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LAS VEGAS — After years of preparation, months of anticipation, weeks of building expectations and a mad rush to the finish during the final days on the unseasonably cool convention floor, a bigger and better 2013 International Baking Industry Exposition (I.B.I.E.) opened its doors to an anticipated 20,000 industry professionals from all parts of the globe.
Pre-registration is tracking more than 10% ahead of the 2010 show and is attracting a wider swath of baking industry professionals ranging from commercial wholesalers and artisan bakers to retail bakers, pastry chefs and supermarket in-store bakers. Officials in the registration area reported a fast and furious last-minute rush in sign-ups as the show neared.
With more than 850,000 square feet of exhibit space, I.B.I.E. 2013 exhibit sales are nearly 20% greater than three years ago. Of the 818 exhibitors, 276 of them are new to this year’s show.
“We really challenged the exhibitors to bring their newest and boldest innovations to I.B.I.E., and they have really taken the challenge to heart,” noted Robb MacKie, president and chief executive officer of the American Bakers Association, co-sponsor of I.B.I.E. with BEMA and the Retail Bakers of America.
The journey to bring everyone “All Together Now,” he added, began under difficult circumstances, but he expected the planning committee’s efforts to pay off.
“The I.B.I.E. Committee gathered three years ago in the middle of a raging blizzard in Chicago to review I.B.I.E. 2010 and beginning to plan I.B.I.E. 2013,” Mr. MacKie said. “Attendees will be able to experience the results of those discussions and the efforts of an incredibly talented and dedicated team.”
Perhaps even more importantly, this year’s I.B.I.E. expects a larger international contingent than in the past. In addition to a strong Latin American contingent, preliminary information indicates significant delegations from China, Russia, Japan and Australia, to name a few. In all, more than 95 countries will be represented at I.B.I.E. 2013.
“We made big push internationally since the last show,” said Kerwin Brown, president and c.e.o. of BEMA. “We made a much bigger push than we did for 2010. We met with associations from different countries. We met with media outlets. For three years, we have been networking with groups across the globe to build awareness of I.B.I.E. and put it on everyone’s radar. Our hard work will hopefully pay off this year.”
This year’s attendees will find not only a much larger exhibition but also a much different exhibition than the past. Attendees looking for the latest industry advances in technology don’t have to go far from the registration area. The new I.B.I.E. Innovation Showcase, located in the Las Vegas Convention Center foyer, is a walk-through gallery of posters that highlight the cutting-edge technology developed by exhibitors during the past three years.
The I.B.I.E. Committee also made Baking Expo more interactive with events that entertain as well as educate and show off what the industry does best.
“We created the Buzz Committee,” Mr. Brown noted. “The committee’s job was to figure out, ‘How do we add excitement and life and theater on the show floor.’ The committee’s members did this by focusing on products.”
As a result, pie, pizza and raisin bread are getting in on the action. New to I.B.I.E., the Great American Pie Festival invites attendees to feast their eyes — and their appetites — on “A Never Ending Pie Buffet.” Cosponsored by The American Pie Council and I.B.I.E., the festival allows visitors to sample an impressive array of ready-made pies and take in live entertainment, merchandise, complimentary refreshments and free prizes.
To balance the sweet, I.B.I.E. adds the savory in the form of the PMQ Pizza Village. This town-hall-style pizza pavilion, created specifically for I.B.I.E. 2013, connects pizza manufacturers and bakers through demonstrations, exhibits, networking opportunities and educational seminars. Village visitors may enjoy both a freestyle pizza acrobatics competition, courtesy of “Pizzathletes” from the U.S. Pizza Team, and the American Pizza Championships cooking contest.
Joining The Great American Pie Festival and the PMQ Pizza Village on their inaugural I.B.I.E. run is the America’s Best Raisin Bread Contest, hosted by the California Raisin Marketing Board. Over the course of the three-day show, 36 contestants will bake their raisin pièces de résistance in front of a panel of judges. Three winners from three categories — Artisan, Commercial and Breakfast — will emerge victorious. Judges also will select one student winner in each category. On I.B.I.E.’s final day, the raisin board will host demonstrations by previous international winners of their prize raisin bread creations.
Additionally, I.B.I.E. features an amplified, dual-stage demonstration program that conjoins information and entertainment in the aisles. Headlining at the Amoretti Demo Theater is Cake Boss Buddy Valastro, who will lead two sessions on cake decorating.
Moreover, I.B.I.E.’s education program is also bigger and better than ever and boasts the addition of several new seminars and speakers. Hot topic sessions include presentations on the Food Safety Modernization Act, the Global Food Safety Initiative, managing rising commodity prices and formulating with ancient grains. Other seminars will focus on issues that continue to affect bakers, including sodium reduction and the gluten-free trend.
Top executives from The Bama Companies, Bimbo Bakeries USA (B.B.U.), Dawn Food Products and McKee Foods Corp. will participate in the American Bakers Association’s “Executive Leadership Development Committee (ELDC) Baking Industry Leadership Forum,” to be held Oct. 8 from 5 to 6:45 p.m. in the North Hall, Room 246/250, of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
The executives include Paula Marshall, Bama’s c.e.o.; Fred Penny, B.B.U.’s president; Miles Jones, Dawn’s co-chairman; and Mike McKee, McKee Foods’ president and c.e.o. The panel will share their knowledge about the industry, current trends and leadership skills needed to successfully navigate their companies in these challenging times. Tickets for the event may be purchased at A.B.A.’s booth located in the Grand Concourse Lobby or at the doors of the event.
“More than 200 tickets have been sold for A.B.A.’s Executive Leadership Development Committee (E.L.D.C.) Industry Leaders Forum to be held Tuesday evening during I.B.I.E.,” said Kelly Knowles, senior political director for the A.B.A. “We have assembled an all-star line-up of panelists. Folks do not want to miss this important and exciting event.”Navigating the show floor, scheduling supplier appointments, making dinner reservations and preparing client entertainment outings will be quick and easy with the I.B.I.E. mobile app. Sponsored by DuPont Nutrition & Health (Booth No. 5821), the mobile app is available for iPhone, Android and Blackberry 10 devices as well as via the Internet for all other mobile gadgets. Innovation Showcase entries, the education program schedule, dinner and entertainment options, and demo times and locations are just a tap away. Everything can be saved to the app’s “My Event” section for easy recall.


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Original Gerber Baby Ann Turner Cook, whose famous face has been printed on countless products over generations, is celebrating her 95th birthday.
"A very happy birthday to the original Gerber baby, Ann Turner Cook!" the company posted Saturday on its social media pages.
Cook has been the face of the company since 1928, when her neighbor Dorothy Hope Smith entered a charcoal sketch of the baby into a contest for an advertising campaign, according to the company website. The artist said she would finish the portrait if she won, but Gerber decided to use it as is.
The sketch was so popular that Gerber made the chubby-cheeked tot its official trademark in 1931.
"Since then, the Gerber Baby has appeared on all Gerber packaging and in every Gerber advertisement," the company said on its website.
Gerber is best known for its baby foods and formulas, but it also sells children's wear, life insurance and other products.
The Gerber Baby's identity was kept a secret until 1978 and the company said that over the years people speculated that it might have been a sketch of Humphrey Bogart, Elizabeth Taylor, Sen. Bob Dole and Jane Seymour.
Cook became an English teacher when she grew up and wrote a series of mystery novels after she retired.

