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Xpring Invests In Swedish Startup to Build XRP Hardware Wallet Firmware
Ana Alexandre's original article for cointelegraph.com reduced by 52%
Ripple's investment arm and tech incubator Xpring has invested in Swedish cryptocurrency self-custody startup Towo Labs to build hardware wallet firmware. Xpring announced the news in a blog post on Oct. 16, stating that the startup plans to develop a new version of the XRP Toolkit and hardware wallet firmware supporting all XRP Ledger transaction types, as well as a noncustodial web interface.
In a parallel announcement, Towo Labs said that the firmware will support signing cross-currency payments, escrows, orders, and trust lines, among other things. It will also enable users to prepare transactions from untrusted devices prior to auditing and signing them in a hardware wallet. Earlier in October, Xpring invested in cryptocurrency wallet BRD to enable users to hold, purchase, sell and spend XRP tokens through the wallet.
The announcement suggested that this could result in new kinds of decentralized financial services, including banking, lending and peer-to-peer transactions that require no intermediaries. Major cryptocurrency payment processor BitPay entered a partnership with Xpring to support payments with XRP. Xpring said that global companies are now able to accept XRP through BitPay without the need for integration and enhancements.
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There’s only so much a single business can do to attract more Chinese travelers to its hotels, shops, tourist attractions, or tour services. At a certain point, it doesn’t matter what a business does next: Chinese customers will be limited at a macro level, whether it’s because of a limited number of flights from China, or perhaps due to a less-than-perfect diplomatic relationship between China and your country. South Korea is a case in point: its tourism industry is heavily oriented toward Chinese travelers, but it’s currently struggling because of a strained relationship with the Chinese government.
As the Chinese tourism boom years with consistent double-digit growth are now behind us, a return to booming Chinese tourism may just require a bit more than an innovative private sector. Government initiatives such as the “China tourism years” may just be a response to slowing market growth, and a situation where the private sector can only do so much to boost profitable Chinese tourism further. In the United States, its tourism year followed a slowdown in Chinese tourism, and the EU’s tourism year followed a weak year often attributed to a growing fear of terrorist attacks across Europe. Similarly, Turkey is also hosting a tourism year—following declining fortunes in the Chinese tourism market. The idea is sound, but results may leave tourism businesses disappointed.
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Dick’s Sporting Goods, also doing business as “Field & Stream,” seems very determined to alienate a sizable portion of their clientele. The NRA-ILA (National Rifle Association – Institute for Legislative Action) summed it up pretty well:
We have recently been reporting on the bizarre anti-gun activism of one of the nation’s larger firearm retailers, Dick’s Sporting Goods and its affiliated Field & Stream stores. First, the company announced it would stop selling most centerfire semi-automatic rifles at its stores, carry only limited capacity magazines for semi-automatic guns, and ban firearm sales to certain legally eligible adults. It then took the further step of declaring it would destroy its inventory of the newly-restricted firearms at company expense. And if that weren’t enough, the news also recently broke that the company had hired expensive D.C. lobbyists to push for gun control measures on Capitol Hill.
Dick’s, in other words, was positioning itself as a rising star in the field of corporate gun control activism, in obvious contradiction of its own financial interests.
Dick’s opened a new outlet recently in Cedar Park, Texas which is not too far from where I live. I have bought a few things in that store and was contemplating the purchase of a Ruger LC9s (highly concealable 9mm handgun to go with my Texas Concealed Carry Permit). They gave me a “SCORECARD” to keep track of my purchases and win points towards future discounts. Their prices on handguns looked to me to be pretty good and they carried all the latest models.
Unfortunately though I had to modify the “SCORECARD” – see below:
Dick’s prices are good, but not any better than at least one other store in Austin, Texas that doesn’t discriminate against Modern Sporting Rifles (an AR-15, for example) and their legal accessories. They also have a pretty good price on the Ruger LC9s. Guess that is where I am going to be shopping for that particular purchase. It sure won’t be at Dick’s!
Here is my advice for Americans who value their right to self defense explicitly recognized in the Constitution of the United States in the 2nd Amendment:
Don’t be a Dick.
Don’t buy from Dick’s Sporting Goods or Field & Stream.
An article in the Huffington Post in 2012 wrote about the profits the firearms industry in America makes from selling guns and ammunition:
Making and selling guns and ammunition is a lucrative business for U.S. firearms companies, which will earn nearly $1 billion in profit this year, according to the market research firm IBISWorld. -Huffington Post, Dec 12, 2012
This article was originally posted in 2013 after the Sandy Hook massacre by Adam Lanza. Everything here still applies today after Nikolas Cruz’s senseless killings in a Florida school. Early reports indicate that mental illness and possibly psychotropic drugs also played a role in this needless tragedy.
Later in the same article they revised the figures slightly downward:
Guns and ammunition manufacturers will make a projected $993 million in profits on sales of $11.7 billion this year, according to a report issued by the market-research company IBISWorld.
I guess they had to stretch just a tad in the lead of paragraph – “billion” sounds better than “millions.” Nowhere in this article does the author put those projected profits into any sort of reasonable perspective.
Another concern voiced by some in regards to the recent senseless shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary was the possibility that psychotropic drugs might, in a few cases, turn otherwise just seriously mentally ill young boys into remorseless killers playing out a fantasy in a drug induced hallucination.
According to a Huffington Post article:
The number of children and teens taking antipsychotic medications has skyrocketed in recent years, with psychiatrists prescribing the drugs in nearly one-in-three visits with youth, a new study found. -Huffington Post
The drug industry certainly makes a lot more profit than the gun industry as shown in this chart below:
Universal background checks for firearms purchases is one of the more common mantras of the gun-control crowd. Currently almost all purchases of a firearm through a licensed dealer require a background check through the FBI. One exception, at least in Texas, is that no background check is required for holders of a Texas concealed carry permit. The problem, at least in the eyes of some, is that private sales between residents of the same state do not require any background check in many states. Note though that Federal law prohibits private sales between individuals from different states.
Reasonable people, even 2nd Amendment advocates like myself, do have valid concerns about firearms falling into the hands of criminals and the mentally insane. But many reasonable people also have valid concerns about government overreach and they have the examples of the U.K. and Australia where mounting regulations, registration, and requirements for firearms purchases eventually led to bans and confiscation.
Is there a way to satisfy both demands? Is there a way to potentially satisfy the rational concern about unfit people legally purchasing firearms and the equally rational concern about government abuse of a Constitutional right “to keep and bear arms”?
Not all people will be totally satisfied but perhaps a majority can feel that not only are they doing something about gun violence, they are also not giving even more power to government. That government through the NSA has already shown little respect for individual privacy. That government through the IRS has shown a blatant willingness to inject political favoritism in the denying or delaying tax-exempt status to un-favored Conservative and Tea Party organizations.
So how could we accomplish this and meet demands of safety and not growing government? How about universal background checks? Create a system where everyone gets a background check whether or not they ever plan to buy a firearm. Encode the result on the driver’s license or state id.


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Updated: Well, not only can Apple surprise with very cool reality field distorting iPhone 4 and iPad, but it can also surprise on the pricing side too, slashing $50 off the price of its top end smartphone to AUD $999!
The Competitive Carriers' Coalition has damned Telstra for dropping its retail prices, saying that it hasn't also dropped its wholesale pricing, a complaint some CCC members have had before the ACCC for the last month. Can Telstra really drop retail prices without the same on the wholesale front, or is Telstra having a wholesale rip of its competition?
Obvious, or rather, 'obviously', is a favourite word of our PM whenever she seems to speak about anything, and also obvious is the findings from Telstra's research that many homes now have several 'Internet enabled devices' at their disposal, all wanting to connect to the Internet.
Electrowreque - an expert in noise and latency emanating directly from the sad excuse for a tin-foiled wrapped brain he[…]
You off your meds again, electrowreque? Need more tin foil for your hat? You make loony people look sane.
You off your meds again, electrowreque? Need more tin foil for your hat? You make loony people look sane. 5G[…]
Frydenberg needs to start listening to people who know what they are talking about, not the rich mates who are[…]
Noise and latency. Wifi and wireless junk will do that.


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A new research report published by Vodafone shows that global M2M adoption has increased by more than 80% since last year, with over a fifth of companies now actively using the technology.
This figure is expected to keep growing, with the number of machine-to-machine connected devices forecast to increase from 4.4 billion this year to 10.3 billion devices by 2018.
New security measures affect all electronic devices in hand baggage
New security measures have been put in place for customers flying from the UK to the USA.
Electronic devices, including mobile phones and laptop computers, may now need to be switched on as part of the security screening process for hand baggage.
The Volkswagen Group has agreed to take over BlackBerry’s European research and development centre, which is based in the German city of Bochum.
As part of the acquisition, it’s created a new business called Volkswagen Infotainment GmbH.
Vodafone Ireland has signed a joint venture agreement with Irish energy company ESB to provide fibre optic broadband from 2015. It’s a €450 million project that’ll offer speeds of between 200Mbps and 1000 Mbps.
ESB began looking for a ‘fibre-to-the-building’ network partner in September 2012, eventually choosing Vodafone after a competitive tender process.
Spending on mobile advertising is expected to exceed £2 billion ($3.16 billion) this year, a 96% increase from last year’s total of £1.03 billion ($1.61 billion).
That’s according to the latest UK media ad spending estimates from research company eMarketer.


