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Meizu, the Chinese OEM that recently entered India with the M1 Note has just announced price drop for the same. The smartphone which was initially launched for Rs 11,999 has now had its price drop to Rs 9,999. Unlike its competitors (read as the Lenovo K3 Note and Yu Yureka Plus), the smartphone retails via the open sale route instead of the flash sales model. It is available on Amazon.in.... Read More
Smartphones of today are progressing at quite a brisk pace. The fact of the matter is that today you can get some really good specs without burning a hole in your pocket. 1GB of RAM is slowly becoming a standard in budget handsets and as a result, 2GB of RAM is slowly making its way to the budget handsets as a benchmark for multitasking in the budget arena. The smartphone... Read More
The Indian smartphone market has already become a centre of attraction of OEMs. Many manufacturers are eyeing this market and nobody wants to miss out on this opportunity called "India". The Rs 10,000-15,000 segment has been seeing a lot of launches off late and the entry of new OEMs in the market is only adding up to the number of options on offer. The segment usually sees the buyers who... Read More
Meizu has finally announced the price of the M1 Note for India. The smartphone has been priced at Rs 11,999 and will go on sale today at 2pm exclusively on Amazon through open sales. The company has made a conscious effort of not going via the flash sales route like the majority of its competitors. It will be available in blue and white colour variants. The M1 Note comes with a 5.5-inch... Read More
As you would have noticed, we've been closely following the entry of the Chinese OEM, Meizu in India from quite a while now. Meizu has just announced that its first offering for India, the M1 Note will be going on sale in India at 2pm May 20th through the e-commerce portal Amazon. It is quite surprising that the OEM hasn't announced a price yet for the smartphone. The M1 Note will... Read More
India seems to be the hotbed for smartphone manufacturers these days. Everybody wants a share of this pie and are making their presence felt in the Indian market. Meizu announced a while ago that will commence its Indian operations soon but didn't give a timeline for it. But it has just announced a date for its arrival through social media. The brand will break cover on May 1st for India... Read More
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October 06, 2011 (PRLEAP.COM) Travel NewsSingapore tourists will be able to learn more about one of history's most famous maritime disasters at Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, which is coming soon to the local ArtScience Museum.
The lavish exhibition, which has travelled the world and proven a huge success across various continents, will be coming to south-east Asia for the first time on October 29th 2011, running through until the 100th anniversary of the disaster in April 2012.
For years, the public's imagination has been captured by the tragic sinking of the grand luxury liner RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage, with the ArtScience Museum show set to offer a glimpse of life aboard the grand ship.
Spanning more than 2,500 sq m of exhibition space, it will feature meticulous reproductions of famous Titanic locations such as the first and third-class cabins, the boiler room and the grand staircase, as well as actual objects recovered from the wreck.
Visitors can find out more about the personal stories of the vessel's passengers, while a new section will highlight the impact of the Titanic's sinking on the Singapore region.
A generous selection of Singapore hotels is available to history buffs at AsiaRooms.com, including the Marina Bay Sands, which houses the ArtScience Museum.
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Tesla’s expansion into India is getting closer as the automaker has selected Mumbai as the home of their first showroom in the country.
Earlier this month we reported that Tesla hired an executive to lead its lobbying and business activities in the region. Along with the hire, it was also reported that Tesla had narrowed its search for its first location down to three possible areas – New Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru.
According to a report in the Economic Times, a location has been finalized. The first showroom and office space will be in Mumbai’s Lower Parel-Worli business district, an up-scale area in India’s largest city.
This is just the latest in Tesla’s efforts to expand into one of the world’s largest auto markets. Earlier this year the company incorporated under the name “TESLA INDIA MOTORS AND ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED“.
Last week several top executives were hired by the automaker. Positions like Charging Manager, HR Leader and Policy and Business Development lead were discovered by Tesla Club India.
Not only will Tesla be selling vehicles in India soon, it could also be manufacturing them. The Chief Minister of Karnataka, a South India region known as a tech hub, announced earlier this year that Tesla will set up a manufacturing unit in the area.


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How Payment and Warehouse Solutions Define the Ecommerce Battle
With the pandemic seemingly under control, a shift in consumer behavior is evident. Shoppers relied exclusively on online retailers throughout the quarantine, but even when restrictions were lifted, consumers continued to shop online, perpetuating demand for e-commerce platforms.
Before the pandemic, e-commerce made up very little of the retail industry in Vietnam. Yet, as restrictions grew, the need and development of e-commerce accelerated. Many marketers have recognized the change and established an online presence.
With a new evolution of supply, demand and distribution channels, the current e-commerce sector in Vietnam has several key players, including Shopee, Lazada, Tiki and Sendo, and many new players are also looking to invest. This capital raise has positively advanced Vietnam’s e-commerce ecosystem, benefiting suppliers, merchants and consumers, especially as expedited delivery systems improve.
However, according to Nelson Wu, Managing Director of BEST Inc. Vietnam, “Vietnam has one of the highest cash on delivery (COD) ratios of 90%, a much more complex and time consuming system than any other method” .
The pandemic and subsequent social distancing have amplified the need for cashless electronic payments, increasing the popularity of e-wallet platforms like VNPAY and MoMo among consumers. E-wallets are the future of e-commerce, ultimately benefiting merchants and shoppers alike.
Speaking about his experience finding a warehouse, Wu said, “Four years ago when I came to Vietnam, I realized that there was a very limited supply of international quality warehouses. I spent several months looking for suitable warehouses in the north of the country. (Hanoi) and to the south (Ho Chi Minh City).”
Finding only traditional logistics warehouses, he spoke to several developers about his company’s request for a bespoke space.
“To my surprise, all of them refused to join together for fear that once built to our needs, we would no longer need the space and that they would have a hard time coming out with an atypical design. Luckily, we met BW Industrial, who agreed to partner with us and develop BEST Inc.’s first known automated warehouse in the country,” he recalls.
The first known automated warehouse of BEST Inc. in Vietnam developed by BW. Photo by BEST Inc. Vietnam
A long-term view has helped Best, Inc. Vietnam survive the lockdown period, even giving the company an edge. Recently, they were named “Most Inspirational Motivator” at the Shopee Brands and Partners 2022 conference.
Wu’s story is one of many, with countless international players choosing Vietnam to optimize business efficiency through improved automation and storage design. “The ecosystem cannot grow on its own. I think a lot more investment is going on,” said Lance Li, CEO of BW Industrial Development JSC.
Global players are optimizing business efficiency through storage design. Photo by J&T Express
For e-commerce platforms, investing in warehouse solutions is all the more critical as it improves user experience, especially during the height of shopping season. Previously, consumers were satisfied with delivery times of two to five days, but now the B2C and B2B segments demand same-day delivery, especially when it comes to fresh agricultural products.
To succeed, this sector will continue to need modern warehouse options to better meet its fulfillment and delivery requirements, including appropriate infrastructure, extensive storage systems and a strong network of warehouses across the country.


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Rupee up 29 paise against dollar in early trade
Mumbai: The rupee rose by 29 paise to 64.74 against the dollar in early trade today on increased selling of the US currency by exporters. The dollar was trading lower against major world currencies after weak US retail sales data fuelled hopes that the US Federal Reserve will delay an interest rate hike.
Stock markets were also in the positive zone in line with Asian markets which also supported the rupee, dealers said. The US Commerce Department yesterday said retail sales rose half as much as expected in September.
The rupee had gained 15 paise to close at 65.03 per dollar yesterday. Meanwhile, the benchmark BSE Sensex recovered by 168.07 points, or 0.63 per cent, at 26,947.73 in early trade today.


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FarmVille fans help Bing usurp Google's popularity on Facebook
Microsoft's Bing debuted last May, and since then, it has marketed relentlessly in an attempt to sell itself as a worthy rival to the Google search engine. Bing's latest marketing tactic, which was to drive traffic to its official Facebook fan page by offering free FarmVille cash, brought in over 400,000 fans to Bing in one day.
The offer has since ended, but Christopher Heine of ClickZ reported the numbers: "Its Facebook fans currently total 564,000, which puts Bing ahead of search rival Google's 524,000. Facebook metrics firm AppData shows that 28.7 million people played FarmVille on Tuesday. Therefore, 1 to 2 percent of players clicked through the ad to become fans of Bing."
And while Google still out performs Bing in terms of usage, Heine suggests that Bing's true motive behind the drive of traffic "was to gain a bigger Facebook presence" due to Microsoft having recently signed FarmVille to MSN Games.