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DETROIT -- General Motors shook off a month of bad news to outperform analysts' sales projections - and outpace Ford Motor Co. - in March.
Buoyed by strong demand for pickups, GM's monthly sales rose 2.5 percent compared with the year-ago period. Ford's monthly sales were down 1.4 percent as sales of its big SUVs suffered.
"We are coming off a couple of very difficult months for us," Paul Ballew, GM's executive director of global market and industry analysis says, referring to a cut in GM's earning outlook and resulting product-program cutbacks. "As we look at our results against that backdrop, I would describe our March results as positive."
Still, for GM it was a good-news-bad-news month.
The good news: GM's market share in March rose to 26.5 percent, a distinct improvement from its abysmal 24.2 percent share in February.
The bad news: A year ago, GM's market share was 27.0 percent.
In March, GMC sold 22,418 Sierra pickups, up 28.0 percent from the year-ago month. Chevrolet sold 71,462 Silverados, up 22.7 percent.
More mixed news: While GM's car sales declined 4.8 percent, its new models - the Pontiac G6, Buick LaCrosse and Chevrolet Cobalt - picked up the pace. Sales of these new nameplates increased 54.8 percent over February.
GM sold 14,261 Cobalt sedans in March, nearly equal to the Cobalt's combined sales in January and February. Fleet customers accounted for 10 percent of Cobalt sales.
K.C. Crain contributed to this report


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Bike Up: Strengthening entrepreneurship and sustainable mobility
On the 6th of May at 10,30 am, the webinar “Sustainable Mobility: Business of the Future” will be held, which will also be the first action of the new project promoted by ABIMOTA.
BIKE UP is a project promoted by ABIMOTA - National Association of Two-Wheeled Industries, Hardware, Furniture and the like, which aims to reinforce qualified and creative entrepreneurship in the sector of bicycles and smooth mobility, enhancing the response to new challenges in society, promoting innovative ideas and companies that reinforce competitiveness, digital transformation, sustainable mobility and adjustment to market demands.
The project will be presented on May 6, at 10:30 am, during the Seminar “Sustainable Mobility: Business of the Future” that marks the start of the BIKE UP project. Gil Nadais, Secretary-General of ABIMOTA will open and moderate the action.
The panel of speakers will consist of Marta Luz and Ricardo Luz, representing Gestluz Consultores, who will present the project and Pedro Araújo, Vice President of ABIMOTA and CEO of Grupo Polisport, who will address the theme of “ The challenges and opportunities in the two-wheel sector ".
The closure will be in charge of the Secretary of State for Mobility, Eduardo Pinheiro.
Participation in this seminar, which will be held in a webinar format, is free but implies registration, which can be done through the link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=UUJkyWVKiEOXwod-oFc6kcEYkdgF__VJjVn0ffqpONBUMU9IRjJKWDFTTTM5SUxMUDhXV0Q1RUROWi4u


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The console war is about to get a lot more crowded.
While announcements of next-generation devices from Microsoft and Sony are bound to grab headlines this year, a wave of new machines from various corners of the games industry is threatening to shake up the traditional three-company battle over your living room.
Kickstarter sensations Ouya and the Oculus Rift are expected to roll out before the end of 2013. The indie-game focused GameStick is preparing its debut. Hardware maker Razer is launching the curious Edge gaming tablet, while nVidia, best known for their graphics cards, is rolling out a mobile system called the Shield later this year.
2013 is shaping up deliver an embarrassment of riches for gamers. But with so many devices on the way, there's bound to be some confusion as well. And there are bound to be some casualties.


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Plans call for Cured to open in “late summer” in the Dilworth Billiards spot at 300 E. Tremont Ave., say partners Lexee Zutz and Meredith Mullins. Longtime Billiards owner Eric Sprouse said in a press release that “They remind me of me when I first opened.” He plans to close the club April 30, after a run of 35 years, and has a proprietary feeling about the property: “I wanted a business that would fit in the neighborhood and continue to be a place where people could still come in on their way home from work or on the weekend.”
Look for about 200 cheeses, 30 kinds of charcuterie, wines and locally produced craft beers at Cured, say the two. Zutz is the granddaughter of the founder of Zutz Cheese House in Wisconsin, which opened in 1952, and has been run by her father since 1977, she says. She worked in commercial construction, then got an MBA at Queens and decided to try her hand at cheeses and wine, working at a Salisbury winery and a Charlotte wine retailer before this venture. Mullins had restaurant and wine bar experience in Ohio, and met Zutz through a mutual friend.
The two hope to keep a pool table (Sprouse restored and sold them as part of the business) as part of the building’s history; it also has an original tile floor and exposed brick and wood, and is about 2,800 square feet, with a patio nearly as large.


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A worrying development has stirred a response from British politicians, who condemned the possibility of social media trading chunks of the Amazon forest.
The Labour party issued a statement on Friday, following the revelations of a BBC investigation reporting that Facebook has been illegally selling parts of the Amazon and land reserved for indigenous peoples through classified ads service.
Luke Pollard MP, Labour’s shadow environment secretary, called upon the “moral duty” of social media companies.
“The Amazon is our planet’s green lung and it’s vital we protect it from destruction. Social media companies have a moral duty to ensure their operations are not enabling deforestation and illegal sales of forest. The Government must urgently act to make sure that UK companies do not trade on the back of rainforest destruction,” Pollard said in a statement.
Labour politicians David Lammy and Ed Miliband have also expressed their concern with the development.
The Amazon rainforest must be protected.— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) February 26, 2021
Social media companies should not be enabling people to make illegal sales of forest land on their sites.
Governments around the world must act to stop this.https://t.co/aeX4iPEfuZ
The plots of land listed on Facebook were reportedly as large as 1,000 football pitches in total.
In response to the findings of the investigation, Facebook said its “commerce policies require buyers and sellers to comply with laws and regulations” but added that it was "ready to work with local authorities.”
Social media in this case also served as the platform for people to vent their anger over the findings.
What an abhorrent story - the Amazon really is being destroyed in front of our very eyes and will become a distant memory in our lifetimes, sold to the highest Facebook bidder, empowered by local politics - where is the international outrage!? https://t.co/4ISGskO5We— Oliver Robinson (@oliverjrobinson) February 26, 2021
When you thought it couldn’t get any more evil than it already is.— Uki Goñi (@ukigoni) February 26, 2021
Facebook ... how to put it? Protected land in the Amazon forest is being sold illegally via Facebook Marketplace ads.
For the @bbc by @joaofellet and @CPamment.
When - if ever - integrity will be a core value of the company. No more : “apologies, we did not know”. Pull yourself together and act immediately because if @BBCWorld discovered it, you should have @Facebook https://t.co/w947bnJ8Fr— Simona Azzolini (@simona_azzolini) February 26, 2021
Facebook is a malign force. https://t.co/trqXZVAEEf— David Carroll (@profcarroll) February 26, 2021
According to Greenpeace, around 17-20 percent of the Amazon rainforest, that in parts covers land belonging to nine South American countries, has already been destroyed. Scientists have warned that loss of even 5-8 percent more could be detrimental to the flora in the region, and globally.


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This deal May cause complications for Ocado but Amazon assault on the UK grocery sector which is not materialised. Share of Morrison’s Up by 4% and share of Ocado’s down by 9%.
It is not easy to argue with snap judgment market on their strategy of monday which shuffles in the online grocery market. The chief executive David Potts of Morrisons has signed a deal with Amazon to supply hundreds of fresh frozens and ambient products.
On the principle that it is better to be cuddly with the Amazonian monster, rather than stand in its path, Morrisons is being pragmatic, as benefits a company that was late to the online game. Morrisons itself a major supermarket which produces a lot of its own grub, by owing farms and manufacturing facilities. Arguably, that alters the economics of a tie-up with amazon.
As Manufacturer and wholesakler Morrisons can hope for making profits on its Amazon lines even if it is surrendering the retailer’s profit margin.For the rest of the supermarket sector, the main important question is wheather Amazon is getting serios for their groceries in the UK ot not. The addition of hundreds- but not thousands of Morrisons lines is an upgrade but not a game changer. The serious assault is still awaited but not t


