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These Outdoor Decor Trends Will Rule This Summer
*Chef's kiss* to the alfresco season.
Friends, we're officially entering alfresco season. If you live in or frequent a destination city, you probably get your year-round fill, but outdoor living isn't exclusive to or solely coveted by those in warmer cities. For those of us who live through four distinct seasons, summer's start is a cue for outdoor living, from backyard barbecues to lounge or work sessions poolside and cocktail parties on the terrace or patio.
"Outdoor design is becoming much more of a focal point, and outdoor entertaining spaces are in high demand," says New York–based designer Courtney Sempliner. "Many people plan to host outdoors as much as possible moving forward, all year round. I only see this trend continuing and more interesting outdoor furniture and decor options being introduced."
New York City and Litchfield, Connecticut–based designer Kevin Dumais tells Coveteur, "Our clients are looking to invest in patios, terraces, and yards more than in years past" due to the pandemic. Even more, he says they're a much-needed "space for adults and children to take a break from their screens" and "a vital extension of the home."
"The indoor-outdoor living style has been popular in L.A. for a while, but with the pandemic, the popularity has grown tremendously," says Los Angeles–based designer Rydhima Brar of R/terior Studio. "After a year of confinement, our outdoor spaces have become sanctuaries of solace and sanity. Everyone is trying to find ways to utilize the outdoor space, whether small or big, in every way possible."
The 24/7 at-home lifestyle of the past year has pushed families—including multigenerational ones living together—to get creative and use every single square foot of space to the maximum, too. Which, according to Brar, has resulted in an increased interest in outdoor kitchens and backyard herb and vegetable gardens. "With ideal weather conditions [in L.A.] almost all year long, the ability to enjoy this lifestyle while slowly beginning to host small occasions, making the most [of] outdoor dining, has been a big request from many of my clients."
Ahead, keep reading to discover seven outdoor furniture and decor trends on the rise, according to Sempliner, Dumais, and Brar—and shop the edit for items that strike a chord.
Multifunctional Furniture for Outdoor Dining Spaces
With the necessity of cooking at home over the past year, Brar says outdoor dining spaces and kitchens are two on-the-rise trends she loves for 2021. "Having a fully functional kitchen with prep space, refrigerators, and sinks make it an all-year-round activity and not just during the summer barbecues," she tells Coveteur. If shelling out on a fully decked backyard space or renovation isn't feasible—or you're without a backyard at all—Brar suggests making the most of any outside square-footage by creating a living or dining experience with multi-purpose furniture, which Sempliner echoes.
"Multifunctional pieces come in handy, such as ottomans that can hold a tray for drinks but also serve as additional seating when you need it," Sempliner says. "Having some transitional items will make hosting and entertaining more effortless." The designer also predicts a focus on outdoor accent pieces and accessories to complete said living spaces, such as decorative baskets, pots, and serving ware. "The outdoor space will become an extension of the home instead of just an afterthought," she says.
Comfy Lounge Furniture
As fashion trends evolve from the comfort-first looks of the past year, Sempliner says cozy lounge furniture is in for 2021. "More lounge-like outdoor furniture, such as cushy loveseats and sofas, will be trending, as opposed to wicker or metal options," she says. Inviting and stylish sectionals are among her top picks for backyards, though you can get a similar look for a balcony or terrace with a pouf or cushioned armchair. "[The] more time spent in these pieces, comfort is key," she adds.
"Outdoor lighting is something that tends to get ignored when it comes to the backyard and landscape design," Brar tells Coveteur. "Since most backyards get used during daylight, the need for lighting becomes an afterthought." When you invest in good lighting, the designer says it helps create ambiance for the "anytime outdoor experience." "Whether it's lanterns to border the pool, up-lighting that spotlights special architectural features, or a fun statement fixture or fan, updating your outdoor lighting will open new doors for living and entertaining," she says.
Sempliner agrees, telling Coveteur, "A focus on lighting for outdoor living spaces will be a big trend. Having an appropriately lit space will allow for evenings spent outdoors in addition to hosting during the daytime. I love these hurricane lanterns to add to the ambiance and these orbs to add a soft glow to an entertaining outdoor space."
Herb & Vegetable Gardens
Besides being one of the most popular hobbies during the pandemic, Brar says the gardening trend boomed as a way to supplement fresh fruits and vegetables, especially when restaurants closed and grocery stores emptied out. "Many of my clients are utilizing their backyard for gardening their favorites, cooking homegrown organic herbs, plus enjoying the added benefit of de-stressing," Brar says. "I do not see this trend going away anytime soon."
Dumais also highlights vegetable-garden design as a top request this spring. "People are looking to have fun with them," he says. "Our clients want simple, easy-to-maintain gardens that also serve as spaces in which they can live and entertain." The designer says creating small-scale seating areas between raised beds or a potting station are stylish ways to give garden areas more of a designed feel, suggesting French bistro furniture and outdoor farm tables.
Outdoor Work Stations
"Traditionally, lounging and dining were the primary focus when designing exteriors," Dumais tells Coveteur. "For 2021, we're seeing trends that focus on creating other spaces such as workstations for those wanting an outdoor option for working from home." His biggest tip for creating a pleasant outdoor office: "Source comfortable chairs and a good umbrella for shade."
In agreement, Brar says outdoor technology will become increasingly popular for outdoor homeschooling and workouts, too. "This means making sure the technology works well outside, whether it's streaming movies or taking conference calls; most people have had to amplify Wi-Fi signals outdoors," she says. "[This] has encouraged many to create entirely new spaces like outdoor theaters and home offices."
It's a no-brainer to reserve more delicate glasses and dishware or fine china for inside. But Sempliner says, "Durable outdoor entertaining accessories, like melamine dinnerware glasses, pitchers, and barware, will be trending. There are so many fun patterns, colors, and options that look exactly like their glass counterparts without the shatter risk."
Outdoor Kid Zones
Kids are one of the biggest reasons people crave a backyard, and Dumais says dedicated outdoor play areas for children are another trend on the rise. "A fun way to do this, especially if you are limited with space, is to build a treehouse," he suggests. A timeless outdoor trend the designer also favors for kid spaces: "We always love to include a good hammock."
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With the COVID-19 pandemic slowly waning throughout the world, more and more on-site events are being pushed through. One of these said events will be E3 2023! Following the event’s no-show the past few years, the ESA (Entertainment Software Association) has confirmed that E3 2023 will be a thing, and that it will be both a physical and digital show.
Here’s what ESA CEO Stan Pierre-Louis had to say about the upcoming event:
We’re excited about coming back in 2023 with both a digital and an in-person event…As much as we love these digital events, and as much as they reach people and we want that global reach, we also know that there’s a really strong desire for people to convene–to be able to connect in person and see each other and talk about what makes games great.
While there’s no digital E3 event happening this year, the Summer Game Fest will be kicking off this week, and we should get a few game announcements (though don’t expect a ton), updates on already announced titles and more.
Are you excited to attend E3 once again or should that be scrapped in favor of digital events like Sony’s State of Play and Nintendo Direct?
Source: The Washington Post

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Doha: Qatar Chamber (QC) is now under preparations to shift its headquarters to Commercial Boulevard in Lusail City. Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company and Qatar Chamber (QC) signed an agreement as part of the move today.
At the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC), QC Chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al Thani and Qatari Diar CEO Eng Abdulla bin Hamad Al Attiyah signed the agreement. HE Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, Minister of Commerce and Industry, attended the signing ceremony.
The Chamber’s new headquarter coincides with Qatar’s renaissance, according to Sheikh Khalifa, adding that it will be well-equipped to suit all its activities, services, and events that cater to the private sector.
Upon completion of the new building, the Qatar Chamber headquarters will move to the Commercial Boulevard, he said, adding the move would enable the Chamber to improve its member services.
The CEO of Qatari Diar claims that the Chamber’s relocation to Lusail City will effectively enhance the city’s services. This is in line with Qatari Diar’s vision for Lusail to become the economic capital city of the country.
In Lusail City, Commercial Boulevard covers 7,687 square meters of land and 17000 square meters of rental space over ten floors high. In addition, it will include shopping malls, 4 and 5-star hotels, offices, art galleries, libraries, studios, retail spaces, auto showrooms, restaurants, and recreational facilities.


