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After the successful establishment of an integrated textile and garment plan in Ethiopia by Ayka Addis, a subsidiary of Ayka Textile industry in 2007. Ethiopia is now in talks with another Turkish textile manufacturer Akber, who are expressed interest last year to construct the textile plant in Ethiopia which will be the biggest so far.
The final negotiations are in progress to secure a planned investment by Turkish textile manufacturer, Akber. The investment is being prepared but not yet finalized.
Ethiopia is proving to be an increasing favourable destination for foreign investment in textiles and clothing due to its rapid growing economy, political stability and location advantage particularly as Ethiopia is relatively close to Europe. However, there is abundance of cheap labour required for the textile industry and low energy costs.
Foreign investors particular from Turkey, India and China are showing interest in Ethiopian textile and clothing sector has it is offering numerous benefits for the investors.
According to Ethiopian Textile Industry Development Institution (TIDI) the talks with Turkish textile manufacturer are taking place but the final agreement is not yet signed.
Ethiopia is keen on closing the final negotiation round successful as it will be beneficial for both, the Turkish firm on completion of its textile plan in Ethiopia will make its annual production capacity worth $90 million and it is also expected to create around 9,000 to 10,000 jobs in the region, which will be larger than any operating textile factory in the country.
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What's up with that? Essentially, it's a recognition that social media can't be successful in marketing unless it's connected to a brand's other marketing efforts, from traditional and online advertising to public relations. Much of the infamous dissatisfaction of brands such as General Motors with Facebook advertising stems from their relegating social media to a little experiment rather than figuring out how it's unique and how it best meshes with other marketing channels.
That was the message from a panel this morning at MediaPost's Social Media Insider Summit at Lake Tahoe, which is streaming live online. The panel included moderator Jackie Cohen, director of social media and communications for marketing consultant Ticular; Max Kalehoff, VP of product marketing for social media marketing firm Syncapse, which recently bought Clickable, where Kalehoff was VP of marketing; Mike La Rotonda, cofounder and CEO of social marketing platform Votigo; and Jeff Ragovin, cofounder and chief strategy officer at Buddy Media, recently acquired by Salesforce.com. Here are highlights of their repartee.
Q: How is social media evolving?
Ragovin: If you're not doing social media today, it's almost a fireable offense.
Q: Despite the consolidation, there's still a lot of companies offering social media marketing tools. How should marketers choose among the 200-plus vendors?
Kalehoff: The convergence of paid, owned, and earned media is happening now. When David Fischer of Facebook said a few months ago that you'd reach only 17% of fans with posts and you need to buy ads to reach more of them, the signal was clear. ... You need integration with back-end systems like CRM (thus the consolidation).
La Rotonda: Companies that can offer a more consolidated solution are going to be more beneficial than individual solutions for page creation and customer management.
Kalehoff: You can look at search as an analogy. In the beginning, Google had a lot of partners on top of search. But in time, you saw a few winners play out. Eventually the winners in social will start to rise.
La Rotonda: But no one can do everything well. One request for proposal we got recently seemed to ask for every feature box to be checked. We came back saying we can do a few things we can do really well, but no one out there can do it all.
Q: What impact will consolidation have on innovation in this space? Opportunities for new, small players, or a lockdown of code so that there's no room for them?
Ragovin: Consolidation doesn't mean this is the end of innovation. This is only the beginning. Everybody should buckle up.
Kalehoff: It's only the second inning. This is the validation of an industry. There's a lot more innovation to occur, but closer to business outcomes, like what is the return on investment.
Q: Where is social media in the hype cycle?
Ragovin: We've gone through the hype of the first inning. We are now reinventing that cycle, starting from the beginning again.
La Rotonda: It went very quickly from how many likes you have on Facebook to realizing social needs to be ingrained in our overall marketing strategy. We learned a lot from the dot-com bust. It's not about traffic to your webpage, it's about selling.
Kalehoff: You're seeing big marketers make seven-figure investments in infrastructure and training in social media.
Q: If this is the second inning, shouldn't we be figuring out what consumers really want from brands in social media?
Ragovin: Content is the No. 1 thing brands should be focused on. Brands are publishers now. Period. Just posting, "What are you doing on Labor Day?" isn't good enough anymore. What gets people to buy things are activities like Ford allowing people to converse with each other about cars.
La Rotonda: You also need to have the analytics to know what customers are talking about in social media in real time, and react to that in real time.
Q: How can social media people inside marketers get time and resources from their e-commerce folks?
Ragovin: If you can show the return on investment, that's the biggest value. If they can see real results and real revenue, they'll do it. But you gotta show that.
Q: How can you justify spending for, say, a restaurant, where there's not an immediate transaction?
Kalehoff: Social is the middle layer of the marketing funnel. You can use it to inform both the top and bottom of the funnel.


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Earlier today in Israel world renown clarinetist Chilik Frank was awarded with a Gold record for selling over 20,000 copies of his latest release “Purim In Yerusholayim”. The ceremony was held at the store”Mayim”. “Purim In Yerusholayim” entered ACUM’s rare list of those who made it in less than a month.
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About 200 people packed into the Deniliquin Town Hall for the 'wooliwooli 2014' fashion show on Friday night, raising $6400 for the Deniliquin Hospital.May 20, 2014 3:50am
Ushers wearing woolliwoolli garments at the Naponda Hospital Auxiliary fashion show fundraiser on Friday night – Eliza Conallin, Rachael Wishart and Chloe Charlton.
Friday night’s ‘woolliwoolli 2014’ fashion show raised a record $6400 for the Deniliquin Hospital, topping last year’s total of $5000.
The third annual Naponda Hospital Auxiliary charity catwalk saw about 200 people pack into the Deniliquin Town Hall.
Naponda Auxiliary president Pam Ellerman said the show had ‘‘such a great response’’.
‘‘We’ve had fabulous feedback, with people saying it’s the best one yet,’’ she said.
‘‘It was great to showcase local produce – wool, wines from Restdown and with the models being local too.
‘‘Jo does a great job and really knows how to sell her product.’’
Eight local models paraded designs from the woolliwoolli label of Deniliquin designer Jo Nathan.
The 2014 collection features an array of knitted garments including sweaters, cardigans, skirts, dresses, scarves and hats.
Mrs Nathan said she was ‘‘absolutely thrilled with how the evening went’’.
‘‘The turnout was amazing with close to 200 guests,’’ she said.
‘‘The town hall looked amazing with the lighting installed by Matt Kylie and Michael Ladson and the models were stunning with their runway look which was created by the talented girls at Hair Desir and Nicole Cavallaro from Beauty by Desir.
‘‘They also carried themselves with a very professional attitude, something I have watched develop over the last few years while working with these girls, so I was very proud of how they performed.
‘‘It was really great to see that the guests had made such an effort to dress up and enjoy a night of fashion in Deniliquin while also raising funds for the Deniliquin Hospital.
‘‘The Naponda Hospital Auxiliary again did an amazing job with the catering and general organisation of the event. I am very grateful to everyone who came along as well as those who generously donated their skills, services and products to make the show happen.
‘‘It was a real community effort, proving that when people cooperate and work together amazing things are possible.’’
The new collection will be available to purchase via the website www.woolliwoolli.com within the next few weeks.
Mrs Nathan encourages anyone interested in the designs to make an appointment and see the collection first hand.
‘‘One of the benefits of living here in Deni, locals have access to the woolliwoolli collection before the rest of the world,’’ she said.
The fashion show was supported by Deniliquin Council and Ricegrowers’ Association of Australia.
Victorian Opposition leader Matthew Guy has experienced firsthand the problems with Shepparton's rail service.
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We’ve mentioned before that 2013 will be a big year for 3D printing. That was no exaggeration: More and more materials are becoming available and being developed, including flexible plastics and stone for desktop printers. The Kossel is becoming quite popular. And the new Morgan can now be purchased as a kit. The Cube is in Staples, the MakerBot Replicator 2 is in Microsoft stores, and Microsoft is including 3D printer support in Windows 8. UPS is even testing 3D printing as a service.If that’s not evidence that 3D printing has gone mainstream, I don’t know what is. Oh, wait, yes I do. Best Buy now sells the Afinia H479 online. And CDW. And Staples Canada. And B&H Photo. And Tiger Direct! That’s five MAJOR electronics retailers.
“We are pleased that these nationally-recognized companies have selected AFINIA 3D printers to be on their e-commerce sites,” says Mitch Ackmann, President of Afinia. “Consumer demand for 3D printers is growing rapidly, so makes sense that they would offer their customers our technology. “ And it’s no wonder they chose the Afinia. MAKE Magazine awarded it with Best Overall Experience in a rigorous roundup of 15 3D printers. Its ease of use is partially attributable to having its own software that slices, sets parameters, and places support material. It literally prints right out of the box.
Though there are those that still believe “3D printing is a gimmick,” you don’t have to experience precognition to see that 3D printers will be on desktops right beside paper printers. And the Afinia is leading the way.


