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CUSTOMER SUCCESS AND COMPANY EXPANSION MARK XACTLY’S 7TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF RECORD BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
Demonstrating the strong market demand for effective compensation solutions that enable companies to align and incent their workforce to achieve more, Xactly recently closed its 7th consecutive year of record customer and company growth.
In its fiscal year ending January 31, 2013 (FY13), Xactly grew revenue by 32 percent over the prior year. The company also grew its customer base by more than 60 percent, exceeding the 500 customer mark and notably increasing the number of large customers compensating more than 1,000 people.
New Xactly Incent and Express customers, spanning businesses of all sizes and across nearly every industry, include Angie’s List, Barracuda Networks, Box Inc., BrightTALK, Centrify Corporation, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Compuware, CooperSurgical, Cornerstone OnDemand, Dice, Dyn, Envivio, Genworth Financial Inc., Glassdoor.com, GoodData, Lexmark, LiveOps, Nimble Storage Inc., Palo Alto Networks, Pervasive Software Inc., Ping Identity, Rosetta Stone Inc., Schneider Electric Buildings Americas, TRUSTe, Verdasys and Zendesk Inc.
The company maintained a customer renewal rate of more than 92 percent in FY13 and was recently selected as a winner in the Salesforce AppExchange Customer Choice Awards. Read the positive customer reviews that propelled the win here: http://bit.ly/TrJcLD.
“Service is the critical part of Software-as-a-Service, and stellar products are paramount as customers are empowered to easily switch from vendors that don’t deliver on their promises,” said Christopher Cabrera, president and CEO of Xactly Corporation. “Our strong customer growth and renewal rates, countless awards and continued momentum speak volumes about our service, people and products and the value we deliver to our customers every day.”
Xactly was named to the Wall Street Journal’s “Next Big Thing” list of the top 50 venture-backed companies in the United States for the second year running and featured as one of the top 25 small workplaces in the nation by Great Places to Work in FORTUNE Magazine.
To support its strong company momentum and ability to rapidly deliver new innovations to market, Xactly significantly expanded its global workforce in FY13, extending its presence in the U.S., EMEA and India. Today, more than 25 percent of Xactly’s subscribers are outside North America and are being paid in more than 50 different currencies.
Recently, the company opened a new office in London to further support its traction in the region, which was aided by local partner support from ZS Associates, OpenSymmetry, and westbrook International. The company also teamed with OpenSymmetry to introduce a new managed services offering.
Motivating Better Performance and Rep Engagement
In FY13, Xactly continued to enhance its award-winning product lines with new features geared to help customers engage and motivate employees to achieve more. New gamification features including non-cash contests, leader boards, badges and social notifications allow sales managers to incent smarter for enhanced selling behaviors and allow sales reps to compete, win contests and be recognized amongst their peers.
In addition, Xactly continued to deliver new mobile innovations including Xactly Incent and Express for the iPad®, providing sales reps the intelligence they need to optimize each deal and manage their sales commission payments anytime, anywhere.
Connecting the Cloud Ecosystem for Better Customer Insights and Performance
With key partnerships across the SaaS ecosystem, Xactly enables customers to easily integrate sales Big Data with other key applications to improve forecasts and get critical insights faster, from initial customer interaction through to the final sale. Xactly’s partner community grew more than 100 percent in FY13 and the company strengthened its position as a leading compensation management provider for all three major CRM platforms: Salesforce.com, Oracle Sales and Marketing Cloud Service and Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
Xactly also added new integrations with key finance solutions, including Intuit QuickBooks, allowing growing businesses to easily manage every aspect of their revenue stream, including the payment of sales commissions.
In addition, Xactly extended its Xactly Express Connect service, powered by Informatica, Scribe and Salesforce.com, allowing customers to easily integrate information between Xactly Express and other business-critical applications.
Throughout FY13, Xactly continued to add new functionality to Incent and Express – from enhanced workflows to a plan store of templates – designed to help sales, finance and administrators manage compensation quicker and more accurately.
The company also expanded the underlying architecture of its platform to meet the demands of its rapidly-expanding customer base. Xactly’s calculation engines can now process hundreds of millions of transactions for customers with tens of thousands of payees, further increasing the large addressable market the company focuses on.
“The last year has been the most successful in our company’s history and we are well positioned to accelerate our growth in 2013,” continued Cabrera. “Compensation is one of the most proven mechanisms for driving the right behaviors and results – not only in sales, but in any department. A huge opportunity remains for most companies to truly experience the impact that an effective and aligned compensation program can have on employee performance and bottom-line results.”
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About Xactly Corporation
Xactly Corporation is the market leader in on-demand sales compensation and sales performance management. The company’s suite of sales compensation and related sales performance management products, enables sales and finance executives to design, implement, manage, audit and optimize sales commission management programs easily and affordably. Xactly’s solutions automate the process of aggregating data from disparate systems into a secure, hosted repository, and enable companies to leverage this business data, which is the lifeblood of sales performance management. Xactly helps companies improve operational performance, optimize sales effectiveness, proactively manage risk and compliance, and maximize profits. The Xactly family of products is used by sales and finance executives, compensation analysts, sales operations and sales professionals across a variety of industries, ranging from SMBs to large enterprises. For more information, visit www.xactlycorp.com or call 1-866-GO-XACTLY (469-2285).
Xactly Corporation. All rights reserved. Xactly, Xactly Incent, Xactly Express and “Incent right.” are trademarks or registered trademarks of Xactly Corporation.
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The two leading developers have jointly taken a 7.5-acre land on a 99-year lease located at Old Madras Road (OMR) in Bengaluru.
Walmart-owned Flipkart will set up a logistic park in the land parcel over the next 3-5 years, which has a potential of a total buildup area of five million square feet and will be developed in 2-3 phases. The development is expected to cost Rs 3500 crore and will create over 12000 jobs in the state.
The first phase is likely to be operationalised by 2022.
“With the recent experience of the lockdown and more and more people relying on e-commerce for regular purchase, the demand for warehousing facilities has taken a quantum leap. This deal is especially important as it comes at a time when the economy has started to open, and economy has started to revert to normality,” said Shishir Baijal, Chairman and Managing Director, Knight Frank India.
As per Knight Frank’s report warehousing demand has seen strong growth in the last few years and has recorded a significant rise of 44% CAGR since 2017, mostly after the introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST).
“Despite an economic slowdown, warehousing leasing activity saw healthy demand in Mumbai (8% YoY), Pune (42% YoY) and Ahmedabad (5% YoY) in FY2020. Rents in Grade A properties for FY2020 remained stable ranging from Rs 13-32/ sq ft/ month for FY 2020,” said Mudassir Zaidi, executive director (north), Knight Frank.
Flipkart already has 12 supply chain assets in Haryana, including supply chain infrastructure for large appliances, non-large (mobile, apparel), grocery and furniture. The company did not respond to the email query till press time.
“The land has been allotted at a bare shell cost of Rs 3.09 crore per acre and all the infrastructure will be laid by the Flipkart group,” Khullar said.