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Grains are a healthy necessity in everyone's diet, and at least half of our daily grains should be whole grains, says the Grain Foods Foundation (www.grainfoodsfoundation.org). But it's the ancient variety that is growing in popularity because of its health benefits and complex flavors.
Quinoa, amaranth, farro, teff and spelt are increasing in case shipments, according to the NPD Group (www.npd.com). Case shipments to U.S. foodservice outlets jumped by double digits over 2017, the market research firm says.
Although cold cereal sales are a bit soggy in the U.S. today, there's no lack of innovation in the cereal space when it comes to ancient grains. With 17g of ancient grains like kamut wheat, spelt and quinoa, Cheerios + Ancient Grains from General Mills (www.generalmills.com) incorporates toasted whole-grain oats and quinoa as lightly sweetened clusters. It's also low in fat (2g), low in saturated fat and cholesterol free.
Ancient Harvest (ancientharvest.com) says it was the first brand to bring quinoa to the U.S., more than 30 years ago. While still using quinoa, the company has expanded its offerings to other plant-based superfoods, including amaranth, millet, beans and lentils. No longer relegated to the "healthy" aisle or to small health food stores, its products are sold across the country in mainstream supermarkets.
Its organic Quinoa Flakes can be used in muffins, to make a hot cereal and as a gluten-free substitute for conventional breadcrumbs. Cereal manufacturers of all types have noticed the health halo associated with whole grains, which bodes well for ancient grains like quinoa because it's so versatile, says Geoff Stella, vice president of marketing at Ancient Grains. "Quinoa has become popular over the past five to 10 years," he says. "It a great source of plant-based protein and it’s one of the rare, complete plant-based proteins on earth. Nine of proteins' amino acids are 'essential' because our bodies can’t make them. Quinoa supplies them all."
Nature's Path (www.naturespath.com) offers organic Flax Plus Multigrain Flakes in various flavors and Sunrise Vanilla, which teams corn, rice, flax, amaranth, buckwheat and quinoa.
The quest for quinoa
Probably the most popular of the ancient grains today is quinoa. NPD reports shipments of quinoa, the most widely used of the ancients, climbed by 18.5 percent in the year ending October 2017, compared to the same period a year earlier.
Because of its superior nutrition, quinoa can play an important role in eradicating hunger, malnutrition and poverty, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, which made 2013 "the International Year of Quinoa." What sets it apart from other plant foods is that it’s one of the few vegetarian source of all essential amino acids, trace elements and vitamins. It’s also gluten-free and a grain that has never been genetically modified.
Quinoa's so popular, it's practically mainstream. Chipotle Mexican Grill added quinoa to the menu at its test kitchen in New York City. The dish is made with red and gold quinoa, citrus juice, cumin, and cilantro, and will be recommended as an addition to salad or in place of rice with an entree, reported Business Insider.
Gogo Quinoa now offers Super Grains Pasta made with a nutrition-packed blend of chia, quinoa, sorghum and amaranth. The new pasta is certified organic, gluten-free and vegan. Unlike traditional pasta made with refined wheat flour, the super grains, specifically the quinoa, make this pasta a good source of fiber and iron, with each serving containing 5g of protein.
Mondelez's globally inspired Vea seed crackers and World Crisps line include an Andean Quinoa and Spices variety, made with whole-grain red quinoa sourced from the Andes Mountains.
Even Stouffer's Fit Kitchen frozen bowl entrees have some quinoa, along with meat, brown rice, black beans and vegetables.
Quinoa is even going to the dogs. The Honest Kitchen (www.thehonestkitchen.com) developed a Chicken & Quinoa food as well as Beef & Chickpea, Duck & Sweet Potato, and Fish & Coconut blends. Blue Buffalo Co. (bluebuffalo.com), created a Chicken & Quinoa Ancient Grains recipe.


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More than a day into the Sydney Fish Market’s 36-hour marathon, tens of thousands of seafood lovers have descended on the Pyrmont stalwart to prepare for their Christmas feasts.
Marketing manager Stephanie Williams predicts retailers at the market will sell 700 tonnes of seafood before it closes at 5pm on Monday.
The market’s busiest period, a selling marathon in the lead-up to Christmas, is expected to draw 100,000 customers with the peak expected between 11am and 1pm.
New healthy eating trends are seeing whole fish, sides of salmon and barramundi take centre stage in the festive season, the market operators have noted.
“People are becoming a lot more health conscious and I think that the idea of a light and healthy seafood meal is quite appealing,” Ms Williams told AAP.
Intrepid seafood lovers are looking beyond the traditional prawns and oysters and adding sashimi and sea urchins to their Christmas menu.
Jason Bridger-Berkeley, spokesman for Nicholas Seafood, also said that customers were branching out.
“(It’s) the whole Masterchef thing. 100 per cent … People are getting much more creative which is good,” Mr Bridger-Berkeley told AAP.
Salmon, barramundi and snapper were selling well for the business but surprise hits also included pippies and vongole – the latter of which had sold out by 9.30am on Monday.
However, he and Ms Williams said prawns remained the most popular purchase with the market expected to sell up to 130 tonnes of the crustacean.
“People’s tastes are getting more adventurous but when it comes to Christmas they are still sticking with the traditions for seafood,” Ms Williams said.
For those looking to embrace something new, Mr Bridger-Berkeley said he would recommend scampi.
The “high energy” atmosphere of the markets was great to be a part of, he said.
“This is our time to shine.”


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The stock market surged on Tuesday, led higher by rallying tech stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI 0.13%) had gained 0.45% by 1:30 p.m. EDT.
Shares of Caterpillar (CAT 1.08%) failed to participate in the rally after the industrial giant reported bleak sales results for August. Meanwhile, Walmart (WMT -1.23%) stock headed higher after the retailer officially launched its new membership program, and Microsoft (MSFT -0.15%) stock rose after the tech giant rolled out cloud gaming as part of its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate service.
Sales slump continues for Caterpillar
Heavy machinery manufacturer Caterpillar is not seeing much of a sales recovery as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on. The company reported on Tuesday that rolling-three-month retail sales tumbled 20% globally in August, matching July's decline.
The Asia Pacific region saw sales drop just 1% in August, down from an increase of 5% in July. North America was once again the weakest region for Caterpillar, with sales tumbling 35%. That's marginally better than a 38% decline in July.
Rolling retail sales in the resource industries segment dropped 27% in August, worse than the 19% decline in July. Sales were down 17% for the construction industries segment, better than July's 20% decline. By industry, retail sales to industrial customers tumbled 42%, and sales to oil and gas customers dropped 30%. Power generation was a bright spot, with sales up 14%.
Shares of Caterpillar were down 2.8% by early Tuesday afternoon. The stock is still up slightly since the start of the year.
Walmart launches membership service
Mega-retailer Walmart officially launched its Walmart+ subscription service nationwide on Tuesday. A 15-day free trial period will allow shoppers to try out the service, and they'll pay either $12.95 monthly or $98 annually once the trial is over.
The core feature of Walmart+ is free same-day delivery. The service won't come anywhere close to matching Amazon Prime on selection -- Walmart says over 160,000 items will be available, but those items include groceries as well as general merchandise. Fast grocery delivery is the main draw, and it allows Walmart to lean on its thousands of U.S. stores to get products to customers quickly.
With the pandemic leading many people to opt for grocery pickup or delivery, Walmart+ looks like an appealing service. The company may be able to steal away customers from other grocery chains, although it's unlikely many people will drop Amazon Prime. Shares of Walmart were up about 0.3% by early Tuesday afternoon.
Microsoft brings game streaming to Android
Microsoft's new Xbox game consoles launch in November. Those consoles will be available under a subscription program called Xbox All Access, which bundles the hardware with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is Microsoft's game subscription service, offering access to more than 100 games for Xbox and PC. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that Game Pass Ultimate was gaining cloud gaming capabilities on Android devices. More than 150 games will be playable on Android phones and tablets, allowing even those who don't own an Xbox to play Xbox titles.
Cloud game streaming could help Microsoft bring more people into its gaming ecosystem, even those who will never buy a game console. Shares of the tech giant were up about 1.7% by early Tuesday afternoon.


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Rasheeda Frost isn’t a clothing store owner for no reason, and the reaction she garnered from fans over her newest outfit serves as a prime example why.
The “Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta” star stunted on Instagram Friday, Aug. 9 in an all-gray outfit that left fans gagging in the very best way.
“Mood 💰…. jumper ready to ship 🔥 pressedatl.com,” she wrote in the caption promoting the high-priced newly available jumpsuit that her Atlanta-based store sells.
Fans gushed over the look, which Frost paired with a small red handbag, pointed open-toes high heels and massive dark-tinted sunglasses.
“👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌 All her clothes are popping 💃👌👌”
“Wow that’s awesome and beautiful girl keep doing you girl God bless you always👍👍😆❤”
“That outfit is stunning and gorgeous”
‘The flyest woman on the plañet.”
“The jumper is hot!😍”
“Fly girl anything u wear u look nice in🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥”
Frost is no stranger to getting compliments on her stylish looks. The star recently donned a bold take on a T-shirt dress that was printed with a newspaper clipping style design, fitting her figure to a T. Knowing exactly where she wanted the attention focused — the dress — Frost elected to put her hair into a bun and keep her accessories relatively simple.
“DA REAL BOSS CHICK who got style and grace.. much love to you Rasheeda ❤”
“Get it boss! Rasheeda you look so pretty all the time💯 That is a very unique dress beautiful 💙.”
“Rasheeda know she be dressin absolutely gorgeous 🔥”
Fans can easily trek to the store to grab one of Frost’s looks today but that wasn’t always the case. Speaking to Fashion Bomb Daily in 2017, Frost explained she initially sold her apparel online in 2011.
“I developed this brand, everybody knew about it and finally coming into this mall [Phipps Plaza], they were like, we want you to change the name [from I’m Bossy],” she explained. “I had to pray on it. Because I was like, ‘Lord, just let me know what I need to do. And he was like, ‘It’s time to evolve, Rasheeda.’ I came up with the name and said, ‘I’m gonna go out on a whim and just hope I can convert everybody over and all my customers over,’ and I was able to.”
The brick-and-mortar store opened its doors in 2015, and it’s been in business ever since. Another reality star looking to take her online clothing store to a physical location is “Basketball Wives” star Jennifer Williams. She hosted the launch of her brick-and-mortar store in May.


