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Walking into Zest Bakery and Coffeehouse is like walking into a place that seems to encompass the city of Stevens Point. There are professors sitting at tables grading papers, students lounging on the couches trying to catch a quick nap or an emergency cup of coffee, mothers talking about their children. On this particular day, the kitchen smelled of garlic.
“I think all this garlic might suffocate me,” Gaede joked as I started to talk to her about their recent honor. Brandi Gaede and Jake Marchant, Gaede’s fiancé and fellow owner of Zest, were recently awarded “Best Dessert” and “Best Overall” at The Taste of the Town, an event where all the proceeds went to help Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Zest donated seven different items to the event, where people were able to sample food from approximately 40 different vendors from the Stevens Point area.
“It was supporting a cause,” Gaede said. “And we definitely like to do that.”
Gaede explained why Zest’s bakery is unique and special. “We just like to add a unique blend by incorporating savory and sweet… we like to think outside of the box.” This outside-of-the-box thinking is apparent in such items on their menu as cheddar-apple sandwiches and a black pepper-rosemary latte.
Zest isn’t afraid to experiment with a variety of flavors or décor (such as student artwork or a wall of teacups filling the bakery).
“Just looking at the décor you can see how eclectic it is,” said Senior Arts Management major, Kristin Eggen, an employee at Zest.
Zest opened its door earlier this year, at first offering baked goods and coffee. They now serve anything from flatbreads to breakfast.
“I love Zest,” Eggen said. “I love Zest because it’s a genuine place. It identifies with a large range of people: professors, people from residential halls, people from town… It’s like the coffeehouse version of ‘Cheers.’”
Zest is always changing up their menu and recently changed it again for the fall season.
“There’s change here on a daily basis,” Gaede said.
There is an all-new lunch and latte menu for autumn, including a pumpkin latte made with fresh, homemade pumpkin syrup. Zest has its own garden so that they may use fresh ingredients in their dishes and pastries.
“There’s been an explosion of Zesty produce,” Eggen said.
Zest also now serves fresh bread that comes every Tuesday and Thursday from the New Village Bakery, a local bakery in Amherst.
“We’re always adding more variety… expanding our horizons,” Gaede said.
Zest is located on the corner of Isadore Street and 4th Avenue.


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This year’s Torque-Expo will be packed with top exhibitors from the industry, including Reisser. The company will be exhibiting at Stand L10 at the Silverstone show, which runs 11-12 October 2016.
Reisser is an internationally renowned supplier of high quality, high performance woodscrews and power tool accessories aimed specifically at the professional trade.
Reisser has grown to become one of the leading brands in the merchants’ industry, supplying to both national and independent distributors as well as the main buying groups.
Reisser’s extensive distributor base has been enjoying the benefits of its premium quality range for over three decades, which includes its signature ‘Cutter’ and ‘R2’ performance woodscrews and a brand new range of Power Tool Accessories. Providing consistent quality always, Reisser products come in enhanced packaging solutions and attractive, innovative display units.
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Boots has revealed it has stopped stocking a pet medicine brand’s products following a review last year.
The pharmacy chain told ICP it has “discontinued” Drontal pet medicine items as Boots no longer has a licence to stock the products.
“We regularly review the range of products we offer our customers and, as part of a review last year, we can confirm we discontinued Drontal pet medicine products. We still offer a range of Frontline pet medicines in approximately 300 stores,” a Boots UK spokesperson said.
Boots went on to confirm to ICP that it no longer has a license for Drontal products and described the move as “a commercial decision.”
The pharmacy chain’s decision could herald an opportunity for independent pharmacies to take advantage by stocking Drontal products.
When the brand’s manufacturer Bayer was asked if it would increase its supply to independents in the UK following Boots’ decision, a Bayer spokesperson said: “As the manufacturers of the Drontal and Advantage range of products, Bayer will continue to ensure its products are available to independent pharmacies across the UK through the key pharmacy wholesalers.”


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In 2010, Sustainable Harvest® helped facilitate the implementation of an organic fertilizer production plant at UCPCO, a coffee cooperative in northwestern Nicaragua. Funds from Green Mountain Coffee brought Colombian Edgar Blandón, the creator of the Gaicashi fertilizer, to UCPCO to conduct intensive, hand-on trainings on how to create fertilizer from organic farm inputs and carry out the production on a large scale. Throughout the year, the cooperative has been hard at work, dedicating time and manpower to construct a plant and begin producing fertilizers.
During a recent trip, Sustainable Harvest® staff had a chance to visit UCPCO and see the plant in action. They were extremely impressed with the organized and comprehensive way the plant is being run. The manager of the plant, Magdiel Montenegro, is a young agronomist with lots of drive and energy–under his direction, the plant is successfully producing rich, organic fertilizer in three different forms: a rich, organic fertilizer dubbed Tierra de Vida, a liquid compost called biol, and a worm compost. UCPCO suppliers its members with the various fertilizers to maximize the health of their coffee crops, and also sells them to other producers in the area. They are currently experimenting with the production of their own organic insecticides and herbicides.
Moreover, the cooperative’s enthusiasm for the project has translated to community improvements outside the plant’s walls. When planning for the fertilizer plant’s water needs, the cooperative incorporated a canal system that improved the access to water for over 80 families in the area. These new canals allowed for the planting of new fruit trees and vegetable plants in the area, increasing the food sovereignty of the community surrounding the plant.


