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Aldi is recalling a prepared salad, due to an initially undisclosed allergen, which could be harmful for people who have cashew allergies.
On Wednesday evening, Food Standards Australia and New Zealand issued an alert for The Fresh Salad Co Thai Coconut Wild Rice Prepared Salad 500g.
The product has been sold at Aldi stores in NSW, the ACT, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia.
Consumers should check the packaging for the following Use By dates of concern:
3 July, 2022
4 July, 2022
5 July, 2022
6 July, 2022
7 July, 2022
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Food Standards said the recall is due to the presence of an undeclared allergen in the salad — cashew.
"Any consumers who have a Cashew allergy or intolerance may have a reaction if the product is consumed," the food authority said.
Consumers who have a cashew allergy or intolerance should not consume the product.
Instead, they can return their wild rice salad to any Aldi store for a refund of the purchase price.
"Any consumers concerned about their health should seek medical advice," the recall notice said.
"Aldi Stores takes product quality and safety seriously and we apologise for any inconvenience."
Earlier this year, Aldi issued a plea to customers, due to the low number of returns relating to a recall which was issued almost two years ago.
In September 2020, Aldi recalled the Jack 'N' Jill Wooden Block Sets, in the Farm, Ocean and Jungle varieties and the recall notice is still active on Aldi's website.
The toys were recalled due to small magnets which detach from the blocks, which can pose a risk of choking or death for young children.
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Property investment up 6.9% QoQ in Q3
This was mainly aided by higher government land sales.
Investment sales in property saw a rise by 6.9% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to $7.5b, according to a report by Colliers.
This is on the back of higher government land sales.
Mixed-use transactions also exploded by 816% QoQ, with residential sales following suit at 11.6% QoQ to hit $3.4b.
Meanwhile, total commercial sales saw a dip by 12.1% QoQ to $1.2b, despite retail transactions standing strong at 100% QoQ.
Industrial sales suffered the most at a 91.3% slide. Despite this performance, however, Colliers continues its positive outlook on this segment.
Shophouse sales also saw a 47.4% QoQ decrease to $163m.
Hospitality experienced a standstill in this quarter, with no deal being recorded year-to-date. A limited supply pipeline, along with new attractions and infrastructure projects, is expected to keep the sector afloat.
Steven Tan, Executive Director, Investment Services, Singapore, expects this positive outlook to persist until the first half of 2022.
“Given the strong residential demand and depleting developers’ landbank, we expect collective sales to continue to grow. Separately, we are also seeing more investor interest in the suburban malls,” he said.

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Meet the sportscar made with safety in mind and a Maritime connection
1975 Bricklin SV-1 manufactured in Saint John, N.B.
The Car Life Museum in Bonshaw, P.E.I., is home to many cars with interesting stories behind them.
It is home to the first, and third car to cross the Confederation Bridge, as well as Elvis' own pink Cadillac.
While those cars have interesting stories, the museum recently added something new to its collection. And while its gull wing doors and wedge shape make the car look like it's capable of travelling through time with help of a flux capacitor, it isn't.
"Some people think that it's a Delorean when they see it. People just aren't sure," said Greg MacKay, owner of the Car Life Museum.
"We've had it on display out here all summer and people are asking a lot about it and what it is."
It's not a Delorean.
It's a 1975 Bricklin SV-1.
If you've never heard of the brand, there's good reason. MacKay said the car is one of about 1,000 Bricklins that are still on the road today.
It does have some unique features, the wedge shape, popup headlights and doors that open through a hydraulic system at the push of a button.
And inside, it's what's missing that is unique.
"You'll notice that there's no cigarette lighter or no ashtray in the car.… When Malcolm Bricklin made the car, he believed that smoking was a distraction and he didn't want a cigarette lighter or an ashtray in his car," said MacKay.
That's because SV-1, stands for Safety Vehicle 1.
With a welded roll cage to keep the driver safe and impact absorbing bumpers, it's designed to make safety look good.
The Maritime connection
Bricklins were manufactured in Saint John, N.B., after a deal between the creator, Malcolm Bricklin, and then former premier Richard Hatfield.
Bricklin wanted to build a safe production vehicle and Hatfield wanted to market the province as a progressive place to do business.
Initially, the province put forward $4.5 million to the venture, but that had ballooned to $23 million by 1975.
In that year, the company went into receivership. Fewer than 3,000 Bricklins ended up rolling off the line in Saint John.
MacKay said the cars were built for the American market.
"To my knowledge, you couldn't purchase them in Canada," said MacKay.
"They were made for export to the U.S. You have to go through a U.S. dealer in order to purchase them and bring them back to Canada."
As to how this one ended up on P.E.I., MacKay said he's still working on figuring that out.
"I want to keep tracking down some history on the car, and I'd love to hear from any previous owners that may believe that this is their car. Definitely be interested for them to reach out to to us."
He said sometimes car histories can be difficult to find online, so part of the fun with this has been learning as people stop by.
"I find that it's a little difficult to actually know what's credible, what you read online on the car," he said.
"I have learned some things from people coming through the museum this summer that know the cars. And interestingly enough, people that know people or family that worked at the plant in Saint John."
He said he's heard stories about the cars being test driven through the city, even though they weren't road legal in Canada, by plant employees.
"The idea of it was to just drive them around the parking lot. But there was an error there with one of the employees at the plant and they were driving all over the city," he said.
"Again, that's just a tidbit that somebody had told me."
And while that may or may not be true, learning more and unravelling the mystery and folklore surrounding the car is part of the fun for MacKay.
He said he hopes people keep swinging by the museum to check out the Bricklin, and offer up stories if they're more familiar with the car than he is.


