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New Initiative Directs More Funds To Salmon Habitat Programs
The Victoria Boat & Fishing Show is getting ready for its 24th year of bringing outdoor lifestyle enthusiasts together at the Pearkes Recreation Centre on Tillicum Road in Victoria.
PEETZ and PSF
PEETZ Outdoors is pleased to report it will join the Pacific Salmon Foundation (“PSF”) booth over the weekend and will be donating a 5 inch Evolution Reel with a Flasher & Lure Package for PSF’s weekend draw. Come on down to the booth for a visit and make sure you enter!
New Initiative with PSF
PEETZ is also excited to introduce its new program that will see an even greater percentage of online reel sales donated to the REEL CHANGE Program. This initiative with PSF, which began in 2015, PEETZ has committed to direct a portion of all online trolling reel sales to PSF’s salmon conservation programs throughout the Pacific Northwest.
At the 2016 Victoria Boat & Fishing Show, PEETZ will provide the first look at the new fishing evolution reels that will carry the PSF logo. Using the code “
PSFSALMON10“, you can get 10% off these specially branded reels online and an additional 10% of proceeds will be directed to salmon conservation and habitat restoration via PSF initiatives.
Victoria Boat & Fishing Show Exhibitors
This 3-day event features more than 40 exhibitors representing the best of fishing, gaming and boating on Vancouver Island. There will be an archery range, fishing pond and an indoor air gun range for a weekend of learning and fun.
Victoria Boat & Fishing Show Seminars
An extensive seminar schedule begins on Friday touching topics such as Trolling for Salmon, and Introduction to Archery, continue through the weekend with more great talks and tips about Halibut fishing, Salmon trolling, and more. Check out the full schedule of seminars so you can plan your day accordingly.
Event Location & Admission
The show will run from February 19 -21, 2016, with doors opening at 1pm on Friday. Event hours are Friday 1pm to 8pm; Saturday 10 am to 6pm and Sunday 10am to 4pm.
Pearkes Recreation Centre
3100 Tillicum Rd, Victoria B.C., V9A 6T2
Admission is by cash only at the entrance: adults pay $9, seniors $7 and children under 18 are free. Save a further $2 by bringing a donation of a non-perishable food item.
Attendees can also enter to win a $500 shopping spree at Alpine Marine Centre and a $500 shopping experience at SG Power.


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Brand new arts initiative to promote artists and retailers in Northwich town centre, Cheshire
As part of the huge Northwich River Weaver Festival, artists and retailers in Northwich town centre, Cheshire, are getting together in a brand new arts initiative to put life and colour in the town. Local professional, amateur and student artists will be displaying their paintings in shop windows between 11th-24th June. Artists are also being encouraged to paint en plein air during the two weeks leading up to the river festival weekend 22-24th June when prizes will be awarded for winners of each of the following four categories. 1.Inspired by Northwich, 2.People and Places, 3.Nature and Wildlife, 4. Waterways. Around 70 retailers and 50 artists will be participating. There will be a free prize draw for members of the public who vote for their favourite painting.

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Scottish brewer BrewDog has been given the green light by the Brisbane City Council for the development of its $30 million riverfront brewery in Murarrie, Brisbane East - the company’s first Australian brewery.
The new BrewDog brewery is going to be located at 77 Metroplex Avenue and will cover approximately 28 per cent of the 15,340-SQM site. The facility will include a production brewery, tap room, restaurant and visitor centre.
As part of the conditions under the approval, BrewDog is restricted to operate its food and drink trade from 7AM to midnight, while the rest of the brewery can operate 24 hours.
The facility will also include 101 car parks and six bicycle parking spaces as well as a pedestrian entry from Metroplex Avenue.
Artist impression (source: BrewDog)
“BrewDog’s decision to make Brisbane home is another vote of confidence in our city as a great place to live, work and invest, and will complement our strong local craft beer industry that includes Newstead Brewing and Green beacon.
“Not only will the site provide product Australia-wide, but the company has hinted at potential future export to New Zealand and Asia,” Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said.
Once operational, the BrewDog brewery will be able to produce up to 10 million litres of beer annually.
The brewery is expected to support up to 150 jobs over the next five years in Brisbane, with about 60 jobs during its construction.
The new BrewDog brewery is expected to be completed later in 2018 and will begin production in 2019.
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Netflix: Is it Time to Invest？
Netflix shares could continue to grow and the price jump in August may only the beginning.
SuperForex is excited to present to your attention the Fun & Media asset group, where we have collected shares of all companies that specialize in providing services in the entertainment sector: streaming services, as well as companies that own social networks and other media.
Traders who prefer reliable investments with a guaranteed income will appreciate the stability of the growth of Facebook and Netflix shares. Also, football fans will be able to purchase shares of their favorite football clubs and earn both on the increase in the value of the clubs shares or their decrease.
Which asset is worth buying today？ We advise you to pay attention to investments in Netflix, whose shares have increased by 18.1% over the past month. This is one of the few companies that continued its development and increased its capital during the pandemic.
Netflix plans not only to continue developing and creating content, but also to enter the video game streaming market, where the company can take a leading position, having millions of customers around the world. According to the forecasts, Netflix shares can continue to grow and the price jump in August is only the beginning.
Perhaps now, at the beginning of the fourth wave of the pandemic and new lockdowns, it is time to invest in companies that have proved to be both stable and profitable during this difficult period.
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North Devon's Foodfest 2014 Date Announced
PRESS RELEASE - 24th June 2014
The date for Foodfest 2014, North Devon’s top food and drink festival, has been announced by organisers North Devon+.
This year the event will take place on Sunday 19th October at Barnstaple’s Historic Pannier Market and will feature over 80 local food and drink exhibitors, chef demonstrations and tastings.
The two Michelin-starred Devon based chef Michael Caines MBE will be making a welcome return for the fourth year running, providing cooking demonstrations and talking about his connections with the area and his passion for local food. This year in response to public demand, the upstairs of the auditorium will be open for Michael Caines’ demonstration offering additional seating and capacity.
Local residents and visitors are being reminded to note the date in their diaries, whilst exhibitors are being urged to book their place at Foodfest now, to secure their space at the increasing popular event.
Kristy Webbe, from North Devon+ said: "This is the seventh Foodfest which aims to showcase the finest food in the area, and celebrate the strong network of quality suppliers, growers and traders.
“Foodfest generated a significant amount of business, providing a huge boost to the town’s retailers and the local economy as a whole. As the biggest food event in the area, demand for exhibition space is high and stands get booked quickly – we’d like to ask exhibitors old and new to apply for their space now, to ensure they don’t miss out.”
The annual celebration of North Devon’s finest food has grown since it was launched in 2008 – last year the event attracted over 14,000 visitors, breaking all previous records.
North Devon based business Boom Kitchen, which exhibited at the event for the first time last year, say their awareness increased as a direct result of attending Foodfest.
James Doel at Boom Kitchen said: “We attended the event for the first time last year and saw huge results – on the day we sold out of our curry kits and won new retail accounts off the back of it. Since the event, awareness of our brand has shot up. It's great to bring all the local food producers and restaurants in our region together and showcase what's on our doorsteps. It's also a really fun day out so we're looking forward to attending again this year.”
Foodfest will take place on Sunday 19th October 2014 at Barnstaple’s Historic Pannier Market.
The event would not be possible without the support of The North Devon Fisheries Local Action Group, North Devon Council, BID Barnstaple, Johns of Instow and Appledore, Rangemoors and Ashgrove Kitchens.
The exhibitor booking line opens on the 1st of July. For more information, or to request an exhibitor form please email Kristy Webbe at firstname.lastname@example.org or call North Devon+ on 01237 426426.
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For more information regarding this press release contact: Emma Parker Reynolds at Coast on 07944 360631 or the Coast main office on 01579 352600.
About North Devon
North Devon is the economic delivery agency for North Devon and Torridge. We provide a primary focus for regeneration, tourism and business development. As the economic delivery agency for the area, we work with Torridge District Council, North Devon Council, Devon County Council and the private sector to deliver projects and initiatives that encourage and support business growth, improve quality of life, and address social and economic inequalities. North Devon is a member of the National Enterprise Network. Visit www.northdevonplus.co.uk for further information.
Initiated by the North Devon , Foodfest is part of an ongoing regional campaign to support local food and drink producers. Launched in 2008 with European funding via the Leader4 food and drink project, FoodFest has now been self-financing since 2011 with funding instead provided by North Devon , North Devon Council, BID Barnstaple and the Northern Devon Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG).


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Combination Products Blog
The medical device industry continues to evolve and adapt to new regulatory standards. In this interview, Patrick Reichmann, Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs Manager at Agfa Healthcare, shares his view on how to address the key regulatory challenges in the industry. He also offers advice on how to meet the ISO 27000 standards and why legacy devices will be a growing security concern in the coming years.
The market for combination products is rapidly expanding, this could be attributed to the rising frequency of chronic disease such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and treatment of allergies. Pharma IQ sat down with Audrey Clarembeaux, Head of Medical Device Development QA at UCB to discuss the key considerations that need to be made when ensuring regulatory compliance in combination products.
Approximately one-third of all medical products in development today are combination products and this has undoubtedly introduced a new dynamic to product development and regulatory approval. Ensuring that combination products are effectively managed throughout their development, implementation, launch and post-launch is critical to long term success in the market.


