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"We're proud to be supporting the capacity of Colorado farmers through regulatory reform, workforce development, market expansion [and] international commercial outreach to find the opportunities for the hemp industry," Polis said in a video shared with the hemp industry after declaring the first official Colorado Hemp Week. "My name is Jared Polis, and hemp: It's everything."
Hemp supporters were quick to salute the new annual celebration, as well as the flag-raising.
Every week should be Colorado hemp week. A hemp flag? Hemp, hemp, hooray!Adds Brendan:
I'll drink to that.Responds Rafael:
I will smoke to that.Comments Toni:
That’s awesome. Let’s implement this in our dispensaries to get rid of all of that plastic!Suggests Jennifer:
Hopefully it may educate some people in the benefits of using hemp and how it could help the environment...Says Sonja:
First awesome thing Polis has ever done. He still sucks.Replies Jasmine:
I’m baffled by this comment. He is one of the best governors in the country. I’m proud to be from Colorado for many reasons, and when he became governor my pride grew even more. I’m sorry you’ve missed the many, many positive things he’s done for us.This isn't the first time Polis has made arrangements to fly an American flag made of hemp fibers. On July 4, 2013, the then-congressman helped Colorado native Michael Bowman's hemp flag fly over the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., despite the flag's source material being federally illegal at the time.
And his support of the plant continues. Today, Colorado has "more than 60,000 outdoor acres and 15 million indoor square feet currently growing hemp," according to Polis, which is "more than any other state."
What do you think of Colorado's hemp industry? The hemp flag? Post a comment or email your thoughts at [email protected]


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Ghanaian businesswoman Roberta Annan has launched a €100-million ($115.8 million) fund to invest in small- and medium-sized businesses in Africa’s creative and fashion sector.
Annan is the founder of the African Fashion Foundation and Annan Capital Partners (ACP), a Ghana-based specialized boutique investment company. It seeks to boost investment attractiveness on the African continent and encourage engagement in sustainable projects.
African brands such as Kenneth Ize, ETHOS Members Club and GM & Ahrens comprise its investment portfolio.
According to a recent report, the investment is expected to accelerate growth in Africa’s creative sector.
ACP’s Impact Fund for African Creatives (IFFAC), an impact investment reverse alternative investment fund based in Luxembourg, will provide the multimillion-dollar investment.
Through the fund, ACP will award grants of up to €50,000 ($57,900) to selected projects to support African professionals with the skills, networks and capital needed to reach a global audience as the company moves to leverage the power of African creative and cultural industries.
The initiative will enable ACP to play a formative role in expanding the social capital of African countries and contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, while promoting inclusive growth in these economies.
In addition to the grants, IFFAC will make a further €250,000- €2-million ($289,500 – $2.3 million) investment in venture capital available to African entrepreneurs who complete its skills-building program.
Despite an immense pool of talent, originality and innovation in the African creative industry, businesses and professionals lack the management skills, infrastructure and startup capital necessary to scale up operations, Annan said while speaking during Paris Fashion Week on Oct. 4.
She explained that these issues are the core motivation behind IFFAC.
The Africa Investment Forum (AIF) has been in talks with IFFAC as it curates projects that it will feature at the upcoming AIF 2021 Market Days in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, from Dec. 1 t0 3, Africa Investment Forum Senior Director Chinelo Anohu said.
“I applaud IFFAC for its plans to bring early-stage capital deployment, along with a structured program of training and mentorship to artists and entrepreneurs like Nigerian designer Kenneth Ize,” he added.

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TORONTO - Ten things you should know about pending changes to the sale of beer in Ontario:
— A new tax, approximately $1 on a case of 24, will be phased in over four years at 25 cents a year.
— Major brewers will cap prices on their most popular brands, which represent about 50 per cent of the market, for the next two years.
— Up to 450 grocery stores in urban areas (many small towns already have "combination" stores that are able to sell 12-packs and 24 cases) will be licensed to sell beer in six-packs or smaller sizes. Beer will be sold in separate sections of the store, operating during the same hours as the Beer Store.
— A pilot project will see 12-packs of beer sold in 10 LCBO stores that are more than two kilometres from a Beer Store, so it doesn't "erode" Beer Store's business.
— The Beer Store will spend $100 million to modernize their stores and all new stores will be open concept, self-serve formats.
— Bars and restaurants that buy up to 250 cases of beer will be able to purchase the product at the same price as consumers.
— Small brewers will see costs of retailing through the Beer Store fall by five to 10 per cent and will have a minimum of 20 per cent of shelf space.
— The LCBO will create new boutiques for niche products such as craft beer and specialty spirits in stores, which will sell alcohol in different formats such as refillable beer containers.
— An independent beer ombudsman will be appointed to address brewer and customer complaints.
— An advisory council is still examining what to do about the distribution of wine and spirits.
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Trujillo’s Taco Shop and Señor Pancho’s have new competition on the east side of campus.
The San Diego-based Lolita’s Mexican Food will open a seventh location later this month at South Campus Plaza, adjacent to Epic Wings N’ Things and Everbowl.
The new location will sit on the corner of College Avenue and Montezuma Road, just across from the two other popular SDSU burrito spots. But, according to SDSU Dining, Lolita’s will be the first of the three to be offered on the meal plan.
Lolita’s has deep roots in the San Diego community. It’s a family-owned and operated company that’s been in business for 35 years since it was founded in Chula Vista by Dolores “Lolita” Farfan, according to their website.
“What we’re all about is quality,” Dolores Jackson, President of Lolita’s restaurants, said. “Our food is made from scratch every morning, our recipes are the founder’s recipes and we stay true to what we believe in and that’s a quality product.”
The SDSU location will be set up the same as all Lolita’s restaurants, Jackson said. Customers may order from the counter and staff will bring the food to their table.
Lolita’s menu features breakfast items such as Machaca burritos and Menudo. It also serves lunch and dinner items such as tacos, chimichangas and other plates.
Jackson said the location even added a new salad to the menu to appease more “health-conscious eaters.”
“Our top-sellers do well at all our locations and that’s going to be your carne asada fries and California burrito,” Jackson said.
Lolita’s will be the first restaurant to occupy it’s new space in South Campus Plaza.
“We got in there, it was just dirt,” Jackson said. “We have been under construction for quite some time now, so we’re looking forward to opening up soon.”
Lolita’s Mexican Food opened their SDSU location to the public on Aug. 30, while their grand opening will be at 9 a.m. on Sept. 3. According to the SDSU Dining website, their hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
A previous version of this story incorrectly started the opening date. The Daily Aztec regrets this error.


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Varroc Lighting Systems, headquartered in USA and one of the largest car and motorcycle lighting and electrical equipment manufacturers worldwide has become the new owner of Sa-ba Industrial Products Inc., which is a leading organization in the automotive sub-industry of Turkey. Having proven its power of innovation in trailer lighting systems by creating the Trailight brand and having proven its investment vision for export with Sa-ba Bulgaria, Sa-ba draws significant foreign capital investment to Turkey as a result of the successful graphic it registered in the industry for 42 years. Founded by Tarang Jain in India in 1990, Varroc reinforced its power in the global market by adding Sa-ba to its 46 production plants in various countries while the automotive sub-industry sector in Turkey gained a new global player.
Stephanie Vedie, Chairman and CEO of Varroc Lighting Systems said “With this investment, we have once again underlined our undertaking for global expansion which provides low cost, superior quality lighting products and technologies to our customers”, highlighting that Turkey is a growing market and that with this investment, the service area offered by the company will expand and dramatically enhance its capability in the small lighting area. Varroc is aiming to reach 2 billion Euro turnover until 2021 by organic and inorganic growth. Having acquired the 10,000 square meters production and technology center in Istanbul and the Dimitrovgrad factory with ongoing construction in Bulgaria with the Sa-ba investment, the company has increased its global presence to 17 countries in five continents with its recent investments.


