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COVID-19 Impact: Demand for longer shelf life UHT milk boosts as consumer want to reduce number of visits to the dairies
The big dairies that have been already selling UHT milk experienced increased demand during the lockdown. “The tetra pack milk category in the initial days of the lockdown had seen immense demand due to panic buying among consumers, and the demand stabilized in the later days,” said a Mother Dairy, spokesperson.
Will increase investments in recycling in collaboration with industry, governments: Tetra Pak
Tetra Pak, which works with Amul, Nestle and Coca-Cola among various other consumer goods companies within foods and beverages, said in the report it has aligned with 16 companies to double collection and recycling of used paper cartons by 2025.
Dabur and Tetra Pak partner to launch low calorie juice range in new packs
This is the first time Dabur is launching a low calorie juice range under the brand Real Activ in bare paperboard with wood fibre packaging for a natural look.
Retailers, online grocers restrict purchases; put cap on quantity to prevent hoarding
Retailers said indications of hoarding came from the increase in average bill values over the past few days and consumers making repeat purchases. Some states including Maharashtra have said the lockdown may be extended in certain areas, while social media rumours are also rife, fuelling such purchases. Even kiranas across the country have restricted the sale of essential food items.
Can packaging become a full-scale data carrier & digital tool? Tetra Pak thinks so
The future is now and it is digital!
India ranks in the top 5 potential markets, says Tetra Pak’s new global CEOThe first thing a company’s board asks you is how you will help the multinational firm grow in future.
Want to know if your packaged juice is healthy? Tips to read the labelAdding sugar to juices as a preservative can deteriorate the health quotient.
Picai, Tetra & StoryBoard: Explore the world of apps to experience AI on your smartphoneHere's a list of apps for Android and iOS to give your device a taste of artificial intelligence.
Coca Cola, Infosys and others pledge to beat plastic pollution in India"We have pledged to recover and recycle one package for every single one that we put out in the market by 2030," Coca-Cola India and South West Asia Vice-President (Public Affairs and Communications) Ishteyaque Amjad said.
Huge growth opportunity for 100% juice: ReportThe findings indicate that 100% juice remains a significant part of the average consumer’s diet, with over 40% consumers saying they drink it every day.
Cheaper Chinese machines help small ice cream makers improve product rangeSmall, medium ice cream makers, for the first time, are able to offer a wide variety of products in attractive shapes, colours and flavours, thanks to Chinese machinery.
Liquor to be available in Tetra Paks in UPThe proposal of selling liquor in 180 ml Tetra Paks to effectively check smuggling was taken at a Cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
ET Cases: Strategic network optimisationThe varied scope of farm produce in India, coupled with an intricate supply chain structure, makes the country a significant agro investment destination.
Tetra packaging of liquor to prevent adulteration soonA well-placed source in the secretariat said that the introduction of tetra packs of 180ml and 90ml for branded liquor would be done anytime.
Pilgrims' litter puts jumbos on plastic dietResearchers examining elephant dung in the Nilgiris have found plastic, tetra packs and small cups made of thermocol in the poop, leading to concerns about enforcement of rules for visitors to forest areas.
HRD ministry lists its achievements during 200-days of Modi governmentAs many as 2,112 students and 528 school teachers will be visiting premier institutes like the IITs every year under a programme to provide academic exposure to students from the Northeast.
Tetra Pak facility receives Platinum certification on environmentIndian Green Building Council (IGBC) has awarded platinum certification for green factory building to the packaging material facility of Swedish multinational Tetra Pak in Chakan, Pune.
Tetra Pak’s packaging material facility in Pune awarded Platinum certification for green factory buildingTetra Pak’s packaging material facility in Pune has been awarded Platinum certification for green factory building by the Indian Green Building Council.
India-Russia trade body endorses new framework to 15 projectsThe projects include setting-up of JV with HAL as joint centre for development of helicopters, joint project of RLL and government of Yaroslavl region etc
AMUL upgrades processing through Tetra Pak's high-speed linesAmul will soon upgrade its aseptic processing capacity by adopting Tetra Pak's new generation high speed lines.
‘India to be a big market for Tetra in 10 years’CEO Dennis Jonsson says having seen a very rapid growth of 20% in the country, Tetra Pak now bets on even local companies to drive growth.
Tetra Pak eyes rural market in India, opens new Rs 700 cr plantFood processing and packaging solutions firm Tetra Pak is betting big on India, specially opportunities in the rural market of the country for which it is preparing to introduce smaller sized packs.
FMCG companies like HUL, Dabur woo ragpickers to clean up sachets & lighter plastic packagingPartnership between profitable FMCG cos and penniless ragpickers is now offering a hint of a fix to 12,000 tonnes a day plastic junk pile-up.
L&T announces Thales as its systems partner for Hyderabad Metro RailL&T Metro Rail Hyderabad project will include around 18.5 million square feet of Transit-Oriented Development in the earmarked P&C areas and depots.
Anik Industries launches milk in Tetra Pak packagesDairy products firm Anik Industries Ltd today launched milk in Tetra Pak packages to cater to the increasing demand for safe and hygienic milk.
Central Vigilance Commission okays closure of 12 CWG corruption related casesAs many as 12 cases of alleged graft in CWG related projects carried out by various govt depts have been closed following months of investigation by the CVC.
Around 2.7 billion low-income consumers to drive dairy industry: StudyAround 2.7 billion low-income consumers in developing countries has been identified as the dairy industry's next big growth opportunity.Load More
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We are pleased to announce this year’s dates for the British Motor Yacht Show 2021, due to be held from 12th – 20th June at Premier’s Swanwick Marina in Southampton.
The show will feature a stunning display of motor yachts from the usual luxury brands with Princess, Sunseeker and Fairline taking centre stage. Alongside, there will also be a range of luxury marques and exhibitors. So, there will be something for everyone at this year’s show.
Last year, we were able to welcome customers to the show whilst always conforming to restrictions and government guidelines – we held an appointment-only show allowing all to view the yachts on display in a safe and socially distanced manner. We were pleased with the success of this format, and that we were able to welcome our customers, and this year we can’t wait to welcome you again. Especially following the disappointing news that the Dusseldorf Boat Show has been cancelled this year, the British Motor Yacht Show 2021 could be the first boat show of the year!
Princess line-up includes*:
If you are interested in shared ownership, our YachtQuarters Sales Manager, Joshua Cleaver, will be on hand throughout the show to discuss with you our new shared ownership yacht – the Princess 68 which is available in Mallorca for Spring 2022 cruising or sooner. Simply fill in the form below to request an appointment with Joshua, ensuring you choose YachtQuarters on the drop-down menu.
The British Motor Yacht Show 2021 has been extended to 9 days, between 10am – 7pm daily and will be by appointment only. Request an appointment by filling in the form below or contact us for further details on +44 (0)1489 557755
*Please note the final line-up could change, subject to yacht availability. Please call us for the final line-up.
Visit the British Motor Yacht Show website for further information, and for a full line-up of exhibitors.

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ACE Startup Feature – The Hub Singapore
Woman in the Driver’s Seat: Grace Sai
Every strong, successful woman in business today is a role model for others. In our bid to inspire and empower more women to turn their ideas into startup reality, we talk to Grace Sai, CEO and co-founder of The Hub Singapore and Managing Partner of Hub Ventures Fund, about her journey.
In a 2017 global ranking by Dell and IHS Markit, Singapore was named the eighth best city in the world, and the top Asia Pacific city, for attracting and fostering women entrepreneurship. But how many local women business leaders can you think of?
“Most people I speak to can’t name three women role models,” said Grace Sai, CEO and co-founder of The Hub Singapore, the country’s largest co-working community of entrepreneurs with its founders raising S$300 million collectively since its inception, and boasts of a 1:1 gender split. While she agrees that Singapore, and Southeast Asia at large, offers a healthy ecosystem for women entrepreneurs to thrive, Grace also believes that success breeds success — when more women entrepreneurs achieve success, more will occur in the ‘next generation’ of founders.
This is part of the reason why the busy entrepreneur accepted an invitation to join the ACE Women Entrepreneurship Sub-Committee. Comprising women entrepreneurs who are influencers in the startup community, the Sub-Committee creates initiatives that celebrate, empower and support women in entrepreneurship.
The Sub-Committee regularly organises events that allow women entrepreneurs to network and share their experiences, to provide and receive peer support. For Grace, however, helping women entrepreneurs starts with defining the issues that they face.
“The conversations I’m having with ACE and Enterprise Singapore are around building a master database of women entrepreneurs and investors. We need to crunch that data and analyse the problem before we can talk about solutions,” she said.
Interestingly, Grace revealed that she only started getting involved in women entrepreneurship matters this year.
“I accept about 60 public speaking gigs a year but, previously, I would decline, on principle, to speak at women’s conferences or when I felt I was being asked to represent my gender,” said the highly-sought-after public influencer.
This has now changed and Grace hopes to address the unconscious gender bias that exists in society and business. As Managing Partner of Hub Ventures Fund, an early-stage Southeast Asian technology investment fund, she admits that she did worry about being excluded from the traditionally male-dominated venture capital circle but doesn’t intend to let that stop her. Today, two of Hub Ventures Fund deals have impressed the industry – first being Soho (a LinkedIn for property), founded by Series B co-founder of AirTasker, and Horangi (a cyber security-as-a-service startup), founded by former Palantir and Grab leadership, led by Monk’s Hill Ventures.
