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LinkedIn is set to be closed in China, according to Microsoft, due to a “significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements.”
Microsoft replaces LinkedIn in China with a new platform called InJobs
The company announced its decision in a blog post, LinkedIn will be replaced in China with a new app called InJobs that has some of LinkedIn’s tools but no social feed or posting capability.
“Our decision to launch a localized version of LinkedIn in China in February 2014 was driven by our mission to connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful. We recognized that operating a localized version of LinkedIn in China would mean adherence to requirements of the Chinese government on Internet platforms.”
In March, LinkedIn announced that it would stop new member sign-ups in China due to regulatory issues.
Microsoft bought LinkedIn for just over $26 billion in 2016 and has worked to build a presence in China despite concerns about online censorship.
For more than a decade, Facebook and Twitter have been prohibited in China. In 2010, Google left the country in response to a hacking incident and censorship. Amazon has a presence in China, but it is largely dominated by local businesses like Alibaba.


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PRESTON, England, January 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Flash Photobooths is to expand its operations in the UK to Europe, with a new Head Office opening 45 minutes from Hamburg, Germany.
Flash Photobooths aims to extend its reach into Europe with its new office opening up right in the middle of three key cities in Germany. Hamburg, Hannover and Bremen.
The aim is to provide a Photo Booth Hire service across the UK and Germany and to extend its Photo booth sales across the UK and Europe.
Mr Craig Jemson (Director) said "Photo booths have boomed across the UK this past year and with over 232,990 weddings in 2013 the supply is struggling to meet the demand. By opening our new office near Hamburg not only can we add a little German efficientcy and engineering to our Photo Booths but we can offer Europe and the Germans some extra fun at their parties. Currently the booths they are hiring in Europe are of poor quality and over priced".
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PM Modi to Inaugurate Cyber Space Global Conference on Nov 23
The theme of this conference in a way reflect the changing architecture of India in the digital space.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the global conference on cyber space (GCSS), to held for the first time in India, on November 23, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today. "We are hosting global conference on cyber space in 2017 in India. This will be inaugurated by Prime Minister of India," Prasad told reporters here.
"We hope to have over 2,000 delegates from 100 countries and there will be about 50 ministerial level delegations. We also expect some heads of states as well," the minister said. Prasad said that he is in contact with Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Infosys co-founders Nandan Nilekani and N Narayanmurthy, along with global digital companies for participation in the conference. The UK had hosted the first GCCS in 2011 followed by Budapest in 2012. South Korea hosted the event in 2013 and the Netherlands in 2015. "The theme of this conference in a way reflect the changing architecture of India in the digital space," Prasad said.
He said that the government will soon launch a new programme for digital literacy of 6 crore people. "Digital India is designed to empower ordinary Indians. Digital Inclusion is our big effort. In the theme of this conference we have included cyber for all as part of our digital inclusion agenda," Prasad said. He said the conference will also focus on making cyber space more secure and bringing in digital democracy. The minister said that the government will also set up an exhibition of digital firms. "We have proposed multi-stakeholder model for Internet governance. Same model we also want to reflect in this international conference," Prasad said.
The overall goal of GCCS 2017 is to promote an inclusive cyber space with focus on policies and frameworks for inclusivity, sustainability and development among others, the Ministry of Electronics and IT said in a release.
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Cherry Hill Volkswagen Caring Community
As part of the Volkswagen Community-Driven effort, Cooper Hospital in Camden, NJ got a big thank-you from Cherry Hill Volkswagen in the form of 60 pizzas and 100 Cheesesteaks. An SUV like Atlas made it easy, of course. Delivering the big thank-you are Cherry Hill Imports Auto Group’s CEO Amanda DiMattia, Operations Director Lou DiMattia, and General Manager Andrew Hartung. And btw, it was Andrew’s birthday. His Facebook fundraiser contributed another $2000 to the cause.


