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To say that the legal marijuana industry is one of the biggest burgeoning markets that has emerged in recent years simply won’t do the industry any justice. As a matter of fact, it’s an outright understatement, one that can only be measured by just how much the market sector for the plant has grown during the last few years alone.
And with a market cap that’s projected to reach around $66.65 billion by the year 2023 and a rising CAGR of 28.09 percent at an annual rate, it’s safe to say that the cannabis industry is the biggest emerging industry we have today.
A huge driving factor to this growth is the increased public awareness and acceptance around marijuana, a plant that gained infamy in the early 1920s. This infamy placed the plant in prohibition for almost a century, earning its place as a Schedule I substance.
Nowadays, however, public perception is much different, with numerous marijuana dispensaries and shops spread across the entire country. In fact, as of writing, there are already 30 out of 50 states in the United States have legalized either recreational or medical marijuana.
Furthermore, what was once an industry dominated by mainly pot enthusiasts and manufacturers are now also being commercialized for its various health benefits, making it one of the most promising and lucrative stock options available today.
And with Canada being the first (and largest) G7 country to finally fully legalize the use of recreational marijuana just this Oct. 17, it’s well and clear that there’s no stopping the marijuana industry. The legalization, in fact, is such a bold move that analysts are surmising that this will eventually encourage the U.S. and other countries to follow suit and fully lift the federal prohibition on marijuana.
Canada’s bold move
Of course, this new legalization opens up a new playing field for Canadian companies, especially now that a high number of Canadian marijuana companies have already issued IPOs and are now trading under the Canadian Securities Exchange well before the legalization was first implemented, bringing in a steady flow of capital into the country’s marijuana sector. What’s more, analysts are also projecting that given enough time, these companies will also start bringing in the money into the U.S. market, a scenario that’s now more possible thanks to the Cannabis Act.
Of course, an industry as big as this will tend to have downsides, especially internal ones. Currently, the marijuana industry has two sectors: recreational and medical, and throughout history, the recreational side has experienced far more growth in size and sales than its medical counterpart, even with Canada legalizing medical marijuana as early as 2001.
With the new legalization in place, some are surmising that the market may be further split into two, further leaving medical marijuana in the dust.
Going down a different route
As a result, some marijuana companies are looking for an alternative way to get into the vibrant action of the marijuana market. One such company is Smart Cannabis Corp. (OTCMKTS:SCNA), a Northern California-based public equity corporation focused on the advancement of cannabis agriculture, helping it advance through various acquisitions, proprietary intellectual property, and strategic alliances.
Led by its CEO John Taylor, the company currently utilizes the latest technology to grow organic yields that decrease water consumption of up to 70 percent, producing better harvest while also saving resources in the process. As a result, the company is able to capitalize on the marijuana market by growing the resources in an efficient and cost-effective way without compromising yield quality.
Where it completely excels, however, is through its wholly owned subsidiary Next Generation Farming. A successful self-made outfit, NextGen is the genius behind the technology that SCNA uses to produce its crops.
With SCNA as its parent company, NextGen now provides turnkey, automated, commercial greenhouse systems that are tailor-made to significantly improve the quality of its produce while also decreasing water consumption. Earlier this year, the company released two new products: its own Geothermal Air Recirculation System and its innovative Multi-Spectrum Grow Lights, designed to extend natural sunlight and increase the health and growth of the plants.
A recent report by the company also reveals that it has already sold 800 units of these grow lights. The report also shows a new subsidiary the company is working on, as well as two new greenhouse models.
Moving forward, it’s still unclear what the new legalization will bring to both of Canada’s marijuana sectors, and whether the market will separate still remains to be seen. In any case, SCNA and NextGen’s unique approach to developing the means and technology to provide resources for the cannabis industry will definitely benefit both parties down the line.
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Flavio Maluf is one of the successful entrepreneurs in Brazil. Flavio was born into a wealthy family, with most of the wealth coming from the family-owned business, Eucatex Group. His father was also a businessman. Throughout his life, he has been a hardworking individual. He has also strived to acquire excellent business skills that he has used to establish his empire.
As a renowned businessman in Brazil, Flavio Maluf often issues business reports mostly relating to the state of Brazilian agribusiness. In July this year, Flavio Maluf announced that the agriculture sector had experienced a decrease of 0.7 percent as compared to July last year. Read more about Flavio at terra.com
The agricultural exports in June 2018 yielded $9.21 billion. Statistics showcased that 45.6 percent of Brazil’s total foreign sales this year. Soy represented 53.5 percent of the products exported in June. Other exported products were such as coffee 3.9 percent, forest products 14.4 percent, sugar-alcohol complex 7 percent, and meat 8.3 percent.
Flavio Maluf went ahead and stated that the Asian region primarily consumes the exported goods, specifically China. The major exports to the Asian region comprised of cellulose and soybeans.
The European Union also forms the most extensive economic block globally. The EU comprises of 28 countries, and it formed the second largest market for the agricultural exports from Brazil in June.
The Brazilian Supply Company surveyed the 2017/2018 harvest. They concluded that there was a favorable trade balance especially after the exportation of soybeans in large amounts. Flavio Maluf also states that the soybeans production will increase to 119 million tons. Additionally, the Brazilian Supply Company also projects that Brazil will export a total of 72 million tons of soybeans this year.
According to Flavio Maluf, in the first half of 2018, Brazil has exported 46.27 million tons of grains. The revenue generated from these exports amounts to $18.43 billion; this marked a 5.2 percent increase in the exported quantity and 10.6 percent in the value of exported products.
In Brazil, the Ministry of Livestock and Agriculture is responsible for the regulation of services linked to the agriculture sector, the management of public policies to enhance agricultural growth, and the promotion of agribusiness.

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Talking point: Quibi already has a star-studded marquee, with series in the works from Chrissy Teigen, Kendall Jenner, Steph Curry and Idris Elba. Earlier this week, the company closed its second round of funding worth US$750 million, bringing total investment in the firm to US$1.75 billion. Although hardly anyone has seen the product, the reputation of its founder, Jeffrey Katzenberg, seems to inspire confidence: he’s a Hollywood veteran who ran Disney’s movie studio in the 1980s and ‘90s and co-founded DreamWorks Animation. And Katzenberg doesn’t plan to compete in the streaming wars in which companies like Netflix and Disney Plus are engaged. He sees his platform as more in line with Instagram, YouTube or TikTok—apps where users can pass the time, or where you can “amuse yourself until you’re dead,” as The New York Times Magazine rather bleakly put it.


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From the New York Times.
SAN FRANCISCO — Google, which has invested in many startups over the years, will announce on Tuesday that it is creating a venture capital arm whose main objective will be to turn a profit.
The group, called Google Ventures, is expected to invest up to $100 million over the next 12 months. It will be overseen by David Drummond, who will continue in his role as senior vice president of corporate developing and chief legal officer at Google. Investments will be vetted by William Maris, who joined Google about a year ago, and Rich Miner, a co-founder of Android, a mobile software startup that Google acquired in 2005.
Mr. Maris said in an interview that Google will tap the connections of its employees and its ties to the venture capital world to find promising startups in areas like the Internet, clean technology and life sciences…
Interesting that its objective is “to turn a profit”. I’m wondering what other options were considered. It’s probably a good time to be getting in the the VC market, though — given that many other investment firms are getting rather strapped for cash.


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“I might do 50 to 100 a day and literally thousands today,” Dakota Nuts-N-Candy owner Mike Iken said.
“I think maybe 100, or 125,” Ferguson Books & Moore Associate Ariella Fogel said.
The time is now for the holiday shopping rush; we’re just one day after Black Friday. Now is the time for small businesses to get their share of revenue.
“Small business Saturday is kind of like the start of the holiday season for us, and without Small Business Saturday, that’s a huge part of our yearly sales,” Iken said.
“I think it’s a really good idea that we do this,” Fogel said.
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“The Farmers Lawyer, it’s definitely The Farmers Lawyer,” Fogel said.
If shopping for something sweet to fulfill the taste buds, stores like Dakota Nuts-N-Candy are there.
“Pecan pralines have been our most popular one today,” Iken said.
Mike Iken has been operating Dakota Nuts-N-Candy for over six years after having a vision for wanting to open a candy store in Bismarck for people to enjoy.
“I thought what does Bismarck not have? Does it have that feel good candy store that we used to have in the old days?” Iken said.
The community in Bismarck have been giving their support to the small businesses in the area.
Some businesses posted signs encouraging the community to participate in local shopping.
“These are people in our community, the better we support them, the better we do as a whole,” small business shopper Stacey Hutzenbiler said.
“If you spend $50, you get a $10 gift card for free,” Fogel said.
Iken says if people continue to shop locally, it will help small businesses like his thrive even during a pandemic.
“It’s not just me, but it’s people in Bismarck and Mandan that people are supporting, so thank you for doing that,”Iken said.
“It’s fun to see people, help them find what they want to read, and see all of the different people that come this way,” Fogel said.
In addition to Small Business Saturday, two local authors Sarah Vogel and Mandy Anderson held a book signing at Ferguson Books Saturday.


