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Following a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, which raised the €14,500 required to help purchase specialist equipment, Dublin-based zero waste foods brand, Cream Of The Crop, has launched a new snack product called ‘Bananitas’ – the first in its range to be available for delivery nationwide.
As part of a recently announced sustainability-focused partnership with Fyffes, Giselle Makinde’s business will collect up to two tonnes of surplus bananas per month from Fyffes’ Ripening Centre in Balbriggan to produce Bananitas – a zero waste snack inspired by Giselle’s childhood memories of growing up in Brazil.
Cream Of The Crop helps battle food waste by using surplus ingredients that would otherwise end up in landfill or, in this instance, be converted into biofuel to create a range of zero waste products, which also includes gelatos and sorbets.
From Cream Of The Crop’s new 1,700 sq. ft production facility on the Ballycoolin Road, Dublin 11, Giselle and her team have the capability to save up to 24 tonnes of bananas from landfill each year.
The purchase of specialist dehydrators and chocolate coating machines using funds from its Kickstarter campaign now means that they can utilise Fyffes’ ripe bananas – only deemed as surplus because they don’t meet the supermarkets’ stringent specification criteria – to produce Bananitas.
Consisting of dried banana bites coated in 70% dark chocolate, which are 100% natural, gluten-free, vegan friendly, and high in fibre, Bananitas become the first non-frozen product in the Cream Of The Crop range – removing the logistical issues involved in transporting and storing frozen foods, and allowing for nationwide distribution and delivery.
Giselle Makinde said: “Bananitas have been in my long-term plans for a while now, ever since I first started discussions with Fyffes about a sustainability partnership. I’m delighted to finally be able to launch them and have created a delicious zero waste product that can now be delivered nationwide. I’d also like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported the Kickstarter campaign and helped make this product a reality.”
Bananitas are available to purchase online at www.creamofthecropfood.com in 130g compostable packs priced at €4.90 each, or €26.50 for a bundle containing x6 packs (130g each), either for collection (Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm) from Cream Of The Crop’s premises at the Premier Business Park on the Ballycoolin Road, Dublin 11, or for delivery nationwide. They are also set to be stocked in a range of independent artisan food stores across the country.


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Today we are reviewing Honda Civic 9th generation, 2015 model. This car was introduced in Pakistan in 2012 and discontinued in 2016. The under-review car is top-of-the-line VTI Oriel Prosmatic UG with leather seats.
If you want to buy Honda Civic 2015 9th generation, do visit PakWheels Used Car Section and select a car of your own choice.
Reason for Buying Car:
Sharing the intention of buying this specific car, the owner told PakWheels that his family uses Honda cars; hence, he was only interested in this company.
The owner said that he bought this zero-meter car in 2015 at the cost of Rs2.275million.
The owner told us that intra-city mileage of this car is around 9.7-to-10 kilometers per liter, while the long route average is 11.7-11.8 kilometers with AC. He thinks that this is the best average one can get from this vehicle.
Safety and Security:
The car has two airbags and very effective ABS, which makes it a very safe vehicle for you and your family.
The owner said that he often travels on long routes for his work, and its suspension has created many issues for him. “The suspension is not reliable on roads with potholes, and I have faced repeated problems in this regard,” the owner said, adding that it is not rigid as it should be for Pakistani roads.
The vehicle has perfect road clearance on local roads, and the owner has never faced any issue while crossing speed breakers.
Sitting Space and Comfort:
The owner told us that its floor bed is flat, making ample space for people sitting in the car, especially on backseats. He said that this was one of the reasons he bought this vehicle because he thinks the seat comfort of this car is best among its competitors, even better than the 10th generation of Rebirth.
The owner found the trunk capacity of this car very ample and excellent for long journey luggage.
According to the owner, there is an issue with the front excels of this model. “We even got it checked from Honda, but the problem is still unresolved,” the owner said, adding that this is the only known fault he has faced in this model.
The car has a touchscreen head unit, and as per owner, he has not faced any major issue in it in the last five years. However, he said that he has started to face a bit of lag in reverse camera recently. Talking about the unit, he further noted that its sidelight is fused now, other than it is working perfectly fine.
The AC of this car comes with climate control, and the owner said it works fine even in the summer heat of Pakistan.
The parts of this car are readily available in the local market, and they are not costly for the consumer.
After the launch of the 10th generation of this car, its resale value dropped considerably and there resale cost was around Rs1.3million. However, after prices of the 10th generation shot to Rs4million, now the price of second-hand 9th generation is around Rs2.3million.
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Everybody has already heard about the Cambridge Analytica scandal that burst a couple of weeks ago. On March 23, Facebook removed the audience reach estimates for custom audiences, after a vulnerability that has been noticed by outside researchers for the second time in a row.
Also, last week, they have updated the privacy control for users and ended the third-party partner category program, which allowed the importation of third-party offline data for targeting. This program was implemented back in 2012 and allowed advertisers to import offline data such as purchases or incomes to create advertising campaigns throughout the network. So from now on, it will be harder for advertisers to target as accurate as they did certain audiences, without the data from brokers such as Epsilon or Acxiom.
The newest change Facebook is implementing at the moment is a tool that will require a user consent confirmation from advertisers. Meaning that if an advertiser creates a new custom audience list based on email addresses or phone numbers, they will have to confirm that they have the legal agreement from the specific users to use their personal data for targeting.
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Elisabeth Diana, Facebook’s director of corporate communications said that the new tool will require advertisers – whether they are individuals, freelancers or agencies – to confirm that the data they are introducing in the platform that might be obtained from third-parties is responsibly obtained and that they have the right to use it in their campaigns.
The tool has not yet been released and they are still working on it, but Facebook will make it available soon. What is not already known is how the tool will work: whether advertisers will simply have a check button to confirm that they are allowed to use the data or the process will be a more complex one.
Elisabeth Diana also states that the update doesn’t come as a response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, as it is more a continuous process that Facebook is going through in what personal data of the users is concerned. They are also implementing a series of changes in what custom audiences are regarded.
At the moment, users can see which advertisers use their data for the campaigns when looking into the contact info tab -> Advertisers you’ve interacted with in the advertising section. They can, at any time, remove any advertiser from there if they wish so.
What do you think of the new Facebook custom audience tool? Will it be more difficult for you to create specific Facebook campaigns?
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The idea of dipping below the black line into negative interest rates has been muttered about for months now as one unprecedented economic circumstance gave way to the next like a line of dystopian dominoes.
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Sony Xperia Z4 tipped to carry Snapdragon 810 and 5.2-inch display
With the Xperia Z3 still fresh in consumer hands, it might seem a little early to start spinning rumours on the Xperia Z4 – but Sony’s release cycle says differently.
The latest in Z4-related chatter comes courtesy of PhoneArena, which cites two different sources in a new report that reveals possible specs for the handset.
First up for your consideration is the Xperia Z4 display, which is now tipped to show up with a 5.2-inch 1080p screen.
Sound familiar? It likely does, because that’s the same display classification that shipped on the Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z2.
The Xperia Z1 also touted a 1080p display, albeit across a slightly more meagre 5-inches of handset real estate.
The report puts these latest claims down to what’s purported to be a screenshot from an internal Sony presentation regarding its upcoming handset.
The news is in contrast to previous whispers of a either a 5.4-inch or 5.5-inch display with a 2K resolution.
However, a second source pegged the device to rock a QHD display once again according to the site, so it seems resolution is anyone’s guess right now.
The report also revealed talk of the Xperia Z4 using a Snapdragon 810 chip, Qualcomm’s fast-approaching crème de la crème of application processors.
Unfortunately this could all be hot air, as Qualcomm’s next chip is rumoured to be experiencing delays (although the firm says otherwise), which doesn’t gel with an expected early 2015 debut for the Xperia Z4.
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Bitcoins were designed in 2018 by Satoshi Nakamoto. It is mined by miners who try to find answers to complex math quizzes, upon which a specified number of bitcoins are released into circulation.
This is a predetermined situation, such that by a particular time that the maximum number of bitcoins will be reached, all the complex mathematical puzzles will have been solved.
Amidst outcries from several environmental conservation, enthusiasts have been concerned about the amount of energy used by miners with their high-energy-consuming computers.
One notable outcry was from Tesla’s Elon Musk, who shared this concern that made it not possible for Tesla to invest in Bitcoin. As much as later on he came around to assure investors of their intention to join the cryptocurrency world in the future.
The emergence of sustainable sources of energy for bitcoin mining has been witnessed in the recent past. Some sources have been quoted to think that bitcoin use of energy is cleaner than most of the high-performance industries. Upcoming research reveals that 79 terawatt-hours are consumed in a year of bitcoin mining. This translates to the intensity of carbon as a major emitted waste is only about 420 grams of carbon dioxide in a kilowatt-hour.
In comparison to other notable industries like transport, health, and construction, this is a dip in the ocean.
Profitability of bitcoin
Several points can be considered to ascertain whether bitcoin mining is a project worth investing in. These include things like the amount of energy used to create more bitcoins, how easy it is to get the device used to mine, its price, and how easy it is to provide the said service.
As a trader, bitcoin volatility is the main driving factor to its profitability. You may not effectively trade cryptocurrency in forums other than the BitQL trading. In this platform, you can trade up to 80 cryptocurrency CFDs using the AI-driven auto trading system. Users can trade crypto easily and at high profitability. It is an easy-to-use platform that runs on autopilot.
At an individual level also, you can determine if bitcoin mining is a worthy venture for you by assessing all the stated factors and working your way through them.
Afterword on bitcoin and cryptocurrency
According to BBC, there are individuals who have come forth to explain their personal decisions to venture into cryptocurrency trade, bitcoin. And have said that depending on the number of times they chose to invest in bitcoin, they gained profits. This does not happen often since after repeated investing efforts, at different times in the span of their investments, they too lost. These were influenced by specific situations like the case of one David Stubley, whose wallet was maliciously accessed by unknown frauds who emptied everything from his account.
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it is not a natural occurrence since there must have been a loose end on his side such that these frauds were able to access his account; the said digital wallet.
Digital accounts are liable to internet fraud include phishing, which could have been the issue in the shared scenario.
Other fraudster possibilities include online hacking. BBC News reported that hackers stole some $600m in what appears to become the largest heist ever in the world of cryptocurrency. Hours after the attack, the hacker started to return the funds in small amounts and later send in millions. August 10, 2021, BBC news channel reported.
However, hacking is not uncommon.
You can keep your digital wallet safe by ensuring that you do not share key information pertaining to the security codes or account access information.


