorts internationally and also acquiring customers internationally. We want to acquire because there is an opportunity to add members and create unparalleled network of resorts.”
Mahindra Holidays is projected to see healthy growth in the next year following its successful 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 numbers. The company is implementing a capital investment plan, which will provide them a new capacity of 500 additional units. This expansion is scheduled to be complete in 2-3 years. At that time, Mahindra will announce where its future vacation ownership opportunities will be located.
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FuboTV on Wednesday added Turner channels TNT, TBS, CNN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, truTV, TCM and HLN to its base package as part of a new multiyear deal.
With the addition, FuboTV’s base package now offers more than 75 channels, but it’s keeping its price at the same level. Currently, the service costs $40 for the first month (after a seven-day free trial) and then jumps up to $45 per month after that.
It’s somewhat notable that adding the Turner channels didn’t bump up the cost since YouTube TV added the same channels earlier this year and it coincided with that service raising its base package price from $35 to $40 per month.
“With today’s launches, fuboTV is hands down the best choice for fans to stream the live sports, entertainment and news programming they demand,” said Ben Grad, fuboTV’s head of content strategy and acquisition, in a statement. “Adding Turner Sports’ world-class programming builds upon our heritage in soccer while expanding our strong sports offering with more MLB, NBA, PGA and college sports. Plus, the addition of Turner’s iconic news, entertainment and kids brands will continue to drive engagement with viewers, while reinforcing our commitment to offering a premium, high quality cable replacement.”
Given FuboTV’s focus on offering sports content, adding Turner channels carrying Turner Sports coverage makes sense.
As FuboTV is adding Turner’s channels, it will soon have to compete with Turner’s Bleacher/Report Live streaming service that will focus on offering live sports like UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League soccer matches. B/R Live announced that it will sell single matches for $2.99, monthly subscriptions for $9.99 and yearly subscriptions for $79.99.
Also starting today, Boomerang and CNN International are being added to Fubo Extra, the company’s 90-plus channel package offered at $45 per month for the first month.


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There are two wars tearing apart Korea at the moment. One involves flying missiles and deadly danger, and the other is a tech battle between cute characters. While the south has returned fire today against the North for firing missiles into disputed ocean off the coast of the peninsula, Line and KakaoTalk are battling against each other in a cold war that is developing between the two mobile messaging apps.
LINE and KakaoTalk, both produced by Korean tech companies are planning a war of marketing focused around their highly popular characters, which have been very successfully monetised by Line and are used in everyday communication by a growing global user base.
Naver was the first out of the box, with an "aggressive character-driven marketing campaign" with the opening of the LINE Brand Store earlier this month. In the store, which used to be operated by Naver, another group company under the NHN umbrella, users can purchase LINE’s character products. Stickers have become one of LINE’s major income sources accounting for $25.7M in the fourth quarter of 2013 (20% of total revenue).
LINE increased its brand awareness with character-driven marketing through stickers at the time of its launch in Japan. The success is mainly due to its strategy of utilizing image communications by reflecting the characteristics of that country in which it is common to improve a corporate image through characters, according to BusinessKorea, who first published this story.
The mobile messaging company now appears to be focusing on increasing content that combines games and characters, as evidenced by the release of its defense game “LINE Rangers” early in March, with LINE characters in the game.
KakaoTalk, who were first to release characters on their messaging platform, is also gearing up to launch its character business this year. So far, Korea’s top messaging company Kakao has been selling character products exclusively at Kakao Shop on its mobile messaging platform. However, the firm is actively seeking to expand customer contact points through pop-up stores.
“During the first half of this year, we are scheduled to open pop-up stores where visitors can experience KakaoTalk Friends characters themselves, in partnership with a local large retailer. We are also planning to work on character licensing so that other companies can make products using KakaoTalk characters," according to a source at Kakao.
According to their character marketing strategy, Kakao aims to assist licensed companies to produce a range of character products, creating a win-win situation for the industry, and contributing to an increase in offline merchandise that will compliment their online characters.
The source also explained that “Emoticons account for up to 15% of the total amount spent in KakaoTalk chat rooms,” and added that “Animated characters have become a representative communications method, and they are more popular than videos, images, or pictures. So, we will adopt a character-driven strategy this year.”