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Update on the latest in business:
Shares fall in Asia after no deal in China-US trade talks
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares retreated in Asia on Monday after trade talks between the U.S. and China wrapped up Friday without an agreement.
China’s envoy to the trade talks, Vice Premier Liu He said before leaving Washington that Beijing would not compromise on matters of principle and that tariffs on Chinese exports to the U.S. should be lifted as a condition for striking a deal.
But Liu downplayed the level of tensions, saying China could cope with the challenges posed by the trade dispute.
President Donald Trump said on Twitter over the weekend that “We are right where we want to be with China.” He accused China of “ripping off” America.
The Trump administration said it was preparing to expand 25% tariffs to another $300 billion worth of Chinese goods, or practically all imports from China, after raising the import duty on $200 billion of imports from 10%, with effect Friday.
The tariffs war has been hammering Chinese manufacturers and is an added drag on growth for the region.
On Friday, a late-day rally spurred by upbeat comments by U.S. officials pulled markets higher after an early slump triggered by the escalation in the trade war.
The S&P 500 index rose 0.4% to 2,881.40. The broad index is still up 14.9% for the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also gained 0.4%, to 25,942.37. The Nasdaq added 0.1% to 7,916.94, while the Russell 2000 index of small company stocks picked up 0.2% to 1,572.99. Major indexes in Europe closed mostly higher.
U.S. benchmark crude oil barely moved ahead, remaining just above $61.50 per barrel.
The dollar slipped against the yen and was flat against the euro.
Companies await China retaliation; weaker growth expected
BEIJING (AP) — Companies waited Monday to see how China will retaliate for President Donald Trump’s latest tariff hike while forecasters warned the escalating fight over technology and trade might disrupt a Chinese economic recovery.
Regulators have threatened “necessary countermeasures” for Trump’s tariff hikes Friday on $200 billion of Chinese imports in a fight over technology and other trade strains. But three days later, in a break with previous tit-for-tat penalties imposed immediately for U.S. hikes, Beijing had yet to announce what it might do.
Beijing matched Trump’s earliest tariff hikes last July but is running out of goods for penalties due to the lopsided China-U.S. trade balance. Chinese regulators also have started targeting American companies in China by slowing down customs clearance for shipments and issuance of business licenses.
Officials appeared to be studying the potential impact on China’s economy before picking their next steps, said Jake Parker, vice president of the U.S.-China Business Council, an industry group. He said officials might be worried companies may shift operations out of China in response to “aggressive retaliatory actions.”
White House expects retaliation from China over tariffs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The president’s chief economic adviser says he expects China to retaliate over increased tariffs, after talks in Washington ended without a deal on trade.
Larry Kudlow also tells “Fox News Sunday” that President Donald Trump’s plan to raise US tariffs to 25 percent across the board could take months to take effect.
The United States began raising tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports from 10% to 25% on Friday after American officials accused Beijing of backtracking on commitments made in earlier rounds of negotiations.
The two countries are sparring over U.S. allegations that China steals technology and pressures American companies into handing over trade secrets, part of an aggressive campaign to turn Chinese companies into world leaders in robotics, electric cars and other advanced industries.
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San Francisco may ban police, city use of facial recognition
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco is on track to become the first U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition by police and other city agencies, reflecting a growing backlash against a technology that’s creeping into airports, motor vehicle departments, stores, stadiums and home security cameras.
Government agencies around the U.S. have used the technology for more than a decade to scan databases for suspects and prevent identity fraud. But recent advances in artificial intelligence have created more sophisticated computer vision tools, making it easier for police to pinpoint a missing child or protester in a moving crowd or for retailers to analyze a shopper’s facial expressions as they peruse store shelves.
Efforts to restrict its use are getting pushback from law enforcement groups and the tech industry, though it’s far from a united front. Microsoft, while opposed to an outright ban, has urged lawmakers to set limits on the technology, warning that leaving it unchecked could enable an oppressive dystopia reminiscent of George Orwell’s novel “1984.”
Skeptics say that without regulations barring law enforcement from accessing driver’s license databases, people who have never been arrested could be part of virtual police line-ups without their knowledge.
They worry people will one day not be able to go to a park, store or school without being identified and tracked.
Pakistan secures preliminary deal for $6B IMF bailout
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says it has reached a preliminary agreement with Pakistan for a $6 billion bailout over the next three years to finance sweeping economic reforms.
IMF envoy Ernesto Ramirez Rigo said in a statement Sunday that the two sides have reached a “staff level agreement” subject to approval by the IMF management and the executive board.
Pakistan had initially sought an $8 billion bailout to address a long-running fiscal crisis and has held months of talks with the international lender.
The U.S., which exerts major influence over the IMF, has said it should not finance the tens of billions of dollars in loans that Pakistan has taken from China as part of the Belt and Road Initiative.
‘Pikachu’ tries to dethrone the ‘Avengers,’ but just misses
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Despite hefty competition from newcomers like “Pokémon Detective Pikachu,” “Avengers: Endgame” has held onto the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office for the third weekend in a row.
The Walt Disney Co. says Sunday that the superhero pic earned an estimated $63.1 million from North American theaters, bringing its domestic total to $723.5 million.
“Pokémon Detective Pikachu” opened in second place with a promising $58 million.
States bring price fixing suit against generic drugmakers
BOSTON (AP) — Attorneys general from more than 40 states are alleging the nation’s largest generic drug manufacturers conspired to artificially inflate and manipulate prices for more than 100 different generic drugs, including treatments for diabetes, cancer, arthritis and other medical conditions.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court Friday, also names 15 individual senior executives responsible for sales, marketing and pricing.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, a Democrat, said investigators obtained emails, text messages and telephone records to prove a multi-year conspiracy against 20 firms.
A spokesman for Teva Pharmaceuticals, one of the companies named in the suit, said Teva hasn’t engaged in any conduct that would lead to civil or criminal liability.
Investigators said the drugs account for billions of dollars of sales in the United States.
WASHINGTON-PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE
Washington to offer first ‘public option’ insurance in US
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington is set to become the first state to enter the private health insurance market with a universally available public option.
A set of tiered public plans will cover standard services, and are anticipated to be up to 10% cheaper than comparable private insurance, thanks in part to savings from a cap on rates paid to providers. Unlike existing government-managed plans, the Washington plans are set to be available to all residents regardless of income by 2021.
The Legislature approved the measure creating the plans last month, and Gov. Jay Inslee is scheduled to sign it into law Monday.
The move also thrusts the state into the national debate over the role of government in health care, with a hybrid model that puts it to the left of market-only approaches, but stops short of a completely public system.
Uber, Lyft losses keep competitors at bay
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ A fare war between Uber and Lyft has led to billions of dollars in losses for both ride-hailing companies as they fight for passengers and drivers.
But in one way it has been good for investors who snatched up the newly public companies’ stock: The losses have scared off the competition, giving the leaders a duopoly in almost every American city.
The two San Francisco companies have already lost a combined $13 billion. And with no clear road to profits ahead, no one else has much of an incentive to mount a challenge using the same model that relies on human drivers.
That allows Uber and Lyft to continue offering low fares to grow, which will be good news for riders. But it figures to test the patience of investors.
As Preakness approaches, strike at Pimlico possibly averted
BALTIMORE (AP) _ A strike by workers at Pimlico Race Course may have been averted just before the running of this year’s Preakness Stakes.
The Baltimore Sun reports the Maryland Jockey Club and its employees at Pimlico Race Course and other tracks agreed “in principle” to a new employment contract on Friday. The Preakness takes place May 18.
The tentative agreement was confirmed by Joel Smith, an attorney for the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 27. Officials declined to provide details about any pay raises in the three-year proposed contract.
The contract of the 149 union members who work at Pimlico and Laurel Park, and at the jockey club’s operations in Timonium and Bowie, expired Dec. 31, 2017.
Potential sale of shuttered GM plant clouded with doubt
UNDATED (AP) _ A potential deal to sell a shuttered General Motors plant in Ohio is still leaving the factory’s future very much up in the air.
One reason is that the buyer looking at the site is a new electric vehicle maker that has only about 100 employees and serious financial concerns.
GM confirmed this past week that it’s negotiating the sale of its massive assembly plant in Lordstown. Production there ended in March as part of a major restructuring for GM.
A tweet from President Donald Trump that touted the potential sale set off cautious optimism and some skepticism about whether it will happen.
Democratic Congressman Tim Ryan, whose district includes the plant, says a sale won’t help GM workers in the area and that any long-term job growth would be years away.


