text: Home Industry Technology Samsung unveils plans to begin developing 6G technology expected to be available by 2028 It will reportedly offer download speeds of over 1,000Gbps by Gulf Business July 16, 2020 While 5G networks are still far from becoming ubiquitous in most countries around the world, and being completely absent in many other countries, Samsung seems intent on racing ahead and developing the next generation of wireless communications – 6G. The new technology is expected to become available by 2028. We might be a long way from achieving it, but at the same expect to see major changes implemented by way of this new technology. According to the predictions made by the Korean company, there will be 500 billion devices connected to the Internet by 2030, at a rate of 59 devices for every person. To continue to support this huge number of connected devices, they would need to use the 6G technology. Samsung expects the technology to offer download speeds of more than 1,000Gbps (or 1Tbps). The air latency rates it is aiming for is less than 100 microseconds (i.e. 0.1 milliseconds). Although these goals are very ambitious, Samsung expects these to be achieved over the next decade. Of course, the fact that Samsung and several other companies will start working on the 6G communications does not mean that things have stopped development of 5G technology. In reality, 5G will more likely witness major improvements over the years similar to what we have seen with previous generations of mobile technology whose performance has multiplied several times over the years. This story originally appeared on MENA Tech Tags 6G Mobile Internet Samsung Technology 0 Comments Share Tweet Share Share You might also like Farfetch updates brand identity; launches new ‘Open Doors’ digital campaign Ajman Free Zone signs agreement with online retailer Noon to grow local e-commerce sector Oracle wins deal for TikTok’s US operations Covid-19 impact: How significant is workplace wellness in UAE-based offices?


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Offering series and movies, Netflix brings users a new button that plays random but customized content.
Currently, the name of the feature is Shuffle Play in English, but that could still change, Netflix told TechCrunch.
The streaming service referred to the function in its interim report.
Shuffle is scheduled to be introduced to all users around the world in the first half of this year.
Read also: Netflix has a record number of new subscribers - one special audience magnet
Initially, the operation was inaugurated last August.
Some users of the Netflix TV app have seen a button in their home view that plays content randomly.
Randomly displayed content can be an unfinished series, a program on the watch list, or a selection based on previous viewing preferences.
But errors have also occurred during the test.
Read more: Netflix is experimenting with a new button that completely changes viewing
The goal is to reduce the idle time spent in the service when looking for what to watch.
According to Netflix, the test has only affected some TV users, and users have responded positively to the test.

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We’re looking forward to the Light & Building and spending time with our global existing and new customers in Frankfurt 30.03. - 04.-04. 2014! We will present our latest products on our booth. Our focus will be on the new iDock Air and our universal smartphone docking station called the uniDock.
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We’re looking forward to ISE and spending time with our global existing and new customers in Amsterdam 04.-06.Feb. 2014! We will present our latest products on our 40 sqm big booth. Our focus will be on the new iDock Air and our universal smartphone docking station called the uniDock.
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Again good news from the Austrian iRoom front!
iRoom is very happy to announce the launch of the new “iDock Air!” iDock Air is compatible with the iPad™ Air (5th generation iPad™). This highly anticipated new model will start shipping by the end of November!
Read more … The new iDock Air - released now...
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iRoom, maker of the world’s first and only motorized, in-wall iPadTM dock is proud to announce the establishment of it’s U.S. based division. iRoom Inc will be serving The United States, Mexico and Canada out of a California based office beginning March 1st. The North American division will be lead by President, Chris Lehnen.
Read more … iRoom opens U.S. based division with the release of the NEW iDock.
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iRoom, manufacturer of high-end motorized and lockable iPadTM docking solutions, starts 2013 with a firework of innovations. The award-winning iRoom iDock received a retrofit and comes with new high-end bezels and Apple’s new lightning technology.
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Good news: iRoom’s docking solutions will stay compatible with the new generation of the iPad! Even better: iRoom's iDock mini will be launched soon!
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Find all the info you need in the newly designed 'Products' and 'Support' categories.
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> eCommerce ISO 9001 Certification Gruppo Sinergia received ISO 9001:2008 certification by Bureau Veritas Italia S.p.A. for the management of logistics for third parties management, e-commerce, e-procurement and incentives and for documents archiving. It thus ends a journey set out over time, which will set new impulses to continue rising.
> Gruppo Sinergia at Bcomexpo 2014 Gruppo Sinergia officially sponsorizes B2B event on eCommerce and web marketing, which will take place in Turin next 26 and 27 March. This clearly shows the purposeful spirit of a company which actively participates the opportunities the market offers. It will be a chance to meet and to discuss on web, eCommerce and new media dynamics. http://www.bcomexpo.com


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Mckingtorch Africa, a social enterprise that uses plastic waste for arts & products and does advocacy on plastic pollution has ventured into creating of leather-like materials i.e. sandals, bags etc. from shredded plastic waste. The team at Mckingtorch Africa has a motive to change the narrative. Looking at the situation we find ourselves in, in terms of waste pollution, the team at Mckingtorch Africa has come up with this waste recovery project which seeks to create a revenue generating avenue for households, individuals and organizations. The waste buy-back and churning to sandals’ program will afford a solution to segregating waste and waste pollution that is evident in our communities.
The team Mckingtorch Africa is looking forward to produce over 5000 pairs of sandals in the next 12 months as well as recover over 10 tons of plastic waste bags through the project.
In an interview with the founder of Mckingtorch Africa; Makafui Awuku stated that “I am launching the products from plastic waste bags and our goal as a team has remained an advocacy for plastic pollution which we want to take a step further with this project.”
He alluded to President Akufo-Addo's program of making Accra the cleanest city in Africa. "One of our main objectives is to work on an extensive assessment of the president’s Accra Cleanest City 2020 Agenda and this project is one of the ways to explore the sustainable options that we can use to tackle our sanitation problems," Makafui said.
The Mckingtorch Footwear comes in designs called; Sankofa, Borlaife, Duafe, Joy, Heritage and Freedom. The footwear is going to be available on their website at www.mckingtorchafrica.org and on their social media handles on Facebook and on Instagram with name Mckingtorch Africa.
The project will be launched tomorrow 7th July, 2020. Customers and stakeholders will be afforded the opportunity to pre-order the items especially the sandals however delivery of orders or self-pickup will start on 14th July, 2020.
The exhibition will be held at Total Petroleum 37 Service Station for 30 days and self-pick-up or purchase will be available for clients in the Solar Kiosk of the same 37 Service Station.
They have also partnered with some reputable logistics and courier services providers for nationwide delivery. The orders can be made on the respective social media handles and website.


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Mobile phone retailer EE has been handed a massive £2.7 million fine for overcharging thousands of customers.
Ofcom slapped the retailer with the fine following revelations it had charged 32,145 customers £1.20 per minute instead of the 19p per minute it should have cost.
This left customers with an unwarranted bill totalling £245,000.
The overcharges occurred during 2015 and early 2016, as EE customers called its customer service number when roaming in the EU, being charged as if they had called the US.
EE was also meant to repeal calling fees to its customer service number entirely inside the EU after November 18 2015, but it continued to charge until January 11 this month by charging 7600 customers.
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“EE didn’t take enough care to ensure that its customers were billed accurately. This ended up costing customers thousands of pounds, which is completely unacceptable,” Ofcom’s consumer group director Lindsey Fussell said.
Most of the overcharged money has been paid back, and for the 6900 customers who couldn‘t be identified the repayable money was given to charity.
According to uSwitch.com’s Richard Neudegg, this landmark fine, which has been paid to the treasury, is a warning to “all providers that billing mistakes will not be tolerated”.