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LOWER NAZARETH TOWNSHIP, Pa. (CBS) - Officials are investigating a deadly shooting outside a Target store in Northampton County. Officers were called to the Target parking lot at 3835 Dryland Way in Lower Nazareth after shots were reportedly fired, around 2:15 p.m. Sunday.
The district attorney's office says a verbal altercation broke out between people inside a couple of cars and gunfire was exchanged and two people were shot. One of the victims has died and the other is in stable condition.
Authorities say one of the cars involved in the shooting raced from the scene.
Frightened shoppers hid in the store. Shoppers told Eyewitness News, target employees jumped into action to keep everyone safe.
"We were in the dressing room with my granddaughter and... I was putting a pair of jeans on her, and this woman started screaming, banging, 'Everybody out! There's a shooting, everybody out!'" shopper Tammy Lee James said.
"I heard 'pop' and I thought it was a car starting up, then I heard two more 'pops' and another one and another one," Nick Christeleit said.
No arrests have been made.
The Target store was closed for the rest of the day and is expected to reopen on Monday.
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- 17% in India vs 75% in Australia vs 80% in Sth Korea.
- Less developed markets to see fastest internet user growth.
Asia-Pacific will boast over 1.33 billion internet users this year, eMarketer estimates—the largest online population of any region in the world. But the sheer size Asia-Pacific offline plays a big role in its large share of the pie.
Within the region, internet usage rates span a broad range, from as low as 17.4% of India’s population this year, to nearly eight in 10 in South Korea. There is a clear split between developed internet economies South Korea, Japan and Australia, which all have at least three-quarters of their total populations online, and less developed—if burgeoning—markets like Indonesia and India.
Unsurprisingly, it’s these less mature markets that are growing their web populations more quickly, both because of their relatively smaller bases and the basic fact that saturation is far off in these countries. Double-digit growth rates in India’s internet population are expected throughout eMarketer’s forecast period, while Indonesia will also post increases of 10.0% or higher through 2016. By contrast, we expect the online populations of South Korea and Japan to stagnate over the same period.
China falls somewhere in the middle: Already, nearly half of the country’s population is online, and growth rates are much lower than in India and Indonesia. And the overall size of China means that even with a middling internet penetration rate, the country will account for just shy of half of Asia-Pacific’s total number of internet users this year. Its share of the total in the region will fall throughout the forecast period as India picks up more than 4 percentage points between 2014 and 2018 and Indonesia boosts its slice of the total slightly over the same period.
eMarketer bases all of its forecasts on a multipronged approach that focuses on both worldwide and local trends in the economy, technology and population, along with company-, product-, country- and demographic-specific trends, and trends in specific consumer behaviors. We analyze quantitative and qualitative data from a variety of research firms, government agencies, media outlets and company reports, weighting each piece of information based on methodology and soundness.
In addition, every element of each eMarketer forecast fits within the larger matrix of all of its forecasts, with the same assumptions and general framework used to project figures in a wide variety of areas. Regular re-evaluation of each forecast means those assumptions and framework are constantly updated to reflect new market developments and other trends.
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Financial franchise offering, Posfin, has only been in business for two years (in the middle of a pandemic) but has set some ambitious growth targets for its third year. Director Byron Hill, explained more…
Jon Cottam, CEO of Lift Brands EMEA, has always had a passion for the fitness industry. He tells Elite Franchise how this has translated into business success.
Mark Thompson, Director of Franchise Recruitment at Caremark spoke about why home care is one of the most profitable franchises to invest in today
MD David Truby aims to ensure it stays a cut above the rest.
UK MD Max Burton and Operations Director, James MacIsaac, describe where it all went right
Rob Wolfe, Head of Franchise Recruitment at énergie Fitness spoke about why the health and fitness industry is skyrocketing post pandemic.
. . . and why niche services can stand out from the competition
Hannah Banfield, Marketing & Communications Director for Bluebird Care led the third keynote speech, speaking about the home care business and why it is one of the most scalable industries to invest in.
James Vincent, Franchise Partner Performance Coach at ActionCoach spoke about why business coaching is the secret to building a successful firm
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Kim Porter is RUNWAY's Spring 2013 Cover Girl. The exclusive first look can be picked up first at LA Style Fashion Week on March 11th and will be in stores internationally on April 4th.
During the Cannes Film Festival, the Cinema Against Aids Gala to benefit amfAR hosts an array of entertainment and charity events, hailing as one of the most philanthropic nights of the year. For its 20th Anniversary, a special showcase titled 'The Ultimate Gold Collection," took the catwalk by storm, and reached out to fans via the worldwide web.
Imagine a beautiful, clear day, standing in front of a mirror, trying on a chic blouse in the dressing room of your favorite boutique. Now imagine that your favorite boutique is actually a truck parked on one of the busiest streets in Los Angeles. This innovative way of shopping recently became a reality for the fashion forward shoppers of California who are responding in droves.
All the glitz and glam return with a Hollywood edge, ready to take modern fashion on a roller-coaster ride to the past.
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Our closets are only so big and with 2013’s new styles bigger and bolder than ever and New York Fashion week just next month, it’s time to mentally prepare for the departure of some of our favorite 2012 fashion trends that just aren’t making the cut in 2013.
For a guest performance on DWTS, Jennifer Lopez donned a gorgeous, sparkling floor-length gown by Michael Cinco, featured in March's Style Fashion Week LA. The beautiful piece was part of the closing show for the week, which we had the privilege of seeing in-person and on the catwalk.
At MBFW Australia this year, We Are Handsome blew audiences and press alike away once again with their fun and unique swimwear designs. Well-known "down under," for screening detailed images onto high-quality fabrics, with their S/S 2014 collection the Aussie brand has made a splash too big to ignore. As we wait patiently (or not-so) for the upcoming release, we've taken some time to show YOU how to keep those prints uber-chic!
It's 8AM Monday morning and you decide to stroll to your local coffee shop for a leisurely cappuccino before a critical meeting with the management team at 10:00. This strategic gathering is your chance to shine in the midst the top level of your company with the hope of acquiring the largest account in the area.
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Realme to launch C15 and C12 in India today. Details here
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Realme C15 is expected to come with a 6.5-inch IPS LCD HD+ panel with a waterdrop notch.
Realme C12 is expected to feature a 6.5-inch IPS LCD HD+ display and Helio P35 chipset.
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Often it seems that those steeped in the world of technology live in another world, one preserved in aspic from 1970s editions of Tomorrow's World and Ladybird books about the future. They may have given up on the idea of going to work in a hovercraft and eating a protein pill for lunch, but the marginally more sensible idea of the intelligent home just will not die.
For years, geeky types have been holding out for the day when all our home entertainment devices will talk to one another, with a single "home hub" receiving content into our home to be shared out among our television, stereo, computer and so on. This, they assured us, would herald a media revolution, with all our content stored digitally and media owners having to come up with new ways of hawking their content.
Meanwhile, the rest of the world shrugged its shoulders and went back to spending their Saturdays wandering aimlessly around Dixons and cramming their houses with as many lumps of black plastic, brushed chrome boxes and beige computer kit as humanly possible. The average home now has a PC, a games console, a stereo, a television, a Sky, cable or Freeview set top box and a VCR or, for the early adopters, a Personal Video Recorder. As such, in many ways the idea of a digitally networked home seems further away than ever, with dozens of competing products all vying for the much talked about position of the so-called "home hub".
But a number of developments could see such a vision coming true at last. Broadband take up is continuing apace, with 2m homes now hooked up to high-speed access that makes the delivery of video and music content to the PC a reality. And BT has acknowledged that some hitherto undiscovered magic ingredient is going to be required to push it towards its target of 5m connections by 2005.
Ebullient head of retail Pierre Danon has suggested that home security might be one way of persuading the narrowband majority to upgrade. But the idea of shelling out £30 a month for a broadband connection to do a job a burglar alarm or a dog for that matter could do perfectly well is unlikely to get BT's tills ringing.
Far more promising is the combination of broadband and wireless that BT is also currently touting. Once homes are hooked up to an always-on high-speed connection that can be beamed to any device around the house wirelessly, the idea of a home network seems less a work of science fiction and slightly closer to reality.
Once it takes off, and many are convinced that it will, it will sound the starting pistol for a tremendous battle between the giants of the media world for control of the consumer. There are already signs, such as Apple's move into music distribution and BT's recent tie-up with Yahoo!, that they are looking towards the day when users will download content to their PC, which will then act as a huge virtual library distributing it to devices around the home.
New research by Packard Bell, besides Apple one of the more progressive manufacturers in attempting to move the computer from the spare room to the living room, suggests that many are waiting for the day when they can store their movies and music on their home computer and share them around the house. Managing director Graham Hopper told us that a "staggering" two-thirds of those surveyed said they would find the prospect of having one single entertainment system for watching TV, downloading films and music and playing computer games appealing.
While the fact that they surveyed people who already own PCs takes a little of the gloss off the findings, there's no doubt that they demonstrate a serious appetite for an integrated system. Such an outcome is unlikely to please the likes of BSkyB. Though innovations such as its Sky Plus intelligent hard disk recorder, which can learn what viewers want to watch, and its interactive services the company has already made a serious play to make its set top box the hub of the multimedia home.
But Hopper disagrees, arguing that whichever way content comes into the home, a networked entertainment system will simply mean that we watch more of it. However, he does admit that the ultimate goal of the fully networked home will take an unprecedented degree of co-operation between manufacturers, content providers and network operators such as BT and the cable companies. And it's here that the pipe dream seems as far off as ever. With many of those companies mired in financial trouble and others concentrating on their core businesses, it's only the moribund PC industry that has much to gain from the idea. True convergence, that word so beloved of government regulators and now jobless media moguls in the Messier mould, remains a long way off.
· Owen Gibson is the Guardian's new media editor


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Oneplus launched its latest Flagship, Oneplus 8t on the 14th of October and was a huge hit. The Chinese smartphone makers have again come up with their new Oneplus 9 series smartphones.
Oneplus 9 with Model number LE2113 was spotted on Geekbench with some top of the line specifications. The series will feature Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 series chipset It will also feature a 6 GB RAM variant, an 8 GB RAM variant, and a 12 GB RAM variant.
There will be Android 11 support out of the box with the latest Oxygen Os. The smartphone scored an Excellent score in the single-core and multi-core tests done by Geekbench. It scored 1115 points on single-core and 3483 point’s in the Multi-core test. The smartphone expects to have a 5000 mAh battery with a Warp charge up to 65W.
Oneplus 9 Pro spotted on Geekbench with a Model number LE2117. On this pro variant, we expect a much more Powerful processor that is the plus Varian, the Snapdragon 875+. Some leaks say that the smartphone will feature a higher 144 Hz refresh rate display. The Smartphone also expects to come with Android 11 out of the box and 65W Warp charging.
Both the smartphones expected to have a triple camera setup with a much bigger screen than their inferior models. Some Leaks confirms that the company will come up with such designs as Samsung Smartphones. The Oneplus 9 and 9 Pro expected to launch around the Quarter of 2021.


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Canada Post unveiled its first fleet of battery-electric delivery vehicles in Nanaimo, B.C., on Thursday.
The rollout of the 14 cargo vans is part of the Crown corporation's commitment to electrify its national fleet of 14,000 vehicles by 2040.
"Last year, the corporation set aside more than $1 billion to cut emissions and move forward on the electrification of its last-mile fleet," said Suromitra Sanatani, chair of Canada Post's board of directors.
"Canadians expect their postal service to play a leading role in the country's transition to a low-carbon future. It's a responsibility that Canada Post embraces," she said.
Sally Dam, Canada Post's director of urban delivery strategy, said Nanaimo was chosen as the test location for future electric fleets partly because of the clean energy B.C. offers through its hydroelectric network.
Canada Post isn't the first organization on Vancouver Island to begin the transition. West Shore RCMP and transport company Coldstar Solutions Inc. introduced their own electric vehicles earlier this year.
The moves come as Canada works toward a goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
In B.C., businesses are eligible for rebates up to $3,000 on a newly purchased electric vehicle.
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With an eye-catching teal green design, the Nanaimo depot's electric cargo vans are replacing the white internal combustion vehicles for urban collection and delivery services.
But Bob Freeman, local president of the Canadian Union for Postal Workers, says the majority of Canada Post's delivery vehicles in Nanaimo are still gas powered and he hopes that will change.
They include 19 rural and suburban mail carriers (RSMCs) who deliver mail in their personal non-electric vehicles to routes outside of Nanaimo city limits.
"Depending on their area, some [rural routes] could be up to over 100 kilometres," Freeman said.
"[The union] is hoping [Canada Post] is going to … either come up with an incentive for [RSMC drivers] to have electric vehicles or equip them with electric vehicles."
Freeman also wonders whether other Canadian communities will have as robust a power grid as Nanaimo to support an all-electric fleet.
"Like smaller communities, are they going to be able to [switch]? ... Are they going to have enough power to do that?"
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Curran Crawford, director of the University of Victoria's Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, says the switch to electricity is just "one piece of the puzzle," but an important first step for the province.
"In British Columbia, because of our clean electricity grid, transportation is a big slice of the pie totalling, like, 38 per cent [of our carbon footprint]," he said.
"Ultimately you're trying not to burn fossil fuels and that's where our transport emissions come from."
Crawford says it's "encouraging" to see local and national companies take the initiative on Vancouver Island, and hopes it'll spark inspiration with other organizations.
"We need these first demonstration projects and companies getting [electric] vehicles into their fleet and getting experience with them is really the important piece," said Crawford.


