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YOB Golf, one of the leading manufacturers of crested golf accessories in the UK, has today launched its’ new AW17 collection for Pro Shops across the UK and Europe.
“Crested golf accessories is an exciting opportunity for us”’ explains Tom Armitage CEO & Founder, “YOB is actually an acronym for ‘Your Own Brand’ which is what our business is all about”. “we design and manufacture a wide range of high quality plain products and decorate with individual club crests or logos to create unique collections for members and visitors alike, to buy from Pro shops.”
“For clubs looking for an accessible stock solution, we have our Sport Collection – available in three primary colour schemes and flexible cresting options. This range provides retail brand quality and performance but tailored to a club’s specific brand.” says Tom. “and for larger resorts and destination clubs, who have significant volumes of visitors, we can create 100% bespoke collections that embody the DNA of the club experience, with unique colour schemes, design themes and fabrics available.”
The AW17 launch signals a new era for YOB who now have an enviable collection of products and experience of serving the needs of hundreds of clubs across the UK, Europe and Asia. Today’s launch includes a new show reel, shot at Southport’s prestigious Hillside Golf Club, which depicts the stock range of products being put to the test on the course. A wide ranging social media campaign will follow to support the launch as well as a suite of marketing assets used by a team of sales agents visiting clubs across the UK.
“AW17 presents a new opportunity for us to help golfers and golf clubs across the UK remain active during the Autumn season and into Winter”, explains Tom, “our range of seasonal essentials are specifically designed and tested to be used in some of the world’s most demanding environments, keeping golfers warm, dry and most importantly free to play their best golf in any conditions.”
To view the showreel, visit https://youtu.be/GP7BrpJnaug
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(NEW YORK) — Bitcoin, Ethereum and other major cryptocurrencies plummeted on Wednesday in a selloff linked to fears of a crackdown from regulators in China and ongoing fallout from Tesla’s surprise reversal on digital currencies.
Bitcoin shed nearly 30% of its value at one point during Wednesday morning’s crypto bloodbath, but clawed back some losses by midday. Bitcoin was trading at approximately $40,426 by 1:30 p.m. ET, a nearly 8% drop over the past 24 hours, according to CoinDesk data.
Ethereum, meanwhile, has plunged more than 15% in the past 24 hours, and by midday Wednesday the digital currency was trading at approximately $2,890, a steep drop from an all-time high of some $4,382 just one week ago.
Dogecoin, the crypto that started as a joke but gained a large following on social media, was down more than 18% on Wednesday.
Three state-backed financial institutions in China issued a joint statement Tuesday warning about the dangers of cryptocurrencies due to their volatility. China’s National Internet Finance Association, Banking Association and Payment and Clearing Association also jointly urged members not to conduct virtual currency-related business.
Meanwhile, Tesla CEO Elon Musk reversed course on Bitcoin last week, announcing in a tweet that his company would no longer be accepting the cryptocurrency as payment due to its ties to fossil fuels. Musk added that Tesla will not be selling any of the Bitcoin it currently holds, but will use it for transactions “as soon as mining transitions to more sustainable energy.”
While the initial sell-off is linked to Musk’s tweet last week, an emoji-ridden tweet on Wednesday is also cited as having helped ameliorate some of Wednesday’s bloodbath.
Amid the height of the crypto carnage Wednesday morning, Musk shared a tweet that seemed to imply Tesla was going to hold onto rather than sell its stake in Bitcoin — a message conveyed via emojis depicting a diamond and hands.
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“Diamond hands” is internet jargon that emerged from the subreddit r/WallStreetBets (known for its GameStop short squeeze fame) that refers to someone who is willing to hold onto a stock, despite risks or losses, for a long-term goal.
Tesla has invested at least $1.5 billion in Bitcoin, according to a February SEC filing.
Cryptocurrency investments have soared in popularity in recent months, especially among individual investors as platforms such as Robinhood — and subsequently Venmo and PayPal — have made the currencies more easily accessible.
Just last month, Coinbase became the first major digital currency platform to go public in the U.S. with a listing on the Nasdaq.
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CUPERTINO, Calif. (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Apple Computer Inc. AAPL, -0.32% traded lower Thursday amid concerns its return to profitability won't last.
Apple earned 37 cents a share, 33 cents fully diluted, compared to a loss of 96 cents a share a year ago.The consensus estimate of analysts surveyed by First Call was 35 cents a share, revised upward after the company surprised the Street by saying it would report its first profit in over a year.
First-quarter revenue decreased to $1.6 billion from $2.1 billion a year ago. Gross margins rose to 22 percent from 19 percent a year ago and operating expenses fell 40 percent to $313 million from $521 million.
Shares slid 9/16 to 19 3/16 Thursday. The company attributed the gain to the launch of its Power Macintosh G3 computers, which shipped 133,000 units in the quarter. The company said returning Apple to "sustainable profitability" will be its number one objective in fiscal 1998.
In a conference call following the earnings release, Apple chief financial officer Fred Anderson said current gross margins of 22 percent are sustainable. However, Anderson cautioned investors not to expect sequential revenue growth in the second quarter, and not to expect year-over-year growth until the fourth quarter, ending in September. The company expects to report sequential revenue growth in the third and fourth quarters.
Ahead of the report, analysts were concerned the company's profit was the result of financial maneuvering instead of business improvements. Revenue declined 25.8 percent from year-ago levels, and the surge in G3 sales may not be sustainable. Revenue and earnings growth will be key issues for the company in fiscal 1998. Send or read General Feedback StockChat is a free service from CBS MarketWatch Unit sales in Europe increased 45 percent in the first quarter, while Asia-Pacific unit sales fell 14 percent sequentially.
The company said average selling prices climbed 4 percent to $2,400 per system in the quarter. Apple said computers sold at CompUSA CPU, -1.99% stores accounted for 14 percent of system sales, as a result of its store-within-a-store agreement with the retailer.


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Kourtney Kardashian took her kids Mason and Penelope to visit their dad, her ex Scott Disick, at a rehabilitation center in Malibu on Sunday, Nov. 1 — get the details
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Smucker’s Hit With Dog Food Class Action Lawsuit
April 4, 2018
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The J.M. Smucker Company and its Big Hearts Pet Brands subsidiary have been hit with a proposed consumers class action lawsuit alleging that some of their dog food contains a drug commonly used to euthanize animals and pets in violation of state and federal laws.
The complaint said the company had violated the U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, which does not permit so-called “adulterated food” that contains any poisonous or deleterious substance, as well as New York’s Deceptive Acts and Practices & False Advertising laws.


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The Android Nougat 7.0 update for the popular OS is already out. Android users have been waiting for the new update that will enhance the features of what they are currently using on their devices. It provides a lot of major improvements and refinements compared to the old versions, Lollipop and Marshmallow. New features and updates have surprised some users already, but there are still users who have not seen the capabilities of the recent version.
Reviews over the Android Nougat 7.0 update are all over the internet from one device and eventually, to other phones. The updated OS is loaded with new features that improved the experience of Android users. Some changes are quite obvious, but some are less visible.
The new update of Android Nougat 7.0 featured a new name for the previous Daydream feature. The new name Screen Saver makes more sense than Daydream according to the review. Another one is the Double Tap feature where you can quickly switch between your two most recent used applications.
With Android Nougat 7.0, phones owners who were using the Split-Screen mode can now enjoy the Multi-Window mode. They can use two applications at the same time both in portrait and landscape mode.
Finally, the lock screen can have its own wallpaper different from the home screen. Another feature is the Bundled Notifications where you can see all the notifications in one alert at once. In addition to that, Quick Reply was also added where you can reply to messages from different applications directly from the notifications like Facebook and Twitter.
But what interested Android Google Nougat 7.0 users at Reddit the most is a secret featured called “partial screenshot.” Spotted in Nougat’s AOSP code, the secret feature functions somewhat similar to the desktop screengrab, pretty useful for saving or taking a portion of a wallpaper or picture.
Apparently, this is still not yet released to the public and seems to be under testing, but you could access or use it via NitrogenOS ROM. In the future, perhaps the “partial screenshot” feature might be included in the next Android OS update.
It is clear that the Android Nougat 7.0 update added a lot of great features. There are still more useful stuff that the Android users can find if they are willing to spend time discovering what it has. Recently, Android released a report about Android Nougat 7.1. Its official list of features and functionality are not available to the public yet but is coming soon.
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TWO RIVERS - General Motors vehicle owners in Northeast Wisconsin are already making arrangements to have their car looked at.
For the past few days, Krajnik Chevrolet in Two Rivers has been hearing from concerned GM owners.
“Many a day and we've started a list, especially of our regular customers that when we start getting parts in we'll be calling those people in,” said Paul Krajnik.
GM has been sending out letters notifying people who have a vehicle involved in the recall. 2.6 million vehicles have been recalled for faulty ignition switches. The ignition switches are blamed for at least 13 deaths.
“But if you're concerned, you can always take your vehicle identification number to a dealership and they can investigate that for you and let you know,” said Krajnik.
GM says the recalled vehicles can still be driven. However, the ignition key should be used by itself, without any other keys or key chains attached.
“Because anything hanging on it can make it worse, because that's what will happen,” said Krajnik. “It'll be swinging or whatever and can make the ignition turn off and that's what creates the problem. It shuts the car off.”
Krajnik says this issue could linger for years, particularly because second and third hand owners might not know right away if their vehicle is part of the recall.
“People that are the second or third owner, they wouldn't necessarily know where the original dealer is, so they can go to any dealer,” said Krajnik.
Krajnik and other area dealers expect to receive the parts to start making repairs sometime this month.
If you are uncomfortable driving your vehicle before repairs can be made, GM is offering people free rental cars to drive.