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A digital platform aimed to inspire healthy breakfast habits became the winning concept when the students at Bergh's School of Communication competed on how Arla Foods should reach out and engage young consumers
Anthem, a global creative agency that connects brands with consumers by amplifying desirability from brand design to brand campaign to drive brand performance, was honored with two awards of excellence at the 47th Creativity International Packaging Awards.
Billions of consumer packages are consumed globally every day, and the amount is growing. The Better with Less – Design Challenge is challenging packaging designers to create environment-friendly, functional packaging solutions for everyday
Responding to the rising demands for its innovative flexible packaging equipment as well as complete integrated systems, Barry-Wehmiller is creating two new divisions dedicated to these needs. On 1 January 2018, the flexible


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Market forecaster In-Stat predicts that the value of proximity mobile payment transactions will approach US$9.9 billion in 2016, up from $1.1 billion in 2012. The Asia Pacific region will dominate payments volumes throughout the next few years, the company says, accounting for 41% of global transactions in 2016.
- Samsung Pay offers $100 discount to new users
- Apple Pay signs deal with China UnionPay?
- Google boosts Android Pay adoption with $1m charity fund
- BNP Paribas tests NFC screen shopping
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UK container transport service company Port Express has selected Vacu-Lug Tyre Management as its dedicated tyre management solutions partner. The company operates a fleet of more than 90 vehicles and 150 dedicated trailers from its depots in Felixstowe, Southampton and Birmingham. Port Express will utilise Vacu-Lug’s Tyre Rescue service to reduce downtime.
Continental’s WinterContact TS 860 has won its third consecutive Auto Express winter tyre test. The tyre beat strong competition from major manufacturers, most notably Hankook, whose Winter i*cept RS2 received a “commended” rating in second place, in a test tweaked this year “to better reflect UK driving conditions”. Outside the winter tyre competition, Auto Express also commented that the all-season control tyre, the Michelin CrossClimate+, not only finished close to the top in dry and wet tests, but was also only behind Hankook’s star performer in the snow – a result Auto Express described as “remarkable”.
From 1 October 2018, Nokian Tyres will proudly partner Scottish Mountain Rescue in a three-year sponsorship deal. The agreement will see all Scottish Mountain Rescue vehicles fitted with Nokian Tyres’ most recent and innovative products.
Tyre wholesaler Micheldever Tyre Services and a number of its tyre manufacturer suppliers recently raised £7000 in a charity auction in aid of Motor Neurone research on 21 September 2018. Micheldever executives thanked the tyre manufacturers (Bridgestone, Continental, Falken, Goodyear, Michelin, Pirelli and Yokohama for their “exceptional generosity”.
Nearly 20 years after Stapleton’s introduced the ProfitLink ecommerce system, the company is rolling out an upgraded version along with the latest edition of TyreSurf. The news follows an earlier ProfitLink overhaul just a few years ago, with the introduction of the retail mark ups system. In addition, Stapleton’s made an announcement in May this year, when Stapleton’s Wholesale director Nigel O’Hara revealed that the market could expect a new edition of ProfitLink.
September has been packed with tyre tests, with Auto Express, Auto Bild, GTÜ and auto, motor und sport all publishing comparative evaluations of winter and/or all-season tyres. German motoring association ADAC has come to the party with not one, but two winter tyre tests.
Hankook is suppling tyres for the BMW 6 Series Gran Turismo in a development the company sees as completing its luxury OE portfolio. Hankook already provides both UHP summer and winter tyres for the BMW 7 Series. The BMW group’s new Gran Turismo will now also be delivered with Ventus S1 evo 2 ultra-high performance (UHP) run-flat summer tyres. The tyres were developed in Hanover and are produced at the company’s European factory in Hungary. Specifically, the car will be supplied with special 245/45 R19 98Y RSC front and 275/40 R19 101Y RSC rear run-flat sizes.
Avon Tyres will unveil a new motorcycle tyre during the 2018 Intermot motorcycle expo (3-7 October, 2018; Hall 6 B-021 Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany). Avon adds that its stand will feature its entire range of motorcycle tyres, special guest appearances and custom bike exhibits.
After a successful season that has surpassed all expectations, Scottish rally team JJ Rally will head to the forests of Wales next week to compete in Wales Rally GB National Rally on Yokohama’s A053. Competing in a Hyundai i20 R5 piloted by John Wink and co-driver John Forrest, the pair will be using their debut experience of the event last year alongside their extended testing programme in 2018, which has seen them secure an impressive third place overall in the MSA Scottish Rally Championship.
Hankook has launched its new Ventus S1 Evo 3 tyre at driving event in Slovenia. The UHP market-orientated tyre, which was informally described as a “sporty summer tyre” will be available in 17 to 22-inch sizes in order to supply fitments to vehicles from the Mercedes A series right up to the likes of Lamborghini.
Under a technology transfer agreement signed with Pakistan-based battery manufacturer Century Engineering Industries, South Korean tyre maker Kumho Tire will provide technological and manufacturing know-how as Century establishes its own tyre production plant. The agreement signed in Seoul today covers the ten-year period to September 2028; Century Engineering will initially pay Kumho Tire US$5 million and 2.5 per cent of turnover for the assistance provided, with the contract scheduled for review after five years.
We heard in June that Goodyear was supplying original equipment tyres to the new Volkswagen Touareg, and Apollo Vredestein now shares that it will supply two 18-inch fitments to the latest version of VW’s flagship SUV. Buyers selecting an all-season fitment as standard can select the Vredestein Quatrac 5 in size 255/60 R18 108V, while those preferring summer rubber can plump for the Vredestein Ultrac Satin in size 255/60 R18 108W.
Those who know their tyres are increasingly warming to all-season solutions. Although dismissed as a compromise on numerous occasions, most recently in this month’s GTÜ 2018 winter tyre test, an experienced and respected tester recently commented off the record that “the future belongs” to the segment. This is an impression that may also be gained from perusing the freshly minted all-season tyre test from Auto Bild.


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Eurowings plans to set up its own digital company by the end of the year.
The aim of Eurowings Digital is to bundle all the airline’s customer-relevant digital activities under one roof.
“Our sales on eurowings.com already amount to more than a billion euros and over the course of this year should increase to 1.5 billion euros per annum,” said Oliver Wagner, Eurowings chief commercial officer.
“Eurowings Digital will further drive the rapid growth of the eCommerce business.”
The main focus of the new company: turning the digital customer interface of eurowings.com into a fast-growing travel platform.
In future, as a digital travel companion, eurowings.com aims to ensure the long-term customer loyalty of approximately 40 million Eurowings customers.
Both the website and the Eurowings app will offer a personalised range of digital services and products extending beyond flights from A to B.
“Anyone who registers on our website, which they can use to customise hotel bookings, hire cars, event tickets and much more besides, will be happy to return,” Wagner explained.
“In future, we will be able to offer our 40 million Eurowings customers even better digital services and products.”
The company will have its headquarters in Cologne.
Among other things, the existing eCommerce section will make up a large part of the new Eurowings Digital.
Wagner added: “We already have excellent digital business expertise within the organisation which we intend to make the core of our new company.”
Over the next few years, there are plans for up to 150 employees at Eurowings Digital with additional experts being brought into the company in the process.


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Santa Monica, Calif., July 31, 2012 — RPA, the third-largest independent advertising agency in the U.S., has hired four key creative talents. Pete Figel and Alicia Dotter join the crew as creative directors, while John Starr will fill a new associate CD/design director role, and Mark Tripp will be the agency's newest director and senior producer, content, specializing in social campaigns.
"With success comes growth, with growth comes change, and we are changing in the best way possible with the addition of some new faces to the RPA creative pool," said RPA EVP/CCO Joe Baratelli. "Each of these talents brings the unique combination of capability, enthusiasm and drive that we look for in every RPA Associate."
Pete Figel (CD): Most recently working as a freelancer, Figel's reel includes work for Miller Brewing Company, Mars, NASCAR, Orbitz, AT&T and DirecTV. He also spent time working on Apple at Media Art Lab. Figel is a hockey fan who actually laces them up now and again.
Alicia Dotter (CD): Dotter joins RPA from Team One, where she was creative director on the Renaissance Hotels and Ritz-Carlton business. Prior to that, she led the iPhone team at Media Arts Lab. She coined the now-iconic phrase "There's an app for that," helping launch the iPad, worked on the legendary Mac and PC campaign and created countless iPod commercials.
John Starr (Associate CD/Design Director): In his former life at BLITZ, Starr worked on notable accounts Vizio, Pixar, Disney, Microsoft, Sprint, Paramount, FX, Warner Brothers, Pepsi, 2K, Netflix and Activision.
Mark Tripp (Director/Senior Producer, Content): As a director, producer and former copywriter, Tripp brings more than 20 years of advertising experience to the table. He will be a key part of the agency's in-house social-media content production service. His reel is filled with smart, economical, award-winning social content for Intuit Small Business "Get Business Growing", Honda's "Million Mile Joe" and others.
About RPA RPA, headquartered in Santa Monica, Calif., is a leading independent advertising agency. RPA builds momentum for brands by offering its clients truly integrated campaigns that resonate throughout its disciplines, which include traditional advertising, interactive, and direct and event marketing. RPA's client list includes American Honda, both the Honda and Acura brands, California Department of Public Health, La-Z-Boy, Farmers Insurance Group, Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino and Sole Society. For more information, visit http://www.rpa.com.


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Fatfish Group makes acquisition ahead of South East Asia BNPL rollout
Technology venture capital firm Fatfish Group (ASX: FFG) has acquired a key lending licence in Malaysia ahead of its planned rollout of buy now, pay later (BNPL) services in South East Asia.
In today’s announcement, Fatfish revealed it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire an 85% stake in Malaysia-incorporated Forever Pay Sdn Bhd for a total purchase consideration of $870,000.
It called the acquisition a “progressive step” in its strategy to rollout its BNPL business across South East Asia and follows Fatfish’s bolstered acquisition of Singapore-based Smartfunding earlier this year.
“Acquiring Forever Pay will allow Fatfish Group to utilise Forever Pay’s lending licence to enter the retail BNPL business and further positions Fatfish as a comprehensive BNPL player in South East Asia,” the company stated.
Deal to be paid in cash and shares
The $870,000 deal comprises a cash payment of $450,000 to be paid over a 12-month period plus 3 million Fatfish ordinary shares at an issue price of $0.14 per share to the value of $420,000.
Fatfish said the transaction will be funded by working capital of the company.
Forever Pay has been incorporated since September 2020 and was awarded a money lending licence by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government of Malaysia, which allows financing business for consumers and corporates to be conducted including retail BNPL services.
Collaborations and synergies with Smartfunding
Via Forever Pay, Fatfish plans to launch a retail BNPL service to finance consumers’ purchase of products and services, as well as offer other digital financing solutions including short-term lending.
Fatfish is expected to enhance Forever Pay’s operational ability through its technology and domain expertise, especially in the areas of e-KYC technology, credit assessment and digital marketing.
The company also sees potential synergies and opportunities for Forever Pay to collaborate with its Singaporean subsidiary Smartfunding.
Fatfish said it intends to continue scaling up its BNPL and related fintech business, with demand for BNPL services expected to grow 400% to US$252 billion (A$330 billion) by 2025 according to a recent report.