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Spanish Appellate Court Rules in Pfizer's Favor, Upholds Lipitor PatentNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 31, 2008 - Pfizer Inc said today that the Court of Appeal of Barcelona has upheld the company's enantiomer patent covering the calcium salt of atorvastatin, the active ingredient in Lipitor, reversing the lower court decision. The enantiomer patent expires in July 2010.
The patent was challenged jointly by generic companies Laboratorios Cinfa S.A., Kern Pharma S.L., Laboratorios Alter S.A. and Laboratorios Belmac S.A., and is one of four separate challenges to the enantiomer patent by generic companies in Spain. Lipitor is sold in Spain under the brand names Zarator and Cardyl. "This is a victory not only for Pfizer, but for all innovators pursuing high-risk medical discoveries and for the patients who benefit from those discoveries," said Pfizer Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel Peter C. Richardson. Cinfa, Kern, Alter and Belmac can seek to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court of Spain.
Vanessa Aristide, 212-733-3784
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ApeCoin DAO has announced the launch of its own NFT market amid declining sales recorded by the NFT sector. The ApeCoin DAO is a community-led governing body made up of ApeCoin holders. ApeCoin’s marketplace for digital collectibles was designed by NFT infrastructure firm Snag Solutions. In an effort to attract engagement to its platform, the new NFT market offers an operating structure with reduced associated fees. This launch has increased competition in the NFT sector for established players such as OpenSea, MagicEden and RooksRare.
For sellers, the platform has decided to offer a 0.5 percent fee for Ether transactions and 0.25 percent for ApeCoin transactions. He will also keep 0.25 percent of each sale.
The development was confirmed on Twitter by Zach Heerwagen, CEO of Snag Solutions.
1/ The Custom Market includes unique features built specifically for the BAYC and Otherside communities, including ApeCoin staking and NFT metadata integrations. pic.twitter.com/mem2ZsXNkt
— Zack | Zheerwagen.eth (@ZHeerwagen) November 23, 2022
The launch of this NFT market comes despite the continued decline in NFT sales.
According to data from crypto analytics community Dune, OpenSea’s trading volume peaked at around $5.8 billion (roughly Rs 46,400 crore) in January. However, trading on the platform saw a steady decline in the first two quarters of the year, falling to $3.1 billion (roughly Rs 24,800 crore) in May.
A separate analysis from Be[In]Crypto also revealed that Solana NFT volumes also saw a decline in June with sales volume figures of $91.52 million (roughly Rs. 730 crore) in June, down 64 percent from $261.07 million (roughly Rs. 2,100 crore rupees) in May 2022.
In fact, earlier this week, Justin Bieber-owned Bored Ape’s NFT dropped from its purchase value of $1.3 million (roughly Rs. 10 crore) to $69,000 (roughly Rs. 56 lakh).
This decline was mostly due to the appetite for low risk, which caused investors to withdraw from their investments. With promising projects like Luna and FTX collapsing, the global crypto industry has lost over $200 billion (roughly Rs. 16,33,270 crore) in recent times.
NFT is projected to be a $231 billion (roughly Rs. 18,41,300 crore) behemoth by 2030, says Tarusha Mittal, COO and co-founder of UniFarm, as stated in a conversation with Gadgets 360. UniFarm is a bet on prizes multi-token program.
With over $260 million (roughly Rs. 2,070 crores) raised collectively by reputed brands that explored selling NFTs with their products, more companies are entering the sector daily. The month of March this year saw the highest number of NFT-related applications at 1,078 in the US.


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Johannesburg - Joan Deare lived a healthy life – she didn’t smoke or drink excessively, and ate healthily and exercised regularly. No one in her immediate family had ever had cancer. So when she started getting stomach aches in mid-2010, she took an over-the-counter remedy and carried on as usual.
Although the pain persisted, she didn’t suspect anything serious, and when she was diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome at the end of that year, she didn’t think to ask for a colonoscopy to check that it wasn’t cancer.
“I trusted my doctor’s opinion and attributed the symptoms to rich meals, never suspecting anything too serious,” says Joan, a former social worker who often counselled cancer patients herself.
When her symptoms didn’t improve with medication or diet, she went back for a second opinion. Eventually in August 2011, Joan was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer. After radical surgery and months of chemotherapy, Joan was declared cancer-free.
“Cancer has helped me to expect less from life, but also to make the most of it,” says Joan, who now advocates regular cancer screening, especially when you experience inexplicable symptoms. “Keep on going, but don’t deny your gut feeling.”
Joan is one of about a million South Africans alive today who have beaten cancer, according to Dr Carl Albrecht, who is the Cancer Association of South Africa’s (Cansa) head of research. She is also part of a growing group of people who developed this disease for no apparent reason.
Cancer occurs when cells in the body become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably due to damage to a person’s DNA or genes. In some cases, people inherit defective genes from their parents, giving rise to hereditary cancers, which make up around 10 percent of all cancers.
In the other 90 percent of cases, people are exposed to a carcinogen, or something that damages their DNA. This can be from something they ingest, inhale or otherwise come into contact with.
“It is good news that only 10 percent of cancers are hereditary, while the other 90 percent is caused by something in the environment,” says Albrecht, “because if we can identify these factors, we can remove them from the environment and reduce the cancer burden.”
The main cancer-causing culprit in the environment is tobacco, which is responsible for a third of all cancer cases. Diet is behind another 30 percent of cancers, and an equal percentage of cancers are due to infections, hormones, radiation, chemicals or pollution, according to Professor Vikash Sewram, who heads the African Cancer Institute.
About nine percent of cancers are due to unknown causes.
Research is continuously shedding light on possible links between cancer and chemicals we use every day. Recently, University of Cape Town researchers found dangerously high levels of formaldehyde, a known carcinogen, in various hair-straightening products used in South Africa as part of Brazilian blowouts.
“Chemicals came under the spotlight with the Baby Bottle Scandal that highlighted the dangers of bisphenol A (BPA),” Albrecht says. “From there, the story has been unfolding, and every other day you hear about another chemical in your home or kitchen that may be harmful.”
For instance, you’ll be surprised at how many carcinogens you encounter at a braai. Not only tobacco smoke is bad for your health – smoke from any burning material, including cooking fires, are also laden with carcinogens. That beer, whisky, wine or whatever alcoholic beverage you prefer contains ethanol, which can cause cancer when used excessively.
Your boerewors might contain nitrite, a preservative with carcinogenic properties commonly used in processed meat, and that charred crust on your chop or steak contains the known carcinogens heterolylic amines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Some occupations have also been linked to cancer due to regular exposure to carcinogens. High-risk occupations include painting, hairdressing, carpentry and joinery, drycleaning, firefighting, printing, textile manufacturing and welding.
Although scientists are working tirelessly to find new treatments, Albrecht says there is no magic cancer cure in the foreseeable future. Eradication of the disease will require a combination of new and affordable treatments and vaccines, greater prevention efforts, and stricter legislation around carcinogens, the same as with tobacco.
It is impossible to protect yourself from everything in the environment that may be carcinogenic, but there are ways to limit your exposure.
The first, and most obvious thing, is to avoid cigarette smoke – if you are a smoker, quit, and if you’re a non-smoker, stay away from other people’s smoke.
If you are not yet convinced to practise safe sex, here’s another reason to condomise – certain strains of the human papilloma- virus (HPV), which is transferred via sexual contact, cause cancer of the cervix, penis, anus, mouth and throat. There is a vaccine guarding against HPV, and parents should ensure their children are vaccinated.
Also, don’t skimp on sunscreen – always apply generous amounts when going outside. A sunscreen’s sun protection factor (SPF) is calculated on a 2mm-thick layer of sunscreen, and applying scant amounts reduces the SPF and efficacy of the product.
There are also some cancer-safety shopping tips. Look out for the Cansa logo while shopping – these products have been tested or examined by Cansa and were found to be safe.
Be careful handling slips and receipts made from thermal invoice paper, which contains BPA. Albrecht suggest washing your hands after handling it and placing receipts in a plastic bag in your handbag to avoid BPA contaminating other items.
Also be wary of cling wrap that was applied in store – don’t freeze food products in the original cling wrap, rather transfer it to a container or zip-lock bag before freezing. – Health-e News Service
From coffee to anti-perspirant, everyday items are increasingly under scrutiny about whether they could be causing cancer. Don’t worry, your cup of morning coffee and the anti-perspirant in your gym bag won’t give you cancer, but here are some of the things that might:
l OBESITY: Obesity has been linked to an increased risk of cancer. It is believed that excess fat on the body causes inflammation, which leads to carcinogenesis.
Does it cause cancer? Yes.
l ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES: The commonly used oestrogen-progestogen oral contraceptive is classified as a known carcinogen.
Doe it cause cancer? Yes.
l TANNING BEDS: Tanning beds emit ultraviolet radiation which causes cancer.
Do they cause cancer? Yes.
l SUNSHINE: Ultraviolet A and B radiation is a well-known cause of skin cancer.
Does it cause cancer? Yes.
l HAIR STRAIGHTENER(Brazilian keratin type): Formaldehyde is a known carcinogen, and high levels of this chemical can be found in hair-straightening products. Does it cause cancer? Probably carcinogenic.
l FRYING: Yet another reason to stay away from fried food. The emissions released from frying food are potentially carcinogenic.
Does it cause cancer? Probably carcinogenic.
JURY IS STILL OUT...
And the jury is still out about whether these household items and everyday activities will increase your risk of cancer.
l CANNED FOOD AND DRINKS: Cans are sealed with an epoxy resin that contains BPA – a known carcinogen. However, it is uncertain to what extent this chemical is transferred to the foodstuff in the can.
l CLING WRAP: Household cling wrap has been tested by Cansa and found to be safe. However, many of the large rolls of cling wrap used to cover food products at retailers contain a plasticiser with carcinogenic properties.
l GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT: Used in many herbal supplements as a memory booster, Ginkgo biloba was recently linked to the development of liver and thyroid cancers, as well as nasal tumours in laboratory rats. Although the same result have not been confirmed in humans, experts are cautioning against its use.
l PROCESSED MEAT: The food preservative nitrite is often used in the preparation of processed meats. Although low levels of nitrite are not harmful, concentrated levels might occur on dried meat products.
l COSMETICS: Although the verdict is still out on whether cosmetics may be carcinogenic, Albrecht raised his concern about varying standards and lack of regulation. Known carcinogens such as lead and formaldehyde have been found in some cosmetics.
l HAIR DYE: Earlier hair dye formulations contained high levels of carcinogens such as aromatic amines. Although the hair industry has reformulated its products to be safer, dyes contain as many as 5 000 chemicals, some of which may be carcinogenic to humans.
l STRESS: Although stress itself has not been linked to cancer, it is believed to weaken the body’s natural defences, which might make it vulnerable to the development of cancer cells.
l TALCUM POWDER: Although there are no strong links between cancer and talcum powder, researchers have found a higher-than-normal rate of ovarian cancer in women who regularly use it in the genital area.
l CELLPHONE, TV AND RADIO WAVES: Although there has been some research linking radiofrequency electromagnetic fields – emitted by wireless devices such as cellphones - to certain types of brain cancers, the World Health Organisation released a statement saying the evidence is insufficient and classified is as being possibly carcinogenic.
l THERMAL INVOICE PAPER: It contains BPA, and a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found levels of BPA in people’s urine after they handled thermal invoice paper.
BABY BOTTLE SCANDAL
In 2010 it came to light that bisphenol A (BPA), a common industrial chemical used in the production of plastic containers, including baby bottles and sippy cups, poses various health risks, including raising the risk of cancer.
Since then many countries, including South Africa, have banned the import and manufacture of baby bottles containing BPA.
However, this chemical is still widely used in South Africa, particularly in the epoxy resin used to seal canned food and drinks.
And it is also used in thermal invoice paper commonly used to print receipts in the retail industry.


