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A new in-house studio will be handling the upcoming Call of Duty Mobile game
Following the success of Call of Duty: Mobile, Activision is looking to establish its own in-house studio dedicated to mobile gaming. The company is currently recruiting more employees to develop a new mobile Call of Duty title.
Call of Duty: Mobile launched in 2019, and propelled developer TiMi into the upper echelons of game studios, reportedly raking in $10 billion in revenue last year alone (via) ReutersNot content to sit comfortably until that kind of cash is floating around, Activision is rolling out development of its next Call of Duty mobile game in-house — and it’s hiring.
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a number of job listing The new studio, dubbed Activision, has popped up on Activision’s website for mobile. The listing confirms that the first title will be a Call of Duty mobile game for iOS and Android. Based in Santa Monica, CA, Activision insists that the new roles will be remote in the current circumstances of the ongoing pandemic.
With Call of Duty: Mobile, Activision keen to add microtransactions based on details system designer role, which reads, “You will work directly with creative leaders to conceptualize, implement and maintain mobile monetization systems, social systems, and optimize designs based on live data”.
The new game is likely to be free-to-play and, according to the listing, “new mobile features, social systems and events for live operations” will be arriving on the new handheld title.
The new studio hasn’t been announced outside of the listing on the website, but it has some big goals:
“We are looking for great talent from mobile, console and PC backgrounds for our work enthusiasts who share our belief in AAA experiences on mobile and should be.”
Given that Activision is only hiring, don’t expect to see a new Call of Duty: Mobile game for a while. But we’re only a couple weeks into Call of Duty: Mobile Season 4, so that gamers have to end in the meantime.
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Yandex which is the dominant search engine used in Russia has been keeping a close watch on Google. Since there were rumors about Google being interested in putting up Google Drive, a cloud based storage system similar to DropBox with 5GB free, Yandex apparently has been in the works to move faster than the global search giant. Yandex launched a beta version of Yandex.Disk which is said to offer double what Google is offering its members this morning.
Yandex which is only available in Russian also has an email client called Yandex.Mail and it has additional storage space allocated specifically for that purpose. Besides that, Yandex.Disk also supports inter-device syncing (Windows, Mac OS, Android and iOS) which allows editing even text files from multiple PCs. For now, access to Yandex.Disk is only via invitation and since it is only available in Russian for now, Google might have a chance globally but maybe entering into the fray in Russia would be more difficult than expected.

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The A2 Milk company’s (ASX:A2M)
outlook is in a “strategic review” following a year which saw the embattled infant milk company’s profit dive by over 79 per cent. The dual-listed milk company faced a series of headwinds which dragged on their performance. From a tumble in sellers in their daigou channel to China’s shrinking birth rate, the company’s revenue channels rapidly dried up forcing the company to rethink their game plan. Revenue sunk 30.3 per cent to $1.16 billion though within their guidance provided in May, while their EBITDA tanked 77.6 per cent to $117.9 million. By no surprise, the milk formula company did not declare a dividend. Shares in The A2 Milk Company (ASX:A2M)
are trading 11.8 per cent lower at $6.05.
appears optimistic to resume international flights to countries with high vaccine rates. The docket includes Singapore, Japan, the US, the UK and hopefully New Zealand. The airliner has crossed their fingers hoping that flights could resume from mid-December this year. The likes of Bali, Jakarta, Manila, and Johannesburg are pencilled in from April 2022 at the earliest. The announcement came as the flying kangaroo posted a $2.35 billion loss for the 2021 financial year, after a $2.7 billion loss from the year before. The expected result was attributed to a $16 billion loss in revenue as the airline grappled with disruptions to domestic travel, let alone international travel which came close to a standstill for the period. Their underlying EBITDA came in at $410 million. On a positive note, the airline’s net debt reduction came in better-than-expected. It went from $6.4 billion in February to $5.9 billion in June. Shares in Qantas Airways (ASX:QAN)
are trading 3.3 per cent higher at $5.03.
unveiled a $2 billion share buy-back and boosted their dividend thanks to a bumper year. The spin-off of their drinks business Endeavour (ASX:EDV)
plus the surge in spending contributed to their stellar performance. Woolies' sales rose 5.7 per cent to $67.2 billion, and the company’s profit after tax for continuing operations jumped 20.1 per cent to $1.5 billion. However, the Covid-19 pandemic did hit other areas of their balance sheet. The company posted a $50 million impairment in their Metro stores, forked out $44 million worth of redundancies and spent $68 million in transaction costs for the demerger of Endeavour. To offset these figures, Woolies recorded a $221 million gain on their equity interest in artificial intelligence company, Quantium. Totalling all these figures up, the supermarket giant came out in the black, posting a $59 million gain in significant items. Investors will be rewarded with a nice dividend and a share buyback. Shares in Woolworths Group (ASX:WOW)
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KEY WEST (CBSMiami/AP) — Key West has taken the first step toward banning the sale of sunscreens that contain ingredients that some consider harmful to coral reefs.READ MORE: As US Confirms First Omicron Case, CDC Works To Step Up Testing Requirements
Tuesday night the Key West City Commission approved the measure 7-0. Commissioners now must review the ordinance a second time and pass it again on February 5th before it can become law. It would ban products containing oxybenzone and octinoxate.
Nearly 100 people turned out for the discussion, with 50 signing up to speak about the proposal. They included dermatologists, boat captains, and school children.READ MORE: Arrest Made In Miami-Dade In Connection With Murder Of Palm Beach Gardens Boy
Commissioner Jimmy Weekley said people could still get a prescription from a doctor for sunscreens that contain the banned ingredients.
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Heading up the first day of E3, AMD is set to make some big announcements at its “Next Horizon Gaming” keynote. The company is following up its recent Computex announcements with even more, and as a part of E3, we’re expecting it to be centered on gaming.
Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch the keynote and what to expect.
How to watch
The presentation starts on Monday, June 10 at 3 p.m. PT in Los Angeles. It will also be broadcast live on AMD’s YouTube page for those not at the event.
The live video will also be embedded in this post once it’s available. We will be covering AMD’s announcements live, so make sure to follow Digital Trends on Twitter for more.
What to expect
AMD is hot off the heels of its impressive Computex announcements, which included the details of its new Ryzen 3000 processors and a glimpse at its highly-anticipated RX 5000-series Navi graphics cards. We expect AMD to focus more on graphics this time around, and we’re hoping to get more details on AMD’s new graphics architecture and to learn just how it will be implementing them in a variety of platforms.
Here’s what AMD posted on Twitter, hinting at the multi-platform aspect to its new announcements:
In 48 hours, @AMD will reveal details about upcoming products and tech that will power gaming from PC, to console, to cloud, for years to come. Don’t miss it.
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With buzz around both game streaming in Google’s Stadia platform, as well as the rumors abuzz about new consoles, AMD seems to be hinting at the multi-platform aspect of its new products. The company even inked a deal with Samsung recently to bring Radeon to mobile devices in the future. Outside of that, AMD hasn’t given any more official word on just what it’ll be sharing. Regardless, it should be exciting.
Although Nvidia doesn’t have a press conference scheduled, AMD’s competitor is expected to drop new versions of its RTX graphics cards, referred to as “Super.” How will the two rival companies be standing by the end of the week? We’ll have to wait and see.
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GM: Government Motors, Not the First Bailout to Fail
It’s said that those who refused to learn from history are condemned to repeat it. It looks like the president refused to learn from history that the nationalization of companies rarely work to the good of the public taxpayer. In the case of General Motors, makers of Chevrolet, Cadillac, and Oldsmobile, taxpayers are looking at a larger than promised cost for saving GM.
How Fair Are Bailouts
When the federal government bailed out GM and Chrysler, the president shouted from the rooftops about how many jobs had been saved, and how a great automobile company with a long history would live to fight another day.
Of course there was little mention of the bath the bondholders took, and the closing of many dealerships across the country, but who cares as long as those union factory jobs were saved. It’s too bad the president couldn’t have been around to save the Nash Rambler, Desoto, Duisenberg or Studebaker. They were all great cars but are now as extinct as the Do-Do Bird.
How fair was the GM bailout to Ford?
Think about that for minute. Suppose you are an owner of McDonald’s and the government comes along and pumps money into Burger King and Wendy’s. How would that make you feel? Would you feel you were competing on a level playing field?
Ford renegotiated its union contracts with the UAW (United Auto Workers) but the president made no effort to ask unions for any concessions to help save the embattled corporation. In fact it was the very overinflated union contracts that put GM behind the eight ball in the first place.
But the president did just the opposite, giving in to inflated salaries and union benefits, while putting the American taxpayer on the hook for 60% of the bailout cost. GM stock would need to get to over $50 per share to bailout you and me for the other half of the $50 billion we provided. Unfortunately, it’s been hovering between $20 and $30 per share.
Repeating The Past
Younger readers might not recognize the American brands I mentioned above. But there is a long list of automobiles that governments tried to save with nationalization and failed. One of the biggest took place in the UK.
In 1964, Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister, decided that nationalization was the way to go for ALL industries and he decided to begin with the auto industry. In 1968, he and his minions decided to merge all car companies into one mega corporation. They called it BLMC. It was comprised of, poor performing Morris, Jaguar and Austin, and somewhat healthy, Leyland, Triumph and Rover.
It was a disaster. The main reason was heavy unionization. Unions would strike for something as minor as a few minutes less of a tea break. Profitability was nearly impossible. British Leyland, as it was eventually called, bled British taxpayers for nearly 15 years before, one by one, the remaining brands were reprivatized.
So what kind of manager did the president turn out to be? Well, the first “great idea” was the demand the manufacture of green energy cars. The Chevy Volt as the first attempt. And we all know how well that worked out. In March of this year production on the Volt was halted due to poor sales and bloated inventories. GM profits were down over 40% in the last reported quarter. At least government is consistent — incompetent.
Some Final Thoughts
Government will step in to put safety caps on medicine, save the rain forest, the Great Barrier Reef, no drilling because of the Caribou. We build tunnels for turtles crossing the highways. Yet, we have no problem interfering with the natural order of economic forces. Circuit City, Montgomery Ward, Border’s Books, Linen’s and Things, are all out of business. Should we have bailed them all out? Why not? Think how many jobs were lost. Where’s your compassion?
So how come Circuit City if gone but Best Buy is still here? Why is Border’s Books gone yet Barnes & Noble still has books on the shelf? I can’t get a shower curtain at Linen’s and Things any longer, so I have to go to Bed, Bath and Beyond. Could it be the law of the jungle? Only the strong survive? Who will be the next poorly run company that you and I will have to bring to solvency? Not sure about you, but I’m beginning to run out of money.