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Inflation accelerates, fastest pace in two years
- China may face more inflation pressure in 2011: analyst
- China was expected to face more inflation pressure in 2011 because of rising costs of food, raw materials and labor, said Sheng Hongqing, analyst with the China Everbright Bank.
- Prices of China's farm produces still rising, fueling inflationary pressure
- Prices of China's edible farm produce have witnessed consecutive increases since mid-October, official figures showed Wednesday, indicating the appearance of greater inflationary pressures.
- China to keep inflation under control
- China's central bank has always been highly alert to domestic inflation risks and will not leave inflation unchecked, Ma Delun, deputy governor with the People's Bank of China (PBOC), said on Nov. 9 during the global annual conference of the International Finance Forum 2010 (IFF 2010) held in Beijing. He also said he does not agree that China's money supply is excessive.
Trade surplus jumps to second highest of the year


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Ford Motor Company today announced an investment of US$10 million to expand production at Ford Vietnam's Haiduong assembly plant, increasing annual production capacity by 35 percent. The new investment reaffirms Ford's commitment to developing and implementing an aggressive growth strategy in Vietnam, and the expanded production will make Ford's local assembly operations one of the biggest among the country's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) auto makers.
“This additional investment highlights the growing significance of Vietnam in our continued expansion and overall strategy for the Asia Pacific and Africa region. We’re very optimistic about Ford's long-term potential in Vietnam," said David Alden, president of Ford ASEAN. "Our Vietnam strategy is aligned with our resources and operations in the region, and will allow us to continue delivering high quality Ford products that are built for ASEAN, and specifically Vietnamese consumers.”
Ford Vietnam's expanded annual production capacity of 9,500 units is scheduled to be online by the middle of the year, helping to meet increasing demand of Ford vehicles in Vietnam's rapidly expanding auto sector. The Haiduong plant was developed and designed as a highly-flexible facility, and this expansion will allow Ford to increase and adjust production rates to meet real-time customer demand across its product range.
The Haiduong facility currently assembles the Ford Mondeo and the Ford Focus passenger cars, Ford Everest and Ford Escape SUVs, Ford Ranger pickup, and the Ford Transit van. Ford Vietnam achieved record-sales in 2007 of 5,975 vehicles, or a 165 percent increase over 2006.
“Ford Vietnam’s top priority is to expand and optimize our local market investment by increasing capacity to build high-quality and high-value vehicles for Vietnamese consumers. Today’s investment underscores the commitment of Ford Motor Company to Vietnam, and our confidence in a strategy to expand our local assembly operations,” said Michael Pease, general director of Ford Vietnam.
Ford established operations in Vietnam in 1995, with a registered capital investment of more than US$ 100 million, and today the company remains the largest FDI auto maker in Vietnam. It is also one of the largest U.S. investors in the country, and its accumulated tax contribution to the state budget is nearly $250 million to date.
Ford expects to add up to 130 direct jobs with the expansion, and increase its overall direct and indirect employment in Vietnam to more than 4,500 – including its locally-based supply network. Ford Vietnam will provide skills training for the additional workforce as part of its ongoing programs to develop human resources and provide employees with career advancement.
“As one of the largest U.S. investors in Vietnam, this additional investment highlights Ford's ongoing contribution to the economic and social development of Haiduong province, as well as the overall development of Vietnam," explained Pease.
Ford plans on further expanding its network of 22 dealerships and outlets in 2008, and will continue to introduce enhanced sales and after-sales services and programs to ensure world-class customer service across the country.
Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich., manufactures or distributes automobiles in 200 markets across six continents. With about 245,000 employees and about 100 plants worldwide, the company’s core and affiliated automotive brands include Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Volvo and Mazda. The company provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. For more information regarding Ford’s products, please visit www.ford.com.


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(Updated 12:20 p.m.) Tysons Corner Center’s ice skating rink will not be making a return to the mall this year.
“We are not having the ice rink this year,” said an employee in the mall’s management office. “I don’t know if there will be one somewhere else, but it will not be on mall property.”
A call to the rink’s phone number reaches a voicemail box thanking guests for a successful 2017-2018 season and saying the rink would return in November, which is no longer the case, we’re told.
The rink has been an annual winter activity at the mall for the fast few years, after its debut in 2015. It was even the site of a marriage proposal in 2016.
Becca Willcox, events and communications manager for Tysons Corner Center, confirmed that the rink would not be returning. Willcox said unpredictable weather and wind made it difficult to keep the rink open for a full season.
If you’re looking for other ice skating rinks in the area though, Tysons Reporter has you covered.
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UK’s exporters to EU achieve highest-ever sales, as records keep tumbling
The latest trade figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) demolish Project Fear’s claims that UK exports would ‘fall off a cliff. UK exports to the EU continue to climb, with a 42.3% increase when comparing July 2022 with July 2016 (just after the EU Referendum).
At this time of national mourning for our dear departed Queen, I thought readers might want some good news. As the BBC will not provide it, I will.
Last month all records were broken once again as the UK’s exporters continue to defy the obstacles placed in their way by the EU — all of which makes awkward reading for Rejoiners.
UK goods exports to the EU, 2016–2022
1. July 2022 compared with July 2016
- July 2016: £12.2 bn
- July 2022: £17.4 bn
- Percentage increase: 42.3%
[Source: Office for National Statistics, 12 Sept 2022.]
Brexit Britain beats all the odds to record massive highs
Despite the EU being about to go into recession, the EU is continuing to buy more from the UK than it has done since records began in 1979. Even allowing for inflation and for the increase in the price of energy products sold to the EU, the numbers are impressive.
For example, the ONS reported that sales of machinery and transport equipment to the EU had risen by £0.4bn in the month of July alone.
And no, this is not all about higher prices for energy products
The UK’s trade deficit with the EU has also been dropping. The ONS went on to say “Removing the effect of inflation, the total trade deficit, excluding precious metals, narrowed by £2.0 billion to £20.8 billion in the three months to July 2022.”
Note: There are hundreds of thousands of figures in the trade figures which are issued. In their headline numbers, the ONS use “trade figures which exclude non-monetary gold and other precious metals. This is because movements in non-monetary gold, an important component of precious metals, can be large and highly volatile, distorting underlying trends in goods exports and imports.”
Meanwhile, the UK bought less from the EU in July
The EU sold less to the UK according to July’s data. The ONS explains this as follows:-
“The fall in imports of machinery and transport equipment in July 2022 was because of reduced car imports from Germany and Spain.”
- ONS trade report, 12 Sept 2022
Over the last six years, British truckers have had to contend with everything from Dutch Customs officials rejecting loads because “the wrong coloured ink” was used on the export forms, to French Customs officials being… well, particularly French.
Nevertheless, the UK’s exporters have persevered and have clearly won through. I congratulate them all, especially the lorry drivers.
You won't find this on any BBC news report that I can guarantee. The Office for National Statistics on the other hand a reputable organisation that collects data that somehow Remainers/ Rejoiners always never go to for information. Well, thats another story.


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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last twelve months, you will be aware that leaders such as WPP’s Sir Martin Sorrell, former Publicis CEO Maurice Levy and a plethora of marketers have been throwing down the gauntlet to media owners and location technology providers to get themselves third party verified.
After recent high-profile measurement and brand metrics errors industry leaders are calling for change. However, what progress have we made?
Unfortunately not a lot… Our latest study with ExchangeWire highlighted less than a quarter (24%) of mobile media planners are using third party measurement partners to report on metrics such as viewability rates and brand safety for their campaigns. Although that figure is set to nearly double within the next year, it’s still way off the number we would hope and expect for an industry under the magnifying glass.
At GroundTruth we are pro third party validation. We partner with measurement companies such as comScore to ensure our clients can have confidence in what we do. After all, the very definition of our new name (GroundTruth) is “a fundamental truth that is derived from data taken from direct observation rather than inference.”
In the survey of 151, we found 42% of planners admitted the main reason they become ‘third party verified’ was to prove to clients they are getting value for their money; with over a third (36%) saying it was about being able to provide transparency.
We know in order for location data to be accurate and valuable, the following checklist must be made when considering partnering with a location specialist:
Is the data precise?
We use a four-step location verification method paired with Blueprints. This means we filter out 70% of all location signals, another 80% of non-polygon signals, meaning that only 6% of the location signals that pass through our platform meeting our stringent criteria on what’s considered ‘quality data’.
Does the platform have scale?
To make robust decisions a location technology providers’ platform must have scale. We see nearly 20 billion global in-store visits, across 100 million locations in Blueprints every year to interpret actual physical locations using polygons drawn around buildings.
Is the partner credible?
In a recent Infoscout test in the US GroundTruth’s technology was considered 90% accurate, in the UK. GroundTruth recently passed an MEC location data audit that was carried out by measurement company Rippll.
Jide Sobo, Head of Moblie for MEC, recognises how crucial accurate data, and auditing is, therefore led a project with location measurement company, Rippll, to uncover the strengths of location providers in the UK. “According to the MMA, 31% of agency professionals find it difficult to understand differentiation amongst location providers. We set out an independently validated test to provide transparency into methodology used by various location providers in the UK, which revealed various strengths and weaknesses across the board. GroundTruth performed well and is one of the partners that MEC works with on location briefs.”
Of the mobile planners surveyed who are already using third parties to validate their campaigns, almost three quarters (70%) also use them, or intend to within the next year, to validate location campaigns and we find this encouraging that the industry is taking steps to ‘clear’ their name.
But there’s still a long way to go…transparency must sit at the core of the industry and it’s time for responsibility around attribution to be owned. No longer can we have students marking their own homework. The solution? Independent measurement companies need to be consulted to ensure budgets are spent utilizing quality data, rather than quantity and campaign measurements are accurate and transparent.
We know building off something real is the only way brands can truly connect with their customers and see campaign success, that’s why we will continue doing what we’re doing; seeking partners to validate the work we do and ensuring that validation remains valuable.