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Advertising is a $100 billion industry that was rocked throughout 2020. According to Kantar, there were significant ad spending declines for the first half of the year in every medium. Print was the most affected, with year-to-year ad spending declines of 24.6% for magazines and 36.3% for newspapers. Even digital media fell 18% from 2019. Even though we were all stuck at home watching our average weekly screen time shoot up, cautious brands didn’t spend on advertising.
Now, the advertising industry is piecing together lessons from last year. Executives responsible for budgets, specifically CMOs and CROs, feel the pressure to be even more accountable for every dollar spent. So look out for digital-first advertising and integrated communication strategies.
According to Gregory Aston, head of digital media research science, Kantar Media Division, in a November 2020 interview, “Brands need to focus not only on how paid media influences consumer behavior but how those paid media amplify messages across owned media — websites, apps, e-commerce, CRM,” said Aston. “And then, how the brand sustains and leverages consumer connections through user-generated content, earned mentions in social media or the press. The implications for agencies are that they’ll need to be able to engage across all these assets and deliver on a holistic strategy.”
Subtle trends emerged even before COVID hit that accelerated spending habit shifts, giving rise to fertile ground for ad revenue. Consumers wanted direct, digital access to goods and services. Convenience became king as we discovered everything from prescription reading glasses to dinner for the week could be delivered to our doorsteps.
Throw in a pandemic and we doubled down on our need for convenience and accelerated the desire for other emerging industries. Entertainment became top of mind while quarantining in our homes. Consumers required relief for anxiety and depression in response to health and financial fears. Then, with our constant focus on staying healthy, the healthcare industry had to pack years’ worth of digital transformation into just a couple of months.
Take advantage of early indicators to get in with these top four emerging industries ahead of major campaign planning:
- Sports betting: Fan eagerness combined with plummeting state budget deficits expanded sports betting and online casino gambling exponentially. Speaking at the Betting On Sports America online conference in December 2020, gambling executives, analysts, and lawmakers agreed that new tax revenue could provide much-needed income to cash-strapped governments.
- Telehealth: Hospitals are overcrowded and typical ailments, infections, and illnesses are still spreading. The healthcare industry needed a safe and efficient alternative for non-coronavirus patients. In a COVID (and post-COVID) world, telehealth ensures that hospitals and doctors’ offices remain open for the very sick. Telehealth still provides patients access to healthcare professionals for annual check-ups and referrals.
- Cannabis: The industry currently predicts an increase in consumption, especially among Gen Z and Millennial consumers. In fact, during the November 2020 election, every marijuana legalization ballot initiative passed. And with pandemic likely to have a lasting economic toll, there’s an incentive for states to tap into cannabis revenue.
- Direct-to-consumer: Shopping habits changed overnight when the US went into lockdown. A simple trip to the grocery store required masks and gloves. We encountered product shortages and sterilized groceries before bringing them inside. Not willing to take the risk, we turned to direct-to-consumer brands for their safety and convenience. In fact, as many as 81% of shoppers want to buy products directly from brands.


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- Korea's retail industry grows 4.0% in January 2023-02-27
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on February 27 that Korea’s overall retail sales in January posted a 4.0 percent year-on-year growth.
Offline sales lost 0.5 percent, while online sales gained 9.1 percent.
The Ministry releases monthly retail sales figures based on surveys of 26 major retailers. Half of them are brick-and-mortar retailers: three department store chains, three hypermarket chains, three convenience store chains, and four “super supermarket” (SSM) operators. The other half are online retailers.
Sales at physical stores contracted due to reduced number of store visitors owing to stores closing during Korea’s Seollal holidays and increased portion of shoppers purchasing sanitation and daily necessities online.
Convenient stores saw an 8.4 percent rise in sales due to the higher number of visitors during Seollal holidays, which led to sales growth across all categories, including miscellaneous items (up 23.7 percent) and daily necessities (up 19.5 percent).
Sales at hypermarket chains fell 3.8 percent due to declines in home/living goods (down 6.9 percent), home appliances/culture (down 4.0 percent), and food products (down 3.8 percent), despite growth of items like sporting goods (up 2.8 percent), miscellaneous items (up 0.7 percent) and clothing (up 0.2 percent).
Those at department store chains shrank 3.7 percent, as consumer sentiment retreated and overseas travel resumed once more, reducing sales of foreign designer labels (down 7.2 percent). Household goods (down 18.4 percent) and women’s suits (down 3.4 percent) also decreased.
SSM operators experienced a sales decline of 4.5 percent as sales of all categories dropped. Sales of imported agro-fishery products (down 7.2 percent) dipped in accordance with the drop in the exchange rate.
Sales at online stores, on the other hand, advanced 9.1 percent, thanks to soaring demand for services/other (up 27.3 percent) as overseas travel packages, Seollal holiday gift e-coupons and other performance ticket sales thrived. Most categories enjoyed growth, including home appliances/culture (up 6.5 percent), food products (up 10.7 percent) and cosmetics (up 12.2 percent).


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General Mills UK has revamped its Green Giant range. The brand now features a modernised look which includes new product photography and increased usage of sunshine cues that General Mills hopes will ensure stronger prominence on shelves.
Rubicon is launching a national TV ad campaign to support its Papaya variant.
Ocean Spray is kickstarting the new year with a three- week burst of TV advertising for its cranberry juice drink.
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“Sustainability is crucial in each and every sector of each and every sort of economy, and we are proud that Colorado set a superior bar for the cannabis market,” stated Governor Jared Polis throughout a stop by to the 2019 Cannabis Sustainability Symposium.
But the symposium’s organizer, the Cannabis Certification Council, is often seeking for approaches to shrink the new industry’s environmental influence. Held Friday, October four, the annual conference hosted market executives, sustainability advocates and business enterprise owners to understand far more about what they can do to generate a sustainable future for cannabis, and how to start out preparing for the future these days.
Polis, who’s no stranger to the cannabis market, stated he’s seeking forward to seeing how new state social consumption licenses, which will be legal in 2020, will additional shape the cannabis industry’s part in sustainable pot use. According to the governor, a single way to reduce down public consumption and its environmental influence is to make confident cannabis customers can consume safely in a social sphere with correct devices, ventilation and waste receptacles.
“We have to set the regular for sustainability in each and every market, such as cannabis,” he told the crowd.
While this was the fourth rendition of the symposium, it featured a new award ceremony for sustainable cannabis corporations. Two Colorado brands came out on major, with Smokey’s 420 and Native Roots dispensary chains taking initially and second, respectively, for “holistic system with resource management,” according to the symposium. Oregon cannabis cultivator Siskiyou Sungrown won third spot.
Although there have been strides in advocating for sustainability across the cannabis market, keynote speaker Dr. Rachel Knox of the American Cannabinoid Clinic said the market nevertheless has a lengthy way to go throughout her speech.
According to Knox, the plant’s stigma and aggressive capitalism can have an effect on how buyers view the plant, major to a narrow view of the cannabis market. That narrow view can also extend to regulators, she added.
“If you do not comprehend what you are regulating, you have a higher opportunity of more than-regulating,” she says. “Over-regulation is rooted in worry that cannabis is a vice, and has prohibited advancement in science and investigation. But there are lots of well being effects THC can truly enhance.”
Knox went on to say that the remedy is seeking at the huge image when creating for sustainability, beginning with science fist. Focusing on the 4 pillars of sustainability — humanity, society, economy and atmosphere — can lead to an ecosystem that focuses on balance of customer well being and capitalism, she stated.
Even so, regulators need to initially establish far more accountability inside the market, which carries varying laws and guidelines from state to state, she stated.
“Any individual with any authority about cannabis need to create cannabis competency,” Knox explained. “We need to humble ourselves, trust a single a further, advocate and comprehend the 4 pillars of total sustainability.”
But it really is not all on the regulators, either. Power and water use, waste management and creating plans can all seriously have an effect on a business’s carbon footprint. According to Emu Systems co-founder Mariana Pickering, the whole production procedure desires to be viewed as a entire, and not separate components
“We talked about this just before the panel, and we all stated it desires to be holistic,” she stated throughout a panel discussion about sustainable design and style. “We have to break it down into measures that are achievable.”
Even so, panel members agreed that cannabis sustainability requirements nevertheless want time to develop, as there’s no definite or universal recommendations but. But that can also sprout innovation, added Nicole Delmage, owner of cannabis business enterprise architecture firm MerJ Architecture.
“If an owner has a set concept, anything starts to target towards some thing achievable,” she stated.