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Diono launches Lifetime Journey Care, the industry’s first car seat subscription program
SEATTLE, May 04, 2022–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, America’s leading car seat manufacturer Diono launched the industry’s first 10-year commitment to families: Lifetime Travel Carea subscription plan that places “10 years, one car seat” at the center of a comprehensive program designed around the needs of families.
This press release is multimedia. See the full version here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220504005978/en/
A recent survey of 2,000 parents of children 10 and under looked at some of the challenges and joys they encounter when traveling with their little ones. (Graphic: Business Wire)
By subscribing to monthly or annual plans, Lifetime Journey Care members get exclusive access to a variety of benefits, including a 10-year warranty, a new colored seat cover each year, and access to fittings. virtual one-on-one sessions with a Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST). The Lifetime Journey Care program is offered with Diono’s all-in-one 3-in-one convertible car seats: the Radian® 3R, the Radian® 3RXT and the Radian® 3QXT.
“At Diono, we listen to understand how families best celebrate the joy of travel, so we can design travel solutions that allow them to safely embrace the adventures ahead,” said Tim Maule, CEO of Diono. “Lifetime Journey Care is a direct response to families’ desires for safety, personalized attention, value and the flexibility to update their style every year – all wrapped up in 10 years of care.”
Diono carefully curated the subscription program after listening to customers and conducting research to determine the needs, wants, and desires of families across America. According to a recent consumer survey commissioned by Diono and conducted by OnePoll, 64% of parents would appreciate having a longer warranty on their car seats and an ongoing relationship with the manufacturer. Lifetime Journey Care members receive a 10-year lifetime warranty on any car seat purchased through the subscription program.
About 66% of parents said the hardest part of traveling with their children was cleaning up messes such as drink spills, crumbs and bathroom accidents. Many parents don’t have the time or energy to regularly wash their car seat cover. To meet this need, Lifetime Journey Care offers a new colored seat cover each year. Parents get a refreshed rear seat and kids can choose a color they like.
Of course, safety is the top priority for family travel. Almost four in five parents (78%) said they double or triple check their child’s car seat before hitting the road, but a surprisingly high number – 74% – said they don’t. weren’t sure they had installed the car seat correctly. . Lifetime Journey Care aims to change that by offering free, virtual one-on-one consultations with a CPST so parents can be confident their car seats are installed correctly and safely. Members can also chat with CPSTs and Diono’s customer service team anytime when questions arise.
Diono’s research showed that 78% of families accommodate three passengers in their back seat on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Thus, Diono offers value to growing families by offering a third seat free after purchasing two. Families on a budget will enjoy a free third seat for their third child, as well as rewards points for purchasing Diono and savings on Diono products sitewide.
“Diono is proud to lead the industry with the Lifetime Journey Care plan,” said Maule. “This is the latest example of our commitment to providing simple, smart solutions tailored to the needs of families. When we say 10 years a car seat, we mean it. We want parents and caregivers to know that when they have need us, we’ll be there. We’re in this together the whole journey, and we’re ready to handle any bumps that might come along the way.
Diono entered the market in 1999 with a commitment to safety, original design and smart travel solutions. Our core values have never changed, but our desire to innovate has grown. This dedication led Diono to introduce the industry’s first stretch booster, Monterey, ingeniously designed to grow with kids up to 8 years old. But we didn’t stop there, and soon Diono became the brand behind the original Radian all-in-one convertible car seat. Diono never compromises on safety and is the first brand to test accessories. In keeping with our #ColorTheJourney ethos, Diono seats come in a rainbow of colors, allowing little passengers to boldly express themselves and express their style as we celebrate #JoyOfTheJourney together.
See the source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220504005978/en/


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Android Wear smartwatches already allow you to stay connected even when you don’t have your phone with you, features like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth allow the wearable device to show who is calling or allow you to respond to messages even if the phone is another room. It really doesn’t come as a surprise that Google has confirmed that cellular support is coming to Android Wear, however the announcement does bring some details about how cellular connectivity will actually work on the wearable devices.
An LTE enabled Android Wear smartwatch will automatically switch over to the cellular connection once you’re out of range of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. As long as it’s connected to the cellular network you can continue to use the smartwatch to send and receive messages, use apps that require mobile data, use fitness tracking features and do much more, obviously you’ll be able to make and receive calls right from the wrist.
LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE is the first Android Wear smartwatch to feature cellular support, the smartwatch’s three buttons provides you with easy access to the LG Health Fitness app, your contacts list and the watch face to check the time.
The smartwatch is available for purchase from AT&T and Verizon in the United States, Google also says that customers across the globe will be able to pick up this wearable device in the coming months.