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Gavin Simpson, who was born and raised in Bishop’s Stortford, and Pete Clift host the award-winning Economics in Ten podcast. Here, they dive a little deeper into the economic situation that impacts us all…
Wondering what happened with prices recently? Filling a tank of gas seems to have reached breathtaking levels and your smart meter will display a price that would have been unimaginable a few months ago. So what’s going on and what can we do about it?
When governments talk about the “cost of living”, they are often referring to the rate of inflation and its relationship to people’s incomes. In the UK, inflation hit 5.4%, its highest level in almost 30 years – and is expected to go even higher.
Inflation is measured by finding the price of a basket of 700 goods and services and comparing it to the previous year. Each year, this basket is updated through a survey of family expenditures so that it remains relevant in current times. For example, last year hygienic hand gel and men’s loungewear were added as more people used them in the Covid era. As technology evolves, new products like electric cars and smart watches are introduced. It’s not just about goods, as new services will be added while others will be removed. Each item is equally weighted in the basket of goods, because a rise in the price of something like gasoline will have a bigger impact on a household than the price of a smoothie.
All of this means that compared to last year, the average person in the UK pays 5.4% more for their goods and services. It doesn’t really matter if your income increases at the same level, but for most people it won’t, especially those on benefits, have a weak bargaining position at work, or rely on their savings.
Also remember that inflation is an average, so some people will be hit harder than others, and over the past week, former food bank user Jack Monroe, author of the budget cookbook and anti-poverty campaigner, pointed out how the poorest in society feel the pressure more than anyone.
So how did we get here and what can we do?
Covid, Brexit and climate change have all had an impact on supply chains, which means the cost of production in many sectors has increased enormously and this eventually affects prices. As the world rebounds from the shutdowns, demand for products has increased, which is also putting upward pressure on prices.
On the energy front, cold winters across Europe and a lack of wind and sun to power renewables have led to a shortage in the UK, and despite government price caps, this has led to a sharp increase in prices.
Many also argue that the lack of competition in certain markets has led some companies to make profits. This can be seen in the petrol market, where the AA believes the price should be at least 3p lower than it is, but like most markets prices are rising rapidly but are quite sticky when they drop.
The normal way to deal with rising prices in the UK is to raise interest rates. The Bank of England has been given a target inflation rate of 2% (plus or minus 1%) by the government, and as inflation is well above target, many experts have suggested that it was to raise the interest rate from the current rate of 0.25%. .
The problem is that most of the upward pressure on prices is supply-side and interest rates are dampening demand, so it doesn’t address fundamental issues. Also, when interest rates rise, the way it dampens demand is to make borrowing more expensive or you may have to pay back more on existing loans, which means there will be less expense. in the economy. For many families on the verge of poverty, any increase in the interest rate could tip them over and, in the short term, push up the cost of living even more.
Whatever the decision, the cost of living will continue to rise as the year progresses – so from a personal perspective, what can you do about it?
It’s hard with something like energy, but with most things, it’s important to shop around and find the best deals that work for you. Use price comparison sites and think strategically when shopping. If there’s a good deal to be had, try buying in bulk and stocking it up.
Boxing Day is a great time as many stores try to get rid of their festive stock. For example, we picked up packets of Christmas pasta – pasta in Christmas shapes – for 10p at Sainsbury’s. The “best before” was 2023, so it made sense to buy lots to protect ourselves from rising prices.
If you have any great cost of living tips to share with Stortford Indie readers, then we will be delighted to see them. As you often hear in political circles, we are all in the same boat.
* Podcast by Gavin and Pete Economics in Ten recently came second in the PodBible Awards’ Independent Podcast of the Year poll for 2021 and two years ago he won the award. It can be found on any podcasting site at https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/economics-in-ten/id1450116373.
Gavin, who lives in Knebworth, was born and raised in Bishop’s Stortford, attended Bishop’s Stortford High School and his mother still lives in the town. Through their Economics Ten podcast, he and Pete, who lives in Stanstead Abbotts, sponsor a Bishop’s Stortford FC player.


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Cellphone use transforms Burmese life
RANGOON — Incense swirls through the air on a darkening evening, as a Buddhist monk sits cross-legged before an ancient temple, his eyes closed in meditation. His cellphone rings. The monk fumbles in his traditional crimson robes, speaks for a while, then puts it aside and continues meditating.
Just a few years ago, a mobile phone was a luxury well beyond the reach of ordinary citizens in Burma, also known as Myanmar, a country isolated from the rest of the world during decades of military rule.
The junta tightly controlled who got SIM cards, and just a few years ago black-market cards cost as much as $2,000.
Less than 10 percent of the population had access to cellular telephones, making the Southeast Asian nation one of the largest untapped markets in the world.
But in recent months, cellphone use in Burma has skyrocketed as the quasi-civilian government opened up its mobile market to two foreign telecommunications companies, which launched sales in August and September. As a result, cheap smartphones are more widely available, and the price of a SIM card has dropped dramatically — to $1.50 (M16.30).
Earlier this month, some in Rangoon braved the remnants of a tropical storm to line up outside a Telenor store, an outlet of the Norwegian telecom firm that opened here in September and already has two million customers. Others shopped in the dark — after the power went out — at a Samsung dealership nearby.
Myint Thein (67) a retired government employee who waited patiently in line, left the store with his first mobile phone, which he said he bought at a “very cheap price” — about $20.
“It surprises me in my heart that I can actually have a cellphone,” he said.
Last year, a SIM card cost about $200, a huge expense in a poor country where the average per capita annual income is still about $1 000.
Those who could afford one prized it like a family heirloom, while the rest of the coun- try — population 51 million — made do with old-fashioned dial sets at roadside telephone stands.
After the Burmese government began a process of democratic reform in 2010 under a new president, Thein Sein, expanding the country’s mobile network became an early priority, explained Ross Cormack, chief executive of Ooredoo Myanmar, the Burma branch of the Qatar-based company that won the other license awarded by the government last year.
“It’s one of the last unpenetrated markets in mobile,” Cormack said. “There was a huge pent-up demand.”
Ooredoo Myanmar serves the major cities of Rangoon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw, the capital, but it is planning to expand into rural areas in the next two years, with the goal of covering most of the country in five years.
There is some concern about whether the growth of social media will provide a greater platform for Buddhist-muslim hate speech that has plagued the country recently.
But most feel that the expansion of mobile service to remote corners of Burma will have the same benefits seen in other developing countries.
Of the more than 6 billion mobile phone users worldwide, according to a 2012 World Bank study, 5 billion are in developing countries, where they now have greater access to basic health-care information, banking and employment. — Washington Post
Until recently, few people in once-isolated Burma had mobile telephones.


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April 20 - Full service freight forwarder Bellville Rodair International has turned to Europe's inland waterway system to avoid the administrative delays and headaches associated with the road transport of alternative energy generating equipment.
Managers at the forwarder have swapped speed for ease of arranging the transport of equipment such as windmill blades, sometimes measuring 45 m, along waterways such as the Danube, Rhine rivers and the Rhine-Main-Danube canal.
The company has a special ten-strong energy team dedicated to logistics planning for this specialised trade. The team has previously moved blades by coastal shipping to Scotland and to Spain via ports such as Rotterdam and Antwerp while shipments have also been undertaken to central European countries such as Hungary.
The company is anticipating a rise in such traffic in the immediate future as projects currently frozen in the economic chill come back on stream and begin moving products again. Large multinationals producers such as Alstom and GE are also becoming involved in the market, giving it a boost as the global economy recovers.
There is also another payoff for the company; the fact that these green energy components are being moved by water transport, which many in the outside world consider the greenest transport mode, creates a halo effect for Bellville Rodair and its clients, the company believes.


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The FTA has criticised the speed of the roll-out of fully segregated cycle superhighways in London, suggesting the scheme is being rushed through to coincide with the mayoral elections in May 2016. TfL announced yesterday that final scheme sign-off for what it calls “Crossrail for the bike” is expected next week, with construction kicking off in March this year. It forms part of mayor Boris Johnson’s £913m push to get more Londoners on their bikes, and features two continuous segregated […]
Industry bodies are to collaborate on a new joint initiative to promote the road haulage industry, with a focus on improving its public image and attracting more employees.
GMB is to launch legal action against Amazon and three businesses that deliver for it, accusing them of bogus self-employment.