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BMW in Which Tupac Was Fatally Shot is For Sale
- Author: Zachary Reyes Фев 27, 2017,
Фев 27, 2017, 22:57
Tupac Shakur's BMW, in which he was killed, has been put up for sale at £1.5 million.
The music star died in September 1996 when the BMW he was in was shot at in a drive-by in Las Vegas.
Tupac would probably have spent his millions more wisely.
For more information on the BMW, visit Moments in Time, with the auto locked in at a $1.5 million asking price.
The movie has caused an avalanche of Tupac related merchandise to be auctioned off by various owners. Since then, the vehicle was impounded by the Vegas police before it was auctioned off.
The bullet-ridden1996 BMW 750iL has been restored, and has made its way to an auction.
Somewhere out there is a collector of hip-hop history with a taste for the macabre and very, very deep pockets. Apparently, there are still indentations visible inside the door panels that came from the bullet holes of the shooting incident. It's now listed for $1.5 million and is said to include authenticity.
The listings, which you can see here, doesn't offer much in the way of details, but you can see a few photos of the vehicle, including one that shows the auto has more than 92,000 miles on it. The price of the BMW in which Tupac was killed is certainly driven up by its collectibility and history.


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(WTNH) – Ever wonder what happens to all of the food we don’t eat? The chicken piccata you don’t finish at the restaurant or all that fruit in the grocery store that bruised and doesn’t get sold?
What about expired yogurt or a dented can of olives or a crushed bag of cookies? It could all end up at the Quantum Biopower in Southington that turns food waste into energy.
Restaurants all over New England pay Quantum to pick up their old food and take it there.
Quantum Vice President Brian Paganini talked about the company.
Watch the video above for the full segment.


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Bega Cheese publishes its first sustainability report
Bega Cheese has published its first ever sustainability report.
Looking back on its 2015 financial year, the report examines the dairy company’s environmental and social impacts.
It reveals that Bega Cheese achieved a 7 per cent reduction in its production energy intensity across the past five years and that 61 per cent of its 2015 financial year solid waste was able to be recycled.
The report also reported that women account for 22 per cent of its management roles and across the year, it experienced a 11 per cent reduction in the number of lost time injuries.
In the introduction to the report, Executive Chairman at Bega Cheese, Barry Irvin, and Chief Executive Officer, Aidan Coleman, said in a joint statement that any environmental or sustainability risk has the potential to impact the company, suppliers, customers and the community, so it is important to investigate into these areas.
“It assists to minimise risks to the value of our business, helps secure a healthy environment and enhances the wellbeing of the community,” the statement said.
“But more than this, it delivers on the promise we make to the general public each and every day,” the pair wrote.
Key statistics from Bega Cheese’s 2015 sustainability report
- 94 per cent of Bega Cheese milk suppliers participate in the Bega Environmental Management System (BEMS) Sustainability Assessment
- 93 per cent of direct milk supply engaged in its Sustainability and Growth program
- There was over AUD $50 million in on-farm sustainability and growth initiatives
- The company increased its financial support for local community organisations
- Bega Cheese achieved better than its target carbon and energy intensity for its 2015 financial year
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Like Facebook, Google has rushed to launch its own TikTok alternative, sticking it to one of the most popular content services in its portfolio. After being promoted using all the resources available to Google, YouTube Shorts must now make a profit, delivering ads to users attracted to short videos.
Google is confirming that it will start inserting video ads between YouTube Shorts, formalizing the small-scale experiment conducted last year. Thus, the advertising partners were informed last week about the new advertising offer, YouTube Shorts having a special attraction due to the much faster “cadence” of the videos watched. Simply put, instead of watching a single YouTube clip for tens of minutes, you can go through YouTube Shorts productions at the rate of one clip per minute, plus commercials.
Google Ads Vice President and CEO Jerry Dischler said in a blog post that launching ads is an exciting step for advertisers and also a key step in the company’s path to developing a long-term monetization solution for YouTube. Shorts for creators. YouTube administrators also confirm that although they decided to show ads among the videos uploaded to the platform, no quota has been set for content creators.
“Instead, we will continue to reward thousands of creators and artists every month through the YouTube Shorts Fund, while developing a long-term model for monetizing creators in Shorts.”
Important to know, the ads prepared for the Shorts platform are as direct as the content for which you enter the platform, meaning that each clip comes with the promotion of a product and a direct link to buy it, in the idea that the target audience will be persuaded to act impulse, without too much time to think. By comparison, the ads associated with YouTube videos are more for the services and products presented in more detail.


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Toyota Supports IMRRC with Donation of ‘Sporty’ 2015 Camry XSE V-6
A 2015 Toyota Camry XSE is this year’s raffle car offered by the International Motor Racing Research Center.
“We are extremely grateful to Toyota for donating this impressive vehicle for our annual raffle,” J.C. Argetsinger, IMRRC president, said. “One of our friends called the XSE a ‘four-door with attitude.’ We definitely think the description fits.”
The XSE is the model that has been pacing the races at the world-renowned Watkins Glen International race track, which on Aug. 9 hosted the Cheez-It 355 at The Glen NASCAR race.
The drawing of the winning ticket will be on Dec. 12 at 1 p.m. at the Center, located at 610 S. Decatur St., Watkins Glen. The winner does not need to be present. Tickets are $40 for one or $100 for three. Only 3,504 tickets will be sold.
Tickets may be purchased by mailing in a form available at the website www.racingarchives.org; by calling the Center at (607) 535-9044; or by sending the necessary information to firstname.lastname@example.org. Online orders are not an option.
The annual car raffle is the Racing Research Center’s major fundraiser. The Center is a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization.
“As an archival and research library dedicated to the preservation and sharing of the materials of motorsports, it’s appropriate that the IMRRC would be offering a prize car that fans can see at work on a race track,” Argetsinger said.
Toyota is celebrating its 11th season in NASCAR in 2015, with several teams fielding Camrys. The XSE, new in 2015, leads the pack as a pace car at Watkins Glen, Daytona International Speedway and other tracks.
Automotive writers have described the XSE as the Camry with a sportier look and feel.
The car being offered by the IMRRC boasts 268 horsepower with a six-speed transmission with paddle shifters. It has a power tilt/slide moonroof, sport-tuned suspension, 18-inch machined alloy wheels, dual exhaust, smart key with push-button start, LED daytime running lights and blind spot monitor with rear cross-traffic alert. Color: ruby flair.
Other features include an Entune Premium JBL audio system and Bluetooth.
The 2015 XSE is “a substantial midcycle update for the best-selling car in America,” wrote Jonathan Wong, Autoweek road test editor, in March. Autotrader reviewer Doug DeMuro described the XSE as “a truly fun-to-drive midsize sedan.”
Toyota Motor Sales was established in the U.S. in 1957. Camry has been the best-selling car in America for the last 13 years and has been the best-selling car in America for 17 of the past 18 years.
Toyota began competing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with the Tundra in 2004 and has logged 138 wins.
The Camry has competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series since 2007, with178 total victories.
The Toyota Camry is built at the Toyota manufacturing facility in Georgetown, Kentucky.
The Camry has been built in Kentucky for more than 25 years.
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Siri, much like Barbie, has had a lot of different careers since its inception. It's been an advertising gold mine, a secretary, and occasionally, a comedian with both light and dark sides. But now, Siri-- the iPhone and even mobile devices as a whole--is playing a new role, one many didn't expect: doctor of first resort. A study of mobile behavior over the last two years staged by The Patients Guide shows that many are turning to mobile devices to get more information to bring to their doctor about their symptoms and potential courses of treatment.
The Patient's Guide study examined visitor behavior on 30 different websites, and compiled the resulting data using a pool of over 12 million visitors in the course of two years, evaluating the resulting data for trends and discovered some very interesting points. Those using their iPhones to get extra medical information before speaking to a doctor went up fully 94 percent from just 2011 to 2012 The iPhone also represented the device most frequently used to get that information, accounting for fully 41 percent of total mobile traffic in the medical vein, and it's been projected that, if trends remain the same, by 2014, the iPhone will actually be used more often than the desktop computer to find and access healthcare data.
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The CEO and co-founder of The Patient's Guide, Jasson Gilmore, elaborated on the role of the iPhone and similar devices in receiving and using medical information: “Knowing that mobile activity has grown significantly over the past three years, we have paid close attention to the trends and patterns shaping the way consumers behave in this space. We have seen a sea change in the way consumers use mobile devices to research medical topics online. Physicians are now telling us it’s common to see a patient who’s reading questions from their iPhones. From that standpoint, I think it’s a good thing as patients become more empowered by mobile technology.”
Indeed, Gilmore's assessment makes perfect sense. As more mobile devices enter the field, users will use them for a wide array of reasons. Naturally, medical reasons would come into play at some point for many users, so seeing them turn to these devices is only rational. It's interesting that iPhones are in such a large proportion of medical-based uses, but it's still reasonable. More information helps physicians who can, in turn, evaluate the information brought to them and make better diagnoses and suggest better courses of treatment. It's entirely possible that patients may well bring courses of treatment that physicians themselves weren't aware of at the time, and that's only a help.
While Siri will probably never be a practical replacement for a doctor, a more informed patient is likely to be not only more of a help to a doctor, but also more efficiently handled overall. Greater efficiency means that doctors can see more patients in a day, and that should prove to reduce costs for everybody in the long run. The extent of the iPhone's role in such improved efficiencies may be debatable, but it's clear that it will at least prove to be of some help.


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Professor of Practice at Warwick Business School, John Colley comments on the cover up by Uber of a huge data breach that affected 57 million customers and drivers during which the company paid hackers $100,000 (£75,000) to delete the data.
‘Dara Khosrowshahi is attempting to ‘clear the decks’ with this admission which unusually went beyond the normal call in admitting a $100K payment to the blackmailers. Business very rarely admits to such payments. This belated announcement will undoubtedly perturb regulators at a sensitive time for Uber when they are attempting to appease regulators in London and several other cities. Uber has been riven by bad values which are reflected in a number of legal actions including alleged theft of Waymo’s autonomous car software secrets, failure to ensure driver checks, and employee rights. Khosrowshahi has promised shareholders a 2019 IPO but he has an enormous amount of work to do before that will be possible’.