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We should have guessed this would happen, considering the research literature.
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Pokémon Go is America’s hottest craze right now. As of July 8, the augmented reality smartphone game has been downloaded on more than 5 percent of all the Android phones in America — more than Tinder, according to the website-analysis company SimilarWeb. (iPhone data seems harder to come by.) Three percent of all American Android users play the game daily.
For those not struck with the urge to catch ’em all, Pokémon Go’s popularity might seem puzzling. But perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised. Numerous hints about augmented reality’s potential appeal have appeared in the research literature over the past few years.
In augmented reality, a phone or other device shows users a video feed of the real world with text and images superimposed on top of the feed. In Pokémon Go, players see cute Pokémon animals apparently hanging out in their bedrooms, on sidewalks, and at local parks. In addition to Pokémon Go, companies have made other augmented-reality games, advertisements, and applications that help people visualize, say, how new furniture might look in their home.
The combination of real and fantasy can be powerful—perhaps more so than virtual reality. “[Augmented reality] does not separate the user from his reality but instead uses it and realistically transforms it,” a team of American psychologists and computer scientists wrote in the journal Computers & Education in 2013. “This effect can cause a high degree of surprise and curiosity in users.”
And the technology can certainly have a great effect on children, many of whom believe the technology to literally be magic, according to studiesof augmented-reality picture books. Someargue that lesson plans that incorporate augmented reality can help children learn better because the technology feels more direct than a traditional mouse and keyboard, and can incorporate items and objects kids already care about, like their toys.
Pokémon Go’s unique place between non-digital media and virtual reality gives it another advantage. It’s easy to try. All you need is a smartphone, which more than two-thirds of American adults own.


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You won't believe it until you hear it for yourself, but Bose has come up with sunglasses with speakers that would be perfect except for one, tiny flaw...
Almost 3 million Australians report that they have a problem with phones. One man thinks he's found the solution, and it's not what you may think.
Microsoft's HoloLens 2 is a big improvement on its earlier versions, and the man in charge of its development explains how it is creating a tool to let the virtual world feel real.
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Sales for ASX-listed small cap MGM Wireless are on the rise — thanks, it says, to the NSW government's plan to ban smartphones at primary schools during class.
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Microsoft Launches Customer Care Initiative for Web Advertisers
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MSN sales and marketing, Microsoft Corp.'s online advertising sales and support group for the MSN network, launched a new initiative to strengthen customer service for Web advertisers.
Customer care is a component of a larger MSN sales and marketing effort to provide quality service to online advertisers. Last week, Microsoft said it plans to quadruple the MSN sales force during the next 18 months.
". . .customer service is a true differentiator in the ad-buying and customer-retention process," said Charlotte Guyman, general manager, MSN sales and marketing. "Our customer care initiative is designed to elevate service levels and help MSN advertisers understand how best to use the medium and measure the success of their Web-based marketing campaigns."
Microsoft said it will share research results with customers of MSN and discuss the results in broader terms with prospective online advertisers.
It also demonstrated that Web advertising can increase both brand perception and purchase consideration. For example, the research showed that an online ad campaign more than doubled unaided brand awareness for a holiday-season film release (24 percent vs. 11 percent). The research also showed intent to purchase more than doubled among ad recallers compared to nonrecallers (19 percent vs. 8 percent) after an online ad campaign by a men's apparel maker. Eleven out of the 12 customer campaigns tested showed a positive directional increase in aided ad awareness.
"The top goal for MSN was to provide customers with information about online advertising's effectiveness as a branding medium," said Tom Buehrer, president of E-valuations Research. "E-valuations, working with ARF and Burke, created a methodology that could be useful across the entire online advertising industry."
Other customer care components include: Media buyer and planner focus groups, ad agency interviews and a series of breakfast presentations of critical findings from primary Internet advertising research.


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The sport has caught plenty of flak for its bevy of technical points, notably on consoles.
Cyberpunk 2077 has been some of the extremely anticipated video video games for thousands and thousands for years now, and with the sport now lastly out, issues ought to have been going swimmingly for CD Projekt RED. In a way, they’re. The sport sold 8 million copies through pre-orders alone, turned the biggest PC launch for a game to date, and its gross sales have already turned a profit for CD Projekt RED.
Even so, Cyberpunk 2077 has been on the receiving finish of loads of criticism from gamers and audiences following launch (its person scores on numerous websites stand in stark distinction to its Metacritic rating), with its litany of technical points on PS4 and Xbox One being the first level of competition for a lot of, and that has resulted in some dangerous press for CDPR.
A lot so, in reality, that CD Projekt RED’s inventory has fallen by 29% because the sport launched, with share costs for the corporate falling from PLN 443 on December 4 to PLN 313.9 (by way of GamesIndustry).
Cyberpunk 2077 is at present accessible on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, whereas PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S ports shall be arriving in 2021.


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“Apple is set to release AirPods 2 sometime in the first half of 2019, and the new wireless earbuds with discrete designs to carry health monitoring functions are expected to receive enthusiastic market responses. Other brand vendors have all planned to launch wireless headsets in the year, with market competition seen to heat up soon,” Liu and Ke report. “At the moment, Taiwan’s two leading flexible PCB suppliers Zhen Ding Tech and Flexium Interconnect mainly deliver shipments for Apple Watch and AirPods, but they will also move to land orders from other brand vendors or for other applications.
Liu and Ke report, “Meanwhile, Compeq Manufacturing and Unitech Printed Circuit Board also supply rigid-flex boards for AirPods, and they also expect other brand vendors of earbuds to bring new revenue sources in 2019.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: As per AirPods with health monitoring functions, body temperature is but one thing that pops immediately to mind.


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South Georgia postal workers will not only deliver mail this weekend, they'll also fight hunger.
Saturday, mail carriers will pick up non-perishable food on their delivery routes as part of the 19th annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. You should receive a post card in the mail by Thursday and Friday you'll get a bag to fill.
Second Harvest Food Bank depends on the drive to get them through the summer months. They hope to bring in a quarter million pounds of food.
"That's 250,000 meals we can provide to families throughout south Georgia so that's a huge thing for us because with all the other programs we operate, the food we bring in through USDA, Georgia State nutrition that food can only go so far," said Frank Richards with Second Harvest of South Georgia.
Last year the Stamp Out Hunger food drive collected more than 175,000 pounds of food in the 30 counties serviced by Second Harvest of South Georgia.
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Chick-fil-A, which last year surpassed KFC to become the No. 1 chicken chain in the US, is touted as the "home of the orginal chicken sandwich." The chicken it serves is fresh — never frozen — and it's hand-breaded in restaurants.
McDonald's, on the other hand, uses chicken that is flash-frozen in factories and shipped to restaurants, where it's finished off in a fryer or on a grill before being served to customers.
McDonald's is now testing a more upscale fried chicken recipe, according to investment firm Janney Capital Markets.The new Buttermilk Crispy Chicken "is made with real buttermilk and will be cooked in the same fryer as McDonald’s other fried chicken menu items including Chicken McNuggets," the company says.
McDonald's also revealed this month that it's removing a number of hard-to-pronounce ingredients from the grilled chicken used for sandwiches and wraps, and renaming it "Artisan Grilled Chicken."
The change follows the company's decision to reintroduce Premium Chicken Selects, which cost $2.99 for a three-piece order, compared with $1.99 for a four-piece Chicken McNugget order.
The Premium Chicken Selects are made from whole pieces of chicken tenderloin that are breaded and fried, whereas McNuggets are made from ground chicken meat.
"All of this fits in with McDonald’s attempts to improve itself – to be essentially a better McDonald’s than it has been as of late," Janney Capital Markets analyst Mark Kalinowski wrote in a recent research note.
It's a strategy that might just work for McDonald's, writes retail analyst Brian Sozzi on The Street.
"Wall Street may be starting to take notice of McDonald's focus on premium offerings," Sozzi writes. "By attracting a new clientele or upselling loyal, lower-income customers, the fast food chain could start to reverse months of sluggish sales in the U.S."