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Is it a tablet or a phone? Both. At CES Viewsonic has unveiled its 4-inch Android 2.2 phone, which is an obvious competitor to the Dell Streak. The phone looks like a tablet more than a phone, but it does include calling features.
Whether you call it a phone or a tablet, $549 will get a device with a 4.1-inch display, 1GHz Qualcomm processor, web browser, Swype input, 5-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 3-megapixel front-facing camera. It’s a tabphone. Wait, it’s a Phablet!


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Revealed Friday, Corda Enterprise was chosen for mopping up trades using distributed ledger technology to “reduce friction in the post-trade process.” Post-trade activities normally include the changing of ownership records, transfer of securities and cash to settle the trade, and reporting.
Digital securities startup Archax has inked a deal to use blockchain firm R3’s Corda Enterprise solution for handling post-trade activities on its exchange.
Based in London and founded in 2018, Archax’s front-end trade activities will remain “blockchain agnostic”, the firm said, but a private, permissioned version of Corda was needed for managing data following trades.
“The current post-trade process in traditional financial markets is hugely inefficient, with many intermediaries involved”, Archax CEO Graham Rodford said in a statement. “This partnership … will remove friction and streamline activities to improve efficiency and reduce cost.”
The firm added that its request to operate a multilateral trading facility (MTF) in London is being considered by the Financial Conduct Authority.
The partnership comes months after R3 hired software sales veteran Cathy Minter as chief revenue officer to boost business adoption of R3’s Corda Enterprise. At the time, Minter told CoinDesk that the enterprise blockchain firm was seeing multiple inquiries despite industry-wide expectations of a 60 percent decline in 2019 sector investment flows.
Digital Travel Firm Webjet Has Launched Its Booking Verification Blockchain
Digital travel agent Webjet has launched its long-in-development blockchain-based platform in a bid to remove disparities in hotel booking data.
Working in conjunction with Microsoft through the firm’s Azure blockchain-as-a-service sandbox since 2016, Webjet said Thursday the new Rezchain application will address hotel reservation snafus and overcharges by looking for data mismatches in real-time between customers, hotels and booking agents, and sending alerts if any are found.
Such errors are found in at least 5 percent of bookings, according to the firm. Once identified, they trigger “a time consuming and painful reconciliation process, resulting in heavy resourcing requirements and financial exposure.”
Founded in 1998, ASX 200-listed Webjet hosts an online travel agent business throughout Southeast Asia, Australia and North America. The firm also operates business-to-business accommodation platform WebBeds.
Combining a “virtual handshake” and email “early warning system”, Webjet says Rezchain leverages the distributed nature of blockchain technology, storing information on a shared ledger to give each party involved with online bookings up-to-the-moment information. According to its website, Rezchain is built on a private version of ethereum.
John Guscic, managing director at Webjet, said in a statement:
“With multiple IT systems speaking different languages, mistakes are probable, and the default position is often to write off debts when the situation is not clear. For years, the industry considered it a cost of doing business. It doesn’t have to be that way any longer.”
Diginex Becomes First Asian Firm to Join Steptoe-Led Blockchain Alliance
Hong Kong-based digital financial services startup Diginex has become the first firm in Asia to join the Blockchain Alliance led by Steptoe & Johnson law firm.
Over 100 members in 19 countries
Diginex – which claimed to be the “first fully-diversified blockchain player on Nasdaq” – has officially joined the Blockchain Alliance, a public-private forum of firms and organizations promoting the secure development of blockchain, the firm announced Oct. 9.
Co-founded in 2015 by the Chamber of Digital Commerce and Coin Center and led by international law firm Steptoe & Johnson, the Alliance now has over 100 industry and government agencies in 19 countries, Diginex stated.
The association reportedly includes major international regulatory entities such as Interpol and Europol. Crypto companies Coinbase and Kraken, as well as payments firms Ripple and Circle are also among the industry members of the Alliance, according to the organization’s website.
Dialogue between the industry and regulators
Diginex CEO Richard Byworth pointed out the important role of the Blockchain Alliance, emphasizing that the organization fosters communication between blockchain-focused firms and government authorities to minimize risks in the industry. Byworth added:
“We are delighted to be the first firm in Asia to join this strong forum of experts, where we intend to be a key voice in driving dialogue between law enforcement, regulators and industry.”
Meanwhile, the Blockchain Alliance is not the first blockchain-related industry body joined by Diginex. As Cointelegraph reported, the startup is also a member of the Global Digital Finance, a major industry association developing a global “Code of Conduct” for cryptocurrencies.


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Business|Pressure mounts to portion Activision’s main of his spot connected Coca-Cola’s board.
Bobby Kotick, the main enforcement of Activision Blizzard, continues to look unit implicit accusations that helium didn’t respond to claims of intersexual misconduct from employees astatine the video crippled company. Now, a union-led concern radical plans to request that Mr. Kotick permission his presumption arsenic an extracurricular manager astatine Coca-Cola, the DealBook newsletter was archetypal to report.
The SOC Investment Group volition inquire Coca-Cola not to renominate Mr. Kotick to its committee adjacent year. The telephone by SOC, which works with national pension funds that it says negociate much than $250 cardinal successful assets (and was antecedently known arsenic the CtW Investment Group), comes weeks aft the radical called for Mr. Kotick to resign arsenic Activision’s chief.
The radical had initially campaigned against what it said was Mr. Kotick’s outsize wage package. It shifted gears aft a California regulator accused Activision of tolerating pervasive intersexual harassment, the Securities and Exchange Commission started an probe and The Wall Street Journal reported that Mr. Kotick had known astir complaints for years, often without acting. (Mr. Kotick denied galore of the accusations successful the report.)
SOC is focusing connected Coca-Cola due to the fact that of its nationalist commitments to diverseness and inclusion. “We don’t deliberation he’s an capable idiosyncratic to service arsenic a director,” Richard Clayton, SOC’s probe director, told DealBook. It is the latest effort to clasp the beverage institution to its stated committedness to societal justice; the National Legal and Policy Center besides cited the company’s willingness to talk retired connected societal issues erstwhile it demanded Mr. Kotick’s resignation from the committee past month.
Mr. Clayton said that though Coca-Cola wasn’t needfully a person successful firm America connected pushing for societal justice, it wasn’t a laggard either. (To springiness it different crushed not to renominate Mr. Kotick, SOC volition besides archer Coca-Cola that helium should alternatively absorption connected fixing Activision’s culture.)
If Coca-Cola doesn’t cull Mr. Kotick, SOC volition reason the re-election of respective directors. “Should the Coke committee renominate Kotick, that would archer america astir a deficiency of commitment” to those societal goals, Mr. Clayton said. He added that SOC hadn’t yet determined which different directors it would reason for re-election. Coca-Cola’s 12-member committee is up for predetermination each year.
A spokesperson for Coca-Cola declined to remark connected capitalist calls to region Mr. Kotick from its board.