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Port Sudan follows Khartoum in tea seller ban
Local authorities have arrested street and tea vendors in Port Sudan and confiscated their property in a campaign to regulate the markets.
In the previous days the market regulation campaign started in the early morning and continued until the evening, as directed by the locality Commissioner. Journalist Osman Hashim reported to Radio Dabanga that the local authorities can therefore justify the arrests and confiscations against street vendors, tea sellers and Kisra sellers in the Red Sea state capital.
“They confiscated the property of dozens of vendors in the past three days. After the arrested vendors are released, local authorities will immediately try them in the court, by a judge of the Public Order Police.
“They can expect various fines on their goods and property, or imprisonment in the case of non-payment,” Hashim said.
Awadiya Mahmoud Kuku, Head of the Union of Tea and Food Sellers Cooperative, told Radio Dabanga last month that a similar campaign against tea sellers and street vendors in various parts of Khartoum “affected thousands of them”. “The women are in desperate need to practice their trade, especially in light of the deterioration of living conditions that forces them to sell tea in the markets and streets,” she told Radio Dabanga.
In July 2016, the state Commissioner issued a decree withdrawing the permits of vendors to sell tea at Nile Street, the boulevard along the Blue Nile, without offering alternatives in other areas. The harassment of tea sellers in the city continued during the rest of the year.
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Could forcing food companies to separately label added sugars lead to a reduction in sugary ingredients? The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) thinks so!
Have you ever grabbed what you thought was a semi-healthy snack or drink on the go only to realize it was basically a glorified candy bar or soda pop? Even the most diligent label-reader sometimes makes this mistake, and most consumers aren’t taking the time to scour an ingredients list for unhealthy additives like high fructose corn syrup, sugar, cane syrup, maple syrup, and other added sugars.
The CSPI recently sent a letter to the FDA (pdf) – signed by more than 40 heath professionals asking that food companies break out “added sugars” on nutrition labels. So, what’s the reasoning?
According to Marion Nestle (a food policy expert, no relation to the candy company):
If the situation with trans fats was any indication, the food industry will reduce the sugars in its products if it has to disclose them.
This is not the first time that CSPI has tried to get added sugars labeled (see petition from 1999). I’m hoping the letter of support will encourage the FDA to take action this time.
Maybe it will even put sugars on front-of-package labels, as the Institute of Medicine suggested in 2011.
Before the FDA began requiring that food companies label trans fats, did most folks even know that they were eating them? I’d be money that most consumers still don’t even think about why trans fats are unhealthy, but just seeing them broken out on a food label signals that they are.
I’m with Nestle and the CSPI on this one: if consumers become more aware of how much added sugar is in the food and drinks on store shelves, they might just be empowered to choose healthier options, and that would force food companies to supply that demand.
The main focus of the CSPI campaign seems to be sodapop and other sugar-sweetened drinks (the graphic below shows why!), but there are so many foods at the store that are also full of added sugar, including a lot of foods that masquerade as healthy options. Granola bars come to mind – most of these “healthy” snacks are just leanwashed candy bars. Same thing with a lot of the dry cereal, especially the ones marketed toward kids.
CSPI has an infographic that looks at the major sources of dietary added sugars:
What do you guys think? Could you see this requirement helping consumers stay more informed?
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Peloton Is Scrapping Plans to Build Its Own Factory
- Peloton is scrapping plans to build its own $400 million factory in Ohio.
- The company also said it will scale back on its number of warehouses and delivery centers.
- These are part of Peloton’s measures to cut costs after demand as lockdown eased.
Peloton is scrapping plans to build its own $400 million factory making its treadmills and bikes in Ohio
“The company is winding down the development of its Peloton Output Park (POP) manufacturing plan,” it said in a statement Tuesday. This would result in $60 million in restructuring capital expenditures, it said.
Peloton will also scale back on its number of warehouses and delivery centers in favor of third parties, it said. The moves will optimize its logistics network, the company said.
The plans for the plant were among a series of announcements the firm issued Tuesday, including the news that CEO John Foley is to step down. The firm also said it plans to slash around 2,800 jobs, or 20% of its corporate workforce, as part of cost-cutting measures that come on the back of falling demand for at-home fitness.
The firm expects the measures to deliver at least $800 million a year in savings.
Peloton first announced plans to build the factory, its first in the US, in May 2021, and said that construction was expected to start later that summer. The company said that the factory in Wood County, Ohio, would make Peloton hardware and that Peloton would commit around $400 million to the factory.
“The new Peloton Output Park gives us a massive strategic lever to make sure we have capacity, quality, and economies of scale in our bike and tread product lines, to support our continued growth for years and years to come,” Foley said at the time.
The Peloton site was set to occupy more than 200 acres, with over one million square feet of manufacturing, office, and amenities space, and Peloton expected it to add around 2,000 jobs.
But sources told The New York Post in January that its opening – originally slated for 2023 – was being pushed back by a year because of waning demand for Peloton’s connected-fitness products.
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If history will repeat, wherein the 2000 election had a delayed decision due to recount, this is what would happen to the stock market.
Stock futures surged before the markets opened following drugmaker Pfizer says a new COVID-19 vaccine shows an excellent promise in late-stage testing.
With everyone busy regarding the results of the U.S. presidential election, stock markets are rallying.
As the COVID-19 pandemic raged for more than seven months now, making a turnaround for businesses requires a cohesive team and leadership in both field and management.
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd and Barolo Ventures Corp. announced, further to their joint news released on October 5,2020 and October 28, 2020 relating to the "Reverse Take-Over" of Barolo under the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange, the closing of the previously-announced "bought deal" private placement offering of 13,350,000 subscription receipts.
PPP loans are forgivable if an entrepreneur uses them according to the program's guidelines.
Here are three techniques on how entrepreneurs could use social media on a healthier approach.
COVID-19 has exposed many countries and their respective economies to catastrophic situations. In such turbulent times, security becomes a top priority, with many wealthy individuals already flocking to secure second citizenships to ensure their ease and freedom of movement. A global pandemic may be a once in a century event, but smaller-scale disasters occur more often.
This year's shopping season has new terms to make sense of the unprecedented situation and find ourselves in.
Once you've finally managed to make the price, fees, and financing methods feel right, it's time to seal the deal. Go to the dealership or have the car delivered at home, and hit the road the very next day. Whichever way you choose, be sure to review the contract and ensure that the numbers match.
When it comes to pitching business ideas to potential investors, an entrepreneur's excitement and enthusiasm can be the difference between dreams taking shape or ultimately falling flat.
Europe's largest economy offered mixed signals on Friday that suggest it's down but not out.
Whether the presence of a college or hospital increases a home's value has to do with the institution's size and the ZIP code's population, says a new study by computer scientists at the University of California, Riverside.
When Nick Collins was just 14 years old, he started his first business, which included around-the-clock phone calls and numerous questions from his parents. In fact, he began building his stout portfolio in the seventh grade by doing web design, incorporating creative content with brand strategies and plugging in a then-fledgling tech Flash.
Barry Gabster is the founder of InitiateU and is a leading proponent of the marketing mailer revolution, having already taken his company to 10x growth in 2021, alone. In fact, the exponential growth has seen the company rise from $800K-$8.5M just on word-of-mouth referrals.
If you think that the micro accounts are useful only for beginners who may not be able to cope with the fast dynamics of changing quotes on trading platforms, then this is not so. Professionalism grows out of these cent accounts.
Journalists love their jobs because they get to interact with people from all sorts of backgrounds and expertises, then turn around and share their knowledge with the world.
Rustam Gilfanov is a famous IT businessman, a founder of a large IT company, and a partner of the LongeVC Fund.
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general guarantee some amazing profits if invested correctly.
In the currency trading business, many individuals make mistakes. Since most individuals join this profession with too much excitement, they forget about efficient strategies. Instead of controlling their investment and execution process, most individuals make poor choices for trading.
In today's digital world, more and more people are investing in cryptocurrencies. These digital tokens have exploded into popularity over the past few years, and have grown to the point that there are now nearly over 6,000 of them, according to Statista.


