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Microsoft has amassed a whopping 27 million downloads of its Office for iPad app, proving just how much Apple consumers wanted the classic productivity suite.
The announcement was made by Julia White, GM for Microsoft Office, at the TechEd North American 2014 event in Houston, according to ZDNet.
The figure is more than twice that reported by Microsoft on Twitter just over a month ago. It secured 12 million downloads by April 3, despite only launching on March 27.
The number will be vindication for the move to allow long-time rival Apple access to classic Windows software.
"If it had been done earlier, it would have been better for Microsoft frankly," Apple's CEO Tim Cook said last month, and those words seem even truer today.
However, the download figures don't necessarily mean more money for Microsoft, as the app itself is free, but provides a read-only experience of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. To actually create content, users need an Office 365 subscription.
In its third quarter earnings report for its fiscal year 2014, Microsoft reported 4.4 million Office 365 Home subscribers, a jump of nearly 1 million compared to the prior quarter. That figure will likely be even higher with the expansion to the iPad.
The market responded well to the new Office for iPad figures. Microsoft's shares were up $0.43 (£0.25, AU$0.46), or 1.09 per cent, to $39.97 (£23.73, AU$42.76) at the time of writing.


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The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) recognizes that one important way to affect change in the food system is to find ways to improve consumer purchasing and eating behaviors. The Meatless Monday campaign, which CLF endorsed seven years ago, encourages Americans to take control of their health by refraining from eating meat products one day a week. Meats like beef are more likely to contain saturated fats than most non-meat food sources. By cutting out high sources of saturated fats one day a week, Americans can help meet the Department of Health and Human Services’ Healthy People 2010 goal of reducing saturated fat intake to less than 10 percent of calories consumed each day. Meatless Monday has the potential to not only improve the populations’ health, but could also reduce unsustainable levels of demand for meat products, particularly industrially-produced meat, which use huge amounts of valuable natural resources and pose significant public health and environmental risks.
On the health behavior change side, the “Monday” model has great potential to serve as an effective communications tool to bolster virtually any long-term campaign. The model provides health promotion communicators 52 times a year to hammer home a message, convey reinforcements, reminders, and prompts. Likewise, it also gives a person trying to improve her/his own health behaviors 52 times a year to restart their commitment or behavior change if they fall off the wagon. Read More >


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“Brexit has resulted in a big drop in the value of the pound and if this trend remains then we could see a surge in leisure tourism to Britain, as it will become significantly cheaper,” said Sharat Dhall, president of travel portal Yatra. Anil Khandelwal, finance chief of Cox & Kings said this would aid outbound travel for the company.
“A drop in the Pound could also result in an increase in students from India choosing the UK as a destination as it will make education significantly cheaper there," said Dhall.
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Britain’s decision to exit from the European Union led to a fall in markets and local currency. The benchmark FTSE 100 index fell by as much as 12% while the pound suffered its worst slump in three decades according to global media reports.
“..with the GBP dropping, there is a possibility that we will see an increased number of travellers from India to UK and EU nations. The long term impact on business travel and trade relations remains to be seen,” said a spokesperson at Makemytrip, India’s biggest travel portal however saying it was too early to make long term assessments.
Both Thomas Cook and Cox & Kings said their businesses were protected from the volatility.
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"Our various businesses at Thomas Cook India, including the foreign exchange business remains fully hedged. The current volatility will not impact our core business in any way, however we will witness wide spreads in the currency trade for the short term and expect that the market will settle down and currencies will find their own levels. On our product strategy, we constantly review prices in line with the input cost and that will remain unchanged," said Madhavan Menon, chairman of Thomas Cook India Group.
“Our operations in the UK in both Leisure – International and Education enjoy both revenues and costs in the same currency and hence there won’t be any impact from the currency movement. Our Meininger hostel business is based in Europe and has both its revenues and its costs based in Euros. Hence, there is no material impact from the currency movements. The Euro is stronger against the rupee on a y-o-y basis anyway. Some portion of our debt is denominated in GBP; the amount of debt will naturally reduce in rupee terms as a translational effect of the depreciation of the GBP against the rupee. So the leverage on the balance sheet will reduce,” said Khandelwal of Cox & Kings.
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The United States-based financial service providing company Well Fargo reveals its newly developed artificial intelligence tool named Integrated Receivable. The information was shared through a press release published by the company.
The unique platform helps users to manage their accounts receivable process effectively. Integrated Receivable uses machine learning, robot processing, and artificial intelligence to offer simplified payment and remittance data capture and invoice matching.
This platform will help businesses operating in the revenue cycle management domain will be able to reduce operational costs and time consumed in the AR process. Well Fargo has collaborated with the Florida-based fintech startup Dade Systems to provide its new artificial intelligence tool, Integrated Receivable. Dade Systems is one of the world’s leading accounts receivable solutions providing firms.
CEO of Dade Systems, Bill Zayas, said, “Wells Fargo and DadeSystems recognize the potential for accounts receivable automation to improve efficiencies for a wide range of businesses from smaller companies to the largest and most complex.”
The artificial intelligence platform is capable of automatically fixing errors and improving matching logic that would considerably help businesses to manage their workflow. Integrated Receivable comes with an intuitive and user-friendly interface that helps users understand the platform’s functionalities quickly.
Peggy Reingold and Perry Abbonizio founded San Diego-based Well Fargo in the year 1852. The company holds assets worth $1.3 trillion till date. The financial company provides multiple services, including banking, investments, insurance, mortgage, consumer finance, and many more.
The head of Treasury Management and Payment Solutions at Well Fargo, Danny Peltz, said, “By automating the capture of payments and the matching of funds to invoices, Integrated Receivables can help produce significant operational cost savings, reduce the risk of incomplete or inaccurate data entry, and accelerate cash flow.”
He further mentioned that the platform allows its users to focus more on their key business objectives by reducing the time consumed in accumulating payments data.”


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FDA wants less salt in everyday American food
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday is pushing to cut salt levels by 12% in food ranging from packaged meats to cheese, as it tries to clamp down on a growing epidemic of preventable health issues that has plagued the country.
In far-reaching guidelines, which come five years after the agency’s initial recommendation, the FDA is calling for voluntary short-term sodium reduction targets from food manufacturers, chain restaurants and food service operators.
High sodium consumption has long been linked to high blood pressure, which is a leading cause of heart attacks and strokes. More than 4 in 10 American adults suffer from high blood pressure, according to the agency.
Salt is an ubiquitous ingredient in almost every food item. But the agency focused on 163 categories of processed, packaged and prepared foods, including different types of cheese, pickles, nuts, sauces, deli meats, crackers and poultry products – all the things Americans love to eat. Even more so during the pandemic.
Some health experts, however, said the regulator needs to take a stronger stance.
“The FDA’s targets represent an important step forward, but lowering sodium intake to 3,000mg per day is not enough,” the American Heart Association said in a statement.
“We urge the FDA to follow today’s action with additional targets to further lower the amount of sodium in the food supply and help people in America attain an appropriate sodium intake.”
The new recommendation released on Wednesday seeks to decrease average sodium intake to 3,000 mg per day, about a 12% reduction, from 3,400 milligrams over the next two and half years.
Still, the average intake would be above the Dietary Guidelines for Americans’ recommended limit of 2,300 mg per day for those 14 and older.
The FDA said even these modest reductions made slowly over the next few years will substantially decrease diet-related diseases and said it plans to issue revised, subsequent targets to further lower the sodium content incrementally.
According to the FDA, more than 70% of total sodium intake is from salt added during food manufacturing and commercial food preparation.
The agency said the public health benefit of limiting salt intake is estimated by researchers to result in tens of thousands fewer cases of heart disease and strokes each year, as well as billions of dollars in healthcare savings over time.
Laura Abshire, director of food and sustainability policy for the National Restaurant Association, said in a statement that it is reviewing the FDA’s final guidance and that “the restaurant industry continues to provide options to address customers’ desires and health needs.”