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Feed merchants are shipping in hay from as far afield as Canada and Switzerland to keep up with demand for top-quality forage this year.
Wet weather early in the haymaking season means there is not as much of the highest-quality hay for sale as is usual at this time of year.
But recent dry spells mean there is enough moderate hay available.
John Barber of feed merchant Longhay in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, said: “We’re offering Canadian and Swiss hay this season to top up the best-quality hay that was harvested in June. Usually the UK is an exporter of hay and we don’t import from overseas but this year we’re having to find hay where we can. The only problem with Canadian hay is that it’s very expensive — £250 a tonne, where the best British is £200.”
Prices for moderate British hay have rocketed to around £3 per bale this year, around 50p more a bale than last year, and the best quality can cost as much as £6 a bale. Last year, it was £3.
Guy Gagen of the National Farmers’ Union said straw volumes have also been affected by the weather and it is important for horse owners to prepare now for the winter.
“We had two severe deluges coming after drought in April and this has severely affected all crops, including grass,” he said.
“Farmers say they will try to look after their existing customers, but won’t have any put aside for other buyers.
“It’s important for people to get in touch with their suppliers to ensure they have enough straw and hay for the winter.”
This news story was first published in Horse & Hound (13 September, ’07)


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Samsung laundry filter traps microfibers shed from synthetic fabrics
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At CES 2023 in January, Samsung hatched a plan to stem the tide of microfibers shed during washing cycles from entering seas and oceans via a special wash program and an external filter. Now that Less Microfiber Filter has launched.
As a washing machine gets to work removing dirt and refreshing clothing during a laundry cycle, wearables get bounced and bumped around inside the drum. This causes microfibers or microplastics from synthetic materials to break away and get flushed out through the waste water, and into the environment.
For more than a year, Samsung has been working with outdoor clothing maker Patagonia on solutions to "address the challenge of microplastics shedding during the laundry process and polluting oceans and other bodies of water."
The collaboration tapped into a technology designed to be gentler on fabrics, while also cutting down on energy use, to develop a new wash program called the Less Microfiber Cycle, which was added to compatible Samsung washing machines in Europe, Korea and the US following the announcement in January. A network update including the preset will be available for older Wi-Fi-enabled Samsung washing machines later this year.
The Less Microfiber Filter was also part of Samsung's CES sustainability presentation, and has now been confirmed for release in Korea and Europe (though we've no pricing details as of writing). Made using recycled plastics and designed for easy maintenance and long service life, the device is reported compatible with "any washer on the market."
It sits outside the washing machine and appears to operate in a similar fashion to last year's successfully crowdfunded Gulp device. "The filter's blades capture the microplastics with a 65-70 micrometer wide mesh, then redirect and compress these microplastics to one side, meaning the filter only needs to be cleaned roughly once a month," explained Samsung's presser.
Tests at the Ocean Wise Plastics Lab showed that up to 98% of microfibers were trapped by the filter during a wash cycle of synthetic fibers, the "equivalent to eight 500-ml plastic bottles per year when used four times a week." The device is also compatible with the company's SmartThings platform, allowing users to receive alerts via a mobile app when the filter needs to be emptied.
"With microplastics emissions to our oceans continuing to increase and regulations being strengthened in many countries, as well as microplastics becoming a growing health concern for people everywhere, Samsung worked with Ocean Wise and Patagonia to engineer technology to prevent the release of microplastics from our daily life," said Samsung's Moohyung Lee. "With innovations like the Less Microfiber Filter and Cycle, Samsung is enabling Everyday Sustainability in a wider array of products and making eco-conscious daily practices second nature in the home."


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MARKET REPORT: Tech veteran's swoop on advertising giant M&C Saatchi sends troubled firm's shares soaring 30%
Shares in M&C Saatchi surged by more than a quarter after a tech industry veteran took a hefty stake in the advertising network.
Serial investor Vin Murria bought 13.25 per cent of the AIM-listed company's shares on April 30, according to a stock market announcement yesterday.
Murria is an adviser at Hgcapital, was previously chief executive of Advanced Computer Software, which she also founded, and is on the boards of Softcat and Bunzl.
Serial investor Vin Murria bought 13.25 per cent of the AIM-listed M&C Saatchi's shares on April 30, according to a stock market announcement yesterday
The Indian-born businesswoman might not have been top of the list of expected investors, but shares have climbed by two-thirds since April 30 and closed 29.7 per cent higher, up 13.5p, to 59p last night.
The vote of confidence in the beleaguered group comes as businesses slash their advertising budgets as they struggle to survive the pandemic.
M&C Saatchi had a turbulent couple of years even before Covid-19 disrupted stock markets and any form of 'business as usual' trading in February.
Founded by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi in 1995, it is under investigation by watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority for an £11.6million accounting scandal, which led to the departure of four major directors – including Maurice.
It was already restructuring pre-coronavirus and is expected to reveal more about recent trading – it has already scrapped its financial guidance – when it releases 2019 results later this month.
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Shares in 1pm jumped 9.5 per cent, or 1.5p, to 17.25p after it was approved to offer loans through the Government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.
The small business lender is still working out how much it will be able to provide under the scheme and hopes to start loans this month.
1pm, which joined AIM in 2006, said around 25 per cent of its customers had asked for payment delays, holidays or other forbearance as revenues dried up.
Brokers were also looking keenly at stake-building at another firm – this time at Royal Mail, which was down 1 per cent, or 1.6p, to 167.2p. Deutsche Bank brokers moved their rating on the 504-year-old postal service's stock from 'sell' to 'hold' after Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky disclosed he had bought more than 5 per cent of the company, becoming the group's fourth-largest shareholder.
Analysts said the possibility he could launch a takeover bid, which he previously tried with German retailer Metro, was the main reason to keep its stock.
The wider stock market recovered from a downbeat start to the week, with the FTSE 100 rising 1.66 per cent, or 95.64 points, to 5849.42 and the FTSE 250 climbing 0.89 per cent, or 141.46 points, to 16,093.14.
The easing of lockdown restrictions in Spain and Italy and plans to return to normal in the UK reassured traders – also sent oil prices higher.
After dipping to the lowest prices this century, Brent crude rose 10 per cent to around $30 a barrel to the highest price in more than a fortnight. This lifted Royal Dutch Shell 5.1 per cent, or 61.8p, to 1283.4p and BP 6.1 per cent, or 18.3p, to 318.9p.
Cairn Energy rose 4.8 per cent, or 5.4p, to 118.8p, despite abandoning an exploration well in Mexico because it failed to find oil there.
Elsewhere, cruise operator Carnival fell 0.4 per cent, or 3.8p, to 960.6p as European rival Norwegian Cruise Line shares plunged by almost a fifth after it warned it might go out of business. It will try to raise £1.3billion to keep going.
Paddy Power-owner Flutter Entertainment rose 0.7 per cent, or 64p, to 9548p – its highest level since mid-2016 – after completing its merger with Canadian firm The Stars Group.
Investors cheered Anglo American's platinum subsidiary completing repair work at a plant, where it will resume work on May 12. Shares edged 1.6 per cent higher, up 21.2p, to 1375.6p.
And after launching coronavirus antibody testing kits and commencing sales to European countries, shares in BATM rallied 15.5 per cent, or 9p, to 67p.
Security services provider G4S has added former Microsoft European chief Michel van der Bel to its board, from tomorrow. It inched 1 per cent, or 1p, up to 100p.
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Android 8.0 Oreo rolling out to the Nokia 8; finally “polished enough” for launch!
We have been following Nokia’s progress with Android 8.0 Oreo quite closely. Firstly because we really loved the Nokia 8, and also because we wanted to see if they can keep their promise of fast updates. Just a month after they released the Oreo update for the Nokia 8 on the new Nokia Mobile Beta Labs, it is now official.
The latest update will bring most of Android 8.0 Oreo’s hallmark features such as the better performance and better security. Autofill, Picture-in-Picture multitasking and the revamped user interface with notification dots are also going to arrive on the Nokia 8, considering it runs vanilla Android.
— Juho Sarvikas (@sarvikas) November 24, 2017
This should make the Nokia 8 one of the earliest devices to receive its Android 8.0 Oreo update. The vanilla Android approach may have made Nokia’s job easier while also making the Nokia 8 incredibly zippy. We are liking what we are seeing with Nokia. Meanwhile, for those of you with Nokia 8’s look out for the OTA that will hit your devices soon enough!
Pokdepinion: Loved the hardware, and now with fast updates, we may have an alternative for Nexus and Pixel devices. Did I mention that the Nokia 8 is one of the most affordable smartphones with the Snapdragon 835?