While the missiles rain down near the border between the Koreas, it is expected that the intensity of the battle between the messaging giants will also heat up in the next few months.


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Earlier this week California introduced a bill to decriminalize psychedelics.
If passed, SB 519 will approve the use of mushrooms, MDMA, LSD, mescaline, and ibogaine for combat veterans with PTSD and people with diagnosed or undiagnosed addictions and mental illnesses. Proponents of the bill state their main concern is ending the war on drugs. California State Senator Scott Weiner who wrote the bill stated in an op-ed,
I grew up in D.A.R.E.-era suburban New Jersey as the so-called war on drugs was in full swing. That term was coined in 1971 under President Richard Nixon, and he, along with subsequent administrations — notably the Reagan administration — helped develop our current system of racist drug criminalization and mass incarceration. Like most Americans, I grew up hearing the constant refrain that all drugs were inherently bad, that we had to “just say no,” and that drug use would (and should) be punished. We are only now truly beginning the decades-long process of unlearning our nation’s anti-science, fear-mongering approach to drugs.
California’s neighbor to the North, Oregon passed a similar bill last year, and many states across the country have either introduced similar bills or have something in the pipeline. As the most populated state in the country, California’s move toward more liberal policies around psychedelics is a big deal for companies looking to get early revenue in the grey market. Similar to what we saw in the cannabis industry. So while this is great for grey market entrepreneurs, for public companies it’s not so black and white.
It’s funny, five years ago the rub on the psychedelics industry was that legalization was too far away. But, in more recent years this time before legalization is where the public companies plan to build IP and increase the value of their company. There have been opportunities for early revenue, namely ketamine clinics and functional mushroom supplements. But if some of the big dogs want to create a monopoly, which they do – decriminalization gives power to the people and takes away power from their sought-after monopoly, and California is as big of a piece in this game as any.
Not only because of its large population size, but also its rich history of psychedelics use and volume of psychedelics users and advocates within the state. California has one of the highest cannabis usage rates in the country and is a significant piece both culturally and financially in the big picture of the modern psychedelics industry. Opponents of the bill say it leaves the door open to a recreational market. And with how the cannabis industry shook out, I don’t think they are necessarily wrong in their skepticism.
Scorched Earth Policy
In the years leading up to cannabis legalization in California, companies like MedMen (MMEN.C) set up consulting businesses where they would help grey market operations scale up, only to rat them out once legal policies changed years later as they were competing with MedMen’s ‘legal’ business. All it took was a name change and MedMen was in the clear, unfortunately, we will likely see similar opportunists in states like California and Oregon this time around. In 2017, only 2 years after New York state made medical cannabis legal the California-based MedMen swooped in and purchased Bloomfield Industries, one of the 5 licensed medical marijuana companies. MedMen began its journey of being a nationwide cannabis company with much of its initial starting capital coming from shady deals within California’s liberal drug laws.
It’s likely psychedelics companies will do the same, use California and Oregon as a springboard to create a national brand. And, as we saw with the cannabis sector, the US will probably be more lenient towards branded products than countries like Canada.
MedMen had it going, for a moment. A company with that level of marketing push, access to capital, and hyper-capitalist operators could have been a big deal. At one point around 2018, it looked like MedMen could become one of the premier cannabis companies in America with prestigious locations in high-end areas of New York City and LA and several cities in between. Despite a lot of turmoil brewing on management’s side, its costly marketing campaigns were spreading the word in an industry that was wide open for new brands to grab market share. Unfortunately for MedMen, and many others in the cannabis space, everything they touched eventually turned to shit, and they left a burning wreckage behind them at every turn. Selling mansions, stealing from employees, destroying toxic crops and company profits at a record pace, scorched earth policy.
But see, despite being donkeys, small business psychopaths like MedMen could potentially fuck up a monopoly. MedMen took attention away from some of the bigger guys who weren’t in a position to mess around with weed consulting businesses. It wasn’t sustainable, but MedMen had a ground game. Canopy (CGC.Q) can get Snoop Dogg to make some Tweed shoutouts, but in the end, the organic community aspect around a company is more sustainable. Also, if Snoop Dogg is your shill in today’s world, it’s time to think outside the box. The problem is, the big stuffy companies often don’t. They hire marketing people from top degrees from the best schools whose curriculums were written before the internet hit scale. So they make culturally irrelevant moves that sometimes cost them a lot in the end. For example, Gene Simmons and Invictus. Just tone-deaf focus group bullshit that played in 2002.