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Bitcoin $146k, hacking, GDPR, panic, nihilism, etc.
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- Amazon said Monday it will lease 111,000 square feet of office space in Redmond, Washington, the longtime home of Microsoft.
- The office space, which will be located in a mixed-use shopping center, is expected to house more than 600 employees.
- Some of Amazon Web Services' tech and engineering teams will work out of the facility.
The office space is located in Redmond Town Center, a mixed-use shopping complex that includes a number of big box stores and hotels, as well as Microsoft offices. The facility will house more than 600 employees, including some of Amazon Web Services' tech and engineering teams. Amazon said the office space is slated to open in 2021.
The new offices will be located a little over a mile away from Amazon's other planned facility in Redmond, which is expected to serve as the research and development headquarters for its Project Kuiper satellite operation. The project, launched last April, aims to put 3,236 satellites into low earth orbit to provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities.
Amazon, which is headquartered in Seattle, has continued to expand in and around the city. In February, Amazon announced it would hire more than 15,000 employees in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue. Many of those employees are expected to work out of Amazon's 43-story-tower, referred to as Bellevue 600.
The company has been growing its overall headcount and footprint. In its first-quarter results, Amazon said it had over 840,000 full-time and part-time employees worldwide, with about 590,000 employees in the U.S.


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Icra Ratings sharply cut the country’s GDP forecast amid the COVID-19 crisis and expects the economy to grow at just 2 per cent in the current fiscal.
It said the nationwide lockdown announced to contain the coronavirus outbreak has impacted industries and their operations have come to a standstill.
“The Indian economy is likely to witness a sharp contraction of 4.5 per cent (de-growth) during Q4 FY20 and is expected to recover gradually, to post a GDP growth of just 2 per cent in FY21,” the rating agency said.
It said the concerns on account of Covid-19 have morphed from the impact of imports from China on domestic supply chains, into a domestic and external demand shock, with social distancing and lockdowns leading to production shutdowns and job losses in some sectors.
The rating agency’s vice president and sector head (corporate ratings) Shamsher Dewan said, “Amid uncertainty as to when the situation will normalize, we expect a sharp downturn in various indicators of the manufacturing and services sectors from March 2020 onwards.”
This primarily includes the discretionary activities like travel, tourism and hospitality; labour intensive sectors like construction, transport and manufacturing of non-essential items; exports; and supporting sectors like electricity, he said.
Domestically, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic could lead to slowdown in domestic demand, erosion of purchasing power due to job losses or pay cuts and trickle-down effect of demand deferral will have a longer-lasting impact on some other sectors, especially where demand is discretionary in nature, it said.
Global economic slowdown and lockouts is likely to impact sectors with high dependence on global demand especially that of key impacted markets like Europe, North America and South-East Asia, the rating agency said.
It said lower global demand and price realisation will have an impact on commodities like oil and gas, metals.
“Foreign exchange rate fluctuations will have bearing on import-heavy sectors with forex-denominated cost structure,” it said.
The high impact sectors in terms of risk on account of COVID-19 are aviation, hotels, restaurants, jewellery, retail, shipping, ports and port services.
The medium impact sectors are automobiles, building materials, residential real estates while the low impact sectors includes education, dairy products, fertilisers, FMCG and healthcare among others.
According to the rating agency, in the current scenario, extended demand disruptions are likely to lead to elongated payment cycles.
“Since an entity’s liquidity position is of paramount importance to support its credit profile, it is expected that several entities would endeavour to conserve cash, either by invoking force majeure clauses to revoke payments; or by deferring payments to the extent possible,” it said.
Consequently, many entities are expected to face working capital blockage as their receivables get stretched and inventory doesn’t run-down simultaneously.
The rating agency’s head (credit policy), Jitin Makkar, said regardless of the RBI’s three-month moratorium, entities with weak liquidity buffers are likely to report significant weakening of their credit profile over the next couple of quarters.


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The Tamale Sector Commander of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Chief Collector Seth Dwira, has expressed worry over the smuggling of vehicles from Togo to Tamale which denied the country the needed revenue.
He has, therefore, advised prospective vehicle buyers in the Tamale metropolis to cross-check with Customs to know whether or not the appropriate duties on the cars they intended to purchase had been paid before buying them.
Mr Dwira, who expressed this concern at a press soiree in Tamale over the weekend, warned that the owners of such vehicles would be made to pay the duties and 300 per cent penalty on them or the cars would be seized when they were intercepted.
He, therefore, appealed to the media to assist his outfit by reporting on issue of smuggled goods and cars as it had become a canker in the region.
Mr Dwira announced that in spite of the increase in smuggling of cars into the region, his outfit was able to collect GH¢39 million as import duties in 2015, exceeding the target of GH¢25.7 million set for last year.
The Head of the Tamale Medium Taxpayers Office (MTO) of the GRA, Mr Roland Miah, said his outfit also collected GH¢33,707,508.12 revenue for the year 2015, exceeding the target of GH¢25, 772,482.49 and representing an increase of 30 per cent.
He attributed the increase in revenue mobilisation to various strategies adopted by the office which included frequent visits to taxpayers premises to ensure prompt payment of taxes, as well as vigorous pursuit and mopping up of tax arrears and tax education.
He said the Tamale MTO had set a target of GH¢42.50 million for 2016 and stated that they hoped to achieve the target through the same strategies adopted for 2015.
Mr Miah noted that in spite of the successes chalked up, his outfit was faced with a major challenge of low self-assessment of chargeable income by taxpayers, since the law allowed some of them to estimate their own chargeable income or profits and pay taxes based on these estimates for the year.
“As a result, some taxpayers even go as low as possible to declare zero profits. And those who are charitable enough assess themselves to about 50 per cent of the tax that they previously paid,” he stated.
Small taxpayer office
The Head of the Tamale Small Taxpayers Office (STO), Alhaji Haruna Sachibu, said his outfit was able to exceed its revenue target of GH¢16 million by collecting GH¢21 million which represented a nine per cent increase.
To achieve the target set for 2016, Alhaji Sachibu said the STO intended to widen the tax net by exploring, identifying and registering 104 new taxpayers, and added that the Taxpayer Services Unit had rolled out programmes in that regard.
He said later this year, the GRA would introduce electronic point of sale devices to help capture sales electronically to avoid under-declaration of sales by taxpayers.


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Goodlettsville, Tenn. – Dollar General delivered some impressive financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2013 as traffic improved and shoppers spent more per transaction on average. The retailer said it plans to open approximately 700 stores in fiscal 2014 and remodel or relocate approximately 525 locations, expanding store selling square footage by 6% to 7%.
Dollar General’s net income increased by a better-than-expected 14% to $237 million in the 2013 third quarter compared to $208 million in year-ago period.
Net sales increased 10.5% to $4.38 billion in the 2013 third quarter compared to $3.96 billion in the 2012 third quarter. Same-store sales increased 4.4%, with increases in both customer traffic and average transaction value. Consumables sales continued to increase at a higher rate than non-consumables in the 2013 third quarter, with the most significant growth due to strong sales of tobacco products, perishables and candy and snacks.
Dollar General once again delivered strong results in the third quarter, even in the face of an ongoing challenging consumer environment,” said Rick Dreiling, Dollar General’s chairman and CEO. “Our merchandising initiatives have continued to be successful in driving traffic and sales. We had solid financial performance across key metrics.”
During the first nine months of this year, the company opened 577 new stores and remodeled or relocated 534 units as part of a full-year plan to open approximately 650 new stores and remodel or relocate another 550 locations. The company said it operated 11,061 stores as of Nov. 1.
Dollar General now expects total net sales for the 2013 fiscal year to increase by 10% to 10.5% from the 2012 fiscal year, including an expected increase in same-store sales of 4% to 4.5%. Previous guidance reflected an increase in total net sales of 10% to 11% and an increase in same-store sales of 4% to 5%.
"Looking ahead, while we are cautious on the current macroeconomic trends, we remain excited about the long-term growth prospects for our business,” Dreiling said. “Dollar General is committed to delivering everyday low prices and convenience for our customers, which has proven to be a winning formula given our long track record of success.”


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Monster's surging sales build case for potential Coca-Cola deal
Even after getting $3 billion more expensive in two years, Monster Beverage Corp. could still be a desirable target for beverage companies in need of a sales jolt.
The long-standing subject of takeover speculation is increasing revenue faster than every major U.S. soft drink maker, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That includes Coca-Cola Co., which is poised to report its first annual sales drop since the financial crisis. Coca-Cola may be motivated to bid for the maker of Monster energy drinks to protect their distribution agreement, said Stifel Financial Corp.
Monster's growth would be costly to buy, and any suitor would have to weigh the risk of betting on energy drinks at a time when health concerns about caffeine-rich products have spurred a U.S. regulatory investigation. Still, even at a 41 percent premium, the $16 billion purchase could boost Coca- Cola's earnings, according to Bank of Montreal.
"It's going to be an expensive acquisition because of the growth," said Jack Russo, an analyst for Edward Jones & Co. "Certainly any buyer that wants to get into this category has to look at the regulatory environment and see that there are a lot more alarm bells going off about energy drinks. Those two things need to be weighed."
Still, "a transaction like this would give a buyer a huge, huge base in the energy drink category," he said.
Coca-Cola explored an acquisition of Monster in early 2012, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the discussions were private. The talks ended without a deal because Coca-Cola decided that Monster's asking price was too high, the person said.
Monster's market value rose to a peak of $13.9 billion in June 2012 from $8 billion at the start of that year. Last week, the company was valued at $11.3 billion.


