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Are you ready for excessive inflation right by 2022? Tu Nguyen, an economist at RSM Canada, said, “Objective correct be ready for inflation this twelve months to protect excessive. It’s going to be sophisticated.” Nguyen expects the inflation reading this month to be closer to 6%, despite the truth that it could per chance probably trek up to 7%.
In the meantime, RBC CEO Dave McKay warns of rising threat if customers exhaust their pent-up financial savings from the pandemic. McKay said, “We’re increasingly extra turning into concerned that, with the lack of provide of labour, the lack of provide of products, the cost of energy rising, that we’ll relish these financial savings.”
McKay provides the spending energy could lead to an inflationary atmosphere without growth. The worst-case scenario he said is stagflation. But considered one of many intense considerations of folk worldwide is rising fuel costs. As of March 14, 2022, the cost per gallon in Canada is US$5.94 versus the US$4.69 within the United States.
Brian Hannasch, CEO of Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSX:ATD), believes customers can dangle the distress of increased pump costs. His causes are the improved financial system and re-opening from pandemic restrictions. He acknowledges question disruptions attributable to persistently increased crude costs nevertheless the reopening of society can offset the dangers.
Hannasch provides, nevertheless, “It’s no longer mammoth recordsdata for customers in terms of a label shock. But in terms of behaviour in our change, these label will increase had been so mammoth that the change had no different nevertheless to cross them by in a in point of fact aggressive change.”
For him, Canadian and American customers are in plenty better financial condition as in contrast to the downturns in 2008 and 2009. Hannasch said, “So whereas we don’t like these excessive fuel costs at all and their impact on the patron and their pocketbook, we mediate we’re as a society in a plenty better put to weather that storm.”
Hannasch continued, “I licensed mediate we’re scratching the floor in terms of folk going back to work yet.” He cites Couche-Tard as amongst the corporations that are initiating to reopen its locations of work.
Invest your extra financial savings
Canadians can invest their extra cash or cash they received’t need anytime rapidly in Couche-Tard, a recession-resistant stock. The $55.94 billion company is a world leader in comfort and fuel retail. It is describe in 26 nations and territories. At some level of the solid store community (14,000), 10,800 stores provide road transportation fuel.
In Q3 fiscal 2022 (quarter ended January 30, 2022), total revenues and salvage earnings increased 41.2% and 22.9% versus Q3 fiscal 2021. Claude Tessier, Couche-Tard’s CFO, said, “We delivered yet again a solid quarter as evidenced by will increase of 15.2% in sinister profit bucks and 18.0% in adjusted EBITDA as in contrast to the identical quarter in fiscal 2021.”
Other than wholesome fuel margins, Hannasch is optimistic that because the Omicron variant fades, traffic and volumes will rapidly revert to fashioned or pre-pandemic stages. Tessier provides that without reference to the overall great atmosphere, they had been ready to administer increased-than-fashioned inflation and provide chain disruptions diligently.
For threat-averse traders, Couche-Tard trades at $50.82 per fragment and pays a 0.9% dividend. While the yield is understated, the payout is obedient and sustainable, given the 11.4% payout ratio.
No one can assert how lengthy the oil disaster will remaining. Love within the pandemic, Canadians must restful prioritize financial savings over spending.


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Android devices have less crashes compared to iPhone
iPhone or Android, there are always applications that cause some bug, or some crash of the operating system. It is always a question of software and in this field there is no perfection. A new report, however, tells us that the Android smartphone recorded fewer crashes compared to iOS devices...
According to the study State of the Mobile Device Performance for the first quarter of 2017, the number of mobile devices in a crash is increased compared to the same period a year ago, on both iOS that on Android. In both cases, however, Android is more reliable compared to iOS:
To calculate the reliability of the devices, is compared to the so-called “failure rate“, a term that refers to devices that have performance issues and system crashes. The data were collected on millions of iOS and Android devices in North America, Europe and Asia.
From these data, it appears that the failure rate of Android devices is 50%, while on iOS devices you get to 68%. From the tests, it turns out that the app is blocking nearly three times more on the mobile iOS compared to Android devices. Also, on the iPhone are also logged more overheating problems (3%), and the bad connection of the GPS (0.5%).
In addition to the crash of the app on Android smartphone have been issues recorded performance (10%), weak (6%) and to malfunction of the camera (3%).
As you can see from the table in another, removed, the crash of the app, on the Android cars are generally more problems to the device level. However, this is an important fact, of which Apple should be taken into account as concerns the management of the third app, which often crashano on iOS.
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SINGAPORE - DSM Nutritional Products has opened its Nutrition Innovation Centre for Asia Pacific at Mapletree Business City, part of Dutch firm DSM's $8.8 million premises here.
The facility was officially opened today at a ceremony attended by Ambassador of the Netherlands Mr Jacques Werner, Economic Development Board (EDB) chairman Beh Swan Gin and DSM managing board member Dr Stefan Doboczky.
In his remarks, Dr Beh noted that he had participated in the opening of DSM's regional headquarters here three years ago, and that DSM's expansion since then had required it to move to its new larger premises.
DSM is a Dutch firm globally active in the fields of health, nutrition and materials.Its nutrition business DSM Nutritional Products is a major business-to-business (B2B) supplier of ingredients such as vitamins and carotenoids.
At the event today, DSM Nutritional Products' Asia Pacific vice-president Mr Pieter Nuboer noted that Singapore had been chosen because of its infrastructure and established business ecosystem, as well as its multi-racial makeup, which would allow DSM's products to be tested within a diverse market.
The centre occupies a quarter of the 40,000 sq ft premises. It houses laboratories for the development of DSM's various nutritional products, including food and beverage products as well as dietary supplements.
These include juice and milk fortified with DHA to help children's brain development, cookies and smoothies with added oat fibre to improve heart health and supplements containing olive polyphenols with beauty benefits.
Working with the World Food Programme, DSM is also developing products targeted at poorer consumers at risk of malnutrition, such as rice with added nutrients.
The new centre also contains a so-called co-creation hub, where DSM will work with its customers to design new products in partnership with the Healthy Marketing Team, a marketing firm.
This will allow DSM to get involved in the supply chain of new products much earlier, said Mr Nuboer, who added that it would free it from the "procurement trap" of simply selling customers ingredients without being involved in product design.


