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LEXINGTON, S.C. (BRAIN) — Hawley has hired two new sales rep: Monica Davis for Eastern and Southern North Carolina/South Carolina, and Dominic Galenti for the Greater Los Angeles area.
Davis has 10 years of experience in the bicycle industry, including sales and management at Michelin and Giant.
EUGENE, Ore. (BRAIN) — Burley Design has promoted Nick Coughlin to marketing manager and hired Scott Spence as director of product development, quality and regulatory compliance.
MORGAN HILL, Calif. (BRAIN) — Kali Protectives has added to its inside sales team, hiring Tracey Bueno as territory manager for the Pacific Northwest and the Rockies and promoting Matt Buzenes to Midwest territory manager.
FOXBORO, Mass. (BRAIN) — Delta Cycle, Inc. has hired F. Chris Nelson as the brand's first sales director.
Nelson is a 30-year veteran of the run and bike industries, having worked for Penguin Brands, Nathan, Reebok, Mizuno, Ronhill, Jogalite, and Dr. Scholl's in the past.
BOULDER, Colo. (BRAIN) — After 12 years at the helm, Mike Van Abel has resigned as the organization's executive director, effective Friday. The organization's board is working to select a permanent replacement for the position.
EUGENE, Ore. (BRAIN) — Burley Design has announced that Allison Coughlin will become its president, effective Wednesday. Coughlin has three years of experience at the company, most recently as its sales and marketing manager.
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. (BRAIN) —Pedego plans to accelerate its growth on the East Coast with the appointment of dealer development specialist Ryan Maccione.
NAMPA, Idaho (BRAIN) — Deity has hired Sean "Griz" McClendon as the brand's North American sales and grass-roots team manager.
McClendon has background as a professional rider and headed the bike division for Maxima Lubricants before resigning from that company at the end of July.
ZWOLLE, Netherlands (BRAIN) — NuVinci Cycling, a division of Fallbrook Technologies Inc. has hired Anne Guethoff as its new director of marketing.
TEMPE, Ariz. (BRAIN) — Pivot Cycles has hired Michael Golinski, the founder of Spot Brand and former general manager of Planet X USA, to head up Pivot's international operations.
FARMINGTON, Utah (BRAIN) — Vista Outdoor Inc., has promoted Jessica Klodnicki and Greg Shapleigh to new roles within its Outdoor Products segment.
CHICAGO (BRAIN) — SRAM veterans Sander Rigney and Ron Ritzler have each joined the company's senior management team in vice president roles.
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (BRAIN) — Quality Bicycle Products said it’s filling four key sales positions. The distributor said it’s an investment in specialty retail, with more dedicated resources to accommodate its Dealer’s Choice program and to help dealers thrive.
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (BRAIN) — Bell Helmets and Blackburn is adding three people to product and marketing. The new hires will assist with the introduction of several new products and carry forward consumer marketing programs such as Bell Built, Joy Ride and Blackburn Ranger programs.
SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. (BRAIN) — Bravo Sports Corp. has hired Jeff Balaban, Kyle Brookey and Dave Davenport as it expands its product and sales management team.
Bravo Sports owns several brands in the action sports and outdoor/lifestyle segments including Pro-Tec, SixSixOne and One Industries.
OGDEN, Utah (BRAIN) — Amer Sports has formed the “Cycling Anticipation Group” made up of its two cycling brands, Enve and Mavic, and named Matt Robertson to lead the initiative. Robertson previously guided the development and direction of Shimano’s mountain bike product line.
AMES, Iowa (BRAIN) — North America Cycles has added seven new employees, in its sales, art, and marketing departments, the company announced Friday.
SPRINGBORO, Ohio (BRAIN) — Safe Haven Brands, the parent company of Airborne Bicycles, DK Bikes and System Cycle Supply, has hired Michael Gamstetter as brand manager of all brands and product manager for Airborne.
MADRID (BRAIN) — Rotor Bike Components has hired industry veteran Lori Barrett as its North American brand manager.


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Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the holiday season and, most often, the busiest time to travel, but this year might bring crowds to a new level.
More than 55 million travelers are making plans to kick off the holidays with a trip of 50 miles or more away from home, according to AAA. This marks an increase of 1.6 million more travelers than last year, and the second-highest Thanksgiving travel volume since the record set in 2005.
Air travel will see the biggest increase in travel volume during the Thanksgiving holiday, with 4.45 million Americans expected to fly, and increase of 4.6% over last year. While those taking trains, buses and cruise ships will reach 1.49 million, a slight increase of 1.4% from 2018.
But by far the most holiday travelers will be hitting the roads, with 49.3 million travelers expected to drive this Thanksgiving, the most since 2005 and 2.8% more than last year.
AAA predicts major delays throughout the week, but expects Wednesday afternoon to be the worst travel period nationally, with trips taking as much four times longer as commuters mix with travelers.
“With record levels of travelers, and persistent population growth in the country’s major metropolitan areas, drivers must prepare for major delays,” said Trevor Reed, transportation analyst for INRIX, a global transportation analytics company that AAA has partnered with to design a holiday travel guide. “Although travel times will peak on Wednesday afternoon nationally, travelers should expect much heavier than normal congestion throughout the week.”
A recent analysis of AAA’s flight booking data from the last three years revealed that flying the Monday before the Thanksgiving travel rush is the best option for air travelers. It has the lowest average ticket price ($486) prior to the holiday, and is a generally lighter travel day than later in the week. Travelers can also save by traveling on Thanksgiving Day, which has the week’s lowest average price per ticket ($454).

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Soft Launch and Vesting Updates
The Refinable team has made substantial milestones in the past week with the soft launch of our platform! We have successfully crossed 2,500 mints and 600 transactions in just our first week.
Accessibility has always been our north star and we are committed to making NFTs cheaper, faster, and safer to engage with. With greater accessibility, users and brands can begin to experiment and further expand existing NFT use cases for the wider community.
Beyond just accessibility, everyone is also looking to greener solutions within the blockchain space. With Binance Smart Chain (“BSC”) as our ecosystem partner, we are happy to provide a more energy efficient platform for the community so that we can do better by our users and the world at large. BSC’s gas price averages 20 gwei which means less congestion on the ecosystem, less energy consumed by validators, and lower gas fees for the users.
This past week also saw the release of several new creations, trading, and social features for our platform and we are well on our way to achieving our roadmap goals. We have also been busy working on external partnerships, of which Seascape and SATOR have been announced! As always, stay tuned to our socials for the latest partnership scoop.
As the platform comes to life, our priority now shifts towards further developing the platform, integrating additional partners, and acquiring new users.
With our new user acquisition strategy, the team has decided to delay the vesting schedule of all private sale investors beginning this past Monday (May 24th, 2021–12 am HKT). The team will be implementing a 12-month pause to the remaining locked tokens to provide time for our platform and community to mature. The remaining vesting will restart 12 months from May 24th, 2021 and will unlock linearly over the next 12 months. All unlocked tokens up to the pause will remain unlocked and distributed to investors.
This vesting adjustment will no doubt set a foundational period for Refinable that will allow our platform and community to mature and thrive. With the support of our team and investors, we are excited to continue working hard to make Refinable the definitive NFT hub for all users, brands, and communities!
Invested by Binance and Mr Beast, Refinable is the first major NFT marketplace on BSC, empowering both individual creators and beloved brands to easily and affordably create, discover, trade, and leverage NFTs. Supporting all communities in engaging with NFTs is Refinable’s mission and we look forward to empowering the next generation of digital transactions.


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IAG Cargo transports six white rhinos from Johannesburg to Miami
IAG Cargo hosted six special white rhinos on British Airways’ first A380 flight to Miami yesterday. The rhinos made their journey from Johannesburg, South Africa to Miami as part of efforts to ensure the continued genetic diversity of the species.
Gabriella Tamasi, Product Manager for Live Animals at IAG Cargo, said: “The A380 allows us to control the hold temperature to within one degree of accuracy – which is really important as rhinos give off a lot of body heat and we need to keep the temperature as comfortable as possible for these magnificent creatures.”
Specialists from IAG Cargo alongside veterinary teams were available throughout the voyage to ensure a comfortable and relaxed flight. They were transported via IAG Cargo’s Live Animals, which specialises in the movement of animals of all types, shapes and sizes.
Watch a video of their incredible journey here.
Poaching and habitat destruction have caused a massive drop in the number of white rhinos in the past but recently they have become a conservation success story. Numbers in the wild dropped to as low as 50 in the early at the turn of the last century, but increased to more than 20,000, becoming the most populous of all the rhino species.
IAG Cargo was created following the merger of British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo in 2011. In 2014 the operations of British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo had a commercial revenue of €992 million. It has a workforce of over 2,400 people covering a network of over 350 destinations across the planet.
Kuehne+Nagel cuts carbon footprint by 70% for Honda China
Around 16,000 tonnes of CO2 has been cut from supply chain of Honda's China-based manufacturing division through a road-to-rail transformation in partnership with logistics leader Kuehne+Nagel.
The programme was developed through KN Sincero, the joint venture between Swiss headquartered Kuehne+Nagel and Chinese automotive logistics firm Sincero, established in 2018.
KN Sincero worked with Honda China to develop an integrated solution to convert much of its domestic long-haul trucking to train lines, using regional hubs to improve supply chain performance and further reduce carbon emissions. The programme delivered consolidations as well as value-added services, including sorting, scanning, repackaging, GPS track and trace, and recyclable container management.
"Kuehne+Nagel has always been a supply chain partner that we can rely on, to help us improve our supply chain performance whilst also achieving our environmental goals,” said Mr. Jiang Hui and Mr. Takuji Kitamura, Joint General Manager of Wuhan Dong Hon, the logistics affiliate of Dongfong Honda Automotive.
After six months of shifting to the road-to-rail model, new supply chain reliability and efficiencies are expected too trip 16,000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually. The carbon savings represent an enormous 70% reduction in total.
"Automotive is one of the most important sectors in contract logistics, particularly in China, the world’s largest automotive market,” added Gianfranco Sgro, member of the Management Board of Kuehne + Nagel International AG, responsible for Contract Logistics. “I am glad that Kuehne+Nagel and Honda share a common vision of service, innovation and sustainability.”
Kuehne+Nagel’s Net Zero Carbon programme
Kuehne+Nagel announced its Net Zero Carbon programme in 2019 with a dual purpose to reduce CO2 output in its own logistics operations, as well as partnering with organisations to minimise their own impact on the planet. Kuehne+Nagel reached carbon neutrality globally in 2020 throughout its own, direct emissions, and is now focused on developing its capabilities to serve partners.
Dr. Detlef Trefzger, Chief Executive Officer of Kuehne+Nagel International AG, said the programme is “a package of measures to fight CO2 emissions and provide sustainable and innovative supply chain solutions – hand in hand with our suppliers and customers”.
As part of the initiative, Kuehne+Nagel established its own nature projects in Myanmar and New Zealand, and invested in ‘nature-based’ carbon dioxide compensation projects to strip harmful emissions from the environment. It is committed to being CO2 neutral for shipments in its network of transport suppliers by 2030.