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LAST UPDATED : Feb 28, 2019, 01:17 PM IST
- Ramesh Chauhan to taste the thunder again with soft drinks
Twenty-two years after selling the country's most loved soft drink brands Thums Up, Limca, Citra and Gold Spot to US beverage giant Coca-Cola, Ramesh Chauhan, the father of the Indian soft drink industry and founder of India's largest packaged water brand Bisleri, is planning a comeback with a new range of fizzy drinks.
- Civic chief scraps Campa Cola order
Following a Bombay high court rap last month over the municipal corporation favouring a private builder in an order in the Campa Cola matter passed in July 2016, the municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta on February 17 withdrew it and instead appointed an IAS level officer, the additional municipal commissioner (city), to hear the matter afresh and pass a speaking order.
- Pepsi, Coca Cola eye expansion of bottling plants in Goa
The Goa Investment Promotion and Facilitation Board on Monday cleared the proposals to setup and expand the bottling plants for global beverage majors Coca Cola and Pepsi. The board, which is headed by Goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar also approved Canadian firm, Optel Vision's plan to setup an Electronic System Design and Manufacturing unit in the state.
- Latest Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 patch brings back ‘Speed Cola’ perk and PC balance tweaks
Activision has released another global update for its recently launched game under the Call of Duty series -- Black Ops 4. The update includes regular bug fixes, new perks system modifier, unique gameplay balance updates for PC and quality-of-life improvements across all modes on all platforms


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Google has admitted that for almost a year spying on users. The company confirmed: the gadgets on the platform Android collect location data about owners and send them to the developers.
And this happens even if you disable geolocation, and take out the SIM card, that is, to prevent the transmission of data impossible. Cell phones save and send to Google information about the nearest cell tower. It can help to obtain a detailed report on the movements of the person. The company assured that launched the program only to improve the quality of communication, and ready to close it.
Recently, accusations of spying have been brought by against main rival Google — Apple. As stated, the iPhone can secretly activate the microphone and camera to spy and eavesdrop on the owner.
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WorkRamp has been chosen for the “Hot 100” List of Privately-Held Software Companies in 2020 by JMP Securities, a premiere investment bank. The leading learning management platform for employee training and customer education, WorkRamp highlights the potentiality to deliver an unparalleled, digital learning experience for employees as well as customers.
The companies for the JMP’s “Hot 100” list are selected based on the quality of leadership, their products and services, customer traction, market potential and financial growth. WorkRamp has also been featured as one of the nine selected Y Combinator companies as GitLab, Checkr, and Gusto–and alongside top customers like Databricks, Brex,and TripActions.
Co-founder and CEO at WorkRampTed Blosser said “We’re honored to share the list with innovators who are transforming the world as we know it.” Urgency for digital transformation has become one of the vital importance these days, and WorkRamp feels privileged to help enterprises arm their employees and customers with the needed learning and skills to stay ahead of this rapid change, added Ted.
WorkRamp has recently come up with two new features to help modern enterprises drive digital transformation. WorkRamp’s Global Training Delivery Network (TDN) introduces platform performance. It is a global network of 84 cities across 42 countries that allow customers to deliver content internationally up to 75% faster to continue their global expansion. It will be a world-class learning experience for both employees and customers through advanced caching and routing technology, and every customer will be upgraded automatically to this smart routing network.
WorkRamp influences its virtual event functionality with Zoom as well. The company enables teams to leverage multiple Zoom accounts to create and manage event sessions across various time zones and geographies, as every company is now looking forward to digitizing their instructor-led training.
Founded in 2015 in San Francisco, California,WorkRamp is the leading end-to-end training platform for educating employees and customers. It has served top global organizations such as General Electric, Cisco, and P&G etc.
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MWC 2017: the Huawei P10's Leica Cameras Rule Our Hands-on
If you haven't heard of Huawei yet, you soon will, as the company's newest flagship smartphones impress in Barcelona. Watch our hands-on video below. It's harder than ever to stand out in the competitive world of mobile devices. But Huawei, the planet's third-largest maker of smartphones, may have cracked the code here in Barcelona with the announcement of its most recent flagship devices, the P10 and the P10 Plus.
MWC 2017: Hands-on with the New BlackBerry KEYone
TCL adds some new tricks to BlackBerry's classic keyboard as the KEYone raises more than a few eyebrows here in Barcelona. Check out our hands-on video below . The tuned and polished final version of BlackBerry's Mercury smartphone we saw at CES this year, the KEYone was officially unveiled at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress trade show yesterday, and we were there to have a look. Built by Chinese electronics manufacturer TCL, the KEYone is a stylish-looking device with a solid aluminum frame and a 4.5-inch screen covered in durable Gorilla Glass 4. With a 12-megapixel camera on the back (powered by a Sony sensor), pictures look good on the large screen, and with Android Nougat running things, it's a capable device. But the real star of the show is the KEYone's keyboard. The full QWERTY physical keyboard is known and loved by BlackBerry devotees but this time around, it also acts as a trackpad and its 52 keys are programmable – meaning you can create shortcuts for each of them that activate with a long pr...


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Washington, DC (November 26, 2014) — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced partnerships with Westfield Shopping Centers, The National Community Pharmacists Association and XO Group Inc., parent company of The Knot, The Nest and The Bump, to promote the Health Insurance Marketplace in conjunction with Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. The partners will connect shoppers with information about affordable health insurance options through the Health Insurance Marketplace throughout the open enrollment period ending February 15th.
“We are thrilled to announce partnerships today with three organizations that reach consumers across the country, especially on the busiest shopping weekend of the year,” said HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell. “This holiday season, whether consumers are shopping at a mall, online or at their community pharmacy, Westfield, The XO Group and the National Community Pharmacists Association will help to provide them with information to shop for an affordable health plan through the Health Insurance Marketplace.”
Consumers can sign up for an affordable health plan that meets their needs and fits their budget at HealthCare.gov. Many may even qualify for financial assistance. Open Enrollment in the Marketplace runs through Feb. 15, 2015. Health coverage can start as soon as Jan. 1, 2015 for consumers who sign up by Dec. 15, 2014. Consumers who have already received health coverage through the Marketplace can renew their coverage any time before December 15th.
Overview of the Partnerships
Westfield Shopping Centers
Westfield has agreed to allow navigators and assistors to provide information about the Health Insurance Marketplace in some of its U.S. shopping centers during the open enrollment period. Westfield will provide tables, chairs and other necessary items for HHS navigators and assisters to provide education and outreach to consumers. Westfield Shopping Centers will also include information about enrollment services on their website and on-site to help people find the tables set up for enrollment.
Westfield is one of the world’s leading shopping center companies with retail destinations in London, New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles among its portfolio of 40 centers. Last year approximately 425 million customers visited Westfield shopping centers.
“Westfield is pleased to offer our centers as a venue for HHS in this public education and outreach initiative,” said Westfield officials.
National Community Pharmacists Association
Community pharmacies are trusted small business leaders in their communities. Through the NCPA, HHS has hosted a call with community pharmacists to provide information on the ACA. Additionally, the NCPA is a vehicle to provide community pharmacies across the country materials and information on open enrollment, so the community pharmacies can educate their customers and community.
The National Community Pharmacists Association represents the pharmacist owners, managers, and employees of nearly 23,000 independent community pharmacies across the United States. The nation's independent pharmacies, independent pharmacy franchises, and independent chains dispense nearly half of the nation's retail prescription medicines. The nation's independent pharmacists are small business entrepreneurs and multifaceted health care providers who represent a vital part of the United States' health care delivery system, often caring for people in underserved rural and inner-city communities.
“Community pharmacists are frontline health care providers who serve as a critical access point to care for many Americans,” said NCPA CEO B. Douglas Hoey, RPh, MBA. “Community pharmacists will be available to help patients with their health care needs, from medication counseling to accessing insurance coverage, this week just as they do all year. We appreciate Secretary Burwell’s acknowledgment of the contributions of community pharmacists and we encourage consumers to check out their locally owned, community pharmacies this Small Business Saturday.”
XO Group Inc.
XO Group informed couples of the Health Insurance Marketplace on its websites, The Knot, The Nest and The Bump, where members who are planning a wedding, starting a home and having a baby, may be looking for a new insurance option or qualify for a special enrollment period. Content featuring information on open enrollment includes, A Message from Michelle Obama, Three Reasons to #GetCovered and The #1 Thing to Do on Cyber Monday to Stay Healthy.
"The Knot and The Bump help American families navigate and enjoy life's biggest moments together,” said XO Group CEO Mike Steib. “We are honored to work with the White House to ensure that the millions of families we serve know all of their health insurance options."
XO Group Inc. (NYSE: XOXO; http://www.xogroupinc.com) is the premier consumer internet and media company devoted to weddings, pregnancy and everything in between, providing couples and new parents with the trusted information, products and advice they need to guide them through the most transformative events of their lives. Our family of premium brands began with the number one wedding brand, The Knot, and has grown to include The Nest and The Bump. XO Group is recognized by the industry for innovation in media — from the web to mobile, magazines, books and video. XO Group has grown its business to include online sponsorship and advertising, registry services, e-commerce and publishing. The Company is publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange (XOXO) and is headquartered in New York City.