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No less than five different locations
The break imposed in 2021 by the Covid has been accompanied by some changes and the two shows, the MIBS and the Miami Yacht Show, have merged to become a single event, the Discover Boating Miami International Boat Show (DBMIBS).
Now installed on five sites – the Convention Center for boats on land under 15 meters, the Sea Isle Marina and One Herald Plaza for motorboats afloat, Museum Park Miami for sailboats and Island Gardens for yachts – it claims the place of “largest boat show in the world”.
At the end of the five days of exhibition, the organizers announced attendance of over 100,000 visitors and unprecedented commercial success. It must be said that the American market is doing well, very well even.
If, in 2020, despite the months of confinement, the nautical industry in France has managed to hold its own, across the Atlantic, the number of new motor boats from 15 to 30 feet (4.50 to 9m) has increased by more than 20% and the total number of new registrations (sailing and motor combined) approached 300,000 units, to be exact 297,469.
The year 2021 has been a little more complicated for the American boating industry, but the figures remain very high with an estimated number of new boats sold at 279,171 units.
The US boating market faces the same supply chain and understaffing challenges as other global boating industries; in spite of everything and despite inflation of around 7.5% and a fuel price that continues to rise – €1.28 per liter at the Sea Isle Marina – the frenzy and enthusiasm for the boat are still there.
Although the month of February is a little late in the season to announce new products – the majority being unveiled in Fort Lauderdale in November –, the Miami Motor Show remains for some “the place to be”, and for European shipyards the best means of presenting their boats to the American market.
Extremes and excess…
Miami remains Miami with its skewers of outboard motors installed on the transoms and its rows of fishing openers which all look alike. Admittedly, the offshores are less numerous than ten years ago and those present are quieter, but the American excess is still there and so are the extremes!
The proof with the presence at Sea Isle Marina, in the middle of hundreds of engines, of an association in charge of the protection of manatees, these marine mammals very watched in Florida, and the launch by Mercury, the dominant engine manufacturer in Miami, of an electric motor, while its 600 horsepower V12 was undoubtedly the star of this show…
On the engine side
The Miami Motor Show is renowned for its abundance of power, and the American engine manufacturer Mercury is often the initiator. This year again, with its 600 horsepower V12, it presented the largest outboard on the market. But he created a surprise by announcing the launch of a range of electric motors and presenting a first model called Avator®.
Since it acquired Power Products, an electrical giant, in 2018, the Brunswick group intends to become a major player in the electrical sector. The Avator®, such is the name of the concept developed by Mercury, has the shape of a classic outboard and its bonnet even recalls that of the brand’s V6 and V8.
It has a screen on the front showing the level of charge of the battery, which is integrated into the engine and can be removed by lifting the hood. The propeller is composite. Production of these engines will begin in 2022.
Tohatsu MFS 25/30 D
The Miami Motor Show was also an opportunity to see the world premiere of the new 25 and 30 horsepower engines from Japanese engine manufacturer Tohatsu. Designed on the same 500 cc inline three-cylinder block, these two engines, with a weight
weighing respectively 57 and 58 kg, can boast of being the lightest on the market.
Thanks to an optimization of the crankshaft and the intake manifold, the engine manufacturer has indeed managed to reduce the weight of these engines by 19% compared to the old models. The MFS25 and 30 D also benefit from a new tiller equipped with a lever allowing you to choose between four speeds: from 750 to 1,050 rpm, forward, neutral and reverse.
These two blocks can also take advantage of many options, such as a “multifunction” tiller bar which is characterized by a longer arm with a trim button and which has three possible adjustment heights. These engines will be available in France from next September.
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Group worried over fake electrical products in Ghana
The Communications for Development and Advocacy (CDA) Consult has called for a stiffer punishment for dealers in fake electrical products in the country.
It said the country was gradually becoming a haven for the marketing of counterfeit electrical products, with the business thriving on the blind side of law enforcement agencies and regulators.
It has consequently called for urgent measures to intensify the sanitisation of the local market.
The Executive Director of CDA Consult, Mr Francis Ameyibor, made the call yesterday at a stakeholders’ engagement in Accra on the impact of counterfeit electrical products and electronic appliances on the country.
The CDA Consult’s campaign focuses on equipping public officials with basic information to recognise electrical counterfeit items at first sight, ensure that officials take stiffer actions against dealers in counterfeit electrical products, and equipping dealers to distinguish fake products from genuine ones.
Mr Ameyibor stressed that such products were contributing to the rampant fire outbreaks in the country, stressing it was time the dealers were brought to book.
He said the fire outbreaks leading to the loss of lives and property arising from the use of counterfeit electrical products and electronic appliances had prompted the CDA Consult to embark on a campaign across the regional capitals and selected district capitals to increase awareness on counterfeit goods to limit their negative effects on the national economy.
He said the sale and use of counterfeit electrical products and electronic appliances impeded development and created a huge financial loss for investors and the state, adding that most dealers in such products also evaded taxes.
Mr Ameyibor said CDA Consult was liaising with the Ghana National Fire Service, the Ghana Standards Authority, the electrical contractors, end users and the media to build a force against the proliferation of counterfeit electrical products and electronic appliances to “direct taste towards genuine electrical products”.
He, therefore, challenged stakeholders in the electrical product business to take up the fight to weed out counterfeiters from the system to protect the sector.
“The proliferation of counterfeit electrical products and electronic appliances is dangerous not only to human lives but also impedes and dents the image of genuine dealers in the sector,” Mr Ameyibor noted.
Mr Ameyibor said reducing the number of counterfeiters in the market environment would not only create a bigger space for genuine dealers but also save the nation monies that were lost as a result of those fake gadgets.
The CDA Consult’s executive director said in view of the threat posed by counterfeit electrical, productsthe CDA Consult had launched the “Avoid patronage of counterfeit electrical products and electronic appliances campaign” in Ghana.
The CDA Consult, in collaboration with the GSA, has embarked on the campaign to expose stakeholders and users to the danger associated with patronising counterfeit electrical products.
Mr Ameyibor, therefore, called for stakeholders, especially those doing genuine business, to collaborate with the CDA Consult and GSA to tackle the issue in a holistic manner to enable them to remain in business.
Giving an overview of the situation in the country, Mr Ameyibor said although there were no statistics to prove the amount of money the country lost annually due to counterfeiting, its prevalence was high.
“It is, therefore, necessary to come together as a team to create awareness and work together to reduce the impact.
“The public must be aware of the dangers of purchasing counterfeit electrical products by being informed that ‘if you buy counterfeit electrical products, you are buying your own death certificate” he said.
He said other countries had adopted systems to fight this harmful practice resulting in the decision of such perpetrators to relocate to areas where the systems were weak.
He also charged regulators to adopt pragmatic systems to police the market and collborate with dealers to protect the industry.


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Mary’s Medicinals, one of Colorado’s flagship cannabis companies, announced a lawsuit on Wednesday against a competing company’s founding partner.
The lawsuit names Joshua Meacham — a founding partner at RX Green Cannabis — in accusations of harassment, slander, libel, civil conspiracy and a string of other shady business practices, including the intentional interference with prospective business and contractual relations. Specifically, the suit accuses Meacham of using a series of online aliases to file complaints against Mary’s Medicinals, both through the company’s customer service branch, the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement, and with other cannabis companies as well. Investigators were ultimately able to link several such complaints back to an IP address registered to Meacham.
“To me, the most despicable part of all of this is that someone would pose as a patient who truly needed help just to try to harm our business,” said Nicole Smith, CEO and founder of Mary’s Medicinals. “These actions undermine the heart and soul of our industry, and everything we are working so hard to accomplish to further patient rights and their access to clean, consistent cannabis therapeutics. This pettiness harms all of us.”
Neither Meacham nor a representative from RX Green responded to inquiries about the subject.
Editor’s Update 4/2/2016: RX Green has since published a press release acknowledging the suit and announcing that they “plan to aggressively defend ourselves against these claims.”
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LG starts rolling out Jelly Bean update for Optimus Vu II
For now, the Jelly Bean update is limited in availability to those who are residing in Korea. To be more specific, those who got their phones from either SK Telecom or KT can already upgrade their handsets today. Meanwhile, users of the LG Optimus Vu II under LG U+ will have to wait for a while until March, for that’s when they will receive the official software update for their handsets.
The LG Optimus Vu II was first announced last year as a follow-up to the original Optimus Vu. Both phones from LG are notable for the fact that they feature 4:3 displays instead of widescreen ones that are normally used in today’s world of large-screened handsets. This new software update brings the Optimus Vu II up to the same level as some of the mid- to high-end Android phones that got released alongside it near the end of last year.


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Landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions signal an effort to shoot down patent trolls, but one expert says small business could get caught in the crosshairs.Recent Supreme Court decisions dealing with patents have some experts concerned that, rather than clarifying the rules and combating patent trolls, the rulings will instead weaken the rights of patent holders.
1. Powdered drinks case rewrites the patent venue rules
In TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods Group Brands, a venue case, the Supremes limited the ability of patent holders to sue in other states. Kraft sued TC Heartland in its incorporated state of Delaware over drink powder patents; a lower court blocked TC Heartland’s bid to move the case to its home base of Indiana. In May, the Supreme court reversed that decision, finding that the only place a defendant can be subject to a suit is their home court, a place where infringement occurred or where the defendant has a regular and established place of business.
“It actually upsets decades of precedent,” said Rich Sampson, a shareholder at Davis, Malm & D’Agostine. He said the news was welcome to some as it displaces the patent stronghold in the Eastern District of Texas.
Sampson said eastern Texas has seen “big business” in patent infringement suits and is a favored venue for patent trolls. The Heartland decision will shift patent cases to other parts of the country, including medtech clusters in Silicon Valley, Boston, Minnesota and to states where many companies incorporate, which, ironically, includes Delaware.
Although the ruling removes a known haven for patent trolls, Sampson said it doesn’t prevent patent trolling. Patent cases will be redistributed to predictable regions (e.g., Delaware) where many companies are incorporated and which “might” have a more defendant-friendly attitude, but that could be the extent of its effect on trolls.
That points to a more general problem with Supreme Court rulings, Sampson added.
“We should deal with this is a more nuanced manner [with legislation] instead of a blunt instrument,” he said.
Small firms, not patent trolls, could face the biggest obstacles in the aftermath. Larger companies have resources and don’t really have to worry about venue, Sampson explained.
“It might hurt small companies that would like to file suits in their home territories,” he said.
2. Printer ink cartridges and overseas pricing
The second ruling, in Impression Products v. Lexmark International, has greater implications for tech-based industries and will also influence many small businesses on both the manufacturing and consumer side.
China-based Lexmark makes ink cartridges, priced along two different models. In the U.S., it offered a discount incentive for its return program. But outside the U.S., prices were lower than even the discounted U.S. price; Lexmark wanted to prevent cartridges sold overseas from being re-sold in the U.S. and undercutting its own price.
The Supreme Court ruled that a product can’t be sold with fewer rights or a subset of ownership rights. In effect, the high court found, once an entity purchases an ink cartridge, they can do what they want with it.
“If you sell it, you sell it with the full bundle of property rights,” Sampson explained. “It’s going to simplify things for purchasers to a large extent.”
The ruling will make it a little more challenging for small companies that sell overseas at lower prices – a model that many medical device companies adopt to get medtech to patients with less purchasing power.
For the most part, however, medical device goods can be produced for different markets with lesser feature sets. Sampson also noted that medical companies might want to consider licensing as opposed to outright sales.
The upside is that consumers have less complexity to deal with when purchasing from abroad, he added.
“They don’t have to be so concerned about the provenance of what they’re buying and being pulled into an infringement situation,” Sampson said.
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The Delhi High Court has given interim relief to real estate developer Pyramid Infrastructure, which had been fined for profiteering under the goods and services tax (GST), offering hope to other companies that have come under the National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA) scanner.
In a writ petition filed with the court last month, the company had raised questions on the methodology used by the NAA to calculate the fine. It had also claimed that the lack of clarity on Anti-profiteering is a mechanism to ensure that companies pass on the benefits derived from GST to customers. If NAA discovers that this hasn’t been done, it can fine the errant companies.
“The Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed an order passed by the NAA and questioned the methodology to calculate the quantum of anti-profiteering. The court has asked the petitioner to pay the amount that was accepted by the petitioner in the earlier round of litigation before the NAA,” said Abhishek A Rastogi, partner, Khaitan and Co, a counsel of the company. In the past few months many companies have engaged tax experts to find out how they can pass on the benefits of GST to consumers.
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The new Captiva is the second mass production fruits and vegetables after Mitsubishi Lancer Ex in the Thai market that can run on all types of gasoline to E85, a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline.
Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan and Aveo subcompact is the next E85-compatible models.
“We can not confirm at the time that we launch,” said Martin Apfel, president of GM operations in Southeast Asia, GM Thailand and Chevrolet Sales Thailand.
Wanchana Unakul, director of product development, said it took nearly two years of GM to develop and produce the first model Captiva fruits and vegetables, as I had to prepare the procedures of technology, engineering and executio
Mr. Apfel said it was vital for GM to develop and manufacture vehicles that run on alternative fuels, especially E85 vehicles because the fuel is cheap and environmentally friendly. More importantly, he said, the fuel derived from agricultural products that are abundant locally, which income support for farmers to increase. ”
In addition to the E85 vehicles, GM also produces Aveo running compressed natural gas.
Despite the willingness of GM to produce FFV, E85 is only available in 23 PTT and Bangchak stations throughout the country.
GM urged oil companies to expand E85 stations to accommodate the growing number of FFVs.
In addition, he said, PTT delay in its development plan of 100 CNG stations. “We call on PTT to expand markets fuel to meet its plan.” said.
Antonio Zara, vice president of sales, marketing and after sales, said the new Captiva sporting a new look and better performance with a line of 2.4-liter four-cylinder gasoline.
Prices rage from 1198000 to 1580000 baht, and public presentation will take place at Siam Paragon from July 29-31.
Mr. Apfel said GM expects to sell 3,000 units of the new Captiva later this year. Captiva old model was selling for 300 units per month on average.
Chevrolet has set a global sales target this year to between 45,000 and 50,000 units, which would double its market share of between 4.6% and 5% from last year. That the projects total sales of 920,000 cars this year in units, above expectations of many others in the industry.