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Know which mid-size SUVs will launch in India soon.
The mid-size SUV segment is highly popular in India. The SUV hungry population of India is constantly on the prowl for a new SUV. Currently, the mid-size SUV segment is ruled by the Korean siblings, Hyundai Creta and Kia Seltos. But, with the right product and attractive pricing, the rivals have a chance to bring customers to themselves. Let’s take a look at the exciting mid-size SUVs to launch in India.
The first exciting mid-size SUVs is from MG motors and is planning to launch a mid-size SUV to challenge the Korean siblings. The vehicle is rumored to be named MG Astor and might be the derivative of the MG ZS EV. The SUV is likely to be offered in petrol version only. It is expected to come in two engine options – a 120bhp, 1.5-litre 4-cylinder NA petrol and a 163bhp, 1.3-litre turbocharged petrol. Both manual and automatic gearbox options will be on offer.
Volkswagen Taigun is the mid-size offering which underpins the Skoda Kushaq. It will come with two engine options – a 113bhp, 1.0L turbocharged petrol with 6MT & 6AT, and a 147bhp, 1.5L turbocharged petrol with 6MT & 7-speed DSG. The vehicle will share its features with the Kushaq and is expected to be launched in August-September 2021.
The current generation of the Duster has been around for a long time now, without significant changes. Renault will discontinue the current generation by the end of 2021 and will replace it with the next-gen Renault Duster. The third-gen Duster will be based on the CMF-B platform, which will also underpin the next-gen Nissan Kicks and the Renault Captur. It is expected to be launched in 2023-24.
Next Mahindra XUV500
The existing XUV 500 is likely to be replaced with an all-new 7-seater variant, the XUV 700. The XUV 500 will return as a mid-size 5-seater SUV and will be pitted against the Creta and Seltos. Likely to be launched by 2025, the new SUV is likely to receive hybrid powertrain as well as electric.
Honda is likely to enter the mid-size SUV segment in India. The vehicle will be based on the City platform, helping the automaker to achieve higher levels of localisation. The company has already trademarked the name ‘Elevate’ and is likely to share the 1.5L petrol and diesel engines with the manual and CVT automatic gearbox with the City sedan. It will be launched in a 5 and 7-seater configuration.
Tata Motors is also developing a new mid-sized SUV for the Indian market. The new SUV could be based on the new ALFA modular platform, which currently underpins the Altroz. Internally called the Blackbird, the new SUV could receive a turbocharged petrol and diesel engine options. Details about the new model are yet to be revealed.
Maruti-Toyota Mid-Size SUV
Maruti-Toyota joint venture has resulted in the Glanza and Urban Cruiser. Both the automakers are developing a new mid-size SUV to be launched in 2022-23. The SUV will be produced at the Toyota’s production plant in Bidadi, and will use Yaris production line.


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CaPow, an Israeli company with a continuous power supply for warehouse robots eliminating charging downtime, has struck a U.S. partnership to expand here, selling into robot makers, 3PLs and companies with fulfillment/distribution networks. CaPow delivers power continuously via a system using copper foil transmitters mounted on fixed points, paired with similar receivers on the robots.
Opex, a maker of warehouse and fulfillment center automation and robotic systems, has filed a second set of lawsuits against two companies alleging infringement of patents for its Perfect Pick automated storage and retrieval (AS/RS) system and its Sure Sort automated sortation system.
Amazon is acquiring Cloostermans, a private Belgian company dating back to 1884. The company makes robotic systems for moving heavy items like stacked pallets and totes to stage products for delivery. Amazon, a customer for some time, will further enhance the technology and likely take it off the market. Terms were not disclosed.
Warehouse robotics firm Exotec has raised $335 million in a Series D funding round, reaching a valuation of $2 billion as the company looks to expand its business in North America, Europe and Asia and hire 500 engineers by 2025 to enhance capabilities like order picking and add unloading.
It’s often joked that robots will soon replace humans, down to the most menial, everyday tasks. But many robotics companies are in an actual arms race to replace human labor, particularly in the supply chain. Yet it’s often still too costly to implement, leaving humans as the most efficient, effective method for warehouse picking.
In calculating ecommerce fulfillment cost per order, labor generally makes up more than 50% of the total. As labor costs continue to increase, overall fulfillment center productivity in many companies has remained flat. What are you doing to manage your labor and reduce costs? Here are five tactics companies should consider.
There has been a steady proliferation of autonomous mobile robot makers. This while demand has grown for AMRs in order fulfillment, as ecommerce booms and labor is tight. But can different warehouse robots play nice together? Two members of a standards group explain how it’s happening in this MCM CommerceChat podcast.
Zebra Technologies, a provider of hardware and software for warehouse fulfillment and inventory management, has acquired Fetch Robotics for $290 million, after an initial investment and partnership. Zebra saw a good fit between its workflow software and inventory/pick management devices and Fetch’s AMR capabilities.
Pickle, a startup that grew out of a lab at MIT and created a robotic arm that can unload up to 1,800 boxes an hour from a trailer, has raised $5.75 million to date and picked up 3PL and parcel shipping clients who have a need for speed. Dill can handle the 1,800 items per hour to a sorter, or 1,000 an hour directly to a putwall.
Boston Dynamics, creators of the viral dancing robots video just before New Year’s Eve, is making further inroads into the warehouse automation space with the unveiling this week of Stretch, a mobile robot purpose-built for unloading and palletizing and de-palletizing boxes. The company was acquired by Hyundai in December 2020.


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Condé Nast’s Men’s Vogue will increase its rate base beginning in February of 2009.
The boost, from 350,000 copies to 400,000 copies, comes in response to growth in subscriptions and newsstand sales. The men’s fashion and lifestyle glossy sells, on average, 53,000 newsstand copies a month and reports close to 287,000 paid subscribers, according to ABC Rapid Report.
Men’s Vogue subscribers are overwhelmingly male — 91% as of the September 2007 issue — with a media age of 43 and a median household income of $182,548. Eighty-seven percent all readers are college graduates, and 91% hold professional or managerial positions.
The magazine has also undergone some staffing changes, mainly with internal staff promotions. On the hiring side, Diego Scotti, a former American Express executive, will join Men’s Vogue as associate publisher, marketing, effective August 27.
Representatives of Men’s Vogue could not be reached for comment by press time.


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Did you know that the United States has been pushing for the digitization of the dollar? There are certain benefits and detriments to doing so, but we wanted to go over some of them today so you can see how such a thing–digitization–might benefit your company. We’ll take a closer look at the legislation today. Read More
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Everyone has been in a situation when their mobile device’s battery is too low for comfort, but if you know the right tips, you can prolong your battery’s life well beyond what you might expect. Let’s go over some of these methods.
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The laptop is one of the most useful innovations in modern computing—not only is it capable of accomplishing most (if not all) modern workplace tasks, it does so while offering the portability that today’s mobile operations require. However, these productivity workhorses don’t last forever…but how do you know when the time has come to upgrade?
- Published: 14 Feb 2022
When looking to purchase a new smartphone, most people are tempted by the latest and greatest devices on the market. In today’s blog, we’re going to introduce you to just that, the best smartphones you can get and use today.
- Published: 17 Sep 2021
With so many employees still working remotely, it’s easy to see how lost or stolen devices can create problems for your business. Therefore, like any security issue, it is critical to take it seriously before it happens rather than react to it as it occurs. Here are four preventative measures you can take today to
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With so many costs of running a company, business owners have a lot to consider, especially when it comes to mobile devices and other remote technology. Many are opting to allow their employees to bring their own devices to the workplace in an attempt to save on these costs. While this practice can be an
- Published: 19 May 2021
Of all the small inconveniences that plague modern life, a dying smartphone battery is among the worst of them—which explains how the tendency so many have to constantly keep their phone plugged in came about. However, it’s been said that this is actively bad for the device. Is this still the case? For this week’s
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It’s not a secret that we spend too much time on our phones, sitting in front of the computer or television, or just looking at screens in general. You don’t have to go out of your way to find commentary on the subject. What you might find interesting is that there have been an increasing
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For a considerably long time—over 40 years—Apple has staked the claim that their devices are pretty much hack-proof, that most hackers wouldn’t even try breaking into their security measures. Law enforcement was so repeatedly rebuffed by the company as they sought workarounds to get into their devices, that these law enforcement agencies figured it out
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Many people have fallen out of the habit of answering their mobile phones when they receive a call, simply because of the rising prevalence that scam calls have seen in the past few years. While these calls are undeniably annoying, they can also be dangerous, which is why it suits your interests to prevent them
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The fifth generation of wireless communications—5G—has been hotly anticipated, already appearing in advertisements for cellular connectivity and set to expand the potential of automated processes. One particularly pertinent application is to the smart devices and services that make up the Internet of Things. Let’s consider where 5G currently stands, and how its capabilities could impact


