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LAUREL WELLS, a co-founder and the marketing director of Gurl.com, an Internet magazine for teenagers, is a study in bohemian chic.
Dressed in a raspberry silk shirt from India, her hair a nimbus of coppery curls, she looks like an anti-geek, not at all the type you would expect to be besotted with gadgetry.
But besotted she is. Like many of her colleagues in the Internet world, Ms. Wells is obsessed with electronic gizmos as gorgeous and stylish as they are smart. The rarer and more novel the gadget, the more fanciful and streamlined in design, the more she must have it -- or better yet, wear it.
Her current fixation: a clear blue plastic Bic-like cigarette lighter that a colleague brought back from Japan. It flames when you flick it -- and spouts a Japanese phrase. ''I'm always asking my friends to bring one back the next time they're in Tokyo,'' Ms. Wells said longingly.
She and her counterparts at Internet offices everywhere share a lust for the last word in tech -- objects so racy, clever and compact that they double as fashion statements. The most desirable gadgets are small and easy to use, said Christine Harmel, the chief executive of Interactive Resources, a company in Manhattan that matches Web site developers with clients.Continue reading the main story
But their status spikes if they are sleek enough to tote or to wear.
Ms. Harmel plans to invest in a Sony NW-E3 Network Walkman. ''You can interchange the music, and it's also downloadable,'' she said. But best of all, she added, ''it's the size of a candy bar,'' something she can stash in her purse and pop out when she needs to make an impression.
In the democratic, all-casual-all-the-time Internet workplaces, the urge to stand out may surface with a vengeance, finding an outlet in what's known as ''cool stuff.''
Manufacturers have responded to the craving for sleek, wearable or totable designs with offerings like the Nokia 8860, a cell phone so compact and shiny it might be mistaken for a cigarette lighter. Costing from $500 to $800, it also functions as a conversation piece, which is a major part of its appeal.
The new Nokia 8200 series takes the fashion formula even further. The three-ounce 8210 phone, introduced at the Kenzo show in Paris last fall, has six interchangeable faceplates. Such style-driven innovations have pumped the company's sales and fattened profits; Nokia says that since introducing its sleeker, smaller models, sales have jumped to 78.5 million phones in 1999 from 40 million in 1998.
Sony has also leaped on the trend of wearable gadgetry.
This year the company introduced its newest MP3 player, a next-generation Walkman that is actually a necklace. It downloads music from the Net without wires and can be fitted, at the user's whim, with a tiny mobile phone among its digital baubles.
So hot is wearable tech that it is about to take to the runways in an even bigger way. At the Internet World Conference in New York, one of the industry's biggest events, which will take place Oct. 23-27, a reprise of last year's highly popular fashion show will be staged.
Fashionmakers have also heeded electronics' siren call. In Europe, the Levi Strauss Company and Philips Technology have collaborated on the ICD Plus collection, which includes a jacket with a built-in phone and an interactive MP3 player.
Of course, if looks were everything, the new Claudia Schiffer-designed aqua Palm hand-held device would be geek chic's dernier cri. It's not. ''I thought it was kind of silly and pointless,'' Ms. Harmel said. ''Basically it's a nice color.''
In many companies, owning a gadget that combines great looks and brains actually signals a person's place in the office pecking order.
The smarter the pager, cell phone or laptop, the higher it rates in the hierarchy of cool.
Jason McCabe Calacanis, the founder of the Silicon Alley Reporter, a monthly magazine, favors devices that allow him to respond, wherever he may be, to some 200 phone calls and 400 e-mail messages a day. ''I can't be out of contact,'' he confided. ''There are three things on my belt at all times: a StarTac cell phone, a Motorola GSM and a Blackberry pager.'' The last, a hybrid between a pager and a personal digital assistant, allows people on the move to receive long e-mail messages and can act as a Web browser.
Wearing such a bandolier's burden of gadgets sends a powerful signal about the wearer's status in the company.
The most coveted gadget in the office of Bruce Rayvid, the marketing director of Boo.com, an Internet fashion marketer, is a wireless headset that creates the illusion of solitude. ''I sit in a bullpen with the chairman and chief technical officer,'' Mr. Rayvid said. ''None of us have our own office, so the big thing here is a cordless XLT from Hello Direct. It's a status symbol,'' he added, ''not just because few of us have one, but because when you wear one you can actually walk around the room and have a private conversation.''
At the office, Anthony Lappe, the vice president for news at Polyverse, a youth-market Internet media company, wears a relatively discreet earpiece he bought at Staples. Wee as it is, it makes him seem a titan, with a personal line to some unseen high command.
Mr. Lappe keeps his radar trained on what he and his colleagues call ''the next big thing.'' ''All of us have Verizon Web-enabled StarTac,'' he gloated. ''The next thing is getting text messages on a wireless network that delivers e-mail over the phone.'' His company is experimenting with UPOC.com, which provides services to wireless Net users. So advanced is the network, Mr. Lappe pointed out, that it hasn't been offered to the public.
MARK HURST, the president of Creative Good, a Web site consulting company in Manhattan, totes his Apple Powerbook in his ''geek pack,'' a multipocket backpack he has issued to everyone in his company. ''At client meetings, we all unzip our geek packs, pull out our Powerbooks and flip them open at the same time,'' he said. ''The reaction from clients is, 'Whoa!' Those Powerbooks glow. Visually, they are impressive machines.''
To Mr. Calacanis of the Silicon Alley Reporter, there are few things sexier than his StarTac or his slender and luminous Palm. Recently though, he stopped using it. ''I actually got an assistant,'' he confided. ''A human assistant! Now that is the ultimate status symbol.''Continue reading the main story


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If you follow the comments here, and especially at marlerblog, you know that the issue of local food markets and “small” farmers comes up regularly in food safety discussions. Lynne Terry of the Oregonion, a frequent contributor on food safety and health issues, reported today on proposed new legislation in Oregon concerning such food sales.
Oregon HB2336 would exempt a class of small farmers and those retailing at farmers markets from state food regulations and inspections. According to Terry:
It would allow them to sell unlimited quantities of their own fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs along with cured or dried fruit, vegetables and herbs. It also would allow sales of shelled and unshelled nuts; shell eggs; honey; and whole, hulled crushed or ground grains, legumes and seeds that are cooked before consumption.
To fall within the exemption, “Farmers must grow all the food they sell, and sales of their processed products cannot exceed $20,000 a year.”
Apparently, the new bill is drawing support from at least some health officials in Oregon:
“The risk of getting sick from any single portion of food is probably small, and there are fixed costs with doing an inspection,” said Dr. Paul Cieslak, head of the communicable disease program at the Oregon Public Health Division. “At some point, the inspection doesn’t become worth it anymore.”
I think there are unanswered questions about the potential public health impact of such an exemption. Are lower volume suppliers of food actually less likely to cause illness? Or is it more that isolated or sporadic instances of food poisoning are less likely to be uncovered by public health surveillance? Is there evidence to suggest that small farms are any more or less likely to allow adulteration of their food products that larger producers?
Given the prevalence of proposed legislation like the Oregon bill, we may be on our way to answering some of these questions – hopefully not the hard way.

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Printer OEMs’ efforts to promote the benefits of OEM supplies offer over non-OEM alternatives are nothing new. Every few months it seems we see a flyer, a study, or other marketing efforts aimed at exactly that. The latest such effort comes from HP, whose Andy Binder, vice president and general manager of office supplies solutions
Citing recent court rulings and lawsuit settlements upholding OEM patents, Clover Imaging Group (CIG) has published an industry white paper arguing that new-build compatible “clone” cartridges are just too risky for dealers despite their low costs. The report, Risk and Reward in the World of Printing: Remanufactured Cartridges vs. Newly Built Compatible Cartridges, warns print
1. As Amazon Has Grown So Has the Number of Printer Supplies Sold on Its Marketplace Amazon’s rise has sparked a fundamental shift toward e-commerce that has altered how consumers and even businesses purchase products, including the ink and toner cartridges used in printers. Today, a huge number of printer supplies are sold on Amazon.
As we detailed in Part 3 of this series, printer OEMs are doing a lot to stop sellers from hawking counterfeit and infringing printer supplies on the Amazon marketplace. These efforts include following Amazon’s take-down procedures, filing a bevy of lawsuits against sellers, and working closely with authorities worldwide on enforcement issues to prevent the importation
The Age of Amazon has wrought changes that are both beneficial and detrimental to consumers, other businesses, and communities. Plenty of articles have been devoted to the “Amazon problem,” whether that means the closing of retail stores and emptying malls and strip malls, the bankruptcies of once-major retail chains, the types of jobs lost and
As we explored in Part 1 of this series, over the last 24 years, Amazon has grown to become a critical channel for a wide variety of products, including printer supplies. Gaining access to tens of millions of customers has been great for ink and toner cartridge vendors, but Amazon has also adversely affected the industry.
On May 9, Canon issued an announcement that should worry aftermarket supplies industry players: it has filed a second lawsuit against Ink Technologies Printer Supplies LLC in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. This is not the only litigation from Canon that Dayton, OH-based Ink Technologies Printer Supplies is facing. The company,
Of the many forces shaping the imaging supplies industry today, one stands out as having truly transformed how all industry participants do business and the market conditions they face: e-commerce and the rise of online marketplaces. Today, there are many online marketplaces including Taobao, Tmall, eBay, and JD.com. While it may no longer be the
TriMega Purchasing Association has done an about-face and notified dealers that it continues to support a range of toner cartridges marketed by Arlington Industries, including certain NXT-branded SKUs. The news follows a stern warning from the buying group last month telling dealers to stop selling allegedly infringing new-build toner cartridges like those in the NXT
TriMega Purchasing Association, a nonprofit buying group serving about 485 independent office product dealers and technology retailers in the United States, recently warned its members about the dangers of carrying new-build compatible toner cartridges for HP and Canon laser devices following the patent-infringement complaints that Canon filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and


