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Two small homegrown breweries — both founded in Denver in 2012 — have teamed up on a new distribution arrangement. TRVE Brewing
, which started a distribution arm last year
to help sell beer for some of its brewery friends in other states (like Burial Beer, Finback Brewry and 7venth Sun), will now begin distributing beer from Our Mutual Friend Brewing
. It's the first time TRVE has worked with another Colorado-based brewery.
"Our Mutual Friend has recently grown its infrastructure and capacity, including the addition of three new foeders, in order to increase the production of some of their award-winning mixed culture and Brettanomyces beers," the brewery says. "They will be ramping up production of these as well as their stainless fermented ales to bring their beers to both on- and off-premise accounts in Denver and the surrounding area. The agreement will mark the first time OMF beer is significantly available outside their own taproom."
"We’ve known the guys and gals at OMF since they opened and have been watching them grow in a way much like we’ve grown our own brewery," TRVE founder Nick Nunns said in a statement. "The similarity in our approaches to beer makes this relationship a no-brainer.”
"Though we fully intend to remain a small brewery serving the northeast Denver community, it has become clear as we've built a friendship with TRVE that our vision and principles for how we desire to operate are aligned," said OMF co-founder Brandon Proff in a statement. "Craft beer has become an increasing arms race, but we do not believe (nor have any interest) in fighting for shelf space. TRVE's resources and expertise will allow us to approach where our beer goes with agility and intention through their strong, meaningful relationships with businesses that care deeply and want to know whose products they are selling."
Continue reading for all the craft-beer events through early December.
Wednesday, November 15
Copper Kettle Brewing
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taps a firkin of Grandma's Cookie Jar Brown Ale at 2 p.m. The beer is "a classic recipe with a little twist," Copper Kettle says. "We're adding chocolate and vanilla, as inspired by the chocolate chip cookies we used to sneak from Grandma's cookie jar."
Big Choice Brewing
in Broomfield brings the high octane at 2 p.m. with the release of two different beers. The first is Reactor #5 Russian Imperial Stout, a 10 percent ABV beer that has "hints of roasted malts [and] chocolate, and finishes a little dry," the brewery says. The second comes in at just over 10 percent; Malleus Maleficarum Belgian Quad "has dark fruit flavors of cherry, plum and fig." Seasoned Swine will be on hand with food.
Thursday, November 16
4 Noses Brewing
will release El Jefe, an imperial stout with coffee and cinnamon, in cans and on tap at 3 p.m. "The flavor is loaded with a dark roastiness that transforms into a cinnamon cold brew. The flavor ends with a warm dose of dark and milk chocolates," the brewery says.
Friday, November 17
Join Great Divide Brewing at the Barrel Bar in RiNo
for a celebration of the second annual National Yeti Day as it honors "the magical beasts we love so much." There will be more than ten varieties of Yeti on tap, including a hot and cold Yeti station for Yeti hot chocolate and Yeti floats made with Yeti ice cream from Sweet Action. Plus, there will be awesome specialty firkins, a food truck and the Yeti Cave. There will also be giveaways and raffles starting at 2 p.m., with prizes like a bar tab, Yeti Beer, new Yeti merch, Yeti Skis from Meier Skis, a Yeti Yoga Mat from Yeti Yoga and more. And finally, the Yeti himself will be in attendance. Great Divide is also tapping Vanilla Oak Aged Yeti, which is part of its Local Knowledge Series, but not in bottles this time. (Can we say Yeti one more time?)
celebrates its second anniversary all weekend. Things kick off at noon with the release of two canned beers. The first is Remote Island, an 8 percent ABV double IPA brewed with oats and "aggressively hopped in the whirlpool and dry-hopped with Galaxy, Motueka and Hallertau Blanc," the brewery says. Remote Island has notes of guava, ripe melon, white grape and a hint of pine. The second beer is Gamma Knife, a brand-new 6.4 percent ABV IPA brewed with flaked oats and hopped with "the hyper-focused combination of Galaxy and Hüll Melon." Both will also be on tap. The Adobo Food Truck will be out front.
in Aurora releases bottles of 11 Iron Men at noon. The 11 percent ABV triple IPA is brewed with 11 malts and 11 hops. The recipes changes every year "based on what we have available and what flavors we are seeking to experiment with," Ursula says. "Last year the single-keg fruited version was so popular that we've decided to make two batches this year. So we will have two draft and two bottled versions for sale this year, regular and blood orange." The beers will also be on tap.
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project
will release Coffee Baltic Porter in cans at 2 p.m. Part of its limited-release series, the beer "focuses on the art of coffee roasting, showcasing the uniqueness of this single ingredient," the brewery says. "Through conditioning of our Baltic porter with freshly roasted beans, we strive for a balanced coffee character, adding dark sugar, plum and cocoa notes to the robust porter base."
3 Freaks Brewery
in Highlands Ranch brings back the unusual Adams Furking Turkey Beer when the doors open at 1 p.m. The beer will be available in Crowlers to go for $14 each.


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EU-funded Project Cocoblock Claims Traceability Success With Blockchain
Cocoblock, a digital solution developed by French NGO Nitidae, has demonstrated blockchain technology can contribute to better traceability of cocoa production in Ivory Coast.
Cocoblock blockchain, which according to Nitidae, was developed with the support of blockchain experts Gaiachain, successfully traced 500kg of cocoa from harvest to port.
“The project mapped the entire value chain, from harvest to port and integrated data on the various key stages into the blockchain. The farmers, who were trained on site and fully involved in the project, were able to test the technology under real conditions, involving the tracing of almost 500 kg of cocoa.”
The Cocoblock blockchain pilot project involved the Producteurs de cacao biologique de la Mé (PCBM), a cocoa farmer cooperative, whose 161 participating members were spread across 3 communities covering 306 hectares of farm plots.
The French NGO, Nitidae managed by Julien Gonnet, “believes that blockchain could provide a solution that would fight fraud and promote ethical production.”
The European Union (EU) funded the initiative with €60,000 through its Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation Agency (CTA) as part of a programme to promote the use of blockchain in agriculture.
The Cocoblock pilot span from February 2019 to April 2020.
“Despite the short duration of the project, Cocoblock blockchain has demonstrated that blockchain technology can contribute to better traceability of production at a micro level”, a blog post on the CTA website noted.
- Africa Bags 13 Nominations for 2023 Cacao of Excellence Awards - November 28, 2023
- Cocoa OPEC Now Set to Admit New Members - November 23, 2023
- Global Cashew Demand Driving Nature Loss in Ivory Coast - November 22, 2023

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Caesar salad and Caesar dressings are common unexpected sources of anchovy.
The company's supplier mistakenly shipped soybeans that looked very similar to yellow peas.
“Is this just your body doing the job, or is this may be related to one of the inactive ingredients to the vaccine? We really don’t know yet,” Dr. Kim Blumenthal said.
An autopsy revealed the girl had died from a severe allergic reaction caused by the ingredients in the chocolate sauce.
The Dole Sesame Asian Chopped Salad kits were distributed in nine states, including California and Texas.
Some Publix locations are not included in the recall.
Whole Foods Market's "Popcorn Chicken Shaker with Sweet Chili" may contain undeclared shrimp.
The "Mac & Cheese Bites" packages may actually contain "Buffalo Style Chicken Poppers."
Egg allergy is one of the most common allergies, especially in children.
More than a million people in the U.S. are allergic to this ingredient.
Fresh Express has recalled its Southwest Chopped Kit because it has undeclared allergens that could present a life-threatening reaction in some consumers.
“RHONY” star Bethenny Frankel’s near-fatal allergic reaction made her realize how much she appreciates her boyfriend.
The protein may be the cause of inflammation in asthma patients.
Why are so many people allergic to cats? A new study found possible answers with the help of the only known venomous primate.
Nestle has made a significant move to up its stake in the maker of a major new drug meant to treat adolescent peanut allergies.
"It’s escalating. The number of cases that increase from one day to another is clearly going up in a very steep slope,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
The FDA has approved a drug that aims to improve life for the 1 million children living with peanut allergies.
A new study suggests that children with milk allergy tend to miss their complete growth potential during adolescence.
Alfa International Seafood has recalled wild-caught yellowfin tuna loins because they may have high levels of histamine, a fish poisoning that can cause an allergic reaction.
More than 1.1. million in the United States experience symptoms related to sesame allergy. Patients who are allergic to sesame may experience hives, wheezing, dizziness, belly pain and heart palpitations when exposed to the allergen.
Frito-Lay has recalled its Lay’s Lightly Salted Barbecue Flavored Potato Chips because they may contain a undeclared milk allergen.
