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What's going on in College Town? Apartments are full but 31% retail vacancy rate exists
Walk along Mt. Hope Avenue, on a stretch with storefronts that help define College Town, and you’ll see seven retail spaces with "For Lease" signs.
If you turn the corner onto Celebration Drive, three more retail spaces are vacant.
The 10 unoccupied commercial spaces represent a 31 percent vacancy rate, although a lease is being finalized for one of the spaces, letters of intent are in from businesses to rent two other vacancies and ongoing negotiations are being conducted for other possible rentals.
Located on 14 acres of University of Rochester property, College Town grew out of the 2008 UR Master Plan calling for a “new gateway” to the university.
Since opening in the fall of 2014, College Town certainly has been a noticeable presence, attracting new businesses and foot traffic. But the retail vacancies make some wonder whether the project is having trouble finding traction.
While rental of the 32 ground-level commercial spaces has been a struggle, finding tenants has not been a problem for the 154 apartments at College Town, which have a waiting list.
Cass McCrory, marketing director for the development, said College Town businesses are meeting or exceeding expectations.
But the development has experienced more than its share of growing pains — with seven of its 10 vacant retail spaces never having been rented and four of the businesses that did open already closed.
"It’s going to take time for College Town to come into its own," said McCrory.
The National Association of Realtors’ latest survey of its members shows that, nationwide, retail stores have a 13.2 percent vacancy rate.
College Town is a development by the Cleveland-based Fairmount Properties LLC and Providence-based Gilbane Development Co. They formed CT Rochester LLC, which has a long-term lease for use of the land and is responsible for the estimated $100 million invested in this project.
Randy Ruttenberg, who is a principal at Fairmount, tells of a shift in strategy for College Town that he expects to bring more rentals that fit the College Town vision.
"The initial merchandising strategy, which was consistent with what was done with similar projects around the country, was to bring in more fashion and soft goods — clothing and home goods," said Ruttenberg.
But he added: "That strategy did not ultimately take hold."
The Rochester area, he noted, already "has some great boutique districts and a few very strong performing malls."
In describing College Town's evolving strategy, Ruttenberg is seeking more restaurants, entertainment and experiential uses.
Negotiations are taking place with a "specialty fitness operator" for rental of one of this development's vacancies that would be compatible with the breathe yoga business already there.
College Town is still trying to establish a more definitive identity that includes but goes beyond the UR community.
"The perception is that it’s not open to the public," McCrory said.
But even within the UR community, some students talk more about what could be rather than what's there.
"I think College Town has a lot of potential to improve as an entertainment and social center for students," said Isabelle Boni, 27, a UR graduate student in brain and cognitive sciences.
And she said: "Some of the examples of businesses that would interest my friends and I would be arcades, bowling alleys or a movie theater, or even more practical amenities like a grocery store because I personally don't have a car."
Others, such as Dr. Yulin Chen, 30, who is a resident at the UR Medical Center, want more shops and restaurants at College Town, but Chen said: "It has everything needed for a relaxing evening."
Vision of College Town
UR President Joel Seligman, who took office in 2005, began looking into the possibility of a college town early on because he wanted "a bridge" to the community.
"It provides a place to help humanize the university, on one side, and, on the other side, gives our immediate university community a greater sense of belonging," said Seligman.
While noting there have been some "potholes" along the way, Seligman described College Town as being on the right track.
"One of the realities that we have learned, as all developments like this have learned, is that the retail component ... has not been what we hoped," said Seligman.
Anchored by a two-story Barnes & Noble, which is at the corner of Mt. Hope and Elmwood Avenue, College Town entailed the demolition of existing structures and the construction of space for retail stores, with apartments above them.
College Town also includes a 136-room Hilton Garden Inn along Elmwood, and a new parking garage. Free surface lot parking is also provided.
At the southeast corner of College Town, a large CVS Pharmacy was built, with the smaller one on the other side of Mt. Hope closing.
The UR Medical Center is finalizing a lease for space vacated by Constantino's Market, which closed in February 2016.
Another grocery is not in the works.
"We reached out to lots and lots of grocery chains to see if they want to come there. And for various reasons, when they did their market analysis, this wasn't a location they wanted," said Seligman.
Some College Town businesses are on the upswing, with their marketing helping to increase the draw.
The Beer Market has a "Geeks Who Drink" night on Tuesday evenings that features trivia game competition to go with the approximately 400 beers and food on the menu. This week’s competition drew a large turnout.
Boni and her boyfriend, Charles Brittenham, 27, who is a UR graduate student in math, were part of a team competing in this week's contest. They filled out answer sheets as Karl Zeh — sitting with microphone in hand facing tables of customers — set forth the ground rules ("No shouting out answers.") and kept the game moving at a fast pace.
Several doors away, the Rochester Running Company, which sells running shoes and apparel, has attracted new customers with almost daily “Group Runs” — jogs to different parks and neighborhoods.
"The idea is to introduce people to the store and to create a sense of community," said owner Jonathan Griffiths, who is also a firefighter with the city of Rochester.
Plexiglas boards on the wall list upcoming events, sometimes with other College Town businesses.
"It's camaraderie," said Prem Kumar, 42, of Pittsford, who has been showing up a couple of times a week for these runs.
And he said: "College Town seems like it's trying to be a new hip place."
Breathe yoga at College Town continues to see its customer base grow for yoga classes, said Carly Weis, yoga director for this location, which also offers a juice bar and sells apparel.
"If I'm having a really crappy day and come here, the world is all right," said Allison Murphy, 43, of Rochester.
But Murphy, like other visitors to College Town, expressed surprise at the number of vacant spaces.
"We have a beautiful space but can't fill it. It just makes me wonder about the rent," she said.
Having apartments atop retail stores, as is the case with College Town, is increasingly common.
"It seems very much the popular trend — this mixed-use development," said George Ratiu, managing director of housing and commercial research for the National Association of Realtors.
Mt. Hope Lofts, which is the apartment rental arm of College Town, has a waiting list. Undergraduates are not permitted to rent these apartments.
With a waiting list of about 20, College Town has found a demand for this housing, which is for the most part in the upscale range for the city.
The apartments are advertised at monthly rates of $1,343 for a studio to $1,728 for two bedrooms.
Ten of the units charge between $535 and $1,131 per month, depending upon the size of the apartment and whether an occupant's income falls below 50 percent or 80 percent of the median family income.
The median monthly apartment rental in Rochester is estimated to be $793 but $918 for the entire area, according to Zillow, a Seattle-based real estate research and data company.
Providing the 10 lower-price rentals satisfied a City Council precondition for the city to seek a $20 million low-interest U.S. Housing and Urban Development loan for this project.
McCrory would not disclose the rents charged for retail space, saying that they are subject to nondisclosure and confidentiality agreements.
Bean Cruises and Travel is paying $1,350 a month for 467 square feet, noted owner Patricia Bean.
The rent seems much less of a burden, now that her business is on the upswing.
"It is slowly growing, with the people I am looking to attract — professors, doctors, nurses and other professionals," she said.
But the large number of vacant retail spaces is significant.
"They may be asking for too much money," said Eugene Fram, a marketing professor emeritus from Rochester Institute of Technology’s Saunders College of Business
Fram noted the challenge of trying to serve two markets — one of young adults in college and the other in their 40s and 50s.
"The duality is critical because it requires separate marketing strategies, he said.
One way to draw from outside the area is to have a destinations store, with unique merchandise, not commonly found at other locations.
In January, the Rochester-based Cushman & Wakefield Pyramid Brokerage Co. took over the leasing of commercial property at College Town because the developers wanted this task done by someone with local ties.
Previously, Fairmount Properties, one of the partners in this development, handled the commercial rentals.
"Right now, we are in discussions with over a half dozen very interested potential tenants," said John Manilla, president of the Rochester office of Pyramid.
While he declined to discuss specifics, Manilla said the the rent sought was "close to or at market rates."
Finances and challenges
College Town coincided with the city of Rochester’s reconstruction of an almost half-mile stretch of Mt. Hope passing in front of College Town to make this southeast Rochester neighborhood more compatible for heavy traffic.
A head count, said McCrory, is not kept on visitors to College Town but the largest number comes from people who work in the Upper Mt. Hope neighborhood, including the Medical Center.
All of the College Town property is assessed at $43.7 million, according to city.
College Town, however, is now off the tax roles as a result of a pilot agreement with the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency, which was recently renamed Imagine Monroe.
Over the 20 years of the agreement, College Town will pay a total of $8.4 million to the city and Monroe County, with about 79 percent going to the city and the rest to the county. The city will also get an additional $900,000, said Mark Fitzstevens, manager of downtown development for the city.
College Town will also repay the $20 million that the city arranged in low-interest borrowing and $6.4 million in interest. The development, said Fitzstevens, has met its pilot requirement of creating 330 jobs.
The presence of College Town has provided a stimulus for businesses on the east side of Mt. Hope — across from College Town — with the Pita restaurant being the most recent addition.
Still, there is the question of how businesses on both sides of Mt. Hope compete and whether there is the right mix of restaurants in the area.
Since College Town opened, Bruegger' s Bagel and Great Northern Pizza closed on the east side of Mt. Hope while other restaurants and a Starbucks on that side of the street continue to draw customers.
On the College Town side of Mt. Hope, two coffee shops — Saxbys Coffee and The Corner Bakery — had short life spans.
Melanie Warren, who is the former president of the Mt. Hope Business Association, described College Town as "a work in progress." She said that monthly meetings of the Mt. Hope Task Force.— a group that includes representatives from the city, neighborhood groups, UR and College Town — address issues that come up at monthly meetings.
"There is plenty of community outreach," said Warren.
Dan Hurley, president of the Upper Mt. Hope Neighborhood Association, noted that College Town has strengthened its ties to the community with such events as showing outdoor movies.
Baye Muhammad, the city's commissioner of Neighborhood and Business Development, added that the more College Town is connected to the community, the better its chances for success.
"It's definitely facing challenges. All businesses are hard. It has to figure out its customers," he said.
Includes reporting by Sean Lahman