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Tesco has been fined £300,000 for mislabelling its strawberries, selling them at "half price" for three months after they were on sale at the full price for just seven days.
The supermarket, which is trying to shed its "big and bad" image, made a £2.3m profit from the promotion after a customer complained to Birmingham trading standards, a court heard.
Judge Michael Chambers said at Birmingham crown court that the case was "shocking by its very nature" because customers had a high degree of trust in national chains.
For seven days in 2011 Tesco sold 400g punnets of strawberries at £3.99, reducing them to £2.99 for a further week before marking them as half price at £1.99 for a further 14 weeks.
The promotion was a breach of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations Act 2008, which bars retailers from running a promotion for longer than the period over which the product was sold at full price.
Birmingham city council argued that the offer had been presented in a way that could mislead or deceive the average consumer into thinking they were getting a good deal.
It also complained about a further promotion involving the same strawberries in which Tesco offered a free pot of single cream with each punnet but then removed the free cream offer, returning the strawberries to their "half-price" status.
The guilty plea by Tesco followed a preliminary hearing this year when the supermarket argued the council lacked the jurisdiction to proceed outside Birmingham on the case. The court threw out that claim.
Tesco apologised to the court for the mis-selling, and said its internal processes had been tightened to avoid any repetition. It also agreed to pay Birmingham city council's £65,000 legal bill.
A spokesperson said: "We apologise sincerely for this mistake, which was made in the summer of 2011.
"We sell over 40,000 products in our stores, with thousands on promotion at any one time, but even one mistake is one too many.
"Since then, to make sure this doesn't happen again we've given colleagues additional training and reminded them of their responsibilities to ensure we always adhere to the guidelines on pricing."
On Monday Tesco was selling 454g punnets of British strawberries for £2.
Sajeela Naseer, head of trading standards at the council, said the victory would have benefits for consumers across the country. She added: "It was the council's case, confirmed by Tesco's guilty pleas today, that this was a misleading offer which deceived the purchasers of strawberries over many weeks during the summer of 2011.
"Food pricing, presentation and the depiction of promotional practices is a crucial issue for retailers, and in turn, consumers."
In November last year the Office of Fair Trading tightened its rules on promotions, with Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Waitrose, M&S, Aldi, the Co-op and Lidl all signing up to a new code to avoid similar abuses.
The fine is the latest labelling embarrassment for Tesco, which was caught up in the horsemeat scandal after horse DNA was found in its beefburgers. In that case the company attempted to reassure customers by publishing full-page adverts in several newspapers.
Since then Tesco has launched a major new marketing campaign in an attempt to regain consumer confidence. However, some experts have suggested this latest scandal may have dented trust even further.


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Nokia launching a comes with music phone
The iPhone isn’t just a hit stateside, it is also a hit in England. And wouldn’t you know it, just in time for Christmas sales, there’s a new iPhone killer in the water. Apparently Nokia doesn’t believe the iPhone is all about browsing, calling and ease of use. No sir! Nokia believes the iPhone is all about music. Which explains why the company is launching not just one but an entire series of phones that “come with music.”
The idea here is a prepay phone with access to 2.1 million tracks (iTunes~8 million). Owners will be able to download the tracks for a year and keep them forever. It sounds sweet but to keep downloading music after a year you’ll have to buy a new phone. Good thing bands don’t release albums every so often. Wait, they do? Well, you’ll always have an excuse to get a new phone.
Unsurprisingly, Nokia doesn’t have a partner to actually sell the “comes with music” phone yet but the company is desperately hoping to find one before the launch next month. The phones will cost between $200-$600.


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Bengaluru-based neo-banking fintech startup — Open — has raised $5 Mn Series A funding led by Beenext, Speedinvest and 3one4 Capital, as it aims to increase the team headcounts and launch new products to accelerate customer acquisition and growth.
Prior to this, Open raised undisclosed pre-Series funding in May last year led by Unicorn India Ventures and Recruit Co Ltd. These investors also participated in the startup’s latest funding.
Launched in 2017 by serial entrepreneurs Anish Achuthan and Ajeesh Achuthan, Open is a neo-banking startup, which means it operates digitally only. It offers individuals a bank account number and an IFSC Code, in partnership with its partner banks, to get started with. The accounts are linked with startup’s artificial intelligence (AI)-driven accounting engine that automates bookkeeping and expense management, along with enhanced APIs to drive his/her banking needs.
In India, neo-banking is slowly gathering the industry’s attentions. Startups in this sector reportedly don’t need a license to run, and operates just like Paytm Payments Bank, Medium earlier reported. However, they will have to comply with the regulations under the Payments and Settlement act. They keep customer’s money in the nodal bank account of the bank with which they have tie-ups.
“Banking is broken for small businesses as traditional business banking services have not focused on the needs of these businesses. The funding will help us accelerate customer acquisition and growth as we target to onboard 1 million small businesses into the platform in the next two years,” the statement said, citing Open cofounder Anish Achuthan.
The startup is currently offering its neo-baking services to India’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The 30-member startup Open claims to have already on-boarded more than 30K SMEs, processing over $2 Bn transaction.
“Based on our track record in Europe, and together with our regional partner Beenext, we have started to back strong, proven startups like Open in the Indian market,” Speedinvest general partner Stefan Klestil said.
According to a 2017 report by Allied Market Research, the collective customer base of neo banks is expected to grow at a CAGR of 50.6% from 2017-2020. Another Indian startup in the space is the mobile-only bank, Digibank, launched in April 2016 by DBS Bank. This app is also integrated with AI-driven services.