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A total number of 9 superyachts have already confirmed their participation in the inaugural Superyacht Rendezvous Montenegro. This prestigious event will be hosted by the five-star Porto Montenegro, a lovely Mediterranean yacht charter destination, from July 2 to 5, 2015.
Both sailing and motor superyachts are invited to participate in an amazing three-day social programme in and around the fantastic UNESCO Bay of Kotor. Following previous editions of the event in Monaco over the last 25 years, the Superyacht Rendezvous Montenegro is expected to be the best year yet.
“The relocation of the Superyacht Rendezvous from Monaco promises to be a fresh take on an old classic. We look forward to welcoming the world’s most impressive luxury yachts to start the season in style in Montenegro!” explains Victoria Lister, Commercial Director of Boat International Media.
The superyachts that have already registered for the event are the 50m Philippe Briand-designed superyacht Exuma, the 38,7m Tansu motor yacht Alyssa, the 34,4m Feadship charter yacht C-Side (ex Eleanor Allen), the 50m Heesen Galactica, the 47m Heesen luxury yacht Elena, the 45,7m Palmer Johnson Blue Ice, the 26m DL Yachts Dreamline Seven Seconds, the 41m Horizon Komokwa and the 46,6m Burger Boat Ingot.
Participating superyachts will have a unique chance to enjoy an Owners Lunch, Welcome Cocktail Party and Yacht Hop, Cruise in Company, a range of cultural excursions and a prestigious party at Porto Montenegro’s exclusive Lido Mar Pool Club.


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A display contains frozen items, and the shelves are stocked with jars and cans. But there’s just one reason to visit this Boerum Hill business: meat.
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Exclusive interview with Paulo Kiefe of Creative Tools about the creation of 3DBenchy, the jolly 3D printing torture test.
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Mercedes-Benz is showing no signs of slowing down the rapid model expansion it has embarked upon in recent years, but it isn’t worried of somehow ‘watering down’ the brand.
Ola Källenius, Daimler AG board member and Mercedes-Benz Cars marketing and sales boss, told us this week at the 2016 Detroit auto show that the company was committed to taking its global range from about 30 models to about 40 over the next handful of years.
Mercedes-Benz has been showing substantial global sales growth in recent times — momentum attributed in part to its growing plethora of models, which has hardly dented its undoubtedly premium image.
These new models include a confirmed new large electric car with a circa-500km range due in 2018 — tipped to be a sedan — potentially followed by as many as three other standalone EV models (two SUVs and a limo, according to Car) designed to put Tesla in its place.
The company is keeping quiet on where it might go, though there are possibly plans to expand its ‘MFA’ small car family, currently comprising the A-Class hatch, B-Class MPV (which premiered the MFA platform in 2011), GLA crossover SUV, CLA sedan and CLA Shooting Brake wagon.
“As we grow from 30-ish to 40-ish, I’m sure we will have a few ideas,” Källenius said. This echoes what Mercedes development chief Thomas Weber told us last year.
The natural question to ask Källenius was how Mercedes-Benz expands its range by as much as 25 per cent without devolving into an ‘everyman/everywoman’ brand.
“One thing that’s extremely important is you have an authentic Mercedes offering in every class. An out-and-out Mercedes regardless of A or S. Stick to that principal you don’t run the risk of watering down the brand,” the 46-year-old Swede said.
He added that the company’s current global market share is about 2 per cent, so even a mythical 50 per cent growth would only give it 3 per cent. “[We are] a long way off too much volume,” he said.
“If it’s authentic, it works.”
“[We] won’t go below A-Class, not looking to cheaper segments with the French/Italian offerings,” he said.


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Passage of the budget in the Senate came after nine and a half hours of debate, a high stakes process that unfolded under the watchful eye of educators. "We don't get to pat ourselves on the back", Friese said. The strike produced no concessions. Like Ducey, they argued that the funds for ongoing teacher pay is a major step forward from past teacher raises, starting with a 9 percent raise next year and culminating with a net 20 percent raise by 2020.
Citigroup raised their price target on Hewlett-Packard from $23.00 to $27.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, January 18th. According to Zacks , "We are encouraged by Hewlett Packard's massive restructuring initiatives".
Golovkin never stopped training and clearly has no interest in cutting Alvarez any slack, nor does he give much credence to Alvarez's stated explanation for two positive drug tests. "And our guy is in the gym and ready to fight". Canelo looks forward to returning to the ring in September for Mexican Independence Day weekend to represent Mexico and boxing in what will be the sport's biggest event of the year.
While these are not considered "high-end" smartphones, they have numerous same features of more expensive phones . Since then, we have continued to push the boundaries of the value equation even further with the debut of the moto e , a smartphone that was fully loaded and fairly priced.
These models will be available exclusively through Amazon , as well as Best Buy's online and physical stores. They will be available from Best Buy's retail stores and website, as well as sold by Best Buy through Amazon . Not least because the experience can become more visual. Best Buy and Amazon have been fierce competitors over the years. It can also be paired with any Echo device, allowing customers to easily use their voice to control their TV experience hands-free with ...
Since then, the campaigns of the games have been second fiddle to the cool multiplayer toys players could get their hands on. Whether work is continuing on the single-player campaign, perhaps for release as DLC at a later date.is unclear.
While Apple sticks to its old conventional design for the iPhone X, Samsung beats it here by managing to offer a different design than before that is more sleek and smart. Yet, it was the iPhone X that really popularized the notch, even if some users complained about the area housing the phone's front-facing camera dipping down into its otherwise expansive display .
For the unknown, Motorola Brazil has started sending out media invites for a launch event which is scheduled on April 19 at Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the company is expected to launch its much-anticipated Moto G6-series at the said event. Notably, the phone will pack a large 4000mAh battery with TurboPower fast charging support. which is likely its biggest highlight apart from the 18:9 display.
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BankBazaar secures $30M from credit rating agency Experian, to up staff strength by 400
On Tuesday, financial marketplace BankBazaar.com raised $30 million in a funding round led by credit reporting agency Experian. This latest round of financing brings BankBazaar’s total funding amount to $110 million.
While speaking to YourStory, Adhil Shetty, CEO and Co-founder, BankBazaar.com, stated that the funds from this round will be used in three different focus areas.
First, to strengthen their technology play by hiring more resources, moving closer to their vision of providing a paperless technology platform.
In this regard, Adhil announced that they have already hired 400 professionals this fiscal year and will be hiring another 400 individuals over the course of the year.
The second area of investment is their credit scoring product which BankBazaar has built along with Experian. On the BankBazaar app, an individual can access and find out their credit score within three minutes, with the algorithms suggesting additional tools to improve that score.
The company will also invest funds from this round in strengthening their presence in Singapore and Malaysia.
“We believe that the intellectual capital for paperless technologies is not just unique to India, and therefore will continue to strengthen our presence in the markets of Singapore and Malaysia.”
According to Adhil, the Singapore market, which BankBazaar forayed into last February, already has a strong presence and will contribute close to 10 percent of the company’s entire revenue by March 2018.
At present, BankBazaar is live in Singapore, the UAE, Mexico, as well as in the Philippines.
Further, speaking on the investment, Adhil commented,
“This a step-up round, considering we already have a lot of the money from Series C still there. We have always focused on the strategic value which our investors get on board, and being the largest credit reporting agency, Experian will just accelerate our vision further.”
On the growth of the company, the founder commented that the BankBazaar platform had close to 15 million website visits in July last year. This was the same time the company had raised $60 million in a Series C round led by Amazon.
The firm claims to have received 50 million visits in the July-to-September quarter this year.
According to Adhil, they expect 20 million website visits this month alone.
Commenting on the investment in BankBazaar, Ben Elliott, CEO, Experian Asia Pacific, said,
“We believe that consumer adoption of fully digital experiences coupled with paperless access to financial products will push customer acquisition 10x by 2020. With e-commerce shoppers growing significantly over the next few years, companies with paperless technology platforms are well-positioned to leverage the latest trends in consumer technology and help millions of Indians gain access to formal banking and finance products.”
Speaking about the Series D round, an Amazon spokesperson said,
“We look forward to continuing to work with BankBazaar. The company’s management team is laser-focused on customers and we are enthusiastic about their vision for a paperless and frictionless consumer experience.”
At present, the company claims to have 85 financial partners with close to 12 active products on the marketplace, operating in around 20 cities across India.
On being asked whether BankBazaar will be introducing new products this fiscal year, Adhil commented,
“The entire management is focused on paperless and strengthening our positioning on the available products rather than expanding horizontally.”
BankBazaar, which aims to hit close to 100 million visits every quarter, expects to be EBITDA positive by the end of this fiscal year.