After the complaint was filed, Korean Air apologized to the family and said it was looking into the situation.
The medication had worked its way down to the man’s semen and then into the woman's mouth during oral sex.
Her mother regularly bought the non-allergen version of Cadbury’s Chocolate Chip Cookies, but on that particular day, she purchased the one with an egg allergen, owing to identical packaging.
The boy’s grandmother reportedly acknowledged that the teen had died from an apparent allergic reaction.


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The price of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, continues to fluctuate. On 26th June, again the market price of the largest Cryptocurrency Bitcoin dell down to 10% to the level of $ 30k, although after that we can see a slight increase in the price.
Financial experts and investment strategists still expecting a little turnaround in the bitcoin price in the next session as they feel a little hope for the turnaround watching the current cryptocurrencies market.
Economic Experts and Strategists expect bitcoin’s near-session to be challenging and said there is little positive hope for its price to bounce back.
Due to this statuary warning of economic experts, all the cryptocurrencies ADA, ATOM, XRP, MATIC along with the bitcoin saw a drop of 5-10% on the 26th of June.
Banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co’s experts said that blockchain data suggests that the recent sale done by cryptocurrencies was to cover the previous losses.
Bitcoin Price Has Dropped Half of Its All-Time High of $64,829
Let us tell you that the price of bitcoin has halved from its all-time high of $ 64,829.
At 5.30 pm 26th evening, bitcoin fell down to 5 percent and was trading at the level of $ 31k.
At the same time, Ethereum, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, was down 3% at $ 1796.
Binance Coin dropped by 3.23% at $278.72
Similarly, Tether prices were at $1, while Binance Coin was down 3.23% at $278.72.
At the same time, ADA(Cardano) fell down by 4.61% and was trading at $1.25.
While Dogecoin was down 4.38% at $0.24, while XRP was down 5.29% at $0.60.
Polkadot was down 5.63% at $14.44
Polkadot was down 5.63% on Saturday at $14.44, while Bitcoin Cash was trading at $446.75, down 5.17%. Similarly, all the cryptocurrencies around the world declined. With the sanctions imposed in China, the increase in risk in the ruling term has led to a fall in its prices.


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Manitowoc (NYSE:MTW) will be issuing its quarterly earnings data after the market closes on Monday, November 5th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.08 per share for the quarter. Parties that are interested in participating in the company’s conference call can do so using this link.
Manitowoc (NYSE:MTW) last announced its earnings results on Monday, August 6th. The industrial products company reported $0.40 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.17. Manitowoc had a net margin of 2.53% and a return on equity of 2.77%. The firm had revenue of $495.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $458.03 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.20 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 25.5% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts expect Manitowoc to post $1 EPS for the current fiscal year and $1 EPS for the next fiscal year.
Shares of MTW stock opened at $18.74 on Friday. Manitowoc has a 12 month low of $16.74 and a 12 month high of $44.03. The firm has a market cap of $665.94 million, a PE ratio of -72.08 and a beta of 1.62. The company has a current ratio of 1.65, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40.
Manitowoc Company Profile
The Manitowoc Company, Inc provides engineered lifting equipment for the construction industry in the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific. It designs, manufactures, and distributes crawler-mounted lattice-boom cranes under the Manitowoc brand; a line of top-slewing and self-erecting tower cranes under the Potain brand; mobile telescopic cranes under the Grove brand; and a line of hydraulically powered telescopic boom trucks under the National Crane brand.
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Finally, after months of reviews, queries, and burgeoning anticipation, Apple’s newest chatter-amassing device, the iPhone, will hit store shelves tomorrow and techies across the country are already plotting their attacks on Apple and AT&T outlets. In preparation for the masses, Apple has announced all stores nationwide will remain open until midnight as well as outlined a few rules and regulations; only two phones per customer and availability is on a first come, first served basis.
With that said, bloggers are taking to the web, logging final praises and concerns, rehashing Steve Jobs’ Macworld Expo keynote speech, double checking pocketbooks ($499, ouch!), and preparing to hit local Apple outlets tomorrow at 6 P.M. local time when the iPhone finally hits the market. And a few astute consumers may utilize this guy’s scare tactics to hurry along the process.
Here’s what bloggers are saying about the iPhone’s release tomorrow:
“As the days roll by, I am becoming more and more of an Apple fan. They are creating products that are completely innovative and unique, so that easily catches my attention as it does millions of other individuals. Apple has announced the release of their long awaited iPhone to be available as of Friday, June 29. Which just so happens to be my birthday! So I am excited for two reasons.” — Andrew Payne, creatunity.blogspot.com
“The iPhone release is upon us, and I want one. Alas, the $499 price tag is a bit much compared to my income as a ‘poor college kid.’ The iPhone is gorgeous, and will be the prettiest ‘big boy’ toy on the market. Perhaps I should start saving my spare change, and maybe (in about 10 years) I will be able to afford one.” — Jonathan, jboots2007.blogspot.com
“I find the crowd-hysteria-object-lust over such an outrageously expensive phone a bit offensive. That said, Apple’s done some nice things with this device, especially on the web browsing and messaging fronts.” — smallsurfaces.com
“In regard to the cell phone culture we currently live in, will the iPhone revolutionize and actually change the way we use our cell phones? The possibilities are actually quite real!” — redfoxwebdesign.com
“I must admit…I really like the look of the iPhone. But it seems to me that Apple may have missed the mark. I mean, the iPhone’s marketing release was months ago, and they are just now about to have their product release? Seems to me that by having this much time pass, they are really just allowing the competition to once again catch up.” — Tracy Wicklund, readallablogit.com
“To be honest, I can’t wait until the release of the iPhone tomorrow. Now, I love me some Apple products, but goddamn it, I’m sick of hearing about it now!” — vonschack.com
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Kazakhstan has enjoyed a decade and a half of growth by basing its economy on commodities exports. But now it may have to pay an unwelcome price for doing so.
When the resource-rich Central Asian country decided last week to let its currency float freely without government intervention to prop up its exchange rate, the Kazakh tenge promptly lost 25 percent of its value against the dollar.
That was a sign that international investors regard Kazakhstan as now being in the same unenviable situation as other commodity-exporting emerging-market countries around the world. It is saddled with export products whose global prices have fallen. And, because it has focused so heavily on commodity exports in the past, it has developed few other sectors to attract foreign capital.
Economic analysts say that what is happening to Kazakhstan and to similar emerging economies around the world provides a measure of how risky it can be for countries to pin their hopes for economic growth exclusively upon exporting commodities, such as oil and metals, whose global prices are highly unpredictable.
"They benefitted greatly from the surge in commodity prices over the past decade, which led to increased incomes and allowed them to increase domestic demand too," says William Jackson, an emerging-markets economist at London-based Capital Economics. "But over the past year or so we have seen this unwind; growth in China slowed and there are concerns about the outlook for investment there, which will reduce the demand for commodities, and this has caused commodity prices to fall."
Now, as reduced global demand for commodities has also reduced investor demand for emerging-market currencies, the commodity-exporting states are seeing the value of their currencies decline. Their governments feel the effect in smaller revenues and in the increased cost of paying off foreign-currency debt. Their citizens feel the effect because imported goods, and domestic products that use imported materials, become more expensive.
The current slump in commodity prices has caught many commodity exporters by surprise because for years the demand for their products had surged, thanks to the rapid economic growth of China. As China has rapidly industrialized, urbanized, and built new infrastructure, its demand for building materials such as aluminum, copper, and steel, as well as for energy, has surged. Today, China is the world's biggest consumer of commodities -- a great many of them the exports of other emerging economies.
China Lifts, Then Pulls Down
But the fact that China's growth has been such a big driver of the rise in commodity prices also means, conversely, that any perceived weakening of the Chinese economy can send commodity prices into reverse. Just how much so has been amply illustrated this month.
Beijing's sudden devaluation of its renminbi currency (also known as the yuan) by 2 percent on August 11 -- the most in two decades -- raised fears of a slowdown of the Chinese economy that could mean a shrinking demand for oil in the coming months. The move, along with greater OPEC production output, immediately sent oil prices tumbling, with the U.S. benchmark price for oil swiftly falling to $43 a barrel, its lowest level in more than six years.
Since then, the fears of a Chinese slowdown have shown no sign of going away. On August 24, stock markets in London, Paris, and Frankfurt all fell sharply after the Shanghai Composite -- a Chinese stock-market index -- tumbled by 8.5 percent, its biggest fall since 2007. Wall Street suffered its worst day in four years, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 3.6 percent as world stock and commodity prices plummeted.