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How is the Rocky Mountain High state doing with legalized weed? From Nicholas Colas at info.convergex.com:
Legal Marijuana’s Social Impact on Colorado
Summary: Believe it or not, there was no change in the number of marijuana users in Colorado between 2014 and 2015 after legalization of the sale of recreational cannabis went into effect. At least that’s what Colorado’s Retail Marijuana Public Advisory Committee reported in their latest research on the effects of marijuana on public health. They also found that calls to poison centers for exposure to marijuana and emergency room visits continue to fall. The State Department of Public Safety also reported that the number of marijuana arrests nearly halved, down by 46% between 2012 and 2014. Moreover, Colorado has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, and the legal marijuana industry has certainly helped by adding 18,000 new full-time jobs in 2015 according to the Marijuana Policy Group. Perhaps the most significant benefit to the state is tax receipts, as Colorado received $198.5 million in tax revenue last year from marijuana sales of $1.3 billion. Bottom line, retail marijuana legalization has had its fair share of pros and cons in Colorado, but it’s not been nearly as bad as critics had forecast.
Note from Nick: Jessica’s note about the legal pot business get a lot of attention and comments from readers and today she looks at the social impact of legalization on the state of Colorado. With other states – most notably California – voting to legalize marijuana, this will become a national issue in coming years. Read on for the details.
We’ve written several notes about the success of legal recreational marijuana businesses in Colorado over the past few years, but our most frequently asked question is: what are the social costs? Many people have heartbreaking stories about the effects drugs have had on their loved ones and with one in five Americans now living in a state where retail cannabis is legal, it’s important to understand the social side of the business as well.
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FarmBox Foods, a Colorado-based builder of controlled-climate container farms is set to grow trees in a Vertical Hydroponic Farm for CORE Electric Cooperative – a not-for-profit electric distribution cooperative. CORE plans to use the trees to rehabilitate forests within its service area, which covers 5,000 square miles along Colorado’s Front Range.
The Vertical Hydroponic Farm will be housed inside an upcycled, insulated shipping container. Under the terms of the agreement, FarmBox Foods will operate the indoor tree farm at its home base in Sedalia and conduct research on drought resistance, nutrient dosing, lighting and other growing parameters. The trees will then be transferred to hoop houses to allow the root systems to grow out before being planted.
FarmBox Foods began successfully growing tree seedlings and saplings in the controlled-climate container farm in 2021, but the Vertical Hydroponic Farm purchased by CORE is the first to be solely dedicated to tree propagation. In the first three years of the initiative, CORE plans to plant 15,000 blue spruces and ponderosa pines, both native species in Colorado.
“We’re really excited to see the positive impacts that will come from this unique partnership,” said Rusty Walker, CEO of FarmBox Foods. “CORE recognizes its role in helping to maintain healthy forests and I think this is going to be a model for other electric cooperatives going forward.”
The partnership allows CORE to “play its part in keeping its service territory beautiful for generations of future members,” the cooperative said in a statement. To keep powerline corridors safe and free of potential hazards, CORE responsibly removes vegetation. It’s putting a renewed focus on rehabilitating areas that have been damaged by wildfires.
“This first-of-its-kind program exemplifies how CORE is leading the way to a more sustainable future and our mission of innovation,” said Amber King, communications manager for CORE.
CORE Electric, which supplies the energy that powers FarmBox Foods’ operating farms that grow nutritious produce in Sedalia, will work with local partners to identify areas in need of reforestation.


text: The USA and EU negotiated a belts and braces set of temporary protection measures that China was forced to accept as part of the price of joining the WTO in 2001. The China Protocol of Accession provides both a textile/clothing-specific safeguard—available until 2009—and a broader safeguard for all products including textiles and clothing that is available until 2013. In the past few days the US garment industry “has filed requests”:http://www.textileworld.com/News.htm?CD=5&ID=8095 for new ‘special’ textile safeguard quotas against China that are designed to offset the impact of the 1 January elimination of the 30-year-old Multifiber Arrangement quotas. It has further requests in the pipleline including an ‘extension’ of the quotas imposed last year (see below). Under the Protocol terms the US has only to request a consultation with China on the imports in question to trigger an automatic 7.5 per cent growth ceiling in Chinese shipments over the following 12 months. Since U.S. consumers have lifted their purchases of Chinese clothing by 60% or more in the past two years—following the opening of the garment market to China—a 7.5 per cent growth rate dramatically penalizes U.S. consumers. The US garment importers and retailers have strongly condemned the new quota applications, pointing out that the problems of the US garment industry cannot be solved by import protection; they are due to a long-term loss of competitiveness. bq. Calling the government’s action on safeguard petitions “misguided,” Laura E. Jones, executive director the US Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel, said US manufacturers are making a “bogus attempt” to blame others for their failure to compete. She accused textile manufacturers of attacking their own customers and said a better approach would be to create partnerships between the mills and their customers. (“Textile World”:http://www.textileworld.com/News.htm?CD=5&ID=8067) The re-application of the existing quotas is also controversial. In November last year “the US invoked”:http://www.inquit.com/article/116/what-the-textile-quotas-mean the textile-specific safegard for the first time. This allowed it to implement new quantitative restrictions on imports of Chinese garments for one year only “without re-application” (according to the Protocol). Under the terms of Protocol the USA could use this safeguard without testing for actual ‘injury’ and without consulting or compensating China. Now the US textile industry “has applied”:http://www.textileworld.com/News.htm?CD=5&ID=8067 for an “extension” of those quotas, apparently contrary to the ‘without reapplication’ provisions of the Protocol. Since the Chinese Protocol of Accession is not justiciable in the WTO dispute settlement system, the US courts will presumbly be free to determine any dispute about the meaning of the phrase ‘without reapplication’. They might, for example, find that the 2003 quotas can be re-instated on the basis of a new (but identical) application.