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The virtues of being virtual
New brands of mobile-phone services are suddenly all the rage
VIRGIN does it. 7-Eleven, Tesco and MTV do it. And Time Warner Cable, Wal-Mart and Disney are considering it too: offering mobile-phone services. Surely that means building an expensive network? Far from it. Instead, newcomers can simply form a partnership with an existing mobile-network operator, piggyback on their network and resell their service under their own brand. Becoming a “mobile virtual network operator” (MVNO) is an idea that has been around for a few years—but it now seems to be all the rage. Virgin, for one, has just announced plans to cash in on the mania by seeking a stockmarket listing for its British MVNO operation, Virgin Mobile, which has 4m subscribers. Why has the idea suddenly become so popular?
There are several reasons. For a start, says Kerry Ritz of Great River, a wireless strategy consultancy, network operators have finally overcome their ambivalence towards the idea of MVNOs. They have realised that it is always better to wholesale spare network capacity than to leave it unused. Better still, they have also noticed that MVNOs can help them capture customers in segments where their existing brands do not reach.
Virgin Mobile, which apart from Britain also operates in America and Australia, is aimed specifically at teenagers. Other virtual operators appeal to ethnic minorities. TracFone, for example, an American MVNO owned by America Movil of Mexico, targets the Hispanic community. Since its launch in 1996 it has signed up over 2m subscribers. Similarly, DBS Communications, another American MVNO, is doing well by appealing to urban blacks. Several overseas operators are now thinking of establishing MVNOs within America aimed at specific ethnic groups, says Daniel Torras, an analyst at Pyramid Research. A Chinese operator might, for example, launch one aimed at Chinese Americans, and offer low rates to call China as well as customer service in Chinese.
Interest in MVNOs is also being driven by the arrival of “third-generation” (3G) mobile networks, which are finally being switched on around the world. Operators that have built expensive 3G networks want to fill them with traffic as quickly as possible to recoup their costs. The original plan was that 3G's extra capacity would be used for whizzy high-speed data services such as video, but such services have not proved popular. Allowing MVNOs to resell airtime is another way for operators to fill their empty 3G networks.
Finally, regulators in some countries, notably Denmark, have forced operators to open their networks to MVNOs in order to boost competition. In Hong Kong and Ireland operators were allowed to build 3G networks only if they promised to share their networks with MVNOs, notes Carrie Pawsey of Ovum, a consultancy. France's telecoms regulator is also pushing for MVNOs to be allowed into the market. But in most countries such action is unnecessary, says David Lewin of Ovum, since operators are striking deals with MVNOs without being forced to do so by regulators. Operators and MVNOs have a symbiotic relationship, he says, and both now recognise the benefits of co-operation.
So which firms are best placed to transform themselves into MVNOs? Retailers are one obvious example, since they have strong brands and a network of stores through which to distribute handsets and sell airtime, often in the form of top-up cards. In other words, they have everything they need to become a mobile operator except a mobile network, which is why Tesco and 7-Eleven became MVNOs.
Another category of MVNOs is, curiously, telecoms firms—those that do not own their own wireless networks, that is. Britain's incumbent operator, BT, spun off its wireless arm, which has since been renamed mmO2, and now offers wireless service as an MVNO instead. Similarly, in America, AT&T spun off its wireless arm, which is in the process of being taken over by Cingular. Once the transaction is complete, the AT&T Wireless brand will revert to AT&T, and it plans to relaunch as an MVNO by reselling airtime on Sprint's wireless network. Becoming an MVNO would allow Time Warner Cable, a cable-television operator, to offer wireless service as part of its bundle of services.
Mickey Mouse mobiles?
Big media brands, such as Disney, are also logical candidates to become MVNOs. The latest phones support music, graphics and video, which ought to play to content owners' strengths, particularly since traditional network operators are struggling to become more content-savvy. Another consideration, says Andrew Cole, an analyst at A.T. Kearney, is that “wireless will be the next broadcast medium”. The ability to watch television on mobile phones is just around the corner, and will be available in Japan and South Korea, the world's most advanced mobile-phone markets, later this year. “So media companies have to get into mobile,” says Mr Cole.
Yet another possibility, notes Mr Ritz, is to use MVNOs as a form of marketing. Fashion brands, consumer-goods companies or record companies might become MVNOs. Having established direct links with their customers, they could offer them special offers or exclusive deals.
A less obvious category of potential MVNOs are low-cost airlines. Ryanair and easyJet, two European low-cost airlines, have both announced plans to launch MVNOs in Britain: Stelios Haj-Ioannou, easyJet's founder, will reveal his plans later this month. Mr Haj-Ioannou says the best MVNO business model is that followed by Telmore, a Danish firm. Subscribers sign up on the web and are sent subscriber-identity (SIM) cards in the post, which they slot into their existing handsets to make cheap calls. Sales, customer care and billing are all done on the web to cut costs, as with low-cost airlines.
Is there a limit to the potential for MVNOs? Yes, because mobile markets are already saturated in most of the developed world, so the number of MVNOs being launched seems unsustainable: there are only so many potential subscribers. Already, Virgin Mobile has pulled out of Singapore, and the attempt by Shell, an oil company, to offer an MVNO in Hong Kong aimed at motorists also fell flat. “For every MVNO that succeeds there will two or three that will fail,” says Mr Torras. The firms most likely to succeed as MVNOs, he says, will be those with strong brands, premium content, and an existing and loyal customer base. Anyone for The Economist-branded mobile phones?
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Ingram completes U.S. United Barge Line acquisitionWritten by Nick Blenkey
May 24, 2012 — Ingram Barge Company today completed its acquisition of U.S. United Barge Line, LLC (“UBL”), a barge transportation company headquartered in Tampa, Florida.
Following the receipt of necessary government approval and satisfaction of other closing conditions, Ingram officials said today they had finalized the sale and that the process of integrating the UBL business will begin immediately. Approximately 300 UBL associates will join Ingram, and 17 towboats and some 650 barges will be added to the Ingram fleet.
Orrin H. Ingram, Chairman of the Board of Ingram Barge Company, said the combined businesses will enable Ingram to continue its leadership role in the inland marine industry. Craig E. Philip, CEO of Ingram Barge Company, said the transaction underscores Ingram’s commitment to its customers and to the robust future of inland transportation.
“We are excited to now be able to welcome the UBL associates into our Ingram Marine Group family,” Mr. Philip added. “We look forward to serving our new customers with the same dedication to quality and focused customer service for which Ingram, and UBL, have been known.”
Ingram Barge Company is a subsidiary of Ingram Industries Inc., based in Nashville, Tennessee, which is one of America’s largest privately held companies. It consists of diversified businesses in physical and digital book distribution, on-demand printing, marine transportation, and digital fulfillment services. Ingram Industries Inc. includes two operating divisions: Ingram Marine group and Ingram Content Group.
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LONDON—"Close to meat. Not that juicy." That was Austrian food trend researcher Hanni Rützler's verdict on the world's first lab-grown beef patty, presented here today at a tightly orchestrated and widely covered media event. Rützler was one of two people invited to taste the burger assembled from thousands of tiny strips of beef grown by Dutch researcher Mark Post at his lab at Maastricht University in the Netherlands; the other guinea pig was Chicago, Illinois-based author Josh Schonwald.
Rützler took a bite out of the patty that had been prepared live on stage by British chef Richard McGeown and carefully chewed on it. "The biggest surprise was the consistency," she later told ScienceNOW. "It wasn't as soft as I thought it would be. I was afraid it would fall apart." Neither Schonwald nor Rützler was particularly excited about the taste of the historic snack, however—in part because it hadn't been seasoned and contained no fat.
The rather slick media show had few new scientific details but focused on taste and ethical issues instead. Still, the event represented "a paradigm shift in the way animal protein can be produced," says Nicholas Genovese, a visiting scholar at the University of Missouri, Columbia, who is doing in vitro meat research funded through a fellowship by animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). "Not since the domestication of livestock has a method been so revolutionary," Genovese writes in an e-mail.
But the public at large seems divided: While many welcomed the presentation on the Internet today, others called the idea of lab-grown meat "disgusting" and "unnatural."
Perhaps the most concrete news to come out of the event was the unmasking of the mysterious billionaire who financed the project to the tune of $375,000. He is Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who has an interest in environmental issues and who praised Post in a video message for thinking big. "There are basically three things that can happen going forward. One is that we all become vegetarian," Brin said. "The second is we ignore the issue and that leads to continued environmental harm, and the third option is we do something new."
The first burger was always intended as a proof-of-concept that would bring new funding to the field of in vitro meat research. On a stage reminiscent of a cooking show, journalist and presenter Nina Hossain interviewed Post and invited the tasters to join, while chef McGeown prepared the patty with some oil and butter. "It's holding its form beautifully," he assured Hossain at one point.
According to the press package, the starting material for the burger was biopsies from two cows raised on organic farms. Post later confirmed to ScienceNOW that the material was actually taken at a slaughterhouse. From this tissue, Post isolated satellite cells, adult stem cells needed to replace dead muscle cells. Antibiotics were used in the cell culture to prevent bacterial infections, Post confirmed, and the cells grew on a medium containing fetal bovine serum, which is made from the blood of slaughtered animals.
The idea is to eventually take the animal out of the equation. At the press conference, Post said that he had already tried 10 different mediums without fetal bovine serum. "Nine were not good; one was okay," he said.
One innovation that Post hadn't described earlier is a circular structure in the middle of the petri dish around which the cells grow. In earlier attempts, Post had used two triangles of Velcro in the dish that muscle cells spontaneously attached to, but sometimes the fibers would pull themselves off the Velcro, he said. The circular structure made the cells attach to each other as they formed little rings, providing a more flexible attachment.
Thousands of these beef circles were then turned over to Peter Verstrate, a self-employed food technologist in the Netherlands. Verstrate cut the rings to produce little shreds of meat, about a centimeter long and a millimeter thick, which he ground up in a bowl. Breadcrumbs and some binder were added to improve the texture, he says.
The color was a problem: Because of a lack of myoglobin—an oxygen-binding protein in muscle fibers—the cultured meat looked white instead of red. Some colorants turned the meat red but were so stable that the cooked product looked raw, Verstrate says. In the end, the researchers settled on a mix of beetroot juice, saffron, and a little bit of caramel that made the raw burger look like a regular McDonald's burger but turned it brown during cooking. "We didn't add any taste," Verstrate says.
Indeed, that was Rützler main's gripe. "I've never eaten a patty without salt and pepper before," she said. There is room for improvement here." Schonwald, for his part, noted that the meat had a "familiar mouthfeel," but said the taste wasn't quite like a real burger, in part because of the absence of fat. Post said adding fat-producing cells is one of the many challenges that this field is still facing.
In the end, about half of the exclusive burger wasn't actually eaten; Post said that his children might get to try the rest. He didn't say whether they would be allowed to use seasoning.