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Beef Australia is passionate about providing a platform: a platform for marketing, a platform for trade and market access, and a platform for sharing knowledge.
This year Beef Australia is introducing ‘Pitch in the Paddock’ supported by KPMG, a new platform for showcasing innovation and attracting investment.
Pitch in the Paddock is based on the same concept as the hit TV show, Shark Tank.
A panel of investors listen to entrepreneurs pitch ideas for a business or product they wish to develop then decide whether it is a viable business idea.
Beef Australia has always been a place where our industry comes together with a positive vibe centered around progress and growth.
This year we are giving eight entrepreneurs the opportunity to bring their idea to life in front of our panel of world-class judges, including Dr Glen Richards from Shark Tank.
Dr Richards is the founding Managing Director of Greencross and was a co-founder and Director of Mammoth Pet Holdings Pty Ltd (Petbarn) before it merged with Greencross.
The lineup also includes Ben Van Delden, Head of AgTech and Markets at KPMG Australia; Markus Kalhbetzer, CEO of the BridgeLane Group; Sarah Nolet, CEO of AgThentic; and Susan McDonald, Beef Australia Board Member and Managing Director of Super Butcher.
Leading agtech and entrepreneurial talent will pitch their innovative business ideas to beef industry stakeholders, influencers, media, and customers on Wednesday, May 9, from 2:00pm at the RSHS Sports Complex.
- Visit www.beefaustralia.com.au to purchase your tickets on March 19.


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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Foxconn Technology Group confirmed media reports Tuesday (Dec. 8) that a plant in Mexico faced a ransomware attack, though the impact on the iPhone maker’s operations was limited.
The incident occurred around Nov. 29 during the Thanksgiving weekend at Foxconn CTBG MX in Ciudad Juárez, a factory that assembles and ships electronics equipment all over the Americas, according to the website BleepingComputer.
A ransomware group known as “DoppelPaymer” reportedly stole unencrypted Foxconn files before encrypting devices and demanding a ransom of US$34.6 million (NT$979 million) to be paid in bitcoin. Data leaked on the DoppelPaymer site included “generic business documents and reports but does not contain any financial information” or employees’ personal data, BleepingComputer reported.
The same group has claimed responsibility for ransomware attacks on a variety of targets worldwide, including Taiwanese laptop maker Compal Electronics last month.
Foxconn said in Taiwan Tuesday afternoon that there had been an attack but that its network systems were gradually recovering and that its overall operations had not suffered any major impact, CNA reported. Tuesday afternoon, the Mexican facility’s website was still displaying an error message.


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Although President Lopez Obrador has urged Mexicans to eschew expensive and processed foods and eat more beans, the country is facing a bean shortage due to drought and is being forced to import some 100,000 tonnes in order to meet the short-term demand.
The problem has been ongoing, the Ministry of the Economy reports.
In 2019 bean production decreased by 31% and as a result, prices have increased by nearly 30% in the last year, according to the National Consumer Price Index.
Bean imports, which will start this year on July 1 and end October 15, were also necessary in 2016 and 2017. In 2018 the crops had recovered enough that beans were only imported for a six-week period.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development warned in December that the 2019 drought was the worst since 2011 and that the production of basic grains, sugar, corn, coffee and livestock would be affected. Key bean-growing states Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato and Zacatecas saw their driest month on record in July of last year.
Imports of rice, which are already at 85% of the nation’s supply, may also be increased as a result.
Last year the government spent 8.1 billion pesos (US $356 million) on subsidies for small farms, including financial assistance for 300,000 bean producers, and this year that budget has increased to 10 billion pesos (US $439 million).
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This week Bitcoin.com discussed the possible scenario of a user activated hard fork called Bitcoin Cash as much of.Move your Bitcoin into a Trezor hardware wallet before Aug 1, 2017 to have access to BCC.If you stored Bitcoin (BTC) in Trezor before August 1, 2017, claim free Bitcoin Cash (BCH).
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Coke volume plunged 25% in April; sees bounce-back coming
Coca-cola’s global volume tumbled 25% in April as the coronavirus pandemic began to grip large swaths of the world population.
The year began strongly at Coke, with volumes up 3% through February excluding China, where the outbreak had locked down major cities, and the company was on track to reach its financial targets.
Then, vending, stadium, outdoor events and other sales evaporated.
In the following month, as the virus spread, the behavior of consumers shifted radically. The Atlanta company saw sales spike as people loaded up pantries, though those sales have since leveled off.
Global unit case volumes rose 7% in China in January, then it began to slide. The same pattern was repeated first in Europe, then in North America.
“The ultimate impact on the second quarter and full year 2020 is unknown at this time, as it will depend heavily on the duration of social distancing and shelter-in-place mandates, as well as the substance and pace of macroeconomic recovery,” the company said in a prepared statement. “However, the impact to the second quarter will be material.”
Coca-Cola Co. said Tuesday that first quarter net income jumped 65% to $2.8 billion, or 64 cents per share.
Adjusted for one-time items, the company earned 51 cents per share, easily beating Wall Street projections of 44 cents per share, according to FactSet.
Coke’s adjusted revenue of $8.6 billion also beat analysts’ forecast of $8.3 billion.
The company said earlier that it no longer expects to achieve earlier full-year projections.
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Now Google uses your social networking account to decide what search results you see
Google is getting more personal with internet search results by sifting through the photos and commentary on its social network.
The additional personal touches began to roll out Tuesday with Google hoping to eventually know enough about each of its users so it can tailor its results to fit the unique interests of each person looking for something.
Different people should start seeing different search results more frequently now that Google Inc. is importing content from its six-month-old Plus service.
Google new 'Search plus your world' feature has come under fire from Twitter's general counsel for prioritising results from Google's Plus social network
Google's main search results page will also start highlighting more content from an older online photo service called Picasa.
Other features will recommend additional people and companies to follow on Plus, based on their search requests. Those suggestions will exclude publicly accessible information about accounts on Facebook and Twitter.
The preferential treatment for Plus could amplify concerns about the objectivity of Google's search results - a focal point of broad regulatory investigations in the U.S. and Europe.
The Federal Trade Commission, attorneys general in six states, and the European Commission are looking into complaints alleging Google has been unfairly exploiting its dominance in Internet search to promote its other services while ignoring or downplaying pertinent information about its rivals.
The exclusive Plus recommendations in Google's search results are "exactly the kind of thing that the antitrust people are screaming about," said Danny Sullivan, an industry expert who has been following Google since the 1990s.
"This is very un-Google like. It's unfair to other services and it's unfair to people."
Personal touch: This screen shot provided by Google, shows how a search request that includes the name of a dog owned by the user or a friend might turn up photos of the pet that have been posted on Plus
Twitter said it's worried the added emphasis on Plus in Google's search results will make it more difficult to find breaking news and other compelling information shared within the 250 million messages, or tweets, posted on its service each day.
"We think that's bad for people, publishers, news organizations and Twitter users," Twitter said in a statement.
Google says its efforts to reel in more information from other sharing services are frequently thwarted by the providers.
"Ushering in the new era of social and private data search will take close cooperation, and we hope other sites participate so we can provide the best possible experience for our users," Google said in a statement.
The feature will be automatically turned on for all English-language searches made by users logged into Google. Turning off the personal results permanently will require changing a setting in Google's personal preferences.
The personal results can also be excluded on a search-by-search basis by clicking on an icon of the globe on the results page (the personal results will be denoted by a button featuring a human's silhouette).
Concerns: The preferential treatment for Plus could amplify concerns about the objectivity of Google's search results
If the new formula works as Google expects, the search results will include pertinent information culled from the requestor's Plus account.
For instance, a query about the San Francisco 49ers might include links and comments made about the football team by other people in one of the social circles on the user's Plus account.
A search request that includes the name of a dog owned by the user or a friend might turn up photos of the pet that have been posted on Plus and Picasa.
As part of Tuesday's expansion, the profile pictures of Plus accountholders will appear in the drop-down suggestions on Google's search box. So when typing in "Mary," you may see those named Mary in your circle along with those Google believes you'd find interesting.
Searches on general topics such as "music" and "sports," will generate suggestions on people and companies that have Plus accounts. Sullivan considers this be unfair because some people might not have Plus accounts, or share more interesting information on their Twitter page.
While Google is hoping the addition of more personal results will make its search engine even more useful, the changes also could spook some people as they realize how much information is being compiled about them.
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Volkswagen wants to install 36,000 charging stations for electric cars in Europe by 2025.
The Volkswagen Group announces a significant increase in investments in charging infrastructure for electric cars with the intention of installing 36,000 charging stations for electric cars in Europe by 2025.
In recent years, they have already participated in the development of some recharging networks, like Ionity, but the German automaker now expects to expand its direct involvement in charging electric vehicles.
Across Europe, the Group will install a total of 36,000 top-up points by 2025, 11,000 of which will be installed at the group's facilities and at around 3,000 dealers in all major cities.
Overall, the Group invests around € 250 million.
“Charging infrastructure will increasingly become the crucial factor for the rapid breakthrough of e-mobility in Germany. Charging an electric car must become just as easy and normal as charging a smart phone. This is why we need significantly more charging stations in public spaces and simple rules for the installation of private Wallboxes. Volkswagen intends to send out a signal and is becoming involved in the development of charging infrastructure at all levels,” says Thomas Ulbrich, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen brand responsible for E-Mobility.
“There is potential for e-mobility to become a genuine success story in Germany. If industry and politicians make a concerted effort, we can overcome the challenges of charging infrastructure very fast. Similarly, we can only master the technology-driven structural transformation in our industry by working together,” says E-Mobility Board Member Thomas Ulbrich. “Germany needs an e-mobility masterplan.”
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|Ready for my close up: Model Le Thuy in a design from Do Manh Cuong's latest collection, Love, which will be displayed during Vietnam Fashion Designer Week. — Photo Do Manh Cuong Facebook
HCM CITY (VNS) — The first Vietnam Designer Fashion Week began last night at the HCM City Television's HTV Studio in District 1.
More than 70 clothes for women and men created by young talents such as Hoang Dung, Mac Xuan Nuong, Thanh Thanh of Van Lang University were displayed.
The ready-to-wear designs use high-quality materials at reasonable prices.
Machio, Cashew and V64 brand names will present their collections of more than 100 designs tonight.
Famous designers Do Manh Cuong and Li Lam will introduce their new trends in Celadon City in Tan Phu District on Thursday.
New designs by Ha Linh Thu, Anna Vo, Le Ha and An Huong will also be featured during the five-day event. More than 60 fashion models will be included.
The event includes two trade exhibitions on Friday and Saturday at Rex Hotel, which offer opportunities for both local fashion houses and designers to promote their brand names and sales.
To attract customers, several hundred designs will be displayed and on sale at 10-30 per cent discount.
While Cuong's designs are on sale at VND8 million (US$350) per item, clothes by brand names like Cashew are only VND500,000 ($22).
Dozens of leading garment and textile companies and fashion agencies were invited to participate in the event's exhibitions.
Fashion Week is organised by a group of fashion designers and stylists who want to highlight Vietnamese brand names and young designers.
It also plans to launch the Viet Nam Fashion Designers Association.
"The Fashion Week is just not for catwalks but also a place to connect Vietnamese brand names and designers and customers. It also helps designers develop their business," said Nguyen Thanh Huong, director of the F-Fashion magazine, one of the members of the organising board.
"We hope the Viet Nam Fashion Designers Association will open soon because through the association we will have opportunities to make the industry more professional," she added. — VNS