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HDFC Bank announced that it is gearing up a Digital Factory and an Enterprise Factory to bring out new digital products and services in the future and add to its IT Infrastructure. The Digital and Enterprise factories will be dependent upon APIs, cloud and data.
The dual approach of constructing the Digital Factory along with an Enterprise Factory is part of the bank’s technology revolution agenda to run and transform the bank. The bank aims to empower capabilities for the Digital and the Enterprise Factories by bringing in up to 500 people over the next two years, from different backgrounds such as data analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cloud and DevOps, Design Thinking.
The Digital Factory will set up a new business and new solutions driving on new tech applications/ stacks and high resiliency and keeping track of capabilities. This will be supported by the ability to back high volume growth and plan for upgrading technologies.
The bank is also building future-ready Internet Protocol technologies and moving to a native cloud architecture in association with niche technology companies, fintech and large IT companies. Ensuring availability, scalability, reliability and security will be at the heart of the Digital Factory’s endeavours.
The Enterprise Factory will enhance legacy infrastructure, break up existing systems and build its capabilities by welcoming open-source to build scale and resilience.
The Group Head – Payments, Consumer Finance, Digital Banking & IT, HDFC Bank, Parag Rao, said, “The Digital and Enterprise Factories will aid us to realize the plans of ‘running’ the bank, while ‘building’ the bank for the future. We are aiming to capitalize on opportunities that higher digital adoption will bring to the country.
Rao added – “We endeavour to give a smooth experience to our customers across all platforms, on the support of advanced infrastructure. Since its establishment, we have paved the way for the digital transformation of the Indian financial services sector and carry on to invest in technologies to enhance customer experience and improve efficiencies. This is shifting the paradigm by restating financial services and designing products and services by constantly keeping the customer at the core,”


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Mayor Isko reminds Manileños, liquor ban still in place
CALOOCAN CITY, June 3 (PIA) –Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso on Tuesday, June 2, threatened to shut down convenience stores who will sell alcoholic beverages amid the implementation of a liquor ban.
Domagoso said a liquor ban is still being implemented despite the city’s transition to General Community Quarantine.
The mayor reminded business owners in Manila that the sale of alcoholic beverages is merely a privilege granted by the city government.
“Sa mga convenience store na nagtitinda ng alak, kapag nagtinda kayo ng alak na pansamantala naming pinagbabawal dahil yan ay pribilehiyo lang na ibinigay sa inyo at vinaviolate ninyo ito, isasara po namin kayo,” Domagoso said.
“Halimbawa naman mga grocery store, huwag po kayo magbabakasakali you closing your business. We’re going to shut it down. We’re very strict with this,” the Mayor added.
To recall, the mayor issued an executive order prohibiting the distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages in the nation’s capital amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Hindi natin kailangan ngayon yan. Ang kailangan natin pagkakaisa, payapa’t panatag na komunidad,” he said.
Domagoso appealed for the public’s understanding and urged them to use the financial aid to buy basic necessities instead of liquor.
“Sana po maunawaan niyo po ako, tutal bisyo lang naman ito, ang hinihingi ko lang naman ay pansamantala,” he said.
“Itong mga salapi na ito na binibigay na ayuda eh yan po ay para meron kayong pambili ng pagkain,” he added. (PIO Manila/PIA-NCR)