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The rate at which commodity prices on the Ugandan Market increase has declined during the month ending September 2014, according to statistics released by Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UboS).
For the first time since November 2010 prices have increased by lower than 2percent, the annual headline inflation has also declined to 1.4percent in September 2014, compared to 2.8percent in August, 4.3percent in July and 5Percent in June, 2014, figures released today indicate.
The decline is attributed to the increased production and supplies in the market. UBOS statistics indicate that food crop prices have been on a declining trend since March 2014, especially for commodities like sugar.
According to the Uganda Manufactures Association (UMA) in the first six months of 2014, sugar production was up 17.6percent to 193,000 tons. Sugar prices cost an average of Ugx 2300 down from Ugx 2500 three months ago. Notably prices have not been affected by the increase in excise duty on sugar from Ugx 25 to Ugx 50.
Dr Chris Mukiza the Director Macroeconomics told a media briefing today that the persistent decline in sugar, maize floor and rice prices contributed to decline in overall inflation.
Mukiza noted that there were significant upward price movements for kerosene, petrol and gas. He did however point out that food price pressures are continuing to prop up.
The resurgence of food prices, especially vegetables is visible in the market. Nalubega Angela, who owns a stall at the Nakasero Market, downtown Kampala said that there were some shortages driving prices upwards.
The released statistics are however exclusive of education sector figures, which Mukiza says will be featured in mid-October.
Core inflation, which excludes food prices and energy prices, also did decline 2percent, which is below the Bank of Uganda target of 5percent.
The central Bank is also expected to announce the Central Bank Rate on 14th October 2014.


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Edtech startup NxtWave raises $33 million in fresh funding
NxtWave said it had helped learners secure jobs across 1,250 companies, including fast-growing startups and Fortune 500 corporations.
Edtech startup NxtWave raises $2.8 million from Orios, Better Capital
The fresh capital will be used by NxtWave for hiring, product development and fuelling its expansion plans to achieve its aim of growing revenue by five times over the next 12 months, according to a statement.
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text: In honor of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Samsung has rolled out the P318+, a special edition of their P310. Users will get the bonus of Olympic Games ringtones, wallpapers, and video clips… sorry folks, athletic talent is not included. But as a consolation prize, the phone’s brushed metal exterior has gotten an 18k gold upgrade. No word on pricing so far. Stay tuned for more updates.


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The applications for potential bidders in the upcoming 700 MHz auction this January came to pass at 6 p.m. EST yesterday and at least two bidders announced their intent before applying: Google and Cox. AT&T and Frontline Wireless have also more or less confirmed their status as bidders and we can only assume that Verizon Wireless is going to participate given the fight they put up over the open access rules a few months ago.
Two cable companies, however, have come out and said they will not participate in the auction: Time Warner and Comcast. Sprint has also indicated it has no plans to participate. Now that the application deadline has come to pass, however, none of the assumed bidders can say whether or not they will be participating in the auction until the FCC announces the bidders just before the auction.
"Comcast Corporation has decided not to bid in the 700 MHz wireless auction," said Comcast SVP D'Arcy Rudnay. "The 20 MHz of spectrum acquired in the wireless auction last year with our cable partners in SpectrumCo provides us with significant long-term flexibility and many strategic options. We will continue to explore how wireless can complement our services through various partnerships and consumer trials."
For more on the 700 MHz auction:
- read this article from CNET
- read this press release from Comcast
- keep up-to-date with the latest 700 Mhz Auction news here


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4Earth Farms™ Dave Hewitt Discusses Broccoli Market and Range of Products
COMMERCE, CA - Although it's only the start of November, many consumers have already decked their halls in red and green in anticipation of the Christmas holiday. So, buyers, why not take advantage of the celebration by inspiring them to add some extra green to their plates in the form of 4Earth Farms™ broccoli?
“4Earth Farms has a variety of new broccoli offerings going into the holidays, including organic and conventional florets, broccoli slaw, broccoli and cauliflower medleys, and 2 lb family packs. All of which provide excellent value,” says Dave Hewitt, Vice President of Sales.
Currently, 4Earth Farms is growing its broccoli in Mexico, Dave tells me. Specifically in Puebla, the State of Mexico, and Sonora.
“We are seeing really good quality,” adds Dave. “And since increasing our plantings by over 30 percent, we are harvesting more than we ever have.”
Other than the occasional rainstorm, the grower is not experiencing any major supply disruptions. While the broccoli market has been very high over the past couple of weeks, there are signs that it is beginning to steady, giving buyers even more incentive to load up on broccoli products ahead of the holidays.
Retailers, turn the red and green of the holidays into increased green in your registers by adding 4Earth Farms broccoli offerings to your produce aisles.