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Nokia is saying that they will replace Symbian with their new Maemo Linux by the year 2012. Could it be the end of Symbian OS? Perhaps not...
All high-end N series multimedia devices will be running the Linux OS by then. Rubbing salt in the wounds of longtime Epoc developers, it disclosed the news to a meetup of Maemo enthusiasts – Ben Smith reports at The Really Mobile Project blog. X series and E series devices will continue to run Symbian OS – at least for the time being.
It isn’t such a surprise. At NokiaWorld in September, Nokia confirmed in public and in private that Maemo was the bedrock for future high-end devices, with Symbian downgraded to a “workhorse” smartphone OS for the midrange. Only a fortnight earlier, Nokia had strenuously denied the strategy. So much for honest community relations.
I'm not sure if Nokia is making the right move because Symbian has been around for many years. Everyone are used to it. They know how it works and is "standard" to them.
However they did say they're keeping Symbian OS for low end phones, while using Maemo Linux for hight end phones.
Will the change of operating system affect their future sales?
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But Big Hopes for Q2
On Monday, Netflix posted first-quarter earnings that should have – for the most part – made investors happy. Revenue growth met estimates but the number of new subscribers fell below expectations and the same is true for forward earnings guidance.
The main issue is the lack of a major hit such as ‘House of cards that could serve as a new-subscriber magnet and keep current subscribers glued to their screens.
It looks like according to Netflix, the choice for investors is between subscriber growth and profit increase, The company stated that next quarter, as ‘House of cards’ will return to the screens alongside with the introduction of three new, major movies, profit will be strained by release costs, while subscriber growth will improve.
For Netflix, subscriber growth is especially important since subscriber growth isn’t just a number, but a way to pay for soaring expenses – the cost of creating movies and TV shows or licensing programs. Investors could be patience regarding profits while the company is aggressively expanding in terms of new markets, subscribers and the addition of new content, but it’s hard to assess when this patience will run out. On Monday, the company said it intends to raise capital by issuing long-term debt.
Yesterday Netflix rose by over 2.9%, which means an increase of over 18% since the beginning of 2017. Will next quarter stats meet the company’s optimistic projections regarding subscriber growth and what will the profits be like? Stay informed and take advantage of market opportunities as they appear.
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Unilever margins suffer; ICI takes US hit
Dove soap-to-Lipton tea giant Unilever today reported a near-5% rise in underlying third-quarter sales as it reaped the benefits of an increased advertising and marketing spend by chief executive Patrick Cescau.
The increase was toward the top end of City expectations although the publicity push hit profit margins. Cescau said it was crucial for the company to focus on driving up sales in order to speed its recovery.
Unilever shocked investors with a profit warning in 2004, since when it has been struggling to win back investors' favour.
The company said the €1.7bn (£1.1bn) sale of its European frozen foods business to venture capitalist Permira was close to completion. Operating profits were down 3% at €1.5bn.
• A collapse in the US housebuilding market has led to a dive in North American paint sales, one of the single most important divisions of British industrial giant ICI.
Home starts in the US are down by a fifth, and ICI finance chief Alan Brown said that has had a knock-on for the paints market, of which North America makes up 15%.
That took the gloss off another solid recovery performance by ICI, which reported a 10% rise in third-quarter earnings.
Pre-tax profits were up 12% for the first nine months of the year at £363m.
Brown also said the recent sale of specialty chemicals business Uniqema for £410m to Croda had reduced ICI net debt to less than £481m.
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The smartwatch market has exploded in recent years and the two companies that are going head-to-head on the healthcare front are Fitbit and Apple.
Oct. 18, 2019
The smartwatch market was valued at $48.14 billion in 2018, and it is expected to reach a market value of $130.55 billion by 2024. One of the most applicable uses for wearables right now is in healthcare and tracking, which is where companies will be putting their best efforts.
In Apple’s most recent quarterly earnings back in July, Apple’s wearables were surprising winners, with Apple Watch sales seeing a rise of 50%. It is estimated that Apple holds roughly 50% of the market share for smartwatches, selling close to 15 million units in the third quarter of 2019. Considering the Apple Watch has only been around since 2015, it makes this feat of market dominance even more incredible that it has only taken a relatively short amount of time.
One of the cornerstones of this rapid growth has been Apple’s keen focus on the application of healthcare to the watch. This comes as no surprise, as Apple CEO Tim Cook himself boldly proclaimed back in January that the iPhone maker’s greatest contribution to mankind would be its health-related services.
Fast forward to 2019, and the Apple Watch Series 5 has ECG (electrocardiogram) capabilities to monitor heart health – including the capability to spot cardiovascular irregularities – menstrual cycle tracking, an app to monitor dangerous noise levels to protect your hearing, stress-reducing breathing exercise apps, diabetes-aid apps to track sugar levels and much more. Oh, and it also tells the time!
It is no secret that Apple wishes to incentivise its healthcare products, and the Apple Watch is at the forefront of this. In the beginning of October, private Medicare plan ‘Devoted Health’ became the first healthcare provider to cover Apple Watch as a benefit, helping members pay for the cost of the device up to $150.
In an increasingly health-conscious world, Apple’s ‘budding’ Watch business may see substantial growth in the future as its technology becomes more embroiled in healthcare. Perhaps there may even come a time when the iPhone is a secondary product to the Apple Watch and its Health apps. With Apple making a massive push into the services industry, it’s Health department may well be one of the company’s key products on show.
Another company that has taken great strides in promoting the health capabilities of its products is Fitbit. However, unlike Apple, Fitbit has struggled to regain the lofty heights of the dominance it once held over the smartwatch market. Back in 2014, Fitbit was the market leader in wearables, holding close to 45% of the market share, whereas now, an increase in competition and lack of innovation has left the fitness tracker manufacturer desperately clinging to around 6% market share.
Why is a focus on health so important then?
Bluntly put, Fitbit is not Apple. The company does not have the resources, brand power or diversity of Apple, and for all intents-and-purposes, Fitbit really just makes fitness trackers, and apart from a subscription health service, do not have a whole lot more to offer.
However, the health capabilities it does have are quite impressive. Fitbit pioneered fitness tracking in smartwatches, with its latest devices offering activity tracking of all kinds, exercise recognition reminders to move, and – something the Apple Watch does not have – sleep tracking. On top of this, it also offers optimized heart rate tracking to ensure cardiovascular health is kept in check.
If one wants a glimpse into the future plans of Fitbit, they need look no further than its recent agreement with the government of Singapore. This deal will allow Fitbit to provide fitness trackers to a potential market of hundreds of thousands in the city, with anyone who signs up for the company’s paid premium health service, ‘Fitbit Inspire’, receiving a free smartwatch. The deal will test out a potential strategy for Fitbit, which will hope to build a large subscriber base, while Singapore looks to reduce the cost of healthcare.
Fitbit has a lot of ground to make up on Apple. The stock has underperformed all year, down 20%, but received a welcome boost in September when it jumped 23% following reports it was considering taking itself private.
With the smartwatch market on the rise – is expected to reach 279 million annual units sold by 2024, a growth of nearly 9% per year – there is every chance Fitbit can get itself back in the game, with healthcare being its potential hail Mary play.
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If I could only get my message across to the leftover Christmas trees after a record sales season at Prior Pines. I would let them know that they should hang in there until next year to dress up with bright lights and ornaments.
Kent Prior of Prior Pines is confident that the trees will go to a good home next year. "We sell all the trees that we have. We never have to cut them down just to dispose of them so if they don't get sold we'll put a tag on them and generally someone will buy them."
Prior says this year, leftover Christmas trees are rare after record sales. "I don't know the exact numbers but just by the indication right now, we've sold more trees this year than we ever have."


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Learning and business are both global concepts. College of Business Dean Dr. Kathy Kennedy-Ratajack put that premise into action during her recent 10-day trip to Goa and New Delhi in India.
Her travels provided her with hands-on research on a case study for the policy and strategy course she teaches to Doctor of Business Administration students at Wilmington University. Her topic: United Parcel Service and the logistics of expanding delivery to India. UPS faces such challenges as navigating dirt roads, which motorists share with roaming cattle and dogs. Private investors who charge tolls to use them build Indian highways.
“We learned about infrastructure and the lack of infrastructure and how that impacts the logistics of moving goods from Point A to Point B,” says Dr. Kennedy-Ratajack.
She also met with representatives from two businesses, a textile maker who produces sheets and blankets, and an importer of goods made in China.
During her visit, she videotaped a virtual class for her DBA students, showing that education knows no boundaries.
“It was 5 in the morning and I could hear the birds in the background,” she recalls.
She enjoyed learning more about the culture of India during a homestay with a family in Goa.
“We did a vegetarian-type Thanksgiving dinner,” she says.
Dr. Kennedy-Ratajack also had the opportunity to spend time with her daughter, Amanda English, who is studying abroad.
“The trip was multifunctional,” she says. “I even got to see the Taj Mahal.”
Photo of Morjim village, North Goa, India, by Ssr [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], from Wikimedia Commons


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Batman: Arkham Knight Release Date Discussed by DC Comics
No doubt video game and comic book fans alike are at the very least intrigued by Rocksteady's upcoming Batman project, Arkham Knight. But when you factor in the game's website not featuring an exact release date, meaning that retailers' listed release dates are likely just placeholders, nobody's quite sure when to expect the game that's set to conclude Rockstsady's adventure with the Batman franchise. And whisperings at this year's WonderCon have only served to confuse the issue further.
During the con, an Arkham Knight trailer was shown to the audience, and there seems to have been some mis-communication between the presenters and staff. Bleeding Cool reports that at the trailer's conclusion, DC reps were heard to say, "this is no longer a 2014 project, but a 2015 project." Not good. But now, there's this report out from Furious Fanboys, retorting, "That’s not what happened at he panel."
"DC showed the Blur Studios’ CG trailer for Arkham Knight, which earned a lot of cheers and applause. It was pretty loud, so you can’t blame someone for not hearing what came next, but it wasn’t an Arkham Knight delay."
"While people were applauding and cheering, they specifically say that Batman: Arkham Knight would be released later this year. After that statement is what most people didn’t hear, and they said to prepare for the return of Injustice. The 'not a 2014 title' statement applied to the new Injustice, not the Batman sequel. No other details about the new Injustice, such as who is developing it, was revealed but it is apparently on the way…just not this year."
Feel better? I know I do, but now I'm also intrigued by this Injustice: Gods Among Us sequel...
We'll keep you posted on both projects as more information comes to light.