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The European Union’s new package of telecoms laws, which includes the bloc’s first explicit net neutrality legislation, has hit a snag: a crucial vote in the European Parliament’s industry committee was supposed to take place on Monday, but was delayed, ostensibly due to a technicality over translations.
That’s the official, reasonably plausible explanation for the two-week delay, in any case. As it happens, the Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) committee is heavily divided on the net neutrality issue, specifically over whether internet service providers should be able to degrade types of traffic to the detriment of consumers who expect the full, as-neutral-as-possible internet.
When the telecoms package passed through the last committee, which focused on consumer rights, it saw significant improvements over the original version put forward by the European Commission. Specifically, that committee axed the explicit right for telecoms operators and content providers to strike deals with one another, and tightened up the kinds of “shaping” that telecoms operators can perform on citizens’ internet traffic.
ITRE is a different story. Digital rights campaigners such as La Quadrature du Net have argued that proposals made by ITRE chair Pilar Del Castillo Vera and others in the committee would allow telcos to offer services in which some kinds of traffic are degraded or blocked.
They also highlight various potential loopholes and oppose measures that would allow ISPs to offer “specialized services” optimized for a specific kind of content – think IPTV, for example – without a ban on those specialized services being functionally identical to normal internet provision.
Amelia Andersdotter, the Swedish Pirate MEP, who sits on the ITRE committee, welcomed the delay:
As for Neelie Kroes, who proposed the legislation in the first place, the digital agenda commissioner said in a statement that she was confident the delay wouldn’t “distract the ITRE members from their vote on this important proposal”:
“It is clear that there is majority support for the [Telecoms Single Market] package, and that the package is a win-win for all the different parties.
This postponement only increases the energy I will put into delivering this package! I hope all MEPs can now focus on the huge benefits for every European in a connected continent.”
It’s very true that the package contains all kinds of useful stuff – cheaper roaming between EU member states is in there too – but legislators need to get the net neutrality elements right before sending the finalized text off for a full European Parliament plenary vote.
With the net neutrality battle having been lost for now in the United States, what happens in Europe will have a decisive effect on the future of the internet, most probably everywhere. An extra two weeks for digital rights campaigners to harangue their local MEPs can’t be a bad thing.
This article was edited at 5.50am PT to note that Amelia Andersdotter is Swedish, not Icelandic.


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Tired of downloading an app on your Android tablet only to find out it was clearly designed for a tiny smartphone? Google rolled out a “Designed for tablets” section of the Google Play Store last year, and on November 21st the company will make that the default view for folks browsing for apps while using a tablet.
Users will still be able to look for apps designed for smaller screens, but you’ll have to go out of your way to find them, and they’ll be labeled “Designed for phones.”
Not all tablet apps will look alike — but they’re all designed to work on devices with 7 inch and larger displays. For instance, phone apps often offer only a single column of content, but tablets have larger screens and can accommodate multi-pane layouts.
Google also recommends using higher-resolution icons and other graphics, larger font sizes, and larger screen shots in the Google Play Store, among other things.
You can find the company’s tablet app quality checklist at the Google Developers site.
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NEW YORK — Chobani is launching Chobani Zero Sugar, a new line of yogurt with no sugar that is sweetened with monk fruit and allulose.
To create Chobani Zero Sugar, the company starts with milk that is filtered to reduce naturally occurring sugar, then it uses natural fermentation methods that allow yogurt cultures to consume the remaining sugar, Chobani said. From there, the company adds non-GMO monk fruit and allulose. The result is a zero-sugar yogurt that is lactose-free, features six live and active cultures, including probiotics, and contains 60 calories and 11 grams of protein per 5.3-oz cup.
“Chobani Zero Sugar is a revolutionary innovation,” said Peter McGuinness, president and chief operating officer of Chobani. “Our team developed a brand-new product that is as delicious as it is healthy. You won’t find another product on shelves nationwide in the US dairy aisle with 11 grams of protein and only natural ingredients, but no sugar or artificial sweeteners.”
Chobani Zero Sugar comes in vanilla, mixed berry, strawberry and blueberry flavors. Single-serve 5.3-oz cups retail for $1.49, 4-packs retail for $4.49 and multi-serve 32-oz tubs retail for $5.49.


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SEMA 2012: Carroll Shelby Tribute
Much of SEMA is about looking forward – to new ideas and new products. However, at least one part was dedicated to looking back. This display of Mustangs (and one Cobra) was put together as a tribute to the late Carroll Shelby who passed away in May of this year. While we would have loved to have seen more classic Shelby Mustangs – represented only by a single 1966 GT350, the collection of cars is still impressive. The recently introduced 2013 Shelby GT500 Cobra, a tribute to the man in itself, was on display, as well as the 2012 Shelby 1000, the last Mustang introduced while Carroll was still alive. The rest of the current Shelby lineup was there as well including the GT500 Super Snake and GT350.
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The Polestar 2, the first electric car to go straight up against Tesla's Model 3, is due to go on sale in the U.S. by summer 2020. But will it?
If the trade war between China and the U.S. gets much worse, the car -- which will be made at a factory in Luqiao, China -- might not be sold in the U.S. at all, said Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar's chief executive.
Polestar is a new electric car brand from Volvo, which in turn is owned by China automotive giant Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, known as Geely for short.
The Polestar 2 is a sporty electric sedan with 275 miles of range, priced between $45,000 and $65,000 before federal and state incentives, which can reduce that by as much as $10,000 for many California buyers.
The company plans to build 50,000 of the cars in its first year of production. Up to about 40% will be sold in China, Ingenlath said. Norway, which offers heavy incentives for electric cars, will be its No. 2 market.
Right now Polestar plans to sell about 30% or so of the first year's run on the U.S. West Coast and Canada. "We would embrace free trade as in the interests of the consumer," Ingenlath said. While all international companies must operate in a world where trade barriers are common, and Volvo's U.S. plans have been made with existing tariffs factored in, Polestar won't export cars to countries where rising tariffs make a product's price "ridiculous," he said, but will "scale up or scale down" U.S. plans depending on tariff levels. Tariffs on China-made cars sent to the U.S. are currently set at 25% by the Trump administration.
Ingenlath was in the Bay Area last week for the big Google I/O developers' conference. Polestar (and Volvo) plan to use the Android Automotive Operating System as the base for their infotainment systems.
Relaxing with a cappuccino at Four Barrel Coffee in San Francisco's hip Mission District, the former Volvo head designer said that Android's open development platform, where third-party software writers that meet Polestar's requirement can add applications, is one way to differentiate the Polestar 2 from the Tesla Model 3.
There are other "big differences," he said. One is the design, which he insists "pushes the borders" more than the Model 3. Customer opinions on car design are mostly subjective, and Ingenlath damned the Model 3 looks with faint praise: "The Model 3 feels very fresh. It has a prototype quality to it, it's very primitive in some form."
Quality will set the Polestar apart from the Tesla, he said. Well aware that the Model 3 currently faces serious issues with misaligned body panels, infotainment screens that go black, and batteries that don't work, Ingenlath said, "We'll be much more professional in doing a complete product. More professional knowledge about processes, materials, long-term quality." Tesla declined to comment.


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Tough time ahead as banks slash saving rates
ANOTHER of the big four Australian banks has announced a drop in savings account interest rates.
ANZ is the latest to drop by 0.10 per cent. This decision follows Westpac's drop of the same amount, announced last Friday.
Ratecity.com.au research director Sally Tindall said banks are lowering rates ahead of an expected further cut to the cash rate, which could come as soon as next week.
"ANZ and Westpac customers will now find it just that little bit harder to squeeze any sort of interest out of their bank," Ms Tindall said.
"In many cases, ANZ customers are earning ongoing rates of just 0.10 per cent on their standard savings accounts, which makes them little more than a safe place to park your money."
"ANZ customers with a conditional savings account can get up to 1.85 per cent interest, but if they forget to meet the banks terms and conditions, it drops to as little as 0.01 per cent.
"Savers around the country are doing it incredibly tough, and for many its enough to throw their hands up in the air."
Ratecity.com.au reports the standard savings accounts are currently -
- ANZ - ongoing rate of 0.10%, introductory rate of 1.85%, term three months.
- CBA - ongoing rate of 0.15%, introductory rate of 2%, term five months.
- NAB - ongoing rate of 0.11%, introductory rate of 2.11%, term four months.
- Westpac - ongoing rate of 0.15%, introductory rate of 1.91%, term five months.
Ms Tinndall recommends that shopping around for a better rate is still worth the effort.
"RateCity.com.au's database shows some banks are still willing to offer ongoing rates of up to 2.50 per cent," she said.
"Two of the banks offering ongoing rates of 2.50 per cent are neo banks, which suggests it could pay to look outside the box.