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Recent Developments in EU/US Cross-Border Data Transfers
Late last year we provided an update on DiscoverReady’s certification under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield agreement, and shared some information on legal challenges to that cross-border data transfer framework. Now we have two more developments to report on regarding the legal landscape for transferring personal data from the EU to the U.S.
Preparing for GDPR Compliance
Are you prepared for the GDPR compliance? The General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect in less than a year, May 25, 2018. Don't worry, Maureen has gathered some of the most helpful GDPR resources published by law firms to help align your organization with GDPR compliance.


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We’re growing more afraid of self-driving vehicles. A whopping 73% of Americans don’t trust autonomous cars, up from 63% in late 2017, according to a AAA survey released in May 2018.
While competition is heating up—with players like Toyota, General Motors, Alphabet, and Tesla setting ambitious goals and making big bets—the question remains: Are Americans ready for driverless cars? Will we ever be?
As I’ve studied complex organizational transformations over the past decade, I’ve come to recognize what must happen to create the behavioral change that makes adoption of new technologies successful. A societal shift toward self-driving vehicles will require such massive behavioral change, especially as trust continues to plummet. But just because we wouldn’t get behind that self-turning wheel today, doesn’t mean we wouldn’t take that chance tomorrow.
Here are two things that need to happen to make self-driving cars a reality:
Trust must be earned
With the adoption of any new technology, establishing trust with end users is table stakes. And just as Rome wasn’t built in a day, trust isn’t established overnight.
Luckily for self-driving cars, several important milestones have already been reached on the road to fostering consumer trust in autonomous vehicles—notably, our reliance on GPS and the growing use of ride services like Uber and Lyft.
Riders learned to trust ride services because fears were mitigated. GPS functions ensured a high rate of ride success; transparency of location created a sense of safety for riders in the presence of a complete stranger; and changes in pickup and dropoff locations were seamless. In other words, many of the questions underlying Uber’s technology had been answered before the first rider hailed a car.
The same story holds true for self-driving cars. Like climbing a ladder, driverless technology will have to be proven to people step by step before the ultimate rollout. Drivers aren’t going to take their hands off the wheel without a solid foundation of trust.
American automobile consumers have already learned to trust technology such as vehicle backup cameras, lane departure assists, and blind spot detection, all of which assist with building a new relationship between car and driver. Few of us realize that automobile manufacturers have been prying our hands from the steering wheel one useful piece of technology at a time.
Still, it will be difficult to make consumers comfortable with autonomous vehicles if lingering fears remain about the safety and reliability of the underlying technology. In order to have confidence, consumers need to see a small group of engaged, early adopters demonstrate the technology’s usefulness and safety, and communicate it to the masses.
While technology innovators, who have been first movers when it comes to autonomous vehicles, are typically more comfortable with the risks associated with cutting-edge technology, these early adopters are selective about which new technologies they invest in. Continued negative news about the safety of self-driving cars might keep them away—and this early adopter pool, according to Everett Rogers’s model, is essential for building the communication networks necessary to roll out innovations more broadly throughout society.
A perfect storm
Seventy-five million people now use Uber each month. What enabled this widespread adoption? Was it driven by intention—or chance?
The answer is: a little bit of both. Uber didn’t single-handedly enable the behavioral change that allowed its technology to take off. It entered the market when mass transit was already beginning to fail, urbanization was increasing, and demand for public transit was through the roof. It was this perfect storm of events that fueled the company’s success.
While the tech-enablement of any task is now accepted as par for the course, for self-driving cars to truly become a reality, we’ll need that same kind of perfect storm. Increasing demands on people’s time, greater automation of everyday life, advancements in driver-assistive technologies, and continued urbanization will create the urgency needed for the rollout of driverless technology and adoption of new driver behaviors.
But first, leaders in the field must understand the process through which consumers might embrace self-driving cars: trust in the technology, confidence in its use, and the convergence of societal and environmental pressures. All of these factors must come together to drive the large-scale behavior change necessary for driverless cars to go mainstream.
Eric Ellis is a principal at Kotter, a leadership and strategy acceleration firm.


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On Monday (Dec. 11), Florida Georgia Line unveiled plans for their property in Nashville’s trendy Hillsboro Village neighborhood.
Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard announced the purchase of two office buildings at 1910 21st Avenue South in 2015, and they plan to make it a multi-use compound that will be the home of their publishing company Tree Vibez Music, their new Meet + Greet meeting/event space and the Tribe Kelley Trading Post retail store.
Opening Jan. 2, Meet + Greet offers five different meeting spaces, several seating arrangements and amenities that include food and beverage. Tribe Kelley Trading Post is open now and offers items from the Tribe Kelley fashion line. Founded in 2015, Tree Vibez Music is home to hitmakers Corey Crowder, James McNair, Cameron Montgomery, RaeLynn, Daniel Ross and Jordan Schmidt.
Their multi-level entertainment venue FGL House opened in June 2017. A fourth album from BMLG Records is in the works.


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Ohio Fabricators Company, a manufacturer of stock and custom strainers, breathers, diffusers, and screen assemblies for the filtration and fluid power industries, recently launched two new products.
Mike Smith, OFCO sales manager, said in a press release: “We have two new products that we’ve had in development for a while. These include our OS line of giant suction strainers, with diameters up to 8.1 and flow rates up to 400 GPM. The other product is a screen developed specifically for the insect control business. He said the first run of this product has already sold out with many more customers interested in it.”
The OS strainer line is targeted to heavy industries such as oil and gas, steel production, and pulp and paper mills. Oil and gas industries employ power units that push up to 400 gallons per minute through their systems while the steel industry has equipment requiring up to 800 gpm flow rates. OFCO’s OS line is perfect for these applications.
OS strainers are available in various flow rates and mesh sizes. Optional relief valves are available for both the 5.9” and 8.1” OS strainers.
For more information, visit https://ohfab.com/standard-products/.


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Denmark-based meat processor Danish Crown has announced the investment in a new bacon factory in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, UK.
According to the company’s statement, the aim of the new factory is to offer UK customers high quality, traceable pork products that are manufactured in a more sustainable way and to supply bacon to the UK market.
The firm will invest over £100 million ($119 million) in the new 30,500 sq. m facility, that is going to be powered by renewable energy and use the latest processing technology.
The decision to invest in a new facility is aligned with the company’s strategy to deliver neutral meat products by 2050.
The new factory is expected to start operating in the second half of 2023 and it will create around 300 specialised jobs and produce over 900 tonnes of bacon and gammon per week.
Source: Danish Crown


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This is the best gin in the world - and you can get it in Aldi.
The budget supermarket was awarded a gold medal for its Oliver Cromwell London Dry Gin in The International Wine and Spirits competition recently took place.
And it costs just £9.97.
The spirit beat other rival brands, including silver medallist Foxhole London Dry Gin which is four times more expensive.
A spokesperson at the International Spirits Challenge said: "The display of awards achieved by Aldi this year at the International Spirits Challenge as fantastic.
"They consistently showcased high quality products in the blind tastings, which demonstrates that you don't have to compromise on price to enjoy great tasting drinks."
Other products from Aldi which impressed judges included its Tamova Vodka for £9.97 and the Glen Marnoch Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky for £17.49.
This wasn't the end of Aldi's success story on the night, as the retailer went on to scoop ‘Supermarket Own Brand Spirits Range of the Year’ beating Lidl and Marks and Spencer.
Tony Baines, joint managing director of corporate buying at Aldi, said: "Receiving medals for our spirits is a fantastic achievement and it is great to see our spirits range being praised so highly by experts.
"Being awarded a title such as 'Supermarket Own Brand Spirits Range of the Year' is something that not only reflects the quality of our products but also the hard work that our UK based buying team put into drinks retailing every single day."
NOW get this latest Gin completely FREE... Here's how
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Aldi has teamed with TopCashback, the money saving website to offer 100% cashback on the bottle of their finest gin.
All new Topcashback members have to do is register for free and submit your receipt once you have made a purchase in store.
The cashback site will then send your full refund on their bottle of Oliver Cromwell London Dry Gin.