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In January of 2004, some crazy kooks brilliantly filed papers to trademark the name "Jesus Juice," also known as slang for what Michael Jackson called the wine he allegedly plowed kids with in soda cans. Actress Dawn Westlake and Bruce Rheins, a veteran CBS Evening News producer, hope to market a "Jesus Juice" merlot. According The Smoking Gun, the wine label "features a Michael Jackson-like figure appearing to be crucified." The logo is "a photo of a barely clad man with a sequined glove, shiny loafers, stringy hair, and a black fedora that obscures his face." USPTO officials are still reviewing the trademark application.
Not surprisingly, Jackson & his lawyers are tres not pleased and his spokeswoman Raymone Bain tells the NY Daily News, "I fully expect that [Mr. Jackson's lawyers] will have an objectionable response." Gee, no kidding. Now Rheins has told the NY Daily News that the idea was only in fun and not meant to make big bucks. "My wife and I are hobby winemakers," he said. "We made a few bottles for friends. We never wanted to sell it. We only trademarked it because we didn't want other people to try to make money off it. "I apologize to anybody who is offended by this. It was an irreverent idea that, in hindsight, I would discard — just like I'll probably discard those labels."


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The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has allowed Veecon Media & Broadcasting to use the name and logo of Tiranga TV without the colours saffron and green.
Smartphone maker Oppo is a big investor in cricket. Back in 2015, it inked a global partnership with the games governing body the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) owned video on demand (VoD) player SonyLIV has launched OTT gaming destination with over 100 exclusive show-based games, to be launched in a phased manner.
YouTube rights management company Nirvana Digital’s spiritual content from its YouTube channel Spiritual Mantra is now available on direct to home (DTH) platforms Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV.


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NEW YORK — “Direct marketing as you all know it now has come of age,” said Harvey Mackay, chairman of Mackay Envelope Co., in his keynote address yesterday at the Direct Marketing Association's DM Days New York 2005 Conference & Expo at the Javits Center.
In all industries, Mackay said, more changes have occurred in the past five years than in the previous 15 to 20. He noted the Internet's growth — to 50 million users in five years — as an example, calling it “the most powerful force in the world today.”
Mackay cited a Pitney Bowes study that found households with Internet access receive twice as much mail as those without.
“Direct mail is a growth industry,” Mackay said. But he acknowledged that customers are more knowledgeable, intelligent and demanding than ever.
Mackay offered a few tips he has learned during his years as the head of his envelope company and as a New York Times best-selling author of several books on business.
“Some of the best people spend a lot of time looking out the window,” he said, as they are thinking and that process should not be stifled. Mackay stressed creative thinking as a key to success.
“People don't care how much you know about them once they realize how much you care about them,” he said.
His firm has a 66-question customer profile that includes personal interests that it asks clients to fill out. The final question asks, “Does your competition have more and better answers than you?”
The goal of the questions is to build better long-term relationships with customers, Mackay said. He told attendees to “humanize your selling strategy.”
Other ideas and tips he offered:
· Believe in yourself even when no one else does.
· Things are not necessarily how we perceive them to be.
· It isn't the people you fire who make your life miserable; it's the people you don't fire.
Melissa Campanelli covers postal news, CRM and database marketing for DM News and DMNews.com. To keep up with the latest developments in these areas, subscribe to our daily and weekly e-mail newsletters by visiting www.dmnews.com/newsletters


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It’s depressing to be reminded all over again today of the sad and shabby history of MG-Rover. Much more sad is that it looks dangerously likely that history might repeat itself with Vauxhall-Opel.
Author Profile: Paul Horrell
Armed with a curious mind and a blotchy fountain pen, Horrell sniffs around the car industry pigsty.
The lovely BMW CS four-door coupe isn’t dead yet. Or at least, its spirit lives on even though an actual production-car version of the CS concept was canned a few months back.
Porsche is, after a titanic batttle, about to become a member of the VW Group. Last year Porsche tried to take over VW. VW struck back. This has been one of the great soap operas of industrial history.
Just been out for an ‘engineering drive’ in a late prototype of the Bentley Supersports. The one Derek Bell drove at Goodwood. The development chief says it’s a Ferrari 599 rival. Well yes, it was a wet day on difficult Cheshire roads, and I don’t think a 599 would have kept up.
There’s something far more important behind the news that Nissan’s Sunderland plant is to lead the charge (ha ha) in battery manufacturing. In 18 months time, you’ll be able to buy a proper full-sized Nissan hatchback powered entirely by batteries.
In among all the jiggery-pokery about Vauxhall’s new owners (Russian? Chinese? Italian? Belgian?) the company is still busy churning out new cars. Foreman has driven a prototype of this autumn’s Astra, and it’s a seriously good rival for the Focus or Golf.
‘Jay, you look at the dials,’ I said to my passenger, ‘I’ve got other things to concentrate on.’ We were doing about 270km/h and rising fast.
Until this morning I couldn’t reliably spell Koenigsegg. It was a little company of fewer than 50 employees making fewer than 20 cars a year. Now it has effectively taken over Saab.
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WhatsApp to drop support for BlackBerry, older Android devices
Instant messaging service WhatsApp announced it will soon no longer support mobile devices made by BlackBerry, Nokia and other older-model Android devices.
The Facebook-owned communications app with almost half a billion users, primarily in Asia and Europe, made the announcement in a blog post over the weekend, saying it plans to phase out support for a number of platforms by the end of the year.
After December, WhatsApp will no longer support devices that work on the following systems:
- Nokia S40
- Nokia Symbian S60
- Android 2.1 and Android 2.2
- Windows Phone 7.1
- BlackBerry, including BlackBerry 10
With the exception of BlackBerry's recently launched BlackBerry 10, most of the platforms being phased out are older and no longer have a lot of new activations on them.
The messaging service will continue to work, however, on the Priv since that's the first and so far only BlackBerry device to run on an Android platform.
WhatsApp said the company is making the move " to focus our efforts on the mobile platforms the vast majority of people use."
When WhatsApp launched seven years ago, almost three quarters of the world's mobile devices ran on software made by either Nokia or BlackBerry. "Mobile operating systems offered by Google, Apple and Microsoft – which account for 99.5 per cent of sales today – were on less than 25 percent of mobile devices sold at the time," WhatsApp said.
"This was a tough decision for us to make, but the right one in order to give people better ways to keep in touch with friends, family, and loved ones using WhatsApp. If you use one of these affected mobile devices, we recommend upgrading to a newer Android, iPhone, or Windows Phone before the end of 2016 to continue using WhatsApp."


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Schleich UK has detailed plans for its first mainstream TV campaign for the rapidly-growing Horse Club brand – a heavyweight campaign that begins this month.
It features both traditional TV advertising, VOD, and digital coverage, including You Tube pre-roll.
The 30” Horse Club TVC will introduce the Horse Club story and coverage will continue throughout the year into December, airing across the UK and Ireland. The channel list includes CITV, Disney Channel, Milkshake, Nick, Pop and Cartoon Network.
The key target audience for the brand is girls aged five to 12.
It will star the four Horse Club riders and their horses and be set within the brand’s universe that includes the Large House and Stable and the new, award-winning Rider Café, as well as other key play-sets such as the Mobile Vet van and Pick Up with Horse Box.
The stars of the campaign are the four Horse Club riders and their horses, in an equine world that centres on the best-selling Large House & Stable and the brand new award-winning (Toy Fair Hero) Rider Café, plus other key play-sets such as the Mobile Vet van and Pick Up with Horse Box.
Paul Dearlove, marketing manager at Schleich UK commented: “This is without doubt our largest marketing campaign ever and demonstrates a major commitment to support the meteoric rise of the Horse Club brand and our retail partners.
“The significant investment in TV and digital is just part of a multi-media strategy that will that includes the microsite horseclub.com and the recent launch of the new Horse Club app.
“This, with other landmark occasions and events for the brand makes it a very exciting time to be part of the Horse Club.”


