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2020 Cadillac XT5 First Look Review: Updating A Best-Seller
Cadillac realizes it can’t survive with sedans only. Not even the hot-selling Escalade SUV is enough. No, General Motors’ luxury brand requires
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A high-roller for high rollers.
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Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk collected the fourth installment of his moonshot award this month, bringing his aggregate haul to $11.8 billion.
The company recently surpassed the performance thresholds for
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article incorrectly identified the home country of Aptiv. The tech company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
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New CEO Jim Farley has instituted a number of changes in his first weeks leading Ford Motor Co.
One thing that won’t change? His weekend pastime.
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Canadian auto supplier Magna International Inc. named President Swamy Kotagiri, 51, as its next CEO, effective Jan. 1.
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Carl Liebert didn’t last long in the automotive retailing business. Now he’s trying his hand at real estate.
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“Donating to Goodwill not only helps those in need through training and jobs it also helps our environment,” said CEO John McCain.
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Goodwill shoppers and donors recognize when they shop Horizon Goodwill they are effecting change by creating jobs and job training in their communities. However, they probably don’t realize donating and shopping at Goodwill stores is equivalent to recycling too. Each year approximately 13.1 million tons of textile waste is sent to the landfills in the U.S.; of that, only two million tons are recycled. CEO, John McCain said, “Horizon Goodwill’s business model is to recycle. We take donations from the community that the donors no longer need, and turn around and sell it to someone who treasures it.” Because of this approach, Horizon Goodwill salvages 15 tons of textile from the landfill which in turn helps our environment.
The EPA reports that one pound of textiles emits more than seven pounds of CO2. Therefore, textile waste creates pollution. The Huffington Post reported “one t-shirt consumes 700 gallons of water during manufacturing so if 300 million American’s recycled one more t-shirt we would recover 210 billion gallons of water and keep one million lbs. of CO2 out of our atmosphere.” “Donating to Goodwill not only helps those in need through training and jobs it also helps our environment,” said McCain. “We believe if more people understood this fact they would not only donate one more t-shirt, but they would shop with us as well.”
In addition to helping the environment by recycling, Horizon Goodwill continues to develop systems to reduce their carbon footprint. This year they added two programs one utilizing solar power, and the second replacing all lighting to install a more efficient LED lighting.
About Horizon Goodwill: Goodwill has been rated #1 above the global brands Amazon and Google for the Brand World Value Rankings for 2016. Horizon Goodwill Industries, whose mission is “Removing Barriers, Creating Opportunities,” is a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring that all people have access to employment despite significant obstacles. Horizon Goodwill serves over 5,000 clients annually in a 17 county region that includes parts of the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. For more information, please visit http://www.horizongoodwill.org

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Adams Street: An ethnic gem of Downtown streets that, between Seventh Street and First Avenue, boasts Thai, Japanese, Italian, English and now — Burger Joint Chicago, a casual restaurant serving up Chicago staples.
Co-founder and manager, Dennis Skiadopoulos, described menu items like the polish dogs, gyros, cheese fries and Italian beef sandwiches as the “comfort foods of Chicago.” The Downtown food scene may have a lot to offer, but Burger Joint Chicago is bringing us cheese and gravy-smothered fries, burgers with the works, and countless options for late-night cravings and hunger pains.
Though Burger Joint is sticking to summer hours for now — Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. — come October, Skiadopoulos said it will expand to 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 3 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. It will also offer ribs, chicken wings as well as a bar focused on craft beer — both bottled and draft.
In addition to the aforementioned items, the menu features an assortment of burgers, including turkey and veggie, chicken pitas, and fries with tempting toppings.
Watching your waist line? The salads, turkey or veggie burger, and chicken pitas are all healthier alternatives that look and taste just as good as the spicy feta fries — well, almost.
And while you may go the first time simply to experience Burger Joint Chicago for yourself, you’ll return for the friendly and welcoming atmosphere provided by Skiadopoulos and his staff. Walk in, and you’ll find Skiadopoulos chatting up customers in line, offering suggestions and thanking them on their way out.
So while the joint may not be New American fine dining, it is hearty American food done well.
Located on the ground floor of the U.S. Bank building on the northeast corner of First Avenue and Adams Street, Burger Joint Chicago is open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and is currently offering a grand opening special, which for $8 gets you a 1/4-pound cheeseburger with fries and a drink.
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Prior to his session at CFO Rising Europe to be held next week, Mark Evans, chief financial officer at Telefonica UK (O2) speaks to GT News about how a CFO can stay ahead when new technology emerges.
How has the role of the CFO evolved?
The CFO has always been responsible to manage the financial conscience of the company, which includes understanding the needs of the investors, overseeing major deals, building the financial and performance reports and ensuring that we comply with the numerous standards that exist. Today however much more is expected from the CFO as we’re asked to contribute to the business strategy as well as acting as business partners for the other disciplines that exist across the organisation. Being involved right at the start of a proposition design is a great example of this, as opposed to acting as gatekeeper and waiting for a business case to be presented. If we can play a role in helping identify the customer needs and shape the proposition, the CFO has the ability to add value at the earliest opportunity.
In your opinion, is the telecoms industry more accepting of digital change than other industries? Why do you think this is?
The pace of change in the digital industry has been huge this year and I can only see it growing further. Digital technology adds value to our lives and it is moving at a pace that is so fast, it can also become overwhelming. Let me use connectivity as an example, Ofcom confirmed that mobile devices are now used for social interaction, surfing the web or watching content than the device is used to make calls and texts. At O2, we believe the mobile device has developed into a remote control for life. In general, particularly in the UK, people love technology but they often do not know how to make the most of it. Digital change presents a wonderful opportunity but there can also be a fear of missing out, so this is one of the key things that I’ll be talking about at the conference: the need to get closer to the customer, to understand their needs and be able to respond in a relevant way.
Has the recent boom in the mobile payments industry helped the telecoms sector in any way?
The mobile payments industry is a good example of how the mobile device is becoming more and more pivotal to how we choose to live our lives. Mobile payments are a service that we, as consumers, choose to use, as it is flexible, easy and intuitive. The mobile phone provides consumers, with the ability to transact wherever you are and whenever you want, this is the real enabler. The mobile industry has seen incredible growth over the past 30 years and I’ve every confidence it will continue to evolve and develop. At O2 our role is to help customers be aware of the possibilities of technology and help and guide them through using these services, if they wish to.
What is the biggest risk that a CFO has to look out for?
As the pace of change accelerates, it is important that we look forward and not be constrained to repeating a formula that has made us successful to date. Digital technology has the power to change the way we live our lives and what we expect from a service or organisation. A significant risk for a CFO is to ignore this and not adapt its services or operating model to meet the ever changing needs of the customer. My perspective is that the CFO has to ensure they understand the future needs of the customer and be courageous enough to champion this change. The stereotypical CFO can often be perceived as overly cautious. Although we must continue to play the financial consequence of the company, we equally have to be open minded. The pace of digital change means we have to be more agile and willing to invest in new services so we stay relevant to how customers wish to engage and consume services in the future.
Could you give a summary of what you’ll be discussing at the CFO Rising Europe Summit and why this is a topical subject at the moment?
I will be giving an overview of the role of the digital CFO and how acting in a more collaborative way can allow a CFO to play a pivotal role in setting strategy and encouraging the business to make the most of digital technology. I can only share my experience and hope that it gives those that attend food for thought to take away and recognise some of the challenges they face in the industry. As CFO, it is important for us to be more courageous than we’ve been before and invest in new digital technology, so these opportunities don’t pass us by. I’m looking forward to the session and understanding the challenges that the attendees have.