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13th June 2013, Hyundai Motorsport GmbH has today inaugurated its new headquarters in Alzenau, Germany. Representatives of Hyundai Motor and Hyundai Motorsport GmbH participated in the ceremony, welcoming guests for a first glimpse of the new facility. Visitors from Hyundai Motor Headquarters in Korea and from subsidiaries around the world along with local authorities, stakeholders and partners were given a comprehensive tour of the building where the team is preparing for Hyundai’s return to the FIA World Rally Championship in 2014.
The company was officially registered on 19 December 2012 and started full operation at the beginning of 2013, now employing 50 WRC specialists from 11 nations.
The Hyundai Motorsport facility, which underlines Hyundai Motor’s commitment to Europe, is ideally located in Alzenau which benefits from the transportation links of the Frankfurt Rhine Main region. The 8.200 m² building is within a 50km radius of the Hyundai European Technical and Design Centre at Russelsheim and Hyundai Motor Europe in Offenbach. Later this year the Hyundai Motor vehicle test centre at the Nürburgring will also be opening close by.
Executive Vice President & COO of Hyundai Motor Company Tak Uk Im said: “This is a historic day for Hyundai Motor Company. Not only are we celebrating the opening of the new home of Hyundai Motorsport, but also demonstrating our commitment to improving the performance of all of our cars.”
Hyundai Motorsport President Gyoo-Heon Choi commented: “I’m very proud to officially open Hyundai’s new home of motorsport. Hyundai Motorsport acts as a performance engineering platform for the global business as well as a brand platform, helping to raise expectations and perceptions of the brand in a relevant and exciting way.”
Hyundai Motorsport Team Principal Michel Nandan commented: “Today marks another important step forward in our thrilling task of developing a motorsport team from scratch as we inaugurate our headquarters. We have a challenge ahead of us and we have the perfect facility here to prepare for it.”
12 June 2013, Hyundai Motor Company, a UEFA EUROTOP partner, today helped kick-off preparations for the UEFA Women’s EURO 2013 Championship at the official vehicle handover ceremony in Tjörn, outside Gothenburg, Sweden.
Hyundai Motor delivered 96 units of its fleet including the flagship model i40 to UEFA and LOC, for use throughout the 19-day tournament, which takes place from 10th to 28th July. The vehicles with UEFA/Hyundai-branding will be used to transport the players, UEFA officials, referees, official event staff as well we VIP guests to the seven stadiums across the country.
Mark Hall, Marketing Director at Hyundai Motor Europe, commented: “The UEFA championships are some of the most dynamic, passionate and exciting football tournaments in the world. It’s these qualities that Hyundai Motor wants to bring to every aspect of its business, ensuring customer satisfaction at every touch point.”
The official ceremony was presided over by Roland Bägén, Marketing Director at Hyundai Sweden; Göran Havik, UEFA’s LOC Tournament Director; Bert Andersson, President of Gothenburg’s Football Association and UEFA’s LOC Chairman; as well as LOC Ambassador and former captain of the Swedish national team, Victoria Sandell Svensson.
Speaking at the official handover, Roland Bägén, Marketing Director at Hyundai Sweden, said: "Hyundai Motor has been a dedicated UEFA partner since 2000 and we are proud to supply the 96 vehicles to UEFA Women’s Euro 2013. We welcome all teams and fans to Sweden this summer and are convinced the tournament will be a great success."
UEFA’s LOC Tournament Director, Göran Havik, added: "We are looking forward to making the UEFA Women’s EURO 2013 the best women’s European Championship ever, and therefore we are very happy to have Hyundai with us as a partner on this journey.”
In addition to supplying the official vehicles of the tournament, Hyundai Motor will also be organising a unique competition for children between the ages of 10 and 14, enabling 25 lucky winners to deliver the official match ball at each game. One lucky child will be selected for every match to deliver the official match ball to the referee before kick-off.
There will also be interactive programs onsite at selected stadiums where fans may register for a test drive, or be part of a competition guessing the number of footballs in the backseat of a car. Via a prize draw, participants of these programs could win two match tickets to the finals.
June 7, 2013 – Hyundai Motor Company, the fastest-growing automaker by brand, announced that it will provide 800 units of Santa Fe-based police cars to the Peruvian government by November this year. The project, which was initiated by the Peruvian Government’s request, will strengthen Hyundai Motor’s brand image in the rapidly-growing Peruvian market.
Based on Hyundai Motor’s Santa Fe 2.4 gasoline model, the Santa Fe police car was specially modified to successfully carry out its duties. Aside from the basic features of a police car, such as bullet proof windows, light bars and searchlights, the car is also equipped with various smart features such as an in-vehicle laptop, fingerprint verification system and an advanced communication system, which enables real-time data exchange with the central control center.
“Hyundai Motor expects that the project will help promote the excellent quality of the Santa Fe and enhance brand awareness in the market,” said Tak Uk Im, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Hyundai Motor. “Through exhaustive inspections, we will ensure perfect quality to reinforce our reliable image.” The first batch of 100 units will be loaded this week.
The Peruvian auto market ranked sixth in size among Central & South American countries in 2012, with an industry demand of 165,549 units. In particular, the market has been significantly growing during the past three years, with an annual growth rate reaching as high as 30 percent. Last year, Hyundai Motor ranked second in the market by selling 23,918 units.
June 5, 2013 – As official partner of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Hyundai Motor Company delivered 70 vehicles in advance of the start of this year’s prestigious ICC Champions Trophy, which begins tomorrow in Cardiff.
The ICC will be using a number of different Hyundai models during the Champions Trophy tournament, which will take place in world-renowned venues in England and Wales. The vehicles, including the i30, i40, Veloster and i800 (H-1), will be fully branded and used by teams, staff, VIPs and match officials, and even as team buses.
Tony Whitehorn, CEO of Hyundai Motor UK, commented, “Hyundai Motor has an ongoing partnership with the ICC, and we are delighted to support the ICC Champions Trophy tournament here in England and Wales over the next couple of weeks. This exciting tournament provides us with a fantastic opportunity to showcase our product range to a broad audience of cricket fans.”
ICC’s General Manager – Commercial, Campbell Jamieson, said: "The ICC values the partnership with Hyundai Motor, which grows stronger with each event. The company's provision of transportation for teams, officials, VIPs and the working staff speaks to its dedicated commitment to the partnership."
Hyundai Motor's sponsorship has allowed the company to form closer ties with cricketing nations across the world, starting in 2011, when the ICC Cricket World Cup was hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The company is set to support the ICC World T20 2014 in Bangladesh as well as the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Australia and New Zealand.
The ICC Champions Trophy 2013 one-day series runs from June 6 to 23, during which the world’s top eight one-day sides compete for the prestigious title. Title holders India will be seeking to maintain their status, competing against teams from England, South Africa, The West Indies, Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand.
Hyundai Motor will announce the results of the tournament and match schedule via its giant advertising LED screen at Piccadilly Circus from June 5 to 23.
My Baby Overview
‘My Baby’ is Hyundai Motor Company’s global design project showcasing the “new thinking” of its designers on future transportation. This biennial project started in 2008 as an internal competition among Hyundai’s designers. All designers from Hyundai’s global design bases in Korea, U.S., China, Japan, Europe and India are eligible to submit their creative ideas on future transportation, according to the year’s theme. The selected creations are modeled and unveiled at the biennial Seoul Motor Show. The project title, My Baby, appropriately reflects the designers’ devotion and attachment to their work.
Purpose ‘My Baby’ project aims to enhance designers’ creativity. Through this project, Hyundai Motor tries to allow designers to break free from their daily routine way of thinking and share their creative ideas with other designers in different countries. During the competition, designers reinterpret and evolve ‘Fluidic Sculpture,’ Hyundai’s design philosophy, and those creative ideas lead to futuristic concept and styling, reflecting various lifestyles.
History Starting with a special display at the 2009 Seoul Motor Show, the results of the project have been showcased at major motor shows worldwide, as well as in design-related events. In the first and second round, the displays were divided into three major concepts: Terra Mobiles, Nautica and Aerodyne. A total of 29 and 26 units of future transportation models were displayed at the first and second exhibitions, respectively.
The Third My Baby: Discovery 2050
Under the design theme of ‘Discovery 2050,’ the project for 2013 has been upgraded so that visitors can experience the themed spaces with videos, sounds and lights, in addition to the selected displays. This year’s exhibition consists of 15 displays, seven of which are brand new and eight from previous exhibitions, but those which fit this year’s theme.
A sci-fi story set in 2050 underlines the theme of this year’s project. In search of an alternative home for humanity besides the over-populated earth, a space probe is launched, heading for an unknown planet to explore the environment and the organisms that may inhabit it. Hyundai designers are free to imagine what tools this probe may be carrying in order to help it carry out its mission, and materialize their creative thinking for the exhibition. Unlike the previous exhibitions, in which the showcased results were limited to types of transportation, the third round of exhibition has no such limitation. Anything – such as a human-sized robot - inspired by the theme is allowed.
While the space probe consists of three main sections - Future Lab, Marine, Airship – the Center Hub is connected to all three and information from the three sections is made available at the hub.
Future Lab At the Future Lab, various innovative experiments are in progress. The researchers produce state-of-the-art units to explore the universe while making life more convenient for human beings. The Phonika, developed at the lab, is an android robot secretary. The UFO, a flying suit, emerges as a promising new concept of a flying model. The Recon, a reconnaissance robot, and Bio-Rider, a planet-cultivating robot, convert hostile, inhabitable environments to thriving ecosystems where humans can live. The Noah, a moving city created in order to prepare for the destruction of earth, brings us to the frontier of new technology that enables production of energy from various sources. More ‘My Baby’ units are currently in development to further support human beings in the Future Lab.
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AAR posts lower profit, trims outlook
(4:28 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Aviation company AAR Corp.
citing a "challenging" quarter for both its products and services businesses, reported late Thursday its fiscal 2014 third-quarter profit fell to $17.9 million, or 45 cents a share, from $18.4 million, or 46 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue for the quarter ended Feb. 28 fell to $474.4 million from $520.2 million. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had expected the Wood Dale, Ill.-based company to earn 49 cents a share on $526 million in revenue. Given third-quarter headwinds, the company said it is lowering its full-year 2014 revenue expectations to between $2 billion and $2.05 billion and cutting its earnings outlook to between $1.79 and $1.82 a share. Analysts had been looking for full-year revenue of $2.13 billion and earnings of $2.19 a share. AAR shares fell as much as 8% on the report in after-hours trade.
Tibco shares up as results beat Street
(4:13 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Tibco Software
on Thursday reported a fiscal first-quarter profit of $21.17 million, or 7 cents a share, compared with a profit of $9.51 million, or 6 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. Revenue rose to $252.88 million from $237.79 million. Adjusted profit was 19 cents a share. Analysts polled by FactSet on average were expecting Tibco to report a profit of 18 cents a share, on revenue of $250.57 million. Shares of Tibco were up 2.8% after hours.
Lennar profit, revenue jumps; optimistic about U.S. housing
(6:40 AM ET) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Lennar Corp.
on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings that beat expectations and said it remains optimistic about the U.S. housing-market recovery. The house builder said net earnings for the fiscal first quarter rose to $78.1 million, or 35 cents a share, from $57.5 million, or 26 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue picked up 38% to $1.4 billion. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected earnings of 28 cents a share on revenue of $1.25 billion. Lennar's Chief Executive Stuart Miller said in the earnings release that the fundamental drivers of the housing-market recovery remain intact. "We were encouraged with the progression in our first quarter as we saw sequential monthly improvement in both traffic and new orders," he said.