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A maritime coin ceremony tradition took place earlier at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, as the keel was laid for MSC Cruises’ first liquified natural gas-powered ship, MSC World Europa.
Wightlink, a provider of cross-Solent travel, will begin transporting tourists to the Isle of Wight again on July 4th. The decision follows the green light from the UK government to restart much of the hospitality and tourism sector.
Princess Cruises will welcome Majestic Princess to Los Angeles for this first-time next year, visiting top destinations including Mexico, Hawaii and the California coast.
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has confirmed that it is conducting a restructure of its head office functions in Ipswich, Suffolk, as the company looks ahead to post-Covid operations.
Carnival initially announced a voluntary 30-day pause in operations on March 13th, and has now extended that pause three times, reflecting the public health challenges associated with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Carnival Corporation has confirmed that Simon Palethorpe has been named as president, Carnival UK, expanding his current role as president of Cunard.
Carnival Corporation will downsize its fleet as the cruise line battles back to operation following the coronavirus pandemic. The giant said it already had preliminary agreements for the disposal of six ships.
As the road back for the cruise sector grows ever long, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings has confirmed a new wave of cancellations. Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises will not now return to operation until at least October.
Holland America Line has become the latest cruise company to extend the pause in its operations. The line will cancel departures from the port of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, later this year, as well as select Hawaii itineraries for early 2021.
With an older customer base and exposure to struggling cruise sector, Saga has been forced to act in order to rebuild confidence among passengers.
The collection is coming to market earlier than previous years in response to a recent upturn in search, bookings and brochure requests as travellers look to plan their next river cruise.
Thames Clippers will return to service on June 15th to help Londoners safely commute through the capital. The operator has implemented a range of enhanced hygiene and social distancing measures to allow for a safer transport option through London.


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Automotive heads-up displays are a recent fad that has been well received. With technology becoming faster more reliable, the use and acceptance of technology…
Last week we witnessed one of South Africa’s greatest success stories to date. A local tech company was acquired by Automattic, which is the brain company behind one of the world’s most popular website builders, WordPress.org, founded by 31-year-old American entrepreneur Matt Mullenweg.
While the startup scene was abuzz with lessons and opinions on the matter, Ventureburn decided to sit down with Mark Forrester (pictured above) to find out how a local startup managed to become a global success story.
Founded in 2007 by Norwegian computer scientist Magnus Jepson, South African’s Mark Forrester and former business partner Adii Pienaar, WooThemes has not only managed to become one of the world’s most popular WordPress theme builders, but the company is also responsible for WooCommerce — its flagship product that’s powering well over a million online shops today.
Forrester and Jepson broke the news from Mullenweg’s apartment in New York. “We all published the announcements on our blogs at the same time and then there was silence for about an hour,” Forrester says. “All of us were just following the Twitter streams and watched it multiply across some of the biggest tech sites in the world. I was quite blown away by that.”
While the figures behind the bootstrapped company’s buy remain hush-hush, Forrester tells Ventureburn that the acquisition is the biggest Automattic has made to date, both in terms of company size and valuation. He also notes that while the rumoured US$30-million is off target, it is a good ballpark.
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The value of the acquisition would be nice to hear, but it’s less significant in the greater scheme of things; South African talent making an impact on the global stage.
Over the past year, there has been a lot of focus on tech companies in South Africa as well as its greater region. News such as this is a validation for other startups in the country. Stellenbosch-based radar company iKubu getting acquired by Garmin in January this year being the most prominent recently.
But there’s also been HealthQ which has been showcasing its fitness tracking tech on a global stage earlier this year, attracting big international names, such as the former VP of the Internet Explorer team at Microsoft, Dean Hachamovitch, and VP of global product and strategy at Oakley.
Receiptful — headed by former WooThemes shareholder Adii Pienaar — is another fitting example. The company’s innovative email marketing plugin attracted a host of reputable angel investors only a few weeks ago, including Mullenweg, and a team of others.
Besides seeing a need to accelerate growth and market share in the ecommerce space, Forrester explains that the matching culture between the two companies has been incredibly instrumental in finalising the deal. This seems to hold true both in product and company.
In terms of product, he points to the importance of the General Public License which has been crucial to Mullenweg’s vision of third-party products and services being able to build on top of the open-source WordPress platform:
It obviously comes with its risks that anyone can fork a product, but our success has largely been around how open we’ve been. We’ve created a real entrepreneurial ecosystem allowing people to make money on top of our platform, whether that’s agencies selling their services or extension developers like Graphflow having real SaaS offerings.
As mentioned in a Ventureburn article feature titled WooCommerce democratises ecommerce — a true WordPress child, both companies share the philosophy of openness and democratising web services.
Today, with some 12 working from its Cape Town office, WooThemes boasts a team of 55 Woo Ninjas. At the time of our visit though the office was basically empty with most of the team flown up to Chicago for the week.
“We’re seeing more and more distributed companies popping up who thrive on that. Though it’s great to have this brick and mortar location where we can really celebrate who we are as a South African company, which is at the heart of WooThemes,” Forrester says.


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A.D. Dolphin, CEO of Dherbs Inc., will appear on the Steve Harvey Show on Tuesday June 13, 2017, to reveal the winner of Steve’s Big Day Bridal Challenge. To help these women reach their health goals, Steve Harvey reached out to his good friend and health expert, A.D. Dolphin. 40 days of cleansing later, the brides will come back to the show to reveal how much progress they made.
To truly transform the lives of these women for their big day, A.D. decided that doing 2 Full Body Cleanses back to back would be the most beneficial. Not only did A.D. help them lose weight, but he also helped them exercise and develop better eating habits. Losing weight is no easy task, especially if the body isn’t functioning like it should. The 20-Day Full Body Cleanse helps the body naturally eliminate toxins and waste, which is integral for weight loss.
These four brides began their challenge a little over 40 days ago, and now they are done with their cleanses and ready to show off their new, healthier bodies. Steve had a little surprise in store for the winning bride, so they were motivated to make the most of their cleanses. Check out the clips below to see their progress.