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Indian venture capital investors see consolidation plays as central to adding value to their portfolio companies and achieving exits, though the specifics of the strategy will vary by industry.
“We don't know when new markets are being developed whether it’s a winner-takes-all market, or whether we will end up with a duopoly or several companies,” Aaron Miller, a managing director and co-head...
Baidu Capital, a VC firm backed by Chinese search engine Baidu, has led a round of funding for WM Motor Technology, a Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer.
NSI Ventures has reached a first close of approximately $60 million on its second Southeast Asia venture capital fund and also participated in a $5 million Series A round for Singapore-based digital healthcare company Biofourmis.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the investment arm of the World Bank, is considering a commitment of up to $20 million in the third India-focused vehicle of Lighthouse Funds.
GenBridge Capital, a private equity firm set up by former executives from Chinese online retailer JD.com and TPG Capital, has closed its debut consumer-focused fund at the hard cap of $500 million.


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American Airlines on Sunday said it would cancel around 1% of its flights in July.
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IT was billed as WA's most anticipated fashion trade event, but the company behind the short lived and ill-fated Perth Fashion Week has finally folded leaving a trail of debts of $615,000.
None of the 47 creditors of stylist Sylvia Giacci's Perth Fashion Week Pty Ltd will get any return on the debts owed.
The curtain will finally fall on the company this week when a final creditors meeting is held on Valentine's Day Friday and liquidators ask the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to deregister the company, which at one time was being touted as a rival to the well-established and unrelated Perth Fashion Festival.
Liquidator Kim Strickland this week confirmed that the company's debts ran to $615,000.
He said because Perth Fashion Week Pty Ltd had no assets apart from a retail bond of $3700, creditors would not get any return on the amount owed.
The biggest creditor was the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, where Perth Fashion Week was staged for just five days from April 19 to 23 in 2012, which was owed nearly $195,000.
Other creditors ranged from the Australian Tax Office to a car hire firm and lawyers.
Perth Fashion Week was shrouded in controversy right up until the time the first glamorous model stepped onto the catwalk.
Its founder, Ms Giacci, had formerly been a stylist for the long running Perth Fashion Festival, which is held annually in September. She was supported in launching the rival event by skimpy barmaid king Steve Zielinski.
But it came to an abrupt halt just seven months after its debut when Silver Bullet Creative, which produced the shows, began wind up action over an unpaid $20,000 debt.
The courts ordered liquidators be appointed and the company officially went into liquidation on November 27, 2012.
Critics of the event included the chairman of World Fashion Week, Paco de Jaimes, who said top designers had flown to Perth from around the world expecting to see an audience that included 50 global fashion buyers and press.
He said its organisers had "overpromised things they could not deliver".
Despite the liquidation the Perth Fashion Week Facebook page and Twitter account, which were not part of Perth Fashion Week Pty Ltd's intellectual property, remain active.
The social media accounts are promoting Ms Giacci's new project, which encourages indigenous youth to pursue a career in the fashion and arts industry.
The Dreamtime Project is reportedly set to be officially launched next month.
Ms Giacci could not be reached for comment.
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FARGO — You can count on Mae Haagenstad to rise to the occasion.
In this case, quite literally. Haagenstad, the Fargo resident who calls herself “The Weekend Baker,” loves making sourdough bread so much, she started her own home-based business calling it the same name.
“I have a day job, and it has to pay the bills,” Haagenstad said, “but I love baking. Sourdough is my specialty.”
Haagenstad offers popular, artisan-style loaves, which she learned to love when she lived in California. Her most popular flavors are jalapeno cheddar, chocolate and roasted garlic parmesan.
“I missed the sourdough bread [from California],” she said. “There are some bakeries who offer them, but it's just not the same, you know?”
It’s a three-day process to make the dough, which Haagenstad, who is self-taught, has perfected.
“There was a lot of trial and error,” she said.
She offers porch pick-up, which is contactless during the coronavirus pandemic, and the menu changes every week, with up to 20 loaves on offer at any given time. She only bakes on the weekends.
“I bake in the morning, and I put it out on the shelf for them to pick up,” she said.
Her home kitchen has a three-deck Stone oven made specifically for bakers. She can make up to nine loaves at a time. Haagenstad said she operates under the North Dakota “cottage foods law,” which she said allows her to sell baked goods out of her residence to individuals.
“My only limitation is that I can’t do it wholesale,” she said. “I’m happy to keep it small like this.”
She’s come a long way, which even she has to remind herself at times.
Scrolling through her Facebook page, where she posts pictures of her wares, Haagenstad said she realized just how long she’s been doing this.
“I had posted pictures of my old breads, that I did back in 2016,” she said. “I just didn’t realize I’d started it way back then. I was doing it on and off.”
It wasn’t until January that she started selling them in earnest. She sells them by the loaf.
“I really decide how many loaves I make,” Haagenstad said. “So, I could decide to do eight loaves or 20 loaves, and I’ve done a range in between there.”
Loaves are typically $8.
She also makes cookies, but it’s the bread that remains her true love. And, it’s not all about business, either.
“I really do this for fun,” Haagenstad said. “And, it’s a stress reliever.”
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Aurora Clinics wins Best Clinic Website – Aesthetic Medicine Awards 2009
Here at Aurora Clinics, we’re delighted to announce that we won the ‘Best Clinic Website’ category at the recent Aesthetic Medicine Awards 2009, held in Kensington, London.
This is a great achievement for us, considering Aurora Clinics was only launched following a major rebranding of the company back in July 2008.
Aurora Clinics shone out above the rest of the entries thanks to our innovative use of online technologies such as forums and blogs as well as providing an online shop facility for clinically proven products.
We are overwhelmed that our patients appreciate our honest ‘warts and all’ approach in providing valuable information with regards to plastic surgery.
Please feel free to browse the Aurora Clinics website and see for yourself how easy it is to navigate around and discover a wealth of valuable, well-organised information!