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A recent report from the Environment Agency has shown that recycling performed well in the last quarter, seeing downturns in Q2 largely reversed.
The data comes from the PRN (Packaging Recovery Note) scheme and shows that recycling targets for 2020 are likely to be met despite a challenging year for industry, as reported in MRW. See the full story here.
Baled cardboard rates have risen since the very low rates seen in July of this year, but the market continues to be volatile. In contrast, prices for diverting used cardboard boxes to reuse remain stable for the long term. Reuse offers higher rebates than baling because of the healthy market that exists for buying second hand cardboard boxes, as well as the guarantees we put in place with suppliers that ensure stability which helps companies forecast the potential gains to be made from diverting material up the waste hierarchy.
The manufacture of cardboard boxes is affected by seasonal fluctuations in demand, and as demand is particularly high right now due to Black Friday and Christmas approaching, lead times for new boxes have started to lengthen. It makes more sense at this time of year for businesses to buy used and redundant stock, as it is still possible to buy brand new packaging at reduced rates with zero lead times. The only limitation is if a business requires their own branding on a box or they need specific box measurements. Most of our customers are happy to adapt the packing of their goods to fit the boxes we have available, which means they get all the benefits that used and redundant packaging can offer, such as cheap boxes and next day delivery.
Sadlers is the UK’s leading buyer and supplier of used and redundant cardboard boxes. Established since 1952, we work with large British and multinational manufacturers to divert their once-used boxes to our thriving reuse market.


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iBall a leading OEM manufacturer in India has launched a new 4G VoLTE calling tablet Slide Brisk 4G2. It comes in Cobalt Blue Colour and is available all leading retail out let across the country price at Rs.8,999.
The new Calling Tablet Brisk 4G2 has 7-inch Multi-Touch HD IPS display with a resolution of 1080 x 720 Pixel and is runs with Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS. It get powerful performance from 64-bit Quad-core processor with Mali-T720 Graphics Processor Unit in association with 3GB of RAM, 16GB inbuilt storage and expandable up to 32GB via external memory card slot. (ALSO READ :- Swipe Elite Power smartphone available in India From January 30th )
The iBall Slide Brisk 4G2 specification for camera, it has 5MP Auto-focus with LED flash rear camera and there is 2MP front-focus front facing camera for video calling. The dual SIM Tablet has 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and USB OTG and backed by solid 3500mAh battery.


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Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser campaigned on a platform of protecting the state’s consumers from bad-acting businesses.
But when he took office in January, he quickly believed that the state’s laws provided him with an arsenal of spitballs to battle a problem that really needed a cannonball-sized solution.
“I took office and very quickly there was this survey of the consumer protection laws in the 50 states,” said Weiser, a Democrat, citing a report from the National Consumer Law Center. “It ranked Colorado 48. We have not examined our consumer protection laws in three-ish decades. As a result, our penalties really lag, meaning that there’s a risk someone might say, ‘You know, maybe I’ll get caught. But if I do, what’s the big deal?’ The penalties are so modest it could be just the cost of doing business. And that scares me.”
The legislature responded this year by passing the first major overhaul of the state’s consumer protection laws in decades. The changes give prosecutors and private attorneys much more leeway in bringing cases against companies with questionable business practices and open the door for significantly larger settlements and judgments for consumers who have been wronged.
Read the whole story at The Colorado Sun. The Colorado Sun is a reader-supported news organization that covers people, places and issues of statewide interest. To sign up for free newsletters, subscribe or learn more, visit ColoradoSun.com.


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NintendoTimes launching in October
NintendoTimes is set to debut in October. The site will cover all aspects of Nintendo – past, present, and future. The 30th anniversary of the launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System is approaching quickly, and I want to mark that occasion with a brand new site dedicated to coverage of the pioneer of gaming that is Nintendo. Please look forward to it.
Craig has been covering the video game industry since 1995. His work has been published across a wide spectrum of media sites. He’s currently the Editor-In-Chief of Nintendo Times and contributes to Gaming Age.


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Despite missing out on an upgrade at WWDC this year, an upgrade to the iMac was rumoured to be being worked on behind closed doors. Now stocks of the current iMac line are running out, so is the fabled upgrade just about to arrive?
The news comes out of various Apple resellers across the US, who are generally the first hit when stocks run low ahead of a refresh. Of course, this could just be supply issues on Apple's part, but the last time the iMac got a kick in the specs was over a year ago, so it's about time Apple showed its all-in-one some love.
Will it come with a stonking Retina Display? Here's hoping. [Apple Insider]


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Google announced this week that it is releasing its new Google branded phone called Pixel. The smartphone will rival iPhone and other Android devices, but how will it leave its mark in the already over-saturated smartphone market. The key for Google is the full Android and Google ecosystem that will be completely available from the phone. This includes Google Assistant, Google Drive and Duo -- the company's new video calling service.
The phone looks like it could rival the iPhone and its competitors featuring a cinematic display, VR capabilities, claimed 7 hours of battery life after only 15 minutes of charge and a number of other fairly standard smartphone promises.
Important to us though is the camera, and it looks like this camera may very well be one of the best on the markets now -- it has already received a 89 DxOMark Mobile score. The camera has a 12MP lens, large 1.55μm pixels and Google claims that it works very well in low light.
So move over iPhone, and Galaxy, there may be a new brand to look out for when making you mobile kit.
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A teenager who put a poster of himself and a friend on the wall of a McDonald’s store after noticing a lack of diversity says he “would love to see more representation on TV and in Hollywood.”
Jevh Maravilla, 21, and his friend Christian put up their own piece of branded art inside the restaurant in Texas after noticing that there was a lack in diversity in the artwork on the walls.
The artwork stayed in the store for over 51 days and went viral on social media in September. The student's Youtube video amassing over one million views.
Mr Maravilla told the BBC: “I feel I’ve made my mark with McDonald’s but I’d love to see more representation on TV and in Hollywood.”
Last week, the two teenagers were invited onto the Ellen DeGeneres show where they were told that McDonald’s would be featuring them in their next advertising campaign as part of their commitment to diversity.
The pair were handed $25,000 (£18,972.50) each for taking part in the campaign.
Mr Maravilla says he will donate some of the cash to a church in the Philippines.
When the video went viral he told local media at KPRC Click2Houston: “Asian representation in media is not as prevalent as it should be.
“What motivated me was ‘Crazy Rich Asians,’ the movie that came out, that boosted my confidence into thinking maybe one day I could be just like that, and if I take a step and do something small like this, it could make a difference.”
Their poster has now been taken down as the McDonald’s restaurant undergoes refurbishment. It has been signed by the pair and will be auctioned off with all proceeds going to the Ronald McDonald foundation.
On its Twitter account, McDonald’s said: “You guys earned this dream. Looking forward to more work from the best “Regional Interior Coordinators we’ve ever had!”


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- READ MORE: Flying into Early Access: ‘Kerbal Space Program”s Felipe Falanghe on the perks of community development
The hotly anticipated hardware is “all packaged up and ready for devs”, Valve announced in a blog post. It added that “limited batches” of dev-kits will be en route to game developers to allow them to test their games on the new handheld.
Valve added that these “engineering verification test builds” will “connect developers with units that are functionally identical to what will ship to [customers].”
Of particular interest is that Valve also said that “the dev-kit program gives us the chance to guide game developers through the process of getting their games on Steam Deck.”
Previously, alarm bells were rung when James Ramey – president of CodeWeavers, which makes the Proton software that handles compatibility between Linux and Windows, said that Steam Deck may not be able to run all Steam games.
Valve’s comments may be in response to this, and could help alleviate player concerns over compatibility. The company has previously addressed concerns that anti-cheat software could also prevent some games running on Steam Deck, saying it is working with anti-cheat makers to address the problems before launch.
Word of dev-kits going out to game creators first emerged earlier in September, and with them now going out of the door, Valve noted that it is now preparing for “the official launch at the end of the year.”
Steam Deck was announced in July 2021, with preorders immediately selling out. Although planned for a December release, hardware is expected to go out in waves, with customers who were unable to secure a first-batch reservation not receiving their hardware until 2022.
Steam Deck isn’t the only thing in gaming that’s complete today, as Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy has wrapped production, with the finished game on track for an October release date.