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Gordon Murray is developing an electric version of his T25 City Car in collaboration with Zytec which will utilise the iStream process of manufacture.
Back in March we reported on a new small car concept from Gordon Murray Design – the T25 – which GMD said was a new way forward in small cars. A concept that was to be licensed to manufacturers around the world to build their own version based on the GMD concept and their simplified iStream manufacturing process. And now we have news that Gordon Murray is busy creating the T27, an electric version of the T25 concept which Murray says will be the most efficient electric vehicle on earth.
What we don’t have is any real depth of detail. But Gordon Murray’s ideas do have a lot of credibility. He’s raised £4.5 million with a grant from the Technology Strategy Board and Murray, together with tech company Zytec – who are building the powertrain – are stumping up a further £4.5 million to get the T27 project on the go.
What we do know is that the T27 is likely to be a T25 with electric bits. Those electric bits – motor, inverter, lithium-ion batteries etc. – will add to the weight of the T27, but it will still be a featherweight at around 750kg, which adds credence to Murray’s claims that the T27 will be the most efficient vehicle on earth.
And the T27, like the T25, will be sold to third party manufacturers to be built around the world using the iStream process which eliminates the need for expensive stamping processes. Murray sees companies like Apple and Virgin building and delivering their own versions of the T25 and T27 – The iCar; The VirginMobile.
Another interesting and innovative concept from GMD. And it’s not just innovative, but practical. GMD are producing cars for City environments. Cheap to build; cheap to run and with the sort of range that suits the Urban Environment – 60 or 70 miles.
GMD reckon to have 4 prototypes running in the next 16 months and Murray hopes to see the first iStream process up and running in the UK in the near future.


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By Mohamed Alaa El-Din Minister of Communications Khaled Negm said his ministry’s intervention to resolve Telecom Egypt’s (TE) recent crisis is not against the law. He added, in a statement to the Daily News Egypt, that the government owns 80% of the company’s shares, which allows it to intervene in order to redirect the company’s path. …
TE’s acquisition of licence means giving up EGP 20bn, revenues of next five years, says official
The company stated it achieved 9.9% profit growth over Q1 of 2015, compared to last year
TE executives send letter to ministry accusing it of targeting company through “haphazard” steps
Losses started with Mobinil entering the market, and licences should not be issued without the development of the operators’ infrastructure, says Abu Quraish
Companies urged to reach mutual agreement by arbitration committee
By Mohamed Alaa El-Din Telecom Egypt (TE) allocated EGP 3bn for investments in the infrastructure sector this year, with an increase of EGP 500m than 2014, said Mohamed El-Nawawy, CEO of TE, to Daily News Egypt. According to Nawawy, revenues from marine cables amounted to EGP 1.2bn, with the support of two giant projects with …
Egypt is promising economy given increasing population, with greater Egyptian investments expected
TE’s revenue amounted to EGP 9.1bn during the first nine months of 2014, compared to EGP8.3bn for the same period last year, according to a company statement.
We will rely on the unified licence (mobiles-landlines-internet) to attract customers, says CEO Mohamed El Nawawy
By Oxford Business Group A new licence system governing Egypt’s fiercely competitive telecoms sector is expected to be rolled out within weeks, paving the way for mobile and fixed-line operators to vie for each other’s business. While the country has a large consumer population, as penetration has passed 100%, telecoms players have faced an increasingly …
The communication firm says its year on year net profit dropped by 1.04%
The telecommunication company will be responsible for providing infrastructure for entiree network as well as securing all banking data.
Mohamed Elnawawy, managing director and CEO of te, explained that this new service will give the company a good opportunity to grow, adding that it will have a chance to compete in 85% of the market, from which they are currently excluded, with the mobile license.


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It’s hard to be upbeat at the beginning of a new year in which the safest prediction on the food front is that prices will go up in the next 12 months – but even leaving aside the price of Roquefort after 29 March and, less flippantly, the shameful stats on food poverty, trend forecasts for 2019 are a bit of a downer: more of the same, just more expensive.
And more vegan, naturally – though I think once Greggs embraces something, it can fairly be said to have passed to the mainstream. There’ll be more zero-waste kitchens, more “ancient grains” and yet more of the ferments that have been touted as the next big thing for the past decade, though as my mum still hasn’t got a clue what kombucha is, I suspect they’ll remain a niche interest.
That said, vegan food is subject to its own trends. The delivery service Uber Eats claims that while searches for seitan – a meat substitute made from wheat gluten – and haem, the protein that allows even plant-based burgers to “bleed”, are rising on its app, the lower-technology likes of jackfruit, once promoted as the new pulled pork, are “predicted to fall out of flavour with many as the meat-free offering widens”.
In other words, plain old plants are (apparently) out of favour, even among vegans, unless they’re the nutrient-rich sea vegetables formerly known as weeds, or fashionably obscure things such as salsify, calamansi or lichen, which is, if National Geographic Traveller Food is to be believed, the new lettuce. Yes, that’s the same lichen that grows on rocks; such “previously forsaken greens are now cutting-edge… Noma used it in its early days, and last year, Michelin-starred Swedish chef Fredrik Berselius brought lichen to London during his residency at Lyle’s”.
Whether this composite organism (which, strictly speaking, isn’t a plant at all) will ever make it into a plant-based Greggs sausage roll is another matter.
Also unlikely to feature on the Greggs menu is CBD oil, a non-psychoactive cannabis extract described by one US cannabidiol start-up as “the new avocado toast… much bigger than kale, much bigger than quinoa, and much more fundamental”. According to Brighton’s Canna Kitchen, consumption of its zaa’tar roast cauliflower with CBD tahini cream and hemp and CBD chocolate brownies “may lead to a sense of relaxation, peace and well-being”, which is certainly not something I’ve ever got from quinoa.
More of a mood enhancer from my point of view is the news that carbohydrates are going to be making a comeback this year and that ice cream is “having a moment”: Waitrose claims in its Future Trends report that “the popular dessert is entering a new era of Insta-friendly indulgence”. I’m not quite sure what this means, but I’m hoping for more ice cream, more of the time.
The supermarket also reckons West African cuisine is set to be the next big thing – but jollof rice has competition from the east. BBC Good Food is backing Sri Lankan and Burmese cooking, while National Geographic puts its money on the Filipino flavours that “stormed the US last year” and whose “challenging, salty-sour notes – a metallic-tasting stew, dinuguan, and fermented seafood paste, bagoong, count as favourites – suits a foodie set obsessed with ever-more adventurous tastes”.
In fact sour and bitter are widely tipped as the defining flavours of 2019 more generally – though hopefully on the plate rather than in our politics. Happy New Year all!
This article appears in the 23 Jan 2019 issue of the New Statesman, Who’s running Britain?