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The earthquake that rattled Southern California Tuesday caused just a ripple of industry disruptions and a few anxious moments. Damage and injuries were reported to be minor.
The magnitude 5.4 quake, reduced from an initial estimate of 5.8, struck at 11:42 a.m. and was centered about 30 miles east of Los Angeles in Chino Hills, San Bernardino County. However, the jolt was felt as far south as San Diego and as far east as Las Vegas.
Businesses said they were operating normally shortly after the temblor, which forced the evacuation of some buildings and stores.
Designer Monique Lhuillier was in her office on the third floor of her downtown Los Angeles factory when the quake hit.
“All 140 of us ran downstairs in a panic,” she said of her employes. “As soon as we got to the street the post lady handed us the mail and said, ‘Did you feel that earthquake? It was a 5.8.’ “It’s just part of living in L.A….I called our store and we had a mother of the bride [while watching her daughter try on her wedding dress], say ‘Is this a good omen or a bad omen?’”
Fraser Ross, owner of Kitson on Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles, said the store was evacuated but nothing was damaged and there were no phone or Web site disruptions.
“Our Web servers are in Canada, thank God, so our e-commerce wasn’t affected at all,” he said.
Macy’s in Topanga Plaza was closed after minor flooding from the sprinkler system.
A few retailers at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, about 30 miles from the quake’s center, reported minor damages, such as broken bowls at Villeroy & Boch and shattered crystal at Baccarat, but the center wasn’t evacuated and shoppers remained indoors.
“People didn’t even leave,” said center spokeswoman Debra Gunn Downing.
Most retailers said the occasional earthquake is just part of doing business in the Golden State.
At the Balenciaga store on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, manager Carrie Smoljanovich said, “Everything is structurally sound and there were no disruptions to business.” She surmised that the customers in the store were California natives because “natives just sort of roll with it.”
One non-native employee who works on the second floor reported that the building swayed and shook and she kneeled under her desk.
Intuition owner Jaye Hersh, whose store is in West Los Angeles, said, “There were a lot of tourists in our store and there was a lot of excitement, but there was no harm done.”
Winston Hewett, national communications director for Opus, which owns The Shoppes at Chino Hills, said the Trader Joe’s grocery store had about 30 broken cases of wine and most of the open-air center’s shops were closed for less than two hours.
“We have a business disruption plan,” Hewett said. “As with any act of Mother Nature, we have to try to be prepared; it’s part of doing business” in California.
“We had a couple products fall.…We ran outside,” said Charlene Robrigabo, an employee at Tessie’s Serenity Spa in the Gateway Village shopping center in Chino Hills. “Everybody in the center evacuated their buildings, and it doesn’t seem like any of the businesses have closed.”
Verizon Communications said the quake briefly disrupted local landline service, and other carriers such as AT&T reported system congestion from a high volume of calls. There were also reports of short Internet server interruptions,
The quake hit a state battered over the past 12 months by harsh winter storms and flooding, wildfires, drought, a housing market collapse, skyrocketing gas and food prices and widespread economic downturn.
The impact was in contrast with the 1994 Northridge earthquake, which registered a 6.7 magnitude and caused an estimated $25 billion in damage, killed 72 people and injured more than 9,000.
The Southern California region is among the most seismically active in the world, and the state’s building codes were updated in 2001.
“Some of our displays have fallen down, some of the stuff from the rooftop came down, so we had to sweep,” said Sharon Catedriloa, an employee at Active Ride Shop in The Shoppes at Chino Hills. “I haven’t felt a big one like this in a while.”
Breaking News: @louisvuitton's men's artistic director @mrkimjones is leaving the French fashion house after nearly 7 years. Jones joined Louis Vuitton in 2011, following a three year tenure as creative director of British luxury goods brand Alfred Dunhill. Jones is to exit Louis Vuitton after showing his fall 2018 collection for the brand in Paris on Thursday. Read the full exclusive story on WWD.com. Link in bio. #wwdnews #wwdfashion
For men’s fall 2018, @giuseppezanotti drew on elements from streetwear, sport, biker, combat and rock ‘n’ roll. Pictured here are a pair of shoes from the collection, featuring zippers, rhinestones, and silver hardware. Head to WWD.com to see a roundup of the accessories from Milan’s men’s fall 2018 shows. #wwdfashion (📷: Andrea Delb)
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of @ralphlauren’s snowboarding collection, the brand is mining its archives. The iconic brand is reintroducing vintage styles and dropping new designs for a color capsule that will be available in Ralph Lauren stores and @openingceremony on January 25. The capsule will consist of 10 pieces, including the Snow Beach Pullover, pictured here, which is a collector’s item that rapper Raekwon wore in Wu-Tang Clan’s “Can It Be All So Simple” video. #wwdfashion (📷: Tom Gould)
For @rochasofficial’s pre-fall 2018 collection, creative director Alessandro Dell’Acqua channeled the sophisticated and intriguing Catherine Denevue in the film “Belle de Jour.” Polished collarless coats, midi skirts, suits and ’60s graphic motifs were all featured in the collection, adding a sense of discreet luxury. See the rest of the photos on WWD.com #wwdfashion
“We tried to produce clothing of that couture quality, but the most daunting part was that we only had a matter of days [to do it],” said costume designer Lou Eyrich, who recreated Gianni Versace’s iconic looks for @americancrimestoryfx. Eyrich searched online retailers and vintage shops for original pieces from the design house and for @penelopecruzoficial, who plays Donatella Versace. Head to WWD.com to read how she created the Versace world. #wwdfashion
Only three months after her stellar debut catwalk season, @kaiagerber has inked her first big design collaboration –– with @karllagerfeld. The collection blends Lagerfeld’s Parisian chic aesthetic and the model’s signature West Coast casual style via RTW, accessories, footwear and more. The #KarlLagerfeldxKaia collection will launch in September with a series of events. Get all the details on WWD.com. #wwdnews #wwdfashion
Harrods plans to remove the famous statue of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed from the bottom of the Egyptian escalators and hand it back to Mohamed Al-Fayed. “We are very proud to have played our role in celebrating the lives of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Al Fayed at Harrods and to have welcomed people from around the world to visit the memorial for the past 20 years,” said Michael Ward, Harrods managing director. “With the announcement of the new official memorial statue to Diana, Princess of Wales at Kensington Palace, we feel that the time is right to return this memorial to Mr. Al Fayed and for the public to be invited to pay their respects at the palace.” More on the news, with reporting by @loreleimarfil, at WWD.com. #wwdnews