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Access to technology and instant information has enabled consumers to learn more about the brands they use. It’s also led to an increase in the dissemination of misinformation. It’s far easier to begin a new brand with a positive stance rather than trying to defend a challenging set of circumstances.
Lulu Lemon, Toms and GoldieBlox are examples of brands that have focussed on providing a positive impact in the world. And they’ve been rewarded with deeply loyal customers. Even traditionally profit-driven companies are trying to do-good. For example, Coca-Cola has released a campaign to fight for inequality and tolerance. They’ve removed their product’s labels in the Middle East, adding the tagline, “Labels are for cans, not for people.”
While many enterprises attempt to walk-the-talk, beware. Being truly socially driven is easier said than done. It takes a conscious effort and a vision and mandate that’s infused inside and out. Consumers today are a cynical bunch and you’ll get exposed quickly for “cause-washing” if you only skim the surface. Bottom line, you’ve got to believe in what you’re selling and do as you say.
And if you find anything going sideways, voluntary transparency is the name of the game – even if it means taking a hit in profits. For example, following bad publicity for collecting ad revenue from their captive audience, Facebook announced a plan to share ad revenue with video creators.

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Stork offers a continuous and accurate view of a baby’s health data. It leverages Masimo’s noninvasive neonate monitoring technologies.
Masimo’s smart home baby monitoring system officially received its clearance on Dec. 15. The company already began its U.S. rollout to major retailers in August, having kicked off its initial launch in May. BTIG analysts Marie Thibault and Sam Eiber say the company plans to ramp up to around 250 outlets by year-end. They expect approximately 1,000 by 2024.
According to the analysts, prices range from $249 to $549, depending on the bundle for the Stork system. They say Masimo projects a market opportunity for Stork at around $500 million, making it a “premium segment” in baby monitoring.
“We remain bullish on Stork since we believe this represents an adjacent market opportunity that is closest to [Masimo’s] strengths in healthcare technology,” the analysts wrote. “We wait for more details on the indications for use once it is published on the database. We do not make any changes to our model at this time.”


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Public unease over the controversial tax affairs of Starbucks and Caffè Nero are helping to boost the fortunes of independent coffee shops.
Individual operators are also benefitting from the increased support for local businesses and a growth in demand for personalised service, according to The Times.
David Mattin of Trendwatching.com told the newspaper: "Independent coffee shops might see concern over the Starbucks tax story as a touch point that will push more consumers away from the big chains and towards independents who can offer them an experience more aligned with their expectations and concerns.
"Consumers often feel that new players offer a more responsive, personalised experience."
However, it appears that the independent coffee sector's growth got under way before the recent tax controversy. A study of the sector by Allegra Strategies found that the number of independent coffee shops had increased by nearly 8% to 5,633 over the three years to last December, compared with 5,225 branded outlets.
The coffee shop sector as a whole grew by 7.5% last year to reach a turnover of £5.8b. One in five consumers buys a cup daily, compared with one in nine three years ago.


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"He has an amazing track record within our industry and I am delighted to welcome him to our team."
In his new role, Nick will be responsible for developing and driving the implementation of the sales and distribution strategy for West One’s bridging and development proposition, as well as leading and growing the existing sales team.
Nick has over 21 years of experience in the industry, including 14 years at Together in senior sales roles and most recently as commercial director for Roma Finance.
Danny Waters, CEO of Enra Specialist Finance, commented: “I have known Nick for a very long time, he has an amazing track record within our industry and I am delighted to welcome him to our team. Our business has seen very impressive results already this year and we have exciting plans ahead, I am confident Nick is the right person to power the next phase of our growth.”
Nick Jones said: “I’m thrilled and honoured to join the senior team at West One; a business which I’ve watched for many years grow into one of the leading non-bank lenders in the ever-growing industry.
“Their diverse and competitive product range coupled with their passion for providing excellent service to intermediaries makes them a perfect fit for my next role. I look forward to shaping and developing their already excellent reputation, product set, and reach within the intermediary marketplace”.


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LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Asda, the British supermarket arm of U.S. retail giant Walmart that is considering a future UK stock market listing, saw its profit increase 9.2% in 2018 - a year when it was unsuccessfully targeted for takeover by rival Sainsbury's.
Sainsbury's 7.3 billion agreed bid for Asda was blocked by Britain's competition regulator in April, a full year after it was launched. Walmart said in May it would instead look at an initial public offering for Asda.
Accounts filed on Monday showed Asda's operating profit was 803.2 million pounds in the year to Dec. 31, on revenue up 3.1% to 22.92 billion pounds. As was the case in 2017, no dividend was paid to Walmart.
Under Chief Executive Roger Burnley, Asda is following a strategy focused on lower prices to narrow the gap with the discounters, a step-up in innovation in own-brand products, and better store environments and product availability, along with improvements in its e-commerce operations and use of technology.
Burnley told Reuters in May the timescale for a possible flotation was two to three years.
Last month Asda reported a small rise in underlying sales for the second quarter of its 2019 year. It said uncertainty surrounding Brexit was affecting its customers.
Separately on Monday the British arm of German discount supermarket group Aldi reported a 26% fall in 2018 operating profit. (Reporting by James Davey; editing by David Evans)