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Winegrowers to meet Couchepin
Swiss winegrowers are expected to meet the economics minister, Pascal Couchepin, later this week to discuss concerns over cheap wine imports. The announcement comes after more than 100 demonstrators travelled to Bern in a fleet of tractors to demand that the government take urgent political measures to protect them.
A delegation of winegrowers received assurances from Manfred Bötsch, head of the Federal Office for Agriculture, that a meeting would take place with the economics minister on his return from Paris.
Demonstrators had earlier threatened to occupy the parliament building as well as camp outside if their demands for talks with Couchepin were turned down.
The protestors announced that they would resume their sit-in in front of the parliament building on Tuesday afternoon. "We're staying here," said Willy Cretegny, organiser of the demonstration.
Speaking on Swiss radio, Couchepin said he did not believe that Switzerland's wine industry was under threat. However he added that he understood the pain and hardship that winegrowers in certain regions had been experiencing thanks to overproduction over the past two years.
"These winegrowers are finding themselves in the position of an entrepreneur who can't find a market," he said. "But it is not up to the State to intervene every time a producer has a product which he cannot sell. The State cannot force people to drink their wine."
Katja Mäder, spokeswoman for the economics ministry, said the winegrowers would need to make a formal, written request for a meeting, which could take place as early as Thursday, she added.
The Swiss Winegrowers Association and the Swiss Farmers Association argue that a government decision to lift protective import tariffs has led to the Swiss market being flooded by foreign wines.
The demonstrators, who are mainly from the western part of Switzerland, say they are also hampered by the high cost of Swiss wine production. Swiss vintners are forced to produce according to strict environmental laws, which add to the costs, along with higher Swiss wages and social benefits.
Consumers like imports
The result is that Swiss consumers favour the cheaper imports. Figures for the 2000-2001 growing year show that the consumption of Swiss white wine fell by 4.7 per cent, compared with an increase of 7.4 per cent for imported whites.
Demonstrator Laurent Carr, of the Mont sur Rolle region of Lake Geneva, says winegrowers want the government to set quotas on imports. For every litre of Swiss wine, one litre of imported wine would be admitted, under their proposal. They are also calling for the introduction of a federal quota in Switzerland which would reduce production to one litre of wine for every square metre.
"We also want the government to take immediate steps to reduce the stocks of our wines," said Carr. It could do this by buying the surplus of Swiss wines, mainly white wine, for conversion into industrial alcohol.
Couchepin has already stated that the litre for a litre option is not credible.
Carr admits that a litre for a litre could be "a bit" restrictive, but says something has to be done about imports that are not properly controlled.
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There is exciting news for all Apple lovers.
Apple would soon open its third retail store in the Dubai Mall on 27th April 2017.
This is not the first time because this will be the Apple’s third retail store. The two other Apple retail stores are currently open at Mall of the Emirates and Yas Mall in Abu Dhabi.
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The two level store at Dubai Mall would be located on the ground and first floor. It will officially open at 4pm on April 27. The tagline that Apple used is “Creativity Connected”. Apple aims to target the creative community of the whole country because the revealed tagline says “Creativity Connected”.