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Boohoo has reported a jump in sales despite wider retail doom and gloom
The retailer has reported a 44% jump in sales for the four months to 31 December, compared to the same period in 2017.
Meanwhile its sales in the US soared by 78% while its profit margin rose 1.7% to 54.2%
It has also raised its estimate for sales growth for the financial year which ends 28 February.
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The Americanas’ business practices included late payments and interest charges from the supplier. That’s what Itamar Serpa, president and founder of the cosmetics company Embelleze, says in an interview with UOL Líderes.
What did he say
Americans delayed payments. Itamar Serpa spoke about the difficulties in receiving payments from Americanas. According to him, the retailer delayed payment for products and, when paid, charged interest from the supplier.
Spontaneous posting on TikTok made sales explode. According to Serpa, a spontaneous post on social networks increased sales of the company’s main product, Novex Recarga de Queratina, whose poster girl is socialite Narcisa Tamborindeguy.
strategy of beautify is to focus on sales champions. The businessman said that the company is focused on its products with more sales. The intention is to expand the distribution of these items to conquer other markets. With this, the expectation is to expand sales, even in a difficult year in the economy.
Listen to the full interview on the UOL Leaders podcast. You can also watch the video interview on the UOL YouTube channel. See highlights of the interview below:
We lost money there. They don’t pay, or they pay too late. It’s a contract we signed there many years ago and we didn’t have the strength to deactivate it. In a way, they did us a little bit of damage. Not so much because we had made a payment system that they have, in which we pay a very high interest rate, but we received it.
They paid when they could, and there were times when they simply didn’t pay. It was a mess for us. Then they cheated, extended the titles and then charged us to pay the interest for the extension that they themselves gave. You can’t understand and you can’t explain. This type of action is bad because it creates distrust in the market.
After the interview, UOL questioned Embelleze about how much damage it had with Americanas and whether it filed a lawsuit against the retail giant. The company responded in a note that “it has always had a good commercial relationship with the brand” and that “at this moment it is not valid to mention issues of purchase and sale between the two companies”. He also said that he respects “the contracts and terms established in the history between the two companies” and that he closed a negotiation on April 3 with Americanas for the continuity of the partnership between the two.
The Americanas were asked about the practices reported by the businessman. In a note, the company said that it “has a historic relationship with Embelleze” and that it recently “resumed commercial negotiation with the supplier with the guarantee of up-to-date payments, as provided for in the ongoing judicial recovery process”.
Sales champion went viral on TikTok
Today [o campeão de vendas] is the Novex keratin recharge. It is a keratin-based treatment product. A phenomenon happened to him the year before last that a blogger published that he was very good and went viral. Now Narcissa is doing the communication. We are taking advantage of her style so that the product is better known in other layers of society. We had it last year with Jojo Todynho, but it didn’t give such a result… we had it with Joelma, but it reaches more of the Northeast. So it has to change sometimes, not stay too much in one to reach all these regions.
Embelleze says that in November 2021, a spontaneous video talking about the Novex product was posted on TikTok, and the product went viral. From then on, other consumers began to make spontaneous posts. Thanks to the videos, Novex sales grew by 1,304% between November 2021 and January 2022, says the company. Despite the businessman’s comment about the campaign with Jojo Todynho, Embelleze said in a note that the action “was a successful case on TikTok due to the values of inclusion and female empowerment”.
Strategy in a difficult year
This is not a year of launches, it is a year of consolidating the launches we have made. We are focused on the products that sell the most. If we focus on sales and expand the distribution of items that already sell well, we believe they will sell much more. The perspective is that this year the growth will be smaller. But we want our share, we don’t want to be late. So we changed the strategy precisely to gain space and expand sales in relation to 2022.
Dollar was stable and became a challenge
We used to consider the dollar a stable currency, now it is the dollar that is variable. Today this is a challenge for those who matter. Another is that, with inflation, purchasing power falls. Another key challenge is credit. Much of the company’s profit ends up in the banks. Another challenge is in the area of qualified personnel. You need to professionalize the company, but it gets more and more expensive and you can’t find an employee.
Who is Itamar Serpa?
- Age: 81 years old
- Birthplace: Vitória (ES)
- Current position: Founder and President of Embelleze
- Highlights in career: He worked at Bayer before founding Embelleze. Prior to that, he worked as an office boy, bus conductor and teacher.
- Training: Chemical Engineering from UFRJ
How is Embelleze
- Employees: 10 thousand direct and indirect employees
- 2020: BRL 614 million
- 2022: BRL 400 million
- 2023 (estimate): BRL 500 million
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Google Fit, Google's Digital Health Platform, is ComingGoogle Fit, Google's Digital Health Platform, is Coming
Google is expected to announce its digital health platform, Google Fit, later this month.
June 16, 2014
Apple and Samsung aren't the only one's making big announcements in digital health this year. According to a Forbes exclusive, Google is set to announce its own platform for aggregating mhealth data from smartphones, wearables, and other devices. If Google Fit sounds remarkably similar to Apple's HealthKit you're right. While Google says it has been working on Google Fit for some time, the platform is clearly targeting the same functionality. There is no word yet whether Google Fit will be standalone or function as part of Google's Android operating system much in the same way that HealthKit will be built into the new iOS. According to Forbes Google Fit will be able to collect health data from different wearables and interface with Google's cloud-based services to form a “Google Fit ecosystem.”
With Apple announcing big partnerships with the likes of Nike and the Mayo Clinic it will be interesting to see if Google has some partnerships of its own brewing with any device makers or consumer electronics companies. Samsung recently announced it will be partnering with companies through its SAMI platform to develop modular, open source wearable devices.
Though Samsung seems interested in developing its own software through its digital health initiative, analysts would be remise to forget that Samsung smartphones operate on Google's Android OS. It's pure speculation but it's easy to imagine Samsung and Google joining forces given both companies' vested interest in beating Apple on several fronts, including digital health. Google also has a unique hardware platform of its own in Google Glass,which as still yet to display a killer app for digital health.
By year's end we may be calling Apple, Samsung, and Google the Big Three of digital health.
Google is expected to unveil Google Fit at the Google I/O Conference on June 25.
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With dirt flying and shovels hitting the White House South Lawn today, first ladies Melania Trump and Brigitte Macron were in good company as they stepped aside and let their men do the hard work — it was not an occasion for breaking a sweat in high heels.
President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron participated in a tree planting ceremony today as part of an official state visit and dinner celebrating 250 years of U.S.-French relations.
Joining the leaders were their stylish wives who stood behind them. Melania looked elegant in a little black dress teamed with a matching tuxedo cape. The skirt hem cut around the mid-thigh area, showing the flattering leg line in Christian Louboutin’s So Kate pumps. The shoes feature a pointy profile, and a low-cut topline and vamp on a 4.7-inch stiletto heel.
Meanwhile Brigitte had on a cream-colored coat over a matching dress and a pair of Louis Vuitton pumps. The French fashion house’s Eyeliner pumps feature a gold accessory, and a patent leather upper on a straight 4-inch stiletto heel. The shoes retail for $815.
“After months of preparations, President @realdonaldtrump and I are looking forward to hosting our first State Dinner with France! Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to make this visit a success,” Melania shared on Instagram earlier in the day.
The group took a helicopter ride tour of the city and will have dinner together.
Yesterday Melania shared a behind the scenes video with her team “checking on the final details of our first State Dinner with France.”
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(SAN FRANCISCO) -- Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have finally decided that a $65 million payout from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is good enough for them.
The brothers, who were briefly business partners with Zuckerberg when they all attended Harvard University, have dropped any further appeals of the 2008 settlement.
Before then, the “Winklevii,” as they became to be known, and fellow business partner Divya Narendra had sued Zuckerberg, claiming he had stolen their idea for a social network for Harvard students. Zuckerberg created Facebook in 2004 while the plaintiffs devised a site called ConnecU.
In a filing Wednesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, the Winklevoss twins and Narendra said they wouldn’t appeal the settlement to the U.S. Supreme Court without explaining why they gave up their legal battle.
The settlement breaks down to $20 million in cash and $45 million in stock, although the shares are now believed to be valued at well over $100 million and could grow substantially when Facebook goes public next year. The company is estimated to be worth $70 billion.
Much of the brothers’ legal battle with Zuckerberg was depicted in the movie, The Social Network, a semi-fictionalized account of the Facebook saga.
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It will probably come as no surprise to Diary readers that new media fashions are following the flood of dot-coms across the Atlantic. Many UK office workers are now used to the privilege of early finishes on Friday afternoon – a trend that started in the Internet capital of the world, Seattle.
But clothing giant Ted Baker is taking the techie invasion a step further, teaming up with Hewlett-Packard and Internet agency Blueberry.Net to launch a “dress-down” fashion collection online.
At www.tedsthebusiness.co.uk, you can even take a 360-degree look at Ted Baker’s “office casual underwear”.
Talking of the bottom line, media types don’t need to be told how to dress like students, surely?


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Malaysia’s chicken ban: S'pore F&B outlets, importers and markets brace for ‘traumatic’ disruption, price increases
The Poultry Merchants' Association said on Tuesday (May 24) that prices of fresh chicken are set to rise in the coming days as poultry importers rush to slaughter more chicken to freeze the meat and stockpile ahead of Malaysia's June 1 export ban.
The curb is going to affect eateries selling cooked food where chicken is the main dish, stalls at wet markets selling chicken as well as stocks at supermarkets.
Mr Ma Chin Chew, secretary for the Poultry Merchants' Association, said that as importers look to increase their chicken meat stockpiles, the price of live chicken for slaughter will go up with increased demand.
Besides that, some Malaysian chicken farms largely cater to suppliers in Singapore and may rely on higher prices in the coming days to keep themselves afloat, Mr Ma added.
He also described Malaysia’s decision as “traumatic” for importers such as himself, for he is the director of Hup Heng Poultry Industries, which sells frozen and fresh chicken meat.


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Apple today unveiled its official news app for iPhone and IPad at its developer’s conference, The app will be available with iOS 9 from September this year.
Powered by powered by the new custom-designed Apple News Format, the News app will present more than million topics based on user interest.
The readers can easily share the news stories and save for later.
Apple News Format enables the publishers to create beautiful layouts. Thanks to Apple News Content, they can add different types of content including text, photos, galleries, and video, audio, maps, galleries, and animation.
“News seamlessly delivers the articles you want to read in a beautiful and uncluttered format while respecting your privacy because Apple doesn’t share your personal data,” Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services,” said.
He said 20 publishers representing more than 50 titles have already joined Apple’s news app, including, CNN, Bloomberg, Condé Nast, Time Inc, The New York Times, Hearst and ESPN.
The app will collect the stories from around the world and make them appear in “For YoU” newsfeed.
Publishers Like CNN, Bloomberg, New York Times and ESPN have already joined Apple’s news app
Readers will see publisher channels as well as the topics they are following while “Explore” makes suggestions based on what the user already read.
News conveniently collects all the stories you want to read in one place, in a customized newsfeed called For You.
. When publishers create their stories for News, content comes alive with custom fonts and intuitive Multi-Touch gestures. Apple News Format automatically customizes the layout for each screen size, so News content looks great on both iPhone and iPad.
Readers can see the publisher channels and topics they’re following in Favorites, and to discover new content, Explore makes great suggestions based on what you’ve already read. The more you read, the more personalized the News app becomes, refining the selection of stories delivered to your iPhone or iPad.
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, the Mac, and Apple Watch. Apple’s three software platforms — iOS, OS X and watchOS — provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay and iCloud.