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The Nest Doorbell (battery) is the first new doorbell we’ve seen from Google since 2018. Despite that new product, the old Nest Hello has been rebranded as the Nest Doorbell (wired), so which should you buy? We help you find the right product for you.
Normally, newer products are better than older ones. Here, the choice isn’t quite as clear, and both doorbells have their advantages. For the battery product, it’s that you don’t necessarily need a cloud subscription and you don’t have to permanently power it, making installation easier.
Verdict It might be old but the Nest Doorbell (wired) (previously the Nest Hello) is still a great smart doorbell. Read more
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During the 1950s, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration established its official parmesan cheese definition. According to that set of requirements, it cannot have over 32% moisture, while it also must maintain a granular texture, have a brittle and hard rind, grate readily and be from cow’s milk amongst other things.
Nowhere in that definition does any suggestion of wood pulp being one of the appropriate ingredients. Nor does it read that it is acceptable to substitute cheeses that are less expensive like swiss, mozzarella and cheddar.
What is parmesan cheese if it is not just that parmesan cheese?
In 2012, this unusual tactic first came to the attention of the FDA, when it discovered evidence that Castle Cheese Inc that sold a number of shaved Romano and parmesan cheeses and was introducing other substances into the parmesan cheese.
The regulatory agency of the U.S. government wrote to the company with a stern warning, that said the product labels called the cheeses Romano and Parmesan but they are in fact just a mixture of various different cheeses and other things and that the parmesan cheese did not contain any parmesan cheese.
Parmesan is considered an Italian, hard cheese defined by high salt, low moisture and a medium fat count.
Mozzarella is moist, low salt, soft and does not require the aging process needed by Parmesan, which makes it less expensive to produce and cheaper to buy.
The FDA charges against Castle crippled the company, which reportedly sold cheeses that were doctored. Castle filed bankruptcy the next year and Michelle Myrter its president is expected to file a guilty plea to charges related to the issue.
The foul play of Castle seems less that an ailment that is industry wide. A new report released by Bloomberg News tested parmesan cheese that was bought at different stores across the country.
It found that other brands that advertised their products as 100% parmesan cheese were not 100% parmesan cheese.
The guidelines of the FDA are somewhat vague about the cellulose levels permitted in the cheese. Cellulose is an additive made of wood pulp that stops the cheese from creating clumps.
Markers of cheese can use what they want to keep their cheeses from clumping up and the standard is thought to be 2%.
However, some of today’s cheese makers are selling their product that had over four times that amount, said the Bloomberg report.
One grated cheese was actually less than 40% cheese. One expert believes one fifth of all hard cheese produce in the U.S. are mislabeled.


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Netflix has announced it’ll be the future home of all releases from Disney, Pixar, Lucasfilm, and Marvel, but the company’s brief blurb leaves much to be answered — including exactly which properties and titles they’ll be debuting.
Thousands of customers have complained about Comcast’s behavior to the FCC since the company announced it would begin enacting data caps — and now, specific user research has uncovered data suggesting that the company’s method of tracking user data consumption may be more flawed than Comcast wants to admit.
Comcast is testing a program to charge existing customers even more money for so-called “Unlimited” data plans on wired connections. Exceed 300GB, and your monthly bill could wind up jumping by $30-$35 if the trial program takes off.
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Every technology goes through this evolution. It's created, it's put in a box and finally it becomes just software.
So it is with clouds.
The “cloud era” began a decade ago, when Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) created MapReduce to improve its own operations and, in the process, showed it was possible to turn data farms into one huge computer to solve large problems or handle spikes in traffic. This eventually became a Yahoo (YHOO) project called Hadoop, and the cloud era was born.
Later in the decade Google began packing server farms in shipping containers and installing them at sites around the country, handling most consumer requests in a city, and cutting its expenses further. This encouraged all sorts of companies to believe that private clouds were possible and helped further the cloud boom.
Now, a start-up called Piston Cloud is planning on bringing Rackspace's (NYSE:RAX) OpenCloud conference an entire cloud stack on a memory stick that can turn a PC into a mini-cloud. The evolution is complete.
This doesn't make cloud computing simple. But it does herald a shift in the cloud market investors need to respond to.
Software is no longer a gating factor. Everyone can have a cloud, just as everyone can download the latest Lady Gaga video. Which means that things like scaling and training are going to become more important, as clouds become yet-another mass market technology.
The losers will be specialized cloud software companies, like RedHat (NYSE:RHT) and VMWare (NYSE:VMW). They are reaching the limits of their values. Instead power is moving toward companies that can implement clouds for enterprise clients, like IBM (NYSE:IBM), Rackspace, Dell (DELL) and HP (NYSE:HPQ) - which will all now face a price war.
That price war is going to impact all the specialty houses and may have a profound impact on the direction Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) must now take with its Azure cloud. What it will tell the market is that clouds are just part of Windows, even though they are something different entirely.
Whether the market buys this as the path of least resistance in clouds is unclear. You can speculate that it will, but in the end clouds become just another tool in the tech toolbox, and the cheapest, most flexible tool wins.
As a tech reporter for 30 years I've seen this play out many times. The Novell engineers of the 1980s, the Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) engineers of the 1990s, the Windows Server certified engineers of the last decade, they're all going to be retrained, or replaced, by people who can implement cloud.
With clouds on-a-stick, every community college, technical school and corporate training center can now get people up-to-speed on cloud technology within a few months, and those people will all get good jobs. Those won't be long-term careers, because the technology landscape is going to shift again, but jobs are a powerful stimulus to learning.
So where should you put your money if you want to bet on clouds? On the biggest cloud implementation plays – on Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), on Rackspace, on Google – with the understanding that financial gains here will be limited by the sheer volume of cloud (and cloud talent) “supply” coming to the market.
The cloud, in other words, is no longer exotic. It is now mainstream technology. It's no longer a way to expand margins, but just another technology whose margins are going to be shrinking from here on out.
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YSL Is Opening a Beauty Hotel in New York City Featuring Five Floors
Launching on September 8.
Recently we’ve shared in-depth looks at pop-up shops brought to New York City by Serena Williams and online e-tailer Depop. Now, beauty enthusiasts get to revel in their own space. YSL announces the launch of the YSL Beauty Hotel which will launch in New York.
Officially opening during New York Fashion Week, the five-floor exhibition will be hosted at the World of McIntosh Townhouse in SoHo. In January of last year, the beauty line launched a similar hotel in Paris while Hong Kong was graced with a pop-up earlier this past week. This time around, each room will showcase YSL Beauty’s most recent launches including the Rouge Pur Couture The Slim lipstick and the Black Opium Eau de Parfum which was recently featured in a new campaign starring Zoë Kravitz.
According to ELLE, the activation will also feature a chic lounge surrounded by purple sofas, a “study” and major views at the rooftop pop-up shop. You can also expect a café and an indoor pool. Additionally fragrance workshops will be ongoing and makeup counters will be available to try out different products.
The YSL Beauty Hotel will run from September 8 to 9. Stay tuned here as more details emerge. Below, check out the YSL Beauty Hong Kong Hotel for a sneak peek.
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Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s largest cryptocurrency, was able to recover some of its recent losses and attract modest bids above the $23,500 level as the crypto market started the month on a positive note. This was attributed to Abu Dhabi’s plan to create a free zone for the crypto industry, which will offer zero taxes and 100 percent foreign ownership to digital and virtual asset firms.
Additionally, France has demonstrated its willingness to implement strict licensing regulations related to anti-money laundering (AML) and know-your-customer (KYC) protocols for cryptocurrency companies to prevent money laundering and financing of terrorism. This was also considered a significant factor in reducing losses and restoring some momentum in the cryptocurrency industry.
The likelihood of interest rate hikes and a possible government crackdown on the cryptocurrency industry could deter investors in the upcoming weeks. Additionally, the current state of the crypto market and regulatory concerns have led Visa and MasterCard to delay their cryptocurrency plans, which may also limit any potential upward momentum in BTC prices.
Abu Dhabi Establishes Welcoming Regulatory Environment for Crypto Industry
As previously reported, the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates has been promoting the cryptocurrency industry by establishing a free zone that offers zero taxes and 100 percent foreign ownership to digital and virtual asset enterprises.
In addition, the international financial hub in the UAE’s capital, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), has introduced a new regulatory framework for digital assets. This includes the creation of a regulatory sandbox to enable developers of digital assets to test their products and services in a secure environment.
In addition, ADGM has launched “Spot,” a digital asset market that provides a secure and regulated environment for users to trade cryptocurrencies, fiat currency, and other digital assets. This move is part of Abu Dhabi’s broader goal to position itself as a major hub for fintech and digital innovation and to establish a significant presence in the global cryptocurrency market.
Abu Dhabi is striving to lure a diverse range of digital asset firms, such as cryptocurrency exchanges, digital wallets, and blockchain companies, by providing an inviting regulatory atmosphere and attractive tax benefits. This is considered a significant breakthrough for the cryptocurrency industry, which could potentially stimulate growth in the sector in the near future.
France to Enact Strict Licensing Regulations for Cryptocurrency Companies
The French National Assembly has recently passed a bill aimed at enforcing stricter licensing regulations for new cryptocurrency businesses to align with upcoming European Union (EU) regulations.
This move demonstrates France’s commitment to combating financial crime and protecting its citizens from illicit activities. By mandating that cryptocurrency companies adhere to AML/KYC requirements, France is sending a clear message that it takes financial crime seriously and is taking steps to prevent it.
It is noteworthy that the proposal received 109 yes votes, accounting for 60.5%, compared to 71 no votes, or 39.5%. After being approved by the French Senate, the measure will now be handed to President Emmanuel Macron, who has 15 days to sign it or remit it to the legislature.
It will be interesting to see how this new regulation is implemented and how it impacts the French cryptocurrency market. While some companies may struggle to comply with the new regulations, others may view it as an opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to transparency and ethical business practices.
The price of Bitcoin is currently at $23,796, with a 24-hour trading volume of $22.5 billion. Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin has increased by around 1.50%. Ethereum, on the other hand, has a current price of $1,650 and a 24-hour trading volume of $7.4 billion, with a gain of 1.25% in the previous 24 hours.
On the 4-hour chart, Bitcoin faced difficulty in breaking the crucial resistance level of $23,750. The failure to sustain above this level led to a bearish correction, which could push the BTC price toward the $22,800 support level. If this support level fails to hold, the next area of support could be around $22,150.
Although the BTC/USD pair is currently oversold, a rebound is possible if the oversold condition persists, allowing Bitcoin to break past the $23,500 resistance level and potentially leading to a price of $24,250.
Investors who are interested in buying Bitcoin may want to explore other options that offer more growth potential in the short term. Cryptonews has conducted a detailed analysis of the top 15 cryptocurrencies that investors should consider for 2023. Click below to learn more.
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50 percent of iPad 3 owners unhappy at launch of iPad 4
In case you missed it, one of the biggest stories to come out of Apple’s event on Tuesday was the launch of the iPad 4, less than six months after the iPad 3 was launched. Apple may have planned to announce the fourth-gen iPad alongside more illustrious announcements in the hope of glossing over that it had completely abandoned the iPad 3 and the many users who went and bought one. As I wrote, the iPad 4 announcement could kick start a dangerous precedent for Apple and its customer base.
According to a survey, almost half of the owners of an iPad 3 are disappointed with Apple’s decision to introduce its replacement just six months later. The survey, from Toluna QuickSurveys found that of 2000 online consumers in the United States, 45 percent were dismayed at the quick arrival of the fourth-gen iPad.
However it doesn’t seem to be affecting sales of Apple’s products with 14% of those surveyed saying they would ‘definitely buy‘ the new iPad Mini whilst 32% said they would ‘probably buy‘ the iPad Mini. The survey also found that around 30% of current iPad owners are likely to buy the iPad mini, which still represents a massive achievement for Apple.
As we’ve heard, the iPad Mini is set to launch in the UK with 4G LTE support. Initially available only via EE, the UK’s first 4G network which launches next Tuesday, it will also be compatible with rival 4G offerings from O2, Vodafone and 3 when they launch next year. Despite a large compatibility list, it seems that only 51% of those surveyed are willing to part with the extra cash for a WiFi + Cellular option and we’d expect this number to dwindle even further with future generations relying on internet tethering from their smartphone.