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Blizzard has sent a reminder that BlizzCon 2013 is right around the corner. Beginning this Friday, fans of all things Craft (and Diablo) will be able to celebrate their fandom during the annual two-day celebration. This year’s festivities, once again held at the Anaheim Convention Center, will feature numerous panels, including one with director Duncan Jones about the upcoming Warcraft movie, a concert by Blink-182, community cosplay, and both the StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Final and World of Warcraft Arena Invitational.
Gamers unable to attend can check out 60-plus hours of live coverage as a Virtual Ticket holder. As a bonus, said tickets also come with the in-game items that attendees will receive, which includes a Muralot WoW in-game pet, Hearthstone card, Mark of Death Diablo III BlizzCon-themed banner, and Tearin’ Stitches SCII portrait and Stitches’ Hook decal.
For those wanting a Virtual Ticket, head on over to Blizzard’s official BlizzCon site.
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Month: October 2015
Infinite patience, infinite purity and infinite perseverance are the secret of success in a good cause.
INDIA Arrivals: (as on date: 15-10-2015)
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INDIA Weather and Sowing:
According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), rainfall during the southwest monsoon (June – September) was 14 % below the long period average. This resulted in poor plant growth prompting industry production estimates to move downwards.
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During recent field travel to Gujarat, Central Maharashtra and parts of Karnataka/Telangana, plants exhibited signs of moisture stress, wilting and stunted growth. Moreover, there was large variability in cotton plant development. Stunted growth should lead to a lower number of boll formations and reduced yields according to the USDA.
Domestic Market Summary:
Cotton crop in North Indian states of Punjab & Haryana may dip by 40% on white fly pest attack.Trade circles expect Punjab crop to fall from 1.4 million bales (2014-15) to 0.7 million bales (2015-16) and Haryana crop to fall from 2.5 million bales to 1.5 million bales. Damage from the whitefly attack on the Bt cotton variety in the states of Punjab and Haryana is likely to be extensive and has even been blamed for farmer suicides. The two Indian states are suffering from the first major pest infestation since India adopted genetically modified cotton in 2002, raising concerns over the vulnerability of the GM seeds. With pesticides running out of steam and pests developing resistance, alternatives would have to be quickly found.
New cotton has started to arrive in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab and South-Indian states. An estimated 70,000 bales (one bale is 170 kg) arrive every day. Traders expect the supply to reach its peak by end-October. There is a good demand from North Indian mills while exporters and mills from South India are buying very small quantities. Season’s peak supply is expected from December onwards. Traders believe price will not decrease much from the current level as it is already very close to MSP.
CAI has released its second estimate for the cotton season 2015-16. It lowered its estimate and placed it at 37.70 million bales. The projected balance sheet drawn by the CAI estimated total cotton supply for the new season at 46.76 million bales, while the domestic consumption is estimated at 32.50 million bales, thus leaving a surplus of 14.26 million bales.
However, the trading community feels the cotton production will not be more than 35 million bales and total supply including carry forward will be about 40.04 million bales. Traders estimated about 4 million bales opening stock, while according to CAI estimate, the opening stock in new season will be 7.86 million bales.
COTTON ESTIMATE FOR 15-16 ACCORDING TO:
- Ministry of Agriculture: 33.5 million Bales
- CCI, B. K. Mishra (CMD): 35 million Bales
- CAI: 37.7 million Bales
- USDA: 36.5 million Bales
- Trade circles: 32.5 to 35 million bales
Cotton Corporation of India (CCI)
Cotton Corporation of India has reported commencement of new season purchases in the Southern state of Telangana. The government has fixed the minimum support price (MSP) for cotton at Rs 3,936-4,100 per quintal, depending on the moisture content.CCI continues to hold almost 0.9 million bales (170 kg bales) from its 2014/15 procurement.
The government has fixed the minimum support price (MSP) for cotton at Rs 3,936-4,100 per quintal, depending on the moisture content. The payments to farmers would be made through online. In response to the demand of some farmers from Telangana that the MSP be raised to Rs 5,000 per quintal, textiles minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar said his ministry has already urged the Ministry of Finance for upward revision.
Contrary to general belief that yarn export is very slow, Spun yarn exports maintained its growth tempo in August 2015.The tempo seems to have slowed down since then. Export of Indian spun yarns has increased in volume, although value is down compared to last year.
All of a sudden the decision (on 12th Aug 2015) by Chinese Govt. to devalue its currency RMB by 4% created a sudden panic which added fuel to the sluggish demand and falling yarn prices. This resulted in a lot of unhealthy practices of renegotiation of orders, contract defaults and market crashed by over 10% immediately after this devaluation of RMB.
On other hand the European economy was also struggling due to USD gaining strength against Euro. The retailers in return started reducing orders and asking for discounts on garments. The Indian Industry was not prepared for such sudden changes in global scenario.
A large number of Indian spinners were participating and visiting during the recent yarn exhibition at Shanghai from 13th to 15th Oct. Most of the Chinese buyers used this opportunity to negotiate yarn at lower prices and offset losses which they had suffered due to high prices of yarns in past imports.
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COTTONGURUTM has been running a special package for buyers to know the complete details of the supplier (verified postal address, contact details with mobile and landline numbers, details of proprietor/partner/director, ginning and credit capacity, list of buyers, etc).This also includes a “MADE TO ORDER” sourcing plan for cotton.
Similarly, there is a special package for ginners to understand the buyer (address, contact details, credit rating, credit verification, list of suppliers, etc).This also includes branding and locating suitable buyer as per ginner’s quality and credit facility.
* Bangladesh to set up Textile Park in Gujarat, India
* Polyester spun prices have rebounded in September in Pakistan, offering larger margins to spinners, whereas Indian competitors were experiencing a rather opposite situation
* Spandex prices have been stabilized in China, mostly due to a reduction of operating rates amid low demand level and very high inventories.
Pakistan: Pakistan has imposed 10% additional duty on yarn imported from India. Duty on yarn is now 15% import from anywhere and ERF 3.5% and LTF on Spinning and Ginning 5% from 1st November.
Last weekend, the seed cotton price shot to this season’s high of Rs 5,500/maund in local markets as suppliers, fearing a massive production fall this year, held up the supply of cotton. The short supply forced buyers into panic buying at higher prices.
Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association has estimated current season’s production at 12 million bales as compared to 14.87 million bales last year, foreseeing a decline of nearly 20 % on yearly basis. The Pak Government has projected cotton production at 13.3 million bales (of 170 kilogram each).
Besides a massive attack by white fly, rainfalls and floods have ruined hundreds of thousands of bales in different parts of the country, he added.
Vietnam: Doan Duy Khuong, Vice-Chairman, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) said that India had had great opportunities to provide raw materials to Vietnam’s textile industry.
Vietnam needs more than 500,000 tons of cotton per year to meet the rising demand. He added that India had enough supply of the material for the Vietnamese textile industry.
India and Vietnam’s bilateral trade ties have grown significantly, with a total trade turnover of $5.59 billion in last year, increasing by 9.84 % compared to 2013.
China: Website CN Cotton reports that
* China imported just 50,900 tons of cotton in September, a decline of 59% year-on-year. This is the lowest monthly import since records began in 2005, and the second month of record low imports in a row.
* Chinese imports for the first nine months of the year fell 42% to 1.16m tonnes.
* Chinese cotton demand has been hit by a range of factors, including massive domestic stocks, a weaker industrial sector, and competition from synthetic fibres, which have become cheaper as a result of low petrochemical prices.
* Chinese inventories accumulated as result of government price support policies, which encouraged rising domestic production, while mills favored cheaper imported cotton.
* The USDA sees Chinese cotton imports falling to a 13-year low over the 2015-16 season.
* State cotton inventories are estimated at 11m tons, and a recent round of auctions had no success in attracting buying interest
* The lack of buying was tied to the high prices demanded at auction, as a result of government reluctance to flood markets with cheap cotton, threatening prices for farmers.
* China may be forced to lower the price to deplete the huge cotton reserve.
* Reinhart has reported that China was seeing a shortage in good quality cotton.
But there may be some good news for Chinese industry, as the government recently announced that it would expand a tranche of so-called “Chinese quantitative easing,” by allowing lenders to use loans from local governments as collateral in order to borrow cheaply from the central government, targeting the funds at small and agricultural businesses.
Such a move could be beneficial for mills and garment factories.
Global Cotton Stocks to Decline in 2015/16:-
The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cotton projections for 2015/16 indicate that world cotton stocks are expected to decrease 4 % from last season’s record to 107 million bales. The global stock decline would be the first in 6 years; the recent dramatic stock buildup resulted from policies in China that supported domestic cotton prices above world prices.
With new policies in place to limit raw cotton imports in 2015/16, stocks in China are forecast to decrease 4 %—the first reduction there in 5 seasons. However, China’s stocks remain at an extremely high 65.3 million bales, or nearly 2 years’ worth of cotton mill use. Meanwhile, stocks outside of China have seen relatively modest changes. As recently as 2010/11, India was the single largest stockholder, with 11.5 million bales. In 2015/16, stocks in India are projected to rise slightly to 13.5 million bales, or about 13 % of global stocks, compared with China’s share of 61 percent. U.S. stocks contribute 3 % of the total, while stocks in the rest of the world account for 23 %.
Stable World Cotton Trade Expected in 2015/16
World cotton imports are projected to remain unchanged at 7.6 million tons in 2015/16. While China is likely to remain the world’s largest importer in 2015/16, its imports are forecast to fall by 12% to 1.6 million tons. This represents 30% of its peak volume of imports in 2011/12. In 2015, the Chinese government restricted imports to the minimum volume required by the World Trade Organization to encourage mills to purchase domestic cotton. In July and August 2015, it sold nearly 60,000 tons from its reserve, but still holds 11 million tons. Given the large volume of production and reserves, imports are likely to be restricted again in 2016. Meanwhile, imports by other countries are expected to grow 4% to 5.8 million tons. Imports in Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Indonesia, the next three largest importing countries, are all projected to grow in 2015/16. Bangladesh imports are forecast to increase 1% to 972,000 tons while Vietnam’s imports are forecast up 2% to 956,000 tons. After decreasing in 2013/14, Indonesia’s imports recovered 13% to 735,000 tons in 2014/15, and are expected to increase 6% to 782,000 tons in 2015/16. The United States is forecast to lead in export volume, although its exports are projected down 9% to 2.2 million tons due to a smaller volume of production in 2015/16. After declining 48% in 2014/15, India’s exports may recover 34% to 1.2 million tons. Exports in the next three largest exporting countries are likely to decrease due to reductions in their exportable surplus. Brazil’s exports are forecast down 10% to 766,000 tons, Uzbekistan’s down 5% to 565,000 tons and Australia’s down 10% to 467,000 tons.
World cotton area is projected to fall 7% to 31.1 million hectares in 2015/16 due to significantly lower cotton prices in 2014/15. As a result, world cotton production is expected to fall by 9% to 23.8 million tons. India’s cotton area is estimated down 5% to 11.6 million hectares, and production down 2% to 6.4 million tons. China’s cotton production is set to decline by 16% to 5.4 million tons due to a 12% reduction in area and a 5% decrease in the average yield as a result of unfavorable weather. After a 24% expansion in 2014/15, cotton area in the United States has receded 13% to 3.3 million hectares with production declining 11% to 3.2 million tons. Pakistan’s production is projected down 11% to 2.1 million.
World cotton consumption could grow 2% in 2015/16 to 25 million tons with consumption growth remaining flat or slowing in many countries compared with last season. Consumption in China, the largest cotton consuming country, is expected to remain flat in 2015/16 at 7.7 million tons. India’s consumption growth is expected to slow to 3%, reaching 5.6 million tons, while Pakistan’s consumption growth remains steady at 2%, reaching 2.6 million tons.
Bangladesh has proposed the Indian government to set up a textile park in Gujarat state.
Bangladesh has zeroed in on Kadi near Ahmedabad for the project which involves an initial investment of Rs 240-300 crore. To begin with, the park will have spinning units with cumulative capacity of 1 lakh spindles. Bangladesh has sought around 100 acres of land from the state government for the project. Last month, a high level trade delegation comprising representatives of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Bangladesh Cotton Association and Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association visited Gujarat. These apex trade bodies have now approached the state government with a proposal to set up a textile park.
Globally, Bangladesh is among the top garment manufacturing and exporting countries. However, it has to bank on India, especially Gujarat, for cotton and yarn.
Gujarat has aggressive textile policy with incentives for spinning activities. Availability of power and raw material (cotton) is attracting many companies to set up their spinning units in the state. Bangladesh imports close to 55 lakh bales (one bale weighs 170 kg) annually, of which 70% is accounted by India, while Gujarat has the largest share in cotton exported to Bangladesh.
- ICE COTTON
ICE Cotton is locked in sideways and choppy 57-68 range since months. Time spent in forming base gives a directional bias that Cotton is bottoming out and may enter Bull Market again. Confirmation of directional bull market comes when it is able to move past hurdle of 68 areas. Similarly continuation of Bear Market is confirmed below 57 areas. Till the time breakout or breakdown comes, Traders can sell closer to 68 with stops and buy closer to 57 with stops for short to medium term.
Key Supports 60.97-58.48-57.05-54.97,
Key Resistances 65.03-68.30-70.30-71.50.
- MCX COTTON
Buy on dips was suggested closest to 15700 in last newsletter, MCX Cotton turned up from 15630.
MCX Cotton remains sideways but lot more volatile and choppy as compared to ICE Cotton. 16600 areas offering stiff resistances as of now. Sharp upmove in MCX expected only above 16600 hurdle. Bias still remains positive and Cotton looks buy on dips closest to 15600 areas. Traders can go short in MCX Cotton only below 15600. Key Supports 15630-15170-14670-14360-13970, Key Resistances 16610-16890-17250-17550-18200.
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Calling all beer lovers! Get it while it lasts!
Right now and for a limited time, The Grateful Bread, a delicious collaboration between Lovin’ Spoonfuls, Cambridge Brewing Company and Eataly Boston is available! The refreshingly-tart session beer is available at Eataly and CBC this summer (stay tuned as it’s released at other locations!), and proceeds from each beer sold benefits Lovin’ Spoonfuls.
On brew day, the CBC Brew Team gathered with members of Lovin’ Spoonfuls and Eataly Boston to break up the bread, helm the mash and stir in the excess bread, making this batch a true collaboration.
“CBC’s history as a ground-breaking brewery has also been one of community support and social awareness. We are proud to work with our friends at Eataly Boston and Lovin’ Spoonfuls to raise awareness of food waste through this collaboration beer brewed with rescued bread,” said CBC Brewmaster Will Myers. “In doing so, we are also proud to raise funds for and awareness of the non-profit organizations in our city like Lovin’ Spoonfuls, who work to redirect our food systems and end hunger in our city,” Myers said.
The beer is made from a single type of bread made at Eataly – l’otto tondo – which has its roots in the northern Italian region of Piemonte. There, the head baker’s mill, Mulino Marino, crafts the finest flour for house-made breads. The 100% Italian, germ-intact, stone-ground, and organic bread rises from a 35 year old mother yeast and has a pleasant sourdough finish. The bread used to make “The Grateful Bread” is the same served daily table-side at Eataly’s restaurant.
“This is what a local food community is all about,” said Lovin’ Spoonfuls founder and executive director Ashley Stanley. “At Lovin’ Spoonfuls we’re focused on keeping value in food. This project is exciting because it’s an opportunity to showcase food rescue in a really relevant way, all while working with a fantastic local producer, as well as a partner that’s right here in Boston, yet has global reach,” said Stanley.