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This week in tech Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress, an FDA approved AI software that can identify disease, UK suppresses ISIS propaganda with a cyber attack, 3.3 Million Dutch passwords viewable on an online search engine and Santander launchesBlockchain-based international transfers.
We’d love to take our news round-up to the next level this year and provide something for the whole of the technology industry, as well as throwing some of our own insight and expert advice. Do let us know your comments on the news round-ups and anything you’d like to read in the coming weeks.
Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress
This week CEO of Facebook was in the Washington hot seat, explaining to senators of Congress how the social networking site collects and handles its users’ personal information. Mark Zuckerberg testified following the Cambridge Analytica scandal and sought to pacify lawmakers by stating he would be open to some sort of regulation in a bid to protect the privacy of the billions of users of Facebook. With Mark looking like he’d be anywhere else, the recording of the awkward grilling of Facebook’s CEO obviously inspired endless memes on social media.
Click here to read more about the Facebook CEO testifying to Congress
FDA approved AI software that can identify disease
IDx-DR is a new AI-based diagnostic device that is said to make its own decisions without any specialised doctor’s help or confirmation, a first for an AI based software that has been approved by the FDA. The software works by detecting a specific disease through analysing the retina images of patients. In a clinical trial of 900 sample images the AI algorithm successfully detected disease amid 87% of the patients.
Click here to read more about the AI software that can identify disease
(The Verge) 11/04/2018
UK launches cyber-attack against ISIS propaganda
At the Cyber UK conference in Manchester GCHQ announced that the UK has conducted an offensive “cyber campaign” against Islamic State, which has diminished the group’s ability to coordinate attacks and suppressed its propaganda. This is the first time the UK has analytically tarnished an opponent’s online efforts in a military campaign and the GCHQ director announced that the campaign shows how targeted and effective offensive cyber can be.
Click here to read more about the UK cyber attack on ISIS
3.3 Million Dutch passwords viewable on an online search engine
3.3 million emails and passwords of Dutch people can be found easily via a special online search engine. These exposed details belong to employees of mainly large Dutch organisations, companies and government institutions and all can be found in one database. This database is said to contain a total of 1.4 billion email addresses and passwords from around the world and the personal information likely came from large data leaks over the past years. One thing to remember here… don’t use the same password for everything.
Click here to read more about the Dutch data breach
Santander launchesBlockchain-based international transfers
Santander is introducing a Blockchain based international money transfer system that UK customers can use starting from today. Now customers are able to complete international transfers within the same or next day with the new Ripple-based service. The plan is to add further currencies and destinations around the world to the service in the coming months with the aim to expand to small businesses.
Click here to read more about Santander’s new Blockchain-based service
(City A.M) 12/04/2018
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Quotes and Sayings About Slave Labor
There were stories coming out of Thailand that slave labor was being used to catch and process the seafood we eat. They were nearly all from Miramar. Because of reports of widespread labor abuses, several countries are now considering a ban on imports of Thai seafood.
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With so many followers including celebrities using Twitter, it is fast becoming one of the biggest online social media sites. According to Biz Stone Twitter’s co-founder, the site is now supporting 800 million search queries per day, compared to one of its competitors Google, where they support 88 billion search queries per month, Twitter is certainly upping their game.
According to Emma Barnett at Telegraph.co.uk, Twitter is now becoming one of the fastest-growing search engines, outdoing Yahoo and Microsoft’s Bing. A recent study by Nielsen showed that since last April, Twitter searches have increased by 33%, when looking at Bing, since their post-launch, its growth had increased by over 22% in the U.S.
In recent months Twitter has formed search partnerships with Google, Microsoft and Bing to use all of Twitter‘s data and implement it into one overall package. It was decided that because Twitter’s own search engine was attracting users looking at real-time results on live events, its competitors wanted a piece of the action! In an interview with The Telegraph, Twitter’s CEO Evan Williams said: “that the company was focused on improving its search engine, and that the developers were actively working to make it more intuitive”.
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Five years ago, the idea of a bulletproof backpack or vest for a child was pretty much unheard of and until recently body armor had no place in schools.
The 2007 Virginia Tech massacre changed all that as did the rise of the survivalist movement and reinforced backpacks became popular. And, after the horrific Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, on Friday, Dec.14, the sale of children’s bulletproof backpacks and vests has sky rocketed, as parents and others search for ways to keep children safe at school.
The trend is not surprising says retail analyst Marshal Cohen, as backpack sales total more than $1 billion a year. In the past five years, manufacturers aggressively diversified offerings to move more of the product. Since the country’s second-worst school shooting ever, business has increased exponentially at the half a dozen or so companies selling bulletproof backpacks and vests for children.
Elmar Uy of BulletBlocker thought his computer software was malfunctioning when his Website traffic jumped tenfold on Friday, Dec. 14. When he turned on the news the day of the Sandy Hook shooting, it all suddenly made sense. Uy says his company is struggling to keep up with demand for bulletproof backpacks for children. On a good week, Uy said they usually sell 15 to 20 backpacks, but since the shooting, its 50 to 100 a day.
A Colombian company in Bogota is launching a designer line of child-size bulletproof clothing in a variety of colors, at a cost of several thousand dollars apiece. According to Miguel Caballero, his designer bulletproof clothing adorns many heads of state and executives around the world, especially in Mexico and other Latin American nations.
Amendment II, a body armor manufacturer in Arizona, offers more conspicuous child-sized bulletproof vests for $500 and bulletproof backpacks for $300. The company began making bulletproof backpacks six months ago when a string of parents requested them. In recent days, sales of children’s bulletproof backpacks — Avengers for boys, Disney princesses for girls — have risen more than 500 percent and they cannot keep up with orders. Amendment II is donating a portion of sales to the fund for the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims.
The LaRue Tactical Backpack of Austin, Texas, offers a bulletproof shield that fits inside regular-size book bags.
On a different note, the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana is heading in a different direction, restricting children from wearing bulletproof vests to school. (Read about it.)
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Anyone familiar with the blockchain industry knows that decentralised finance (DeFi) is one of the sector’s most prominent use cases with the most substantial adoption, writes Cointelegraph. Recent issues in the banking sector, it argues, like those surrounding Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse, have caused many to take a second look at Bitcoin and crypto as an alternative to the traditional banking system. And while the further expansion of DeFi bodes well for the rest of the crypto industry, is blockchain technology expanding and being utilised in other ways as well?
That’s the question Cointelegraph Research dives into in its latest report, “Blockchain Use Cases and Adoption.” It does cover some financial use cases for Bitcoin and crypto but also explores data management, cloud storage, supply chain, smart sensors, carbon credits, decentralised autonomous organisations, digital identities and more. The report focuses on real-world use cases rather than theoretical applications and highlights projects in each area.
Cointelegraph Research used the current market penetration of different projects, the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the industry, and various macroeconomic factors to create an equation of exchange model, which was used to project the future total value locked (TVL) and potential penetration of blockchain technology in each segment. For example, in 2022, the estimated size of the global insurance market was $5.94 trillion, with the blockchain industry penetration rate at 0.01%. Cointelegraph Research forecasts that by 2025, blockchain projects will penetrate 0.05% of the total addressable market, at a TVL of $4.2 billion.
The world is already on the blockchain in many ways.
Bitcoin has been on a run during the past few weeks, and the crypto industry has reclaimed a $1 trillion market capitalisation — but there are other markers also pointing to positive signs for future adoption. A June 2022 Deloitte survey found that 75% of United States retailers planned to accept crypto payments within two years, while a Cointelegraph survey last year found that 62% of professional investors held digital assets. Meanwhile, $36.6 billion in venture capital was invested into the blockchain industry in 2022, which will help grow new projects in the future.
The “Blockchain Use Cases and Adoption Report” covers this and blockchain’s current financial use cases, but it also dives deeper into its applications in entertainment, data management, ESG (environmental, social and governance), and decentralised autonomous organisations.


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UAE. Dubai Duty Free has been recognised in the ‘Best Airport for Duty Free Shopping in the Middle East’ category at the recent Business Traveller Middle East (BTME) Awards.
The retailer took the award for the 17th consecutive year after Dubai International Airport came top in a reader survey conducted by the magazine.
More than 400 executives from the travel industry attended the awards ceremony at the Palazzo Versace Dubai hotel. BBC security correspondent and author Frank Gardner OBE was Guest of Honour.
Commenting on the BTME award, Dubai Duty Free Executive Vice Chairman and CEO Colm McLoughlin said: “This award reflects the views and opinions of frequent travellers and to receive this for the 17th consecutive year is very special and reflects the hard work of all of our employees.
“I would like to thank H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chairman of Dubai Duty Free, for his ongoing support and my thanks to those who have given us their vote.”


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As the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) reaches its 25th anniversary, “some are worried the law is outdated and being used to generate costly litigation against U.S. small businesses,” reports Palmetto Business Daily.
“Many businesses don’t even know the TCPA exists until they are handed their first lawsuit,” said Becca Wahlquist, partner at Snell & Wilmer. “Even businesses calling to confirm appointments or collect a payment are falling victim.”
The TCPA, said Wahlquist, has become a “destructive force that threatens companies with annihilation for technical violations that cause no actual injury or harm to any consumer.”
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Tennessee Firm Buying Omega Power Systems
Omega Power Systems, a Chatsworth-based manufacturer of high-tech power supplies for telecommunications systems and main frame computers, is being acquired by MagneTek of Nashville, Tenn., for $28 million.
Omega, which had $20 million in sales in fiscal year 1997, will be wholly owned by MagneTek, a high-tech electronics manufacturer that had $1.2 billion in sales last year.
As part of the deal, the company will be renamed MagneTek, Chatsworth.
Avi Bernstein, who retains the title of president of the Chatsworth operation, said no layoffs are anticipated and none of the 200 jobs at the Chatsworth facility will be moved to Nashville.
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Sweden’s Ministry of Finance has proposed several changes to strengthen consumer protection against risky lending and over-indebtedness that could have an impact on the gambling industry.
The ministry’s report on enhancing consumer protection is 650 pages long, covering a raft of different topics.
In it, the ministry calls for the existing ban on licensees and lottery ticket agents offering or providing credit for gambling to be extended to a ban on promoting the opportunity for someone else to offer or provide credit for gambling.
The Ministry of Finance has also called on the government to introduce a new system for people in debt and credit registers to improve existing conditions for credit checks, something that several gambling industry stakeholders have demanded for years.
Additionally, the proposals call for a clarification surrounding the requirements for “moderation in marketing” for consumer credit products and for the inclusion of information on credit adverts about the costs consumers will incur.
Trade group the Swedish Gambling Association (SPER), whose members include state-run Svenska Spel, said it “shares the investigation's view that over-indebtedness is a large and growing problem”.
“We will now analyse the inquiry's proposal together with SPER's members and will return with our views in connection with the government's review of the inquiry's proposal.
In the past, there have been several pleas from Swedish gambling industry stakeholders, including from Svenska Spel, the Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling (BOS) and SPER, to protect gamblers by introducing a national debt register and the ability to ban loans to indebted people, but barriers to introducing such a system have persisted.
This investigation was tasked with examining the market for consumer credit and proposing measures that counteract risky lending and over-indebtedness, according to the Ministry of Finance.
The scope of the investigation included assessing what contributes to the risks of consumers being offered and given credit that they do not have the financial means to repay.
The assignment also included proposing a system for debt registers and assessing which measures could be suitable to give already over-indebted people better conditions to repay their debts, according to the Ministry of Finance.