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Crypto games are something of a rarity. They do exist, but this form of entertainment is still largely restricted to a core of blockchain enthusiasts. There are quite a few hurdles that need to be overcome before mass adoption can occur. The first generation of blockchain-based games tend to be slow and simple, a far cry from the heavyweight gaming series available on traditional consoles or PC. Crypto gaming is a long way indeed from reaching the general gaming public. Continue reading Let’s talk about crypto-games: First Crypto Games Conference yields new collectible game Blockchain Cuties
Tron Dogs mobile was just launched today and the Tron dogs community is going crazy. It was announced last week, that the mobile version would launch on the 10th of this month but it seems the launch is out a day early. Around the time that it was announced that the mobile version was close to launching, the CEO of game.com announced even bigger news in store for the game. He mentioned that you will be able to “design your dog.” What this actually means remains completely unclear but it is good news for those who have already purchased Tron Dogs. The more functionality of the game, the more users will want to play. From last week alone, the Tron Dogs Telegram community has grown by 100 members.


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A local firm quietly bought all 91 Orlando-area Pizza Hut restaurants for $35 million from Pizza Hut parent company Yum! Brands Inc. on Dec. 7 — and now plans to serve up a big slice of business to Central Florida vendors.
Orlando-based CFL Pizza LLC was formed in early 2009 to make the transaction, and now is responsible for the restaurants’ 1,750 employees.
CFL Pizza CEO Andy Rosen, whose investors include the Syosset, N.Y., private equity firm Northwood Ventures, said one of the first pieces of business up for grabs is the firm’s $2 million to $2.5 million ad budget.
CFL Pizza also is looking for vendors for everything from a real estate development consultant to an IT firm. “We’re going to put a local spin in terms of using local vendors,” said Rosen.
In addition, Rosen is seeking new office space, as he plans to move the Pizza Hut operations out of the 8,000-square-foot Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) office on Lee Vista Boulevard near Orlando International Airport.
CFL Pizza’s real estate agent Chris Sproles, first vice president of office properties for CB Richard Ellis in Orlando, said Rosen wants to move into a new 2,500- to 3,000-square-foot office within a month, which limits the possibilities. “You don’t have time for buildout, so you have to take space already in a layout conducive to your operations.”
The Pizza Hut deal took nearly a year to coordinate, due in part to the complexity of the real estate involved with 23 of the restaurants fee properties and 68 leases.
As part of the deal, Rosen said he’s required to establish seven new delivery/carry-out Central Florida locations in the next five years — including two by the end of this year. He has yet to start negotiations with landlords on those, but is seeking new or existing retail spaces. Additionally, he must do significant renovations on or demolish/rebuild 25 existing locations within the next 10 years, which could include closing underperforming restaurants and reopening new ones elsewhere. That would take a minimum investment of $200,000 to $300,000 per location, he said.
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Sitting in his newest restaurant, in the mega-mall of Westfield in London, a few weeks before Christmas, Robin Rowland looks relaxed and confident. As relaxed and confident as the chief executive of a restaurant company can be, given the current financial climate.
While YO! Sushi hasn’t been immune from the challenging trading conditions, Rowland believes his business is better equipped than most to ride out the economic storm. For a start, he doesn’t have a single loss-making unit among his estate, and many of them are performing very healthily indeed, including the one at Westfield.
Rowland reckons it’s probably the highest grossing per square foot restaurant in the mall. While the company aims for a 35 per cent return on its investment with each site, the Westfield unit’s turnover is so high, it may well return 100 per cent in its first year.
Westfield is one of nine successful sites added in 2008, which represents a considerable acceleration in growth (YO! had never opened more than six sites in a year before). Rowland expects expansion to continue apace over the next few years, albeit most of it overseas. Currently the company operates 40 sites in the UK and 12 abroad (six in the Middle East, two in Russia, two in Ireland and two in Malaysia).
A major reason for YO!’s progress is the concept. When entrepreneur Simon Woodroffe opened the first site in Poland Street, London, in 1997, it was perfectly positioned to capitalise on the emerging zeitgeist of all things Asian. As Rowland says, the world’s compass was beginning to move. “I ran American themed restaurants in the late 80s and the whole world was pointing west,” he recalls. “The compass in the last five years has gone completely the other way. You can see that in the other offers in London, so YO! Sushi is still riding on the back of that wave.”
After Poland Street, openings in Harvey Nichols and Selfridges department stores proved that the restaurants could become more “lightweight”, with obvious cost savings. “We realised we could open restaurants without four walls, like the one you’re sitting in today,” says Rowland. “We can drop a rig down into a forecourt.” Today the majority of YO!’s openings fall into this category; concessions or spaces within railway stations; or in straightforward shopping malls, where the units tend to be more expensive “full fit-out boxes”, requiring shop fronts, heating and ventilation. The most “heavyweight” model, a standalone restaurant in a high street location, is built less often. In addition, each restaurant is tailored to its particular environment.
“We want people to fall in love with a local restaurant,” explains Rowland. “And that’s why we never build the same restaurant twice.” That might not be the cheapest approach to rolling out a restaurant brand but, according to Rowland, it ensures his team are fully engaged in creating unique environments. As a result, he says, the restaurants they’ve built in 2008 are “sensational”.
Lighting, seating, video screens and uniforms can all be different; it’s all about making a mainstream branded restaurant that bit more personal. The food continues to evolve too, with the whole menu of about 90 dishes reviewed at least once a year, and more hot dishes added over the years, particularly outside of London. Despite its name, hot food now accounts for about 40 per cent of what YO! Sushi sells. What hasn’t changed is the quality of the ingredients. Its fish has always been top-notch, and everything is still prepared on the premises.
This tailoring of the offering has reaped rich rewards in terms of a loyal customer base. Some 20 per cent of YO!’s customers eat there once a week – a staggering statistic that Rowland describes as “virtually a Pret a Manger or coffee shop metric”. The majority of its customers are female, and webliterate too. YO! has built an enviable database of 250,000 people, each of whom has signed up to its YO! Love Club and receives a monthly e-letter with details of news and offers. The communication is two-way, with customers providing a wealth of invaluable feedback. Rowland is keen to further tap into the potential of the internet and intends to place greater emphasis on “interactive communication” later in the year.
As the economy evolves, so Rowland’s role at the helm of the company is changing. He describes his job as juggling the five ‘P’s – People, Product, Property, Promotion and Profit. In 2007, much of his energy was spent looking at property and profit, putting together a deal to raise finance for the company. “My job now, especially as we move into a downturn, is to focus on People, Promotion and Product (both service and food), in this spirit of constant evolution,” explains Rowland.
Recent trips to Tokyo will inspire a number of innovations to both menu and sites, including trialling Robata grills and building on the hot food offering. And on the people front (the company now has 1,100 employees), a YO! academy will open in 2009, next to the company’s headquarters in Farringdon. “All our London team members will start their life at the academy. All our management from general manager to sous chefs will undergo their initial training there. It’s a significant investment,” says Rowland. “But we truly believe this is a people business that needs to deliver on customers’ ever-rising expectations.”
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Wells Fargo will begin issuing credit cards emblazoned with the American Express logo as it seeks to boost its credit card business.
The cards will be available in the first half of 2014, but the San Francisco bank said Wednesday it will soon test the offering in some markets.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Wells was quick to say that its existing relationship with San Francisco-based Visa (NYSE: V) remains in place.
"Visa is a very important business partner with us and will continue to be as we pursue our growth strategy," a Wells Fargo spokeswoman said.
American Express has similar deals with Bank of America, (NYSE: BAC) Citigroup, (NYSE: C) among others. But Wells and AmEx share common founders and their largest shareholder, Berkshire Hathaway, (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) (NYSE: BRK) which is led by Warren Buffett.
The American Express (NYSE: AXP) agreement follows confirmation Tuesday that Wells is also considering a credit card that will be designed to appeal to those seeking to reduce their debts. Spending on the card will help pay down other Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) loans in much the same was as the Wells Fargo Home Rebate Card does.
"We are delivering on our strategy to expand our credit card business," said John Stumpf, Wells Fargo's chairman and CEO.


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That letter, made ubiquitous by the Kardashians, who have stamped it on everything from their Kardashian Kollection with Sears to their K-Dash stores, distinguishes Khroma, the cosmetics line by sisters Kourtney, Kim and Khloé Kardashian launching this winter at Ulta, from Chroma, a Beverly Hills makeup studio and brand. But Chroma Makeup Studio owners Michael Rey III and Lisa Casino argue that the letter swap isn’t stopping its customers from thinking Chroma has joined the Kardashian licensing juggernaut.
"You start one way as a baby, but why shouldn't you be able to choose your own path as opposed to culturally people telling you which way to go?" - Thom Browne at his men's spring 2018 show, where he celebrated gender fluidity. #pfw #wwdmens (📷: @delphineachard)
"I think that all anyone really wants in life is to have people understand us for who we actually are, despite everything," says Ruth Negga. The actress talks "Preachers" season 2 and more on WWD.com. #wwdeye (📷: Dan Doperalski)


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Inflation in China soared again last month to 8.7%, the highest rate in almost 12 years, sparking heated debate about the causes and the authorities' potential response.
Analysts believe that much of the jump in the consumer price index, which follows a record 7.1% reading in January, is due to disruption from fierce winter storms. But the rise is still well above analysts' predictions of about 8% and follows last year's tripling of the annual rate to 4.8%.
The trend poses a huge challenge not just for China - given the role of rocketing prices in triggering previous social unrest - but also for other countries, which fear importing inflation as the cost of Chinese products rises. The producer price index hit a three-year high of 6.6% last month.
But while some analysts think another rise in interest rates is imminent, others believe the central bank will hold off in the short term after raising interest rates six times and banks' reserve requirements 10 times in 2007, apparently to little avail.
The National Bureau of Statistics said food costs rose 23.2% last month, compared with February 2007 - a huge increase in a country where households spend a third of their income on food. There is also concern that expectations of inflation are fuelling the surge.
Chen Jijun, an analyst at CITIC Securities in Beijing, told Reuters: "After so many months of big rises ... the risks are high that China will see more broad-based inflation. Though non-food inflation is only 1.6%, it has been accelerating."
Monetarist explanations of the problem are gaining ground. Hong Liang and Yu Song, analysts with Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong, cited rapid money supply growth as the main driver of inflation and expect a modest interest rate rise.
But Michael Pettis, a former banker and now professor of finance at Peking University, said rate hikes had failed and, like the appreciation of the yuan, may have exacerbated the problem. "If you stick money into a Chinese bank account, you get 4% interest and 8-10% appreciation over the year. In the US you get 2%," he said.
Only a "maxi-revaluation" - abruptly raising the yuan's value by 15-20% - would halt hot money inflows, he said. "It's a bad option, but the rest are worse."