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64% of all iPads sold last quarter were iPad minis
0. phoneArena 01 May 2013, 05:23 posted on
That's not official info, but according to the all-knowing sources of Digitimes, the iPad mini is doing quite well in terms of sales. So well, actually, that it has easily sold more units than the super-duper retina-defying iPad...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. hung2900 (Posts: 956; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)
Problem, Steve Jobs? mini Tablet is too small?
So why did Apple sell them twice the number of the big tablets?
2. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
I called this when Mini got released.
The fact is mini hits the best balance- it's a much easier to handle device(almost twice lighter, perfect for one handed reading, games, two-hand lanscape typing) while still having enough of a screen real estate (larger than 8inch tablet of 16:10 ratio), and is also a lot cheaper than the big brother.
When it gets a high resolution high quality display, and new A7 processor, the big iPad will be in big trouble.
7. Aeires (unregistered)
Agreed. Apple backed themselves into a corner with this, but really didn't have a lot of choice as 7" tablets are so popular. So much for Tim saying it wouldn't cannibalize sales of the full sized iPad.
10. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Actually, I think he said that they don't care about cannibalisation.
And that's the only proper way to look at it.
It's like natural selection, nothing wrong with one product coming on top and pushing out the other.
I think they should be happy about it.
Now they can put top notch components in the next installment of mini and up the price.
3. FlushGordon (unregistered)
This goes out to prove that igadget buyers have NO idea of the stuff that they are dearly paying for (or absolutely have no clue about the competition)
I have an aunt who purchased the Mini and she thought 1024 x 768 is in HD resolution XD
4. edgabimbam (unregistered)
geek, get a life...
6. FlushGordon (unregistered)
It's the cold hard truth boy... I also have 2 co workers who own a Mini and they flaunt it like it's the best tablet in the world.
I'm not saying majority of Mini owners are ignorant but....lol
5. EXkurogane (Posts: 863; Member since: 07 Mar 2013)
Blind Apple fans. I saw a customer asking a sales person at Switch, which is one of the stupidest question i have heard - even with the spec sheet being placed there.
"Does the iPad mini have retina screen?"
it's so obvious the pixel density is low given the resolution, meaning it is not a retina screen.
If you tell them it has retina screen, they think it is the best screen in the world not knowing there are countless phones out there with higher pixel density than the iPhone's retina screen. The dont know what exactly is retina screen, they dont know what is pixel density. But when u mention the term retina screen, they convince themselves it;s the best screen out there.
With the iPad mini going for USD $399 here it's an overpriced piece of junk with better alternatives out there.
8. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
This is so beautiful. After the never-ending retina argument, the iSheeep are buying the by far lowest resolution tablet on the market giving Apple much smaller profit margin. Same will happen with a cheaper iPhone, 2-year HW, pow PPI and the masses will jump ship from the high-end iPhones.
9. simplyj (Posts: 404; Member since: 23 Dec 2009)
Well that's because it's cheaper than the original iPad, it's now more affordable to more people than it ever was before. This goes to prove that people don't care about specs, only about brand.
11. Larry_ThaGr81 (Posts: 441; Member since: 26 May 2011)
If the information is accurate, then that just goes to say that regular size iPAD would sale much better if the bigger iPAD wasn't so expensive.


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Do judge us by our covers. Happy 2019
The Cover Page is probably one of the best of human inventions. We celebrate a bumper year for print and packaging with the best of 2018.
A Complete Guide to the 12 PrintWeek India cover pages and six WhatPackaging? cover pages
20 Dec 2018 | By PrintWeek India
The January 2018 edition opened the year on a positive note as print companies registered a top-notch performance at Pamex.
From cellphones to solar cells to the rise of biomedical sensors to printed electronics to RFID to special effect graphics, screen printing is transforming the world faster than we can imagine. The February issue of PrintWeek India was Screen Print Special that looked at 150+ top firms specialising in screen print.
In the February edition, we took stock of the flexible packaging sector, BOPP and BOPET market and covered the Plast India show in Gandhinagar. We had reported: 10 high-end imported gravure printing machines in India in 2017; whereas around 70 locally manufactured presses were installed. On the CI flexo front, a total of 39 machines were installed in 2017 of which 12 are imported presses. Our sources tell us, another 12 imported CI flexo presses were installed in 2018 and five are in the pipeline.
The March edition of PrintWeek has several highlights: From the conversations around anti-dumping duty on imported paper to a UK-based ESP Colour's case-study on efficiently running press operations to tete-a-tete with four ink majors on ink trends to Jak Printer's Khushru Patel talk about the art of printing.
Design and print is the theme of the April edition. A special feature Design Lineup decodes eleven thought leaders describe their design ideas.
The April edition focused on corrugation. We travelled to Bengaluru and Mysuru to see two corrugation factories operate – MNM Triplewall and South India Paper Mills. Since we were in Bengaluru, we met MTR’s chief marketing officer Sunay Bhasin to get a packaging perspective.
May issue, the anniversary edition, launched the first edition of Power 100 to throw light on the top personalities from the printing and packaging industry. The poll for the Power 100 received 10,000 votes which is a good way to celebrate the greatness and glory of our top printers and best converters.
The June issue was a Demo Centre special. The PrintWeek team highlighted 15+ demo centres across India and its various technologies available for the potential buyers.
The highlight of the June edition was a Big Interview with Uflex’s chairman and managing director, Ashok Chaturvedi where he among other things makes a solid case for plastics against the blanket ban on the material. He says, “Had plastic not been invented, many regular, essential and luxury items that you see around yourself and use in your daily lives would have been made from plants either directly or indirectly. If that were to happen, our earth would have been bereft of its entire green cover.”
The July edition was a spotlight on nine ink products that are most relevant in today's print-packaging market. This edition also featured reportage of Gallus Innovation Days and book publishers' roundtable Anatomy of Bookmaking in India organised by Henkel, Welbound and PrintWeek India.
Paper Day was celebrated extensively on 1 August for the first time in India. The objective was to spread awareness about paper. The August issue also sheds light on the LED UV technology as Rahul Kumar and Dibyajyoti Sarma visit eight print firms experimenting with the technology.
In the August edition, the spotlight was on food safety. We spoke to Pawan Kumar Agarwal, chief executive officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, to make sense of the changing regulatory landscape surrounding the issue of food safety and packaging. We also spoke to food packaging converters, material and consumable suppliers and other stakeholders of the supply chain to dig deeper on what needs to be done to guarantee safe and wholesome food in India.
Did you know DB Corp has invested Rs 200-crore in Bihar in print centres, editorial resources an in the launch process?; Did you know Jagati Publications made a record when all its 22 centres entered into the coveted International Color Quality Club? Read about all this and the in-depth coverage of the Indian newspaper industry in PrintWeek India's September edition. The issue also features the Big Interview with TCPL managing director, Saket Kanoria and how the company aims to clock a turnover of Rs 1000-crore.
16 manufacturing facilities, three product and solution development facilities, nine sales offices, that's the empire of 75 years old Manipal Technologies. On the cover of PrintWeek India's October 2018 edition is Manipal Technologies' 44 years old managing director Gautham Pai. He talks about the company's long-term vision, changing dynamics of the industry and the future of print.
The cover story of the October edition was Rajkot-based Balaji Multiflex’s Rs 120-crore flexible packaging factory and the centerpiece of the factory is India’s first W&H Heliostar II S rotogravure printing press. It is a dream project for Pranav Bhalara who helms Balaji Multiflex. In an hour-long conversation, he divulges about he aspires to make the company a lighthouse to the Indian flexible packaging industry.
November edition brings out the all the shortlisted companies which participated in PrintWeek India Awards 2018. Green case-studies from Brilliant Printers and Nutech packagings. Big interview with Jagdish Bajaj of PrintXpress. Nitin Shah shares what it is being the new president of BMPA
Manipal Technologies wins the PrintWeek India Company of the Year for the fourth time. The tenth edition of the Awards witnessed 10 first time winners. Noel D'Cunha and Dibyajyothi Sarma of PrintWeek share the memories of the first kit owned our fellow printers.
Another milestone for WhatPackaging? was the Masterclass knowledge forum that transpired on 29 November. It 100+ designers, marketers, brand managers and packaging development managers in attendance. The conversations focused on one aspect of packaging - its role in branding and marketing and how packaging can achieve a greater impact on the shelf for the products it contains.


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BearingPoint research reveals that companies in the utilities sector must become more customer-centric and reimagine their operating models.
Amsterdam, January 19, 2023 – Management and technology consultancy BearingPoint’s latest study implies that the future of mobility will profoundly affect the utilities sector. The “Destination 2030, Who’s in the driving seat for the future of mobility?” study identified three trends that will drive mobility in the coming years:
- every journey will become a personalized experience
- climate neutrality will be non-negotiable – from the cradle to the grave
- users will consume services rather than own vehicles.
These trends also apply to the utilities sector. As mobility becomes personalized, energy does too. Products and services in the utilities sector will become more customer-centric and move away from one-size-fits-all offerings, requiring a transformation of business models.
Tremendous opportunities for companies in the utilities sector
“The mobility ecosystem of the future presents a tremendous opportunity for companies in the utilities sector. But to realize the opportunities that are even out there right now, companies must be willing to rethink and transform their business models. Profound change is taking place in the mobility space, and energy providers should see themselves as much more than an outlet: they can be involved in nearly every aspect of the mobility experience. Their only limit is their vision, and we can help them see what’s out there.” Marion Schulte, global leader Utilities at BearingPoint
According to the study, energy companies will have to change their operating models to allow more individualized offerings, such as discounted prices to charge cars late at night and guarantees for commuters for door-to-door routes. Personalized digital services may include parking spot finders and food orders/pickups at charging/fuelling stations. There is also a high potential for up and cross-selling and diversifying the business model to include charging infrastructure, co-working spaces, entertainment, shopping opportunities, car-sharing options and even fitness gyms. The study foresees small charging and fuelling points integrated with shopping and dining experiences.
There will also be a focus on available charging points in rural areas as well as on nationwide but small-scale infrastructure investments. It will be essential for energy companies to acquire long-term contracts with large property owners. There will also be the possibility to build mobility hubs (EV charging, H2 filling stations, convenience stores, restrooms) that will be in direct competition with stations from oil and gas companies.
Rising electricity demand and grid expansion will also need more optimized capacities using load management, V2x and Power2x technologies.
- For more details, please read the full article here
- The Report „Destination 2030 – Who‘s in the driving seat for the future of mobility?“ (pdf)