Profits vs. efficacy
The real serious biotech types are either too overqualified or too indebted to investors to really get their hands dirty and growth hack like some coder in Silicon Valley. What if that coder has a mushroom grower upstate, business acumen, and some kind of distribution network for moving products. MindMed (MNMD.Q), (not to be confused with MedMen, although the name, branding, and insider selling are strikingly similar) CEO JR Rahn who has sold 90% of his MindMed shares since January was upfront about the issue and said that decriminalization affects their business model. MindMed angel investor Kevin O’Leary dreams of the big 3: Compass Pathways (CMPS.Q), Atai and MindMed all getting swallowed up by Pfizer. So while decriminalization may be good news for most, those trying to build a monopoly and hoard IP see this as a nightmare scenario.
This issue really touches on the key conflict around the sector today, profits vs. efficacy. Newly formed public companies able to raise loads more than charities like MAPS or the Usona Institute who have been leading the charge for decades. Sadly, a big swinging dick with a flashy pitch deck and website is in a position to raise more capital than the head of MAPS Rick Doblin who was banging on doors in Washington DC in the ’80s when they took away MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. This has lead MAPS to mull overdoing an IPO as a last resort to raise capital. Even though their intentions are worlds apart, MAPS has reservations about going the Compass Route to a for-profit company, and for good reason. MAPS has several volunteers and is a non-profit organization, putting them in a tough spot.


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The chip is AMD's latest processor option for low-price desktop PCs. It comes closely after the company's 1.1GHz Duron, which launched Oct. 1.
The 1.2GHz Duron matches rival Intel's recently introduced 1.2GHz Celeron in clock speed. However, AMD says its chip's performance outpaces both the 1.2GHz Celeron and certain low-end Intel Pentium 4 chips, when paired with DDR SDRAM (double data rate synchronous dynamic RAM) in a PC.
Current new desktop Duron products from major PC makers are scarce, likely because companies like Compaq Computer and Hewlett-Packard are juggling their product lineups. But AMD says the new chip will be available from brand-name PC makers by the end of the year.
Meanwhile, it can be purchased through resellers or found at a number of smaller PC makers.
AMD lists the new 1.2GHz Duron at $103, the same introductory price of its 1.1GHz Duron before an Oct. 29 round of price cuts moved that chip's list price to $89.
Earlier this week, AMD announced a new mobile Duron chip for notebook PCs, running at 950MHz. That chip is available from Compaq, along with a 1.2GHz mobile Athlon 4 processor announced the same day.


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NEW YORK (AP) - Another Starbucks may soon pop up around the corner, with the world's biggest coffee company planning to add at least 1,500 cafes in the U.S. over the next five years.
OAKLAND (AP) - Internet radio company Pandora Media Inc. said Tuesday that its third-quarter net profit more than tripled to $2 million as revenue rose slightly faster than costs. But it predicted a loss in the fourth quarter, a bad surprise for investors who sent shares tumbling.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A measure of U.S. home prices rose 6.3 percent in October compared with a year ago, the largest yearly gain since July 2006. The jump adds to signs of a comeback in the once-battered housing market.
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. banks are enjoying their best profits in six years and are lending a bit more freely. The gradual improvement suggests that the industry will sustain its healing from the worst financial crisis in decades and help strengthen the economy.
SUNNYVALE (AP) - Yahoo has bought another Silicon Valley mobile startup as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to create more compelling products for smartphones and tablet computers.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - You're apt to discover more useful apps for your smartphone or tablet computer at Ask.com beginning today.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Netflix's Internet video service has landed the U.S. rights to show Disney movies shortly after they leave theaters, a coup that could turn into a costly mistake if the deal doesn't bring in more customers.
DETROIT (AP) - Banks and finance companies are writing more auto loans to subprime buyers, approaching prerecession levels.
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Benedict XVI, the pope known for his hefty volumes of theology and lengthy encyclicals, is now trying brevity - spreading the faith through his own Twitter account.
NEW YORK (AP) - Flu season in the U.S. is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade - and it could be a bad one.