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The European Union (EU) is years away from implementing a consistent framework for cryptocurrency regulation, according to a new report by the SWIFT Institute.
The report notes the lack of convincing arguments to include virtual currencies under the EU’s current legal frameworks, set by the revised Directive on Payment Services (PSD2) and the fourth European anti-money laundering directive (AMLD4).
The PSD2, adopted in the EU in October this year, consists of a new set of consumer payment protection rules, which seek to promote the development and use of innovative online and mobile payments.
Meanwhile, the AMLD4 has been produced in line with recommendations issued by Financial Action Task Force (FAFT) in 2012 to enhance the EU’s AML (Anti Money Laundering) and CTF (Counter-Terrorist Financing) laws.
” … recent legislative procedures – such as those for the AMLD4 and PSD2 – have not paid sufficient attention to this development, thus leaving virtual currencies largely untouched. While the AMLD4 could be construed to extend to virtual currencies, the precise degree to which will succeed in deterring their abuse for money laundering and terrorist financing purposes remains to be seen.”
“Third, future legislation – such as the potential EMD3 – remains a development to be watched closely,” notes the report, adding:
“However, in order for a potential new legislative framework regarding e-money to extend to virtual currencies, a more fundamental reconfiguration of the very notion of e-money is needed.”
With multipurpose prepaid cards having lost the field and network-based money services coming closer and closer to being payment services, the original purposes of the e-money framework are quickly losing their relevance, it argues.
“A reorientation toward virtual currencies could then bring new life to this notion, and extend the legal framework to include recent developments such as cryptocurrencies,” says the report.
The SWIFT Institute, which was set up by SWIFT to fund independent research, has separately embarked on research campaigns aimed at bitcoin and blockchain technology, launching a grantin July of last year.
The new working paper aims to offer recommendations for financial practitioners and regulators,according to the organization.
The report then looks at the way in which virtual currency regulation has been approached by stakeholders in the US.
“[In the US], financial regulators have already undertaken efforts at bringing certain virtual currency service providers – mainly the virtual currency exchanges – under the existing legal frameworks regarding money services business,” explains the report.
Although these attempts first started at the federal level, the report notes, they are now finding their way to the state-level in New York – which introduced the BitLicense – and California.
Further, the report notes that there is an opportunity for international cooperation to regulate cryptocurrencies:
“The regulatory approach followed in the US shows a number of clear similarities to the EU’s own legal framework on payment services. It could therefore be envisioned that an overhaul of the e-money framework would eventually lead to a similar legal regime for virtual currencies as what is currently proposed in the US.”
“This approach could also hold potential for other countries that are still struggling to grasp this matter, as can be seen in the Asian markets. Moreover, given then inherent international scope of virtual currencies, a more unified stance on this matter would serve to support international cooperation,” it continues, concluding:
“Stronger international cooperation can be held to be imperative in order to successfully impose and enforce AML and CFT [Counter Terrorism Financing] rules for virtual currencies.”
For more information, read the full report below:
SIWP No 2015 001 AML Risks of the Third Party Payment Providers FINAL
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Magoven Creative Studio, a full-service digital marketing agency, is pleased to announce the launch of its SEO services in London. Magoven has the knowledge and expertise to help businesses achieve desired results through organic search engine optimization.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa—(ReleaseWire)—July 1, 2022—Magoven Creative Studio, a leading digital marketing agency headquartered in South Africa, has announced the launch of its SEO services in London. The company hopes to help London businesses improve their online presence and rankings through their SEO services.
Companies in London, UK can grow and expand their influence both locally and globally without running out of monthly marketing budgets. Magoven’s Serach Engine Optimizarion service helps businesses improve their website’s ranking on search engines like Google and Bing, driving more organic traffic to their site.
“We are very excited to launch our SEO services in London. We have a lot of experience in the online marketing industry and are confident we can help London businesses achieve their desired results through our affordable SEO packages. – said Amu Mkansi, Director of Marketing, Magoven Creative Studio.
SEO services provided by Magoven include keyword research, on-page optimization, link building, and content marketing. These services are designed to help a company increase his website traffic, leads and sales. In addition, Magoven also offers other digital marketing services such as social media marketing, click advertising and email marketing. Magoven’s team is experienced in all aspects of seo and works closely with each client.
The company also helps businesses optimize their websites for local searches, optimize their websites for search engines, and create keyword-rich content.
Magoven Creative Studio believes its SEO services will help London businesses grow their online presence and reach new customers. The launch of his SEO service in London is part of the company’s expansion plans, and it is hoped that the SEO service will help the company grow its client base in London.
Magoven Creative Studio has extensive experience helping companies in Mozambique and Australia improve their online rankings.
Magoven Creative Studio is a leading digital marketing agency and has worked with some of the world’s biggest brands. The company has a team of seo experts who are passionate about helping businesses improve their online presence.
If you are a London business looking for SEO services, contact Magoven Creative Studio today. The company helps improve online rankings and increase traffic to websites.
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Policy and politics publisher The Hill has tapped Richard Beckman to become its first president.
Beckman previously served as CEO of Prometheus Global Media when James Finkelstein, chairman of The Hill's parent company Capitol Hill Publishing Corp, was an owner and chairman.
Finkelstein stated: “The Hill has huge expansion plans in the works across many areas, especially video." He called Beckman the "right person to help create and execute these initiatives.”
Beckman added: “Politics is fast becoming the most important passion point in American culture."
Earlier this month, The Hill named John Solomon EVP of digital video. Solomon was previously COO for Circa, the Sinclair Broadcast digital venture that targeted millennials on mobile devices.
The Hill's goal is to hire 20 people in the next four months to strengthen its push into video.
According to comScore, The Hill outranked competitors Politico, Bloomberg Politics, Axios and Roll Call in unique visitors for five months straight.
Beckman was mostly recently CRO at Group Nine. He previously served as Vice Media’s first CRO and CEO of branded entertainment company Three Lions Entertainment.
Before that, he spent 24 years at Condé Nast in various executive positions, including president of Condé Nast Media Group.


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Home a 'Troubled Category' at Stein Mart
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Linens was one of Stein Mart's "greater challenges" during the fourth quarter and all of last year as its home division "languished" and the mid-tier department store tried to recoup this segment of its business.
For fiscal year 2006, Stein Mart reported net income of $37.1 million, down 27.1% from earnings of $50.9 million in the prior year. Sales of $1.5 billion were up 1.3%, while comp sales were down 1.2%. In the 14-week fourth quarter, earnings were flat at $21.0 million, while sales rose 7.9% to $461.0 million; comps rose 0.9%.
Over the past year, the company made many merchandise changes to its home department, moving away from utility and more toward fashion, home décor and entertaining.
"We are pleased with most of the decorative home and gift parts of that division," he said. "We are still trying to re-engineer the tabletop area and we are re-introducing some categories of gift-able merchandise and stationery," which were significant components of home before the department was overhauled early last year.
A bright spot of home has been Nina by Nina Campbell, with the recent launch described by Moll as "very good." The retailer dedicated six pages to the line in its direct mail piece in February. "We've expanded some categories and are pleased with the quality, price value relationship and where volume is taking place," Moll added.
Home makes up about 14% of Stein Mart's total sales, said Michael Fisher, president and ceo.
When asked by an analyst about the possibility of reducing the home department's square footage — similar to what Stein Mart did last year when it downtrended its lagging children's business — Fisher said home continues to be "important to the whole offering we give our customer.
"She still values those families of business in our assortments," Fisher said. "So to make any significant reductions we don't think would be prudent."
He said while home is a "troubled category," it has been that way for other retailers, as well, and the plan going forward is to "continue to rework our assortments and find a sweet spot. And we've made some progress. Last year we had substantial improvements in home decor and home furnishings areas and we still have work to do in tabletop. We're adding some new categories in that family of business and we're looking at every part of our home textiles business."
On the real estate front, Stein Mart expects to enter several new markets, potentially as soon as this fall and next spring, but Fisher said it is too early to make announcements about specific sites.
Additional stores will open in Florida, California, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Texas as well as some in the Northeast and the New Jersey market.
"We have nine leases for fall that are signed or in the final process of being signed, and another 13 stores at some level of negotiations for fall openings," he added.
Also for this fall, Stein Mart will unveil a new branding message. It recently retained a new advertising agency — DeVito/Verdi — to conduct customer research and develop new creative ads.
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An underground economy where professional-grade crimeware and stolen data is exchanged in forums and auction-style websites has turned into a commercialized and extremely lucrative undertaking, the latest Symantec Internet Threat Report shows.
The report, which was released today and provides a six-month overview of the internet threat landscape, from January to June, concludes that not only are cybercriminals becoming increasingly profit motivated, but some have decided to scrap spearheading attacks all together to instead concentrate on selling malware creations.
"Today, we're seeing a market of professional quality software from individuals who are solely in the business of writing the software and selling it," Oliver Friedrichs, director of emerging technologies for Symantec Security Response, told SCMagazineUS.com.
The first widespread example of this shift in money-making tactics came earlier this year when researchers noticed the MPack toolkit, a combination of exploits, being sold in the black market for around $1,000.
Credit card numbers, or dumps, make up the most widely advertised merchandise in the underground economy, accounting for 22 percent of all items, the report says. Numbers go for as little as 50 cents, Friedrichs said.
"It's really representative of the volume of data that's available," he said. "The number of data breaches affecting organizations continues to remain high."
The report also notes a trend among attackers to use well-known and trusted websites, such as social networking sites, to infect users through vectors such as malicious banner advertisements. Many users fall for these threats because they think they are surfing in a safe community, Friedrichs said.
Meanwhile, the number of malicious code variants jumped to 212,000 in the first six months of this year, up from 74,000 in the last six months of 2006, the report reveals.
"Attackers are increasingly trying to evade security technologies by creating more variants," he said, adding that hackers are still taking advantage of web browser and plug-in vulnerabilities, such as ActiveX and QuickTime flaws.
Another interesting new threat involves targeting the user credentials for persistent virtual worlds (PVWs), such as Second Life, and massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs), such as World of Warcraft and Lineage. These games allow players to conduct real money transactions to buy and sell game assets.
"We see more and more threats targeting online gaming accounts," Friedrichs said. "If I can gain access to your account, I can steal your online possessions and then go sell those in the real world. It's an economy that's growing at a fairly rapid pace."