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Record New York Sugar Delivery Gives Bears Even More Ammunition
(Bloomberg) -- A record raw sugar delivery in New York is giving bears one more reason to bet on lower prices.
Almost 2.3 million metric tons changed hands to settle the expiration of the May contract on ICE Futures U.S., the biggest delivery on record. Brazilian millers are already cranking up output as ethanol demand collapses and now the novel coronavirus threatens to slow global economies.
Large deliveries are usually seen as bearish as they imply sellers couldn’t get better prices in the physical market. Singapore-based Wilmar International Ltd. and China’s Cofco International Ltd., which usually supply consuming markets, delivered the sugar, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the information is private.
“That’s a lot of sugar, and it should be negative for prices,” said Jack Scoville, a vice president for Price Futures Group. Unless the receivers have a big customer like China, “this confirms that Brazil is going to have a much bigger output at a time that not much more is needed” because of the coronavirus impact on economic activity, he said.
Raw-sugar futures slumped 23% this year, with the virus eroding demand for ethanol, already hit by a price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia that sent crude markets into meltdown. Brazilian mills have the option to make sweetener or the biofuel from sugar cane.
Louis Dreyfus Co. and the agriculture unit of Glencore Plc were among the companies buying the sweetener. A year ago, the delivery was just about 67,000 tons.
To be sure, buyers are probably taking the sugar to supply some previously agreed contracts. With output in Thailand plunging this year, the world’s top sugar buyer Indonesia has turned to Brazil.
While a long line of vessels waiting to load sugar in Brazil and higher export premiums signal firm demand in the near term, the grim outlook for the global economy is threatening demand, Bruno Zaneti, a risk management consultant for INTL FCStone Inc. in Sao Paulo, said in a report.
“The cards we have on the table tell us that this delivery tilts more to the bearish than to the bullish side of the balance,” he said.
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Xiaomi’s new foldable phone just got surfaced in the internet as the MIX FOLD 2’s frame and layout pictures with a magnet-pen that sticks to the phone, just like the iPad.
MIX FOLD 2’s patent was filed with United States Patent Trademark Offwith (a.k.a. USPTO). It uses two fold mechanisms which we are used to see in Samsung foldable phones before. Not only that actually, the phone also looks like the Xiaomi’s old foldable phone which was the MIX FOLD. It might be a successor for the Xiaomi’s old MIX FOLD device. We leaked MIX FOLD 2 few weeks ago. Its model number was L18 and its certificate date was 2022/06.
Back of the phone both normally and rotated to also see the bottom of the device.
It also looks like that charging port will be in right side of the phone when it’s not folded. It also has two speakers both in sides of the phone. And just a hinge at center.
The schematics show that the pen just sticks to the phone thanks to it’s magnets- just like the iPad with Apple Pencil. The phone also has a rear camera with a flash with it. It is unsure if the phone will hold up using just one camera in photography.
Unfortunately the specs of the phone is not known yet for now. In the news also a Galaxy Flip Phone-like a Xiaomi flip phone was also shown with it, that uses dual-camera system on it’s back and a punch hole camera on it’s front.
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A lawsuit claims GoodRx mislead users about its data sharing practices that allowed Meta’s Facebook and Google to “intercept” personal and health data with no user consent. Named as defendants in suit are Meta, Google, Criteo and GoodRx.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court of Northern California, asserts GoodRx, a telehealth and prescription drug discount provider, allowed Meta, Google, and Criteo to intercept consumer data and use it for digital marketing purposes. Last week, GoodRx was hit with a $1.5 million fine by the Federal Trade Commission for related data-sharing violations.
Consumers had no way of knowing that GoodRx was intercepting their private health data when interacting with the GoodRx Platform, according to the lawsuit filed on Feb. 2. The lawsuit argued, the GoodRx software collected that data “inconspicuously in the background.”
“This conduct is all the more egregious given the nature of the information entered into the GoodRx Platform, e.g., personally identifiable information, requests for prescriptions, and identifiable medical information, among other things,” said lawyers representing the plaintiff.
GoodRx, in response to the FTC action, said in a statement it was wrongly accused. It argued the recent action by the Feds focused on “an old issue that was proactively addressed almost three years ago, before the FTC inquiry began.”
“We do not agree with the FTC’s allegations and we admit no wrongdoing,” GoodRx leadership said in a statement. “Almost three years ago… we proactively made updates consistent with our commitment to being at the


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A weather phenomenon is starting to affect what’s available in Cayman grocery store produce aisles.
“El Nino,” a description for the weather changes brought by warmer waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean, is being blamed for drought in Colombia, damaging waves in Peru, heavy rains in California, and cold snaps in Florida and Mexico.
Foster’s Food Fair has advised customers to expect major disruptions in produce supplies from affected areas. Examples include bell peppers and green onions from Mexico, strawberries and watermelons from Florida, and asparagus from Peru. Julian Foster says round tomatoes will be sparse and more expensive while Roma tomatoes are in better supply.
The World Meterological Organisation says this may be one of the strongest “El Nino” cycles in decades, putting tens of millions of people at risk of water shortages, hunger and disease.


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Lottoland launches Altenar-powered UK online sportsbook11th June 2021 6:55 am GMT
Gibraltar-based online lottery betting operator Lottoland has launched a new sportsbook for players in the United Kingdom.
Launched ahead of the delayed EURO 2020 football championships which kicks off this weekend, Lottoland’s sportsbook is powered by Altenar and follows the launch of its online bingo product in the market last year.
Outside of the UK, Isle of Man-based Altenar will also serve as Lottoland’s sportsbook partner in ten other territories.
“We are thrilled to be incorporating a sportsbook platform into our product offering for Lottoland’s UK players,” said Lottoland CEO Nigel Birrell. “Our customers are at the heart of what we do, and for that reason we are very pleased to be providing a one stop shop for lottery betting, gaming and sports.
“Continuing to partner with Altenar means that we can truly focus on customer experience, with competitive pricing, ease of use, market variety and frictionless user journeys all being incorporated into the design. We are very pleased to see the finished product live on our site ahead of the Euros.”


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Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) revealed the annual list of top searches. Yahoo!’s Year in Review 2012 reflects the daily search habits of users and offers a glimpse into the social trends, compelling newsmakers, top stories, and viral fads of 2012 based on what millions of people searched for. It is clear when looking at the top search habits that partisan politics, the Olympic Games, a seesaw recovery, and a galloping Korean pop singer captured the world’s attention.
The founding partners of the Digital Content NewFronts – AOL, Digitas, Hulu, Microsoft Advertising, Yahoo! and YouTube – in partnership with the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), announced today that the second annual Digital Content NewFronts will be held April 29 through May 3 in New York City. This news comes on the heels of the release of the half-year IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report, which pointed to interactive video as one of the fastest growing segments, garnering more than $1 billion in ad revenue in the first two quarters of 2012, an 18 percent increase year-over-year.
Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) and Samsung announced an expanded multi-year partnership to integrate Yahoo!’s Broadcast Interactivity platform into Samsung 2012 Smart TVs. Yahoo! Broadcast Interactivity, powered by its automatic content recognition (ACR) technology, SoundPrintTM, will be deployed in Samsung’s SyncPlus platform, enabling new opportunities for intelligent content discovery, advertising and engagement, bringing an unprecedented level of interactivity in the living room.
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) and Wenner Media announced a cross-promotional content deal designed to enhance the user experience on Yahoo!’s omg! (http://omg.yahoo.com), Yahoo! Music (http://music.yahoo.com), Us Weekly (www.usmagazine.com), Rolling Stone (www.rollingstone.com), and Men’s Journal franchises. By combining the editorial expertise and scale of these entertainment media brands, users will now have access to new and exclusive, high-quality entertainment and music news content, providing them with a more engaging way to satisfy their daily pop culture cravings.
RedMas, the Cisneros Group of Companies’ digital advertising arm, to offer traditional display units, mobile, search and performance campaigns in Venezuela and Peru
Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) today announced that it has appointed Marissa Mayer as President and Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors effective July 17, 2012. The appointment of Ms. Mayer, a leading consumer internet executive, signals a renewed focus on product innovation to drive user experience and advertising revenue for one of the world’s largest consumer internet brands, whose leading properties include Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Sports, Yahoo! Mobile, Yahoo! Mail, and Yahoo! Search.
Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) and Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) announced that they have entered into definitive agreements that launch a new advertising partnership, extend and expand distribution arrangements, and settle all pending patent claims between the companies.
Yahoo! Strengthens Global Media and Marketing Teams with Key New Hires to Focus on Delivering Premium Consumer and Advertiser Experiences
Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), the premier digital media company, announced three new executive hires to help expand and lead its global media business and consumer marketing efforts. With more than 20 years of digital media experience, Rich Cusick joins the company as vice president of Entertainment and Women’s Lifestyles.
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Rent the Runway and UBS have joined forces to launch Project Entrepreneur, a venture competition and educational program designed to provide women entrepreneurs with the tools to build high-growth, high-impact businesses.
In addition, Project Entrepreneur will host a series of free educational summits for attendees to share their business ideas, starting in New York, Austin and Washington DC.
Project Entrepreneur’s venture competition is open to women entrepreneurs who are beyond the ideation stage and intend to build a high-growth company using an existing prototype or beta technology. Continue reading →
Pashon Murray is passionate about reducing the carbon footprint of Detroit, by finding solutions to re-use or recycle everyday waste and reducing landfill use. Her company, Detroit Dirt, is a local composting and biomass collection company that is committed to revitalizing neighborhoods.
As a child, Pashon Murray was inspired by her father, who founded a waste hauling company. In 2011, Pashon founded Detroit Dirt, a business that collects food waste from companies such as General Motors, Blue Cross Blue Shield and the Detroit Zoo, and transforms it into rich soil. Using advanced composting techniques, Detroit Dirt helps companies regenerate their waste into resources that will educate the community, create jobs and provide gardeners with rich, life-bearing soil.
Pashon is an award winning entrepreneur and currently serves as a fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, where she studies the science of composting and waste reduction.
Last year Detroit Dirt featured in this Ford commercial that went viral.
We’re super excited to share the Twenty Ten family is expanding!
Launching this fall, TWENTY TEN TALENT is a new online career resource for talented young black women from every corner of the globe. It will feature interviews with rising stars and valuable tips on how to supercharge your career.
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Joséphine Cosmetics is a luxury organic skincare and mineral makeup company headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.
Launched in 2014, the brand is inspired by the intricacies of haute couture, decadence of art deco, free form jazz and ferocious femmes.
Company founder and chief glam officer Sholayide Otugalu continues to push the envelope in the natural beauty sector with her passion for introducing the sultry side of organic beauty.
Earlier this year, Sholayide became one of the first recipients of the national GIRLBOSS foundation grant presented by fashion retailer Nasty Gal. In addition to running her company Sholayide is poised to launch her new beauty advocacy platform, Boundless Beauty. Continue reading →
Sabio provides pioneering web developer training programs designed to help individuals break into the tech industry.
With the unveil of its new Women of Color Fellowship Fund, Sabio will provide scholarships to 100 women of $13,450 to enrol in a 12-week coding bootcamp, with training and ongoing professional development for five years.
Headquartered in Culver City, Los Angeles, Sabio will also provide a virtual academy for women who are unable to participate in the Culver City program due to costs and distance.
The virtual academy offers exceptional training for smart and motivated individuals who want to learn to code. They will interact with a skill instructor in real time , with direct access to online videos, training modules and fellow students.
The Women of Color Fellowship Fund is seeking applicants who identify as female who are 18 years or older, and must be willing to volunteer at least 100 hours to a non profit in a coding capacity within two years of their graduation date.