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Recently, in Australia, a controversy over the sale of vapes has attracted widespread attention. British American Tobacco has been awarded the “Dirty Ashtray” award for lobbying the government in Australia to approve the sale of vapes. The award aims to expose and denounce inappropriate behavior by tobacco industry players in promoting vape sales.
Behind the event was a breakfast hosted by the Australian Public Health Alliance working to reduce smoking and vaping. The meeting brought together more than a hundred representatives from all walks of life, including Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler. Minister Butler spoke at the meeting about the Government’s next steps for tobacco control legislation and called for action to address the challenges posed by vape sales.
In the interview, Minister Butler highlighted the issue of unregulated advertising of nicotine products on social media. He pointed out that vape advertisements are currently rampant on social media, especially those targeting young people. The phenomenon has raised concerns among the public that the appeal of vapes may lead to more young people trying and using the products, with limited knowledge of their potential risks and harms.
In addition, Minister Butler called for tobacco industry actors to be stopped from funding political and lobbying groups. He noted that such funding could lead to the tobacco industry exerting undue influence in the policy-making process, thereby hindering the progress of tobacco control legislation.
The Australian Public Health Alliance and other anti-smoking groups expressed support for the incident. They believe that awarding BAT the “Dirty Ashtray” Award is to reveal the negative behaviors of tobacco industry participants in promoting vape sales and to prompt the government and relevant agencies to pay more attention to the supervision and control of vapes.
At the same time, some participants in the vape industry have also actively responded to various policy measures. As a company committed to the innovation and development of vapes, Veehoo has taken a series of measures to ensure the safety and compliance of its products. They are committed to complying with the regulations and standards of various countries and promoting the sustainable development of the electronic cigarette industry.
Overall, this controversy over vape sales has raised concerns about the regulation of vape advertising and the conduct of tobacco industry players. BAT’s being awarded the “Dirty Ashtray” award highlights the need to tackle unregulated advertising of nicotine products on social media and stop tobacco industry players from funding political and lobbying groups. The Australian Public Health Alliance’s breakfast meeting became a platform to strengthen tobacco control legislation, with representatives from all walks of life discussing and seeking ways to solve the problem of vape sales. In addition, Veehoo, as a member of the vape industry, actively responds to various policy measures and is committed to promoting the sustainable development of the vape industry.
This controversial incident reminds us that vapes, as an emerging product, need to be properly regulated and controlled. Especially in terms of advertising, supervision should be strengthened to prevent vape advertisements from targeting young people and conveying inaccurate information. The government and relevant agencies should take measures to ensure that the sales and promotion of vapes comply with regulations and protect the public from potential health risks.
In addition, the behavior of tobacco industry participants also needs attention. Funding of political and lobbying groups can result in the tobacco industry exerting undue influence in the policy-making process. In order to ensure the independence and impartiality of tobacco control legislation, a more transparent and strict system should be established to limit the interference of the tobacco industry.
Ultimately, the health and well-being of the public should always come first. Public health interests and scientific evidence should be comprehensively considered when formulating and implementing relevant policies to ensure that people can make informed choices and live healthy lives.
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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to engulf the world, but some countries such as Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand are starting to consider reopening their borders after managing to contain the transmission of the virus in their region. For Singapore, the government will continue to impose isolation and testing requirements to protect the country from imported COVID-19 cases that could increase community transmission again. […]
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to engulf the world, but some countries such as Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand are starting to consider reopening their borders after managing to contain the transmission of the virus in their region.
For Singapore, the government will continue to impose isolation and testing requirements to protect the country from imported COVID-19 cases that could increase community transmission again. Australia and New Zealand, on the other hand, have discussed implementing a trans-Tasman bubble to mutually build up their economies and avoid possible recessions. Meanwhile, Denmark and Norway are showing signs of improvement in the handling of the outbreak in their respective regions, but are still hesitant in reopening their borders for fear of a second wave of COVID-19 cases.
The blockchain use cases
In times like these, it is more important than ever to use advanced technologies to solve pressing issues. One such technology is blockchain. Since its inception in 2008, blockchain has been proven effective in different use cases; its features of transparency, immutability, and decentralization makes it an attractive device for handling and protecting confidential information and quickly completing transactions. These characteristics and benefits could also be useful to countries looking into speeding up their ways of responding to the pandemic and therefore gradually reopening their borders.
For example, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently leveraged blockchain to protect intellectual property rights on American imports from theft. The decentralized technology allowed CBP to exchange sensitive data such as personally identifiable information and trade secrets with manufacturers, retailers, rights holders, and importers. The secure transmission of sensitive data has been made possible because of blockchain’s use of cryptographic techniques. Cryptography enables users on the blockchain to complete and verify transactions using a public or private key. Blocks are therefore only accepted in the blockchain if the signature is valid.
Blockchain has also been utilized in various industries such as health and supply chain in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Local governments and medical institutions in Latin America have begun to use blockchain to track citizens with COVID-19-like symptoms and securely access patients’ data. The Netherlands has also been using it for tracking the supply chain of medical equipment and other necessities through blockchain-based systems to prevent sellers from setting unreasonably high prices.
Contactless payment transaction will become a new norm
Pundi X is similarly contributing to the benefits brought by blockchain. Even before the pandemic, digital payments were being used by millions of people worldwide and rarely found the need to use cash. In fact, according to McKiney & Company’s 2019 Digital Payments Survey, three out of four Americans prefer to use mobile payments. While millennials take up a large percentage of the results, the survey discovered that baby boomers have also started completing transactions through digital payments, showing that advanced technologies are not only for the youth.
Pundi X responds to the increasing demand for digital payments by allowing stores to complete transactions through the XPOS device — consumers can simply tap their XPASS card on the device or present the QR code in their XWallet app for scanning. XPOS not only allows consumers to pay merchants in crypto, but also lets them seamlessly buy digital currencies on the spot.
As that pandemic has forced more people to stay indoors and complete their transactions online, cashless payments are slowly becoming the new norm and blockchain proves to be one of the best systems to support it with its decentralized and transparent nature. People are also turning to contactless payments frequently these days to avoid risks of contracting the coronavirus through contaminated banknotes or by close contact with other people outside. Paying through blockchain has therefore proven to be more convenient and safe both in the context of health and finance, especially during this difficult time.
There’s no denying now that the use cases mentioned above represent a future that involves blockchain in every aspect of everyone’s lives. The pandemic has further highlighted the power of digital technologies and how they can help us complete our tasks safely, and finish transactions in a matter of seconds or minutes.
Speed up the development of the blockchain technology
And perhaps, blockchain can also help countries ease their restrictions and reopen their borders. With its transparent and immutable nature, blockchain can store credible data and help authorities and medical professionals streamline their operations in handling the health and policy issues brought up by the COVID-19 pandemic. Even when this crisis is over, organizations can still take advantage of blockchain in many use cases and maybe even leverage the technology to speed up or improve their products and systems.


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Travis Scott Gave Kylie Jenner a $1.4 Million LaFerrari to Celebrate the Birth of their Daughter
No, life isn’t fair.
Nothing says “I love you” like 950 fine-tuned Italian horses.
Travis Scott must know this, because he just gifted Kylie Jenner an ultra-rare Ferrari LaFerrari to celebrate the birth of their daughter, Stormi.
The celebrity socialite unveiled her “push present” via Instagram stories.
The supercar stalwart initially sold 499 LaFerraris to pre-approved customers for $1.4 million, but used examples have fetched upwards of $4 million.
With a roaring V12 engine, the 950-HP hybrid rocket is capable of achieving 0-60 mph in under three seconds. To date, it’s the most powerful Ferrari ever built.
The LaFerrari is undeniably the crown jewel of Jenner’s car collection, which also includes a Land Rover and a Ferrari 458 Spider.
Unfortunately, there’s no room for a car seat.
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Includes Virtual Reality, 3-D Scanning Featuring Boulanger*, Brooks Brothers*, Coop*, Levi Strauss & Co.*, Nordstrom*; Intel Announces First IoT Platform Designed for Retail SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 18, 2016 – Intel Corporation today unveiled a range of technological innovations that are driving new retail experiences for consumers and enabling retailers to better understand and connect with customers.
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Intel will invest US$50 million with QuTech, the quantum research institute of Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and TNO, and will dedicate engineering resources to advance research efforts. The collaboration over the next 10 years will accelerate quantum computing research, which holds the promise of solving complex problems that are practically insurmountable today
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Intel Capital announced the Intel Capital Diversity Fund – the largest of its kind – to invest $125 million in businesses led by women and underrepresented minorities. The fund launches with investments in four companies – Brit + Co*, CareCloud*, Mark One*, and Venafi* – across a wide spectrum of industries, including the Internet of Things, the maker movement, cloud computing and cybersecurity. Fund will complement Intel’s $300 million Diversity in Technology Initiative, announced in January, which aims for the company to reach full representation of women and underrepresented minorities in its U.S
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 16, 2014 – Intel announced that the upside trigger on its 2.95 percent junior subordinated convertible debentures, which were issued in 2005 and due 2035 (CUSIP No. 458140AD2) (the “Notes”), has been met for the six-month interest payment period from Dec
Almost 80 Percent Would Buy Emerging Tech Products as Gifts for Themselves but Want to Try Before They Buy SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 4, 2014 – The newly released “Intel Digital Dreams” study – pulsing Americans’ technological aspirations – revealed that from east to west and from small towns to large cities, the nation’s appetite is collectively growing for access and ownership of cutting-edge technology. If money were no object, nearly half of respondents desire a 3-D printer or personal robot under the tree this holiday.