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The price of a Radeon RX 570—a mid-range graphics card popular for cryptocurrency mining—soared from under $200 in April 2017 to over.
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It's been years since graphics cards were used en masse for Bitcoin mining, because the hardware arms race meant that specialized application-.
The Bitcoin halving and coronavirus are still dominating media headlines, here’s five things to do while waiting on both.
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Did a Chinese and Indian Automaker Steal the Show at The 2019 Detroit Auto Show?
GAC and Mahindra came to impress, and for the most part, both did
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GAC Brought a Weird-Looking Thing to Detroit that it Calls The Entranze Concept
As they say, “There is no such thing as bad publicity”
January 15, 2019 18:00
GAC Motors Reveals the 2019 GAC GS5 at the Paris Motor Show
Chinese automaker wants to make a name for itself in the European market
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GAC Could Make its U.S. Launch Via FCA Dealerships
This partnership could benefit both sides
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GAC Enverge Wows Detroit with Virtual Reality Windows and Removable Foglamps
The coolest concept in Detroit this year?
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WASHINGTON - Clinton administration officials said Thursday they have persuaded other leading countries to apply the same strict export controls on computer data-scrambling products as they apply to weapons.
At a meeting on Thursday in Vienna, the 33 nations that have signed the Wassenaar Arrangement limiting arms exports – including Japan, Germany, and Britain – agreed to impose controls on the most powerful data-scrambling technologies, including for the first time mass-market software, US special envoy for cryptography David Aaron told Reuters.
The United States, which restricts exports of a wide range of data-scrambling, or encryption, products and software has long sought without success to persuade other countries to impose similar restrictions.
"We think this is very important in terms of bringing a level playing field for our exporters," Aaron said.
Leading US high-technology companies, including Microsoft and Intel, have complained that the lack of restrictions in other countries hamper their ability to compete abroad. The industry has sought to have US restrictions relaxed or repealed, but has not asked for tighter controls in other countries.
Privacy advocates have also staunchly opposed US export controls on encryption, arguing that data-scrambling technologies provided a crucial means of protecting privacy in the digital age.
"It's ironic, but the US government is leading the charge internationally to restrict personal privacy and individual liberty around the world," said Alan Davidson, staff counsel at the Center for Democracy and Technology, a Washington-based advocacy group.
Members of the Global Internet Liberty Campaign issued a statement in September to the 33 participating states of the Wassenaar Arrangement calling for the removal of encryption export restrictions from future revisions.


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Cooking creates chemical flagged by food regulator Concerns are growing over a potentially cancer-causing chemical found in everyday foods – that few people know even exists.
Toast, hot chips, potato crisps, plain biscuits, coffee and wheat-biscuit breakfast cereals have been flagged by transtasman regulatory body Food Standards Australia New Zealand as containing the chemical acrylamide.
FSANZ’s website carries little-known advice on how to avoid the chemical, which is created during cooking. Tips included soaking potatoes before frying, cooking at lower temperatures and browning toast to the “lightest colour acceptable to your taste”.
Two years ago the World Health Organisation determined acrylamide was neurotoxic and potentially cancer causing and called for clear labelling to raise consumer awareness around cooking and storage.
When the Herald on Sunday checked bread and frozen potato products on the supermarket shelves this week, none carried any information other than cooking instructions.


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HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (3/15/13) – The Hoptown Hoppers are proud to announce the 2013 Season theme is "Hop On!" Fans will find this new tag line on all Hoppers materials in the 2013 season including our official game schedule and an improved Hoptown Hopper website, www.hoptownhoppers.org, created in partnership with the Kentucky New Era.
"Hop On!" is meant to capture the excitement and enthusiasm of the Hoppers inaugural season while asking the fan to hop on the bandwagon and help push the team to a successful second season.
In addition, the team hopes that website visitors find the revised site easy to navigate and full of valuable information. A Hopper Team Sponsor, the Kentucky New Era, designed the site and will keep it populated with daily updates throughout the 2013 season.
Carter Hendricks, Team President, commented, "With so many fans from across the country, it is vital that we have a website that is clean, attractive, and easy to navigate. We know our fans are eager for Hopper information and we want it to be easy for them to find season pass information, merchandise, game schedule, and player statistics. We believe our partnership with the Kentucky New Era and this website will drastically improve the visitor's experience."
Finney Noffsinger, Team General Manager, shared, "I am so excited about the team's new tagline. We are also exploring new merchandise items and look to unveil these new choices in the coming weeks. In the meantime, we encourage our fans to buy their season passes and official Hoppers merchandise as the season is coming up quick!"
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How To Trade The Fed’s Recent Rate Decision
On Wednesday, the fed came out and told us that they were going to slow the rise of interest rates from four rate hikes in 2016 to just 2.
Stocks, gold, and oil had big days on the news as traders jumped to ride the wave up on hopes that gold can push back to 1400, oil back to some sort of normalcy 🙂 and stocks to test the 2016 highs.
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PSA Intl takes first steps in Eastern Europe
Port operator PSA International has joined forces with Australian investment management firm IFM Investors and the Polish Development Fund (PFR) to acquire the Port of Gdańsk’s Deepwater Container Terminal Gdańsk (DCT Gdańsk), Poland’s biggest box terminal.
PSA International, PFR and the IFM Investors-managed IFM Global Infrastructure Fund have signed a deal to acquire 100% of the Polish facility’s shares from Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, the Motor Trades Association of Australia Superannuation Fund (MTAA Super), AustralianSuper and Statewide Super.
The release said that to permit additional development of the terminal, PSA International, PFR and IFM Investors will look into building a new expansion area and further capacity increases.
DCT Gdańsk, the sole deep-water container terminal in Poland and the Baltic Sea basin, constitutes one of the 15 biggest container ports on the European continent and claims to be is one of Europe’s fastest-growing container ports, as well as being the only terminal in the Baltic able to serve ultra large container ships. Last year, its container volumes hit 1.9m teu.
“The new owners support DCT Gdańsk’s ambitious expansion plans, including construction of a new terminal in the coming years to utilise and leverage economic growth of Poland and Central and Eastern Europe,” Paweł Borys, PFR chief executive, commented on the acquisition.
Tan Chong Meng, PSA International’s group chief executive, said that DCT Gdańsk constitutes PSA International’s first investment in Eastern Europe.
“Through leveraging our global network and our expertise in creating value for the port and shipping communities, PSA International will partner with shipping lines, logistics operators and cargo owners to deliver more efficient, flexible and robust supply chain solutions for the region,” he said.
Speaking on behalf of the outgoing shareholders, Martin Stanley, global head of Macquarie Asset Management, said: “We are proud of the role we’ve played in the development of Poland’s burgeoning maritime and logistics sector through investment in DCT Gdańsk.
“The close partnership between Macquarie, MTAA Super, AustralianSuper, Statewide Super and the port’s management team has seen DCT Gdańsk become an important gateway for Poland to the rest of the world.
“We leave the business well positioned to serve the needs of this dynamic region and wish the new shareholders well as they embark on the next phase of the port’s growth story.”
The acquisition agreement is subject to formal approval by the relevant competition authorities.
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A company that wants to move its hazardous-waste transfer facility to Odenton is asking the state for permission to more than triple the amount of material it can store.
Safety-Kleen Corp. was scheduled for a public hearing on its proposal last month. But four days beforethe hearing, company officials asked the state Department of the Environment for a delay so it could submit a revised plan.
The firm wants to store 1,485 16-gallon drums and build six external 20,000-gallon tanks at the proposed facility in the Mayfield Industrial Park off Telegraph Road, and has received tentative state approval.
The state already had tentatively approved the company's request to store 432 16-gallon drums and build two external 20,000-gallon tanks at the Odenton site.
John Feeley, a company spokesman, said the original application was submitted several years ago, and the operations at its Glen Burnie site had simply grown in the meantime. "A number of things were completely outdated," he said.
Residents who live near the industrial park say they are concerned about chemicals leaking into their well water.
Sally Shoemaker, vice president of the Greater Odenton Improvement Association, said her group has written a letter to the state containing 26 questions about the company's proposal. The letter asks for frequent and surprise inspections, expresses concern about truck traffic and dangers of chemical reactions and subsequent air pollution.
"We assume the questions will be addressed at the public hearing," Shoemaker said. The company's changes "probably double the concerns of the residents."
Michael Sullivan, spokesman for the Department of the Environment, said the tentative approval for the modifications could change after the public hearing.
The new Odenton facility would be used to store petroleum-basedproducts such as used anti-freeze, solvents and dry-cleaner waste. The chemicals would be shipped from Odenton to recycling plants in NewJersey and South Carolina.
Safety-Kleen, an Illinois-based Fortune 500 company, has 165 plants throughout the country. "It is a highlyregulated business," Feeley said. "We are built to better-than-required standards."
A new hearing is set for April 22.