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The ravaging COVID-19 pandemic has shown that a new world is possible as it has opened fresh opportunities for blockchain development in the United States. This is according to Perianne Boring, the president of the Chamber of Digital Commerce in Washington, D.C.
Boring highlights, however, that one major issue hindering the proliferation of blockchain technology and digital assets generally is lack of technical sophistication among many of the nation’s lawmakers. She believes that most of the Lawmakers are lawyers from the older generation and don’t understand emerging technologies and how it can aid economic operations in the country.
She had said that most members of Congress in the United States don’t have a technology background. According to her, most of the legislators are in their 50s, 60s, or 70s. However, she said they are managing that issue amidst the legislatures by allowing them to be able to touch the technology, experience it, and use blockchain in real life.
Blockchain development fundamental to digital infrastructure
According to the Chamber of Digital Commerce Principal, there have been loads of interest in the supply chain and other critical digital infrastructure. The lockdown and stay at home directive by the government has made people rely on and see potentials of these digital systems.
How they could impact our daily lives and businesses. Reportedly, more people are exploring and understanding how critical these infrastructures are for businesses and that digital infrastructure is critical infrastructure.
Government interest in CBDC
As much as China has made a lot of progress as regards the creation of its central bank digital currency (CBDC), The American government has not said much regarding developing a digital version of the U.S.dollar or blockchain development. Boring, however, believes there is still a long way to go.
She said everything around blockchain development and the industry is viewed as an old world and a new world, both of which are entirely different.


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Ahead of tomorrow's new trailer, here's a potent pair of gritty Spider-Man posters to remind you of the other Marvel superhero franchise primed for action this summer. Twice as nice with the addition of Parker's combat-torn torso.
There's a rumor bouncing around out there that the suits at Sony are none too pleased with Marc Webb's take on The Amazing Spider-Man. In fact, according to someone claiming to have an inside source, they "hate" it.
The Amazing Spider-Man viral promotional campaign has been leaking out random Peter Parker tidbits for months, but the latest bit might be the coolest: The specs for Spidey's webslingers.
Yes, we're still months away from the release of Marc Webb's Webslinger reboot, but apparently things like box-office performance and audience response aren't all that important: Sony's plunging ahead with a sequel and they're spending a fortune on a pair of writers they hope can deliver.
We've been pumped to see Spider-Man go toe-to-toe with The Lizard ever since we learned he'd be the villain in this summer's The Amazing Spider-Man, but some fans have worried that the reptilian baddie will creep into theaters without his famous white lab coat. Well, director Marc Webb has finally addressed the issue, and he says you can all relax.
The first few clips and trailers from the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man have shown us a different take on Peter Parker, including his snarky side. Director Marc Webb says that's what he was aiming for, because his Spidey is actually a bit of a bully.
Wanna see a few more, awesome shots from The Amazing Spider-Man? Well, you're in luck, because the new Japanese trailer is chock full of them.
Mary Jane Watson, who? The latest clip for The Amazing Spider-Man has Spidey crushing hard for good ole Gwen Stacy.
Everyone's got their own idea of the ideal Spider-Man villain. Some like the classic matchup of Doctor Octopus, while others prefer the more modern savagery of someone like Carnage. But whether you're happy with Amazing Spider-Man's choice of The Lizard as its villain or not, producer Matt Tolmach says the character is "inextricably tied" to the story.
We're just three months away from seeing The Amazing Spider-Man on the big screen, and we can't wait to get to know Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker just a little bit better. Thankfully, we've got a couple of new clips to check out until then, including one that sees Spidey mix wit and web against a street thug.