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When you pop open a bag of Staburst Chews what's the first flavour you reach for? Is it the ever-popular pink or do you prefer zesty lemon or tangy orange?
WATCH: Tik Tok user expresses her frustrations on her inability to find Starburst lollies
That sweet dilemma is now over for Australians as the Mars-Wrigley Company have confirmed that they have discontinued the Starburst brand in Australia.
Once a lolly bag staple, party necessity and movie night favourite, the absence of the canary yellow packets from supermarket shelves was only noticed in early August.
It all started when Nariman Dein uploaded a video on Tik Tok expressing her frustrations on why she couldn't find the lollies in Big W and anywhere in Sydney.
Describing her inability to find the Starburst lollies as “a conspiracy theory,” the 40 second video attracted 275k views, 35.7k likes and over a thousand comments.
In response to the popular video, Mars-Wrigley released an official statement confirming the departure was in fact a reality and not a conspiracy.
“Our Starburst products are imported from Europe and like many businesses that are importing products from overseas, the brand has been exposed to supply chain difficulties and rising cost pressures over the last two years,” a spokesperson for the company said. “After reviewing all options, we’ve made the difficult decision to discontinue the brand in Australia from June 2022.”
The company said it would "prioritise and invest" in the production of locally-made treats like M&Ms, Maltesers, Skittles, Snickers, Extra and Eclipse.
The decision to cease importing Starburst comes after a steady decline in popularity. Woolworths dropped the line from its range in 2015, followed by Coles in 2018.
The decision does not imply that the confectionery will be entirely absent from the Australian market as speciality sweets shops may continue to still stock the products.
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So much to try, so little time! The food truck frenzy visited downtown Riverside this past week showcasing some of the best in creative cuisine.
Riverside residents flocked downtown as the Riverside Municipal Auditorium hosted HOT 103.9’s Food Truck Festival on Sept. 30th.
Walking along Main Street one sunny afternoon I was hypnotized by fresh floral fragrances, spicy cinnamon scents and pungent peppermint perfumes.
Tarantulas, millipedes, stick bugs and a 1,000 dollar beetle named “Hercules” infested downtown Riverside.
Downtown Riverside will be hosting The Amazing College Race April 10 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at City Hall.
The downtown Riverside Transit Agency’s bus terminal will be eliminated indefinitely as of January 2017 and buses will be dispatched directly to individual stops.
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Although The Palmetto Inn now has new proprietors, patrons can expect it to remain the same cozy, family-style inn that has existed on the island for decades.
Aashish Patel and his father, George Patel, own the Boca Grande Resort on the north end of the island. The hoteliers recently purchased The Palmetto Inn to offer another kind of accommodation for island visitors.
“It’s a comfortable place to stay, and it’s a short walk to the beach,” Aashish said. “The first floor has a large kitchen and a covered patio, so it’s perfect for families.”
The Patels first visited The Palmetto Inn in 2005.
“I stopped in to talk to the owners, and I thought it was so charming,” Aashish said. “There aren’t too many places on the island that offer nightly accommodations, so it seemed like a great investment property.”
Aashish said that for years he and his father have been looking into purchasing property on the island. They acquired the Boca Grande Resort during the summer of 2016.
They’d been looking in the historical district closer to the beaches and realized that if they purchased an existing commercial property, it would be much easier than trying to construct something new.
“We can now market two kinds of rental properties on our website – one with more of a resort atmosphere and another that offers convenient efficiencies closer to the beach,” Aashish said.
George Patel immigrated from India to San Francisco in 1969, and he helped a friend run rental properties on the West Coast.
“My dad has always been interested in learning how to maximize the potential of rental properties,” he said.
The new owners said they plan to keep The Palmetto Inn just as it is, planning only a few minor repairs.
“Bev and Len have kept the place in very good condition, so we’ll be able to accommodate guests right away,” Aashish said. “We don’t want to change anything about it – we just plan to update it and renovate it a little bit.”
Looking ahead, guests will be able to pick up their keys at the Boca Grande Resort at 5800 Gasparilla Road and then check into their rooms at the inn at their leisure.
The Patels are currently considering who will be managing The Palmetto Inn rental office this upcoming season.
A new, fresh website will be available soon.
Until then, guests can make reservations via the Boca Grande Resort by calling 964-4443.
There are currently six units available at The Palmetto Inn.
For more information, visit thepalmettoinn.com or thebocagranderesort.com.