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Top US wines increase in popularity
With the latest data now in from Wine Searcher, we took a look at which wines have seen their average monthly searches soar in the last month. The US boasts two wines in this top 5, with searches continuing to increase for Screaming Eagle, and Scarecrow seeing a significant uptick. Bottled relatively recently, Scarecrow 2014 scored 96+ from our US partner critic Antonio Galloni, who described it as “a wine of finesse.” At the end of February, Scarecrow 2014 was the top lot in a Premiere Napa Valley auction, selling for $200,000. The increase in searches has boosted Scarecrow’s Brand score from 868 to 885.
Latour was the only wine from France to see its popularity rise last month, with searches for the Bordeaux first growth no doubt increasing as a result of the ex-château release in mid-March of Latour 2005, for €670 per bottle ex-négociant. Latour has the highest Brand score of all the wines in the table, with a near-perfect 999.
The final two wines to have seen a rise in popularity are Spain’s Pingus, whose 2014 recently received a 100-point score in the Wine Advocate, and Italy’s Azienda Agricola Falletto (Bruno Giacosa) Barolo Rocche Falletto Riserva. In March, Antonio Galloni praised “the genius of Bruno Giacosa” in a vertical tasting, and the increase in searches resulted in the wine’s Brand score rising from 812 to 822.


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Sony to cut 8,000 jobs and close 5 or 6 plants
TOKYO (AP) - Sony Corp. is slashing 4 percent of its worldwide work force, reining in spending and shutting plants as it tries to ride out a looming worldwide recession that is battering Japan's export-reliant manufacturers.
Tokyo-based Sony, which is cutting 8,000 of its 185,000 jobs, said yesterday it will shut five or six plants - about 10 percent of its 57 factories. Sony also plans to reduce its electronics investments by about one-third by the end of March 2010, although it did not give specific numbers.
Sony said a plant in Dax, France, which makes tapes and other recording media will be among the plants to close, but it declined to list the others. The moves will deliver more than $1.1 billion in savings a year by March 2010, the company said.
"Now we are all facing a recession together," said Senior Vice President Naofumi Hara. "It is impossible to predict how much longer the situation will last."
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RETAILERS are not solely to blame for the lack of Slovak products on the shelves of Slovak stores. President of the Trade and Tourism Association (ZOCR) Pavol Konštiak said this on October 26 in response to a statement by the Slovak Agriculture and Food Chamber (SPPK) indicating that there is a shortage of Slovak food products in stores.
Konštiak believes that there are several reasons for this, such as the fact that Slovakia has not negotiated the kind of concessions from the EU for its farmers as has Poland, for example. Also, the VAT on food is higher in Slovakia than in neighbouring countries such as the Czech Republic and Poland, the TASR newswire wrote.
In addition, there is no definition of a ‘Slovak product’ in Slovak law, noted Konštiak, essentially posing the question whether a product made by a foreign-owned company in Slovakia may be labelled as a Slovak product.


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Foxtel has launched its new direct-to-customer ad campaign for Foxtel Broadband following a complete overhaul of its broadband service which now includes simplified pricing, unlimited data, no lock-in contracts, and no activation fees.
Foxtel saw Broadband as a key growth area for the business if it could simplify and strengthen its offer to be more competitive in the market and increase awareness to customers, the key audience for growth.
The campaign is led by a 30-second TVC featuring Brooke Satchwell – star of the Foxtel hit courtroom drama The Twelve – celebrating the internet being a strange place full of cat memes and videos and posing the question of what we’ll be watching next.
Foxtel executive director of marketing, Michael Nearhos, said: “There’s a lot of noise in the broadband space so we wanted to challenge the perception and push the creative boundaries for Foxtel Broadband in order to cut through.”
“We leaned into the shared internet experience as it’s universally relatable. The quirky and irreverent creative brings that shared experience to the fore and provides a natural opportunity to surface our refreshed Broadband offering to customers.”
“We’re thrilled to work with Brooke Satchwell on this campaign. She is well known and loved by Foxtel audiences having starred in Original series The Twelve, Mr Inbetween and The End and she also has impeccable comedic timing and a natural wit about her that served the creative perfectly.”
The campaign strategy and creative was entirely concepted, developed and produced by the Foxtel Marketing and Fox Creative teams. More spots will be released over coming weeks including a promotional offer of 2 months free, no setup costs and a next-generation Wi-Fi 6 Foxtel Modem at no cost for new Foxtel Broadband customers*. The campaign will rely on owned media distribution channels including on-platform, social, editorial, eDM, SMS and direct mail.


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Even British master spies’ cars can be recalled for safety defects.
Luxury sports-car maker Aston Martin Lagonda said it will recall a total of 5,001 cars built from late 2007 through 2013. Aston Martins have appeared in a number of recent and vintage James Bond films as the fictional Agent 007’s favored rides.
In a filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the company said the recall stems from accelerator pedal arms that could break because of an error during their manufacture. Read More »


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Yesterday our CEO was on stage at AdExchanger’s Clean Ads I/O event, speaking on the critical issue of mobile fraud. Click play below and learn more about the mobile fraud challenge across the world, including strong discussions of click, IAP and ad fraud in mobile
Session recording from AdExchanger’s Clean Ads I/O 2016. #CleanAdsIO
Session Abstract: Fraud has clearly moved to mobile and is manifesting itself in different forms. This panel of experts will look at the issues and what’s being done about it – and what isn’t.
Eliza Nevers, VP Programmatic Demand Product, Aol Platforms
Michael Oiknine, Co-Founder and CEO, Apsalar
Christian Calderon, Chief Revenue Officer, Ketchapp
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The City of Pasadena’s final public auction of the year will be held this Saturday, Oct. 19 at the Maintenance Services Facility (3124 Red Bluff Road). Approximately 80 vehicles are scheduled to be auctioned.
The items up for bid include surplus City vehicles, including a hybrid vehicle, as well as abandoned and confiscated cars, trucks and SUVs. The auction will also include various equipment, ranging from mowers to excavators.
All of the auction items may be viewed on Friday, Oct. 18 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. On Saturday, vehicle viewing starts at 7 a.m., and bidding will begin at 9 a.m. sharp.
Bidders can register the day of the auction, beginning at 7 a.m., or fill out the online auction registration form on the City’s website and email it back for more convenience.
Acceptable forms of payment are cash, MasterCard, Visa and American Express cards only. Checks will not be accepted. Items are sold “As Is, Where Is,” and there are no warranties.
For more information, visit our website at www.ci.pasadena.tx.us and click on the “Purchasing & Auctions” tab on the left-hand side of the page, or contact Allan Teague at (713) 740-7041 or Worstell Auction Co. at (713) 946-8888. The full list of items up for bid can be found here: http://www.ci.pasadena.tx.us/users/0008/Auction/10%2019%2013%20Newspaper%20Ad.pdf


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Unchecked prices hold hungry Nepal to ransom
Apr 29, 2015
KATHMANDU: The Nestle packet of powdered milk — fresh milk not available in most of the city — has Rs 212 printed as MRP. But a sticker hurriedly pasted on the pouch declares the price to be Rs 400.
Staggering under the weight of death and destruction wreaked by the earthquake, Nepal's being pushed into a new crisis by hoarders and black marketers. Retailers, wholesalers, taxi owners, rickshaw pullers, small hoteliers — everyone's charging a ransom; no one seems to be in a position to rein them in.
The home ministry's threatened "strong" action against those fleecing, "creating artificial shortage". But on the ground there's no respite. "A taxi driver asked me for Rs 5,000 from the airport to Thamel, normally a Rs 800-ride," said businessman Bikram Shrestha.
Vegetable prices have shot up, by 50% even. Meat is expensive in the few places it's available. Nepal's chief secretary Lila Mani Paudel said, "I've issued instructions to check stocks for easy availability of goods and punish those creating problems." State agencies have come together to tackle the issue. Upendra Kanta Aryal, IG Nepal Police, said he'd ordered police to punish wrongdoers. Officials said as there's no shortage of fuel there's no reason for travel to suddenly become so costly with taxis and buses charging astronomical rates.
In the capital, sections continue to suffer. People thronging shops for biscuits, bottled water, noodles and chiwda, return home empty-handed, complained a housewife. Retailers, on their part, said the fault lay with distributors and wholesalers, who weren't releasing adequate amounts of essentials. The big players, in turn, say supply lines had choked.
After the 1934 earthquake, then PM Jung Bahadur Rana had proclaimed anyone caught hoarding would be beheaded. Many now would be happy to have Rana return from the grave.
Dinesh Gupta•32664•Influencer Moderator Wordsmith •goa•
The earthquake shows up humanity at its best and its worst simultaneously.On the one hand,people and governments are pouring in billions of dollars worth of help for the affected people and on the other hand black marketeers are making a killing!
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These things happen everywhere in the times of crisis. The solution lies in rebuilding of infrastructure quickly.
Thank you for your endorsement and for letting me know.The Nepal government will have to put profiteering by unscrupulous exploiters of this mammoth tragedy by a heavy hand.Shoot them if necessary.


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Google Pixel 3 series is expected to go official at an event on October 9. Past leaks about the handsets have left no stone unturned, as pretty much everything has been revealed about he upcoming Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. With just a few days to go before Google’s big hardware event, a leaked magazine advertisement has revealed some new features that were mostly unknown before.
To begin with, the advert shows the Pixel 3 XL sporting that rather infamous notch. The handset has a rather huge notch, with clearly noticeable bezels around the display. The smaller Pixel 3, however, looks like a shrunken version of last year’s Pixel 2 XL. Both handsets can also been sporting a stereo speaker setup and a dual front camera setup.
The leak further suggests that dual camera setup on the front will have one sensor for normal selfies and one for wide angle selfies.
— /LEAKS (@Slashleaks) October 6, 2018
Besides, the leak also mentions some nifty software features. As the advert mentions a feature called Top Shot mode, which will notify users of closed eyes and other flaws while capturing selfies. In addition, the leak shows a group selfie mode which will allow users to take wide angle selfies. The leak further suggests that the squeeze feature will likely be carried forward from the Pixel XL 2. Finally, the leak shows that by putting the phone’s display face down will allow users to automatically in DND mode and silence notifications.
The new leaks seems authentic, and falls in line earlier leaks about the Pixel 3 range. With just a few days to go ahead of the official launch event on October 9, rumours also has it that Google will announce the Smart TV kit and the Pixelbook alongside the upcoming Pixel 3 range.