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Ingram Micro strengthens its presence in APAC with new cloud marketplace
Ingram Micro announced the launch of the Malaysian cloud marketplace.
Exclusive interview: Dell EMC talk digital transformation post-merger
One year on from the big merger, Dell EMC say they are stronger than ever.
Kaseya's Automation Exchange creates a new marketplace for automation
"Today, automation is essential to success at scale. If you don’t automate your business, it’s increasingly difficult to survive."
Shifting to the cloud - timing is almost everything
Making commitments to a cloud transition, or cloud shift, is of course a very normal business activity - but is it the right time?
New vendors coming for Ingram Micro cloud marketplace
Ingram Micro New Zealand will be adding new vendors to its cloud marketplace portfolio, but local boss Gary Bigwood is remaining mum on who and when.
Ingram Micro ups local Cloud Marketplace and cloud services offerings
Ingram Micro has added three new vendors to its Australian Cloud Marketplace, offering new opportunities for resellers to grow their cloud business.


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Mumuso is Claimed to be A Fake Korean Brand by Koreans!
Phnom Penh: Recently, there was a video uploaded by Get Smart regarding to fake Korean products. Mumuso, which is claimed to be a fake Korean brand name, is one of the most popular shop that promote Korean cosmetics and various products. Mumuso products are all similarly labelled and designed to Korean products.
According to the video, there are 359 Mumuso flagship stores worldwide, while there is none in South Korea. There was an interview with Vietnamese girls about the perception of Mumuso products in Ho Chi Minh City. As a result, they regard it as the Korean products based on Korean alphabet, which is written on the products and in front of the store.
Moreover, the design of the Mumuso products is exactly the same to Korean that is difficult to differentiate from the Korean products.
There is also an interview with Korean citizens to distinguish the differences between Mumuso and Korean products, which hardly identify the original one. In addition, there is a discussion panel towards the Mumuso products and those words on Mumuso products make no sense to Korean people.
On the Mumuso’s webpage, there is a flag of South Korea and many Korean words; however, it is found out that the Headquarter is in China instead. The Korean man finally figures out the address written on Mumuso products and he decides to check it out. Eventually, the address on products is just a translation office for Mumuso, while the employees in the office have no idea where the Mumuso’s office is.
Korean Intellectual Property Office has said that Mumuso has established a company in Korea and it could not be confirmed the business activities in Korea.
Mumuso, Korean lifestyle brand symbolizes a simple, and vogue, is also located in Cambodia.


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Apple Concerned Ex-Employees Accused of Theft of Trade Secrets Will Flee to China
Apple today asked a federal court to continue monitoring two Chinese-born former employees accused of stealing trade secrets, citing "deep concerns" that the two could attempt to flee the country before their trials.
According to Reuters, prosecutors argued that Xiaolang Zhang and Jizhong Chen should have their locations monitored because they are flight risks.
Zhang was charged with theft of trade secrets back in July 2018 after he attempted to steal data on the car project that Apple has in the works. Prior to when he was caught, Zhang worked on Apple's compute team, designing and testing circuit boards to analyze sensor data in autonomous vehicles.
Zhang had "broad access to secure and confidential internal databases," and after announcing his plans to leave Apple for China-based XMotors, an investigation was launched due to suspicious behavior. Just ahead of leaving, Zhang accessed sensitive content that included prototypes, power requirements, low voltage requirements, battery systems, and more. Zhang was ultimately arrested at the airport in July 2018 attempting to leave for China.
In a separate incident, Apple caught Jizhong Chen, another Apple employee, taking photographs "in a sensitive workspace." After launching an investigation, Apple security officials found that Chen's personal computer contained "thousands" of Apple Car-related files, including manuals, schematics, photographs, and diagrams.
Chen had recently applied for a position with a China-based autonomous vehicle company and was arrested for theft of trade secrets one day before he was set to fly to China. Recently, it was also discovered that Chen had classified files from the Patriot missile program that belonged to Raytheon, his ex-employer.
Both men have been monitored electronically after being released on bail ahead of their trials, and they are now seeking to have that monitoring end. The lawyer for the men has said that they have not shown signs of violating pre-trial conditions thus far and did not actually share Apple's intellectual property with a third party.
The lawyer has also argued that each man was going to China to visit relatives, not to escape prosecution, and that both have strong ties to the United States. Chen and Zhang are both facing multi-year prison terms and hefty fines if convicted.
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Cadenza Innovation has developed a new design that improves the performance, cost and safety of large lithium-ion batteries. Now, with an unusual strategy for spreading the technology, the company is poised to make an impact on industries such as energy grid storage, industrial machines and electric vehicles.
Cadenza does not manufacture batteries, but licenses its technology to manufacturers who produce batteries for different applications. The company also works with licensees to optimize their production processes and sell new batteries to end users. The strategy ensures that the 4-year-old company's technology is deployed faster and more widely than it would otherwise.
Cadenza founder Christina Lampe-Onnerud, a former postdoc at MIT and a veteran of the battery industry, aims to help drive the industry as global demand for batteries reaches an inflection point.
"At the time [the company's] crazy idea was to see if there was a different way to engage with the industry and help it embrace a new technology in an existing application, like a car or a computer," Lampe-Onnerud said. The idea is that if we really want to make an impact, we can incentivize the industry to use existing capital to get better technology in the global market and be an active part of this climate-changing space.”
With this lofty goal in mind, the Connecticut-based company has partnered with organizations at all levels of the battery supply chain, including suppliers to industrial minerals, original equipment manufacturers and end users. Cadenza demonstrated its proprietary "supercell" battery architecture in Fiat's 500e model, and is completing a demonstration energy storage system for the New York Power Authority (NPA), the largest state-owned utility in the United States. ) are used when energy demand is at its peak.
The company's most significant partnership to date, though, was announced in September with Shenzhen BAK Battery Co., one of the world's largest manufacturers of lithium-ion batteries. The two companies announced that BAK will begin mass production of batteries based on the Cadenza supercell architecture in the first half of 2019.
Award-winning supercell architecture
Lampe-Onnerud's extensive exposure to lithium-ion batteries and a world-renowned technical team hastened Cadenza's rise, but the underlying driver of the company's success is simple: its technology has proven to provide manufacturers with higher battery energy densities , while reducing production costs.
Most rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are powered by cylindrical pieces of metal known as "jelly rolls." In large batteries, jelly rolls can be made large enough to limit the overall cost of the battery assembly, or small enough to take advantage of more efficient battery designs for higher energy densities. Many electric vehicle (EV) companies use large jelly rolls to avoid durability and safety issues that arise from packing small jelly rolls tightly into batteries. If one jelly roll overheats, it can cause the failure of the entire battery.
Tesla is famous for using small jelly rolls in its batteries, solving safety concerns with cooling tubes, complex circuitry, and spacing each roll for longer driving distances. But Cadenza has patented a simpler battery system, dubbed a "superbattery," that allows small jelly rolls to be tightly packed into a module.
The key to the supercell is a non-combustible ceramic fiber material, and each jelly roll is held together like eggs in a carton. This material helps control the temperature of the entire battery, isolating damage from overheated jelly rolls. Metal shunts wrapped around each jelly-roll and the fire-retardant layer of the supercell walls, reducing stress in the event of a thermal event, add to its safety advantages.
The enhanced safety allows Cadenza to pack the jelly tightly, increasing energy density, while the supercell's simple design utilizes many components currently produced at low cost and in high volumes, reducing production costs. Finally, each supercell module is designed to click like Lego bricks, making it easy for manufacturers to adjust the size of the battery to meet customer needs.
Cadenza's safety, cost and performance characteristics were validated in a grant program with the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), which began in 2013 and cost the company nearly $400 million to test the architecture.
When the supercell architecture was unveiled publicly in 2016, Lampe-Onnerud said: "It could be used to increase the range of Tesla vehicles by 70 percent, making headlines. Now the goal is to get manufacturers to adopt the architecture." .”
Lampe-Onnerud said: "There will be a lot of winners using this technology, and we know we can deliver on the (safety, performance and cost) requirements. It's up to licensees to decide how they take advantage of these."
At MIT, "Data Talks"
Lampe-Onnerud and her husband, Per Onnerud, served as Cadenza's chief technology officer and held postdoctoral positions at MIT before completing their Ph.D.s at Uppsala University in their home country. Lampe-Onnerud works closely with MIT professors of materials science and mathematics on laboratory work in inorganic chemistry, and Onnerud conducts research work in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. The experience left a deep impression on Lampe-Onnerud.
"MIT was a very formative experience," she said. "You learn how to make an argument so the data can speak. You just enable the data; you don't need to elaborate. MIT has a Special location."
Since then, Lampe-Onnerud has maintained close ties to the Faculty, participating in alumni associations, giving guest lectures on campus, and serving on the visiting committee of MIT’s Department of Corporate Chemistry—all in her Notable success in career.
Lampe-Onnerud founded Boston-Power in 2004. She became an internationally renowned manufacturer of batteries for consumer electronics, automotive and industrial applications, while serving as CEO, before the company relocated operations to China in 2012. In the early days of the company, more than seven years after Lampe-Onnerud completed her postdoctoral work, she recognized the persistence of support from the MIT community.
Lampe-Onnerud said: "We started looking for some angel investors, and the first group to respond was MIT affiliated angel investors, and we supported each other because we tend to be drawn to tough problems. It was very much in line with MIT's The spirit of the Provincial Institute of Technology: We know that if we are going to solve big problems, it will be difficult. So we like to collaborate.”
Her high-profile career at Boston Electric has earned her awards including the World Economic Forum's Technology Pioneer Award and the Swedish Woman of the Year award from the Swedish Women's Education Association. This is also the reason why some consider her the "Queen of Batteries".
Fresh out of Boston-Power, Lampe-Onnerud and her husband began designing Cadenza's supercell in their garage. They want to create a solution to help lower the world's carbon footprint, but they estimate that if they make their own batteries, they can make at most 1 billion batteries every 18 months. So they decided to switch to a technology licensing approach.
From a business standpoint, this strategy has trade-offs: Cadenza will need to raise significantly less capital than Boston-Power, but it will allow the licensee to generate a top line while taking a percentage of sales and bottom-end growth. Lampe-Onnerud is clearly happy to leverage her global network and share the benefits, maximizing Cadenza's reach.
"My hope is that we'll be able to bring people together around this technology to do something that really matters, like reducing carbon usage, eliminating nitrogen oxide emissions, or making the grid more efficient," Lampe-Onnerud said. Different ways of working together, so when one element of the ecosystem wins, we all win. It's been an inspiring process."