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CBD has caused a lot of commotion over the past few years – as well as a lot of confusion. The laws surrounding hemp-derived CBD products aren’t always clear, and it can be tricky to discern what is accurate between federal and state level regulations.
Many have assumed that CBD products are legal in all 50 states, but unfortunately matters are not so straightforward. If you are curious about the CBD laws in your state, read on to learn more.
Overview of Federal Hemp CBD Laws
The signing of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (also known as the 2018 Farm Bill) changed the game for hemp and hemp-derived products. Under this act, hemp was removed from the definition of marijuana in the Controlled Substances Act.
This means that hemp and hemp-derived products (like CBD oil) lost their status as a Schedule 1 drug. It is important to note that federally legal hemp (and hemp-derived products) must contain less than 0.3% THC. Marijuana-derived products, on the other hand, still remain illegal on the federal level.
So what exactly does this mean for hemp-derived products? Since the Farm Bill was signed, multiple doors have been opened in regards to CBD production and sale in the US. Any product that comes from the hemp plant (so long as it has under 0.3% THC) is legal on the federal level.
That being said, state governments are able to place their own restrictions on hemp-derived CBD. Some have chosen to take a stricter stance than the federal law (which we will cover below).
It is important to note that the FDA, which has oversight of food, cosmetics, and drugs, has not approved the sale and marketing of CBD-infused foods and dietary supplements, or tested CBD products for their efficacy and dosage.
There is an exception for Epidiolex, an FDA-approved drug containing CBD that is used to treat a certain type of epilepsy. The agency also has not established official guidelines for the regulation of hemp-derived CBD products.
State Hemp CBD Laws
Since the cultivation and production of hemp-derived products is legal on the federal level, many are asking: is CBD oil legal in all 50 states? How about other hemp-derived CBD products?
The federal legalization has led many people to assume that it is perfectly legal to use CBD oil and other products throughout the country.
Unfortunately, it isn’t quite that simple. The 2018 Farm Bill allowed for state governments to create their own hemp regulations, so states have taken their own stances.
While many states have jumped on board with the federal stance on CBD, others have put stricter regulations in place regarding hemp and CBD products. Some states haven’t yet established a clear stance, putting them in a gray area when it comes to the legality of CBD in those states.
CBD Laws By State
The following list breaks down which states are CBD-friendly, which states have banned CBD, and which states haven’t established a clear stance on CBD products.
CBD Friendly States
In the following states, the production and purchase of hemp-derived CBD is legal. Note that in many of these states, marijuana-derived CBD is not legal.
Idaho (with stricter regulations, as outlined in the CBD oil section below)
States Against CBD
The following states have explicitly stated that CBD is not legal.
In Hawaii, officials have stated that CBD products are not legal, with the exception of those with a prescription. Laws in the state prohibit adding CBD to food, beverages, or cosmetics.
For Iowans, there has been a lot of confusion around the legality of CBD. In May 2019, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds issued a statement saying that, although hemp production is legal, the production and sale of hemp-derived CBD products still remains illegal.
The state is following the guidance of the FDA, which has not approved CBD for human consumption. Essentially, Iowa seems to be waiting for the approval of the FDA before giving CBD the green-light.
Hemp-derived CBD is not legal in Massachusetts. This is surprising to many, especially since recreational marijuana is legal in the state. Many hemp-derived products are legal to produce and sell, including hemp seeds, hemp seed oil, clothing, hemp protein, and building material. However, as far as CBD products, Massachusetts is following the guidance of the FDA.
This means many CBD products are illegal, including “any product containing CBD derived from hemp that makes therapeutic/medicinal claims”, “any product that contains hemp as dietary supplement”, and “any food product containing CBD.”
Despite hemp-derived CBD being legal on the federal level, the Nebraska Attorney General has maintained that CBD remains illegal under state law. There is some uncertainty with the laws in Nebraska, since hemp is not considered a controlled substance in the state. However, based on the Attorney General’s statement, it seems that, as of now, CBD remains illegal (besides some medical exceptions).
For residents of South Dakota, hemp-derived CBD is illegal. The South Dakota Attorney General has confirmed that all CBD products remain illegal. There is an exception for the use of Epidiolex, the FDA-approved drug containing CBD that is used to treat a certain type of epilepsy.
CBD Neutral States
The following states remain in a legal gray area regarding hemp-derived CBD. While they haven’t stated that CBD is illegal, they also haven’t made clear statements that it is legal.
CBD remains unregulated in Alaska, putting it in a legal gray area in the state. While you can find it in stores, if you choose to purchase a CBD product in the state, you should be very cautious with what you are choosing. Some product labels could inaccurately reflect what is actually in the container.
Just like with Alaska, CBD remains unregulated in Delaware.
Like the above states, CBD remains unregulated in Mississippi. Per Harper Grace’s Law, CBD is available for eligible patients with epileptic conditions through the Department of Pharmacy Services at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Missouri is another state in the gray area, as CBD remains unregulated and the Attorney General has not made a statement. The Missouri Medical Marijuana Bill legalizes the use of CBD oil for eligible patients with epilepsy.
Montana state government does not regulate the production of CBD. The official state website refers readers to the FDAs statements on CBD.
Since New Hampshire has yet to regulate CBD, it still remains in the gray area. The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed, however, that CBD is not permitted as an additive to food products.
CBD is easily found in stores throughout Washington D.C. However, CBD still remains unregulated, and no official statements have been made regarding the legality.
Is CBD Oil Legal in My State?
CBD oil is one of the most popular CBD products available, so many are wondering about the legality of this product in their state.
It is free of any additional cannabinoids (including THC), terpenes, and flavonoids. A broad spectrum CBD oil contains plant compounds (like terpenes, flavonoids, and cannabinoids), but does not contain any THC.
A full spectrum CBD oil contains all of the plant compounds found in a broad spectrum oil, as well as THC. However, a federally legal hemp-derived broad spectrum oil contains less than 0.3% THC, which is not enough to get users high.
When looking at CBD oil laws by state, the majority of the states under the “CBD friendly” list allow for the purchase and use of isolates, broad spectrum, and full spectrum CBD oils, so long as they contain less than 0.3% THC. However, Idaho does have stricter hemp and CBD regulations in comparison to its counterparts.
Hemp-derived CBD products must contain no THC, so full spectrum products are not legal. Hemp products must also not be deemed as marijuana under Idaho’s definition of the plant. Simply put, this means that CBD can only be extracted from certain parts of the plant. Since broad spectrum products can be made from multiple parts of the plant, isolates are the only legal option.
CBD Gummies and Edibles
Other CBD-Infused Products
Oils aren’t the only CBD products that have been manufactured. Products like topicals and foods have been infused with CBD, and questions have been raised about the legality of their use.
In the case of topicals containing CBD (such as creams, lotions, and balms), most states haven’t made an explicit statement regarding the legality. Since many states include “hemp-derived products” as legally available, it appears that these types of products are legally acceptable – and in many states they are readily available in-store and online.
However, it does still exist in a bit of a gray area since they often aren’t explicitly addressed.
State regulations around CBD in food is a bit more clear cut. The FDA has prohibited the addition of CBD to food products since CBD is an active ingredient that is found in an FDA-approved drug (Epidiolex).
Many states have decided to follow these guidelines. CBD-friendly states that have explicitly banned the addition of CBD to food include California, New York, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Washington, and Ohio.
States that have allowed the use of CBD in food include Connecticut, Colorado, and Maine.
The Top Things to Keep in Mind When Buying CBD
Even if you are living in a state where CBD products are legal, it is important to keep a few things in mind to ensure you are getting products from high-caliber brands. Be sure to check on a brand’s cultivation and production practices to make sure they are producing high-quality products.
This includes making sure they grow their own hemp or source it from local farmers. That way, they know exactly what is going into the farming of the plant. It is also vital that brands put their products through third-party testing to ensure the proper amounts of CBD are in the products, and that no harmful elements are in the formulas.
If you are looking for high-quality CBD products from a reliable seller, you can check out the range of CBD products here at Every Day Optimal.
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Board of directors meeting of Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited
Karachi, Yousaf Weaving Mills Limitedinformed Pakistan Stock Exchange that board of directors meeting of the company will be held on March 21, 2018 at Lahore to appoint the Chairman of the Board of Director in term of section 192 of the Companies Ordinance 2017 from the Non-Executive director of the Company and to reconstitute the committee of Board.
Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited is a company incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company on January 17, 1988. The foundations of the company are laid under the Companies Ordinance, 1984. The principal activity of the company is engaging in the business of textile weaving, spinning and sale of processed fabrics, home textile and dairy products. The shares of the company are quoted on Karachi and Lahore Stock Exchanges of Pakistan. The registered office of the company is situated at Chakwal.
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Having banged on and on about the power of its two-sided network – helping consumers manage the way they pay on one hand, and helping merchants win new customers on the other – Afterpay’s decision to launch a product that will let US consumers shop at retailers that aren’t contracted to the buy now, pay later giant seems a little jarring.
But on closer inspection, Afterpay’s co-chief executives, Anthony Eisen and Nick Molnar, are trying to double down on the two-sided strategy in a way that makes its app more attractive to American consumers, increase customer activity and deliver more leads to more retailers.
Some of Afterpay’s key US challengers, including Klarna and Quadpay (owned by ASX-listed group Zip), have driven strong growth by letting customers shop at whatever retailer they want using one-time, virtual credit cards to facilitate the purchase.
Afterpay is putting its own twist on this strategy. It will initially allow a select cohort of customers – presumably earlier consumers proven to be good credit risks – to shop with a group of retailers it says represent about half of all e-commerce transactions in the US by volume: Amazon, CVS, Dell, Kroger, Macy’s, Nike, Sephora, Target, Victoria’s Secret, Walgreens and Yeti.
Given Afterpay has only 18,000 merchants signed up in the US, this opens up a huge chunk of the market for Afterpay’s consumers. The buy now, pay later market is in the middle of a land grab and this move should limit leakage to Klarna and Quadpay.
Clearly there is a risk that contracted merchants who are currently handing the buy now, pay later giant a 4 per cent merchant fee might be peeved that shoppers can now shop with retailers not paying that fee.
But the fact that Afterpay customers can only shop with these uncontracted new retailers and will only be able to so via the shop directory on the Afterpay app, should increase activity in the shop directory and mean more leads and sales flow to all merchants, contracted or not.
That is, the halo effect from more customers, shopping more frequently at more retailers will lift all merchant boats.
“Afterpay’s go-to-market strategy to date has been to keep its merchant network ‘closed’,” Citi analyst Siraj Ahmed said on Monday in a note to clients.
“While there is potential that addition of non-network merchants could negatively impact Afterpay’s ability to sign new enterprise merchants, we do not see this as an issue.”
Ahmed says it is increased customer demand that should underpin new merchant deals.
“Given the non-network merchants can only be accessed through the app, it increases consumers’ engagement with the Afterpay app, which in our view could unlock further monetisation opportunities in the future.”
While Afterpay won’t get merchant fees from these new retailers, it will pick up interchange fees (paid by the merchants’ banks for issuing the digital cards that make this all possible) and affiliate marketing fees (paid by the retailers for transactions delivered by Afterpay through its app).
Monetisation of shop directory
It’s the latter that RBC sees as the most valuable. One of the Afterpay platform’s big strengths is that its customers’ purchase frequency has been shown to increase the longer they have been on the platform; the top 10 per cent of customers globally transact an average of 33 times per year, or about three times per month.
This gives Afterpay an enormous amount of data on their customers’ needs, wants and preferences, which in turn should allow Afterpay to serve customers with the most appropriate offers and product suggestions from the right retailers in its shop directory.
Just as contracted merchants are willing to give away a 4 per cent merchant fee for these leads, Afterpay is betting that uncontracted retailers will be willing to pay handsomely in the form of affiliate marketing fees.
“There has been a lot of talk around potential monetisation of the shop directory and what that might look like,” RBC analyst Tim Piper says.
“We think this functionality is that monetisation – an evolution into a broader commerce network that will generate affiliate marketing revenue based on the back of an integrated store directory that already drives millions of customer leads to merchants.”
The point here is that while Afterpay is shifting from an open market to a closed one, its core strategy of building a two-sided network that works for customers and merchants remains in place.
Will there be any backlash from contracted merchants? Quite possibly.
While Piper argues the new functionality “also likely adds value to Afterpay’s integrated merchant partners too, as a stronger customer value proposition should drive a bigger user network that will also shop at integrated merchants”, it may take a while before Afterpay can prove the benefits to the contracted merchants.
Afterpay shares soared 7 per cent in early trade on Thursday, taking the stock to $131.72. The stock is up more than 40 per cent in a month and the all-time high of $160 it hit in February suddenly doesn’t seem so far away.
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Atlanta, Georgia. For the second consecutive year, new car customers rated Porsche as the top brand in the J.D. Power 2019 U.S. Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) StudySM released today.
Porsche earned the top spot among luxury brands in the annual SSI Study and has now defended its lead among 14 luxury brands with an overall score at 827 points.
“Porsche strives to deliver a customer experience that is as exciting as our cars,” said Klaus Zellmer, President and CEO of Atlanta-based Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA). “We are proud of this recognition from J.D. Power and grateful to the 191 independently owned and operated U.S. Porsche dealer-partners who provide legendary customer experiences every day.”
The SSI Study provides an analysis of the purchase experience from a customer perspective. It is based on responses from 28,867 people who purchased or leased new vehicles between April and May 2019.
Customers rated brands on various aspects of the new car buying process. Favorable responses for Porsche were led by dealership facility, website and working out the details of the transaction.
Earlier this year, Porsche also won first place among luxury brands in the J.D. Power Customer Service Index (CSI) Study and the top spot among midsize premium SUVs for the Porsche Cayenne in the J.D. Power ‘APEAL’ (Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout) Study. The company continues to focus on customer experience with initiatives including debuting the “Destination Porsche” corporate architecture for dealerships in March and launching an online sales pilot in select markets last month. PCNA has also rolled out a customer-centric training program called Excite! for its own employees and at dealerships.
Through the first 10 months of the year, PCNA U.S. retail sales are up 6.5 percent over the same period in 2018. The company is on pace for its eight consecutive record U.S. sales year in 2019.