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We’re a group of very competitive people, but it’s our collaborative belief in one another and the daily trust from a roster of very strong clients that leads to innovations that actually get done and achieve market results.
Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) July 20, 2010
Preston Kelly has been innovating to change the face of Minneapolis marketing—and now the agency has received confirmation of that effort as Advertising Age’s 2010 Midwest Small Agency of the Year.
Judged by the magazine’s team of editors and acclaimed advertising industry leaders, the annual competition celebrates the work of the nation’s smaller shops. A mix of factors determine the regional winners, including the agencies’ thought leadership, business performance, digital and creative work, the impact of its work on clients’ businesses, and its commitment to innovation.
“By accelerating our clients’ marketplace momentum, we’ve accelerated our own,” said Chuck Kelly, the agency’s president. “We’re a group of very competitive people, but it’s our collaborative belief in one another and the daily trust from a roster of very strong clients that leads to innovations that actually get done and achieve market results.”
Emphasizing iconic ideas that register through the din of standard marketing messages, Preston Kelly submitted to the contest some of its results-driven, award-winning efforts for a range of clients. More than just a tagline or market differentiator, “iconic ideas” is a philosophy that informs everything the agency does—and one that got the attention of Advertising Age editors, who also noted Preston Kelly’s successes with National Marrow Donor Program’s “Be The Match” campaign.
“On a website, a print ad, a TV spot or a video game, an iconic idea is a meaningful symbol or concept people can adopt to identify and share our clients’ brands,” said Chris Preston, the agency’s creative director. “An iconic idea not only connects with consumers, it engages, focuses and inspires entire organizations.”
The recognition as the Midwest Small Agency of the Year—doled out at a national Advertising Age-sponsored conference in New Orleans—adds fuel to the agency’s fire in 2010. In addition to earning finalist honors in the Magazine Publishers of America’s Kelly Awards, the O’Toole awards and the international One Show, the agency recently won three awards in the 27th Annual Healthcare Advertising Awards for its work on behalf of HealthPartners—which also secured a Gold Effie in 2009. Spurred by new business growth, Preston Kelly has added 10 new hires across a range of departments, as well.
Despite a range of honors that champion the agency’s creative and strategic work, the Midwest Small Agency of the Year award marks the first time in Preston Kelly’s history that the entire agency has been recognized.
About Preston Kelly
Preston Kelly is a full-service, independent agency that creates iconic ideas for its clients, including financial services, insurance, restaurant, consumer packaged goods, outdoor recreation, retail and gaming. Selected as Advertising Age’s Midwest Small Agency of the Year in 2010, Preston Kelly has also earned several awards in the Annual Healthcare Advertising Awards, and earned finalist honors in the 2010 MPA Kelly Awards and the One Show. In the last five years, the agency has won several Effies—a top marketing award that honors outstanding results. Preston Kelly is a member of Worldwide Partners, the world’s largest network of independent marketing and communications firms. To learn more about Preston Kelly, visit http://www.prestonkelly.com, become a fan on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/prestonkellyagency or join the conversation on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/prestonkelly. You can also read our musings on the latest trends in advertising at http://www.prestonkelly.com/blog.
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Ooredoo Maldives introduced a new service on Thursday, allowing its prepaid and mixed-package customers to send missed calls to any local number, even with insufficient balance.
The service does not require a subscription or activation process, but is available by default and is free of charge.
Ooredoo Maldives’s CEO and MD, Najib Khan said the company is always looking to introduce services which will improve customer convenience and connectivity.
He said that the mixed call service introduced this Thursday will allow Ooredoo customers to place missed calls to numbers which belong to any local network.
“Our hope is that this service allows our customers more convenience in contacting family and friends who live far away, when they need it the most,” said Khan.
Further information regarding the service is available on Ooredoo Maldives' website.


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This is an excerpt from a longer article recently published in Sight & Life magazine (August 2019). It is co-authored by Refresh Working Group members Danielle Nierenberg, Alicia Powers and Sarah Papazoglakis.
Today, data-driven technologies are being used to improve nutrition and health outcomes at the individual level and on a global scale. For individuals, there are currently more than 325,000 mobile health (mHealth) apps available for download in global app stores related to fitness, diet, and/or medical health. And while more research is needed to evaluate their overall effectiveness, these diet and nutrition apps are playing a growing role in supporting individual health-related behavior change. In an effort to address nutrition and health at scale, emerging technologies are being adopted to transform the entire global food supply chain to ensure nutritious food is grown more sustainably and distributed more equitably.
Global Challenges: Nutrition and Food Security
The recent Global Nutrition Report finds “malnutrition is responsible for more ill health than any other cause.” The report notes that the diversification of farming systems to include a greater variety of crops that offer a wider range and density of nutrients is key for addressing malnutrition and making healthier diets more readily accessible and affordable. Optimizing post-harvest processing and distribution networks to reduce food waste are also important factors in improving nutrition because, as researchers note, “post-harvest losses are also nutrient losses.”
According to the FAO, fruits and vegetables account for the largest percentage of food loss stemming from inefficiencies in the food supply chain. These inefficiencies include pre-harvest problems, such as pest infestations, and post-harvest processing and transportation conditions that impact the quality of perishable foods that must be stored at specific temperatures in order to maintain freshness.
The Future of Data-Driven Nutrition
Technological innovation can play an important role in helping to optimize agriculture, food, and nutrition infrastructures in order to support abundant harvests, improve logistics and distribution networks, reduce food and nutrient loss, and enable greater global food security now and into the future. Many Refresh Working Group members are at the forefront of these challenges, such as Farmwave and Wright2U Freshmobile.
From facilitating individual behavior changes to addressing inefficiencies across the national and global food supply chains, machine learning algorithms and computer vision programs are among the emerging technologies being mobilized to grow more food more efficiently and empower consumers to make the best decisions about their individual health. These tools are helping to drive innovations in food distribution and food delivery that offer the potential to address food insecurity by bringing fresher food at lower cost to more people.
Read the full article in Sight & Life magazine’s August 2019 special issue on “Data in Nutrition”: https://sightandlife.org/resources/#sal-magazine&id=5750&f=all


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Baguio City Representative Mark Go said he and his wife bought a truck of vegetables from Atok farmers.
The Baguio politiko said it is their way of helping farmers amid the supply chain disruption caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID19) pandemic.
“To help our hardworking farmers and to provide healthier relief goods to our constituents in Baguio, my wife Sol and I purchased a truck of produce from Atok farmers,” Go said.
“These are now being distributed to different barangays in our city,” he added.
Go also lauded farmers for their hard work/
“Our farmers are working hard even during the COVID-19 Pandemic!” he said.


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February 3, 2014 – Garner Industries, manufacturer of BinMaster inventory management systems and bin level indicators, announced the promotion of Jenny Christensen to vice president of marketing for both the Garner and BinMaster divisions. Christensen is responsible for driving the company’s brand strategy and revenue growth through new products and the use of innovative marketing platforms to expand the company’s diverse customer base. Christensen joined Garner Industries in 2008 as director of marketing where she has been instrumental in developing marketing programs that have helped to grow the company’s revenue and market share. Over the past five years, she has supported the launch of multiple new products, most notably the revolutionary 3DLevelScanner line of acoustic-based sensors. Drawing from her international marketing experience, she has supported the company’s growth into Latin America with localized and online marketing programs.
Christensen Promoted at BinMaster
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Pocophone/Poco F1 MIUI (stock) apps may get replaced with Google apps in the future, as per forum mod
NOTICE: We’ve created an archive of all major developments related to the Pocophone F1 smartphone. The page is being continuously updated with the latest Poco F1 news, so that you don’t need to search for information related to the device on a daily basis. Head here to access it.
As many may already be aware, Xiaomi has done away with some of its stock apps in favor of Google’s on most of its newer offerings. This is only valid in global regions though, as Chinese users continue to avail all stock apps out-of-the-box.
Xiaomi says that they had to do this to abide by privacy laws and restrictions in certain regions, especially the regulations in the European Union.
This move was not welcomed by most due to a variety of reasons. Firstly, there’s the dilemma of call recording. The Google Phone does not support it on most devices as of now. And secondly, Google apps look very out of place amongst other Xiaomi apps.
Hence, many users have been rooting for the return of stock apps. There was even a petition held up for the same in the Mi forums, which we have covered here.
However, devices that were already shipped with stock MIUI apps were exempted from this change, much to most users’ relief. Still, Xiaomi has been encouraging users to give up Mi Messages and instead move over to Google Messages for several months now.
This is being done through a persistent prompt that keeps showing up even after hitting “Not now”.
Now, reports of this issue have been scarce globally, with the exception of Europe, where the prompt has been continually bothering users.
All this has pointed towards an interesting development. A Poco F1 user had inquired regarding the prompt that keeps asking to install Google apps (Messages) on the device, to which a forum mod had replied the following:
As clear from above, the moderator has implied that the Poco F1 may get its stock communication apps replaced in favor of their Google counterparts like Google Messages and Phone.
Of course, this is only speculation at this point, but the prompts to shift to Google Messages may be a prelude to the replacement of Mi Messages.
And if stock apps are indeed to be replaced on the Poco F1, then it is very likely that other devices will suffer the same fate. We can only hope for now that this doesn’t actually happen.
PiunikaWeb started purely as an investigative tech journalism website with a main focus on ‘breaking’ or ‘exclusive’ news. In no time, our stories got picked up by the likes of Forbes, Fox News, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, MacRumors, and many others. Want to know more about us? Head here.