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We’ve heard enough rumors of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 arrangement, however, when will it really be launched? All things considered, it would appear that we’ve at last got a launch date and venue as well.
CNET reports that the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 series will launch on August 7, 2019, referring to individuals acquainted with Samsung’s plannings. Besides, the website says that the new Note devices will release in New York City at the Barclays Center. This is a similar launch scene to the Galaxy Note 9.
Samsung’s past Note device saw the daylight on August 9, 2019, before being available to people in general on August 24. So you can expect a comparative timeline for Note 10 to hit stores.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 series might be available as a standard and a Pro Variant. The Pro model might offer a greater screen and four back cameras. On the contrary, the base variant might have just three cameras at the rear.
Recently spilled renders don’t demonstrate a Bixby key or 3.5mm port, however. The previous exclusion wouldn’t be a gigantic misfortune, yet the absence of a 3.5mm port is undeniably increasingly disruptive.
Those needing a Samsung flagship with a 3.5mm port likely to get the Galaxy S10 device rather at that point.
The next generation Galaxy Note might be promising if we consider the number of leaks that have already surfaced by now. But, will people really miss the headphone jack.
Considering that every 2 our of 5 OEMs are ditching the headphone jack.
This is all because of Apple started removing the same for some apparent weird reasons actually.
Source: Android Authority
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Enterprise with foreign investments McDonald’s Ukraine Ltd. (Kyiv), which develops the American chain of McDonald’s fast food restaurants in Ukraine, has opened its first restaurant in Ternopil located at 30, Hetmana Mazepy Street. The press service said that the new restaurant with 112 seats indoors and 128 seats outdoors is located in a one-story building with an area of 520 square meters. Around 100 employees service some 2,000 clients every day. The restaurant has the McDrive service.
The McDonald’s restaurant in Ternopil has become the ninth restaurant of the new format in Ukraine.
The first McDonald’s outlet in Ukraine opened in Kyiv on May 24, 1997.
Enterprise with foreign investments McDonald’s Ukraine Ltd. develops the chain.
Terkuriy-2 LLC (Ternopil region), the owner of the Podoliany shopping and entertainment center with an area of 50,000 square meters, plans in 2019 to begin the construction of the second phase of the facility worth about $15 million.
“We are preparing an updated format, want to increase the trade area by 15,000 square meters, to 55,000 square meters. The total area will be about 80,000 square meters,” director for development at the Podoliany trade center Tetiana Chubak told the agency during the Retail & Development Business Expo 2018 exhibition in Kyiv.
She said that investment in the new area of 50,000 square meters will be about $500 per sq m. Currently, according to the website of the center, the total area of the facility is about 50,000 square meters.
According to Chubak, the project provides for an increase in the number of parking places to 1,500 from 1,300, including a two-level parking lot. The commissioning is planned for 2020.
The Podoliany center at 28Ch Tekstylna Street in Ternopil was opened in 2007.
According to Chubak, attendance of the shopping center last year amounted to 6 million people.


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Indonesian-owned Japfa Limited has registered its final prospectus for a listing on the SGX mainboard, making it the first industrialised agri-food company focused on protein foods to be listed in Singapore.
SINGAPORE: Indonesian-owned Japfa Limited has registered its final prospectus for a listing on the SGX mainboard. This will make it the first industrialised agri-food company focused on protein foods to be listed in Singapore.
The company's operations range from animal feed production and animal breeding to milk production and consumer food production.
Under the IPO, Japfa will offer a total of 248 million shares priced at 80 Singapore cents each. It compromises an international offer of 231.2 million shares and a Singapore public offer of 16.8 million shares.
Japfa is seeking to raise S$198 million in gross proceeds. It plans to use the funds for investment in China and other emerging markets. Despite recent market volatility, Japfa remains upbeat about its IPO, saying that its international offer is five times oversubscribed.
Mr Tan Yong Nang, CEO of Japfa Ltd, said: "We do believe that ... the company has a good foundation, and as I stated earlier because there is a lot of growth opportunity, I think it's best that we actually tap the market and grow the business our way."
The Singapore public offer will open on Aug 8, 2014 and close on Aug 13, 2014. Japfa's shares are expected to begin trading on Aug 15, 2014.