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WEST NILE –Tea growing in the West Nile district of Zombo has got an accelerating effort that could boost local production.
Zombo Tea Growers’ Cooperative Society and Edwin Tea Foundation Initiative, EFOTI, a company with good expertise in tea farming, have signed a memorandum of understanding that aims largely at promoting tea research, production, productivity, value addition, and tea product diversification in Zombo for five years.
The MoU was signed last Friday, April 9, by the Chairman of the Cooperative, Christopher Unencan, the Secretary, Jungiera Geoffrey, and Aneniwu Patrick, a cooperative tea farmer, and Edwin Beekunda Atukunda, the founder of EFOTI.
Unencan told theCooperator in an interview that, “We signed the MoU to enable us to work in partnership with EFOTI in our district to build the capacity of farmers in terms of training and value addition.”
Tea growing was reintroduced in Zombo in 2013-2014. Unencan said members who planted tea in 2016-2018 are harvesting now.
Unencan said the cooperative, formed in 2016, has over 300 registered members, who have grown over 500 acres of tea.
He said, however, that despite the huge acreage of tea plantations, members are still earning very little from the enterprise because there is no factory in the area to process the harvest and add value to attract high prices.
“The registered members of the cooperative suggested that we come to an agreement with EFOTI because they have been struggling to sell their tea. They are selling their tea locally after a very long and tiring process of pounding the leaves using the mortar and pestle,” Unencan said.
He said farmers believe the MoU will spur the establishment of a tea processing factory.
Although there are about 36 tea processing factories in Uganda, all of them are concentrated in western and southwestern Uganda.
Edwin Atukunda Beekunda, the founder of EFOTI, said an area qualifies to get a factory after planting at least 2000 acres of tea.
He said following the MoU, EFOTI will conduct training in agronomic practices to enable improvements in tea yields and quantity and also promote value addition, processing, branding, packaging, marketing, and export.”
He said they will also, “Build the capacity of tea nursery operators, tea growers, students and other stakeholders for improved tea cultivation, processing, and marketing.”
Tea is one of the leading cash crops in Uganda with a yearly export of 65,000 metric tonnes. A 2020 report by Ugtea shows that Uganda is the second leading tea producer and exporter in Africa and among the top 15 in the world.
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The widely publicized story of a college football fan using a sign that read “Hi Mom Send Bitcoin” to generate $22,000 in donations was great PR for the world’s favorite crypto-currency. However, as a digital media enthusiast, I was just as enthralled by the gigantic QR code on the sign, which facilitated the transactions. Did this single incident bring the QR code back into fashion?
We’ve all seen humiliating uses of QR codes by companies trying way too hard to appear tech savvy. Often, the applications make it virtually impossible to reach or scan the codes, rendering them completely useless. For this reason, the rage has died down and QR codes have experienced a slow and embarrassing death. Until now…
The QR code has made in-person Bitcoin transactions a breeze. Bitcoin users are able to create “addresses”, which are a series of 24-37 alphanumeric characters that serve as destinations for Bitcoin payments. By creating a QR code that links to the address, transactions can be made by scanning the code with a “wallet” application, which stores Bitcoins and facilitates transfers from one account to another.
Yes, there are simpler alternatives such as email transactions (Bitcoin addresses can be linked to an email address); however, the QR code opens up new possibilities for creative minds, such as the clever aforementioned football fan. In this case, a Reddit user took a picture of the fan’s sign, blew it up to a scannable size, and posted it online. Bitcoin advocates began using their wallet apps to scan the QR code and send donations.
This is the most creative and functional use of the QR code that we’ve seen in quite some time. The fact that it was associated with one of the hottest topics in popular culture just may have given the QR code enough steam to make another run at serving a real need.