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Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI)–the popular game by Krafton which recently crossed 100 million users in India — has been pulled from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. There’s speculation that the game has been banned in India, though we are awaiting confirmation. According to reports, the game has been pulled because of a government order, though the exact specifics are not clear.
Indianexpress.com reached out to developer Krafton India for a statement. The company said, “We are clarifying how BGMI was removed from the Google Play store and the App store and will let you know once we get specific information.”
Meanwhile, Google issued a statement on the removal, stating, “On receipt of the order, following established process, we have notified the affected developer and have blocked access to the app that remained available on the Play Store in India.”
BGMI was launched in July 2021. It was launched as a replacement for the popular PUBG Mobile game, which was banned by the government in September 2020 along with a number of Chinese apps. BGMI was pretty much seen as PUBG Mobile meant for India, though the company insisted that the game was different.
Incidentally, Krafton’s other mobile game called ‘New State’ in India–which follows a similar shooter format– is still available on both iOS and Android. While in other markets, the game is called PUBG: New State, in India, the name is simply ‘New State’.
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TEHRAN (Iran News) –Iranian nanotechnology companies exported their products to 48 countries around the world over the past Iranian calendar year (March 2021-March 2022), IRNA reported on Tuesday.
Last year, the exported products made a revenue of $62m, which shows an increase of 53 percent compared to the year before.
Among the 48 countries of export destinations, Turkey and Iraq are the most important hosts of Iran-made nanotechnological products, which brought a profit of $10 million.
The exported products made a revenue of $62m, which shows an increase of 53 percent compared to the year before.Other customers of Iranian nanotech products include Russia, India, Kazakhstan, America, England, Mongolia, Pakistan, etc.
The development of the nanotechnology market is one of the main goals of the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, as expanding the export market and discovering new foreign markets will contribute to the sustainability of nanotechnology companies.
Experts emphasize that export can be considered the best indicator to present the interactions and exchanges of a country with the world and the strength in the production and service sector. In addition, financial exchanges and foreign currency are the main outcomes of export which lead to the survival of countries in the world.
The nano industry is one of the technological fields that has processed growth and development in Iran, so that, the introduction of these quality products to the world is a necessity.
Iran Nanotechnology Innovation Council has been implementing plans to strengthen the nano sector over the past few years.
Some 270 companies are active in the nanotechnology field and it is predicted that their revenue will reach up to 80 trillion rials (nearly $310 million), the former Vice President for Science and Technology, Sourena Sattari, said.
National document on nanotech development
On November 28, President Ebrahim Raisi declared to implement the “National Document for the Development of Nano Science and Technology”.
Consisting of 7 articles, the ten-year document aims to train human resources and provide infrastructure for the development and commercialization of technology. Priority industrial areas are water and environment, energy, agriculture, health, and construction.
In this document, Iran was targeted to be among the top 15 nanotechnology countries in the world and aimed to generate wealth and improve people’s lives.
In order to continue the nanotechnology progress, the upcoming national document has been compiled with new goals and approaches such as being a reference in science and technology, industrialization, maximum impact of nanotechnology in priority industrial areas, and entry of nano products into the global markets and the promotion of people’s lives.
By 2033, the advancements of nanotechnology in Iran will improve the quality of life and the production of wealth. The country moves towards global authority in science and nanotechnology by producing innovative products while having a stable place in the market of other countries.
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Continuing to dwarf U.S. sales holidays and Prime Day, Alibaba’s Singles Day pulled in a record 168.2 billion yuan ($25.3 billion) in gross merchandise value (GMV) settled through the Alipay platform, up 39% from 120.7 billion yuan ($17.8 billion) in 2016. See what other staggering stats and figures came out of Singles Day.
The holiday season is crucial for retail brands, generating around 25% of their overall annual sales. As brands compete for the attention of customers during this heavy shopping season, many pour a lot of effort into their social media presence. Here is how several fitness brands are standing out this holiday season.
Nike confirmed it is selling select products directly through Amazon in a pilot program, greatly expanding its reach while also helping address counterfeiting. The news is a direct hit to retail partners like Finish Line and Foot Locker, who will undoubtedly lose sales. Nike will also start selling directly through a partnership with Instagram.


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Lenovo rises to top of PC maker rankings as market slumps
Published on Jul 11, 2013 4:06 PM
SAN FRANCISCO/SINGAPORE (REUTERS) - China's Lenovo Group Ltd unseated Hewlett-Packard as the world's top PC maker in the latest quarter - a quarter which saw global shipments tumble 11 per cent from a year earlier due to spectacular growth in tablets and smartphones.
It was the fifth straight quarter of decline and analysts expect PC shipments to continue to fall, albeit at a slower pace as companies upgrade to Windows 8 and buy laptops that can be separated from keyboards to become tablets.
Lenovo now commands 16.7 per cent of the world's personal computer market, up from 15.3 per cent in the previous quarter according to research firm IDC. It has spent heavily over the past few years to bolster its PC business with purchases such as Brazilian electronics maker CCE last year, Germany's Medion in 2011 and IBM's PC business in 2005.
As smaller vendors lost share, HP also rose, climbing to 16.4 per cent from 15.7 per cent. But the US firm has ceded ground to Lenovo as it grappled with numerous changes in executive leadership in recent years, leading to strategic mistakes, analysts said.
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BMW on Friday announced a partnership with Intel and Mobileye to help spur the development of autonomous driving technology.
Intel is a leader when it comes to artificial intelligence while Mobileye is a developer of monitoring systems autonomous technology relies on. Mobileye supplies monitoring systems to a number of automakers including Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] whose Model S while in semi-autonomous Autopilot mode was involved in a fatal accident last week.
BMW says the goal of its partnership with Intel and Mobileye is to get a fully autonomous car on the market by 2021. The firms also hope to establish an open platform for the technology that could be made available to other firms and thus align the industry on a standards-based platform to quickly bring autonomous cars to market.
Fully autonomous cars will rely on a number of inputs to travel safely. These include highly-detailed 3D maps, vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-object (V2X) communication, and advanced monitoring systems. Powerful and reliable computers process the incoming data and then through artificial intelligence make decisions to control the vehicle.
L to R: Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, BMW CEO Harald Krüger and Mobileye Chairman Amnon Shashua
BMW and its partners have set a number of milestones on the way to achieving the goal of a fully autonomous car. First is Level 3 where a driver can let the car take control in certain situations, such as on highways. Level 4 is where a driver can let the car take control in all but the most extreme conditions, such as during severe weather. Level 5 which is the ultimate goal is where a car can safely operate without a human onboard.
If all goes to plan, BMW hopes to use its first fully autonomous car, code-named iNext, in ride-sharing fleets, heralding a new era of mobility. This new era could see automakers earn most of their revenues from autonomous cars offering rides rather than direct sales of cars. It’s a goal other firms such as General Motors Company [NYSE:GM], Google, Uber and possibly Apple are targeting.
One of the big questions is who will be responsible should an autonomous car be the cause of the accident. Already some firms, in this case Volvo, Mercedes and Google, have stated they’ll accept liability for autonomous cars. The accident involving the Tesla Model S is still being investigated.
Pictured main is BMW’s Vision Next 100 concept which was rolled out this year to celebrate the automaker’s centennial and preview upcoming technology and design themes.


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Andre Peschong, Chief Strategy Officer at ConversionPoint Technologies that simplifies ecommerce for brands by helping them reach more customers for less ad spend and convert them into customers joins eCommerce Radio.
Leslie Swanson, President and CEO of eXalt Solutions, a company which makes a patented AI-based platform to dramatically improve business-to-business sale joins Enterprise Radio.
Andrew J. Hacker, Founder and CEO of Thought, an artificial intelligence blockchain that fundamentally changes traditional applications by embedding artificial intelligence into every bit of data making it agile, actionable and inherently secure joins Enterprise Radio.
To cater to the rising consumer expectations, in the world of digitization, organizations have to organize a bulk of real-time data to offer personalized consumer experiences and stay ahead.
Nathan Stevenson, CEO of ForwardLane, a FinTech AI Startup in New York City, a next-generation AI company using machine learning to aggregate and scale firm-specific data, market data news, investment research, products, and strategic analytics for financial professionals joins Enterprise Radio.
Dan Gailey, founder and CEO of Synapse.AI, the first and only decentralized AI marketplace joins Enterprise Radio to discuss the future of Artificial Intelligence networks.
Lane Mendelsohn, Vice President of Market Technologies and VantagePoint, a trading software that uses artificial intelligence and neural networks to predict stock market trends with up to 86% joins Enterprise Radio.
Roy Pereira, CEO and Founder of Zoom.ai, an enterprise software company focused on using AI and chat to enhance every employee’s’ work experience joins Enterprise Radio.
Dr. Gokul Solai, CEO of Novatio Solutions, a leading Digital Workforce solutions provider that transforms challenging, time-consuming or labor-intensive tasks into jobs for ‘robots’ joins Enterprise Radio.
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Sam Czertok & Lawrence Lanoff the Co-Founders of TokenAI with a purpose to enable the average person to benefit from tools that were only available to Wall Street and large corporations, such as big data and AI joins Enterprise Radio.
Shiva Rajagopalan the CEO of Seven Lakes Technologies, an enterprise software company providing solutions to upstream oil and gas companies joins Enterprise Radio to talk about how AI technologies are disrupting the oil and gas industry.
Louie Balasny, Managing Director at botkeeper that provides businesses with a powerful combination of skilled accountants and automated data entry through the use of machine learning and AI to automate their bookkeeping joins Enterprise Radio.