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New Delhi, January 9: The banking sector’s market capitalisation has increased around 23 per cent during calendar year 2019. The corporate loan demand, thus, is unlikely to revive in the near term. However, retail growth should remain steady with sustained momentum in mortgage and unsecured segments, and on gradual recovery in the auto segment, according to a report titled 2020 Outlook by Motilal Oswal Institutional Equities.
Systemic credit growth has moderated to around 7.1 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) owing to the slowdown in the economy and the caution among banks to lend to certain segments like construction, real estate, and infrastructure. Corporate loan demand remains tepid due to low capacity utilization, while government spending is also constrained by fiscal considerations. According to the report, the situation is unlikely to improve in the near term at least.
“On the retail side, auto loan growth has been muted, while unsecured and under-penetrated segments such as credit cards and personal loans continue exhibiting robust trends. This is indicative of significant cross-sell opportunities. Regarding auto trends, we noted from our discussion with banks that commercial vehicle loan growth will remain tepid for the next few quarters, while growth in other auto segments will revive gradually,” the report states.
Retail credit has been the key driver of loan growth over the last few years. As a result, the share of retail in total systemic bank credit improved to around 28 per cent from 20 per cent four years ago. This was driven by strong growth in credit cards (+24 per cent y-o-y), housing loans (+18 per cent y-o-y) and other personal loans (+21 per cent y-o-y).
India’s GDP growth moderated to 4.5 per cent over second quarter of FY20 – the slowest pace in 26 quarters. This can prolong the non-performing loan cycle as the recovery prospects in some of the stressed sectors like power, real estate, telecom; infrastructure and manufacturing will dampen further.
In its macro stress test study including various economic parameters, the RBI estimated GDP growth for FY21 to decelerate to 4.6 per cent under a medium stress scenario – which is now closer to the actual run-rate. Other macroeconomic parameters like fiscal deficit and CPI have also deteriorated and also reflects medium-stress scenario.


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Kellogg Co. yesterday announced changes to optimize its North American supply chain network as part of its Project K Efficiency and Effectiveness Initiative. The Battle Creek, Mich.-based company says it plans to close its Charlotte, N.C., snack manufacturing plant and eliminate two snack lines at its Cincinnati snacks plant by the end of 2014.
“As with any project that impacts people, these are difficult decisions,” says John Bryant, president and CEO. “We are very mindful of the impact these changes will have—particularly to our employees. As our employees and others would expect from Kellogg, we will help those who are impacted through their transitions.”
According to a company news release, Project K “will unlock cost savings that Kellogg will invest in its strategy and grow its business. Through Project K, Kellogg is strengthening its existing business in core markets, increasing growth in developing and emerging markets, and driving increased value-added innovation.”
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Microsoft first unveiled a redesign of its Outlook email app last fall, and now that visual overhaul for the software is available publicly starting today. Microsoft is making it available for the Windows app version of Outlook, as well as the web version. Similar to Google’s recent Gmail redesign, Microsoft will let you toggle the redesign on with the press of a button or revert back to the classic look if you aren’t too keen on the changes.
The company is stressing control and customizability with the refreshed Outlook, so many of the new features and visual changes are optional and can be stripped away if you want a simplified interface that’s far less cluttered than past versions of the software. If you want a more complex system,…
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What Roman Cools thought of as an unconstrained yet unremarkable jest in a media meet encouraging Belgians to “eat more fries quickly became famous online around the world, with the whole globe grasping bringing down and-out Belgian ranchers.
His recommendation, he reviews with a laugh, was just that “all the Belgians have an additional fry currently to assist our industry with getting out of this issue.” Cools is the secretary-general of Belgapom, the affiliation that incorporates all Belgian potato processors, and the “issue” is that tons of potatoes that ought to have been prepared into solidified food items and delivered all through Belgium and past will ruin one month from now.
His telephone began ringing free, so Cools immediately acknowledged he expected to gain by individuals’ all inclusive love of fries. “We make an intrigue to the remainder of the world likewise to eat more spuds, to eat more fries,” he said. “Also, in the event that they can, obviously, specially we might want to make them eat Belgian fries.
That should be conceivable, under ordinary conditions in any event. Belgium is the world’s biggest exporter of solidified potato items. The handled potato industry in general has a turnover of €2 billion .
Be that as it may, conditions are not ordinary. The excess is a calamity starting from the earliest stage. At the homestead of Marc in a monstrous stockroom is brimming with huge amounts of potatoes holding on to be removed. Be that as it may, he’s one of the fortunate ones; the greater part of his potatoes were developed under agreement to preparing plants.
Cools says those cultivators who aren’t so blessed are left with crops bound at the free market whose cost is currently one-twentieth of the standard thing under €1 for 100 kilograms in the event that anybody even needed to get them, which they don’t.
Makers have consented to follow through on ranchers the pre-coronavirus cost, however this passes the difficult above and beyond up what Cools calls the “potato esteem chain.” He says some business purchasers of solidified items are declining to address full cost, realizing the processors have a lot of flexibly on their hands to contend.
At the Mydibel industrial facility in Mouscron, Jolien Mylle says circumstances are difficult for her family’s third-age organization, for which a promise to the whole gracefully chain runs profound. She herself initially turned into a drug specialist, however chose she truly needed to be at the industrial facility so returned to head up statistical surveying. “We stress significantly over our providers since we consider our to be as our accomplices, so we care about them, Mylle said.
She recognizes being extremely stressed” about what’s to come. Our business is in food administration so this item goes to eateries, she clarified. “We fare to more than 130 nations on the planet. parcel of cafés are brought down so our deals to a close are going down too.
Cools says a portion of the abundance is being utilized for creature feed and some of it for efficient power vitality. Mydibel, for instance, is practically 100% fueled by potato squander. In any case, ranchers need to pay to have the potatoes prepared into something different, he says, with the goal that’s not a perfect arrangement when cash’s tight.
Unexpectedly, he says, the part has asked the European Union and the Belgian government for help and he anticipates that some help should be allowed. Participation is as of now clear in one anticipate. Experts in Flanders are parting the expense with potato supplier Pomuni to flexibly 25 tons for every week to food banks.
Eateries won’t revive in Belgium until June at the most punctual and other top goal nations for solidified items are taking a gander at a similar sort of timetable, so it is extremely unlikely the a huge number of huge amounts of abundance will be utilized before the finish of June, when they’ll begin turning sour.
Be that as it may, Cools acknowledges each piece, each nibble of help. He’s been so energized by the prominence of his recommendation that he hopes to dispatch a “SOS — Save Our Spuds” crusade across the country in supermarkets. Each additional sack a customer brings home, he says, opens up slightly more space elsewhere down the line.
He’s mindful so as to state buyers ought to likewise make space in their weight control plans by abstaining from something different that is high-fat, regardless of whether this comes at a giving up of one’s own priorities. “I love additionally pasta and pizza,” he says snickering, “however for this time, it needs to go. I’m heartbroken.
Belgium is the world’s biggest exporter of fries and other solidified potato items, its processors changing over 5.3 million tons of potatoes into fries, squash and crisps every year and sending them to clients in excess of 160 nations.
Limitations to stop the spread of the coronavirus have constrained the conclusion of bistros and eateries, the business’ prime clients for fries, and preparing firms have seen request fall by as much as 80%.
“We realize Belgians like their fries, it’s impalpable legacy our fricasseeing society, so we request that Belgians expend an additional bit of fries to permit us to process more potatoes and to keep away from food squander,” Romain Cools, secretary-general of industry bunch Belgapom, disclosed to Reuters TV.
In Belgium, nearly tons of potatoes would not be handled for the current year thus and they were assortments not reasonable for other culinary employments. Some were being sent out, some given to food banks, some took care of to steers and the rest changed over into vitality at biomass plants.
Cools asked Belgians to eat an additional bit of fries every week, cooking at home just as going to stands selling fries, which have been permitted to remain open.
Numerous Belgians state the nation imagined fries however that U.S. troops positioned in the French-talking some portion of Belgium during World War One erroneously called them “French fries.
He decided to take the vehicle and go to California to get one himself,” the police said in a tweet, including: He may have been short on the purchase entirety as he simply had $3 in his wallet. The Utah police didn’t respond to requests for additional information about the boy.o reestablishes
Five-year-old Adrian took the family vehicle, and was perhaps gotten when police in Utah state ended him on the interstate. A patrolman distinguished the SUV weaving across ways at 30mph and gave a traffic stop, suitably obeyed by the driver.
He was staggered to discover the child in the driver’s seat, who said he was on the way to buy a Lamborghini. The child told police that he had wandered out from home after his mother would not get him the indulgence vehicle – lower-assessed models which began a dispute.


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As the prevalence of food allergies in children continues to rise, advocates are pushing for states to require workers in the food service industry to be more educated on the risks.
His family filed a wrongful death lawsuit this week against the owner of Minnesota Nice Cafe in Bemidji, where Scott had eaten, claiming he died as a direct result of being served pancakes, which the restaurant had assured the family were dairy free, the complaint says.
The lawsuit claims the restaurant owed "duty of care" to Scott and the general public to know the proper steps and procedures to be taken to prepare food for a person with a food allergy.
The Johnsons are seeking $50,000 in damages, the complaint notes.
Lack of awareness?
The Johnsons are hoping more restaurants will educate workers on food allergies so similar mistakes aren't made in the future, WCCO reports.
About half the 63 food allergy-related deaths from 1996-2006 involved restaurants, which some say suggests a lack of awareness in the food service industry, QSR Magazine reported.
There are few laws requiring workers to get food-allergen training. Massachusetts became the first state to pass legislation regarding restaurants and food allergies. The state's Food Allergy Awareness Act specifies actions restaurants must take to increase food allergy knowledge.
However, in 2010 St. Paul passed food allergen ordinances, which require a food allergy awareness poster in the kitchen of the restaurant. They also offer a discounted restaurant license fee to encourage restaurants to have an allergen-trained person on staff at all times, and have an allergic customer alert process in place.
Food allergy facts
There are roughly 15 million Americans who suffer from food allergies, reports note, and thousands of people are hospitalized every year. But few have allergic reactions that result in death.
From 2004-06, there were an average of 9,537 hospital discharges with a diagnosis related to a food allergy for children under the age of 18, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
Some reports say there are more than 200 deaths per year from food allergies, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes it's actually far fewer than that.
The CDC told the Huffington Post that in 2005, only 11 people died from food allergies. (More people died from lawnmower accidents that year.)