The falls in the European and U.S. stock markets are widely seen as a measure of international investors' uncertainty over how well Beijing can address a number of economic problems, from bolstering its own stock market to reversing a decline in productivity that saw China post 7 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) during the first and second quarters of this year, its slowest pace in six years.
No Golden Path To Prosperity
Amid so much turmoil, many economists say there is an important lesson to learn for emerging nations that rely too heavily on commodity exports. That is, to diversify their own economies.
Writing on August 24 for Bloomberg View, columnist Leonid Bershidsky said that Kazakhstan had fallen into a "commodity trap" that gives the country steady growth when prices are high but makes its economy very vulnerable when prices are low.
He noted that Kazakhstan had poured its resources into developing its commodity-export sector and had "tripled oil production and more than doubled metals output between 1990 and 2014." Today, "crude oil still accounts for 55 percent of exports. Metals provide an additional 14 percent. The share of manufactured goods in exports remains negligible."
Former Soviet Republics Suffer
A similar heavy reliance on commodities exports characterizes all the countries of the former Soviet Union.
-- Russia, which depends on crude oil for 39 percent of its exports, has lost billions of dollars as the price of oil has dropped by more than half since June 2014.
-- So has Azerbaijan, where oil makes up 88 percent of exports.
-- In Turkmenistan, natural gas accounts for 81 percent of total exports. But gas prices have slumped as global production continues to rise in spite of oversupply in the market.
-- Uzbekistan has two main exports, cotton and cars, both of which account for 15 percent of the country's total exports. But cotton prices are weak as world production has exceeded demand for five years running.
-- Ukraine's biggest export is iron, accounting for 9 percent of its total exports. But the price of iron has sagged worldwide due both to slack export demand and to declining iron-ore prices caused by oversupply.
-- Belarus, where potash accounts for 6 percent of its total exports, has seen the fertilizer component drop from a high of $475 per metric ton in 2012 to $300 due to global oversupply.
-- Kyrgyzstan banks heavily on gold, which accounts for 34 percent of total exports. Its price suffered its largest monthly fall in two years in July, dipping as low as $1,080 an ounce, before recovering to about $1,150 on August 25 after investors sought a safe haven from plummeting stock prices.
-- Tajikistan's main exports are raw aluminum, which accounts for 59 percent of its total exports, and raw cotton, at 12 percent. The price of aluminum has fallen 19 percent over the past 12 months amid fears of oversupply and shrinking demand.
-- Armenia has suffered losses in its export of copper ore, which comprises 13 percent of its total exports, as the price of copper has fallen 27 percent over the past 12 months.
-- Georgia has seen shrinking returns from its exports of gold and copper, each of which represents a 5 percent share of total exports.
The current volatility of commodity prices illustrates what many development experts say is the central danger of the "commodity trap." That is, commodity exports alone cannot deliver the sustained economic growth that emerging-market countries need to become prosperous.
"Exporting commodities by themselves doesn't seem to be a very sustainable way of growing, it doesn't employ very many people, it doesn't allow workers to be skilled up, trained, brought on to use more technology and machinery which increases productivity," economist Jackson says.
"So it is not a particularly sustainable way of raising living standards. And it is notable that the main emerging-market success stories, like China, Eastern Europe, other parts of East Asia, have all relied on manufacturing as a base."
Those more successful emerging-market countries developed a commodity-based economy first but then converted it into a manufacturing- and technology-based economy later, giving themselves strong export products in multiple sectors rather than relying upon commodities alone.


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Samsung has warned investors that the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus crisis will likely impact profits as sales of consumer electronics decline.
The warning slight took the gloss off of positive Q1 figures. Samsung operating profits rose by 3 per cent to 6.4 trillion won (£4.3bn) as the market for memory chips finally started to show signs of life. The profits were achieved despite sales of 55.3 trillion won (£36.6bn) – a 7.6 per cent year-on-year decline.
Memory chips have traditionally accounted for two thirds of Samsung’s profits, but a crash in the market had resulted in a number of tricky quarters.
- Samsung sees light at the end of the tunnel despite profit drop
- Everything you need to know about 5G in the UK
- Coronavirus: Smartphone sales plummet
Samsung Q1 results
A revival had been expected prior to the outbreak of Covid-19, but sales have been boosted by increased demand for PCs due to remote working and for servers as cloud service providers seek to add additional capacity.
The market for memory is expected to stay strong during the crisis, even accounting for a fall in smartphone purchases. However overall earnings are expected to fall as the full impact of the coronavirus takes hold.
Samsung’s mobile division performed well in Q1 thanks to the launch of new devices like the Samsung Galaxy S20, but sales are expected to fall as customers delay purchases and supply chains are affected. This will have a knock-on effect on Samsung’s components business. As well as being the world’s biggest phone manufacturer, the company is a major supplier to the industry.
Global smartphone sales have been hit by government restrictions on people’s movement while the supply chain has been affected by factory closures. Just 61.8 million devices were sold in February 2020, down from 99.2 million last year. This 38 per cent decline is the biggest fall off in smartphone market history.
“In the second half, uncertainties driven by COVID-19 will persist as the duration and impact of the pandemic remain unknown,” said Samsung. “The company plans to focus on optimizing resource allocation in the short term, while continuing to strengthen its technology leadership and develop innovative set products.”
Ahead of what could be an unusual second half of the year, Samsung said it would look to support its memory business through flexible approaches to investments and products. Its OLED display business, which will be hit by reduced demand from devices, will look towards new areas like foldables. Recent research suggests the market for foldable AMOLED displays will increase fivefold this year.
Meanwhile, the mobile business will press ahead with development of premium handsets and affordable 5G devices with the aim of taking advantage of a revived market in 2021.
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Small business leaders take Washington by storm at Inaugural Leadership Summit
What happens when you put more than 100 small business owners in a room together to discuss the biggest issues facing small businesses today? That’s what we found out during our inaugural Small Business Leadership Summit, a three-day event of education, collaboration and action that took place May 11-13 in our nation’s capitol.
The event provided a select group of talented small business owners, representing 25 states and an array of business industries, with the chance of a lifetime: actual interaction with policymakers and experts who can help institute the change small businesses need in order to thrive.
The goal was simple: to discuss topline issues impacting our nation’s small businesses. These issues included accessing capital and ensuring small businesses can obtain the credit they need to grow, adapting to new technologies, creating tax policies that spur growth while leveling the playing field for small businesses and critical workforces issues like healthcare, retirement saving, minimum wage and opportunity youth hiring.
During our full-day conference at the National Press Club, small business owners discussed those issues, and many more, during panels, Q&As with issue experts and breakout sessions. They shared personal anecdotes with each other about their own business struggles, like having difficulty acquiring capital or finding skilled workers, and they discussed solutions they’d like to see from lawmakers.
Between those breakout sessions were speeches from a group of Washington superstars. First, attendees heard from Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, who discussed workforce issues, innovation and immigration reform. Next, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York discussed the importance of women entrepreneurship and educated our attendees on family medical leave policies. Finally, Maria Contreras-Sweet, head of the Small Business Administration, talked about alleviating the process of acquiring capital and creating more opportunities for entrepreneurs to obtain it.
That night, our attendees gathered at Google’s D.C. headquarters for a reception and an awards ceremony that honored some of the best and brightest of the bunch. The following day, Summit attendees headed to the White House where they met with senior members of the Obama Administration to discuss important policy issues impacting small businesses. Some of the officials on-hand included Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett and Jason Furman, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors. It was an unparalleled opportunity for these small business owners to talk shop with high-ranking policymakers inside the walls of the White House.
Following policy presentations at the White House, small business owners participated in a technology training session with experts at Google. With that, our three-day Summit came to a close. Since then, our small business owners have been reflecting on their experiences and all they learned during the event.
“This year’s Summit allowed me a unique opportunity to discuss important issues facing my small business and other entrepreneurs today,” said Harland Henry, President of SunBiz Showcase Alliance in Tampa, Florida. “The Summit was not only invigorating, but informative and engaging. I met so many kindred spirits in the small business advocacy world that I no longer feel like a lonely fish swimming with the sharks. I am extremely proud to have been part of the entire Summit.”
Harland Henry wasn’t the only one who expressed sentiments like these – many of our small business owners took their voices and experiences to social media and created a storm of social conversation using the hashtag #SmallBizLeaders, which was used more than 600 times throughout the Summit and in the days leading up to it. Meanwhile, our own social media posts around the Summit received a whopping 1.5 million audience impressions.
But don’t just take our word for it; let the small business owners speak for themselves! The following Storify illustrates an inside look at our Leadership Summit from the perspective of the small business owners in attendance. Through the power of social media, they captured how awe-inspiring their experiences, and the Summit, truly was.