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HD No Longer an 'Advanced' Service?
The argument comes roughly a year after the FCC's set-top integration ban went into effect on July 1, 2007. (See Countdown to 'Seven-Oh-Seven'.)
Cable One, in comments filed in support of a three-year waiver being sought by Evolution Broadband LLC , a distributor of bare-bones, one-way digital terminal adapters (DTAs), said the U.S. regulatory agency should also take the opportunity to "update the 'low-cost, limited capability' standard to encompass low-cost basic one-way converters that are capable of delivering high definition... services to consumers."
And why's that? "HD can no longer reasonably be considered an 'advanced' service -- it is an integral part of the television-viewing experience and expectations of any consumer that has recently purchased a television or that is likely to make such a purchase going forward," said the MSO, which originally filed the comments on June 23, but didn't appear electronically in the FCC docket until last Friday (July 25).
Aside from a debate about whether or not HD is an "advanced" service, there are other technical and economic reasons why this particular operator is pushing hard for this.
Cable One, an MSO that serves about 700,000 basic subs in largely rural parts of the country, notes that about 60 percent of its systems are served by 550 MHz plant, so it doesn't have a lot of headroom to offer gobs of HD without going all-digital. It also argues that it (and its customers) can't afford a $250 million plant upgrade to 750 MHz or more.
Plus it generally doesn't offer two-way video services, such as video-on-demand. To remedy that, Cable One wants to obtain a waiver allowing the deployment of simple, inexpensive one-way devices that are also capable of doing HD. While Evolution's current generation DTAs would do the trick for converting standard-definition digital signals, they don't do squat for HD.
Cable One is also holding that it doesn't have $495 million burning a hole in its pocket to do a traditional digital cut-over using digital boxes equipped with CableCARDs, noting that the presently available HD-capable box that steers clear of the FCC's integration ban is priced at $300 to $400 per unit.
The kicker here is that Evolution has informed Cable One that the vendor can produce and bring to market by year-end a "basic, one-way HD-capable set-top" priced below $80 per unit, and in the quantities required by Cable One and other MSOs.
Given how rapidly the FCC has historically acted on waiver requests, don't expect a quick answer to this one. Complicating matters is the fact that the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is already opposing Evolution Broadband's original request for two standard-def DTA models, so chances are slim that the FCC will give a quick green light to an HD version. But we'll keep our eyes on this one.
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India a 'plus one location' as manufacturers decouple global supply chains: Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation, the world's largest industrial automation firm, said India's made in India initiative and production linked incentive scheme (PLI) along with rapid acceleration in building capacity for roads, rails and tunnels has put the country's growth similar to China in the 1990s, a critical tipping point in its development.
With an aim of decoupling of supply chains, companies world over are trying to build resilience and want an additional location beyond China and the US which will help diversification as well as de-risk operations amid future events including geo-political conflicts. And in most conversations Rockwell has with global manufacturers in the top two or three countries that are being discussed for global manufacturing, India figures as a plus one location, it said.
"We look at every country in terms of the ability to support manufacturing. And some of it comes down to labor costs. Some of it comes down to policy investments that might help us and we also look at ease of doing business. How long will it take us to get planning approval? How easy it is to construct a facility, how complex is the taxation and tariff laws. And in those three areas, India has made a dramatic step forward the last five years," added Wooldridge
For the Milwaukee-based Rockwell, India is the second biggest hub for innovation outside its home market and with nearly 4500 employees, the country is also the second largest employee base for the global firm that provides hardware and software technology that helps automate manufacturing processes. In fact, the employee count has doubled over the past four years, despite the pandemic when companies shifted focus on digital capabilities.
Dilip Sawhney, managing director at Rockwell Automation India said covid led to companies, even small and medium enterprises, adopting unprecedented manufacturing flexibility as it directly equated to competitive advantage.
"The pandemic created that burning platform moment, when the only way you could continue with your operations was by leveraging digital. The manufacturers that had been strategically investing into creating a more robust, integrated infrastructure across the enterprise, but across manufacturing, really, were able to take benefit out of it," added Sawhney.
The company has also been making strategic acquisitions in India, both on the innovation front as well as in the product design space. Earlier this year, it acquired Knowledge Lens, which deals in insights from enterprise data, combining digital technologies with deep data science, artificial intelligence (AI), and engineering expertise. In 2019, it had acquired Pune-based manufacturing technology consulting firm MESTECH Services
Rockwell said the buyouts were part of its strategy to leverage its support for global product development even as India has one of the largest concentrations of development capabilities. The company expects India to be among the top three players in manufacturing over the next five to 10 years.
(The writer was in Boston on the invitation of Rockwell Automation)
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Retail head John Browett was the CEO of British electronics chain Dixons before joining Apple. The Cupertino, Calif., company didn’t provide a reason for his departure. The stores will report to CEO Tim Cook while the company looks for a replacement, Apple says.
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Meetings attendees will soon have an easy way to beat the heat when traveling from one attraction to another up and down the Las Vegas Strip. They’ll do it underground in Tesla vehicles. Since launching the Loop underneath the Las Vegas Convention Center ((LVCC) in January of 2021, the system connects the LVCC and Resorts World Las Vegas. The Boring Company, the Elon Musk founded firm building the Loop has been working to expand the underground tunnels to connect to more than 50 stations across the city connecting major attractions like Harry Reid International Airport, UNLV, Allegiant Stadium, and numerous popular resorts.
According to The Boring Company, a fleet of driverless Tesla Model 3, Model X, and Model Y vehicles which reach speeds reaching 155 mph is fully up and running, enabling riders to travel underground across the LVCC grounds in under two minutes. It would usually take more than 20 minutes to walk the same route.
The Loop was designed to serve as an innovative, fun and quick transportation solution to move thousands of convention attendees throughout the more than 200-acre campus with the potential for expansion in the near future to ease congestion throughout the Las Vegas resort corridor. “This marks an important milestone in the future of transportation,” said Steve Hill, LVCVA CEO and president. “Las Vegas is proud to lead the way as the first and only destination to offer an underground transportation solution for moving visitors throughout our convention center.”
Organizations scheduled to host trade shows in Las Vegas such as CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023 are eager to take advantage of this new mode of transportation. “AEM and our show committees of industry leaders are working to take advantage of everything that has changed in Las Vegas to deliver a top-notch event delivering the latest innovations and best practices to help construction pros take their businesses and careers to the next level,” said Dana Wuesthoff, show director of CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023. “Between the West Hall and Diamond Lot bringing a lot of displays closer to the rest of the show as well as serving as a connector to the Festival Lot, and the LVCC Loop making it effortless to get across the entire Las Vegas Convention Center, it’s going to be easier for attendees to see everything they want to learn about when they get there.”


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Blockbuster buying digital download service Movielink
LOS ANGELES -- Video rental chain Blockbuster Inc. said Wednesday that it is buying the digital movie download service Movielink, giving it the online foothold it has long sought to compete with rival Netflix Inc.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Blockbuster, based in Dallas, said it will continue to operate Movielink as a stand-alone service and eventually make elements of the service available through Blockbuster.com.
Johnson & Johnson sues Red Cross over trademark symbol
NEW YORK -- Johnson & Johnson, the health-products giant that uses a red cross as its trademark, sued the American Red Cross on Wednesday, demanding that the charity halt the use of the red cross symbol on products it sells to the public.
Johnson & Johnson said it has had exclusive rights to use the trademark on certain commercial products -- including bandages and first-aid cream -- for more than 100 years.
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It contends that the Red Cross is supposed to use the symbol only in connection with non-profit relief services.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in New York, marked the breakdown of months of behind-the-scenes negotiations.
Gates Foundation investing $138 million in green projects
Bill and Melinda Gates will invest $138 million in projects that curb greenhouse gases in China to generate tradable emission credits, said Peony Capital Ltd., the manager of the funds.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust has invested the money and Peony is seeking a further $414 million from money managers by the end of this year, Michael Cronin, Peony's chief operating officer, said Wednesday.
PETA urges Costco to use a new method to kill poultry
Animal protection advocates have filed a shareholder resolution urging Costco Wholesale Corp. to adopt a poultry slaughter method considered less cruel than the practice they say the company now uses.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants Costco to adopt a method called "controlled-atmosphere killing," or CAK, which PETA said slowly replaces oxygen with inert, non-poisonous gases, killing the birds quickly and painlessly.
PETA owns 65 shares of stock in the Issaquah-based wholesale retailer.
Weyerhaeuser reaches deal to sell Kamloops sawmill
FEDERAL WAY -- Weyerhaeuser Co., one of the world's largest lumber and paper producers, said Wednesday that it has reached a deal to sell its sawmill in Kamloops, B.C., and associated timber harvesting rights to International Forest Products Ltd. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The deal includes annual harvesting rights to 24.7 million cubic feet of public land timber.
The agreement is subject to approval from Weyerhaeuser's board and regulatory approval. The deal is expected to close by the fourth quarter.
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Consumer spending grows just 0.3%
Gas prices cut into growing income
WASHINGTON -- Consumer spending rose at the weakest pace in five months in March as a surge in gasoline prices left shoppers with little left over for other items.
The Commerce Department reported Monday that consumer spending on all items was up 0.3 percent last month, the slowest increase since a similar rise in October. That lackluster gain came even though personal incomes rose by a healthy 0.7 percent last month.
The spending performance in March was even weaker when the effects of higher gasoline prices were removed. After adjusting for price increases, consumer spending actually fell by 0.2 percent in March, the poorest showing since September 2005 when the economy was suffering the aftershocks of Hurricane Katrina.
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- Want to Make it Big in Business? ‘Million Dollar Listing’ Star Says Take this Class Media: Buzz 60
- Coca-Cola & Marijuana Infused Drinks?! Media: Fortune
- Apple to unveil 3 new iPhones Media: Fox29
- Mercedes-Benz Vision URBANETIC - Into the city of the future with Vision URBANETIC Media: AutomotoTV
- Trump To Apple On Tariff Impact: Make Your Products In The US Instead Of China Media: GeoBeats
- After 84 years, Pacific Steel in Berkeley to close Media: KTVU
- Nike Will Air Colin Kaepernick Ad During NFL Opener Media: Daily Press
- Trump's Tariffs Could Hit $200 Billion of Chinese Goods Media: Wibbitz
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"People spent more in March but may be enjoying it less as the rising price of energy is cutting into what they actually take home," said Joel Naroff, chief economist at Naroff Economic Advisors, a private consulting firm.
The weaker-than-expected consumer spending report on Monday added to worries that the economy could be in danger of stalling out if consumer confidence falters further in the face of rising gasoline prices and a slumping housing market.
"Unless spending posts unusually large gains in May, the second-quarter consumption number is practically guaranteed to be awful," said Stephen Stanley, chief economist at RBS Greenwich Capital. He predicted that consumer spending will rise at an annual rate of around 1 percent, far below the 3.8 percent rate of spending growth in the January-March quarter.
Stanley said such a sluggish growth rate for consumer spending, which accounts for two-thirds of total economic activity, will translate into overall economic growth as measured by the gross domestic product of slightly above 2 percent in the current April-June quarter.
A second report Monday showed that construction spending edged up a slight 0.2 percent in March. Spending on housing fell for an 11th month out of the past 12, but this was offset somewhat by increases in spending on hotels and other non-residential projects and on government construction. In addition, construction activity in February was revised up significantly to growth of 1.5 percent, five times the initial estimate of 0.3 percent growth.
Analysts said this big increase will contribute to an upward revision in the GDP for the first quarter to about 1.5 percent or 1.6 percent.
In another sign of the slowdown in housing, the National Association of Realtors reported Monday that purchases of second homes for investment purposes fell by a sharp 28.9 percent last year to an annual rate of 1.65 million units while sales of vacation homes managed a 4.7 percent increase to a record 1.07 million units.
Sales of vacation properties and investment homes accounted for 36 percent of all existing and new home sales last year, down from 40 percent in 2005.