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In the future, your beer will be delivered by by robots that look like big beetles out to set up a golf course.
Virginia became the first state in the union on Wednesday to legally allow robots to use sidewalks and crosswalks just like us humans.
The impetus for the new law is Starship Technologies, which is looking to use its beetle bots to deliver packages or groceries or beer or whatever else you can stuff inside.
The bots won’t be allowed to beef up beyond 50 pounds or zip around at anything above 10 miles per hour, though that’s still the pace of someone running pretty quickly down the block. They do, however, have a little flag so they don’t blindside folks who will inevitably trip over them while looking at their phones. Read more…
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Latest Tech: Realme Narzo 50i Tipped to Launch in India Soon, Specifications and Colour Options Leak
Realme Narzo 50i is expected to launch in the Indian market soon. This model’s specifications and colour options have leaked online. This phone is likely to be a part of the Realme Narzo 50 series, which hasn’t gone official yet. It looks like Realme will be skipping the Narzo 40 series of smartphones, which isn’t really surprising as it has skipped the number ‘4′ in the past as well with its other smartphone lineups. The Realme Narzo 50i specifications leak suggests that the phone may be a budget offering in the upcoming Narzo 50 series.
Tipster Mukul Sharma has leaked that the Realme Narzo 50i may be in the offing. The tipster says that the phone is soon going to launch in India. The specifications of the handset are also leaked alongside. The Realme Narzo 50i is tipped to come in two RAM + storage configurations – 2GB RAM + 32GB storage and 4GB RAM + 64GB storage options. It is expected to come in Mint Green and Carbon Black colour options. The leaked configurations suggest the phone will be positioned in the budget segment and may be a toned-down model of the rumoured Realme Narzo 50. Apart from this, the tipster does not reveal any additional details of the Realme Narzo 50i. We have reached out to Realme to confirm the details of this leak.
As of now, Realme has not shared any information on the Realme Narzo 50 series and it is unclear when it will be unveiled. The company has reportedly also been working on another Narzo 50 range variant, called the Realme Narzo 50A. The phone has been spotted in Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) listings, hinting at an India launch sometime in the near future.
Render leak of the Realme Narzo 50A suggests that the phone may have a unique design for the back panel with three quarters of it sporting a pattern while the rest having in a plane finish. The Realme Narzo 50A may come with a notched display and feature a 3.5mm headphone jack along with a USB Type-C port at the bottom. According to the leak, it is also seen to sport a triple rear camera setup housed in a small square-shaped module that also includes the rear-mounted fingerprint scanner.
Realme to Launch First Phone Powered by MediaTek Dimensity 810 in India Soon, Realme 8s Expected
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Though May isn’t over yet, let's look at three cannabis stocks that led the pack this month in revenue growth: Sundial (NASDAQ: SNDL), TerrAscend Corp. (OTCQX: TRSSF) and Curaleaf Holdings (OTCQX: CURLF).
Despite the crowded field, uncertainty regarding legalization and the illicit market yanking profits away from legal operators (just ask New York), there is still a modicum of optimism in the air. Why? The Senate finally heard testimony on the SAFE Banking Act, which seeks to normalize relations between state-licensed cannabis businesses and financial institutions.
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Though cannabis sales have slowed across the country, even in monster markets like Michigan and Illinois, most agree that the drop has to do with oversupply, which has forced retailers to slash prices and, again, they’re all facing competition …


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The iPhone and iPad tech giant launched the new mobile software alongside its desktop operating system counterpart as a testbed for developers and early-adopters.
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iOS lacks the ability to display widgets on the home screen of the iPhone and iPad but creative developers have discovered a workaround. Here's how you do it.
The app story for the Apple iPad helped secure the win in this ZDNet Great Debate, but if Microsoft can get developers on board and deliver with its solid Surface hardware then Windows RT may be the better enterprise solution in the future.
The social network's tie-in with Apple's platform continues apace, with a new beta release of Facebook's iOS SDK allowing developers to build easier Facebook authentication into their native iPhone and iPad apps
If you're developing Metro apps for Windows 8, how do you test touch features? One option is to use a new app called Win8 Metro Testbed, which allows an iPad to access a Windows 8 machine over a network. The remote connection is surprisingly responsive.
In an apparent attempt to attract iPad developers, Microsoft has posted a case study comparing iPad app development to Windows 8 Metro-style tablet development.
As the iPad and Windows 8 are readied for market, Google is doing what it can to jumpstart Android development for tablets (and smartphones). Today, Google launched Android Design 2 UI frameworks for developers.
The developers of Tapose, the Microsoft-like Courier app for the iPad, are considering doing versions for other tablets, including Windows 8.
While the Music app on smaller iOS devices may be acceptable, users of the new player software on the iPad say it's more than several big steps backward, especially when listening to large files such as audiobooks.
Facebook's iPad app has been reportedly feature-complete for five months now, but the company has been continuously delaying it. The lead developer has quit to go work for Google.
How is one Microsoft team approaching the task of architecting an HTML5/CSS app? One key and telling step: "removing all the Windows dependencies."
Developers can now use the Adobe Flash Builder platform to develop applications for iOS devices, such as the iPad and iPhone, as well as the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.Support for the devices — which was announced in April — in Flash Builder 4.
The iPad may be "magical," but future Winpads will be "immersive." Understanding what Microsoft means when it invokes the "I" word is going to become increasingly important to Windows developers (and to a lesser extent, users), in the not-too-distant future.
The iPad 2 is certainly more than an incremental update, but will it be enough to keep the tablet pendulum swinging in Apple's direction, at least when it comes to game development?
Barely a fortnight after Apple abolished some developer restrictions for iPhone and iPad developers, the European Union has said it will stop its antitrust investigations into the company
Rumours of a RIM BlackPad tablet have been floating around for a couple of months, and the device could be unveiled at a developers' conference in San Francisco on Monday. The Wall Street Journal reports, in RIM Readies Its Answer to iPad, that the BlackPad will have a 7-inch screen and run the QNX operating system – RIM bought the company.
Attention iOS developers! Don't do this, this, this, or this...
Microsoft has a stable of experienced Mac developers which could be given a new mission to create compelling applications for the iPad.
The Apple iPhone 4 has launched, but with a lot of the usual hype missing - the recent global lovefest over the iPad and various embarrassing leaks have, unusually, disrupted Apple's absolute control over the news. Nonetheless, Steve Jobs took to the stage at the Apple WWDC developers conference in San Francisco today and unveiled the latest iPhone as if nothing had happened.
At today's WWDC 2010 Apple announced that payments to developers for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad apps have now exceeded $1 billion. Can Android catch up?
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- 5 So you have an app idea and want to make a bajillion bucks


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LYON, France – An operation coordinated by INTERPOL codenamed HAECHI-II saw police arrest more than 1,000 individuals and intercept a total of nearly USD 27 million of illicit funds, underlining the global threat of cyber-enabled financial crime.
Taking place over four months from June to September 2021, Operation HAECHI-II brought together specialized police units from 20 countries, as well as from Hong Kong and Macao, to target specific types of online fraud, such as romance scams, investment fraud and money laundering associated with illegal online gambling.
In total, the operation resulted in the arrest of 1,003 individuals and allowed investigators to close 1,660 cases. In addition 2,350 bank accounts linked to the illicit proceeds of online financial crime were blocked. More than 50 INTERPOL notices were published based on information relating to Operation HAECHI-II and 10 new criminal modus operandi were identified.