DETROIT (AP) - Superstorm Sandy gave an extra boost to U.S. auto sales, making November the best month for carmakers in nearly five years.
NEW YORK (AP) - Television viewers were once called couch potatoes. Many are becoming more active while watching now, judging by the findings in a new report that illustrates the explosive growth in people who watch TV while connected to social media on smartphones and tablets.
PARIS (AP) - A storm is brewing in Europe as nations try to force Internet powerhouses like Google and Amazon to pay more in taxes.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Victims of cellphone theft can now contact their wireless carriers and have their devices remotely disabled before they're resold on the black market, District of Columbia officials said Monday.
DETROIT (AP) - Lincoln is getting a new car and a new name designed to reverse 20 years of falling sales.
PALO ALTO (AP) - Personal computer sales have been in a slump for years, as customers flock to increasingly powerful smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. Now Hewlett-Packard, the Silicon Valley stalwart that was once the world's biggest seller of personal computers, is splitting off its PC and printing businesses. It's the latest shakeup in a tech industry that's being reshaped by the mobile revolution.
NEW YORK (AP) - Wal-Mart is taking one-stop shopping to another area: health insurance.
SANTA CLARA (AP) - It's a tough challenge for the National Football League to entice fans off their comfy couches and into stadiums when ticket prices are almost as high as the sport's TV ratings.
WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) - More cars and trucks are being equipped with cameras, radar, automatic braking and other safety technology that help avoid accidents, but drivers may not see their insurance bills go down anytime soon, experts in the auto and insurance industries said Thursday.
CUPERTINO (AP) - Facebook has tightened its research guidelines following uproar over its disclosure this summer that it allowed researchers to manipulate users' feeds to see if their moods could be changed.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Microsoft plans to offer a glimpse of its vision for Windows this week, as its new CEO seeks to redefine the company and recover from missteps with its flagship operating system.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Qantas is putting the world's biggest passenger plane on the world's longest airline route.
NEW YORK (AP) - The price of a gallon of gasoline may soon start with a "2'' across much the country.
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - Gamers rejoice: GameStop is almost doubling its number of seasonal workers this holiday season as it prepares to deal with strong demand for new video games and the new iPhone.
NEW YORK (AP) - AT&T's proposed $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV is moving forward as shareholders of the country's largest satellite TV broadcaster approved the deal. But it still needs regulatory approval.
DETROIT (AP) - Detroit's water department defended its shutoff policy Monday and warned that free service to people with unpaid bills could be "very devastating" to the bottom line.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration cracked down Monday on certain overseas corporate mergers and acquisitions, aiming to curb American companies from shifting their ownership abroad to shirk paying U.S. taxes.
SUNNYVALE (AP) - Yahoo may be losing some appeal on Wall Street now that U.S. investors can buy directly into Alibaba.
• STARBUCKS TESTS LATTE WITH STOUT FLAVOR: NEW YORK (AP) - Starbucks is testing a latte that it says has the "savory toasty malt" flavor of a foamy mug of stout.


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TikTok, while still in an infancy stage, is a social media platform that is both new and refreshing for many media consumers. It can be an extremely useful tool for marketers to be able to capture an audience that they may not otherwise be able to reach in normal means.Continue reading
Facebook has released a new set of monetization options and best practices for video creators as it seeks to build interest in its Watch platform.
The new monetization options include:
- Pre-Roll Ads
- Preview Trailer
- Ad Auto Break Insertions
- Pre-Publish Brand Safety Check
Facebook changes it’s algorithm to show more from friends and family, and less from business and brand pages, as well as publishers.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity-backed Avaya Inc plans to file for a $1 billion initial public offering as early as this week, marking the latest in a rash of technology sector IPOs, according to a Wall Street Journal story.
The offering could value the maker of telecommunications equipment at $5 billion or more, according to the Tuesday story which cited unnamed people familiar with the matter. A spokesman for Avaya declined to comment.
Avaya was taken private in 2007 through a $8.3 billion purchase by a private equity firms Silver Lake Partners <SILAK.UL> and TPG Inc. Silver Lake and TPG were not immediately available for comment.
Barclays, JP Morgan, Citigroup and Credit Suisse declined to comment while Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley were not immediately available for comment.