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INFORMATION THAT BUILDSAND POWERS THE WORLD
UK rental company H.E. Services (Plant Hire) Ltd has ordered 85 Mecalac site dumpers, a mix of TA1eh, TA3sh, TA6 and TA9 models.
The company has sold its Danish rental business to G.S.V. Materieludlejning A/S for €33 million
National Trench Safety (NTS) has acquired parts of Shore and Pour in Chinnor, UK, west of London.
United Rentals has completed the previously announced acquisition of WesternOne Rentals Sales LP
212,500 visitors is 25% more than in 2016 and also significantly more than 2014
Geoff Drabble will step down as CEO of Ashtead Group on 1 May 2019 and will be succeeded by Brendan Horgan, the current Group COO and Chief Executive of Sunbelt Rentals
XCMG has introduced a 56.6m telescopic boom to compete with JLG’s 1850SJ and Genie’s SX-180
Company’s increased sales in China driven by business with new rental companies
Chanzhou facility to expand by 100,000ft2 for materials processing and aerial utility production
Jeff Eisenberg, at Claremont Consulting, outlined the history of consolidation in mature markets and says China will follow suit
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And it went down just like everyone thought it would.
Floyd defeated Pacquiao by unanimous decision after going the distance, making ‘Money' Mayweather the official winner.
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Just when we were hoping the unhealthy-barbecued-greasy-slithery-slab-meat-of-a-sandwhich, which is better known as the McRib, was NEVER coming back, it's here again… and just in time for the holidays!!
On Monday, McDonald's announced the hoagie's re-debut, which apparently was supposed to be out October 22, but due to low sales, the fast food chain decided to bring it back in December to help fourth-quarter sales.
And now, in just two weeks, you'll be able to stuff your face with the "pork" barbecue smothered sammich.
But first, let's get a few things straight!
Don't forget you'll also grubbing on holiday food, which can add up to a gazallion calories, and NOT only does the McRib contain 500 calories, but it has over 70 ingredients and 980 mg of sodium.
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KNOX COUNTY, Ind. (WTHI) - The Knox County Chamber of Commerce wants business owners to know we're all in this together.
On Thursday, News 10 spoke with the chamber president.
She says the agency has been doing what it can to support local businesses.
Officials say they have been doing their best to provide business owners with much-needed information.
Overall, the president says she's proud of how business owners have been adapting to the changes.
"They're trying to figure out how they're to work their business and you know they're doing a good job. They're all finding new avenues whether it's selling on social media or they're selling through their websites. All of our websites have done a great job of adapting to their restrictions," Jamie Neal said.
In addition to dealing with the COVID-19, pandemic...business owners were also dealing with the aftermath of Wednesday night's severe weather.


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Parle Agro, the beverage company, has announced a colossal multi-media campaign for its Fizz portfolio. The fruit plus fizz portfolio of Parle Agro consists of Appy Fizz and B-Fizz, and the film will be aired nationally featuring Priyanka Chopra - the national brand ambassador and the same will be leveraged in the south with superstar, Jr. NTR, the brand ambassador for Southern India.
The company said that their summer campaign for 2021 is set to build the Fizz portfolio further and position it as the next big super duo brand in the beverage industry.
The TVC this year will also have a strong focus on digital strategy and engagement as Parle Agro undertakes investments into IPL to a large degree. With B-Fizz being a youth-centric brand, and IPL being a cricket format favoured by the youth, Parle Agro believes this digital partnership with IPL on Hotstar will generate the right reach, impact and visibility for the brand among their core audience, the company said.
Nadia Chauhan, joint managing director and chief marketing officer, Parle Agro, said, “Year-on-year we continue to grow Parle Agro at a phenomenal pace. And with larger and more aggressive plans for our Fizz portfolio this year, we are looking to gain substantial market share and drive significant growth for Parle Agro in the beverage industry. Additionally, our brand ambassadors are not only the biggest and most celebrated icons in their fields that people look up to, but they also complement the leadership position of Parle Agro’s fizz brands as well. With the collective effort of this massive launch for our Fizz portfolio, we aim to double our market share in the sparkling fruit drink category in the coming year."
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Parle Agro plans on generating buzz with an aggressive multimedia campaign including TV, OOH and Digital. The TVC will be aired across national and regional channels, it added.
Over the past few years, the number of women at the junior level has grown. Still, women continue to be underrepresented at the leadership level. Bias impacts women’s day-to-day work experiences and ability to advance. We are discussing the challenges women are facing in the workplace.


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The outlook is brightening for the economy in general and the housing industry, specifically, according to some recent reports. The major banks and some of the larger real estate franchises say the recession in Canada is either over or soon to be.
Lets have a look at some of the recent news and economic releases;
Overview of our economic Condition
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Brazil and China will lead global beef trade in 2023
In 2022, Brazil exported 2.2 million tons (Mt) (through the end of November), twice as much beef as the next largest exporter, the US. Between them, this represents a third of the total beef traded globally and Brazil and the US also have significant market shares in the largest importer, China. They are expected to have imported about 2.5 Mt of beef for the year that has just ended and the most recent data from Brazil at the end of November showed that 1.24 Mt came from there, while the US has supplied about 300,000 t, with the last count unknown until February 2023.
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"Belebeevsky Dairy Plant" came back with a victory from "Prodexpo-2015" International Exhibition
UFA, 20 February 2015. /Bashinform News Agency, Sergey Zakharov/.
About two thousand companies from 65 countries were participants of the "Prodexpo-2015" International Exhibition held in Moscow. The "Belebeevsky Dairy Plant", the Russia's largest producer of hard cheeses presented the best samples of its products, the latest achievements and technologies.
This year Belebey cheesemakers presented new luxury brand cheese "Belfort" and "Belster" as well as new original packaging of sliced cheese of 180 grams and a piece of fixed weight — 300 grams. Cheese of the premium sector was highly appreciated by visitors.
"Belster" became the winner of the "Innovative Product" contest and won "gold" in the nomination "Innovations in Technology". "Belfort" was awarded a silver medal in the international contest "Best Product of 2015". In addition, these cheeses were awarded diplomas of the "Choice of Chains" contest, the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture RB informs.