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By Robert Frank
Laval Police traveled the Metro orange line, March 25, together with the Montreal, Longueil and Montreal transit authority counterparts, to warn commuters how to protect themselves against a growing rash of smartphone robberies.
“In Laval alone, robbers took 858 phones in 2012 and 892 in 2013,” Sgt. Frédéric Jean told The Suburban. “You wouldn’t walk around with $600 or more in your hand, yet people walk around wearing headphones, oblivious of their surroundings.
To counter the spike in crime, Canada has implemented a cellphone blacklist, he said. Within hours after police enter your cell phone’s electronic serial number (ESN) on the blacklist, carriers will block it from sending and receiving calls.
“You can find out your mobile ESN by entering *#06# on the phone’s keypad,” Sgt. Jean explained. “You should write that number down and keep it somewhere safe where you can find it.”
“If your phone is ever stolen, give that number to the police when you report the crime,” he continued. “If you have a tablet computer that uses a 3G or LTE cellular wireless service, you can also retrieve the ESN and keep it on hand for blacklist purposes.”
More information is available at www.protegetoncell.com. Sgt. Jean also noted that smartphone users keep a great deal of sensitive personal information on their devices.
“That information is quite valuable to criminals. It’s one of the first things that criminals access after they steal a phone,” he said, adding that another website, www.protectyourdata.ca, offers tips on how to keep that information safe.
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Here are some interesting beer stories:
-- The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports on Odell Brewing Co. in Colorado making The Daily Mail's list of the best breweries in the country. The Cleveland connection? Odell Brewing is co-owned by former Clevelander Wynne Odell. To read the full story, click here.
-- The Epoch Times reports on a University of Connecticut study that shows beer-makers violate their own guidelines when it comes to advertising their brands to young people. Researchers examined nearly 300 beer ads televised from 1999 to 2008 during NCAA college basketball tournaments. "The self-regulation process, whether it’s being deliberately or inadvertently violated, is not working to protect young people,” the study's lead author Dr. Thomas Babor said. To read the full story, click here.
-- The Oregonian recommends a few helpful beer apps, specifically Untappd, Pintley and TapHunter. To read the short review, click here.
-- The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that the craft beer scene is booming in Alaska. Alaska ranks fourth in breweries per capita, just ahead of Colorado and behind only Vermont, Oregon and Montana, the newspaper reports. To read the full story, click here.


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Samsung Galaxy S8 official unveiling date let slip by Samsung themselves
For a number of years now, what has always been the showpiece event at MWC was the launch of a Samsung Galaxy flagship but this year, the same is not the case. After the issue that faced the Galaxy Note 7, Samsung decided to push back the launch of the new unit in a bid to repress the same kind of rushed mistake from coming to light again. For that reason, they only brought the Galaxy Tab S3 with a Stylus pen support to MWC of this year and safe to say, they did well on that too.
Now though, the same company has now given us a definite timeline for the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and its sibling, the Galaxy S8 Plus. This was made known after their keynote event on Barcelona yesterday and with a dedicated event, our attention should be turned to the 29th of March now.
This was made known from a Galaxy Unpacked video which was showed at the event during the closing tome, which then truly set the date as what we have above.
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Grocery Outlet Expands Partnership With Uber; RJ Sheedy and Christian Freese Comment
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Have you, dear reader, ever ordered grocery delivery? It is an experience I highly recommend at least every once in a while. The service continues to rise in demand for shoppers across the country, and Grocery Outlet is working to meet that demand. The retailer recently announced that it is expanding its partnership with Uber, bringing on-demand and scheduled delivery to several additional cities.
"By expanding our partnership with Uber, we are able to reach more customers with our assortment of high-quality, name brand products at industry leading values. We are excited to extend our treasure hunt experience outside the four walls as we carry out our mission of touching lives for the better and our vision of being the first choice for bargain-minded consumers," said RJ Sheedy, President of Grocery Outlet.
Grocery Outlet locations across New Jersey, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, will join storefronts in California, Oregon, and Washington, in offering this service. This brings its number of stores offering delivery to 386 across the country.
This expanded partnership brings consumers their favorite Grocery Outlet must-haves from the Uber and Uber Eats apps, delivered on-demand, right to their door, a press release explained.
"Consumers are looking for savings and quality more than ever these days, which makes the expansion of our partnership with Grocery Outlet an incredibly exciting priority," said Christian Freese, Uber's Head of Grocery and New Verticals across the United States and Canada. "Uber Eats' goal is providing grocery delivery options that work for everyone, no matter your budget. Together with Grocery Outlet we can do just that—delivering customers the brands they like at the Grocery Outlet prices they love, on-demand, right to their door."
ANUK is keeping an eye on this unique grocery chain, and we will keep you up to date with the latest.


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Truveo was easy to implement and it gave us the power to create a search widget that returns great results.
SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) June 20, 2007
While the amount of video on the Internet has continued to grow at a tremendous rate, there have been major shifts recently in where this video can be found. Content owners are forcing video destination sites to remove tens of thousands of copyrighted videos--which often are among the most popular videos. Often, these videos are still legally available elsewhere on the Web, leaving video search engines as the only one-stop-shop where consumers can find video.
"Last year Internet video hit the mainstream, but this year it's consumer's use of video search that is exploding as people look for a one-stop-shop for video. We've seen steady growth since we launched, but the recent 50% month-over-month growth we are now seeing represents a fundamental shift in user behavior," said Timothy Tuttle, CEO and Co-Founder of Truveo and Senior Vice President of AOL Video. "Users are realizing that their favorite video may no longer be available on video sharing sites due to copyright issues, but they can still easily find legal versions of those videos elsewhere on the Web through a video search engine like Truveo."
In addition, Truveo(TM), which already powers some of the most popular video sites on the Web, extended its reach with a number of significant new partners who are using the company's video search engine to power video search on their websites and applications. These new partners include: Brightcove, Clevver, CSTV, Flock, Pageflakes, PureVideo, Qwest, Search.com, Sportingo, Netvibes, Widgetbox and YourMinis. These new partners join AOL(R) Video, AOL(R) Search, Excite, Infospace, Microsoft Corporation and hundreds of others who are already using Truveo.
Truveo has rapidly become the leading video search engine because its advanced "Visual Crawler" technology is able to find more of the videos available on the Web and more meta-data about each video making for a more satisfying and successful search experience. Partners are flocking to Truveo because of the company's industry-leading suite of open video search APIs available at http://developer.truveo.com. These APIs enable developers and website operators to build applications with powerful video search and discovery features that access Truveo's extensive index of tens-of-millions of online videos.
"We're excited about the opportunity to add high quality video search like Truveo offers directly into the Flock browser," said Shawn Hardin, Flock President and Chief Executive Officer. "Flock integrates media, online services and people into its browser to give users greater control over their Web experience, and make it easy to interact, discover and share online. Video search is a critical component of that experience and is built into Flock's upcoming 0.9 release."
"Pageflakes lets people easily personalize their Web experience using Flakes (widgets), and video is an important part of that," said Dan Cohen, Pageflakes CEO. "Working with Truveo, we've been able to deliver an engaging video experience that is wildly popular with Pageflakes users and Pagecasters around the world."
"When we created a video search widget, it was critical that it give users the most relevant results from the widest collection of videos," said Ed Anuff, co-founder and CEO of Widgetbox. "Truveo was easy to implement and it gave us the power to create a search widget that returns great results."
"Today there are so many sources of Internet video, we wanted our users to have a widget that enables them to quickly and easily find any video on the Web," said Alex Bard, President and CEO of Goowy Media. "Truveo was a great solution for creating a one-stop-shop video widget for YourMinis users."
Truveo is the search engine for video. Truveo was founded in 2004 by some of the industry's leading experts in video search technology. Over the past three years, Truveo has built one of the largest and most up-to-date indexes of high-quality video on the Web. As a result, Truveo enables users to find video that cannot be found in any other search engine. Truveo first launched its industry-leading search engine in the fall of 2005 and today, the Truveo search engine powers some of the most popular video destinations on the Web, reaching an audience of almost 40 million users each month. For more information on Truveo, visit http://www.truveo.com.
AOL(R) is a global Web services company that operates some of the most popular Web destinations, offers a comprehensive suite of free software and services, runs one of the country's largest Internet access businesses, and provides a full set of advertising solutions. A majority-owned subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., AOL LLC is based in Dulles, Virginia. AOL and its subsidiaries also have operations in Europe, Canada and Asia. Learn more at AOL.com.
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The Surface Pro 7+ for Business (2021) is Microsoft's latest (and hopefully final) spin of its dated Surface Pro design. But that doesn't make it unimpressive. The 11th Gen Intel processor and Xe graphics make it one o the fastest Surface PCs yet, and the optional 4G LTE and removable SSD are icing on the cake. That said, consumers should wait for Surface Pro 8.
The Surface Pro 7 Plus isn't available from the regular Microsoft Store due to its "Business" classification. Here's where you can find it and a bit of information on what makes it different from the standard Pro 7.
This is the Windows Central Podcast, and this week we're back with more follow up on Surface Pro 7+, and Zac spells out what Microsoft could be doing to improve Surface Duo. He and Daniel also take on Windows 10X, haptic touchpad, HP's Omen 15 gaming laptop, and more.
We're back with another exciting episode of the Windows Central Podcast, and this week, Zac and Dan catch up on Microsoft's Surface Pro 7+ for Business and tour an as-yet-unreleased version of Windows 10X for single-screen PCs. Microsoft Edge 88 is here as well, plus confusion and consternation regarding Xbox Live Gold. The guys also check out some of the best announcements from CES...
The new Surface Pro 7+ for Business goes on sale this week. Microsoft has now published a new engineering video detailing what's new and how it is now using new display technology to allow for the largest sized battery in a Surface Pro yet.