“If you asked me for advice for women entrepreneurs, I would say drop the ‘woman’ and just focus on being the best entrepreneur you can be. That simplifies things a lot more,” said Grace.
While it’s been five years since she founded The Hub Singapore, Grace says that not a day goes by without challenges. She’s thankful to be part of the ACE Peer Group, a peer-mentoring initiative that brings entrepreneurs of similar profiles together.
“I can’t live without my group,” she said with a smile. “Despite our hectic schedules, we all look forward to our monthly meetings — that really says something. The peer sharing format offers a great sounding board, especially for solo founders like me, and the friendships forged are invaluable. It not only helps my business performance; it also helps my mental performance.”
Inspired by the ACE Peer Group format, Grace has since introduced a similar initiative at The Hub for entrepreneurs at different development stages under its Elevate founders programme. She encourages entrepreneurs to drop by Hub@Prinsep or Hub@Cuppage for a tour or learn more about their founder programmes at http://singapore.impacthub.net.
ACE is committed to journeying with entrepreneurs. Our solutions and services are designed to support entrepreneurs at every business stage, from getting started and finding funding to growing your team and going global. To learn how ACE can support your entrepreneurship journey, contact us today at email@example.com.
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ActionAid will this week launch a campaign to raise money and awareness for global poverty by asking people across the UK to wear a T-shirt for a day and donate £2 for the privilege of doing so.
The campaign, which launches on Friday, features Sir Paul McCartney, Helen Mirren, Joanna Lumley and Ricky Gervais, among the household names who have designed T-shirts – based on their own personalities – for the first ever PoverTee Day.
The charity hopes the campaign will highlight the plight of some 950 million people across the world who will go hungry this year "despite the fact that there is enough food to feed every one of them". Workers for the charity also point to the need for more work on Aids, which kills more than 7,500 people every day. Four out of five of these are in Africa.
Most recently, ActionAid has stepped up its efforts in Pakistan, providing emergency aid to hundreds of thousands of Swat Valley civilians who have fled their homes to escape fighting between the army and the Taliban.
Charities working in Pakistan criticised Western governments last week for failing to pledge enough money to cope with the huge numbers displaced by conflict in Swat. ActionAid hopes the PoverTee campaign will trigger a groundswell of public support and put pressure on governments to fill a $42m (£25m) funding gap. There are 2.5 million internal refugees in Pakistan who need food, clean water, shelter and medicines.
Janine Goddard from the charity said yesterday: "Money is needed more urgently than ever, as people in developing countries are now facing a double crisis: the financial crisis and the food crisis, which is happening at the moment in Pakistan.
"Currently, over a billion people going to bed hungry every night around the world, and that's about to get even worse with the recession. Food prices are staying very high and the devaluation of the pound means the money ActionAid is using to fund projects abroad is worth less in those countries.
"Asking celebrities to design T-shirts based on their personalities and attitudes to hunger will raise even more money for PoverTee Day, and also gives fans a chance to own a one-off design. The eBay auction will go directly to ActionAid's work with some of the poorest people and communities in the world."
Eight stars have thrown their weight behind this effort, designing poverty-themed T-shirts, which people can bid for on eBay from tomorrow to raise money for the charity's aid work in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
All proceeds from the T-shirt auction will go towards projects such as school meals for poor children in Malawi, irrigation programmes for farmers in Ethiopia, and help for desperate refugees in Pakistan's northern battleground.
Independent on Sunday readers will have the exclusive opportunity to win Helen Mirren's T-shirt by logging on to the website below. Bids for the Oscar-winning actress's design, which draws attention to the fact that 70 per cent of the world's poorest people are women, start at £2.
Paul McCartney's design is expected to attract the most attention and has a £300 minimum bid attached. All other bids start at 99p, but all the one-off designs are expected to fetch at least £2,500 for the charity.
The elevated price of Sir Paul's T-shirt comes despite the fact that he designed it himself and without enlisting the help of his fashion designer daughter, Stella McCartney.
Unsuccessful bidders can support the campaign by wearing any T-shirt of their choice to school or work this Friday and donating £2.
The charity is hoping to emulate some of the success of the Make Poverty History wrist bands that were supported by the veteran charity workers Sir Bob Geldof and Bono. Eight million people wore the plastic white bands in 2005, after the simple idea became a must-have fashion item and a political symbol for the world's great and good.
Win Helen Mirren's T-shirt!
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Inc. magazine has revealed that Bushel Inc. is No. 62 on its 2021 Inc. 5000 Regionals: Midwest list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Born of the annual Inc. 5000 franchise, this regional list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the Midwest economy’s most dynamic segment— its independent small businesses.
“It is honorable and validating to be recognized by Inc.” says Jake Joraanstad, Bushel Inc. CEO. “We are growing fast to meet the needs of the industry and doing so in a strategic way.”
The companies on this list show stunning rates of growth across all industries in the 12 Midwest states. Between 2017 and 2019, these 250 private companies had an average growth rate of199 percent and, in 2019 alone, they employed more than 43,000 people and added more than$11 billion to the Midwest economy.
Companies based in the Chicago, Detroit, and Cincinnati areas brought in the highest revenue overall. Complete results of the Inc. 5000 Regionals: Midwest, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, metro area, and other criteria, can be found at inc.com.
“This list proves the power of companies in Midwest states no matter the industry,” says Inc. editor-in-chief Scott Omelianuk. “The impressive revenues and growth rates prove the insight and diligence of CEOs and that these businesses are here to stay.”
Bushel’s ecosystem powers APIs, apps, websites, and digital solutions to support business operations across the entire agriculture industry. Bushel creates digital tools and services that support agribusinesses, from single-location country elevators to multinational enterprises. With a focus on building and connecting the digital infrastructure throughout the agriculture supply chain, Bushel allows people to share information faster, complete transactions more efficiently, and give users more insight into commodity management.
Bushel, Inc., Fargo, ND, is an independently owned software company and leading provider of software technology solutions for growers, grain buyers, protein producers and food companies.


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Privates, the side-scrolling shooter about naughty bits and the infectious unpleasantness that makes them sad, is getting an enlargement.
Privates was barred from Xbox Live but it was still a “huge, throbbing success” as a PC exclusive and so it’s no great surprise that the game will get an all-new extension with DLC planned for release early next year. “=~~ DO YOUR MANHOOD NEED MORE? практические методы разработк,” Zombie Cow Studios said in a statement. “Satisfy longer!!Longer-lasting action!“
“We’ve decided to go all-out and make a whole new adventure, this time set inside a gentleman’s bits,” Dan Marshall of Zombie Cow explained further. “We’re also planning to cram in new gameplay mechanics, new enemy types, new locations, and a new player character. It’s not just more of the same, although it’s DLC so clearly some of it’s going to wind up pretty similar.”
Privates, a side-scrolling action game in which players “lead a team of condom-hatted little chappies into peoples’ rude areas and blast away at all manner of oozy, shouty monsters,” was unveiled in May for the PC and Xbox 360. The PC version came out in August but the 360 edition, not entirely surprisingly, was canned after the studio was told there was no way the game would pass the “Indie Games Peer Review process.”
The as-yet-unnamed Privates DLC is expected to come out around Easter 2011. For more information, head on over to zombie-cow.com.


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Woke up at 1130 am and just to check my email went to Yahoo!…. and what I see… Google search page… I thought I am still sleepy… but tried again and again. Dont know whats happening… Its the problem with Yahoo or our college network… Lets wait and watch.
Today I came across this website www.windows7giveaway.com which promises to give away a free copy of windows 7 ultimate if you pay $25 as the shipping cost. This looks like a very attractive deal. One of our friends from Pune startups group took the initiative to verify it from Microsoft and here is what they have to say.
Thank you for your e-mail concerning the Microsoft lottery. We would
like to confirm this is a hoax website and did not originate from
Microsoft. Microsoft does not have any connection whatsoever with
this alleged lottery. It’s unfortunate that some people have chosen to
abuse the freedom that the internet offers by conducting fraudulent
Privacy and security are very important to Microsoft. For more
information please visit the following website:
I would recommend everyone to inspect such offers closely as this might make you pocket a few bucks lighter and you would not be getting anything in return except frustration and annoyance.
Moreover any such issues can be reported here http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9661492
If it’s the first day of October, then it’s time once again for environmental group Greenpeace’s quarterly report card of electronics corporations. The group’slatest regular report places Apple in ninth place, square in the middle of the pack, which also includes competitors like Dell, HP, and Lenovo. That’s up from the 11 spot in last quarter’s rankings, but there’s a catch: the report card doesn’t take into account Apple’s most recent environmental moves.
Last week, the company unveiled a redesigned environmental section, including frank and thorough assessments of its carbon footprint and greenhouse gas production. But Greenpeace’s report was produced before Apple’s changes, and so the company got low marks for both its carbon footprint disclosure and greenhouse gas information (PDF link). Still, Greenhouse didn’t hesitate to attribute Apple’s new openness at least in part to the environmental group’s own Green My Apple campaign.
Apple did score well on the toxin-reduction portion, thanks to its recent efforts at greening its products by eliminating the use of PVC and brominated flame retardants (BFRs). Of course, that’s not enough to satisfy Greenpeace, which still wants to see progress on Apple’s part in the areas of e-waste and transparency as well as eliminating more toxic substances from its products.