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The new Huawei MediaPad M1 is yet another tablet recently announced at MWC 2014. Built for entertainment purposes, this highly affordable tablet promises to keep you entertained while on-the-go with the latest LTE connectivity.
Is it a tablet or a smartphone? We honestly don't know and neither does Huawei. The new Huawei MediaPad X1 is sleek enough to be carried around like a smartphone, yet its 7-inch screen makes it more like a tablet. You decide.
Huawei unveiled their latest social-friendly Ascend G6 4G smartphone at MWC 2014. The phone features a 5-megapixel front facing camera that lets you take better selfies through its unique wide-angle lens.
At MWC 2014, Samsung unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the 5.1-inch Galaxy S5. Yes, it has a fingerprint scanner. Yes it's IP67 water and dust resistant. Yes, it can monitor your heart rate. And yes, it comes in gold. But what else does it do? Find out in our full hands-on.
Intel unveiled two 64-bit Atom processors at MWC 2014 today, and also spoke of its multiyear agreements with Lenovo, ASUS and Foxconn to develop mobile devices running on Intel chips.
Huawei added a new product category into their consumer products line-up today with the announcement of the TalkBand B1. The hybrid 'talk and track' companion to the recently announced MediaPad X1 is their attempt at interpreting the concept of wearables.
- LG G5 to sport an OLED display with "always on" feature?
- HTC rumored to launch its new flagship smartphone in April
- Twitter's new timeline feature shows best tweets from people you follow
- Google's self-driving car system gets a legal fillip
- Your third-party USB Type-C cable may destroy your laptop if you aren't careful
- Future Intel chips may favor reduced power instead of increased performance
- Oculus Ready PCs will be available for pre-order very soon!
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Ford Motor Company says it will add 1,000 jobs to its assembly plant in Oakville Ontario, as the site will produce the 2015 Ford Edge crossover utility vehicle, the company said on Wednesday.
By Leah Schnurr. TORONTO (Reuters) - The coming year is unlikely to bring any relief to the weakening Canadian dollar as the Bank of Canada's neutral stance prompted analysts in a Reuters poll to renew their pessimistic forecasts for the currency.
MONTREAL - Premier Philippe Couillard says the decline in metal prices will not stop the revival of the Liberals' northern development plan.
An Ontario coffee roaster and grinder is suing Keurig for anti-competive behaviour, claiming it is keeping the price of single-serve coffee pods artificially high for consumers.
TransCanada Corp. wasted little time in launching a new campaign to show investors that it is serious about trying to boost its share price, without breaking up the company.


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Travel Exports Growth Outpacing Other U.S. IndustriesAugust 10, 2012 By: Newswire Travel Agent
While travel exports declined by $40 million since May – a 0.3 percent change – year to date, travel exports are still growing faster than all other service exports and contribute to more than one-quarter of total service exports, David Huether, senior vice president of economics and research at the U.S. Travel Association reports.
Huether offered his analysis of the Commerce Department's report on international trade. Commerce said that overall exports increased to $185 billion in June, up more than $2 billion from May. However, overall exports of services slightly decreased to $52.2 billion, including travel exports, driven mainly by $35 million decline in passenger fare exports.
"Travel exports outpaced the rest of the economy through the first six months of the year, increasing 11 percent – nearly three times faster than total services exports and double overall exports," Huether said. "The slight slowdown in June reinforces the need to promote the United States abroad and increase international travel to the United States. Legislation such as the Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act are key to continue to increase international spending and create American jobs to improve local economies," Huether said.


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Analyst Speculation Points to 2013 for Launch of Apple Television Set
Business Insider reports on a new research note from Hong Kong-based research firm CLSA claiming that Apple's much-rumored television set is likely to debut in 2013 rather than the late 2012 timeframe that has been suggested by several other reports. CLSA is also one of a number of analyst firms that believe Foxconn's investment in Sharp is likely tied to potential for an Apple television.
We continue to view Apple TV hardware as a 2013 event.
The timing of Hon Hai/Foxconn's equity stake and partnership with Sharp along with Hon Hai Chairman Terry Gou's separate 46.5% investment in Sharp's Sakai City plant lends further credibility that Apple TV is in the works. This also follows reports that Apple is investing ~$1.3bn in equipment destined for Sharp facilities.
CLSA does not offer a specific rationale for its belief that the Apple television won't debut until next year, but a number of rumors from last year suggested that it could appear in either late 2012 or early 2013. More recent reports have claimed that component suppliers have already begun moving parts for the Apple television, with a launch potentially coming in the fourth quarter of this year.
CLSA does not have a particularly prolific track record, but the only previous report we have on record from the firm is an incorrect one from June 2011 claiming that an LTE-equipped iPad would launch ahead of the 2011 holiday season. The new iPad with LTE support of course didn't launch until earlier this month.
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That's pretty much what it feels like they are doing.
As somebody who was in the industry for close to 10years, I still find it hilarious when people say this. It's a well known fact that there is little to no profit in televisions which is why so many people couldn't get their head around why Apple would even CONSIDER getting into the industry since they're used to their 30-40% profit margins. Even Samsung (most likely the largest TV manufacturer) is spinning off their LCD division because of profit losses. If Apple goes the OLED route they may remain competitive for the first 3 months until the rest of the television market starts on the "race to the bottom" that occurs like clock work every year. Televisions have become nothing more then a loss leader. If Apple does it they may need to take the Kindle Fire route and sell the TV's at cost to make money off of services. I'm still of the belief that they'll stick with the Set-Top-Box and this "New Apple TV" that's being rumored will be a new streaming service and not an actual TV set. To me that is far more exciting.
MacBook Air launched in 2008 :P
So they release a new product after X years from the previous one where X is incremented by 1 each time.
2007 - 2008 - 2010 - 2013 - 2017 - 2022
Maybe around 2022 they may release the iPad Mini just to make Digitimes happy.


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Last week, Apple began allowing ad blocking apps through its new mobile operating system, iOS 9. However, within a couple of days, the number 1 ad blocking app was pulled from the App Store after only 36 hours at the top. The app called Peace was an all or nothing ad blocker that blocked all ads indiscriminately.
Peace’s creator removed the app, citing concerns over the ethical implications of ad blocking. On his own blog he stated, “Ad blockers come with an important asterisk: while they do benefit a ton of people in major ways, they also hurt some, including many who don’t deserve the hit.” It didn’t feel good “being the arbiter of what’s blocked.” Apple is now offering refunds to anyone who downloaded the app.
A recent Fortune article contends, “Publishers only have themselves to blame for the ad-blocking apocalypse.”
Users are frustrated with the pace at which mobile web pages load. Blocking ads on mobile is particularly beneficial, as it reduces data consumption. However, blocking ads deprives publishers of ad revenue. It also prevents advertisers from spreading their important messages.
An estimated $22 billion in revenue will be lost to publishers this year as a result of ad blocking software. Because of the manner in which it prevents copyright owners from being compensated for distribution of their protected works on the web, comparisons to online piracy are being drawn.
Some types of ads are unaffected by the new mobile ad blockers.
Native ads and in-app ads are unaffected by the new ad blockers, which only block web-based ads on mobile devices. For that reason, the popularity of ad blocking apps will likely lead to an increase of ads in these alternative formats.
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By now most of you have probably heard of Meizu, the company behind one of the most famous iPhone clones. Word is going around that the company is already working on a new phone, namely the Meizu M9II, a phone that is slated to be released in late 2011. Some technical details of the phone should include a 4-inch display that features a 1280 x 854 or 1200 x 900 pixel resolution, 1GB of RAM/ROM, dual-core A9 processor and 16GB of built-in flash memory. The phone is expected to be priced around 3580 Yuan ($537). Of course, at such a price point, you have to wonder if most folks would just end up purchasing the iPhone or similar phones instead.
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New Zealand businesses have begun to slowly phase out plastic, with venues across the country banning plastic straws and select supermarkets committing to phase out single-use plastic bags. But Dutch supermarket chain Ekoplaza has taken it up a notch — it has launched a supermarket with an aisle that is completely plastic free.
On Wednesday, February 28, an Amsterdam branch of the chain opened its doors with the world-first aisle, made up from over 700 plastic-free items. The supermarket worked together with environmental campaign A Plastic Planet to launch the new aisle. Co-founder of the organisation Sian Sutherland Tweeted that 6.3 billion tonnes of plastic have been produced since the 1950s and encouraged other supermarket chains to follow suit.
New Zealand currently has no plastic-free supermarket aisles but stores like Countdown, SuperValue, FreshChoice and New World have committed to phasing out single-use plastic carrier bags by the end of 2018.