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Manchester United announced yesterday a global partnership with global IT services provider HCL Technologies. The three-year agreement makes HCL the first official digital transformation partner of the 137 year old legendary club. Negotiations for the partnership began back in January.
Not Your Ordinary Sponsorship
Don't look for an HCL logo on stadium signage. You also won't see it on a Manchester United t-shirt according to HCL CMO Matt Preschern. Preschern views the deal as more of a collaborative partnership and less of traditional sponsorship. The agreement involves HCL and Man U teaming up to transform the digital experience of its wide fanbase. The club boast over 650 million global followers, roughly 99% of which will never set foot within the stadium.. HCL also looks to explore a number of digital initiatives with the Club and its 60 sponsorship partners. Partners that include global players such as
In Good Company
As an IT services provider, HCL is not alone in seeking sports partnerships.
Why Sports as a Platform for Digital?
In a world where sports remains one of the last bastions of DVR proof programming, it also has become a digital fixture. Sports fans are omni-channel consumers. Check out these statistics from The Economist:
- 46% of social media activity related to TV is on sports
- 67% of sports fans use second screen devices while watching sports on TV
- 76% of sports fans use mobile devices at the stadiums
Access to a large engaged fanbase by HCL creates a strong sandbox for digital innovation.
United Xperience Lab
The first initiative into the sandbox by HCL will be to establish the United Xperience Lab. Housed inside Old Trafford, it is the seventh lab established by HCL. Similar labs exist in Mumbai, London and Redmond, Washington. Within the lab, HCL and Manchester United will explore how to leverage technology to create a unified fan experience for fans. The goal is to set a new engagement benchmark for fan engagement in the world of sport.
According to Manchester United’s Group Managing Director, Richard Arnold, “Our partnership with HCL is a first for Manchester United. With the introduction of the United Xperience lab at Old Trafford, we hope to demonstrate best practices within the industry to generate new ideas that leverage the latest technology available in the evolving digital landscape. Together with HCL we aim to develop innovative ways to connect with our fans around the world, providing a blueprint for other global organizations.”
A Changing Landscape
21st century enterprises [21CE] like Uber are changing business as usual. Competing today means you need to place technology are the core of your business and move fast to respond. HCL is trying to position itself as a resource to manage all of the touchpoints impacting the customer experience. According to CEO Anant Gupta “With enterprises facing an explosion of digital content and experience interfaces there is a growing need for a partner who can orchestrate these value chains and harness them for business benefits."
Next Steps and Beyond the Partnership
HCL is aiming to create and manage digital assets for Manchester United. Next projects will include a revamp of Manchester United's website and apps. HCL wants to accomplish these efforts at a scale which will make it a prototype for successful digital co-innovation in any industry. In the words of Gupta,“This partnership is unique and creates value not just for [Manchester United] and its fans, but also for all forward-looking organizations across the world.”
Today's Lagniappe (a little something extra thrown in for good measure) - Successful business like sports is all about teamwork and collaboration. Here's a video by HCL on technology and the importance of teamwork:


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Data broker Equifax said that the data breach that spilled information on some 140 million individuals has cost the company $87 million so far, with more costs likely in the future.
The disclosure, made as part of the company’s quarterly filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, is the first public disclosure of the direct costs of the incident, which saw the company’s stock price plunge by more than 30% and wiped out billions of dollars in value to shareholders.
Equifax said that it recorded $87.5 million in expense related to the cybersecurity incident in the third quarter of 2017. But its worth digging into that number to sort out real from anticipated costs.
Around $55.5m of the $87.5m in breach related costs stems from Product costs. Professional fees added up to another $17.1m for Equifax and consumer support costs totaled $14.9m, the company said.
Equifax also said it has spent $27.3 million of pretax expenses stemming from the cost of investigating and remediating the hack to Equifax’s internal network as well as legal and other professional expenses.
But the costs are likely to continue. Equifax is estimating costs of $56 million to $110 million in “contingent liability” in the form of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection to all U.S. consumers as a good will gesture. The costs provided by Equifax are an estimate of the expenses necessary to provide this service to those who have signed up or will sign up by the January 31, 2018 deadline. So far, however, the company has only incurred $4.7 million through the end of September.
So, while the upper bound of those contingent liability costs is high, there’s good reason to believe that they will never be reached. As we’ve reported, free credit checks and other make nice gestures by breached firms are rarely adopted by affected consumers, many of whom may not know whether their information was exposed in a breach, or who feel too overwhelmed to take advantage of the offer.
Data from Experian finds that fewer than one in ten consumers who have had personal information exposed in a major breach take advantage of free credit monitoring services offered by the breached company. And the bigger and more high-profile the breach, the less likely consumers are to take advantage of it.
That’s a phenomenon that Michael Bruemmer, the Vice President of Consumer Protection at Experian (Equifax’s rival) called “breach fatigue.” It’s likely to play a role in consumers’ response to the Equifax breach, which was widely reported.
Still, Equifax cited other risk factors to its bottom line from the incident including “resulting government investigations, litigation and other impacts on our business and results of operations.” That suggests the costs stemming from the breach haven’t all been recorded.