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Coinbase can be a bridge to traditional finance
Within the cryptocurrency industry and I am being specific here in naming it an industry, Coinbase is like marmite. It doesn’t conform to the purists, the Bitcoin maximalists and old timers, who see cryptocurrency as “outside” traditional financial systems. This group would not buy a single Scottish Widows product for example. On the other end of the spectrum, there are the Wall Street types, hedge fund managers and financial advisers who want cryptocurrency to become more mainstream and see Coinbase as an enabler for this - almost a bridge to traditional finance. That bridge is about to span across the globe as Coinbase has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] in the USA to become a public company. For crypto nerds, investors and supporting businesses this is a major milestone in bringing “mum and dad” into the crypto-sphere.
Filing an SEC-S1 means Coinbase will list or IPO this year. The founders will all no doubt become billionaires. Well done them for being entrepreneurial and building something special. But, it is the wider context of this IPO that has Wall Street excited and creates a stronger argument for Bitcoin to gets its first ETF. Bitcoin is the leading cryptocurrency by market capitalisation and many have tried over the past decade to obtain ETF status for it, with no luck. Bitcoin is not easy for big institutions or investment houses to hold, so by investing in Coinbase, the likes of Scottish Widows can “enter” the crypto market in a manner they are used to.
Analysts are already examining how well the Coinbase listing will do. $70B to $100B is the guesstimate on the opening bell. Perhaps $350 a share to kick off. Regardless, this stock, when it comes to market, has all the hallmarks of the typical big tech stock flotations. Facebook etc have all done well and while Coinbase is a completely different business model, it has the potential in terms of network effects, to be a big performer in Wall Street. Coinbase is at the epicentre of the bull market that’s sweeping the crypto industry and its user interface has been built so that “yer granny” can get to grips with it easily. I would argue that this is its secret sauce.
More to follow on this particular IPO, but as Twitter drew my attention to Scottish Widows and Coinbase, it made me think about how progressive this juxtaposition actually is. How long will it take until Coinbase has an allocation within traditional companies investment portfolios like Scottish Widows funds?
This will not be the last crypto IPO either to potentially enter a portfolio near you….
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Rakuten Advertising recently hosted a panel of financial marketers at our DealMaker event in Austin, TX, to discuss innovation and the challenges and opportunities for the future of financial services affiliate marketing. Our panelists included:
- Patrick Hook, VP of Digital Marketing at Wells Fargo
- John Maas, VP of Marketing for Quontic Bank
- Eric Wellner, the GM of Lending Tree
Here are some of the highlights:
Changing times spark innovation.
As today’s markets fluctuate, newer financial brands look to publishers for more innovative strategies to compete with more longstanding, traditional organizations. To maintain a voice during changing times, brands need to develop a unique long-term strategy that focuses on building relationships with consumers during change and stability.
Diversity is key to maintaining stability.
Investors know that diversity is key to maintaining stability during volatile times. When it comes to affiliate marketing, some industries advance ahead of the competition while some take a more conservative approach. Regardless, developing a more diverse strategy can appeal to consumers who look to reduce financial risk and consider other brands based on their unique offerings.
Buying decisions become more emotional.
Increasing prices and rates can cause consumers to make emotional decisions when it comes to purchases. They may be quick to switch brands based on rates or shift investment plans. While these decisions may seem logical to cut back on costs, their motive carries a lot of emotion as they look to brands for help in navigating the changing landscape. Through affiliate marketing, brands can help consumers learn about their financial options through educational content that helps them make the best decisions possible.
Customer needs are constantly evolving, regardless of the economic environment. Advertisers and publishers need to adapt to these needs and get to know their clients incredibly well to uncover opportunities for innovation. Whether marketers are developing new products or marketing campaigns, those strategies need to be incredibly relevant to their audience’s needs now more than ever. By resonating with customers throughout the changing landscape, brands can reach consumers right when they’re searching for new financial solutions.
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Drinks giant Diageo to open its latest private club for whisky connoisseurs in France
Diageo is to open its latest private club for whisky connoisseurs in France.
The drinks giant is bringing its upmarket Johnnie Walker ‘house’ initiative to Paris, where it will sell its ‘super-deluxe’ range of whiskies, as advertised by actor Jude Law.
Taking centre stage: Actor Jude Law (pictured) advertises Diageo's ‘super-deluxe’ range of whiskies
The luxury clubs include VIP areas, bespoke blending, cocktail classes and other special events for members.
Diageo has already opened ‘house’ venues across China and Korea, and smaller versions in Taipei, Mumbai and Singapore.
Its Paris location will open in April and is a joint venture with drinks giant Moet Hennessy and retail chain The Whisky Shop.
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Bank of America's David Godsman promises to support mobile payments
"Bank of America's Online and Mobile Solutions Executive David Godsman has only been in the mobile banking business with Bank of America for under a year, but the company has already made huge strides in its mobile strategy under his leadership. The company touts 29 million active online banking users and over nine million who use mobile banking. Godsman recently spoke to FierceMobileContent about Bank of America's changing digital strategy and mobile security measures that help keep users' financial information safe and secure. This is an edited version of that conversation."
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"A mobile phone is no longer a simple device to make calls. It's become the hub for all your activities, from e-mailing and browsing to paying bills and transferring money. Banks may have been the first to dip their feet into this technological pool, but telecom companies have begun to catch up. The RBI's step to remove the 50,000 cap that it had imposed earlier on daily mobile transactions has also provided the much-needed boost to mobile banking."
Mobile banking 2012
"A look at trends in mobile banking and whether a mobile app or mobile website makes more sense."
Local Touch Should be Key to U.S. Banks' Future Plans, Says Research
"Banking customers in the U.S. prefer localized, personalized services to be at the center of their relationship with their financial services institutions, according to a new international study by BT and Avaya. The study - which reflects results of a survey of more than 2,000 financial services customers in the U.S., U.K., Germany and Spain -- found that despite the growing use of telephone and Internet banking in recent years, two-thirds (66 percent) of U.S.-based customers see their local branch as the most vital link with their bank - second only to cash machines."
Analyst: Android has 35% of U.S. tablet market, will overtake iPad
"That startling statistic and prediction comes courtesy of Javelin Strategy & Research of Pleasanton, California. A boutique research firm known for its bank technology coverage, Javelin published a paid report today on tablets and their impact on mobile consumer banking. I was able to read the report and interview the primary author, Javelin research director Mary Monahan."