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KUCHING: The government through the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) has invited supermarkets or fair price shops to participate in the Consumer Economic Shop Initiative (I-KeeP).
Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Deputy Minister Chong Chieng Jen said even though there is no target for the fair price shops participation, they are encouraged to take part in the initiative to help reduce the burden of consumers in view of the rising cost of living.
“Thus far, since its launching in Kuching, we only have Everwin Sdn Bhd which participates in I-KeeP, and any fair price shops or supermarkets are free to cooperate with us.
“We hope there will be more players taking part in I-KeeP, so that we can offer more essential goods to the consumers at lower prices,” said Chong when met after closing the three-day ‘Buy Malaysian Products’ campaign and Hawkers and Small Traders Day celebration at MJC Square here, last night.
Chong said since its launch, I-KeeP has received an encouraging response from consumers and has been able to somewhat lighten the consumers’ burden.
As of April this year, a total of six supermarket chains and cooperatives have established strategic cooperation with the government on this initiative, namely Tunas Manja Group (TMG), KK Supermart & Superstore Sdn. Bhd. (KK Super Mart), Segi Cash & Carry Sdn. Bhd. (Segi Fresh), Koperasi Permodalan Felda Malaysia Berhad (D’Mart), Koperasi Orang Melayu Kerajaan Perak Berhad (SKOMK) and Big Supermart Sdn. Bhd. (BIG Supermart), while in Kuching, only Everwin has taken part.
Chong said grocery shops or supermarkets that are interested to participate in I-KeeP can register with the nearest KPDNHEP office.
“i-KeeP has been implemented through the government’s strategic cooperation with companies of calibre, without involving government assistance.
“The emphasis of sales will be on basic needs such as sugar, cooking oil, wheat flour and rice and there are easy to spot in supermarkets or grocery stores, as long as you see an i-KeeP tag to the product, it means that the price of the product is much lower than ordinary price,” he said.


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Nissan says the next generation of ProPilot will be on roads in 2020.
The concept very strongly hints at packing Infiniti's variable compression engine.
Five global winners have been chosen for this year's Infiniti Performance Engineering Academy, 22-year-old American Alex Allmandinger among them.
The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance celebrates beautiful, old cars. But the event features lots of newer metal, too, like the concept lawn at Pebble Beach.
We take a look at the Pebble Beach concept lawn, where newer debuts mix it up with some of our favorite creations of the past auto show season.
Infiniti Q50 Hybrid borrows F1 tech. 2015 Toyota Prius C improves crash test ratings. Tennessee couple guilty in biodiesel scam. Iran scientists make biodiesel from an inedible weed.
Infiniti wants you to remember a comedy classic in its new ad for the QX60 that evokes a famous scene from National Lampoon's Vacation.
Infiniti has made some light updates to its long-in-the-tooth QX50, with the biggest change being a stretched wheelbase, bumping up second-row legroom.
Just about any car has to be designed with some sort of limitations, whether it's a production car that has to be usable on the road, a racecar that has to comply with regulations, or even a concept car that does, at the end of the day, actually need to be crafted out of real materials and wheeled onto a stage. But the Vision Gran Turismo series imposes no such limitations. Designed only for a virtual reality, the project allows for
In April of last year, Sebastian Vettel and David Coulthard drove the unpaved Sochi Formula One circuit in a pair of Infiniti M sedans, getting both muddy and airborne in the process. Now with tarmac laid down and
Occasionally, we post videos that require us to tell you not to try something at home. They usually involve some unsafe activity that requires a high-degree of skill and planning to achieve. This video, though, gets a more interesting disclaimer: Don't ever try this. Ever. Never ever. Period. Seriously, don't try it.
These pages are full of projects that automakers have tried to get moving but never quite managed to. And Infiniti has had its fair share, particularly when it comes to high-performance models. It's tried to drum up excitement with the Infiniti Performance Line and with its partnerships with Red Bull Racing and its Noah Joseph
Infiniti's high-performance Q50 Eau Rouge concept might be one of the biggest teases in the current automotive world. It was first shown at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show as a body without an engine. Then, the sports sedan arrived at the Geneva Motor Show with a modified version of the turbocharged V6 from the Chris Bruce


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Play-Doh celebrated its 60th anniversary on Friday, dubbing the unofficial holiday "World Play-Doh Day."
To commemorate the significant birthday, Hasbro's iconic brand asked loyal sculptors what they thought the world would look like in 60 years.
Play-Doh was inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame in 1998. The organization notes Play-Doh was originally concocted as a wallpaper cleaner.
The product was sent to a school in the early 1950s after creators learned traditional modeling clay was too difficult for children to use.
Teachers and kids raved about the product, and Play-Doh was born. Learn more about Play-Doh from the National Toy Hall of Fame here.


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The Japanese company said local subsidiary Nissan Motor India Private Ltd would take charge of distribution from today.
Hover has disputed the move, saying the action had no legal basis and the pact was still intact.
It said it would “pursue the necessary course of action to protect interests of its employees and stakeholders”.
The Indian dealer had a broad-based exclusive arrangement with Nissan that not only involved distribution but also sales and marketing activities.
“Nissan is now at a point of maturity in India where the time is right to establish our own marketing and distribution operations. Nissan’s priority will be to ensure a smooth transition from current operations. We remain committed to our customers and will continue to deliver high quality products and services,” Nissan president (India operations) Kenichiro Yomura said.
Two months ago, Nissan announced that it would not sell its “ultra low-cost” cars, under its revived Datsun brand, through its sales and service partner Hover.
The Japanese company said it would sell the Nissan and Datsun vehicles through two separate dealerships.
Nissan was the only major auto company which had outsourced the marketing of the brand and the cars made under it. It tied up with Hover in 2008 to sell its vehicles across India, provide after-sales support and develop a network of dealers.
Hover was responsible for Nissan’s sales, service, parts, marketing, training and dealer development.
Hover, however, said, “Nissan does not have any legal basis for the termination of services of its national sales company.”
“It is premature to say any agreement regarding termination has occurred. Hover understands that Nissan wants to move quickly but it is possible only with the cooperation and consent of Hover and we look forward to working with Nissan and are hopeful of an amicable resolution,” the company said.
The first car to be sold by Nissan under this new sales model will be its small car Datsun Go.


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By BBN Staff: Universal Hardware will be hosting its annual Friends & Family day on Saturday, February 17, in Spanish Lookout, Cayo district and will feature blowout sales, raffles and giveaways.
There will be huge discounts and attendees will get a chance to enter into their raffles.
There will also be a huge food court where weary shoppers can enjoy a wide range of delicious foods from local vendors including burgers, BBQ, kebabs, chicken fingers, fajitas, pizza and ice cream.
The entire family is invited for a fun filled day at Universal Hardware!
Universal Hardware is inviting all friends and families to come out and be a part of this special event!
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Global car sales are on target to set an eighth consecutive annual record according to analysis conducted by Canadian investment bank Scotiabank.
It said the growth period represents the longest auto industry up-cycle of recent decades and reflects a broad-based strengthening in economic activity across all regions over the past year. In fact, the global economy is currently expanding at the fastest pace in more than two years, the bank notes, and this is leading to a re-acceleration in global sales from the moderating trend that had been in place since the partial phase-out of a sales tax incentive in China late last year.
"Record global sales stand in sharp contrast to 'peak auto' fears that have become popular with pessimists and appear regularly in media headlines," said Carlos Gomes, Senior Economist and Auto Industry Specialist, Scotiabank. "While the auto industry is cyclical, declines in global car sales have historically only occurred during economic downturns, such as in 2001, and 2008/09. Outside of those years, global auto sales have consistently moved higher."
Developing markets are leading the sales gains, with volumes (excluding China) jumping 14% y/y in July, the best performance in nearly five years. Stronger-than-expected economic growth in China is also a key contributor to the recent global sales acceleration, especially since it is being accompanied by firmer car prices and inventory normalisation.
These developments have prompted an upgrade of Scotiabank's 2017 sales forecast for China to a 3% annual gain, up from the small decline. New car sales in China are now projected to exceed 24m units and account for 30% of global volumes, up from 25% only three years ago.
Despite record global purchases, a temporary 'de-fleeting in the US rental car industry' has led to an 8% drop in fleet volumes in the United States this year, and will reduce overall US purchases for the first time since 2009, Scotiabank predicts. However, strengthening consumer balance sheets and an aging vehicle fleet have enabled household volumes to remain resilient, keeping overall US sales above 17m units for the second consecutive year, and are expected to support higher sales in 2018. Meanwhile, new vehicle pricing is at record highs, and automotive credit quality has improved alongside fewer subprime auto loans.
Other highlights from Scotiabank's report:
- Stronger-than-expected economic growth and healthy labour markets are lifting purchases in Canada and Mexico to record highs.
- Car sales also remain in expansionary mode throughout continental Europe, supported by the acceleration in economic growth to a decade-high.
- Car sales in South America have jumped 12% this year, the strongest gain since the global economic recovery was in its infancy.
- While China has been the key driver of Asian volumes in recent years, purchases have also accelerated in region during 2017 alongside strengthening economic activity, and will climb above 13m units this year.