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Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
When Paola Letizia’s “Pet Society” virtual home was broken into and cleaned out (except for the cat), she called the real Italian police — and they have responded by investigating this crime of “abusive and aggravated entry” into her Facebook and email accounts. “Pet Society” is a game by Playfish that allows players to furnish […]
When Twitter user “bwayanonymous” tweeted “Which Avenue Q cast member gave Marty Thomas crabs?,” Broadway actor Marty Thomas didn’t think it was very tweet-tastic. In fact, he found it defamatory and subsequently filed a lawsuit with the New York Supreme Court claiming the tweet was not only “malicious and false” but also seen by colleagues […]
When building a new venture, it can be helpful to look to others who have successfully maneuvered the entrepreneurship path. You can study which of their strategies worked and which didn’t and also invest yourself in their personal stories, drawing inspiration from all they have achieved. Here are three inspiring entrepreneurs who have been in […]
Inventions don’t have to be real to be cool. In honor of National Inventors Month, we’ve collected five of the coolest fictional inventions—the ones we most wish were real. Lightsaber – Star Wars No list of sci-fi or movie inventions is complete without the lightsaber. This Jedi weapon features a blade of energy that can […]
Without inventors, we wouldn’t have cars, televisions, computers, cell phones, or any of the other gadgets we depend on every day. So it’s only fitting to take a moment—or a month—to celebrate the mad scientists, crazy dreamers, and everyday innovators who are changing the world with their inventions. Hence, National Inventors Month. LegalZoom is joining […]
And the hits just keep on coming for Apple, Inc. Recently we’ve talked about reception problems with Apple’s iPhone 4, a possible class action over iPhone locking, and the US Copyright Office’s decision that jailbreaking an iPhone isn’t illegal; now there’s another legal action in the works against the software giant. On July 23, a […]
The newly released Apple iPhone 4 is already making a splash in legal news because of a “consumer investigation” by Sacramento, Calfornia firm Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff, LLP into “potential problems” with the phone’s release. The law firm, which has also sued Facebook over allegedly deceptive ads in Farmville and Mafia Wars, wants to talk […]
LimeWire LLC’s legal woes continue. The company, which makes software that enables users to share peer-to-peer (P2P) music files, is the defendant in a recent copyright infringement suit filed by eight of the most powerful music publishers in the industry, including EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group, and Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. […]
If you were one of the early admirers of the iPod Nano, you might be getting a check in the mail soon.
The class action lawsuit against Apple because first generation iPod Nanos scratched too easily has been settled.


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Dutch news in brief, Wednesday 18 March 2009
Read the roundup of today's Dutch press from Radio Netherlands.CPB advises cabinet not to freeze wages
The economic crisis dominates the Dutch dailies again Wednesday with most papers leading with the latest report from the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB).
The bureau's director, Coen Teulings, presented the CPB's economic forecast for 2009/2010 on Tuesday, which, amounts to advising the cabinet that a wage freeze and austerity measures would be "inadvisable", reports de Volkskrant.
Trouw writes that the timing of the CPB's warning against freezing wages is rather piquant. The cabinet negotiations on measures to tackle the economic crisis are mired in demand and counter demand and Social Affairs Minister Piet Hein Donner sees wage control as key to creating jobs.
De Volkskrant writes that all the really difficult issues are still on the table and measures to tackle the crisis still a long way away.
NRC.next's headline says it all: "still no solution to the crisis".
Shell stops investing in sun and wind energy
De Telegraaf reports that Shell is stopping large-scale investment in sun and wind energy as it is far too costly and does not generate enough profit.
The populist paper writes that the measure is quite remarkable considering that Shell has been doing its best to portray itself as a company that invests in the future and in planet Earth.
The company's green image will not suffer because it is still investing time, energy and money in developing environmentally responsible biofuels, according to Shell.
One member of Shell's board told De Volkskrant: "if generating sustainable energy was more lucrative, then we would gladly invest in it".
De Telegraaf writes that the Anglo-Dutch oil giant has been severely criticised for shelving its alternative energy investments to which Shell's directors reacted: "We're not a charity organisation."
Baby offered for adoption on website
De Telegraaf reports that visitors to a popular internet auction site for children's clothes and other articles were shocked by an advertisement offering a child for adoption.
Anabel from Gelderland placed an ad calling for a family to "take good care of her child". The site's owners immediately removed the advert and reported it to the police.
Site owner Jody McLoughlin told de Telegraaf, "this is certainly not what our website is for. We were extremely shocked."
The paper reports that 41 people clicked on the 'free to a good home' ad and it has since appeared on a number of other websites.
Dutch are fat, lazy and smoking away
Dutch did not give up smoking, lose weight and exercise more in 2008, said Statistics Netherlands (CBS).
According to NRC.next, the Dutch did not adopt a healthy lifestyle in 2008 although the number of heavy drinkers did fall somewhat.
De Telegraaf reports that the smoking ban enforced in bars, cafes and restaurants had no effect on the number of people who smoke; in 2008, 28 percent population were smokers, exactly the same percentage as 2007.
Janssen most popular name for fraudsters
Consumers with the surname Janssen have the worst default record in the Netherlands, concludes a survey by Lindorff, a company that facilitates payments to online shops.
AD reports that Janssen is also a popular choice for people buying things on the Internet under a false name. The Lindorff survey also reveals people named Veen often forget to pay their bills.
According to a company spokesperson: "Janssen appears to be the first name that occurs to people when they are creating a false identity."
The spokesperson also said Jansen spelt with one s is also high on the list of defaulters.
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Marston's PLC’s (LON:MARS) Buy Rating Reiterated at Shore Capital
MARS has been the topic of a number of other reports. Liberum Capital assumed coverage on shares of Marston's PLC in a report on Wednesday, July 5th. They set a buy rating and a GBX 140 ($1.82) target price on the stock. Peel Hunt cut shares of Marston's PLC to an add rating and increased their target price for the stock from GBX 150 ($1.95) to GBX 160 ($2.08) in a report on Monday, May 8th. Deutsche Bank AG dropped their target price on shares of Marston's PLC from GBX 145 ($1.89) to GBX 135 ($1.76) and set a hold rating on the stock in a report on Friday, June 23rd. Beaufort Securities reissued a buy rating on shares of Marston's PLC in a report on Friday, May 19th. Finally, Numis Securities Ltd reissued an add rating and set a GBX 165 ($2.15) target price on shares of Marston's PLC in a report on Friday, May 19th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the stock. The company presently has a consensus rating of Hold and an average target price of GBX 144.55 ($1.88).
Marston's PLC (LON:MARS) opened at 116.20 on Wednesday. The firm’s market capitalization is GBX 668.61 million. The firm has a 50-day moving average of GBX 122.50 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 132.61. Marston's PLC has a 1-year low of GBX 115.50 and a 1-year high of GBX 153.50.
The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 25th were paid a dividend of GBX 2.70 ($0.04) per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, May 25th. This represents a yield of 1.97%.
In other news, insider Andrew Andrea sold 27,313 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 124 ($1.62), for a total transaction of £33,868.12 ($44,122.09). Also, insider Matthew Roberts acquired 25,000 shares of Marston's PLC stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 18th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 138 ($1.80) per share, with a total value of £34,500 ($44,945.28).
About Marston's PLC
Marston’s PLC is engaged in running pubs and beer brewing. The Company owns a range of assets from pubs to brands. The Company’s segments include Destination and Premium, which consists of food and drink sales, accommodation and gaming machine income; Taverns, which includes Food and drink sales, rent from licensed properties, accommodation and gaming machine income; Leased, which includes drink sales, rent from licensed properties and gaming machine income; Brewing, which comprises drink sales and third-party brewing, packaging and distribution, and Group Services.
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Canada’s oilseed processing industry has navigated reasonably well through the economic storm waters caused by COVID-19.
But several unknowns are on the horizon, says Chris Vervaet, executive director of the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA).
Steady demand in vegetable oil and canola meal markets could give way to market uncertainty in the weeks ahead as the industry copes with widespread closures in the restaurant and hotel industries and disruptions in the dairy, slaughter and animal feeding industries, he said.
“Generally speaking, since the beginning of the (2019-20) crop year, we’ve been ahead of last year’s (crush) pace and we’ve been generally ahead of the record pace that we set last year,” Vervaet said in an April 30 interview with The Western Producer.
“We are on course, right now anyway, for a record crush by the end of the crop year. But, of course, there are many different unknowns going forward.”
“There’s been a lot of disruptions in the marketplace, and most notably for vegetable oil, food service (demand) is a big one.”
Last week, Statistics Canada published new data showing robust activity in the Canadian oilseed crushing sector.
Through the first three months of 2020, the total crush at Canadian oilseed processing plants exceeded 2.5 million tonnes, the highest crush volume ever recorded in the three-month period ending March 31.
Those numbers came on the heels of a record-setting December 2019 crush, which saw the highest-ever monthly volume at about 900,000 tonnes.
The figures reflect strong veg oil prices and strong demand through the entire 2019-20 crop year to date, Vervaet said.
However, the full market impact of COVID-19 on vegetable oil markets may not yet have taken effect, he said.
Vegetable oil processors are already feeling the market impact caused by hotel and restaurant closures, but reduced consumption in that sector has been mostly offset by increased demand in other areas in food processing, retail and some offshore business.
“For the short- and medium-terms, if we do see a protracted slowdown in the food service sector continuing, this will obviously continue to put downward pressure on vegetable oil demand and it’s really not clear at this point whether those other areas — food processing and retail — will continue to pick up the slack.”
Uncertainty in the transportation and logistics sectors also represent potential risks for Canadian oilseed processors, Vervaet said.
“In particular … as the railways continue to announce the downsizing of resources in response to COVID-19 — whether it’s on the labour front or locomotives — we do have some serious concerns about their ability to quickly readjust when the general economy begins to bounce back and what that might mean for rail service to our sector….”
Demand for canola meal from the dairy, swine and aquaculture sectors represents another potential risk.
Vervaet described the impact of COVID-19 on the North American feeding and slaughter industries as “a moving target.”
Recent disruptions in slaughter capacity are resulting in lower margins and supply chain disruptions at the farm level. That is likely to impact demand for Canadian soymeal and canola meal.
“There are so many different components and unknowns that … are going to be driving demand for both oil and meal,” Vervaet said.
Several factors and scenarios warrant close attention, he added.
In 2019, Canada exported more than 1.8 million tonnes of processed canola oil to the United States, at a value of more than $2.1 billion.
China, the second-largest buyer of Canadian veg oil, was just short of 875,000 tonnes in 2019, down from 1.16 million tonnes in 2018.