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Purpose of import ban going up in smoke?
By Madhusha Thavapalakumar
I was contemplating on whether to write this topic or not but an article I saw on Twitter last Sunday (30 May) titled “Sri Lanka’s economic plight a caution for Bangladesh”, although it has no direct connection to the article I am going to write, pushed me to proceed with the topic.
I have seen successive governments often making poor decisions in critical circumstances which may or may not be due to hidden psychological biases of leaders. Then they are overconfident in implementing such decisions, indicating their optimism bias. Sri Lankan governments more often than not have taken decisions on major and urgent issues that have done more harm than good.
One infamous policy decision taken by the Government that is in power was to introduce stringent import restrictions to protect the foreign reserves of the country against the backdrop of a complete standstill of tourism. One year and two months later, the Market Mine decided to review the effectiveness of this decision which faced and still faces wide criticism.
The tale of import controls
Sri Lanka with “big” plans for its international tourism and exports was moving into the month of March 2020 with $ 7.9 billion in its foreign exchange reserves while its close Asian ally, China, was combating the spread of Covid-19 that originated in its Hubei Province. In the meantime, the virus was steadily spreading into many western and Asian nations, yet up until mid-March, Sri Lankan airports were open for tourists. During this period, we all know that Sri Lanka was treating a Covid-19-affected Chinese individual upon whose recovery the local Minister of Health gave a bouquet of flowers, hugged, kissed her on the forehead, and sent her home. The good old times.
Then, we detected the first Covid-19-affected Sri Lankan national on 10 March last year. Two days later, three more cases were detected. People started panic buying, inbound flights were banned, and the Government imposed a seven-week lockdown. Swiftly, the Government also halted the importation of motor vehicles, air conditioners, perfumes, televisions, washing machines, mobile phones, and footwear; to make it simple, they halted imports which they thought were “non-essentials”. End-March foreign reserves fell to $ 7.2 billion amidst disruptions to exports, drop in worker remittances, and little to no tourism performance.
In April, following the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, the Government decided to print more money, shooting up the overnight excess liquidity in the banking system by several billions of rupees, and authorities decided to ban imports of more items till July 2020.
This time around the ban included rice, ornamental fish, alcohol, vinegar, grains, maize, pasta, vegetable oil, black gram, screws, nuts, and bolts, communion wafers, cement paint, batteries, small motors, marble, ceramic tiles, sanitary ware, and essential oils. By the end of April, the reserves had fallen to $ 7.1 billion. In the meantime, showing negative impacts of the islandwide lockdown, the decline in export earnings surpassed the decline in import expenditure, widening the trade deficit to $ 840 million. Total import expenditure fell to $ 1.1 billion from $ 1.5 billion, the same month of the previous year. Even though Year-over-Year (YoY) expenditure showed a decline, during April 2020, vegetables, seafood, spices, personal vehicles, coal, fertiliser, agricultural inputs, and mineral products showed a YoY growth.
And then came May; mid-month the country was reopened to operate as normal, yet with safety precautions. In May, total import expenditure dropped to $ 998.3 million while non-fuel import expenditure was $ 930.9 million. During this month, dairy products, vegetables, spices, and a couple of other items including fertiliser imports showed a growth compared to the same month of the previous year. In a shocking substitution drive, import controls were extended again in May by a further three months like the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Government did in the 1970s, crippling the economic activities of the country. At this point, foreign reserves were $ 6.4 billion.
In June 2020, import expenditure was $ 1 billion while the reserves had $ 6.6 billion, an increase of $ 0.2 billion from a month ago. With import controls still largely prevailing at the time, July, August, September, and October import expenditures registered as $ 1.2 billion, $ 1.2 billion, $ 1.5 billion, and $ 1.3 billion, respectively. By the end of October, foreign reserves were recorded as $ 5.8 billion.
In November, December (2020), January, February, and March (2021), import expenditures were, respectively, $ 1.3 billion, $ 1.5 billion, $ 1.5 billion, $ 1.5 billion, and a staggering $ 1.9 billion, the highest since March 2018. At the end of March, foreign reserves dropped to $ 4.1 billion regardless of import controls still largely being in place, exports returning to pre-pandemic levels, and worker remittances reporting a healthy inflow. This reserve position was after obtaining much assistance from various lenders. At this point, every type of import has gone up excluding seafood, personal vehicles, crude oil, wheat and maize, mineral products, and investment goods. In fact, imports of machinery and equipment, fertiliser, paper and paperboards, diamonds, precious stones and metals, refined petroleum, non-food consumables, telecommunication devices, home appliances, and food and beverages had shot up by over 100% YoY.
More harm than good?
The import controls were alleged to be non-systematic as economists pointed out that they were, during several occasions, manipulated or adjusted to permit certain products. At certain points, even the authorities were not certain on what they were doing. For example on 1 April 2020, the Government banned all imports apart from pharmaceuticals, fuel, and raw materials required for export purposes. On 19 April the same year, import restrictions were extended until 15 July and further expanded to restrict sugar, liquor, and apparel-related products.
Following requests made by heads of leading apparel businesses, the Ministry of Finance issued an extraordinary gazette notification under the Imports and Exports (Control) Act No. 1 of 1969 on 15 September 2020, permitting ready-made apparel products to be imported considering the upcoming festive season (Christmas 2020). The circular permitted selected ready-made garments to be imported under a 90-day loan facility. After several small players argued regarding this circular, Minister of Trade Bandula Gunawardana stated that he is going to restrict these imports, but following this, there had been no clear direction on this matter.
A similar incident happened with tile and sanitary ware imports. On 2 February this year, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, in his capacity as the Minister of Finance issuing a gazette notification, “deleted” the ceramic items from “Schedule I” of the Imports and Exports (Control) Regulation No. 4 of 2020 published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 21841/21 dated 16 July 2020 and included them in “Schedule II” of the said Gazette. Schedule II stipulated that items can be imported only on a minimum 180-day credit facility provided by the foreign supplier from the date of Bill of Lading or Airway Bill of said goods.
However, within a few hours after relaxing stringent import restrictions imposed on ceramic imports last year, an instruction was issued by the Department of Imports and Exports Control for Sri Lanka Customs and commercial banks to suspend the implementation of the said Extraordinary Gazette until further notice. It should be noted here that immediately following the Premier’s Gazette, share prices of ceramic companies dropped considerably but picked up when the Department of Imports and Exports Control cancelled it.
The greatest scam in the import control era was the sugar scam. Authorities permitted sugar imports and also reduced the tax imposed on them from Rs. 50 per kilo to a mere 25 cents which reportedly resulted in the Government losing about Rs. 15 billion of tax revenue.
Meanwhile, vehicle importers of the country were and still are heavily disappointed with the Government as the motor vehicle ban was reportedly implemented without providing an alternative option for them to make a living and making matters even worse, they were exempted from the set of reliefs, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka announced amidst pandemic. As of today, the motor vehicle import ban is still in place and the authorities who promised them to provide an annual quota to import vehicles are constantly avoiding the importers, postponing the meeting to discuss this matter further and further.
Amidst the non-importation of motor vehicles, several people have begun assembling vehicles using used or second-hand parts, causing greater harm to the environment, health, and even the Government’s tax revenue. Such assembling is also a possible violation of intellectual property. The ban on vehicle importation has put a massive dent on the Government’s tax revenue that is fighting to control the new wave of the virus which seems to be far deadlier than the previous two waves. In addition to this, the ban on several spices and agricultural products has led to people smuggling them in larger quantities.
Low reserves, decent exports, and back to normal import expenditure
While the import controls that are still in place may have protected the reserves during the peak of the initial wave, continuing these controls has not done any significant good, as per the statistics issued by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. When import expenditure in March 2021 reached a three-year high regardless of import controls, particularly on motor vehicles, the public started suggesting that the authorities may as well remove them altogether. Even before reaching the three-year high in March this year, import expenditures for the previous months were akin to the expenditure figures recorded before the local outbreak of the pandemic.
However, speaking to The Morning Business early last week, Minister of Trade Bandula Gunawardana stated that the import controls that are in place at the moment will be maintained and he provided reduced export earnings and effectively no tourism as reasons.
Import controls have been viewed as a negative impact to the Sri Lankan economy by many think tanks, economists, and foreign organisations. Institute of Policy Studies Research Economist Asanka Wijesinghe in a recent article stated that historically, the Government resorted to import controls when there was a balance of payment crisis. The current import controls have the same underlying rationale. He added that however, the trade deficit’s temporary shrinkage may not be sustainable if there is no increase in exports and if the exports are to be increased, Sri Lanka needs to remove hurdles on input supply, remove distortionary tariffs, and exploit market opportunities under the rule-based free trade system.
On the other hand, import controls have created a conflict between the European Union and Sri Lanka. Responding to a query made by The Sunday Morning Business recently, EU Delegation to Sri Lanka and the Maldives Political, Trade, and Communications Section Head and Mission Deputy Head Thorsten Bargfrede stated that the import ban certainly does not provide a suitable climate where the EU could grant any additional unilateral concessions, such as regional accumulation under the Generalised System of Preferences-Plus (GSP+). Such restrictions, combined with various currency restrictions, and high volatility of changing regulations, are also a disincentive for foreign direct investment (FDI), Bargfrede added.
He stated that the EU has raised the issue during the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Market Access Committee meeting in January 2021 and the WTO Balance of Payment Committee meeting in 2020. In early January this year, at an annual joint commission meeting conducted virtually, the EU asked Sri Lankan authorities to notify the WTO of its stringent import restrictions that have been implemented since last year, as open and fair trade requires a level playing field.
“We will continue using the procedures foreseen in the WTO that apply for potential breaches of WTO commitments. The EU has also just updated its overall ‘Trade Enforcement Regulation’. This would allow the EU to apply possible trade policy countermeasures, if the WTO dispute settlement procedures are blocked. A senior official has been appointed as Chief Trade Enforcement Officer, and the Sri Lankan import restrictions are on his priority list for 2021,” Bargfrede added.
The Deputy Head of Mission further noted that Sri Lanka has to comply with the main WTO obligations when invoking balance of payments restrictions and added that Sri Lanka’s authorities should consider the following: a) there is an obligation to notify the General Council about these import restrictions and to enter into consultations with other WTO members; b) the measures should be temporary in nature, as the Sri Lankan regulations are being applied without an expiration date; c) there is an obligation to present timetables for the progressive relaxation until final elimination of the measures; and d) import restrictions should be managed in a transparent manner.
According to Bargfrede, Sri Lanka should avoid any unnecessary damage to the commercial and economic interests of any other WTO party, including the EU, and to do that, it should pay due regard, in carrying out its domestic policies, to the need for maintaining or restoring equilibrium in its balance of payments on a sound and lasting basis, by adopting measures which increase instead of decrease international trade.
Given the negative impacts caused by the prevailing import restrictions to the economy and many small and medium enterprises, failure to maintain low expenditure on imports regardless of import controls – which is the whole purpose import controls were introduced, and the dire need to diversify and increase exports without bittering the relationship with the EU, maybe it is high time Sri Lanka reconsiders its policy decisions related to trade after a nice chat with real economists who have expertise in the trade sector. Leaving aside the psychological biases and optimum biases of leaders, Sri Lanka is in a critical position to take sensible decisions without further being an example of caution to regional allies.