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Chanel have been accused of copying knitting designs of Fair Isle knitwear
A team of researchers from the Parisian firm spent time in the Shetland Islands over the summer buying Fair Isle sweaters for “inspiration” from skilled individuals.
But, when the 82-year-old German designer revealed his collection for next autumn in Rome last week, the catwalk was awash with familiar designs.
Fair Isle knitwear designer Mati Ventrillon, who sold Chanel’s people seven unique jumpers, said the attention could be an endorsement but admitted she also felt cheated out of her rightful credit.
She wrote on Facebook: “Earlier this summer two Chanel staff visited Fair Isle and bought some of my stock garments with the understanding that the garments were for research.
“I specifically said that I was going to sell it to them because of the reputation of Chanel house and because I would not expect them to copy my design.”
When contacted yesterday, she added: “I really need to clear my head. I was very surprised when I saw the picture. At the moment I need to think about what I’m going to do next, what action to take.
“I do not wish to make any further comment just now.”
Sturdy Fair Isle sweaters have been worn for decades, if not centuries, to keep fishermen warm at sea.
In recent years, they have become popular with royalties and celebrities, and in 2010 Dolce & Gabbana featured Fair Isle designs in its collection.
The global spotlight has provided a huge boost to many Shetland cottage industries with cruise ship passengers lining up to buy their knitwear.
However, it is understood Chanel has paid no designer fees to any of the individuals whose clothes they purchased earlier this year.
Earlier this summer two Chanel staff visited Fair Isle and bought some of my stock garments with the understanding that the garments were for research
One design, a black and white tank top that features in Mr Lagerfeld’s collection, appeared to be remarkably similar to Ms Ventrillon’s work.
She explained: “The patterns are traditional Fair Isle patterns but the black and white design and the pattern arrangement is my design. I designed that garment for the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations in 2012 as part of Oxford Street Fashion Flags Campaign.”
The leader of Shetland Council, Cllr Gary Robinson, reacted furiously at the alleged plagiarism claims and tweeted the fashion house and Mr Lagerfeld asking if they would like to “discuss” the matter.
He also tweeted pictures of Marks & Spencer jumpers clearly adopting separate Fair Isle patterns.
Mr Robinson said: “What I would like to happen is to get protection for the Fair Isle name, like Harris Tweed.
“Fair Isle has never had that protection and that’s why the likes of Marks & Spencer, FatFace and other retailers advertise their products as Fair Isle ones, even though they have nothing to do with this part of the world.
“The best way forward would be to apply for the European Geographical Indication status to ensure products that are branded as Fair Isle knitwear are genuine, good quality articles made on Fair Isle or Shetland.
“It would be a huge economic benefit for us, just like it has been for Harris Tweed, where the real thing, which can only be made on Harris and Lewis, is now widely used in fashion and accessories.”
Chanel and Mr Lagerfeld have shown interest in Scotland before. Apart from owning some small clothes firms here, the label held its biannual Metiers d’Art celebration at Linlithgow Palace, West Lothian, in December 2012.
A spokeswoman said the firm were looking into the allegations and added Chanel was “attentive to and respectful of all creations”.


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Council insists it has 'no intention to close market' in Downham Market following trader's claims
Downham Town Council has dismissed claims it is trying to “run down” its market, which reopened for trading last week.
Traders were allowed to return to the market on the town hall car park last Friday for the first time in months due to the coronavirus lockdown.
The council said five regular traders were invited to return to sell their food and drink products last week, but just two took up the offer.
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About 240 million more eggs were sold in the UK last year compared with 2017.
This represents a 4% annual increase, helped by consumers looking for healthier options and the rise of flexitarianism.
Sales value rose by roughly the same degree, with the extra £36m in sales taking the total value to about £1.035bn.
Sales have remained strong in the new year, with the latest volume and value figures (for week ending 27 January) also up by about 5% and 4%, respectively.
A change in advice from the Food Standards Agency so that vulnerable groups can now enjoy soft-boiled eggs, as long as they are Lion mark-branded, had also helped, said the British Egg Industry Council.
The sales increase for 2018 follows more than 10 years of growth in egg consumption, with consumers looking for protein-based meat alternatives, such as eggs, more frequently.
“For more than 10 years I’ve been able to report on growing egg sales and I’m delighted to report this once again,” said Andrew Joret, chairman of the British Egg Industry Council.
“Despite broader consumer consumption trends changing every year, eggs remain very much at the centre of modern lifestyles and a shopping basket essential for the young and old.
“For sales to grow by more than half a pack of eggs for every person in the UK within a year is fantastic news and I’d like to think we can secure the full pack by the end of this year. ”
More than 90% of UK eggs are produced to British Lion standards, with more than 150 billion British Lion eggs produced since the launch of the British Lion Code of Practice in 1998.
UK egg market
- UK annual production: 11,139 million eggs
- Imports: 1,904 million eggs
- Exports: 185 million eggs
- Total UK consumption:- 13,158 million (+2%)
- UK self-sufficiency: 87%
- Annual individual consumption rate: 199 eggs
Sales by type of egg
- Laying cage: 35%
- Free range: 63% (inc estimated 1.5% organic)
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Beef stalemate continues between factories and farmers
Similar to last week, the factory/farmer beef price stalemate has continued and both parties are ‘sticking to their guns’.
Steers are currently sitting at a base of 375c/kg, while heifers are trading at 385c/kg in most cases.
Some farmers, especially those with large numbers of in-spec stock to market, have been receiving prices of 5c/kg above base quotes.
At the upper end of the scale, this brings some heifers to 390c/kg. However, the numbers slaughtered at these prices are relatively low in the grand scheme of things.
As has been the case in recent weeks, cow prices have also remained relatively unchanged from last week and most buyers are offering 300-315c/kg for P-grade and 315-335c/kg for O-grade animals. R-grade cows are making 340-350c/kg.
The recent dry weather over the last week will be a welcome change for beef finishers. This, in turn, could have a positive result for farmers as factories hunt for cattle.
Of the 37,443 cattle slaughtered during the week ending October 29, just over 65% of these animals were steers and heifers.
Some 15,893 steers were slaughtered in beef plants that week – a decrease of 1,098 head – and heifer throughput stood at 8,803 head.
Other throughput increases included young bulls (+539 head) and cows (+1,460). However, aged bulls throughput decreased by 17 head.
- Young bulls: 3,405 head (+539 head or +18.8.%);
- Bulls: 504 head (-17 head or -3.2%);
- Steers: 15,893 head (-1,098 head or -6.4%);
- Cows: 8,751 head (+1,460 head or +20%);
- Heifers: 8,803 head (+350 head or +4.1%);
- Total: 37,443 head (+1,302 head or +3.6%).
Cattle supplies at Irish processing plants for the week ending October 21 amounted to over 37,000 head. This was an increase of 3.6% on the previous week. It is also a 9% or 3,000 head increase on the corresponding week in 2016.
Similar to previous weeks, in Britain, the trade eased slightly last week. According to Bord Bia, this was due to a recovery in throughputs and little change in demand.
In terms of prices, the AHDB (Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board) reported that R-grade steer prices decreased and averaged 426c/kg for the week ending October 29.
Also, the latest AHDB beef forecast is indicating a 1% decline in beef output for 2017.
However, it is predicting a small recovery next year due to higher prime cattle supplies. On the other hand, imports are forecast to rise 2% for 2017. A similar increase in 2018 is expected – with domestic consumption also expected to increase.
In France, an improvement in the trade was reported. This is due to higher demand on the back of the cooler weather. This has boosted demand for offals and forequarter cuts, while premium Angus cuts were also proving popular.
French produced meat remained dominant on the supermarket shelves – making trade more difficult for imported beef. A number of retail promotions took place last week; mainly focusing on steaks, diced beef and mince.
In Italy, Bord Bia says, the trade remained relatively steady last week for most products.
In addition, data from the latest European Commission beef forecast is indicating a 2% rise in beef output for 2017 across Europe.
Looking ahead to 2018, it is forecast that production will increase in Poland, Netherlands, Ireland and the UK – a lower output is predicted in France and Germany.


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Big drug companies are under siege in California and not just by the prospect of big jury verdicts involving blockbuster drugs like Vioxx. As prices continue to rise, pharmaceutical companies are defending themselves against charges of gouging and desperately trying to fight off voter-imposed price controls.
Earlier this month, state Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed charges against 39 drug companies, expanding on an earlier lawsuit alleging that the state’s Medi-Cal system for the poor was being overcharged. The suit is the latest move in a long push by Lockyer to force drug companies to rein in costs for their products.