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Amidst the dairy fallout driven by the Fonterra milk contamination scare, the Westland dairy co-operative has come up trumps for the industry in the New Zealand International Business Awards 2013.
Westland has been named a finalist in the ANZ Best Business with revenue more than $50 million category.
The more than $50m category attracts the biggest and best of NZ exporters. Westland was proud to be putting a West Coast organisation on the map, Westland chief executive Rod Quin said.
With a budgeted turnover of over $700m, Westland is NZ’s second biggest dairy co-operative and third largest exporter of dairy products.
The company processes in excess of 750 million litres of milk annually. Its products include nutritional products specialising in infant formula base powders, a range of general milk powders, proteins and butter. It exports more than 85% of its products to 40 countries worldwide.
“Making the finals is recognition of Westland’s commitment to growth, innovation, quality, customer service and our recent move into added-value nutritional products,” Quin said.
“We’ve enjoyed strong growth in the last four years. Revenue has increased by 53% (from $364m to $534m).”
"Important lessons will be learned and the net result will probably be a further strengthening of the already very high health and safety assurance processes in the New Zealand dairy industry.”It is the company’s move to high-value specialised nutritional products that Quin believes is an increasing component of Westland’s success and growth in export earnings."
“Our board made a strategic decision to ease the company away from relying on the volatile international bulk ingredients market. Our important area of focus is on nutritional products where prices are most stable, value is higher and our size, flexibility and customer relationship management gives us a marketing advantage.”
That strategic move was already starting to pay off and while Westland will always have a proportion of its exports as bulk ingredients, it will be a shrinking proportion while the export of nutritional products, such as infant formula, expands, Quin said.
Another factor is its strategy of working directly with end customers and understanding their needs. The Westland team develops specific products with its customers for their identified target consumers, often sharing in the creation of innovative new technology and products.
“One of the best outcomes of making the awards is the insight it gives into our own business. The judging process was a thought-provoking critical analysis we can use to measure and adjust our strategies.”
Meantime Westland was quick to confirm last week that its infant formula base products had tested clear of clostridium and the company had experienced no disruption to its export orders.
Westland continued to load out orders to China and other overseas customers.
Quin confirmed that no extra requirements for tests had been requested by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) although Westland was aware that information could change.
A few Westland customers had requested test results or quality reassurances related to clostridium, which the company had been able to provide.
Westland did not buy or use any of the whey protein concentrate from Fonterra that tested positive for clostridium bacteria.
“We are pleased to have received from MPI confirmation that Westland is not impacted by bans placed on some Fonterra products by some countries. We have been able to continue to export as usual. We do not expect any long term impact on our business or our relationships with customers.”
Quin acknowledged that some additional testing might be required by some markets and that the issues raised by the clostridium scare would take some time to settle, creating some short term uncertainty.
“But in the process important lessons will be learned and the net result will probably be a further strengthening of the already very high health and safety assurance processes in the New Zealand dairy industry.”
Synlait Milk also reassured its customers that all Synlait-manufactured products were safe.
Synlait had not used any of the whey protein concentrate WPC80 recalled by Fonterra in the manufacture of its nutritional powder products such as infant formula.
Food safety and product quality were of paramount importance to the company and it supported the precautionary approach being taken by the MPI and the wider industry, Synlait Milk managing director John Penno said.
“We expect that this incident will result in some short term disruption to trade and some additional testing requirements for some markets but we do not expect this event to impact the growth of our infant formula business beyond the immediate disruptions,” Penno said.
John Penno: Discerning market.
In his address to the NZ Institute of Primary Industry Management conference at Lincoln last week Penno told rural professionals how China was very big and very exciting for the dairy industry.
“It’s a big market but the problem is it’s a discerning market. The internet has changed the way in which we do business. People are watching us so carefully we have to get it right.”
China was influencing the global scene and driving demand into global agricultural commodities to a level not ever seen before. Volatility was becoming enormous.
“The prices up where they are, are driving the next crash. This is the worst possible time for peak pricing. Get used to volatility, it’s there, it’s going to stay there and it’s difficult to work in.”
NZ was crazy about brands but Penno pushed them aside.
Synlait’s Lead with Pride programme based on best performance right across the board was the Canterbury-based milk processor’s focus for the future.
“I am not interested in brands. It’s about best practices and farmers adopting these best practices. My parting shot is all this happens through partnerships you can’t do anything without in this day and age.”
Customers were not buying on price.
“I want people who differentiate on quality and buy on quality. Customers will pay big premiums if they can trace what they buy.”
It all came back to business models and industry experts had a big part to play.
“The way of the past did not do it anymore,” Penno said.
While work on the Yili owned Oceania Dairy’s new processing plant at Glenavy in South Canterbury was progressing to plan, the company declined to comment on the Fonterra botulism scare.
One of China’s largest dairy processors, Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group started construction of its $214m infant formula milk processing plant in May, with the plant scheduled for completion in June 2014.
Preliminary co-operation agreements with some local farmers and interest from potential suppliers through conversions were falling into place as the company also focused on staff recruitment, Oceania Dairy chief executive Aidan Johnstone said.
Oceania has indicated its intention to access Fonterra’s regulated supply of raw milk but Yili had no comment on Fonterra’s or the wider industry’s issues of the past week.
“Yili do not wish to comment,” Johnstone confirmed.