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Businessweek has a story on Diebold’s virtual executive suite but the collaboration, telepresence and communication technology described below is becoming mainstream in most companies around the world.
Casey is the guy because since 1996 he’s been facilitating hardware manufacturing for companies large and small in China, the world’s largest manufacturer of (and market for) electronics. The simplest way to explain PCH (named for California’s Pacific Coast Highway) is that it offers “end-to-end” services: from design to engineering, manufacturing to packaging, fulfillment to retail distribution. If you gave PCH a sketch on a napkin, the company could turn it into a product on a shelf—as it actually did recently with Drop, a connected kitchen scale. “Some people expect a ‘China button,’ ” Casey says. “But they’re looking for an end-to-end button.”
Makers of semiconductors spend upward of $5 billion to build and operate fabrication plants—known as “fabs”—that run 24 hours a day so they can recoup their investment before the equipment becomes obsolete in five years or so. Rows of pristine machines sit in windowless cleanrooms, which are almost as free of humans as they are of dust. Intel and Texas Instruments have spent decades perfecting this almost sci-fi form of manufacturing. Now they want to show the rest of the world how it’s done.
The chipmakers have set their sights on what researcher IHS estimates is a $185 billion global market for gear to automate industrial production. To capture a portion of that spending, they’re prodding companies to bring the Internet of Things—a term that describes a world in which physical objects are embedded with electronics and talk to each other—into factories. “It’s moving beyond hype and into engineers rolling up their sleeves,” says Doug Davis, senior vice president of the IoT division at Intel, which had more than $2 billion in sales last year. “The economic value and impact are unquestioned.”
ProGlove, developed by Workaround, is an “intelligent” glove that uses chips to power a simple display on the wrist. If the person wearing the glove completes an assembly task correctly, a large green check mark appears.
For Fortune’s first “Change the World” list, we’ve found 51 companies that have made a sizable impact on major global social or environmental problems as part of their competitive strategy. This list is not meant to be a ranking of the overall “goodness” of companies or of their “social responsibility.” Big corporations are complex operations that affect the world in myriad ways. The goal here is simply to shine a spotlight on instances where companies are doing good as part of their profit-making strategy, and to shed new light on the power of capitalism to improve the human condition.
To assemble our list, the editors of Fortune and FSG, a nonprofit social-impact consulting firm, reached out to dozens of business, academic, and nonprofit experts around the world, asking for their recommendations. Fortune and a joint team from FSG and the Shared Value Initiative then vetted more than 200 nominees. In our evaluation, we considered four criteria: the degree of business innovation involved, the measurable impact at scale on an important social challenge, the contribution of the shared-value activities to the company’s profitability and competitive advantage, and the significance of the shared value effort to the overall business.
Perhaps a few years ago, the concept of intermingling molecular gastronomy with Indian food seemed implausible. Anand and Kalra can be credited for changing this scenario. Much of this science revolves around altering textures and presenting recognisable flavours in unique presentations, and that’s precisely what’s attempted with progressive Indian cuisine as well. For instance, Gaggan’s take on the classic frozen Indian dessert kulfi is nitro-flambeed reduced milk with sun-dried figs, served with freeze-dried figs. A meal at Masala Library will also alter your perception on how palate cleansers can successfully be adapted into Indian flavours. The mishti doi sorbet is the smoothened flash-frozen version of the Bengali yogurt presented with strawberry coulis and served in between courses. Most dishes on their menus are crafted through molecular techniques such as powdered foods and foams.
By adding sophisticated electronics, what was once a fashion statement can now be “a motion-reactive, technology-oriented dress,” said Ben Horvat, CEO of Diffractive Design and an artist himself.
For instance, Diffractive Design’s white “Luminance” dress appears to glow from the inside out. "Our goal for the white dress, was to kind of create something that looked uplifting, or kinda created this aura of light,“ said Horvat.
Horvat and his team have also crafted a black dress—called the "Pulse"—coated in lights that seem to move up and down the wearer’s body.
"As the person moves…based on body motion, [the technology] sends undulating waves of light up and down the body,” he said.
Tired of the bragging it hears from the IT vendors, NASA is using its rockets to launch colored clouds.
“Rocket launches are spectacular, “wow” events that most of us don’t get to see with our own eyes. But between 7 and 9 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 7, residents in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States may get a glimpse of NASA”s next suborbital launch from the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Approximately six minutes after launch, the sounding rocket will deploy four sub-payloads containing mixtures of barium and strontium will be released, creating a cloud that is blue-green and red in color.
Residents from Long Island, New York, 235 miles north of the launch site, to Morehead City, North Carolina, 232 miles south, 165 miles west in Charlottesville, Virginia -- and everyone in between -- could get a glimpse of the colorful evening launch.”
At a party in Los Angeles in May, Patrón launched a virtual tour of the hacienda in Mexico where its agave is distilled. Birchbox announced that this month its men’s subscription box will include a virtual-reality viewer and app allowing its subscribers to surf or fly a helicopter. And at North Face stores, you can see virtual video of dudes climbing a rock face in the company’s gear. James Blaha, a game developer with severe lazy eye–a condition that affects about 2% to 3% of the world’s population–has used virtual reality to basically cure the disease in 30-minute sessions over three to four weeks; he’s sold 1,000 copies of the system to optometrists already. And Hollywood is putting nearly as much money as Silicon Valley into the concept.
Nearly every week, there’s a virtual-reality convention. Standing in line with 1,500 other people for the sold-out Virtual Reality Los Angeles spring expo in March to visit the booths of more than 50 companies, I am asked to sign a contract. It is not, like other tech releases, about me not telling anyone about anything I saw or thought I might have seen here. Instead, it says, “I am aware that some people experience nausea, disorientation, motion sickness, general discomfort, headaches or other health issues when experiencing virtual reality.
Google’s new logo uses a custom, geometric sans-serif typeface called Product Sans
Not to be outdone, so does Facebook. The first logo was created in 2005 when the company was just getting started and it used a Klavika typeface. The new logo is a custom typeface that was created by the in-house design team and Eric Olson from Process Type Foundry.
“Warm and contemporary, Bookerly is inspired by the artistry of the best fonts in modern print books, but is hand-crafted for great readability at any size. It introduces a lighter, more graceful look and outperforms other digital reading fonts to help you read faster with less eyestrain.”
Of course, Apple had to also introduce its own new font, San Francisco
But Tesla’s real competition may not be the mighty German carmakers or the Americans 2,000 miles away in Detroit.
It could just as well be near neighbours — Google, Apple and Uber, which are already engaged in a war for the best automotive talent. The car industry is hurtling towards new, uncertain fields of competing fuel sources, autonomous technologies and business models. And the tech giants want in. The result is likely to be a war of competing technologies as the new entrants fight to supplant the internal combustion engine.