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What’s sweeter than a college campus delivery? Maybe campus delivery via drone.
Tuesday, Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt made its first frozen yogurt delivery to Hope College in Michigan, possibly the first drone delivery of frozen yogurt in the world.
The drone, which can reach speeds up to 30 miles-per-hour and carry up to 30 pounds, took 15 minutes to travel nearly a mile to the campus, WOOD TV8 reports. There, the company threw a party to celebrate the delivery.


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Pokémon: Liquid Crystal is a Project which has taken five years of development. As one of the developers, I discuss some of the things we have planned for the next release of the fan-made game.
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Pokémon: Crystal was arguably the best Pokémon game of all time and because of that, a team of developers and I decided to remake the game for the Gameboy Advance in hopes of a remastered experience.
Eidos has today confirmed that a 10th Anniversary Edition of Tomb Raider is being produced by Tomb Raider: Legend developer Crystal Dynamics, with releases on PlayStation2, PSP, and PC. Launched back in 1996, the franchise...
Microsoft has announced a firm release date for the Limited Edition Crystal Xbox, which was announced earlier this year. As predicted, the console will launch next Friday on March 19th - a few...
Microsoft celebrating its second year on the northern continent with cool-as-ice console. Just weeks after Microsoft announced two special-edition Xboxes for the Japanese market, details have emerged about a new limited-issue Xbox...
One of the first Square games to be developed for a Nintendo video games system in 5 years, and its looking great! It includes a four player co-operative mode so all your friends can join...
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As the smallest of the four main U.S. wireless operators, T-Mobile often falls below the radar of consumers. Perhaps that’s a desirable situation, because T-Mo is quietly leapfrogging competitors when it comes to mobile broadband speeds. And now there’s talk of the carrier’s first phone coming soon that’s capable to use the full speeds of T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network. Such a phone would signal completion of T-Mobile’s 2010 strategy and position it well for the next steps — a 42 Mbps network upgrade.
A T-Mobile representative shared news of the HSPA+ handset yesterday with Light Reading, saying HTC will build the device for a September delivery. And if a leaked roadmap on AndroidSPIN is to be believed, the HTC Vanguard phone is expected on September 9. T-Mobile responded to our request for comment with an email statement that read: “As announced earlier this year, T-Mobile plans to bring an HSPA+ handset to market in the second half of 2010. We have not made any further announcements.”
Approximately 15 current T-Mobile phones get faster wireless data speeds through HSPA+, but because their radios top out a 7.2 Mbps, such devices can’t take full advantage of the 21 Mbps HSPA+ network. And even if the HTC Vanguard arrives with full support for 21 Mbps, the T-Mobile overall handset lineup isn’t quite as broad as it’s competitors, who enjoy a wider range of new, higher-end devices. But few of those compete with the speeds that T-Mobile offers with HSPA+.
My own speed testing of the Nexus One in an HSPA+ coverage area topped out around 4 Mbps — much faster than most other phones and networks currently available, but still below what the network is capable of offering. A handset with full 21 Mbps support should see downloads up to 10 Mbps if my hands-on with T-Mobile’s webConnect Rocket is any indication — the device’s radio supports the full 21 Mbps network speed.
As we watch Sprint’s (s s) embrace of WiMAX from 2008 while AT&T (s t) and Verizon (s vz) plan a multi-year march towards LTE, it’s interesting to see T-Mobile’s one-year HSPA+ strategy quickly unfold. (Related: who’s doing what with mobile broadband through 2013.) It was only February of this year that Stacey spoke with Dave Mayo, VP of engineering for T-Mobile, to understand the plans for 2010. Since then, the carrier has blanketed 75 million people with HSPA+ coverage and plans to complete the upgrade before year-end, eventually covering 185 million people.
T-Mobile’s network upgrade is nimble relative to competitors. The carrier has used software upgrades on its cell tower infrastructure to support the faster wireless speeds, while at the same time, transitioning backhaul to 20 Mbps fiber. In June, Chris Hillabrant, a regional VP of engineering and operations for T-Mobile exuded confidence in the strategy, even as competitors struggle to keep up with wireless demand:
Our fiber [backhaul] facilities are highly scalable and we have plenty of wireless spectrum in the big markets, plus efficiencies are gained as we get faster devices on the network. I don’t see any reason we can’t continue to ride the wave ahead of data demand.
Of course, faster wireless speeds increase the data demand wave — once T-Mobile rolled out HSPA+ in New York, the carrier saw a 700 percent increase in demand. That leads to a question of plan pricing and bandwidth caps. For now, T-Mobile offers some of the least expensive plans — I pay $79 per month for unlimited voice, messaging and data — but retains the right to throttle down speeds once a consumer passes 5 GB of data consumption in a month. With AT&T adopting usage-based plans, and Verizon expecting to do the same, will T-Mobile have to follow suit?
It’s unlikely the carrier can stay ahead of the data demand wave forever, so at some point, it’s likely that tiered pricing will arrive for T-Mobile customers. Cole Brodman, T-Mobile’s CTO, couldn’t provide details of such pricing when speaking to Stacey back in March, but hinted at a number of possible scenarios:
I don’t have an answer for you today on what usage-based pricing will look like, whether it’s upgrade buckets, app-based pricing, quality of service-based pricing or time-sensitive throttling.
Brodman may have figure this out sooner rather than later, however. With relatively low data plan rates and a network offering faster speeds than three bigger rivals, consumers in T-Mobile coverage areas could flock to the small carrier. Add an HSPA+ phone or two to the mix and that could speed up the increase in demand before the end of 2010. Such a growth in customers — and the revenues they would bring — sets the stage nicely for T-Mobile to start all over again with a reported 2011 network upgrade to 42 Mbps.
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Founded in 1885, Audi has a long and illustrious history as a brand. Firmly established as a highly desirable staple of the luxury automotive market, Audi vehicles masterfully balance world-class speed and performance with high-end consumer features. Throughout the last decade, Audi has become a formidable rival to other luxury sedan manufacturers like BMW and Mercedes, but what sets it apart is its focus on high performance.
With each year, Audis just keep getting better. But what’s in store for Audi’s future? Here, we offer a promising sneak peek at several upcoming Audi models slated for 2018, 2019, and beyond.
Slated for the U.S. market, the new Audi S3 is a veritable super-sedan. The biggest upcoming change is in the engine. The current RS3 sportback’s 367-horsepower turbocharged five cylinder may be impressive, but for 2018, it’s on its way out. Its replacement is a brand new aluminum block turbo five banger. Sporting an exciting 400 horsepower, the 2018 Audi S3 will be capable of going from zero to sixty in a matter of only four seconds. Like a wolverine, its small and compact design belies some serious edge. Availability is expected for early 2017, so this impressive new design is right around the corner.
The fourth generation of Audi’s A8 sedan is coming in 2017 as a 2018 model, and with it come new technological innovations. One of the most striking new developments is Audi’s Piloted Driving technology, a semi-autonomous driving mode that will reputedly offer some pretty astounding capabilities. The 2018 A8 will be able to park itself, and will be partly self-driving up to speeds of 37 mph.
There’s also a new onboard entertainment in store, adding extra luxury to an already top-tier consumer brand. The MMI Touch Response infotainment system replaces buttons and knobs with one convenient dashboard-mounted LCD screen.
What’s remarkable about this 2018 Audi A8 is that it was designed almost completely from scratch. The brainchild of Audi’s head of design, Marc Lichte, it brings forth a new and revitalized aesthetic that’s sporty yet decadent, and fully modern in its design sensibilities. In this iteration, Audi’s signature “Singleframe” grille is widened substantially, with more sharply angled headlines. The taillights are slim and sleek, contributing to a compact yet streamlined visual aesthetic.
This four-door CUV will come to the market with a fully battery-powered electric powertrain, soon followed by a plug-in hybrid version. A fuel-cell electric version may also be in the works. As Tesla’s recent innovations have brought electric car technology to the forefront, forward-thinking brands like Audi have followed suit with their own partly or fully electric models.
The 2019 Audi Q6 is carefully designed for an aerodynamic profile, with a coupe-like roofline that minimizes drag. Designed according to Audi’s newly developed “e-tron” styling language, it’s meant to deliver a driving experience with strong similarities to driving a Tesla. A screen-based “virtual cockpit” definites the interior design and instrumentation, creating an experience that promises to be downright futuristic.
Well into the near future, Audi will continue to bring new innovations and updated design factors onto the US market. From new aerodynamic aesthetics, to cutting-edge electric cars and state-of-the-art LCD-based control systems, the future is bright for the Audi brand.