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Be careful when you encounter individuals peddling illegal products and services.
I speak in general but this post particularly discusses the case of illegal WIMAX units being sold by a certain Alvin Garcia aka “Boy Pasay Wimax” who was recently arrested during an entrapment operation.
An operation at Garcia’s residence led to the seizure of 4 Globe WIMAX modems, a computer set and around 100 pieces of Globe Sims, which are apparently used by the suspect to clone or reconfigure Sim cards for unlimited data surfing. Police authorities also recovered from him his personal phone which showed various transactions of WIMAX selling activities confirming he is indeed Boy Pasay Wimax.
If you think this doesn’t concern yourself, think again. Peddlers and sellers of illegal equipment and services aren’t the only ones who are arrested. Those who engage in these transactions and deal with peddlers are equally liable.
A follow-up operation after Garcia’s arrest led to the apprehension of Ericson Cagara, a resident of Block 5 Lot 3 Phase 2 Topaz Street, Celina Homes, Camarin Caloocan City. He was arrested after he contacted Garcia with intention of buying hacked WIMAX modems. One unit was recovered from him.
A third entrapment operation led to the arrest of Sohayli Gagaso, a resident of Maharlika Village in Taguig. He had also sought a meeting with Garcia with intention of buying Globe WIMAX modems.
“We are relieved that the illegal sale of Globe WIMAX modems in Pasay City had been put to an end,” said lawyer Froilan Castelo, Head of the Corporate and Legal Services Group.
“We would like to appeal to our subscribers to bring to our attention any suspicious offers that they may receive concerning the sale of supposed WIMAX modems,” Castelo stressed, noting that certain criminal elements had utilized popular social media site Facebook in luring subscribers into this illegal activities.
Criminal charges against the suspects for violation of Republic Act 8484, also known as Access Device Act and PD 1612 Anti Fencing Law have already been filed in court, Castelo added.
Similar to other arrest made in the past, the modus operandi has been to pull-out the WIMAX modem from legitimate subscribers on pretext of an upgrade. The modems are then reconfigured and sold at a one-time cost payment.
Legitimate subscription of Globe products and services are available through Globe-authorized sellers and distributors as well as in numerous Globe Stores nationwide.
So, remember guys… crime doesn’t pay. Yep… that pun was intended.


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Fort Lee-based Cross River Bank on Monday announced that its Principal Finance Group closed $825 million of capital commitments in 2023.
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The new investments, which include senior secured credit facilities as well as programmatic asset purchase arrangements, provide specialty finance platforms with additional capital to scale their commercial and consumer financing products.
“The strong growth of our business in 2023 reflects our unwavering commitment to supporting fintech pioneers and accelerating the pace of financial innovation,” Rahul Jha, head of principal finance at Cross River, said. “We plan to deploy even more capital in the year ahead.”
Cross River’s Principal Finance Group is a specialized team focused on providing credit facilities and forward flow purchase arrangements to empower the growth of fintech platforms and their investors.


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GURGAON: Despite the district administration raising circle rates in Gurgaon by an average 10% on Friday, real estate experts in the city feel the hike is inadequate as the new rates are much lower than existing market rates.
Pointing to circle rates in prominent condominiums such as Aralias, Ambience Island and Unitech World Spa, an expert said the rate has been revised from the earlier Rs 4,500/sq ft to Rs 7,000/sq ft whereas the market price is somewhere around Rs 10,000/sq ft. In some cases, the expert added, it is as high as Rs 15,000/sq ft. Distinguishing them from other areas, circle rates in luxury condominiums were hiked by almost 70%. “We don’t think the realty market will see any decline in future. The market is already looking up. As circle rates near market rates, the sector will become more mature and properties will get more into the approach of salaried individuals. This will help in keeping a check on rotation of black money,” said Anckur Srivasttava, chairman, GenReal Property Advisers.
Any steep hike in stock markets is always followed by a corresponding rise in realty rates. “Every stock market rally is followed by a subsequent rise in realty rates. Considering financial markets are at their all-time high, the realty market is heading towards a historical high, too,” Srivasttava said.
Echoing similar sentiments, the owner of Raheja Developers, Navin Raheja, said the Gurgaon realty market will witness a hike of over 20% soon and the annual circle rate hike will not be a dampener. “We are getting a lot of customer queries of late. The market is looking up substantially and things will change for good in a month. We expect prices to increase by more than 20%,” he said.
“The commercial segment is a precursor to the overall trend across the spectrum. When there are a lot of deals fructifying in the commercial market, it means things are improving,” said Srivasttava.
Retail investors are, however, yet to get the drift. “The retail market is still in bad shape and I think the administration should have deferred the circle rate hike for some time until the market improved,” said Deepak Sharma, general manager of a real estate firm in the city.
Source: The Times Of India


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Mitch Tyson, former CEO of Wilmington cleantech firm Advanced Electron Beams, says it appears the time frame for the company to develop its technology and bring it to market just ran too long, leading to the current winding down of the company.
Atlas Venture partner Jeff Fagnan, a board member at Advanced Electron Beams, said the company is now selling off its assets — electron emitter equipment for sterilizing packaging, which uses far less energy and other resources than standard processes.
It’s yet another case of a U.S. cleantech firm that was highly promising — and well-funded — but not ultimately able to deliver on that promise due to technological hurdles.
Companies including solar firms such as Solyndra and Evergreen Solar and battery firms such as the struggling A123 Systems of Waltham are among the higher-profile examples, but Advanced Electron Beams has played in a more unique area of cleantech.
In a 2010 interview, Tyson said the company’s technology is the type of innovation needed to cut energy use by energy-hungry industrial companies.
The company had been developing the emitters for sterilization in the food and beverage packaging industry, as well as the pharmaceutical industry. The electron emitters replace chemical sterilization processes — which require massive amounts of chemicals and water — or energy-intensive thermal processes.
“We went to the food and beverage packaging people, and they told us that cold, dry sterilization is the Holy Grail of their industry,” Tyson said in mid-2010. “That tells me that we’ve solved a very important problem.”
Tyson hasn’t been involved with Advanced Electron Beams since he left the company as chairman in early 2011. He had been the CEO of the firm, founded in 1999, from 2005 to September 2010, when he was replaced by Richard Feldt, who joined the company after leaving as CEO of Evergreen Solar. Feldt’s office did not return a call requesting comment.
In an interview following the disclosure of the Advanced Electron Beams wind-down, Tyson said the company has developed a “great innovative technology with a great value proposition.”
“I just think the time frame was a little bit too long for Advanced Electron Beams to carry it all the way, so they’ll just hand it over to some other companies,” he said. “From a technology destiny point of view, I’m glad that it’s being handed off to other people who will commercialize it.”
Tyson said the buyers of the technology are located in Europe and Japan, though he couldn’t name the buyers since he’s no longer with the company.
Advanced Electron Beams has been backed by $50 million in venture capital from investors including Atlas, General Catalyst Partners, RockPort Capital Partners, Flagship Ventures, GE Energy Financial Services and Agman Partners.
The demand for the technology was there, with several hundred Fortune 2000 companies testing the technology, Fagnan said — but the “technology hurdles were continuing to prove very difficult.”
Fagnan said the company is not going through a bankruptcy process, and expects to completely pay off its creditors.