But, just like an over-ambitious parent, will Greenpeace ever truly be satisfied with Apple, or will its continued “disappointment” in Apple’s environmental attitude cause a backlash in which the company decides to join the forces of environmental evil? The power is theirs!
Google Wave is “a personal communication and collaboration tool” announced by Google at the Google I/O conference on May 27, 2009. It is a web-based service, computing platform, and communications protocol designed to merge e-mail, instant messaging, wiki, and social networking. It has a strong collaborative and real-time focus supported by extensions that can provide, for example, robust spelling/grammar checking, automated translation between 40 languages, and numerous other extensions. It was announced in Google’s official blog on July 20, 2009, that the preview of Google Wave would be extended to about 100,000 users on September 30, 2009.
Its October 2, 09 and I am still waiting for my wave invitation 🙂
Google Wave is designed as the next generation of Internet communication. It is written in Java using OpenJDK; its web interface uses the Google Web Toolkit. Instead of sending a message and its entire thread of previous messages or requiring all responses to be stored in each user’s inbox for context, objects known as waves contain a complete thread of multimedia messages (blips) and are located on a central server. Waves are shared and collaborators can be added or removed at any point during a wave’s existence.
Waves, described by Google as “equal parts conversation and document”, are hosted XML documents that allow seamless and low latency concurrent modifications. Any participant of a wave can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the process. Users can reply to blips within waves. Recipients are notified of changes/replies in all waves they are active in and then view the changes when they subsequently access a given wave. In addition, waves are live. All replies/edits are seen real-time, letter by letter, as they are typed by the other collaborators. Multiple participants may edit a single wave simultaneously in Google Wave. Thus, waves not only can function as e-mail and threaded conversations but also as an instant messaging service, merging the functions of e-mail and instant messaging. It depends only on whether both users are online at the same time or not, allowing a wave to even shift repeatedly between e-mail and instant messaging depending on the user’s needs. The ability to show messages as they are typed can also be disabled, similar to conventional instant messaging.
The history of each wave is stored within it. Collaborators may use a playback feature in Google Wave to observe the order which a wave was edited, blips were added, and who was responsible for what in the wave. The history may also be searched by a user to view and/or modify specific changes, such as specific kinds of changes or messages from a single user.
Google Wave is still in active development. It is expected to continue to be so until later in 2009, launching to about 100,000 users on 30th September. Google Wave access can be requested. Developers have been given access to Wave proper, and all wave users invited by Google can invite up to 8 others. Those who receive indirect invitations (were invited by someone who was invited by Google) will not be able to invite others. As of October 1st, Google Wave testers were unable to add extensions because “settings” is under construction.
The “S” stands for “SPEED!” And according to Apple, it is faster launching applications or rendering Web pages.
• The iPhone 3GS has a new processor built-in. Apple claims that it is up to two times faster than the previous generation: Launching messages is 2.1 faster, load the NY Times in Safari: 2.9 times faster. It also consumes less, which has an impact on the improved battery life.
This is one of the strong points of the iPhone 3GS, according to Apple. They increased the resolution to 3 megapixels, which—judging from the shots they showed-seems much better quality under all conditions.
• 3 Megapixels sensor.
• New camera, with auto focus, auto exposure, and auto white balance.
• You can also tap to focus, changing white balance in the process. That is really neat, if you ask me.
• Special macro and low light modes.
• The camera also supports photo and video geotagging.
• Any application can access all the camera functions now.
• It supports video, 30 frames per second VGA with auto focus, auto white balance, and auto exposure.
• You can trim the video shot just using your finger, then share it via MMS, email, MobileMe and YouTube.
The other part of the “S” is the support for the faster 7.2 Mbps 3G standard, which in theory will deliver data faster to your iPhone.
• Three band UMTS/HSDPA.
• Four band GSM/EDGE.
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g.
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• The new iPhone 3GS includes new 3D graphics support in hardware. This means faster and more complicated 3D games.
• Same 3.5-inch widescreen multitouch display, but this time it has a fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating. I wonder if it will withstand a full frontal Shake Shack burger attack.
• Same design as before, including the glossy finish of the back (so much for all the rumors about the matte back.)
• Same size as the old iPhone 3G: 4.5 x 2.4 x 0.48 inches.
• The weight increases a bit: One ounce to 4.8 ounces (135 grams vs 133 grams).
• Greener materials: Arsenic-free glass, BDF-free, Mercury-free LCD.
New special features
• It has a magnetometer, which works with a Compass application, third parties, and it is integrated into the new Google maps app, showing your orientation with a small semitransparent cone.
• Voice control. You can now talk with your iPhone, Enterprise-style. You can instruct it to play similar songs to the one you are playing, or call people.
• Nike + support built in.
• Supports accessibility features, like zooming on text, inverting video, and voice over when you touch whatever text is on screen.
• One of the more important new features is the increased battery life.
• According to Apple, you will get up to 12 hours of talk time on 2G and 5 on 3G, with a up to 300 hour standby time.
• On 3G, it will deliver 5 hours of internet use.
• On Wi-Fi, Internet goes up to 9 hours.
• Video playback is 10 hours vs 30 hours for audio.
Would be available in India in last week of August….
Sony on Tuesday unveiled a sleek next-generation PSP Go handheld videogame, movie and music gadget in a direct challenge to Nintendo’s freshly-launched DSi devices.
Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai showed off a new PSP Go at a press conference in the Shrine Auditorium as a major Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) got under way nearby in Los Angeles.
“We call it the worst kept secret of E3,” Hirai quipped, referring to news of Go news leaks more akin to streams.
“There will be more content that is easier to get on your PSP. It’s entertainment everywhere.”
Go is half the size of the original PSP and built to download and store video, pictures and games, according to Hirai. Go devices have built-in wireless Internet and Bluetooth capabilities.
“It’s built for people who live a more digital lifestyle,” Hirai said. “It’s designed to bring all kinds of content to the PSP.”
All future PSP videogame titles will be available for digital download, skipping any need to buy software on disks, according to Sony.
A new Sense Me feature analyzes music stored in Go devices and then creates playlists to suit users’ moods. Go gadgets will also be built with a video delivery service Sony launched last year.
Hot videogame franchises including “Gran Turismo,” “Metal Gear Solid,” and “Resident Evil” are creating new games tailored to Go devices, according to Sony.
“I think the PSP is getting really hotter,” said Hideo Kojima, whose eponymous studio makes the “Metal Gear Solid” franchise whose protagonist is a fearsome soldier called “Snake.”
“And Snake is coming back on the PSP.”
Go devices will be priced at 249 dollars, or 249 Euros respectively, when they are released in the United States and Europe in October, according to Sony. The gadgets will be available in Japan in November, Sony says.
Nintendo reports that it has sold more than a million of its new-generation DSi handheld videogame gadgets in the United States since they became available in April.
Sony PSP go first hands on @ Engadget
Auto analysts and business analysts in India fear that Tata Nano may face booking cancellations after the first round of lottery winners is announced. Tata Nano has received about 203,000 bookings for its models but the company has capacity to manufacture on 50,000 cars from its Uttrakhand plant in Pantnagar. The mother plant in Sanand will be completed early next year and is expected to become fully operational by first quarter of 2010.
The lottery will be completed by the end of the next month when names of first one lakh lucky Nano owners will be announced. Tata Motors will start deliveries from July 2009 and will be able to deliver only 50,000 cars by end of December 2009.
“Bookings beat expectations but the company may not be able to retain orders going ahead,” said Mahantesh Sabarad, an analyst at Centrum Broking in Mumbai. Further the analysts also expect that the pricing is not competitive and expected that nearly one-third of outstanding bookings may be cancelled after the lottery.
Since late morning there was no signal on my Reliance GSM celphone. No luck making any call or sms and cant even call customer care. I am unware when it all started because I had woke up at 1 pm. Looked on google for some hint and voila… there is this big problem with every one relying on Reliance. Total network down…
It wasn’t until late night at 10 pm when i had those signal back again on my celphone.
Three years into the great console war — the battle for billions of entertainment dollars spent on video gaming — Sony’s PlayStation 3 lags far behind Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Nintendo’s quirky Wii.
Chances of a Sony turnaround seem less likely than ever, given the weak economy and the PS3’s relatively huge price tag — at $400, its entry-level price is double that of the Xbox.
But if it’s going to happen, if the gaming goliath is to regain its footing, it may do so with help from a bunch of engineers in Seattle, many of whom left Microsoft to build their games in studios not far from Xbox headquarters.
It takes more than a few studios to change the game, so to speak, and Sony develops games around the world. But it has high hopes for potential blockbusters to emerge in coming months from the studios in Redmond and Bellevue it has acquired or partnered with in recent years.
“The bottom line is we go where the talent is, and it just so happens that a couple of our big ones are coming out of the Seattle area in the upcoming months,” said Scott Rohde, San Diego-based vice president of studios at Sony Computer Entertainment America.
These game shops have kept a relatively low profile even as the Seattle area’s reputation as a world hub for game development has grown.
It’s a different story in the gaming world, however, where previews of their upcoming titles have won critical acclaim. The excitement comes in part because the studios are creating entirely new games, pushing the technical capabilities of the platform and introducing characters and stories that may become tomorrow’s movies and comic books.