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Marijuana at the push of a button? Colorado welcomes the world’s first weed-dispensing vending machine
Machines already exist on the market in Californian medical dispensaries, but the ZaZZZ machine will focus on the recreational user
Colorado’s marijuana enthusiasts are in for a treat.
While similar consoles do already exist for registered dispensaries in states where the drug is approved for medical use, never before has a machine been aimed at the recreational user; enabling customers to purchase marijuana directly, rather than over the counter as it were.
The appropriately emerald-hued ZaZZZ machine, manufactured by American Green, was unveiled on Saturday in Avon, Colorado, stocked with Herbal Elements marijuana. And while the console won’t be available to the general public quite yet, its first outing certainly generated excitement.
Stephen Shearin, CEO of the machine’s parent company, Tranzbyte, who spoke to The Cannabist, describes the weed-purveying robot as: ‘An automated, age-verifying, climate-controlled marijuana dispensing machine.’
‘I envisioned something like this 20 years ago but didn’t think I’d live to see the end of prohibition against a plant of such great promise,’ he admits.
And while it does appear to take the convenience of buying marijuana to new levels of easy, the company claims it has covered its bases in terms of security.


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E-auction for liquor shop license from this year
It was also decided in the meeting chaired by the Chief Minister that the winning bid will be valid for next three years.
According to officials, the last auctioning of county and foreign liquor shop licenses had taken place in 2005 and every year these were getting renewed.
Last month Chief Secretary BK Patnaik during a meeting to formulate modalities of excise shop licences had emphasized that e-auction will bring in transparency in the system and more revenue as well for the state.
According to officials, during 2011-12 the state government had collected Rs 1,380 crore revenue from the excise sector and aims to take it up to Rs 1700 crore during the current fiscal.


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A Melbourne-based startup, which has developed an innovative way of allowing gamers to wander freely in a virtual world to fight zombies, has signed a potentially lucrative deal to open up venues in Sega's Japanese amusement parks.
The deal, Zero Latency's first foray outside Australia, will have Sega Live Creation opening a permanent warehouse-sized virtual reality centre in Tokyo, where customers will be able to don VR headsets powered by Zero Latency's technology and run around shooting zombies.
Most VR headsets, such as HTC's Vive, allow players to roam only a few metres from the high-powered computer they're tethered to by wires. But with Zero Latency's system, players carry their computer in a military-style backpack, and can move freely in auditoriums that are much like lasertag arenas, the difference being that all the obstacles and enemies in the Zero Latency venue exist only in virtual reality.
The system also allows players to interact with each other in the virtual space: teams of up to six players can all see each other's avatars, and band together to save humanity from the zombie apocalypse.
(The company is about to trial a new, non-zombie VR game that's more like a regular arcade game where players accumulate points rather than merely save the world.)
Tim Ruse, CEO of Zero Latency, said the deal with Sega was a huge vote of confidence in the Australian company's technology, which hitherto has only been used in Australia, mostly at the company's own VR venue in Melbourne.
Sega Live Creation, a Sega subsidiary that operates museums and amusement parks, won't be using Sega's own games on the Zero Latency platform, but will simply use Zero Latency's own games, Mr Ruse said.
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Later this year, however, the software development kit (SDK) for the free-roam VR platform will be opened up to third parties, allowing licensees to develop their own games and distinguish themselves from other licensees that might be operating in the same city, Mr Ruse said.
The platform doesn't only allow the games to exist inside the headsets and the minds of the players. Using technology known as "out-of-body haptics", that's already in use in so-called "4D" cinemas, games could also feature real-world heat, smell and water sources (though water could damage the electronics), that match whatever is going on inside the virtual space.
It would also be possible to add haptics to the military-grade equipment that players have to wear and carry, that could, for instance, make them feel real pain when they get bitten by a virtual zombie, Mr Ruse said.
"You could do that, but I don't think there's really a huge demand for that kind of suffering.
"But it's an incredibly compelling experience as it is, in terms of the fidelity of the illusion that's created," he said.
"There's a growing interest in virtual reality as a platform, and if you take it to the next level like we have and allow people to have really natural interactions, the opportunities are even broader than what you can get with even a home VR setup."
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Young adults who are more familiar with e-cigarette marketing practices are more likely to have attitudes against vaping than those unaware of the industry's marketing, according to a study led by Drexel University public health researchers published this month in the BMJ journal Tobacco Control. Expanding on ways cigarettes were marketed in the 1970s, such as using models and hosting smoking events, e-cigarette marketing includes more modern tactics, like paying social media influencers to promote vaping. The findings, from researchers at Drexel's Dornsife School of Public Health and The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, suggest that efforts to educate young people about e-cigarette marketing tactics can help reduce the number of new vape users.
The researchers surveyed 1,329 young adults, 18-30, who never used tobacco products -; but were deemed "susceptible to vaping," from their responses to screening questions -; about their awareness of the e-cigarette industry's marketing practices and their level of agreement with anti-e-cigarette attitude statements, such as "taking a stand against vaping is important to me."
All respondents were considered "susceptible" to taking up vaping based on their answers to questions like: "Do you think you will use a vape soon?" and "if one of your best friends were to offer you a vape would you use it?"
Overall, having awareness of the e-cigarette industry's marketing practices (as opposed to having no awareness of these practices) was associated with stronger agreement with the statements: "Not vaping is a way to express my independence," "taking a stand against vaping is important to me," "I want to be involved with efforts to get rid of vaping" and "I would like to see electronic vaping companies go out of business."
Although tobacco control researchers already knew that exposing cigarette industry marketing practices can influence attitudes about smoking and effectively help prevent smoking among young adults, the current study shows that this public education strategy may also be applicable to addressing the vaping epidemic.
Our data shows that many young adults may not know about the e-cigarette industry's marketing practices, which are quite similar to the insidious marketing practices that were once used to sell cigarettes. Exposing e-cigarette marketing practices to young adults should continue to be investigated as a potential public education messaging strategy as it may help shape attitudes against vaping. These attitudes, in turn, could help protect against initiating vaping for susceptible young adults."
Lilianna Phan, PhD, lead author, assistant professor with a joint appointment in Drexel's Dornsife School of Public Health and College of Nursing and Health Professions
The current paper's findings -; although they may not be representative of all e-cigarette- susceptible young adults in the U.S. who have not used tobacco products – provide insights for policymakers and anti-drug efforts about who may be most susceptible to starting vaping, and support strategies that expose e-cigarette marketing as a way to prevent new vape users from starting.
According to the study, Hispanic and Black young adults, and those with less than $75,000 annual household income, knew of fewer e-cigarette industry practices and showed less agreement with anti-e-cigarette attitudes.
"While more studies are needed to better explain these findings, racial and ethnic minority populations have a lower prevalence of vaping, and thus may potentially have less awareness about some of the examined marketing practices," said Phan.
Previous studies show that communicating about these marketing tactics is effective in preventing cigarette smoking among young people, the authors said, noting that future studies are needed to examine whether this can help prevent the current generation of young people from vaping.
Roughly one in 10 adults (11%) 18 to 24 years old in the United States use e-cigarettes -;approximately 3.4 million people, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. According to the American Lung Association, e-cigarettes produce chemicals that can contribute to lung disease and heart disease. They can also cause long-lasting impact on the brain, according to the U.S. Surgeon General, in the form of mood disorders, loss of impulse control and addiction to nicotine, among other detrimental health effects.
Phan, L., & Choi, K. (2023). Awareness of electronic cigarette industry practices and their associations with anti-electronic cigarette attitudes among susceptible US young adults. Tobacco Control. doi.org/10.1136/tc-2023-058245.