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Hero Two-wheelers November 2021 Price List: Splendor, Passion Pro, Xpulse 200 And More
Thankfully, the prices are the same as the previous month
Keeping the monthly ritual going, we’ve got our hands on Hero MotoCorp’s latest price list for November 2021. Have a look.
There has been no price hike for any of the motorcycles. More importantly, Hero has added a couple of new models to the lineup, first one being the XPulse 200 4V and second being the Xtreme 160R Stealth Edition. You can read the ADV’s launch story here and check out the streetfighter here.
In a related development, we’ve ridden the 2021 Hero Maestro Edge 125, and here’s what we like and dislike about it. You can also check out what’s different on the new Xtreme 160R Stealth edition compared to the standard model.


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JING Tea Radio Interviews Campaign
JING Tea aimed to raise awareness of the benefits of loose-leaf tea over teabags for consumers, including taste, variety, and mindful/relaxing brewing process. JING Tea’s high-quality teas come from single tea gardens across Asia, and they are on a mission to convert British tea drinkers to loose-leaf tea. By choosing JING Tea an individual can connect to the specific people and places who grow and make that tea and help them and their families thrive.
The Coverage Highlights included: 4 BBC's and 2 News Networks (including Sky News Radio), with a total of 14 items of coverage, and an audience reach of 27.9 million.


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NTB successfully conducted UK Sales mission
5th Jun, 2018 | Tourism Mail Crew
KATHMANDU, June 5: The Nepal Tourism Travel Summit in UK concluded with fruitful networking session between Nepalese and UK industry professionals helping compatible partners discover each other.
The Summit wound up on a high note at its last event held in Manchester, UK on 4th June 2018.This was the final round of summit that began in the city of Belfast, UK on May 29th 2018 marking the Sagarmatha Day, followed by Edinburgh on May 31st 2018.
The summit witnessed the conglomeration of officials from Nepal Embassy in London, Media person, tourism experts, tour operators from Nepal and UK in all three cities. The summit brought together more than 130 travel professionals and media to learn and discuss on how Nepal Tourism can be catapulted to fresh heights. Given the growing popularity of Nepal in UK, this summit at the advent of summer in UK provided an ideal platform for fresh promotions with destination updates to the outbound tour operators, media people and those concerned in UK. A recently launched 'accessible trail' was introduced amidst the gathering which was well appreciated by tour operators. Nepal has developed first ever accessible trekking trail in Asia with the notion 'tourism for all'.
With the focus on creating destination awareness, a special presentation was made by Mr. Hikmat Singh Ayer, Senior Director, Nepal Tourism Board amidst the gathering. Travel agents, tour operators, and media in attendance were excited to receive the information presented by Nepal, which opened up new business exchanges and tour products for Nepal and the UK travel trade. The event was enlivened with a lucky draw prize for 2 invitees in each city with 6nights/7days holiday package to Nepal.
The UK remains a strong outbound market for Nepal. UK travelers seek for adventure experience mostly off the beaten track. Further, they look for intensely personal experiences by participating and engaging with the locals to gain insight into their way of life. According to the data of 2017, the tourist arrivals from UK is 51,058 out of total number of 940,218 tourists which was higher as compared to the tourist arrivals of 46,295 out of total tourist arrival of 753,002 in 2016.