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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- It's a good idea to start your day with coconut oil.
"It will allow your body to begin to burn fat rather than sugar and its an appetite suppressant," said Dr. Pete Sulack, America's Leading Stress Expert.
Dr. Pete Sulack just adds a tablespoon of coconut oil to his coffee. That boosts his energy by 5% the rest of the day.
"It's great to help you absorb calcium in your bones. It's great for bone health," said Dr. Pete. "It's great for brain function."
It comes from coconut. It's a saturated fat, which is good for you.
"Heart disease is not caused by saturated fats," said Dr. Pete. "It's caused by sugars, fructose, grains, and stress."
Dr. Pete told Local 8 News ditch the olive oil when you're cooking. When the oil heats up, it loses it's nutritional value and could be harmful.
Instead, grab the coconut oil.
"Coconut oil is great when you heat it up," said Dr. Pete. "It won't be damaged."
It's not only good for cooking. It's also a moisturizer for your body and will keep your skin looking young and healthy.
Just add lavender and hemp seed oil. It's an automatic moisturizer.
"Even if you're going out there to the beach, put some coconut oil on your face," said Dr. Pete. "It will block the bad rays and allow the good rays to get in."
Dr. Pete said it works miracles. Take a tablespoon of the oil, add a drop of myrrh, and a clove of cinnamon and that will give you a healthier smile.
"Swish it around your mouth for ten minutes and then spit it out and it will pull out toxins to reduce tooth decay," said Dr. Pete.
You can find organic coconut oil at any Food City.


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Here is some good news right after the very annoying news. the latter is about petrol pumps not accepting the card payments and the former is the counter to latter which states that you’ll be charged zero from January 13, at petrol pumps.
Following the All India Petroleum Dealers Association’s notification on Sunday, which says that the petrol pumps across the country won’t accept debit/credit cards for payments, and only cash is taken. The idea behind the statement given by AIPDA is ‘to protest the banks’ decision to levy an additional charge of up to one per cent on such transactions.
As a bid to tackle this issue, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday that there will be no additional charges on digital transactions made at petrol stations.


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- Hampton by Hilton unveiled a new North American prototype and refreshed global brand identity Wednesday.
- The new prototype, inspired by guest and owner feedback, was designed to optimize revenue-generation opportunities and drive cost savings. The updated brand identity, meanwhile, features new visual elements to roll out throughout the year.
- The revamp is intended to better position Hampton for “the next era of travel,” in addition to portraying the hotel as “the most guest-centric brand in the hospitality industry,” Hilton shared in a release.
The first hotel to feature the new North American prototype is slated to open in early 2025, according to Hilton.
Updates to the prototype include modern design elements intended to improve functionality and comfort for guests, but also cost to build, operate and renovate for owners, the company said.
For owners, the prototype increases the hotel’s key count within the same footprint, as well as lays out suites for better site efficiency — a bid to optimize revenue. Developers can save up to 6% on the prototype's new furniture, fixtures and equipment packages, according to Hilton.
Design changes include color tweaks to an updated exterior, which will feature a simplified entrance canopy and an added patio for guests. Hilton has also reimagined the welcome area by adding a flexible multiuse space and placing the retail shop more prominently within the lobby, a move to drive increased revenue.
Guest rooms, meanwhile, will feature an added multifunctional task table, updated bathroom design, enlarged windows and optimized storage solutions. Hoteliers can choose between two modern decor packages, which Hilton says are “inspired by the beauty of America’s landscapes and the vibrancy of its cities.”
Hilton also tapped global agency Jones Knowles Ritchie to create a refreshed visual identity for Hampton. The new identity, Hilton said, “draws inspiration from Hampton's pioneering spirit and hospitality heritage, while also being tailored for future global expansion” and is intended to “convey the brand’s human touch.”
The visual identity features illustrations that celebrate traveler diversity, a refined script, an updated color palette and custom typography. Hilton will roll out the updated identity across the Hampton brand’s activities, marketing and communications throughout 2024.
Chris Silcock, Hilton’s president of global brands and commercial services, called Hampton “the heartbeat of our business.”
“Hampton has consistently maintained its position as a true industry leader, rooted in a strong commitment to service and quality,” he said in a statement. “As we navigate the ever-changing hospitality landscape, Hampton has once again evolved to adapt to the changing development landscape and evolving guests’ needs.”
JKR identified two key Hampton features when sourcing inspiration for the brand evolution: the sleep experience and the Hampton Waffle, available at breakfast. Hampton plans to debut new seasonal waffle flavors.
Last summer, Hampton promoted its waffles in Hilton’s “Summer of Sliving” campaign, in which Regina Triche, a Hampton Inn & Suites Jacksonville employee dubbed “The Waffle Lady” prepared the breakfast food alongside Paris Hilton in an online video.
The spot was part of Hilton’s “For the Stay” global marketing platform, which kicked off in 2022.
The upper-midscale Hampton by Hilton has nearly 3,000 properties across 38 countries and territories. The brand has expanded internationally in recent years, with recent debuts in Hungary and Portugal.


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After several months of outstanding export performance, the value of EU agri-food exports went down quite significantly in August 2015 compared to July, according to latest data from the European Commission.
This drop by €1.45 billion (-13%) was even more pronounced than the drop in export values immediately after the announcement of the Russian embargo one year ago.
However, according to the Commission after record sales in July 2015, the absolute value of exports in August 2015 was at a level similar to the same month in previous years.
It says considering annual data, EU agri-food exports to third countries increased in value by 6.3% compared to the preceding 12-months period, confirming the positive trend since several months.
The largest reductions in monthly export values were witnessed for products not concerned by the Russian ban included:
- Wine (EUR -259 million; -26%)
- Raw hides, skins and furskins (EUR -237 million; -70%)
- Food preparations not specified (EUR –108 million; -22%)
- Cereals other than wheat and rice (EUR -100 million; -31%)
For monthly agri-food exports, China accounted for the most significant reduction (EUR -226 million; 22%), followed by the US (EUR -192 million; -11%).
Also exports to Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong went down quite significantly in August 2015 compared to July.
In August 2015, not only agri-food exports but also imports to the EU went down compared to the
previous month (EUR -672 million; -7%).
In particular, the Commission says values of fruit and oilcake imports were at a lower level in August compared to July 2015, with EU imports from Brazil and the US going down, but imports from Ukraine going up in value terms.
The trade balance for all agri-food products in August 2015 still showed a surplus in exports by more than EUR 1 billion.