Summer action title
The lineup begins with “inFamous” from Sucker Punch Productions in Bellevue. The game, going on sale May 26, revolves around Cole, a messenger in a gritty metropolis who develops superpowers after a huge explosion. Cole can use electricity like a weapon, shooting bolts of energy from his hands as he battles criminals who overrun the quarantined city.
It’s an “open world” game, meaning players freely roam throughout the crime-infested city, the same model used by the hit “Grand Theft Auto” series.
Coming in the fall is “MAG” — short for “massive action game” — from Zipper Interactive, a Sony-owned studio in Redmond. The military-themed shooting game is played online, with realistic mercenary battles involving up to 256 players at once.
Zipper’s 150 employees include ex-Microsoft talent, but the company was started by Boeing veteran Brian Soderberg, who previously built simulators for the military, and Jim Bosler, whose background includes time at Egghead Software, an early software retailer that had stores across the country.
Then in 2010, the Bellevue studio of Sony’s online entertainment group is scheduled to release “The Agency,” a spy-themed online game that can be played on either a PS3 or a PC. Players assume the identity of a globe-trotting spy and ally themselves with operatives, who continue working on missions even when a player takes a break from the game.
Preview beta versions of “MAG” and “The Agency” could be available sooner. Sony plans to highlight all three, and provide more details, in early June during the industry’s leading trade show, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3.
Big bets on innovation
Spending tens of millions on these new entertainment franchises is “a completely gutsy move on Sony’s part,” said Chris Zimmerman, who left Microsoft with three friends in 1997 to start Sucker Punch, whose 60 employees make games exclusively for Sony.
“The easiest thing to do is just turn the crank, create another version of whatever you did last, until people stop buying it,” he explained during a funky Capitol Hill cocktail party thrown last week to showcase “inFamous.”
“Sony’s been really brave in saying that’s not enough … we don’t just want to do the same games over and over again; we want to do some new stuff, and we’re willing to invest to do it,” he said. “It really is cool — a lot of that has come out of Seattle.”
Call it irony or karmic retribution, but this comes as Microsoft has whittled down the once-formidable in-house game studio that it built first to advance PC gaming and then to launch its Xbox business. (A Microsoft spokesman noted the company had a strong lineup the past two years, and said announcements of new games are being held until E3.)
Outsourcing game development has helped the Xbox business finally become profitable, but it gives Sony bragging rights and competitive advantages — theoretically.
Microsoft still has a big lead over Sony. In the U.S., Xbox has outsold the PS3 2-to-1. Through March, according to NPD research, it sold 15 million 360s, compared with 7.5 million PS3s (Nintendo’s Wii, at 19.6 million, leads both). Globally, 21 million PS3s and 28 million Xbox 360s have been sold, according to the companies.
One reason for the gap is that Microsoft won over 13- to 24-year-old hard-core gamers with the Xbox and a couple of blockbuster shooting franchises made exclusively for it: “Halo” and “Gears of War.” Microsoft also built a superior online network — Xbox Live — on which Xbox owners spend an average of eight hours a week playing mostly raucous action games.
The Sony games coming out of Seattle are aimed directly at this demographic, and they’re likely to be hits.
But they won’t be enough for Sony to retake its lead of the console business, according to Michael Pachter, research director at Wedbush Morgan Securities in Los Angeles.
“They’re not getting it back by launching games that are three years after ‘Gears of War’ and ‘Halo’ — it’s late,” he said.
Pachter thinks Sony should be focusing on the other console maker with offices in Redmond — Nintendo.
“Right now Sony needs to figure out how to get Wii owners to buy a PS3, and Wii owners aren’t waiting for hard-core shooters or ‘Grand Theft Auto’-type games as an excuse to buy a console.”
Even if the new Sony games fail to budge the PS3 out of third place, there are other ways they may influence popular culture.
Sucker Punch’s “inFamous,” in particular, seems likely to end up as a movie.
“I wouldn’t say there’s a deal, but I wouldn’t say those conversations haven’t at least gotten somewhere,” said Brian Fleming, another Sucker Punch co-founder.
Technology developed by the local studios also will contribute to future games. Both Sucker Punch and Zipper built new game platforms, or engines, that can be used as the foundation for new titles. The network architecture that Zipper built to support “MAG” is also likely to help Sony develop other massive-scale online games, while “The Agency” team is figuring out how to bridge online play between PCs and the PS3.
“We’re lucky we can continue to do these big titles,” Soderberg said, adding that Sony’s backing “gives us the luxury to continue to dream up new ideas and now and then take a risk and come up with something new and exciting.”
Matt Wilson, a former Microsoft game developer heading Sony Online Entertainment’s 100-person Bellevue studio, said the platform wars are mostly a distraction.
“First and foremost it’s the game — our goal is to make a great game,”‘ he said. “That’s all we should be worried about.”
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Fashion retailer closes down Mango store in Mumbai and private brand Roadster’s in Bengaluru.
The apparel range for Rajasthan Royals players consists of match jerseys, training wear, gym wear and everyday wear
Of all companies, startups like OYO, Swiggy, Byjus, PayTm Mall, Pine Labs, Zomato, Udaan, PolicyBazaar and CureFit have collectively raised the lion's share.
Reliance's plans to diversify into e-commerce and expand in fashion come on the heels of India's new foreign investment curbs that have dealt at least a temporary blow to Amazon and Flipkart.
The latest restructuring of Flipkart’s operational model follows the tightening of foreign investment rules in e-commerce from February.
Ecommerce firms were asked to provide services such as warehousing, logistics and advertising to all sellers in a fair manner.
Amazon stepped up advertising by 20% and Flipkart by 29%. P&G, Godrej and Reckitt Benckiser spent a total Rs 2,053 crore.
According to industry executives, subscription programmes like Prime are to retain the premium layer of consumers so that they keep spending on these platforms.
Sellers said they received mails from Flipkart alerting them of the change in fee structure the day the changes were being introduced.
Myntra and Jabong are collectively expected to generate $2 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV), growing at 65-70% for fiscal 2019, as per a report by Barclays released in December 2018.
Exchange offers, finance schemes, aggressive pricing help brands on Flipkart & Amazon revive business in second half of last month.
Entrepreneurs say draft e-commerce policy appears to take protectionist approach and deters global investors.
A consumer oriented startup will start with making purchases simple, expand accessibility and then its obvious target will be to solve affordability. That is where lending fits in.
The move comes after the Mukesh Ambani-led company said earlier that it plans to enter the e-commerce space.
Discussions with the three Indian brands are in advanced stages, including the possibility of Lava and Karbonn teaming up to bid for the HTC brand licence, one of the executives said.
Bansal exited as CEO last year under controversial circumstances
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A national egg shortage is driving up prices and changing how Wichita restaurants cook breakfast.
More than 40 million egg-laying chickens in the upper Midwest, especially in Iowa, were affected by a recent outbreak in bird flu. The number of eggs produced this year will go down by 87 million dozen eggs, according to a USDA report. The outbreak has led to an increase in the prices of eggs and egg-related products. As a result, some local restaurants are starting to raise their prices or are considering doing so.
The retail price for eggs has risen from an average of $1.15 per dozen in May to almost $2.50 nationally, according to a USDA report on Monday. A dozen of the cheapest eggs at the Dillons on East Douglas cost $2.75 as of Tuesday. In Texas recently, supermarkets imposed limits on how many eggs consumers can buy and the burger chain Whataburger stopped serving breakfast in the afternoon. But locally Wal-Mart and Dillons said that they will not have any trouble meeting the supply of eggs to customers, even though the prices of the eggs has gone up.
“Customers are counting on us,” said John Forrest Ales, a spokesman for Wal-Mart. “We’re using our size and scale to help minimize the impact on their wallets.”
But that’s not the case with some local restaurants. Egg Crate at 8606 W. 13th St., at Northwest Centre, is now charging $1.50 extra to customers who want egg white omelets, according to waitress Kim Gooding. Others such as Good Egg are worried about whether they’ll have enough egg whites if the egg shortage continues.
“There is the possibility that there won’t even be availability (of egg whites),” said Brian Donnelly, general manager at Good Egg at 2141 N. Bradley Fair Parkway. “Our suppliers have already limited the amount that we can order.” Its suppliers don’t want restaurants hoarding eggs, Donnelly said, so they have limited what they can buy to amounts that are similar to previous orders.
Some Good Egg restaurants in Arizona have already raised their prices, Donnelly said, but he is in the middle of revising the Wichita restaurant’s menu and hasn’t made any decisions about price increases yet. While a price increase is on the table, a change in menu items is not.
“Eggs and potatoes are the main drivers of the menu,” Donnelly said. “We wouldn’t cut back on quantity because that’s not fair to the guests.”
Most breakfast restaurants are hit especially hard because they rely on mass-produced egg white product. It would take 45 dozen eggs to make 20 pounds of egg whites, a typical weekend’s worth, according to Donnelly. He’s never had to hire someone to turn eggs into egg white before, let alone such a large amount, and doesn’t know if it could be done efficiently. “It’s a very tedious process,” Donnelly said.