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You can now donate your Sephora points to the National Black Justice Coalition—here’s how
Sephora has made it easier for consumers to support Black communities and help fight racial injustice. Sephora Beauty Insiders can now donate Sephora points to the country’s leading national Black LGBTQ/SGL civil rights organization, the National Black Justice Coalition. The retailer announced its move on social media during Blackout Tuesday to support the Black Lives Matter movement. It is just one of many Black organizations that Sephora is currently supporting at this time.
“We believe unequivocally that Black Lives Matter, and when we return we are committed to using our platform and resources to stand against racism and injustice, to amplify Black voices, and celebrate the beauty and diversity of Black lives,” reads a caption on the brand’s Instagram post supporting #blackouttuesday. “We are proud to have given more than $1M to support organizations in our communities like @caresmentoring, @center_for_urban_families, @naacp, @nbjconthemove and The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Black Women’s Roundtable who are building up Black communities and leading the fight for racial justice and equity.”
The breakdown of the Sephora points donation is simple: 500 beauty insider points equal a $10 donation, 1,000 points equal a $20 donation, and 1,500 points equal a $30 donation. And you do not need to make a purchase to donate points if you already have them.
“We will continue financially to support organizations that fight for equality and racial justice,” writes President and CEO of Sephora Americas Jean-André Rougeot in an open letter on its site to employees and customers. “We will continue to listen to our Equity Advisors who are working on the front lines to advocate for a better society. And we will continue to look for ways to improve and evolve our policies and practices as a retail organization.”
To donate, you simply have to log into your account on the site. From there, head to the Rewards Bazaar section to click the number of points you want to donate, and check out to finish. If you’re not able to protest IRL or don’t have disposable income to donate money or purchase from black-owned companies, this is a simple way to show your support with a brand that is vocal in supporting Black Lives Matter.
“To our Black employees: We see you. We know you’re hurting,” Rougeot writes. “We are here to support wherever and however we can.”


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The Jakarta Post
After casting their votes, Jakartans flocked to MRT stations to take advantage of the national holiday on Wednesday to try out the city’s new mode of transportation.
“It just happened that my siblings from outside the city came here to vote. So I suggested that we try the MRT. It’s a holiday anyway and we can relax,” South Jakarta resident Yani said on Wednesday as reported by kompas.com.
She added that she took the MRT from Lebak Bulus to Bundaran HI Station with five of her relatives.
Arriving at Bundaran HI Station in Central Jakarta, Yani said she planned to visit several shopping centers.
“On election day, there are a lot of vendors who sell their food at discounted prices. So we are looking for a place to eat,” she added.
East Jakarta resident Raihan also took his children out for the day to try out the MRT.
“When the MRT opened I didn’t get the chance to bring my kids along. I’ve tried it a few times, and because this is my day off I took my kids along to try it out,” he said.
Meanwhile, South Jakarta resident Mira brought her parents along to try out the MRT.
“I thought that because of the holiday the MRT would not be crowded. But it turned out to be very packed, but what’s important is that I’ve brought my parents with me to try it out,” she said.
At Bundaran HI Station, a lot of people were lining up to buy tickets as most of them did not have electronic money.
To take the MRT, passengers must purchase a single-use ticket or use electronic money issued by Bank Mandiri’s E-Money, Bank BRI’s Brizzi, Bank BNI’s Tap Chash, Bank BCA’s Flazz, Bank DKI’s JakartaOne, and the JakLingko card. (ami)


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McKesson ideaShare 2012 kicks off with a bang
LAS VEGAS — Day one here at McKesson ideaShare 2012 and the thousands of independent pharmacists and pharmacy owners from all across the country who convened here Monday, at the Las Vegas’ Venetian Resort, looking for business-building solutions and industry to help them stay relevant and differentiate themselves with their customers and patients, were not disappointed.
“By bringing together owners and leaders from across the country to share ideas and best practices, McKesson is helping community pharmacy owners and pharmacists achieve better business health and better patient care, in addition to better connecting them with their communities” said Brian Tyler, president of McKesson U.S. Pharmaceutical. “McKesson fully believes in the future of community pharmacy, and ideaShare is one of the best opportunities for us to engage with our customers to understand their growth goals and specific needs.”
Indeed, McKesson ideaShare 2012 kicked off with a very BIG bang, with a heightened focus around several key areas, including:
• Growing the pharmacy patient base: Retail independent pharmacy owners who do not have the advertising budget of a chain drug store are implementing business tools such as the Physician Outreach Program (POP) that allow them to identify and promote their unique capabilities to prescribers and patients. POP — which launched last year to Health Mart pharmacies — is now available to all McKesson independent and regional retail customers. Independent pharmacies looking to connect with the broader healthcare team in their communities and seize new opportunities to attract new patients can now access more than 1 million prescriber records to tailor their marketing strategies.
“McKesson’s Physician Outreach Program gives our pharmacy a clear-cut approach for who we need to target and who we need to have a business relationship with in the community,” said Snehal Patel, PharmD, Health Shoppe Pharmacy, East Brunswick, N.J. “In the past we always worried about taking care of the patient, thinking the rest will follow. Now we know it isn’t just about the patient — we have to fit in the triad of care of physicians, patients and pharmacists. This program allows us to do that.”
• Growing the pharmacy future: According to the National Community Pharmacists Association, after decades of declining numbers, independently owned community pharmacies are on the rebound, and growing in strength. McKesson’s RxOwnership program, dedicated to providing independent pharmacy owners, prospective owners and pharmacy students with the tools to help them map out their future, supported 288 startups in its fiscal year 2012.
“Every pharmacist has a different future in mind when it comes to their business goals,” said Bob Graul, national VP McKesson RxOwnership. “From considering pharmacy ownership to expanding to multiple locations to exiting the market, pharmacists can benefit from our experienced advisers, in addition to our one-of-a-kind tools that help guide them through the ownership or succession planning process.”
• Growing the pharmacy business: Health Mart continues to invest in solutions that help its franchisees attract new customers, maximize the value of their existing customers and increase their efficiency so they can grow their businesses. Among the major advancements and new offerings it has introduced in the last 12 months, Health Mart has completed the roll out of its comprehensive line of private-label over-the-counter healthcare products; launched a consumer-facing online platform, Your Pharmacy Online; revamped its Health Mart Marketing Tool Kit; and modernized its pharmacy store design. Health Mart currently numbers 3,000 stores across the country, and is quickly becoming the franchise model of choice for independent pharmacy owners looking to complement their local identity with a national brand, McKesson noted.
For more information on all of McKesson’s announcements from McKesson ideaShare 2012, please visit McKesson’s online newsroom at www.mckesson.com/newsroom.
Q&A: Women in pharmacy
McKesson’s RxOwnership program helps independent pharmacy owners, prospective owners and pharmacy students develop a plan to buy or build their own pharmacy. Drug Store News recently caught up with Bob Graul, National VP, RxOwnership, McKesson, to talk about how the program has seen an increase in women pharmacists interested in ownership in recent years.
DSN: What are the opportunities for women in the retail pharmacy landscape?
Bob Graul: The face of pharmacy is changing as the percentage of women pharmacists and pharmacy owners has steadily increased over the past 20 years. We believe these bright, energetic healthcare providers can help propel the next generation of independent pharmacy forward at a time when the opportunities for retail pharmacy have never been greater. Today’s women pharmacy professionals, armed with business acumen and clinical knowledge, can help drive greater adoption of innovative technology and clinical services in the pharmacy, elevating the role of independent pharmacy within the healthcare system.
DSN: How is McKesson supporting women pharmacists who are interested in pharmacy ownership?
Graul: In 2008, McKesson launched the RxOwnership program, dedicated to providing independent pharmacy owners, prospective owners and pharmacy students with the tools to help them map out their future. In recent years, the program has seen an increase in women pharmacists interested in ownership, in addition to greater support for women pharmacists within the industry. For example, the APhA Foundation established a Women in Pharmacy Campaign that recognizes the outstanding contributions of all trailblazers, mentors, colleagues, wives, sisters and daughters who have paved the way for colleagues in the pharmacy profession, which McKesson supports.
At ideaShare 2012, McKesson will host its second Women in Pharmacy reception with the goal of increasing peer-to-peer interaction and the sharing of ideas and best practices among women pharmacy professionals. In the future, we plan to collaborate more closely with industry thought leaders to introduce even more social-networking opportunities and education sessions targeted at women pharmacists.
DSN: Can you share some of the unique challenges facing women pharmacists interested in ownership?
Graul: Some of the women pharmacists that we have helped with pharmacy ownership were challenged with learning to balance family life and work life. Not only were they already working full days counseling patients, they were leading full lives outside of the pharmacy, and yet they also needed to find time to plan for a successful path to ownership.
It was rewarding to hear from Nital Patel, owner and pharmacist of Chicago Plaza Health Mart, speak on our RxOwnership panel last year at ideaShare. She shared her experience with McKesson and highlighted the confidence and resources we were able to provide as she made the leap from pharmacist to pharmacy owner. McKesson understands that every pharmacist has different needs and business goals; it’s important that we help them address both.
Pharmacist and patient engagement leads to better patient outcomes
Serving as trusted and accessible resources, community pharmacists have a unique opportunity to help patients adhere to their medication regimens and improve outcomes. Ninety-five percent of all Americans live within five miles of their community pharmacy, and in a 2011 Gallup poll, pharmacists were ranked second only to nurses on their list of the most honest and ethical professionals.
New technologies and automated systems, such as pharmacy processing software and robotic dispensers, reduce the time to fill and verify prescriptions. As a result, pharmacists have more time to engage with patients and take on clinical tasks, such as patient coaching and medication education. Targeted behavioral-based patient conversations delivered in the pharmacy can help patients better understand their disease or illness, the role and function of their medication, and the importance of adherence.
Building on the benefits of this patient-centric approach, there are a growing number of opportunities for pharmacies to participate in programs targeted at improving medication adherence, including pharmacist counseling sessions, adherence outreach and medication reminder programs. Integrating with pharmacy software to alert pharmacists to sponsored clinical opportunities, these programs provide training and many include compensation for offering behavioral coaching sessions to help patients overcome adherence barriers, enrolling patients in savings programs, and providing information about clinical trials to eligible patients.
McKesson’s Pharmacy Intervention Program found patients who received face-to-face behavioral coaching from their pharmacists showed significant adherence benefits. For example, COPD patients who received coaching showed an average of 1.6 incremental fills over 12 months, and patients coached in multiple diabetes programs showed an average of four incremental refills over 12 months when compared to patients who did not receive behavioral coaching.
With specialized education and training in patient health, and the fact that they are one of the most trusted professionals, pharmacists are ideally placed to help improve patient outcomes. Combined with technology advances, this trend is likely to grow.
For more information on trends the adherence experts at McKesson Patient Relationship Solutions see shaping the future of medication nonadherence, view “The Future of Medication Adherence” whitepaper here.