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R-CALF says packers wanted to lose COOL for TPP
Posted February 23, 2016 by Julie Harker, Brownfield Ag News
The CEO of R-CALF USA says meat packers wanted to get rid of Country of Origin Labeling, COOL, because it would not fit in with the Trans Pacific Partnership. He tells Brownfield Ag news, “Unfortunately, Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) was defeated [repealed on beef and pork] because it conflicts with the goals within the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement. There, the origins of beef [and pork] will be whatever country the animal is slaughtered in. And, that means that the U.S. cattle industry is irrelevant.”
Bill Bullard says the trade agreement gives meat packers the unilateral authority to decide where to source cattle from and to put a USA label on it, “Because cattle sourced from Brazil, for example, the meat from those cattle could be labeled with the USA label, shipped to Japan duty-free under the TPP. So, we couldn’t, of course, have Country of Origin Labeling in a domestic market that would differentiate US product when the US product was going to be under the TPP from cattle from anywhere in the world so long as it was slaughtered in the USA.”
Bullard claims independent producers were deceived. He tells Brownfield that R-CALF intends to win COOL back, “And that’s because it’s the only tool available to US producers to compete in the domestic market against the rising tide of imports coming into this country.”
Bullard says he expects consumer groups will demand reintroduction of COOL, adding that consumers are just becoming aware that origin labels for meat are gone.


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US: FDA finalising new infant formula regulations
US stepping up regulation of formula manufacture
The US Food and Drug Administration is finalising new standards for infant formula manufacture.
Under the new regulation, infant formula manufacturers distributing products for sale in the US will be required to test for pathogens including salmonella and cronobacter.
Formula firms will also have to test the nutrient content of formula products in the final product stage - before entering the market - as well as at the end of the product's shelf life. Manufacturers will be required to demonstrate that their products "support normal physical growth", the regulator said.
"FDA sets high quality standards for the safety and nutritional quality of infant formulas during this critical time of development," said Stephen Ostroff, the FDA's acting chief scientist.
The FDA recognised that "many" companies manufacturing infant formula for the US market have "voluntarily applied many of the current good manufacturing practices and quality control procedures". However, the regulator added: "This rule will set in place federally enforceable requirements for the safety and quality of infant formula."
All formulas marketed in the US must meet federal nutrient requirements, which are not changed by the new rule.
Infant formula makers are required to register with the FDA and the agency carries out yearly inspections of all facilities where infant formula is made.
Manufacturers must be compliant with regulations by 8 September, the FDA said.
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The proposed Martin Expo Town Center is special for many reasons: the mixed-user would revitalize Olympic and Bundy, provide more riders for the under-construction Expo Line rail station there, and, well, it's a transit-oriented project developed by the owners of a car dealership. The Martin family owns the GM lot at the northwest corner of Olympic and Bundy and is proposing a pedestrian-friendly development with 516 units, 200,000 square feet of creative office space, 67,000 square feet of retail, public paseos, and a showroom for Martin's environmentally-friendly vehicles. The Martins are now upping the green ante by announcing the project will have bike sharing, servicing, and storage facilities for residents: "For the Martin Family, we know that the influx of millennials who will occupy both our creative residential units and creative office spaces, are highly receptive to non-vehicular mobility alternatives, such as biking," according to the project's blog. "Fewer and fewer of them own or want to own cars because they are increasingly expensive due to ballooning gas prices, insurance costs and the overall purchase price of a car."
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7 days before Christmas and the Team at iMobiTrax is proud to announce that our 500th customer/client has now come on-board to utilize our Proprietary Mobile Tracker. Not too shabby, for a band of hillbillies in the midwest who started this company and mobile tracking platform for the sole purpose of tracking feature phone clicks!
We would like to extend our hands and offer a HUGE THANK YOU to each and every one of our clients. With that said, iMobiTrax 3.o is coming out soon and yes, it’s going to be awesome.
In less than 6 months we’ve acquired a little over 500 customers/clients now using our mobile tracking platform and going into 2013, you will see even more expansion on our end with us offering a Agency Hosted version of iMobiTrax for our Advertisers and Affiliate Network clients of Revived Media (Our Mobile CPA Network) to jump on and take advantage of.
So again, I’ll keep this short and simple. From Bill, Ryan, and myself, THANK YOU for choosing to work with iMobiTrax and we look forward to a HUGE year in 2013 coming out with even more features for the mobile tracker.
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France Piccoma Image [Edaily Reporter Lee Dae-ho] Kakao Piccoma announced on the 18th that it had started the official service of the comprehensive digital comics platform Piccoma in France on the 17th. Piccoma achieved No. 1 sales in the non-game app sector in Japan.
Before the French service, Kakao Piccoma established a platform launch strategy optimized for the local area based on analysis of local culture, content usage, lifestyle, etc. The French company explained that the digital comics market is growing rapidly and Japanese manga has a high preference for them.
The biggest strength of Piccoma is that it serves both Japanese manga and Korean webtoons, each with distinct characteristics. A lot of Japanese manga and popular Korean webtoons that were not released in France were put on the lineup of works, and special efforts were made to service works that reflect the tastes of local users. It is expected to provide users with fresh fun and interest by introducing works from around the world, including Japan and Korea. In addition, we will introduce a ‘wait-for-free’ revenue model that allows users to experience content optimized for the digital environment.
Kakao Piccoma completed the establishment of ‘Piccoma Europe’ in September last year and appointed Kim Hyung-rae as CEO so that Piccoma could settle down in France and strengthen its competitiveness. CEO Kim Hyung-rae served as the chief operating officer at Delitoon SAS, the first digital comics platform in Europe, and is evaluated as an expert in the local digital content industry.
Meanwhile, ‘Piccoma’, a comprehensive digital comics platform operated by Kakao Piccoma, has maintained the No. 1 spot in the non-game app sector in Japan since July 2020 with user-friendly services and policies. France Piccoma can be found through the Android app, and iOS app and web service will be provided in the first half of this year.
Kim Hyung-rae, CEO of Kakao Piccoma Europe, said, “French Piccoma will continue to provide fresh works in a variety of genres to satisfy users diverse tastes and delicate needs.” We will expand the proportion of the work to include all fields,” he said.


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Amazon’s MMORPG is delayed again with a promise to improve and fix bugs.
It is not the first time that New World has delayed its launch but now that its release date was so close, it is even more painful to have to wait just a little longer to enjoy the final version of this ambitious MMORPG developed by Amazon. “This has not been an easy decision,” reported the team after this online role-playing adventure that has enjoyed a successful beta on Steam these days with thousands of players.
Its beta was a success with more than a million players“We are overwhelmed by the support New World has received from players around the world. During the beta, more than a million adventurers they played more than 16 million hours“They continue in their official statement.” Thanks to this support, New World became one of the most watched games on Twitch, and one of the most played on Steam. “All that enthusiasm has also been accompanied by valuable feedback that has led the team to make this decision.
“We will use it to make New World even better,” they report. “We want New World to debut a fun and polished experience for all players, and that means making some improvements based on what was seen during the closed beta. So we’re going to take a few extra weeks to fix bugs, improve stability and polish the game. ” Its new release date? The September 28.
“We know that this is not the first time that we have changed our release date for quality reasons, and it can be disappointing to wait a little longer. But we want to make sure that we offer the game to you with the highest possible quality at launch“Amazon has appreciated the patience of the fans and hopes to surprise with this ambitious online role-playing adventure that just a few days ago managed to become the best-selling game of the week on Steam.
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JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale businesses increased their stockpiles slightly in June while sales rose at a faster pace.
The Commerce Department says inventories at the wholesale level increased 0.3 percent in June, close to the 0.2 percent gain in May. Sales increased for a fourth consecutive month, climbing 1.9 percent in June after advancing 0.7 percent in May. Still, sales levels have dropped 0.4 from a year ago due to declines in prior months.
Since late last year, businesses have been slowing the rebuilding of their stockpiles in the face of weaker domestic sales and a fall in export sales. The slowdown in inventory restocking dampened overall economic growth, but many economists believe inventories will enhance growth in the second half of 2016.
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Nintendo and HAL Laboratory has hit it big with their latest entry into the Kirby franchise last week with the release of Kirby and the Forgotten Land, as it managed to fly to the top of the gaming charts in its first week by taking the number #1 spot for the UK.
This feature is incredibly impressive considering that this new entry into the Kirby series also had to compete against heavy hitters such as Elden Ring and other new entries into the sales charts such as Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, the fantasy spin-off of the Borderlands series. According to GamesIndustry reporter Christopher Dring, he states that the sales made between the new Kirby game and Tiny Tina's Wonderlands were by a big margin. While we don't know exactly what that margin is, we must also mention that the sales counted are only towards physical sales, so the amount of overall sales from digital copies is still currently unknown.
As the first Kirby game to feature full 3D movement and exploration, this game has managed to bring some new and fresh gameplay to a long-running franchise that has mostly been promoted as a 2D platform game up until now. The fact that Nintendo and HAL Laboratories managed to deviate so far from the formula that Kirby fans have known for so long, Kirby and the Forgotten Land becoming a top seller are all the more impressiive.
While the sales numbers currently aren't available in the US, we can make assumptions that this new Kirby game is also doing well here, as the game managed to reach a peak viewership of 85,251 on Twitch.TV (as of March 24th, 2022), while two other new entries, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, and Ghostwire: Tokyo managed to reach a peak viewership count of 126,539 and 67,654, respectively.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land is now available on the Nintendo Switch.