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Stardew Valley producer Eric Barone, one of the most addictive games in the world, has spoken about his new games.
A sequel is yet to be considered for Stardew Valley, which launched in 2017 and has exploded with 15 million sales by the end of 2020. However, the game’s producer Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone, who is also called a ‘farm building simulation’ but is noted for his structure that quickly draws attention to a start, confirmed that he is currently working on two different games.
Haunted Chocalatier and another game is coming
Stardew Valley developer Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Baroneconfirmed in an interview this week that he is working on a second project alongside Haunted Chocalatier.
In an interview with Game Informer (PCGamesN), Stardew Valley producer Eric announced that they are developing a co-production with Haunted Chocolatier, as well as an unnamed game maker. According to Eric, this game offers a purely single player experience and will be released before the next project.
Unlike Stardew Valley’s surprise success, barone said they are not aiming for the new game to be a major sales success, and that he intends to release the game under a different publisher name and once again hide his name so that players do not expect a new Stardew Valley. However, barone decided that the idea would be insincere to attract attention after a while and announced that he would indicate on the masthead that he was the producer of the new play.
Announced in 2021, Haunted Chocolatier will be set in a seimed town, played from a top point of view and surrounded by ghosts and chocolates, just like its producer’s first play. The game, just like in Stardew Valley, will focus on the relationships entered with the NPC and will be available with a design also called pixel-art.


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Nelly‘s newly-released seventh album, M.O., has debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200 Chart, selling over 15,000 copies. To some, that may seem to be a mediocre sales start, but the rapper explained to ABC News Radio why first-week sales aren’t indicative of his track record as an artist.
“The thing is for me, I’ve had an unbelievable amount of success, in that respect you understand that everything changes,” he says. “You know, again, it is my seventh album and its been like two years, especially in a business where you have to be six months [between albums.]”
Nelly adds, “To take two years, I’m kind of like using this album to just to reinstate ourselves, get the ball rolling, to come right back, hopefully next year with another one and keep the momentum going just to show everybody, ‘Yo Nelly still makes great songs.'”
Nelly’s last studio effort, 2010’s 5.0, opened at number ten on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 63,000 copies in its first week.
Elsewhere on the chart, last week’s chart-topper, Drake‘s Nothing Was the Same, slipped to the #2 position, selling an additional 148,000 units.
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Sent Apple TASS update a branch of the iOS operating system 11 after almost a month of the last update, this update is addressed in particular to bridge the gap Spectre that appeared recently with a loophole Meltdown.
The gap has emerged significantly in different devices from smart phones and personal etc., relate to the gaps in the implementation mechanism of the processor for some tasks where hackers can access the sensitive data.
When sent Apple TV update iOS 11.2 recently was in Dam for a large part of the gap Meltdown.
It has already adopted the Apple to the edges of her organs and the smart is not safe from the vulnerabilities of the two which have appeared in processors of Intel and AMD and arm also.
Although the gaps related to the Processor hardware, only to be solved will be programmed through the use of the pack Web application development Safari browser.
This update is now available for iPhone 5s the latest and iPad air the latest iPod previous generation are advised to install especially if you haven’t already installed the security update for the previous.
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AllThingsD on Tuesday announced that Apple CEO Tim Cook will be the keynote speaker on the opening night of its D10 conference. It will be Cook’s first appearance at the conference. Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs spoke at the event numerous times, last appearing at the D8 conference two years ago. Cook will join the likes of New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz, entrepreneur Sean Parker, Spotify co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek, Zynga founder and CEO Mark Pincus, as well as many others who will be speaking at the event. The D10 conference will run from May 29th to May 31st at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. More →
Microsoft Windows president Steven Sinofsky will unveil the company’s latest Windows 8 operating system running on a tablet during Microsoft’s BUILD conference in California next week, Reuters reported on Thursday. According to Korea Economic Daily, the reference model device will be manufactured by Samsung. “Investors are hungry to see how [Microsoft is] going to join where the market’s going,” HighMark Capital Management portfolio manager Todd Lowenstein told Reuters. “They’ve been lagging and they need to catch up and surpass what’s going on, to demonstrate they truly are an innovative company.” It isn’t the first time Microsoft will demo the operating system on a tablet. During the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in July, the Redmond-based firm briefly showed a concept tablet running the new OS. We hope Microsoft allows conference attendees to go hands-on and take a closer look at the device this time around. The BUILD conference kicks off on September 13th. More →
When Google first introduced its Chrome operating system, the search giant touted its rock solid security. In an effort to keep hackers out, Google automatically installs the operating system on three different hard drive partitions: one swap partition, one encrypted user partition and one read-only operating system root partition. Despite those security enhancements, VentureBeat says researchers Kyle Osborn and Matt Johanson of White Hat Security’s Threat Research Center were able to break into the operating system using “web-based hacker tricks,” that provided access to Google Docs, the address book, Google Voice messages and emails. The two hackers demonstrated how easy it was during the Black Hat security conference. “This conversation is about the web, not Chrome OS,” a Google spokesperson told VentureBeat. “Chromebooks raise security protections on computing hardware to new levels. They are also better equipped to handle the web attacks that can affect browsers on any computing device, thanks in part to a carefully designed extensions model and the advanced security available through Chrome that many users and experts have embraced.” More →
It’s a beautiful day in San Francisco, California today — the perfect setting for the Google’s 2011 global developer conference, better known as Google I/O. The battalion of Google staffers is currently putting the finishing touches on the Moscone Center before it’s swarmed by Android enthusiasts, developers and the press, and we’re here to bring you the action live. What does Google have up its sleeves for this year? We’ll find out soon enough. The Day 1 keynote kicks off at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time, 12:00 p.m. Eastern, and we’ll be live blogging it right here in this post. Be sure to check back then for the live coverage, and don’t forget to refresh the page for all the details as they break! More →
A carefully crafted tweet has sparked rumors of a native video-chat feature coming to Android 2.3.4 in the near future. “Just had a video call using gmail on Nexus S. Impressive quality @googlenexus Gingerbread 2.3.4 #io2011,” reads the post in question. The implication is — obviously — that Google will migrate its Gmail, browser-based video chat service to Android and unveil the new offering at this year’s Google I/O conference, which is set to kick off May 10th in San Francisco. We can’t say we’d be surprised to see it… but we’re still pretty excited. More →
The CTIA Wireless conference is just around the corner, and in preparation for the three day extravaganza, the Wireless Association is starting to make its final preparations for the event. Part of these preparations include listing the finalists for conference awards, and the “Phones/Smartphones” category has yielded some interesting information. The first three finalists include the HTC ThunderBolt, Motorola ATRIX 4G, and LG Revolution. The final two candidates included on the list are two, unnamed LG handsets simply listed as “LG Mobile Phones.” What could these mysterious handsets be? PCMag, the discoverer of the mysterious device listings, suspects that one of the devices could be T-Mobile’s version of the Optimus 2X — the unannounced but expected Optimus G2X. If we had to venture a guess as to what the second device might be: we would assume that it is a version of the company’s dual-core Optiums 3D handset we saw at Mobile World Congress. Which carrier the handset will land on is, however, anyones guess. BGR will be roaming the halls of the Orange County Convention Center to bring you all the CTIA news as it breaks, be sure to keep your browser locked here during the week of the 21st! More →
Research In Motion just hit us up to let us know that registration has officially opened for BlackBerry World 2011. Ah, but what is BlackBerry World 2011, some of you might be asking yourselves? It’s WES renamed — news we broke a couple months back, remember? It’s being held May 3rd to the 5th in sunny Orlando, Florida and will feature over 100 breakout sessions, hands-on labs, BlackBerry training, and of course, live productions demonstrations and announcements. Might we be seeing the BlackBerry Bold Dakota, BlackBerry Curve Apollo, BlackBerry Storm 3 Monaco, or BlackBerry Torch 2 make an appearance? You betcha’! More →
Just like we reported a little while back, RIM’s Wireless Enterprise Symnposoium has been renamed, and the new official name is BlackBerry World. RIM let us know that:
BlackBerry World will feature keynotes from leading mobile thinkers, over 100 breakout sessions, Hands-on Labs, BlackBerry training, and opportunities for certification.
Attendees of BlackBerry World will also be able to:
- Hear the most current information about the BlackBerry solution, new application partners, and roadmaps for the future
- See live demonstrations of the BlackBerry solution at work
- Get answers from BlackBerry experts to develop value-driven wireless solutions, as well as carriers and vendors who can help provide valuable wireless research information
- Meet and connect with key executives who are making the BlackBerry solution part of their business planning, and the industry leaders who are shaping the future of global wireless technology
- Get training on the BlackBerry platform, with additional opportunities for technical certification
In addition to that, RIM is still making all the WES tracks and content available at BlackBerry World. What’s the consensus on the new name and focus of the conference? Anything is better than Wireless Enterprise Symposium in our book… BlackBerry World will take place from May 3rd through May 5th next year in Orlando, FL. More →
If you happened to catch Andy Rubin’s talk at the D:Dive Into Mobile event last night, you undoubtedly noticed his demo of an unreleased version of Google Maps, on an unreleased Motorola tablet prototype, running an unreleased version of the Android mobile operating system. Rubin, who was pretty sparse with details, looked to be palming a 10-inch tablet manufactured by Motorola that contained “a dual-core NVIDIA processor.” When asked about a potential price point of the future hardware, Mr. Rubin responded with a TDB; although he did quip that if you wanted to buy the prototype he was holding, it would probably cost around $10,000. The tablet is also, “not due out for a while.” Hit the jump to see the complete 8-minute video and let us know what you think. More →
Why not start off the week with an unconfirmed and tantalizing Android rumor, right? Thanks to one piece of known information, and one slightly more speculative nugget, the latest gossip has Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) due to drop sometime today. A few weeks ago, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt quipped that his company’s next OS iteration, Gingerbread, would be available in “the next few weeks.” Combine that with an interesting one-liner from a Notion Ink press release:
“6th December is another big day for Android and you will find out how fast Notion Ink can work. (Eden is extremely compatible with 2.3).”
and you have all the ammunition you need for a sizzling internet rumor. If that still isn’t enough for you, Andy Rubin, Google’s VP of mobile platforms, is speaking at AllThingsD‘s D: Dive into Mobile event later this evening ( 6:30PM PT).
If you’re an Android enthusiast, throw salt over your left shoulder, keep your fingers and toes crossed, and charge up that Nexus One. Today could be a big day for you!
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Yesterday, Palm front-man Jon Rubinstein sat down at the Web 2.0 Summit to talk about his company’s past glory and present predicament. Mr. Rubinstein was cautious, but optimistic, when briefly discussing Palm’s — now HP’s — future plans.
“Palm created the PDA space with the Pilot and the smartphone space after it with the Treo,” said Mr. Rubinstein. “So by birthright, Palm should have owned the smartphone market, but it just lost its way.”
After likening Palm’s missteps to those of Apple, Inc. in the 1990’s, he continued: “We needed more resources. We could not compete in a fashion that would allow us to be one of the premier companies in the marketplace. And HP needed a strong mobile strategy around which they could innovate–one that would allow them to control their own future and not rely on the kindness of strangers.” If we’re not mistaken, that was a small, not-so-subtle, shot at Google’s Android operating system.
When asked about his company’s future plans, Rubinstein said, “We’ve got some great products in the works; some smartphones, a great tablet coming. I think we have several products that will be hits when they come out.” Earlier in the interview, the chief noted that HP’s goal is to “deliver a unified experience” around webOS in an attempt to capitalize on the trend of more and more consumers moving to advanced mobile devices.
Hopefully, we’ll see some of these “great products” come to market in early 2011.
Blog OLED-display has images of what they are claiming to be a Samsung Galaxy Tab with a 7-inch Super AMOLED display. The website claims Sammy was showing off the new panel — which purportedly has a WXVGA 1200 x 600 pixel resolution — at the FPD-International conference in Japan this week. OLED, which originally touted its images as the first of the Super AMOLED Tab, later amended its post with: “It can be possible that this prototype is only a AMOLED and not Super-Amoled but SMD [Samsung Mobile Display] plans to introduce Super-Amoled for the 7 inch panel size.” It’s all very speculative at this point, and — to be honest — we would have been a little disappointed to see Samsung showcase a new Tab display before the original was available in most areas. More →
What’s better than a developer conference? A secret developer conference of course. Business Insider is reporting that Apple, Inc. will be hosting a “secret iOS developer summit next week.” The event, which is being billed as an invite only, could be an effort by the Cupertino handset maker to polish iOS 4.2 applications that will be ready when Apple makes the next iteration of its mobile OS official. Business Insider cites “an industry source” in the report. It’s all speculative at this point, but we’re sure more information about the double-secret meeting will leak out next week… if it does happen to go down.