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Looks like we may have to wait a little longer for details on Motorola’s new tablet plans; the KORE domain registrations earlier this week apparently refer to a new fitness device, according to a trademark registration that has just gone public. The Motorola KORE is, according to the trademark description Fusible spotted, an “electronic non medical portable physical activity monitor and fitness device” that could be used, in a similar way to Nike+, to track your exercise regime and give feedback on it. The gadget could, in fact, be the iPod nano lookalike sports watch leaked late last month.
That gizmo – described as an “all-in-one fitness and music personal fitness device” – coupled GPS tracking, fitness monitoring and media playback in a compact form-factor, which could be snapped onto a wristband. At the time it was suggested that it could launch as the “MotoActive” though so far there’s no sign of a trademark for that name.
“ELECTRONIC NON MEDICAL PORTABLE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MONITOR AND FITNESS DEVICE FOR MEASURING MOVEMENTS, INDIVIDUAL’S ENERGY EXPENDITURE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVEL AND ACCESSORIES THEREFORE, NAMELY, HEADPHONES; SOFTWARE FOR DEVELOPING AND MONITORING PERSONAL ACTIVITY AND EXERCISE PLANS, TRAINING PLANS, TRAINING GOALS AND GIVING FEEDBACK ON THE ACHIEVED RESULTS” Motorola trademark description
The KORE is accompanied by another Motorola trademark registration (along with domain registrations) for ENERGIA, which has a similar health-focused description. It’s unclear how the two fit together, whether they are different hardware options or inter-compatible components of the same system.


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CES 2021 | LG announces five Gram laptops for 2021 with 16:10 displays and convertible form factors
LG had already unveiled three new Gram laptops for 2021 in South Korea, but it has now announced another two models. LG will showcase the five laptops at its CES 2021 virtual showroom, which will be viewable between January 11 and January 14. LG is yet to announce when it plans to release the Gram 2021 series though, nor the various SKUs' prices that it will offer.
Nonetheless, the company has revealed the full specifications of its five new laptops. The 15-inch models of last year have been replaced with 16-inch ones, while all Gram laptops will have 16:10 displays this year. By contrast, only the 17-inch model had a 16:10 display last year.
Specifically, LG plans to release 14, 16 and 17-inch versions of the Gram, along with 14 and 16-inch versions with a convertible form factor. LG calls the latter two 2-in-1 laptops, but they feature a 360° hinge, rather than a removable keyboard. The two convertible Gram laptops will also support inputs from Wacom AES 2.0 compatible pens.
LG has not revealed which processors it will offer for global models, beyond the generic '11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processor' branding. However, the South Korean website's specification sheets confirm that the 14-inch models will only be sold with the Core i5-1135G7. By contrast, the 16-inch and 17-inch versions will gain the Core i7-1165G7.
It seems that the convertible models, 14T90P and 16T90P, may not make it to Europe. A press release on the LG Newsroom's German-language version suggests that only the three conventional laptops will arrive, which would be a shame. LG is yet to confirm this is the case, though.
We should also point out that all but one of the new Gram laptops weigh more than 1 kg. The 14Z90P comes in at 999g, but the other four weigh from 1.25 kg to 1.48 kg. The 16-inch convertible model is the heaviest of them, with the 17-inch version coming in at 1.35 kg. In short, the Gram series remains one of the lightest around, but it is not quite worthy of its Gram branding anymore.


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Chrysler is ending this year with a bang. The automaker just announced its plans on investing $266 million into two of its four transmission plants in Kokomo, Ind. in an effort to expand production on the eight-speed automatic transmission.
More than 1 million cars equipped with the eight-speed have been sold so far, and because demand has been so high, the automaker has decided to expand transmission production by adding brand new equipment at the two plants. It also received a little help, as the Kokomo Common Council under a unanimous vote approved a 10-year tax abatement on personal property taxes for the project.
Chrysler has invested more than $1.5 billion at its Kokomo transmission plants, and more recently in 2012, the automaker overhauled the 3.1-million-square-foot plant by installing new manufacturing equipment necessary to produce the eight-speed transmission, which has been built under license by ZF since 2013. The eight-speed automatic replaced the antiquated five-speed automatic that was offered in rear-wheel drive vehicles such as the Dodge Charger, Dodge Challenger, Chrysler 300, and the Jeep Grand Cherokee. The eight-speed replaced the five-speed in an effort to return smoother power delivery and up to 9 percent better fuel economy.
With Chrysler adding more equipment to its plants and ramping up production, Kokomo is now the world’s largest producer of transmissions with about 7600 employees working at its manufacturing facilities.


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Facebook will try to guilt you into staying by showing you photos of your Facebook friends, and then asking you why you want to deactivate your account.
Source: How to delete or disable your Facebook account | PCWorld
also if you are smart enough to find that screen, i’m pretty sure there is no way you “don’t understand how to facebook”
But what these services show us is even more alarming: US telcos appear to be selling direct, non-anonymized, real-time access to consumer telephone data to third party services?—?not just federal law enforcement officials?—?who are then selling access to that data.
Given the trivial “consent” step required by these services and unlikely audit controls, it appears that these services could be used to track or de-anonymize nearly anyone with a cell phone in the United States with potentially no oversight.
Source: Want to see something crazy? Open this link on your phone with WiFi turned off.
Google learned American racism and amplified it back at all of its users.
Source: Your Data is Being Manipulated – Data & Society: Points
Spying software from Chinese company Shanghai Adups Technology was still present on certain Blu handsets. The software leaves users vulnerable to remote takeovers and having their text messages and call logs recorded, as well as other forms of discrete data collection.
Source: Amazon suspends sales of Blu phones for including preloaded spyware, again – The Verge
Seems to be the only way to make money on Android phones not from Samsung.
Having gained full control of the compromised account, the hijackers exploited a feature that allows Twitter to recycle unused usernames. After changing the credentials of the accounts, the hijackers registered Twitter accounts using the original usernames, which were now freely available, and connected the accounts to a new email address.
Source: The “Doubleswitch” social media attack: a threat to advocates in Venezuela and worldwide – Access Now
If you are making use of ATS or making a call to HTTPS please note that you are required to submit a year-end self classification report to the US government. Learn more
So I go to publish an app in the AppStore today and this ^ pops up, let that sink in for awhile
Reader has mostly languished over the past few years, but in iOS 11 and MacOS High Sierra it’s back in the spotlight, and it’s gotten a wide-reaching upgrade. You can now set Reader as the default mode for “every web article that supports it,” which will potentially turn a lot of articles into something that looks more like a PDF than graphics-laden web page. (Previously, you had to first load the site and then toggle into Reader, which at least gave ads a chance to show up before you bid them adieu.)
Source: Apple Can Afford To Mess With Annoying, Snoopy Ads–And At WWDC, It Did
As for U.S. citizens, border agents can’t bar them from entering the country even if they refuse to share social media activity or other information from their phones. But they do have the power to detail Americans in “secondary inspection” and to confiscate devices.
Source: Social Media Screening for U.S. Visitors Is Now in Effect
Google has begun using billions of credit-card transaction records to prove that its online ads are prompting people to make purchases – even when they happen offline in brick-and-mortar stores
The new credit-card data enables the tech giant to connect these digital trails to real-world purchase records in a far more extensive way than was possible before. But in doing so, Google is yet again treading in territory that consumers may consider too intimate and potentially sensitive.
Privacy advocates said few people understand that their purchases are being analyzed in this way and could feel uneasy, despite assurances from Google that it has taken steps to protect the personal information of its us
Source: Google now knows when its users go to the store and buy stuff – The Washington Post
The vulnerability resides in a widely used Wi-Fi chipset manufactured by Broadcom and used in both iOS and Android devices. Apple patched the vulnerability with Monday’s release of iOS 10.3.1. “An attacker within range may be able to execute arbitrary code on the Wi-Fi chip,” Apple’s accompanying advisory warned. In a highly detailed blog post published Tuesday, the Google Project Zero researcher who discovered the flaw said it allowed the execution of malicious code on a fully updated 6P “by Wi-Fi proximity alone, requiring no user interaction.”
Google is in the process of releasing an update in its April security bulletin. The fix is available only to a select number of device models, and even then it can take two weeks or more to be available as an over-the-air update to those who are eligible. Company representatives didn’t respond to an e-mail seeking comment for this post.
The proof-of-concept exploit developed by Project Zero researcher Gal Beniamini uses Wi-Fi frames that contain irregular values. The values, in turn, cause the firmware running on Broadcom’s wireless system-on-chip to overflow its stack. By using the frames to target timers responsible for carrying out regularly occurring events such as performing scans for adjacent networks, Beniamini managed to overwrite specific regions of device memory with arbitrary shellcode. Beniamini’s code does nothing more than write a benign value to a specific memory address. Attackers could obviously exploit the same series of flaws to surreptitiously execute malicious code on vulnerable devices within range of a rogue access point.
Source: Many Android Phones Vulnerable to Attacks Over Malicious Wi-Fi Networks – Schneier on Security