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Championing innovation in artificial intelligenceChampioning innovation in artificial intelligence
Continued innovation in AI is key in driving further economic growth and prosperity. And there is government funding baked into the Budget to support and encourage this, namely R&D tax credit schemes and the Patent Box scheme
May 27, 2021
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has risen increasingly higher on the agendas of the world’s biggest businesses.
The earliest adopters have traditionally been IT and telecoms firms, with 81% using AI– just ahead of financial services firms (78%) and consumer goods and retail (75%).
Research shows, that by the end of 2021, 97% of large companies will be deploying AI in one form or another.
The development of AI has undoubtedly transformed life as we know it – in many cases, it replaces direct human involvement, making routine processes more accurate and efficient. From humanoid robots to online shopping, the use of AI touches almost all walks of life and is raising important questions for society, the economy and governance.
Continued innovation in this area is key in driving further economic growth and prosperity. And there is government funding baked into the Budget to support and encourage this, namely R&D tax credit schemes and the Patent Box scheme, created to encourage innovation across businesses by respectively providing tax relief for companies conducting R&D activity, and by offering a 10% reduction in corporation tax for Intellectual Property (IP) that is patented in the UK.
However, to make the most of these schemes, businesses responsible for the development of AI must recognise how innovative they truly are. Some aspects are clearly innovative – no one is going to question the R&D involved with developing robotics, for example. But there are also much more subtle innovations in AI and software that happen frequently, and often get overlooked. This becomes a problem when it causes the business to miss out on claiming well deserved funding for innovative activity under the aforementioned schemes.
To fix this, there are two main issues to address. Firstly, we need to make clear that businesses developing AI are likely to be eligible for funding so should take it seriously and not treat it as a tick box exercise. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) does not have a separate classification for AI and robotics. Instead, it is considered part and parcel of any sector that is looking to drive automation and increase productivity. This means that any business that is developing AI or software can likely make a claim for innovation, not just those that are purpose built for AI R&D. This also ties into the second issue: there is too much confusion around what constitutes innovation.
Contrary to popular belief, often the smallest change to a product or process can be considered significant innovation. For AI in particular, a typical claim can range from software development, creating efficiency in a process, or improving data analytic tools. It’s all about creating an advance from the current baseline capability.
Tax credits provide businesses with an immediate cash boost in return for their hard work, while fuelling further innovation and driving longer-term growth for both the businesses and the economy. It is an opportunity these companies can ill afford to miss, particularly as we seek to ‘build back better’ from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and to bolster the strength of the UK as a nation independent of the EU.
Indeed, an assessment made by HMRC shows the R&D tax credit scheme can accurately show ROI – for every £1 forgone in tax, we see a return ranging between £1.75 and £2.28 for the UK economy.
While R&D tax credits are vitally important to strengthening both businesses and the economy, it’s only half the picture if R&D is not followed through to the Patent Box stage. Data from HMRC last year, showed that while £5.3bn was claimed in R&D tax credits in 2017-18, only £1.1m was claimed under the Patent Box scheme, proving intellectual property (IP) is not being commercialised in the way it should be. By stopping short of using patents to commercialise their work, businesses are supressing the true value of their IP. We have to change this narrative. Almost all R&D carried out will create some residual IP value, and it should be used to improve margin, sell more or engage better with potential clients.
Given AI is set to create more than 7m new UK jobs in healthcare, science and education by 2037 – it’s in businesses best interests to make effective use of R&D and IP a priority if we are to shape a future for the UK that boasts high levels of employment, investment, skills and economic growth.
Luke Hamm is CEO of GovGrant, the R&D and IP specialists.
GovGrant is committed to helping innovative business make the most of their R&D and Intellectual Property. Our one and only business focus is to offer our clients the maximum potential benefit from the incentives available to them. If you would like to find out more, get in touch with our specialist team today by calling 01727738600 or getting in touch through our web form.
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New Study Compares Starting a Business in Seattle with Other Major Cities(May 16, 2018)
There has never been a better time to start a business than right now. With startups and small businesses popping up all over the country, the demand for information and assistance has grown. Online resources are available and improving rapidly for every aspect of the small business process. How we do business is also shifting and changing. Freelance workers and consultants are available to help pick up slack. Remote teams ensure that you are hiring the best employees, no matter where they work.
“Where might be the best place to start a small business?” one might ask. A new study was recently released by the National Press Distributors that looked into the best cities to make startup dreams a reality. Seattle topped the list of cities that support and foster small businesses. With hundreds of new small businesses starting in the Emerald City, there are resources galore to assist with the early stages of new business development.
According to the NPD there are various resources available to guide potential entrepreneurs from choosing what type of business license they need, through hiring the right employees, to marketing a new business, choosing an accountant, and finding a place to conduct work. The number of self-employed people in the U.S. has risen by 150,000 since 2014 and Seattle has played a huge part in that. With the recent tech boom and population surge, there has never been a better place to build a network and find a niche than right now.
The internet has changed the way lives are lived and how people do business. Because of that, more people are starting businesses right now than ever before. According to the new NPD study, Seattle is a great place to start that journey. With budding opportunities and countless resources, it should definitely top the list of potential new business headquarters.
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MTN Business has embarked on a long-term supplier development program will give young, black entrepreneurs put their position at the forefront of developments in South Africa, knowledge-based economy. “For MTN business, local supplier development is a multi-tick box exercise,” Alpheus Mangale, Chief Enterprise Officer at MTN SA said. “It’s true, the development of enterprises and their suppliers have been revised in the new sense of BBBEE code, but we are looking beyond these indicators, so have a more significant impact on the economy.” Our plan is to create a unanimously adopted a new class of young, black entrepreneurs to solve poverty reduction target and the actual capacity of the national development plans. As the technology leader in the field, we are in an excellent position to take advantage of our technical expertise and footprint of the country’s development skills and have grown into larger, sustainable business potential of small businesses. “MTN Business has been with the new generation of thinking (NGM), training and skills development, specializing in the development of ICT SMME sector and guidance supplier development program has been designed as a three-year intervention will be seen through a six-stage program, from infancy to their state of development of 60 fully self-contained small ICT companies.
“Our long-term goal is to develop these entrepreneurs to the highest order of information and communication technology service provider. Whether they are serving the consumer market or SMEs, they will actually help to distinguish MTN delivered by key technology solutions. “We expect the greatest impact is that they make small and medium enterprises in rural and township areas to access services to help make them more competitive. Many of these enterprises are traditional ICT service providers outside the fold, we believe that this new generation ICT entrepreneurs will find a ready market to grow their businesses, “Mangale said. The development project is open to young blacks owned enterprises in the field of ICT services, the ideal, but not limited to those who have been in business for 12-24 months. You will need some degree of training and qualifications after graduating high school to qualify. Successful applicants will then undertake a three-year plan in incubators located throughout the country the NGM. Entrepreneurs who already own their homes will continue to operate in their facilities, but will be required to attend training courses at the center of the NGM. NGM will be cultivated to provide basic business support services, while exploring various aspects of the management capabilities of entrepreneurs doing business.
For its part, MTN will leverage its technical training business partners, through these skills. “The first 18-month program will focus on the construction of these technical and business skills, after which companies should be in the position to expand its scope to include services and other ancillary equipment and service providers of the product. This enhanced their The service is indispensable to their long-term survival, “Mangale said. “With the speed of progress rapid emergence of the Internet and technology, ICT skills has become an important part of building any business. We believe that this crop can be made to help young entrepreneurs hundreds of small businesses in the country more efficient and competitive around valuable contribution. “For more information about the program and application forms can be found here http://www.ngmindset.co.za/message.php