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Uche Eze, founder of BellaNaija.com, visits Hult’s London campus
Hult International Business School is proud to announce the guest visit of Uche Eze, founder of BellaNaija.com, the premier lifestyle, entertainment and fashion website in Africa.
Uche Eze will be at the London campus to meet and mingle with Hult students and faculty on March 23 -24, 2011. Uche Eze will share her success story and her views on the online media industry in Africa.
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Uche Eze is the driving force behind BainStone Limited in her dual role as the Managing Director of the company and Founding Editor of BellaNaija.com. Established in 2009, BainStone is a new-media company aimed at conceptualizing, developing and managing innovative and exciting online media content aimed at Pan-African and Nigerian audiences. Founded in 2006, BellaNaija.com is the premier lifestyle, entertainment and fashion website in Africa both in readership and relevance. Under Uche’s leadership, the website has established a loyal following with over one million hits per month and has won numerous awards including the Outstanding Contribution to Fashion Communication Award at the 2010 Africa Fashion Week held by Africa Fashion International (AFI) in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Uche holds a Bachelors degree with Honors in Business Administration (HBA) from the prestigious Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario in Canada where she graduated with distinction in 2006. She has previously held positions in multinationals including Shell Canada, Cadbury Middle East & Africa Unit based in the UK, and Cadbury Nigeria.
Uche Eze is a TEDAfrica Fellow, a 2010 Future Awards nominee for “Best Use of Technology”, and has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show, in addittion to being interviewed on CNN International September 2010. Uche was recently selected as a Nigeria Leadership Initiative – NLI Associate, a prestigious distinction for young outstanding Nigerians. In January 2011, Uche was honored as one of a “Young Person of the Year” finalist at the Future Awards – the most esteemed youth awards organization in Nigeria. In February 2011, BainStone was chosen as one of 50 high potential Nigerian SMEs and awarded a British Airways Opportunity Grant.
BainStone, through its flagship online media product – BellaNaija.com is a pioneer in the online media industry in Nigeria. With Uche at the helm, the company continues to set new standards and advocate for the development of the budding online media industry in Africa.
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Engineering Students in Amman Al-Alhliyya University Excel in Designing an Electronic Device to Serve Scientific Research in the Faculty of Pharmacy
A joint research team from the students of Al-Ahliyya Amman University consisted of Friend Al-Muatez and Ola Jawish and was supervised by Dr. Muhammad Al-Aiyad and Eng. Bashar Nazeih designed an electronic device “Digital Actophotometer”. This device was designed to be used in laboratory tests on animals and in studying the different effects of medicines on the Central Nervous System in the framework of the scientific research in the faculty of Pharmacy. The device is used now by the researchers in the Faculty of Pharmacy. The importance of this device lies in examining the under development pharmaceutical samples by injecting the experimental rats, monitoring them and recording its activity.It is worth mentioning that the design of the device takes into account the international technological standards. Moreover, the device is noted for simplicity of usage, drawing the results and in the lower expenses that do not exceed 5% of its value in the global markets. It is known that the Faculty of Engineering in the University has previously designed other laboratory measuring devices. This is considered a step forward in investing students’ abilities and creations instead of buying devices from abroad.


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This week on TreeHugger, 3D printers go on a road trip, tiny modular gadgets set to revolutionize electronics, watch a bike decompose on a NYC street, and more!
1. 3D Printers In A Prius Prove This Technology is Road Ready
With four 3D printers and a Prius, two designers are finding out just what goes into making and on-demand 3D printing business work.
2. World's Largest Solar Boat En Route to Complete Historic Lap Around the Globe
Planet Solar's Turanor, the world's largest 100% solar-powered boat, is about to complete its 18 month journey across the globe. I climbed aboard while it docked in Abu Dhabi to take a look.
3. Ever Broken a Textbook Beyond Repair? Now, with iBooks, You Can!
On Thursday, Apple announced iBooks 2, iBooks Textbooks, and iBooks Author. If all your textbooks are on your iPad, what happens when it breaks?
4. Lifebook Design Combines All Your Gadgets Into One Modular Laptop
One designer has come up with a sleek and smart way to minimize the waste of duplicated hardware in our many devices.
5. B-Squares' Brilliant Plot to Take Over Electronics With Lego-Like Gadgets
The popular gadget concept earned a killing on Kickstarter, proving that people want these Lego-like devices. However, their purpose is far bigger than entertainment.
6. Silver Ink Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Low-cost, Flexible Electronics
University of Illinois researchers have developed a reactive silver ink with amazing properties that could revolutionize electronics manufacturing.
7. One-Year Time-Lapse of a Bike Decomposing On a NYC Street
What happens when you leave a beautiful new bike locked up on a busy street? This time-lapse video illustrates it.
8. Cubify Brings 3D Printing To Your Livingroom
3D printing is all the rage right now among designers as a way to minimize waste for prototypes. Cubify capitalizes on this to bring 3D printing to kids and budding designers alike.
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Price and details for the Garmin Forerunner 955 in the United States have been leaked, including a high-end option
Before being pulled down, a listing for the highly anticipated Garmin Forerunner 955 fitness watch appeared on US shop Beach Camera’s website, offering a slew of new details.
The Garmin Forerunner 955 was first reported by Gadgets and Wearables in its “whitestone” colorway, which is presumably the same as the whitestone Garmin Forerunner 745.
Despite the fact that the item had been withdrawn by the time we arrived, G&W claims a slew of new details had been exposed, including a touch-screen display in addition to Garmin’s normal five buttons.
Like the top-end Enduro and Instinct watches, the watch appears to have solar charging capabilities.