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Last call for Smyrna's Drunk'n Baker
The Drunk'n Baker, a family-owned Smyrna bakery featuring alcohol-infused baked goods, has turned off its ovens.
The business, located in a renovated historic building dating back to at least 1806 near the town's Four Corners, announced its closing in a recent Facebook post.
A phone call to the bakery was not returned.
The bakery was run by Janet Straughn Forrest and her daughter, Breanne Blair. Forrest grew up in the Townsend area and moved back to Delaware after living in New Jersey for 25 years.
Shortly after opening the 1 N. Main St. shop in April 2015, Forrest said she was surprised at the reception they'd received.
"It's going really good. It's been almost overwhelming. For a while, we couldn't keep up," Forrest told The News Journal. "We were trying to bake as fast as we could."
On a Sept. 11 Facebook post, Forrest wrote: "It is with a heavy heart that we have to announce that we have closed the bakery. There were several issues over time that just caused everything to come to a sudden and a bit unexpected halt.
"We will be fulfilling existing orders and Brea will continue to be The Drunk'n Baker, so if you are in need of one of her specialties, please reach out on" the Facebook page.
"I can assure you, you haven't seen the last of us but for now, we unfortunately will not be a part of downtown Smyrna," the notice continued.
The owner said anyone with gift cards can message them on Facebook.
"We will make every effort to give you the opportunity to use those cards. But please allow us a little time to come to grips with this, it certainly wasn't planned and we are struggling with what this means. But that being said we will work hard at making sure we honor those that want to use them, thank you."
While Smyrna seemed poised for a business resurgence in recent years with help of some new food and drinking establishments, some have already come and gone.
But other newer businesses in operation include Painted Stave, the distillery in the Old Smyrna Theatre on West Commerce Street; Blue Earl Brewing Co., located in a business park off Del. 300; and Brick Works Brewing and Eats at 230 S. Du Pont Blvd. in the Commodore Commons.
Contact Patricia Talorico at (302) 324-2861 or email@example.com and on Twitter @pattytalorico


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Mortal Kombat developer Ed Boon conducted a survey on Twitter to find out the main reasons for buying the Playstation 5 or Xbox Series X. Unsurprisingly, the price is the most important reason for deciding which console players want to get.
Which criterion is crucial for you to choose between the Playstation 5 and the Xbox Series X? Is it the graphics? Are they exclusive games? Is it the price? Mortal Kombat developer Ed Boon wanted to find out through a poll on Twitter.
The price is important
50,000 players took part in the survey. For 37.5% of participants, affordable pricing is the criterion for buying one of the consoles, followed by the ability to play last generation titles (backward compatibility) (30%). 19.2% voted in favor of better graphics. Exclusive titles are only important to 13.2%. Is Microsoft right with its strategy of not offering exclusive games for the launch of the Xbox Series X?
How representative this survey really is remains to be seen. Nevertheless, it is interesting to see that apparently a lot of people decide based on the price whether they get a PS5 or an Xbox Series X. So Sony and Microsoft have to think carefully about the price at which they will offer their upcoming consoles.
PS5: The unveiling schedule is said to be comparable to that of the PS4
PS5: 6 million consoles sold by the end of March 2021 – says analyst
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19 September 2013
Fashion retailer H&M has raised more than £1 million for the British Red Cross by donating stock to be sold in the charity's shops.
In the past two years, the high street clothing retailer has passed on almost 330,000 items of ‘end of season’ clothing (and not a few accessories) to the organisation.
Each item is then de-tagged, unbranded and sold on in 325 Red Cross shops across the UK.
This means some of the snappiest-dressed people strutting around the UK are also funding the organisation’s work for people in crisis with their fashion choices.
It really is a win-win situation because, if not donated to the Red Cross, the clothing would otherwise be sent to landfill sites.
Paul Thompson, head of retail, said: "We are really thankful to H&M for helping us give our customers an even greater choice.”
He added: “These donated items are bang on trend and mean we can continue to attract younger customers to our stores, offering them fashionable clothes at a great price – which is especially important in these straitened times."
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Apr. 22--Eastman Kodak Co., the new owner of the Kodak Versamark digital printing equipment plant in Kettering, reported Wednesday that corporate net income more than doubled in the first quarter.
The long-time film company, now changing into a digital technology business, said first-quarter revenue rose 11 percent led by demand for digital cameras and other new technology products. A favorable foreign exchange rate also boosted revenues.
Corporate sales totaled $2.9 billion, up 11 percent from $2.6 billion a year ago.
Net profit totaled $28 million or 10 cents a share compared to $12 million or 4 cents last year. …


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Imposing restrictions on Chinese exports of solar products will result in a lose-lose situation for China and the European Union and may seriously damage bilateral trade and the employment market, the Chamber of Commerce for the Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products said on Tuesday.
The EU will no longer be able to share China's achievements on the solar sector — which accelerates the development of green energy — if the bloc decides on improper rulings on Chinese solar exports, the CCCME said.
In addition, the EU's exports of solar equipment and technology to China and 204,000 job opportunities throughout the downstream and upstream sectors of the solar industry would surely suffer a serious impact, it added.
The chamber urged the EU to resolve the ongoing trade conflict through bilateral talks, prudently considering the interests of each party.
Boosting industrial cooperation would be a practical measure for China and the EU, which would bring benefits to the development of the solar industry, consumers and the environment, CCCME said.


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Mumbai, 10 October, 2019: DealShare, the leading social commerce startup, announced that it has raised $11 Million across Series A and seed rounds of funding led by Matrix Partners India & Falcon Edge Capital. The round also saw participation from partners of DST Global, Omidyar Network India and few leading angel investors.
The startup commenced operations in September last year and focuses on middle and lower income population belonging to non-metro, Tier 2 & Tier 3 cities. It is currently serving more than 3 lac customers in the cities of Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Surat, Baroda, Kota, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Sikar, Sawai Madhopur and Nagaur. It is also planning to expand its footprint into Maharashtra by the end of this month, thereby, making it one of the fastest growing start-ups in the country. The startup which sells grocery and household essential products through social virality model intends to rapidly scale up operations across India. The fresh funds will be utilized for city expansion, developing artificial intelligence based solutions and indigenous logistics network. DealShare will expand into 100 cities across more than 10 states in the next one year and is expected to raise more funds very soon.
DealShare was founded by five dynamic entrepreneurs possessing almost 100 years of combined experience – Vineet Rao is the CEO & Head of Technology, Sourjyendu Medda is the Chief Business Officer & Head of Sourcing, Sankar Bora is COO & Head of Marketplace, Rishav Dev is Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Logistics arm and Rajat Shikhar is the Chief Product Officer. Vineet is a former Microsoft techie, Sourjyendu was Sales Head at Metro Cash & Carry India, Sankar Bora was Co-founder & VP Operations at Myntra, Rishav Dev was VP Operations at Grofers and Rajat Shikhar was Chief Product Officer at Foodpanda. Between the five of them, they possess the diverse experience required to create a successful e-commerce story in the country.
Commenting on the growth of DealShare, Vineet Rao, Chief Executive Officer & Head of Technology said: “We are in the process of creating the biggest e-commerce story of India. E-commerce 1.0 focused on bringing the western model to the country and brought in a lot of investments and infrastructure. However, those models were mostly focused on top tier population residing in Metro cities. Indian consumers living in tier 2 & below cities have long been missing out on the negotiating ability it possesses attributing to the huge population, due to lack of tools for collective buying. DealShare solves this unique problem through its app where users are able to consolidate the buying requirement among their friends and relatives and place orders on the app. This, in turn, enables us to do a backward integration with suppliers and manufacturers for sourcing at the best rates. The latest funding will also give us the impetus to strengthen our asset-light, low-cost and highly efficient logistics model. We plan to strengthen & leverage the local economy and entrepreneurs through our flagship programs such as DealShare Dost (last-mile supply chain) and DealShare Dukaan (O2O store model), eventually empowering them financially and reducing our operating costs while increasing the overall efficiency.“
Navroz D. Udwadia, Co-Founder and Partner of Falcon Edge commented“Falcon Edge is excited to help drive DealShare’s mission of meeting the daily needs of an under-served customer base of 500m first time internet users. DealShare brings together a focused assortment that is differentially procured. This, when coupled with the delight of discovery and a gamified shopping experience, drives robust repeat usage and cohort behavior. These factors coupled with creative, first principles driven fulfillment drive exciting unit economics. We believe this ability to grow rapidly while demonstrating robust unit economics this early in a lifecycle is rare indeed.”
The main motto of DealShare is “Buy more, save more and buy with friends and save even more” due to which it focuses on the next 500 million new internet users who have recently come online. It is a platform that offers products of daily use such as snacks and other food items including fruits, vegetables, and dry fruits, FMCG products such as lotions, soaps, cleaning liquids, etc., as well as household merchandise such as linen, buckets, and mops. Products are sourced directly from local manufacturers & suppliers and every item on DealShare is offered at deep discount, with buyers able to gain further price reductions when they engage in group buying with friends and family members.