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The Apple Watch received a score of 5 out of 10 for repairability, due to the impossibility of removing just about any component inside.
The search giant announces a handful of new features, including new capabilities that make a watch run independent of a phone, all ahead of the Apple Watch's launch on Friday.
Forty of the brightest high school students from around the country are competing in the ultimate science fair, with projects that have the potential to save lives. The winner of the Intel Science Talent Search will be announced Tuesday, March 10, with a million dollars in awards up for grabs. Previous winners have gone on to win the Nobel Prize. CNET's Kara Tsuboi talked to two finalists who hope their projects can help people who are sick.
The $99 streaming video puck, the first device to run Google's Android TV operating system, can't match the app selection and access to popular media platforms offered by Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV.
After meeting with regulators, Comcast looks to be giving up on its plan to acquire the cable giant, according to Bloomberg.
Ten contenders enter the Google Impact Challenge, proposing new technology that will help people around the world.
Your options for replacing -- or not replacing -- a shattered iPhone screen.
The search giant's network would reportedly let customers pay only for the data they use and not a bulk rate.
A prize for hackers seeks the next transformative piece of open-source hardware. Its grand prize? Out of this world.
The deal comes ahead of the Alibaba's IPO and may have a price tag higher than Baidu's $1.9 billion acquisition of mobile app store 91 Wireless.


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I picked up this little tidbit from the website of a “consulting” company that says they can save manufacturers time, money and apparently effort in registering their pesticides with the EPA.
As we ramp up for our annual meeting with the EPA to discuss harmful flea and tick products, this one has me a bit floored. How much of the profit made on the backs of our dogs was this fine? Long and short it shows my theory, based on years of research, that our household pets have become the dumping ground for many pesticides, including some banned by the EPA for household use.
Southwest Missouri Pet Supply Dealer to Pay $56,632 Penalty for Re-Labeling, Selling Misbranded Cattle and Hog Insecticide
A southwest Missouri pet supply dealer has agreed to pay a $56,632 civil penalty to the United States to settle allegations that it violated the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) by repackaging, relabeling and selling an insecticide meant for use on cattle and hogs as a flea and tick treatment for dogs.
Hunte Kennel Systems and Animal Care, Inc., of Goodman, Mo., will pay the civil penalty under terms of an administrative consent agreement filed today by EPA Region 7 in Kansas City, Kan.
The allegations stem from findings made by the Missouri Department of Agriculture during inspections of the company’s facilities in Goodman and Buffalo, Mo. The inspections found that the company had bottled the pesticide Prolate/Lintox-HD into different packaging and sold it as another pesticide, Paramite.
During the inspections, the company was ordered to immediately stop selling the repackaged pesticide. Prolate/Lintox-HD is formulated for use in the control of flies, lice, mange and ticks on cattle, and for the control of lice and mange on swine. Paramite is no longer manufactured as a flea and tick treatment for dogs.


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An employee of Greenshops has purchased the store, which had previously announced it would be closing, and plans to keep it open.
Susanne Dilley is taking over the shop at 4821 Stockdale Highway. The boutique sells a wide range of eco-friendly products, from toys that don't have lead paint to allergen-free bedding to non-toxic cleaning products.
A champagne reception is scheduled for 3 to 6 p.m. Nov. 6 at the store to celebrate. Dilley and former owner Jennifer Jordan will be there.
taking advantage of an opportunity to remodel after a kitchen fire earlier this year.
The nearly 6,000-square-foot restaurant was badly burned in March after a fire broke out at a deep fryer. The blaze was confined to the kitchen but there was smoke damage throughout the restaurant, causing about $150,000 in damage, the Bakersfield Fire Department said at the time.
The eatery is owned by Temecula-based BMW Management, which runs 24 restaurants across California, including the Mount Vernon and Real Road Sizzlers in Bakersfield. Until about three weeks ago it also operated a Sizzler at the Ice House in Bakersfield, but that location shut down after the company lost its lease.
Because BMW had to repair the Mount Vernon restaurant anyway, it decided to upgrade the location to a "new generation" Sizzler, said vice president of marketing Sally Myers. The eatery now has upgraded craftsman style decor, murals, a "demo" salad bar where guests can watch employees prepare food, and an outdoor barbecue grill for wood-smoked tri-tip, Myers said.
There are 80 employees at the newly refurbished site, Myers said.
New eatery Chat N Chew will hold a ribbon cutting and grand opening celebration at 11 a.m. Saturday at the restaurant, 5141 Ming Ave .
The roughly 2,300-square-foot restaurant serves southern cuisine, including seafood and barbecue.
All purchases are 10 percent off all day Saturday, said co-owner Manuel Elijah.
The Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce will hold a luncheon seminar on "creating a buzz at your business" at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 6 at the chamber, 1725 Eye St.
Speakers are Kevin Bartl of the Bakersfield Condors and Kevin Burton of San Joaquin Community Hospital.
Cost is $30 for chamber members, $60 for non-members.
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Shoppers in Brooklyn said they're concerned following the announcement that Family Dollar and Dollar Tree will close nearly 1,000 stores.
They said Dollar Tree and Family Dollar are places they've always turned to in a pinch for just about anything - from toiletries to groceries, and even last-minute gifts.
Many residents in Flatlands said they were disappointed to hear their local store could be closing.
Dollar Tree has not revealed which exact stores will close.
Family Dollar, which is also owned by Dollar Tree, says it will close 600 stores by June with 370 more on the way as soon as its stores' leases are up.
Dollar tree says at least 30 of its stores will be closing as well.
The reason for all these closures, they say, is due to health and safety concerns. The chain was selling items stocked in a rat-infested warehouse, according to the the U.S. Justice Department.
Shoppers said there are several local mom-and-pop 99 cent stores, which some said is going to have to be their new go-to if the chain stores close.
Shoppers also said they hope their Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores give them a heads up if they will close because they want a closeout sale to get the most bang for their buck while they still can.