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Girl Scout cookie season is almost here. Here's what you need to know to track down the sweet treats this year.
Girl Scouts is continuing online ordering this year and helping cookie enthusiasts find their favorite treats with help from the "Cookie Finder" tool.
TikTok is opening 300 restaurants to deliver some of its most viral food trends like feta pasta and corn ribs across the US
Customers will be able to place orders for TikTok Kitchen through Grubhub starting in March 2022.
Salaries include $132,000 for a marketing director at Grubhub to $231,000 for senior director of brand marketing at Peloton.
Chick-fil-A 'secretly' marks up food prices for delivery orders by up to 30%, according to a lawsuit
The lawsuit argues that the higher prices are deceptive because Chick-fil-A never explicitly tells customers about the up-charge.
Grubhub's founder Matt Maloney is stepping down. Employees reveal how the once-dominant food delivery company nearly lost it all to DoorDash and Uber Eats.
Grubhub employees reveal how the company that once dominated food delivery nearly lost it all to DoorDash and Uber Eats.
New York City food delivery workers just won the right to bathroom access on the job after months of organizing and protests
Following a months-long push by delivery workers, New York City passed several bills aimed at improving their pay and working conditions.
Coco's fleet of food-delivery robots are bringing in profit for restaurants. Its 24-year-old CEO shares how he's scaling his company faster than Uber-backed Serve.
Coco, headquartered in California, has raised $43 million since launching in April 2020 via investors like former Y Combinator President Sam Altman.
New York delivery riders have formed night patrol groups to protect each other from armed thieves stealing their bikes
NYPD data reveals robberies and attempted robberies of delivery workers increased 65% in 2020. Around a third were violent, and some turned deadly.
Uber Eats, Grubhub, and DoorDash said the commissions cap could reduce earnings for drivers and force them to raise prices for customers.
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Grubhub's main rival DoorDash pays more for similar positions. DoorDash is based in San Francisco where the cost of living is higher than Chicago.
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Harley-Davidson is gearing up to showcase its first mobile dealership on wheels in India. Termed ‘Legend on Tour’ the mobile dealership was revealed before its official on ground debut at the 2016 India Bike Week. The mobile dealership has been designed by the renowned Dilip Chhabria of DC Design. The mobile dealership, which will be more of an experiential zone will feature not only motorcycles from the 2016 Harley-Davidson India range, but also genuine Harley-Davidson motorcycle parts and accessories along with merchandise. The ‘Legend on Tour’ will commence on a tour of the country starting February end making its first pit-stop at Mumbai followed by Pune, Goa, Bangalore and Coimbatore in the month of March.
Those who want to have see the ‘Legend on Tour’ mobile H-D dealership can check it out from February 18-20 at 4th India H.O.G. Rally and India Bike Week 2016.
Commenting at the unveiling of ‘Legend on Tour’, Vikram Pawah, Managing Director, Harley-Davidson India said, “At Harley-Davidson we are always looking for new ways to bring new riders to the brand and the sport of leisure motorcycling. We have an expansive portfolio of 13 motorcycles and ensuring the right motorcycle is available at the right place at the right time is crucial to a great customer experience. ‘Legend on Tour’ is a strategic step undertaken by us to expand the reach of our brand and we are delighted to have DC Design, design it for us.”
Chief Designer of ‘Legend on Tour’ Dilip Chhabria said, “Designing the ‘Legend on Tour’ for Harley-Davidson India has been an absolute pleasure. We wanted to create something that is at par with the Harley-Davidson dealership in terms of its look and feel. The brand’s rich heritage has been a source of inspiration for us while designing the mobile dealership”


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TIA Says Sign Online Petition Against Mandatory Tire Registration
The Tire Industry Association (TIA) is encouraging members to sign an online petition asking Congress to reject a mandatory tire registration provision in the transportation bills recently passed by the House and Senate.
The petition is posted on the Change.org website. The website allows TIA to collect signatures and send them to members of Congress. TIA says it “collected stacks of signatures” for its petition during the 2015 Global Tire Expo Nov. 2-6 in Las Vegas. Now the association is taking its efforts to fight mandatory tire registration to more members via an online petition.
In the petition, TIA says tire retailers oppose:
* Shifting the liability and cost for tire registration to the retailer.
* Returning to an archaic pencil and paper registration system that Congress ended in 1982.
* Requiring retailers to turn their customer lists over to manufacturers as manufacturers begin online tire sales.
* Fining retailers up to $1,000 per tire and $700,000 per location for failure to properly register tires.
TIA says tire retailers support tire manufacturers and retailers coming together to develop an industry solution to improve registration and recall performance.
Visit the Change.org website to sign the petition.
For more information on the legislation, visit TIA’s Weekly Legislative Update webpage for Nov. 9, 2015.


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The recent move by the government to step in and regulate sugar prices is a positive development. Traders sometimes want to cheat consumers even when the cost of products is not necessary high. They use the global economic crisis as a ploy to exploit unsuspecting consumers.
Despite continuous hikes in sugar prices increase within the region, the prices in Rwanda have remained relatively stable.
The consumer prices of sugar had increased from Rwf700 per Kilogram in May to Rwf1, 200 in July and this was bound to increase even further. Therefore, it was important that this upward curve was checked by the government before it got worse.
I urge leaders at all levels to be on the look out so that traders especially those in the neighbourhoods do not put sugar prices above the recommended Rwf 800.