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The Information | July 21, 2021, 7:27 p.m.
While Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey and other high-profile crypto cheerleaders tried to shore up confidence in bitcoin during an online event on Wednesday, several sports stars made a bigger splash. Tiger Woods, Wayne Gretzky, Derek Jeter, Naomi Osaka and Tony Hawk said they signed exclusive, multi-year deals to produce non-fungible tokens with Autograph, the NFT-producing startup co-founded by Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady. The move showed how celebrities are continuing to be drawn to NFTs even as transactions for such digital art remain low and some investors remain skeptical about their staying power.Some rival NFT startups and their financiers were quick to criticize Autograph’s star-powered announcement, which also said the young startup would launch NFTs with Lionsgate, the TV and movie studio behind the “Twilight,” “Power Rangers” and “Saw” franchises. “It feels very Hollywood,” said David Pakman, a partner at venture capital firm Venrock, which has invested in NFT startups including Rarible and “NBA Top Shot” creator Dapper Labs. He called Autograph a “licensing business” that’s trying to grab as much intellectual property as it can, but doesn’t necessarily have the technology and consumer marketplace know-how to facilitate NFT transactions. Instead, Autograph outsourced that part of the business to sports betting firm DraftKings, which has less experience in that realm.“The sort of business and technical effort of successfully launching and managing NFTs and marketplaces is non-trivial,” Pakman said.Similar to the way cryptocurrency-related startups have continued to receive record funding despite crypto price drops, institutional funding and support for NFTs, which are minted using blockchain technology, is at a record level too, despite a lull in demand for such digital art. On Tuesday, the amount of money spent on NFTs was 90% lower than in April, when the value of daily transactions spiked to $3.7 million, according to NonFungible.com, which tracks NFT sales on the Ethereum blockchain. At the same time, several leading NFT-related startups collectively raised around $1 billion in equity funding so far this year. And clearly, celebrities like the idea of having a more direct economic relationship with fans.Autograph hasn’t disclosed much about itself or its financing in the three months since making its first announcement, but senior Apple executive Eddy Cue—who oversees the iTunes Store and Apple Pay—is among its board directors. And despite the naysaying by Pakman, the rise of Brady’s Autograph could potentially invigorate the market for NFTs, and by extension Pakman’s investments, by making the category palatable to a broader audience.SpaceX’s Bitcoin BuyDorsey and Musk joined some of bitcoin’s biggest bulls for a virtual, crypto lovefest cosponsored by Dorsey’s Square, called “The B Word,” but their show of support didn’t boost crypto prices. And the bold-faced names at the event avoided talking about one of the most pressing issues surrounding crypto, its connection to ransomware, though they provided other revelations. Musk expressed enthusiasm for bitcoin once again, despite previously criticizing the environmental impact of bitcoin mining and ending Tesla’s practice of accepting payments in the cryptocurrency in May. Musk wore an “evolution of money” T-shirt with a bitcoin logo during his video chat with Dorsey and others, saying he personally owns bitcoin, ethereum and dogecoin, with bitcoin making up the vast majority of his crypto holdings. It was a surprising comment from the self-proclaimed “Dogefather” who’s been promoting the ironic currency, which was started as a joke with no practical purpose in mind.“If the price of bitcoin goes down, I lose money. I might pump but I don’t dump,” Musk said, adding that he wants to see bitcoin succeed. He also said for the first time that his rocket development firm SpaceX, like Tesla, has bitcoin holdings. Tesla bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin around the start of the year and booked a $101 million profit by selling some of it before the end of March, and Musk said the company had no intention of selling more. Musk also added that Tesla probably would accept bitcoin payments in the future, as crypto continues to move away from coal-powered mining. Musk gave Dorsey a gentle ribbing by twice asking the Twitter CEO if his company would accept advertising payments in crypto. Dorsey avoided answering him directly, though he said that if cryptocurrencies had been mainstream when Twitter was founded, the company might have avoided an advertising business model altogether because it would have been able to facilitate commercial transactions more easily. Crypto enthusiasts might initially be excited about having Musk firmly back on team bitcoin, but the fact that his renewed support didn’t move markets could indicate that his sway over the industry is waning quickly. Still, for a market plagued by volatility, having one less market-moving wild card in the mix is probably better than the alternative.DEALSCrypto investment platform Titan raised $58 million in a Series B funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Titan was previously backed by Y Combinator.Virtually Human Studio raised $20 million in Series A funding from investors that include TCG, Andreessen Horowitz and Red Beard Ventures. The company operates an NFT horse racing game called ZED RUN. Decentralized finance protocol Visor Finance raised $3.5 million from investors that included 1confirmation, Digital Currency Group and Blockchain Capital.Vincent, a search engine for investing in alternative assets like crypto, raised $6 million in funding from investors led by LAUNCH. WHAT WE’RE READING“The Ultra-Rich Are Turning to Crypto After Driving the SPAC Boom” (Bloomberg)“Tether Hasn’t Printed New USDT in Weeks” (CoinDesk)Thank you for reading the Crypto Global newsletter. 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CoolTech day at Cool Logistics Global 2021. EBLs are a game changer for the shipping industry. Millions of paper bills of lading (BL) are shipped around the world each year. Moving these documents physically is complex and time-consuming. Fortunately, the electronic bill of lading or “eBL” now offers a more efficient and secure digital alternative.
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players are also optimistic over this year's economic growth and government support of the manufacturing industry
The Minister for Trade, Alan Kyerematen making few remarks before signing, indicated that for Nissan to make such a decision to set up a manufacturing industry
in Ghana to serve the whole West African, showed the confidence the company had in the country and the policies of the Akufo-Addo led Government.
In the first quarter of 2018, the manufacturing industry
recorded a total export value of US$32 billion, up 4.5 percent compared to the achievement in the same period last year of US$30.6 billion.
In addition, the proposals encouraged the investment in the real mobile phone manufacturing industry
Taking cognizance of billion rupees worth decrease in tax collection from tobacco manufacturing industry
, PAC Chairman Syed Khurshid Shah summoned FBR chairman to appear on May 30, 2018, before PAC.
The volume of investments in the manufacturing industry
in 2017 increased by 8.8 percent compared to 2015 and amounted to 981.6 billion tenge ($3 billion).
Economic integration in the EU, trade liberalization, competitive pressures and changing structure of the world demand call for reassessment of the determinants and efficiency of country's manufacturing industry
. This encounters the emergence of the changes in business environment and industrial development.
(TAP) - The prices of manufacturing industry
products edged up by 2.8%, due to the rise in the prices of agri-food products (+ 5.3%), the mechanical and electrical industries (+ 3.4% ) and the paper and cardboard industry (+ 2.4%).
The firm is woven into the fabric of the Northern Ireland manufacturing industry
and, while not altogether surprising, the confirmation was a bitter blow.
said that local manufacturing industry
was facing severe problems due to availability of cheaper imported products in the market although the quality of such items was very low.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – NSF International, a global public health organization, and the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) have released a new Product Category Rule (PCR) for office storage products. The PCR defines the science-based and internationally recognized method for reporting the environmental impact of office storage products such as casegoods, files, cabinets and other related products throughout their entire life cycle.
The PCR for office storage products explains how to conduct a life cycle assessment (LCA) for office storage products and what to include in the resulting Environmental Product Declaration (EPD). LCAs measure inputs, outputs and environmental impacts of a storage product across its lifespan, from cradle to grave. The EPD is the third-party-verified report that explains the data generated from a life cycle assessment.
The office storage PCR was developed in accordance with international environmental management guidelines (ISO 14025) through the NSF National Center for Sustainability Standards, part of NSF International’s Sustainability Division. The U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) v4 recognizes the value of PCRs/EPDs and the current draft includes LEED credit language that recognizes EPDs specifically.
“The development of Product Category Rules for storage products helps meet the increasing demand for transparency in environmental claims,” explained Tom Bruursema, General Manager of NSF International’s Sustainability Division. “PCRs, LCAs and EPDs provide crucial information to help businesses and government agencies meet their greener purchasing goals and be ready for LEED.”
“We are pleased to partner with NSF International on behalf of our members to develop PCRs for the storage industry so that they may report on their cutting-edge sustainability efforts. PCRs will help move the contract furniture industry toward a more sustainable future,” said Thomas Reardon, Executive Director of BIFMA. “This PCR for office storage products is our second PCR as we previously developed one for office seating.”
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Guwahati: In a bid to boost agricultural exports, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) flagged off a dedicated air freight service via SpiceFresh, a subsidiary of SpiceJet, at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati, Assam on Monday.
Two flights took off for Hong Kong and Dubai, each carrying 1,000 kg of mandarin fruits for export.
Inaugurated by Assam industries and commerce minister Chandra Mohan Patowary, the air freight service is aimed at increasing exports of various crops from all districts of Assam as well as other Northeastern states.
Local fruits sourced from various districts will be sent to the markets of Hong-Kong and Dubai through this service. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), the coordinating agency of the ministry of commerce and industry, is forming associations with various stakeholders to bridge the exports gap.
The collaboration with various stakeholders will make the exports process smoother and link produce of Northeast to the international market. The APEDA is successfully persuading various airlines to charge competitive rates for exports from this region.
Patowary said: “A pride moment for them whose products will reach overseas market. The organic to extent agri-products harvested with the dedicated efforts of the farmers have lots of potential in the area where bigger markets have to be explored.”
Lauding the efforts of the Civil Aviation ministry Patowary further said: “This is for the welfare of the farmers that the ministry of civil aviation with AAI and the Airline companies have come forward and started this service. He also emphasised on the need to regularise this service thanking all concerned specially team AAI.”
Flagging off the export freight service, DK Kamra, regional executive director, AAI said, “AAI is developing another international air cargo complex in Guwahati and once completed, the annual handling capacity of the cargo complex will reach up to 2 lakh MT with all the facilities available here at the airport.” He also revealed that the AAI is also planning to start similar facilities from Dibrugarh, and Silchar airport.
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RIM’s BlackBerry Curve outsold Apple’s iPhone in the first quarter of this year, according to a US survey conducted by the wireless-market research firm NPD Group.
Whilst the figures are correct, Apple fans will argue there are many reasons for the apparent 2nd place.
For example, the US carrier Verizon undertook an agressive marketing strategy running a Buy one, get one free offer which (unsuprisingly) proved popular.
Another major contributing factor was the fact that the Curve costs 1/2 that of the iPhone 3G and that every iPhone fan is eagerly awaiting the launch of the 3rd version, widely expected this summer.
The release of a new version of the groundbreaking touchscreen device from Apple is certainly a factor behind the reports that both o2 in the UK and AT&T in the US have seen sales slump in the 1st 1/4 of 2009. Down as many as 2.5m since the 3rd 1/4 of 2008. A similar slip was seen last year just before the release of the iPhone 3G in July.
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Covid-19 has impacted society in many ways. From masks to social distancing, what will Black Friday 2020 look like?
EAGEL PASS, TEXAS- It has been reported that many small businesses were hit hard by the pandemic, but some students took the opportunity to start their own small businesses and help their family businesses grow. Daisy Leija, a student at Texas A&M International University at Laredo, Texas, started her […]
By Chloe M. Brown SAN ANTONIO—College is expensive, but shopping for Christmas doesn’t have to be. The first thing that students need to do when online shopping is add Honey into their browser. Honey is a plug-in that shows discounts on the site that users can use. It’s like coupons without […]