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Will Europe really ban thermal cars in 2035?
The all-electric transition is undoubtedly the most powerful industrial transformation the European Union has ever experienced, and Europe has no room for error. Was the ban on the sale of new thermal cars in 2035 too hasty? Some seem to think so and want to delay the mass arrival of the electric car.
As you no doubt know, the sale of new thermal cars (including hybrids and plug-in hybrids) will be banned in the European Union in 2035.
The decision has caused concern and displeasure from some major car groups, including Stellantis and Renault groups, who say the transition is too fast. Even some countries, such as Germany or Italy, were not very happy with this decision.
A number of European countries, including Italy, are concerned
Although sales of electric cars are growing rapidly, charging infrastructures are congested, electric models are becoming more and more successful, and it is highly likely that within a few years there will be a price equilibrium between thermal cars and electric cars. , there are still many uncertainties about this lawnot necessarily on the side of electric cars, but more for thermal cars.
Europe has already approved the idea of a 2026 review clause. The goal? Give manufacturers more time for charging station networks to adapt and expand. Italy has made progress in this direction in a complex economic context for a country where new car sales have fallen, unlike the rest of Europe, where growth has been steady. Only the fear of seeing electric cars arrive too soon, with higher prices and a necessarily underdeveloped network, worries Italy.
Italy is one of the most “active” countries globally regarding this law. We owe him, in particular, the famous Ferrari amendment, which provided for an exemption for luxury cars produced less than 1,000 copies per year.
Matteo Salvini, Italy’s transport minister, goes even further by stating this “The ban on thermal cars made no sense and this law is based on environmental pseudo-fundamentalism”. The latter goes further by threatening Europe with a social crisis by predicting the layoffs of thousands of workers in Europe, a freeze on sales of new cars with heat engines is maintained.
It is true that the production of electric cars requires less labor, but manufacturers do not intend to continue to cut workers. It will be necessary to open new factories, especially for batteries.
France is less pessimistic
Even with Clément Beaune, the transport minister in France, we seem a little more optimistic ” a review clause to see if there are other technologies that can accompany electrical technology. “.
“Let’s not kill our European industry either, because there are continents that are a little slower than us”he added. “We are not going to stop exporting hybrid or thermal vehicles abroad in 2035, otherwise it will be the Chinese who conquer all emerging markets”insisted the minister.
European Commission Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton previously told Les Echos in an interview. “Insisted on the adoption of the vision clause for 2026”. It is a transition to full electricity “Undoubtedly the most powerful industrial transformation the European Union has experienced”Thierry guessed Breton.
Regardless, we certainly won’t know anytime soon whether the new thermal cars will be officially banned from sale in Europe in 2035. Meanwhile, for the first time in France, more new electric cars were sold in recent months than diesel ones. It is a sign that the transition is still in progress.
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January 27, 2022 - New York, NY — Republic Realm, one of the most active developers of the metaverse and NFT ecosystem, announced today the launch of the inaugural collection of GFTs in partnership with Atari, one of the world’s most iconic brands.
GFTs are NFTs designed for gifting, and they initially appear like wrapped gift boxes but “unwrap” on a specific date to reveal a surprise inside the box. Each GFT is an NFT, or a non-fungible token on the Ethereum blockchain. The inaugural edition of GFT collectibles is designed to commemorate 2022 being Atari’s 50th year in business. The Atari collection includes 10 GFTs inspired by titles from Atari's 50-year legacy in video games. Each GFT will be produced in a limited quantity, with some more rare than others.
"The Atari brand is synonymous with video games, and video gaming is the backbone of the metaverse. What better way to commemorate Atari’s 50th anniversary than by ushering in a new era of technological innovation while also honoring the brand that launched the modern video game industry?” said Wade Rosen, CEO of Atari.
The Atari Commemorative GFT is the first of many future GFT projects by Republic Realm based around beloved brands which will be featured in the GFT Shoppe, a metaverse-based e-commerce platform and retail store.
”GFTs are like Hallmark Cards for the next generation, a more exciting, meaningful gift than either a greeting card or a gift certificate. We are so excited to kick off the grand opening of Republic Realm’s GFT Shoppe with an iconic brand like Atari, and look forward to announcing more brand collaborations in the future,” said Janine Yorio, CEO of Republic Realm.
GFT is a patented NFT technology designed and developed by Republic Realm, the company best known for developing the record-breaking Metaflower Mega Yacht, an NFT yacht that sold for 149 ETH ($650,000) in the Sandbox metaverse.
“The Atari GFT Commemorative Collection,” will be available on February 1, 2022. For more information please visit: https://gftshoppe.com/
Atari is an interactive entertainment company and an iconic gaming industry brand that transcends generations and audiences. The company is globally recognized for its multi-platform, interactive entertainment and licensed products. Atari owns and/or manages a portfolio of more than 200 unique games and franchises, including world-renowned brands like Asteroids®, Centipede®, Missile Command®, Pong®, and RollerCoaster Tycoon® and has recently launched the all-new Atari VCS videogame computer system. Atari has offices in New York and Paris. Visit us online at Atari.com.
About Republic Realm:
Republic Realm is one of the most active investors in and developers of the metaverse real estate ecosystem with the mission to become the leading and most trusted metaverse & NFT innovation and investment platform by building or buying companies to grow. Republic Realm invests in, manages, and develops assets including NFTs, virtual real estate, metaverse platforms, gaming, and infrastructure and currently has holdings in 25 metaverse platforms, has developed six metaverse real estate projects, and owns over 3,000 NFTs. For more information, visit: https://www.republicrealm.com/
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FileShadow Launches Facebook Connector
FileShadow has enabled small businesses and individuals to publish content from their FileShadow Libraries to Facebook Pages. The new feature allows content-heavy users, such as photographers, attorneys, medical practitioners, family historians, and other professionals and individuals to post content to their Facebook Pages directly from FileShadow.
FileShadow is a Provo-based SaaS service that collects a user’s content from wherever it’s located—cloud storage, email, hard drives, etc.—and gathers that content into a FileShadow Library. Through the service, which can be used on a desktop, a browser or a mobile device, users can share their content with others.
In January of this year TechBuzz previously published a profile article about FileShadow.
“The Facebook connector with FileShadow is the first of many connectors we’ll deliver to help our users post their content to their customers and groups,” said Tyrone Pike, president and CEO of FileShadow. “For the past few years, we’ve been building the connectors to your content, and now we are building applications to share that content with anyone, making it easy to find your content and then share it with others—your customers, family, friends or anyone.”
For businesses using FileShadow, they can connect their content wherever it’s stored, and then post that content to their business’ Facebook Page. Items that can be posted include logos, graphics, product photos, etc. The message and images can be posted from the FileShadow App.
Individuals can post to their Pages or family group pages. For example, a grandma can have her extended family contribute images of a recent family vacation or family history documents to a FileShadow Website Collection. The grandma can then post those images to the family’s Facebook Page for extended family members to see.
“Using FileShadow's new feature to post directly to Facebook has been a complete game-changer for me,” said Fred Whitridge, Chairman and CEO at Millennium Slate LLC. “Instead of juggling between different platforms and spending time downloading and re-uploading files, I can now seamlessly share my content directly from my storage accounts to Facebook. This convenience has made my social media experience smoother and more efficient.”
FileShadow connects data into a content library, supporting more than 1,000 file formats, including:
- Cloud storage accounts (Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe’s Lightroom solutions, Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud, OneDrive and Slack);
- Email (Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, Gmail, iCloud Mail, Yahoo! Mail and IMAP servers);
- Local storage (macOS and Windows Desktops);
- Mobile devices (iOS and Android);
- Network and direct-attached storage (NAS/DAS) devices.
With FileShadow, users share images directly to Facebook from the FileShadow app. FileShadow also allows users to post content through the Website Collection Manager. Website Collections can be shared with anyone, regardless of where they are located or using FileShadow. Anyone inside or outside the FileShadow system can contribute files to Website Collections.
A Facebook Page is the central hub for managing business content to keep customers updated about a business or a service. Users post content, promote it and connect with potential customers. More than 200 million businesses use Facebook tools to reach customers with a potential audience of three billion monthly active users worldwide.
For a free 30-day trial of FileShadow, visit www.fileshadow.com.


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2K Games and Gearbox Software announced on Thursday that Duke Nukem’s glorious comeback in Duke Nukem Forever will now explode at retail on June 10, 2011 internationally and June 14, 2011 in North America on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows PC.
“In case you haven’t heard, Duke never comes early,” said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “We’re committed to deliver a laugh-out-loud, politically incorrect experience that people will talk about for years to come. We thank Duke’s fans for their continued patience – I promise this won’t take another 15 years.”
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Instant search will be disappearing from Google according to Search Engine Land, in an effort to make searching more mobile friendly, which makes up about half of all Google requests.
Google search results will no longer auto-populate as you type.
Ending a feature that debuted back in 2010.
Apple has teamed up with Cochlear on the the Nucleus 7 sound processor, which will work natively with the iPhone, delivering audio to an implanted device in a customers body directly to the auditory nerve.
The Nucleus 7 is due in September in the US and Canada.
And, finally, Waze is coming to Android Auto after a lengthy beta The in dash version of the crowdsourced driving app makes it easy to report items like police activity and accidents with as few steps as possible.
Current Waze users will be able to log in to bring up recent searches and settings as well.
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With smartphone penetration on the rise – 83% of passengers now carry a smartphone according to the latest SITA Passenger IT Trends Survey – travellers’ reliance on apps to simplify their journey is naturally increasing. From booking to check-in to boarding, smartphones are already key tools in the travel process.
With this in mind, it’s no surprise that pretty much every major airport, airline and hotel group now has at least one smartphone app, but is offering passengers access to hundreds, or thousands, of travel-related apps really the best approach? This was the question asked at the recent SITA Air Transport IT Summit, and the general consensus was that a new strategy is needed.
Mark Schwab, CEO of Star Alliance, which has 27 airline members, said: “No customer will download 27 airline apps, multiple airport apps and the apps of the five major global hotel chains. We must find ways…to give our changing customers access to, and control over, the products they require for a seamless journey.”
Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports, seemed to agree with this sentiment, and explained: “Those (third parties) who produce the consolidated apps could be the ones controlling the customer journey.”
Airlines and airports are right to be aware of the role technology companies are playing in this space. As outlined in our interview with Google’s Head of EMEA – Travel Top Accounts earlier this year, Google is already actively helping to shape traveller habits and experiences with the likes of Google Now and Google Flights. Another technology giant, Facebook, is also keeping a close eye on opportunities in the travel sector. In fact, both Google and Facebook will reveal more on their travel-related plans and visions in keynote addresses at Future Travel Experience Global 2015, 9th-11th September, Las Vegas.
Creating a common, trusted platform
According to Thomas Windmuller, IATA’s Senior Vice President – Airport, Passenger, Cargo & Security, development of a common platform to host accurate, timely flight and travel information is a concept worth exploring.
“If I’m an airline, I know what time my flight is departing…but others now think they’re just as qualified to provide that information (to passengers),” he said. “Who is the passenger going to listen to? Whichever party provides the most accurate, up to date, reliable, tailored and user-friendly data that adds the most value.” He recognised that airports and airlines are now competing with third party companies to become the trusted source of flight and travel information, but claimed: “This competition is good”.
“We all think we’ve got the best information, but that’s rarely true,” Windmuller continued. “We need to collaborate and each provide the best data we have to a common platform. Then we can compete to channel that information from the trusted collaborative platform to the passengers.”
Jim Peters, SITA’s Chief Technology Officer, said “deep linking” of apps has potential merits, but the question remains as to whether airlines will be willing to “share eyeballs” to create a more seamless app-based experience.
All-encompassing digital travel companions
United Airlines already offers an app that is widely recognised as being one of the best in the industry thanks to the inclusion of inventive features such as passport scanning, a “travel wallet” and integration with Uber.
Peter Hammer, United’s Managing Director – Information Technology, explained that the carrier works with various partners to create the best possible mobile offer. “We allow our partners to enable us with their experience and depth of knowledge. We’ve learned that partners bring key information to us that we couldn’t do without,” he said. “Our partners today are as much invested in improving the experience as we are.”
United’s app provides an example of what can be achieved through collaboration and the pooling of resources and expertise, but the industry as a whole still has a long way to go to create more intuitive and effective mobile experiences for travellers.
Passengers crave simplicity, but to turn smartphones into all-encompassing digital travel companions, all stakeholders must show a willingness to collaborate, including with third-party technology companies, for the common good of the passenger experience.
As SITA’s Jim Peters said, airlines and airports should “not be fearful of engaging with the big boys” to help create a seamless mobile experience.