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Auburn University will host a virtual talk with Dana Breed, global research and development director for packaging and sustainability at The Coca-Cola Company, on May 27 as part of the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences’ 75th Anniversary Celebration.
Breed is the third speaker in the virtual “7 for 75 Speaker Series” during the yearlong celebration, which began March 1. She will give a talk titled “An industry career in sustainable materials: What do I do? How do you get a job doing something similar?”
Before joining Coca-Cola, she developed innovation strategy and led the development team for medical devices, medical packaging and consumer goods at Eastman Chemical Company. Prior to that role, she researched new products across a variety of industries and developed materials and structures for flexible packaging at Dow Chemical Company.
Breed is a member of the packaging advisory board of California Polytechnic State University, the external advisory board for the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and the advisory council for Auburn’s School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences.
During her talk, she will discuss the corporate role of research and development, her career implementing various types of sustainability programs and the types of competencies and experiences she looks for when hiring early career professionals.
“Dr. Breed’s talk will offer the public a rare opportunity to get an in-depth view of research and development in packaging and sustainable biomaterials from a top expert in the field,” said Janaki Alavalapati, dean of the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences.
“Students interested in pursuing career opportunities within the booming packaging industry will also find great value in learning from her insights as both innovator and leader.”
The “7 for 75 Speaker Series” features distinguished alumni and industry leaders—representing an array of forestry, wildlife and natural resource fields and enterprises—covering a wide range of topics, from land management to current and future technology to stakeholder engagement.
The next speaker will be Rhett Johnson, director emeritus of the school’s Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center and board member of the Solon and Martha Dixon Foundation. Johnson will discuss his tenure at the center as well as his history and relationship with the Dixon family. His talk is scheduled from 2-3 p.m. CDT June 24.


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Consumer Reports is starting to evaluate the security of IoT devices. As part of that, it’s reviewing wireless home-security cameras.
It found significant security vulnerabilities in D-Link cameras:
In contrast, D-Link doesn’t store video from the DCS-2630L in the cloud. Instead, the camera has its own, onboard web server, which can deliver video to the user in different ways.
Users can view the video using an app, mydlink Lite. The video is encrypted, and it travels from the camera through D-Link’s corporate servers, and ultimately to the user’s phone. Users can also access the same encrypted video feed through a company web page, mydlink.com. Those are both secure methods of accessing the video.
But the D-Link camera also lets you bypass the D-Link corporate servers and access the video directly through a web browser on a laptop or other device. If you do this, the web server on the camera doesn’t encrypt the video.
If you set up this kind of remote access, the camera and unencrypted video is open to the web. They could be discovered by anyone who finds or guesses the camera’s IP address — and if you haven’t set a strong password, a hacker might find it easy to gain access.
The real news is that Consumer Reports is able to put pressure on device manufacturers:
In response to a Consumer Reports query, D-Link said that security would be tightened through updates this fall. Consumer Reports will evaluate those updates once they are available.
This is the sort of sustained pressure we need on IoT device manufacturers.
Boing Boing link.
*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from Schneier on Security authored by Bruce Schneier. Read the original post at: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/11/consumer_report_1.html


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OnePlus One was one of the best smartphones of 2014, and the OnePlus 2 was quite popular last year as well. This company is expected to release their third-gen flagship this year, and they've already confirmed that the phone will be announced before the end of second quarter this year, or in other words, before the end of June. There were some rumors lately saying that the phone will be announced on April 7th, but the company has decided to officially deny those rumors, saying that the OnePlus 3 won't be announced so soon, though they do intend to announce something on April 7th (quite probably the all-new version of Hydrogen OS).
That being said, a new OnePlus 3 leak just surfaced, and it will make quite a few people happy it seems. As some of you might know, the OnePlus 2 did not offer a Fast Charge option despite the fact it shipped with the Type-C USB port, well, its successor might. According to the newly-leaked patent application 'OnePlus Lightning', the OnePlus 3 will be equipped with Fast Charge. Now. this patent application does not specifically mentions the OnePlus 3, but considering this is the company's patent application, it is expected their all-new flagship comes with the option. This is not all that surprising, as we did expect OnePlus 3 to sport some sort of Fast Charging, but there you have it. That being said, this patent application really does not reveal all that much info, we'll have to wait for the company to introduce the device before we're able to elaborate on this.
Now, the alleged OnePlus 3 surfaced on AnTuTu quite recently with the A3000 codename. According to that listing, the device will be fueled by the Snapdragon 820 64-bit quad-core SoC, along with the Adreno 530 GPU for graphics. The phone will also ship with a fullHD (1920 x 1080) display, and Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow will come out of the box, with the company's Oxygen OS, or Hydrogen OS on top of it (region-dependent). The 16-megapixel rear-facing shooter has also been listed, and the phone will probably sport an 8-megapixel snapper up front. The OnePlus 3 will ship with 4GB of RAM, and 32GB of internal storage as well, at least according to AnTuTu.


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COLUMBIA, S.C. – Ross Stores, Inc. (Ross), a leading off-price apparel and home fashion company in the United States, plans to expand its distribution and warehousing operations in York County. The company’s $68 million investment is projected to create 700 new jobs over a period of five years. Founded in 1982, Ross offers high-quality name brand… Continue Reading »
ROCK HILL, S.C. – National Machining & Fabrication, Inc. (NMF) today announced plans to expand its current operations in York County. The more than $4.2 million investment will create 40 new jobs. With more than 30 years of experience, NMF designs, retrofits, fabricates and welds machine parts, weldments and equipment. The company serves manufacturing equipment suppliers,… Continue Reading »
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Optimized Armor, Inc., an industry-leading armor steel supplier, today announced plans to establish operations in York County. The more than $3.7 million investment is expected to create 100 new jobs. Founded in 2019, Optimized Armor, Inc. provides armored steel to a variety of industries, including defense and security, off-highway equipment manufacturers and transportation… Continue Reading »
CATAWBA, S.C. – New-Indy Containerboard, a manufacturer and supplier of recycled containerboard for the corrugated box industry, today announced plans to establish operations in York County at a recently-acquired pulp and paper mill facility. The company is investing $240 million in the project. Founded in 2012, New-Indy Containerboard uses 100% recycled fiber in its current manufacturing… Continue Reading »
ROCK HILL, S.C. – DIRTT Environmental Solutions, Inc., an interior construction company that uses technology for client-driven design and manufacturing, today announced plans to establish operations in York County. The $18.5 million investment is expected to create more than 100 jobs. The company uses its proprietary ICE® software to design, manufacture and install fully-customized interior environments. The… Continue Reading »
As unemployment rates fall to the lowest levels in half a century, finding people to fill jobs is a growing challenge for employers. To meet that challenge, first you need people. That’s why job creators from industries in every sector can do well to consider the five counties that comprise the Interstate 77 corridor between… Continue Reading »
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Eclipse Automation, a provider of automated systems for a variety of industries, today announced plans to locate new operations in York County. The company’s $4.6 million investment is projected to create 90 new jobs over the next five years. Eclipse Automation is a leading supplier of custom automated manufacturing equipment for… Continue Reading »
We lead off our 2019 series of monthly blogs with our confidence that the five counties served by the South Carolina I-77 Alliance will see another strong year of industrial and business announcements and growth. At the Alliance itself, we’ll also continue to build out our ability to effectively market the I-77 corridor to domestic… Continue Reading »
Linde Hydraulics Corporation, a global manufacturer of hydraulic and electronic drive systems, today announced plans to locate new production operations in York County.
The $13.9 million investment is expected to result in the creation of 275 new jobs over the next five years.