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Nissan Has A Clever Approach to the Frontier
The midsize pickup segment is growing to a large-size segment in the market. In the first quarter, Chevrolet sold 33,494 Colorados, GMC sold 6,954 Canyons, Ford’s new Ranger had sales of 9,421 units, and the long-leading Toyota Tacoma had sales of 58,183 units. While the Jeep Gladiator wasn’t available in Q1 and will be but a blip for Q2, all signs point to that pickup picking up some respectable sales numbers as the year continues.
At this point some of you might be noting that there is one midsize yet to be mentioned, the Nissan Frontier. It had sales of 20,221 in the first quarter. Which is comparatively low (Canyon sales notwithstanding).
It is worth noting that compared to the other vehicles, the Frontier is rather, well, old, given that the vehicle went into production in the fall of 2004.
So what do you do when you have new competitors like the Gladiator and longer-standing ones like the Colorado and the Tacoma, both of which are emphasizing their non-street-cred, as in off-road/adventure capabilities?
You turn to the aftermarket and emphasize economy.
At least that’s what Nissan has done with a Frontier that it has kitted out that it is calling the “Destination Frontier,” a one-off that can be used as a template for those who are looking to get something rugged without a hefty sticker. As Tiago Castro, director, Light Commercial Vehicles, Nissan North America, put it, "We believe Destination Frontier will spark the imagination of customers who would like to get into overlanding but don't want to spend a fortune in the process."
They took a 2019 Frontier Crew Cab SV 4x4 Midnight Edition and added such things as a Nisstec 3-inch lift kit; Nitto Trail Grappler off-road tires; American Racing AX201 wheels; Hefty Fabworks front bumper, skid plates and rock sliders; and WARN Industries ZEON 10-S winch, Winch Roller Fairlead and Epic Winch Hook, among other things.
All in, about $40,000.
Given the competitive nature of the midsize pickup segment, it is clear that an approach like this is but a Band-Aid. Additional full-on product development is undoubtedly needed, especially as FCA CEO Mike Manley has stated that they’re going to be getting back into the segment, too.
Back in 2012 Audi bought Italian motorcycle manufacturer extraordinaire Ducati for €860-million which, at the time, probably seemed like a good idea.
The common wisdom seems to be that midsize cars have pretty much had it in the U.S. new car market.
Often when there are vehicles that have ceased production and are in the process of being completely moved out of the system there are sales numbers that look like this: Honda Insight: June 2016, 9; June 2015, 126; % change: 93.1% Sometimes there is a vehicle that has just gone into production and it catches the sales at just the right time so that there are numbers that look like this: Honda Ridgeline: June 2016, 2,472; June 2015, 7; % change: 33,856% OK.


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Twitter announced Thursday plans to introduce brand pages, similar to Facebook.
In a move to strengthen its relationship with advertisers, Twitter has decided to launch a comprehensive redesign which will include the said brand pages.
A tweet's only 140 characters, said Chief Revenue Officer Adam Bain. [Brand pages are] like an invitation to learn more. When consumers want to learn more, spend more time or get deeper in terms of engagement, we think they'll end up on the brand page.
According to AdAge, brand pages can be customized on multiple levels. Large header images will allow brands to display their logos prominently. Brands can choose to keep a particular tweet at the top of their time line. This tweet can expand to include an embedded photo or video from Flickr, YouTube or elsewhere. The page will also separate the brands replies and mentions, so its message does not get diluted by direct communication with Twitter users.
Twitter is launching the brand pages with 21 brands: American Express, Best Buy, Bing, Chevrolet, Coca-Cola, Dell , Disney, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, JetBlue, Kia, McDonald's, Nike , PepsiCo, Staples, Verizon Communications Wireless, NYSE Euronext, Heineken, Subway and Paramount Pictures. These 21 brands have been strategic players in the Twitter game and have utilized the social network for key marketing tactics.
The question for each one of these marketers is what is the interesting, compelling, provocative content that they can be putting out to a larger audience to keep that engagement high, said Bain.
The Twitter brand pages can compete with Facebook, offering rich content and tactical consumer attraction. AdAge reports, via information from eMarketer, that Twitter's global ad revenue is set to reach $139.5 million in 2011 and could hit $400 million by 2013. Its advertising program was originally launched in April 2010 with just six advertisers signed up for promoted tweets.
This launch comes about one month on the heels of Google's announcement of its brand pages for Google+. There is no date set for the brand page launch. But success is expected. In a recent survey, Brafton determined that 37 percent of businesses are most socially active on Twitter. Thus, the brand pages will allow for more effective social media marketing.
On Thursday, Twitter also introduced a redesign for private users dubbed Let's Fly. This redesign is intended to make the Twitter experience easier and faster. The simplified design includes new tabs like the discover tab, which focuses on each unique user's interests.


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London (UK) – Activist hedge fund Third Point LLC is pushing Intel Corp to explore strategic alternatives, including whether it should keep chip design and production under one roof, according to a letter it sent to the company’s chairman on Tuesday that was reviewed by Reuters.
Were it to gain traction, Third Point’s push for changes could lead to a major shakeup at Intel, which has been slow to respond to investor calls to outsource more of its manufacturing capacity. It could also lead to the unwinding of some of its acquisitions, such as the $16.7 billion purchase of programmable chip maker Altera in 2015.
Third Point Chief Executive Daniel Loeb wrote to Intel Chairman Omar Ishrak calling for immediate action to boost the company’s position as a major provider of processor chips for PCs and data centers. The New York-based fund has amassed a nearly $1 billion stake in Intel, according to people familiar with the matter.
Intel shares rose 6.1% to $49.95, the most in more than eight months on the news, giving the company a market value of more than $200 billion. The stock had declined about 21% this year, compared with a 43% rise in the Nasdaq Composite Index.
Intel’s most urgent task was addressing its “human capital management issue,” as many of its talented chip designers have fled, “demoralized by the status quo,” Loeb wrote in the letter.
Intel has lost its pole position in microprocessor manufacturing to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Loeb wrote in the letter.
Intel is also losing market share in its core PC and data center markets to Advanced Micro Devices Inc, Loeb added. NVIDIA Corp is dominating computational models used in artificial intelligence applications, while Intel has been largely absent in this nascent market, according to the letter.
“Without immediate change at Intel, we fear that America’s access to leading-edge semiconductor supply will erode, forcing the U.S. to rely more heavily on a geopolitically unstable East Asia to power everything from PCs to data centers to critical infrastructure and more,” Loeb wrote.
In a short statement, the Santa Clara, California-based company said, “Intel welcomes input from all investors regarding enhanced shareholder value. In that spirit, we look forward to engaging with Third Point LLC on their ideas towards that goal.”
Loeb asked Intel to retain an investment adviser to evaluate strategic alternatives, including whether it should remain an integrated device manufacturer and the potential divestment of failed acquisitions, according to the letter. Third Point believes that Intel should consider separating its chip design from its semiconductor fabrication plant manufacturing operations, according to the sources. This could include a joint venture in manufacturing, according to sources.
Intel customers, such as Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp and Amazon.com Inc, are developing their own in-house silicon solutions and sending those designs to be manufactured in East Asia, Loeb wrote. He suggested Intel must offer new solutions to retain these customers rather than have them send their manufacturing away.
Third Point, which has $15 billion in assets under management, has experience in pushing companies to pursue deals, including at Prudential Plc, Yum! Brands Inc, Dow Chemical and United Technologies. The firm’s Third Point Offshore fund was up 19.9% for the year through the middle of December, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Loeb said in the letter that Third Point reserved the option to submit nominees for election to Intel’s board at its next annual meeting, should it sense “a reluctance to work together to address the concerns” it raised.
The COVID-19 pandemic has given Intel a boost in the form or surging laptop sales, as employees and students work and learn from home. But the company has failed to capitalize on strong demand for semiconductors more broadly, needed to power everything from smartphones to artificial intelligence.
This is because Intel’s in-house manufacturing capabilities have often struggled with the customized chips its clients want. The ability of its rivals to use a wide network of suppliers also results in many of its offerings lagging its rivals in speed and energy consumption.
Splitting its design and manufacturing operations could help it produce better chips at a lower cost by tapping outside vendors to make its most advanced central processors, a step executives have long resisted.
But selling Intel’s factories, or even opening them up more to contract manufacturing, could pose a challenge because they are geared toward its own design process, rather than broader industry standards that other companies follow.
U.S. national security concerns could present another obstacle to a potential divestment. Intel’s most formidable manufacturing rivals – TSMC and Samsung – have their manufacturing base overseas, and it is unclear whether regulators would approve a sale of any of Intel’s chipmaking operations to a foreign entity, given its central role in the supply chain.
Intel named its former chief financial officer, Bob Swan, chief executive last year. In June, it lost one of its veteran chip designers, Jim Keller, over a dispute on whether the company should outsource more of its production, sources said at the time.