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Too busy to charge your phone in one of those old-fashioned “wall socket” things? Yeah, me too. That’s why Motorola has released the P790 mobile phone charger. It fits in the mini-USB port on your phone to give you two full charges and can even be purchased with a dual-charge adapter to charge your oh-so-cool Bluetooth headset at the same time. It looks like a PEBL, which means that if you have your phone and phone accessories in one place, you will look like the hippest cat in the meeting.
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Sasol Ltd. opened its alkoxylation plant in Nanjing, China, last week, expanding its production of surfactants, some of which are used to make lubricants and metalworking fluid additives, the company announced in a press release. It is the companys first wholly owned facility in Asia.
The South African chemicals and energy firm said the plants production capacity is 150,000 metric tons per year, doubling its alkoxylation production in the region. The facility can operate using either branched or linear alcohols. Construction of the facility began in June 2017. Our expansion in China underpins our chemicals business ambitions to diversify geographically, participate in high-growth markets and grow in differentiated applications, Bongani Nqwababa, joint president and CEO of Sasol, said in a press release issued July 10. I am confident this expansion will enable us to better support local customer requirements and our pursuit for continued long-term growth in the worlds most important emerging market.
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Hand and foot care brand Prose has announced the launch of a national franchise program. This follows the signing of a first agreement with restaurant industry veteran and non-executive chairman of P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Rick Federico, and his wife Peggy.
Founder and CEO, Dave Crisalli said, “PROSE is making it easy for hand and foot care to be an essential part of people’s lives. We’ve reinvented the nail salon experience and since opening our first boutique in Phoenix last December, the market reaction has inspired me. Our brand is connecting deeply with our members and guests and is attracting the attention of brilliant business people. Through franchising, we have unlocked the opportunity for more Americans to receive the wonderful benefits of the PROSE experience. I am thrilled to launch this compelling franchise opportunity with a proven entrepreneur and thoughtful leader in Rick Federico.”
PROSE is seeking qualified market developers and franchisees to join the brand and currently has opportunities nationwide.
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Bihar govt makes a U-turn on booze ban, may start retail of IMFL
In what appears to be the first sign of a volte-face, the Bihar government is mulling to start the retail of Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) within all municipal and nagar parishad limits through the Bihar State Beverage Corporation Limited (BSBCL), instead of going for complete prohibition as it had earlier proposed.
However, the state will not allow the sale of any form of liquor in village panchayats, where women had raised their voice against the same.
On November 26, chief minister Nitish Kumar had announced that the state will go dry from April 1, 2016. On Thursday, Nitish reiterated his resolve for full prohibition, while addressing a review meeting of rural development department, also acknowledging the role of women members of self-help groups in seeking such a measure.
The decision to ban the sale of liquor was widely appreciated, with several states pressing their leadership to follow Bihar’s suit.
However, sources in the excise department, wishing not to be quoted, said that the sale of country-made liquor would be banned.
The state government, through a series of advertisements published in local dailies on Thursday, also made its intention clear, inviting tenders for shops, godowns with ATMs and CCTVs for retail shops within municipal limits.
Tenders have also been floated to invite companies to provide private security guards at shops and godowns as well as to outsource employees at these shops.
The advertisements in newspapers come close on the heels of a meeting with a delegation of IMFL sellers with RJD chief Lalu Prasad at his residence on Wednesday.
So far, BSBCL has been solely responsible for the wholesale trade of IMFL and earns a maximum of 2% profit on the maximum sale price. The retailers earn a profit of 15% on MRP. The state earns revenue of around Rs 4,000 crore annually from liquor sale from nearly 9,000 shops.
Sources in the excise department said that the step to sell liquor within municipal limits and nagar parishads is being taken to bridge the deficit likely to accrue out of ban of country liquor in villages.
The state had earlier tried its hand at prohibition in 1977-78, but failed to implement it effectively. In 2007, the Kumar government changed its liquor policy to shore up internal revenue in the fund-starved state. It paid dividends and revenue collection from over 9,000 outlets and vends registered a more than 10-fold jump — from a paltry Rs 319 crore in 2005-06 to Rs 3,650 crore in 2014-15.
The main opposition party in state assembly, BJP, which had announced to support the government’s move, questioned the government’s intention on the issue.
“A series of self-contradictory statements is coming up on the prohibition issue — talks of complete ban, Lalu Prasad meeting liquor sellers’ delegation, BSBCL looking for godowns and retail sale. Different postures put a question mark on the government’s commitment,” tweeted senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi, who, as finance minister of Bihar, had pioneered the expansion of liquor sales through licensed vends by organising the trade.
JD (U) leader and a former minister Shyam Rajak, however, defended the government. “There is no difference in acts and commitment of chief minister Nitish Kumar,” he said.


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Google has announced that Acer, HP, and Samsung Chromebooks will be made available to an additional six countries - Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands - from Tuesday. The company is also set to roll the notebooks to businesses and schools in these countries. Chromebooks will also be extended to more than 1,000 Best Buy stores nationwide in the U.S. in the coming weeks - doubling the number of stores Chromebooks are sold in at present.
Google intends to bring Chromebooks to even more countries in the forthcoming months.
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Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference or WWDC 2015 is the single event from where Apple announces some of its largest products.
The focus this year will firmly be placed on Apple's much-rumoured Beats streaming service as well as the expansion of Apple Pay to the rest of the world.
After acquiring Beats for a cool $3bn, Apple remained remarkably quiet about what it was going to do with its new acquisition.
Of course on top of the headphone business Apple had also acquired a Spotify-rival in the form of Beats Music. Offering an artist-led curated streaming service, Beats Music had a small but dedicated following and many believe that Apple has been working all year to integrate it into the Music app on iOS and OS X.
Aside from music, improvement is going to be the big focus here. Rather than unveiling new products, Apple is expected to focus on refining current ones making them faster, more efficient and more powerful.
Well we're just hours away from the announcement, here are our predictions for WWDC 2015:
Apple Beats Music
This is the easiest one to identify as it's the most expensive purchase that Apple has so far announced nothing on. With a $3bn purchase burning a hole in their pocket Apple will be keen to turn Beats Music into an integrated part of the Music offering on iPhone and Mac.
While leaks of iOS 8.4 actually show little to no sign of Beats Music, it seems likely that Apple will make some announcement - whether it's a statement of intent or a simple demonstration ahead of a launch later this year.
Apple Pay UK Release Date
This again seems likely. Apple has spent the last year testing out Apple Pay in the security-minefield that is the US financial sector.
While US banks were found to be lacking in security compared to Apple's own system the UK is far more prepared for contactless payments with adoption rates being higher along with far tighter security measures when it comes to mobile banking etc.
With Apple Watch now more widely available in the world as well it seems as though Apple will have more than enough compatible hardware in place to make it work.
Apple Watch OS 2.0
This is a long shot for a number of reasons. The first is that Apple has only just unveiled its first Apple Watch update which brought with it minor performance improvements to Siri and the operating system.
That said, Apple is nothing if not a creature of habit and if there's one place that the company would announce a new software update it'll be WWDC.
What can we expect? Well if Apple were to make the announcement you could expect new watch faces, increased performance of multi-tasking and even some updates towards personalisation of the watch software itself.
It could also open up the heart-rate monitoring to third-party apps like Nike+ Running and others, of course this is complete speculation.
Apple iOS 9
We know that Apple will unveil its latest update for iPhone, iPad and iPod at WWDC but what we don't know is the precise nature of the new features.
The new music app for iOS was leaked a few months ago along with some other developer previews and showed off a new interface that places the focus heavily on artwork, playlists and queuing.
Taking inspiration from the likes of Spotify, Tidal and others the Music App looks to be a major overhaul of Apple's music app which has remained largely unchanged since iOS first arrived for the original iPhone.


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Land and Houses PCL appointed a new chairman and president, and declared an interim dividend.
The company named Naporn Soonthornchitcharoen as chairman of the board and executive committee, replacing Anant Asavabhokhin, who stepped down.
Meanwhile, Chalerm Kieattanabumrung replaces Soonthornchitcharoen as president and will also serve as a member of the executive committee.
Additionally, the company's board approved an interim dividend payment of 40 Thai satang per share, to be paid Sept. 6.
As of Aug. 11, US$1 was equivalent to 33.23 Thai baht.