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14 March, 2014· 24th March announced as launch date for processing claims · Primark called upon to urgently pay into the Rana Plaza Trust Fund
IndustriALL, UNI Global Union and the Clean Clothes Campaign are today welcoming the launch of the Rana Plaza Arrangement claims process, which will officially commence on the 24th March. They are now calling on brands to contribute to the Rana Plaza Donors Trust Fund and ensure families of those killed and injured at Rana Plaza finally get the money they are owed.
The claims processing will be carried out from an office based in Savar, the town where the Rana Plaza building was located. Potential beneficiaries will be contacted directly and invited to come to the office to make their claim. A pre-claim legal team will work with each claimant to ensure they fully understand what claims can be made for and how they will be decided. A hotline in Savar will be launched at the same time to respond to any questions or enquiries about the claims process. It is expected that first payments will be provided by the first anniversary of the disaster.
Payments made under the Arrangement will be funded through the Rana Plaza Donor's Trust Fund, which has been collecting contributions from brands sourcing from Bangladesh in general and Rana Plaza in particular. The Fund was opened at the beginning of February, with an initial target of $10 million, believed to be the amount needed to pay first instalments to all the potential claimants. $40 million is needed in total to cover full payments to over 3000 workers and families of those killed.
Since its launch in February the Fund has garnered widespread support. The Ethical Trading Initiative, the Bangladesh Accord Foundation and the Business Social Compliance Initiative have all issued appeals to their members calling on them to contribute to the Fund. Seven brands; Bon Marche, El Corte Ingles, Inditex, Mango, Mascot, Loblaw and Premier Clothing have all publicly pledged initial donations.
However there is a long way to go before the $40 million needed to make payments to all workers is found. Primark remains notably absent from the list of donors, despite their involvement in the development of the Arrangement and their previous commitment to provide full and fair compensation to Rana Plaza workers through a single, unified scheme. They are the only signatory company of the Arrangement yet to make a contribution.
IndustriALL, UNI Global Union and the Clean Clothes Campaign are today calling on Primark and the other brands sourcing from Rana Plaza to fulfil their commitments and to immediately pledge funds the Rana Plaza Donors Trust Fund so that the victims and families of the horrific disaster receive compensation by the 24th April.
IndustriALL Global Union general secretary Jyrki Raina stated:
As we are happy to see the Arrangement roll out on 24 March, it is now time for Primark to go back from zero to hero in its response to the industrial homicide at Rana Plaza. Stop delaying the process and join the other companies in a single approach based on international standards. Pay into the Trust Fund to secure a historic, comprehensive compensation solution for all victims.
UNI Global Union general secretary Philip Jennings said:
This arrangement is good news for the families of Rana Plaza victims who have waited too long for compensation. A transparent and coordinated approach is far stronger than a handful of separate voluntary corporate schemes. Companies need to commit and pay up.
Clean Clothes Campaign’s Ineke Zeldenrust added:
The Rana Plaza victims have waited long enough – with the launch of the claims process we hope that families suffering as a result of the disaster will finally get what they deserve before the first anniversary. We are now calling on Primark and all the other brands linked to Rana Plaza to stop delaying and pay up.
1. The Rana Plaza Arrangement is an agreement signed by a wide range of stakeholders including the Bangladesh government, the Bangladesh Garment Manfuacturers and Exporters Association, the Bangladesh Employers Federation, global brands (Loblaw, El Corte Ingles, Bon Marche and Primark), IndustriALL Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Institute of Labor Studies, IndustriALL Global Union and the Clean Clothes Campaign. www.ranaplaza-arrangement.org
2. The Arrangement signatories commit to work together to deliver a single, credible and transparent process, based in international standards and Bangladesh law, to deliver payments to the victims, their families and dependents in order to cover financial losses and medical costs suffered as a result of the Rana Plaza collapse in April 2013.
3. The implementation of the Arrangement is overseen by a multi-stakeholder committee consisting of the majority of the signatories. They have designed the newly launched scheme with support and advice of international recognized experts. The Committee is chaired by the UN Agency, the International Labour Organisation. See www.ranaplaza-arrangement.org/mou/governance
4. The Rana Plaza Donors Trust Fund was established, with the ILO as Trustee, in February 2014 as a way of funding the claims submitted by the Rana Plaza victims. See www.ranaplaza-arrangement.org/fund for more info and a list of current donors.
5. In February 2014 the Clean Clothes Campaign, IndustriALL and UNI launched the “Pay Up” campaign calling on all Rana Plaza brands to donate to the Fund. See http://www.cleanclothes.org/ranaplaza
6. The ILO is a UN Agency, whose mission is to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues. It operates a tripartite structure which brings together government, employers and labour to ensure all voices are represented in the setting on international standards and developing policies and programmes. http://www.ilo.org/
For more information contact:
Tom Grinter, IndustriALL Global Union: +41 796934499, [email protected]
Mike Sunderland, UNI Global Union: +41 79 701 90 49, [email protected]
Sam Maher, Clean Clothes Campaign: +44 751 751 6943, [email protected]


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Hilton Foods has always hidden its light under a bushel. As an own-label supplier, that’s par for the course. But since the pandemic it’s changed beyond all recognition in terms of size and scope. So much so that it’s now Britain’s biggest food and drink supplier, overtaking Associated British Foods in The Grocer’s latest OC&C 150 rankings.
In the same report just three years ago, Hilton was eighth in the rankings, with sales of £1.82bn. In 2021, it rose six places to second in the annual rankings, as sales soared by 50% to £2.74bn. In 2022 it grew another 21% to £3.3bn. And with sales up a further 15.9% in the new report, sales rose to £3.84bn. So it’s more than doubled in size in just four years.
Turbocharging its growth has been expansion by both geography and category. Having pioneered centrally packed meat with Tesco in the 1990s, it used that long-standing relationship as a beachhead to expand into Ireland and Europe, before building up its capabilities in Europe, working with other retailers and developing a series of joint ventures along the way. The most significant JV, however, came in 2013 with the establishment of the Woolworths Meat Co in Australia, culminating in its acquisition of 100% of the assets seven years later.
Hilton Foods issued two profit warnings
In the meantime, it was moving into fish, snapping up Icelandic Seachill in 2017, again on the coat-tails of its Tesco relationship, followed up by a deal for Dutch smoked salmon specialist Foppen in 2022.
It also moved into foodservice in 2021 with the acquisition of UK catering meat wholesaler Fairfax Meadow.
But clearly acquisitions in and of themselves are not enough to guarantee success. And in fact, despite winning contracts with Delhaize in Belgium and Countdown in New Zealand in the early days of the pandemic, Hilton struggled to translate its meteoric growth into bottom-line profitability, issuing two profit warnings in 2022, causing its share price to tumble.
Amid the cost of living crisis, and with soaring costs to manage, that failure to match sales growth with margin improvement was a not uncommon finding of the OC&C report this year, limited to just 17 of the 150 companies in fact.
Steve Murrells is taking over from Hilton’s Philip Heffer
But the outlook for Hilton as it prepares to post its Q3 results tomorrow are positive. First, the seafood business has stabilised as costs have finally been recovered. On the meat side, meanwhile, business is understood to be booming. And the September announcement of a 10-year deal to supply Walmart Canada with a wide range of proteins, including seafood, as well as added-value products, in a heavily automated new plant, will have steadied nerves still further.
Succession planning has also been handled well, with Steve Murrells taking over from long-term CEO Philip Heffer in the spring. Murrells is best known these days for his work on the Co-op’s turnaround as CEO of Co-op Food and latterly Co-op Group. But Murrells was Tesco’s meat category director during those pioneering days when it first worked with Hilton in the 1990s, and was also Tulip’s CEO. So meat is in the blood.
Ever since Hilton Foods was founded in the 1960s, when it started operating primary processing, slaughter and de-boning facilities, it’s been an entrepreneurial business. That proud history of innovation continues to this day, including important investments in growth categories such as cultured meat as well as rolling out its supply chain automation expertise to other suppliers in conjunction with Agito.
And while many UK food and drink businesses have struggled to boost exports since Brexit, Hilton Foods has been blazing a trail. And with sales topping £2bn in its half-year results, it’s clear Hilton’s growth trajectory is ever upwards.


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Samantha Cameron has taken her first steps into life after Downing Street - reportedly launching her own fashion empire.
The wife of former Prime Minister David Cameron has registered a new firm, Samantha Cameron Studio Ltd, in a move which seems to confirm speculation she plans to set up her own clothing brand.
It comes after husband David announced his first post-Government venture as an ambassador for the National Citizen’s Service.
SamCam’s new business is registered to an address in Brigg, Lincolnshire where her father owns a portfolio of land.
According to the Mail, friends of the 45-year-old fine art graduate say she’s itching to get back into the fashion business after breaking free of Number 10.
She’s also rumoured to be resuming her career at luxury stationery and leather goods manufacturer Smythson, where she earned a reported £400,000 a year as a creative director.
Mrs Cameron became a style icon during her years in Downing Street. In 2015, she was named the most stylish woman in the world by Vanity Fair magazine, beating Taylor Swift into second place.
She challenged the rules, embracing sleeveless printed shift dresses and cranked up the height in stilettos.
Championing some serious names in the fashion world, she stepped out in covetable designer dresses, from Erdem and Peter Pilotto to Roksanda Ilincic, which is also a favourite with the Duchess of Cambridge.