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Eileen Falkenberg-Hull reviews the redesigned 2022 Acura MDX, sizing it up with the Cadillac XT6, Lexus RX-L, BMW X5 and Volvo XC90.
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Amid rising popularity of EVs, German auto bigwigs like Volkswagen (VWAGY), Daimler (DDAIF) and BMW (BAMXF) are actively focusing on radically electrifying their line-ups.
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BMW today announced the company would sell more than four million pure EVs between now and 2030, and seven million electrified cars in total.
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Mexico's auto industry reopening picked up pace on Tuesday, with Fiat Chrysler and BMW AG joining peers in gradually dusting off operations even as the wait for approvals slowed the return of Ford Motor Co and other companies.
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Samsung has not yet managed to shake Bixby's digital assistant's lack of reputation, especially compared to competitors Google Assistant, Alexa and Siri. But the company is obviously pushing with the idea of putting Bixby into a smart speaker that will resemble Echo, Google Home and Apple's HomePod in concept.
Wall Street Journal reports that Samsung could announce this device within the next month. If true, the likely launch target would be August 9, which is Samsung's unacknowledged event for Galaxy Note 9. It seems that the company plans some other surprises based on this report. The rumored price? $ 300.
Samsung has already confirmed that it is developing such a speaker. A new Galaxy Watch smartwatch can also be revealed at the Not event.
According to Journal Samsung Speakers "has a bucket shape, with the leg bottom and lamps on top." Like Apple, Samsung plans to market its product first and foremost as a premium speaker, with "smart" features as an added convenience. The Bixby speaker is said to contain "sound switch", where the speaker's sound can be radiated in the direction of a person who provides verbal commands. "It's also likely to be a hub for the company's SmartThings ecosystem of smart home gadgets. Samsung has released advanced speakers before, for example, Radiant360.
But when it goes into smart speaker market, Samsung is facing a lot of competition at a range of prices. $ 300 should submit to the Apple HomePod speaker ($ 350) and Google's $ 400 Home Max, but it's still well over $ 100 Amazon Echo and is even more expensive than established premium speakers like Sonos One, offering Alexa Voice Support.
Bixy's main strength on Samsung's smartphones is its ability to adjust granular settings or progress through multiple screens s to perform actions – like adding a gallery image to Instagram – as Google Assistant can not. But on a speaker? We have to see what separates it from each other.