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BY Natalie Cooper
It’s a familiar sight in any Asian household – a cup of tea after a long day, with a plateful of tempting treats ready to dunk in and enjoy.
But while it might be first instinct to picture a chocolate digestive or custard cream perched there, it seems that for British Asians, a new frontrunner is taking over in dunking popularity – the tasty cake rusk.
Kashmir Crown Bakeries, the largest Asian food manufacturer in Europe, have announced that cake rusk continues to be their best-selling and most loved product in the UK. The twice-baked crunchy treat will probably become more popular than the nation’s current favourite the digestive biscuit in the next few years, as their prize-winning product continues to be extremely popular amongst consumers.
Cake Rusk is a popular biscuit across much of South East Asia, consisting of twice-baked cake flavoured with vanilla to create a crispy, light texture and delicate taste. It is best eaten with tea, coffee or milk to dunk it in.
KCB are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, marking almost half a century of cake rusk making. The bakery began in Bradford in 1966 by Mohammed Saleem, who had just £55 to his name, a single oven and a dream to open a shop selling Asian confectionary. It was here in 1970 that Saleem stumbled across his own perfect recipe for Crown Cake Rusks – this secret recipe is still used today, and is closely guarded by the company!
“From the beginning we insisted on using high quality ingredients, and obtained proof from our suppliers that whatever we used was high quality and free from animal fats” Saleem comments of the recipe, confirming his ongoing commitment to quality. This is a sentiment reflected in consumer’s love of the product, with one satisfied reviewer commenting ‘I have visited many places in the world, but this is one of the best tasting cake rusks!’
Today Kashmir Crown Bakery is an award winning, multi-million pound business with roots still firmly planted in Bradford. As part of their 50th anniversary celebrations, KCB recently welcomed winner of the Great British Bake Off 2015 and popular chef Nadiya Hussain to their Bradford based bakery.
Nadiya toured the bakery in the afternoon of Thursday 26th May to find out exactly how the cake rusks and other tasty sweets made by KCB are created, and taste tested some freshly made treats. She commented that she was ‘delighted to be there’, and added that cake rusks are amongst her families favourite tea-time treats, especially her husband.
We certainly can’t think of a better way to celebrate 50 years of delectable cake and biscuit creation than sharing some of the nation’s favourite treats with one of the nation’s favourite bakers. Here’s to another 50 years and beyond for KCB!
For more information on KCB, please contact 0845 094 3030.


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US President Donald Trump reportedly wants to "make China suffer"
I’ve never seen anything like it
The two countries have been exchanging tit-for-tat trade tariffs ever since Mr Trump announced levies of 25 percent and 10 percent on imports of steel and aluminium earlier this year.
National Economic Council Director Mr Kudlow said the situation remained gridlock – with Beijing apparently reluctant to discuss possible solutions.
He said: "We gave them a detailed list of asks, regarding technology for example, which basically hasn’t changed for five or six months.
“The problem with the story is that they don’t respond. Nothing. Nada.”
Speaking to the Financial Times, he suggested the situation was unprecedented. He said: "It’s really the president and the Chinese Communist party, they have to make a decision, and so far they have not, or they have made a decision not to do anything, nothing.
“I’ve never seen anything like it."
Mr Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are scheduled to meet at the G20 summit of global leaders in Argentina next month.
However, trade talks have been on ice since late September, at which point the two countries implemented another round of tariffs on each other’s imports.
So far in 2018, the US has imposed tariffs on $250billion of Chinese goods – nearly half its imports.
China has respond with tariffs of its own on US goods worth $110billion.
In May, US and Chinese negotiators issued various demands during talks in Beijing, with the US calling for a reduction in the country’s trade deficit with China as well abandonment of subsidies and government support to industries included in its Made in China 2025 industrial policy program.
China’s demands include the US to scrapping a ban on exports to China of integrated circuits, and giving Chinese companies equal treatment in national security reviews.
The Axios website reported Mr Trump has no intention of easing his tariffs on China, with one source saying: “He wants them to suffer more.”
Another suggested his meeting with Mr Jinping would do little to solve the problem, explaining: "Trump is thinking about this meeting as a personal reconnection with President Xi, not a meeting that's going to evolve into detailed discussion.
"The sides are very far apart. Right now, there's not the common basis for proceeding."
Mr Trump has previously boasted that trade wars are “good” and “easy to win”.
However, last month Jack Ma, China’s richest man, warned the economic dispute could last 20 years.
The founder of the Alibaba multinational conglomerate said: “Short term, business communities in China, US, Europe will all be in trouble.
“This thing will last long, it’s going to be a mess.”
Claiming the dispute would last not 20 months or 20 days but “maybe 20 years”, he added: “If you want a short-term solution, there is no solution.”
The Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index fell last week to its lowest level in four years as trade tensions and concerns about an economic slowdown took their toll.


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As per the recent announcement by Cision, American Wholesaler, H&M has made it sure that people can buy H&M’s vast collection. The announcement happened as a result of a partnership with crypto e-commerce platform Chimpion. Accepted cryptocurrencies included a lot of top 10 coins excluding a few coins.
Bitcoin [BTC], Ethereum [ETH], Bitcoin Cash [BCH], Litecoin [LTC]. Dash, Zcoin [XZC] and other coins are the once that are being accepted by the company for now.
Founder & CEO, Herb Needham stated:
“After more than 20 years in the business, we consider ourselves experts in specialty lighting, Accepting cryptocurrency payments allows us to share that expertise with even more clients by removing many of the barriers that made it difficult to sell internationally before. What sold us was the settlement system, which allows us to convert crypto payments to a USD equivalent right away.”
The use of cryptocurrencies in a commercial and domestic setting is not unseen or unheard of. Litecoin was among the first cryptocurrencies to step into the Octagon [MMA] where the LTC logo was on the canvas of a certain match.
Other coins like FuturoCoin became the first coin to sponsor Formula one and gain a global audience to the world of cryptocurrencies. Moreover, using cryptocurrencies for transactions reduces the hassle of converting the currencies and also a massive reduction of fees.
H&M Distributors, Inc. was started in 1997 by Herb Needham and distributed Shatter-Resistant Fluorescent light bulbs from a patent developed and designed by Herb Needham and was later sold to GE Lighting as the Cov-R-Guard Fluorescent.
Chimpion is a cryptocurrency e-commerce platform that enables any merchant to begin accepting cryptocurrency payments online. Furthermore, Chimpion was developed using technology from Shopping Cart Elite, Paytomat, and Bitcoin Diamond [BCD] and combines comprehensive e-commerce features with convenient payment processing.
@cryptomedics tweeted saying:
“American wholesaler, H&M distributors, Inc. will accept cryptocurrencies.
The coins are: BTC, ETH, LTC, BCH, XZC, BCD. Well, now your girlfriends can go shopping with your crypto stacks! :)”
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For a couple of seasons, Colin Kaepernick was the face of the 49ers.
Now, nearly two years after he played his last NFL game, Nike has made him one of the faces of their 30th anniversary 'Just do it' campaign.
Kaepernick made the announcement on Twitter with this tweet:
Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything. #JustDoIt pic.twitter.com/SRWkMIDdaO— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) September 3, 2018
According to ESPN's Darren Rovell, Nike has continued to pay Kaepernick as part of his endorsement deal despite the fact that he hasn't played since the 2016 season.
Nike's vice president of brand for North America, Gino Fisanotti, issued a statement to ESPN regarding Kaepernick's involvement in the campaign.
"We believe Colin is one of the most inspirational athletes of this generation, who has leveraged the power of sport to help move the world forward."
Kaepernick gained national attention when he started taking a knee during the national anthem to bring attention to the social injustices plaguing the country. The 49ers released Kaepernick following the 2016 season and no team has signed him since.
Kaepernick is suing NFL owners for conspiring to keep him out of the league and last Thursday, Mediator Stephen Burbank announced that the former 49er quarterback's complaint against the 32 owners can go forward to trial. Nike is the NFL's official supplier of uniforms and sideline apparel through 2028, after the two agreed to a new deal in March.
According to ESPN, these athletes will join Kaepernick as part of the campaign: Odell Beckham Jr., Shaquem Griffin, Lacey Baker, Serena Williams and LeBron James.