Meanwhile, consumer and public health advocates are pushing Proposition 79 for this November’s special election. The measure would require drug companies to negotiate with the state to lower prices for the uninsured or be barred from lucrative Medi-Cal contracts. The pharmaceutical industry has countered with its own voluntary drug discount initiative, Proposition 78, and has raised a record $75.6 million to promote that measure and defeat Proposition 79.
All this comes against a backdrop of a Texas jury ordering pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. Inc. to pay $253 million to the widow of a man who died after taking the painkiller Vioxx. After the verdict, several jurors said they concluded that Merck was more interested in making money than protecting the public.
“They knew and they still put Vioxx out,” juror Stacy Smith told reporters after the verdict was read, citing Merck documents that laid out the potential risks.
Merck, which had pulled Vioxx from the market a year ago, after a study showed that the drug doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes after 18 months of use, said it would appeal the Texas verdict and defend itself in the estimated 5,000 other wrongful death and injury lawsuits stemming from the Vioxx case.
But there is rising public anger at the high cost of drugs now deemed essential for survival especially when the same drugs are selling for much lower prices in Canada and elsewhere.
“It’s basically a fairness issue. The public feels like it’s being gouged and its anger is being directed at drug companies,” said Bob Stern, president of L.A.-based Center for Governmental Studies.
A nationwide poll conducted by the University of Connecticut with grant money from drug maker Pfizer Inc. found that 77 percent of respondents believe prescription drugs were priced too high, 70 percent believe drug company profits are too high, and 55 percent favor some form of government-imposed price controls on prescription drugs.
More people affected
The amount that prices actually have risen is in dispute. One survey, from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, shows that price increases actually peaked at 15 percent in 2002, slowing to 10.7 percent in 2003, although it was still the fastest-growing major component of medical costs.
A survey of more recent data from insurance broker Aon Corp.’s consulting unit showed prescription drug prices increased at a 13.2 percent rate for the first six months of 2005 from the like period a year earlier. But that was down from a 17 percent increase for 2004 prices compared with 2003.
Industry representatives dispute these numbers, citing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that shows the Consumer Price Index for prescription drugs rose at a 3.4 percent rate from July 2004 to July 2005. But these figures include bulk mail order outlets and the negotiated discounts that insurers pay for drugs and are not reflective of the retail price.
Whatever the scope of the increases, they appear to be affecting greater numbers of people.
There has been an increase in the numbers of the uninsured being forced to pay full retail price for drugs in recent years, and drug co-pays for insured employees has risen too, according to Glenn Melnick, director of the Center for Health Policy and Management at the USC School of Policy, Planning and Development.
“It’s fed the popular perception that the rising price of drugs is a huge, huge problem. Suddenly, regulatory agencies and politicians have been forced to pay attention,” Melnick said.
About two years ago, the spotlight was on organized bus trips to Mexico and Canada to purchase prescription drugs; that, in turn, prompted a rash of local and state laws allowing for the “re-importation” of drugs from those countries. At least a dozen states have authorized Web sites for importing drugs from Canada.
But Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last year vetoed a package of bills that would have allowed the state to import drugs from Canada. Critics noted that the governor has received tens of thousands of dollars in donations from pharmaceutical companies.
Also in 2003, Lockyer seized on the hot issue of rising drug costs, combining forces with other state attorneys general to file anti-trust actions against drug companies for blocking generic drugs from entering the marketplace.
Lockyer continued in that vein with the filing of a lawsuit in 2003 against Abbott Laboratories Inc. and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, alleging they systematically overcharged the state’s Medi-Cal program for prescription drugs in some cases, up to 10 times the price that the companies charged pharmacies and hospitals.
Lockyer’s action was prompted by a 1998 whistleblower lawsuit filed by a Florida pharmacist who had observed huge discrepancies among the prices that drug companies charged for their products.
Last week, an Abbott spokeswoman said that the company “has consistently complied with all regulations and we intend to vigorously defend ourselves against these claims.” Wyeth has also denied any wrongdoing.
Earlier this month, Lockyer expanded the lawsuit to include 37 more companies, including Thousand Oaks-based Amgen Inc. He cited additional evidence that had been gathered by state investigators.
“We’re dragging these drug companies into the court of law because they’re gouging the public on basic life necessities,” Lockyer said in a news conference announcing the expanded suit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Boston.
Amgen spokeswoman Mary Klem said that while the company is named in the lawsuit, the charges are directed against the firm’s Immunex subsidiary, based on actions allegedly taken before Amgen acquired the Seattle-based maker of a popular arthritis medication.
‘We’re being price-gouged’
Lockyer’s suit isn’t likely to be resolved before November’s special election, which features Propositions 78 and 79.
Frustrated by Schwarzenegger’s vetoes of the drug importation bills, consumer advocate Anthony Wright qualified Proposition 79 for the ballot. It would allow the state to negotiate deep discounts in drug prices for most of the state’s 6.5 million uninsured residents. Companies that refuse to discount won’t be granted Medi-Cal contracts.
“We know we’re being price-gouged,” Wright said. “Californians and Americans are angry about having to pay more for prescription drugs than anywhere else in the world, including other wealthy industrialized nations.”
To head off the measure, pharmaceutical companies rushed in Proposition 78, which would set up a voluntary discount drug program for the uninsured. They have raised the $75.6 million to promote this measure and blast Proposition 79, with large drugmakers like Pfizer and Merck each contributing at least $9 million. Amgen has given $4.5 million to date.
“Our member companies have been launching state-by-state discount programs just like Proposition 78 for uninsured residents earning up to 300 percent of the poverty level, and the programs have had full participation,” said Billy Tauzin, the former Louisiana congressman who earlier this year became president and chief executive of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association. “Proposition 79 is a price-fixing measure that would be tied up in litigation for years,” he said.
On a broader scale, Tauzin said the pharmaceutical industry has taken several steps to counter its battered image. Among them: setting up a clearinghouse that directs patients and consumers to some of the 800-plus drug discount programs available around the country, changing television ads to make them more informative, and publicizing the fact that the industry hands out more than $4 billion a year in free drug samples to doctors.
While critics say this latter step is merely a marketing ploy, Tauzin noted that when doctors hand out these samples they are effectively reducing the price of these drugs. “It’s two weeks or even a month of free medicine when the patient comes in to visit the doctor,” he said.
Whether these strategies can counter the negative image of drug companies remains to be seen. But it’s a good bet that the poll numbers are unlikely to change much unless the prices go down. And the industry isn’t ready to make those promises.


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One of Microsoft’s big challenges after the release of Windows 8 is to convince users of the previous versions to make the move to the latest OS, not only to boost sales of this particular software, but also to support app and technology development.
Although it’s 11 years old, Windows XP remains one of the most popular operating systems on the market, so Microsoft has quite a hard time convincing users to abandon this platform.
But users won’t move directly to Windows 8, Andy Buss, service director at Freeform Dynamics, told The Register. That’s a big jump, he said, so most consumers would prefer Windows 7 for the time being.
“It's a big jump from XP to Windows 8. Some people will make the leap if there is a real need but many will simply move to Windows 7. Based on past experience we would expect a slow take up of the new operating system and for a few years we'd expect adoption to be modest with many companies hanging back.”
Windows 7 is currently the most popular operating system in the world, according to statistics released by Net Applications, while Windows XP and Vista come second and third, respectively.
Windows 8, on the other hand, is still a new product on the market, but it has already adopted a growing market share. At this point, Windows 8 owns 1.01 percent of the operating system market, while the Linux platform is a bit more popular with 1.37 percent.
As for sales, Microsoft is yet to disclose official figures, but it’s generally believed that Windows 8 fails to impress on the short term. Better sales are expected to be posted in 2013, at about the same time when the PC market is forecast to experience slight increases.


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With the ongoing woes of an international trade war and now a global pandemic brewing, Dino Dardano, president of Hestra Gloves, is ready to try a new tool available to him as a business in Jefferson County: foreign trade zones.
The county became the latest Colorado community awarded the special designation, which lets businesses postpone U.S. tariff payments or skip them altogether. Hestra, known for its ski and work gloves, already paid tariffs on gloves sitting at its warehouse that won’t be shipped to customers until the fall. But in a free-trade zone, Dardano said he could have waited to pay the tax until the fall, when there was a chance tariff prices would be lower. At minimum, the business could have held on to the cash longer.
“It would definitely help our cash flow, especially since we’re (affected by) the new penalty tariffs, which is 25%,” said Dardano, whose company was unable to get its gloves excluded from tariffs or be part of the recent “Phase 1” deal with China to delay a tariff hike. “Last year (Hestra paid) over a million dollars in duties and tariffs.”