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IT spending marked 5% growth at constant currency, despite the worsening of the world economy especially in Western countries in 2011. The BRIC countries—Brazil, Russia, India, and China—were considered as the tech emerging market, showed double digit growth in the last year. Last year, flood in Thailand had flattered the hard disk drive (HDD) supply. Despite of all these issues, the demand of mobile devices and software across the most regions led a great finish to the year.
Due to macroeconomic weakness in Europe, the IT spending is supposed to have a weak spurt this year. In 2011, IT growth was 9% (in US dollar term) in US, and the currency conditions at present are still not favoring to its expand. A research analysis firm IDC has estimated only 5% of IT spending in 2012 worldwide.
Smartphone (+46%), software (+6%), and disk storage systems (+6%) contributed a strong growth in IT spending last year. IDC is expecting that PC industry will show a positive growth by the end of 2012—a large market share were clinched by Tablets and ultra-slim laptops in last year.
The Vice president of IDC’s Global Technology and Industry Research Organization—Stephen Minton—said, “There are risks to the outlook for 2012, mainly related to macroeconomic weakness in Europe, where IT spending is still weak. In a downside scenario, things could get much uglier in Europe and have a ripple effect through other regions. But leading indicators in the U.S. have improved in recent months, and emerging markets show no signs of a slowdown yet.”
The IT investment in last year was flattened due to decline in spending on PCs, server, peripherals, enterprise network equipment, and storage. IDC has reportedly stated that the IT spending in Europe isn’t going to soar, which is speculated to be less than 1% this year and 3% in 2013. The analysis firm also said that Sovereign debt crisis and unraveling single European currency might take a long time for settling down.
IT spending had increased by 7% last year in US, and expecting to grow by 5% this year due to strong participation of mobile devices—Smartphone and Tablets. However, the IT spending in BRIC countries is likely to be more. IT spending in Brazil and Russia is expected to have 9% and 11% respectively, whereas, it’s is somewhat more in India and China—16% and 15% respectively.
It’s quite obvious that a bulk demand of Smartphones and Tablets ate all consumers’ electronics product last year. The mobile devices shipment and mobile online shopping were all time high last year. The demand of app download unprecedentedly grew to a maximum level—contributed huge for revenue generation.


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Mumbai, Dec. 18: The Mahindras are scouting for buyouts in the US through Mahindra Systech, the groups automotive component subsidiary.
A senior official said the company was looking for a suitable partner in the US to expand the automotive and aerospace engineering division. The group is ready to invest between $25 million and $100 million in the acquisitions.
We are looking for a US partner with valuations that match our profile. When it comes to automotive engineering business, Detroit will be a good option. For our aerospace engineering business, an acquisition in Seattle will be one of our top priorities. We are also looking at opportunities in Canada, where automotive engineering has picked up pace. The acquisitions will be completed within a span of 18 months, the official told The Telegraph.
Established in 2004, Mahindra Systech manufactures parts and components that cater to the automotive and aerospace industry.
The company generates revenues of about $800 million, mostly through international operations.
It runs the business through six subsidiaries Mahindra Engineering, Mahindra Sourcing, Mahindra Forging, Mahindra Gears, Mahindra Composites, and Mahindra Steel Products.
Mahindra Systech handles majority of its European operations through its collaborations with forgings giant Jeco AG and Schoneweiss GmbH in Germany and the Stokes Group in the UK.
Mahindra Engineering Services accounts for a revenue share of $25 million in Mahindra Systech and is growing at about 50 per cent year-on-year.
We are looking at an incremental EBITDA of 2 per cent on a year-on-year basis. By March 2008, we are expecting an EBITDA growth of 1.5 per cent. At Systech, almost 75 per cent of our revenues come from international operations. Systech is poised to become one of the fastest-growing automotive component manufacturing companies in the world, Hemant Luthra, president of Mahindra Systech said.
We have already established our presence in Europe and are now planning to establish a footprint in the US, Luthra added.


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According to the Amazon listing and a few other major online retail chains, it looks like the Mate 9 is going to be priced at $499 going forward, which is $100 off the retail launch price. If you dig the Space Gray option, you actually will be able to take advantage of a further discount, with it coming in at $487.99. As for the Honor 6X, you can get your hands on this device in any of the colors for a low price of $199.99, which is $50 less than its launch price.
While there typically isn't too much price fluctuation over the course of a year, 2017 has been an extreme exception with Samsung, LG, HTC, and now Huawei offering up major discounts on their newly released handsets. With such an intense discounting war going on at the moment, one can only wonder how Motorola will compete with its newly released Moto Z2 Force that retails for $720.
If curious about the newly discounted handsets, be sure to check out our review of the Huawei Mate 9 and the Honor 6X. Both devices are well worth the price, but even more so now with the new discounts.
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U.S. Internet users conducted 6.9 billion searches in February, according to data from comScore Networks' qSearch.
The 6.9 billion searches conducted in February account for a 1 percent increase over January 2007 and a 19 percent increase over February 2006. Web surfers used Google for 3.3 billion search queries. Yahoo served 2 billion, MSN garnered 730 million, Ask.com served 348 million, and Time Warner sites, including AOL, served 338 million searches in February.
QSearch data are based on an opt-in global panel of over 2 million consumers. The panel is observed for browsing and transactional behavior and participates in survey research to capture attitudes.
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GM China Sales Up 15.2 Percent To 319,936 Units In September 20142
Sales of General Motors vehicles and those of its joint venture partners in China totaled 319,936 units in September 2014, an increase of 15.2 percent compared to September 2013 sales . The results represent an all-time high for the month of September and the second-best month of 2014 for GM China as a whole. In addition, Shanghai GM and SAIC-GM-Wuling posted record September domestic sales results.
Shanghai GM, The General’s primary Chinese joint venture that handles sales of Chevy, Buick, and Cadillac vehicles, sold 158,906 units — an increase of 19.6 percent on a year-over-year basis.
Of the 158,906 units sold by Shanghai GM, Buick sales totaled 83,638 units — up 17.8 percent. Sales of the original Excelle family rose 9.9 percent to 29,549 units and sales of the Excelle XT and GT rose 10.1 percent to 21,636 units. In addition, sales of the Regal and Encore totaled 10,491 units and 6,988 units, respectively.
Chevy sales grew 19.3 percent to 68,347 unit. At 24,256 units sold, the Cruze remained the brand’s top-selling model, with excitement around the nameplate being spurred thanks to the launch of the all-new D2Xx-based model. The Cruze was followed by the Sail, which recorded sales of 19,825 units. In addition, sales of the Malibu rose 34.0 percent to a September record 11,812 units.
Cadillac sales grew 51.4 percent to 6,807 units. The best-sellers remained the XTS, at 2,971 units, and the SRX, which delivered 2,556 units.
SAIC-GM-Wuling’s sales increased 14.5 percent to 159,906 units in China.
Domestic Wuling sales totaled 135,128 units in September, up 4.2 percent year-over-year, with sales of the Hong Guang family growing 18.4 percent to 60,652 units.
Baojun sales jumped 147.1 percent to 24,778 units, with the Baojun 730 MPV moving 21,016 units in its second month on the market.
FAW-GM sales dropped 73.8 percent to 1,238 vehicles.
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Maternity pants that ensure a woman's 'intimate parts' are covered up during CHILDBIRTH go on sale in pharmacies in Malaysia to 'protect women's modesty'
- Created by online store MamaPride which sells the product for around £20
- The trousers cover the woman's thighs, knees and ankles during childbirth
- Small opening in the crotch has enough room for baby to make its way out
- Claims some Malaysian women do not agree with men delivering their child
A Malaysian clothing company has created maternity pants which conceal a women's 'intimate parts' during childbirth.
The garment is produced by online store MamaPride which claims some women in the Muslim-majority country 'do not agree' with male doctors delivering their baby.
It says the product, which 'preserves the dignity of females' by covering the thighs, ankles and knees during labour, is the first of its kind in the world.
MamaPride sells the trousers on its Facebook page and website for around £20 each. They are available in three sizes - large, extra-large and extra-extra-large.
Covered up: Malaysian company MamaPride has developed maternity pants (pictured) which hide women's thighs, knees and ankles during childbirth
Dignity: The company says their garment (pictured) 'preserves the dignity of females' in the Muslim-majority country, some of whom 'do not agree' with a male doctor delivering their baby
The trousers resemble baggy tracksuit bottoms and open only at the crotch to enable delivery of the baby.
The company says most Malaysian women give birth in Sarongs and their product is designed to minimise the amount of skin on display.
MamaPride has written on its Facebook page that the modesty of Muslim women is often ignored during childbirth.
The post read: 'Are we to just ignore the honour and aurat of our wives just like that? Where is the honour of Muslim women?'
'We try to generate an alternative that did not prevent the birth process and at the same time close parts that are not needed.'
Pregnancy pants: The trousers (pictured) resemble baggy tracksuit bottoms and open only at the crotch to enable delivery of the baby
The 'aurat' refers to the parts of a Muslim woman's body that must be covered. It then described how the opening in the pants has just enough space just for the 'baby to make its way out', The Malay Online reported.
It urged Muslim women who are concerned about their 'aurat' 'to spread the message about their unique pants but insisted it is not compulsory to wear them.
After a great deal of interest in the product, MamaPride wrote on its Facebook page: 'The decision is totally up to a mother. We do not and never force anyone to use our product.
'We are solution provider in the hope that this will tackle the issue of a male doctor attending delivery.
'We always remind our customer to discuss about this garment with the doctors. We acknowledge some hospitals that dislike this idea.'
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While the world may be going through one of the worst pandemics in biology and the environment, the economy has not been left unscathed. The Covid-19 recession is an ongoing economic crisis as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. It may not seem possible but the recession has been cited to be the world’s worst global economic crisis since the Great Depression. This article seeks to break down this economic event into a digestible read so that you can understand one of the world’s greatest economic events.
What Were The Causes Of The Covid-19 Economic Recession?
- The most obvious and blatant cause can be cited to be the Covid-19 pandemic. This was an outbreak that began in a small city in China and has now spread to all nations in the world, having killed hundreds of millions in the process. The pandemic led to a severe economic disruption. It resulted in the cancellation of large economic events such as political and cultural events, a widespread shortage of essential items worsened by panic-buying, cancellation of non-essential travelling, etc. Schools, universities and workplaces have all been closed as a result. This pandemic has dented every major industry negatively and is one of the greatest causes for the stock market crash (where there was a sudden global stock market plummet in early 2020).
- As a result of the pandemic, the largest economic cause of the recession was lockdowns. These lockdowns, imposed by stay-at-home orders, caused many businesses (specifically in-person B2C businesses like restraints, retail stores, entertainment venues) to shut down. Individuals began to change their spending habits by hoarding goods, reducing spending, and hence, affecting big and small businesses. According to a study in 2021, only 7% of the decline in economic activity resulted from government policies that prohibited such activity. The rest of the decline was due to consumers voluntarily stopping spending.
- A cause that often goes unnoticed is the Russia-Saudi Arabia oil price war. The pandemic significantly impacted the oil demand and the prices of oil began to plummet. Russia and the OPEC could not agree on production cuts, and Russia and Saudi Arabia engaged in pricing and supply wars over oil production.
These causes resulted in a global coronavirus recession. Both advanced and emerging economies were deeply impacted by the pandemic, as shown in the graph below. In 2020, the GDP was rattled and rolled by the pandemic. Many nations are predicted to not see recovery up until 2025.
It would be ideal if this article could be wrapped up with the end of this recession. However, even BiteSizEconomics cannot predict the future in such unprecedented times. However, it is admirable to see how the world is growing and coming together in communities. Support your local businesses and stay united in these uncertain times.