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Byline: Merle Linda Wolin; 1981-01-28; Los Angeles Herald-Examiner; pages A8
What stands in the way of cleaning up California's rapidly growing $3.5 billion garment industry, centered in Los Angeles and officially recognized as "the dirtiest in the state"? After an intensive eight-month investigation, which included a month's undercover work posing as an illegal garment worker, the Herald Examiner discovered that the garment industry's major problems revolve around the manufacturers, not the contractors. These people, the manufacturers, control the purse strings of the industry yet are not held legally accountable for the health and labor conditions under which their garments are made.
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Dynasty Park now expected to open in 2011
The multi-million dollar project planned for the area beside Bryant-Denny Stadium will open a couple months later than originally planned, according to a spokesman for the developer.
Called Dynasty Park, it is designed as a T-shaped 14-story tower with a 250-room hotel and another section with 65 condominiums. Below would be nearly 19,000 square feet of retail space and a 738-space parking garage. The project is planned along Eighth Street between 12th and Wallace Wade avenues, with ground-level retail space fronting all three streets. The site is the current location of the aging Stadium Apartments on 1.92 acres, and Hillel House, the 2.5-acre former home of the Jewish student center.
The president of the group developing Dynasty Park, Spectrum Capital in Mississippi, told the Tuscaloosa City Council in September construction would begin this coming spring, and the development would open in fall 2010.
Now, the middle of 2011 is likely.
"It is a little premature to give an exact date," said Rich Richardson, director of sales and marketing for Spectrum in an e-mail. "That being said, according to our current schedule, we will complete the design revisions in early '09.
"That will put us beginning our initial reservation phase around the Spring football game in April and beginning construction before the close of '09. This should translate into an opening date in 2011."
Razing Stadium Apartments and preparing the site should begin in mid-2009, Richardson said.
This fall Spectrum staff interviewed University of Alabama alumni personally and in focus groups as part of customer research.
"Now that we have finished this customer research phase, we are in the process of revising the design, unit sizes, prices, amenities, and a few other components of the project in order to make sure we are offering exactly what our customers need," he said.


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Paperback editions of books by Amazon Publishing UK author Mel Sherratt are being stocked locally in Waterstones and an independent bookstore.
Sherratt is published by Thomas & Mercer, Amazon Publishing’s crime and thriller imprint.
As reported by The Bookseller yesterday (20th August), WHSmith Travel stores...
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Gollancz’s one-day physical and digital festival reached nearly three million people on Twitter, the publisher has said.
The festival, held on 13th August, took place on platforms including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Google during the day, before shifting to Waterstones Piccadilly in the evening for a series of panels and...
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Picador is to insert a loose-sheet, single-page comic in all first edition copies of Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel.
As well as the comic insert, Picador is also planning a series of activities around the 10th September release of the novel, including a competition with Goldsboro Books.
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Scotland’s booksellers are seeing a “huge” boost in sales relating to the impending referendum.
If anyone was in doubt as to the economic impact of the vote itself, Scottish booksellers can confirm it has been beneficial for business, with some seeing as much as 40% of their overall sales go on books relating to the...
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Hodder & Stoughton is to release a special collector’s edition of David Mitchell’s forthcoming Man Booker Prize longlisted novel The Bone Clocks.
The publisher will also be creating special editions of the book...
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James Daunt is among the speakers at the Battersea Literature Festival, which is back after a three-year break.
The festival is being run in conjunction with Waterstones and Clapham Junction Town Centre partnership, supported by Wandsworth Council, and will take place over 1st-15th September 2014.
Daunt will speak on the...
Tue, 12/08/2014 - 09:40
Hundreds of people queued at bookshops which staged midnight events or early openings for the release of the new Haruki Murakami novel today (12th August).
Harvill Secker projected the e-book animated cover of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage onto the building next to Waterstones Piccadilly in London to...
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Bookshops from London to Edinburgh are gearing up to mark the publication of the new Haruki Murakami novel on 12th August.
Foyles new flagship branch on London’s Charing Cross Road will host a midnight opening party selling exclusive black cover limited edition copies of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (...
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The second branch of Waterstones' iconic London Hatchards bookstore will open in St Pancras station today (1st August).
An exclusive preview look inside the store ahead of its opening to the public revealed a modern, stylish twist on the 217-year-old Hatchards identity, with customers welcomed with a neon sign in the traditional...
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Waterstones’ appointment of Pan Macmillan’s Sandra Taylor (pictured) as head of events and external relations marks a renewed drive for the retailer to broaden its events profile.
Taylor, a former Bookseller Rising Star who has worked on publicity campaigns for titles such as Burial Rites by Hannah Kent...


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A popular Starbucks coffee mug has upset descendants of a Song Dynasty judge, the Jianghuai Morning News reported on Wednesday.
During trial operations for its first store in Anhui Province on Sunday, Starbucks released a unique mug especially for the capital city with a sketch image of Bao Zheng, commonly known as “Bao Gong.”
The upright and incorruptible Bao Zheng (999-1062) was born in present-day Feidong county near Hefei during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127).
The 90 yuan ($14) mug features a stern-faced Bao clad in traditional official attire sitting on a judge’s chair with the text “Hefei, Starbucks Coffee.”
About 700 mugs were sold in the first day, the Hefei-based newspaper reported.
The mugs vilified Bao as the portrait had a foreigner’s face, said 36th-generation descendant Bao Xun’an, head of an association that studies and promotes Bao’s spirit of justice and integrity.
As registered holders to the image rights of Bao Gong in April, Bao Xun’an requested Starbucks unconditionally stop selling mugs and withdraw all the unsold ones.
The image on the mug was created by a design team of the mug supplier in accordance with a portrait from Bao Gong temple, said Starbucks public relations manager Li Jing. The copyright belonged to the design team, Li said. “Starbucks have ever registered many trademarks. We respect intellectual property rights.”
The three trademarks owned by the association are all in the name of “Bao Shi Da Zong,” not “Bao Gong,” according to a Xinhua report. Selling Bao Gong mugs is not listed in their ratified service items.


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Apple is dominating earless earphones with the AirPods and AirPods Pro.
Xnor.ai is a Seattle-based startup that specializes in low-power, edge-based artificial-intelligence tools.
In this week's edition of Trending, we look at Apple's standoff with Trump and the FBI, Casper's sleep economy and the rise of no code technology.
Apple is reportedly gearing up to defy Trump and the DOJ in court to avoid unlocking the Florida shooter’s 2 iPhones
President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice are pressuring Apple to help unlock the phones.
President Trump lashes out at Apple for refusing to help the FBI unlock a shooter’s iPhones: ‘They will have to step up to the plate and h...
Trump said his administration was "helping Apple all of the time" on trade and criticized the company for not helping the FBI unlock iPhones.
Apple customers spent $386 million on the App Store on New Years' Day alone, setting another record for single-day sales.
On Monday, Needham raised its Apple price target to $350. The firm is now tied with Daniel Ives of Wedbush for highest Apple price target.
Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais roasted Apple for its ‘Chinese sweatshops’ in front of hordes of celebrities as Tim Cook watched from the...
Gervais described the Apple TV Plus drama "The Morning Show" as "made by a company that runs sweatshops in China."
Legendary iPhone designer Jony Ive has been hanging out with celebs, models, and designers since announcing his departure from Apple
Ive has been spotted at various creative and tech-related events in the UK this year.
Tim Cook’s personal security and travel expenses surged in 2019 as Trump’s trade war with China threatened to gash Apple’s profit
Apple may have spent less on lobbying than its Silicon Valley peers, but doing business amid a raging trade war with China still remains costly


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Arkansas is the perfect place to try out this new health trend. Read all about the what, why, where and how here.
Congratulations are in order for Governor Hutchinson. He decided this year to devote the weight /more/
What do Pope Francis and the Republican Party have in common? I'm waiting. Let's make /more/
A fancy dinner for the Senate president pro tempore is among the social events for legislators this week.
An Associated Press report puts the economic damage to North Carolina from its laws discriminating against LGBT people at more than $3.76 billion over a dozen years. Arkansas, with several anti-discrimination laws and more in the way, is at risk of similar fallout.
A passionate group of parents and reading advocates left the state Capitol disappointed but determined not to give up last week when a bill that would give teeth to a law that requires dyslexia screening and intervention in public schools failed to pass out of a Senate committee.
The Fayetteville Flyer reports that TheatreSquared Artistic Director Bob Ford and Executive Director Martin Miller met with the Fayetteville Advertising & Promotion Committee Monday morning, asking for a $3.1 million match to the city's pledged funding in the same amount as part of a five-year economic development plan, Fayetteville First.
In concert with Film Quotes Film and Riverdale 10 Cinema, Arkansas Times Film Series presents Otto Preminger's 1965 suspense “Bunny Lake is Missing."
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Ottenheimer Library has opened an exhibition, "Binding Communities: Cuba's Ediciones Vigia and the Art of the Book and Entrpreneurism," from the handmade collective in Matanzas, Cuba. Book artist Steven Miller of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa will give a talk on the show, which includes works by 71 artists, at 5 p.m. tonight, May 17, in the Fine Arts Building, Room 161.
Heights Corner Market, in the space occupied by Terry's Finer Foods since time immemorial at 5018 Kavanaugh Blvd., is open and selling fresh flowers, produce (including locally grown food), meat, seafood, organic bath and body products and organic pet products from Stella's Barkery.
Blue Sail Coffee Roasters opens its shop Saturday, March 25, in the Little Rock Technology Park, 417 Main St. The grand opening announcement says the shop will be in business at 7 a.m. and stay open until 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Fayetteville spot serves up good coffee and a unique menu.
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If you've been hoping for a cheaper, smaller HoloLens to come out soon, you might be disappointed. Microsoft-focused news site Thurrott reports that the company… [Read More]
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A change like this one allows Microsoft to put more resources into a device that represents a generational leap in HoloLens technology.
As Thurrott notes, this sort of a move is easily attributable to the lack of competition in the Augmented Reality (#AR) space.
#AR leaders like Magic Leap have yet to produce a wearable product, while Microsoft has a workable — if expensive — version of HoloLens for early adopters that came out last year.
There's no reason to offer a device with only incremental improvements as there's no real competition in the space.
So, while HoloLens fans may need to wait longer than expected for an update, they'll hopefully end up with a better overall device.
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Henkel UK has appointed Carole Scott Head of Corporate Communications for the UK, Ireland and Nordic region, according to a report published by Gorkana.
Scott joins Henkel from The Oxford Martin School, where she was Director of External Relations and Media.
Scott is charged with delivering the reputational elements of Henkel’s soon-to-be-announced four-year plan, working closely with Henkel UK & Ireland President Liam Murphy.
“With a new four-year strategic cycle launching later this month, it’s a fantastic time to join. In the UK, our brands are famous, but the company name is less well known,” Scott told Gorkana.
“To continue attracting the best sales, marketing and technical talent to the company, I need to focus on raising the profile of Henkel, building on the strength of our brands and track record in product innovation and sustainability. It’s a great challenge.”