In 2000, Avaya was spun off from Lucent Technologies and was traded on the New York Stock Exchange until its 2007 takeover. Lucent, itself a spin-off from AT&T Inc <T.N>, is now a part of Alcatel-Lucent <ALUA.PA>.
Chip maker Freescale Semiconductor Holdings <FSL.N> had a weaker than expected debut when it went public late last month but LinkedIn <LNKD.N> shares more than doubled on their first day of trading on May 19, surpassing many expectations.
High-profile daily deals site Groupon Inc filed for an IPO just last week.
(Reporting by Sinead Carew; Additional reporting by Clare Baldwin and Megan Davies; Editing by Derek Caney and Tim Dobbyn)


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Integra Type Rs are appreciating, Civic Type Rs are appreciating… guess what's happening to Accords
By Matt Bird / Tuesday, August 3, 2021 / Loading comments
Those with good memories may recall that this isn’t the first time the classifieds have been plundered for a Honda Accord Type R. We featured one in 2018; back then, a low mileage (46k), lovingly cared for example was £6,700. And you can guess what the comments were like… “Talk about Honda tax. £6,700, really?” read the first; “Great car, but £6,700 is silly money IMO” went the second; “Agreed, that is crazy money” was the fifth – and so on, and so forth…
Now here we are, just three years later, with a 97,000-mile Accord Type R for sale at… £9k. Or £8,911, to be precise. The climb continues! Despite a higher mileage than the previous car, this one looks in excellent condition, benefitting from a recent major service including the cambelt. Black may not be the most ‘Type R’ colour in the world, but it polishes up nicely, and those awesome green Recaros have stood up to 20 years of use very nicely indeed. The spoiler still takes pride of place atop the bootlid and the exhausts, if perhaps not standard, remain fairly modest. While there’s only so much to be gleamed from a dozen advert pictures, this does look a really nice Type R.
As for the asking price, it can be easy to forget just how warmly received the Accord was, and how revered it continues to be by a select few to this day. It was pitched against the Impreza Turbo back in the day, the screaming VTEC engine and wonderful chassis proving a formidable double act. Honda had already proven how good a Type R could be with the Integra, but nobody expected quite the same again from an Accord. Though the Civic Type R that came later was a more affordable Type R, it wasn’t quite as nice to drive as the four-door saloon. No, really.
The Accord’s recent rise in value follows the template that’s been seen countless times elsewhere: time is passing (next year will mark 20 years since the last UK Accord Type R was made), numbers are dwindling and the values of similar cars, like the Integra, have gone up. It would have been a stretch to say the Accord’s rise was inevitable – as arguably the least loved of the Type Rs – but it is at least easy to explain.
Furthermore, look at how much is being asked for those cars with more of a cult following. The Mondeo ST200 we featured a few weeks back was lower mileage, but almost 50 per cent more expensive; this Impreza Turbo, albeit a nice Catalunya, is £15,995. It’s not just the Honda that’s going up…
It’s hardly like the Accord is now £50k and on its last legs. At this age, mileage, and value there’s still plenty of enjoyment to be had; what looks like a minicab with a dubious spoiler to many will be recognised as one of the front-wheel drive greats by the discerning few. And you never know – it may keep going up in value, then it really will be a great buy. Let’s check back in another three years…
SPECIFICATION | HONDA ACCORD TYPE R
Engine: 2,157cc, 4-cyl
Transmission: 5-speed manual, front-wheel drive
Power (hp): [email protected],200pm
Torque (lb ft): [email protected],700rpm
First registered: 2001
Recorded mileage: 96,969
Price new: £23,250
Yours for: £8,911
See the original advert here.
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Abercrombie & Fitch Co. has appointed Samir Desai as its chief digital and technology officer, a newly created role at the company.
In its announcement Monday, Abercrombie, which operates the A&F, Hollister, Gilly Hicks, Abercrombie Kids and Social Tourist brands, indicated that Desai will be responsible for leading the company’s “ongoing digital transformation strategy, including developing strategic initiatives through data and analytics, optimizing customer and user experiences and further evolving the company’s portfolio of brands into digital experiences that are unique to each of their diverse audiences.”