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Major corporate players in a variety of industries, from food to retail to computers, have received awards for their leadership in reducing carbon emissions and taking action on climate change.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and several private-sector organizations devoted to climate and environmental issues presented the awards for the first time March 1 at a conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
“The Climate Leadership Award winners are breaking new ground in cutting carbon pollution that harms our climate and threatens our health,” said Gina McCarthy, assistant administrator of EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation. “We applaud our winners for their inspiring leadership, and hope they will serve as examples to catalyze the efforts of other organizations.”
The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), formerly the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, is one of the organizations sponsoring the awards. C2ES has a long-standing reputation as a research and analysis organization focusing public attention on environmental change. “We join EPA in applauding the first winners of the Climate Leadership Award,” said C2ES President Eileen Claussen.
“These companies demonstrate every day that it’s possible to shrink your carbon footprint without compromising your bottom line. Their accomplishments will inspire other companies to act, and will contribute to strong, sensible policies benefiting both our economy and our climate,” Claussen said.
IBM received an award for its organizational leadership as it pursued and met goals to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions it produces in its global business delivering information technology products and services.
Employing 425,000 people worldwide, IBM started reducing its emissions in the 1990s, and by 2005 it had brought those emissions down an amount equivalent to 40 percent of its 1990 emissions. Then the company took up a goal of reducing energy use by 12 percent, which was exceeded by 2010 with energy use down more than 16.5 percent.
Besides imposing energy best practices in its own facilities, IBM is pushing its suppliers to take similar actions, according to background materials provided by EPA. In 2010 IBM established corporate responsibility and environmental management requirements for 27,000 suppliers. Companies hoping to sell goods or services to IBM in more than 90 countries must meet those requirements as a condition for doing business with the New York–based corporation.
UPS was another international business to win recognition for its climate leadership. Operating in more than 220 countries and territories, UPS delivered almost 4 billion packages in 2010. Known to the general public as a shipping company transporting packages and freight, UPS’ wider business is logistics, offering customers services in transportation, trade and the deployment of advanced technology.
UPS became the first major logistics provider in the United States to provide a program where customers purchase carbon offsets to reduce the impact of their shipping. The award recognizes UPS’ actions to influence emissions reductions outside its own operations.
“As we transition in the next few years to a low-carbon economy,” said David Rosenheim of The Climate Registry, “these organizations will undoubtedly reap the benefits of taking aggressive action to reduce their carbon risk.”
Other companies recognized as climate leaders included Ford Motor Company, Intel Corporation, Campbell Soup Company, Gap Inc., Hasbro and SAP.


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News updated for HTC’s Android phones.
It seems that the internet is all hyped up today on the fact that Google’s Android may not make it’s launch schedule. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Open Handset Alliance may not release any devices till late in the 4th quarter of 2008 or early 2009. I hope the reported over at the Wallstreet Journal did their homework before writing up that story, but it doesn’t seem like they have. Currently, HTC is the only manufacturer that has committed to developing an Android powered device. Late last year HTC promised to release the device before the end of 2008. I’m not 100% sure, but before the end of 2008 still falls into the 4th quarter, right? google may still be tweaking the Android OS to make it work better for others in the Open Handset Alliance, but that does not indicate that it will be delayed. Until we hear something from HTC, telling us that their Android based phone will be shipping late, we can all rest easy and hope to see it just in time for the Holidays.
The highly anticipated Google Android powered phones could see the light of day as early as this February at the Mobile World Congress show. According to the exhibitor listing, Google will have two large spaces on the show floor which they most likely will use to show off some new features to the Android platform as well as a veriety of handsets running the mobile OS. Google has not released a list of manufacturers will be with them at the Mobile World Congress, but I’d imagine HTC would be more than happy to show the public what they plan on doing with Google’s Android platform.


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Electronic City: Round Table Discussion
- India's electronics industry leaders welcomed Kejriwal Government's move to develop a dedicated 'Electronic City'.
- DDC Delhi held a stakeholder consultation to discuss the potential role of the Delhi Government in an Electronic City with plug & play infrastructure, an electronics design hub, skilling human resources, and easing regulations for the electronics industry.
DDC Delhi, in collaboration with the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) Limited and EPIC Foundation, convened a wide-ranging stakeholder consultation with electronics industry leaders across India on 30th July 2022 to seek their input for creating a roadmap to help establish Delhi as the preferred destination for various segments of the electronics industry.
The participants welcomed with enthusiasm the decision of the Hon’ble Chief Minister Sh. Arvind Kejriwal to establish Delhi as the preferred destination for the electronics industry by offering globally competitive infrastructure and a favourable policy environment for electronics design and manufacturing.
In the recent ‘Rozgar Budget’ for FY' 2022-23, the Delhi Government announced its intent to establish Delhi’s Electronic City with the aim to drive economic growth and employment creation. In this regard, the Delhi Government has also allocated around 80 acre of land in Baprola (North-West Delhi). With the completion of the Urban Extension Roadway-II, Delhi’s Electronic City at Baprola will be 20 mins away from NH-44, NH-18, NH-9 etc.
Insights from key industry leaders and experts gathered today will help ensure that the upcoming Delhi’s Electronic System Design and Manufacturing Policy (ESDM Policy) is unique with differentiating benefits to enable the development of long-term, sustainable and inclusive electronics and semiconductor ecosystems.
The meeting was held in the presence of Sh. Jasmine Shah, Vice Chairperson, DDC Delhi, Sh. Sanjeev Mittal, Managing Director, DSIIDC Ltd., Sh. Aman Gupta, Executive Director, DSIIDC Ltd., Sh. Ajai Chowdhry, Founder and Chairman of EPIC Foundation, and was attended by representatives of various organizations like Samsung, Deiki, Sahasra Electronics, DLink, Cyber Media, Optiemus, Yaantra (Flipkart), 3S Touch Service Solutions Pvt Ltd, SG Corporate Mobility Pvt. Ltd., ELCOMA, ELCINA to discuss ways to ensure that the upcoming policy results in positive outcomes for all stakeholders.
As electronics is a fast-paced industry servicing the ever-changing demands of the consumer market, the Delhi Government hopes to offer plug & play infrastructure directly to the industrial unit for rapid operational commencement. The facility will offer all basic facilities such as ready-built sheds, electricity and water connection, common facilities, etc. to ensure maximum ease of doing business.


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IKEA opens its homes to homeless dogs.
SINGAPORE — May 8th, 2014 — Renowned for its realistic showrooms, IKEA has injected more reality into its retail spaces. For the month of May, stores in Singapore will assimilate lifelike standees of actual homeless dogs into its showroom designs. The Swedish store spearheads the support for Home for Hope – a pilot project by animal shelters Save our Street Dogs (SOSD) and Animal Lovers League (ALL).
By bringing together homeless pets with leading home furnishing stores, the project hopes to turn shoppers into potential adopters. QR coded collared tags on each standee leads interested adopters directly to the adoption site for further details.
Because sometimes, a furry friend is all it takes to complete a home.
“Our Facebook page is 30,000 strong. But many fans are already dog owners and have no room for more. Home for Hope helps us to reach out to a larger audience in our bid to find homes for the homeless.” - Kieran Kua (Shelter Manager, SOSD)
“I hope that when people are looking for home furnishing items, they will also consider adopting a pet to complete a home .” – Cathy Strong (Founder, ALL)
“IKEA is very excited to kickstart the Home for Hope project. We found it such a refreshing and unique way to encourage Singaporeans to adopt homeless dogs.” - Sandra Keasberry (Assistant Marketing Manager, IKEA)
For more information:
Kenneth Chia, +65 66714584, firstname.lastname@example.org


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Buick will be offering its active safety suite of technologies as standard equipment on every model it offers for the 2014 model year.
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General Motors announces pricing on Buick's flagship luxury sedan.
The 2012 Buick Verano hasn’t even gone on sale yet, but we already have details of the next-generation of Buick’s new premium compact sedan.
General Motors has announced pricing for the 2013 Buick Encore will start off at $24,950, including a $750 destination charge.


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Circa Sports Heads to Reno, Eyes Summer Launch at Legends Bay Casino
Posted on: April 19, 2022, 08:57h.
Last updated on: April 19, 2022, 11:07h.
Circa Sports is on its way to northern Nevada, targeting the debut of a sportsbook in the coming months at the Legends Bay Casino in Sparks.
It’s Circa’s first retail sportsbook in Nevada outside of its home market of Las Vegas and is something of a finishing touch for Legends Bay — a project in the making since 2007. Olympia Gaming, which is the gaming unit of Olympia Companies, will operate in the newest gaming venue in the Reno/Sparks market.
Legends Bay Casino will be a landmark opening for northern Nevada, and we are thrilled to partner with Olympia Gaming to introduce our brand to a new part of the state,” said Circa Sports CEO Derek Stevens in a statement.
Financial terms of the sportsbook project weren’t revealed. But privately held Circa said more details on the Sparks sportsbook, including access to the operator’s mobile app, are scheduled to be released in the coming months.
Entering Reno’s Sportsbook Scene
While Reno is dwarfed in size and notoriety by Las Vegas, that part of Nevada, including Lake Tahoe and Sparks, is a vibrant gaming market with increasingly attractive demographics.
As for the local retail sportsbook scene, it’s currently dominated by Caesars Entertainment’s William Hill brand. That makes sense because Caesars is the largest integrated resort operator in the region. But Circa could be a credible competitor.
Since launching at Stevens’ Golden Gate Hotel & Casino in 2019, Circa Sports established a reputation for being a customer-centric sportsbook willing to take action from sharp bettors. That’s an increasingly rare trait in the new US-regulated sports wagering landscape.
Additionally, Circa Sports has enviable brand recognition of its own, thanks in part to its glitzy venue at Circa Resort & Casino in downtown Las Vegas. That’s the largest brick-and-mortar sportsbook in the world. The name is well-known throughout Southern Nevada. They own locations in Stevens’ Golden Gate, The D downtown and retail books at the Tuscany Suites & Casino and The Pass Casino in Henderson.
Circa Sports’ mobile app is also available in Colorado and Iowa.
Legends Bay Finally Crossing Finish Line
The Circa announcement is a clear sign that Legends Bay is on course to open. Finally. The project was conceived 15 years ago and has since encountered its share of hurdles.
It was initially stymied by the global financial crisis, which ravaged Nevada’s economy. That prompted developers to employ a measured, phased approach to getting the venue going. More recently, the coronavirus pandemic slowed construction at the property.
Legends Bay is the first casino to be built from the ground up in the Reno/Sparks market in over 30 years. Interestingly, Circa Las Vegas was the first from-the-ground-up in downtown Las Vegas in 40 years when it opened in 2020.
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