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Content marketing: a cost effective way for start-ups to gain a voice in the online world
“Instant gratification is not something B2B marketers know much about,” says Aamplify's Sam Williams, who is launching the ‘Streetwise Guide to Content Marketing’.
“Instant gratification is not something B2B marketers know much about,” says Sam Williams, Partner at marketing consultancy Aamplify.
He is launching the ‘Streetwise Guide to Content Marketing’ as a way of helping New Zealand B2B technology
start-ups punch above their weight in the noisy world of online marketing.
Williams uses the term Content Marketing as shorthand to describe the full armoury of digital marketing tools businesses need to deploy to drive sales and lift brand visibility in an increasingly crowded online marketplace.
“There is a lot of buzz around Content Marketing in the consumer space, but if you are a tech start-up with a cloud-based product that needs to be marketed to the wider world, there is not a lot of guidance out there,” says Williams.
He says there is a fundamental difference between the business and consumer markets – one that has made it difficult for B2B businesses to take advantage of the new paradigm of online marketing.
“In the B2C world the sales cycle can be very short. A vendor points a motivated buyer to their website and the process ends with a purchase.”
As a result, he says, a lot of the marketing tools and advice that is out there – such as Adwords and Search Engine Optimisation for example – which is geared towards achieving this type of instant gratification.
“The main thing the B2C marketer has to do is ensure their brand cuts through the very cluttered world of online advertising. But it’s very different for B2B businesses.”
Williams says the sales cycle for B2B business is typically months, not days, and as a result the type of information a business needs to communicate in order to convert a lead is more complex – and involved.
Williams says that B2B marketers don’t often have the advantage of pitching their products or services to motivated buyers.
“Before you get to the point of trying to convert people’s intent into purchase, B2B marketers first have to do the hard yards of raising awareness and interest amongst their prospective buyers.”
You can’t do the second before you do the first and that takes time, says Williams. “You have to cultivate a relationship with your audience and help them scope the problem you are solving before you are able to rouse any purchasing intentions. In some cases, the audience may not know they even have a business problem that needs attention until you point it out.”
It’s a long term game and Williams has created a ‘how to’ guide to help start-ups understand some of the fundamental steps they need to take to develop their brand, get market traction and generate momentum.
The good news is Content Marketing is a cost effective approach, says Williams. “It can be over 50% cheaper for a start-up launching offshore than traditional above-the-line marketing.
“As a B2B start-up there is a lot to learn about Content Marketing and how to apply it to help achieve the best results. Unfortunately, unlike some B2C companies, in the B2B space you can’t simply start a Facebook page and post videos of cute cats on your feed and expect that to create the type of connection you need with your key audience.
"That said, one should never underestimate the marketing power of a cat.”
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Beats by Dre has just presented a brand-new campaign titled “The King & The Viking,” featuring NBA champion LeBron James and Manchester City striker Erling Haaland, who has just joined the Beats team as an official brand ambassador.
The campaign comes with a short film, which features a plot exploring the pressures that come with the need to exceed expectations as an athlete. Additionally, the concept of family and legacy are key themes in the film, too, with Savannah James and former Manchester City baller and father of Haaland, Alfie, sharing compelling words of wisdom to their loved ones — encouraging them to silence doubt and allow pressure to fuel their respective fights.
Alfie’s message is complemented by archive footage of a young Haaland playing for his boyhood club Bryne FK, finding the back of the net time and time again, even then.
Since his days at the Norwegian club, the Manchester City frontman’s star continues to grow at rapid speed, and this campaign is a testament to that. Being hailed alongside one of the world’s most decorated and renowned athletes is a major accomplishment when you’re 23 years old. The viking might be reaching king status.
“I’m excited to join the Beats family, a brand that has long been a part of my pre-match routine as an athlete,” Erling Haaland said.
“Family is important to me, and this campaign and partnership really speak to that.”
With the launch of their new campaign, Beats is carrying on the James family legacy. LeBron’s wife, Savannah, and their two kids, Bryce and Zhurim, become the brand’s first-ever family signings.
Commenting on the launch of Beats’ new campaign, LeBron James said: “It’s a pretty special thing to see how this partnership has grown with our family over the years. It’s a blessing for me to share the stage with them, and with a brand that’s been part of our lives since we started this journey. Family means everything to me!”
You can check out the new Beats by Dre “The King & The Viking” campaign above and the featured Beats Studio Pro and Beats Studio Buds are available to shop via the official Beats website now.


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Netflix has confirmed that they are working on an ad-supported tier that will be launching in 2023, but according to reports from both the Wall Street Journal and Variety, it looks like the company’s plans might have been moved up to November 2022.
For those wondering why the sudden shift in plans, this is because Disney+ is also launching an ad-supported tier in December, and it seems that the reason for moving up their plans is because Netflix wants to beat Disney+ to the punch. Netflix hasn’t confirmed anything yet regarding the timeline, so take it with a grain of salt for now.
As a quick recap on Netflix’s ad-supported tier, the company hasn’t confirmed how much it could cost just yet, but recent rumors have indicated that it could cost anywhere between $7-9 a month, which isn’t exactly a whole lot cheaper than what Netflix currently offers. While you could argue that you could be saving as much as $2-3 a month, the compromises don’t really make it feel all that worth it.
This is because the ad-supported tier will have certain limitations placed on it in addition to ads. We’re talking about only being able to stream at 480p resolution, no support for offline downloads, and users won’t have access to Netflix’s entire catalog of shows. We’re not sure if these trade-offs are worth saving $2-3 a month, but at the end of the day it’s really up to consumers to decide.


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Having successfully completed its transition from a solar equipment provider to a heterojunction cell and module manufacturer, Meyer Burger is looking to build on a major supply deal last month as it works to ramp up production capacity in the US.
The Switzerland-headquartered company signed an agreement with D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) to supply at least 3.75GW of solar modules for the US independent power producer’s large-scale projects.
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Due to be manufactured at Meyer Burger’s Goodyear facility in the US state of Arizona, the modules will be delivered between 2024 and 2029. DESRI has a first right of refusal to increase the contract quantity to 5GW as well as to enter into a contract extension beyond the five-year term.
The deal, Meyer Burger’s largest supply agreement to date, was signed less than one year after the company announced plans to set up a module production plant in the US.
Gunter Erfurt, CEO at Meyer Burger, tells PV Tech the agreement is “a very remarkable milestone” as it allows the company to enter the high-growth utility-scale solar segment with “one of the most renowned renewable energy players in the US”.
He says: “They’ve been around for a long time and are very experienced, they understand technology, they understand the business and we believe that’s a great partner to start with.”
As it builds its manufacturing footprint in the US, Meyer Burger is set to be boosted by provisions included in the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which features a US$0.07/Wdc manufacturing tax credit for the production of PV modules.
Erfurt explains that when the company started negotiations with DESRI there was no IRA, meaning the manufacturer was working under a pure business assumption that it could provide US-made utility-scale modules. “But of course, the Inflation Reduction Act is making things even a bit more beneficial, and also great for long-term planning,” he says.
When comparing IRA manufacturing tax credits for solar wafers, cells and modules, Erfurt says that support for module production is the most beneficial.
Meyer Burger opened its cell and module factories in Germany last year, with both starting production with annual capacities of 400MW.
As a result of the DESRI deal as well as high demand for rooftop solar modules, the company’s production capacities will be expanded ahead of schedule. Cell manufacturing capacity in Germany will increase to 3GW by the end of 2024, when the firm’s module production in the country will be 1.5GW.
The Arizona facility, meanwhile, is scheduled to reach 1.5GW of module production in 2024, with 1GW for the utility-scale segment and 0.5GW for rooftop systems.
As part of a revised financing plan, Meyer Burger is contemplating a potential CHF250 million (US$255 million) capital increase to be launched in the coming months to fund the accelerated capacity jump.
Erfurt says the module manufacturing segment split, with 2GW for residential and 1GW for utility, is “something we believe is very healthy. It should not flip too much to the other side, of having the focus on utility especially when the residential segment continues growing globally.”
He adds: “Could we sign more deals for utility? I would say so, but we are carefully assessing how we always keep a good balance between residential and utility.”
In its half-year report, published last month, Meyer Burger said it is looking to sell modules for utility-scale solar applications as an important additional pillar of its business, with offtake agreements being explored with interested parties in both the US and Europe.
The company manufactured about 110MW of modules in the first half of the year and is anticipating a further 210 – 260MW in H2. Its residential modules are currently sold across Europe as well as in the US, Australia and South Africa.
Erfurt says the biggest challenge for Meyer Burger is that market demand exceeds the available production volume, adding: “We are currently in allocation mode, so we are allocating our available production volumes to our customers. We do not, for the time being, really onboard additional customers beyond the relationships we have established.”
The company said in the H1 report that despite higher average sales prices than originally planned, demand for its residential modules has remained strong, as it allocates production volumes for Q2 2023 among its customers.
Consolidated revenues for the first half of 2022 increased 215% year-on-year to CHF56.7 million, with Meyer Burger claiming the results prove its ability to sell at premium prices and to pass on recent materials cost increases to its customers.
Questioned on the impact of soaring polysilicon prices, Erfurt says: “We all would have expected that the increased input costs would sooner or later reach a level that would basically affect the market demand. It never happened; the opposite happened.”
He adds: “Solar energy remains the cheapest source of electricity, regardless of whether or not the module is more expensive than it used to be.”