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New iPads To Be Unveiled At October Apple Event
Apple, hot off releasing two new iPhones, will unveil the specs for the fifth generation iPad and a second-generation iPad mini in less than two weeks.
The fifth-gen iPad is rumored to feature many of the improvements Apple made with the iPad mini – including a thinner and lighter design. While it will retain the same 9.7-inch screen size, a new shell and thinner bezel will make the device more compact. It is also likely to include a better camera and run on Apple’s 64-bit A7 chip.
As for the mini, it’s expected that the smaller Apple tablet will get an upgrade in the form of a retina display and possibly the 64-bit A7 chip.
It’s been speculated that the two new iPad models could also carry the fingerprint security feature that debuted on the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c last month.
The invite only Apple event will be held Tuesday, October 22, reported Current Editorials. It’ll most likely be held at either Apple’s Town Hall Auditorium in Cupertino or the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and will potentially include information about the newest Macbook Pro and Mac Minis. Oct. 22 is also the date that Nokia is holding their Innovation Reinvented showcase and that Microsoft’s’ Surface 2 hits stores.
Both the new iPad and the iPad mini are scheduled to be available for purchase on Nov. 1.
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Microsoft has officially confirmed the recommended retail price for Xbox One games.
The company's online store currently lists Dead Rising 3, Forza Motorsport 5 and Ryse: Son of Rome at £49.99 each, putting Xbox One games in line with Xbox 360 games in terms of pricing.
Though consumers may be used to buying Xbox 360 games at the lower cost of £39.99, that price is set after retailers have added their own discount; officially, the recommended retail price (RRP) for Xbox 360 games is still £49.99.
It's likely that Xbox One games will be subject to the same retailer's discount and will be sold in shops for the same price of £39.99.
In the US, Xbox One games are also expected to be sold at the same price as 360 games. An unnamed Microsoft spokesperson last month told Polygon that Xbox One games would RRP in North America for $59.99 (£39). These official prices fall below the initial placeholder listings posted by retailers such as Amazon, which originally listed the upcoming Call of Duty: Ghosts on Xbox One for £89.99.
The cost of games on the PlayStation 4, which will compete with the Xbox One when it too launches later this year, is yet to be revealed. However, Jack Tretton, president of Sony Computer Entertainment America, previously said that the company would provide a wide variety of games on the PlayStation 4, with prices ranging from 99 cents to $60.
Microsoft will likely be hoping that PlayStation 4 games cost more than those on Xbox One; the £430 Xbox One console is more expensive than the £350 PlayStation 4, so in order to attract consumers, Microsoft will be looking to offer the cheaper option when it comes to software.


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This morning we are reading Hemmings’ preview of the upcoming Scotsdale auction season in mid-January, specifically highlighting the emergence of classic Japanese cars as valuable collectibles. We in the diecast community have known of the appeal of Japan’s performance models from the 1960s and early ’70s, and now it seems the big auction houses are cluing in too. Check out how the models stack up against the forthcoming auction cars, and read Hemmings full article HERE.
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RM Auctions is offering up this first-generation Skyline 2000GT-R 4-door in Scotsdale, looking for six figures.
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According to various reports, the government's demonetisation drive and the cash crunch that followed has hit sales of mobile handsets, including those sold online.
"Continued growth in the adoption of smart watches and fitness trackers will now be from mainstream consumers instead of early technology adopters."
Apple officials are believed to have sought clarity on the changes in mandatory domestic sourcing norms for single brand retail brought in earlier this year.
Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon said that cashless transactions have at least doubled over October, raising their proportion compared to that of cash purchases during the month.
Fitbit led the market with 23 per cent share, followed by Xiaomi (16.5 per cent), Garmin (5.7 per cent), Apple (4.9 per cent) and Samsung (4.5 per cent).
Cook's comments followed a report on Monday from technology research firm IDC estimating that the tech giant sold 1.1 million units of the Apple Watch.
The company is aiming to cover more than 10 states and is targeting sales volume of one million handsets by establishing 5,000 core shops and 10,000 retail shops by 2017.
OnePlus will also look at increasing local production gradually, keeping pace with its forecast that India’s manufacturing scale could reach global levels in around five years.
One executive said the distribution centre will help Apple provide hardware such as Mac computers tailored to business customers.
Espoo, Finland-based HMD Global will create new Nokia phones across price ranges, besides tablets, and will own Nokia’s existing range of feature phones.
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Espoo, Finland-based HMD Global has signed a 10-year brand licensing contract with Nokia where it will create new Nokia branded phones, and will own Nokia's existing range of feature phones that are sold across the world.
Apple India sales grew 54% to Rs 9,997.1cr during FY16 compared to Rs 6,472.89cr a year ago, while net profit rose 21% to Rs 294cr as the company widened its retail network into smaller cities and lowered prices.
"While the month of October saw significant jump in sales during festive season, November has seen a significant fall on account of the demonetisation announcement," Coolpad India CEO Syed Tajuddin said.
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Campaigners have renewed calls to ban adverts promoting “high carbon” goods on council-owned sites in Bristol. Adblock Bristol said it was “extremely contradictory” for Bristol City Council to urge behaviour change while allowing adverts for flights, SUVs and red meat.
Carbon emissions are still increasing across the world and Bristol is way off its 2030 target to reach net zero, despite efforts from the council. A huge part of the council’s plan to tackle climate change is encouraging people to drive less, to reduce carbon emissions.
But car companies and airlines are still allowed to advertise their products on council-owned sites. The council already bans adverts for alcohol and gambling, and was urged to extend this ban to goods and services that contribute to the climate crisis, during a meeting of the overview and scrutiny management board (OSMB) on Tuesday, June 6.
Veronica Wignall, from Adblock Bristol, said: “It’s extremely contradictory to be hearing one thing about the climate emergency and the behaviour change we all need to make, and quite another to be seeing constant adverts for flights, cars, SUVs, red meat and things we know have to be phased out to limit the effects of climate breakdown.”
The policy prohibits advertising of junk food, alcohol, gambling and payday loans on all council-owned advertising sites. According to Adblock Bristol, Cambridgeshire County Council, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and Coventry City Council have already adopted bans on adverts for fossil fuels and other environmentally damaging products.
Green Councillor Carla Denyer said the previous reason why Bristol City Council chose not to ban high carbon adverts was due to a lack of legal precedent. But recently-shared legal opinion could pave the way for a change in policy, without risk of any legal challenges.
She said: “When the council’s advertising and sponsorship policy was adopted, it came through with heavy and helpful input from OSMB just over two years ago. The eventual decision was to strengthen a lot from the draft and include prohibitions for a lot of harmful kinds of advertising, but not to include advertising for high carbon products and services.
“Not ruling out the principle, but holding back from it at that stage on the basis that there were no nationally agreed standards or no local authority precedents. That has changed since the policy was adopted. Basically a legal opinion has shown that it’s within the council’s legal powers, so you’re not likely to be successfully legally challenged. Several other councils have now adopted controls on high carbon advertising.”
Responding to the calls, the council said it was evaluating its advertising policy, with help from the University of Bristol, and could consider further restrictions on adverts in future.
In a written statement, a council officer said: “We are currently continuing our initial evaluation of the council’s Advertising and Sponsorship Policy in partnership with the University of Bristol. Once this is complete and when our internal resourcing levels allow, we plan to review and refresh the policy. At this point, we will consider any further restrictions including the potential for those suggested relating to low carbon.”