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Apple has announced today that their third generation iPad will arrive in 21 additional countries starting on Friday, April 20th 2012. First to receive the new iPad will be South Korea, Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Panama, St Maarten, Uruguay and Venezuela on Friday 20th.
Followed shortly afterwards on April 27th by Colombia, Estonia, India, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, South Africa and Thailand.
When the Apple’s new iPad originally launched in Europe and the U.S. in the middle of March, the latest tablet from Apple clocked up a massive three millions sales in just under four days.
“CUPERTINO, California―April 16, 2012―Apple® today announced the new iPad®, the third generation of its category defining mobile device, will arrive in South Korea and 11 additional countries on Friday, April 20. The new iPad features a stunning new Retina™ display, Apple’s new A5X chip with quad-core graphics and a 5 megapixel iSight® camera with advanced optics for capturing amazing photos and 1080p HD video. The new iPad still delivers the same all-day 10 hour battery life* while remaining amazingly thin and light.
In addition to South Korea, the new iPad also will be available beginning on Friday, April 20 in Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Panama, St Maarten, Uruguay and Venezuela. Beginning on Friday, April 27, the new iPad will be available in Colombia, Estonia, India, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, South Africa and Thailand.”
Apple now offers two versions of the iPad, the iPad 2 and iPad 3, have a look at the difference between the iPad 2 and iPad 3.
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Do you take medication to reduce high blood pressure or treat heart failure?
If so, you’ll want to grab your pills and check where they’re from, because the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a recall of select batches of pills with the active ingredient valsartan due to an ingredient that may cause cancer.
Three companies have had their medications recalled as a result of contamination with an ingredient known as N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA).
This defect is a serious one, as multiple studies conducted on animals involved NDMA has suggested that the component is capable of causing cancer in the respiratory system, liver, and kidneys.
Although no studies on NDMA’s possible effects on humans have been done thus far, this is still a cause for concern.
The companies involved as of right now are Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Inc., Solco Healthcare, and Major Pharmaceuticals, with the latter of the three also stating that their pills have been distributed to a wide variety of retail and wholesale facilities as well as pharmacies and hospitals nationwide.
While not all valsartan products are affected by this recall, these specific companies’ products have been stated to not meet the FDA’s safety standards according to the director of the association’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Janet Woodcock.
As such, all companies involved were requested to immediately recall the defective items.
The companies affected by the recall were supplied valsartan from Zhejiang Huahei Pharmaceuticals, and this supplier’s products have also led to recalls in 22 other countries.
This supplier has had all medications and drugs sold reviewed thoroughly by the European Medicines Agency at the beginning of 2018.
You can view a full list of the recalled products for Major Pharmaceuticals here, Solco Healthcare here, and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. here.
If your medication bottle does not clearly state the manufacturing company’s name, please contact your pharmacy for further details.
If you happen to have pills that are affected by the recall, don’t fret.
Contact your pharmacist or your doctor to discuss alternative treatment medications and head onto the website of the drug manufacturers for instructions on how to get refunds or what to do next.
Some manufacturers may have directly sent you an email about what to do, as well.
In the meantime, the FDA actually recommends that you continue to use the affected medications until you are able to get a safe replacement for them, though you should work to get a replacement as soon as possible.
This is because there have been no reports of bad responses to the affected medications as of yet, and it’s not yet known whether NDMA even has an effect on humans.
Still, if you believe you are experiencing negative effects from taking one of the affected drugs, alert FDA through their MedWatch program.
Remember to be aware of the medications you’re taking and to check the FDA website regularly for updates and future recalls.
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UPDATE 1-CBS Outdoor buys Van Wagner billboard unit for $690 mln
(Adds CEO comments, advisers on deal)
By Liana B. Baker and Abhirup Roy
July 21 (Reuters) - CBS Outdoor Americas Inc said Monday it would buy the billboard business from Van Wagner Communications LLC, a privately held company with outdoor advertising in New York's Times Square and on buses on the Las Vegas strip, for $690 million in cash.
The deal includes about 1,100 large-format billboards in 11 U.S. markets, which had total revenue of $206 million in 2013, CBS Outdoor said on Monday.
"It gives a tremendous boost to our assets," CBS Outdoor Chief Executive Officer Jeremy Male said in an interview, adding that the billboards are in "really iconic locations that we think will be significantly additive to our portfolio in the U.S."
Male said there would be "great upside" in converting some of Van Wagner billboards to digital billboard technology. About 1.5 percent of CBS' billboard are digital, about the same percentage as Van Wagner's, and make up about 10 percent of CBS' billboard revenue.
Reuters reported exclusively last week that Van Wagner was exploring a sale that could fetch more than $600 million, and that CBS Outdoor was one of the companies interested in buying the assets.
The deal is subject to regulatory review and expected to close early next year. It will be immediately add to adjusted funds from operations per share in the mid-single-digit range in percentage terms, Male added.
CBS Outdoor, whose customers include Apple Inc, McDonald's Corp and Sony Corp , went public in late March after it was spun off from CBS. Continued...


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Author: RV News Staff
Nearly 40 RV technicians representing dealerships from around the U.S. and Canada are converging on Shipshewana, Ind., this week as K-Z RV holds the second week of its spring service seminar. During these four-day, eight-hour sessions, K-Z and supplier instructors bring technicians up-to-date on the latest technological advancements and train them how to troubleshoot component issues.
Attendees are a mix of beginners and more experienced RVIA-certified technicians. K-Z picks up all of the costs outside of transportation to Shipshewana. K-Z has held the training sessions since the mid-1990s. During the first few years, the manufacturer held one set of two weekly sessions, but strong demand led to K-Z scheduling sessions twice a year. The second set will be held in the fall.
“We’ve had a good buy-in with vendors and the different manufacturers of RV components,” says Mark Owens, K-Z’s warehouse and service manager, who has overseen the program for many years. “We get a lot of assistance with those folks coming in and training the service technicians in troubleshooting.”
Kyle Walker, K-Z’s field service representative, is the lead instructor for the classes. When he’s not planning or conducting classes, he answers troubleshooting questions from dealers. He says most technicians are active participants in the sessions and ask a lot of questions. Many bring up specific troubleshooting dilemmas. The sessions include hands-on work to determine what might be wrong with a component.
“The will bring up instances of what they find such as ‘I have an RV that does this,’” Walker says.
New topics will likely populate the fall sessions. Owens says technology is constantly changing, so updates come on a regular basis. Sometimes dealer feedback results in a new class to address timely issues. Major planning goes into these sessions. Owens and Walker begin working on the curriculum of the sessions about two months in advance, contacting suppliers and coordinating sessions. If dealer feedback indicates some type of warranty issue, K-Z may put a session together to address that issue.
“The standard stuff is a constant, but we are starting to get into tablets and keyless entries and hydraulic systems,” Owens says. “Technology is constantly changing.”


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Photo above: Front middle: Elçin Birben, Hürcan Haydar (holding flag), and Luca Pozzoli at the PartyLite Turkey Opening Ceremony in Istanbul.
PartyLite is jumpstarting 2015 by introducing its candle and home décor products in two international markets. The party plan company has launched its business in Turkey and Korea, expanding its global presence to 23 total markets.
In Turkey, its 18th European market, PartyLite has inked an agreement with third-party distributor PL EV DEKORASYON ÜRÜNLERİ TANITIM VE PAZARLAMA LTD. ŞTİ. Founders Elçin Birben and Hürcan Haydar launched the young company with a vision of becoming a major player in the Turkish direct selling industry, and it will serve as the sole distributor of PartyLite products in the country.
“Elçin and Hürcan are very ambitious individuals, and we have no doubt that they are capable of growing a successful direct selling business,” said Luca Pozzoli, PartyLite Vice President of Market Development, in the company’s release. “We are thrilled that they will be the exclusive distributors of PartyLite candles, home fragrances and home decor in Turkey. Their enthusiasm for PartyLite products is remarkable, and their excitement during the entire launch has been evident.”