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Now supermarkets BACK a law to cut sugar by 50 per cent after remarkable u-turn from fighting against tougher health controls
- Major retailers back move to cut sugar in many products by half
- Previously they fought against plans to introduce tougher controls
- British Retail Consortium said Government had failed to deliver the 'comprehensive' sugar cuts needed to protect nation's health
- Cuts would reduce sugar consumed by children by around 26g per day
Supermarkets want laws to force a 50 per cent cut in the sugar content of cakes, biscuits, breakfast cereals, chocolate bars, sweets and fizzy drinks.
The measure would compel retailers, fast food chains, coffee shops and others to reduce sugar – in the biggest change in the national diet ever seen.
It is a remarkable U-turn for supermarkets – which have previously fought legal controls on sugar content – and means they have effectively joined forces with health campaigners.
Supermarkets are backing proposals to cut the sugar levels in sweets by 50 per cent (file picture)
The law would require a radical change to the recipe of popular foods and some may have to cut portion sizes.
Food groups included in the crackdown would be biscuits, cakes, pastries, fruit pies and puddings. Also on the list are sweets, chocolate bars, yogurt, dairy desserts, breakfast cereals, sugar-sweetened drinks and even table sugar.
Manufacturers might reduce sugar in stages, on the basis consumers would get used to the taste over time.
Alternatively, sugar could be replaced with lower-calorie natural alternatives, such as plant extract stevia.
Supermarkets want mandatory controls, requiring sugar to be removed from foods, to be the centrepiece of the Government’s childhood obesity strategy, expected in February.
In the past the retail giants supported measures under ‘Responsibility Deals’ set up by the Government to ask firms to make reductions voluntarily.
But the British Retail Consortium, which speaks for supermarkets, said these have failed to deliver the comprehensive sugar cuts necessary to protect the nation’s health.
The Government has also given up on the deals, with ministers apparently willing to adopt tougher legal controls.
The BRC’s Andrew Opie said: ‘We believe we’ll make the most progress by having targets for reducing sugar from those categories contributing the most to excessive consumption by children, as part of a wider reduction strategy.
‘To be effective, they need to apply to all food companies, which is why they need to be mandatory … It means we see change across the board and those companies that are more progressive in removing sugar are not penalised.
Experts say the sugar reductions could reduce the amount of sugar consumed by children by 26g per day, or around 6.5 teaspoons (file picture)
‘We recognise that reducing sugar is not the only approach and in some cases we would look at other methods such as appropriate portion sizes alongside targets.
‘We believe this approach is possible through consultation to agree appropriate targets and reduction over a suitable period that allows consumer tastes to change and companies to adapt.’ The proposals echo a recent Public Health England study, Sugar Reduction: The Evidence for Action.
The PHE estimated that cutting the sugar content of targeted foods by 50 per cent would reduce the amount consumed by children aged 11-18 by 26g a day – 6.5 teaspoons.
Sugar consumption for those aged four to ten would fall by 19g a day and the figure for adults by around 17g a day.
Health experts argue this would be sufficient to halt the growing obesity epidemic that is fuelling ill-health, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers.
The study also raised the possibility of adding a sugar tax to fizzy drinks, but David Cameron is understood to be opposed to this. Professor Graham MacGregor, of campaign group Action on Sugar, described the supermarkets’ support as ‘an amazing breakthrough’.
But there is opposition from some manufacturers, restaurants and food chains.
Tim Rycroft, of the Food & Drink Federation, said firms should be able to decide for themselves how to deal with sugar rather than being forced to make changes.
He added: ‘We don’t think focusing just on sugar is helpful when it’s overall calorie and lack of physical activity that is the key driver of obesity … Sugar plays many roles in food beyond taste … texture, colour and acting as a preservative, so removing it in a way consumers will accept is not so simple.’


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A garage which sold a dodgy car and denied consumers their rights by using statements such as “sold as seen” has been ordered to pay almost £8,000 in fines and costs.
At Nuneaton Justice Centre on Monday, Martin Newbold, director of Polesworth Garage, in Grendon Road, Polesworth, pleaded guilty on behalf of the company to breaching consumer protection rules and selling an unroadworthy vehicle.
The garage was fined £4,000 and told to pay £3,759 costs and a £20 victim surcharge.
The court heard two trading standards officers, posing as customers, bought a ten-year-old Renault Scenic for £1,295 in March this year.
The garage had previously been warned about selling unroadworthy vehicles.
The car was then tested by an expert vehicle examiner and found to be unroadworthy.
The edges of some of the tyres were worn smooth, a headlamp was not working and there were problems with the rear suspension. Other problems identified included brake disc corrosion.
The car had been advertised as “trade sale, no warranty given” and “sold as seen”. However, garages cannot use these statements to deny consumers their legal rights.
In mitigation Mr Newbold said the company had changed the way it operated and had adopted a new policy which would ensure that no vehicle would leave the garage in an unroadworthy condition.
Vehicles would be examined and faults identified by a label on the car and would be rectified before the vehicle went on sale.
If they could not be rectified, the vehicle would be scrapped.


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Mumbai: Designer Rohit Verma takes the surprise element higher, keeping his new collection under wraps. Keeping up with his unique sense of style, we await his new collection which will be launched by Rakhi Sawant & Australian Model Avadhoot Nichkawde.
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Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) has announced that the country’s volume of non-oil exports to China has experienced a 52 per cent upswing since 2013.
On the basis of a report published by Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), the volume of Iran’s non-oil exports to China from 2009 to 2013 stood at 18.767 billion dollars while the figure for 2013 henceforth has amounted to the aggregate total of 28.514 billion dollars.
Iran’s foreign trade statistics reveal that the country’s non-oil exports have undergone and unprecedented uplift since over the past four years as the volume for China rose from $7.458bn to $9.389bn only one year after the incumbent government took office in 2013.
China’s share in the total volume of Iran’s non-oil exports reached 18 per cent in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (began March 20).
The East Asian country ranks first in the Iranian exports market and purchased a total 4.438 billion dollars of goods from Iran from March 20 to October 21.
Given the natural rise in non-oil exports to China in final months of Iranian years, Iran’s volume of Exports to the East Asian state is expected to rise by 52 per cent since the incumbent Iranian government took office.


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As the new-home market was still declining in 2009 to 2011, an important sea change occurred, setting in motion a trend that is not showing signs of abating. The nation’s largest builders began to take market share from what has traditionally been an extremely fragmented industry. In 2009, the top 10 builders in the country were responsible for 21 percent of the new homes closed. With data on closings complete through September, it looks as though 2012 will end with the top 10 builders controlling 26 percent of the market. And within the top 100 builders, the growth in market share is even more remarkable. In 2009, the top 100 were responsible for 39 percent of the market. As of press time, the 2012 share has risen to 49 percent and is very close to crossing the 50 percent threshold.
While comprehensive data on closings is limited to the years charted here, based on the very first Builder survey in 1984, the top 10 builders were then responsible for just 5 percent of the market. That has changed almost fivefold since.
As larger builders benefit from economies of scale, access to capital, and consumer brand reach, expect this trend to continue for the next few years.


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You might have seen pieces of evidence that point towards the health benefits of coffee. This hot favorite drink not only makes a person mentally but also physically active. What adds more benefit to it knows that it significantly reduces the risk of deterioration of health.
There are so many studies on coffee suggesting it have a series of effect on health. It makes coffee users reap its benefits more than everyone thought about coffee.
One of the research published in last year found that coffee is helpful to prevent against cardiovascular diseases. While another study investigated the benefits of coffee in blood sugar regulation.
Recently, a collaboration of researchers under the Royal Society of Medicine in London, United Kingdom discussed the evidence that suggests benefits of coffee on health. One of the latest research though unpublished found that drinking coffee is associated with a reduced risk of death.
A researcher from the University of Navarra in Spain, Prof. Miguel Martínez-González has presented an unpublished research that founds effects of coffee on human health. It is suggested that drinking three to six cups of coffee daily can overall reduce the risks of mortality. Adding two cups more per day, this risk is further decreased by 22%, as research explains.
The Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC) studied six big coffee companies to finalize these results. These coffee companies include the following.
- Jacobs Douwe Egberts
The findings of this research have been put together in the roundtable session. The findings are available online.
How coffee lowers the risk of death?
Not just one but many studies discussed that the Royal Society of Medicine roundtable found that drinking coffee has been associated with lowering the risk of death. The meta-analyses of different studies found that coffee drinkers experience a 17% low risk of death by all possible causes. These results are much more significant when compared with the people that do not drink coffee at all.
Another study from the researchers of the Imperial College London, in the U.K., in collaboration with IARC, found that participants with the highest coffee consumption have the lowest risk of mortality and health problems leading towards it. Find out more about it by clicking here.
Additionally, more research looks into the consumption of coffee and the reduction of mortality risk among them. The association and linkage between coffee and the risk of death are clear among US citizens that consume one cup of coffee each day. This risk is 12% less as compared with noncoffee drinkers.
When trying to find the reason that why coffee has such health benefits, some of the researchers at the Royal Society of Medicine roundtable suggested that there are chances of a contributory factor to it. As caffeine alone may not have a strong enough effect to cause it.
However, the senior scientists say that coffee has a high amount of polyphenols. These polyphenols are the naturally occurring substances that show an antioxidant effect. Due to these properties, polyphenols prevent inflammation. They also protect against stress and the aging process even at the cellular level. Many studies have suggested these benefits of coffee.
The accumulation of data on death and life expectancy is a helpful way to understand the health at the population level. The frequently examined data by leading health organizations guide people in adopting a healthier diet and lifestyle changes. Read more about it by clicking here.