Ty Issa’s family’s IHOPs haven’t received all of the liquid egg yokes that they ordered, according to Issa, so his employees have had to separate eggs at the restaurant manually. But so far the prices are the same. As a franchise, IHOP buys eggs quarterly so it hasn’t yet had to buy a batch at higher prices, according to Issa, and he doesn’t know yet if he’ll have to raise his menu prices until he sees what the new egg prices will be.
The Doo-Dah Diner at 206 E. Kellogg will not have its costs go up by as much as other breakfast spots, according to co-owner Timirie Shibley, because it makes all of its food from scratch. So when the restaurant makes a hollandaise, it pays an employee to separate out 75 egg yolks, rather than buy liquid yolks. The cost of its fresh eggs has gone up from 8 cents to 24 cents, on the 5,500 eggs they use a week. But Shibley’s food supplier told her that many other restaurants will have to pay three or four times as much for pre-processed egg products, such as pancake batter.
“Next week if we were going to order in our normal amount of mayonnaise,” Shibley said. “We were told to expect a three-to-four-time price increase.”
So the Doo-Dah Diner has started making its own mayonnaise from scratch. But the diner just finished a menu change and is not planning to raise menu prices any further due to the increased egg costs. The restaurant will have to eat the higher egg costs for the next 12 to 18 months, based on what Shibley was told by her food supplier.
Cal-Maine Foods — which produces many of the eggs consumed in Kansas at its plant in Chase, including those sold at Dillons — has not yet had an outbreak of flu in any of its plants across the country. But the costs of eggs still goes up for Kansas consumers because, according to director of marketing Alan Andrews, Cal-Maine only produces 75 percent of the eggs it sells and has to buy 25 percent of its eggs on the market. The eggs it buys are harder to find now, Andrews said.
“There’s never been an outbreak this bad before,” Andrews said. “There have been outbreaks before, but they’ve been isolated.”
Although the prices have started to level off at an average of just under $2.50 per dozen nationally, according to the USDA, it’s not yet clear how long it will take for the egg market to fully recover. It can take months to clean out an egg facility, raise new hens and wait for them to reach their peak capacity, Andrews said.
Some locally-grown eggs that may have once seemed expensive are now being gobbled up. The dozen farmers who sell eggs at the Kansas Grown Farmers Market at 21st and Ridge Road have been selling out an hour faster than before, said Gunter Hansen, the market’s manager. The price of the cheapest eggs has increased just a quarter from $2.50 to now $2.75 for locally-grown free range eggs, he said — about the same price as factory grown eggs at the supermarkets.
But you better get there early.
“They sell out quickly because they are fresh,” Hansen said. “And that’s what people want.”


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Through the use of in-vehicle sensors and the OnStar system, General Motors' customers already get monthly updates on the health of their vehicles and alerts to potential problems.
General Motors India said it will introduce its sports utility vehicle (SUV) Chevrolet Trailblazer this year and multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) Spin in 2016.
The new compact Karl model is positioned below other Opel and Vauxhall cars such as the Corsa, which retails for around 12,000 euros.
GM India MD Arvind Saxena said the company has been working on restructuring its business to make it sustainable for it and its dealers.
The Ford F-150 has been named North American Truck of the Year at the North American International Auto Show. The car of the year is the Volkswagen Golf.
While sales of new cars and trucks are soaring, demand for electric vehicles is still sputtering along in the slow lane.
Faurecia, North America's sixth-largest automotive supplier, has inaugurated its new automotive seating plant in Wentzville, Missouri.
By December, when gas prices had fallen to $2.63, SUV market share rose to 35 percent, while small cars fell to 16 per cent.


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NEVADA – Due to the long weekend for President’s Day, the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, which includes Mount Charleston and Lee Canyon, will be busier than usual.
More snow has officials anticipating a busy weekend. The mountain is in high demand, so you should probably arrive there before 9 a.m. to avoid waiting in line.
Officials on Mt. Charleston advise against using ride-share services and instead recommending that visitors carpool with friends and family.
Those with reservations will be given precedence, according to the authorities, therefore guests should bring a physical copy of their pass or a screenshot of their online booking confirmation to present at the door.
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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet didn’t have the easiest start to life. Responsible for the introduction of gen nine, the games were infested with irritating (albeit amusing) bugs, while critics and fans scrutinized everything from the gameplay to the visuals.
Still, a new Pokémon game is a new Pokémon game, and the franchise is so beloved by so many that each new installment in the mainline series is almost guaranteed to be a massive commercial success. Scarlet and Violet included. Need the proof? Well, while it might not be at the top of anyone’s list for the best Pokémon games, Scarlet and Violet has smashed through a huge milestone to become the third best-selling Pokémon game of all time.
As Serebii’s Joe Merrick reports on X, Scarlet and Violet now come in at 24,360,000 units sold, dethroning 1999’s gen 2 Pokémon Gold and Silver to claim bronze in the rankings. Scarlet and Violet is still behind Sword and Shield, which has the second most units sold, and gen one’s Red, Green, and Blue trio at the top. Red, Green, and Blue have sold a cumulative 31,380,000 units: no surprise, really, given that it’s what kickstarted the Pokémon games in order and began the entire phenomenon.
The news of Scarlet and Violet’s latest success comes as the latest era officially comes to an end now that Nintendo has released the final DLC for the game with no further plans for new content. That means fans across the world are switching themselves into speculation mode, looking ahead to what might be in store with a new Pokémon game and gen ten.
With Pokémon Day and a potential Nintendo Direct on the horizon, it looks like news could be imminent about what the future of the franchise holds. That future could arrive sooner than you might expect, too, as it’s possible that Nintendo could release a new mainline Pokémon game (or remakes) to coincide with the launch of the Switch 2, rumored to be set for late 2024.


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Discovery VR team up with Disneynature
Further development of OZO camera halted, job losses to follow for Finnish firm.
Professional grade 360-degree camera drops to $25,000 in price.
Nokia will also be participating in various VR and 360-degree discussions at the event later this month.
Smartphones at the centre but AR/VR development also of interest to both firms.
Microsoft's developing platform in MR gets initial support among other updates.
Finnish firm teams up with university for trial MR broadcast.
VR content creators can apply to Nokia's OZO Storyteller program to get a big discount on an OZO+ Camera.
Nokia OZO users will be able to use Qello for monetised content, such as pay-per-view.
Fans will get an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at the films creation.


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With regulation finally catching up to almost two decades of wild west data collection and privacy breaches, we wanted to understand people’s attitudes towards their personal data and online privacy.
We got in touch with research partner Perspectus Global, who helped us conduct a survey that would not just get the UK public's opinion on privacy, but also mark Motive.co’s hard launch into the market as the first privacy focused eCommerce search plugin for small to medium sized retailers.
And it turns out Motive.co’s launch couldn’t be coming at a better time for retailers. A whopping 95% of Brits felt it important for their privacy to be protected online! The study also revealed the need for eCommerce brands to respect customer privacy with 8/10 (83%) people saying they had concerns about their data being tracked, captured and sold on to advertisers.
Where is your data most at risk?
After scandals like Cambridge Analytica, it’s no surprise that 72% of respondents said they felt their data was most at risk on social media. But our data uncovered an even more intriguing statistic: 33% of people said they felt their data was at risk on eCommerce sites, a key indication that eCommerce and privacy go hand in hand. (In the Spanish market, that number jumps to almost half (45%) of all respondents).
If you think that’s bad, 67% said they had willingly left a website because of concerns about how their data might be used. This means that if you’re selling online, you could be losing almost two thirds of your customers because you’re not respecting their online privacy.
Don’t understand consent banners? You’re not alone
The consent banner was designed to help people take back control of their data. The idea seemed sound. A user would visit a website and be presented with a message asking them if they wanted to share their data or not. But what websites ended up designing was probably not what the EU had imagined. 88% of the people we surveyed said they find these consent banners annoying with 74% finding privacy policies and consent banners difficult to understand.
Our study suggests people are more confused by consent banners than helped by them as more than half (52%) don’t know what they’re agreeing to when they click on them. In another blow to the consent banner, 63% of people don’t even bother reading them.
At Motive.co, our solution to the consent banner is to not have one at all. We’ve built a technology that doesn’t track, tag or spy on visitors, meaning we can get rid of the consent banner altogether. If you can implement the same privacy-first mentality in your online store, our data suggests customers will more than appreciate it.
The future is a privacy first approach
At Motive.co, we think that shops of any size and budget should be able to offer their customers a shopping experience based on privacy and trust, and our eCommerce search plugin allows brands to easily build privacy into their online shops.
We’ve found that you don’t need to track, tag or spy on people to offer a great shopping experience. A privacy-first approach helps break down these barriers between you and your customers while future-proofing your business for the inevitable new privacy regulations that governments have in the pipeline.
Privacy-first doesn’t have to reduce functionality either. Motive Commerce Search provides shop owners great features like filters, synonyms, UI customisations, business rules, results visibility and more. All this in an easy to install, no-code plugin built on 10 years of experience from our sister company Empathy.co.
Retailers looking to build trust through privacy can sign up to Motive Commerce search now.


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Wednesday , May 15th 2019
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Weak July concerns auto industry
DETROIT — Car buyers kept visiting dealerships in July, but not in big enough numbers to shake the auto industry's unease about its recovery.
Analysts predicted only a slight rise in U.S. sales of new cars and trucks for July. A lack of discounts and continuing shortages of Japanese cars kept many buyers away, causing sales to sputter for the third straight month. Americans also worried about the weakening economy.