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Rochelle Cupido is a make-up artist, hair stylist and antithesis of the stereotypical Harley-Davidson motorcycle rider.
But Ms Cupido, 35, thinks nothing of jumping on her 883 Sportster Iron motorcycle for a 700-kilometre ride in a single day.
"It's got the whole package - the feel, the ride, the smoothness and of course, the iconic brand," said Ms Cupido, who is based in Sydney's Hawkesbury district. "The comfort of a Harley really suits me."
Ms Cupido, along with thousands of other women motorcyclists and young riders under the age of 40 are increasingly key target markets of Harley-Davidson as the American motorcycle behemoth combs the market globally for new avenues of growth.
In addition to creating motorcycles that are lighter and ergonomically more appealing to some women, Harley-Davidson has also embarked on designing an electric motorcycle called "Project Livewire" without the custom rumble of a V-twin Harley engine.
It is a calculated strategy that Matt Levatich, global president and chief operating officer of Harley-Davidson, is hoping will pay off as the group aims to diversify its customer base amid a rapidly ageing population. Australia is the company's fifth biggest market for sales outside of the United States, and is representing an increasingly important growth pocket for the 111-year old motorbike manufacturer.
"We are selling more Harley-Davidsons to young adults today then we were selling to baby boomers when they were young adults," said Mr Levatich, who is visiting Australia this week.
The company, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, has also grown its female customer base from under 10 per cent to 14 per cent in the past five years thanks to product design and attempting to break down the barriers that have made the Harley-Davidson brand an older male-dominated stronghold.
Harley-Davidson suffered a 40 per cent plunge in sales during the global financial crisis, as household budgets tightened and customers surrendered their motorcycle keys as repossession cases soared. In 2010, the company sold off its stake in luxury Italian motorcycle brand MV Augusta, and shut down its Buell operations. The decision to close Buell in particular drew a passionate outcry from the motorcycling community, but Mr Levatich defended Harley-Davidson's strategy.
"We're sitting in 2009, we've lost 40 per cent of our unit volume in two years and all of our profit. We were carrying two [extra] brands, each requiring marketing and product development that is distinct from what we needed to do with Harley," he said.
"To the people who said, 'Gosh, we didn't give Buell a fair chance,' we had a heavy collaboration with Buell for 16 years, and we never made money. Continuing to lose money in that environment was not tenable, and the same quite frankly... with MV Augusta."
The company has put a halt to its acquisition appetite unless it was a compelling opportunity, Mr Levatich added.
"You never say never, but for now we're concentrating on Harley."


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China, Indonesia should seize opportunity to expand economic, trade cooperation: (3)
She added that China and Indonesia, with a strong complementarity, are coming across a good opportunity to expand their trade and economic cooperation, thanks to many positive factors, such as the China-ASEAN Free Trade Zone.
Indonesia hoped to improve trade with China to realize a fast, sustainable and mutual-benefitial development, and push their investment cooperation to a higher level, she said.
Mari also said that Indonesia hoped to enhance its coordination and cooperation with China in regional and international economic and trade affairs.
The Chinese delegation arrived in Jakarta on Thursday and flied to yogyakarta on Friday evening to attend the 10th meeting of Sino- Indonesian Trade and Economic Joint Committee.


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In the new position, Byng will lead the specialist sales team, which will include all product specialist sales resources, working with platforms including programmatic, premium formats, branded content, video and mobile advertising to ensure AOL Canada is working with its partners to drive innovation in the advertising space, according to a release.
Byng comes to the company from her most recent role as director at Microsoft Advertising, where she worked with AOL Canada’s new general manager Joe Strolz.
In addition to Byng joining the team, AOL Canada is also promoting Dana Toering to head of revenue. With the new title, Toering will now be responsible for driving revenue success for AOL Canada, including sales, business development, publisher and member services.
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Mississippi designer takes Hoodvenchy to New York Fashion Week
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Finding a niche in the fashion industry takes determination, dedication and, of course, an eye for design.
Just ask Vicksburg resident Raymond Banks, who has recently returned from the Big Apple where he was one of the fashion designers invited to participate in New York Fashion Week.
Banks got his start designing bowties, he said, and from there, his love of fashion grew.
“I started designing in 2013. I made a bowtie for a program around Black History Month at our church, and from that one bowtie I catapulted into the fashion industry,” Banks said.
People began asking who made the bowtie, Banks said, and where could they get one.
“I was just like, I made it,” he said.
Business took off for the young designer and for the next five years, Banks made and designed unique bow ties.
In 2018, he launched his Hoodvenchy brand, which is what garnered him a spot on the runway.
Banks said the Hoodvenchy concept started out as a joke, inspired by the name of luxury brand Givenchy.
“It wasn’t supposed to be a brand at all,” he said.
But it turned out that Banks’ spoof on designer labels was well received.
“A friend at Jackson State asked me to participate in a fashion show with his modeling squad and so I was like ‘I’ll do it,’ but I needed to bring something different than what I usually do,” he said.
Hence, inspired by the luxury brand scandals that were plaguing the design world in 2018, Banks said, “You know what, I am going to do something around this. I’m going to kind of poke fun at them, so I’m going to do Hoodvenchy.
“People loved the brand, and they loved the name,” he added. “And from there Hoodvenchy was born.”
One of the pieces Banks designed for the Hoodvenchy brand included a leather coat that had a list of well-known fashion brands on it with their names crossed out.
“It started with Gucci and Prada, Louis Vuitton and Fendi. Those names were crossed out, but I wrote Hoodvenchy on the bottom and circled it,” Banks said, adding that the design was intended to convey the message of “crossing off and canceling” top designers known worldwide and selecting Hoodvenchy instead.
For the New York show, Banks’ collection was titled, “Fall Semester at Hoodvenchy University,” and he described the 28-piece collection as streetwear that included tracksuits, hoodies and puffer jackets.
The entire collection is androgynous, Banks said, and can be worn by both men and women.
“This line was all about comfort; nothing was restrictive, and there was no avant-garde looks there,” Banks said. “Everything was accessible everyday items.”
The Fashion Week event was held at the 99th Scott Studio in Brooklyn, New York.
Prior to the New York Fashion Week, Banks said, in March he participated in the Los Angeles Fashion Week.
And now that he is back home, plans are to have a runway show in Vicksburg.
“I’ve given L.A. my time, I have given New York my time. Now it’s time for me to let people in Vicksburg see those works up close. They can see a video — that’s fine and they can see pictures, but I want to allow them to see the clothes for themselves,” he said.
Banks said he is hoping to have the runway show sometime in October.


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Jobs describes iPod Touch as games machine
Speaking to the New York Times, Apple boss Steve Jobs has said that the reason the iPod Touch doesn't have a camera is that the gizmo is designed primarily as a 'games machine'.
Jobs admits that marketing the device was something of a challenge, but that the success of games delivered to the iPod Touch and the iPhone via the App Store has convinced him that there is a huge opportunity here.
"Originally, we weren't exactly sure how to market the Touch. Was it an iPhone without the phone? Was it a pocket computer? What happened was, what customers told us was, they started to see it as a game machine," Jobs reveals.
"We started to market it that way, and it just took off. And now what we really see is it's the lowest-cost way to the App Store, and thats the big draw. So what we were focused on is just reducing the price to 199 USD. We don't need to add new stuff. We need to get the price down where everyone can afford it."
We'll have more on Apple's rise as a gaming force soon.
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A new Cheetos and Bad Bunny collaboration is introducing fans to an exclusive, limited-edition Adidas fashion collection by using innovative digital technology that involves a little Cheetos dust.
Starting today, Cheetos fans can visit the Cheetle iD website to score early access to the Cheetos x Bad Bunny Collection by Adidas. But there's a catch: Fans must eat Cheetos and use the cheddar dust on their fingertips, better known as “cheetle,” to try and unlock the exclusive fashion collection.
The brand is using what it calls "Cheetle iD" digital technology to detect if people have Cheetle on their fingertips. This promotion is only available to the first 100 fans who pass the inspection. Those who can't get their hands on Cheetos will have to wait until the official collection drops on Aug. 6 to make a purchase. The collection features a loose-fitted bright orange cheetah tracksuit along with two cheetah jersey-like tops, wearable for men and women.
The Cheetos fashion drop follows recent moves by other brands to score attention with special apparel. Panera recently released branded swimwear plugging its soup, while Vizzy hard seltzer also got into the branded swimwear game. Cheetos, which is owned by PepsiCo's Frito-Lay, is seeking to win attention by pairing a rising Latino multi-platinum recording artist, its Chester mascot, and a highly sought out athletic brand. The brand calls it “the hottest fashion collab of the summer.”
The fashion line is an extension of the first Deja tu Huella campaign between Cheetos and Bad Bunny, which was launched in 2020. Deja tu Huella translates to “leave your mark.”