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A Worldwide Takeover
Pepsi’s new look was launched across more than 120 markets, with digital installations featuring the redesigned and refreshed Pepsi logo dominating global landmarks. From London’s O2 Arena to Warsaw, Poland and Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, Pepsi’s presence was unmistakable. The brand’s signature electric blue and black colors pulsated across the skyline, heralding the dawn of a new era for the beloved beverage giant.
A Nostalgic Yet Modern Approach
The revamped logo pays homage to Pepsi’s rich heritage while embracing modern elements. By incorporating electric blue and black into the classic Pepsi color scheme, the brand achieves a contemporary edge. The iconic Pepsi pulse, symbolizing the “ripple, pop, and fizz” of Pepsi-Cola, adds dynamism to the logo, reflecting the beat of music, the roar of the crowd, and the heartbeat of culture.
In a unique approach to design, Pepsi invited fans worldwide to contribute to the logo redesign process. Surprisingly, a majority of participants included the Pepsi name within the globe, reminiscent of earlier iterations. This deep-seated nostalgia inspired Pepsi to reintegrate the text into the logo, bridging the past with the present in a modern twist.
Embracing Culture and Partnerships
Pepsi’s bold redesign is more than just a visual update—it’s a statement of intent. The brand aims to drive culture forward by delivering immersive experiences deeply connected to fan passions. With existing partnerships featuring global ambassadors like Baby Monster and Uraz Kaygilaroglu, Pepsi continues to champion those who challenge conventions and embrace the unexpected.
An Exciting Future Ahead
As Pepsi charts a new course with its refreshed identity, fans can expect a year filled with unforgettable experiences and innovative products. With plans to expand its reach among Gen Z consumers and explore healthier choices, Pepsi’s transformation signifies its commitment to staying relevant in a rapidly evolving world.
Pepsi’s global landmark takeover marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the iconic brand. By blending nostalgia with modernity, Pepsi reaffirms its position as a cultural icon while setting the stage for future innovation and growth. As fans eagerly anticipate what lies ahead, one thing is certain: Pepsi’s bold new look is just the beginning of an exhilarating journey into the future.
Stay tuned for more updates and announcements as Pepsi continues to redefine the beverage landscape and inspire the world with its thirst for more!
About PepsiCo: PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in over 200 countries and territories worldwide. With a diverse portfolio that includes iconic brands like Lay’s, Doritos, and Gatorade, PepsiCo is committed to delivering enjoyable foods and beverages that resonate with consumers globally.


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The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses has teamed up with the American Booksellers Association to revive the Firecracker Awards, which were last given in 2002. The overhauled awards will be devoted to “celebrating independent literary publishers and self-published works of high literary merit.”
Founded in 1996 by Koen Book Distribution’s John Davis, the Firecracker Alternative Book Awards, (or FABs,) were designed to honor books on the “unmapped edges of contemporary culture” that “sharpen the cutting edge.” Winners have included George Perec’s Life: A User’s Manual and Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation. Unlike the first iteration of the awards, the new Firecracker Awards will not focus purely on “alternative” or “underground” works, but rather all literary titles of the “highest quality,” including self-published books.
From the outset, the awards had been orchestrated by a group of volunteers, rather than an organization. In 2001, when the task had become unsustainable, the Firecracker group approached Jeffrey Lependorf, executive director of the CLMP, about becoming the steward of the prize. Lependorf had just been hired, and his focus was on getting CLMP on better financial footing, so he passed on having the association oversee the awards. Thirteen years later, not only is the timing better for CLMP, but the climate of the industry is, according to Lependorf, ripe for an award that highlights indie publishing.
“New and lasting literature from independent publishers, and from self-published authors as well, has been moving from the fringes to the middle,” he notes. “We believe the new Firecracker Awards can significantly increase the profile of exceptional, independently produced and self-published books. —wWe want readers to know about the best from the full world of literary book publishing.”
In addition to broadening the focus from strictly unorthodox works, the refurbished Firecracker aAwards will feature a new judging system. Previously, winning books were selected via an online voting system, which, despite its “good intentions,” bore a lack of transparency that raised concerns for Lependorf. The new awards will be judged by a panel of writers, editors, booksellers, and agents. Members of the Firecracker Committee include representatives from, in addition to CLMP and the ABA, Tin House, Workman Publishing, Random House, Byliner, Greenlight Books, and a host of literary agents, in addition to CLMP and the ABA.
The first Firecracker Awards will honor titles published in 2014, with submissions opening to publishers and self-published authors in the fall. The first winners of the new award, like the winners of the Firecracker of old, will be presented at an “unforgettable” party at BEA 2015.