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Sweatfree rally encourages city to take the jump
Source: The Portland Alliance
Author: Maya Smeloff
On a grey Monday afternoon in February, organizers held a rally that will hopefully help to change the way Portland purchases goods on the global market.
Organizers have been in discussion with the Portland City Council since mid-summer 2006 for the city to pass a sweatshop free purchasing ordinance, which will mean that businesses operating in Portland would be required to follow a code of conduct which guarantees that all goods sold in the city are produced in a manner that meets basic labor and human rights standards. If voted in, Portland will ally with 170 other cities in the United States, including San Francisco and Los Angeles to join a sweatfree procurement consortium.
Look out Wal-Mart — Portland's salvo is ready to fire.
The Portland Sweatfree Coalition, which organized the rally, seeks to end state-funded purchasing of products made by sweatshop labor, including, but not limited to, the apparel industry. Often unnoticed by everyday citizens, taxpayer- funded subsidies go to purchasing large quantities of products for use by government employees without considering the supply-chain and how products are made. A sweatshop free ordinance would require manufacturers who are in a business contract with Portland to disclose the locations of their suppliers’ factories and ensure non-poverty wages, compensation for hours worked, freedom of association and other labor rights.
Fair labor standards as a condition of procurement would be monitored by an independent group and would follow both international and local laws as standards for enforcing sweatfree policies. This would include monitoring suppliers' factories, and vendors' and subcontractors' places of manufacturing. The sphere of influence is still minimal, but Deborah Schwartz, coordinator of the Portland Sweatfree Campaign says it is up to local governments to utilize political leverage and market power by refusing to do business with known human and labor rights violators.
The rally began at noon on Feb. 19 with a respectable turnout. Guest speaker Gloria Gonzalez, union president of the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), was the first to testify in front of the crowd.
According to the Portland Bureau of Purchasing files, the city has a contract with Russells, a known human rights violator that operates Hermosa, a manufacturing company in El Salvador. Hermosa currently owes their employees over a million dollars in back wages. Columbia Sportswear also uses an apparel facility in El Salvador called Evergreen, which unlawfully fired 300 employees who sought to organize for fair wages and benefits. These two companies regularly do business in Portland without regard for workers rights in El Salvador.
The next speaker was Portland's own Ed Hall, vice president of the Portland Firefighters Association. Hall said firefighters are particularly concerned with sweatshops because of historical events which have killed hundreds of workers in factories all over the world. He spoke of a fire on Feb. 23, 2006, in a sub-standard Bangladesh garment factory where children as young as 10 to 13-years-old worked and died in an uncontrolled fire.
Besides fair wages and benefits, sub-standard working conditions and fire codes are a major concern to Portland firefighters and are frequent violations in sweatshops around the globe.
Following Hall was Beatrice Fuentes. Fuentes is a mother of two and leader of the Columbia flower workers union. She has worked for the Dole Fresh Flowers plantation which supplies Wal-Mart and Albertson's. Flower workers will typically work 14 to 18-hour shifts in the weeks leading up to Valentine's Day and can be fired without notice after peek production ends. Due to grueling hours of work, many women now suffer from repetitive strain injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome. Often, sick women are fired because of missed days for seeking medical treatment, a standard practice many Portland workers take for granted.
Five years ago, Fuentes and others started organizing and immediately found opposition from multinational companies seeking to make a profit. On Oct. 12, 2006, John Amaya, president of Dole Fresh Flowers, closed down a plantation instead of negotiating with workers for fair wages and fair working hours. Many women lost their jobs and were never compensated by Dole for past due wages. Yet Dole earned a profit this Valentine’s Day from flowers produced by women like Fuentes.
Speaker Kotagarahali Jayarami, a sweatshop garment worker from India, recounted his experiences as a teenager working in factories supplying directly to Wal-Mart. "People work incredibly long hours under unsafe, exploitive conditions to make garments bound for the United States," said Jayarami. But "city governments can help change those practices by enacting policies that create a greater market for sweatfree goods."
After a bit of chanting from the crowd, the final speaker of this hour-long rally was Dan Gardner, Oregon's Labor Commissioner. According to Gardner, public money should not go to companies that do not uphold “reasonable and necessary steps to protect workers.” Gardner believes that a vast majority of Americans wouldn't mind paying more for clothes made under proper conditions, including taxes used to pay for government employees' uniforms.
Schwartz, the coordinator of the Campaign, said that opposition to the consortium comes from the way in which the independent monitoring organization would be funded. The monitoring wing of this consortium would operate as a public agency with full transparency and accountability but would need funding from each state and city joining such a coalition (i.e., tax dollars). This funding would go to rigorous investigation of supply chain factories, including public disclosure of factory locations; verifying factory health and safety conditions, wage rates and overtime compensation; and demonstrable action toward resolving identified violations.
Consumers may pay more, but if voted in, the ordinance would create a cohesive market with workers across the globe.
Maya Smeloff is living in Portland by way of California.


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A California judge is expected to decide whether to limit the employee-versus-independent contractor case to three drivers -- or allow in 160,000 drivers.
Uber is heading into one of the biggest court battles it's seen to date.
US District Judge Edward Chen is slated to decide on Thursday whether to grant class action status on a lawsuit in which three drivers are suing Uber for reportedly misclassifying them as independent contractors rather than employees. Chen's decision could have a huge impact on Uber's business model and also create a ripple effect throughout the entire on-demand economy.
Uber, which is a ride-hailing service that pairs passengers with drivers via a smartphone app, is one of the world's most valuable startups. Since the company launched in 2009, it's grown to operate in more than 250 cities in 58 countries. Uber is also one of the highest-valued venture-backed companies in the world with a valuation of more than $50 billion by some estimates.
Uber's current classification of drivers as contractors means it's not responsible for all sorts of costs, including Social Security, health insurance, paid sick days and overtime. Drivers also supply and maintain their own cars, so Uber doesn't pay for gas, repairs and other related expenses.
If Chen decides to grant class status in this case, Uber will have to contend with more than 160,000 Uber drivers in California, rather than just the three drivers listed on the complaint now. That means if Uber loses the case, it would have to pay damages to all of those drivers.
"If Uber's motion succeeds, it could potentially save the company hundreds of millions of dollars," said Roberto Cruz, the legal and compliance counsel for workforce management company ICon Professional Services. "The costs associated with its defense would shrink from defending against 160,000 Uber drivers to defending against just the three named plaintiffs."
"If Uber loses its motion, the next question becomes whether or not to settle and for what amount," Cruz added. "The difference in having to pay out a handful of named plaintiffs as employees versus having to pay hundreds of thousands of drivers as employees would be astronomical."
The lawsuit was originally filed on behalf of the three drivers in 2013 by attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan. Over the past couple of years, Uber has tried to get the case thrown out. It filed a motion to dismiss the suit, which was denied in March, and last month it filed a 52-page motion to limit the case to just the three drivers.
In last month's motion, Uber said the three drivers don't adequately represent most drivers and therefore the case shouldn't have class action status. The company argued that it's created several different service agreements and contracts for drivers, therefore it's difficult to lump all drivers into the same class. The motion also included statements from 400 drivers that said they'd prefer to be classified as contractors, rather than employees.
"The fact that Uber provided statements from several hundred drivers who expressed support for the company is not surprising, nor is it relevant," the drivers' lawyer, Liss-Riordan, said at the time. "More than a thousand drivers have contacted our firm who are very unhappy with how Uber has treated them and they feel taken advantage of."
Much of Uber's valuation is based on its ability to be profitable by running its ride-hailing platform. If the company is ultimately required to classify all of its drivers as employees, it will have to re-work its business model. Not only will Uber have to pay worker costs, such as overtime and health insurance, it will also have to manage a workforce of more than 1 million drivers worldwide. Uber didn't return a request for comment.
Several big players have weighed in on the employee-versus-independent contractor debate over the past couple of months. In July, democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton questioned whether the on-demand economy does enough to protect workers; and in June, the California Labor Commission revealed that in a March ruling it deemed former Uber driver Barbara Ann Berwick an employee, not a contractor.
In the wake of this battle, several on-demand companies appear to be re-thinking the independent contractor classification. The grocery-delivery startup Instacart said in June that it's switching hundreds of its personal shoppers from contract workers to part-time employees. And house-cleaning startup Homejoy announced in July that it was permanently shutting down after being sued over the classification of its workers. Several similar lawsuits have also popped up against other on-demand companies, including Homejoy, Postmates, Handy, Shyp and Washio.
"I believe the curated model approach that so many companies followed due to Uber's success will now come under question," said Jeff Tennery, CEO and co-founder of on-demand job site Moonlighting. "Too many of them followed Uber down this rabbit hole and won't make it out."
However, Tennery added, "this ruling will not sound the death knell for the sharing economy. Uber has the financial wherewithal and leadership ability to adjust their model and overcome the human resource expense."


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Irish sandwich and coffee franchise O’Briens Sandwich Bar has said its UK sales are up 12% ahead of forecast, due to a £750,000 (US$1.3m) investment in a new concept store design and menu.
The newly completed makeover is proving to be a much more appealing proposition with customers and franchisees alike, with ten new concept stores added to the portfolio this year and a further eight expected to be opened before Christmas, O’Briens said.
“Our new broader ranges of products combined with a fresh new look and easy to follow menus are certainly hitting the mark with customers, who are now guaranteed an abundant food offering, with specials and seasonal variations added to core menus,” said Nick Young, managing director of O’Briens Sandwich Bar UK.
“The new juice bars, introduced as part of our healthy options and growing Guilt Free Food range, are already achieving 15% of sales in many areas, while innovations in hot sandwiches and the introduction of our speciality foccacia-style Shambo breads have also grown to 15% of sales,” he added.
Improved breakfast and patisserie offers are also boosting sales by allowing stores to trade much more consistently throughout the day.