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ITALY: Miroglio Textile unveils new printing technology
New textile printing technology is being unveiled next week by Miroglio Textile, which combines digital printing with new inks for polyester fabrics and lower levels of water and energy consumption.
The E.Volution platform uses the continuous single-pass MS-LARIO digital printing machines, which are said to give high performance and new levels of quality, with "hyper clean" colours and designs.
Inks have been specially created by Switzerland-based Sensient Imaging Technology, which are colour fast and use less water than in the traditional printing process.
Indeed, Miroglio Textile says water consumption is just 1 litre per linear metre - compared with 50 litres in the traditional printing process. It also claims a reduction of up to 90% in CO2 emissions and a 57% drop in energy use.
E.Volution will be launched at Première Vision, which takes place in Paris from 12-14 February.
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This recent inflationary rise in commodities, factory input prices, retail sales and other data was clearly forecasted by central bankers and economists.
Everyone knew that thanks to base effects, supply constraints, and the initial demand surge from re-opening would lead to higher prices and inflationary pressures. CBs said they would look through this data as it would likely be transitory.
Yet, here we are, panicking about inflation when we're only just starting to re-open.
🛢 Commodities May Have Just Begun a New Supercycle - JPM
Prices may also jump as an “unintended consequence” of the fight against climate change, which threatens to constrain oil supplies while boosting demand for metals needed to build renewable energy infrastructure, batteries and electric vehicles.
Central Bank Speeches schedule for the week ahead:
Monday, 8 February 2021: Christine Lagarde
Tuesday, 9 February 2021: Philip R. Lane
Wednesday, 10 February 2021: Fabio Panetta
Wednesday, 10 February 2021: Christine Lagarde
Thursday, 11 February 2021: Luis de Guindos


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AT&T Gives Business Phone Service a Cloud Makeover
AT&T Gives Business ‘Plain-Old’ Phone Service a Cloud Makeover
AT&T Phone for Business-Advanced digitizes analog phone service for voice and data lines
What’s the news? AT&T is modernizing business’ traditional analog phone lines using the cloud. AT&T Phone for Business-Advanced is designed to breathe new life into ‘plain-old-telephone-service’ (POTS) by pairing the reliability of POTS with the voice quality, security and lower maintenance costs of digital lines using market leading cloud capabilities with RingCentral. The new service is available now to nearly any business in the U.S.
Why is this important? Many businesses across the U.S. still use traditional wireline phone service not just for standard voice capabilities, but also for specialty functions. Tens of millions of alarms, elevators, fax machines, modems, and point-of-sale terminals across the country depend on these lines for voice and/or smaller-scale data transfers. For example, healthcare providers use these lines for potentially lifesaving communications and equipment. In many of these cases, reliability is paramount.
Using an enterprise-grade appliance by DataRemote® that converts analog traffic so that it can be transferred over a VoIP Managed Facility Voice Network (MFVN), providing that traffic with inherent enhancements in security using infrastructure that is easier and less expensive to maintain with built in failover options.
The new service will give users an easy way to maintain business continuity and monitor connections to help ensure they are working properly before an issue arises. Data Monitoring Centers help monitor and maintain highly secure connectivity and can keep phone lines running for 24/7 using the AT&T Wireless network. Additionally, in case of local power failure, the device can provide 12 hours of operation using an internal battery backup.
For businesses with locations across the country, this could help simplify billing as analog phone and data rates and regulations vary by state. Businesses using AT&T Phone for Business-Advanced can standardize rates and consolidate all lines into one simple bill—nationwide.
What are people saying?
“Tried and true. Until now, traditional wireline phone service has been hard to beat for specialty data and voice lines. With AT&T Phone for Business-Advanced, we’ve found a way to modernize these lines to introduce customers to new cloud capabilities while maintaining the reliability and regulatory compliance that they require.” – Rich Shaw, Vice President, Voice and Collaboration, AT&T Business
"We are excited to launch a new offering with AT&T and DataRemote to the millions of customers with traditional phone services including specialty lines. RingCentral believes enterprises today are looking for trusted relationships and joint innovation to deliver the most seamless journey to the cloud across every use case.” – Sandra Krief, VP Service Providers, Americas, RingCentral
Where can I find more information? Please visit here for more information.


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Negotiated cash fed cattle trade remained undeveloped through Thursday afternoon, but early indications appeared positive.
For instance, 264 head of Choice 2-4 steers weighing an average of 1,402 lbs. brought an average of $108.16/cwt. at the fat auction in Tama, IA. Country trade in the region last week was at $104-$106.
At Sioux Falls Regional in South Dakota, slaughter steers and heifers sold $2-$4 higher than a week earlier, with instances of up to $5 higher. One example: 330 head of Choice 2-3 steers weighing an average of 1,467 lbs. brought an average of $103.84.
There were only 846 head offered in the weekly Fed Cattle Exchange auction, and no takers.
Cattle futures recovered the majority of the previous session’s decline, helped along by lower Corn futures and the firmer feel to cash prices.
Live Cattle futures closed an average of 79¢ higher.
Except for 27¢ higher in the back contract, Feeder Cattle futures closed an average of 96¢ higher.
Wholesale beef values were weak on Choice and steady on Select, with light to moderate demand and offerings, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service.
Choice boxed beef cutout value was 50¢ lower Wednesday afternoon at $212.97/cwt. Select was 15¢ lower at $185.90.
Corn futures closed mostly 2¢ to 4¢ lower.
Soybean futures closed 1¢ to 5¢ lower through May ’20 and then mostly 1¢ to 4¢ higher.
Major U.S. financial indices closed sharply lower on Wednesday, with follow-through pressure from the previous day’s weak manufacturing data and growing concerns about economic growth, tied to the ongoing uncertainty about a U.S.-China trade deal.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 494 points lower, making for a decline of 837 points in the last two sessions. The S&P 500 closed 52 points lower—down 88 points in the last two days. The NASDAQ was down 123 points—213 points lower in the last two sessions.
Analysts with CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange division (CKE) say trade volume is expanding and will begin to yield benefits to producers across the meat and poultry industries.
“Beef exports have improved from the sluggish start at the beginning of the year. May and June exports were flat year over year, an improvement from February, March and April when exports were down approximately 5%,” say CKE analysts, in CoBank’s Quarterly U.S. Rural Economic Review. “The outlook for beef exports brightened after the U.S. and Japan signed an important trade agreement in late August with Japan announcing in late September it will phase in tariff reductions on beef, which currently carries a hefty 38.5% tariff. This will likely pave the way for U.S. beef to regain a competitive footing with countries in the CPTPP, which the U.S. opted out of last year.”
Moreover, CKE analysts say the impact of African Swine Fever on global pork supplies is just beginning to be felt in the U.S. animal protein sector. U.S. pork exports to China were up 28% through the first half of the year, but they say those gains were offset by declining exports to Mexico, Korea and Japan.
“As we look to the remainder of 2019, though, the U.S. has resolved some key
trade disputes in the steel and aluminum tariffs with Mexico, and signed a new trade agreement with Japan. Also, and likely more importantly, the U.S. set a new record for pork exports to China in July,” explain CEK analysts. “If these trends continue, and exports improve to Mexico and Japan, then U.S. supply and demand will continue to improve to a greater degree through the remainder of 2019 than the futures market indicates.”
As for U.S. beef and China, according to the CoBank report, “While it’s unlikely that the U.S. will export beef to China, China’s overall beef imports continue to climb, thus helping to tighten trade flows that may have historically competed with the U.S. market.”


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American tech giant Apple recently released the iOS 16.1.2 update for iPhones, and the company is calling out two key features in its patch notes.
According to The Verge, these new updates are “improved compatibility with wireless carriers” and “Crash Detection optimizations on iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro models.” The Crash Detection enhancements could be particularly notable, as there have been some issues with inadvertent activations since the feature launched.
The Verge has reported that according to a report from The Wall Street Journal the Crash Detection feature is designed to activate Emergency SOS and alert emergency services if it thinks a user has been in a car crash but the feature has also triggered for people safely riding rollercoasters.
Based on the vague iOS 16.1.2 patch notes, it’s unclear if the update addresses these sorts of mistaken alerts.
A recent iOS 16.2 beta also includes a feature that allows users to report accidentally activating Emergency SOS. If the functionality is included in the final version of iOS 16.2, the reports may help Apple reduce the number of unintentional alerts in the future, as per The Verge. (ANI)


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SALMANACA, N.Y.--Luminite Products Corp., a digital directlLaser engraver of in-the-round print sleeves, continuous print rolls and rubber rolls for the flexographic printing industry, will be moving its corporate headquarters and manufacturing to Bradford, Penn. in late 2011. Luminite Products established in 1926, has run its manufacturing and administrative operations from two separate facilities in Salamanca, NY.
During the 10 months since fire destroyed Luminite’s administrative office and computer graphics building, company officials have been planning improved efficiencies and world – class manufacturing by combining both operations into one, 45,000 sq. ft. facility.Luminite’s administration and production will be under one roof at the new Bradford location, including computer graphics, sales, customer service and marketing. In addition to this exciting step forward, Luminite has plans to acquire two new laser operating systems and new color management software.