The trade war continues to put a financial strain on businesses that import or export goods to China and other international countries. And now, trade is aggravated by the coronavirus, or COVID-19, which essentially slowed Chinese exports as factories closed temporarily to contain the outbreak. The uncertainty will continue to impact international trade, but companies like Hestra now have at least one more tool for the long term.
Hestra is now in talks with Jefferson County to turn part of its Arvada warehouse into a foreign-trade zone, Dardano said.
“Yep,” he said, “there’s a huge upside for us to designating our facility as a free trade zone.”
What’s an FTZ?
The new Jefferson County foreign trade zone — No. 298 in the U.S. — is nearly two years in the making and was pursued because of the rising tariffs, said Kristi Pollard, president and CEO of Jefferson County’s Economic Development Corporation.
“It is a tool that we know that we need as an economic development entity,” said Pollard, who made FTZs a priority after joining the county in October 2017 because at her last gig in Grand Junction, she said, the region lost a prospective company because it didn’t have a FTZ. “Our mission is to create jobs and encourage capital investment, and in this global universe that we’re living in right now, businesses are importing and exporting every single day and particularly in Jefferson County, where we have a lot of manufacturing companies, a lot of those folks are importing some, if not all, of their goods.”
Jefferson County’s zone was approved by the U.S. Department of Commerce in late February and became official in the federal register this month. It’s using the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport as its port of entry where the U.S. Customs officer is based. Zones can expand beyond county borders to include land within a 90-minute drive or 60 miles from the port of entry. That allowed Jefferson County’s zone to include the counties of Boulder, Clear Creek and Gilpin.
A zone doesn’t have to be located at the airport. A developer could build a distribution facility near the airport and rent out space to tenants. Or a company could create a subzone, which requires sectioning off a portion within a company’s building as a tariff-free zone.
There are regulations and compliance involved, such as keeping track of all items going in or out of the zone. Signage is required. And U.S. Customs officials regularly come by and check the facility. But in this subzone, companies can avoid paying tariffs on products stored there until the product is sold, or avoid tariffs if the items are directly exported out to another country.
They can also bring in components or parts from other zones, finish making a product and then pay tariffs on the final product, which could have a lower tariff.
Hestra’s Arvada headquarters, for example, is also its North American distribution center. Imported gloves arrive from overseas and then are sent back out to Canada. Typically a company must pay the tariffs first, export the goods, and then ask for a refund on the paid tariff. The FTZ eliminates that back and forth.
“It’s really going to help give us some advantage to servicing the Canadian market,” Dardano said.
Not a sure thing
Colorado already has three other foreign trade zones, in Denver, Limon and Colorado Springs. But there’s been very little activity. Colorado Springs, approved since 1984, is essentially inactive. Limon is newer but hasn’t reported any big deals.
Denver, approved in 1985, began revamping its program in 2018. It saw activity pick up last year when Lexmark International was approved to have a subzone housed at its Longmont facility. While the city hasn’t been flooded with inquiries — only five came in during the last six months of last year and one, so far, starting the process this year — the economic benefit spreads throughout the community, said Leesly Leon, a spokeswoman for Denver Economic Development & Opportunity.
“The program continues to be valuable for our participating companies as their imported goods are not generally subject to customs duty, which in turn can be very lucrative for a business. Equally important is the program’s impact on our local economy. FTZs can create jobs locally as participants may need to hire more personnel to prepare and execute project(s),” Leon said in an email. “…All of this activity can greatly benefit Denver and the region’s economic ecosystem, thus furthering the prosperity of our residents, businesses, and neighborhoods.”
According to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 2018 annual report to Congress in November, 3,300 companies used the 195 zones in 2018. The value of shipments into zones reached $793 billion in 2018, growing 18.5% from the $669 billion in 2017. The top imports? Vehicles, consumer products, consumer electronics and electrical machinery. Texas had the most imports and exports.
Colorado’s activity was pretty low with no activity outside of Denver, according to the report. In the Denver FTZ, only two companies were listed as active: Vestas Nacelles America, the wind turbine manufacturer in Brighton, and Amann Group, the Broomfield company that imports spools of thread from Germany.
“We woefully under use the foreign trade zone tool in Colorado. Other states are certainly using them more than we are,” said Karen Gerwitz, president of the World Trade Center Denver. “I know they’ve picked up in the last year or two certainly because of the increased tariffs. They do make a difference.”
A 2019 report by trade consulting firm The Trade Partnership, found that communities with a new FTZ saw wages and jobs increase in the first five years before declining. The added value to the economy, however, increased through year six and then continued to hold steady. The Trade Partnership calculated 118,287 jobs were added because of FTZs.
“We find that the formation of an FTZ has a small but positive impact on employment, wages and value added in the broader community of the FTZ. They are particularly important to local communities after the businesses that use the benefits have matured,” the report concluded.
Colorado’s exports declined in 2019 because of the China trade war and also the delay in getting a new trade agreement with Mexico and Canada. According to the state’s Office of Economic Development and International Trade, exports declined 2.7% to $8.1 billion last year compared to 2018. The greatest declines were Mexico, Japan and China.
Likewise, imports declined 2.9% to $13.1 billion with the most affected countries being the Republic of Korea, China and Canada.
And 2020 is looking to be another rough year, even as the U.S. finds resolution with some of its trade partners, like the new deal with Mexico and Canada. Hestra has been moving production out of China and into Vietnam, where the company has since expanded by 30%. But that’s still in the region hardest hit by the coronavirus.
“I thought the tariffs were tough enough and now we’re dealing with this coronavirus and the implications from that, which has not been super impactful for Hestra as of today,” said Dardano, who has put visits to Hestra’s global headquarters in Sweden on hold. “But if this virus continues to spread and there’s more impacts, the (Asian) market could be very detrimental to the business long term.”
Gerwitz with the World Trade Center reminded that FTZs are just one of the tools that the organization provides expertise on to help companies figure out global trade.
“What we’re doing to help companies is to help them think of tariff-mitigation strategies, like maybe rerouting their supply chain or reengineering their product,” she said. “Each product gets down to the product level of how much tariff is assigned so you could reengineer your product with different features that would bring the tariff down. We’re helping companies every day to look at those things.”


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Nickelodeon knows that kids can influence more than just
what show the family watches next on television. Even young children can have an impact on
major family purchases, from cars to personal computers, according to Nickelodeon
spokesman Dan Martinsen.
That's a major reason why Gateway Inc. announced a
strategic, three-year marketing alliance with Nickelodeon earlier this month to create PCs
branded with the network's popular Blue's Clues and Rugrats cartoon
"We'll be aggressively promoting these for the
holidays" in television and print ads, Gateway spokesman Greg Lund said. In addition,
the company will produce 60-second on-air spots for Nickelodeon with computer tips aimed
"There are a lot of synergies between us," Lund
said of Gateway's partnership with Nickelodeon. "We're a research-based
company. We talk to about 50,000 customers a day. And Nickelodeon is the same way:
Everything they do is based on research."
The two Nick-branded computers are fully functional models
geared for adults, Lund was quick to point out, so kids won't grow out of them and
the entire family can use them.
The Rugrats and Blue's Clues edition
"Astro" computers will be sold for $898 with pre-loaded computer software based
on the respective shows, plus a branded mouse and a character-based "collar"
that wraps around the computer screen.
"We still find that a driver for first-time buyers is
parents wanting to give kids all of the advantages they can," Lund said. "Young
people are very much more attuned to technology."
As part of the new marketing alliance, Gateway has agreed
to sponsor Nickelodeon's new musical stage tour, Blue's Clues Live.
Gateway represents Nickelodeon's "most
significant licensing partnership to date," Nickelodeon chief operating officer Jeff
Dunn said in a press release.
In addition to Gateway, a number of other merchandisers
will promote Nickelodeon's brands during the holidays.
Mattel Media, for example, is marketing a "Nick
Click" digital camera and CD-ROM that allows kids to take digital photos, upload them
into a computer and integrate them with characters from eight Nickelodeon shows.
And the "Goodnight Blue" plush toy from Mattel
Inc.'s Fisher-Price unit closes her eyes as Blue's Clues fans read her an
interactive bedtime story.
Other holiday toys range from a Blue's Clues child-sized
thinking chair -- designed to look like the one used by Steve, the show's host -- to
a Blue's Big Pajama Party home video.