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Sony are holding a press conference today where they will announce their new Sony Xperia XZ3 smartphone and now some press shot of the handset have been leaked ahead of the official reveal.
The Sony Xperia XZ3 is rumored to come with a 5.7 inch display with a QHD+ resolution of 28800 x 1440 pixels.
The handset will feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor and 6GB of RAM, plus 64GB of included storage and a microSD card slot.
The device is rumored to to come with a 13 megapixel front camera and a 19 megapixel rear camera, plus a 3300 mAh battery. We will have more details on the device when it gets official at Sony’s press conference later today.


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In preparation for Earth Day (April 22), Smith’s Food & Drug is encouraging customers to return thin-filter plastic materials to their local store to be recycled into park benches for the local community.
Smith’s, a division of The Kroger Co., had its associates in 141 stores engage with customers during an in-store volunteer event on April 7, to explain the importance of recycling plastic and bring awareness to the recycling service available.
“Instead of plastic bags ending up in landfills or littering green spaces, we utilize innovative services to turn the material into plastic lumber for the constructions of community benches and other items,” said Aubriana Martindale, Smith’s Corporate Affairs Manager in a press release. “Earth Month is a great catalyst for action and awareness. Instead of throwing out plastic shopping bags and other plastic items, we encourage our customers to deposit them in containers located in the vestibules of our stores and help us turn more bags into benches.”
Smith’s Plastic Bag Recycling program makes it easy to recycle thin-filter plastic materials because shoppers can bring these items to their neighborhood store and deposit them into bins located in the front vestibule. Plastic bags and other thin-filter plastics are then collected and recycled into other products such as park benches, plastic landscape bricks, and plastic lumber.
Plastic materials customers are encouraged to recycle in the store include:
- Bubble wrap,
- Plastic overwrap around paper towels,
- Cereal box liners,
- Bread bags,
- Dry cleaning bags,
- Produce bags,
- Newspaper sleeves,
- Plastic shipping envelopes,
- Clean sandwich bags.
In 2020, Smith’s recycled 39 million pounds of plastic from its stores and has committed to phasing out single-use plastic bags by 2025. Some estimates suggest that 100 billion single-use plastic bags are thrown away in the U.S. every year.
Currently, less than 5% of plastic bags are recycled annually in America, and single-use plastic bags are the fifth-most common single-use plastic found in the environment by magnitude. Smith’s also encourages the use of reusable bags through their fuel incentive program, offering 5 fuel points at check out for every reusable bag used (up to 50 fuel points per transaction).


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Microsoft Cloud datacenter regions now available in the United Arab Emirates to help fuel future economic ambitions as well as deliver increased performance for customers and partners in the Middle East.
Today, Microsoft took a significant step in its support of digital transformation across the Middle East, as it launched two new cloud regions in the United Arab Emirates. These new regions – Microsoft’s first in the Middle East – will empower customers and partners to embrace the benefits of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and achieve more.
The new cloud regions in Abu Dhabi and Dubai join Microsoft’s global cloud infrastructure – one of the largest and most secure in the world – to provide organizations, enterprises and developers in the UAE with access to scalable, highly available, and resilient cloud services while maintaining data residency, security and compliance needs. The new UAE locations will also deliver increased performance for Microsoft Cloud services to Middle East customers and partners.
“These new cloud regions in the United Arab Emirates are the dawn of a new era, driving digital transformation, economic growth and job creation,” said Sayed Hashish, Regional General Manager, Microsoft Gulf.
“We are committed to empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Now, more customers in the Middle East can move with confidence to the trusted and intelligent Microsoft Cloud. They will be more competitive as they start their digital transformation journeys – engaging customers, empowering employees, optimizing operations, and reinventing products and services.”
Starting today, Azure and Office 365 are available from the new datacentres in the Middle East. Forming part of a growing portfolio of integrated cloud infrastructure, platform, data, application and collaboration services. Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, offering the next generation of intelligent business applications and tools, are anticipated to be available from the cloud regions in UAE by the end of 2019.
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While the spread of COVID-19 has created an uncertain environment on a global scale, retailers more than ever must capture the trust of the shopper if they want to thrive. Consumers want to feel secure in their choice to purchase a product, be confident it will meet their expectations, and have faith in who they’re buying from. In fact, two out every three shoppers choose product based on brand reputation, according to the 2020 Bazaarvoice Shopper Experience Index.
But retailers need to be smart about how they build this sense of trust—ethical drivers (including integrity, dependability and purpose) are three times more important to company trust than competence, according to the Edelman Trust Barometer, a credibility survey cited by Bazaarvoice.
Though more than three-quarters (78 percent) of surveyed consumers trust product reviews, this trust remains nuanced, especially when considering who is doing the reviewing. Just 22 percent of apparel consumers would actually prefer subject-matter expert reviews over those produced by their consumer peers, making them the least likely to go to an expert instead of a family member or friend for advice.
These apparel shoppers are more closed off to subject matter experts than their beauty shopper counterparts (33 percent) and are far behind electronics shoppers (44 percent).
While apparel sales have largely declined during the coronavirus pandemic due to mass store closures, shoppers still can take advantage of the resale market, especially as more consumers look for supplemental income, the survey reported.
Suzin Wold, senior vice president of marketing at Bazaarvoice, noted that the economic uncertainties and increasing unemployment rates tied with the pandemic “could easily lead to a rise in recommerce on third-party platforms, such as Depop and Goat, as shoppers go through their closet and look to sell clothes and shoes they can part with.”
In fact, 62 percent of survey respondents said they have made a purchase from a resale marketplace.
“This practice has been so normalized that brands and retailers have begun to take part as well,” Wold told Sourcing Journal. “The more prominent this movement becomes, the more brands that will participate, and it may be something we see more of from large companies going forward.”
Beyond the growth of the resale fashion market, apparel retailers must take advantage of shoppers’ gravitation toward social media as a shopping destination.
In the past year, 45 percent of respondents said they had purchased a product through a social media platform, while 41 percent had purchased a product an influencer had recommended. The current shift in shopping habits over the past two months should give brands more insight to determine how social commerce, particularly platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest or TikTok, plays a role in their overall e-commerce strategy while the brand shifts into a supporting role.
“As many companies are only able to sell digitally at the moment, now is the time for brands and retailers to put their full weight behind social media, if they have not done so already,” Wold said. “This is a time to make lemonade out of lemons, and try out a variety of ways to use and drive your consumers to purchase from your social channels.”
Bazaarvoice collected survey responses from 5,500 consumers and behavioral data from more than one billion monthly shoppers and six million Influenster community members to create the index.


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Google announced the nebulous Android Things platform several years ago to power various smart devices as part of the so-called Internet of Things (IoT). Now, Google says it’s rethinking the scale of Android Things.
Most of the smart ovens we’ve looked at over the years use some type of AI-based gimmick to control cook times, but don’t innovate in cooking itself. The Brava oven does, creating what the company claims is the world’s fastest oven.
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The world’s biggest maker of condoms said it anticipates that the interest for its items should increment as the extending immunization inclusion brief states to ease physical separating rules.
The utilization of the organization’s items were accounted for to have drooped as much as 40% over the most recent two years.
“As inoculation rates increase all over the planet, more economies keep on loosening up limitations and social orders start to adjust to post-pandemic life,” Karex Bhd said in a note going with its income on Monday.
Karex, which produces Durex condoms, makes one out of each five condoms around the world. It detailed a deficiency of RM2.8 million in the December quarter, versus RM2.8 million benefit a year sooner, due to greater expenses of unrefined components and Covid-prompted disturbances in supply chains. Income declined around 11%.
The organization said that the uncommon measures executed during the pandemic had radically impacted the sexual wellbeing and clinical gadgets businesses.
The utilization of the organization’s items drooped however much 40% over the most recent two years, Nikkei Asia detailed last month, refering to CEO Goh Miah Kiat.
The conclusion of inns and unimportant facilities, for example, sexual health habitats during the pandemic, alongside different legislatures suspending condom gift programs, added to the drop in Karex’s condoms deals, as indicated by the report.