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NEW YORK, USA – A Volkswagen engineer was indicted in Detroit federal court Friday, September 9, and pleaded guilty for his role in developing an emissions-cheating device installed on a half-million diesel cars sold in the United States.
James Liang helped develop the diesel engines equipped with illegal emissions test “defeat devices” from the earliest stages, the indictment said.
Liang, 62, is expected to cooperate with US prosecutors developing a criminal case in the Volkswagen scandal, a person close to the case said.
“Almost from the beginning of VW’s process to design its new ‘clean diesel’ vehicles, Liang and his fellow co-conspirators designed these VW diesel vehicles not to meet US emissions standards, but to cheat the testing process by making it appear as if diesel vehicles met US emissions standards when, in fact, they did not,” the Justice Department said in a 24-page indictment.
Liang worked on the defeat devices from November 2006 while at Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany.
He then moved to California for the company in 2008 as Volkswagen ramped up its marketing of its ostensibly “clean diesel” cars with high fuel efficiency in an effort to win greater market share in the US.
Liang and other VW employees developed a complex software system to keep emissions low when a car was undergoing testing to demonstrate environmental compliance, but to allow them to spew higher emissions on the road while boosting fuel efficiency, the indictment said.
Liang and others consistently misrepresented the system to federal and state environmental regulators and lied about the issue when regulators probed the discrepancy between the cars’ testing and real-world emissions performance, the indictment said.
“Liang and his co-conspirators attempted to make it appear that there were innocent mechanical and technological problems to blame, while secretly knowing that the primary reason for the discrepancy was the defeat device installed in every VW diesel vehicle sold in the United States.”
Liang faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison and a fine up of to $250,000.
A Volkswagen spokeswoman declined to comment on Liang’s employment status or on the indictment, but said the auto giant “is continuing to cooperate with the US Department of Justice.”
Volkswagen settled civil cases in June over cheat devices on two-liter engine diesel cars sold in the US in an agreement valued at $14.7 billion that requires it to buy back or fix vehicles, and pay each owner up to $10,000.
A federal judge in San Francisco gave preliminary approval to the plan, which settles with owners of some 480,000 cars with two-liter diesel engines.
The German automaker has until October 24 to come up with a fix for some 80,000 cars with three-liter diesel engines equipped with the defeat devices, or face trial.
Volkswagen has faced global condemnation since US and California state regulators exposed the emissions-cheating conspiracy in September 2015.
The European Commission on Monday, September 5, urged member states to crack down on Volkswagen for violating consumer protection laws, while Australia’s consumer watchdog filed suit against the company on September 1.
Some analysts have estimated the scandal could cost the company $30 billion or more. – Rappler.com
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DOT Registry bids to be clearinghouse for new domain name extensions
Shaul Jolles is bidding to run a clearinghouse that would make sure that businesses wanting to use the new .corp, .llp, .llc and .inc Internet domain names are legal companies.
Jolles said his 9-month-old DOT Registry LLC would provide credibility to the new extensions by verifying information about buyers with state agencies.
“I see this as real estate — a creative type of real estate,” Jolles said.
DOT Registry has spent more than $3 million applying to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to be a generic top-level domain, which would give the company the ability to sell the four extensions. It has competition in each category — 30 in all.
ICANN coordinates Internet assignments with privately held registries but doesn’t directly assign domains itself.
If approved, DOT Registry plans to set up a Kansas City headquarters with 100 jobs, mainly in sales and marketing.
Jolles said it could be a lucrative business because “millions of U.S. companies don’t have a website yet.”
He said he has the support of various secretary of state offices. In letters to ICANN, state officials cited concerns about illegitimate companies claiming to be legally registered corporations.
“While we have concerns about the use of these extensions ... our members respectfully request that they be approved with restrictions that would attempt to protect legitimate businesses and consumers from confusion or fraud,” wrote Beth Chapman, Alabama Secretary of State and president of the National Association of Secretaries of State. “We feel it is important that NASS members be consulted by DOT Registry or other applicants regarding policy related to the registering and identifying of businesses as this process moves forward.”
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In a press event on Wednesday, streaming service Spotify made one thing clear: it’s no longer just for music.
CEO Daniel Ek said the firm’s mission is to find the perfect content—whether audio or video—for every moment of its users’ days. Ek and Spotify executives unveiled a new version of the service that tailors playlists for individual users. The new version also incorporates podcasts into its app. A so-called “video capsule” will make videos from partners such as Comedy Central, Vice News, and The Nerdist available as well.
Highlights from the announcement included:
— Media partners include: ABC, BBC, ESPN, NBC, TED, MTV, Maker, Slate, Fusion and E!
— A new running menu changes the way people use the app. The company says it can detect a runner’s tempo and immediately start playing songs that match.
— The new Spotify is rolling out US, UK, Germany, and Sweden beginning May 20.
— Ek said the focus on custom playlists will allow it to better target ads.
— Spotify is also partnering with fitness brands like Nike and RunKeeper to better integrate apps.
— D’Angelo and Questlove performed to play Ek out.
Spotify is retooling as it faces more competition in the streaming market. Though Spotify says it accounts for more than 50% of the streaming market, new services have recently launched or are preparing to launch to take on its dominance. Jay Z’s Tidal is trying to attract customers with exclusive music videos and live concerts. Later this summer, Apple is widely expected to unveil a new streaming service based on Beats Music which it acquired as part of $3 billion buy of the headphone-maker.
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One might say that Rotation Manager CEO Max Cacchione has some fresh street cred to back up his organization’s role in helping entrepreneurs. He just won a $51,000 award by placing first in the entrepreneur track of FAU’s Business Plan Competition, while his other role is helping startups as program director for Enterprise Development Corp.
The competition is a prime example of South Florida’s growing entrepreneurial scene, going from 64 contest entries in 2009 to 2,014 this year. Seven companies received $153,500 in prize money in this year’s competition, which is organized by FAU’s Adams Center for Entrepreneurship. More importantly, the competition offers a podium for would-be investors to evaluate companies by sitting in the audience or actually being part of the judging process.
Cacchione has an MBA from the University of Miami and 13 years of experience managing software development teams. His company won for its concept of providing a more efficient method to help coordinate clinical rotations among academic institutions, their students and clinical settings.
Launched in December 2013, Rotation Manager has signed up 10 schools and 15 hospitals. The revenue model makes the program free for hospitals and $39.95 a year for students, although schools can buy licenses for their students as well. A key to sales is getting hospitals to mandate use of the program for the students. Rotation Manager was in the process of raising $750,000 with the bulk of the money going toward boosting sales by targeting major groups of hospitals.
SoFla Sunwear took first place in the FAU student portion of the competition. Founder Thomas Gregory has come up with a street graffiti-type of logo that goes on shirts, caps and decals.
The company grossed $25,000 in 2014 and made a $9,650 profit. Gregory wants to emulate the success of surf brands like Salt Life, which hit $20 million in revenue in 2013 and was purchased by Delta Apparel for $15 million in cash and a $22 million promissory note.
SoFla Sunwear’s products are sold on its website and at stores such as Groove Surf and Skate Shop in Hollywood and Underseas Sports in Fort Lauderdale. Gregory would like to raise $200,000 to build inventory, broaden geographic penetration and expand the product mix and styles. ?
Business Plan Competition Winners
1st: Rotation Manager, $51,000 prize, provides coordination of clinical rotations among students, schools and hospitals.
2nd: Transfasten, $17,500 prize, has a minimally invasive device for spinal surgery; CEO Robert Lins is the holder of six patents and is seeking $150,000 for a 20 percent stake in the company.
3rd: CO2 Conversion to Chemicals/Dioxide Materials, $8,000, Prof. Rich Masel has retired after 32 years on the faculty of the University of Illinois, relocated to FAU’s Business Research Park and wants to take byproducts from manufacturing and turn them into useful chemicals.
1st: SoFla Sunwear, $46,000, surf logo type apparel.
2nd: Hyperbius LLC, $16,000, has a HyperChiller container that chills 12 ounces of coffee in less than one minute and is seeking $500,000 for a 30 percent stake.
3rd: TripsCommerce, $8,000, reservations and e-commerce cloud service for small travel agencies, seeking to raise $650,000
People’s Choice Award
Let It Rot, $5,000, concept developed by the Palm Beach County Food Bank repurposes food waste into marketable worm compost.
Social Entrepreneurship Award
Let It Rot, $1,500


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Mr Kipling, the Premier Foods owned cake-manufacturer, has released two new oat-based cake slices.
The Exceedingly Good-branded Cranberry, Orange & Oat Slice and Dark Chocolate, Coconut & Oat Slices are currently being sold in packs of four by Asda for 75p and Sainsbury’s for £1.50.
The snacks are aimed at the health-conscious consumer, at under 140g per slice, and feature wholesome ingredients such as oats and cranberries.
The company said: “To help our consumers keep on top of their portion size and calorie intake, our Exceedingly Good slices come individually wrapped in our popular ‘snack pack’ format, with both variants available in packs of four and our Cranberry & Orange variant also available in an extra convenient two-pack.”
Premier Foods recently posted strong sales growth in its sweet treats divisions, which includes its Mr Kipling and Cadbury brands.


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Apple iPhone 6 Has NFC… Kind Of.
After years of speculating whether or not the next iPhone would be NFC-enabled, we can finally rejoice… but, not really. The iPhone 6 will use NFC technology, but it will only work with their latest app—Apple Pay. So, what does this mean?
Apple not including NFC in its devices over the past few years has definitely hindered its widespread use. However, by incorporating NFC in the iPhone 6, yet limiting users to how they can use the technology, it does not do much good for developers and exploring different ways the technology can be used.
Yes, the inclusion of NFC technology in the iPhone 6 will encourage more people to use the technology through Apple Pay, but it will greatly hinder the development of cross-platform apps and the overall open source spirit that could occur had they given users access to the full capabilities of the technology.
Companies like PayPal could have hugely benefitted from Apple fully allowing NFC on their devices, and are fighting back.
On some levels, it’s no surprise that Apple is forcing users to use their own proprietary mobile payment app—they’re not exactly known for their open source friendliness. Even their phone chargers are exclusive to Apple devices, unlike with Android devices, which simply use Micro USB ports.
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Neowin: Mozilla and Google stop Kazakh government from intercepting traffic. “Mozilla has announced that it, and Google, have deployed technical solutions within Firefox and Chrome to stop the Kazakh government from intercepting internet traffic inside the country. According to Censored Planet, the government in Kazakhstan began using a fake root CA certificate to intercept HTTPS connections.”
New York Times: Facebook’s New Tool Lets You See Which Apps and Websites Tracked You. “The company introduced a new tool that lets people better see and control the information that Facebook has gathered about their browsing habits outside the social network. The tool, Off-Facebook Activity, allows users to view the hundreds of sites and apps that share data and customer information with Facebook. They can then erase the data it they want.” Not available in the US yet, unfortunately, but if you’re in Ireland, South Korea, or Spain, you’re in luck.
Reuters: Exclusive: Fearing data privacy issues, Google cuts some Android phone data for wireless carriers. “Alphabet Inc’s Google has shut down a service it provided to wireless carriers globally that showed them weak spots in their network coverage, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, because of Google’s concerns that sharing data from users of its Android phone system might attract the scrutiny of users and regulators.”
CNET: Instagram will pay researchers to uncover abuse of users’ personal data. “Instagram will pay a bounty to security researchers who find evidence that third-party apps are misusing your personal data. The program aims to encourage experts outside of Instagram and its parent company Facebook to tackle a major problem the social network faces: apps that scrape user data or try to trick you into sharing passwords and other sensitive information.”
USA Today: Billions of records exposed: 2019 on track to be worst year ever for data breaches . “The number of data breaches resulting in exposed records is up by 54% year over year in the first half of 2019, and the number of records exposed in those breaches is up by 52%. More than 3,800 data breaches were reported in the first six months of this year, and just eight of those exposed more than 3.2 billion records, nearly 80% of all records exposed so far in 2019.”
TechCrunch: An anonymous hentai porn site exposed over a million users’ emails. “A popular hentai porn site that promises anonymity to its 1.1 million users left a user database exposed without a password, allowing anyone to identify users by their email addresses. You might not have heard of Luscious.net unless you’re into hentai and manga porn but it’s one of the most popular websites in the U.S., ranking in the top 5,000 sites in traffic, per Alexa data.”
Motherboard: Hacker Releases First Public Jailbreak for Up-to-Date iPhones in Years. “Apple has mistakenly made it a bit easier to hack iPhone users who are on the latest version of its mobile operating system iOS by unpatching a vulnerability it had already fixed. Hackers quickly jumped on this over the weekend, and publicly released a jailbreak for current, up-to-date iPhones—the first free public jailbreak for a fully updated iPhone that’s been released in years.”