Fran Horowitz, A&F’s chief executive officer, said Desai’s “robust background and deep knowledge of technology innovation will be incredibly valuable as we continue our transformation journey to being a digitally led retailer. Over the past several years, we have prioritized investing in our digital capabilities. With Samir’s leadership, we look forward to further enhancing our omnichannel experiences and technology practices to remain close to our global customers.”
Desai most recently served as chief technology officer at Equinox, the luxury fitness company, where he was responsible for developing and executing a “comprehensive data strategy across the brand portfolio, launching a direct-to-consumer digital media business, creating customer experiences that fused physical and digital strategies, and more.”
Desai will be a member of A&F’s executive steering committee and will report directly to Horowitz.
Horowitz earlier this year said A&F has shifted to a digitally-led business model. The company has set a $100 million capital expenditure budget for 2021, about half of which will be spent on the digital operations. In digital, “the most important investment is in the experience,” Horowitz said, noting that last year, the company shored up talent in the company’s user and data analytics teams.
Digital sales increased 39 percent to $1.7 billion in 2020, meaning it represented 54 percent of annual revenues last year. Senior-level talent was in added in digital and other areas last year.


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A new Ghoul song titled “Bringer Of War” has made its online debut and can be heard above. Guitarist/vocalist Digestor said of the cut:
“‘Bringer Of War’ is a plaintive ode to the perils of nuclear proliferation, the dangers of a ‘broken-arrow’ scenario, and the ever-present threat of rampaging wolf-headed commandos with acid squirting guns. Listen if you dare.”
The band’s new record Dungeon Bastards is slated to hit stores on July 29th through Tankcrimes. Pre-orders are available via the Bandcamp player above and the label’s webstore here (vinyl) and here (CD).


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Labor group seeks safeguard duty on imported vehicles
Tens of thousands of factory workers in the automobile industry have lost their jobs after regional free trade deals paved the way for nearly a million imported vehicles to enter the country tariff-free.
The huge job losses have prompted a labor group to file for a safeguard measure against imported vehicles, marking the first time ever in the country that a labor group—and not a big industry player—had asked for a trade remedy from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
The DTI is now seriously considering the petition, a game-changing development which—if the odds fall in the workers’ favor—could also help the government in its efforts to revive the manufacturing industry in the country.
The Philippine Metalworkers Alliance (PMA), a group of around 13,000 unionized workers, claimed that the surge of imports had come at the cost of local jobs since companies see a lesser need to assemble vehicles here when they could just import them instead.
PMA, which was formed in 2008, is basing its claim on the experience of its members who worked in major car companies and car parts makers as well as data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), whose labor force survey showed that the number of workers in the industry dropped in the past few years.
Back in April 2015, there were 86,428 workers in the industry, PSA data showed. The number, however, fell by more than 32 percent in the same month in 2018 to 57,982 workers. The group cited these figures in its letter to the DTI, a copy of which was obtained by the Inquirer.
The DTI, meanwhile, said that there were only 153,000 brand new imported motor vehicles back in 2014. But this climbed to more than one million units from 2014 to 2018, according to DTI Undersecretary Ceferino Rodolfo, who stopped short of calling this an import surge.
The DTI would still have to verify PMA’s claims while making its own investigation on the issue. Nevertheless, this could lead to protective measures such as tariffs to make imported cars more expensive.
A safeguard measure is imposed if a surge in imported goods has seriously injured a local industry that makes the same products. To get this trade remedy, a local industry only has to prove a serious injury caused by the surge—which could come in various forms such as job loss and smaller market share—or at least a threat from it.
This is the first time, however, that a labor group is speaking on behalf of a local industry, whereas previous cases only had the biggest players in an industry filing for safeguard measures. Local car companies were not part of the request to have a trade remedy.
In an interview with the Inquirer, PMA secretary general Reynaldo Rasing said local workers were being harmed by imports in a way that multinational car companies were not. Their letter cited cases of vehicles being made less and less such as Isuzu’s D-Max, which was phased out earlier this year.
In a global value chain, a car company that cuts its vehicle production so that it could import instead does not feel any significant loss because in the end, the retail sales of one country branch—either through imports or local production—go back to the pockets of large multinational companies.
“Regardless where they manufacture their cars, they will still have the profit. But in our case, the injury is on the workers because we are losing our jobs,” Rasing said.