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Coinaphoto has revealed its ambitious expansion plans, which includes adding video, music, and software to its current offering, as it launches a £500,000 crowdfunding bid.
Currently the only platform in the world where amateur and professional photographers can earn “social” as well as commercial revenue, Coinaphoto serves as a marketplace for buyers of local and culturally relevant photography.
Offering investors the chance to own a 4.7% stake in the company through Crowdcube, the campaign has got off to a strong start, with £149,000 (almost 30% of the target) pledged in the first 10 days.
Would-be investors have until August 28 before the funding window closes.
The cash injection will be used to accelerate the company’s growth over the next four years, with plans to expand content and create multi-language websites and apps.
It will also offer brands insight into photography trends, progress integrating user tokens earned through Coinaphoto with e-commerce and music streaming platforms and partner with blockchain companies to find new applications for its tokens.
Coinaphoto CEO Shahab Mirza said: “Just like Airbnb and Uber changed the way we book accommodation and find a taxi, we have focused on shaking up the billion-pound stock photography industry to reflect the way that we now live and work.
“The ability for Coinaphoto to earn commission without a contributor selling an image means we can generate new revenue streams out of the reach of our competitors.
“Coinaphoto is all about community engagement and we are the only platform where photographers earn tokens from social interaction.
“In line with our crowdsourcing approach to photography, where brands can connect with unknown creatives all over the world, it is fitting that we look for investment from communities.”
In three years, Coinaphoto has built a global community of over 200,000 contributors and features 55 million images.
The rewards-based system connects photographers with both brands and agencies, enabling creatives to earn up to 70% commission for their work
Coinaphoto also incentivises its users to engage with the wider community through gamification – it runs ‘Photoduels’ photo competitions where a photographer challenges another user in the community to pitch a photo against their own.
The photograph with the highest number of community votes is named the winner, providing both tokens and a higher site ranking.
To date, there have been 17,000 user-generated ‘Photoduels’ and 1.6 million votes cast.
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With plans to expand its IP product portfolio, network, control, audio and video manufacturer Lawo has announced that it is restructuring its global sales team. This new group will combine all Lawo entities into a single global sales organization. The move follows the company reorganized this past January.
Lawo reports it has formed focused regional teams to serve as a one-stop shop for broadcast, installation and live customers to receive customer service and consultations.
The new leadership for Lawo’s global sales team shapes up like this:
– Head of Global Sales: Jamie Dunn
– Head of Sales Asia and Pacific Region: Gregor Erlitz
– Head of Sales Americas: Erling Hedkvist
– Head of Sales Germany, Austria, Switzerland (DACH): Martin Blum
– Head of Sales Europe (excluding DACH): Jamie Dunn
“The restructuring of our talented sales individuals into newly focused regional teams will allow us to meet our strong growth objectives over the coming years whilst maintaining on our main strength; the close connection and trusted partnerships we have with all our customers,” said Dunn.


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Elon Musk Tweets a Milady NFT, Floor Price Soars on OpenSea.
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has once again made headlines for his involvement in the cryptocurrency world. This time, he tweeted about a “Milady NFT” on OpenSea, a leading online marketplace for non-fungible tokens. The tweet caused a surge in demand for the NFT, which in turn led to an increase in its floor price.
For those unfamiliar with NFTs, they are unique digital assets that are verified on a blockchain. Each NFT represents a one-of-a-kind item, such as artwork, music, or video content. The value of an NFT is often determined by its rarity and the demand from collectors.
In this case, the Milady NFT is a digital artwork created by the artist @vexx_art. It depicts a medieval queen with a modern twist, holding a sword and wearing a space helmet. The NFT was listed on OpenSea with a starting price of 8 ETH (Ethereum), which is equivalent to approximately $21,000 USD at the time of writing.
Musk’s tweet about the Milady NFT included a link to its OpenSea listing, which caused a frenzy among his followers and the cryptocurrency community. The tweet read, “Just discovered this project. It’s pretty cool.” The tweet received over 21,000 likes and was retweeted over 3,000 times.
As a result of Musk’s tweet, the demand for the Milady NFT increased significantly, and its floor price skyrocketed. The floor price is the minimum price that a seller is willing to accept for an NFT. Before Musk’s tweet, the floor price for the Milady NFT was around 8 ETH. However, after the tweet, the floor price increased to 26 ETH, or approximately $67,000 USD.
This is not the first time that Musk has had an impact on the cryptocurrency market. His tweets about Bitcoin and Dogecoin have also caused significant price fluctuations in the past. Some have criticized Musk’s tweets, claiming that they manipulate the market and cause undue volatility. However, others argue that Musk is simply exercising his right to free speech and expressing his opinions on the market.
In any case, the Milady NFT’s sudden surge in value is a testament to the power of celebrity influence in the cryptocurrency world. It also highlights the potential of NFTs as a new asset class that can be bought and sold on the open market.
Elon Musk’s tweet about the Milady NFT on OpenSea caused a surge in demand for the unique digital artwork, leading to an increase in its floor price. This is another example of the power of celebrity influence in the cryptocurrency world and the potential of NFTs as a new asset class.


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Send announcements or events, which are open to the public at no or minimal cost, to The Loudoun Connection, 7913 Westpark Drive, McLean, VA 22102 or e-mail email@example.com. Deadline is Friday, two weeks before the event. Photos/artwork encouraged. For more information, call 703-917-6454.
LINK is seeking volunteers to help with its holiday basket and winter coat distributions. Volunteers are needed Saturday, Nov. 22 and Dec. 20, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., at Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church, 46833 Harry Byrd Highway, Sterling, for food distribution; and for winter coat distribution, Nov. 22, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., at Sterling United Methodist Church, 304 E. Church Road, Sterling. Donated coats can be dropped off, from Nov. 16-22, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Call 703-437-4409 or e-mail Diana@hamiltongroup.com.
Nonprofit organization, Operation Pinecone, begins its holiday collections drive and plans three packing parties to prepare donations for shipment to our troops stationed in Iraq, and Afghanistan, and delivery to local military hospitals, Saturday, Nov. 22, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Dulles South Multipurpose Center, 24950 Riding Center Drive, South Riding; Saturday, Dec. 6, 9 a.m., Moe’s Southwest Grill, 667 Potomac Station Drive, Leesburg; and Saturday, Dec. 13, 9 a.m., Moe’s Southwest Grill, 5005 Westone Plaza, Chantilly. To volunteer or donate items, visit www.operationpinecone.org.
The nation will celebrate the 11th annual America Recycles Day, Saturday, Nov. 15. The goal is to increase consumer demand for recycled products and to raise awareness of the benefits of recycling. Residents can make a difference by recycling correctly and keeping recyclables in the loop and out of the trash. Visit www.nrc-recycle.org/takethepledge.aspx.
The Loudoun County Holiday Coalition's "Neighbors Helping Neighbors" program is seeking donations. The program provides a food basket in November and gifts, clothing and if resources permit, a food gift card in December for the disabled, the elderly and families who are financially eligible. Of critical need are food store gift cards in $10 increments and cash contributions. New clothing is always needed for people of all ages, as are personal care and household care items and new toys.
Contributions can be made to the County of Loudoun and sent to the Holiday Coalition at 102 Heritage Way, N.E., Suite 103, Leesburg, VA 20176. Donations can be dropped off at various collection sites across the county. Information about how to donate, where to drop off collections, how to volunteer or apply for assistance is available on the county Web site at www.loudoun.gov/holidaycoalition. To volunteer, e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.org. Questions about the program may be directed to Kara Earl at the Holiday Hotline, 703-737-8367.
The 2008 Loudoun County Holiday Buy Fresh, Buy Local guide has been released and lists sources of local foods, winter farm products, Christmas trees, decorations and more. Copies available at community centers, libraries, tourism offices, the Heritage Farm Museum, wineries and a number of area stores. Call 703-777-0426, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. or visit www.buylocalvirginia.org for individual copies.