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Spanish gaming company Codere has reported significant revenue growth for the third quarter of 2021, while its upcoming restructuring deal that will see creditors take control will finalise on 19 November.
The debt-for-equity agreement was originally scheduled to complete on 5 November, but the date of the acquisition has been pushed back by two weeks.
Codere recorded revenue figures of $233.3m for Q3, representing a 63.1% increase on the same quarter last year when revenue had dropped by 57.2% – the result of the closures of its physical properties across Latin America.
The Latin American business – comprising Argentina, Mexico, Panama, Uruguay and Colombia – contributed €110.9m, or 47.1%, of its total revenue. This was a significant improvement – of 430.6% – on the €20.9m recorded in 2020 when the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic forced venues to close indefinitely.
Argentina and Panama, which conducted no business during Q3 2020, recorded revenue of €40.1m and €13.6m respectively. The revenue for Argentina was supplemented by a four-year sponsorship deal agreed with Argentine football team River Plate. Mexico’s revenue grew 407.1% to €42.6m, while Uruguay’s €10.5m revenue was a 13.6% reduction from last year.
The European market, consisting of Italy and Spain, added €103.2m, with Spain contributing €37.9m and Italy €65.3m.
The online portion of the business had revenue of €19.1m. Back in June, the company announced plans to list its online arm Codere Online on the US Nasdaq stock market, following a $350m deal with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) DD3 Acquisition Corp.
Operating expenses for the company amounted to €200.4m, up by 44.8% from 2020. Gaming expenses were €87.3m, personnel costs were €46.9m, rental costs were €6.4m, while other expenses totalled €49.0m. Costs of good sold for the quarter were €10.8m.
Adjusted earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) came to €32.8m, up from €4.6m last year.
Operating losses, after accounting for inflation regarding operating expenses, came to €25.1m – down from €52.1m in 2020.
Interest expenses were €45.3, €7.0m losses came from financial investments and exchange rate variations, and inflation from corporate income tax in Argentina came to €2.4m. However, the company made €1.1m from interest income and income from minority investments. Overall, Codere’s net losses for the quarter were €74.7m, down by 20.3%.
Codere believes the company is beginning to show signs of recovery from the pandemic, “with a growth that is largely due to the progressive reactivation of the operation presence of the group in the third quarter, with the reopening in July of Argentina and Uruguay after the closures resultant of Covid-19 during the previous months.”
Codere maintains its operations are up and running in all markets, albeit under numerous restrictions on hours and capacity.
A consent solicitation for exchange offer was launched in September and was approved by more than 90% of Codere shareholders a month later. The transaction is expected to be completed by 19 November.
Codere added: “The company and its bondholders estimate that the expected date for the implementation of the financial restructuring of the group will take place on November 19, 2021.
“The company expects to have also completed the merger of its gaming subsidiary this month online with the SPAC DD3 Acquisition Corp II, which will lead to the creation of Codere Online, the first online gaming operator in Latin America to be listed on the American securities Nasdaq.”
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Shortages and shipping issues caused by the pandemic are making it difficult for restaurants to stock their kitchens and supply cupboards. Some operators have found that partnering with local and regional suppliers and distributors can help them avoid some of the weak links in the restaurant supply chain.
For many restaurants that rely on large suppliers with large inventories, current supply chain issues are reducing supplies of everything from chicken wings to take-out containers and paper products.
“There’s no doubt that supply chain disruptions are impacting restaurant businesses,” said Hudson Riehle, senior vice president of research for the National Restaurant Association. A survey conducted by the association in November 2021 found that 96% of operators reported supply delays or shortages of key food or beverages, and “the impact was felt across all segments of the industry. industry,” Riehle said. “In addition, another 8 out of 10 operators said they experienced supply delays or shortages of equipment or service items,” he said.
Dan Simons, co-owner of Founding Farmers Restaurants in Washington, DC, told the association that “the items we expect to run out of will catch up, but then we’ll be surprised by the next shortage that we didn’t anticipate.” .”
“My only advice at the moment is to stay nimble and accept that making daily adjustments will remain the nature of the game – at least for the first quarter of the year,” Simons said.
The South Carolina Restaurant Association told the WHNS news channel that supply uncertainty has forced many restaurants to wait until the last minute to finalize their menus for the state’s restaurant week, which kicked off on January 13.
For many chefs, the need to stay nimble and create smaller, more flexible menus based on what’s available at any given time is something they see persisting for the long term.
Smaller menus were one of the top dining trends for 2022 cited by chefs surveyed by Food & Wine.
“With supply chain challenges, staff crisis and higher cost of goods, I anticipate independent restaurants will adopt a streamlined prefix menu that emphasizes local ingredients while minimizing costs,” said RJ Cooper, owner and chef of Saint Stephen in Nashville, Tenn. .
A local approach can alleviate supply chain challenges
In addition to changing the way they create menus to better accommodate the erratic availability of ingredients, many chefs are considering changing how they source ingredients to begin with.
“2022 restaurant menus will see a simplified, localized approach that stays in line with what is locally fresh and readily available, forcing chefs to innovate their menus with ingredients and products already available due to the current state of industry hurdles,” Cooper said. Food & Wine.
For chefs and restaurants already connected to their local network of producers and suppliers, the practice is paying off.
Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Tarrytown, NY, sources all ingredients that it does not grow locally from local suppliers. As a result, the restaurant has not encountered any supply chain issues, chef Dan Barber told Restaurant Hospitality late last year.
“I think we as consumers are going to have to start thinking more regionally and more locally when it comes to our sourcing, whether it’s food, fashion or whatever. The international supply chain shows its weakness, especially in times of…stress and disruption,” Barber said.
Most restaurants don’t have the land or the luxury to grow most of their own food like Blue Hill does, but the farm-to-table ethic can help restaurants of all sizes.
Benny’s Bistro in Helena, Montana sources its ingredients directly from farmers and ranchers in the state. “We are part of the Montana, Western Montana Growers Co-op of Missoula and we are able to work with all kinds of small farms and suppliers and are able to get products made in Montana on tables here at Benny’s without much. problem,” server Katie Hill told news station KTVH.
Building a more sustainable food system
For many restaurants that already source a significant portion of their ingredients from local suppliers, the practice is about sustainability — in more ways than one. Buying food nearby means she doesn’t have to travel as far. These shorter trips leave less room for delays along the way and require less energy spent on transportation, which is better for the planet.
For chef Rob Rubba, sourcing local “isn’t just an act toward our climate, it’s also about building sustainable food systems,” said the chef/partner of Washington, DC, restaurant Oyster Oyster in an email interview. “We have some amazing growers and growers here in the mid-Atlantic who are underutilized as a supplier in our region.”
“At the start of the pandemic, it was devastating to see ‘local’ grocery store shelves sterile because they came from all over the world and virtually nothing from our own backyards,” he said. “Speaking with the farmers we work so closely with on a daily basis and hearing how they were looking for ways to pivot, when so many restaurants have gone dark and big box grocers are not working with the local farm economy, has definitely anchored our philosophy that we started with.”
Oyster Oyster builds its forward-thinking menus around oysters from the nearby Chesapeake Bay and locally picked mushrooms, updating its offerings several times a year to accommodate seasonal availability. This type of collaboration between restaurants and suppliers can help both parties prepare for the future.
“As the climate crisis deepens, we as chefs and consumers will have to rely on [on] and support our local agriculture on a much larger scale,” Rubba said. “Therefore, by beginning this support today, our growers will be able to continue to scale for the inevitable.”
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Google I/O Predictions: Nexus 7 2, 32GB White Nexus 4 LTE, Android 4.3? (Rumors)
Google I/O is to Android as what WWDC is to iOS, it's the place to see two of the most innovative companies on the planet show off their latest and greatest. Although Apple also began showing off the new iPhone in the fall beginning with the iPhone 4S, and it is believed Google will announce a similar plan with Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie at Google I/O in a few hours.
The current predictions of what we should expect to see from Google is a new Nexus 7 tablet, some are calling it the Nexus 7 2. We reported on the rumored tablet a few days ago. The tablet is expected to feature a 7-inch 1920 x 1200 HD display, run the new version of Android that is also expected to be announced at the event, Android 4.3, and have thinner bezels, just like the iPad mini.
There are also some rumors that we might see a 32GB White Nexus 4 LTE announced at Google I/O. When the Nexus 4 was released it was widely believed that Google would soon release a white version of the smartphone, since images had leaked online. Google has yet to offer a white Nexus 4, but new leaked pictures of the device might indicate we might see it at Google I/O. If the rumors are true, the smartphone would double in storage size and possibly support Verizon and Sprint's LTE networks.
Android 5.0 was rumored for months to be announced at Google I/O, but it looks like Google is pulling an Apple. Just like Apple shows off iOS in June and releases it in the fall, there are rumors indicating Google will do the same at Google I/O show a little and make it available in the fall. The company is expected to launch a new version of Android, Android 4.3 to be exact.
Android 4.3 is expected to add new features like Google Play Games, a more advanced version of iOS' Game Center. It is believed users will be able to play real-time multiplayer games, and other games with other connected players. It is also believed that it will feature cloud based saving. Google will likely show off more features with Android 4.3, just like it did with Project Butter with Android 4.2.
We'll know all the final details in a few short hours. Stay tuned.
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