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Outrage over Cadbury changing iconic Dairy Milk chocolate recipe
Cadbury has released a “diet” version of their popular Dairy Milk chocolate bar and the country has reacted in blaze and fury.
There are many of us who may be looking to cut down sugar intake, and the popular Cadbury brand has decided to cater to those looking for a healthier treat when they’re yearning for a sweet snack by creating a version of their all time favourite choccy with 30 per cent less sugar.
The news was not met with well wishes though and has caused a mass exodus of the brand on social media, with many customers asking “why?”.
“WHAT HAS SOCIETY COME TO?!” one unhappy person commented.
“Sendddd it back! No one wanted it!” another angry response read.
“What’s bloody next?” One horrified customer wrote. “Cadbury could live to regret this decision.”
Another added: “Chocolate is meant to be a treat. Why make it healthy?”
This is the first time in 114 years the Dairy Milk recipe has been altered, a representative said.
Cadbury brand manager Katrina Davidson said there are people all over the country looking for a healthier alternative to an unhealthy snack.
“And that’s why we have worked tirelessly to create a Cadbury Dairy Milk bar with 30 per cent less sugar, which still tastes great,” she said.
“We are committed to responding to relevant consumer trends, and are always striving to offer chocolate lovers greater choice through exciting innovations and portion control offerings.”
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EA SPORTS has axed provocative goal celebrations from Fifa 21 as part of its efforts to clean up "toxic behaviour" in online games.
The US gaming giant said the "Shush" and "A-OK" celebrations had been pulled from the upcoming game, with more changes to come.
The celebrations are often used to infuriate opponents after scoring last-minute winners or other goals.
It follows Italian side AS Roma pulling out of Fifa 21 after refusing to grant EA Sports licence to use their players and name.
EA Sports confirmed it was removing some goal celebrations from Fifa 21 to Eurogamer on Wednesday,
Once the ball hits the back of the net, a player triggers a "Shush" celebration to place a finger to the scorer's lips in a "quiet down" motion.
Players have complained about the rage-inducing goal celebration in the past, suggesting the move encourages bullying.
"Why do people like to provoke others when they’ve scored a goal?" one user wrote on a Fifa forum last December.
"I simply don’t get why this celebration is even put in the game by EA.
It’s almost like EA encourage kids to bully each other."
Also banned from Fifa 21 is the "A-Okay" or "Challenge" celebration made famous by Tottenham star Delli Ali in 2018.
The move involves placing your thumb and fingers in an "o" shape around one eye to form an "Ok" gesture.
It's not known for being particularly provocative on Fifa, and is rarely used, so it's not enirely clear why the celebration has been removed.
In July Infinity Ward removed a similar gesture from Call of Duty Warzone, likely due to its links to right-wing hate groups.
EA Sports told Eurogamer it was making more changes "in this area", so expect other goal celebrations to be axed in future.
One potentially up for ban is the "calm down" celebration used by Christiano Ronaldo. It's often used to antagonise opponents.
How much will the PS5 and Xbox Series X cost?
Here's what you need to know...
Respected Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter thinks we'll see a major price war.
"From what I've seen, Sony's gonna have to charge $500 for the PS5," he explained.
"Microsoft has a big balance sheet. If they wanna cut the price by $100 – just price below [PS5] and subsidise the first 10million [units] – they will.
"So I think that they're waiting to have Sony blink first, and then they'll reveal the price. Very likely $400."
Fellow gaming industry insider Peter Moore agreed with Pachter's predictions.
Moore was formerly an EA and Microsoft exec, and was speaking on the Bonus Round podcast.
He said: "Michael's right. What both companies are going through right now is: 'How much can we afford to lose in the first 12 to 18 months?'
"'What is our attach rate of software to hardware? What are we willing to do in year one, two and three to hit 10million [units]?'"
Sadly, neither Microsoft nor Sony have confirmed pricing for either of their consoles – or even hinted at a range.
As part of its efforts to curb toxic behaviour, EA Sports is also reducing the amount of time players can time-waste at setpieces.
Currently, a player can wait 30 seconds before taking freekick or kickoff, a tactic often used to run down the clock.
EA said it's also cutting the length of goal celebrations.
Fifa 21 will be released on October 9, 2020, on Xbox One, PS4 and PC. The game will also be out for Sony and Microsoft's new consoles, the Xbox Series X and PS5, when they hit shelves later this year.
On Tuesday, EA confirmed that AS Roma will not feature on Fifa 21.
The Serie A club have refused to give the gaming giants permission to use the club's name and players.
Instead, the Serie A side will be named Roma FC on the latest edition of Fifa. It's not clear why they pulled out.
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In other news, Sony finally unveiled the design of the PS5 in June ahead of the console's launch later this year.
Here are some great Warzone tips and tricks.
And check out this crazy £450 "gaming bed".
Will you grab a copy of Fifa 21 when it hits shelves this year?
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A lot happened in Houston real estate news this week. But if you weren’t able to keep up, don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. Here’s what happened:
Stalled economy halts luxury condo – In Aug. 2014, Riverway Properties unveiled plans for a luxury condo project in Montrose called 3615 Montrose. It was to be a seven-story, 34-unit luxury tower on the former site of The River Café at Montrose Boulevard and Marshall Street. However, as the Houston Business Journal reported, the company is now saying the project won’t be happening. After noticing slipping sales as a result of depressed oil prices, the project was shelved. “We sold one unit during the first quarter of 2016,” Riverway Properties President Michael Carroll told the Business Journal. “In light of declining sales, we decided to shelve the project until the timing is favorable. This was directly because of the contraction in the market.”
Amazon brings 1,000 jobs to Houston – On Tuesday, Harris County commissioners approved a $180,000 annually-recurring tax abatement for 10 years for Amazon, so the online giant can build an 855,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Hines’ Pinto Business Park. According to RealtyNewsReport.com, the facility will bring 1,000 new jobs to the area and cost $136 million.
Apartments are bigger in Houston – In a study released this week by RentCafe, Houston was named among the top 20 cities in the U.S. (No. 15) for apartment size, with studios averaging 497 square feet, one-bedroom units averaging 727 square feet, and two-bedroom units averaging 1,035 square feet.
New offices come to Conroe and Fairfield – Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene announced the opening of its new Conroe and Fairfield sales offices this week. Trenda Carlisle will manage the brokerage’s Conroe office, and Richard Guderyon will manage its Fairfield office. BHGRE Gary Greene now operates 25 sales offices throughout Greater Houston.


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The Palmetto Business Association (PBA) will hold a Scavenger Hunt beginning this Friday, March 24 including 19 area businesses. There will be a grand prize drawing for participants who visit at least eight of the participating businesses.
Each business will have a large golden egg on display somewhere in their store.
Participating Scavengers will take a photo with the egg at each business and ask a question about the business.
Participating businesses will have PBA Scavenger Hunt cards available for Scavengers. Each Scavenger will get one card, which they will get stamped and initiated at the businesses they visit.
Scavengers will have to have a minimum of eight businesses stamped and initialed on their card to be entered into the grand prize drawing.
The card can be left with the eighth business or Scavengers can complete the card by visiting all businesses.
Each business will have a copy of the rules available and a stamp to stamp the cards.
The winner will be chosen live on facebook@palmettobusiness on Monday, April 3.
A list of participating businesses and a scan code for a map of participating is published in the PBA Scavenger Hunt ad in this week’s Journal and posted on The Journal website.