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Transport Pro, a Web-based TMS company, is excited to announce its partnership with a leading brokerage technology provider, Parade. The combination of Parade’s innovative AI-powered carrier management system and Transport Pro’s digital carrier sourcing platform gives brokers access to cutting-edge automation technology at an affordable price point.
Brokers have thousands of data points around capacity availability streaming into their email inbox each day, and a
vast amount of underutilized historical data, location/ELD, and carrier interactions stored in their Transport Pro
system. Often, it’s hard for brokers to sort and understand all this data, which results in carrier reps turning to load
boards and using their gut to source carriers. Parade’s advanced capacity technology integrates key information from
carrier emails, plus information from sources like location, historical load bookings, and historical carrier interactions,
providing brokers with visibility into what freight carriers need and when. The Transport Pro carrier sourcing platform
then matches that carrier capacity to available freight and sends an automatic email to the qualified in-network
carriers. The ability to notify carriers of available freight within minutes helps brokers to strengthen the overall carrier
experience, building relationships for the long haul.
“I grew up in a family full of owner-operators and brokers,” said Preet Sivia, Chief Business Officer of Parade. “I
understand how important brokerages are in the transportation ecosystem, but up until now, it’s been difficult to use
all your data to reuse capacity and increase carrier sales efficiency. With all your location, ELD, email and historical
load information in your TMS, this partnership will allow Transport Pro users to understand and predict their carriers’
capacity with the end goal of increasing carrier re-utilization and loads booked per rep.”
Transport Pro users have the advantage of leveraging Parade’s artificial intelligence technologies to tap often ignored
available capacity. With all of the daily distractions that take place in an office, it’s easy for load opportunities to go
unnoticed. This automation saves time, increases efficiency and helps brokers remain competitive in the marketplace.
“Brokers are competing with large tech companies pushing digital freight brokerage, and the only way to stay in the
game is to invest in technology,” says Kenneth Kloeppel, CEO of Transport Pro. “Most of the time this comes at a
price far out of reach for most brokerages. When you look at the new technology being provided by Parade and
Transport Pro, a brokerage can become a powerful service provider to its customers and partner carriers.”
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In celebration of its launch of the new Joy Will Take You Further campaign, the largest global campaign for Johnnie Walker to date, the whisky brand last night hosted an exclusive event at the New York City headquarters of The Explorers Club, the world-famous non-profit organization.
The evening featured household names, renowned explorers and the announcement of analytical chemist and world famous Scotch whisky blender Jim Beveridge as a new member of The Explorers Club.
The focal point of the gathering featured a unique panel discussion on the power of joy and personal success, with notable speakers such as pro football Hall of Famer and Live! with Kelly and Michael co-host Michael Strahan, screenwriter and creator of the HBO television series and feature film Entourage Doug Ellin, inventor and world’s fastest female motorcycle rider Eva Hakansson, and psychologist and leading happiness expert Dr. Matt Killingsworth.
Brian Cox, Director of Scotch Whisky, Diageo North America said of the event: “We feel extremely privileged to have Johnnie Walker and our Master Blender Jim Beveridge welcomed into the inspirational halls of The Explorers Club, a group which illustrates that Joy Will Take You Further. The study of joy and progress – something that we call Joynomics – is exemplified by the personal stories of our panel speakers who show us that happiness makes success more likely.
“Members of The Explorers Club have explored the furthest reaches of land, air, sea and space and having stood on the summit of Everest and the surface of the moon, are living proof of how finding joy in our everyday lives and pursuits can help us achieve more than we thought possible.”
Michael Strahan championed the impact that happiness has had on his progress: “If your starting point is happiness, there is no limit to what you can achieve. The turning point in my football career was adopting a more positive outlook and reconnecting with the enjoyment of genuinely ‘playing’ the game. Making that decision gave me a new impetus and new energy.”
The Joy Will Take You Further event also saw the premiere of a new experiment developed in partnership with Dr. Matt Killingsworth, a US-based psychologist and scientist who studies human happiness. The experiment – called Can Joy Improve Performance? – showed how golfers could boost the accuracy of their shots when positively rather than negatively primed by their coach.
Commenting on the experiment Dr. Killingsworth said: “What this experiment shows us – albeit with a limited sample size – is that having a joyful perspective on the task at hand can actually boost our performance.”
Cox added: “Johnnie Walker has been a progressive and innovative brand since it was founded by John Walker in 1820. Our journey from Scotland to the four corners of the world has shown us that finding happiness along the way can help us reach our goals. Dr. Killingsworth’s experiment is just one example of the increasing evidence that supports our belief that Joy Will Take You Further. We remind everyone who enjoys Johnnie Walker around the world to always do so responsibly.”
The Joy Will Take You Further global marketing campaign will be activated in more than 50 countries and will reach nearly 270 million consumers around the world within the first weeks of launch.


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Lamborghini has finally unveiled its newest fighting bull, the Gallardo LP 570-4 Spyder Performante. It’s the latest in a series of three aggressive new offerings from Lamborghini–the Bolognese-based automaker showed the Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera at the Geneva Auto Show and debuted the Sesto Elemento concept at the Paris Motor Show earlier this year. Spyder Performante was first shown at a private event in West Hollywood, Calif., last Friday. The open-top counterpart to the Superleggera, Spyder Performante is 143 pounds lighter than its predecessor, the Gallardo LP 560-4 Spyder, thanks to the enormous amount of carbon fiber used in its body and components. Complete specs on the car are yet to come, but Lambo says it’ll have a 5.2-liter, 570-horsepower V10 engine, go from zero to 62 miles per hour in 3.9 seconds and have a top speed of 201 mph. Base price will likely be in the $250,000 range.
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January 31st, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica’s Telecommunications Superintendence (SUTEL) announced this week that cellular phone users who do not wish to receive phone calls from salespeople or other unsolicited commercial phone calls are able to block such calls.
“This is established in a procedure that was made to protect the right of privacy for cellular phone users, according to section 44 of the General Telecommunications Law,” reads the press release.
Cellular customers may inform their carriers directly that they do not wish to receive such phone calls.
Any company found to violate such “do not call” lists with subject to the remove of their phone service.
Ceullular carriers can also be sanctioned. “If the carrier does not take the necessary measures to protect their clients’ privacy, it may receive a fine that can be of up to 1% of the carrier’s gross income from the past fiscal year. This is stated in section 68 of the General Telecommunications Law,” said SUTEL.


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For eCommerce executives, there’s nothing more frustrating than finding out that the website you’ve invested so much time, money, and effort into is not what your customers are actually seeing at the end of the day. Finding out that the problem behind this is littering your customer journey with product ads from your competitors? That’s the proverbial rotten cherry on top.
That’s exactly what Andy Cole, Senior Optimisation Manager at leading UK-based lingerie and adult product brand Ann Summers, first discovered two years ago when Namogoo alerted them to how Customer Journey Hijacking was disrupting their site visitors.
Andy led a live webinar yesterday on how the Ann Summers team learned that nearly 20% of their online customers were exposed to invasive ads, and how eliminating these disruptions with Namogoo helped them lift their overall conversion rate.
After seeing actual screenshots of their customers’ web sessions infected with these ad injections and the disruptive effect they had on their customer journey, Andy and his team knew they had to dig deeper and understand the scale of this problem to their revenue and brand.
Ann Summers was hardly alone in having their eyes opened by this widespread and hidden problem, which impacts online business across all verticals via malware-driven ads injected into consumer browsers. The majority of these injections are designed to divert customers away to competing product offers and promotions. Yet this issue has largely flown under the industry radar since these unauthorized ads take place on the consumer side, allowing them to bypass server-side visibility.
Two years on from removing Customer Journey Hijacking from their customer experience, Ann Summers is seeing a continuous conversion rate uplift of over 2%.
Tune into the webinar recording to find out:
- What is Customer Journey Hijacking and how it infects your customers.
- How Customer Journey Hijacking affected Ann Summers’ digital experience, revenue, and brand integrity.
- How preventing Customer Journey Hijacking immediately increased Ann Summers’ conversion rate by over 2%.


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He has been dubbed ‘The Asylum King’ after securing lucrative Home Office contracts to house refugees in his budget hotels.
Now Britannia Hotels founder Alex Langsam, 77, has entered The Sunday Times rich list after amassing an estimate fortune of £220 million.
The hotel chain, which has twice been voted the worst in Britain by consumer watchdog Which?, made £14 million in profit last year as the number of asylum seekers soared to 36,000-a-year.
Many paying guests have complained after realising they are sharing hotels with hundreds of migrants from Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Afghanistan.
Mr Langsam, who also owns the Pontins holiday business, entered the Rich List at number 460, a spot jointly shared with Keith Richards, the Rolling Stones’ guitarist.
It puts him ahead of the Marquess of Bath, who has a personal wealth of £210 million and Duncan Bannatyne, who is worth £200 million.
In 2011/2012 the Home Office spent £150million providing accommodation for asylum seekers but the figure is now thought to be closer to £200million. 17 hotels within the Britannia chain housed asylum seekers in the last financial year.
Lord Green of Deddington, MigrationWatch’s chairman told The Telegraph: “It’s extraordinary that the Home Office continues using hotels like this to accommodate asylum seekers on such a large scale.”
Mr Langsam, a widower, who has no children, lives in a ten-bedroomed former hotel worth more than £3 million in Cheshire. He owns two Jaguar cars and a Bentley.
The hotel boss is joined on the newcomers list by caravan park owner Alfie Best, 46, a Romany gypsy who was born by the side of the road in Leicester and left school at the age of 12.
Despite poor reading and writing skills, Mr Best started his first business at 16, a van-hire dealership in Forest Gate, east London, and now owns 44 caravan parks. He is worth £160 million and enters the Rich List at number 640, slightly behind of another newcomer Mark Neale, the founder of stock clearance store Mountain Warehouse who has an estimated wealth of £170 million.
The Duchess of Cambridge has also sent the founder of fashion chain Reiss into the Rich List for the first time. David Reiss and family have benefited from the ‘Kate effect’ which has seen sales soar and allowed the company to expand overseas. The business was recently valued at £250 million, putting the Reiss family into 410th position on the list.
However other clothing lines have not fared so well. Lord Wolfson, the Chief Executive of Next, fell off the Rich List following a sales slump at the store which saw his fortunes dip £20 million to £100 million. Today it takes £103 million to be among the top 1,000 richest people in Britain.
Sir Philip Green, owner of the Arcadia group which includes Topshop, Burton and Dorothy Perkins, also saw £280 million wiped off his personal fortune as sales struggled on the high srteet.
Nat Rothschild, son of the influential financier Lord Rothschild fell out off the list entirely the first time, his personal wealth falling from £1 billion in 2012 to £70 million today after a series of business problems.
Robert Watts, who compiled this year’s list said: "The guys at the top who are feeling the pain this year are often hit by a cocktail of plunging stock markets, low oil prices and the crisis in the steel industry sometimes by all three."
Mike Myers, the actor, whose parents were born in Liverpool, also enters the Rich List for the first time.
The 2016 rich list
- David and Simon Reuben, £13.1bn (up £3.4bn)
- Sri and Gopi Hinduja, £13bn
- Len Blavatnik £11.59bn (down £1.58bn)
- Galen and George Weston and family, £11bn
- Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli, £9.35bn (up £330m)
- The Duke of Westminster, £9.35bn (up £790m)
- Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel de Carvalho, £9.15bn (up £2.005bn)
- Kirsten and Jorn Rausing, £8.7bn
- Hans Rausing and family, £8.6bn (up £2.2bn)
- Alisher Usmanov, £7.58bn (down £2.22bn)