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"Potential spoilers would be refinery outages or a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico," said AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins.
Gas prices remained stable through the Labor Day holiday weekend as 29.7 million people gassed up the vehicle for a road trip, an industry official said Tuesday.
Prices were the cheapest for the holiday since 2010, and compared to last year's Labor Day, the average price was 15 cents cheaper nationwide, 19 cents cheaper in Florida, and 20 cents cheaper in Georgia.
"There's no doubt that low gas prices helped convince many Americans, who were on the fence about traveling, to take a trip during the holiday weekend," said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA - The Auto Club Group. "Prices may get even cheaper in the coming months. Demand typically declines in the fall and domestic production is high, which should help push gasoline prices, in many markets, below $3 a gallon before the end of the year. Potential spoilers would be refinery outages or a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico."
The month of August saw falling oil prices and the cheapest gas for that month in four years. The price for a barrel of WTI on the NYMEX was $97.88 on Aug. 1, but finished the month at $93.86. Since Aug. 1, the national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline fell 9 cents. The current average price is $3.43 nationwide, $3.37 in Florida, and $3.33 in Georgia.
The average price in Gainesville on Tuesday was $3.39, down 1 cent from last week, according to the website GasBuddy.com. In Ocala, the average price of $3.36 actually was 5 cents higher than the previous week.


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WORKERS at Ford’s engine plant in Bridgend are celebrating a more secure future after the sale of Jaguar and Land Rover to Indian firm Tata.
Jobs at the Ford engine plant at Waterton are thought to be safe until 2012 after Ford sold Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata for £1bn.
The 27-year-old Bridgend plant employs approximately 1,685 people and produces engines for Jaguar.
It is the borough’s largest private-sector employer.
Following initial fears over the future of the site, Bridgend AM Carwyn Jones said the sale seems to be good news for the plant.
“It certainly secures jobs for as long as could be expected and I hope the jobs remain for well beyond that.
“When Bridgend has found itself in this position, it has shown people it can be a productive plant and a lot of faith has been shown in the past by Ford.
“I very much welcome this news.”
The Bridgend plant produces 3.2-litre and 4.0-litre engines for Jaguar and has made engines for the company for eight years.
In January 2007, Ford created 200 jobs at the site, much to workers’ delight.
The sale process for Land Rover and Jaguar started last June after Ford said it intended to sell the companies together.
The announcement initially sparked fears for the Bridgend plant.
But these fears were quashed after the announcement yesterday (Wednesday).
Tony Woodley, joint general secretary of trade union Unite, said Tata was the best option if the companies had to be sold.
“We would have much preferred Ford to keep the companies in the family, so to speak, especially with Land Rover being so profitable,” he said.
“But with the commitments Tata have given to the future of Jaguar Land Rover and the long-term supply agreements for components, especially engines from Bridgend and Dagenham, we’re obviously pleased they are in the game.”


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Snap Inc., the parent company of the millennial-loved Snapchat app and makers of camera-equipped sunglasses, Spectacles, recently filed paperwork for an initial public offering, targeting a valuation between $20 billion and $25 billion. With a coveted core base — the app claims to reach 41% of all 18- to 34-year-olds in the U.S. on a given day — and a business model matching the advertising industry’s ongoing shift to mobile, the five-year-old company remains a media darling in an environment dearth of other significant offerings.
Snap wants to raise at least $3 billion, but it has yet to turn the kind of profit that justifies such an expensive offering. Closer inspection on the company’s revenue sources, losses, competition and stagnating growth rates shows that despite the attention, the company might present challenges to investors — and publishers who are investing time and money in the platform. The company lost $514.6 million in 2016 and has warned prospective shareholders that it “may never achieve or maintain profitability.”
The Pluses for Snap — and Publishers
But Snapchat has certainly made hay with its walled garden, Discover, showcasing content from premium publishers eager to get daily content in front of that juicy core audience. And the New York Times recently signed on to deliver its Morning Brief for Discover, citing Snapchat as the “ideal place” to deliver “smart, visual digital journalism” to younger audiences. According to new research from eMarketer, nearly half of Snapchat’s revenues last year — 43%, to be precise — came from ads on Discover.
Unlike the 30-second standard ads for television commercials, or even YouTube’s 15- or 30-second pre-roll ads, the quick and easy 10-second spots on Discover are just right for an audience used to on-demand television. And advertisers must tailor their creative to the audience, in order to drive swipes and attention. Plus, eMarketer projects that Snapchat’s total revenues will more than double in 2017, from $348 million to $804 million, while the company says it is aiming for $1 billion in revenues this year.
The Downfalls for Publishers
That’s great for Snap but not so hot for most publishers, who have received little more than tepid gains from their work on Snapchat, according to research from Digital Content Next. DCN found that their members surveyed reaped the least revenues from Snapchat in the first half of 2016 — $192,819 per publisher, compared to $773,567 earned on YouTube, $560,144 from Facebook and $482,788 on Twitter. DCN publishers also cited Snapchat as the most difficult company to work with.
While Snapchat has alluded to future offerings of better metrics for advertisers, and announced a pay-up-front licensing model that may help publishers monetize on Discover more effectively — a model akin to what TV networks use when purchasing programming — that’s not exactly a foolproof profit plan, at least not yet. While Snapchat has managed to avoid the onslaught of fake news that’s polluted other platforms, publishers would be right to continue to be wary of giving complete control to the platform — even a hot one like Snapchat with a lock (for now) on millennials.
The Stresses of Being a Hot Commodity
Of course, Snapchat’s biggest rival, Facebook, isn’t standing still. Like Snapchat, Facebook also wants to be the next TV, and a much more visual network. From Instagram Stories to tests of disappearing messages on Messenger, Facebook hasn’t been discreet about cloning Snapchat, and this intense competition may prove difficult for the upstart in the long run. (Note that Snap rejected a $3 billion buyout offer from Facebook previously.)
In its prospectus, Snapchat cited “increased competition” as one of the key reasons user growth slowed considerably at the end of last year, a trend that prompted comparisons to Twitter — another company with a hot IPO that’s failed to attract new users and growth. And unlike Facebook — which has grown to be the most powerful network in countries like India, where mobile connectivity is the de-facto way users access the Internet — Snapchat’s reliance on strong mobile infrastructure and cheap bandwidth costs means that its international growth is limited. It also faces competition from regional apps like Asia’s Snow.
Then there’s the concern that Snapchat will fail to reach users over the age of 30, whereas Facebook has proved to be friendly for multiple generations. Better ad targeting and deeper engagement, therefore, is crucial for Snapchat. But it’s running neck-and-neck with Instagram when it comes to being an important network for teens, according to a fall 2016 survey by Piper Jaffray, with 80% of teens using Snapchat to 79% opting for Instagram. Not only that, but one in three users on both Instagram and Snapchat said they hardly noticed the ads on their platform of choice, according to eMarketer.
Snap certainly has some tall orders to fill if it wants to match its valuation hype, as the buzz builds around its IPO. Publishers, especially magazine and digital native outlets, will continue to shower attention on Snapchat and get a payoff, but for the platform to really reach beyond its core millennials, that will take more time and investment.