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Improving the situation of tourism in Poland
The pandemic shook the Polish tourism market.
Currently, there are the fewest entrepreneurs on it since 2018. 394 enterprises still have suspended economic activity. Compared to 2019, it is over eight times higher.
The financial situation of the tourist market is heading in the right direction, thanks to, among others, assistance obtained from the Tourist Reimbursement Fund.
According to experts, the situation is slowly stabilizing. Tourists, however, do not book their trips well in advance, which still poses a risk to entrepreneurs of Polish tourism.


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Jay-Z has started an investment fund to help minority marijuana entrepreneurs break into the booming cannabis business.
Cannabis has certainly lost a lot of the stigma that was attached to it a decade ago. More dispensaries are popping up as more states decide to legalize the plant for recreational use, allowing safer access and more jobs. With that in mind, the communities that have been affected most by the war on drugs also haven’t been allowed their fair share of the industry. So, Jay-Z is putting his money where his mouth is and launching a fund to help minority-owned cannabis businesses, per WSJ.
The new fund arrives after the acquisition of Left Coast Ventures and VMG Partners by Subversive Capital Acquisition Corp. The two companies have now been merged under the name The Parent Company and are taking $10M from their seed money acquired by Jay to launch the Social Equity Ventures Fund. The new fund will work towards promoting Black-owned cannabis ventures to combat the efforts of America’s War On Drugs.
“We were the ones most negatively affected by the war on drugs, and America has turned around and created a business from it that’s worth billions,” Jay-Z said to WSJ. “I wanted to do something in a real, concrete way, where I do my part.”
Jay-Z also recently launched his own cannabis brand called Monogram.


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Capilano launches new ‘healthy snack’ honey sachet
Leading Australian honey manufacturer Capilano has launched a new honey snack product called Snap n Squeeze.
The new product is a 7g sachet of 100 per cent pure Australian honey presented in a packaging format that Capilano said “takes the guessing” out of portion size for people who are conscious of what they consume or who have a nutrition plan.
“Honey is a completely natural and pure sweetener that we saw being able to fulfil a need for a healthy on-the-go option when packaged in a convenient, no mess format,” said Dr Ben McKee, Capilano CEO.
Capilano are marketing this honey product as being “naturally high in anti-oxidants”, having a “low-to-mid GI”, and containing “enzymes for its digestion”.
“The Australian public are becoming very savvy in selecting healthy food options to complement their increasingly busy lives,” said Dr McKee. “Honey needs to adapt with this trend and extend further than traditional home usage,” he said.
The new product will be available through Woolworths stores and sold in 12x7g packets.
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Yuchengco-led EEI Energy Solutions Corporation (EEI Energy) has joined the league of retail electricity suppliers (RES) in the restructured power sector, cornering a mall and an animal feeds manufacturer among its first clients.
The company disclosed that it recently signed up Centro Mall, which is a known shopping destination in Laguna and a certified feed miller Limcoma Multi-purpose Cooperative as off-takers (or capacity buyers) of its traded power supply under the ambit of the Retail Competition and Open Access (COA) policy in the electric power industry.
“Centro Mall and Limcoma Corporation are among the first accounts closed by EEI Energy within just six months into its operation,” the company said.
EEI Energy, a licensed retail power supplier by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), emphasized that the requirement of each customer had been at 500 kilowatts (kW), which is the current threshold allowed under the competitive retail regime of the power sector.
The Yuchengco firm noted that its total contracted capacity to date is approximately 3.5 megawatts. Its clients include a Southeast Asian aqua culture manufacturing firm that it had signed up for retail power supply in May this year.
This diversification business of EEI Energy, according to company President Cris Noel Torres, “is a testament to the dependability and reliability that EEI is known for and the value-added services that we can make available to our customers considering the diverse business interest of our group.”
Valia Quinajon, operations manager of EEI Energy, indicated that from the initial clients they already have under the firm’s RES portfolio, the company is targeting to further widen its customer base. “These accounts will definitely be the first of many customers we will serve with our unique offerings,” she said.
“While we look forward to a lasting and sustainable business relationship with our customers, we are aggressively working on providing the same, if not more, level of service to other contestable customers across the Luzon and Visayas market.”
In the RCOA space, the contestable customers or the end-users within prescribed thresholds that can already contract directly with their preferred electricity suppliers are seen benefiting from better quality service and cheaper rates. Some are also opting for electricity supply or services that are sourced from clean energy technologies.
It was similarly highlighted by EEI Energy General Manager Salvador Salire Jr. that the company is “ramping up efforts to further penetrate the retail market and with synergistic efforts within the EEI Group and the entire Yuchengco group of companies.”
He added “it will just be a matter of time for EEI Energy to carve its place in the retail energy space as one of the most innovative retail electricity suppliers in the country and be able to deliver quality service to our customers.”
Among the industry developments being closely watched by EEI Energy would be the economic recovery track of the country post-Covid; the lowering of RCOA threshold to 100kW by January 26 next year; and the targeted increase in the renewable energy (RE) capacity installation of its parent firm EEI Power Corporation.


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Sub-Sahara ‘ready for next m-commerce step’
VALUE ADDED SERVICESBy BiztechAfrica - Aug. 29, 2012, 2:37 p.m.
In a new report from its ConsumerLab, Ericsson maps out the potential of transformation within m-commerce across the region of sub-Saharan Africa.
Based on in-depth, extensive interviews with mobile phone users in Ghana, South Africa, and Tanzania, the report has four key findings: that consumers are constantly looking for new ways to improve their personal budgets; the speed and convenience of m-commerce points to great potential in the market; current behaviors and social structures indicate that the use of mobile payment services will expand; and that consumers need more information about the functionality and security of m-commerce transactions.
Consumers tell Ericsson researchers that they use mobile payment services for person-to-person transfers and purchasing airtime on their mobile subscriptions, and that they like the convenience of accessing money everywhere and at anytime, regardless of service hours. In Tanzania, for example, 38% of subscribers send money person-to-person over the mobile phone.
Another conclusion of the report is that people who use m-commerce keep little separation between private and business accounts. "Many consumers are entirely self-employed and are prompted to make transfers from private accounts for business purposes, so they gain experience with m-commerce," says Anders Erlandsson, Senior Advisor, Ericsson ConsumerLab.
Experience leads to greater trust, and the report finds that 44% of non-users of m-commerce are very worried about the integrity of their account information in case of theft or loss of their phones. "Face-to-face introductions, when an agent meets consumer, are crucial," says Erlandsson. "Just as personal access to a bank leads to higher acceptance of more abstract bank services, trust in mobile services also grows with personal experiences, rather than merely through advertising."
The report gives some insight into how household finances are traditionally handled and guidance for telecom operators in launching services that consumers will like and use. Where men and women share a household, men are generally expected to be breadwinners and women responsible for household finances.
A 45-year old man in Tanzania says: "If we are out of money and we have to buy something, my wife will usually solve it somehow. I don't know how she does it, women always have their ways."
Users put a high value on easy access to their money, Erlandsson continues: "Network reliability is another important factor, where concerns have to be addressed. For example, if you lose connectivity, you cannot access your money.
"Operators are reliable and technologically adept, providing a service that is personal and available to everybody. There is a window of opportunity in mobile money services for operators who already have an established relationship with consumers, because they have wide presence also in rural areas," he concluded.
Ericsson ConsumerLab gains its knowledge through a global consumer research program based on interviews with 100,000 individuals each year, in more than 40 countries and 15 megacities - statistically representing the views of 1.1 billion people. Both quantitative and qualitative methods are used, and hundreds of hours are spent with consumers from different cultures.
Ericsson m-commerce has a global focus on accelerating access and interconnection between the m-commerce ecosystem and the existing financial world.
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