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The growth in Index of Industrial Production (IIP) at 4.2 per cent for July 2015 is the second successive month of over 4.0 per cent growth during the current financial year. Manufacturing sector is slowly emerging as a leader of industrial growth increasing by 4.7 per cent. In the first four months, manufacturing sector has increased by 4.0 per cent in 2015-16 as compared to 2.8 per cent in 2014-15. Capital goods has registered an impressive growth of 10.6 per cent, boosted by positive growth in production of commercial vehicles, transformers, cylinders, aluminium conductors etc. Consumer durables goods sector has, like last month, recorded double digit growth of 11.4 per cent, boosted by growth in passenger cars and gems and jewellery.
As per Balance of Payments (BoP) data for Q1 of 2015-16 released by the RBI today, the BoP position continues to be comfortable on a sustainable basis with a lower current account deficit at 1.2 per cent of GDP in Q1 of 2015-16 as against 1.6 per cent of GDP in Q1 of 2014-15. Our robust external sector has facilitated the lower depreciation of the IndianRupee vis. a. vis currencies of other major EMEs in the recent bouts of global financial volatility. The industrial production and BoP data released today, along with the Q1 2015-16 GDP numbers point towards steady improvement in the Indian economy.


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In a statement, Mr. Wilson said: “Fair Delivery Day will be on Monday November 26 and I know how angry many of my constituents are at the huge penalties which are imposed on people who live in Northern Ireland when it comes to the post and delivery of goods which have been ordered online.
“In some cases, the postal charges can be up to five times the cost of the actual item and there is no explanation given as to why delivery charges should be so high, especially since they do not in any way reflect the cost of the actual postal charge which is imposed on the delivery.
“The fact that many firms do not charge an excess for delivery to Northern Ireland, whilst others do, shows that there is no economic reason for doing this, other than firms trying to increase their revenue by penalising people who live in Northern Ireland.
“This is a campaign which we will continue to support the Consumer Council.
“Unfortunately since this is a commercial decision by firms there is little that can be done legislatively and consumers should really look at how they can persuade online sellers to stop this practice by simply refusing to buy from those who impose this surcharge.”


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Walgreens announced it would be closing 200 U.S. stores by the end of 2017, according to a press release.
In August, Walgreens announced a three-year $1.0 billion cost-cutting initiative that will identify additional opportunities primarily in the Retail Pharmacy U.S.A. division.
The additional opportunities will increase the total expected cost savings program by $500 million to a projected $1.5 billion.
Walgreens also plans to reorganize corporate and field operations, drive operating efficiencies and streamline information technology and other functions.
These actions are designed to restructure and invest in the company’s future in a way that is better for customers and simpler for employees, resulting in a faster and more agile company.


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SilverRail raises $40 million to become the ITA of rail travel
Starting in the 1990s, Cambridge’s ITA Software developed a standardized way for booking plane tickets across different airlines and ended up getting acquired by Google for $700 million. Woburn’s SilverRail is aiming to bring a similar technology approach to the rail industry — and has now raised a $40 million Series C round to support... Read more
Juice Marketing Joins Information Technology Alliance (ITA)
The marketing firm joins well-respected organization for IT professionals and will participate in two marketing sessions at upcoming Spring Collaborative in Dallas, TX. (PRWeb April 17, 2014) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Juice-Marketing-Joins/ITA-Spring-Collaborative/prweb11772135.htm
Google Licenses Room 77 Software in Mobile Travel-Booking Push
Google Inc. (GOOG) wants you to reserve a hotel room from your smartphone, and it’s spending money on the technology to make it happen. The biggest Internet-search company is licensing hotel-booking software from Room 77 Inc., a startup backed by Expedia Inc. (EXPE) , according to a letter sent today to Room 77 shareholders that was obtained by Bloomberg News . Room 77 co-founder and Chief ...
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Singapore to power Oman’s digital services
At the signing of the agreement between IDA International, ITA and the Oman Ministry of Manpower (from left): Masagos Zulkifli, Senior Minister of State, Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs and Foreign Affairs (Witness); Tan Lark Yang, Group Director, IDA International (Signatory); His Excellency Hamad bin Khamis Al Amri, Undersecretary of the Oman Ministry of Manpower (Signatory); and, Dr Salim ...