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TikTok had been temporarily removed from the Google Play Store and Apple Store in April for two weeks due over concerns that the app encouraged pornography and made children vulnerable to sexual predators.
Since TikTok's launch in India, several brands have created promotional campaigns exclusively for the platform, according to a report by Business Standard.
TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, has around 200 million users in the country, according to Statista.
The average age of an Indian user on TikTok is 13-14 years old, giving advertisers plenty of opportunity to connect with a young audience and generate engagement.
Earlier in May, Pepsi launched a challenge titled "Har Ghoont Mein Swag", where they asked to users to post videos of themselves performing hook steps on TikTok.
The challenge has so far generated 4 billion views, according to Business Standard. This makes the campaign the most successful one so far on TikTok.
Other brands that have made use of the platform's growing popularity are Voonik, Myntra, Cuemath, Masterclass, and Dunzo.
TikTok also has features that enable engagement between brands and users, such as Hashtag Challenge, Brand Takeover and In-feed Native Video.
The Hashtag Challenge permits brands to create videos and ask users to adapt it. Brand Takeover allows full-screen vertical advertisements while a user is browsing.TikTok had been temporarily removed from the Google Play Store and Apple Store in April for two weeks due over concerns that the app encouraged pornography and made children vulnerable to sexual predators.


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February 6, 2020
Sales at Indian Toners & Developers declined year-on-year 15.2% to Rs 22.15 crore ($3.11 million/ €2.8 million) while net profits declined 50.9% to Rs 2.67 crore ($375,219/ €341,119) in the quarter ended 31 December 2019, a third quarter in a row decline for the Indian toner manufacturer.
ITDL is the largest player in the Indian domestic printer and copier toner market and has a network of over 120 distributors and 600 dealers across India and exports toners to over 20 countries with wholly owned subsidiaries in Singapore and the United States.
The Indian domestic market in under intense price competition from cheaper imports from China, and Malaysia. Sales of toner are also sensitive to import price parity and foreign exchange movements as well as the volatility in raw material prices and ongoing competition.
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From the early beginning (ten years ago), Boston Power had solid technology with energy density exceeding 200 Wh/kg on the cell level and a wide operating temperature range.
A few years ago, after securing over $100 million from venture capital, Boston Power moved most of its operation to China, where in 2013 it launched a newly built lithium-ion battery plant (for cells, modules, packs and systems) located in Liyang Zhongguancun Science & Technology Zone, Jiangsu Province. At the time, Boston Power stated that the new facility would more than double the company’s current Asian-based manufacturing capacity (whatever this means).
Today, we learn that the annual capacity of Boston Power’s factory is about 300 MWh. This is about 3,500 85 kWh battery packs for Tesla Model S. Why such comparison? Well, just because the WSJ article indicates that with a new $250 million injection from investors, Boston Power would like to compete with Tesla Motors' Gigafactory.
Sonny Wu, Boston Power’s chairman and acting chief executive stated:
“Somebody has to compete with him ,”
"Mr. Wu declined to name the investors in the Boston-Power financing, saying they are Chinese and global institutional investors. A person familiar with the situation said that the investor roster includes a Chinese bank that will likely help provide credit to Boston-Power as the company plans to build two more factories."
Boston Power plans to triple its manufacturing plant output to ~ 1 GW in 2015, while this year sales are expected to reach $100 million. This is still far from the 35 GWh from the Tesla Gigafactory, but the Gigafactory will not produce that many cells anytime soon.
In the near term, Boston Power is considering IPO in the US, which potentially would make it the largest in lithium-ion battery manufacturer to do so since A123 Systems' IPO. Success probably depends primarily on finding customers among Chinese carmakers.
"Mr. Wu said that he expects Boston-Power to become profitable “in a couple of years.”"
Source: The Wall Street Journal


text: News Fast food workers plan international strike wages Protesters lobby for higher wages for fast food workers and urge fast food workers from around the globe to join their campaign outside a McDonalds on May 7, 2014 in New York City. Photo Credit: Getty Images / Andrew Burton By DAN RIVOLI firstname.lastname@example.org @danrivoli Updated May 14, 2014 8:15 PM Print Share fbShare Tweet Email Fast food workers flipping mad about low wages will again rally in New York Thursday as part of an international walkout in 150 cities in dozens of countries. Striking protesters and their supporters will rally in support of New York State letting the city set its own minimum wage, a $15 an hour pay from fast-food chains, and unionizing fast-food workers. The strike begins in the city at 6:30 a.m. at a McDonald's on Fifth Avenue and 34th Street and at 11:30 a.m. at a Domino's on West 40th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues. New York City's fast food workers will be striking in solidarity alongside fellow low-wage employees in Japan, Germany, Brazil and Denmark, among others. Protests of the fast food industry started in November 2012 in NYC. Cities participating in the demonstration for the first time include Miami, Orlando and Philadelphia, according to reps for the organizer, Fast Food Forward. By DAN RIVOLI email@example.com @danrivoli Dan covers transportation, politics and general assignment news for amNewYork. He is a Staten Island native who lives in Brooklyn. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comments We're revamping our Comments section. Learn more and share your input.


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Paolo Nutini Announces Headline Show At Custom House Square Belfast
Tickets on sale Friday 08th April 9am from ticketmaster.ie
Scottish Singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini is pleased to announce a return to Belfast with a headline show at Custom House Square on Thursday 25th August 2022.
Paolo Nutini released his second album, Sunny Side Up, In May 2009, which debuted at number one in the UK and in Ireland. It contained the singles: "Candy", "Coming Up Easy", "Pencil Full of Lead" and "10/10". Sunny Side Up has also been certified five-times platinum by the BPI and was the eighth-biggest-selling album in the UK in 2009. The follow-up album, Caustic Love, was released in April 2014 to critical acclaim.
Paolo has also confirmed headline 2022 dates at TRNSMT, Victorious and Bristol Sounds this summer.
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Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s (PCRX) shares have been inching up since the company reported a narrower-than-expected loss for the second quarter of 2014. Shares, which were up 4.7% immediately after the release of second-quarter results, increased another 4.3% in the following trading session. Overall, shares were up 9.2%.
Pacira’s second-quarter 2014 loss of 14 cents per share was well below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 24 cents and the year-ago loss of 42 cents per share.
Second-quarter revenues soared 175.2% year over year to $47.2 million, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $42 million. This increase in revenues is primarily due to higher demand.
The Quarter in Detail
Pacira’s net revenues comprise product revenues, collaborative licensing and development revenues and royalty revenues. Exparel revenues were $44.9 million, up 195.4% from the year-ago quarter, primarily driven by higher demand for the drug. Collaboration and license agreement revenues and royalty revenues were $0.3 million (up 32.5%) and $0.8 million (up 30.5%), respectively.
Research and development (R&D) expenses increased 7.4% to $5.2 million from the year-ago quarter. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased 76.4% year over year to $24.8 million.
Till date, 2815 customers ordered Exparel since its launch, with 469 customers each ordering the product worth more than $100,000. In the reported quarter, Pacira gained 363 new customers who ordered Exparel. The company reported an average of 28 new accounts per week in the reported quarter.
Meanwhile, Pacira is working on the label expansion of Exparel. The company is currently seeking FDA approval for Exparel for femoral nerve-block in total knee arthroplasty with a response due by Mar 5, 2015.
We are encouraged by Exparel’s performance and pleased with Pacira’s efforts to expands the product’s label. Exparel should continue exhibiting strong growth. Meanwhile, we expect 2015 to be a catalyst rich year for Pacira as the company has an important regulatory event in Mar 2015 and also intends to file an investigational new drug application for one of its candidates in that year.
Pacira carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Some better-ranked stocks in the health care sector are Actelion Ltd. (ALIOF), Enzo Biochem Inc. (ENZ) and Endocyte, Inc. (ECYT). All these stocks sport a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).