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Meet Team AdInMo at Gamesforum London
Team AdInMo is really excited to be attending Gamesforum London IN PERSON! We’re looking forward to connecting with industry peers for a focused day of discussion on mobile game ad monetization.
Our CEO Kristan Rivers will be part of one of the key discussions of the day: Ad Monetisation in a Post IDFA Era and how InGamePlay advertising is helping publishers and developers with new monetisation.
John Wright – Panel Moderator
Head of Operations at Luna Labs
CEO & Founder at AdInMo
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Director of Ad Monetisation at N3twork
The next stop on our events tour is to the cultural city of Berlin, where Gamesforum will be hosting their latest summit on Wednesday 15th June. As part of Gamesforum Berlin, our CEO Kristan Rivers will be joining fellow monetization experts Kalok Chan of Verve,...
From the cookie-less world and first party data to new channels and contextual targeting. At the recent Programmatic Pioneers Summit in London, it was refreshing to NOT hear lots of GAFA (Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple) bashing, despite the dominance of the...
Meet Team AdInMo in Berlin, Istanbul or London It's definitely great to be back at in-person events and Team AdInMo will be out in force at several upcoming industry events meeting our games and advertising partners. If you’re attending any of the following events...


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Glossier is a beautiful brand. Chicago is a beautiful city. It’s about time these two got together. The millennial-favorite beauty brand opened a permanent showroom in New York City and a retail location in Los Angeles. Now, they are coming to the midwest and opening an experimental store in Chicago on Thursday, August 23.
Because incorporating city history into a new business is a great way to win points with profoundly proud Chicagoans, a former firehouse in the trendy West Loop neighborhood will become a temporary Glossier pop-up (there’s no fire pole though). The store will be decorated with photos from Chicago-based photographer, Deun Ivory.
The simplicity of Glossier’s products seem like they would fit into the Chicago lifestyle incredibly well. The store will be open through the end of October, so grab your Cloud Paint and head to Cloud Gate (lovingly nicknamed “The Bean”, essentially the city’s giant public mirror) and take some selfies. See some photos of the store below.


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Audi stretches A8L
Audi took almost a year to make a one-off 6.36m six-seater limousine for a European customer. With its already generous wheelbase extended to 4.22m (almost 1.1m longer than the A8L's), the car makes use of more aluminium to ensure rigidity. The A8L Extended "affords exquisite comfort for passengers occupying all of its six seats", Audi says. The manufacturer adds that it already has more requests for this extra long limousine.
Singapore Model 3 orders
At least 83 people in Singapore have placed orders for Tesla's yet-to-be-produced Model 3, with one buyer booking two cars, according to a Facebook fan club of the American electric car brand based here. That figure is more than six times the number of bookings placed when Tesla opened its order books here a little over a week ago. The 439-strong fan club says it is possible that non-members in Singapore whom it does not know about have placed orders. Globally, Tesla has collected nearly 350,000 orders for the Model 3.
Recalls deplete Takata cash
Japanese airbag-maker Takata, behind the auto industry's largest recall, projected burning through almost a quarter of its cash over the next year if repairs continue at the current pace, Bloomberg reported. Cash and cash equivalents may drop to 49.7 billion yen (S$620 million) by the end of March next year, said an anonymous inside source. Takata reported 65.6 billion yen on its balance sheet as of the end of December. The estimate highlights the risk to Takata's viability posed by airbag inflators that deploy too forcefully and explode, spraying metal and plastic shards at vehicle occupants. The defect has prompted recalls by more than a dozen auto manufacturers.
Nismo sets drift record
Nissan has set a Guinness world record for the fastest drift. Using a specially tuned 2016 GT-R Nismo, the Japanese maker clocked a drift at an insane speed of 304.96kmh. Mr Masato Kawabata, the Japanese drift champion and title holder for the D1 Grand Prix series, set the new record to clinch the top spot from former record-holder Jakub Przygonski of Poland. The drift attempt was held during a special event that took place at Fujairah International Airport in the United Arab Emirates.
Tie the knot with VW
Volkswagen Singapore has set up a wedding rental programme. "For a very reasonable price, couples can opt for either the iconic Beetle or open-top Golf Cabriolet to have and to hold - and to drive, of course - over their wedding weekend," the company says. Both cars are in Pure White colour, which matches a wide range of themes and decorations. Each rental includes insurance for two drivers.
Smart parking service
German components-maker Bosch is developing features which will reduce the stress associated with parking in the city. Its community based parking, an open service platform, allows cars to identify and report available kerbside parking spaces. This information is made available via a car's navigation system. This will be rolled out by 2018, Bosch says. And by 2019, it will have a new self-parking aid. This feature can guide a car - autonomously if needed - to parking spaces up to 100m away, where it then manoeuvres the car into an available space.
Seat franchise named
Lian Fong Group, which holds the franchise for Chery, has revealed the name of its newly landed Seat franchise: Vertex Euro Motors. It says it is the only Seat dealer in the Asia-Pacific. "As such, Singapore is going to be the first and the only market in the region to present the Leon Cupra 290 during our official launch slated for the third quarter of this year," a spokesman says. The car is Seat's most powerful and fastest series-production model.
Merc woos borrowers online
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Singapore has launched an online credit application (www.mbfs.com.sg/calculator). It comes with a financial calculator and allows users to see a line-up of its vehicles here and find out the monthly hire-purchase and leasing rates.
VW plans bonus cuts
Volkswagen chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch and other top executives are in talks about significant bonus cuts to help resolve a dispute over management pay in the midst of the emissions-cheating scandal, reported Bloomberg. Mr Poetsch agreed to retroactively reduce a payout stemming from his previous job as chief financial officer, according to Lower Saxony Prime Minister Stephan Weil, who sits on VW's supervisory board. The board will discuss cutting flexible executive compensation at its meeting next Friday, Mr Weil said. The embattled German carmaker has been under increasing pressure over executive bonuses after labour unions and Lower Saxony, the company's second-largest shareholder, opposed generous remuneration because of the need to cushion the financial hit from the scandal.
Toyota Fortuner arrives
The new Toyota Fortuner sevenseat SUV has arrived in Singapore - 11 years after the first model made its debut here in 2005. The new car has the same domineering road presence as its predecessor and is also powered by a 2.7-litre four-cylinder engine (with a slight increase in output). But now, it has a six-speed transmission instead of a four-speeder. The car, priced at $188,888 with COE, also boasts more features, including more powerful air-conditioning (with separate controls for rear occupants), an 8-inch touchscreen infotainment monitor and larger shock absorbers for a better ride.


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To stay competitive, medtech firms must center manufacturing in business optimization plans, says Flex’s Jennifer Samproni.
Editor’s note: Jennifer Samproni is chief technology officer, Health Solutions at Flex. She has over three decades of experience in medical device development, leading both engineering and scientific organizations.
As medical device companies strive to remain competitive and agile in today’s fast-paced world, they must center manufacturing in business optimization plans while embracing a design-to-value approach from the start.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the healthcare industry’s transformation, driving faster innovation, open collaboration, optimized speed-to-market and near-instant scalability. Now, traditional healthcare delivery models are shifting, as and consumers demand more control over their health, turning to at-home devices and wearables.
To succeed, our industry must learn from faster-moving industries — such as consumer electronics — that navigate these dynamics well. Consumer electronics companies develop products quickly, collaborate across the industry and continually adapt to meet customer demand and market trends — best practices that are becoming increasingly important to compete in the dynamic healthcare industry.
Adapting to a dynamic market
When the pandemic pushed healthcare (and every other industry) into crisis, providers responded by finding new ways to provide care — from adopting telemedicine and remote monitoring to implementing virtual training systems, robotics and even drone delivery.
The industry’s dynamic evolution made it clear that consumers want products that deliver instantaneous information, a great user experience and care when and where they want it.
Consider the advancements in human-machine interface (HMI) that make operating a smartphone or driving a car with driver assistance features a seamless, enjoyable experience. To satisfy consumers, the same must be true for healthcare devices. Consumers expect easy-to-use, connected devices with interactive applications and smart, data-rich features. The proliferation of wearable devices has raised expectations for lightweight technology— whether providing therapeutic, diagnostic or monitoring services — that seamlessly integrate into their lives.
Moreover, an aging population, chronic illnesses treatment and cost pressures across the continuum of care, present the healthcare industry with both enormous challenges and opportunities. We can overcome challenges head-on and provide greater access to healthcare by acting nimbly, embracing smart and connected technologies and learning from other industries.
A more agile approach to design
Design engineers need to be mindful of the shift in demand toward value-based solutions and outcome-as-a-service models, and apply those approaches through the continuum of care.
That requires agility: the ability to be more responsive to change, expedite time to market and lower costs without compromising quality. However, the medical device industry isn’t currently set up this way. Cross-industry information sharing and collaboration are rare, and the development and manufacturing of healthcare equipment are often constricted by a model that doesn’t support quick responses to the market nor frequently changing regulations.
Five ways companies can become more agile
Leveraging advanced technologies: Healthcare companies can use advanced technologies to better navigate constant change. For example, through digital twin technology, which offers modeling and simulations, design engineers can apply changes and observe outcomes to products pre-production. This reduces rework in the physical world and allows companies to get products to market faster.
Accelerating testing: Rigorous testing is a mainstay of the healthcare industry, for obvious safety and quality reasons. Companies can speed this up with technology. In some cases, digital twins have also been an effective and quicker testing alternative to patient trials, even recognized by regulatory bodies. In fact, it enabled Flex to test scenarios and complete the optimization analysis of a customer’s Class II diabetes product in three weeks. Without it, it would have taken more than three months.
Future-proofing products: Rather than drawing on legacy electronics and materials, product designers should focus on developing products with fewer parts and widely available standard components to help mitigate possible supply chain constraints. Ideally, components would be certified and validated, as well as available via a localized or regional supply chain, in case of international disruption.
Parts should also be durable and easily maintained to reduce reliance on the supply chain for replacements while reducing maintenance and repair costs. Reliable components result in more sustainable products, which will help meet current and future regulations to reduce environmental impacts across the product life cycle too.
Preparing for regulatory changes: Technology-based companies move faster than regulatory bodies, but regulators will catch up and companies don’t want to be surprised by requirements that disrupt existing processes. When designing new technologies, it’s important to think through the risks and potential repercussions.
The proliferation of connected devices working via the cloud and 5G wireless, for example, does a lot to make healthcare more accessible and affordable but it also gives rise to legitimate cybersecurity and privacy concerns. Engineers developing connected devices need to consider cybersecurity from the start and build data protections into the product’s foundation, rather than trying to add it later.
As the number and variety of medical devices grow, regulations will too. Companies should try to anticipate likely regulations to ensure manufacturing continuity.
Breaking out of silos: Thinking and working outside of the insular model of iterative improvements can spur innovation and accelerate development. Looking at top consumer electronics companies, such as Samsung and Apple, and how they respond to both customer demand and the market is a good place to start. Take note of best practices, technologies and processes then replicate them in the healthcare sector.
Medical device designers should also take advantage of smart, connected devices including wearables, which consumers already use to collect data healthcare providers need, plus Internet of Medical Devices (IoMT) and other emerging technologies. Taking advantage of the data and advanced analytics from these technologies, machine learning and artificial intelligence to make their products optimally effective.
Building resiliency into the model
For medical device designers and manufacturers — and regulatory bodies — this means emphasizing agile processes, future-proofed designs and advanced testing methods designed to speed up development and manufacturing while satisfying regulatory requirements. Companies need to consider the entire process, including resource availability, new technologies and techniques, cross-industry information sharing, future regulatory compliance needs and sustainability goals to balance user needs and manage costs.
Constantly applying learnings from the pandemic, plus staying on the cutting edge of the future of healthcare devices, will build a more agile and resilient industry.