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Yet another company reveals that it has suffered a major data breach. Just last week, Marriott Hotel confirmed that a database hacking incident had compromised the personal information of as many as 500 million guests.
Now, Q&A website Quora also confirms that hackers were able to break into its system and steal the data of up to 100 million users. It may include sensitive information such as names, email addresses, and an encrypted version of their passwords. It gets worse: suppose a user imported data from another social network, including contacts or other crucial information, those likely were taken as well.
Private actions on the site may have been stolen alongside the above-mentioned items. Those include requests for answers, downvotes, and even direct messages. Meanwhile, content that was posted anonymously should remain anonymous, as Quora says it doesn't store identifiable information on such posts.
Quora Data Breach
A huge portion of the data accessed was already public on Quora, according to CEO Adam D'Angelo.
As of this time, the company is sending emails to users to inform them of the data breach. The company says it has also notified law enforcement and hired a digital forensics firm to investigate the breach, details of which right now are scarce. For now, Quora is only revealing that "a malicious third party" successfully acquired "unauthorized access to one of our systems." It discovered the breach on Friday, Nov. 30.
The mishap is certainly one of the biggest data breach incidents of 2018. At 100 million users affected, it also represents what's perhaps a big chunk of Quora's entire user base. In 2015, D'Angelo said the site had 200 million unique monthly visitors.
What Is Quora Doing About It?
Currently, Quora is doing everything it can to try and contain the situation, and to prevent another breach from potentially occurring.
"We are working rapidly to investigate the situation further and take the appropriate steps to prevent such incidents in the future," according to D'Angelo.
Massive data breaches are unfortunate, yet common occurrences in the landscape of tech, and they especially involve companies with troves upon troves of data at their disposal, such as Facebook, Yahoo, Google, and many others. Hackers strategically wait for a service to store data over the years before they steal them all in one go. So many pernicious things can be done with this data, such as selling them to advertisers.


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Atlanta Apparel reports strong attendance at its June market
Atlanta Apparel’s June market, where buyers and brands can finalize orders for Autumn/Winter 2022 and source immediates, reported solid attendance and order writing, June 8-11 at AmericasMart Atlanta.
“Atlanta Apparel is the premier destination for brands to invest in their businesses and establish and grow connections with new and returning buyers,” said Caron Stover, senior vice president, apparel for International Market Centers (IMC). “Buyers came to June Atlanta Apparel to close out order writing through the end of the year and our brands stepped up by offering everything from immediates and game day apparel and accessories to Autumn/Winter and holiday.”
Eighty percent of buyers checked in during day one of the four-day market. Overall, more than 88% of buyers hailed from local southeastern cities, with attendees from 38 states and Washington D.C., two territories: Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, as well as six international countries. This market also welcomed new buyers who participated in the market’s New Buyer Orientation tours.
For its June edition, Atlanta Apparel presented 350+ permanent showrooms and 400+ temporary exhibits. As the southeastern hub for apparel sourcing, exhibitors and buyers alike join in Atlanta to meet clients, foster long-standing relationships and stay in-tune with the industry.
Janel Heinsen, southeastern sales representative for Joseph Ribkoff, celebrated the brand’s new showroom grand opening this June. “The introduction of our showroom has been a long time coming, and we are thrilled to finally have a permanent space in Atlanta. We knew that the exposure in Atlanta would be so great for the company and we are able to see so many of our accounts here. In my region, probably 50 to 60% of our accounts that we currently do business with come to Atlanta Apparel at least once per year,” Heinsen shared.
Many buyers in attendance at the June market also focused on visiting exhibitors who they have met in Atlanta and worked with for years, such as Allison Drake, owner of Island Passage Clothing in North Carolina.
Barbara Levitt, CEO and lead buyer for M&F Stores in Fairhope, Alabama, noted that she visits Atlanta Apparel at least four times per year to source her inventory in showrooms, where she has long-standing relationships and can see many lines all together.
Throughout the June Atlanta Apparel market, IMC delivered educational sessions and market celebrations.
Attendees learned about upcoming Autumn/Winter accessories trends from trend forecaster, Jessica Richards, and found inspiration in an accessories trends vignette produced in partnership with The Accessories Council. A discussion about implementing diversity into business was led by by Kiarra Norman.
Both educational sessions were well-attended, as was Thursday’s Mid-Day Soiree networking and educational event, where market-goers were able to learn more about industry technology for live selling from CommentSold.
The next Atlanta Apparel Market is Aug. 2-6, 2022, with temporary exhibits offered from Aug. 2-4, at AmericasMart Atlanta. For information, visit www.atlanta-apparel.com.


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Catching Fireflies to open on Sixth Avenue
Correction: The website for Catching Fireflies Boutique was incorrect in a previous version of this story. It has since been corrected. We regret the error.
Catching Fireflies Boutique is opening a brick-and-mortar location, according to co-owners DeAnna Hauge and Gina Sommers.
The boutique will open at 304 Sixth Ave. S.E on March 10. Hours will be 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
The business will be adding clothing for children, newborn through size 7, as well as home decor from Lost and Found Occassionals.
Inventory from Catching Fireflies can be shopped online at catchingfirefliesboutique.com or in Centsable Fashions, 221 Sixth Ave. S.E., Suite 2, until the end of February.
Inventory will be off the floor at Centsable Fashions by Feb. 20, with the business set to close Feb. 28.
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Evermade Foods expands in Fauquier County
Governor Youngkin announced by email that Evermade Foods will invest $110,000 to expand in Fauquier County.
The Virginia based co-manufacturer of prepared meals plans to expand due to increased customer demand which will include increased manufacturing.
The increase will open about 46 new job opportunities in their Warrenton Kennedy Road location.
The location in Virginia was chosen over a North Carolina and Texas location for the expansion.
Evermade Foods Founder and CEO Rachelle Slotnick states in the email that Virginia was chosen because of the availability of space, stable workforce and transportation hub.
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The commerce ministry’s foreign trade arm DGFT has simplified the procedure for traders to avail export incentives under the MEIS scheme, a move aimed at promoting ease of doing business for exporters.
Under Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS), the government provides duty benefits depending on the product and country.
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) will start the process of system driven approval of the MEIS claim applications from tomorrow in respect of exports made through EDI (electronic data interface) shipping bills.
The move will enable automatic approval of claims made by exporters to avail incentives under this scheme and the new process is allowed through electronic data interchange ports.
“Under the new system — E com Module for MEIS, regional authorities will not check the MEIS applications. It will be automatically approved. DGFT officials will have to just attest the print and the duty credit scrips,” a government official said.
Rewards under the scheme are payable as percentage of realised free-on-board value and MEIS duty credit scrip or certificate can be transferred or used for payment of a number of duties, including the basic customs duty.
“This will reduce time, effort and lead to faster claim approval,” the official said.
The directorate has been on regular basis taking measures to simplify the implementation process of the foreign trade policy schemes by establishing processes, which are smooth, free from manual interface and are quick and efficient.
In a notice the DGFT said: “In line with the government’s motto of facilitating the ease of doing business, this directorate would start the process of system driven approval of the MEIS claim applications”.
The country’s exports grew by about 10 per cent to USD 303 billion in 2017-18. Since 2011-12, India’s exports have been hovering at around USD 300 billion.
Promoting exports helps a country to create jobs, boost manufacturing and earn more foreign exchange.
Source : PTI


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He apologized for the scandal and launched what was described as an effort to make the company's management more open to discussion and less top-down, factors that may have abetted the emissions cheating.
CEO Matthias Mueller will relinquish his post and will be succeeded by Herbert Diess, who had been serving as CEO of the VW brand and has gained a reputation for cost-cutting at the sprawling company.
Herbert Diess, chief of the Volkswagen brand, was named to take over as CEO of the company as a whole. Excessive spending and poor budget discipline were eroding profit margins even before the carmaker's diesel-emissions scandal erupted in September 2015.
Donald Trump, Barack Obama Among World Leaders Snubbed For Royal Wedding
A Kensington palace spokesperson told royal reporter Richard Palmer that there will be not official guest list for the wedding. Kensington Palace has announced that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will not have political guests at their wedding.
If Mueller did such a good job under hard circumstances, why change horses in midstream? In fact, its Q1 stats for 2018 are the best in company history. Yet, he was present in the room on the fateful day when the company's top managers were informed in detail about the depth and breadth of the cheating scandal.
Volkswagen did not respond immediately when contacted about the report. Amid opposition from labor leaders, Mueller failed to sell motorbike maker Ducati a year ago.
Diess is a former BMW executive who since 2015 has headed the core Volkswagen brand. "Unions and Lower Saxony together have the power to block his appointment".
US Republicans preside over mammoth budget blowout
If lawmakers renew tax cuts expected to expire under the new tax law, there would be "even larger increases in debt". The deficit is how much Washington's spending exceeds its revenues.
The company said it was contemplating a management reshuffle and reassigning responsibilities among executives that "could include a change in the position of the chairman of the board of management", the German term for CEO. The company sold a record 10.74 million vehicles, making it the world's largest carmaker, though the title is disputed by the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, which sold 10.6 million and says Volkswagen is counting trucks that aren't cars.
The source noted, however, that Diess still wanted to nominate an "operative director on the brand-level to cover for him in the day-to-day business".
It's hard to get a clear sense of the motives of such a move (if it goes through), or of the politics driving them. The manufacturer will be grouped into six business areas, with the truck and bus division to be prepared for a potential stand-alone stock listing.
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They took her to a hospital and filed an FIR against her husband and in-laws, Mr. She was charging women lots of money for her potions and herbs.
On Wednesday four sources close to the company told Reuters that the supervisory board would seek to bring works council executive Gunnar Kilian onto the company's management board to try to secure backing for Diess and his plans.