"We're still not back on the track of recovery yet," said Jeff Schuster, executive director of global forecasting at J.D. Power and Associates. "There's definitely some weakness kind of looming out there."
Sales started strong this year, but have slowed as the economy's growth faltered and Japan's earthquake caused shortages of popular models sold by Honda and Toyota. The unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent earlier this summer, the highest level this year, and consumer confidence is shaky.
But July wasn't a total loss. Sales of compact cars and newer, more fuel-efficient SUVs rose.
Trucks sales were down, however, hurt by continuing weakness in construction.
Chrysler Group LLC said its sales rose 20 percent over last July. It was helped by new products such as the Jeep Grand Cherokee, which saw sales jump 76 percent.
Sales rose 8 percent at General Motors, led by fuel-efficient vehicles such as the Chevrolet Cruze, which can get 30 mpg in combined city-highway driving. Analysts say even though gas prices have dropped, most people expect them to rise again. Sales rose sharply for the Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain small crossovers, which also get good gas mileage.
GM Vice President of Sales Don Johnson said many customers decided to hold off buying cars last month because wrangling over raising the government's debt ceiling made buyers nervous.
"Uncertainty, in our business, is always bad for consumers," Mr. Johnson said.
Ford Motor Co. said sales rose 6 percent. The new Ford Explorer was a strong performer, with sales more than double a year ago. One of the company's small cars did well, too. The Fiesta saw sales rise 58 percent. But in disappointment for the company, the popular Focus couldn't capitalize on strong small-car sales, because problems at a factory limited production.
Buyers, who are accustomed to summertime discounts, are also concerned about high prices. Mr. Schuster said a standoff could be brewing between people waiting for deals and automakers that are reluctant to give them. Carmakers are keeping prices high because of rising steel costs and lingering shortages of some vehicles and parts.
Automakers spent an average of $2,418 per vehicle on incentives, down 15 percent from last July, according to car pricing site TrueCar.com.
Mr. Johnson predicted that discounts would rise in the second half. Japanese cars are re-entering the market as their factories come back on line. That could boost industry sales because many people are waiting for those cars. Also, sales could get a lift from people who are driving older cars and finally need to replace them.
"The underlying fundamentals are there to get back on track with that slow, steady growth that we saw earlier in the year," Mr. Johnson said.
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Modem vs. router: The differences between the pieces of hardware that connect you to the internet, explained
A modem and router work in tandem to deliver you an internet connection and then grant access to your various devices.
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It seems clear that Apple is taking control of its own destiny — and possibly paving the way for better 5G-capable computers.
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Burger King is no stranger to quirky advertisements, be it taking a jibe at its arch rival McDonalds or KFC for that subject. BK has revealed time and yet again that it’s the king of subtlety and smart advertising. But the preferred speedy-foodstuff chain manufactured the headlines on some thing completely unexpected – cow farts.
Diving deep into its quirky promoting talent, Burger King produced an academic video conveying the damaging affect of livestock on the ecosystem. Starring Mason Ramsey, a.k.a. the “Walmart kid”, the advert goes on to clearly show how cow farts, burps and splatters are “no laughing make any difference.” Pondering why? Perfectly, they constitute a variety of greenhouse fuel that contributes to the local climate modify.
What is BK accomplishing about it?
As an advocate of weather modify, Burger King’s campaign acknowledges its job in the combat. “Because we are section of the problem, we are doing work to be portion of the remedy,” BK suggests in the video clip. Adding some figures into the lighthearted campaign, BK cited info from the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization that claims livestock contributes to roughly 14.5% of worldwide greenhouse gasoline emissions.
In an work to minimize the effect of livestock on local climate change, BK, in partnership with US researchers, is acquiring a new eating plan for cows utilized for its Whoppers. The chain is including a small sum of lemongrass to their diet plan, which experiments have reportedly proven to cut down every day methane emissions by 33 percent.
Now, the new Whopper that’s sourced from cows that fart much less are heading to be produced obtainable in pick out areas in Miami, New York Town, Austin, Portland and Los Angeles.
“If the whole market, from farmers, meat suppliers, and other brands be a part of us, we can raise scale and collectively aid lessen methane emissions that affect climate change,” Fernando Machado, world wide main marketing officer for Cafe Brand names International, in a assertion.
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Deutsche said in its upgrade of the restaurant hospitality company and owner of Chili's that it sees a "multiple re-rate" of the stock as long as management continues to execute.
"We are upgrading shares of EAT to Buy, as we believe that there is still ~25% upside over the next 12 months in a relatively conservative base case, and more than that in a bull case that seems far from incredible. It appears evident to us that a complete narrative shift is now underway with EAT, and so long as management can continue to execute and make smart decisions with the balance sheet, we see the potential for a multiple re-rate to follow."
"First, the leading off-price retailers' stores and concepts have proven to be destinations loved by consumers as evidenced by traffic increases driving market share gains over many years. Although COVID-19 forced the temporary closure of stores for most of the first quarter, leading to more than a 50% decline in sales, we believe that reopenings will have allowed business trends to jump start and eventually get back on track, if not accelerate post 2Q20 and beyond."


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HTC’s chief marketing officer John Wang told The Associated Press on Tuesday at the Mobile World Congress trade show that the development is “is going to make the ecosystem even better for everybody, including HTC.”
HTC Corp. of Taiwan was for a long time almost exclusively a maker of Windows phones, but diversified in the last two years with Google Inc.’s Android operating system.
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World Dairy Expo 50th anniversary painting unveiled
As the official kick-off to the 50th Anniversary of World Dairy Expo®, a commemorative painting was unveiled on Tuesday, June 14, at the Summer Board Meeting and Friends of Expo Volunteer Picnic, hosted by Vita Plus Corporation. The painting was completed by artist Larry Schultz, of Sunny Beach Farm Studio.
Schultz was approached four years ago about creating a painting for Expo’s 50th Anniversary. He was able to capture an image that combines all facets of Expo – spanning the five-decade history and showcasing iconic moments, animals and people.
“We really wanted to include as many elements of Expo as possible,” Schultz said. “The cows, the famous globe – that and the Coliseum itself are almost a lifelong thing. We wanted to also incorporate commercial (elements); we tried to touch everything. Together, we put quite a bit of thought into it. We wanted to show the whole entire experience.”
Prints can be ordered from the 50th Anniversary page on the World Dairy Expo website at worlddairyexpo.com. Paper prints are available in three sizes, including 8”x10”, 16”x20” and 18”x24”. Additionally, a canvas wrap is available in 16”x11”.
While the focus of the afternoon was the unveiling of the painting, the picnic included other highlights. The Board of Directors held its summer meeting, where two new board members were introduced. Randy Geiger and David Cooper were seated on the board and will represent Lakeshore Federated Dairy Cooperative and National Milk Producers Federation. Geiger owns a herd of Registered Holsteins near Reedsville, Wisconsin with his wife, Rosalie. Cooper serves as the General Manager for FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative based in Madison, Wisconsin. The picnic was attended by a record number of board members and volunteers and featured plant tours of Vita Plus Corporation.
Recognized as the meeting place for the global dairy industry, World Dairy Expo attracts more than 70,000 attendees from over 90 countries to Madison, Wisconsin, each year. The annual event will take place Oct. 4-8, 2016, with the theme of “Celebrate 50!” to commemorate its golden anniversary. Visit worlddairyexpo.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter (@WDExpo or #Celebrate50) for more information.


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FOR many years, people all over the world have received their news from newspapers.
Whether you are an avid or occasional newspaper reader, read on to find out how you'll get your news fix this May Bank Holiday.
Are newspapers published over the August Bank Holiday?
Yes, most daily national newspapers are published on every Bank Holiday – except Christmas Day.
The Sun will be published on the August Bank Holidays.
Most other national newspapers' daily news editions will be printed and released as usual on this day.
However, there are some publications, such as the Financial Times, that don't publish on selected Bank Holidays.
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They also don't publish a paper on a Sunday.
Popular free sheet Metro is published Monday to Friday, however, it is not published on public holidays.
On the August Bank Holidays, most of your favourite national papers will be published as usual.
But it is always worth checking online to clarify if your paper of choice will be printed on the bank holiday.
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Are newspapers delivered over the August Bank Holiday?
If you receive a newspaper through your letter box, you should expect your delivery as normal.
However, it may still be best to check with your local shop that delivers your paper if the Bank Holiday will disrupt your delivery.
You can still buy them from your local shop on the Bank Holiday, but it may be best to check their opening times beforehand to avoid arriving at a closed shop.
Unlike the Easter Bank Holiday where regulations force stores over 280 square metres to close, the August Bank Holiday has no such restrictions, however, they may operate on reduced hours.
This means you will be able to go into any shop, whether large or small, to purchase your Monday newspaper.
These are the 2023 bank holiday dates we still have to look forward to:
- August 28 – Summer bank holiday, England and Wales only
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In an article for Politco yesterday, reporter Joe Marks looked at whether Hillary Clinton’s Blackberry was more or less secure than her colleagues in government, concluding that it was probably the latter.