About 80 percent of the more than one million imported vehicles came from countries that are members of a regional trade deal and could therefore bring their cars to the Philippines either at zero tariff or a significantly smaller tax compared to countries without a free-trade agreement (FTA).
Thailand and Indonesia alone both accounted for 70 percent of those imported vehicles during that time period, the DTI said, with Thailand shipping 428,000 units and Indonesia sending 312,000 units.
These countries have been exporting cars to the Philippines at zero tariff since 2015, thanks to an FTA among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). Toyota and Mitsubishi, among other companies, have manufacturing hubs in the two countries.
South Korea, which currently has a 5-percent tariff under an Asean-Korea FTA, accounted for 101,000 units. In total, these three countries make up around 80 percent of the more than a million vehicle imports, with the rest being divided among Japan, Germany and others countries.
“The DTI, through the Bureau of Import Services, is assessing the application for safeguard duty on imported automobiles filed by the Philippine Metalworkers Alliance,” Rodolfo told reporters last Thursday.
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Europeans lead charge with mobile banking, payments, according to Visa survey
The uptake of mobile devices to manage money, conduct banking and make payments is greater than ever in Europe as 77 percent of Europeans now use their mobile devices to keep track of their finances and make everyday payments such as bills, parking and going out, according to a new report from Visa.
Visa's annual Digital Payments Study examines consumer behavior around digital payments, ranging from contactless to online shopping as well as attitudes on privacy and security.
This year’s study reveals that:
- Nearly two-thirds of Europeans (62 percent) check their balance or access other services through a banking app. By comparison, in 2015, only 29 percent of people surveyed had a mobile banking app and 7 percent used a money management app.
- More than two thirds (68 percent) have used a digital wallet (e.g., PayPal), a card-on-file service (where the website stores your payment details) or a mobile payment service such as Apple Pay, Android Pay or Samsung Pay. This number is up from 63 percent in 2016.
- Consumers are feeling increasingly comfortable doing transactions on their mobile devices, moving away from desktops and laptops as nearly half (48 percent) of Europeans use a mobile device to shop.
- Almost the same number (45 percent) send money to friends and family using a smartphone or tablet.
"We are excited by the results of this survey and the confidence and enthusiasm that consumers have expressed for new ways to pay and to be paid, embracing the digital products and services that best fit their fast-moving lifestyle," Bill Gajda, senior vice president of innovation and strategic partnerships for Visa, said in the release.


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Okay, I know this is going to put legions of self-help authors who target the female audience out of business, but there is one simple key to happiness: be a successful women entrepreneur.
Babson College and Baruch College just issued their 2013 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) US Report, which makes it abundantly clear that established female business owners are enjoying a level of happiness that would cause Pharrell Williams to break out in song.
The study found that women who own established businesses rank their well-being more than twice as high as women who are neither entrepreneurs nor business owners. Also, one in 10 US women is starting or running a new business.
Beyond economic and social benefits
“Women entrepreneurs show a substantial boost in well-being as their businesses mature, demonstrating the personal return on investment that comes with venturing into entrepreneurship. Our research found that the benefits of entrepreneurship extend beyond economic and social value. Clearly, entrepreneurship provides women a most satisfying career choice,” says Donna J. Kelley, lead author and associate professor of entrepreneurship at Babson College.
Paradoxically, we may have the misery of the "Great Recession" to thank for this increased happiness among women. History teaches us that financial hard times prompt many who have lost their jobs to strike out on their own and establish businesses. Certainly many women took this course of action over the last several years.
Not all of the good news in the study relates directly to women. The findings are also pretty upbeat for American entrepreneurs and business owners in general:
- Almost half—47 percent—of Americans think there are good opportunities for starting a business right now and that's the highest that figure has been since they started the study back in 1999.
- Some 56 percent of Americans believe they have what it takes to start their own businesses. That level of confidence is the highest among the 24 developed economies covered in the report.
- 37 percent of US entrepreneurs are planning to create jobs and employ six or more employees in the next five years.
Older Americans doing well
It also looks like many older Americans are turning to entrepreneurship to launch those second and third careers. Folks who are 55-64 years old are just as likely as younger Americans to recognize entrepreneurial opportunities and at the same time they're less risk averse. All of this adds of to Americans leading all the other developed economies among older entrepreneurs.