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To find success in today’s consumer-driven world making data-based decisions has become the status quo. To create the personalized experience customers seek, the more data collected from consumers, the better. As a result, the fashion industry is becoming quite close to its customers, knowing them better than ever.
Despite consumer expectations for unique, personalized shopping experiences, consumers are showing a growing concern for privacy.
Deloitte offers insights on the consumer’s viewpoint on privacy, releasing a new consumer privacy in retail survey: The Next Regulatory and Competitive Frontier. In the report, nearly half of consumers (47 percent) said they “feel they have little to no control of their personal data.”
Consumers are willing to divulge personal data when they see a benefit. According to Deloitte’s findings, 71 percent of consumers would be more likely to share if told they would be receiving better pricing, special discounts or exclusive offers. When a customer does share personal information they also hold retailers to a standard, which then reflects the level of trust they credit to the company holistically.
For retailers, it becomes a fine line knowing how not to betray consumers’ trust.
“While some retailers have moved the bar on data privacy, there is still a lot of work to do. The retail industry should advocate for a consumer privacy standard putting consumer centricity at the core and trust as the guide,” said Rod Sides, vice chairman and U.S. leader, retail, wholesale and distribution at Deloitte Consulting LLP. “Transparency with consumers about what you collect and how you use it can go a long way in developing trust.”
Of consumers who are satisfied with privacy policies 73 percent said they are “more likely to be open or neutral about sharing personal data.” In contrast, 57 percent of consumers reported being unsatisfied or unaware. “The disconnect between how consumers perceive retailers use their data, and how it is actually used fuels the trust deficit,” Deloitte said. Further, 55 percent of consumers believe retailers will share, or sell, data to third parties. Meanwhile, retail executives shared the top three uses of consumer data are to increase operational efficiencies, to improve product selection, and to enhance in-store services.
“With increased scrutiny on consumer and data privacy, there is a call to action to define a new standard that works for consumers and retailers. Future leaders in data privacy should adopt guiding principles that align across the entire organization as an essential part of their strategy, culture and operations,” said Rob Goldberg, cyber risk leader of retail, wholesale and distribution at Deloitte. “Retailers should work every day to connect with consumers in a way that builds trust, manages legal risk and enables their growth strategy.”
Transparency for how data is used, Deloitte says, is a huge opportunity for retailers to build trust with consumers. When use of data goes beyond consumer expectations they feel retailers are violating access to personal information. “Retailers who focus on consumer privacy as a strategic growth driver are poised to create more meaningful data, enhance consumer engagement and reduce exposure to risk, all while staying ahead of the evolution of privacy in consumer business,” Sides said.
Beyond consumer’s increasing awareness of privacy threats, nearly half of U.S. states have engaged in the new privacy legislation (impacting 54 percent of the total population).
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The ’People and Service’ campaign highlights the airline’s continuing dedication to providing all of its passengers with outstanding service.
The campaign, created by McCann Erickson, is devised to bring to life the level of service Cathay Pacific offers by focussing on the personalities and philosophies of individual members of staff.
The campaign will run until May 2010 using outdoor print and online channels. In the UK, outdoor executions will appear at key commuter and business locations such as Canary Wharf and the online creative will include video pre-rolls of the People and Service TV commercial. soundtracked by a Robbie Williams song.
The campaign is supported by an online competition giving customers a chance to win a luxury holiday to Hong Kong
Each week there will be a Cathay Pacific staff-related question to answer onhttp://www.cathaypacific.aero/people for a chance to win.
David Paice, marketing manager UK & Ireland at Cathay Pacific, says: “The thinking behind the People and Service campaign is to continue to highlight the message that our staff genuinely goes the extra mile to care for our economy, business and first class passengers.”