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Samsung’s new DDR4 memory is debuting on 20nm technology and targeting huge density improvements. The company claims it can build 128GB modules today — a far cry from DDR3’s current maximum of just 32GB.
HP, after years of will-they-won’t-they deliberation, has officially announced that it will be split into two separate companies: HP Inc, which will focus on PCs and printers, and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, which will take over the servers, storage, and other enterprisey aspects of HP. Current CEO of HP Meg Whitman will become the CEO of HP Enterprise; HP’s head of printers and PCs, Dion Weisler, will become HP Inc’s new CEO.
Just two days after jettisoning its last Intel/x86-oriented division to Lenovo, IBM has unveiled the first servers based on the new Power8 CPU architecture. Somewhat unusually, IBM’s press release directly attacks both Intel’s “closed and proprietary” way of doing business and its products (IBM says Power8-based systems are nearly 20% better on price-performance than x86-based systems). Is IBM all bark and no bite? Or does the Power8 architecture and and OpenPower Foundation (which now has 59 members) actually stand a chance against Intel’s server monopoly? Let’s dive in and take a closer a look.
Intel has finally shared some details on how it’s customizing chips for companies like Oracle. It turns out that these current parts go through extra validation steps and can adjust their core counts, frequencies on the fly.
Seagate, after hinting in May that it would release 8TB and 10TB hard drives in the next 12 months, has started delivering early samples of its 8TB hard drive to “major customers” (i.e. enterprise customers). Curiously, while Western Digital hit 6TB last year by filling its drives with helium, Seagate appears to be pushing the 3.5-inch spinning disk storage envelope by simply increasing areal density. Western Digital, incidentally, despite being the first to 6TB, hasn’t announced anything new since November 2013. Maybe helium wasn’t quite ready for prime time?
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Cannabis Con announces that social media platform BlazeMeet is officially confirmed as the presenting sponsor for the B2B and fan show, taking place May 28-June 1, 2019 at the SLS South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida. The marijuana-friendly trade show is part of The Cons alternative lifestyle expo that combines three emerging industries - live cam (Cam Con), tattoos (Inked Con) and cannabis (Cannabis Con) - under one roof, is already drawing a huge crowd, with attendance numbers nearly reaching capacity limits two weeks ahead of the show’s launch.
“We had tremendous success with Cam Con early on when we launched in 2014, which inspired us to expand into Inked Con and Cannabis Con,” said The Cons co-founder Clinton Cox, “but with medical marijuana finally legal in Florida, thanks to the Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization Initiative, we expect a sellout crowd and peak interest beyond anything we’ve seen here before.”
Cannabis Con will also welcome The 420 doctor on site to evaluate prospective medical marijuana patients, and the showroom floor’s exhibition space has already sold out of its booths and garden tables.
Registration is now open for The Cons (www.thecons.biz). Cam Con will take place at the SLS Hotel’s Bazaar Pool area; Inked Con will be in the Hyde Garden and the Clyde Lounge, while Cannabis Con will be held in the Hyde Pool location. Registered attendees will have access to all three conferences throughout the hotel.
The adults-only event will welcome over 50 company sponsorships, 120+ industry professionals and company exhibitors, local and national media coverage and more than 4,000 attendees, and offer a variety of seminars, networking parties and performance displays to benefit the industry’s content providers, models and affiliates.
“We are so excited and proud to create an important educational opportunity for trade attendees and fans,” added co-founder Stacey Havoc, “and we look forward to working with intelligent and open-minded people that understand the incredible potential of cannabis and the cannabis industry at large.”
To register, visit TheCons.biz or Cannabiscon.biz. SLS South Beach is located at 1701 Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, Florida 33139.
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. - Wine in Tennessee grocery stores could be on the November ballot.
monday morning, Food City grocery stores launched their petition drive in Kingsport.
Food City President Steve Smith says between June 9 and August 21, you can sign petitions at many area stores to get the issue put on local ballots.
Smith said this would bring much-needed money back to the Volunteer State. "I think what people forget about is there's a lot of leakage that goes to Virginia and Georgia around the Chattanooga market, or goes to other states across [Tennessee]. When we get those sales taxes back into Tennessee, that will be positive for communities struggling with some of their budgets right now", said Smith.
Smith told News 5 that wine taxes could bring $32 million to Tennessee.
You can find more information about the petition, by clicking here for more information.
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Samsung had to delay the Galaxy Note 7 FE (non-explody) launch, but it’s still happening, according to multiple reports from Korea. The safe Galaxy Note 7 version should launch on July 30th in Korea, a recent report said, where the three main mobile operators in the country will sell the device.
A new discovery suggests that Samsung is indeed working on three Korea-bound Galaxy Note 7 FE devices, in addition to the two international ones that were spotted in the past.
It appears that SM-N935S (SK Telecom), SM-N935K (KT) and SM-N935L (LG Uplus) are the three Galaxy Note 7 FE versions that will launch in Korea. These codenames were spotted on Samsung’s support site, Grab2Shop explains.
International variants SM-N935F and SM-N935FD, representing single and dual SIM versions of the phone, where also see in the past on Samsung’s website.
Samsung has not made an official announcement regarding the Galaxy Note 7 FE, but it sure looks like the company is working on finalizing launch plans for the handset.
Before you get too excited about buying the Galaxy Note 7 FE, I’ll remind you that you might be better off waiting one more month. In early September, Samsung is said to unveil the Galaxy Note 8, a device that’ll sport an all-screen design and much better hardware than its predecessor. The phone should hit stores before the iPhone 8, rumors say, as Samsung is looking to beat Apple to market.


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They were intended to be keepsakes of a once-in-a-lifetime moment, but instead could turn out be a nice little earner. Several Olympic torches and official uniforms have been listed for sale on eBay, with one attracting bids of more than £150,000 – although it was unclear whether that had been artificially inflated by fake bids.
A second was listed at £70,000 and another at £9,100. London 2012 organisers have said they are powerless to stop torchbearers selling the items at a profit on internet auction sites.
Two of the three torches were listed by runners who had yet to take part in the relay, which began on Saturday in Cornwall with the Olympic sailor Ben Ainslie, the first of 8,000 runners. Ainslie said he would find a "special place" in his house for his torch, but others have spotted a moneymaking opportunity.
There was some criticism when it was announced that torchbearers would have to pay £199 if they wanted to keep their golden torch, although organisers argued the cost was subsidised. A spokeswoman for the London 2012 organising committee said there was nothing they could do to prevent the sale of the torches or the white uniforms worn by relay runners. "We just hope they go to a good home," she said.
It wasn't just those who were running in the relay who were looking to cash in. The limited edition aluminium bottles of Coca-Cola being handed out by the soft drinks giant along the relay route as part of its role as a "presenting partner" were selling for upwards of £26.
Locog announced the booking of Coldplay to play the Paralympics closing ceremony on 9 September, bringing the curtain down on London's Olympic summer. The move appears to suggest the band will not be involved in the Olympics opening or closing ceremonies.
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Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido has announced plans for a Middle East division based in Dubai as it aims to capitalise on the region’s “market potential”.
Shiseido Middle East FZCO will be established in partnership with local company Creation Alexandre Miya Paris Limited, which is owned by the Kotovsky family and has been the Middle distributor for the brand since 1997.
In a statement, Shiseido said it would import and market products under its brand in seven Middle East countries—Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and UAE.
The joint venture will start operations in January 2014, with Shiseido International Europe S.A., Shiseido’s wholly owned subsidiary in France, and Creation to hold equity shares of 51 percent and 49 percent respectively.
“In light of the region’s high market potential underpinned by its large population that includes many affluent consumers, Shiseido has been examining the possibility of direct investment with the aim of further enhancing its market presence,” it said in the statement.
“This has resulted in the establishment of the joint venture with its partner, Creation, which is not only equipped with the expertise for selling skincare-centered high-end cosmetics products and a good relationship with the retail sector, but is also well versed in Arab business practices.”
Business operations in the seven countries will continue to be undertaken by Creation until December 31, 2013 when Shiseido Middle East, the new joint venture, will take over.
“In the early stages, Shiseido Middle East will focus on disseminating the global brand Shiseido across the region to reinforce the business base,” it said. “In the future, we will examine the feasibility of handling brands or lines that Shiseido currently carries.”
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Ford released this week its new strategy in Europe and it came with bad news for employees as many jobs will be lost, but the American automaker also sneaked in some electric vehicle news and said that they will introduce electric versions of all passenger vehicles in Europe.Steven Armstrong, group vice president and president, Europe, Middle East and Africa, announced the restructuring:
“We are taking decisive action to transform the Ford business in Europe. We will invest in the vehicles, services, segments and markets that best support a long-term sustainably profitable business, creating value for all our stakeholders and delivering emotive vehicles to our customers.”
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Drug major Pfizer Inc today said it is reviewing various strategic alternatives for its consumer healthcare business, including sale or separation of the vertical.
The company will be considering a range of options including a full or partial separation of the business through a spin-off, sale or other transaction, the company's Indian arm Pfizer Ltd said in a regulatory filing.
"Although there is a strong connection between Consumer Healthcare and elements of our core biopharmaceutical businesses, it is also distinct enough from our core business that there is potential for its value to be more fully realised outside the company," Pfizer Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ian Read said.
By exploring strategic options, the company can evaluate how best to fuel the future success and expansion of consumer healthcare while simultaneously unlocking potential value for shareholders, he added.
Pfizer consumer healthcare develops, manufactures and markets leading non-prescription medicines, vitamins, and personal care products.
It is is one of the largest OTC health care products businesses in the world with 2016 revenues of around $3.4 billion, operating in more than 90 countries globally.
The vertical markets two of the ten top selling consumer healthcare brands globally Centrum and Advil.
In addition, the business has ten brands that each exceeded $100 million in 2016 sales, and several local brands that are top-ranked in their respective markets.