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Sri Lanka’s textiles industry giant and weft-fabric solutions provider, Textured Jersey Lanka PLC (TJL) said they were looking at cross-border expansions going forward in a bid to counter rising domestic labour costs.
Besides, the company will also leverage information technology to minimize dependency on labour so that it could minimize the impact of increasing labour costs.
“Rising labour costs continue to challenge Sri Lankan manufacturing, and we will leverage technology, and our regional presence as we move forward,” said the TJL CEO and the Managing Director, Sriyan de Silva Wijeyeratne.
Since lately, the company has actively been seeking off-shore acquisition opportunities and in June the management decided to acquire the controlling stake in Ocean India (Private) Limited, a knit fabric manufacturer in Visakhapatnam in India for a cash plus share (50:50) consideration of US$ 15 million.
“These are exciting times for your company, where the platform for our future regional growth strategy is being laid,” Wijeyeratne said.
Losing out domestic private investments due to higher labour costs is the last thing Sri Lanka needs in her bid to encourage private investments, particularly in the industrial sector.
Upon reaching the lower middle-income status, Sri Lanka’s rising labour cost has become a bane for many sectors and many trades have become unviable due to hefty payroll.
However, it is natural to expect a gradual increase in labour cost, when a country migrates to a higher income bracket (higher per capita income) but the challenge remains when the export competitiveness becomes weak, competing with countries with low cost base.
Higher labour costs leading to higher production costs have now become an issue of national importance as the country has reached a stage where it can compete neither with low cost producers nor its higher productive counterparts such as Malaysia and Thailand.
“Sri Lanka is stuck in limbo. They can’t compete with Bangladesh in cost or Malaysia and Thailand in productivity,” the Pathfinder Foundation Executive Director and an eminent economist Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy recently said.
Sri Lanka’s plantation sector is by far the hardest hit by the extremely higher labour cost and the combined loss incurred by the 23 Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) has been a staggering Rs.3.45 billion in 2014.
Due to continuous increases, the labour accounts for 70 percent of the production cost of RPCs.
This phenomenon could become a challenge in attracting labour-intensive foreign direct investments in to the country, and thus the Board of Investment will have to identify and promote sectors which commensurate with the country’s new economic order.
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Some of you may remember back in 2013 when a reporter for the New York Times test drove a Tesla Model S and slammed it because it didn’t get as much range on the highway as advertised. Elon Musk went ballistic and began a months-long campaign to get the Times to update its story, to no avail. Ever since, if the Grey Lady has had anything good to say about Tesla, it has been buried in Section E, right after the report on the latest meeting of the Larchmont Garden Club.
Here’s a headline from a New York Times story last week: Rural America’s Roads Might Resemble Cuba in 20 Years. The author, Mike Seely, writes at length about how Cubans have created an industry out of keeping American cars from the 50s running despite have no access to spare parts. And that part is true. There are ’55 Chevys cruising the streets of Havana that look like they just rolled off the assembly line in Detroit.
That’s what Seely thinks will happen in rural America as the EV revolution plows forward. His thesis is that people who live in the boonies will be consigned to clapped-out Ford Crown Victorias and F-150s because electric cars won’t have enough range to drive into town from rural farms and there won’t be any new gas-powered cars available.
“Experts say it’s possible that American roads could resemble Cuba for a spell, with older cars running on gasoline engines kept in circulation long after they ordinarily would have been traded in for another fuel-burning model,” Seely reports. His warning is based on a comment by Michelle Krebs, an executive analyst for Cox Automotive, who says, “We think there will be Cuba, especially in the rural areas of the U.S.,” especially if there are no advancements in batttery technology. Range is really important to people in faraway places, You have to drive long distances just to get to the grocery store,” Krebs says.
Seely pours on the scary, scary news about electric cars. “Electric cars need to become more affordable. Battery range needs to increase sharply. Charging stations need to become as commonplace as gas stations. And the time it takes to charge an electric car needs to fall more in line with gassing up a tank.” Yeah, most of us know that.
It has taken 100 years to perfect the internal combustion engine, but the truth is, the EV revolution is proceeding much faster than that. New battery technology is making headlines weekly if not daily, EV charging infrastructure is growing rapidly and the time needed to charge an electric car is getting shorter. Perhaps Seely could learn a thing or two by reading CleanTechnica once in a while.
Instead, he trots out an assortment of EV bashers to spread more fear, uncertainty, and doubt. There is a link to another New York Times article from June of this year by Elaine Glusac describing in detail the gut wrenching dilemma of driving an electric car on Colorado’s back roads through the Rocky Mountains.
Then he turns to no less an authority on electric cars than Jason Courter, chief operating officer at Bellevue Honda in Washington and a former chair of the American International Automobile Dealers Association. “Range anxiety — that’s a real thing that has to be figured out when people go on road trips. You really have to plot out your course when you’re driving an electric vehicle. We’re going to have to have a way bigger charging infrastructure — turning rest stops into charging stations. The average gas station stop takes about 10 minutes. Just to get a trickle charge, you’re 20 minutes to a half-hour plus, with less opportunities to get them,” he warns. Be afraid, people. Be very afraid!
But Wait, There’s More!
Jorge Salazar-Carrillo is a Cuban native and the director of Florida International University’s Economic Research Center. He regales Seely with a horror story about driving an electric car with a fellow professor from the University of Vermont. “He had to calculate because there weren’t many electric stations,” he said before adding that a stop to charge took close to an hour. Oh, the horror! “I think combustion engine cars are going to disappear more slowly than people believe. There will still be some families and businesses who will return to gasoline-powered cars. The regular cars might go the way of how you see things in Cuba,” he says.
Salazar-Carrillo and Courter question how green electric vehicles really are. “A lot of people have concerns about how that will tax the grid, especially with rolling brownouts in California,” Courter says. “Some of the messaging behind electric is that it’s clean. But what did it take to build that battery? It still took factories, and it still took the mining, which, from everything I’ve read, is not the cleanest process.”
Same Old, Same Old
So far, Seely has just repeated the same old load of bollocks we have been hearing from electric car detractors for the past decade. But there’s a sub-text to Seely article that is truly evil. Say “Cuba” to someone and you raise the specter of communism, Fidel Castro, the Bay of Pigs, Guantanamo Bay, the Cuban missile crisis, and Elian Gonzalez. There is a lot of emotional and historical baggage wrapped up in that one word.
What Seely is doing is engaging in dog whistle journalism. Driving an electric car marks a person as a possible communist sympathizer who is probably not a patriot. The modern perspective is that socialism and communism are one and the same. Communism leads directly to crimes against humanity like those perpetrated by Pol Pot in Cambodia, some people believe. The way Seely framed his article is deliberately calculated to spark fear and loathing among his readers.
The Washington Post Takes A Different Position
By coincidence, a few days after Seely’s hit piece ran in the New York Times, the Washington Post published an article entitled Five Myths About Electric Cars. It explodes the misinformation that electric cars are a fire hazard or are only for wealthy people. It also refutes the wrong-headed notion that the EV revolution is a liberal plot designed to “cancel” the culture that has grown up around cars with internal combustion engines. Finally, it gives the lie to the hackneyed load of codswallop we have been hearing for a decade about how electric cars are bad for the environment because some electricity comes from burning coal.
How does a piece of anti-EV propaganda wind up in the New York Times? Simple. Fossil fuel interests pay it to publish such tripe. It is misinformation masquerading as journalism and it tarnishes everything the Times writes with the taint of bias.
Battery and charging technology are improving rapidly. Charging infrastructure is expanding. EV prices are declining and world manufacturers like Volkswagen and Tesla have their sights firmly set on bringing lower priced cars to market. Geely has just announced an electric SUV with decent range for less than $10,000.
But for detractors, it’s never going to be enough. Our precious way of life is threatened by the changeover to electric transportation. The sky is falling! Quick! We must run and tell the king! In my grandfather’s generation, lots of people liked to make fun of people broken down on the side of the road in their automobiles. “Get a horse!” they would shout at them. What a shame if humans become extinct because charging electric cars is just too inconvenient. Who will buy the New York Times then?
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Snoop Dogg is bossing up in name of all pet parents. He has signed an ambassador deal with Petco and plans to release pet products.
Snoop Dogg is bossing up in name of all pet parents. He has signed an ambassador deal with Petco. As spotted on Digital Music News the Long Beach, California native has announced a new venture with the retail chain. The campaign is their latest addition to their Its What Wed Want If We Were Pets initiative which personifies pets with human actors to affirm Petcos commitment to delivering them the same quality of care as any other member of the family. Not only will Snoop serve as an ambassador for the brand but has curated a own list of products that embody his cool and cozy lifestyle. The Gin & Juice rapper expressed his enthusiasm regarding the opportunity in a formal statement. When it comes to shopping for my pets, I choose stuff for them Id choose for myself. My pets gotta look good, feel good, smell good, said Snoop Dogg. But its hard to know how to keep our pets healthy and happy when they cant tell us what they need. When I shop at Petco, its all there, even my own pet line, Snoop Doggie Doggs. They have great experts and great deals, so I can relax and trust that my pets are always fresh and getting the best at a fair price. Now thats value. Senior leadership at Petco also detailed why the partnership made so much sense. With this campaign we wanted to have some fun while reinforcing that no pet parent should ever have to compromise on the quality of their pets care in return for a good deal that whatever their budget, they can continue to give their pets the same high-quality care theyd want for themselves or any other member of their family, said Katie Nauman, Petcos Chief Marketing Officer. Snoop Dogg gives pet parents a fresh perspective on our comprehensive health and wellness offering at a value they can feel good about. You can see the Snoop Dogg Petco commercial below. Photo: Petco Read more


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Revenue for Microsoft as a whole rose 12% year-over-year to $51.9 billion
According to Microsoft Corp., LinkedIn revenue rose 29% in constant currency in the fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30, up 26% on a reported basis to $768 million. However, LinkedIn’s growth was lower than expected as revenue from its marketing solutions advertising business was impacted by a slowdown in advertising spend according to CFO Amy Hood.
LinkedIn’s year-over-year revenue growth in the upcoming first quarter is not forecast to match the fourth quarter’s growth.
Hood made further comment: “For LinkedIn, we expect continued strong engagement on the platform, although results will be impacted by the slowdown in advertising spend and hiring, resulting in low to mid-teens rev growth.”
However, Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella noted engagement on LinkedIn remains strong.
Nadella said: “We once again saw record engagement among the more than 850 million members, a testament to how mission-critical the platform is to connect job seekers with jobs, learners with skills and marketeers with buyers.”
Revenue for Microsoft as a whole rose 12% year-over-year to $51.9 billion. In constant currency, the increase was 16%.
CNBC reported revenue fell short of guidance and was the slowest revenue growth since 2020.
Microsoft also noted it had employee severance expenses of $113 million in the quarter, excluding Russia. Separately, the company had scaled down its operations in Russia and recorded operating expenses of $126 million related to bad debt expense, asset impairments and severance.