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In this article we’ll take a look at 10 EV charging stocks to buy right now. To skip our detailed analysis of the electric vehicle charging sector and its future prospects, you can go straight to see Buy 5 EV Charging Stocks Now.
Electric vehicles, or EVs, have seen a huge increase in consumer demand over the years. The sector is led by giants such as Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), and is increasingly representative of the future of the auto industry. Global passenger EV sales were projected to reach 6.3 million units by the end of 2021 by BloombergNEF. This estimate was double the total from 2020.
Bloomberg noted that global passenger EV sales grew by a whopping 94% in the third quarter of 2021. For example, Fisker Inc. (NYSE: FSR) and Nikola Corporation (NASDAQ: NKLA), along with other companies in the sector, are poised to soar. In the third quarter of 2021, over one million passenger EVs were sold.
EV Market Outlook
As a result of these rising sales, the global electric passenger car stock has grown rapidly over the past ten years, according to the Global EV Outlook 2021 report published by the International Energy Agency. In 2010, the stock was non-existent and eventually increased to about 2 million units by 2016. Yet by 2020, it had grown to an incredible 12 million units.
Electric car registrations grew in key markets in 2020, despite the market-shattering coronavirus pandemic. This boom in EV registrations continued into 2021 and increasing sales volumes for electric vehicles were noted in 2021 and are expected to continue into 2022 adding to an increasingly positive investor sentiment. Sentiment around EV and EV charging stocks. The EV sector is also heavily supported by government policies and investments, including President Biden’s goal of ensuring that half of all new vehicle sales in the US will be attributed to zero-emissions cars by 2030.
McKinsey & Company thus noted that the influx of billions of dollars in infrastructure spending proposed to support the rapidly growing EV sector could provide an even greater boost in EV sales. The example of the bipartisan infrastructure framework supports this claim, because through this deal, the government has pledged $1.2 trillion for transportation and infrastructure spending over the course of eight years. Of this amount, $15 billion is to be allocated primarily to the EV sector, which will help accelerate the adoption of EVs and also boost the US EV market.
10 EV Charging Stock Buy Now
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We have selected EV charging stocks that are extremely popular with hedge funds. These stocks have also received positive ratings from market analysts recently.
EV Charging Stocks Buy Now
10. Wallbox NV (NYSE: WBX)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: Not Applicable
Wallbox NV (NYSE:WBX), a smart electric vehicle charging and energy management provider, is one of the top EV charging stocks to buy now based on analyst ratings we’ll look at below. The company was established in 2015 and manufactures electric vehicle charging technologies for distribution.
In December, UBS analyst Chris Snyder placed a buy rating on Wallbox NV (NYSE:WBX) shares.
Snyder also noted that the company is a leading provider of EV charging solutions in the residential sector, which gives it an edge because residential charging is an attractive market due to its low-risk demand outlook. The analyst also sees value in the company’s ability to benefit from its follow-on software services revenue.
Wallbox NV (NYSE:WBX) is one of the other stocks in the EV sector that will benefit from increased sales of EVs and EV charging technology. Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), Fisker Inc. (NYSE: FSR) and Nikola Corporation (NASDAQ: NKLA) are also set to benefit from this development.
9. Rivian Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:RIVN)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: Not Applicable
Rivian Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:RIVN) is a developer and manufacturer of electric adventure vehicles. The company has a nationwide network of DC fast chargers that can add nearly 140 miles of range in 20 minutes to their vehicles, making it one of the best EV charging stocks to buy now.
In February, Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas told Rivian Automotive, Inc. reiterated an overweight rating on the (NASDAQ:RIVN) stock.
Morgan Stanley analysts also noted that 87% of respondents surveyed from the firm’s clients were Rivian Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:RIVN) prefers Lucid Group. Analyst Jonas told Rivian Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:RIVN) in second place in its US auto stock rankings.
Greenlight Capital, an investment management firm, has acquired Rivian Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:RIVN) in its fourth-quarter 2021 investor letter. Here’s what he said:
“We made a material profit” Rivian (RIVN) as a result of its IPO. We met with the sponsors of RIVN in 2018 as part of their ongoing work on electric vehicles, and were impressed by their technology and discipline. In mid-2020, we made a small investment at a valuation of $10 billion. In November, RIVN went public at a valuation of $70 billion and traded at a peak valuation of $162 billion. We hedged in the options market to lock in a minimum valuation of approximately $120 billion for a good portion of our position. While we believe in the company, we didn’t have material exposure at the end of the year.
8. Beam Global (NASDAQ:BEEM)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 4
Beam Global (NASDAQ:BEEM) is a cleantech company that manufactures renewable energy products for EV charging infrastructure, among other things. The company uses solar power and battery storage as power sources for its EV charging stations, making it an environmentally friendly choice among EV charging stocks.
In the third quarter of 2021, four hedge funds had stakes in Beam Global (NASDAQ:BEEM) worth $2.9 million. The largest stakeholder was Citadel Investment Group, which held 94,200 shares worth $2.6 million.
Like Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), Fisker Inc. (NYSE: FSR) and Nikola Corporation (NASDAQ: NKLA) Beam Global (NASDAQ: BEEM) is one of the more coveted EV and EV charging sector stocks to buy now.
7. Blink Charging Company (NASDAQ:BLNK)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 6
Blink Charging Company (NASDAQ:BLNK) owns, operates, and provides EV charging equipment and networked EV charging services in the United States. The company is now one of the best-known EV charging stocks to buy, especially after its deal to supply EV chargers to GM car dealerships in North America. The deal has made the company one of the biggest sector gainers in 2022.
HC Wainwright’s Samir Joshi has a buy rating on Blink Charging Company (NASDAQ:BLNK) shares.
Needham analyst Vikram Bagree also noted this February that the company can be expected to improve its sales and generate additional revenue through its growing media business.
Six of the 867 hedge funds were hedge funds long blink charging companies. (NASDAQ:BLNK) In the third quarter, Citadel Investment Group was also the largest stakeholder in this stock. The total stake value was $4.4 million.
6. Volta Inc. (NYSE: VLTA)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 17
Volta Inc. (NYSE: VLTA) is a US-based electric vehicle infrastructure company. The company’s charging stations are compatible with all major plug-in hybrid and battery EV types in the US. These stations also have digital screens for advertisements. Volta Inc. (NYSE:VLTA) is one of the top EV charging stocks to buy now because of its volatile approach to combining digital media with charging stations to drive its revenue.
This February, Canaccord analyst Jed Dorsheimer began coverage of Volta Inc. (NYSE:VLTA) shares with a buy rating with a $10 price target.
The analyst also commented that the company’s unique charging and media business model provides investors with upside exposure to EVs and their charging infrastructure. Additionally, Cantor’s analysts note that the company’s advertising partnerships with The Coca-Cola Company and Facebook give it a competitive advantage.
Of the 867 hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey in the third quarter, 17 hedge funds had stakes in Volta Inc. (NYSE:VLTA). His total stake was valued at $91.3 million.
Volta Inc. (NYSE:VLTA) is one of the stocks in the EV sector that is poised to benefit from rapidly growing interest in EVs and EV charging among consumer markets and investor circles. Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), Fisker Inc. (NYSE: FSR) and Nikola Corporation (NASDAQ: NKLA) are also among the few stocks that will benefit from this rising interest.
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Disclosure: None. 10 EV Charging Stock Buy Now Originally published on Insider Monkey.


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Samsung has sold more than 10 million smartphones in China within a single quarter for the first time, according to a research firm. The same report based on data from US research firm Strategy Analytics also claims that Apple resides in sixth place in the country's smartphone marketplace, one place below a similar report earlier this month
that placed the iPhone in fifth place.
The figures from the Korea Herald
claim that Samsung managed to sell 12.5 million smartphones between January and March, which represents an 18.5-percent market share and a 2.2-percent increase from the last quarter of 2012. Apple managed to sell 6.1 million units, putting it behind Huawei (8.1 million), Lenovo (7.9 million), Coolpad from YuLong and China Unicom (7 million), and ZTE (6.4 million) as well as Samsung. LG, said to be the third largest smartphone manufacturer, sold just 100,000 smartphones in China, giving it a 0.1-percent market share.
The earlier report using data from Canalys saw Apple and Samsung have far higher market shares compared to the the Strategy Analytics figures, putting the two companies at 8 percent and 20 percent respectively. The disparity between the two reports could be put down to the way that each analyst sources their data, along with how each interprets the results.