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Zambia mobile banking space in 2014 as a result of the combination of an increase in the use of mobile phones and a push from the Zambia financial sector to reach the unbanked population. Statistics from the Zambia central bank indicate that mobile banking has surpassed traditional banking with mobile money accounts now totaling 3. 4 million fnb zambia online banking forex compared to 2 million traditional bank accounts. According to Clotilda Mulenga, FNB head of strategic marketing and communications, FNB customers are actually beginning to conduct transactions on their mobile devices rather than simply verifying their account balances or statements.
In addition to its branches in Zambia, South Africa-based FNB also operates in Swaziland, Botswana, and Namibia with services including online banking, Forex, home loans and other financial products. To meet working capital requirement of any profitable legal business. Need based subject to cash flow requirement. Subject to review every 12 months. Taxes e-payment Bank has launched e-payment system which enables the bank’s customers to settle their ZRA customs duties and domestic tax online.
32 and ATM network to 51 nos. Bank has launched SMS Banking for its esteemed customers. Access to your Bank Account . Over the time it has been ranked as high as 99 899 in the world, while most of its traffic comes from Zambia, where it reached as high as 42 position. It was hosted by First Rand Bank and First Rand Bank Limited. Fnbzambia has a high Google pagerank and bad results in terms of Yandex topical citation index.


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We only just reported that the Call of Duty franchise generated $570 million in digital revenue throughout 2015, but League of Legends made nearly 3x that money in the same period of time.
Riot Games and Tencent (the latter company purchased the former company late last year) made an insane $1.62 billion in digital revenue from League of Legends in 2015, eclipsing every other game on PC. The closest to League's $1.6 billion was CrossFire from SmileGate, which made $1.1 billion while Dungeon Fighter Online made $1.05 billion, according to digital games industry analyst firm Superdata.
Superdata CEO Joost van Dreunan said: "The top 10 PC games earn more than the top 10 mobile games. Despite a heavy industry focus on mobile gaming, the combined earnings of digital PC games for the top titles came in higher, totaling $6.3B in sales compared to $6.18B for mobile. PC-based gaming - consisting of free-to-play MMOs, subscription-based games like World of Warcraft, social games and PC downloadable games - earns over $32 billion annually, well above the $25.1 billion generated by mobile games. Three of the year's top five digital PC games (Grand Theft Auto V, Fallout 4 and The Witcher 3) were released in 2015, indicating that PC gamers have made significant progress transitioning to purchasing games digitally".
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Following a highly successful two years in business, Vegan Shack cast its net a little wider last summer, opening a brand new store in busy Piccadilly Gardens. Bringing its beloved vegan junk food menu to the city centre, the tasty takeaway also operates a brick-and-mortar store in Collyhurst, where it has provided home deliveries and takeaways for Manchester’s vegan community throughout the pandemic.
Originally starting back in March 2019 in founder Dimeji Sadiq’s one-bedroom apartment in Salford, Vegan Shack has come on leaps and bounds in just two years, gaining a huge following of vegan food lovers across Manchester. Finding success in a similar way to social media’s ‘trapbox’ chefs, Dimeji and his girlfriend began creating test dishes with the £30 left in their pockets and posting them to Instagram, where they found local foodies had a serious appetite for what they were creating.
Speaking of how Vegan Shack came to life, Dimeji said: “My girlfriend Saffron and I would make these delicious kebabs & loaded fries for ourselves when we were craving some flavourful plant-based fast food… I quickly realised that surely there must be other people that will want this?!”
Becoming the only independent restaurant in Piccadilly Gardens, the owners have described the venue as a “big achievement”, with no outside investment contributing to their growth and Dimeji praising the “amazing & supportive vegan community” for their catapult to success thus far.
Bringing their beloved menu of original bestsellers to the new site, fans can enjoy grub such as their vegan doner kebabs, BBQ loaded fries and peri chick’n tenders, as well as a whole host of new surprises, too. Vegan Shack has also introduced a brand new ‘Saver Menu’ with tasty lunch options such as their ‘cheese’ burger, as well as a tasty breakfast menu that includes a plant-based take on the famous McDonald’s breakfast McMuffin.
Find Vegan Shack at Unit F, One Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester M1 1RG and is open daily from 7am til 6pm.


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LOS ANGELES -- Smart & Final here believes more consistent operating results will create momentum that will enable it to increase its credibility within the investment community and boost its stock price, the company told shareholders at its annual meeting here.
In response to a shareholder's comment that the company's stock seems to be stuck in the $11-per-share range, Etienne Snollaerts, president and chief executive officer, said, "What we're trying to do is get Smart & Final back to basics in terms of being very consistent with customers, but that takes time, certainly more than one or two years. The stock rises when we've had consistent results for many years that enables you to regain the confidence of the market.
"We plan to increase our store base by 15 units a year on average [as compared with four to five a year for the past several years] because you cannot generate earnings if you don't grow faster than we did in the past, so we're accelerating store growth to create momentum to accelerate future earnings."
Ross Roeder, Smart & Final chairman, said he believes the company's stock is undervalued "because this company is situated in an incredible niche [as a non-membership warehouse store], and the plans we have in place should enable the stock price to eventually catch up with our performance, which has been better than that of most companies in the grocery industry.
"The strike [in late 2003 and early 2004 in Southern California] gave us a big sales increase, and with comparable-store sales up 9% over a two-year period, we're holding onto some of those gains better than other local operators, and the stock price will improve over time to reflect that."
In his formal remarks, Snollaerts said 2004 was a transition year as the company divested its food-service businesses and became a retail-only company, "but this year feels very different. We're mindful of the lessons of the past but clearly looking forward."
He said his optimism stems from the company's positioning in the value retail sector with two formats: 188 Smart & Final stores in California, Arizona, Nevada and northwest Mexico, a format geared to both business and household customers that advertises itself as "the smaller, faster warehouse store"; and 49 Cash & Carry stores in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Northern California geared to institutional business customers.
The company opened its first Cash & Carry in Southern California in mid-March, Snollaerts told the meeting -- a 20,000-square-foot store in Van Nuys, in the San Fernando Valley. He said he believes the two formats can co-exist.
The Southern California store is the first in the chain to carry the words "Smart Foodservice" beneath the Cash & Carry banner -- to identify it to institutional customers as an outlet for their needs and to link it to the Smart & Final format with which they are already familiar, Rick Phegley, senior vice president and chief financial officer, told SN following the meeting. He said the company plans to open two more Cash & Carry locations in Southern California later this year.
As approved at last year's annual meeting, the company reduced the size of its board from 11 directors to eight with the retirement of five directors and the election of two new members. The company said the reduction was necessary to increase the efficient operation of the board and to reduce costs by reducing the fees and expenses paid to board members.
The two new directors -- both from Casino Guichard-Perrachon, the France-based company that owns 57.1% of Smart & Final's stock -- are Pascal Announ, director of finance, and Thierry Bourgeron, executive vice president, human resources.
Retiring from the board were James Gold, managing director, Lazard Freres & Co.; Thomas Plaskett, managing chairman, Fox Run Capital Associates; and three Casino executives (Pierre Bouchut, CEO; Christian Couvreux, vice chairman; and Jean-Brice Hernu, executive vice president, European supermarkets).


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Another big name company has entered the game studio purchasing battlefield. Yesterday, it was announced that Facebook has officially acquired Beat Games the studio behind the hit VR rhythm game Beat Saber. Now, as Facebook owns Oculus, Beat Games is now an official part of Oculus Studios.
Great news: @BeatGamesStudio is joining Oculus Studios! @BeatSaber is the first VR-only platinum hit + one of the best ways to show people the magic of VR. We’re excited to welcome this awesome team. Director of Content Mike Verdu shares more on the blog: https://t.co/jKF98nkQ4h pic.twitter.com/oEWS5aGJJk
— Oculus (@oculus) November 26, 2019
The news came via a post on the official Oculus blog from the Director of Content Mike Verdu. Verdu would point out that, while Facebook now owns Beat Games, the studio will remain completely independently operated. Verdu would also assure fans that Beat Games will still support and ship content to all platforms that Beat Saber is currently on, and updates will still come to all platforms at the same time. Thus, the game is not becoming an Oculus exclusive. Verdu would also state the the new feature called 360° Levels mode will be coming to the game at some point next month as well as stating that more new music will be available by the end of the year.
They have only scratched the surface with Beat Saber in terms of social features, new modes, music, and more. We are thrilled to join forces to see where this talented team takes VR gaming in the future.
Since the game’s Early Access release last year, Beat Saber has been met with critical and commercial success. The game had sold over one million copies by February of this year. The game has also been nominated for and won several awards already, and is even in contention for Best VR Game at this year’s The Game Awards. Now, with the backing of Oculus and Facebook, it will be interesting to see what’s next for the hit VR rhythm game.