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Should that be the case, gamer-focused laptops are the most likely scenario by far, given RGB keyboards are almost exclusively found on gaming hardware. The keyboards in question would supposedly support red, green and blue lighting effects, which are expected to be customisable by the end user.
ChromeOS is typically found on low-cost, easy-to-use devices, but Google appears to be shifting its focus to specialised gaming laptops in the near future. Anyron Copeman, Senior Staff Writer. After more than a decade of focusing on low-cost hardware, the next generation of Chromebooks appears to be aimed towards gamers. That’s according to a new report from 9to5Google, which cites code found in Chrome OS. A single feature flag for RGB keyboard support may easily refer to external accessories, but the site believes it’s part of Google’s plans to establish a new Chromebook category.
What’s more, it looks like three new gaming Chromebooks are in the works. These only have codenames so far, but 9to5Google suggests devices from HP and Quanta are being developed. The latter makes hardware for many different Chromebook brands, while HP’s offering could be an addition to its Omen range. Both are expected to be powered by Intel’s 12th-gen processors, but little else is known.
A third device, known only as Ripple so far, is thought to be an addition to Lenovo’s Legion line of gaming hardware. It will take the form of a tablet with detachable keyboard, similar to the ROG Flow Z13, which Asus unveiled at CES 2022. These new devices suggest Steam could be added to ChromeOS soon, more than two years after Google said it was working on support. It also paves the way for RTX GPU support, after Nvidia showed its graphics cards running on an ARM-based devices last year.
It’s not clear how much any of these devices will cost, or when they might come to market. But hopefully it’s not long before they’re competing with some of the best gaming laptops you can buy. Note: We may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site, at no extra cost to you. This doesn’t affect our editorial independence. Learn more. As the resident expert on Windows, Anyron’s main focus is PCs and laptops. Much of the rest of his time is split between smartphones, tablets and audio, with a particular focus on Android devices.
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What Sort of World is Data Colonialism Creating? JCU Welcomes Sociologist Nick Couldry
The JCU Department of Communications welcomed media and culture theorist Nick Couldry for the event “What Sort of World is Data Colonialism Creating?” on November 10, 2022. The discussion, which was part of the Digital Delights and Disturbances lecture series, focused on two of Couldry’s publications, The Costs of Connection: How Data is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating Life for Capitalism (with Ulises Mejias: Stanford UP, 2019), and The Mediated Construction of Reality (with Andreas Hepp, Polity, 2016).
Couldry is a professor of Media Communications and Social Theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science as well as a Faculty Associate at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. He has published various works related to social discourse on the internet and is co-founder of Tierra Común, a network of scholars and activists, and of the European Media Salon, an online initiative where groups of scholars from across Europe meet for short talks and dialogues.
Couldry discussed how social order in society is equivalent to the construction of social media platforms. He stated that most people tend to preserve the status quo, similarly to how users rarely question the ethics and companies behind social media. Nowadays, people also rely on internet platforms to work, like Zoom to host virtual meetings. Couldry pointed out that this phenomenon leaves a select group of businesses in control. “Because people rely on something outside, it creates tension when the company does something with the data that users don’t want, like selling it to an insurance company,” stated Couldry.
He explained that companies’ decisions to sell users’ data for money is a growing trend, known as “data colonialism.” By agreeing to the terms and conditions, and/or platform guidelines, users consent to the sale of their data, which represents a new level of societal order. Anyone who doesn’t abide cannot use the platforms, which Couldry compared to colonialism as a form of forceful acquiescence.
Social media corporations have created a system that profits from human life through data extraction, which Couldry defined as a new form of colonialism in the digital sphere. Users lack the ability to prevent companies from exploiting their data without forfeiting their social media accounts. Couldry admitted that there is no litigation protecting users from their data being sold or redistributed, because people could not predict that social media platforms would operate in such a way.
Couldry stated that social media is now utilized to produce “social as capital” beyond its functional purposes. Corporations depend on users’ data to interpret, analyze, and control what content is prevalent in daily life. He used the example of Amazon’s Alexa device, a virtual assistant “Smart Speaker,” often found in people’s homes. The device may tell its users the weather forecast, but it may also transmit audio from the user’s home to the Amazon corporation, which according to Couldry is a new level of digital surveillance. “We’re living in a new era of history with a new type of power that didn’t exist 20 years ago. Software engineers have the power to build the world we act in because we use the software that they create to control society,” Couldry said.
The discussion concluded with a Q&A session. Various questions pertaining to digital surveillance, exploitation, and possible solutions were presented. “We need data. The question is on what terms, and who controls the data? Data is about the knowledge of our lives together. Data represents social order,” said Couldry.


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According to a new market research report, "Amaranth Seed Oil Market by Extraction type (SFE, Cold Pressed, Organic Solvent, & Others), and by Application (Cosmetic & Personal Care, Pharmaceutical, Food Supplements, Fragrance, & Others) - Global Trends & Forecast to 2019" published by MarketsandMarkets, defines and segments the Amaranth Seed Oil Market with an analysis and forecast of the market size in terms of value. The Amaranth Seed Oil Market size in terms of value is expected to grow to $700.6 Million by 2019, at a CAGR of 11.9% from 2014 to 2019. It also determines the drivers and restraints of the Amaranth Seed Oil Market with an analysis of trends, opportunities, burning issues, and winning imperatives.
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As organizations shift towards IT-as-a-service models, the need for managing and protecting data residing across physical, virtual, and now cloud environments grows with it. Commvault can ensure protection, access and E-Discovery of your data – whether in a private cloud, a Service Provider delivered public cloud, or a hybrid cloud environment – across the heterogeneous enterprise. In his general session at 18th Cloud Expo, Randy De Meno, Chief Technologist - Windows Products and Microsoft Part...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Super Micro Computer, Inc., a global leader in Embedded and IoT solutions, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 18th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI), the leading innovator in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology, is a premier provider of advanced server Building Block Solutions® for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/Big Data, HPC and ...
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The cloud era has reached the stage where it is no longer a question of whether a company should migrate, but when. Enterprises have embraced the outsourcing of where their various applications are stored and who manages them, saving significant investment along the way. Plus, the cloud has become a defining competitive edge. Companies that fail to successfully adapt risk failure. The media, of course, continues to extol the virtues of the cloud, including how easy it is to get there. Migrating...
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18th Cloud Expo, taking place June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world. Cloud computing is now being embraced by a majority of enterprises of all sizes. Yesterday's debate about public vs. private has transformed into the reality of hybrid cloud: a recent survey shows that 74% of enterprises have a hybrid cloud strategy. Meanwhile, 94% of enterprises are using some...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Catchpoint Systems, Inc., a provider of innovative web and infrastructure monitoring solutions, has been named “Silver Sponsor” of SYS-CON's DevOps Summit at 18th Cloud Expo New York, which will take place June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Catchpoint is a leading Digital Performance Analytics company that provides unparalleled insight into customer-critical services to help consistently deliver an amazing customer experience. Designed...
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Companies can harness IoT and predictive analytics to sustain business continuity; predict and manage site performance during emergencies; minimize expensive reactive maintenance; and forecast equipment and maintenance budgets and expenditures. Providing cost-effective, uninterrupted service is challenging, particularly for organizations with geographically dispersed operations.
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Cloud computing delivers on-demand resources that provide businesses with flexibility and cost-savings. The challenge in moving workloads to the cloud has been the cost and complexity of ensuring the initial and ongoing security and regulatory (PCI, HIPAA, FFIEC) compliance across private and public clouds. Manual security compliance is slow, prone to human error, and represents over 50% of the cost of managing cloud applications. Determining how to automate cloud security compliance is critical...
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In today's enterprise, digital transformation represents organizational change even more so than technology change, as customer preferences and behavior drive end-to-end transformation across lines of business as well as IT. To capitalize on the ubiquitous disruption driving this transformation, companies must be able to innovate at an increasingly rapid pace. Traditional approaches for driving innovation are now woefully inadequate for keeping up with the breadth of disruption and change facin...
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By Steve A. Morrell
It will be recalled that as far back as September last year, Rohantha Athukorale, serving with the Government’s Economical Council under the Presidential Secretariat cum with the Secretary to the Treasury, said at the Ceylon Planters’ Society Seminar, the projected US$ 2.5 Billion income from tea by 2016, would not be achievable. He pointed out that with the supply constraint at 300 to 325 million kilos annually not expanding, increasing the supply chain will be a daunting task.’
Six months later his prophesy is progressively and painfully getting to be alarmingly real.
According to the John Keells Holdings Tea report last week , the tea smallholder sector, hitherto the prop of the tea industry, producing about 65% of the industry’s production, had shown decline. This was confirmed by the Tea Board when they published this year’s February results.
Athukorale in his referred presentation further said, "One way out is by way of the Tea Hub concept’. What he said then was the establishment of Sri Lanka being a Tea hub, where import and re-exporting tea would be big business. Dubai is now a Tea hub, without even a single tea leaf being produced.
Subject to certain controls this should be actively considered for future planning to take the Industry to a higher plane, he said.
In complete contradiction to this suggestion we have had reports last week that a tea exporter down -graded the concept of import, blending, and re- exporting tea . This particular exporter had circularized most estates that the industry would be in reverse mode and the Ceylon Tea Brand would be in danger of extinction. He, however, did not suggest an alternative plan to revive the industry.
We discussed this aspect of the Ceylon Tea Brand being affected, with a shipper. He said ‘Ceylon Tea’, purportedly being the best in the world was now relegated to the realm of ancient mythology. What matters now to most buyers is the price they would pay for their tea. Traditional buyers have moved away from ‘Ceylon Tea’, notably Pakistan and Egypt, who have now turned to Kenya, which sells at half the price.
Irrespective of bilateral talks with Pakistan that they would increase their absorption of Ceylon Tea, there has not been any impact on imports ex Sri Lanka of the Ceylon Tea Brand. Pakistan continues to import just about 1.5% of their tea from Sri Lanka. Kenya accounts for about 58% tea imported to that country. Similarly, Egypt too buys their tea from Kenya.
Coupled with low productivity and a belligerent workforce there does not seem to be any new ideas that surfaced.