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RICH PICKINGS: France’s top luxury brands joined forces to kick off a weeklong festival at the Dubai Mall showcasing the best of French craftsmanship. Cartier, Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Hermès were among the 29 brands that contributed rare creations to an exhibition titled “Les objets de rêve” (“Dream objects”) at the mall, which bills itself as the world’s largest, with a footfall of 5 million visitors a month. Organized by the Comité Colbert, the event grew guests such as His Highness Sheikh Majid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, chairman of the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority and son of the emirate’s ruler; Alain Azouaou, France’s ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, and Patrick Chalhoub, joint ceo of the Chalhoub Group. Comité Colbert president Elisabeth Ponsolle des Portes said the Middle East represented 8 percent of the total turnover of the organization’s 75 members. “The Dubai Mall has the highest concentration of Comité Colbert member brands anywhere in the world,” she noted. “Our presence here really illustrates our confidence in the market. The region has done well in weathering the global crisis.”
Items on show included a pair of Pierre Hardy sandals made from a single peacock feather and a limited edition candelabra designed by Ora-ïto for Christofle.
BUSY BEE: Donatella Versace, who arrived in New York on Wednesday, is making the most of her long weekend in the city. The designer, who is receiving a Glamour Women of the Year award at Carnegie Hall on Monday night, is embarking on quite a media blitz over the next few days. On Friday, Versace will join the hosts of ABC’s “The View” in their daily Coffee Klatch ritual and present a mini-runway show with five of her favorite fall looks. On Monday morning, she will appear in the fourth hour of the “Today” show on NBC, where she will discuss her award with Glamour editor in chief Cindi Leive. Finally, just before she leaves town, she will be in a segment on CNN’s “The Joy Behar Show” on Monday night.
FERRETTI IN MOSCOW: Alberta Ferretti has opened a second boutique in Moscow, in the GUM department store on Red Square. Ferretti presented her fall 2010-2011 line at a private showing in GUM’s grand halls last week to mark the occasion. The audience, comprised of top Russian government officials and entertainers, particularly marveled at the select wedding gowns presented by the designer.
MAKING THINGS RIGHT: The Gen Art Foundation, which entered Chapter 7 bankruptcy last May and abruptly shut its doors, will host the Gen Art Resurrection Benefit at Good Units at the Hudson Hotel in New York tonight. The event’s honorary host committee includes Edward Norton, Jeremy Renner, Michelle Smith, Kate Mara, Whitney Port and Vena Cava’s Lisa Mayock and Sophie Buhai. DJ Reach, a longtime Gen Art supporter, will spin, and the event will feature a live photo shoot/model vignette, with models in different states of dress and undress, body painting and photography by Jordan Betten of Lost Art. Fashion photography by Miles Ladin will also be on display. All proceeds from the benefit will go to emerging filmmakers and designers who lost money when Gen Art became insolvent in May. A group of filmmakers and designers suffered monetary losses, and winners from the 15th Gen Art Film Festival last April didn’t receive their awards. According to Gen Art co-founder and chief executive officer Ian Gerard, “We expect it to fully reimburse any designers for losses suffered and hope that it removes the small mud stain created on an otherwise strong record of supporting emerging fashion talent for 15-plus years.” Gen Art has been in talks with several strategic acquisition purchasers over the last few months, and the company expects to solidify an acquisition later this fall, and relaunch the business.
JEAN GENIE: Julia Sorkin’s home was awash in starlets for the launch of Decades Denim on Tuesday, including Lake Bell, Jennifer Morrison, Eva Amurri, Ashlee Simpson (sporting a new pixie cut), Rachel Griffiths, Debi Mazar and Cheryl Tiegs. Though Cameron Silver’s latest venture is far more accessible than vintage couture (jeans retailing for under $200), his ladies showed their support. “If he opened a taco stand, I’d be here,” said Griffiths, while Bell extolled the virtues of the minimalist jeans, the antithesis of overdone premium denim that often gives L.A. fashion a bad name. “It’s clean and chic and does not have extraneous branding and accoutrements. There’s no huge logo on the ass,” she said.
OUT OF AFRICA: Nicole Miller threw a cocktail party last week in her SoHo store to trumpet the work of two Kenyan artisan cooperatives, Cocoki and Covanya, that make the multicolored bangles and bracelets her company is now selling. Some proceeds from the gathering were donated to Indego Africa, the nonprofit the designer has teamed up with that empowers Rwandan women. Miller is selling its products in her 12 boutiques and on her Web site.
Before Cape Verdean singer Fantcha Mendes performed for the crowd, Indego Africa reps told Miller how each cooperative helps 40 women, including one who was recently accepted to the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Program, which teaches underserved women about business and management. That individual used to carry water 12.5 miles for 25 cents a day. Having sold Afghan scarves and Malian bracelets, Miller regularly makes a point of assisting the impoverished. “I always try to do private industry projects that are empowering women. We are helping women to help themselves,” she said.
COLD COMFORT: Weatherproof is set to kick off its latest weather-related marketing gambit today with its “Pay the Temperature” promotion at the Macy’s flagships in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. As part of the retailer’s Men’s Style Event, customers will be able to purchase any men’s Weatherproof jacket in the Herald Square, State Street and Union Square stores with the price matched to the outside temperature on Weatherbug.com. Shoppers will pay the full retail price at the register and then receive a mail-in rebate for the difference in the form of a Macy’s gift card. “I hope the temperature doesn’t dip too far next Thursday night. If it does, I might be in big trouble,” said Weatherproof president Freddie Stollmack, who has garnered plenty of publicity from previous promotions such as 2008’s “If it’s freezing…it’s free” ploy.
FACE FORWARD: Actresses aren’t the only recognizable faces chez Lancôme. Joining a roster that includes Penélope Cruz, Julia Roberts and Kate Winslet is Julia Restoin Roitfeld, who will make her debut in an advertisement — shot by Mario Testino — for the L’Oréal-owned brand’s Ultra Lavande Spring 11 color collection out early next year worldwide. Also in 2011, Restoin Roitfeld is to appear in a campaign in Asia for the Lancôme Blanc Expert line.


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Kid Curry launched at the height of the pandemic lockdown in April as an online restaurant serving only flavourful packed meals for a limited pick up window at its sister site, Happy Boy. Six months since its launch and the eatery will soon open its very own brick and mortar venue in Fortitude Valley.
Cameron and Jordie Votan opened Kid Curry as a way to keep their Happy Boy (Chinese cuisine) and Snack Man (Asian fusion) workers employed during a global health crisis. Now, they have an opportunity to expand and create a mini-dining precinct under the fairylit trees in East Street.
Kid Curry will take over the former site of Project Store, next door to Happy Boy and Snack Man. The pair plans to revitalise this section by setting up an outdoor area where their regulars can comfortably dine al fresco.
With the debut of the permanent eatery, targeted for January 2021, Kid Curry will bring new dishes featuring the flavours of Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, as curated by chef Tom Swapp.
If you haven’t tried Kid Curry’s selection, their pick up system is still in place for dine-in orders from Wednesday to Sunday between 4:45 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Phone 0421981882 for enquiries or check out the menu and orders via its online site.
“Every Friday to Sunday the chef is dishing up new menu items, testing out for Kid Curry in a new space 2021! Come check out what’s coming for our full launch next year.”


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LONDON -- Jaguar unveiled its new XE, calling it the "definitive" sports sedan. The XE's marks the brand's return to the midsize premium segment.
"The XE is unbelievably important," Jaguar Land Rover CEO Ralf Speth said ahead of the car's unveiling at a gala event in London on Monday. With its more affordable price tag, "we will have an opportunity to bring younger customers, to bring female customers into the range of Jaguar."
Jaguar is confident that the XE will outperform rivals such as the BMW 3 series because of features such as a new lightweight aluminum platform and a rear integral link suspension set-up.
The XE redefines the concept of the sports sedan thanks to its advanced lightweight construction, streamlined styling, luxurious interior, and outstanding ride and handling, Jaguar said in a statement.


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Micron Technology Inc has charged that Korean memory manufacturers have received unfair levels of support from their government and asked US authorities to impose tariffs on memory imports from the country.
The Boise, Idaho-based vendor has filed a countervailing duty case with the US Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission. Micron said the suit identifies multi-billion dollar bailout packages and loan subsidies to Korean DRAM vendors. These contravened US Countervailing Duty Laws and World Trade Organization agreements, said Micron. Countervailing duties are imposed on imports to offset the effect of subsidies provided to manufacturers by foreign governments.
The Korean subsidies had caused economic injury to Micro and other DRAM producers, the suit claims. It asks for the ITC and DoC to impose countervailing duty against Korean imports.
In June German chip giant Infineon complained to the European Commission that the Korean government was subsidizing local DRAM vendors. Infineon’s complaint singled out Hynix as a recipient of subsidies.
Micron has a good knowledge of the workings of the Korean memory industry. For much of the early part of this year it was in negotiations to buy up faltering Korean memory vendor Hynix. The deal fell apart due to disagreements between the firm’s board and creditors, many of which are state-owned enterprises.China Government Backs Local 3G Standard
China’s government is to help fast-track the development of the country’s home-grown 3G technology in an effort to launch it commercially in late 2004.
The government is promising cash, spectrum and incentives for domestic companies to back the technology, which is known as TD-SCDMA (time division-synchronous code division multiple access). It may also delay 3G licensing until the technology is ready to give it a better chance of competing with more mature standards such as WCDMA and CDMA2000. TD-SCDMA is expected to be cheaper, more flexible and offer more bandwidth than its rivals.
TD-SCDMA has been primed for commercial deployment principally by Xian, China-based Datang Telephone Corp and Munich, Germany-based Siemens AG since June 2000. It was initially developed by the China Academy of Telecommunications Technology (CATT).