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Because Diamond Nexus jewelry is made with man made diamond simulants, more customers were able to purchase high-quality jewelry, this Valentine’s Day than ever before
(PRWEB) February 28, 2012
Topping the list were affordable engagement rings. Traditionally, it has always been a very popular time for couples to get engaged. Diamond Nexus was expecting plentiful orders, but predominantly those made later, usually sometime in February. This year, however, employees were surprised to see a change in the pattern of buying.
Purchases were being seen as early as January, as customers planned earlier and shopped wisely. “Men this year who were contacting us for inexpensive engagement rings, did an excellent job of allowing themselves enough time to plan the purchase and get the ring well before the big day. We loved being able to help remove some of the stress off their plates, as this is one of the biggest days of their lives,” stated Tracie Grube, Retail Manager.
“Because Diamond Nexus jewelry is made with man made diamond simulants, more customers were able to purchase high-quality jewelry, this Valentine’s Day than ever before,” continued Grube. “At the retail stores, we saw a large increase in purchases from young adults too. It is evident that girls of every age love to get sparkling jewelry for Valentine’s Day!”
“This year, we really saw customers plan out their holiday shopping quite nicely. Usually, there are quite a few people that wait til the last minute to order, but this year we didn’t really see that happen at all,” commented Rachel Kashishian, Call Center Manager. “Avoiding the last minute scramble for presents obviously kept a lot of guys out of the dog house this year and we were happy to help them out.”
“With the wedding band sale almost ending now too, for anyone who just got engaged, this would be the best opportunity to add the wedding band since they are 15% off, through February 29th. It is a great way to save a lot of extra money, and get the band now,” Kashishian added.
Diamond Nexus was founded in 2004 with the purpose of bringing to the public the powerful benefits of the diamond simulant revolution. They have over 200,000 customers worldwide that have awarded them an "A+" rating with the BBB, and are rated a top ten online jewelry store according to the IR500 list. For two years in a row brides from The Knot have selected them as their Best of Jeweler. Diamond Nexus currently has two retail locations: their flagship store at Woodfield Mall in suburban Chicago, Illinois, and a second store at Mayfair Mall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 2009 the company was named the official jeweler and crown maker of the Miss Universe Organization as part of NBC/Universal’s “Green is Universal” environmental initiative.


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NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — More than 100 men’s dress shirts, 45 huge plastic bags full of sweaters, shoes, pocketbooks and pants and 60 assorted coats, dresses and suits filled Rob McKay’s collection of clothes.
McKay, 17, of North Kingstown, is quite pleased with all these donations in his quest to help people not only have presentable clothes for a job, but perhaps even start a new life for themselves because they are employed.
“I didn’t want to give people shirts and pants to just wear them around, but something instead that could be useful. I never saw someone do a business clothing drive, so I figured there would be an excess of clothes that people would be willing to donate,” said the enterprising McKay, whose clothing drive is the centerpiece of his project to become an Eagle Scout.
“I figured people would be willing to donate them, especially if it was an Eagle Scout project,” he added, but the large number of donations that crammed his parents’ house and the generosity of people on such short notice surprised even him.
This Scout at Troop 152 has grown up volunteering for the Special Olympics in an effort to help others.
When thinking about an Eagle Scout project that needed to be focused on leadership and management, collecting clothes and helping people dress for success came naturally for the high school senior who plans to major in business in college.
Like the badge he wants to wear, he wants to help people show a mark of distinction in a job interview or while at work.
The Eagle Scout badge has become widely recognized as a mark of distinction both within and outside of Scouting. Once earned, it is worn for life. Since it was first awarded in 1912, more than two million young people – about 4 percent of Scouts – have achieved the Boy Scouts of America’s highest rank, according to a study by Baylor University in Texas.
Scouts seeking the Eagle rank must demonstrate their understanding of leadership, service, character, personal fitness and outdoor skills at multiple levels. In addition to the over 20 life skills merit badges required to earn the Eagle Scout rank, each Scout must complete an extensive self-directed service project as McKay did.
The Scout must plan, organize, lead and manage the entire service effort prior to his 18th birthday, which will be in March for McKay, a North Kingstown High School student.
“I figured I enjoyed the study of business. I think it’s much more beneficial for people to understand that working will support them,” said McKay who has been a Scout since fourth grade.
The Eagle Scout project required him to focus on a contribution to society. Both he and his parents saw the business clothes drive fit well that focus. His troop leadership had to approve the project.
The next step, he said, involved thinking through the various steps needed to launch the drive, including donors who could help. He was not allowed to purchase materials and needed also to use his leadership skills to engage other Boy Scouts to help put his plans into action.
Home Depot in North Kingstown donated four large collection boxes. In addition, local businesses JW Graham jewelry and gifts, Ocean State Community Wellness gym and fitness center and McKays Front Porch furniture and patio store, run by his uncles Keith and Kerry McKay, all set up collection points, he said.
Then he set out to find the right donation service to take clothes he collected. He chose Providence-based Dorcas International, which provides education and job readiness opportunities for individuals as well as legal services for citizenship, immigration and refugee resettlement programs.
“Once I started talking to Dorcas, I fell in love with the organization. I think what they do there is super important. Them giving the clothes back to people for free I think is a great idea,” McKay said.
His plan also tapped strategically into the neighborhoods around the businesses that offered to sponsor a collection box. Flyers were distributed to request donations, explain reasons for them and offer to pick up clothes if someone could not get to a box.
Two long-time Scouting buddies, Andrew Oldmeadow and Keiran Wilkinson, both of North Kingstown, as did other members of his troop, went to the neighborhoods to hand out information about the drive as well as pick up clothes from people calling.
“I had one lady who said she had 45 dress shirts and was willing to give them to us. I told her we’d be there right away,” McKay said with a laugh. From late November through early December clothes started filling his parents’ home.
“It was taking up my entire house. There were clothes in my closet that were folded up into bags, all over my room they were in bags, and then my entire dining room was full of bags and boxes,” he said. Hundreds, perhaps a few thousand, of items were finding their way to him.
“There was never a point in time when we were able to take apart each bag and box and count, especially with the jewelry and handbags, there was just no easy way to do that,” he added.
With the tight squeeze through the living quarters at home and the approaching Christmas holiday, getting them to Dorcas became an important mission, he said.
Two days after the collection end, he and the other Scouts filled a pickup truck’s large back bed and inside cab with boxes and bags as well as his medium-sized sports utility vehicle for the delivery to Dorcas in Providence.
At Dorcas International, Kathleen M. Cloutier, executive director, said, “It was one of our largest single donations. We very much appreciate Rob’s generosity of spirit in single-handedly pulling together a community to give of themselves in support those less fortunate in getting back on their feet.”
Her praise accents comments from the Baylor University study about Eagle Scouts in general.
Rodney Stark, Ph.D., professor of the social sciences at Baylor, said, “Compared to Scouts and non-Scouts, Eagle Scouts exhibit significantly higher levels of health and recreation, connection, service and leadership, environmental stewardship, goal orientation, planning and preparedness, and character.”
Dorcas’s Cloutier said it was possibly the first time — and hopefully may continue with other Scouts — that the organization had the opportunity to work with an Eagle Scout candidate on a project to help those in need.
It also holds the promise of continued inspiration for McKay, too, who said he saw his talents develop through his work in Scouting.
“I joined Scouts originally to be outside and be with my friends. That was when I was in grade school,” he said, looking back to an earlier time in his eight years in the Scouting program.
“Once I started doing projects and giving back to the community, that ended up being the favorite part by far,” he said.
“I think it’s a great outlet… especially when you are giving clothes to people who are in less fortunate situations then yourself. You begin to understand how lucky you are,” he said.


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Greenpeace Recycling Report: Plastics recycling isn’t working, but this creates new opportunities for reduce and reuse
Greenpeace’s new report shows recycling is not the answer to plastic pollution. But we can harness the public’s attention and direct it toward real solutions, including:
- Stop the stupid stuff - We need to stop the stupid stuff like the unnecessary single-use packaging when you’re out to eat or at an event.
- Create reusable systems to get what we want without the waste - With businesses now providing reusable services for to-go cups and containers - and even products delivered to your home - we can get what we want without all the waste.
- Make business responsible for solutions - All over Europe and Canada, consumer brands have to pay for the collection and recycling of their packaging. In these places, businesses are incentivized to design packaging and recovery systems that work. We could do that here and change the game for plastic pollution.
Some examples of solutions in action:
- Nearly 1 million people live in cities that have passed Reusable Foodware Ordinances (In North America). There are nearly 1 million people living in cities that have passed reusable foodware ordinances. These new initiatives make it so that when you sit down to eat, you’re served on real plates with real cups and cutlery. They also help pave the way for businesses to set up reusable to-go systems. 936,158 - population of cities that have passed the ordinance - (Berkeley, Fairfax, San Anselmo, Santa Cruz, Watsonville (CA) and Vancouver, BC); Active campaigns in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City.
- Many new businesses are coming online to provide reusable services to reduce waste and plastic pollution. Many new businesses are coming online to provide reusable services for large-scale venues, restaurants and cafes. These companies are showing that reuse can be convenient, fun and even save money.
- Cities and states are looking at new legislation requiring consumer brands to pay for the recycling of their packaging. There has been a resurgence of interest in legislation requiring consumer brands to clean up their act by paying to recycle their packaging.