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BOGOTÁ, Colombia — A new soft drink made in Colombia may not be cola, but it's definitely coca.
A Nasa Indian company in southern Colombia has created a golden, carbonated drink made from coca-leaf extract, and makers plan to market it as an alternative to Coca-Cola.
Coca Sek goes on sale this week in parts of Colombia, but its makers say they probably won't be able to export to the United States or most other countries because of rules blocking the entry of raw coca, the plant from which cocaine is refined.
"Six years ago we took on the job of trying to re-establish the good name of the coca leaf, which is a plant with enormous medicinal properties," said David Curtidor, a Nasa who heads the community company that produces the drink in the tiny southwestern town of Calderas.
The soda looks like apple cider, has a tealike fragrance and tastes vaguely like a cross between 7UP and ginger ale. The physical effect of drinking it — even after several bottles — is minimal.
"It's an energizing drink," Curtidor said. "It's like coffee since it is lightly stimulating."
Curtidor said the drink also is a political statement against transnational companies such as Coca-Cola, which "symbolizes imperialist domination."
Coca-Cola spokeswoman Kirsten Watt, in Atlanta, said such competitors are welcome. "They're entitled to create beverages as they see fit," she said.
As for its own ingredients, Coca-Cola is tight-lipped. "Cocaine has never been an ingredient," Watt said, though she declined to say whether cocaine-free coca extract is part of the drink's secret recipe, as has been widely reported. "We just can't talk about the ingredients, the specific flavor composition."
Coca Sek's makers said raw coca-leaf extract is a key ingredient in the soda.
The company, which has 12 to 15 employees at a small bottling plant, does not have the money needed to carry out tests to pinpoint how much naturally occurring cocaine alkaloid is in the drink, Curtidor said. But the company has done tests showing all alkaloids — which include cocaine and other substances — make up less than one-half of 1 percent of the drink.
"The traces that can remain are minimal because the formula we have is one with a very low level of cocaine," he said.
A group of Nasa Indians started selling coca tea, which is common in the Andes, to Colombian supermarkets several years ago. A year and a half ago, the group began experimenting by adding ingredients and cooling the drink, Curtidor said. Group members decided to call it Coca Sek, which in their language means "Coca of the Sun."
The company, Empresa Colombiana de la Coca, aims to benefit small coca farmers, Curtidor said.
Similar drinks have appeared in Peru using a formula based on coca leaves. But such products are banned in most nations outside the Andean region.
Colombia is the world's No. 1 producer of cocaine, and the United States is the top buyer. But the coca leaf has many other uses. For centuries, Indians in the region have chewed the plant's leaves to ward off hunger and fatigue. Some Nasa Indians are trying out the leaf in wines, cookies, even soaps.
The clear bottles with blue plastic caps went on display at a crafts fair in Bogotá this month. The drink is scheduled to hit supermarkets starting Friday in the southern Colombian states of Cauca and Valle, and Curtidor said he hopes to roll it out nationwide.
The soft drink's makers said it has been sampled by many Colombians and has won wide approval. "We have a very big market," Curtidor said.
For now, Coca Sek remains a local product. "One of the first goals we have is to obtain a distribution truck," he said.


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Rock Hippo Productions announced today it will launch an exciting new update for the popular cartoon style third-person shooter, MicroVolts. Starting tomorrow, November 10th, players can test their luck for a chance to win exclusive parts and accessories featured in the all-new Capsule Machine. Players can also check out a brand new Weapons Upgrade System as part of the latest Luck and Load Update. To download and play the game for free, players can visit www.MicroVolts.com.
As part of MicroVolts’ new Capsule Machine feature, players can take a shot at winning exclusive parts and accessory items such as the highly coveted, but extremely rare, “Gold Rifle” or the “Musashi” (Samurai) outfit for the popular character, C.H.I.P. With each spin, players gain Luck Points which increases their chance at winning the ultimate jackpot prize of hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of Micro Points!
In addition to the Capsule Machine, MicroVolts is also launching a brand-new Weapon Upgrade System that will dramatically intensify gameplay for both casual and competitive players! Through acquiring Energy, players can fill their Battery in order to upgrade their permanent weapons. Everything from an improvement in the accuracy of a rifle, a faster run speed while wielding a melee weapon or an increase in the damage radius of a grenade launcher is all possible with this new feature!
“Every time our players think we have packed as much fun and excitement into MicroVolts as possible we surprise them by giving them even more!,” said Howard He, President and CEO of Rock Hippo Productions. “I think players can tell from this latest update that we are committed to listening to our community about the items and features they covet. We encourage our players to continue to share their feedback because after all, this is their game.”
To view the all-new screen shots and download and play the game for free, players can visit www.MicroVolts.com.