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SAO PAULO, May 11 (Reuters) - Sports chain Centauro is the second Brazilian retailer preparing a follow-on share issue, newspaper Valor Economico reported on Monday.
Centauro could issue up to 500 million reais ($87 million) in new shares, the paper said, citing sources, and have hired investment banks BTG Pactual, Bradesco BBI and Itaú BBA.
Via Varejo said on Friday it is also considering a larger share offering to strengthen its cash position. Both retailers have most of their stores closed to comply to social distancing measures against the coronavirus in the largest Brazilian cities.
Centauro did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
$1 = 5.7319 reais Reporting by Tatiana Bautzer Editing by Chizu Nomiyama


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With the Xiaomi SU7, will electric cars have their iPhone moment?
The world of electric car market analysts is divided into two groups: those who are convinced that the Chinese boom is imminent and will nuclearize the European automobile industry, and those who think that these fears are largely exaggerated and that the bubble of electric cars will quickly darken the central state.
As is often the case, the truth will surely lie somewhere in between. Yes, the Chinese threat hurts the Europeans, but probably not to that extent. Because on the one hand the European (and American) brands still have valuable assets, if only through their seniority, their know-how and the power of the brands, but also because a number of new Chinese brands are kicking up the dust in front of them. The name has crossed any ocean. Certainly, they are numerous, which is often synonymous with power, but many of them remain fragile and completely unknown outside their cantons. So in Europe…
Dozens of Chinese brands are best known on their landings
If we look at the forces involved, only a handful of Chinese manufacturers seem to be doing relatively well in overseas markets. We are obviously talking about BYD, probably the strongest so far, MG, Geely (which is more of a consortium than an actual brand), Xpeng and possibly Nio, the latter two still very savvy on the old continent. . Even Aiways, a pioneer who seemed to have made his mark here, seems to be experiencing some difficulties.
So, of course, we are only at the beginning of a very competitive market, but the dreaded waves have not yet arrived, and experts in the field are like Bryce from Nice on the pebbles with a surfboard under his arm: looking at the horizon, they are rusting on the spot.
And then, boom! As often happens in this type of recent and very popular market, a challenger comes out of almost nowhere and shuffles the cards, causing a small earthquake. are you here Yes, in its own way. But the brand is already 20 years old and is not really a newcomer anymore. And then, if the sleek California revolutionized the automobile market in a very broad sense and rebounded in its own right, it’s no longer moving much in the electric market (at least while waiting for a new model).
No, I want to talk about another brand, which has so far distinguished itself in consumer electronics and hi-tech products, such as smartphones, connected watches, robot vacuum cleaners and scooters. In fact, a whole range of everyday devices that support, facilitate and enhance the lives of generation X to Z.
This brand, as you understood, is Xiaomi.
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I don’t know if you realize, but the Xiaomi story is pretty crazy. To make it short, we are not talking about a large historical conglomerate such as a certain Asian consortium like Sony, Samsung or LG, which are now part of the landscape. We are talking about a brand created not a century ago or 50 years ago, but… in 2010. And saw the geek and tech media manager that I was then literally born before his eyes. How far have you come since then? Just one example: Xiaomi, originally an app development agency for Android, has become the world’s second largest smartphone manufacturer behind Samsung and ahead of Apple. In just 11 years, as this exhibition is from 2021.
What does this have to do with Apple? Not much, but a few signs indicate that Xiaomi is not a Chinese company like others. First in its approach to the market, which shares similarities with the Cupertino firm. Instead of inventing new products with a risky destiny, the Chinese group focuses on what exists, conducts a 360-degree in-depth study, and releases its own product with the promise of doing more and better than the existing one. Prices, without being at the entry level. A strategy that has worked very well so far, and not just in China. Enjoy looking around you: a large number of electric scooters, connected bracelets or robot vacuum cleaners that you will find are from Xiaomi.
Another similarity to Apple is the famous keynotes (product launch conferences) hosted by the brand’s boss Lei Jun, who adopt the same gestures and dress code popularized by Steve Jobs for geeks forever, with the “one more thing” ending. It is also said that his In imitation, Xiaomi may have copied some of the designs of the Apple brand.The only disgruntled note was the hiring of Hugo Barra in 2013, not from Apple but from its sworn enemy, Google, and more specifically from its Android division.
What does this have to do with our topic? I’m coming After a few years of clever teasing, Xiaomi has finally officially unveiled its first electric car. In other words, the Chinese went through with its project, unlike Apple, which eventually gave up.
So the Xiaomi SU7 is a sedan that seems to be born from a hidden love affair between the Porsche Tectonic and the Tesla Model 3, both in terms of design and performance. Bad ancestry. And the buzz on social media since its launch a few days ago is phenomenal. We recognize the signals that announce that something important is happening when we cannot open this SU7. But what doesn’t lie is when the buzz – in which we participate in our modest way – goes beyond the circles of media, analysts and car enthusiasts to reach the general public. Just like when Apple launched the iPhone in January 2007, and the explosion literally took the smartphone out of nerds and tech gadget enthusiasts and into the general public, the results we can measure. Even after 17 years the functioning of the society.
When you buy a Xiaomi, you are buying a trendy product, not a Chinese product
Clearly, Xiaomi has hit hard and for the moment it seems to have succeeded. With a significant competitive advantage based on the fact that it is already a well-known, popular and proven brand, that gives it a level of trust that no other Chinese electric car brand can claim, not even BYD. Of course, the incredible price of this very attractive SU7 – at least for the launch in the Chinese market – has a lot to do with it since we are talking about a price of less than 30,000 euros for the entry-level version. . Prices as we know them are maximized at the expense of margins to quickly gain a larger market share. But that’s not all. Even when it launches a new scooter or a new tablet, the hype surrounding this brand has always been significant and favorable. Tech media publishers can attest to this, as Xiaomi is one of the brands that counts when we talk about the turnover generated by engagement in their e-shop section.
In this way, Xiaomi can also attract some electric motorists with this SU7 who were still reluctant to go to the dark side of the force by buying Chinese. Because when you buy Xiaomi, you are not really buying a Chinese product, but a trendy product. Perhaps the only Chinese brand to achieve this feat with DJI for drones. For locals, the question is understandable because the order book is already closed for 2024, but it may happen that if the beast comes to Europe one day, the event will repeat itself, as happened after the iPhone arrived in Europe in December 2007. Its launch in the US in June of the same year.
Now it remains to know the feedback of the first buyers and the first real tests of the auto press that will soon appear on YouTube and others in the coming weeks, so that the potential of the machine in terms of quality and performance can be objectively evaluated. , autonomy and efficiency, and determine whether or not the electric car market will finally experience its iPhone moment. There also remains the question of the distribution network, which is still non-existent here. But let’s remember that Apple didn’t have an Apple Store in Europe at the time of the iPhone launch, even if the two markets aren’t completely comparable because Apple relies on telephone and internet operators to distribute its products.
But some signs are unclear, and may indicate that we are at the beginning of a new situation in the sector.


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In Sivry-Rance, in Hainaut, almost all of the oaks sold this year by the municipality will go… to China.
During the public sale, prices have soared. A situation that surprised the mayor Jean-François Gatelier: “We were very surprised because all the important and most interesting batches of wood were all bought by companies that export to China. The Walloon sawyers present at this sale were never able to give a price because the offers made by these companies were very high, more than 30% compared to the usual price.“
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And this Chinese attraction for Belgian timber is not recent. The Middle Kingdom has been interested in European timber for several years and it has just given a boost to imports: “CThis year, their interest is very significant because China has just decided not to cut any more trees at home. And their government subsidizes Chinese sawmills to buy trees abroad, especially in Europe.“testifies Jean-François Gatelier.
The demand is so strong and the prices so high that we do not know how to compete with it
The sale will certainly bring more money into the coffers of the town but the other side of the coin is less encouraging since it is the local artisans who will lose in the exchange. They cannot compete with Chinese offers and without wood, the activity of Walloon sawmills will be compromised.
A fear felt in particular by Mathieu Moraux, manager of the Saint-Joseph sawmill in Vironval: “Previously, sawmills could distinguish themselves on certain high quality products. There, the demand is so strong and the prices so high that we do not know how to compete with it.“.
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And the situation also worries the Walloon government which fears for the know-how of the region. It is also not uncommon to find in Belgian stores furniture made in China with… Walloon wood.
In total, 8 million euros are planned as part of the recovery plan to support the wire: “We are working both upstream on forests to make them more resilient to climate change and we have, downstream, projects with the Minister of the Economy Willy Borsu to bring these production tools home.“said the Walloon Minister of the Environment Céline Tellier.