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Last week the Obesity Strategy was launched, in part because evidence shows being overweight remains one of the biggest risk factors in fighting Covid-19. Almost two-thirds (63%) of adults in England are overweight or obese and concerns have been raised that this may have contributed to the high number of coronavirus deaths in the UK.
Obesity has been a growing problem in the UK for decades and it’s a shame it’s taken governments this long to come up with a strategy to beat it. Alarmingly 1 in 4 adults, and around 1 in every 5 children aged 10 to 11, are classed as obese. This means Britain has the 2nd highest rate of obesity in the world and the largest in Europe.
Not only is obesity a risk when it comes to Covid 19 but it is a main contributor to life threatening diseases such as
- type 2 diabetes
- coronary heart disease
- some types of cancer, such as breast cancer and bowel cancer
Obesity can also affect the quality of life through joint and back pain and lead to psychological problems, such as depression and low self-esteem. On top of this it is costing the NHS £5.1 billion per year to treat obesity related disease.
National Food Strategy
Around the same time as an Obese Strategy, a National Food Strategy was launched which this time spoke about Food Poverty. Making recommendations to the government to ensure better access to healthy food for those families on the lowest income.
While it might seem strange to have an Obesity Strategy at the same time as Food Poverty, what we should remember is that 40% of children in the UK’s most deprived areas were overweight or obese compared to 27% in most affluent areas. The lack of money to be able to afford good quality nutrient food is in part why people become overweight. At the same time they can also be malnourished, due to eating ‘junk food’ deficient in micronutrients that are key for optimal health.
By allowing the reliance on cheap food to feed people on low incomes, UK governments have created this problem. For years it has been pointed out that factory farming which is all about volume over value has created cheap food but pushed the real cost – ill health – onto the NHS to deal with. True cost accounting would see the full costs to health and the environment included in the final price of the cheap processed food on offer.
While damage is not reflected in the price of our food, this doesn’t mean we’re not paying for it. Instead, society pays for this damage through taxpayers’ money, which is spent on subsidies, environmental cleanup and rising health care costs associated with poor diet, worker conditions, and farm pollution. There are also the long-term potentially irreversible types of damage that will inevitably have enormous economic impacts, including antibiotic resistant superbugs, climate change, and the loss of natural resources. Sustainable Food Trust.
Finally, through the new National Food Strategy, we are now talking about food is a much healthier way. As Henry Dimbleby said
‘No part of our economy matters more than food. It is vital for life, and for pleasure…The food system also provides jobs for one in seven of us.’
He goes further to say ‘But this bounty has come at a cost. Intensive farming practises have caused serious damage to the environment and the food related disease is costing the NHS billions and drastically harming the lives of millions.’
I used to wonder why a food company would spend millions on advertising burgers or chicken that cost maybe as little as £1.99 to buy? The reason is to constantly remind people to buy their food and reinforce consumer behaviour patterns. Whether it starts with your birthday party at one of their branches, to stopping off for food after school, or when you’re older calling in after the pub! Those adverts are a constant reminder to buy that junk food. We only have to remember the queues snaking down the street as lockdown was eased to see the hold this food has on us.
Healthy Food Equals Healthy Population
One thing we’re proud of at Free Range Dairy Network is that free range milk under the Pasture Promise logo is not only from cows that graze 180 days and nights each year outside on pasture, but it is nutritious and affordable. We seem to have forgotten that a glass of milk contains protein, healthy fats, vitamins, minerals, iodine, calcium, that’s a powerhouse of nutrients.
The pandemic has been a catalyst for us to look at our health, and an important part of maintaining health, is our food. As we see numbers of Covid 19 cases potentially climb again, now is the perfect time to reset our food habits and start again. Now is the time to swap the old fast food for fresh, healthy fast food. All you have to do is open the fridge, open the bottle and pour.


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Dallas restaurant chain TGI Fridays has added two restaurant veterans to its C-suite.
Jerry Comstock joins the company as president and chief operating officer, bringing experience as a franchisee of 27 TGI Fridays restaurants. He is also the former CEO of Strategic Restaurants Corp., which previously owned 300 Burger King locations.
Comstock has also held leadership positions with Bennigan’s, Wherehouse Music and AutoNation.
“Jerry is a long-time veteran of the restaurant business, but even more importantly, he knows the Fridays business,” TGI Fridays CEO John Antioco said in a prepared statement. “He spent years fine-tuning best practices for executing a superior guest experience at his restaurants. In addition, he has excellent long-term relationships with Fridays’ franchisees, who now own and operate over 90 percent of our 470 U.S. locations.”
Joining as the company’s chief marketing officer is former Taco Bell executive Stephanie Perdue. Before taking the role at TGI Fridays, Perdue worked as chief product officer for the Yum! Brands chain.
During her time at Taco Bell, Perdue racked up accomplishments like leading the team that produced the Doritos Locos Tacos, introducing breakfast products and pioneering other menu items.
“TGI Fridays has a long history of creating firsts in the industry and I look forward to continuing that tradition by breaking the status quo,” Perdue said. “I am thrilled to help write the next chapter for Fridays as we reimagine the brand for both team members and guests.”
TGI Fridays was founded in 1965 and today operates 900 restaurants in 60 countries.


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Commercial printing industry news briefs, including items on The Edward Hine Co., Dataflow Inc., The Printing House, Transcontinental, PrintHarmony.com, Schawk, Harmony Printing & Development, Integraphx and Hewlett-Packard.
Edward Hine Co.
PEORIA, IL—Overseas competition and the continuously flagging U.S. economy were among the decisions cited by The Edward Hine Co. in deciding to shut down the business, according to the Peoria Journal Star. The firm, which printed brochures and booklets for clients including Caterpillar and John Deere Co., was to sell off its equipment, the paper said.
The Edward Hine Co., 201 Morton St. (Peoria, IL), a firm with a reputation for quality that produced high-resolution brochures and booklets for big clients like Caterpillar Inc., John Deere Co. and the University of Illinois, will sell off what’s left of its business later this week.
A number of factors led to Hine’s closing. “A significant amount of work has gone offshore,” said Gary Wesley, Hine’s executive vice president and chief operating officer.
“If a company has lead time on a project, they can contract to have a job done in Asia, where the company buys wood pulp from Canada to
Commercial printing industry news briefs, including items on PEP Direct, Edward Hine, IWCO Direct, Muller Martini, The Standard Group, TriStar Graphics and RR Donnelley.
Perfecting Press Doubles Production BRAINTREE, MA—A six-color, 40˝ Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 102 perfector press with aqueous coater has been added at G.H. Dean Printing, and it has been twice as productive as the older press it replaced, reports CEO Ken Michaud. The new machine, which is the second six-color SM 102 perfector at G.H. Dean, is turning a lot more jobs in a shorter time due to the high degree of automation. Founded in 1889, the all-Heidelberg shop is a third-generation, family owned commercial printing and direct mail business that serves a regional clientele comprised of advertising agencies, marketing, financial services and healthcare companies,
arizona PHOENIX—Heidelberg USA has installed its Prinect Prinance Print Management System at Steve Woods Printing. The Prinance package works seamlessly with another manufacturer's digital prepress system and a trio of large- and small-format presses, as well as with its Heidelberg/Polar 137 cutter, and TD66 and TD78 folders. california Los Angeles—Sinclair Printing, owned and operated for 75 years by the Sinclair family, has stepped up its booklet production by adding a new BravoPlus saddlestitching system from Muller Martini to its full-service bindery. Roseville—Master Color is now running a two-color Heidelberg Printmaster QM 46. The new equipment is being used to produce stationery, brochures and newsletters.