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A brand new United Kingdom 50p series has been announced and the news is so colossal it’s sure to shake the coin collecting community!
The new series celebrates the Discovery of Dinosaurs with three brand new 50p coins.
British anatomist Richard Owen proposed the term ‘Dinosauria’ in 1842 and this comprised the first three dinosaurs to be discovered – the Megalosaurus, Iguanodon, and Hylaeosaurus.
Excitingly, this is the FIRST-TIME ever Dinosaurs have featured on UK coinage so we’re very excited by this numismatic first!
What’s more, this new series of 50p coins has been issued in partnership with the Natural History Museum so the coins are sure to be popular with palaeontologists and collectors alike!
So without further delay, let’s take a closer look at the designs of these coins…
The final coin in the incredibly popular Dinosauria 50p series has JUST been released and features the Hylaeosaurus.
It is estimated this dinosaur was around five metres long, however limited remains have been found of this particular species…
Designer, Robert Nicholls wanted to pay homage to the life-sized Crystal Palace Park Hylaeosaurus sculpture and we think he’s done an amazing job with this truly unique coin design.
This is the final coin in this series and has been officially released today!
So, if you don’t want to miss out on completing the series, then you can secure this brand new 50p to your collection here.
This 50p is available in Gold Proof, Silver Proof and Brilliant Uncirculated Quality.
The second coin in the incredibly popular Dinosauria 50p series features the Iguanodon.
Distinctively, the Iguanodon had large spikes on their thumbs which you can see clearly in the intricate details of the coin design.
It is thought these spikes could have been used for defence against predators. As Iguanodons were large herbivores, it is unlikely these would have been used for hunting.
This 50p is available in Gold Proof, Silver Proof and Brilliant Uncirculated Quality. You can secure this coin to your collection here.
The first coin in the series was released in February and features the Megalosaurus Rex.
‘Megalosaurus’ translates to mean ‘Great Lizard’ and I think it definitely lives up to its name!
Living on earth around 166 million years ago, this great dinosaur could reach up to nine meters in length!
As the first coin in the Dinosaur series, this 50p is available in Gold Proof, Silver Proof and Brilliant Uncirculated Quality.
So there we have it! A good look at the brand new United Kingdom 50p series celebrating the Discovery of Dinosaurs.
As this is the first time Dinosaurs have ever featured on UK coinage, the coins have been issued in partnership with the Natural History Museum, AND they are brand new UK 50ps (the most collected coin in the country!) we’re certain this series is going to be immensely popular with collectors.
Do you have a favourite coin from the series? Let us know in the comments below!
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Back in 1962, the very first James Bond film saw the iconic British spy brought to life on the big screen and now, as the 25th film is due to be released in 2021, The Royal Mint have issued a collection of brand new Bond themed £5 coins!
The third coin in the series has just been released today and is already creating a stir in the coin collecting world…
Shaken Not Stirred
The final coin in the series has now been released, completing the iconic 007 motif.
This new £5 release features a design of a James Bond’s iconic tuxedo silhouette and his signature weapon. It also features the inscription, ‘Shaken Not Stirred′, the special agent’s Martini preference.
This coin has been issued in a number of specifications, including Brilliant Uncirculated quality for just £10.99 (+p&p).
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Designed as a collaboration between Christian Davies and Matt Dent, when all three coins are placed together, the famous ‘007’ motif is spelt out – completing this classic collection.
Dent commented on the design process, saying, “As Bond fans ourselves, we’ve enjoyed re-watching some of our favourite films. The design series focuses on iconic imagery from the Bond films. Finding the balance between design detail and what can be accomplished in production was a challenge, nowhere more so than the intricate spokes of the DB5’s wheel.”
The first coin, features the classic Bond car from Goldfinger – the Aston Martin DB5 and the world-famous phrase, “Bond, James Bond”. The second coin features a design of a legendary Bond car, the submarine Lotus Espirit S1 from The Spy Who Loved Me, known as ‘Wet Nellie’. It also features the inscription, ‘Pay attention 007′, a classic line which was uttered by the world-famous ‘Q’.
The last coin in the series, which has been released today, concludes the series, spelling out the complete ‘007’ motif. The inscription on this coin reads the iconic James Bond line, ‘Shaken not stirred’ in reference to the spy’s preferred style of Martini.
The History of James Bond
The character ‘James Bond’ was first brought to life in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming who created twelve novels and two short-story collections featuring the British Secret Service agent.
However, it was in 1962 that Bond first appeared on the big screen.
From ‘Dr No’ to ‘No Time To Die’, the character has appeared in a remarkable 25 films, with endless gadgets and iconic imagery from the films now recognised world-wide.
During the film series’ 58 year history, the suave secret agent has been portrayed by six different actors, and I’m sure we all have our own favourite ‘Bond’.
Currently played by Daniel Craig, the upcoming film will represent his fifth and final time starring as the MI6 agent codenamed 007.
The luxurious lifestyle, spectacular gadgets and dramatic vehicles have delighted audiences for generations and I’m sure Bond fans will be blown away to see their favourite film series celebrated on £5 coins.
Not the first James Bond themed UK coin…
Bond first appeared on UK coinage in 2018 with the release of the A-Z of Great Britain 10ps.
Naturally, Bond was chosen to represent the letter B as a quintessentially British icon.
This 10p has proven incredibly popular with collectors and has since not only worked its way to the top of the Change Checker Scarcity Index, but has remained on the top spot for the last few updates – confirming the popularity of this coin.
With the release of the brand new James Bond themed £5 coins in this special year celebrating the 25th Bond film, will we see a rise in the demand for Bond themed collectibles?
We certainly think these coins will make for an exciting set to add to your collection, but what do you think about the new Bond £5? Let us know in the comments below!
Add the Brand New Bond £5 Complete Set to your collection!
You can now secure the full 2020 James Bond £5 Set in superior Brilliant Uncirculated quality – what better way to match the luxurious lifestyle of the suave secret agent?
With the release of the brand new Paddington 50p coin series in 2018, I’ve been thinking back over some of the UK’s top coin releases and of course nothing is quite as exciting as a whole series of brand new coins to add to your collection! But which series has been your favourite, Change Checkers…?
The results are now in and it’s safe to say that we have a clear winner with the coin series that started it all – the Olympic 50ps! That’s right, Change Checkers voted this hugely popular series as their favourite and it’s no wonder, as these coins created a collecting storm back in 2012 when coin collectors and Olympic enthusiasts alike looked to secure these coins for their Olympic collections.
Find out more about these coins below and take a look at the results of our poll at the bottom of this page.
Coming in a close second were the brand new 2018 RAF £2 coins, closely followed by the new A-Z 10p coins. It seems that Change Checker’s are really enjoying these new coins releases and whilst the RAF coins haven’t been released into circulation yet and the A-Z 10ps are proving tricky to find, they are clearly holding a lot of appeal for collectors.
Read all about these coins, and the other 50p and £2 coin series below.
The first series to really kick start coin collector’s of the nation was the Olympic 50p series, which has since become so popular that it’s now estimated that 75% of the coins have been removed from circulation by collectors!
So what made this coin series so special? The 2012 Olympics were of course a hugely exciting time for Britain and people were undoubtedly looking for a ‘free’ souvenir to mark this significant event.
Struck at the organisation’s headquarters in South Wales, the coins were designed by members of the public as part of a Royal Mint competition in which nearly 30,000 entries were submitted. They are the first ever UK coins to be designed by the public.
Each of the twenty-nine 50p coins features an Olympic or Paralympic sport on its reverse. These include sailing, cycling and basketball as well as less well-known sports such as handball and the Paralympic sport boccia.
The 50p coins are seen as a perfect souvenir to remember London 2012 due to their intrinsic value and quality which holds an interest and fascination for generations to come and have been officially voted by Change Checkers as their favourite coin series!
2016 Beatrix Potter 50ps
Following the collecting sensation of the Olympic 50ps, the Beatrix Potter 50p coin series quickly became the next big thing to get Change Checkers and coin collectors across the nation excited! There have been three series of these hugely popular 50ps, with each series including much-loved characters from the Beatrix Potter books.
The first series was released by The Royal Mint in 2016 to mark 150 years since the birth of the beloved children’s author and featured 5 coins including Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, Jemima Puddle Duck and a coin depicting elements that celebrate the life of Beatrix Potter.
The response from collectors was staggering, with The Royal Mint’s website crashing under the sheer weight of the public’s interest in the first morning of the 2016 Peter Rabbit 50p going on sale.
He has since featured in each of the following series, the only character to appear in all three, which just goes to show what a popular little bunny he is!
2017 Beatrix Potter 50ps
In 2017, much to the delight of coin collectors across the nation, The Royal Mint released a brand new series of Beatrix Potter 50ps to carry on the celebrations of some of Beatrix Potter’s most loved animals.
This series included Peter Rabbit (of course), Jeremy Fisher, Tom Kitten and Benjamin Bunny.
The huge popularity of the previous year’s coins meant that collector’s couldn’t wait to get their hands on these coins and build their collection of Beatrix Potter 50ps.
We are now starting to see these coins entering circulation, with Tom Kitten and Jeremy Fisher turning up in people’s change, so make sure to keep your eye out for them!
2018 Beatrix Potter 50ps
This year, we’ve seen another Beatrix Potter series released and collectors seem to be continuing to fall in love with the adorable characters on these coins.
Peter Rabbit returns for a third year running in the 2018 series, alongside his friends Flopsy Bunny, the Tailor of Gloucester and Mrs Tittlemouse.
These coins have not been released into circulation yet and mintage figures remain unknown for now, but all four coins are now available to buy in Brilliant Uncirculated quality and collectors remain eager to snap up these coins for their Beatrix Potter collections.
But that’s not the end of the story for 50p coin series, because in 2018 The Royal Mint also issued a brand new series celebrating the 60th anniversary of Britain’s most loved bear, Paddington™!
Coin collectors were whipped into a frenzy with the excitement of owning these new 50p coins and it has even been suggested that this could be the most sought-after 50p coin series ever!
Two coins have now been released and are available to purchase in Brilliant Uncirculated quality, the first featuring Paddington wearing his iconic mack, sat on his suitcase at the station and the second showing the delightful bear waving a Union Jack flag outside Buckingham Palace.
This is the first time Paddington has featured on UK coinage and the world of coin collecting has been abuzz with the news of the release ever since The Royal Mint announced the coins would be issued earlier this year.
Have you secured your 2018 Paddington 50p coins yet?
Following a review of the United Kingdom’s coinage in 1996, the decision was made that a general-circulation £2 coin was needed and so the bi-metallic coin we know today was introduced. Whilst these coins are now in circulation and not reserved just for collectors, they have still become increasingly collectable, with a number of £2 coin series being released over the years.
Commonwealth Games £2s
The 2002 Commonwealth Games £2 coins are known as some of the scarcest £2 coins now in circulation, with even the largest mintage (Scotland) set at just 771,750!
But the coin you really need to be looking out for is the Northern Ireland £2. Just 485,000 coins were ever struck making it officially the UK’s rarest £2 coin.
At first glance, you might struggle to spot the difference between them. They all feature the same running athlete trailing a banner behind, but each has a different cameo, representing each of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom.
Are you lucky enough to have these coins in your collection?
In 2016, three different £2 coins were issued to honour Shakespeare’s tragedies, comedies and historical works and were released into circulation just in time for the 400th anniversary of his death on the 23nd April 2016.
The coins were certainly amongst the favourites of collectors that year with the Skull design in particular receiving a lot of attention, and not just from collectors.
Each coin pays tribute to one of Shakespeare’s major genres and the reverse designs take inspiration from his most famous plays, including Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Macbeth.
Which Shakespeare £2 is your favourite?
World War One £2s
To mark the centenary of the First World War, the Royal Mint revealed a five-year commemoration of the wartime journey from outbreak to armistice.
The first coin in the series bears sculptor John Bergdahl’s depiction of Lord Kitchener’s famous call to arms alongside the words YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU. The British Secretary of War became synonymous with the enlistment campaign when war was declared on 4th August 1914.
Following coins in the series have featured renowned military artist David Rowlands design for the reverse of the Navy coin, Tim Sharp’s Army design honouring the ‘Pals Battalions’, the Aviation design by ‘Tangerine’ and Stephen Raw’s interpretation of Armistice which features the words ‘The truth untold, the pity of war’, from the Wilfred Owen poem Strange Meeting.
As this year marks the centenary of the end of World War One, this coin series is particularly poignant.
In this special centenary year, the Royal Air Force has been commemorated with a series of five brand new £2 coins!
The Royal Air Force was formed on April 1st 1918, in the early years of aviation. It was the world’s first independent air force, and is recognised today all over the world for its capability, courage and innovation, which has been represented on these striking coin designs, depicting some of the most iconic RAF aircraft ever flown.
These coins haven’t been released into circulation yet, but are already proving to be hugely popular with collectors and RAF supporters alike.
The first coin in the series features the synonymous RAF Badge, whilst the other four coin designs represent aircraft including the Spitfire, Vulcan, Sea King and F35 Lightning.
This striking series has been voted in second place by Change Checkers which is a fantastic achievement for these brand new coins.
A-Z 10p coins!
26 new UK commemorative 10p coins were released into circulation this year and collectors across the country have joined the nationwide coin hunt to get their hands on these hugely sought-after little coins.
The coins each feature a different letter from A-Z and each letter celebrates a different Great British icon, from Angel of the North to Zebra Crossing and everything in between (my personal favourite is ‘G’ for Greenwich Meantime).
We know that 2.6 million have been released so far overall, but exact mintages for each design are not yet available and so collectors are desperately trying to build up their collection of all 26 coins.
Whilst reports have come in from people starting to find these coins, they are certainly proving tricky to get hold of and it seems that they are quickly being snapped up by eagle eyed collectors!
These little coins have made the top three as voted by Change Checkers, but have you found any in your change and which design is your favourite?
Results of the vote!
It’s always worth taking time to appreciate the fantastic designs we see on UK coinage and I must say that each of these series is truly unique and impressive in its own way.
So now you’ve been brought up to speed with the top UK coin series, take a look at which series Change Checkers have voted as their favourite.
See the results of the vote here:


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InStyle engaging readers with celebrity style for Twenty Years!
InStyle, a monthly magazine was launched in 1994 by Times Inc. InStyle is aimed at a fashionable audience of young competent women. The magazine started out with a three issue test run with their first edition featuring Barbara Streisand. After two decades of success, InStyle magazine is celebrating their 20th anniversary. The September 2014 Edition celebrated their 20th anniversary featuring Julia Roberts on the cover. “Over a year ago, I knew: There would be no one person that would better represent both the aspiration and accessibility of Hollywood glamour past, present, and future than Julia Roberts,” explains editor Ariel Foxman. The September issue was a whopping 708 pages which included the interview with Julia Roberts, resources on the best new trends and how to wear them, the latest editor-tested beauty products, and a tour of designer Lisa Perry’s N.Y.C. pad. InStyle takes a walk down memory lane for their 20th anniversary Edition with the help of longtime staffers like Amy Synnott, an executive editor who has been at the publication for 14 years. Amy’s duties include managing the beauty and fashion pages and editing cover stories (most recently Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Hudson). Amy is also the editor of the special interest publications InStyle Hair and InStyle Makeover.
Ariel Foxman, the Editor-in Chief of InStyle, was looking for a voice for the news coverage and approached longtime friend Eric Wilson about a newly created position as Fashion News Director. Eric Wilson joined the team of writers as Fashion News Director in November of 2013. Wilson, formerly a fashion critic, writer of the Fashion Beat and companion critic to Cathryn Horyn for the New York Times adds credibility and a journalistic point of view to the magazine. Wilson composes a weekly column and writes about relevant news events, while also creating multimedia content. Wilson creates new ways to explain to readers why fashion is noteworthy and exciting.
InStyle was one of the first magazines that focused on celebrities for inspiration. The magazine brings readers into celebrity homes and shares their red carpet looks from head-to-toe. The featured InStyle articles are both engaging and insightful. For years InStyle has been my go-to magazine for inspiration and news on beauty, fashion and celebrity trends. There is a little bit of everything needed all in one place. With the explosion of social media InStyle has evolved how they provide their content. InStyle Magazine keeps consumers updated with the latest news via print, digital media, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest. The digital media is easy to navigate and readers can easily access celebrity and runway photos, the latest trends and how-to videos keeping readers up to date with what’s trending now. InStyle provides a unique window into celebrity style for readers to enhance their own personal style. InStyle stimulates readers to shop with their grabbing fashion, beauty and lifestyle articles and the highest quality advertisements. With the initial launch of InStyle in the United States, the brand today is global producing international editions in twelve countries including Germany, Brazil, Australia, United Kingdom, Greece, South Korea, Spain, Russia, South Africa and Turkey.


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Matter, despite its potential to perhaps standardize all smart home hardware regardless of its manufacturer or intended ecosystem, has struggled a bit. But it’s slowly but steadily catching steam. The Nest Thermostat is the latest, and perhaps one of the biggest, devices to get Matter support.
Google has announced that it’s officially rolling out Matter to the Nest Thermostat as an over-the-air update, which should be reaching everyone within the next few weeks, starting today. With this, you’re able to use your thermostat, including changing its temperature and its mode, using any smart home platform or app of your choosing.
You can use Google Home, or you can use any Matter-compatible ecosystem, such as Apple Home, Samsung SmartThings, or Amazon Alexa. In addition, all communication within the ecosystem will be local, ensuring better reliability and, of course, speed.
We should note here that only the newer Nest Thermostat, the one released in 2020, is getting this update at the moment. When you do get it, you’ll see a new Matter section in the Google Home app settings for the app, which will allow for Matter pairing. You don’t need to do anything — your thermostat should update on its own within the next few days.
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The EU is on the brink of allowing a raft of unapproved GM crops into the food chain as it prepares to lift restrictions on animal feed containing trace elements of GM crops.
At present the EU has a zero-tolerance approach to the presence of any genetically modified crop that has not been approved for growing in Europe. But this means unintended mixing of approved and unapproved varieties can lead to whole shipments being banned from entering Europe.
Both the animal feed industry and biotech industry have been lobbying individual countries to vote in favour of a proposal to allow imports of animal feed to contain up to 0.1 per cent of non-approved GMOs. They claim the current restrictions are costing the European Union 4 billion Euros and leading to a 'crisis' of supply that will lead to higher meat prices for consumers.
'At a time when livestock farmers are struggling with high feed costs due to record world price levels for cereals, we risk losing market access to the South American spring soybean crop with dramatic consequences for the supply of protein-rich feedstuffs,' argues Patrick Vanden Avenne, president of the European Compound Feed Manufacturers' Federation (FEFAC), the main lobbyist organisation on the issue.
'It's time for the EU to catch up with the reality of global expansion of GM crop acreage to ensure feed and food security of EU livestock farmers and consumers'.
The EU is heavily reliant on imports of protein, particularly soya from South America, to meet the animal feed requirements of its livestock although this could be reduced if it encouraged farmers to switch to home-grown alternative protein crops like oilseed rape meal, lupin, sunflower, linseed, beans and peas.
Backdoor approval of GM
However, campaigners say the issue is being exaggerated by industry. They say EU figures show no shipment of animal feed has been rejected by the EU in the past year because of contamination by untested GM crops. 'It's a scarmongering debate from the feed industry,' said Friends of the Earth GM campaigner Mute Schimpf.
Observers fear the issue is being used as an 'easier way' to get GM crops into Europe, with consumers less aware of what animals are being fed. The food industry lobby group CIAA and the biotech lobbyists Europabio admitted as much themselves, saying food crops as well as crops for animals should be allowed to contain trace elements of unapproved GMOs.
'The proposed measure is necessary, but it is only a stop gap,' said EuropaBio’s Director of Agricultural Biotechnology, Carel du Marchie Sarvaas. 'The fundamental problem is that Europe’s assessment process for GM crops, food and feed has been slow, while the rest of the world has moved ahead. Until more GM products are assessed, European livestock farmers will continue to face disruptions to their supply of feed.'
Anti-corruption group, Corporate Europe Observatory, has published its own investigation into heavy lobbying by industry groups. 'I think it's safe to say that to allow presence of illegal GM in food and feed is one of the key targets of the industry to break down the resistance in the EU against GMOs. It would basically give the message [that] all GMOs are safe,' said campaigner Nina Holland.
European member states are due to vote on the issue next week.
Revealed: how seed market is controlled by Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Dow & DuPont
Graphic illustrates how just five biotech giants have increased their control of the global seed market, promoting monoculture farming and making it harder for farmers to find alternative sources of seeds
Biotech industry plays down discovery of GM crops surviving in the wild
GM seed manufacturers claim that genetically-modified crops are not likely to survive in wild, but US researchers have found GM plants surviving for at least two generations
EU food safety chief forced to quit GM lobby role
Questions raised over why European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) chair Diana Banati failed to make clear her connections to International Life Science Institute (ILSI), which advises biotech giants like Monsanto, Bayer and BASF
UK could cut Amazon soya imports with home-grown peas and beans
A solution to the livestock sector's reliance on soya animal feed, which is driving deforestation in Argentina and Brazil, could be found by incentivising home-grown alternatives
Revealed: the glyphosate research the GM soy lobby doesn't want you to read
Andres Carrasco's research linking a controversial herbicide with birth defects highlighted the potential health dangers posed by GM crop-spraying in Argentina – and led to violence and intimidation for those behind the study