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New Subaru Outback Jumps 7 Spots On The Most Recent Made In America Index
The new 2021 Made in America Auto Index is out, revealing the 2022 Subaru Outback made a significant move up from last year in its content of American-made parts. The 2022 Subaru Outback, 2022 Ascent, 2022 Impreza, and 2022 Legacy are all made at the Subaru of Indiana Automotive plant.
Since 1994 the American Automobile Labeling Act requires automakers to include content information on vehicle labels for cars and trucks produced for the U.S. American University's Kogod School of Business studies manufacturers and vehicles with the most American parts. In the latest data, Ford tops the list with the Mustang 5.0 GT. Where does Subaru's U.S. model lineup rank?
How American are the Subaru models you drive?
In the 2020s Made in America Auto Index, the Subaru Outback tied for 56th place with the Subaru Impreza. In this year's study, the Outback moves up seven spots to 49th place, tied with the 2022 Ascent and 2022 Legacy, all with 50 percent of their parts made in America.
The 2022 Ascent and Legacy moved up from 51st to 49th in this year's American-made index. The 2022 Subaru Impreza moves from 56th to 53rd, with 45 percent of its parts being made in America.
The domestic content would be higher, but all four U.S.-made Subaru models import their major drivetrain parts, engine, and transmissions from Japan. The report says the Subaru Outback, Ascent, and Legacy have 25 percent of its body, interior, and electrical parts are made in the U.S., and Impreza has 22.5 percent.
The number one selling Subaru model in North America is the 2022 Forester compact SUV. The Forester, 2021 Crosstrek subcompact SUV, WRX and WRX STI performance cars, BRZ sports coupe, and STI S209 are all built at the Japan plant have far fewer U.S. parts.
The Forester, Crosstrek, WRX, and WRX STI all have one percent of their parts made in America. The study did not list the Subaru BRZ sports coupe.
Subaru Indiana Automotive manufactures 35 percent of Subaru's total vehicle global output. Approximately 50 percent of all Subaru's sold in North America are built in Indiana.
The 2022 Subaru Outback midsize SUV moves up seven spots to tie with the Ascent 3-Row family hauler and Legacy sedan as Subaru's models with the highest domestic content (50 percent).
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Travelers won't be home for this holiday
By Andrew Bell
Published in News on December 11, 2005 2:03 AM
Instead of staying home in eastern North Carolina for the holidays, some local residents are traveling throughout the world for Christmas.
Although many individuals traveling for the holidays planned their trips in April, Eileen Conekin, a travel agent with All About Travel, said many would-be travelers are just completing their reservations.
"Cruises are a good deal right now. If you're willing to drive to Florida, then you could get a relatively inexpensive cruise from there," Mrs. Conekin said.
During this holiday season, cruise packages have been extremely popular, she said. Whether you are interested in traveling to the Caribbean or Mexico, there are many individuals and family packages still available.
At a total of nearly $60 a person per night, the price includes lodging, food and entertainment aboard ship. Aboard the Carnival Fantasy, leaving from Port Canaveral, Fla., passengers could enjoy a four-night cruise to the Bahamas for a tax-included price of $620.58 per person. For a seven-day trip on the Carnival Glory, travelers could enjoy the eastern Caribbean for $1,075.33 per person, All About Travel agent Peggy Humelbaugh said.
There are still spots available for a variety of cruises this Christmas, Mrs. Conekin said.
Stefanie Hawkins, a travel consultant for Quixote Travels, said even in December there are still travel opportunities available for the public.
"Although you have to pay a premium during the holiday season, the prices are very reasonable for what you get," Mrs. Hawkins said.
Since cruise lines strive to sell every cabin, Mrs. Hawkins said the prices usually drop prior to a vessel's departure. For those who reserved their tickets in advance, she said the cruise line provides rewards in place of lower ticket prices.
Another popular holiday destination is Disney World in Orlando, Fla., the agents said.
Lower prices and family-friendly features make for a more-accessible vacation plan.
And for those who want something different for Christmas, there is always Las Vegas.
Tickets are tough to get, Mrs. Conekin said, but there are still a few if you are willing to drop the dollars necessary to secure one.
But even with the increased plane fare, Mrs. Hawkins said travel packages are relatively inexpensive. She did warn, however, that hotels have a tendency to inflate prices during holidays.
Whether planning a trip to Colorado or the Caribbean, Mrs. Conekin suggested travelers reserve their trips for the upcoming year as soon as possible. Since 1999, more people traveled in 2005 than any other year. Due to this increase, many travel companies have already raised their prices for 2006, she said.
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Motorcity, the sole distributor of Isuzu in Bahrain, unveiled the new generation Isuzu D-Max single cabin pick up at Bahrain International Motor show 2013 today (December 12).
Equipped with a turbo diesel engine, the new generatio
Motorcity, the sole distributor of Hino Motors in Bahrain, has unveiled Luxgen, a new Taiwanese automotive brand, comprising of the SUV and MPV.
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Motorcity, the sole distributor of Hino Motors in Bahrain, recently delivered a new fleet of Hino trucks to Eastern Asphalt & Mixed Concrete Company (EAMCO), a market leader in asphalt and ready-mix concrete operations in the kingdom.
Motorcity, the sole distributor for Subaru in Bahrain, has launched an exclusive Ramadan offer on the whole range with an opportunity to win amazing raffle prizes.
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Hyundai Heavy Industries has captured more than 60 per cent market share in excavator and wheel loader segment during 2012 in Bahrain.
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Motorcity, the sole distributor of Hyundai Heavy Industries in Bahrain, launched two new Hyundai backhoe loaders featuring powerful and reliable Perkins engines and deluxe cabin design.
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Motorcity, the sole distributor of Subaru in Bahrain, has announced the arrival of the 2013 model of Subaru Tribeca, a family sports utility vehicle (SUV).
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CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Media and entertainment stocks dove sharply Monday as the broader U.S. market was sent reeling by news that Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection.
The latest collapse of a U.S. bank stoked fears that the financial services industry is in the midst of a complete meltdown. See full story.
Most major media stocks are highly dependent on advertising revenues. In an economic downturn, many industries -- including financial services -- cut back on ad spending. Any sign that the downturn is deepening has a negative impact on media shares.
Newspaper stocks, already in a steep decline over the past three years during a painful transition to an online ad model, took the biggest hit Monday. New York Times Co.
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Rothstein Joins Philip Whitney
September 10, 2013,
NEW YORK-Philip Whitney has named Seth Rothstein to the Philip Whitney team as its director of special accounts. Rothstein will report to Senior Vice President Max Harris and be responsible for handling sales to department stores and key accounts. He will replace Larry Lack, who has been promoted to vice president of sales and operations for Studio Silversmiths.
"Seth has a strong and successful background in the frame business, and we are excited to have him join our team," Harris said. "Philip Whitney has been growing steadily since our launch in the beginning of the year, and we are looking forward to having Seth continue that growth with us."
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Lenovo finally decided to enter the smartphone market with the signing of five champion Indonesia in the launch event which took place on Tuesday night (16/10). Fifth smartphone is Lenovo Ideaphone A60 [...]
From Windows 8, until Outlook.com and Windows Phone 8, Sinofsky gave the main color on the recent changes in Microsoft.
Less than a month after the launch of Windows 8 operating system, President of the Windows Division at Microsoft, Steven Sinofsky, [...]
Toshiba Singapore Digital Products and Service Group (DS) today introduced the Canvio Portable Hard Drive Slim, with a capacity of 500GB.
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After the release of the game Grand Theft Auto III in the mobile version, Rockstar Games is back doing the same thing for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
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OnePlus 6 is currently the most awaited smartphone in the tech world. OnePlus is all set to launch its next flagship killer on 17th May 2018. While we know a lot about the smartphone due to the constant teasers and leaks, two colour variants of the smartphone have been revealed accidentally.
Amitabh Bachan, Bollywood megastar and OnePlus India brand ambassador tweeted about the launch of the smartphone along with two photos of him and OnePlus CEO, Pete Lau. One of the two photos showed the upcoming OnePlus 6 from the back, revealing a lot about the smartphone.
The picture has been removed but OnePlus fans got what they needed. The smartphone is shown in a new white colour variant along with the silver frame. The other is your typical black colour variants. The good thing here is that the design matches the previous leaks and rumours.
We have a vertical dual rear camera setup in the middle followed by a led flash. There is a rectangular fingerprint scanner just below the led flash. Coming to another important specification, the smartphone will run on the Snapdragon 845 processor coupled with Adreno 630 GPU.
The OnePlus 6 will come with an 18:9 aspect ratio full-screen display and will have a notch. OnePlus has already revealed the notch which will house the front-facing camera, proximity sensor and the earpiece. The company says that it will provide a software option to hide the notch.
The OnePlus smartphone will finally come with a glass back which will enable the wireless charging option on the smartphone. There is also a OnePlus 6 Marvel Avengers Infinity War Limited edition smartphone. OnePlus has sold out all the tickets for its launch event in 4 minutes and we hope to see OnePlus pricing the smartphone right. Stay tuned to Sid Tech for more tech updates.
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Import success stories not microchip off the block
Microchips and automobiles get all of the attention, but the experience of three local companies suggests that it isn't getting any harder to export to Japan. In fact, it may be getting a little easier.
By now the guidelines for doing business with Japan have acquired the familiar lilt of a nursery rhyme: observe their formal business rituals, research the market and adjust products to suit Japanese tastes. The trick, however, isn't in memorizing the lesson, but in putting it into practice. These local companies, among 51 U.S. companies recently singled out for praise by the Japan External Trade Organization or Jetro, show how it's done.
Products Finishing Corp.
Edward esposito, president of a luggage cart company that emblazons the wrappings of its made-in-Brooklyn products with an American flag, is a persistent man.
The executive of the East Flatbush business, a more-than $5 million company with 100 employees, first visited Japan in 1988 to seek business. All he came home with, however, was the memory of getting lost in the Tokyo subway system. Mr. Esposito developed an appreciation for the difficulties of trying to conduct business in a country where he understood neither the language nor the culture.
Two more unsuccessful trips to Japan followed. Eventually, Mr. Esposito found his way to the offices of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, whose now-defunct XPORT Trading Co. offered export assistance to small and medium-size companies, and to Jetro. Through both programs, Mr. Esposito says he gained "instrumental" assistance, such as entry to a Japanese trade show where he exhibited his products.
He also received some valuable criticism. Jetro officials showed Mr. Esposito's luggage carts to several Japanese companies, one of which eventually became his distributor.
Mr. Esposito was advised to upgrade his luggage carts. He saw to it that the carts' platforms were more precisely positioned and that the finish on the devices was clean. He also added a foam grip to the handle.
"They had some valid points," says Mr. Esposito. "We had to go back to the engineering department and we had to make changes before they would accept the product."
Mr. Esposito's sales to Japan have doubled, to an anticipated $200,000 from $100,000 in 1994.
Silverwood Trading Co.
two full shelves of the bookcase that covers the wall in the living room of Josh and Jill Silverman are devoted to books about Japanese history, culture and business mores. The husband and wife are owners of Silverwood Trading Co., a small Manhattan wholesaler of high-end T-shirts, and they say that educating themselves about Japan is essential to exporting there.
The Silvermans put into practice the long getting-acquainted time Japanese business people insist upon, and adhered to Japanese customs such as the ubiquitous exchange of business cards at the outset of a meeting.
They also modified their tone. Jill Silverman is less blunt in negotiations with a Japanese customer than she would be with an American business person. "I smile and say, `That could be difficult,' instead of `No,"' she says.
But the Silvermans paid attention to more than negotiating techniques. The company opened a branch office in Southern California to give better service to Japanese companies that are based there. They hired interpreters in New York and Japan to communicate with Japanese customers. These efforts helped the company maintain its market share during the recent economic downturn in Japan, and substantially boosted its total revenues. Last year, about half of Silverwood's $1.8 million in sales came from Japan.
Ruine Design Associates
paul and cheryl ruine, the husband and wife who run Ruine Design Associates Inc., design upscale avant-garde lighting and furniture from their offices on West 27th Street. When domestic sales slipped five years ago, they found a natural market for their tony furniture, lamps and accessories-many of which are inlaid with bronze and silver-among quality-conscious Japanese consumers.
The Ruines now design new products with Japanese tastes in mind. Last year, the five-person business made 35% of its sales to Japan.
Cheryl Stuart-Ruine, executive vice president and chief financial officer of the company, says one key to that success was patience with the slower speed of business decision-making in Japan. "We found it was very important to stick with the pace of the Japanese and not be pushy Americans," she says.
Of course, not every business that tries to enter the Japanese market shares the success of the companies profiled here. Although many barriers to the Japanese market have fallen in recent years, others remain.
"Japan is one of the toughest markets to export to," says Eric Kennedy, international trade specialist at the U.S. Department of Commerce's Japan Export Information Center in Washington.
Prices in Japan are high, which makes the risky business of testing a new market even riskier.
Product standards sometimes prove almost impossible for non-Japanese companies to comply with. And the close interlocking of groups of businesses in Japan continues to block outsiders.
For their part, Japanese trade experts believe that Americans sometimes complain without cause or with outdated notions about restrictions on trade.
Nobuya Noguchi, president of Jetro's New York office, points out that imports of manufactured goods rose faster than imports of raw materials to his country this year, indicating Japan's openness to products from abroad.
"I think even now that ratio is going up," Mr. Noguchi says. "That means the Japanese people want more imports in their consumer goods market."