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Ford May As Well Ditch The Rangerby
The compact truck will go out of production next year. The only thing I have heard about it having a future is that Ford has considered building a replacement in Thailand.
But, frankly, it’s a segment that Ford should just walk away from. Don’t spend the money. It’s like minivans, only worse. There is no innovation that I can think of that would justify staying in a dying, commodity segment like small pickups. It would only make sense if Ford could come out with a really useful, small truck that got terrific gas mileage, like 30 mpg.
As the AN article points out, sales of Chevy’s Colorado (a truly terrible truck)were down to 94,000 last year, from 150,000 in 2002. Dodge Dakota sales have been falling like a stone too. Toyota manages one of the best residual values in the industry with its Tacoma pickup by tightly managing production and inventory, but Detroit doesn’t play it that way.
Ford is better off managing its F-Series pickup program, so that it has a value-priced version to sell to would-be Ranger buyers. Even if Ranger buyers go to Chevy, Dodge, Toyota or Nissan for a small truck, it’s not that big a deal. It’s hard to imagine that Ford is making any money on Ranger now. And if it builds in Thailand, it has to pay a tax to import them in.
The Big Three have too much full-size pickup truck capacity now. And Toyota just made things worse with the new Tundra. There will be so much discounting of f/s trucks in the foreseeable future that it will put pressure on all small pickup prices.
At the end of the day, its a commodity business unless Ford can innovate a major fuel economy boost. And I just don’t see that.
Wave good-bye to Ranger. Put the capital into a program that will deliver real profits.


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Yang Junjun surveys the boardroom of Wangjing Poker and the splattered anarchy of mauled cucumbers and hundreds of bent playing cards. It has, he sighs, been a tough few months for Chinese manufacturers.
And if the ravages of inflation get much worse, he says, he will have no choice but to share his pain around the world. “By the time the European and US retailers start coming to Shenzhen and placing their orders for the end of the year, everyone will realise that Christmas is going to be more expensive this year.”
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By Kim Adams
On Thursday April 11, a Film Fashion Showcase will be taking place at the Pyramid Scheme downtown from 7 to 9 pm. Costumer designer Bernadine Vida will be a part of this event, in collaboration with the fashion departments of Vida and Kendall College of Art and Design.
Students are going to be showing looks inspired by the movie Grease, using clips and images from the movie. “The students have used it as inspiration. They’re going to present different themes in different motifs,” said Jennifer Shaneberger, the director of the Grand Rapids Film Festival.
The film festival runs from April 9 to April 13 with tickets for events ranging from $5 to $30. Tickets for the Film Fashion Showcase are $10 and can be purchased online at http://grfilmfestival.com.


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'Stand 12' drink stands alone as Masters creation
The Masters Tournament is known worldwide as a tradition unlike any other. Now, it has a creation unlike any other.
Perched on every counter in the concession stand behind the No. 12 tee box sits a drink that’s half pink, half blue, with a dab of fizz on top. It’s been coined Stand 12.
“It’s our invention,” said Jasmine Kilgore, who works at the concession stand. “Not only is it pretty like the Masters, but it tastes good, too.”
Kilgore said the concoction came about when she put pink lemonade, blue sports drink and Sprite in a clear Masters cup. The pink stayed on the bottom, the blue rose to the top and Stand 12 was born.
“I tell you what, our patrons love it,” said Alethea Freeman, who works alongside Kilgore. “It’s our most popular drink. It’s hard to explain exactly what it tastes like, but I promise you it’s good.”
Kell Hinson, 12, tasted the drink Sunday as he walked through the concession line.
“Oh my gosh,” he said. “It tastes just like a snow cone. I love it.”
The drink is sold only at the No. 12 stand, Kilgore said. When patrons buy one, stand employees tell them to spread the word.
“We want to make it famous,” Freeman said. “Hopefully by next year all the patrons will be placing an order.”


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Physicians Formula had numerous owners over the years, but the brand found a true champion under the watch of Ingrid Jackel. Jackel, the chief executive officer of Physicians, truly understood the DNA of the brand and nurtured it to become one of the most respected names in mass beauty.
Hermès is launching a Laundromat pop-up shop in NYC - dubbed Hermèsmatic - where customers can bring their old scarves to be dip-dyed by an expert. Get all the details on WWD.com. #wwdnews (📷: @donstahl)


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Reimagined lifestyles with technology
‘Everything connected, everywhere’ is the new mantra in the consumer technology industry – right from smart kitchen appliances to home entertainment, mobile gizmos to VR for beauty.
As the region’s biggest tech platform, GITEX is the only destination giving tech companies the power to reach trade and consumers at once.
In 2019, GITEX hosted a dedicated Lifestyle Tech arena, which spotlighted the latest in smart homes, wearables, mobile accessories, smart healthcare and more.
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The Indonesian Health Authority has proclaimed that Kratom will get banned from the year 2024. They have announced that harvesting as well as exporting of Kratom will be entirely prohibited. They have announced it now so that the harvesters can quickly shift to other crops before the banning of Kratom. We cannot deny that fact that if Kratom is banned in Indonesia, then it will directly affect the United States. The main reason is that Indonesia is the primary source of Kratom for US residents. It will also affect Indonesia; it is the economy a lot. A very significant amount of Kratom is exported to other countries from Indonesia, which adds a lot in the economy of Indonesia.
Indonesia’s National Agency of Drug and Food Control recommend the ban of Kratom, which is not got news for American souk. It is because Indonesia Kratom is being exported to their marketplace in a considerable quantity. It is a source of business for many United States residents. The American lovers and supported of Kratom are unfortunate and unhappy because of this news. They are sad because Kratom will not be obtainable in their market. They are also unhappy because the United States FDA has hard-pressed Indonesian health authority to stop the supply of Kratom. They have pushed the Indonesia health authority to ban the flat and continue the amount of Kratom as well.
The wrong side of the ban:
Indonesian Kratom is the world-famous Kratom. It is believed to be the most effective as well as the most potent Kratom. The Indonesian province of Kalimantan is the primary basis of Kratom, and every year they sell abroad sizes up to approximately 400-500 tons a month. This massive sell overseas adds significantly to the Indonesian financial system, paying a lot of people in the area and inspiring the living values for them.
Secondly, as the preponderance of Indonesian populace is Muslims, they do not desire to use the kratom plant, support on the ceaseless discuss that it may or may not be forbidden by their faith. Therefore, all the Kratom rising in Indonesia is to sell abroad worth and make cash for the state. The quantity of kratom sell abroad may have jumped down after 2017 when the American marketplace observer the Salmonella outburst. On the other hand, the cause for the ban, in spite of its productivity is instead the harvesters can not at all appreciate. Moreover, the FDA is not mentioning on the forbid, which makes it probable for consumers to consider that the natural enhancement is, in reality, disqualified for the American FDA and not Indonesia! Before long, after this statement of Kratom forbid, the American Kratom Association advised kratom consumers to give so that Kratom could be reserved lawful. The connection spoke the vision that the FDA is behind this ban. The FDA starved of this accusation, but consumers have a preference to consider it.