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The scoop As consumer goods go green, PepsiCo announced last week its plan to further develop and scale the world’s first recyclable paper bottle.
Paper bottles PepsiCo will begin testing on the new paper bottle in 2021. The bottle is made from sustainably sourced pulp to meet food-safe standards and is designed to be fully recyclable in standard waste streams.
- We need innovation and ambition in the food & beverage space, this is a good place to start
- Limiting the amount of waste in the ocean is always a win, but Pepsi still has a long way to go
- Organizations are building new, innovative ways to clean up Pepsi’s mess.
- This is definitely a bit of greenwashing
- The announcement calls for R&D testing in 2021, so we may not see paper bottles on the shelf for some time.
- Furthermore, Pepsi did not elaborate on its major paper proposal’s inevitable impact on trees.
- Will there be ecological offsets for the increased production of PepsiCo recyclable paper bottles?
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The scoop BlackRock’s Larry Fink warns CEOs that the risks associated with climate change will compromise returns without reallocation of capitol, calling for potentially the biggest divestment in finance history.
Why it matters BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, pledges to divest from fossil fuels and coal, increase investment transparency, and promote firm accountability throughout their sustainable transition.
Bottom line Though his letter is a step in the right direction, it merely foreshadows the significant changes yet to come. Executives will either embrace innovation today or be overshadowed by forward-thinking leaders.
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How it stands
- Companies frequently implement corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs (which include sustainability initiatives) in order to improve their image in the eyes of investors and customers, which in turn boosts profits.
- But it is unclear if CSR programs actually make the world a better place
- Most of the information about a company’s environmental footprint is only available through the company itself, presenting an obstacle to objective evaluation.
- Coca-Cola claims to have reduced the water footprint of their drinks. But their calculations do not include the water used in the supply chain that provides the ingredients and packaging for the final product.
- CSR programs (like Coca-Cola’s) often use offsets which instead of conserving limited resources lead to increased consumption.
- Unilever claims to use a scientific approach to sustainability, trying to reduce their own emissions instead of investing in offsets for carbon neutrality.
- More recently, Unilever announced the addition of carbon footprint labels on all products to increase transparency.
- While the effectiveness of corporate sustainability programs is mixed, the fact that sustainability is on their radar and part of their marketing strategy is a big step forward.
- Don’t take everything you hear at face value. Take a deep dive into a company’s sustainability practices and decide for yourself.
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The billion-dollar banana maker announced an ambitious plan to eliminate fossil-based plastic packaging by 2025, and reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2030.
Dole's plan Turn food waste into repurposed solutions like...
- Pineapple skin packaging
- New snacks made from rejected fruit
- Facilities powered by food waste converted into electricity.
What to expect Other major food producers will respond. The goal-setting sustainability trend continues, and only time will tell whether R&D goal-making converts into tangible results.
In the meantime, you can feel a little bit better about your next purchase of a Nicaraguan-born Dole banana.
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What they do KAJ is a B2B entertainment consultancy that offers full service solutions ranging from brand experience; marketing, strategy, sponsorship and content creation and more.
- Forbes inc. estimates a $7 billion dollar revenue loss for the US concert and live event industry. This will inevitably lead to the downfall of startups like KAJ.
- PPE prices have more than tripled in price as a reflection of increased demand from COVID 19.
Why it matters PPE shortages are increasingly likely, and life threatening.
The pivot KAJ partnered with ApeironMed, a PPE supplier to co-sign a fundraiser to supply PPE at cost for Canadian hospitals in need.
For the people It’s important for small businesses and community members to do their part. KAJ listened to their community and saw an opportunity to connect a network to a cause. To learn more how they did it dive a little deeper below.
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The scoop The fashion industry faces criticism for not following environmental standards to produce cheaper closet updates. Once again. But at what cost?
At the expense of exploiting cheap labor and adding to the global problem of industrial pollution. Brands such as Zara have been at the center of this heated debate as they continue to follow their fast business models.
The invisible price tag
- Online fashion houses such as Zaful, Shein and Romwe make millions on their fashion lines by taking advantage of low-wage labor in sweatshops in China and other parts of Asia.
- Customers fall victim to the low prices of their goods but a rising number in the online consumer market have complained about the sub-standard quality of the items they purchase.
- Consumers of fast fashion tend to ignore the moral and environmental standards that companies disregard.
What are the consequences?
- Over 265 million children globally are enslaved by manufacturing houses found guilty of illegal labour practices.
- As of 2017, only 15% of old clothes were recycled.
- Companies such as Zaful make greenwashing claims about their sustainability programs but there is a shadow of doubt as to what their policies on environmental management actually are?
Eco-friendly goes beyond price
- There are strict sustainability guidelines which restrict organic cloth manufacturers from scaling their production.
- Sustainable fashion must enable the consumers to lead more minimalist lifestyles.
Choose slow fashion
- Consider quality over quantity. What is that you really need?
- Leverage your purse by purchasing from sustainable brands in order to facilitate the shift towards a sustainable industry.
- Upcycle by using old fabrics for other uses once you’re done using the fashion item, to create a circular consumption pattern for yourself.
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Big picture In the age of corporate social justice, sustainability risk management can help firms make better choices for the planet while staying competitive.
Why it matters
- Identify the effects of sustainability issues on internal and external stakeholder value.
- Actively include sustainability in objective setting and cascading objectives across the levels of the organizational hierarchy.
- Develop concrete support for identifying, assessing, and managing economic sustainability risks.
Bottom line Sustainable risk management is the most effective and realistic strategy for creating a sustainable economy, as it allows companies to achieve the best of both worlds: financial success and climate risk mitigation.
Current score Sports are still ‘cancelled’ - thanks COVID - but this ‘stoppage of gameplay’ presents an opportunity to improve sustainable business practices.
Quantify it Waste Management (WM) estimates that the four major professional leagues (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL) generate approximately 35,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) each year from their fans’ waste activities alone.
Big picture The sports world is rife with possibilities to convert to more sustainable practices that would strengthen bottom lines and increase public perception and longevity of their industry.
Why it matters Sports’ influence extends far beyond the reach of their stadiums, fields, rinks, and media presence. They impact cities’ transportation infrastructure, boost local economies and can significantly affect their regions’ environmental systems.
Next steps Say bye to hot dogs, and hello to better AC.
- The pandemic draws attention to the meat industry and indicated essential changes necessary in the ‘food space’
- Plant based alternatives can help pivot from factory farming and more towards a plant based future.
- Another adjustment will need to come in the live event arena where improved HVAC technology and design will reduce air pollutants and filter bacteria while increasing energy efficiency and lowering costs.
Bottom line This pandemic will give fans and consumers a rare opportunity to play a role in systematically changing the operations of the sports industry. Our past has revealed that human beings can quickly adapt to changing environments.
The sports industry as a whole should reflect on this opportunity and make significant changes needed to forge ahead and prevent history from repeating itself.
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The scoop John Tyson, Chairman of Tyson Foods, sent out a dire message about the global food chain supply breaking as millions of chickens, cattle and pigs face euthanasia due to widespread closures of slaughter houses.
Where it stands
- Meat processing plants across America face closure due to the pandemic.
- Processing plants use the ’just in time’ inventory system.
- Animals have limited processing time, after which they get too big and loses their monetary value for companies such as Tyson.
- It is difficult for meat processors to pivot between varying amounts of demand, exposing its shortcomings as a reliable form of food production.
What are the main concerns?
- Most meat processing plants operate in counties in America worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
- Thousands of animals and workers in these poorly-sanitised plants remain in close proximity to one other.
- The chances of infections spreading are incredibly high in the plants, with over 5,000 meat workers and 1,500 workers contracting the virus since April.
- Meat processing systems lack a vital aspect of sustainability: resilience.
Zoom out Farmers have discarded millions of pounds of edible food due to the virus and warn of increased food security concerns. Almost 30-40% of food is wasted in America, equivalent to an estimated value of $162 billion every year.
Bottom Line Our food systems need to focus on resilience plans moving forward, making them more adaptable and decentralised to effectively deal with external disturbances such as a pandemic.
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I had the chance to sit down 1on1 with TemperPack co-CEO Brian Powers. In our conversation, we talked social entrepreneurship, venture capital and the future of sustainability. Last month, the sustainable packaging start-up closed a $22.5 million Series B, led by billionaire Steve Case's Revolution Growth, bringing its total funding to $40 million.
The story TemperPack was founded in 2015 as a partnership between two friends from Maryland and a third colleague from school, the company was born out of a desire to reduce the amount of unsustainable packaging that correlated with the growing world of e-commerce delivery.
The products TemperPack launched ClimaCell© in 2018. ClimaCell© is a bio-foam material made primarily from plant starch in our proprietary formula. They also produce JootBox©, which is a 100% recycled joot fiber that is recycled from used burlap sacks.
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Worksheet Helps Colleges Anticipate Costs of Distance Education
For colleges and universities, moving into online education can be an expensive proposition with many hidden costs, says Brian M. Morgan, director of the Center for Instructional Technology at Marshall University. He has developed an interactive worksheet to help administrators calculate the price tag for creating an online program (http://webpages.marshall.edu/~morgan16/onlinecosts).
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A rarity among rarities, Kenneth Smaltz Jr. is one of a few black business owners in the rare-coin market.
CARRIE MASON-DRAFFEN. STAFF WRITER. May 13, 2005
New customers often do double takes when they meet Kenneth Smaltz Jr., a rare-coin dealer in Garden City. That’s because Smaltz himself is a rarity in the industry: He’s an African-American who owns a rare-coin business.
“It’s always in the back of your mind that when you meet someone of another ethnicity, that they might have second thoughts about me being African-American,” said Smaltz, who owns the 8-year-old K. Smaltz Inc.
But Smaltz’s self-confidence doesn’t allow him to linger on that point too long.
“I know what my expertise is,” said Smaltz, 42. “I am good at what I do.”
What the Jamaica, Queens, native does is buy and sell rare coins in a $3-billion to $5-billion industry, whose players run the gamut from individual dealers to long-established businesses such as Stack’s, a Manhattan company that is the country’s oldest rare-coin dealer. The businesses are overwhelmingly white, as are the majority of the customers, who include captains of industry and celebrities.
Although the rare-coin industry has many black salesmen, encountering a black business owner is uncommon, experts said.
At national shows, which dealers rely on significantly for buying and selling, you don’t see many African- Americans or many women, except for spouses, said Beth Deisher, editor of CoinWorld, a weekly trade newspaper in Sidney, Ohio.
But, she added, “That is changing.”
Smaltz landed in the industry by accident 21 years ago. In 1984 a temporary-employment agency placed the college dropout in the shipping department at MTB Banking Corp., a rare-coin dealer in Manhattan. A senior vice president who later became his mentor told him that if he worked hard, he could move up.
And he did. After 18 months on the job, Smaltz was promoted to salesman. He remained there until 1990, and with the help of his mentor and others was able to find other sales positions around the country, including a job at New World Rarities in Hauppauge in 1997. Later that year he decided to go into business for himself. And here, another mentor played a role, introducing Smaltz to the owner of Eastern Numismatics Inc., a Garden City rare-coin company. Smaltz is now affiliated with it.
In exchange for space at Eastern and access to inventory, among other things, Smaltz gives Eastern a percentage of the profit from his sales, which totaled $1.3 million last year, he said.
“Kenny certainly adds to the bottom line,” said Eugene Parrella, Eastern’s owner and president. “I am a lot better off with him on this team than without.”
Smaltz’s haul last year included profit from the sale of the rarest and most expensive coin he has ever sold: an 1895 Morgan silver dollar, bearing the garlanded head of Lady Liberty on the front, which fetched $139,750.
A customer who wanted to complete a set launched Smaltz on a hunt for the coin, named after George Morgan, then chief engraver of the U.S. Mint. Through research, Smaltz determined that only two coins on the highest end of the 1-through-70 rare coin rating scale exist. He worked the dealer network, and after a month, which he said was the longest of his searches, he found a California dealer who had a grade 68 coin, with a shiny, raised image.
Increasing numbers of collectors are entering the rare-coin market, lifting the industry during the past 2 1/2 years to its first boom since 1978, said Donald Kagin, a second-generation dealer in suburban San Francisco who has a doctorate in numismatics, or coin collecting. The membership of the Denver-based American Numismatic Association, of which Kagin is a board member, has shot up to 32,000 from 28,000 in 1998.
Driving this interest, in part, have been some spectacular coin finds on old sunken ships such as the SS Republic, a former Confederate paddle-wheeler that went down in a hurricane off the coast of Georgia in 1865. Two years ago divers retrieved some of the gold and silver coins among the ship’s cargo.
But experts said the biggest lure in drawing new collectors has been the state quarters, a program launched by the U.S. Mint in 1999 that now has 140 million participants, officials there said. “Many more in the general population have become aware of coin collecting and are participating,” said Deisher, the editor.
Smaltz finds new customers by attending trade shows and by placing ads in newspapers. He favors The Wall Street Journal and Investors’ Business Daily because they attract people, like many of his 300 steady customers, who invest in stocks and bonds. (The value of rare coinshas appreciated an average 20 percent a year during the past two years, besting the stock market, Kagin, the dealer, said.) Smaltz’s clients also include a lot of history buffs between 50 and 70. And many are doctors.
So one of his primary goals is to introduce rare coins to a much broader market, including African-Americans. “If they knew more about it,” he said, “they probably would seriously consider it.”
Changes in coinage
- 1909: Penny with silhouette of Lincoln becomes first circulating coin issued with likeness of a real person
- 1965: Dimes no longer made with silver but copper-nickel combination
- 1983: Last year for the real copper penny. Since then, pennies have been made of 95 percent zinc and 5 percent copper, the reverse of the previous alloy.
This article has been reprinted from Newsday (Copyright Newsday Inc., 2005)