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The long hands of the law have caught a U.S. citizen after he pleads guilty in a U.S. Federal court to operate an unregistered Bitcoin exchange via LocalBitcoins.com. This is according to the Department of Justice press release published on the 29th of this month.
It was reported that Burrell, as he’s being called, admitted to the crime of selling hundreds of thousands of dollars in Bitcoin to over 1,000 customers in the U.S. from January 2015 to April 2016.
After Burrell took advantage of the popular peer-to-peer platform LocalBitcoins.com, he refused to register his business activities with the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of Treasury and also apply due diligence such as the anti-money laundering measures on the sources of his client’s funds.
To lure his unsuspecting customers, he negotiated his Bitcoin sales at a commission of 5 percent above the prevailing rate and accepted payments cash in hand, through ATMs or MoneyGram while communicating with them through encrypted emails or SMS apps.
Though at first, he started by purchasing his supply of Bitcoin through a U.S. based regulated exchange but his account was shut down later because of the huge sums of suspicious transactions on it.
Later he moved on to a crypto exchange based in Hong Kong, where he bought a total of $3.29 million value of Bitcoin cryptocurrencies, in hundreds of separate transactions, between March 2015 to April 2017. He even admitted that he had exchanged his U.S. currency with his San Diego-based precious metals dealer, Joseph Castillo.
In the same period between late 2016 and early 2018, Burrell and some unnamed individuals imported over 1 million dollars on almost a daily basis
Castillo is set to be sentenced on February 11, 2019, after he pleaded guilty and agreed to forfeit a total of $823,357 to the United States. He faces a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment.
Adam Braverman, U.S. attorney, was cited in an announcement on this, saying that;
“Unlicensed money transmitting businesses, especially those operating at or near the border, pose a serious threat to the integrity of the US banking system, and provide an ‘open door’ for criminals to utilize such businesses to launder the proceeds of their illicit activities.”
This is another action U.S authorities have taken against cryptocurrency related scams. In June, an L.A. based trader who used the pseudonym “Bitcoin Maven” was prosecuted for running an unregistered multi-million dollars Bitcoin-fiat money transmitting business, also via LocalBitcoins.com listing.


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The city of Chandigarh witnessed a spectacle like no other at the Chandigarh Times Fashion Week 2023, where the spotlight was unarguably stolen by the cinematic gem, Tania. Presented by Nirvana Square One, the event was the talk of the town, but it was Tania’s captivating presence that truly made it a night to remember.
From the moment she set foot on the ramp, Tania embodied the very essence of grace, elegance, and poise, leaving an indelible mark on the audience. Her walk resonated with the confidence of a seasoned professional, while her attire showcased a blend of modernity with classic elegance, making her the undisputed star of the show.
Nirvana Square One’s vision for this year’s fashion week was clear – to bring the best of the fashion world to the forefront. By featuring Tania, they ensured not only a star-studded event but also an evening that would be etched in the memories of all attendees.
Tania, with her radiant charm and unparalleled fashion acumen, truly symbolizes the future of fashion. As whispers filled the room and cameras clicked incessantly, one thing was clear: Chandigarh Times Fashion Week 2023 will be remembered as the event where Tania reigned supreme.


text: The US Treasury sold $50 billion of notes in bonds in July. China added $2.6 billion; its total hoard stands at $1.150 trillion. Japan added $7 billion; it total stands at $1.117. We print dollars and buy cool stuff; what a racket! The only unfair thing is that the US government sells directly to them and then gets to spend, instead of selling to them, distributing the money to us, the citizens, and let us spend. I could use a new car and big flat screen financed by China..


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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – With Thanksgiving fast approaching, it’s time to start prepping for the holidays, and Winterfest at the Brooklyn Museum will help get you into the spirit.
From Black Friday, November 23 through Monday, December 31, a 40,000-square-foot space between the Brooklyn Museum and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden will be transformed into a winter wonderland featuring shopping, entertainment, and activities including Santa Land, a Snowzilla slide, a Spectacular Menorah, a giant snow globe, an enchanted tree maze, scavenger hunts, wine tastings, a beer garden, and more.
The Makers Market will feature more than 50 artisans and vendors selling their wares from wooden chalets, showcasing their products ranging from unique gifts to holiday decorations to food. Some of the participating vendors include:
Afrodesiac Worldwide clothing and African fabrics
All American Wontons
Andrej Urem Collection candles
Bear Hands & Buddies accessories
Botanical Springs maple syrups
Cashmere From Kashmir scarves
Grace Oliver jewelry
Hell’s Kitchen Hot Sauce
Horman’s Best pickles
Joyful Look tights
Lion City Coffee Singaporean-style “kopi”
Live Poultry Designs t-shirts
Miss Tea organic teas
Remedies Herb Shop organic herbs and spices
Rockstar Revolution t-shirts
Viva Zapata bags
Waffles & Dinges
Yogibo home design
A variety of entertainers will perform on the Life Is Beautiful Stage where daily shows will be scheduled including singers, carolers, brass bands, dancers, and more. Dancewave and the Brooklyn Music School are among the confirmed performers.
“We’re thrilled to be the home of the inaugural Winterfest festival in Brooklyn,” David Berliner, President and Chief Operating Officer at the Brooklyn Museum, said in an announcement. “The festival is a great opportunity to support local businesses and foster a sense of community and celebration during the holiday season.”
Admission to Winterfest is free and open to the public with select paid attractions. Go to winterfestbrooklynmuseum.com for tickets for the paid events.
Winterfest at the Brooklyn Museum
Friday, November 23 through Monday, December 31
200 Eastern Parkway, Prospect Heights


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- The blockchain as a service (BAAS) company Arkane Network has just teamed up with the legendary game console Atari.
- This new partnership has been linked in order to allow digital asset implementation into the gaming world.
The blockchain as a service (BAAS) company Arkane Network has just teamed up with the legendary game console Atari. This new partnership has been linked in order to allow digital asset implementation into the gaming world.
If you’re new to the crypto space then Atari may be your name from your childhood however in 2020, the gaming giant has been making waves in the Nathan industry. In March, Atari announced its token offering and in addition to this, the plans for the company include multifaceted decentralised entertainment atoms that would go across movies, music, and of course games.
Earlier this week on the 14th of March, a new development came out for Atari as it teamed up with the Arkane Network. For those that don’t know this network is a blockchain brick and mortar outfit that provides developers with a framework for the crypto wallet and all the applications. The company also helps programmers integrate digital assets into their games.
The age-old gaming company said that this collaboration was a step in the right direction for blockchain use in interactive entertainment.
It seems like with big gaming giants such as PlayStation announcing its fifth installment in its series, companies such as Atari are just gathering dust. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. Atari has grown since its peak in the 90s/naughties and is looking into different avenues of business.


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Steve Brumer, partner of 151 Advisors, said a recent discussion with the CEO of a trucking and warehousing firm is indicative of too many businesses across the United States. That CEO was unaware of any specific steps his company was taking to proactively protect its trucks or handheld devices from cyber threats. Instead, he was counting on third-party software partners to provide protection, though he was unaware of any details.
“A large segment ... is relying on third parties to take care of everything,” said Andrew Kopecki, owner of Advantage Asset Tracking.
The dangers were outlined in a recent PeopleNet white paper, which noted there have been cases where hackers stole customer data and contacted freight brokers, booking loads on false pretenses. That is an example of the legal problems that go along with ownership of the data being transmitted by third-party systems if there is a hack, Kopecki said.
While more attention may be paid to ransomware attacks, Kopecki said a data breach via a third-party system is more likely and would be a “much more realistic threat than being hacked.”
Fleets that have taken proactive steps need to “understand that cybersecurity isn’t a ‘set it and forget it’ solution,” said Dave Covington, chief technology officer of Noregon System. “As technology advances, be prepared to adapt your policies to keep up with the pace.”
And that includes training technicians to detect an electronic component on the vehicle that does not belong, he said.
Brumer and Kopecki also warned of possible dangers from the increasing pace of integration between technology suppliers across the transportation space. While these partnerships can offer efficiency gains, they could raise further security concerns regarding data security.
Kopecki said fleets shopping for telematics devices and other electronics would be foolish not to inquire about cybersecurity and to expect an immediate answer.
“If you don’t get really good information within 24 hours, they are probably not a good partner,” Kopecki said.
PeopleNet uses encryption and data obfuscation as a way enhance security. These measures transmit data in a binary format and sent separately from the encryption keys. As a result, there is no way to decipher what the data shows, even if it isn’t encrypted, PeopleNet said.
Noregon’s Covington recommended to “hire the right people, provide the correct training, and remain educated and proactive to emerging threats and you will be ahead of the curve in regard to combating cybersecurity attacks.”


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Dallas Market Center has announced a transformation of its summer market experience into a Total Lifestyle Market, beginning June 2020.
Watermark Living has announced its positioning efforts to alleviate the full impact of the May 2019 tariffs being imposed on Chinese imports. With manufacturing split across U.S. and southeast Asia sources, the company is able to mitigate the impact of tariffs on its retail partners.
Ontario, Calif.-based OW Lee, a manufacturer of high-end outdoor furniture, fire pits, and accessories, has announced the introduction of its new Belle Vie aluminum collection.
Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (NYSE:TPX) has expanded its global retail distribution network, signing new long-term supply agreements with Mattress Firm and Big Lots in the U.S. and Beter Bed Holding in Europe.
Mattress producer Englander has announced the promotion of Mark Kinsley to CEO.
Global home furnishings retailer Crate and Barrel has announced its acquisition of Hudson Grace, a boutique home decor, entertaining and gift brand based in San Francisco.
Taking steps to deliver more style, innovation and upscale design to the value segment of the mattress category, Corsicana Mattress has appointed two new product managers, David Cartlidge and Christi Fitch, to its product innovation team.