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The Stairway Manufacturers’ Association reports 34 percent growth in membership in the last year.
“An increase in new members is usual prior to a conference, but this kind of sustained acceleration is not characteristic over a year-long stretch”, executive director Dave Cooper said in a statement. “The diversity of applicants is unique and each has unique reasons to join or return to the fold from a more stressful economy.
“The common thread is they are strategizing for growth and the SMA is providing valuable resources.”
The association also reported that registrations for its 25th anniversary annual conference in New Orleans are exceeding projections. At five weeks out from the April 11-14 event, early registrations are 30 percent higher than last year at the same time.
Officially formed in 1988, the association is dedicated to insure the growth and prosperity of the industry and craft. The group has grown to include stairbuilders, installers, stair-part manufacturers, millwork distributors and related ancillary businesses that support the stairway industry.


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Motorists will save between $9.94 and $14.30 on an average tank of petrol after budget commitments to slash excise tax to curb soaring cost of living pressures.
A temporary six month reduction to the tax will take effect from budget night in a bid to ease upward pressure on petrol prices at the bowser.
The measure will see a 50 per cent reduction in fuel excise, reducing the government share from 44.2 cents to 22.1 cents for every litre.
It is estimated an Australian household with one vehicle will benefit by $300 from the excise reduction.
A number of industry groups and politicians across the political divide had been calling for a temporary cut following Russia's invasion of Ukraine which prompted a price shock in oil markets globally.
Fuel prices had also been rising due to supply shortages before the Ukrainian crisis occurred.
The temporary reduction which is applicable to all petroleum based fuels except for aviation fuel is slated to decrease the underlying cash balance by $3 billion.
According to budget costings, the government will forgo $5.6 billion in receipts and decrease payments by $2.7 billion over the forward estimates.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg outlined a family with two cars would be saving $30 a week.
"This cut in fuel excise, which takes effect from midnight tonight, will flow through to the bowser over the next two weeks," he said. "Whether you're dropping the kids at school, driving to and from work or visiting family and friends, it will cost less."
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will be monitoring if retailers are price gouging at the pump, with false and deceptive advertising potentially attracting penalties of up to $10 million.
"If retailers make false or misleading statements to consumers that they have passed on the savings, when they have not, the ACCC will not hesitate to take appropriate enforcement action," new ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said.
Australia's terminal gate price on Monday rose 1.6 per cent to 188.8 cents per litre. This is 47.6 cents higher than the low booked on December 8, 2021.
Budget documents show the fuel excise reduction is expected to reduce headline inflation by a quarter of a percentage point.
Treasury expects inflation for 2021-22 will hit 4.25 per cent which is partly being pushed up by recent rises in petrol prices.
From September 28, the fuel excise tax will revert back to 44.2 cents a litre.
The government is making no changes to the road user charges for heavy vehicles on public roads, while lighter vehicles will get a halving in tax paid.
Heavy vehicles are expected to get a 4.3 cents per litre benefit from the excise reductions.
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THE DANGERS of buying counterfeit goods will be on show at this year’s Gardeners World Live show at the NEC in Birmingham.
Revenue and Customs officers will be hosting a stand at the show to highlight the pitfalls of buying fake items in an industry that costs the UK economy £9 billion a year.
Among the exhibits will be imported counterfeit games consoles, being sold for £40, found to have potentially dangerous power adaptors.
The stand will also feature counterfeit clothing, accessories and DVDs.
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"We know the recall has worsened an already existing industrywide infant formula shortage in the U.S., and we've been seeing and hearing the stress and despair of parents who are facing empty shelves," Abbott's Thursday statement said. "We deeply regret the situation, and since the recall we've been working to increase supply at our other FDA-registered facilities, including bringing in Similac from our site in Cootehill, Ireland, by air and producing more liquid Similac and Alimentum. We also began releasing metabolic formulas that were on hold earlier this month at FDA's request to those who need these unique formulas."
Abbott said once restarted, the Sturgis facility would begin production of EleCare, Alimentum and metabolic formulas first, and then begin production of Similac and other formulas.
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Abbott's recalls came after four complaints of the environmental bacteria Cronobacter sakazakii in infants who consumed formula produced in this plant. In those cases, two infants dies and two became sick, Abbott said.
Several class-action lawsuits have been filed against Abbott claiming the company’s baby powder formulas—notably its Similac line—are making infants sick with bacterial infections.
Abbott said they've found no link between Sturgis and the bacteria, although the FDA observed areas where Abbott did not follow its processes and where it can improve systems and protocols.
An investigation at the plant found that "after a thorough review of all available data, there is no evidence to link our formulas to these infant illnesses."
In microbiological testing on products prior to distribution, no Abbott formula distributed to consumers tested positive for Cronobacter sakazakii or salmonella, the statement said.
All finished product testing by Abbott and the FDA during the inspection of the facility came back negative for Cronobacter and/or salmonella.
No salmonella was found at the Sturgis facility, but Cronobacter sakazakii was found in environmental testing during the investigation was in non-product contact areas of the facility and has not been linked to any known infant illness through genetic testing of the bacteria at the plant and the samples from ill infants, the statement said.
"In all four cases, the state, FDA, and/or CDC tested samples of the Abbott formula that was used by the child. In all four cases, all unopened containers tested negative," the statement said.
"We take this very seriously and we responded to the (FDA observations) on April 8," Abbott's statement said. "Even before our formal response, we had begun working to address these issues, implement improvements and take corrective action."
The nationwide supply shortage of infant formula resulting from supply chain backlogs and the Abbott recalls moved President Joe Biden to announce today that he will speak with infant formula manufacturers and announce additional actions to address a national shortage that’s left frantic parents scouring stores to feed their children, Bloomberg reports.
The president will also speak to retailers as part of today's meeting, according to a White House official, who asked not to be identified ahead of the event.
Baby formulas nationwide have an out-of-stock rate of 43%, according to figures for the week ending May 8 that were released by retail-tracking firm Datasembly.
Earlier this week, the FDA said it was expediting reviews of formula and easing import processes.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Chrysler Group LLC reported U.S. cars sales were up 11% in May, according to a statement at the firm. The automaker sold 166,596 cars in May, compared to 150,041 in the same month the year before. The sales were the best for the month for the firm since 2007. Chrysler had eight car brands set record sales with their best month ever, including Jeep Wrangler and Jeep Compass. The sales for the Jeep, Dodge, Ram Truck and Fiat brands were up in May compared to the same month a year ago.
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Spy Photo: Oppo Find 5 mini real after all?
After receiving the official word from Oppo that a Find 5 mini is not on the cards, we’re pretty surprised to see this spy photo of what is claimed to be the Oppo Find 5 mini!
UMi Cross phablet spy photo
We wonder if UMi are further along with their next product, the UMi Cross phablet, than we had anticipated as it seems a prototype is already in testing.
Vivo X3 spy photo leaked
Vivo will be launching the flagship Vivo Xplay later this month, but that’s not the only phone they have waiting on the bench as it appears the Vivo X3 might also be making an appearance.
Leaked first photo of the Tegra 4 powered ZTE N988
NVIDIA announced the Tegra 4 a few months ago, and rumours that ZTE are going to be the first to launch a phone with the new …
Dear Apple please don’t let this plastic iPhone 5 be your budget option
Leaked photos show the plastic rear shell of the rumoured plastic iPhone 5, let’s keep our fingers crossed that it turns out to be a …
Chinese streaming startup LETV planning to launch a smart TV with Foxconn
Any of you out there who enjoy watching the latest TV shows online without having to pay a subscription have probably found the numerous great …
Another Vivo Xplay spy photo plus launch details
Vivo were rumoured to be launching the new Vivo Xplay during an event held in Shenzhen, it now looks like Beijing will see the officially …
Zopo ZP960 the 5-inch 1080HD, quad-core Zopo we have been waiting for!
Zopo seem to have been waiting to see what the competition had in store before releasing details of their own quad-core, 1080HD phone the all new Zopo ZP960!
Red Xiaomi Mi2A spy photo
It appears Xiaomi’s next generation Android smartphone is almost ready to launch. Yesterday the new budget phone was found to have received its network license …
Xiaomi Mi3 prototype turns up again this time with 5.5-inch display!
Remember last year when numerous Xiaomi Mi2 prototypes appeared showing all sorts of weird and wonderful designs? Well I’m having deja vu as the same is happening again for the Xiaomi Mi3!
Huawei Ascend P2 turns up again appears to be waterproof!
The Huawei Ascend P2 has been caught on camera once again, this time at the beach where it appears to be showing off its waterproof capabilities.
Spy photos: UMi X2 turns up with X1
Tracking down real images of the UMi X2 has proven extremely difficult, but as persistent as we are we have finally managed to get a photo showing the new phone in all it’s 5-inch 1080 glory!
Real Jiayu G4 Benchmarks! Production phone looks set for launch!
The JiaYu G4 is without doubt one of the most anticipated quad-core MT6589 phones to launch later this year, and judging by these photos the …
HTC M7 shows up on stage looks nothing like the leaks!
The run up to the Chinese Spring Festival is proving to be a time manufacturers throw caution to the wind and show off new devices …
JiaYu G4 shows off 4.7-inch display in new leaked photo, could be going international!
JiaYu are up to their old tricks again leaking photos of their upcoming 4.7-inch MT6589 quad-core phone, the JiaYu G4, on their forums.
Spy Photo: 5.3 inch Meox phone with 1920 x 1080 screen and 13MP camera
Meox are one of the few Chinese phone companies which offer a phone with a curved display, while this is a nice party trick it …
ZTE Nubia Z5 photos leaked coming this December
Spy photos of the flagship Nubia Z5 Android phone from ZTE’s new brand have been discovered along with a launch date!
Xiaomi M2 Benchmarks Leaked Leaves Samsung Galaxy S3 in the dust!
Leaked benchmark results show the new Xiaomi Mi2 will be more powerful than Samsung’s top of the range Galaxy S3 handset!
First Look: Motorola Xoom Knock-off Honeycomb Tablet
The Motorola Xoom, like in many countries, doesn’t enjoy the cult following the iPad and iPad 2 have, so it has taken the local Chinese …