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VALCOURT, Quebec – Bombardier Recreational Products is seeking more dealers, management announced during the company’s call highlighting quarterly and annual earnings on March 28.
BRP signed 38 new dealers in fiscal year 2014, which ended Jan. 31, in North America, mostly in the South and Southwest. The company said it had hoped to sign between 35 and 40 new dealers last year. The company’s target for FY 2015 is to add 65 to 75 new dealers, and President/CEO Jose Boisjoli said the brands would like to have between 200 and 300 new dealers by the end of FY 2017.
“I’m very happy with the progress made in the side-by-side market,” Boisjoli said. “And the improvement we made with our dealer coverage in North America.”
Boisjoli said corporate revenues will likely be down in the first quarter due to one-time expenses, such as the transfer of distribution services to a third party for efficiency gains.
Boisjoli said the ideal new dealer would be someone who would be willing to take on all the BRP products – Ski-Doo, Lynx, Sea-Doo, Evinrude, Can-Am and ROTAX. However, they’d also have no problems with a multiline dealer adding some or all of BRP’s lines, Boisjoli said.
“We prefer to sign quality dealers,” he said. “When you sign a dealer, it’s for the long term. It takes a lot of energy and time to sign and train a new dealer.”
BRP, which made its initial public offering in May, had more than $3 billion in annual revenues for the first time in the company’s history, finishing the year with $3.19 billion, an increase of 10.3 percent year-over-year, Boisjoli announced. (All dollar amounts are Canadian.)
FY 2014 also marked the first time that year-round products – off-road vehicles and roadsters – were a bigger earner for the company than seasonal products, like snowmobiles and personal watercraft.
“We have lots of priorities to grow our business in the off-road market,” Boisjoli said.
The big seasonal product introductions for BRP in 2014 were the Sea-Doo Spark, a personal watercraft at the lower-priced end of the market, and the Renegade XRS and Summit X-T3 snowmobiles.
Boisjoli said snowmobile inventory is expected to be at an all-time low – a consequence of a winter conducive to buying snowmobiles. Personal watercraft inventory is up, driven by the Spark and lower-than-expected industry growth last season.
In year-round products, BRP introduced the Maverick and Commander four-seat off-road vehicles. In motorcycles, Can-Am introduced the Can-Am Spyder RT with the ROTAX 1330 in the fourth quarter, but Boisjoli said motorcycle revenues for the company were flat for the year.