BlackBerry has always touted that its devices offer more security straight out of the box than rivals such as Apple, but the article explored the extra levels of security that are available to organizations that consider their data to be extremely valuable, such as multinational corporations and governments. The encryption offered by the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, says Marks, is an expensive solution that makes a BlackBerry Bold, Classic or Z10 acceptable to the needs of most enterprise clients.
Clinton last week was at the centre of a mini-scandal when she admitted that she used her personal BlackBerry for state department use, a practice critics suggested could have put valuable data at risk.
“I opted for convenience to use my personal email account which was allowed by the State Department because I thought it would be easier to carry just one device for my work and for my personal emails instead of two,” Clinton said. “Looking back it would have been better if I had simply used a second email account and carried a second phone but at the time, this didn’t seem like an issue.”
The test of whether or not BlackBerrys are secure is an important one for the Canadian company because CEO John Chen has placed its hopes squarely on the enterprise market. What has come to light with the Clinton saga is the varying levels of protection available to those for whom securing their data is of utmost importance.
The most famous BlackBerry user in the world is U.S. President Barack Obama. But his device, from the inside out, bears little resemblance to the one you or I might use.
Obama’s BlackBerry will reportedly only accept emails from a pre-approved list of addresses and he can only phone those colleagues whose phones have a security protocol that matches his. That protocol, reportedly, is called SecurVoice, and was developed by a company called The Genesis Key, which is believed to have worked in conjunction with BlackBerry engineers to supply Obama with a device that, to the outside world, looks like an ordinary BlackBerry.
Obama’s Frankenstein-like smartphone was reportedly deemed necessary by the Secret Service, NSA, and The White House Communications Agency. Other world leaders who use the devices include German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Denmark Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and British Prime Minister, David Cameron.
Since John Chen took over as CEO, BlackBerry is never far from the hot button issues, which are often expressed on it own blog. Yesterday, in the wake of the Clinton scuttlebutt, the company’s Matt Young penned an article entitled “Two Affirmations for BlackBerry Security: UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Reaction to Hyper-Secure SecuTABLET”.
The article cited an interview with David Cameron, who praised BlackBerry last year, and again in an interview with BuzzFeed recently.
“Wherever I am in the world, I am always within a few feet of a BlackBerry and an ability to manage things should they need to be managed,” he said.
Young points out that BlackBerry has earned more than seventy security certifications and approvals from governments, which he says is more than any other device maker.
BlackBerry is clearly the choice of world leaders, and it is unlikely that the issues around Hillary Clinton’s use of hers will have any affect on that status. But BlackBerry users who pick up the device because Obama uses one should know that their BlackBerry is a BlackBerry the same way James Bonds’s Jaguar XKR is a Jaguar XKR. It is, but it isn’t.
All this is great but where is the money?
Your childish hypocrisy is breathtaking. Everybody knows Obama’s BlackBerry is special.
Clinton said she used a private e-mail server that was installed in her
home originally for the use of former president Bill Clinton.
Clinton insisted that there were “numerous safeguards” in place and
there were “no security breaches.” Clinton said personal e-mails were
discarded and added the server would remain private.
The department has said repeatedly that Clinton’s use of a private
e-mail account was not prohibited as long as she kept records.
World leaders use the best secure and fancy BlackBerry devices… “Including the German Chancellor Angela
Merkel, Denmark Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and British Prime
Minister, David Cameron…”
BB10 + BES12+ SECURSMART + The best high technology ever.
Blackberry is, the unique Device manufacturer, which has the authority to operate at the Pentagon….. The only one !
Beside you, I don’t see nothing being Frankenstein-like
Clinton has already said she only used her personal email for non-classified emails. If anyone actually thought that a personal BlackBerry was as secure as one working in conjunction with BES 12 or similar set up is just foolish. The fact is that BlackBerrys are more secure out of the box than any other phone is out of the box and is capable at every level to be the most secure mobile on the planet. Besides that, they make great hardware and have a great new OS.
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God of War III is complete
Word in this morning reveals that Sony's big-name sequel of God of War III is now complete, and has been sent for duplication by Sony Santa Monica.
The completion of the third in Kratos' trilogy has been on the cards for some weeks, Sony unleashing news of the game's 'gold' status via a new Twitter update.
"God of War 3 has gone gold and is being manufactured! Wheee!" offers technical director Christer Ericson.
God of War III will be released in March, exclusively for the PS3.
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- Rumour: DirectX 12 could allow mixing and matching of AMD and Nvidia GPUs
- No more online modes for Ridge Racer Unbounded in Europe
- Mortal Kombat X coming to mobiles as a free-to-play card battler
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How Putin’s champagne label law could spark a trademark dispute with France
Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an amendment to a federal law reserving the use of the Russian term for champagne – Шампанское (shampanskoye) – to sparkling wines produced in Russia.
Putin's move has caused a stir with French producers, as it will require them to use the generic term “sparkling wine" on the back of their bottles sold in Russia.
“Sovietskoïé shampanskoye" is the Russian word established under Stalin rule in the 1920s that describes a cheap and low quality sparkling wine available in Russia. Its production method is different from the one used in France.
One could argue that obliging French champagne producers to add the generic term “sparkling wine" to their bottles and preventing them from using “shampanskoye" would violate international intellectual property law. It may also be considered discriminatory, as only Russian producers would be able to use the Cyrillic term for champagne.
The Champagne Committee, the trade association that represents the interests of French producers in the Champagne region, said that banning the use of this internationally protected brand is “scandalous". The statement noted that the “Champagne" brand is protected in over 120 countries.
The new legislation appears to have been introduced without expert consultation, and has been widely mocked by champagne drinkers on social media: “Now it's necessary to ban Scots and Americans from using the word "whisky", joked restaurateur Sergei Mironov.
Putin's move has, unsurprisingly, attracted harsh criticism from French champagne producers, who are protected by intellectual property rules established by the World Trade Organization (WTO). These rules – to which Russia is bound – are supposed to give them a strong monopoly over the use of their brand.
The label change will cost the champagne industry hundreds of thousands of euros to obtain the new certification as well as further laboratory tests, new barcodes and labels for bottles.
Russian products for Russia
The Russian market for champagne ranks 15th globally, but it is still important because Russians tend to buy expensive bottles.
Russia imports around 50 million litres of sparkling wines and champagnes each year, 13% of which is champagne from France. In 2020, French champagne exports to Russia rose by nearly 10% to almost 1.9 million bottles, and were up by around 2% in value, to €35 million (£29.9 million).
Commentators have pointed out that the new rule has a hidden protectionist rationale, favouring sparkling wine producers in the south of Russia (Krasnodar) and Crimea (which was annexed by Russia in 2014). The Association of Russian makers of sparkling wines stated that around 250 million of their bottles are sold annually in the domestic market.
This is not the first time Russia has introduced measures favouring national manufacturers. In 2014, imports of foreign foods like Parmesan and Gouda cheeses and Iberian ham were restricted to promote local producers. And in 2017, a law was introduced raising excise duty on foreign sparkling wines.
A WTO dispute in sight?
France's foreign trade minister Franck Riester raised the possibility of starting a legal action against Russia at the WTO to defend the interests of French champagne producers.
The EU sided with France: “We will do everything necessary to protect our rights and take the necessary steps", European Commission spokeswoman Miriam Garcia Ferrer said.
The WTO treaty which protects brands explicitly prohibits states from introducing special requirements – such as the obligation to translate a brand to the local language – that would “unjustifiably encumber" the use of such trademarks.
This rule was unsuccessfully invoked by opponents of an Australian measure introduced in 2012, which requires tobacco manufacturers to remove colourful, eye-catching logos from their packaging.
The countries which opposed the new law, backed by major tobacco brands, claimed that imposing this requirement is akin to a government unfairly stripping private business of their trademarks, and could also mislead consumers and retailers. The WTO courts did not agree, saying instead that the law was a justifiable measure aimed at discouraging consumption of a harmful and deadly product.
In another WTO case, the US objected to an Indonesian programme requiring companies seeking national subsidies for car production to register and use a trademark with Indonesian character. The WTO court rejected the US claim that the measure was an unjustifiable encumbrance on the use of brands, saying that no requirement had been imposed on US car manufacturers, as the entry into the programme was voluntary and optional.
But the new Russian law on labelling of sparkling wine is different. It doesn't seem to have been passed with a clear public health interest in mind, nor can French champagne makers avoid the labelling requirements by opting out. What it appears to do instead is satisfy the interest of Russian producers to be protected and insulated from the fierce competition of French champagne makers.
If France and the EU do file a complaint at the WTO, they are very likely to prevail. Whether or not a final decision or settlement is reached, the challenge alone would send a global message that jeopardising the cultural and gastronomic heritage embodied in traditional wine and food brands will not be tolerated by producers and their countries.


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Tourists from all over the world are visiting our nation’s capital to see a symbol of international friendship and cooperation. The cherry blossom trees, a gift from Japan to the United States in 1912, are in bloom. While visiting Washington, D.C., some of those tourists might also make their way to the National Zoo, home of two giant pandas currently on loan from the China Wildlife Conservation Association. The panda exhibit began back in 1972 when the Chinese government gave two pandas to the U.S. following President Nixon’s visit to China.
Against this backdrop of good international relations, however, a conflict is escalating between the U.S. and China. China has engaged in unfair trade practices for years, and now the U.S. is reacting with tariffs intended to bring China to the negotiating table. Instead of negotiating to stop the tariffs and agree to fairer trade terms, China has responded by escalating the situation with higher tariffs on U.S. goods, with agricultural products in the crosshairs.