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Yes, It is confirmed for the PS2.
not ps2 but ps3 , xbox360.
Maybe in 2009 it might come out .
dont think it is
It might not come out... ps2 is going out of stock, along with it's games with the new ps3 around.
Mercenaries 2 world in flames is already out for the PS2 and was released in August 31 2008
September 9th, 2008
YES there is! There is going to be A Timesplitters 4! it will come out sometime in 2010!they are saying it will come out for : ps2,ps3,wii,xbox,xbox360,pc,other.
kingdom hearts 1, chain of memories, and 2 are all on the ps2
there is going to be svr10 for ps2 du there is going to be svr10 for ps2 du there is going to be svr10 for ps2 du
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The opportunity to diversify markets and capitalise on the increasing food demand in Asia, as a result of strengthening economies and a growing middle class, is part of the push to increase export market access for premium Australian produced strawberries.
Australia’s strawberry exports have been increasing annually but remain relatively limited, with 4,304 tonnes or 4.6% of the national production exported in the year ending June 2018. Subsequently, there is significant scope to meet the industry target set out in the Strawberry Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) of increasing exports of Australian strawberries from four per cent to at least eight per cent of national production by volume by 2021.
Watch this webinar recording from the 20 June 2019 with experienced Western Australian strawberry grower and exporter Jamie Michael, CSIRO System Approaches Horticulture engagement officer Kate Fielder, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Senior Extension Horticulturist Clinton McGrath and Agribusiness Research Lead from Griffith University Robin Roberts as they discuss opportunities and shared lessons for strawberry exports.
The discussion, moderated by Clinton Muller from RMCG, provides an overview of the on farm protocols to access markets, the logistics on how to export strawberries and research on what consumers are looking for in strawberries within international markets.
This webinar was delivered by the Strawberry Innovation project, funded by Hort Innovation using the strawberry research and development levy and funds from the Australian Government.


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Social networking - Team3000
Team 3000 will follow closely the latest developments in social media and work on programs that can enhance better brand recognition and home owner loyalty. Ultimately, companies that can benefit from their social media initiatives are those who can provide "benefits" to home owners.
Latest Social Networking Trend
A Forrester Research report released recently confirmed 4 out of 5 online Canadians use social media and almost 57 per cent participate in social networks at least once a month, making them the most active social networkers of any market regularly surveyed by Forrester.
The number of Canadians using social media, including You Tube videos, blogs climbed to almost 80 per cent. Facebook is the most popular social network in Canada, with almost 10 times as many weekly visitors as MySpace. And most of the growth has come from adults 35 years or older. In fact, almost 7 in 10 (68%) online Canadians are now on Facebook.
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The trend in social networking will present new challenges and new oppotunities to those who can harness the power of online technologies. Those who can effectively brand themselves will enjoy first movers advantage and benefit through better name recognition and revenues. Amongst other practitioners, Team3000 will commit the resources to take advantage of this online social networking phenomenon marketing its services to home buyers or sellers.


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Champagne shipped 20.8m bottles to the US last year
A total of 20.8 million bottles of Champagne were shipped to the US last year, worth €501.9 million, representing an 18.8% volume decline compared to 2019 shipments.
The numbers were released in a virtual press conference this week hosted by the Champagne Bureau in the US and in France.
Before the Covid pandemic turned shipments and sales upside down, Champagne sales to the US both in volume and in value had increased steadily since a low of 12.6 million bottles worth €209.4 million in 2009 during the global financial crisis.
Shipments then more than doubled to reach highs in 2019 of 25.7 million bottles shipped at a value of €665 million.
“There was a big buy-in during 2019 in anticipated tariffs,” said Jennifer Hall, director of the Champagne Bureau USA, also noting that on-premise sales collapsed when many restaurants partially or totally closed for much of the year after February 2020.
Gaëlle Egoroff, appellation protection & promotion director at Comité Champagne, emphasised that the numbers released were shipping figures and not consumption numbers. “Those will come later,” she said. The Comité represents the 360 houses and 16,100 growers of Champagne.
One rosy spot in the US report was pink Champagne. According to the Bureau, in 2020, rosé Champagne accounted for 18.2% of exports to the US versus 16.4% in 2019, or 3.8 million bottles.
Also in 2020, 29% of total Champagne rosés were exported to the United States, a share almost 2 points higher than in 2019 (27%).
“There is a true love story between Champagne rosé and US consumers,” Egoroff said.
“The Champagne sector has proven its resilience before, and it will do so again,” Hall said. “After the recession, the industry bounced back and saw seven consecutive years of growth in Champagne shipments to the United States.
“It’s our hope that Champagne will again show its strength as the United States makes progress towards recovery from the global pandemic.”
“When people see a moment to celebrate, they think of Champagne,” Egoroff said. “Champagne will be an exciting way to celebrate the end of the pandemic.”


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The Cincinnati USA Partnership defines its role as “Market our region as one of the world’s favorite American business centers.” The global aspect of that mission is reflected in the strategy for expanding our thriving international business community.
More than 400 foreign-owned companies collectively employ 50,000 Greater Cincinnatians. About three-quarters of those are based in Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom and France, comprising the backbone of Cincinnati’s foreign investment success.
In creating its economic growth blueprint 25 years ago, the Partnership strategically targeted Japan and that strategy has paid off handsomely. Today, Japan is our region’s largest source of foreign investment by far, with many initially small investments growing steadily over time.
Germany followed the same formula and became our second-largest foreign market. In the past 18 months, six of the 80 local German-owned companies undertook major expansions that collectively represent more than $200 million in new investment and 600 new jobs.
The chain-reaction growth process for new companies often begins with “regional feet on the ground.” In November, a Partnership delegation spent two days at Medica, the world’s largest medical device trade show held in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Beyond focusing on the foreign-investment core of Japan, Germany, the U.K. and France, our strategy also highlights the two key growth markets of India and Israel. In particular, India seems poised to become “the new Japan” in our regional growth story.
Indian companies dramatically expanded their U.S. presence in the past decade, investing more than $25 billion from 2004-2009. Those investments resulted in 60,000 U.S.-based jobs. Indian businesspeople derive confidence from the “flagship” investment in Greater Cincinnati’s Clermont County, made a few years ago by Tata Consultancy Services, part of India’s leading and most respected family of businesses.
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Patrons at Leland’s first brewery can now partake with purpose. Plans are underway at Brunswick Beer and Cider for the business to partner with area nonprofits throughout the year, with proceeds from the sale of select brews being donated to local organizations.
The brewery is currently seeking applications from nonprofits interested in partnering with the business. From January through November, the brewery will spotlight one nonprofit per month, and in addition to promoting their mission on social media, 11% of proceeds from the sale of a designated beer or cider on tap will be donated to the organization.
“The idea is that folks can come and support their favorite nonprofits – to drink a beer in their name, if you will,” said owner Jud Watkins. The program is modeled after a similar one at Wrightsville Beach Brewery, which he also owns.
Brunswick Beer and Cider has set some parameters for the types of nonprofits they hope to partner with. Watkins aims to select organizations that are “as local as possible,” but the opportunity is not exclusive to Brunswick County-based operations. The work of organizations will also be considered, with missions related to children and environmental issues being top picks for Watkins and his wife, who both have backgrounds in social work.
“We try to advocate for nonprofits that have a mission for someone or something that can’t advocate for themselves,” he said.
For the last month of 2023, Brunswick Beer and Cider will feature all 11 of the year’s nonprofit partners again, giving them one final publicity push and another donation from sales of a designated tap.
“In the spirit of giving in December, we do them all again,” Watkins said. “So it’s 11 beers in the month of December.”
Since it opened in October, the business has incrementally unveiled brews developed by brewers Neil Blake and Dustin Wilson in its lineup of 32 taps. So far, beer styles have included Leland Lager, a Bavarian-style lager; Western Cypress, a West Coast-style India pale ale; B.S.L, a British golden ale; Town Creek, a British brown ale; and Everlasting Darkness, a dirty blonde ale. The brewery’s first cider, I’m Currantly Blue, crafted with black currant and blueberry, was followed by a pink guava cider last month.
Nonprofits interested in partnering with Brunswick Beer and Cider can apply in person at 1313 S. Dickinson Drive in Leland or email [email protected]
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Detroit-based Huron Capital Partners LLC has sold its interest in Bloomer Holdings Inc., which does business in the specialty chemical and films market as Optimum Plastics, to Charter NEX Films Inc., a portfolio company of Pamplona Capital Management.
The sale price was not disclosed.
Huron Capital first invested in Optimum, which is based in Bloomer, Wis., in 2012. Since then, revenue has grown from $45 million to more than $100 million, and the number of employees has grown from 66 to 145.
The most significant milestone was the 2014 merger between Optimum Plastics and Bloomer Plastics.
Charter NEX is based in Milton, Wis., and Pamploma Capital is based in London.
Founded in 1999, Huron has raised more than $1.1 billion in capital, including $500 million in its current fund, and has invested in more than 100 portfolio companies.