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Update-Theft Leaves 2500 Without Phone Service
Century Link crews have restored phone service including 911 and internet services to all customers in Gleed, Naches and Chinook Pass.
However they are still working to restore local and long distance phone service to approximately 300 customers in Gleed.
Thieves stole close to 1,000 feet of Century Link fiber and copper cables this morning, knocking out phone service to some 2500 customers. Those affected live in the Gleed, Naches, and Chinook Pass areas. 911, local, long distance and internet service it out. Century Link spokesperson Kerry Zimmer says the theft occured shortly before 3 this morning. Zimmer says service is expected to be out for 48 hours.
If customers in these areas have an emergency, please go to the nearest fire station for assistance. The Yakima County Sheriffs Office is investigating the theft.
It is CenturyLink’s main concern to restore 911 as well as all phone and internet services as soon as possible, as customer safety is our priority.


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LONDON.- Somerset House
will present a major new exhibition by SHOWstudio, the award-winning fashion website led by Nick Knight, one of the world's most influential fashion image-makers.
Collaborating with high-profile photographers, artists, writers, designers, stylists and cultural figures, SHOWstudio has forged a revolution in the way fashion is communicated. Over the past nine years SHOWstudio has championed Fashion Film as a wholly new form of experiencing fashion in the digital age. Showcasing a retrospective of SHOWstudio's groundbreaking projects around the three central themes of Process', 'Performance' and 'Participation', the exhibition will continue in this same tradition of innovation and invention.
The exhibition will bring SHOWstudio to Somerset House with a programme of live events, transforming the Embankment Galleries and allowing visitors to get inside the world of fashion. Highlights will include:
SHOWstudios most significant collaborations with creatives including Alexander McQueen, Peter Saville, Liberty Ross, Heston Blumenthal, Gareth Pugh, Simon Foxton, and Julie Verhoeven.
A live photographic studio located within the exhibition space, hosting regular fashion shoots with Nick Knight and other leading photographers, laying bare the process of fashion image-making.
Nick Knight will shoot 100 portraits of Londons beau monde, models, actors, musicians and artists.
A programme of new Fashion Films, specially commissioned by SHOWstudio.
SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution is a collaboration between Somerset House Exhibitions Curator Claire Catterall, Nick Knight's SHOWstudio, Professor Penny Martin, Rootstein Hopkins Chair of Fashion Imagery at the London College of Fashion and Alistair ONeill, Senior Research Fellow at Central St Martins College of Art and Design. The exhibition is designed by Ab Rogers. The exhibition will open during London Fashion Week which will be held for the first time in its new home at Somerset House.
Speaking about the Somerset House show, SHOWstudio Director Nick Knight said: "We are in the midst of a revolution in fashion imagery. Moving away from illustration and stills photography, we are now entering the restless world of interactive, self-created, digital-imaging: accessible, downloadable, constantly changing. This is what interests me. Working with the very top fashion creators, this show will open up the whole process of fashion to literally everyone, instead of just an informed few."
Gwyn Miles, Director of Somerset House said: "SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution will bring fashion to life in a completely new way. I hope this exhibition will broaden debate about fashion as an art form and its impact on contemporary visual culture. Our ambition is that Somerset House should reflect current developments in the creative industries and particularly in the field of fashion and design. I am delighted that Nick Knight and SHOWstudio have accepted our invitation to work with us on such a groundbreaking exhibition."


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All public and private beaches In New Jersey can reopen Friday with certain restrictions.
Gov. Phil Murphy said each town must establish its own capacity limitations and ways to enforce social distancing. Restaurants on boardwalks can remain open for takeout only, and amusement parks and playgrounds will remain closed.
Towns and businesses were busy preparing on Thursday and are hoping for the best.
In Margate, where the beaches will open to sunbathers on Friday, many are wondering what the holiday weekend will bring.
"There's the group of people that want to social distance and then there's the group of people that just want everything to reopen. I'm kind of in the middle of that," said Faith Bocian, of Lancaster, Pa. who has been at the shore all week.
Officials up and down the Jersey shore are asking people who come to the beach to stay 6 feet from other families.
Lucy the Elephant is closed, but Cousins Grill right next door opened Thursday, hoping for some customers this weekend.
"We've always been sanitary minded but now it's even five steps above that," said owner Norm Imber.
In Avalon, Tonio's Pizza and Seafood is preparing to take a hit, with the loss of in-house dining and late night crowds. They hope people will order take out pizza, or fresh seafood from their market.
"We're scared. We're worried about it but we're dealing with it," said owner Anthony Galvi.
At the ICONA Avalon Resort, the lobby, banquet hall and brewery are all empty. CEO Eustace Mita can't open his doors.
Mita says, "Memorial Day is not just the kick-off, it's also our biggest day for lodging. The psychology is people are going to look right past June and say, 'Oh summer starts July 4.'"
He says the continued lockdown for hotels in Avalon and the shore has meant crippling losses.
"ICONA, personally, I can tell you it's in the millions already," said Mita.
The Avalon Beach Patrol unloaded their new uniforms Thursday morning at headquarters, preparing for their first weekend on duty. The guards won't meet every morning like they usually do. Instead, they'll go straight to their posts for a socially distanced setup.
"One person on a stand and one person on a lifeboat or walking around in front," said Avalon Beach Patrol Captain Murray Wolf.
No beach tags are needed this weekend in Avalon. Instead, beach tag checkers will be handing out information about beach regulations and social distancing.
"We have signs up at every boardwalk entrance and beach path entrance to remind people - just when you're the family stay 6 feet apart from other individuals," said Avalon Business Administrator Scott Wahl.
Memorial Day events that honor fallen service members have been canceled all across the Jersey shore, but some towns are planning virtual events and tributes.
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Why the deal with China Documents represents a change in strategy for L’Oréal
Adding a high-end local C-beauty brand with Gen Z to its portfolio is precisely what L’Oreal needs to stay at the top of its game in the Asian market.
Although L’Oréal has been in the Chinese market since 1997 and acquired several Chinese brands during that time, the purchase of a stake in Documents marked Shanghai Meicifang’s first transaction since its inception in May as a fund. group’s Chinese investment.
Documents has the advantage of its own retail presence, with plans to expand to between 30 and 40 stores over the next five years, according to Rooke. The store is unconventional, providing an immersive experience.
Thai Cathy Doll aims for premiumization with perfume and makeup
Mass-market Thai mega-brand Cathy Doll is working towards premiumization with new fragrance and color cosmetics offerings.
Last year, the brand expanded into fragrances, with a range of eau de parfum and scented body lotions.
Karmart’s regional business development manager, Kat Wei, said the fragrance line was launched with the aim of winning over new consumers.
Pearlie White targets Central Asia after gaining halal certification
Singapore-based oral care brand Pearlie White has focused on expanding into Central Asia after recently gaining halal certification for its products and manufacturing facility.
Pearlie White’s chief executive and founder, Andy Ong, said the process was necessary for the company’s future growth.
Central Asia includes countries like Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The region is home to a large Muslim population.
India Aminu targets UAE, Saudi Arabia in Middle East expansion
Indian skincare brand Aminu’s expansion into the Middle East will focus on the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia as its two key markets.
It has already laid the groundwork in the Middle East and will seek to expand its presence there with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia as key markets.
The company is happy to compete against more established brands like Europe or the United States, which Mohunta says cost at least three times as much as Aminu.
Swiss brand Evenswiss says its future ‘growth story’ lies in the region
Swiss skincare brand Evenswiss says Asia will be key to its future growth after seeing initial success in Vietnam and China.
Over the past three years, business in China has grown three to four times a year. The company’s success in China fuels its confidence to expand in the wider Asian region.
Evenswiss has already been launched in Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam. She is particularly interested in the Southeast Asia region, where she sees huge opportunities for growth.