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Natasha Aziz (pictured), former head of integrated brand experiences at Entropia Blanc, has joined IKEA Southeast Asia as the shopping centre marketing manager. IKEA's spokesperson confirmed the appointment to A+M , adding that Aziz has joined the regional shopping centre team and reports to Andrew Yeoh, head of shopping centre marketing.
In addition to being the owner of home furnishing stores in the region, IKEA Southeast Asia also develops, owns and operates shopping centres anchored by the company. In the region, the portfolio includes IPC and MyTOWN Shopping Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Megabangna in Bangkok and the soon-to-be-opened Toppen Shopping Centre in Johor Bahru.
“We are thrilled to have Aziz on board. She not only brings broad experience to our team, she is an excellent fit for our unique culture and values at IKEA Southeast Asia,” Yeoh said.
Aziz joined Entropia earlier this year and prior to that, was the head of account management at FCB Malaysia for more than five years. She also previously had stints with OgilvyAction, Jones Knowles Ritchie and Pi global. In these roles she handled clients such as Unilever, Mondelez, Beiersdorf and many others.
Separately, the marketing team responsible for advertising and external communication for the IKEA home furnishing business, also called for a creative pitch last month, with incumbent BBH Singapore also invited to participate . BBH Singapore has been the lead agency on the account for the past six years, responsible for running IKEA’s full suite of integrated communications in Singapore and Malaysia, and more recently in Thailand.
Meanwhile in March this year, the company also launched its eighth IKEA store in Batu Kawan to serve more than 6.6 million people in Malaysia's northern region. To drum up publicity for its new store in Penang, IKEA unveiled a quirky campaign , developed by BBH Singapore, celebrating the city’s culture through the use of light-hearted Hokkien wordplay.


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European markets were cautious on Tuesday as the dust settled on last week’s rally and concerns over a trade war tempered gains.
The Stoxx 600
The FTSE 100 lost ground to trade 0.1% up after U.K. employment data was as expected.
What’s moving the markets?
The dust has settled on last week’s dovish comments from several members of the Fed as European stocks returned to quiet trading on Tuesday.
German economic sentiment data came in lower than expected for July as struggling industrial orders and global trade tensions ramped up pessimism.
Speaking to MarketWatch, CMC Markets analyst David Madden said: “The bullish move that some equity markets enjoyed thanks to the slight improvement in US-China trade talks, and the chatter about the Federal Reserve lowering rates, has run out of steam, and some traders are taking a breather.”
The trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies continues to hold the attention of markets, with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin suggesting he could travel to Beijing this week if phone calls progress well.
Donald Trump dampened hopes of a resolution on Monday, highlighting the U.S. was receiving billions of dollars in tariffs from China with “possibly much more to come.”
Which stocks are active?
Irn-Bru maker AG Barr
U.K. fashion brand Burberry
Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor


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When Alexa Chung, the 33-year-old model, television host, design collaborator and girl-about-London, announced last summer that she would introduce a fashion line this spring, she refused to reveal the name of her backer. In fact, she told news outlets that she had been explicitly instructed not to do so.
But in fashion, nothing stays secret for long.
The man behind the brand is Peter Dubens, 50, the co-founder and managing partner of Oakley Capital Private Equity, a midmarket company based in London that oversees assets of more than $1.7 billion.
He is considered one of Britain’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, and has his hand in such buzzy properties as KX gym in Sloane Square, where Madonna and Daniel Craig are rumored to be clients, and the members-only Mark’s Club in Mayfair. But he is rarely mentioned by the media. In fact, he claims to employ a public relations firm to get him out of interviews.
In photographs, he almost invariably appears in a white or blue button-down shirt and suit jacket, round-faced and round-bellied, with a thick head of dark, graying hair. Friends and associates describe him as “a big character” and “a family man” who is “obsessed with his boat,” “always on a diet” and “mad about tennis.” He is not, in other words, your typical fashion investor.
So how did a man more known for telecommunications than style trends end up backing the namesake label of one of Britain’s most pace-setting women?
Mr. Dubens is evasive about his background when reached by phone, offering, when pressed, that he grew up in the London neighborhood of Chelsea, where he still lives, and that he attended a “Jewish school.” (The Jewish Free School in north London, it turns out.)
Mr. Dubens skipped college, instead taking a job driving a British billionaire, Joseph C. Lewis, around London and the Bahamas, and then, “with no experience at all,” going into business with Jonathan Sieff, a Marks & Spencer’s heir, selling novelty T-shirts that changed color when exposed to heat. Five years later, when Mr. Dubens was just 25, they sold the company for 8 million pounds (nearly $10 million at current exchange rates) to Coats Viyella, the clothing, furnishing and threads group.
A string of successes followed, spanning online gambling (he took in £7.5 million on the sale of 365 Media in 2006) to telecoms (Oakley Capital was involved in Pipex Communications, which sold for £330 million in 2007).
“As you can tell from my background, I’m a bit unorthodox, and I’m passionate about backing young and new entrepreneurs,” he said, noting that the draw was not about investing in “luxury or glamorous brands.”
Still, in addition to Ms. Chung’s fledging business, he has invested personally and through his venture capital fund, Pembroke VCT, in Bella Freud’s fashion label, known for its graphic cashmere sweaters as well as the genealogy of its founder (she is the daughter of the artist Lucian Freud and great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud).
The hidden link tying Mr. Dubens, Ms. Freud and Ms. Chung? That would be Laura Bailey, a model and British Vogue contributor.
While vacationing in St.-Tropez several years ago, Mr. Dubens met Ms. Bailey and they developed what she describes as a “formalized friendship”; she introduced him first to Ms. Freud and later to Ms. Chung. “He’s got a very big feel for talent and marketing and potential,” she said, adding that he gives the designers “real freedom” in letting them run their businesses. “That’s a plus. I think the danger in these kinds of relationships is too many cooks.”
Ms. Freud said: “He’s not one of those vanity people who want to be the big cheese. He is a big cheese, but he just seems to have quite a lot of fun sailing his yacht around and stuff.
“A lot of those kind of people who are money people, they are quite controlling and bullying,” she continued. “He doesn’t say, ‘Flares are coming back in, why don’t you do those?’ ”
Edwin Bodson, the head of atelier at Haider Ackermann, who moved to London to become managing director of Alexa Chung in April, said: “What I have learned from Peter is that time has to be treated with discipline. No real problem needs more than 15 minutes of attention if it is well analyzed.”
This May, Ms. Chung’s first collection will arrive at stores, including Bergdorf Goodman in New York and MatchesFashion in London. It will be priced according to what Mr. Bodson described as the “high contemporary” category, from $100 to $120 for a T-shirt, and $800 to $1,500 for a sequined dress or jacket.
The pieces will be, he said, “close to what people expect” — that is, garments in line with Ms. Chung’s signature style. So anticipate a tea dress or two, some constructed jackets and a helping of skinny denim. To coincide with the introduction, Ms. Chung will host an event that Mr. Bodson described as a kind of fashion show, but not restricted to industry members and media.
Before other young fashion designers get too excited, however, Mr. Dubens said he had no plans to invest in more apparel brands. “I don’t personally make investments in smaller companies any more,” he said. “Alexa is my last one.”


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MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Investment tycoon Warren Buffet may be ready to ditch his stake in Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), he said during a CNBC interview.
J&J has "obviously has messed up in a lot of ways in the last few years," the chairman & CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) said, referring to a slew of company recalls covering a range of products from hip implants to baby lotion.
Buffet owns about 31.4 million shares, representing 1.2% of Johnson & Johnson, Reuters reported. J&J has been among Berkshire Hathaway’s biggest investments since 2006.
The health care giant announced this month that long-time CEO William Weldon would pass the torch to Alex Gorsky on April 26, the day of the company’s annual meeting with shareholders.
JNJ shares were down 19 cents to $64.28 as of about 10:30 a.m. this morning.
Device makers gain traction on capitol hill
Consumer groups worry as medical device makers dominate discussions about regulation and the role the FDA plays in the industry, the StarTribune reported.
Dirty tools pose a growing treat in the operating room
Medical staff and government officials investigating the outbreak at Houston’s Methodist Hospital say the surgical tools responsible for spreading the infection were cleaned according to instructions given by Stryker (NYSE:SYK), the Center for Public Integrity reported.
IBM’s Watson lacks the human touch
IBM’s Jeopardy-winning supercomputer makes a great assistant at the doctor’s office, speeding through vast amounts of data to provide real-time diagnoses and treatments suggestions in seconds, but it’s not about to replace any flesh-and-blood physicians, MedPageToday reported.


text: Taxi financing company and restaurant operator Winton Holdings is seeking to dispose of its entire restaurant business within the next six months, having already sold two Mongkok restaurants in late January. The sale is in compliance with Hong Kong Monetary Authority rules after finance company JCG Holdings took over Winton last year. Winton chief executive officer Bernard Ong Hong-hoon said the company was negotiating with several parties to sell its 50 per cent stakes in five restaurants jointly operated with property developer Hang Lung Group. He refused to comment on whether Hang Lung Group was interested in acquiring the businesses from Winton. 'We are exploring all possibilities to dispose of the restaurants,' he said. Mr Ong said Winton had prepared for severance payments to be paid to staff - estimated at about $30 million. 'There is a provision for severance pay but the impact will be minimal,' he said. After the restructuring, Winton will strengthen its taxi financing business, which accounts for 60 per cent of total turnover. Winton chief financial officer Tam Sin-kei said the outlook for taxi financing was optimistic with licences increasing in value from $1 million to more than $3 million in the past four years.


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ATHENS, Greece (AP) _ Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (SBLK) on Wednesday reported earnings of $5.8 million in its third quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Athens, Greece-based company said it had profit of 6 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 18 cents per share.
The shipping company posted revenue of $248.4 million in the period.
Star Bulk Carriers shares have risen 10% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, shares hit $10.05, a climb of 23% in the last 12 months.