And just in case the displays at the toy stores and video
shops aren't enough to trigger holiday spending sprees among parents across the
country, Nickelodeon paraded Blue and Steve down New York City's Broadway last
Thursday in their first appearance in Macy's annual Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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Top 5 Reasons Google Should/Shouldnt Buy Apple - 3. Enterprise Enticement
Though launched as a consumer smart phone, the iPhone is catching on in the enterprise. The easy-on-the-hands touch-screen lets even the most plodding of users quickly jump from application to application. This is essential for oft-traveling road warriors, who need the same communications and collaboration capabilities they get from their laptops on their smart phones. If there was ever a device Google could leverage to get its Apps to millions of users as alternatives to Microsoft's software, the iPhone is it.
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Batman: Arkham Knight will be re-released on PC on Oct. 28, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced today. The game returns to the online store four months after a disastrous bug-filled launch led to its abrupt removal.
When it returns, Arkham Knight will be patched to include all free content that has been release for the game's console editions (excepting any console-exclusive content). That includes the game's photo and big-head modes, the Arkham Asylum character skin for Batman, and character selection in the combat AR challenges.
PC users who bought the game's season pass of downloadable content will get all DLC that has been released to date. Details are on the Batman: Arkham Knight Steam page.
"We want to give particular thanks to the members of the PC community who took the time to give us clear, detailed feedback and bug reporting," WBIE said.
Batman: Arkham Knight launched June 23 on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One after about three years of development and two launch delays. The console editions were widely hailed by critics (including Polygon, scoring it a 10). The PC port of the game, developed by Iron Galaxy Studios, arrived in such a broken state that WBIE apologized and pulled it from the Steam online store days after launch, with Steam's new refund policy playing a role in that decision.
Reports later surfaced saying WBIE knew of Arkham Knight's problems but chose to launch it alongside console editions anyway. Rocksteady Studios, the developer of the console version, stepped in to take over repairs from Iron Galaxy in June. Meantime, those who bought Batman: Arkham Knight on PC before its removal from the Steam store were able to apply a patch that aimed to solve several of the major problems, including stabilizing the frame rate and optimizing GPU performance. That patch was made available in August.
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The recent global events hit entertainment venues hard, forcing them to close their doors to the public to help contain the situation.
Casinos in Calgary and elsewhere in Alberta have been closed since December 2020 on the instructions of the government, unable to offer any entertainment services.
From 10 June 2021, the rules relaxed, and casinos were allowed to re-open. For four casinos located in Alberta, the news was very welcome. All four have re-opened and are providing a complete casino service for their customers.
However, six months is a long time to wait, and during this period, players weren’t sitting at home twiddling their thumbs. There are now lots of online casinos which provide access to the same games, and many switched to online play as an alternative.
The big question now is: will players return to land casinos in the same numbers, or will they stick with online casinos instead?
The Surge of Online Casinos
Streamed entertainment and online services have been gradually increasing in popularity, but being stuck indoors sent demand rocketing. All over the world, the appetite for online services soared, including online gaming and casinos.
Gone are the days when you could only play a couple of basic games online. Many established online casino brands offer a wide range of table games like blackjack, poker and roulette, plus an enormous selection of slots. There are also live dealer games, perfect for players craving the vibrant, interactive experience of a land casino.
Online casinos have many advantages over land casinos. Slots are one of the most popular options, and online sites can add new titles quickly. In a land casino, machines need to be moved in and out, and there are restrictions on space. This means they can’t offer the same diversity or wide selection.
And of course, there’s a massive advantage in being able to relax at home while playing. Calgary is a large area, 825 square kilometres, so not everyone lives close to a land casino. Rather than having to travel for hours to play, online casinos mean you can enjoy betting on games whenever you want.
Will Players Return?
The rise in the number of online players shows that more people than ever before are interested in casino games. The question is: will they all return to land casinos, or will more switch to playing online?
There are many unknown factors. Will the situation return any time soon; there’s a significant risk that land casinos could be forced to close once more. And many people don’t feel comfortable about returning to physical spaces while there is a risk still circling in the community. The need to wear protective gear is too limiting for others, and they prefer to stay at home until actual normality returns.
Aside from this, experts believe that a significant number of players will switch to online entertainment. The pattern has been seen with banking, shopping and other forms of entertainment such as movies. While there will still be a demand for physical services, the appetite for online and streamed services is here to stay – and maybe soon will be the mainstay of what people want.
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The solar power plant, retrofitted on the rooftops of Tan Chong Subaru Automotive Thailand (TCSAT)’s office building and its newest factory manufacturing Subaru cars in Thailand, is financed, designed, built and will be operated and maintained by Cleantech Solar through a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA).
Cleantech Solar and Tan Chong Subaru Automotive (Thailand) Co., Ltd (TCSAT) inaugurated a 1 MW system on the rooftops of TCSAT’s office building and assembly plant located in Lat Krabang Industrial Estate, near Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport. The installation includes over 3000 solar panels at TCSAT.
The project is expected to generate over 27 GWh of clean energy, avoiding 15,600 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions across the agreement’s term of 20 years.
The Thai government has placed a high priority on alternative energy sources to power the auto industry. With the government’s ambition to place Thailand amongst the top car manufacturers in the world, the project will contribute to the country’s vision to be a leading sustainable auto hub of the future.
“TCSAT is one of the latest state-of-the-art car manufacturing facilities in Thailand. We manufacture and export cars for the region and are constantly looking for ways to reduce our carbon footprint. This partnership with Cleantech Solar allows us to employ the latest green energy technologies, reduce our cost of manufacturing and contribute towards a cleaner and greener environment. All this is also in line with the Thai government’s initiatives to encourage industry to move towards more sustainable ways of manufacturing.” said Mr Jason Shang, President of TCSAT.
Mr. Raju Shukla, Cleantech Solar’s Founder and Executive Chairman said, “Companies are increasingly embracing solar as a viable option to address concerns on rising electricity cost and climate change issues. We are able to scale up our portfolio in the region as more leading industrial companies choose Cleantech Solar as their trusted partner to deliver safe, reliable and cheaper alternative solutions to power up their facilities. Congratulations to both the Tan Chong Subaru Automotive (Thailand) and Cleantech Solar teams on the successful launch of the system.”


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Numbers record that 5.6 million Italians can't afford basic goods since the Covid-19 pandemic.
The National Institute of Statistics (Istat) stated that approximately 5.6 million Italians are living in "absolute poverty," a new record high since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
Italian experts revealed that absolute poverty is defined as a situation in which people cannot afford to purchase basic goods and services required to achieve a minimum acceptable standard of living.
According to the most recent Istat data, approximately 1.9 million families in Italy live in absolute poverty, accounting for 7.5 percent of all households. In turn, the number of citizens living in absolute poverty reached 5.6 million, accounting for 9.4 percent of the country's population.
Due to the economic impact of the pandemic, more than 1 million Italians were pushed into absolute poverty in 2020, a 15-year high.
100,000 Italian farms at risk of closure
Two months back, the major farming association Coldiretti said in a report that almost 100,000 Italian farms are on the verge of closing due to skyrocketing production costs caused by the war in Ukraine.
Growing production costs far outweigh what farmers and breeders are paid for their products, which range from milk to fruit, meat, and vegetables, the report added.
Furthermore, Coldiretti detailed, citing data from the Italian agricultural research organization CREA, that more than one farm in ten (11%) is on the verge of closure, and roughly one-third of the nation's total (30%) is working in conditions of negative profits.
Another issue is the discrepancy between the final price of products and what farmers receive after transportation and processing.
Only 6 to 15 cents of every euro spent by consumers on food products goes to farmers. Bread, for example, is now nearly 13 times the price of wheat, according to Coldiretti.


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Linda Kirkpatrick started out as an intern at Mastercard in , at the height of the dot-com boom. More than two decades later, the lessons she learned back then resonate in her current role as Mastercard's North America president. Today, Kirkpatrick, who assumed her new job in January, is helping Mastercard grapple with another technological upheaval.
Fintechs are upending the way consumers and businesses pay for goods and services, and the impact seems even greater than during the dot-com era. Part of her job is to engage with these smaller, newer, nimbler players — and quickly figure out which technologies and startups to bet on.
Linda Kirkpatrick, MasterCard's president for U. Image: MasterCard. Mastercard has been making some big bets recently. Two weeks ago, Mastercard said it will open up its network to select cryptocurrencies, despite the fact they're not yet that widely used in commerce.
Mastercard's recent moves mirror those of archrival Visa. Last month, Visa announced a partnership with neobank First Boulevard that would enable customers to buy and sell Bitcoin through Visa partner Anchorage.
Both companies have been investing more in blockchain and digital currency technologies. Mastercard announced its merger with Finicity just a few months after Visa unveiled its own now abandoned acquisition of Plaid in January Mark Batsiyan, a partner at Inspired Capital, said that "was clearly [a] defensive" move by Mastercard, a company that's been part of a longtime duopoly.