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Independent Irish whiskey supplier renews calls for market restructure
- February 13 2017 04:10 PM
Andre Levy, Chairman of Protégé International, which supplies The Wild Geese Irish whiskey, has renewed his calls for a restructuring of the Irish whiskey market following the publication of Pernod Ricard’s annual results.
Commenting on the growth that the French liquor giant has experienced in the sales of Irish whiskey, led by its Jameson brand, Levy said: “The growth enjoyed by Pernod Ricard with regard to Irish whiskey is not at all surprising when we look at the existing market structure. This structure favors large dominant players, and jeopardizes the future of smaller brands that are expected to grow the category globally outside of Jameson.”
Levy continued: “We have called for the development of a wholesale bulk Irish whiskey market to democratize the market and realize the future global growth potential of the sector. This market structure has driven the global success of Scotch whisky. Pernod Ricard, who are active participants in the Scotch whisky wholesale market, are a great example of a market player that has achieved successful growth within a functioning and progressive bulk whisky market structure.”
Levy noted that operating a similar structure in Ireland would enable small and independent Irish whiskey brands to access a secure mature supply and not be reliant upon dominant players such as Pernod Ricard. “The reality is, however, that larger players are not willing to open the market up to smaller brands, actively controlling the sector and choosing to selectively supply one another to maintain their dominance and status quo.”
Levy said the economic case for a wholesale bulk Irish whiskey market has been illustrated by Dr Pat Massey and has been called for by the Irish Whiskey Association in its ‘Vision for Irish Whiskey’.
“The development of independent brands will drive the popularity of the category, ultimately benefiting all market participants, regardless of size,” he said. “We are therefore calling on the Irish Government to act on the recommendations of the Irish Whiskey Association vision to enable all players the opportunity to experience the growth and success of Pernod Ricard and other larger market players.”


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|Amazon Luna Loading Screen. Credits @amazonlunagaming via instagram
Amazon has recently launched its Cloud gaming service named Amazon Luna. This service will be similar to Google Stadia, GeForce NOW, Shadow and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Cloud Gaming. Luna Cloud Gaming service enables players to run games without the need to purchase a gaming console or gaming PC. All the games will run directly in the cloud so players don’t need to install or download any game at their end.
Amazon confirmed that players will get access to famous games titles such as Resident Evil 7, GRID, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Metro Exodus and the game library will keep on growing. It is also confirmed that new and favorite titles from Ubisoft game channel will also be accessible at a later stage.
Device requirement to play on Luna
The Luna app can be installed on:
- PC ((requires Windows 10 with support for DirectX 11)
- Max (OSX 10.13+)
- FireTV devices (Fire TV Stick – 2nd gen, Fire TV Stick 4K, or Fire TV Cube – 2nd gen)
Players can also user web browsers to access games on cloud storage
- Chrome web browser (version 83+) for PC and Mac
- Safari web browser (iOS14) for iPhone and iPad
Amazon will be adding support across more devices in the future.
Internet connection recommendation
Amazon has recommended a minimum of 10Mbps internet connection speed for streaming games, while a minimum of 35Mbps is required to play in 4K.


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Fred Vogelstein of Wired speculates on a possible announcement at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference next week of a strategic alliance between Apple and Google. It's not unlikely. Google CEO Eric Schmidt is on Apple's board for a reason, and I don't think that he got the seat because he and Steve Jobs share their iTunes playlists.
Google likes to makes strategic alliances, but not of great significance so far. The company has collaboration with Sun, without much to show, and this week announced a relationship with salesforce.com that leverages AdWords.
What could Google do with Apple, or more correctly, what does Steve want from Google?
Fred quotes Schmidt talking about what Google and Apple respectively bring to the party:
"We're a perfect back end to the problems that they're trying to solve," Schmidt told me. "They have very good judgment on user interface and people. But they don't have this supercomputer (that Google has), which is the data centers. What they have is a manufacturing business that's doing quite well."
Apple's .Mac effort to create an online portal has been greatly overshadowed by Google, Yahoo, MSN and others. New Mac buyers could find Google's search bar and an offer for Google's set of applications. Or, how about a upload button to YouTube for iMovies or and upload button to Google for iPhotos, tighter integration with the Mac's native iLife set of applications, given the Mac is the multimedia machine of choice.
Or perhaps, Google and Apple will carve out a Mac/iPod/iPhone-centric Google Apps for Your Domain, with some special touches added by the master of product design.
Another possibility: iTunes in the cloud. Wouldn't it make sense to put playlists in a cloud so they could be accessed from the iPhone, your various iPods and anything else with connectivity?
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Why seemingly unrelated payment developments –Apple Card and Libra are two – may signal a critical turning point for banks and credit unions.
Branches prove an advantage for legacy institutions in struggle for share with online banks, but that connection erodes with each generation.
Boston's Radius Bank keeps reinventing itself, using APIs in effort to build a strong deposit base without a branch network.
As former newcomers become larger, more established financial players they may start resembling traditional banking institutions.
Now that Apple Card is in the market, banks and credit unions must ask: Can we match this high-powered offering from Apple and Goldman Sachs?
Launched back in 1989, First Direct has spent the last 30 years proving that consumers don't need branches with its unique 24/7 banking model.
A fast-growing community bank specializing in high-touch banking, embraces the digital future by buying an online lending marketplace.
N26 and Monzo begin introducing their digital-only accounts in the U.S., hoping success achieved overseas translates to victory in America.
As financial executives brace for an Amazon apocalypse, the tech giant has already outflanked them with a series of strategic partnerships.
The high-profile venture may be just another cryptocurrency, but the integration with digital wallet Calibra may be the real threat to banks.
Latest fintech research from EY confirms that former fringe competitors are now sophisticated and widely used by banking consumers worldwide.
While fintechs give banks and credit unions a run for consumers' money, don't forget who won the race between the tortoise and the hare.
Noted fintech influencer says traditional banking institutions have a strong future ... if they adapt. He shares lessons from digital leaders.
A mobile-first fintech platform propels the major mobile carrier into banking business. The partnership is possibly the first deal of many.
These common misconceptions keep many traditional banking providers from forging more alliances with innovative fintechs.
A 117-year-old bank serves as the back-end for fintechs like the Square Cash App and Acorns, fueling growth while keeping its roots intact.
What happens when a company like Apple with the world's most faithful customer base decides to become a bank?
What if you could completely reinvent banking? What would you change? Would you go all-digital, or preserve parts of the traditional model?
The CEO of a traditional bank spotlights five fintechs solving thorny consumer financial problems, urging others to get on board.
Aspiration Financial builds its brand on an unusual eco-friendly promise and lets consumers set their own fees (even $0, if they choose).
Apple and Goldman Sachs have teamed up to offer a credit card in a deal that may foretell future pairings with more ominous consequences.
Traditional financial institutions must join forces and forge alliances with fintechs and tech giants like Amazon, Apple and Google.