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Like any other highly-anticipated "must have" gadget, it's assumed that loyal Apple customers will be dancing in the streets tomorrow as they wait in line for the new iPad. The tablet will be available at retail Apple stores at 8am local time along with AT&T, Verizon, Target, Radio Shack, Best Buy and others.
But no one will be there when the doors open. The sidewalks will be bare, the stanchions fallen over unused. Why? Because eager iPad seekers will have already raided Walmart's midnight supply.
OK, so that's an exaggeration, but Walmart and Apple seem eager to cash in on the hype by selling the new iPad at 12:01am Friday morning. The chain's stock will be limited according to a statement, and sold only through the 24-hour stores. That means consumers will need to head out to Walmart now and hang out in the electronics section or have a very long snack in Subway/McDonald's/Snack Bar until iPad Day officially arrives.
Starting at one minute past midnight, Walmart will offer the Wi-Fi only 16 GB model for $499 USD. As reported last week, tech specs include a 9.7-inch Retina display, a dual-core Apple A5X SoC, 802.11 a/b/g/n connectivity, Bluetooth 4.0, a 5MP iSight camera, and a FaceTime camera with VGA-quality photos and video at up to 30 frames per second.
Hear that sound? That's the clock ticking, as iPad Day draws closer by the second...


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A Furniture store owner provided shelter to people affected by the natural disaster in Texas. The winter’s storm, Uri, removed the power grid in Texas and left it in a bad condition. A valiant businessman decided to house his Houston neighbors.
Within 72 hours, Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale made his furniture gallery as warming stations for people. The website of the store revealed that Mattress Mack and his crew members offered over 3,000 meals and impromptu accommodations to over 700 members of the Houston community.
This isn’t the first time Mack will be offering assistance to people. He housed refugees from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and he helped victims of Hurricane Harvey in 2017. In 2019, when Imelda experienced a tropical storm, McIngvale ensured that the doors of the Furniture Gallery were open for people who needed it.
When Uri began, Mclngvale invited anyone who needed shelter to come to his gallery. Plumbing was a serious problem as the store had since the store only a generator that provides electricity. McIngvale immediately responded by providing a solution for the plumbing problems.
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The staff members also ensured that people adhered to the coronavirus rules and regulations. Visitors wore masks and observed social distancing before eating warm meals. McIngvale finances much of the expenses and he sees it as his duty.
MucIngvale has been known for producing Mattress Mack. Mattress Mack has become a household name over time. Muclngvale has been receiving praises through the internet for this humanitarian service amid the winter’s storm.
Shoutout to Mattress Mac from Chicago! You are an absolute blessing to those in need and an inspiration to everyone. This story has done so much more than warm and feed Texans—it is a beacon of light and hope for our entire country. You are a true angel!Someone from Windy City
McIngvale has established a GoFundMe campaign to get rid of the impact of the current storm on his community. Anyone who is interested in helping out can donate.


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Venture capital investment is on the rise, with a record $1.32 billion raised in the 2017 financial year according to the StartupAUS Crossroads 2017 Report.
This is good news for Australians who are pursuing their dreams of small business ownership.
Recent national research by Pureprofile revealed that almost a third (31 per cent) of Australian adults are either currently self-employed (13 per cent) or considering becoming so in the future (18 per cent).
Apart from the economic benefits – according to StartupAUS, startups have the potential to contribute as much as $170 billion to Australia’s economy by 2020 – global research shows entrepreneurs are channelling their wealth into responsible investments.
The 2018 BNP Paribas Global Entrepreneur Report, which analysed the behaviour of 2,706 multimillionaire entrepreneurs, showed that the primary aim of Asia-Pacific entrepreneurs (48 per cent) is to safeguard the environment.
Australia is following the global trends for “millennipreneurs”, defined by BNP Paribas as aged 35 and under and comprising 40 per cent of the sample. In Australia, according to the Pureprofile results, 36 per cent of those aged 25 – 34 years expressed an interest in starting their own business. These young achievers are making their mark, with StartupAUS’s research indicating the average age of startup founders is 29.8 years.
The millennials’ ambitions bode well for the greater good, with 46 per cent of millennipreneurs in BNP Paribas’ report saying they define their business success in terms of social impact, compared to 39 per cent of all entrepreneurs who expressed this sentiment.
This data was first published in Fairfax’s article Are you paying your staff, but not paying yourself a proper salary?


text: Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) announced the start of exports of its ‘World First, India First’- Toyota Etios series to South Africa. The company has already despatched first consignment of 247 units of the Etios series to cater to the demands of the South African market. The export model of Etios will be built on the same platform as Etios and Etios Liva, manufactured and sold in India. However, the export model will be customised to suit the local requirements. The company will export only the petrol variants of the Etios and the Liva.


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Action camera maker GoPro has announced to offer a free Hero5 Black camera as compensation to all Karma drone owners.
GoPro's foray in the drone market has been full of hurdles. The company delayed the launch of its first drone — Karma — several times before releasing it in October 2016. After the drone hit the shelves, several customers reported that the drone lost power abruptly resulting in a crash.
GoPro Karma Recall
On Nov. 8, the company had to officially announce a recall for about 2,500 Karma drones. Nicholas Woodman, the CEO and founder of GoPro, says that customer safety is the company's top priority and no property damage or injuries have been reported due to a small number of faulty Karma drones.
"We have moved quickly to recall all units of Karma and provide a full refund while we investigate the issue. We are working in close coordination with both the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Federal Aviation Administration. We are very sorry to have inconvenienced our customers and we are taking every step to make the return and refund process as easy as possible," says Woodman.
Free Hero5 Black Camera As Compensation
The Karma drone costs $800 and all customers will get full refund once the quadcopters are returned back to the company. The drone maker also confirmed that customers who purchased any Karma-related accessories will also get a refund. On top of the refund, GoPro is also offering the Hero5 Black camera as an apology to customers.
"You will receive a refund for your purchase. All components included with the Karma drone bundle, including HERO5 Black and Karma Grip, must be returned for a full refund. Once your complete return has been processed and refund issued we will send you a HERO5 Black as a thank you," says GoPro.
It is worth noting that the Hero5 Black camera has a retail price of $399.99 on GoPro's website.
Karma Customers Who Bought The Drone From Best Buy
Customers who bought the Karma from Best Buy should contact GoPro's customer support team to get the free Hero5 camera. Best Buy customers should keep the original transaction number handy while contacting GoPro customer support team.
GoPro also noted that customers who no longer hold receipts for the Karma they purchased can still contact the company and arrange for a refund.
GoPro has been hit hard by Karma's recall. GoPro, however, plans to resume shipment of Karma once the issue is resolved, but it is very likely that customers would opt for other drones available in the market from companies such a DJI.


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Helsinki-based startup Loupedeck announced that it has raised a €2 million EUR ($2.36 million USD) investment from zVentures, the corporate venture arm of Razer. The startup, which was founded in 2016 with an oversubscribed crowdfunding campaign, plans to use the investment proceeds to support its growth. Loupedeck specialized in making digital input device consoles for creative software and live streaming. The company entered the live streaming market […]
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