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Disney’s Where’s My Water? was a surprising charmer when it came out earlier this year. Now, the game’s getting even better, thanks to its new update, titled “Boiling Point.” This addition includes new levels, new collectibles, and new gameplay mechanics.
Boiling Point contains 20 new puzzles for Swampy the Alligator to solve. That means the game now contains a total of 120 levels to play through. It also contains the sixth chapter and a new scene in Swampy’s story.
Meanwhile, the update also features a new mechanic: steam. Featuring some great truth in advertising, this feature will allow you to convert water to steam (and vice versa).
Don’t expect Disney to leave Where’s My Water? alone any time soon, either. Because of the game’s incredible popularity on the App Store, Disney has decided to create a weekly animated web series that’s set to launch in early 2012.


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The latest official reports confirm that Oakland County’s first recreational marijuana shop is opening its doors on March 14. The shop is located at the Greenhouse in Walled Lake, and they expect to serve thousands of people on opening day.
Initially, the Greenhouse opened up as a medical marijuana retailer. However, it has acquired a recreational marijuana license to operate in Oakland. When the business is open to the public, there will be a heated 4,000 square foot tent, several food trucks, and multiple vendors who will educate the customers. Greenhouse partner Jerry Millen said:
“This is not your grandma’s weed; this is not the weed you smoked in 1970.”
Currently, Greenhouse employees are getting ready for what they think will be a crowd of thousands of people when they open on March 14. The new addition will soon be prepared to accommodate the recreational users as the other entrances will be reserved for the medical customers.
Whether to authorize recreational weed to be sold in this jurisdiction has been an issue communities are worried and struggling with. The shop has an attractive location that is exposed to Walled Lake’s historic downtown area. Hence, the business has brought a lot of foot traffic. Mayor Linda Ackley said:
“They’ve taken a building that was in deplorable shape and put hundreds of thousands of dollars into it and have revamped it and is unique when you see other provisioning centers on TV they don’t look like the Greenhouse.”
The stage is now set as the first recreational marijuana shop awaits its first customers on March 14.


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Spotify's roller coaster ambitions in hopes of producing video content in addition to its already widely popular on-demand music streaming has now taken another turn. On Wednesday it was reported that the mega music streaming company has formed a partnership with Archie Comics in hopes of bringing “the adventures of the crew from Riverdale to a new audience,” and will adapt the well-known comic series into video content to be streamed via Spotify, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The video content announced on Wednesday is not to be confused with the six episodes of “Welcome to Riverdale” animated stills that are already available to view on Spotify.
News of the upcoming video initiative adds another chapter to the growing media platform, who will be following in the footsteps of rivals like Apple Music, which has already begun adding prime video content for its subscribers. A report published by Billboard in 2017 stated at the time that Spotify had "no ambitions to ‘pivot to video," and that the already popular music streaming platform had at that point cancelled any “upcoming episodes of its existing original video series” and were planning on “scrapping development plans for unreleased ones.”
“Archie has always been about trying to find new ways to get comics to fans and readers,” Archie Comics’ publisher/CEO Jon Goldwater said in a statement. “Being able to reposition these modern classics for new readers in this unique, motion comic format makes perfect sense.”
According to the announcement, Archie Comics and Spotify will use motion comic video being developed by DC Entertainment collaborator Madefire, in hopes of launching a six-episode series. Each of the episodes will bring six different comic issues from the popular series to life on the small screen. Spotify’s animated adaptation will have no involvement with “Riverdale,” the popular real-life telling of the comic series on The CW.


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American Meat Institute Foundation will hold an educational session on dry and semidry sausage processes on Feb. 23 and 24 at the Westin O'Hare Hotel in Chicago.
In December several people became ill after eating salami contaminated with the E. coli 0157:H7 bacteria. As a result, earlier this month the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a new set of procedures to ensure proper processes are used in the making of dry and semidry sausages, which include salami.
Conference speakers will include Jesse Majkowski, program manager of emergency response programs at the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service division, and John Tilden, a researcher with the Center For Disease Control, Atlanta, who will present an update on the E. coli victims.
For more information about the seminar, contact Janet Collins, vice president of scientific and technical affairs for AMI, at (703) 841-2400.
WASHINGTON -- The Annual Meat Marketing Conference is slated for April 2 to 4 at the Stouffer Waverly Hotel in Atlanta.
The evening cocktail party, themed, "Celebrating a World of Different Tastes," will emphasize new and ethnic foods. New products will be sampled and suppliers will demonstrate innovations in case displays and cross-merchandising ideas.
Some session topics will include: case-ready meat success stories, creating effective partnerships between retailers and suppliers, and how to turn the meat department into a successful "meal" department.
A segment of the program will also be devoted to discussion of new technologies and computer-based programs for the meat department. Additionally, results of a consumer research study by the National Live Stock and Meat Board, Chicago, on meat and poultry consumption will be released. And a panel of retailers will discuss programs that have been implemented in their meat departments in response to changing consumer trends.
Prior to the conference, an international meat merchandising workshop will be held. It will focus on changes in the meat distribution system, and will track the development of meat departments in the United States and Latin America.
The conference is sponsored by the Food Marketing Institute, Washington, and the American Meat Institute, Arlington, Va. For the first time this year, the National-American Wholesale Grocers' Association, Falls Church, Va., and the National Grocers Association, Reston, Va., are also supporting the conference.
For more information contact Sherrie Rosenblatt at (202) 429-4552 or Peter Marigliano at (703) 841-2400.
LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Florida Department of Citrus wants orange juice to be thought of as more than a refreshing beverage.
So, it is distributing a new cookbook that includes recipes that use orange juice as well as oranges and grapefruit. It will be made available to supermarkets nationwide. The suggested retail price is $2.99 for a soft cover edition.
"By replacing unhealthy ingredients with Florida orange and grapefruit juice, people can balance their desire for 'comfort foods' and need for a healthy diet," said Ivy Leventhal, spokesman for the Department of Citrus.


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BioRide starts mobile detailing company
Appropriately called Ninja Detailing the company works on both vehicles and boats.
“The whole brand of the ninja is fast. It’s quick. It’s discrete,” Co-owner Jeff Anderson said in the RichmondBizSense.com article. “That’s what we want out of our mobile detailing business.”
Ninja Detailing uses paid interns to detail and uses a martial arts-type ranking system in their training: Trainees begin as white belts, then yellow, then green. Once fully trained they become black belts.
However in order to earn the black belt the intern must propose and implement a community service project. Ninja Detailing owners say the curriculum teaches the interns how to present to clients, analyze budgets and problem solving.
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McHenry County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) is accepting nominations for the 2021 Business Champion Awards. Since 2008, MCEDC has recognized over 50 outstanding companies through our Business Champion Awards. In recognition of the pandemic, this year’s Business Champion awards will also be open to previous business champion award winners.
Many companies in the area adapted to the adverse conditions we found ourselves in by changing production to materials that contributed to the effort to slow the advance of the virus.
If you have a supplier or customer that you find exceptional or if you are an employee who feels your employer went the extra mile to help the employees especially during the pandemic, please send us your nomination. As a CEO or a member of the executive team of a company that is proud of recent expansion, acquisition, special project or growth, your self-nominations would also be welcomed. Nominations are being accepted for the 2021 Business Champion Awards until September 24th.
All nominees are introduced during the MCEDC Annual Dinner Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at the Holiday Inn in Crystal Lake. The 2021 Business Champions will be announced at the dinner and presented with their awards by our keynote speaker, John Cain, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Scot Forge.
Business Champion nominations categories are based on the number of employees – small -24 or less, medium – 25 to 100, large – over 100, as well as a special category for those companies who have over 300 employees. The winners will be chosen by a panel of Judges, which is made up of business leaders from outside of the county.
Jim McConoughey, MCEDC President stated “MCEDC’s previous Business Champions are all exceptional primary employers and valuable corporate citizens. We look forward to adding those who went the extra mile in response to the pandemic to this prestigious list of McHenry County employers”.
The deadline for submitting Business Champion nominations is September 24th. Additional information and forms are available on the MCEDC website home page – mchenrycountyedc.com or by contacting the MCEDC office at 815.893-0895.
Click here to download the Business Champion Nomination Form


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