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With $1 million raised in less than 24 hours, the IMPT presale has now surpassed $15.9 million in funding. The increase in participation, which comes with fewer than four days left in the sale, shows strong interest in the Ethereum-based eco-friendly marketplace.
The growing participation is expected to draw ESG-focused investors once it starts in the New Year. And it is a golden chance for you to invest your money and make a profit.
Exchange listings will happen shortly after the IMPT presale ends; Uniswap, LBANK Exchange, and Changelly Pro have already said they support the native coin. Together with its expanding network of more than 25,000 retail partners, this gives it a solid base to expand in the future.
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Presale participants may collect their IMPT tokens starting on December 12, the day after the sale finishes formally. The initial exchange listings for IMPT have been scheduled for December 14.
Just an hour ago, IMPT celebrated reaching $15.5 million, but since then, the sum has risen to $15.92 million. With a limit of $25.98 million for the second and final stage of the sale, it will reach $16 million in a matter of minutes.
Given its fundamentals, IMPT is likely to hit $20 million or more by December 11. It will combine a market for NFT-based carbon offsets with a platform.
And through that platform, customers can buy products from merchants who donate a portion of their sales to environmental initiatives. These two aspects of its operations will work together to promote greener behaviour among consumers and businesses.
In its whitepaper, IMPT claims that its platform would let customers browse across a network of “thousands” of retail brands. IMPT has confirmed in tweets that it has already signed up more than 25,000 affiliates.
Customers will receive IMPT tokens as a reward for making purchases from these companies, which they can then use to purchase NFT-based carbon credits. These credits may then be either resold or retired, with the latter adding to the user’s IMPT.io score, which measures their environmental effect.
Importantly, because IMPT uses the Ethereum blockchain, its NFT-based carbon credits will be easier to trace and more transparent than carbon offsets from the past.
Campaigners, journalists, and others have long lamented the opaque nature of the current carbon credit market, which frequently leads to upselling and price gouging.
However, many prior cases of abuse are likely to be stopped by IMPT because every transaction and credit is visible on Ethereum. This is a significant factor in its ability to generate so much interest for its platform.
It’s important to note that IMPT has a 3 billion maximum supply, of which 42% will be used for the sale. Additionally, any portion of this allotment that isn’t sold will be burnt, further reducing the availability of IMPT.


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Geneva watch fair steals the show as brands desert Baselworld
Oct 5, 2017
More and more brands are deserting the Baselworld watch fair held every March, blaming high costs and insufficient returns, while high-end players seek refuge at the rival fair in Geneva.
The number of exhibitors dropped to 1,300 this year from 1,500 in 2016, and participation is expected to fall further as more brands announce their retreat, the latest deserters being independents Eberhard & Co and Louis Erard.
“Baselworld organizers were expecting the number of exhibitors to drop by 30-60 percent next year,” Mario Peserico, head of the Eberhard brand, told Reuters on Thursday.
Eberhard is ending 70 years of participation at Baselword, which traces its history back to 1917.
“It was a painful decision,” Peserico said, “but the costs were so high -- 1 million Swiss francs ($1.02 million) last year -- and there are fewer buyers and journalists there each year.”
Swiss watchmakers are only slowly emerging from a severe downturn in demand, making it hard for smaller and independent brands to pay the high costs in Basel.
Baselworld organizers declined to comment, saying only that “decisive adjustments to the show concept are being worked out”.
But while Baselworld shrinks, the SIHH Geneva watch fair -- held in January and dominated by Richemont’s high-end brands -- is growing to 34 exhibitors next year.
French luxury group Hermes is exhibiting its timepieces in Geneva instead of at Baselworld next year, citing “the spirit of openness shown by the SIHH over the last two years”.
The SIHH welcomed Kering’s Ulysse Nardin and Girard Perregaux brands through its doors this year and started hosting small independent brands in 2016.
The two shows are difficult to compare because Baselworld is a huge public event, while SIHH is much more selective and upmarket. It only started opening to the public this year, on the last day of the show.
LVMH’s watch brands displayed their products on a boat in downtown Geneva last January to take advantage of retailers’ and journalists’ presence at the SIHH.
Recent research by Deloitte suggests that the SIHH may also be taking the lead in the digital area.
“At this year’s SIHH, social media played an important role,” Deloitte said, citing the live streaming of the opening ceremony and Richemont brands interacting with customers via social media throughout the show.
Last month Richemont hired Rewe Digital’s Jean-Jacques van Oosten for the new role of chief technology officer to boost its digital development.
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Invicta 20 507
Kalamia 7 286
Pioneer 6 822
Inkerman 12 648
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AUSTRALIAN sugar cane farmers have said moves to reduce the tariff on exports to Indonesia by 3 percent will level the playing field.
Indonesia has agreed to reduce tariffs on Australian raw sugar imports to 5 percent in exchange for eliminating import duties on Indonesian herbicides and pesticides as part of moves towards securing a new free trade deal.
Indonesian Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita met with his Australian counterpart Steven Ciobo last Wednesday in Jakarta as part of the ongoing negotiations.
Mr Ciobo said the tariff cuts reflected our shared ambition for completing the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA).
Indonesian pesticides and herbicides are expected to be more competitive in the Australian market and offer greater choice to consumers, while Indonesias processed food and beverage industries are set to benefit from lower raw sugar prices in meeting the demands of national and regional markets, the ministers said in a statement.
Mr Lukita said Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull – who revealed the farm trade exchange during talks in February – were determined to conclude IA-CEPA this year and we are doing all we can to make that happen.
Indonesian Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita (right) met with his Australian counterpart Steven Ciobo on Wednesday.
Australian Sugar Industry Alliance Chair and Chair of its Trade Committee Paul Schembri said his group was looking forward to Indonesia being restored as a major export destination for Australian raw sugar.
A 3 percent tariff cut is a good outcome for Australian farmers and millers and for Indonesian refiners who want access to our high-quality product at a competitive price, he said.
Australia was put at a disadvantage in 2015 when Indonesia granted Thailand a 5 percent tariff on sugar while Australia stayed at an effective 8 percent.
We went from supplying around a third of Indonesia’s sugar imports to almost nothing.
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Apple this week began stocking a new 4K 23.7-inch LG UltraFine Display, which replaces the original 21.5-inch 4K LG UltraFine Display that was pulled from retail stores and the online Apple Store earlier this year.
We picked up one of the new 23.7-inch UltraFine Displays and thought we'd check it out to see if it's worth the $700 price point.