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Luxury carmaker Lexus is striving to redefine excellence in customer satisfaction after being rated as the "best of the best" across 41 industry categories in the latest Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction awards.
Lexus not only headed the automotive industry with a satisfaction rating of 96.8 per cent for 2019, but its score was higher than for the leaders of other sectors including retail, finance, telecommunications, travel and utilities.
The accolade for Lexus is the fifth time in six years it has been ranked Car Manufacturer of the Year among customers surveyed by Roy Morgan, and the second time it has been rated as the leader in customer satisfaction across all industry segments.
The results from 2019 mean Lexus has maintained a satisfaction rating above 94 per cent since it first won the automotive title in 2014.
Lexus Australia Chief Executive Scott Thompson thanked customers for their outstanding feedback and paid tribute to the luxury lifestyle brand's dealers who were instrumental in delivering an exceptional ownership experience.
"As the leader in luxury experience, Lexus is determined to continue to deliver new benchmarks in customer service and satisfaction including significant enhancements to our renowned Lexus Encore owner benefits program in 2020," Mr Thompson said.
"For Lexus Encore, the best is yet to come - and this year we look forward to enhancing our offering with the addition of even more amazing experiences and valued services for owners of new and certified pre-owned Lexus vehicles," he said1.


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Amazon Prime Music is bundled into the company’s Prime membership, but it’s generally counted as a subscription service for music-industry metrics. Better said: it isn’t “free” and it’s certainly not ad-supported. But Amazon may be about to unveil another tier of its music-streaming offering that is both of those things.
Billboard, indeed, reported: “Amazon has entered into discussions to launch a free, ad-supported music service. The world’s biggest e-retailer would market the free music service through its voice-activated Echo speakers, sources say, and would offer a limited catalog. It could become available as early as next week”.
Which is this week, since the story was published last Friday.
“To obtain licenses for the free music, Amazon has offered to initially pay some record labels per stream, regardless of how much advertising Amazon sells”, Billboard wrote.
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The Corporation for Travel Promotion, the tourism-promotion entity created by last year’s Travel Promotion Act, disclosed at its board meeting today that it has created an informational website.
The corporation has also registered the URL in the dot-org and dot-travel domains.
The site offers basic information about the mission of the corporation, which is still in the start-up phase.
During the meeting, board chairman Stephen Cloobeck, who is chairman of Diamond Resorts, offered an update on start-up activities. He said executive-search firm Spencer Stuart is "actively recruiting" a CEO, and that he hopes to have the position filled in the next four to six weeks.
Also, the board reversed an earlier decision to seek tax-exempt 501 c(3) status from the IRS, and instead is seeking designation as a 501 c(6) nonprofit, a status typically conferred on "business leagues" such as trade associations.
Cloobeck also noted that the corporation’s primary funding source, an entry fee paid by certain foreign visitors, has already reached $22.5 million. The fee is paid by inbound travelers from countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program, who are required to obtain an Electronic Travel Authorization online prior to travel.


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A BRAND new rickshaw service has officially launched in Oswestry much to the delight of the town council.
The new attraction aims to bring people out of their cars and getting on board with active and sustainable travel around the town, as well as providing a tourism boost.
The launch at the Park Gates saw the deputy mayor of Oswestry, Councillor Jay Moore in attendance, alongside members of Shropshire Cycle Hub and Oswestry Business Improvement District (BID).
Mark Fermor from Shropshire Cycle Hub said: “We are keen to promote active travel and more sustainable ways to get around.
“We are promoting bikes and giving people the chance to ride rickshaws instead of getting the car out.
“More than half of journeys are less than three miles, county towns of Shropshire, like Oswestry lend themselves well to local journeys to be by cycling and walking and the rickshaw is a great option.”
It is hoped the increasing number of rickshaws will promote the local tourist sector in the town.
Mr Fermor added: “We are working with Oswestry BID and Oswestry Town Council and we want to really give this as a great new opportunity to get around.
“There are quite a lot of visitors to the town and it is a great visitor attraction.”
Cllr Moore believes the rickshaws will be a great benefit to Oswestry and has experienced riding them when visiting south east Asia.
He said: “It is really about trying to bring an experience to Oswestry.
“It is a free service as well so people can just jump on a rickshaw go around the town, they can pre-book or just jump on ad-hoc.
“It is just a bit of fun and I think that’s what people really need.”
The town has just one rickshaw currently, but Cllr Moore said they will be looking to increase the numbers and hopes it will help with the tourist sector in the future.
He added: “I think the idea is to build it from just a service around town where we will be operating on market days and weekends.
“To then start looking at doing more tourist kind of tours.
“We have got so many fantastic amenities and sites of history.
“Everything from the British Ironworks Centre, Hillfort, our fantastic town park, a plethora of independent shops in town.
“There is an awful lot to come to Oswestry and enjoy and now you can do it from the comfort of this rickshaw, so even better.”
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As Anago Cleaning Systems continues to expand its Master Franchise footprint this year, the Anago brand is now serving the greater Philadelphia area. Sales and customer relations duo, Jenn and Andrew Navarro are the new Master Franchise Owners of Anago of Greater Philadelphia.
Jenn will hold majority ownership and will lead Anago’s sales team while Andrew will spearhead the operations and customer relations divisions. Andrew and Jenn’s sales, marketing, and retail expertise will play a critical role in helping to expand Anago’s brand in Philadelphia.
Anago Cleaning Systems is quickly becoming one of the largest commercial cleaning companies in the world, with over 35 Master Franchise locations and over 1,500 Unit Franchises throughout the U.S. and internationally.
For more information, please visit www.anagocleaning.com.


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Orrick successfully advised Pharmavite and Royal DSM on the deal
Establishing important protections for the dietary supplement industry in the International Trade Commission, Orrick’s appellate and IP litigators won a major ruling today in the Federal Circuit on behalf of clients Pharmavite and Royal DSM. The Federal Circuit, in a published decision, rejected efforts by Amarin Corp. to revive its claims in the ITC against Pharmavite and DSM, major manufacturers of omega-3 fatty acid fish oil dietary supplements.
The ruling stems from a 2017 lawsuit filed by Amarin, which asserted that the fish oil pills are actually “drugs” that must be approved by the FDA before being sold – a potential threat to the industry because many such pills are sold as dietary supplements not subject to preapproval from the FDA. Amarin attempted to assert jurisdiction in the ITC under the theory that the fish-oil manufacturers had engaged in an unfair method of competition under the Tariff Act, which is enforced by the ITC, by falsely labeling their products as “supplements” rather than “drugs.”
An Orrick Litigation and IP team successfully persuaded the ITC to swiftly dismiss Amarin’s lawsuit on the grounds there is no ability for private parties to sue for a violation of the FDCA and that there is no cognizable claim for such violations under the Tariff Act. This was a rare outcome in the ITC, which rejects less than one percent of all complaints.
The ruling was a critical win for the companies, which otherwise faced the threat that all the over-the-counter fish oil pills in stores would have to be taken off the shelf and submitted to years of FDA testing before they could be approved to be sold.
The Orrick team was led by partner Mark Davies (Picture), who argued the case in the Federal Circuit, and partners Annette Hurst, Rob Shwarts, Andrew Silverman and Jordan Coyle, along with Of Counsel Patrick Herman and associate Thomas Fu and former associate Alec Schierenbeck.
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