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-- The Standard & Poor’s GSCI Spot Index of 24 raw materials fell 1 percent to settle at 651.87 at 4 p.m. New York time, led by grains.
The UBS Bloomberg CMCI index of 26 prices declined 1.2 percent to 1,601.91.
Soybean futures fell to the lowest in seven weeks on speculation that slowing growth in China and Europe will cut demand for supplies from the U.S., the world’s biggest producer.
Economic growth in China, the top importer and consumer of the oilseed, may fall to a 22-year low of 7.5 percent this year, Morgan Stanley said Sept. 19. European equities tumbled as protests in the region against austerity measures fueled concern the debt crisis will worsen.
On the Chicago Board of Trade, soybean futures for November delivery slumped 2.4 percent to $15.73 a bushel after touching $15.65, the lowest for a most-active contract since Aug. 8.
Corn futures for December delivery declined 2.6 percent to $7.2475 a bushel after touching $7.225, the lowest since July 12.
Wheat futures for December delivery slid 1.9 percent to $8.6925 a bushel, the biggest drop since Sept. 17.
Copper tumbled to the lowest in almost two weeks on concern that stimulus measures from central banks will fail to revive economies amid the deteriorating European debt crisis and a deepening slowdown in China.
On the Comex in New York, copper futures for December delivery dropped 1.3 percent to $3.71 a pound. Earlier, the price touched $3.6805, the lowest since Sept. 13.
Copper for delivery in three months fell 1.9 percent to $8,120 a metric ton ($3.68 a pound) on the London Metal Exchange, the biggest decline since July 23. Zinc, aluminum, tin, lead and nickel also dropped.
Gold dropped to a two-week low as the dollar rose amid concern that the crisis in Spain is worsening, crimping demand for the metal as an alternative investment.
On the Comex, gold futures for December delivery dropped 0.7 percent to $1,753.60 an ounce. Earlier, the price touched $1,738.30, the lowest since Sept. 13.
Silver futures for December delivery fell less than 0.1 percent to $33.94 an ounce.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, platinum futures for January delivery rose 0.2 percent to $1,639.20 an ounce. Palladium futures for December delivery dropped 2.3 percent to $625.85 an ounce.
Crude oil settled below $90 a barrel for the first time in almost eight weeks as the government reported lower petroleum demand and Europe’s woes escalated, damping prospects for fuel use.
On the Nymex, oil futures for November delivery fell 1.5 percent to $89.98 a barrel, the lowest settlement since Aug. 2.
Brent oil for November settlement dropped 0.4 percent to $110.04 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange.
Vitol Group sold Russian Urals crude in the Mediterranean at a lower price than its offer yesterday. No bids or offers were made for North Sea Forties.
Russia will reduce October crude exports from the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk after one cargo of 80,000 metric tons was dropped, according to a final loading program obtained by Bloomberg News.
Cattle futures slumped to a four-week low on speculation that demand for U.S. beef is weakening.
On the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures for December delivery declined 0.5 percent to $1.2475 a pound after reaching $1.24075, the lowest since Aug. 29.
Feeder-cattle futures for November settlement rose 0.5 percent to settle at $1.472 a pound.
Hog futures for December settlement declined 0.4 percent to settle at 74.375 cents a pound. The price is down 22 percent this quarter.
Sugar retreated for the first time in a week as Europe’s debt crisis escalated, signaling lower demand for raw materials.
On ICE Futures U.S. in New York, raw sugar for March delivery fell 1.6 percent to 20.38 cents a pound, the first decline since Sept. 19.
Arabica-coffee futures for December delivery slumped 2.4 percent to $1.6945 a pound.
Cocoa futures for December delivery slid 0.6 percent to $2,469 a ton.
Cotton futures for December delivery fell 1.8 percent to 71.02 cents a pound.
Orange-juice futures for November delivery declined 1.3 percent to $1.13 a pound, the fifth straight drop.
Gasoline jumped the most in 12 weeks as refinery shutdowns in the U.S., Canada and Europe reduced East Coast inventories to the lowest in almost four years.
On the Nymex, gasoline futures for October delivery rose 3.8 percent to $3.0811 a gallon, the highest settlement since Aug. 31.
Heating-oil futures for October delivery slid 0.1 percent to $3.1068 a gallon.
Natural gas advanced to the highest in two weeks as concern eased that supplies would test storage limits before demand picks up with colder weather.
On the Nymex, gas futures for October delivery jumped 3.4 percent to $3.023 per million British thermal units, the first settlement above $3 since Sept. 13 and the biggest increase since Sept. 11.
U.K. gas for delivery next month fell as Gassco AS said that maintenance at an import terminal in Scotland ended earlier than scheduled and milder weather curbed demand for the heating fuel.
The price dropped as low as 58.5 pence a therm and was at 59.27 pence at 4:48 p.m. in London. That’s equal to $9.57 per million Btu. A therm is 100,000 Btu.
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SEEQC Establishes Elmsford, New York, Superconductive Chip Foundry
The Westchester County facility will expand capacity to fabricate superconductor electronics for quantum computing, AI, and sensor and detectors and to test and integrate superconductive chips into its state-of-the-art quantum computing systems, according to state officials. The foundry encompasses design, fabrication, packaging and testing of superconductive integrated circuits (ICs).
“We are building a full stack, energy efficient and scalable quantum computing platform, and each design we create for a customer or partner requires the unique product development and test capabilities that can only be supported in a facility like ours,” said John Levy, CEO and co-founder of SEEQC. “Whether it’s Single Flux Quantum (SFQ) readout and control chips, classical superconducting co-processors, multi-chip modules or next generation qubits, we now have the capability of manufacturing and characterizing them all, we believe this capability is unmatched in the quantum computing ecosystem.”
The Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council recommended a $600,000 Empire State Development capital grant to support the expansion and renovation of SEEQC’s new 7,000 square foot chip foundry and associated costs of machinery and equipment. In addition, the New York Power Authority is supporting the expansion with 156 kilowatts of low-cost power from the ReCharge NY program.
“SeeQC’s new facility is great news for the Mid-Hudson Region and couldn’t be more-timely,” noted ESD President, CEO and Commissioner Hope Knight. “Ensuring that we are investing in New York companies as we continue the national effort to reshore the semiconductor industry and its supply chain will only strengthen our economy, grow jobs and keep New Yorkers in New York. This funding will go a long way to helping SEEQC make groundbreaking advancements in quantum computing and keep New York State a leader in growing the semiconductor industry.”
Seeqc combines classical and quantum technologies to address the efficiency, stability and cost issues endemic to quantum computing systems. The company applies classical and quantum technology through digital readout and control technology and through a unique chip-scale architecture.
“We’re excited to support this impactful expansion project by Quantum Computing as it will bring new jobs and capital investments to Westchester County,” added NYPA Interim President and CEO Justin E. Driscoll. “The ReCharge NY program has been a catalyst for job creation and retention all across the state and this project is another example of how businesses can leverage the state’s low-cost hydropower to reduce operating costs so that they can stay and grow in New York.”
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