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Video: Brexit doesn't mean UK trade will stall, David Dingle tells CNBC
David Dingle, Chairman of Maritime UK, has spoken to CNBC about the UK's maritime trade mission to China.
He told the Squawk Box programme:
"Great business relationships take a while to build. We can't sit around and wait for exactly what's going to be negotiated. We've got to get out there and move forward.
"Brexit or no Brexit, China has been viewed by the U.K. as an outstanding opportunity. Over the last five years, our trade with China grew by 63 percent. So we're already on a very good trajectory there."
Discussing the comprehensive nature of the UK's offering to the global shipping industry, he told the programme he was confident London would remain a world class maritime centre, saying:
"We have 35 percent of world shipping insurance based in London. English law remains the basis for shipping contracts, shipping agreements, and we know how to do maritime deals better than anybody else."


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Tangerine Holdings increases exports by 40% thanks to drugs for pets with Alzheimer’s
Drugs to combat Alzheimer’s disease in pets, as well as fertility problems in cattle and horses, have helped animal nutrition firm Tangerine Holdings increase exports by 40 per cent in a year.
By making 90 per cent of its products in Britain, the team says it can do small runs of specialist drugs, for which pharmaceutical giants don’t have the expertise.
Stuart King, 35, financial director, says: ‘The UK veterinary industry is at the forefront of the world. In the UK and US we have always looked after our pets better than anywhere else, but now we are selling globally.
Animal cures: Stuart King with Eleanor Gould
‘Our biggest seller is Synoquin – capsules for arthritis and joint pain
in dogs and cats. We sell £2million of it a year – £5million of our
income is from products for cows and sheep, such as a boost drink for
those missing certain nutrients by grazing.’
Chairman David Haythornthwaite, 58,
whose parents worked in farming, set up Farmsense, Tangerine Holdings’
first company, in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, in 1991.
Now Tangerine has nine other
companies, including a 175-year-old manufacturer of horse care products,
Carr & Day & Martin, acquired in 2006, and VetPlus, which makes
drugs for cats and dogs which suffer from Alzheimer’s.
Tangerine’s turnover is £15million – a year-on-year rise of 12 per cent – and the firm employs 110 staff.
Stuart says: ‘The industry is seeing huge growth. Everyone takes something to help them live longer – cod liver oil or omega 3, things like that. The animal market is now going that way.’
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Face-Booked: IPO price drop sparks Zuckerberg & bankster lawsuits24/05/2012 16:23
The status of Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg isn't looking too good right now - his company is once again facing lawsuits. The social network's market launch on Friday resulted in a sharp share-price nose-dive, with several investors set to take legal action against the company, as well as the banks involved in the flotation.
Margaret Bogenrief, financial analyst talks to RT. She believes Facebook's finances will not be too badly affected by its drop in share price, but says the whole story will eventually burst some flotation bubbles.
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Great news for you game developers as Valve has officially started shipped their HTC Vive Virtual Reality Headsets this week. All of these are going to developers ranging from major movie studios all the way down to Indie developers who are “working on their first titles”.
Valve revealed in a statement on the Steam Community that “In the box is a headset, 2 Lighthouse base stations, 2 wireless Steam VR controllers, various cables, instructions, and everything else needed to get started. This will allow developers to target the same system consumers will have in their homes later this year.”
The shipments will continue all the way through Spring and the consumer version will be available before the holidays.


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Another Review , And again they love it… Heres what they say: When you see the BMW 1-series M Coupé in the metal, it’s hard not to be impressed. Even with the taped disguise of this pre-production prototype, it is clear that this is more than just a warmed-over version of BMW’s price-leading two-door.
It’s not beautiful. But the added visual muscle and ground-hugging stance of the new entry-level M-car raises expectations of the performance lurking within. It’s a shot of attitude before you’ve even climbed into the contoured driver’s seat and hit the starter button.
The 1-series M Coupé’s new aluminium wings have been widened by 80mm over the steel panels of its standard sibling to accommodate a longer front track and trick new rear … CONTINUED
1M coupe first drive impressions continue to roll in. Edmunds was also part of the select group participating in the BMW 1M coupe prototype preliminary drives. Their initial impressions inside.
Select journalists were recently provided near production ready 1M coupes to test drive and review. Motortrend has now weighed in with their first drive impression, calling the 1M’s high level of control and cornering a level that seems impossible outside the virtual world of Sony’s Gran Turismo! Read on…
Although we previously reported on SportAuto’s M3 GTS Supertest on the Nurburgring and Hockenheim, they have now posted their full impressions online, including photos and video feature from the test. Link inside.
Autoblog provides their full length review of the 2011 BMW 550i.
Independent car reviewer The Getawayer spends a weekend with the F10 525d. While not an initial fan of the car based solely on styling, a weekend with the car convinces him that the F10 is superb. See his review here.
For the 25th anniversary of the M3, BMW invited the automotive press to test all 4 M3 generations back to back, on the track. Here is Car and Driver’s impression from flogging all 4 M3 generations.
While no press test drives for the new X3 have been available yet, David Thomas from Cars.com recently had an opportunity to poke around a preproduction 2011 X3 at the BMW Championship at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club. He came away very impressed at its upgraded quality, design, and size from the first generation X3.
The 2011 BMW X3 makes its worldwide public debut at the Paris Motor Show at the end of this month.
Motortrend test drives the 2011 X5 xDrive35is with its new N55 motor, calling it an athletic, balanced, and finely tuned SUV, with a roomy passenger compartment and elegant interior to boot.


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Shytoshi Kusama, the lead developer of Shiba Inu, recently expressed his gratitude to CoinW for listing SHEboshi (SHEB). In a tweet, Kusama acknowledged the listing on February 23, 2024, and thanked the exchange for supporting SHEB.
This tweet came shortly after the official Shiba Inu X account celebrated the listing of SHEB on CoinW. It was noted that the SHEboshi collection received its first listing less than a day after selling out.
CoinW made history by becoming the first centralized exchange to list SHEboshi. The collection was listed under the SHEB/USDT trading pair in the MEME and NFT arena. Trading for the pair started on February 23, 2024, at 13:00 (UTC).
To celebrate the listing, CoinW announced a ,000 giveaway. Users have the opportunity to win a portion of the prize pool by participating in the trading competition or completing a social media task. The giveaway event started on February 23, 2024, and will conclude today at 13:00 (UTC), with rewards being distributed three working days after.
SHEboshi was created as an experiment by the Shiba Inu ecosystem team and adopted the DN404 token standard on Ethereum. This standard integrates Ethereum fungible tokens (ERC-20) and NFT functionalities (ERC-721) into SHEboshi, allowing for fractionalization of NFTs and reduced transaction fees.
Despite selling out in less than five minutes, SHEB tokens can still be purchased on platforms like CoinW, ShibaSwap, Uniswap, and OpenSea. The floor price of SHEB on OpenSea was 0.103 ETH (3) at the time of writing, while it was trading at 7.51 on CoinW, showing a 0.59% decrease in the past day.


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Mr. President has created the latest campaign for Freesat, the UK’s subscription-free satellite TV service. This highlights their TV services and companion mobile app, which consumers can access without a subscription. This is the first work the agency has created for the satellite TV provider, since the agency was appointed in the summer this year following a 3 way pitch. Continue reading Freesat launches first campaign by Mr. President
UK free-to-air satellite operator Freesat has launched an initiative to bring its Freetime connected TV platform to smart TVs, enabling viewers to access catch-up TV and other non-DVR Freetime features such as the Continue reading Freesat to bring Freetime to smart TVs next year with OPAL
Samsung have announced the range of televisions which will include Freesat (and Freeview) from March this year.
Freesat will be found in the D8000 series which comes in 40, 46 and 50in, plus a 60in model to follow in August. All the televisions will have LED-backlit plasma panels with full HD (though satellite tv is broadcast in 1080i max) plus 3D-ready for those connecting up to 3D capable devices. Continue reading Samsung Announce Freesat Television Line-up


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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has unveiled the details of its new partner program, Partner Ready.
Partner Ready will build upon HP’s industry-leading PartnerOne program to help partners capture and capitalize on opportunities through customer-oriented, solutions-led sales.
“Increasingly, our customers are asking for a mix of traditional and cloud-based solutions, and they are looking to us to be an end to end provider,” said Yeon Gwangheum, Chief Executive Officer, Baynex. “The Hewlett Packard Enterprise Partner Ready program helps us transform for the New Style of Business, while rewarding us for driving opportunities in growing market segments with a complete portfolio of products and services across storage, servers, networking and cloud.”
The HPE Partner Ready program will enable partners to deliver solutions that help our joint customers evolve to the New Style of Business. This evolution is based on four core transformation areas, all powered by HPE solutions and expertise: transform to a hybrid infrastructure, protect the digital enterprise, empower data-driven organizations, and enable workplace productivity.
“Enterprises are focused more than ever on business outcomes in today’s increasingly competitive business climate,” said Neelam Dhawan, Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Group and Country Managing Director, Hewlett Packard Enterprise India. “At the new Hewlett Packard Enterprise, we remain committed to the channel and helping partners accelerate growth through delivering comprehensive technology solutions to meet today’s customer demand. We are thrilled to start this new chapter together.”
Announced in March 2015, the Partner Ready program retains the core membership models and financial and non-financial benefits of HP’s best-in-class PartnerOne program while adding further enhancements to help partners via improved partner profitability, increased demand generation and comprehensive partner enablement.