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Huawei's auto business reboundsHuawei's auto business rebounds
The Wenjie M5, the first model to be equipped with Huawei's Harmony OS, is reportedly the fastest to reach 10,000 units sold in China.
June 14, 2022
After a disastrous start, Huawei's nascent car business is rebounding, with strong sales of its latest model and a series of new OEM deals.
The Wenjie M5, jointly produced by Huawei and small carmaker Chongqing Sokon, sold 11,000 units in the first 87 days, including nearly half in May, local media have reported.
That's already more than the initial vehicle, the Seres SF5, sold in seven months (see Huawei takes the wheel in auto partnership after first car flops).
Figure 1: Huawei has also just struck smart car deals with Chery Automobile, Jianghuai Automobile and Jihu Automobile.
(Source: Sipa US/Alamy Stock Photo)
The M5, the first model to be equipped with Huawei's Harmony OS, is reportedly the fastest to reach 10,000 units sold in China.
Priced in the 259,800-331,800 yuan (US$38,600-$49,300) range, it's being sold primarily through Huawei's stores, reducing the marketing cost for both companies.
Sales in Huawei's home city, Shenzhen, have been boosted by a government subsidy of up to 50,000 yuan for each car equipped with Harmony OS.
With two other partners, Beijing-based BAIC and Changan, Huawei has released further new models, the Extreme Fox Alpha S and the Avita 11 respectively. A follow-up to the M5, the M7, is due to be released some time this month.
New smart car deals
Huawei has also just struck smart car deals with Chery Automobile, Jianghuai Automobile and Jihu Automobile.
The tech giant's renewed activity in the auto sector has sparked plenty of discussion about just how deep it will go into the business.
As one observer said, it is hard to believe that a company that promises never to build cars has managed to issue so many models so quickly.
Analysts have also noted that its partners are mostly smaller companies. The big players, such as Dongfeng and SAIC Motor, are far too wary of Huawei to include it in their smart car plans.
Want to know more? Sign up to get our dedicated newsletters direct to your inbox. Huawei is certainly playing the dominant role in the Sokon partnership. Not only is its brand and sales network driving M5 sales, it also took part in the design, R&D, and manufacture – reducing Sokon to the role of what some call an 'auto foundry.' Not that Sokon is doing badly out of this. The little-known company has enjoyed a 47% run-up in its stock price in the past month thanks to the booming sales of the M5. But Sokon cars will soon be competing in Huawei's store network with Polar Fox, Avita, and other models. Auto industry analyst Zhang Xiang is one of those who believes Huawei is collaborating with car companies to learn how to build cars. In the future, he told 21st Century Business, Huawei will definitely go it alone. Related posts: Huawei takes the wheel in auto partnership after first car flops Huawei sees heavy early demand for its smart cars Huawei promises to share driving in its new smart car business Is Huawei really selling its autonomous driving business? Huawei steers course to make its own cars – report — Robert Clark, contributing editor, special to Light Reading
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It’s truly incredible that the Jordan Brand has had the staying power that it has. It was reported that he earned $80 million last year and now it’s said that his brand sold $2.25 BILLION in 2013:
2013 vs, 2012 sales by player: Jordan $2.25 B 2013, $2B 2012; Lebron $300M, $300M; Durant $175M, $35M; Rose $40M, $40M; Kobe $50M, $50M
— Matt Powell (@NPDMattPowell) February 6, 2014
The other interesting thing is how flat sales are for the others besides Kevin Durant who skyrocketed. One thing is for sure though MJ is still the king.


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The latest cut in diamond prices on the Rapaport List (Martin Rapaport) appeared for the fourth time in the past 6 months. The current price, according to Rapaport, is 7% lower for large diamonds whose weight is over 5 carats. The falling price of diamonds is a consequence of the reduced demand for diamonds world-wide.
Following a period of rising prices, Rapaport began cutting diamond prices in October 2008, which drew strong criticism from the industry. Since October 2008, diamond prices have not recuperated, especially due to poor sales figures during the holiday season and Christmas. As a result, Rapaport has cut diamond prices twice more, little by little. First to be lowered were the larger-sized diamonds and soon afterwards, the smaller diamonds were marked down as well.
At the beginning of the new year, the Rapaport Group announced that they would be publishing a weekly price list for diamonds based on the average asking price of several chosen categories of diamonds.


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The implications couldn’t have been clearer: women are the new face of online gamers according to a recent Forbes article “Women and Gaming.”
Girl gamers were previously thought to be socially awkward teens or introverted middle-agers, but in fact, women from various life stages and experiences are now joining the ranks of online gamers. On behalf of GameHouse®, Harris Interactive conducted a recent study to find that 64% of female online gamers are over 35 years old with an average age of 42.
The Face of Girl Gamers
In the US, older women have increasing casual game parity when compared to men of the same age groups. According to comScore, older women drive online gaming engagement among other women. To this end, gamers in the 45-54 and 55-plus groups reflect the new face of gamers. While action, adventure, and sports games are still dominated by young males, on average, women are playing casual games (puzzles, solitaire, Scrabble, for example) more than two times as men. Games like Farmville and Fashion Wars are just a few of the games that women frequent. Networked online games (games that can be played with other players) are also becoming increasingly popular among women.
What Motivates Her Game
According to “Inside the Minds of Girl Gamers,” by Business Insider, women have four primary motivations for playing online games: to detach (escape), to win (competition), to be productive (challenge), and to interact (social). The Harris Interactive study provides specific data to support the aforementioned categories: 61% of women play to relieve stress, 58% play to alleviate boredom, and 58% game to get a mental break from their lives. Despite the fact that 83% of women prefer to game alone, the same study showed that more than half of online gamers are women and that these women also are more likely to lead offline social lives than women who don’t game.
Why Brands Should Join In
“Women on the Web: How Women Are Shaping the Internet”, a white paper by comScore notes, “In the US market, women make just under half of the internet population but generate 58 percent of e-commerce dollars”. As such, retail brands have a significant opportunity to blend women’s growing interest in gaming with their propensity to shop online. Since women spend 20 percent more time on retail sites than men, they are primed for engagement and interaction to encourage sales and ongoing e-commerce relationships. Holding true to their purse power, women dominate virtually every consumer category, with outdoor/sports, consumer electronics/software, and music categories being only marginally outpaced by men.
Games provide an innovative, underutilized opportunity to interact with women by giving her an avenue to escape, compete, be challenged, and interact. According to Forrester, a technology and market research company, 84% of marketers have no plans to use games in their marketing efforts despite the fact that online games represent audiences that rival television. With contextually relevant games, brands can tune into lucrative and innovative ways to connect with consumers, and particularly, the world’s most powerful consumer, which boasts over $20 trillion in consumer spending: women.


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NEW YORK (6nobacon.com) — Bar Refaeli revealed that she is starting an online casual lingerie company called Undeez.com with fellow Israeli model Dudi Balsar.
The website will be fully functional in early November, and the merchandise is billed as basic and for everyone. According to the Israeli financial newspaper Globes, Undeez has raised $1 million from Israeli investors. Balsar came up with the idea, and Refaeli is responsible for marketing and business development — she’s hoping to use her popularity as leverage.
Refaeli told Elle magazine that through Undeez, “you’ll be able to buy clothes — underwear, socks and T-shirts for men and women — in very soft, basic fabrics. I started the site with a friend because when I like a pair of underwear, I’ll get 30 pairs of it in the same color. But I don’t have time to go buy underwear all the time. And I had boyfriends who were the same way — they never had time to go buy socks and underwear, that’s for sure! — so this website is great because after subscribing, you get these necessities sent directly to you each month.”
Oprah at the Mikvah
Oprah Winfrey made a stop at the ritual bath but didn’t take the plunge.
The trip to a Chabad Lubavitch mikvah in Brooklyn Heights (not the “Heights” one typically associates with Chabad) was filmed for an episode of her new series, "Oprah’s Next Chapter," which will premiere in January on her OWN Network, Oprah’s new cable channel.
“I have never even seen a single one of her shows,” said Bronya Shaffer, who showed Oprah around the mikvah, in an interview with The Brooklyn Paper. “When I told Oprah’s producer that I didn’t know anything about her work, she said, ‘That’s refreshing!’ "
Oprah also met with Chasidic families and filmed segments for the show in Borough Park and Crown Heights.
New Amy Winehouse Album
Every time Amy Winehouse was spotted coming out of a recording studio or with mega-producer Mark Ronson, fans would become hopeful that the follow-up to 2006′s breakthrough album, "Back to Black," would soon be released. Alas, she passed away from alcohol poisoning before her third record could be completed.
But now her label has announced that Winehouse’s third (and final) collection of songs will debut in December, just in time for holiday shopping season, according to E! Online. The new album will be called "Lioness: Hidden Treasures" and will boast 12 songs — some new, some previously unheard versions of her earlier work, and some covers of classic songs.
The songs on "Lioness" were produced by Ronson and Salaam Remi, both of whom had worked with Winehouse on her previous efforts. "It quickly became apparent to Salaam and Mark that they had a collection of songs that deserved to be heard, a collection of songs that were a fitting testament to Amy the artist and, as importantly, Amy their friend," the label said.
The Wise Knick
Amar’e Stoudemire of the New York Knicks continued his Jewish soul-searching as he dressed up as King Solomon for Halloween, and even tweeted about it: “King Solomon. Learn about him.” What a boss.
For more Jewish celebrity news, visit 6nobacon.com, the illegitimate child of JTA.