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The Transparent Factory in Dresden achieved a new production record in its anniversary year, with more than 11,000 Phaetons manufactured in 2011.
The figure corresponds to an increase of 50 percent compared to the previous year. The number of visitors also continued to increase: approximately 145,000 visitors came to see the Transparent Factory, roughly one third more than 2010. The one millionth visitor was welcomed in July 2011.
Alongside production, the Transparent Factory also increased the number of Phaeton, Touareg and CC delivered directly at the factory. Nearly 2,000 customers came to Dresden in 2011 to take delivery of their cars, 80 percent more than in 2010.
„Our team has, together with all suppliers, made possible a wonderful present for the anniversary of the factory.We will maintain this high level in 2012,” said Hans-Joachim Rothenpieler, spokesman for the management of Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH.
The Transparent Factory also achieved a high level as a training center in 2011. Sebastian Hein was recognised as one of the best apprentices in the Volkswagen Group worldwide. The trainee vehicle mechatronic was awarded with the “Best Apprentice Award” in November for his excellent work.


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- According to eMarketing, video ad spending is expected to top $4 billion this year (double from two years ago) and $9 billion by 2017. A report from BrandAds shows that measurement tools for video ads have not kept pace with spending.
- Nearly 60% of digital video advertisers surveyed said that they didn't have the necessary tools to adequately measure video ads' effectiveness.
- Of those using measurement tools, 81% complained that it took at least 24 hours to receive data on video ads.
If digital video advertisers don't have the proper tools to measure effectiveness of their campaigns, it leads to waste. As with any other advertising venture, knowing what works and what doesn't helps campaigns move forward and evolve. That being said, advertisers must be seeing some value in the ads or spending wouldn't be increasing so quickly.


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What is Synthetic Graphite Powder?
Wholesale gas prices in the Netherlands and the UK have risen 20 percent recently amid concerns about Russian supplies.
The EU plans to cut its dependence on Russian gas by two-thirds this year and stop importing Russian fossil fuels by 2027. Russia exported about 155 billion cubic meters of gas to the EU in 2021.
The US recently said it would try to supply 15bn cubic meters of LNG to the EU this year. U.S. LNG plants are running at full capacity, and analysts say much of the extra gas the U.S. sends to Europe comes from what should have been exported elsewhere.
The German government called Russia "an unreliable energy supplier". Even though the German government claimed that they have been preparing for the situation for a long time that Russia may stop sending gas one day, experts say it is hard for the EU to replace all of Russia's gas exports any time soon.
The supply and prices of many products in the global market like the Synthetic Graphite will continue to be influenced by international situations.
Synthetic graphite plays a significant role in a few highly specialized industries. Here’s a look at what it is and why investors should know about it.
Synthetic graphite is a unique material often used in metal manufacturing and energy devices such as batteries and solar panels.
Synthetic graphite comprises high-purity carbon and is known for its ability to withstand high temperatures and corrosion. Those characteristics make it an excellent option for highly specialized industries that need predictable results from their carbon materials.
Understanding the difference between synthetic and natural graphite is essential for investors, as industries typically need a specific type of graphite for their applications. Here’s a look at the synthetic graphite market and what it offers.
What is synthetic graphite used for?
Synthetic graphite is used in many applications, including but not limited to friction, foundry, electrical carbons, fuel cell bipolar plates, coatings, electrolytic processes, corrosion products, conductive fillers, rubber and plastic compounds, and drilling applications.
Is synthetic graphite terrible for the environment?
Graphite operations can also lead to pollution because chemicals leak into local waters. According to industry sources, the purifying process, especially in China, is commonly done with acids, often hydrofluoric acid, a highly toxic substance.
Why is synthetic graphite expensive?
Synthetic graphite can be significantly more expensive to produce than natural graphite, as the process is relatively energy-intensive. The cost can be double or triple the standard price for natural graphite.
Graphite market information
The outlook for the overall graphite market is positive and is tied to the battery industry and energy storage applications. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence expects to see double-digit growth in the battery sector from 2022 onwards in graphite demand.
Andrew Miller, product director at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, has said the firm attributes the growth to “stimulus packages boosting the long-term battery market trajectory, and ongoing commitments from original equipment manufacturers.”
Graphite demand from the lithium-ion battery sector is expected to rise substantially from nearly 200,000 tonnes per year in a 700,000 to 800,000-tonne market to nearly 3 million tonnes a year in a 4 million tonne market by 2030.
Roskill sees growth opportunities for synthetic and natural graphite in the lithium-ion battery market. It expects total graphite demand to rise by about 5 to 6 per cent per year over the next decade.
As a whole, it appears that the future is bright for graphite. However, synthetic graphite will still face somewhat of an uphill battle. Natural graphite is the fastest-growing subset of graphite through 2030 — and improvements in purity are helping natural graphite enter the nuclear technology and high-end battery markets, which synthetics have typically owned. Price will undoubtedly be a determining factor in the competition between natural and synthetic graphite.
Would you invest in synthetic graphite? Why or why not?
High-quality synthetic graphite manufacturer
Luoyang Moon & Star New Energy Technology Co., LTD, founded on October 17, 2008, is a high-tech enterprise committed to developing, producing, processing, selling, and technical services of lithium-ion battery anode materials. After more than ten years of development, the company has gradually developed into a diversified product structure with natural graphite, artificial graphite, composite graphite, intermediate phase and other harmful materials (silicon-carbon materials, etc.). The products are widely used in high-end lithium-ion digital power and energy storage batteries.
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Due to the impact of COVID-19, russia-Ukraine conflict and international trade friction, the global economy is facing great challenges. Overseas trade is shrinking, supply chains are not smooth, oil prices are rising, freight rates are rising, and global trade and economic recovery are becoming more uncertain, which brings many risks and challenges to the company's business. The price of the Synthetic Graphite can also be influenced by the above factors. To get the price of the latest Synthetic Graphite , you are welcome to send email contact.