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March Bankruptcy Filings Show Year-Over-Year Decline
March bankruptcy 2016 filings show a year to year decrease. Total Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings in the U.S. are less than last year, but households and businesses continue to turn to bankruptcy for financial relief.
March Bankruptcy 2016 show a steady decline while total U.S. bankruptcy filings continue to decline year-over-year, falling 5 percent in the first calendar quarter (Jan. 1 – March 31) of 2016 from the same period in 2015, according to a news release from the American Bankruptcy Institute and data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc.
There were 195,565 March bankruptcy 2016 filings in the first quarter of this year, compared to 205,851 in the first quarter of 2015. Approximately 37% of the Bankruptcy filings were Chapter 13 Bankruptcy filings.
“The 186,357 total noncommercial filings recorded in the first calendar quarter of 2016 represented a 6 percent decrease from the 2015 total of 198,413. However, total commercial filings for the first three months of 2016 were 9,208, representing a 24 percent increase from the 7,438 filings during the same period in 2015,” according to the release.
Commercial chapter 11 filings also increased 9 percent from 1,300 in 2015 to 1,419 during the first three months of 2016.
“After 22 consecutive declines in total quarterly filings, the drop-off is tapering as more struggling businesses and households turn to the financial relief of bankruptcy,” said ABI Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano in the news release. “Distress in the energy and retail sectors is represented in the increasing total of business filings, and we are also seeing a rise in individual chapter 11 filings.”
Total bankruptcy filings increased 21 percent from 64,686 in February 2016 to 78,322 in March; but that is still 4 percent less than the 81,693 filings in March 2015, according to the news release.
Noncommercial filings also increased month-to-month from 61,651 in February to 74,981 in March, but are 5 percent lower than the 79,016 filings in March 2015.
According to the American Bankruptcy Institute, the average U.S. per capita bankruptcy filing rate for the first three months of 2016 increased to 2.51 (total filings per 1,000 per population) from the 2.26 filing rate of the first two months of the year. States with the highest per capita filing rate (total filings per 1,000 population) for the first quarter of 2016 were: Tennessee (5.70); Alabama (5.45); Georgia (4.64); Illinois (4.46); and Mississippi (3.89.) Se more: ACA International


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BARCELONA: Hewlett Packard (HP) has unveiled the Slate7, a 7in Android tablet tartgeting the same space as the popular Google Nexus 7.
Unveiled at Mobile World Congress, the tablet sees HP abandoning its now defunct webOS operating system in favour of Google's Android 4.1 Jelly Bean software.
According to HP, this is part of its push to offer the full 'Google experience,' with the tablet boasting one-touch access to the likes of Google Now, Drive and Mail.
On the spec front, the HP Slate7 also features a nippy 1.6GHz ARM dual-cortex A9 processor, 3MP and 0.3MP dual cameras and integrated Beats Audio technology, as the firm eyes rivals HTC.
"To address the growing interest in tablets among consumers and businesses alike, HP will offer a range of form factors and leverage an array of operating systems," said Alberto Torres, senior vice president of HP's Mobility Global Business Unit.
"Our new HP Slate7 on Android represents a compelling entry point for consumer tablets, while our ground-breaking, business-ready HP ElitePad on Windows 8 is ideal for enterprises and governments. Both deliver the service and support people expect from HP."
While HP is yet to out the tablet's full specifications, the firm tells us that it will make its debut in the US in two month's time with an affordable $169 price-tag. There's no word on UK availability just yet.
Check back soon for our hands-on with the HP Slate7.
Carly Page joined The INQUIRER as News Editor in April 2012. Before becoming a full-time geek, Carly studied Journalism at the University of Lincoln, and dabbled in the music journalism industry. Carly's main coverage areas include mobile devices, mobile software, telecoms, mobile operators, social networks and anything Breaking Bad related.


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These are trying times for the travel business. Not only has the triple whammy of war in Iraq, terrorism threats and the Sars virus taken its toll but some commentators believe the package holiday has had its day. Such worries have been reflected in First Choice's share price (currently 107 p). While current trading may be difficult, First Choice is still a quality act. Buy.
Fuelled by reports of a bidding war, shares in Hamleys - owner of the famous toy store - rose sharply last week to 193 p. Members of the company's management team, with backing from Icelandic group Baugur appear likely to make the first formal offer. Investors are advised to hang on.
Property group Canary Wharf shot up by 46% to close at 263p on Friday after it announced it had received a number of bid approaches. That was welcome news for those who followed the paper's advice to buy at 159 p in March. The shares bombed after Canary Wharf admitted that a number of tenants could make it take back some space.
Having seen it soar 64% since March readers may be tempted to take profits, they should resist the urge and hold on.
Marketing services group Creston (60 p) will unveil full-year results this month. The former property group has seen its share price rise in recent days on speculation that chief executive Don Elgie will announce good news. Under Elgie, Creston has been transformed with a series of acquisitions but is still trading at a discount to rivals. Buy.
While most of its peers have enjoyed a rally, retail bars operator Urbium had a difficult first quarter. But last year it had a robust second half when its late-night bars, such as Tiger Tiger, saw strong sales.
The large-scale bars operate in seven central London locations.
Buy at 5.72p.
Leading caterer Compass has performed well of late and a strong presentation last week suggested fair value for the stock, now 362 p, would be 500p.
The group's strong purchasing power helps point to a buy.


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'Back to School Shop' outfits students for eighth year
It’s about that time to go back to school shopping. For hundreds of kids in Stamford, it's an annual experience they wouldn’t get to enjoy without the help of nonprofit organization, Back to School Shop.
Co-founders and Stamford residents Jane Levene and Meryl Japha started the organization in 2015. Their eighth annual event was held all day Sunday inside Davenport Ridge Elementary School. School social workers identified 400 children who they feel would greatly benefit this one-stop shop with backpacks, books, school supplies, socks, underwear, and even a winter coat and hat.
“Everything is purchased brand new. There’s nothing in here that’s used. Tags are still on,” said Levene.
Fourth-grader Kendra Lopez and her siblings were ecstatic as they walked through the gymnasium-turned-department store without their parent.
Levene said, “We ask the parents to wait and the child gets to go with a personal shopper who will help direct them to where their sizes are. They'll go try them in a fitting room.”
“I like the helpers here. They're really kind,” said Kendra. Her personal shopper, Lisa Rich, says the feeling is mutual.
“Every stop we make, from the socks right to the sneakers, to the books – it’s just a big smile on her face,” said Rich.
Volunteers say the excitement doesn't end when the shopping is over. Watching the kids walk up to their parents with their new clothes and school supplies is priceless.
“The last young lady that I brought back to her mother, they high-fived each other. So, it was really wonderful,” said Rich.
Kendra was a little shy in front of News 12’s cameras, but her mother showed great appreciation: “Amazing. I love it. It's the best thing that can happen ever.”
Back to School Shop has helped over 2,000 kids since 2015. The co-founders say the donors and 1,000 community volunteers have been extremely generous.
To learn more, visit www.backtoschoolshop.org


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Brookfield Properties General Manager Darren Howard tells BoiseDev clothing retailer Hollister California will soon move to a new spot.
“Hollister Co. and Abercrombie & Fitch are owned by the same company,” he said. “Them being directly on top of each other in the mall was not viewed as the right position to have totality in customer accessibility and marketing.”
Hollister will soon reopen near center court. The Fuego store and Life is Good will move to other spots in the mall to make way. Howard says they are also working with another national tenant to takeover the space Hollister will soon vacate.
When it reopens, Fuego will be known as Attic Salt. Both brands are owned by Go! Retail Brands – which calls the two stores their “hipster brands.”
Apart from the project to move Hollister, Crazy 8 is in the middle of a going out of business sale. The toddler clothing brand is owned by Gymboree, which is liquidating stores nationwide as part of a bankruptcy action. Gymboree already closed its Boise Towne Square store and is liquidating locations in the Boise Outlets and Village at Meridian.
Additionally, the Mongolian BBQ Express Stir Fry restaurant in the food court closed in January. It joins a Blimpie location that stopped selling sandwiches the closed late last year.


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The coronavirus pandemic is ravaging demand, and with it, the global economy. Many Chinese factories are grappling with slashed or cancelled overseas orders, even as some countries start to reopen. China’s exports rebounded in April, but many warn the strength is unlikely to last as the pandemic continues to depress global consumer demand. How serious is the problem for Chinese factories? How soon will global demand pick up? And how will the integrity and efficiency of China’s supply chain be affected?
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