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Brands play the kids' card right; strike a chord with parents on social
From inviting celebrity writers, creating feel-good conversations & interactivity, Parle G, Kissan & Kotak Bank are effectively engaging with parents on Facebook
Although India is still in a nascent stage when it comes to customising content and advertising on digital, one of the most interesting brand categories that is experimenting on this medium is the kids’ vertical.
Brands are using the Facebook route to strike conversations with parents. exchange4media looks at three different strategies that three kids’ brands initiated recently to target parents...
Parle G recently initiated its digital campaign ‘G Maane Genius’ to strengthen its current campaign ‘Aao Banaye Kal Ke Genius’.
The brand has roped in renowned author Ruskin Bond to be a guest blogger for ‘TheFutureGenius.com’, an interactive portal where parents can interact and share videos, audio clips and documents to showcase their child’s talent.
The site is broadly categorised into four sections: ‘My kid is a genius’, where parents can share their child’s talents; ‘Genius gyan’ that provides expert advice for parents to help discover the genius in their child; ‘Parents quotient’, a learning and discussion forum for parents; and ‘Diary of a genius’ where one can read a daily diary maintained by a child.
Along with Bond, the brand has asked celebrity mother blogger Kiran Manra to write on issues related to parenting. The entire campaign is given an interesting push on Facebook. There are around 152,566 people on Parle G’s Facebook page, with around 8,227 engaging with its various activities.
The campaign actually was kick-started through a digital-first approach, where three teaser videos were released across YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, followed by unveiling of the TVC online. The film was promoted on social media using #BeCurious and #IfIWereAParent tags on Twitter.
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Kotak Mahindra Bank recently released a TVC for its latest offering ‘Kotak Junior’, a savings bank account product for children, which was populated on various social media platforms. To promote ‘Kotak Junior’, the brand has rolled out an aggressive Facebook campaign.
The Facebook campaign is titled ‘Adventures of My Junior.’ With it, the brand is encouraging parents to share special moments of their kids. It wants to carry out conversations that are engaging and special to parents.
An application is designed on Facebook through which parents can sign up and upload their kid’s pictures, videos and stories that are close to their heart. It is a feel-good campaign in line with the brand’s proposition.
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Innovation and interactivity
Kissan, one of the flagship products of Hindustan Unilever, launched an extensive digital campaign last year to activate users to learn more about the brand by growing tomatoes. Tomato seeds were distributed through the morning edition of a leading newspaper. To persuade users to participate and consistently engage with Kissan through this journey, an interactive website was created. The website was greeted by enthusiasm by parents who led their children to grow tomatoes in their own home using the website as a reference point for various aspects – right from planting the seeds to finally plucking the fruits.
It saw almost 80,000 enthusiastic kids participating in the initiative, which has now prompted the brand to launch the second phase of the Kissanpur campaign.
The journey began from sowing tomato seeds, nurturing the saplings, and finally bringing them to maturity. Kissan then chose 100 top growers and used their tomatoes to make their favourite Kissan tomato ketchup, the bottle of which would be named after the kids themselves.
To reach out to more kids and mothers, Kissan distributed tomato seeds in a uniquely designed Kissan ketchup bottle. The new bottle cap transformed into a mini-pot and helped the kids begin their journey.
The entire campaign was pushed aggressively on social media too. Especially on Facebook, parents were asked to share the experiences of their children who were growing the tomatoes. Parents were also directed to the interactive micro site where one could earn point and got a chance to get featured on the site as ‘Little Heroes’. The campaign has now come to an end but we look forward to much more such innovation in the digital space.
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NORRISTOWN, Pa., Oct. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ambassador of consumer advocacy, Jesse Levine, Founder and CEO of MedRecallNews in Norristown PA, has built up an enviable reputation for fighting tirelessly for innocent victims of recalled drugs, faulty medical devices, and other disasters. His aim is to ensure that victims affected by such disasters get legal representation so that they can be justly compensated for errors that were not their fault. It is never easy to get companies to admit that they have supplied a potentially dangerous product that is publically available. So, Jesse exposes those suppliers' intentions, to regain some power to the bigger picture which is consumers' rights: the rights to safety, to be informed, to have a choice, and to be heard.
Levine has already seen an overwhelming number of lawsuits filed by the lawyers assigned to each complaint against companies who have produced and marketed the surgical product Transvaginal Mesh and Bladder Slings. One claim earlier this year exceeded the $3m mark. This shows the seriousness of the damage done by TVM. Apart from TVM, he is also working on other campaigns that have affected others, including a diabetes drug (Actos), hip implants (metal on metal), Asbestos Exposure (Mesothelioma), dialysis solutions (Granuflo and Naturalyte), birth control drugs (Yaz) and IUD Devices (Mirena and Nuvaring), and birth defects (Cerebral Palsy, etc.) … the list could go on.
Many of these products and drugs are mass marketed through ongoing and persuasive advertising campaigns by the country's largest medical device and pharmaceutical companies. Often, drugs and devices appear on the market with the knowledge that insufficient research has been carried out on the use of the product.
Medical institutions such as hospitals are eager to try anything new that may relieve patients' discomfort or attract patients to use their hospital facilities. In many cases, financial gain comes before consumer safety. So, the loser is the person who is tempted to use a product that has not been fully tested, as these products are supposed to improve quality of life, not destroy it.
Jesse Levine has fought on behalf of victims of these medical mistakes. He is sympathetic and dedicated, and has worked diligently to ensure that victims of medical negligence gain maximum compensation for their suffering. At a phone consultation, an assessment is made of the client's medical history and eligibility to file a compensation claim for all the damage that has been done as a result of the medical mistake. He will then recommend you to a lawyer who will fight for compensation on your behalf. There is never a front fee charged by MedRecallNews or the recommended lawyer.
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Working while walking apparently pays off, and not just for health, according to a new University of Minnesota study.
U of M researchers followed workers at a financial-services company who used treadmill desks and found that those who used the devices — they weren't forced to — saw output climb by 10 percent.
The company wasn't identified and apparently didn't comment on the study, but the Star Tribune gets plenty of comments from the people at Salo who have been evangelists for treadmill desks for years.
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|Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (left) and Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping
He made the statement at a meeting with Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping in Shanghai on November 4 as part of his trip to China to attend the first International Import Expo of China (CIIE 2018) on November 4-5.
PM Phuc called for joint efforts to maintain high-level visits and meetings, increase mutual political trust, promote important cooperation mechanisms between the two Parties and countries, further utilise potential of each side and boost cooperation in areas that make practical progress.
The guest congratulated China on achievements the country has recorded after 40 years of reform and opening-up, and expressed his wish that under the leadership of the Communist Party of China led by Xi Jinping, the Chinese people will soon turn China into a modern socialist country that is prosperous, democratic, civilised, harmonious and beautiful.
He also lauded China’s initiatives to contribute to peace, stability and prosperity in the region and the world, as well as its Belt and Road Initiative.
Vietnam backs the Mekong-Lancang cooperation in combination with the framework of the Greater Mekong Sub-region collaboration, for effective use and management of water resources and sustainable development of countries, he noted.
PM Phuc expressed his belief that the CIIE 2018 will open up new cooperation channels for goods distribution, helping promote official trade activities and brand building so that more and more Vietnamese commodities can be consumed in the Chinese market.
He suggested the Chinese side make it easy for Vietnamese goods to enter its market, and devise practical policies and measures to reduce Vietnam’s big trade deficit, towards promoting stable and sustainable growth of bilateral trade.
Vietnam always welcomes Chinese firms to invest in the country, he affirmed.
Regarding the sea-related issue, the Vietnamese Government leader applauded positive results of negotiation and cooperation mechanisms in less sensitive areas at sea between the two countries, as well as initial progresses in pragmatic negotiation for the Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) between ASEAN and China recently.
He suggested the two sides respect legitimate interests of each other, seriously realise the common perception of the two countries' high-ranking leaders and the agreement on the basic principles guiding the settlement of sea-related issues between Vietnam and China, and patiently solve disputes by peaceful measures in line with international law and the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), in order to maintain peace and stability in the East Sea and the region.
For his part, Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping affirmed that PM Phuc’s participation in the expo reflects the Vietnamese Government’s respect for the bilateral relations.
He stressed that the Chinese Party and State always treasure ties with Vietnam, and agree to maintain high-level contacts to bolster political understanding and foster all-round cooperation in a practical manner with the Southeast Asian country.
He added that both sides will work together to enhance people-to-people exchanges and consolidate traditional friendship while maintaining peace and sustainability at sea and creating favourable conditions for the bilateral ties to thrive.
Regarding economic-trade collaboration, Xi stated that China will import more goods from Vietnam to sustainably balance trade with the neighbouring country.
In the past time, China has carry out various measures to increase imports from Vietnam. In 2017, Vietnam’s shipments to China rose 36.8 percent and China will continue to promote the trend in the coming time.


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San Francisco is located in the Bay Area, close to Silicon Valley, the center of innovation and technology. Top world startups are born here, and new projects continue to appear every day.
Suzy Ekman, from the San Francisco Bay Area, the Founder and CEO of Makers Market, a purveyor of American made goods for a new generation joins Enterprise Radio.
Dr. Radu Reit, Vice-Chair of the Marketing Committee at the Society for Information Display (SID) joins Enterprise Radio.
Desmond Tan, Owner and Founder of Burma, Inc., a restaurant group comprising three locations in the Bay Area; an Amazon best-selling cookbook; and a compelling charity called Future Superstars which supports children’s education in Burma and the Bay Area joins Enterprise Radio.
Nick Haschka, the CEO of The Wright Gardner, a San Francisco Bay Area office plant company that sells, leases, and maintains office plants joins Enterprise Radio.
Ryan Gallagher, the Co-Founder and CEO of call tracking company, iovox with offices in London, San Francisco and Australia joins Enterprise Radio.
David Perry, Founder & CEO of David Perry & Associates, Inc. a strategic communications firm based in San Francisco and Palm Springs with international reach joins Enterprise Radio.
New tech startups have been a hot and glamorous area for many entrepreneurs over the last several years. Whether you’ve been watching companies grow into the mega-billions like Facebook, Uber, Twitter, or AirBnB, or you’ve always dreamed about creating your own startup.
Brian Samson, one of the Co-founders of Nearshore Systems, a software development and recruitment services company founded in San Francisco joins Enterprise Radio.
Lu Lacourte, CEO and co-founder of Cibo, a cutting-edge brand and customer experience agency that provides creative services to top companies like Salesforce, Tesla, Disney, SF MOMA, Subaru SE Asia, and more joins Enterprise Radio.
Oliver Hayen, Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of SOMA Messenger, the world’s most secure HD video, voice and messaging app available today joins Enterprise Radio.