If you need a little extra boost of confidence to start or expand your business, this study should provide it.
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Susan Solovic, THE Small Business Expert, is an award-winning entrepreneur, keynote speaker, New York Times, WSJ and USA Today bestselling author, media personality and attorney.
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Almost every Tuesday afternoon, Mary Lou Raitt staffs the Boonique Gifts shop in Boone Hospital’s main lobby.
The exception is Thanksgiving through Christmas, when Raitt is busy at her family’s tree farm.
Each year, the family’s Timberview Tree Farm sells approximately 1,000 trees. They primarily grow Scotch pine trees for cutting. For those who want a living tree, they offer potted white pine trees that can be planted the tree after the holiday — though these are currently in limited supply due to the recent drought. They also import and sell Fraser Firs.
“It’s a busy time, but it’s a happy time,” Mary Lou said of the Christmas season.
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Mary Lou has volunteered at Boone Hospital for 10 years. She loves helping people find the right gift and makes time to talk with the hospital’s visitors.
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End of Skoda-Tata alliance
Czech manufacturer Skoda and Indian carmaker Tata Motors have announced that they have put an end to their strategic alliance, initially set up to develop a low cost vehicle for the Indian market. The companies blame a failure to achieve planned cost savings for this decision.
Skoda has released a statement saying: ‘Skoda Auto has assessed and evaluated a potential strategic collaboration with Tata Motors Ltd over recent weeks and months. In doing so, both companies have concluded that at present, neither the technical nor the economic synergies are achievable to the extent desired by both parties. As a result, a planned strategic alliance will no longer be pursued for the time being. Both companies would like to emphasize that following the intensive and constructive discussions of the last few months, they are not ruling out possible future collaborations.’
Tata issued a statement with an almost identical message.


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To our valued customers,
There has been a great deal of media coverage on COVID-19, and with confirmed cases in the Portland and Washington areas, we want you to know how Parr Lumber is responding.
As part of such an important community, the building community here in the Northwest, we recognize our role in supporting our customers and local businesses alike. The Parr Company’s intention is to remain open and serve your needs with your health and safety as our first priority.
We’re taking guidance from the CDC and our locations are taking steps to ensure that surfaces are being frequently cleaned and disinfected. We are requiring employees who may exhibit any symptoms to stay home and to adhere to social distance requirements.
For those of you who have concerns about coming to our store, please know that you can order by phone and we offer free delivery for most orders. We have added extra staff to answer our phones to ensure that your quality of service is affected as little as possible. In addition, we welcome and encourage will call orders for pick up at any of our locations.
In these trying times, our hearts go out to all who have been directly affected by this virus. At the center of our company’s vision is our commitment to work together to build a better tomorrow for our customers, communities and ourselves. That is why we are working hard to keep our stores open and safe for you, your family and our employees.
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Twitter: Social Media Network as a Money Making Machine
New York based Josh Brown,vice president of investments at Fusion Analytics, uses Twitter and StockTwits to boost his trading profits, Reuters reported. He is not the first, nor the last, the news agency informed, and the trend may continue to grow.
In fact, we predicted the power of news media and social media as influencers in trades a long time ago, when we reviewed SENSEnews, a handy online service that can predict how online news and social media content affect stock prices. In this light, the move by many money managers to mine social media for content relevant to their trade portfolios makes sense.
Twitter is a free tool, and a very powerful one for that matter. While most users are on for entertainment, businesses are using the network more and more to advertise and sell. Advertising and selling in the new age of communications have changed their ways. Now the whole process is hidden behind terms like “community engagement” where skilled marketers give a false impression that they actually give a damn on their customers, that they listen. In fact, this “engagement” is converting customers in PR tools – or “brand ambassadors.” You all know the mommy bloggers endorsing products for freebies. Well the issue goes deeper: mommy bloggers are just the tip of the iceberg.
You cannot really see what lies beneath. You have to be a skilled trader to understand the subtleties of the game. Josh Brown and his contemporaries understand the power of social media to make money better than anyone else – and we are not talking pennies.
But as the Reuters report quoted above underlines, there’s also a matter of compliance we should consider: “How regulators decide to classify the faster, trendy way to communicate — and who’s responsible for monitoring it — will determine just how long Wall Street can shun the new technology.”