No matter who started it, it’s time to stop it. U.S. – China trade is too important, to both countries, to let this fight continue and escalate further.
As important as our $21 billion in agricultural exports to China are to farmers’ and ranchers’ livelihoods, the broader U.S. market for everything from clothing and computers to televisions and toys is much more important to China. China’s exports to the U.S. exceeded $500 billion in 2017. China has a lot to lose in this battle. That’s why just this week Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a speech that China would work to widen market access. That promise is a step in the right direction. It means there is hope we can avoid additional tariffs on our ag exports.
This is a dangerous game we are playing, with U.S. agriculture at risk of being the loser. At risk is $12 billion a year in soybean exports, half a billion dollars a year in pork and cotton exports, millions in fruit and nut exports, and more. All of this comes at a time when farm income is at a 16-year low. Farmers are patriotic, but they cannot hold on for long without their markets.
Let’s hope and pray that international goodwill is as alive today as it was when the first pandas arrived and the first cherry blossom trees were planted. It’s time to negotiate and stop this tariffs race.
Vincent “Zippy” Duvall, a poultry, cattle and hay producer from Greene County, Georgia, is the 12th president of the American Farm Bureau Federation.


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ESTERO, Fla., Feb. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HTZ) announced today that it plans to report its fourth quarter and full year 2016 results after the market close on Monday, February 27, 2017 and will host a webcast to discuss such results on Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 8:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern. This webcast can be accessed through a link on the Investor Relations section of the Hertz website, IR.Hertz.com, and will remain available for replay for approximately one year.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
The Hertz Corporation operates the Hertz, Dollar and Thrifty vehicle rental brands in approximately 10,000 corporate and franchisee locations throughout North America, Europe, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Hertz is one of the largest worldwide airport general use vehicle rental companies, and the Hertz brand is one of the most recognized in the world. Product and service initiatives such as Hertz Gold Plus Rewards, Carfirmations, Mobile Wi-Fi and unique vehicles offered through the Adrenaline, Dream, Green and Prestige Collections set Hertz Global apart from the competition. Additionally, Hertz owns the vehicle leasing and fleet management leader Donlen Corporation, operates the Hertz 24/7 hourly vehicle rental business in international markets and sells vehicles through its Rent2Buy program. The Hertz Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. For more information about Hertz, visit: www.hertz.com.
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McCartney concert revealed by Verizon Arena officials
NORTH LITTLE ROCK — After much speculation and anticipation, Verizon Arena officials have announced the “huge” act coming to the venue.
…..Drum roll please……
Sir Paul McCartney is headed for the Natural State, ladies and gentlemen! It's all part of his brand-new "One on One" tour.
Set for Saturday, April 30, ticket prices are set at $42.50, $76.50, $117, $187, and $280. There is a six-ticket limit per household. American Express Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Thursday, March 10 at 10 a.m. through Sunday, March 13 at 10 p.m.
Tickets go on sale Monday, March 14 at 10 a.m., and will be available at the Verizon Arena box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, charge by phone at (800) 745-3000.
McCartney is known as one of the most successful musicians of all-time, with more than 100 million albums sold of his work as a solo artist, and of course, The Beatles.
This McCartney's first stop in the state of Arkansas.


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by Mike Andrici, 7 months ago
Last week, much to the dismay of Apple fanboys, we saw how Android is currently on top of the 7 inch(ish) tablet market via the Google Nexus 7, a tablet that comes with better specs…
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Yesterday we received word from Asus that the Android Jelly Bean update for the Transformer Prime and Infinity was on its way “soon”. The good news is that soon is now for Asus Transformer Prime users….
We’ve known for a while now that Asus intends to bring Jelly Bean to the Transformer Pad Prime and Infinity, though no one knew how much longer we had to wait. We finally have news…
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Best-dressed celebrities at New York Fashion Week, September 2019
New York Fashion Week, the first of the "Big Four" Fashion Weeks, has commenced Independent reports.
While Fashion Week in the "City That Never Sleeps" officially takes place from Friday 6 September until Saturday 14 September, the proceedings kicked off on the Thursday with several events, including The Daily Front Row's seventh annual Fashion Media Awards.
Stars in attendance at the event included Euphoria star Zendaya, who wore a 1970s-inspired burgundy power suit from her latest collaboration with Tommy Hilfiger.
Meanwhile, actors Katie Holmes and Jamie Chung were photographed on the front row at the runway show for Israeli fashion designer Elie Tahari, both sporting clothing by the creative.
Elsewhere, we've seen countless famous faces taking their seats in the front row this season, with Miley Cyrus in all-black at Tom Ford and Ashley Graham cradling her baby bump at Christian Siriano.
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The Co-op declares war on 'harmful' lads' mags: Supermarket insist on 'modesty covers' for its shelves
- Retailer has issued ultimatum to publishers of 'lads mags'
- Parents say children can see 'near-pornographic' covers
- Co-op already places the magazines behind a black screen
Magazines which feature scantily-clad models on their covers will not be sold by the Co-op unless they are packed in protective ‘modesty covers’.
The move comes after parents complained they had to cover their children’s eyes as they walked past the near-pornographic covers in the magazine aisle.
The Co-operative has already started placing the offending covers on the top shelves behind black screens.
The Co-operative Group already covers up 'lads' magazines but has told publishers to seal them in 'modesty bags'
The supermarket chain has now given an ultimatum to so-called lads’ mags, such as Zoo, Nuts, Loaded and Front, saying they have until September 9 to deliver them in pre-sealed bags or face having them removed from its 4,000 outlets.
Senior politicians are also calling on other retailers to follow suit. Last month Tesco chairman Sir Richard Broadbent said his supermarket will consider taking lads’ mags off its shelves completely, after revealing that reading one had left him ‘startled’.
Critics say the magazines are ‘harmful’ and have become increasingly raunchy since first going on sale in the 1990s.
They regularly show pictures of topless young girls in suggestive poses. Steve Murrells, the Co-operative Group’s chief executive of retail, said: ‘We have listened to the concerns of our customers and members, many of whom say they object to their children being able to see overt sexual images in our stores.
Some customers have complained about the lewd nature of the covers, which can be seen by children
‘Whilst we have tried to mitigate the likelihood of young children seeing the images with a number of measures in-store, the most effective way of doing this is for these magazines to be put in individual, sealed modesty bags.’
The retailer added that The Sport newspaper had already agreed to the measures.
Jo Swinson, minister for women and equalities, said: ‘Adults should be left to make their own decisions about what legal sexual images they look at, but the place for these is not next to the sweets at children’s eye-level. I hope other retailers will follow the Co-operative’s lead.’
But Sophie Bennett, of the Lose the Lads’ Mags campaign group, said: ‘The so-called “modesty bags” are designed to allow the Co-operative to continue profiting from sexist, harmful lads’ mags – but just a bit more discreetly. That is not what corporate social responsibility looks like.’
The magazines could not be reached for comment yesterday.
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CHS Bookstore Offers Special Christmas Hours
Saturday, December 15 from 9 a.m. until noon will be your last opportunity for Saturday Christmas shopping in the CHS Bookstore. The bookstore will be open exam week — Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (Dec.17, 18 and 19) — from 7 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. and on Thursday (Dec. 20) from 7 a.m. until 11 a.m. Gift items and a wide selection of CHS apparel, including a new line of men’s shirts, will be available.
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Global FinTech TreviPay on Friday (Sept. 24) announced that it’s jumping into the U.S. fashion market as the API provider behind the trade credit offering for online B2B fashion and apparel service platform Flowfy.
Through the pairing, TreviPay will enable FlowPay, a digital payment process that is sold to fashion marketplaces and offers settlement terms for sellers and trade capital for buyers.
“Offering long-term trade credit can be challenging for small and medium-sized fashion wholesalers, but fashion retailers rely on 30- to 60-day payment terms in order to protect their cash flow,” said Brandon Spear, CEO of TreviPay, in the joint announcement. “TreviPay’s unique payments solution for Flowfy will provide 30-second credit approval for fashion marketplace buyers with a B2C-like experience. Additionally, FlowPay protects marketplace sellers from the risk of extending credit by providing reliable underwriting and settlements within two days.”
Flowfy is integrated with B2B artificial intelligence (AI)-driven fashion marketplace Brandboom, which facilitates introductions between sellers and buyers. “Our goal is to continue modernizing and digitizing the buyer-seller marketplace relationship as we recognize these growing needs in the fashion sector,” said Jesse Kim, director of Flowfy Commerce Service, in the company announcement.
“Partnering with TreviPay has enabled us to provide faster and more reliable settlement terms to sellers while managing payment details and extending trade capital to buyers at a competitive rate – all of which are needed to host a frictionless checkout experience,” he added.
In June, global eCommerce enabler Digital River and TreviPay teamed up on a payment solution with Lenovo to boost frictionless commerce for B2B spaces.
By using Digital River Global Seller Services, B2B brands under TreviPay’s umbrella can offer more efficient checkout options, letting buyers pay on their preferred terms. TreviPay will allow users to get an extension on net terms and invoicing at checkout at Lenovo stores, where the solution has now gone live in the U.K., Ireland, Germany and France.