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Facebook Connect: Introducing Oculus Quest 2, A Partnership With EssilorLuxottica And More
Posted: September 16 2020 @ 12:30 PM | From: newsroom.fb.com | Author: Facebook
At Facebook Reality Labs, our mission is to build tools that help people feel connected, anytime, anywhere. Today marks our seventh annual AR/VR conference, recently rebranded as Facebook Connect to reflect its broader scope. For the first time, the event was completely digital, free and open to anyone to attend. From cutting-edge VR headsets to all-day wearable AR glasses, we talked about building the future. And underpinning it will be a deeper sense of connection with the important people and things in our lives.
During today’s keynote, we heard from Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Head of Facebook Reality Labs Andrew Bosworth and more as they shared AAA gaming partnerships, Quest Platform news and updates to Oculus for Business, among other announcements. Here’s a look at the highlights.
Introducing Quest 2
We announced Oculus Quest 2 – the next generation of all-in-one VR. It has our highest resolution display ever, weighs less than the original Quest and starts at just $299 USD. It comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Platform processor and 6GB of memory to power even more immersive experiences, with newly redesigned controllers for better ergonomics and longer battery life. Pre-orders open today, and Quest 2 will ship October 13. Learn more here.
We announced a multi-year partnership with EssilorLuxottica – the makers of eyewear from Oakley and Ray-Ban to Armani, Versace and more. Together, we’ll build and release a pair of Ray-Ban branded smart glasses in 2021. They’ll combine innovative technology with fashion-forward style and help people better connect with friends and family.
Spark AR Momentum
Every month, more than 600 million people use Spark AR across Facebook and Instagram. More than 400,000 creators from over 190 countries have published Spark AR effects for Facebook and Instagram. Together, they’ve published over 1.2 million AR effects to date. In just the last three months, more than 150 effect owners have hit over 1 billion views and uses. And beginning next year, we’ll open up Portal and Messenger to Spark AR creator publishing, giving more people fun new ways to connect.
We shared our principles for responsible innovation, which guide all of our work at Facebook Reality Labs. They are: never surprise people, provide controls that matter, consider everyone and put people first. These principles will continue to evolve as we build the next computing platform. Learn more about our principles here.
These innovations help drive our progress toward the next great computing platform with people at the center.
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A lot of content on the internet today is centered on self-employment with information convincing everyone of their ability to be an entrepreneur.
However, the brain behind Mashalla food spices East Africa Ltd, Suleiman Kyeyune an expert in small-scale businesses believes that people have different callings and abilities.
"I don’t think entrepreneurship is for everyone because we are all not the same. We have different abilities and skills. Some people are doing well in employment and those in employment yet they should be in entrepreneurship, so there’s no one fit for all,” he said.
The entrepreneur who has spent over 7 years in self-employment after quitting formal employment made the comments in an interview with Crystal Newman during the Groove Cafe on RX Radio.
His venture began in 2016 after attending a workshop training for small businesses from which he picked the idea of making food spices. “I did a bit of research on the demand for food items and decided to center on food spices,” he explained.
But due to limited resources, he started with a kilogram of ginger. "When I told my sister about the startup, she bought the whole kilo that I had intended to sell in about 24 containers. It was funny but it was a signal that the spices are highly demanded,” he narrated.
He recalled steadily making sales and as his business grew, he was appointed the Kampala Chairperson of the Small Scale Businesses Association. When the covid-19, pandemic set in and crippled other businesses, he was glad that Mashalla and other agri-businesses were one of the lucky few that remained operative.
“During the lockdown, we had a lot of support from the association. The also government allowed us to continue delivering and we did. The only challenge was delayed payments by supermarkets. Those paying in 28 days would pay in 30 or 60 days. Luckily, the demand for the products was still high, probably because many people were using them as concoctions to prevent themselves from catching covid 19.”
He acknowledged the support of environmental activists to local farmers in this season of drought. Additionally, he noted that small-scale businesses have managed to survive the harsh economy because they can import products unavailable in the local markets.
The Groove Cafe with Crystal Newman airs every Weekday from 4-5 pm on RX Radio.
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Jamaican minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett has reiterated his plans for the recovery of the sector in remarks issued in support of World Tourism Day.
Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, chairman of the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, has said the emirate will focus on rural development in the coming year.
The executive council of the World Tourism Organisation has met in-person for the first time this year, unveiling plans to open a new Middle Eastern office in Riyadh.
The body argues there is an opportunity for both developed and developing countries to recover from the social and economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
A majority of destinations around the world have now started easing travel restrictions introduced in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report has revealed.
As part of the wider United Nations response to Covid-19, secretary general, Antonio Guterres, has released a thematic brief on the impact the pandemic has had on tourism.
Zurab Pololikashvili, secretary general of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, has called for global leadership to reopen the hospitality sector in the wake of the Covid-19 shutdown


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HMD Global has is gearing up to launch Nokia 5.3 smartphone in India and it appears the availability of the device is imminent. According to reports, the Nokia 5.3 will launch within few days since the handset gets itself listed on the company’s website. The specifications are already available in the public domain because of the Global launch recently. We don’t have any information as to whether the Nokia 5.3 specifications will change in India.
Nokia 5.3 Specifications
The Nokia 5.3 features a 6.55-inch waterdrop notch HD+ display with a 20:9 aspect ratio. The notch is the containment zone for the selfie camera. Under the hood, the Nokia 5.3 is powered by a Snapdragon 665 processor coupled with 3GB, 4GB, and 6GB RAM. We expect the availability of both 64GB and 128GB internal storage variants. The 6GB RAM will most probably ship with 128GB storage.
Talking about the optics, the Nokia 5.3 ships with a quad-camera mechanism comprising of 13MP primary sensor, 2MP depth sensor, 5MP ultra-wide-angle sensor alongside a 2MP macro sensors respectively. The rear camera is housed in a circular highlighted area. The selfie camera offers an 8MP sensor housed inside the water-drop notch. IN addition to all standard connectivity features, the smartphone also includes a dedicated fingerprint sensor.
Nokia 5.3 Pricing & Availability
The Nokia 5.3 has been listed on the official website in India. This means that the launch date is imminent and you can expect the availability soon. There will be no launch events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The handset could launch at EUR 189, which equates to INR 16800.


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Jackson, MI—PMA (Photo Marketing Association) unveiled its CliQ website, a new branded experience for photo enthusiasts and anyone interested in getting the most from photography and video.
“CliQ is a 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week commitment on the part of the association to provide content and tools for everyone involved in photography, from consumers to aspiring pros, to retailers and professional labs,” said Ted Fox, executive director and CEO, PMA. “Also, with the recent addition of the Professional Wedding and Studio Photographers Association International (PWSPI) to the PMA family, the association has broadened its appeal to include all segments of the photo/video industry.”
The CliQ website, located at cliqworld.com, features how-to tips, new product reviews from DP Review and monthly photo contests. In the coming months, more features will be added, leading up to an annual event in September.
The establishment of CliQ will bring extensive changes to the PMA annual convention and trade show, scheduled for September 6-10, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nevada. PMA has renamed the expanded event CliQ 2011. The show will now feature presentations from well-known photographers like Jasmine Starr, Scott Bourne, Tracey Clark and Stacy Pearsall, as well as workshops, photo walks and seminars that will be part of the CliQ experience, along with entry to the photo trade show.
The show itself will include interactive zones spotlighting technology, tips and techniques in these major areas: the Shooting zone with demos by leading photographers of still photography; the Mobile zone, which will spotlight the hottest and best mobile phone apps; the Software Tutorial zone where visitors can learn the ins and outs of leading desktop and Web photo applications; the Innovation zone that will highlight new and emerging technologies; the 3D zone that will feature digital 3D photography and video; and the Video zone, which will showcase one of the fastest-growing areas in imaging today—HD and SLR videography.
The annual show will also offer custom-picture framing and the GoingPro Bootcamp photography business seminar.
“The PMA convention will continue to offer the same leading-edge programming for the retailers, custom framers, studios and chain stores,” added Fox. “PMA members will recognize classic convention features, like the DIMA Printer Shootout, the DIMA Photo Book Showcase, Retailer Hot Picks, Photographer Hot Picks, DIMA Innovative Product Awards and the official business session.”
Also, as previously announced, North America’s largest photo retail buying group, the Photographic Research Organization (PRO), will stage a major buying event in conjunction with CliQ 2011, using it as a launch point for 2011 holiday season merchandising
To learn more about the new initiative, tune into an interview with Ted Fox on the DIMAcast or AIE Imaging Executive podcast. The interview, conducted by PMA senior editor Jennifer Kruger on January 11 also includes Chad Munce, group executive, digital imaging markets, and Gary Pageau, PMA publisher. cliqworld.com and pmai.org


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Thirsty Camel, a popular chain of liquor stores Down Under with 450 locations, ran this newspaper ad yesterday with a headline that I’m sure got Aussie lads—famous for their deep love of beer—excited.
To get your “free” “beer”, you simply had to cut out that shot of frothy amber goodness, wrap it around your favorite beer glass, and then fool your friends with your non-beer as you got non-drunk.
And no, there was no actual free beer offer in the fine print.
- "Moonlight" won Best Picture at the Oscars, but they accidentally gave it to "La La Land" first 😳
- Philip Bilden, the businessman nominated by President Trump to be secretary of the Navy, has withdrawn himself from consideration.
- Actor Bill Paxton has died at 61. He starred in classics including "Twister" and "Titanic."
- The Nokia brick phone is making a comeback — it's been reimagined with a colored screen, but the game Snake hasn't gone anywhere 🐍📲


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DUBLIN, OH. — The fast food chain Wendy’s announced Wednesday it will partner with logistics company Pipedream to create an underground food delivery system.
This system will deliver food orders from the kitchen to an assigned parking space in the restaurant parking lot.
Wendy’s says the underground delivery system will allow patrons to receive their food in seconds, making it faster and more convenient for pick-up orders.
The chain says it will be the first Quick Service Restaurant to offer the technology.
“We know that serving orders quickly and accurately leads to increased customer satisfaction,” said Deepak Ajmani, U.S. Chief Operations Officer for The Wendy’s Company. “Pipedream’s Instant Pickup system has the potential to unlock greater mobile order speed of service and accuracy, enabling us to consistently deliver hot and fresh Wendy’s products to our fans.”
Pipedream’s plan to connect the restaurant to an Instant Pickup Portal means customers will be able to pull into a designated parking spot, place their order, and autonomous robots will deliver their food through an underground tunnel.
“At Wendy’s, we are consistently innovating to meet our customers however they choose to engage with us,” said Matt Spessard, Senior Vice President, and Global Chief Technology Officer of The Wendy’s Company.
“By solving order handoff, the final leg of the digital experience, our Instant Pickup technology allows Wendy’s restaurant team members to focus on what matters: serving delicious, high-quality food and connecting with customers in this digital-first world.”, said Garrett McCurrach, CEO of Pipedream.
Wendy will begin to introduce the first underground delivery system at an existing restaurant later this year.