Mastercard and Visa have, for decades, been able "to dictate lots of the terms of how payments are transacted in the United States," he told Protocol. Kirkpatrick downplayed speculation that Mastercard was simply following its rival's lead: "You can assume that Mastercard has been looking at any and all partners in this space.
If it's a company that's put itself out there for evaluation, we've looked at it. We have our finger on the pulse for what's important and we evaluate. Finicity was just one of those opportunities. Founded in , Mastercard serves more than 20, financial institutions worldwide with 2.
On the other hand, Visa, which was founded in , serves more than 15, financial institutions with more than 3. Experts say both companies face new threats with the rise of fintech, particularly the emergence of payment technologies developed by startups such as Plaid and Stripe.
He said these companies were particularly rattled by one technology: "Blockchain really scared them. Blockchain potentially becomes a real threat to them. So they've been aggressive to improve their innovation performance. Logan Allin, managing general partner and founder of Fin Venture Capital, echoed this view, saying "unless they diversify their revenue streams and their partnerships, their businesses are going to continue to get disrupted.
And Mastercard recently outperformed its rival on this front. While Mastercard's Finicity deal went through without a hitch, Visa's bid to buy Plaid failed after the Justice Department opposed the deal, which it called anti-competitive.
Visa and Plaid denied the charge, but decided to end the merger talks to avoid a protracted legal battle. Kirkpatrick declined to comment on Visa's failed merger, but said, "We were super pleased that we were given the green light to move forward, and not surprised. To be honest, because our acquisition was premised on giving consumers choice and giving them access.
Allin praised Mastercard for doing "the exact opposite" of how Visa positioned the Plaid deal; they painted the deal as "additive" and "nowhere near competitive. That's why beyond gobbling up fintechs, Mastercard, like Visa, is also looking to forge alliances with the startups that are disrupting their space.
We're the convener and sort of an intermediary between lots of different players. These players include the big banks with their "tremendous consumer reach and tremendous connectivity to their customers on one side," she said. They're not banks necessarily, but they might have a great idea around how to access information and data from consumers that the banks can use to speed up decision-making.
I view fintechs and financial institutions as peacefully coexisting. One company Mastercard has aligned with is Payveris, a digital payment and money movement platform. Payveris is the company's partner in its Bill Pay Exchange platform. CEO Ron Bergamesca said he was initially worried about working with a dominant corporate giant. But the company, he said, is "surprisingly nimble.
Image: Mastercard. Those at the top include Kirkpatrick and Vosburg, who are both drawing lessons from past tech upheavals to guide the company forward. Vosburg, who joined Mastercard in , also lived through the dot-com era when he worked as a management consultant. Fintech, he said, is "a continuation of that trend," which has created a "very innovative space where consumers are kind of voting with their business, and in some cases voting with their data" to embrace new technologies for managing their finances.
And the current wave of innovations reminds Kirkpatrick of the dot-com era, when Mastercard had to navigate a market where established and new players found themselves jockeying for position in a fast-changing market. There are some things that ultimately when we work together increase the pie for all of us.
There are other things where we're squarely looking to increase our piece of the pie. And we do that often and frequently and aggressively. And we've chosen the latter. Benjamin Pimentel benpimentel covers crypto and fintech from San Francisco. He can be reached at bpimentel protocol. Other crypto leaders call the idea for a single agency regulating crypto impractical — even stupid. Faryar Shirzad continues to argue that crypto is a game-changing technology requiring a totally new framework. His ideas are already shaking things up at Coinbase —even across the industry.
Last December, Coinbase unveiled a policy framework which included an idea many found jarring: a single regulator for crypto. But it quickly got scathing reviews from leading figures in crypto and fintech.
Shirzad has been unfazed by the criticisms, as he continued to argue that crypto is a game-changing technology requiring a totally new framework. He also talked about his decision to join Coinbase and the key lessons from a career that took him from the White House to Wall Street. It was fascinating. I obviously knew about it, but I didn't have any particular expertise in it.
And I got hooked. In the course of all of that, I also did my own research. And it was a journey that I sort of launched into that I'm still on and I'm super excited about it. I heard about crypto very early on. I'm a policy guy so part of my job and my career has been to track innovations and kind of watch them.
It's kind of what you do in government and then the various policy jobs I have. You sort of see things that could become something. The nature of the jobs I've had is to kind of watch things that may not seem that important but may have broader consequences down the road. Crypto was one of them. Bush administration. Photo: Coinbase. Do I have conviction about it in a way that would work for me and would be sustainable, that would be a passion of mine?
I think fundamentally I'm a policy guy. I'm fundamentally passionate about good public policy. Crypto is an area and an innovation that is so potentially consequential and transformational and, by its nature, tests a lot of the habits of policymaking and politics and tests a lot of the parameters of existing policy. It's very hard for everyone to figure out the adaptation.
I actually got the final, final elements of [the offer] when I was on a mountain bike trail with my son in North Carolina. I think the first thing is analysis, data and content matter and are formidable by a million miles. The second lesson is: You don't win by talking your own book, as we used to say at Goldman.
What that means is that policymakers aren't interested in protecting your business model or whatever. I don't want to do it. That rarely works, particularly in the post-financial crisis period. The new Coinbase policy framework, which came out last year, proposes a regulatory position or agency to deal with crypto. Can you comment on that? We initially tried to do what a lot of other people do, which is to come up with a proposal that worked within the existing financial regulatory architecture.
In the end, we realized the regulatory system is organized around the regulation of intermediaries. So you'll run into a hundred problems if you try to adapt to the current system, just as you'll run into a bunch of problems if you try to start afresh. But in the end, given that we don't know where the potential of this technology is going, it was the right thing to do, to at least make the point that it needs its own framework and it needs its own regulator.
It can be an existing regulator, but it needs to have a mandate that covers digital assets broadly and then do what every other regulator in almost every other market in the world does — which is to have a single regulator who focuses on outcomes, rather than having to be very careful about jurisdictional lines so to speak.
That's not an issue or dynamic that other regulators deal with, but it's very much a feature of the U. And that's why we landed on that, even though it's very hard to change the way our regulatory architecture is at the moment.
It was a really important point to make as a framing issue as people look at how to approach the sector. It could be any of the current agencies or it could be a bureau I guess … as long as they're empowered to do it. This innovation is so enormous. You can see that the transformation will be comprehensive. But other crypto companies argue that the Coinbase proposal is impractical. Some were very critical.
We talked to probably 35 different firms and stakeholders in the crypto world before we came out with our thing and at least as many members of Congress, as well as a bunch of other smart people.
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Hot Topic has announced the launch of Halloween-inspired virtual items on Roblox. For Hot Topic, the Halloween Forever Collection will have exclusive avatar offerings and virtual extensions of IRL clothing items.
Ten exclusive Halloween-themed Hot Topic designs were made available in Roblox Avatar Shop, with an additional three pop-up shops across game titles, including “The Floor is Lava!”, “Speed Run 4” and “Catalog Outfit Creator!”, titles that collectively share an audience of nearly 3 billion visits. The capsule features digital items synonymous with the Hot Topic brand, including cosplay hats, die-cut sunglasses, figural mini-backpacks and more. Users can buy avatar items directly from the virtual shopping destinations that showcase the campaign including images that feature “Cobra Kai” actor, Mary Mouser, sporting the exclusive black-and-orange sweater, as well as an interactive mannequin.
The retailer partnered with several Roblox designers including Junozy, StrapCode, MatthewDelRey and 0929lego to bring the existing IRL Halloween designs to life digitally, making them available to players specifically in Roblox. The black-and-orange sweater and beanie with the ’90s throwback Hot Topic logo will be available for purchase in the physical world, in-store and online.
To guide the retailer into the metaverse and help to execute the next phase of its strategic offerings, Hot Topic has tapped Super League Gaming, a leader in metaverse gaming and experiences.
“We’re very excited to launch our Roblox integration,” says Andrea Lewis, vice president, marketing, Hot Topic. “This partnership will allow Hot Topic to create an experience that exemplifies our brand in the metaverse. Dropping this Halloween merch in the Roblox avatar shop while simultaneously offering physical replications of key items online and in Hot Topic stores is a dream scenario to satisfy Hot Topic fandom both in the Roblox ecosystem and IRL.”
“It was important to choose the right time to launch Hot Topic on Roblox, and Halloween is so important to our customer, we felt like this was a perfect fit,” says Ed LaBay, senior vice president, merchandise and marketing, Hot Topic. “Giving our existing customers and Roblox fans a chance to express themselves in core Hot Topic Halloween fashion is a great first step for us in the virtual world.”
The Halloween Forever Collection is available now.
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