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Cipher Sports to Launch New Features with SharpSports Technology
March 23, 2022
SharpSports is delighted to announce it has partnered with Cipher Sports Technology Group to integrate its BetLink technology into Dimers.com - a rapidly growing sports content platform famous for its predictive analytics tools and products.
The partnership will facilitate the integration of SharpSports' seamless bet tracking technology for the Dimers community, while at the same time also delivering analytics and personalized, relevant content back to users.
Dimers.com, the flagship product of Australia's Cipher Sports Technology Group, launched on August 1, 2020 and has rapidly made inroads into the burgeoning US market through its unique combination of betting content and user friendly technology and products.
"We're really excited to partner with SharpSports and integrate their bet tracking technology on to Dimers.com," said Cipher CEO, Adam Fiske.
"This type of product will quickly become a must-have for sports bettors because, put simply, it makes things so much easier when you have clear visibility over all of your betting activity."
"Dimers is more than just a website or a brand, it's a community, and servicing that community by providing them with the best products is really important to us," Fiske added.
The partnership will allow the Dimers community of sports bettors to track, share and analyze their picks in addition to the content and tools they already enjoy. This synced picks functionality is available with most of the major North American sportsbooks and puts Dimers in a position to capture an even larger share of a rapidly growing audience of sports bettors.
Ryan Murphy, CEO & Founder of SharpSports added, "We're excited to see all the engaging experiences Dimers adds to their platform. They bring a depth of knowledge of what bettors want that will elevate the playing field here in the US."
SharpSports is a B2B API provider that helps stitch the sports betting experience together for consumers. Just like Plaid allows developers to integrate with their consumers' bank accounts to empower financial wellness, SharpSports provides integrations to the largest sportsbooks in North America to promote responsible, fun betting. Backed by investors like SharpAlpha, 305 Ventures, Dave VanEgmond, Jeremy Levine, and Joey Levy they are poised to be a leader in the sports betting infrastructure space.
Cipher Sports Technology Group and Dimers.com are powered by advanced analytics that drive machine learning models developed by their team of data scientists, who all specialize in sports betting and fantasy. Hailing from Australia, a market that has embraced online sports betting for over 20 years, Cipher launched its flagship US product, Dimers.com, in August of 2020. Since then, Dimers has been growing its ever-increasing community of sports bettors and is now making its presence felt in the ultra-competitive sports betting media and technology space, from both a consumer and B2B perspective.


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Bermuda Gas plans to move showroom to Serpentine Road
The Royal Gazette Aug 31 2011
By Alex Wright
Bermuda Gas is set to leave its showroom and bill payment centre on Church Street by the end of the year.
The company plans to move into a custom designed new showroom on Serpentine Road, Pembroke, which will have indoor and outdoor working kitchens to demonstrate its appliances and products along with working fireplaces.
Bermuda Gas already has its distribution plant and other offices on Serpentine Road.
A sister company to Belco, and owned by the Ascendant Group, Bermuda Gas plans to make the move in November if construction is complete.
“When the new space is finished it will be quite a showcase, where we will also be able to hold different restaurant and corporate-type events,” said general manager of Bermuda Gas Judith Uddin. “You will actually be able to see how our products work.”
Bermuda Gas has been in the Church Street location for several years and Ms Uddin said the aim has always been to bring the company together at one location.
FedEx Bermuda had occupied the warehouse it is moving into up until last year.
“We had found it’s not feasible to be at separate locations as a company and that we don’t communicate well like that,” Ms Uddin said.
She said Bermuda Gas plans to eventually have just a bill payment kiosk in the city centre which will be shared with other Ascendant Group companies.


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“Digital transformation” is the IT industry’s latest buzzword. But for brick-and-mortar retailers, it’s all too real.
The way your retail customers sell their products and services — plus the way their customers purchase those products and services — is being transformed. Shopping will never be the same.
The impetus for this transformation has a name: Amazon.
Since Amazon’s founding over 20 years ago, the retailer has expanded from just books into appliances, gourmet food, video games, computers, clothing and a whole lot more. Today Amazon offers more than a half-billion unique products. It controls fully half of all U.S. e-commerce sales, according to Statista.
To counter Amazon and other online-only retail sites, brick-and-mortar retailers are fighting on several digital fronts. Here are a few examples:
> Tesco, the UK’s biggest grocer, opened 20 virtual stores in South Korea. These aren’t physical stores, but instead digital projections on the walls of subway and bus stations. Customers of these virtual stores download a Tesco app onto their phones, then use their phones to scan the QR codes of virtual products and schedule delivery of those “real” physical products to their homes.
> Sam’s Club offers Scan & Go. This mobile app lets customers scan and bag items in the store, pay directly with their phones, and then leave the store without having to stand in a checkout line. Customers can also use the app to reorder essentials.
> Bed Bath & Beyond now lets customers find products online, check the products’ availability locally, pay with a credit card, and then pick up the items in a local store. Customers are promised “Ready for pickup” emails within 2 business hours, and their products are held in stores for up to 2 days.
What’s the price?
Retailers are taking another arrow from Amazon’s quiver: real-time pricing.
You may have noticed that the same product on Amazon can have a different price, depending on who’s doing the shopping. Amazon reportedly has algorithms that make educated guesses about how much of a discount each customer needs before they’ll make a purchase.
Other retailers will also start doing this soon in their brick-and-mortar stores, according to a new forecast from research firm Gartner. It predicts that the 10 top retailers by revenue will all use real-time pricing by 2025.
There will be some hurdles to get over. For one, to display the latest prices, retailers will ideally use digital signage and electronic shelf labels. Those that don’t will need to continuously update prices by hand. As Gartner points out, that can lead to costly errors.
Also, consumers will need to be educated. Few shoppers mind a price cut. But if, say, the price of a Budweiser six-pack goes up 25% in a single afternoon, there could be a lot of unhappy beer drinkers.
For both retailers and the tech providers who serve them, the stakes are huge. Physical stores already support fully half of retailers’ sales online. As Gartner researcher Robert Hetu says, “It’s no longer a competition between online and offline.”


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Calling all artisans for Sierra College’s Handmade Sierra Holiday
November 4, 2013
TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. — Sierra College's Tahoe-Truckee campus is calling all artists and craftspeople interested in exhibiting their wares for sale at the third annual Handmade Sierra Holiday arts and crafts fair.
The event will be held at the college on Saturday, Dec. 7, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Vendor fees range from $30 to $40 per space depending on location, and applications will be accepted through Friday, Nov. 22, with spaces assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. All items for sale must be handmade by the vendor.
The fair has attracted more than 400 people in the past, and offers an opportunity for holiday shoppers to purchase locally handcrafted items.
For more information email email@example.com or look for a link at http://www.sierracollege.edu/about-us/visit/tahoe-truckee/index.php.
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Chennai, Jan 9 (IANS) The 120-year-old Laljee Godhoo & Co. makers of the popular LG Asafoetida, a spice used in Indian cooking, on Saturday categorically refuted the possibility of presence of Salmonella bacteria in its product packs sold in India or elsewhere as they are tested without fail.
“There is no possibility of presence of salmonella in the packs sold in India or anywhere else as each lot of our finished products is tested without fail,” partner Heena Merchant told IANS.
“In view of the above we are not planning to make any recalls of our products,” she said.
The US Food and Drugs Administration (USFDA) on January 7, 2016 said Shakti Group, USA LLC of New Brunswick, NJ is recalling 50 gm and 100 gm sizes of LG Compounded Asafoetida powder, both coded with Lot Number: 2323 as it has the potential to be contaminated with salmonella, which causes fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain in those infected.
Merchant said that each lot of their finished product is tested at Pilot House, a government approved laboratory.
“We have not received any complaints regarding salmonella and hence the question of identifying the source of salmonella has not arisen so far. Our firm is 120 years old and is known for its consistent good quality products, used for generations,” she said.
Sharing the copy of the test report for the Lot Number 2323 with IANS, Merchant said the report categorically states Salmonella is absent in the sample.
“We take a sample from the bulk and send it for testing. Once the test report is satisfactory the product is packed in different sized packs,” she said.
According to her, the US based Shakti group is not connected with Laljee Godho & Co in any matter whatsoever, and the company’s exports happen through export houses and not directly.
Nearly eight percent of the company’s Rs.217 crore turnover last year was from exports.
LG brand asafoetida is the market leader in the segment in the country.


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Halo 4 has been confirmed for a November 6, 2012 release date. Read more here!
Microsoft and 343 Industries is teaming up with Team Coco (Conan O'Brien) with Halo 4.
We don't know how, but according to Microsoft's Major Nelson, Conan O'Brien "plays a part" in Halo 4's release announcement.
"Look for #Halo4 news on the way in the next 24 hours. Hint: @TeamCoco plays a part!" Microsoft's Major Nelson said on Twitter.
Halo 4 senior producer Alison Stroll had a similar tweet, "A little birdy (or was it Andy?) told us @TeamCoco will have some big Halo 4 news tomorrow. Stay tuned! #incoming #wakeupjon."
According to The Verge, "reliable sources close to Microsoft" claim Halo 4 will release on Tuesday, November 6th, 2012. They also say Microsoft will make an announcement about the game's release "before noon ET" today.
For what it's worth, Team Coco didn't mention anything Halo 4, but did retweet Nelson's post. Be sure to check back today for more Halo 4 release date news.