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LeEco brings ecosystem model to the US
October 20, 2016
Global technology company LeEco has launched what it describes as its “disruptive” ecosystem model in the US, which aims to break boundaries between screens to deliver content and services seamlessly on a wide array of connected smart devices – including smartphones, TVs, smart bikes, virtual reality and electric self-driving vehicles.
The company has unveiled its open, integrated Internet ecosystem consisting of platform, content, apps and an array of connected smart devices that bring it to life. LeEco says it offers a unique model that puts users at the centre of the ecosystem with disruptive pricing that makes premium devices affordable to all, and a feedback process that helps to refine the experience and define future products and offerings.
“We have created a new business model that will lead the next era of technology – the ecosystem era. We are disrupting several categories and changing the paradigm by breaking down barriers and boundaries between industries and screens to create a better experience and more value for both individuals and industries,” said YT Jia, Founder, Chairman and CEO of LeEco. “I know the road ahead is long and arduous but life is about constantly exploring the unknown, and I believe that if you dare to dream what 99 per cent believe is impossible you’ve earned the right at that one per cent chance to be successful.”
LeEco has built an ecosystem of advanced smart devices powered by its eui – ecosystem user interface – and integrated with content from the world’s top content producers. These experiences run on LeEco’s Internet and cloud platform, LeCloud, which is one of the world’s largest video cloud networks.
“Our global vision for a connected ecosystem where great content can be enjoyed on a range of devices that are disruptively priced is what fuels our global expansion,” said Richard Ren, President of LeEco North America. “Following our success in China, we expanded to India last year and Russia in September. Today, we are pleased to officially launch in the US”
With the User Planning to User (UP2U) program,e, LeEco gives users a voice in how the ecosystem evolves, and the opportunity to co-create the experience and the next-generation of LeEco products.
When individuals share feedback with LeEco via user trials, social channels, on-device apps and at events, their comments are shared with the User Experience Center (UEC) and R&D teams to influence product updates and shape future offerings.
“We developed the UP2U model to let users directly influence how our products and services evolve. We have a dynamic process for gathering and implementing the feedback into every aspect of our business from design, R&D and software, to pricing and even the content we deliver,” said Rob Chandhok, Chief R&D Officer for LeEco North America. “Because our software ties everything together and the content continues to grow, our devices and the experience continually get better.”
The LeLIVE app delivers a user’s favourite TV channels with a simple touch on the home screen. LeLIVE giving what LeEco describes as an unmatched TV viewing experience on nine simultaneous screens in the palm of the hand.
Central to the experience is having content ready when the user is. LeEco has an open video cloud platform that covers 60+ countries and major cities across five continents with 30 Tbps output bandwidth. With over 750 nodes, LeEco is the largest CDN node player in the world, and one of the largest cloud service providers for the b2b marketplace in China.
Content has always been at the heart of LeEco’s vision. Since its inception in 2004, LeEco has amassed more than 5,000 movies and 100,000 TV episodes, and attracted 50+ million daily active users and 730+ million monthly active users in China.
In the US, LeEco has partnered with top content providers to bring its eui content platform to life including: Lionsgate, MGM, Showtime, Vice Media, Awesomeness TV, A+E, with others being added weekly.
In addition to the distribution of content, LeEco is also creating it. Le Vision Pictures is one of the top producers of original box office hits and television shows in China, and in September LeEco announced Le Vision Entertainment, which will focus on English language original entertainment content for LeEco’s next-generation audiences. Le Vision Entertainment will deliver and shape innovative and cutting-edge content, utiliing its diverse range of distribution platforms across LeEco’s content divisions around the world, including markets like China, India, Russia, and others.
LeEco has become the leading Internet TV brand and the fastest growing smartphone brand in China as a result of its disruptive approach of delivering great content seamlessly to premium devices that are affordable for all. LeEco will bring this model of content at the heart with what it says is innovative yet affordable hardware as the foundation of itsdistribution model. To provide even greater value for our users, it has created the EcoPass that brings together high-value benefits including:
- A two-year warranty for LeEco ecophones and three years for ecotvs
- e5TB of cloud storage on LeCloud, and unlimited storage for photos and videos
- Unlimited movie viewing on Fandor
- Exclusive sale days on LeMall.com and priority customer service
- Discounted prices for many add-on content partners featured in LeApp
ecophones are the next-generation of smartphones that put content front-and-centre to deliver the ultimate entertainment experience. With eui, the Le and LIVE apps offer a lineup of content including a dynamic preview display, and a 3×3 mosaic of streaming content. Personalisation is another key element. With eui, ecophone users can access LeView, a ‘minus one screen’ experience that puts tailored content, customised to viewing preferences, just one swipe away from the home screen. With eui, content is always only one click away. LeEco will launch two ecophones in the US that will begin selling at www.lemall.com on November 2.
Ranging in screen sizes, LeEco’s TVs are one of China’s leading smart TV brands, selling more than 7 million units over the past three years.
The Super4 X Series houses premium technology in an ultra-slim frame built from the finest-grade aluminium alloy materials and features an ultra-narrow bezel. Available in a range of screen sizes including 43, 55 and 65 inches. These ecotvs feature HDR, Harman Kardon speakers and 3GB RAM and 32GB of storage. The Super4 X Series ecotvs will be available on November 2.
- 43-inch – $649 with 3-month free EcoPass membership
- 55-inch – $899 with 12-month free EcoPass membership
- 65-inch – $1,399 with 12-month free EcoPass membership
ecotvs feature LeEco’s eui experience, and signature LIVE and Le apps, which offer customised viewing and seamless integration with LeEco ecophones. All ecotvs offer advanced voice search and Harman Kardon speakers, as well as Android TV and Google Cast technology.


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The Holidays are a time for family, fresh baked cookies and of course, awkward family Christmas cards. But one Michigan college student has taken the concept to a new level.
Looking to "baffle his aunts, uncles and especially grandparents," Joshua Brassow decided to splurge on professionally-photographed Christmas cards this year — with a fake family.
Brassow first took to Cragslist to hire his "wife" and "kids," offering $20 apiece and free copies of photos.
After picking his family, Brassow dressed them in traditional Christmas garb — turtlenecks, ugly sweaters and Santa hats — and paid a photographer $50 for photos.
Wanted to do this for years. Finally took the initiative to give the world the Christmas card it deserves... pic.twitter.com/5aTS6W6W9S
— Joshua Brassow (@chineseducks) December 4, 2015
Here's to wishing Josh, "Bone-Crusher," "Blade" and "Thor" a very Happy Holiday.
Alex Hider is a writer for the E.W. Scripps National Desk. Follow him on Twitter @alexhider.