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More cream for fat cat bosses
BRITAIN'S 'fat cat' bosses saw their salaries soar by an average 9.3% in the past year. The inflation-busting increase - which easily outstrips the 3.9% rise in average earnings for the workforce as a whole - means the annual wage for a full time chairman or chief executive at a FTSE 100 firm has reached £574,000.
Many also enjoyed a lucrative bonus, with the average award being 46.5% of the base salary. Total earnings, including cash bonuses, rose from £781,000 to £869,000 over the last 12 months - a rise of 11.7%.
The highest-paid chief executive was Jean-Pierre Garnier, of GlaxoSmithKline, with total earnings of £3.4m.
The survey was compiled by Monks Partnership, a consultancy arm at accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, using annual reports filed in the past year.
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Apple’s website lists a variety of shiny features that come with the newest iOS, including updated notifications, a more informative Maps app, an updated FaceTime experience, and enhanced online privacy. Actually using it is a different story, at least so far.
Apple recently confirmed a report that claimed it was planning to go hunting for illegal materials on iPhones. This, from a company that has long promoted its privacy protections. Condemnation was swift from civil liberties groups, but many have withheld judgment because of Apple’s intended target: images of child sexual abuse.
There are new versions of iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS, all coming to devices later this year. But perhaps there won’t be as many devices running the new software as there have been for past updates.
Google promised iPhone support, but Apple’s App Store policies got in the way. Now, there’s finally a way to play Stadia on iOS — just fire up Safari and go to the Stadia site to use the new progressive web app.
Going forward, Apple’s customary 30 percent cut of sales on the iOS platform will drop to just 15 percent for smaller developers. Epic, however, claims this is just an attempt to split the developer community.
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LOS ANGELES — Sony ended its pre-2013 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) press briefing with the biggest bombshell of the next generation, pricing its upcoming PlayStation 4 home video game console at $400.
At that price, the PlayStation 4 is $100 less than Microsoft’s announced price of $500 for the Xbox One system, and Sony further pleased players with news like no restrictions on used games or mandatory online digital rights management (DRM) checks.
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These are the Madden NFL 23 FieldSENSE gameplay adjustments
Madden games are generally the same year after year with the exception of minor changes to the game’s mechanics. Madden NFL 23 is no new, with the upcoming installment bringing the FieldSENSE system to the table.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese technology group Netease Inc. plans to raise between $ 2 and $ 3 billion in one of the largest equity deals so far this year, when it launches a secondary listing in Hong Kong on Monday, said three people familiar with the transaction.
The Chinese online gaming company's offering is expected to be one of several major secondary listings in the city this year, as growing tension between the United States and China has led Washington to question whether Chinese companies should be able to list in New York. .
Netease will begin construction of the institutional book on Monday and the retail offering will continue until the end of the week, sources told Reuters. They asked not to be identified as the information was not released.
Netease declined to comment on the listing process.
In his records for the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Netease said that a potential risk to investors was the proposed US legislation that could force some Chinese companies off the list if their auditor did not comply with US audit oversight for three years. years.
Netease is only the second company to launch a secondary listing in Hong Kong, after Alibaba in 2019, under a rule change in the city that finally allowed Chinese groups listed in the U.S. to seek a secondary listing.
JD.com is expected to follow Netease, with plans to list on June 18 and could raise up to $ 3 billion from the sale of 5% of its shares, Reuters reported.
The Netease deal will be Hong Kong's longest list so far in 2020, according to Refinitiv data, and one of the largest in the world, depending on the final size.
This occurs when market activity is growing again globally. On Friday, the JDE Peet coffee maker raised 2.25 billion euros ($ 2.50 billion) in its Amsterdam debut, while Warner Music is expected to price its offer of up to $ 1.8 billion in New York on Tuesday.
Earlier this year, Asia had hosted the biggest deals, with the Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway raising $ 4.4 billion in China in early January and Thailand's Central Retail receiving $ 2.52 billion in February. in Bangkok.
Companies have raised $ 36.9 billion in IPOs so far this year, a 32.1% drop from the same period last year, Refinitiv data showed.
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American esports organization FaZe Clan was born as “FaZe Sniping” on YouTube in 2010, gaining a reputation for Call of Duty trick shot montage videos. While FaZe still focuses on esports and content creation, it also presents itself as a lifestyle brand with merchandise and apparel.
Despite the team’s exploration of industries beyond gaming, FaZe Clan’s Head of Esports Erik Anderson says it’s all part of the big picture.
“We’re a mainstream gaming organization and we define that by focusing on the lifestyle around what our community pays attention to and cares about,” Anderson told The Esports Observer. “I don’t think you can separate the esports part from the rest of what FaZe is as a whole—it’s a very important part of what we do, but it’s not the only thing that we do. The media and entertainment stuff is equally as important, if not more so.”
In April, Meyers Leonard, a basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers, announced his investment in FaZe Clan. With so many sports and music entrepreneurs investing in the space, finding the right partners for Faze comes down having the right mix of vision and attitude, explained Anderson.
“Generally speaking, I think it’s more about finding people that understand what it is that we’re doing who believe in it, see the vision of how we’re moving forward, and fit into the company culture,” he said. “There are some cautionary tales out there for the wrong investment money coming in and [having it] dictate where the brand comes from.”
“We’re really protective of that—when new people are coming in [we make sure] that they understand what the guys have built over the better part of a decade and what their vision is going forward.”
FaZe Clan still focuses on shooter games, with FIFA 19 being an outlier. Now that Activision Blizzard has switched Call of Duty to a franchised, city-based league model, legacy brands like FaZe are no longer able to compete under their trademark names unless they cease competition in all other titles. As a result, FaZe Clan’s long-time rivals, OpTic Gaming could be the last legacy brand remaining in Call of Duty.
“It’s a bummer,” said Anderson, “but I also understand from a structural perspective why [Activision needs] to keep consistency in the main product. I see it from both sides. Obviously, from our side, it’s a bit frustrating but we understand where they’re coming from with it. Ideally, there’s a middle ground for some of the brands that want to keep going [in Call of Duty] and hopefully middle ground for some of the fans, too, [so they] still have some connection to the brands from the 10 years or so of competitive Call of Duty that’s come before.
“I think Activision is making an interesting bet on the future and this is their thesis on where they think this space needs to go,” Anderson said, adding that franchising structures like the NBA, NFL, and MLB are unique to North America but largely successful.
Anderson thinks it will take a few years to determine if the new Call of Duty League (CDL) will thrive under the same structure as the Overwatch League (OWL). However, the sheer size of the Call of Duty playerbase could give CDL a chance to succeed, he added.
“[Activision has] proven that they can sell a lot of games and get a large playerbase. I think that as long as they can convert some of that into people showing up on a regular basis, it will succeed,” said Anderson.
Several esports organizations including Dignitas, Misfits, Team SoloMid, and Excel Esports have recently announced or opened dedicated training facilities and/or arenas to interact with local audiences. For FaZe Clan, however, such plans are “a bit further off.”
“I get why some of the teams are putting those facilities in place,” said Anderson. “[However], there’s ample boot camp space out there for our teams to use [while] traveling around the world. For us, we have a lot of players around the world so it is logistically harder to have something until we consolidate everybody in one place. We don’t think it’s fully necessary just yet.”
Editor’s note: This interview was conducted by Graham Ashton.


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HTC is facing a serious patent infringement lawsuit from Apple covering 20 of its patents for touchscreen devices. Today, it finally responded with a vague press release announcing that it is countersuing Apple for infringing on five patents of its own. Yup, it took more than two months to find those patents, which it doesn’t even disclose in its release. And the company won’t tell us what patents are in question. I guess we’ll just have to wait until the complaint turns up.
In the meantime, HTC did decide to release a propaganda video titled, “The Quietly Brilliant Story of HTC.” It goes through HTC’s history and all of the mobile technologies it supposedly pioneered, but you never heard of because they don’t like to brag (until they are getting sued, I guess). There is a lot of emphasis on touch technologies. In fact, the video claims, “In 2007, we changed the way you use your fingers.”
I don’t even want to know what that means. But if that’s the best argument HTC can muster against Apple, it better keep looking for more patents. (Didn’t the iPhone launch in 2007?)
Anyway, here’s the video. Let’s call it Exhibit A.


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The winning neighborhood will be announced LIVE on ‘Fox 8 News in the Morning’ on Friday, April 21.
The series is hosted by our own Kenny Crumpton. The idea is a partnership between COSE, Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, Glazen Urban, and FOX 8.
The opportunity was a concept backed by LeBron James called “Cleveland Hustles,” with local business owners hustling to get their idea off the ground.
Investors with “Cleveland Chain Reaction” say this is not only an opportunity to capitalize on what they learned on “Cleveland Hustles,” but it’s also an opportunity to provide advice and support for small business owners.
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Retailers received no last-minute reprieve over the planned VAT hike in Alistair Darling’s pre-Budget report.
The Chancellor (pictured) had previously stated that VAT would revert from its 15% rate to 17.5% on 1 January, potentially causing chaos for retailers at a key trading period. The change was confirmed in his statement today.
Earlier there was speculation Darling could announce an increase in the basic rate to 20% from 2010 or 2011, and that VAT could be introduced on products deemed to be essential purchases, such as bread and milk. But neither measure will now take place before next year's general election.
Tesco has already indicated that it may not pass on the VAT rise to shoppers next year.
“Given the amount of promotional activity and price competition out there, I don’t think there will be a material change in pricing in January, certainly not enough to upset consumer confidence,” finance chief Laurie McIlwee said as the supermarket yesterday announced a 2.8% rise in third-quarter sales.
“Just when consumers are starting to get a bit more confident, to start to indirectly tax them would not be a good thing.”
Last chance to get Darling to rethink hike (28 November 2009)
Tax on dried fruit snacks ‘signals VAT on health food’ (27 November 2009)
Fixed-price stores heading for squeeze as VAT returns to 17.5% (14 November 2009)


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