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It’s been the subject of much fashion gossip over the past few weeks, but this morning confirmed the news that Peter Copping would be joining the American fashion house as creative director.
Copping, who recently left his role as artistic director at , will report directly to de la Renta (who will continue to oversee the design aesthetic), in a move that de la Renta hopes will help guide his brand into the future.
Speaking to WWD de la Renta said of the appointment, ‘I'm very happy that Peter has agreed to join us. He is a great talent and along with our shared design sensibilities, we both have a deep curiosity about the wider world, from music and art to architecture and gardens’
We can’t wait to see the results at next season’s autumn/winter 2015 show in New York.


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Samsung announces McAfee security software to come pre-installed on Galaxy S8 smartphones
It looks like Samsung and McAfee get along together very well, as the South Korean company has just announced a massive partnership that will see the latter’s security solutions get pre-installed on smartphones, smart TVs, as well as PCs.
According to Samsung, McAfee VirusScan anti-malware technology will be pre-installed on the Galaxy S8 smartphones starting April. Basically, this means that all Samsung Galaxy S8 flagships will come with McAfee’s security software right out of the box.
In addition, McAfee VirusScan will be available for Samsung Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 edge and Galaxy Note 5 free of charge.
A similar anti-malware technology will be available in the United States and Korea for Samsung Smart TV customers, whereas additional countries will be added throughout the first half of 2017.
Last but not least, the McAfee LiveSafe cross-device security solution is now being shipped as pre-installed software on all Samsung PCs manufactured, starting in 2017.
However, it’s worth pointing out that Samsung PC users will only be able to enjoy 60-day free trials after which they will receive a special offer.
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It would seem that Apple is playing friendly with the folks at The Verge and granted them some unique information pertaining to the new Apple TV that has shown up in the latest FCC filings. According to their team, Apple has clarified issues pertaining to the new Apple TV, model A1469, stating that Apple Inc. will not be releasing a smaller Apple TV. They are actually releasing an device that only contains “minor component changes.” One item that seems of interest is that these FCC filings seem to reveal that there may be an upgrade to the new A5x processor, but The Verge was unable to confirm this information.
It seems rare, these days, that Apple could surprise people when it comes to products, especially in the area of television. With all the talk surrounding Apple TVs, Apple’s potential HDTV, and Apple’s standings in the content arena, it is interesting to see that Apple has released a new Apple TV, model A1469, to the FCC yesterday. Though there is no immense news released in this filing, it is exciting to have a confirmation that Apple is still working on TV solutions, an area of its “intense interest.” The industry has been waiting on bated breath to discover what is next for Apple in this area. Perhaps, Apple is getting ready to tell us.
Apple has just released Apple TV software update 5.2 for the 2nd and 3rd generation Apple TV, adding Bluetooth keyboard support, iTunes in the Cloud and AirPlay audio for videos. The update also includes some performance and stability improvements with the iTunes Store, AirPlay, Netflix, iTunes Match, and wired Ethernet connections.
Update: MuscleNerd has just confirmed that Apple TV 2 will be covered by the iOS 6.1 jailbreak.
iOS hacker @MuscleNerd has confirmed on Twitter that the upcoming untethered iOS 6.1 jailbreak will support all iOS 6.1 compatible devices, except Apple TV 3. If Apple releases a software update for Apple TV 2 in time, which MuscleNerd claims is very likely, this device will also be supported. Untethered jailbreak for iOS 6.1 is expected to be released by evad3rs team just after Apple releases the latest version of its mobile OS to the public.
I can host websites on my Apple TV! Jealous? It is no secret that with a lot of tinkering, your little gadgets (iPhones, iPods, iPads, and even your Apple TV’s) can be converted into a great many things, including servers. You can take one of your extra Apple TV’s 2 and, with a bit of tinkering, get it set up as your very own, private, web based server for hosting websites and much more.


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Minimum wage to rise by 12p from October
On Monday the government announced the minimum wage would increase by 12p an hour to £6.31 for adults. It will also rise by 5p to £5.03 for 18 to 20 year olds.
Business secretary Vince Cable said the government announced the changes based on a recommendation of the Low Pay Commission. The Commission also said that the rate of pay for apprentices should be frozen, but Cable announced a 3p per hour increase, taking minimum apprentice wages to £2.69 per hour.
The increases are below current inflation levels. Retail Prices Index inflation currently stands at 3.2% and the Consumer Prices index at 2.8%.
Business Secretary Vince Cable said: “The independent Low Pay Commission plays a crucial role in advising the government when setting the national minimum wage every year. It balances wages of low paid workers against employment prospects if the rate was set too high.
“We are working on a series of tough new measures to ensure we tackle non-compliance issues across the board.”
Ian Murray MP, Labour’s shadow minister for employment relations, consumer and postal affairs, welcomed the minimum wage increase, but said: “The government needs to do more to enforce the minimum wage in workplaces and get tough on rogue employers who break the law, and there are still concerns on the implications of recent changes to the Commission’s remit,” he said.
However not everyone was happy with the increase. Mike Cherry, national policy chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses said: “The increase in the national minimum wage is unwelcome in today’s economic climate. We understand the Government must strike a balance between boosting consumer spending and economic growth, however they must ensure the UK’s small businesses stay competitive at a time when the economy remains fragile.
“There will be businesses that operate on thin margins, who will struggle with any increase to the minimum wage.”


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With the fall Apple event only weeks away, rumors persist that Apple plans to eliminate the headphone jack in favor of headphones that use the Lightning connector. Leo says it's been tried before. The Motorola Droid Z didn't have one. Leo says that people want a headphone jack and this is going to be a test of brand loyalty. But Steve Gibson says that using the Lightning connector could pave the way for Apple to add noise cancelling earbuds to the design. It could also transmit data like measuring blood pressure while you're working out.
Noah wants to know if Apple will go to USB Type-C connectors on the iPhone or iPad. Leo says no. They just moved to Lightning connectors on the iPhone or iPad. They did put USB Type-C on its MacBooks, but don't look for Type-C on iOS any time soon.
Kevin is annoyed that Apple is charging $20 for the Lightning connector. Leo agrees, but he can get a better deal at MonoPrice.com. The cheaper ones only charge devices, though. He'll want to look for a certified Lightning connector, and he can get them for about $12 at MonoPrice.


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US Bans Import of Russian Diamonds
The Jewelers Vigilance Committee has shared updated guidance on the executive order, which was issued Friday.
Washington, D.C.—President Joe Biden issued an executive order Friday, March 11, banning the import of non-industrial Russian diamonds into the United States.
It’s the latest from the U.S. government in response to Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.
On Feb. 25, the U.S. put both diamond miner Alrosa and its CEO on a list of sanctions, though it didn’t directly prohibit buying the company’s diamonds. This new order now means no direct diamond buying from Alrosa or any other Russian company is allowed.
Alrosa mined 32.4 million carats in 2021, making it the largest producer by volume and accounting for nearly 30 percent of global supply, with sales topping $4 billion. The Russian government holds a 33 percent stake in the company.
The Jewelers Vigilance Committee said Friday any U.S. business purchasing diamonds directly from Alrosa, Alrosa USA, or any other Russian company should immediately put an end to the transactions.
JVC noted early Monday the ban on importation of diamonds from Russia includes “unworked or simply sawn, cleaved, or bruted” diamonds, meaning rough diamonds, as well as those cut and polished in Russia.
U.S. Customs regulations and interpretation of the FAQs issued by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control after the ban was enacted indicate rough diamonds from Russia that are cut and polished in another country are “substantially transformed” by that process, JVC said, and thereby become a product of that country.
This means rough diamonds imported from Russia into a country that hasn’t placed sanctions or a ban on the diamonds are then legal to import to the U.S. as they fall under a different tariff code.
In additional guidance issued Monday, JVC said it is possible countries that serve as traditional cutting centers might implement a ban on the import of Russian diamonds.
The U.S. government also could decide to further limit imports of products originating in Russia that are “substantially transformed” somewhere else or add additional tariff codes to the current ban.
JVC said it recommends the trade proceed with “extreme caution” when it comes to diamond imports as the risk of additional limits in the future is high.
The organization also urges U.S. businesses to make sure their anti-money laundering programs are active and to check OFAC’s sanction lists to make sure they’re not sourcing products from places or companies they shouldn’t be.
Friday’s executive order also prohibits “the exportation, re-exportation, sale, or supply, directly or indirectly, from the United States” of luxury goods to Russia.
JVC said this means U.S. businesses previously selling jewelry to or in Russia should stop doing so immediately.
Other Russian goods banned for import by the order are fish, seafood, and alcoholic beverages.
The watch seller’s new index tracks sales data from 14 brands, including Rolex and Patek Philippe.
Without the ability to instill confidence within the industry and directly to the consumer, a diamond holds very little value.
The lab-grown diamond brand also collaborated with the website The Future Rocks on a collection launching today.
With holiday proposals right around the corner, encourage your customers to go for platinum when making the big purchase.
It’s the hero piece of the newest "Green Jewel" collection, a collaborative offering from the two mines.
Chris Cramer, who also spent time at Gen Z intimates brand Parade, will take on the dual role.
The retail offering lets customers track their diamond’s journey.
The Luele mine is expected to eventually make the country the world’s third-largest diamond producer.
From Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, 200.4 million consumers shopped online and in stores.
The growing company also plans to open more of its own boutiques.
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Next year’s milestone show will be full of educational programming and collaborations.
The Albany Business Review recently honored the 100-year-old company.
To honor his legacy, GIA has set up a scholarship in his name.
There have been eight attacks in the last month, spanning from a jewelry store parking lot in Rhode Island to highways in California.