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Tic Tac Attracts Millennials with Sweet Customization
A native app, RFID technology and a campaign microsite helped Ferrero’s Tic Tac brand reach millennials and tap into the customization that younger consumers enjoy. Attendees at the month-long My Pack Tour, a mobile tour that traveled to music and arts fests, gave them the chance to create custom Tic Tac packs and share their photos on social media as part of its larger Shake It Up marketing campaign.
Attendees received empty Tic Tac boxes labeled with RFID stickers for tracking, then chose their flavors from 13 giant cylinders via tablet computers to create their custom mix. Next, they printed custom labels with their name or whatever they wanted their label to say. Each stop included a green screen photo op for social sharing, including an eight-foot-tall Tic Tac box in which they could pose for photos. Participants received an email that included their custom flavor mix and reminded them to #shakeitup! A separate campaign microsite mimicked the on-site experience and allowed consumers from all over the country to create and share virtual Tic Tac packs. The brand surprised random people by making and sending their creations to them.
The results had Tic Tac marketers all shook up, too: custom pack creation exceeded its goal by 31 percent; 78,000 Facebook impressions were achieved and 9,832 custom packs created on-site via the app; 1,740 green screen photos were taken and 2,208 digital packs shared.


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Weather.com has launched Countdown to Thanksgiving, a new branded entertainment section sponsored by Michelin.
The new section, which went live on Nov. 1, features a mix of service-oriented information geared for holiday travelers and Thanksgiving-specific editorial that goes beyond the typical Weather.com content boundaries. For example, the site offers local forecasts for Thanksgiving (Nov. 26) and the days preceding and following, along with safe driving tips.
The section also features content along the lines of “25 Ways to Make Thanksgiving Memorable,” as well as Thanksgiving-specific shopping and nutrition guidance, recipes and ideas for planning family get-togethers.
Weather.com is promoting the section on its homepage for 10 days leading up to Thanksgiving.
For its sponsor, Weather.com has created custom content along with specialized ad placements for Michelin. For example, within the article, “10 reasons to drive safely this Thanksgiving,” users are directed to Michelin’s site “For more information on driving, safety and automotive questions.” Plus, the importance of tire safety is highlighted throughout the section.
Lastly, starting on Nov. 16, a custom Michelin banner ads will employ Weather.com’s proprietary ADaptor technology—which will enable the ad to reference current weather conditions in its messaging.


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Something to look forward to: Resident Evil, Resident Evil 0 and Resident Evil 4 have been around for years but their launch on the Switch is significant as it affords a rare opportunity to play them on the go. Similarly, if you missed them the first time around, you'll soon have the opportunity for redemption.
Capcom late last year announced that three popular Resident Evil games were headed to the Nintendo Switch sometime in 2019. On Monday, we learned more about those pending releases including firm launch dates.
Capcom on Twitter said that Resident Evil, Resident Evil 0 and Resident Evil 4 will debut on the Nintendo Switch eShop on May 21. Pre-orders will open on February 28, we're told.
Resident Evil 0, 1, and 4 are coming to Nintendo Switch eShop on May 21!--- Resident Evil (@RE_Games) February 25, 2019
Play all three masterpieces anywhere, such as:
- On trains
- During mansion tours
- Across the European countryside
Pre-orders start on Feb 28! pic.twitter.com/BCzatyoUhU
Far from a spring chicken, the original Resident Evil is nearly 23 years old at this point. Resident Evil 0 dropped in 2002 for the GameCube while Resident Evil 4 took things in a different direction on the Game Cube in 2005.
Resident Evil has been in the news a lot lately. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard took the franchise in an exciting new direction. Last month's remake of the game's second installment for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Windows PC was also well received, no doubt boosting anticipation for Netflix's upcoming Resident Evil series.


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Every Saturday, I recap “news you can use” from the past week: a handful of short quotes from major (and often expensive) news sources, so you can stay up to date on the news that affects your money without spending a dime and in less than a minute.
Here are headlines and quotes from select money stories this week. At the end, you’ll find my take on the news.
Biden Caught Between Inflation and Calls to Ban Russian Oil (March 6, The Wall Street Journal):
President Biden is caught between conflicting demands that he tame rising consumer prices while banning Russian oil imports to punish Moscow for invading Ukraine, a sanction that would threaten even more inflation and raise pressure on allies with more dependence on oil imports.
How War in Ukraine Drives Up Inflation at U.S. Farms, Supermarkets, Retailers (March 6, The Wall Street Journal):
The conflict is stressing an already strained global supply chain, and its economic impact will likely be felt in households world-wide, at supermarkets, retailers and the gas pump. While higher costs will take time to work their way from producers to consumers, executives and analysts expect the war’s fallout to worsen inflation already stoked by shortages of goods and workers.
The CNBC Rapid Update, the average of 14 forecasts for the U.S. economy, sees GDP rising by 3.2% this year, a modest 0.3% markdown from the February forecast, but still above-trend growth as the US continues to bounce back from the Omicron slowdown. …
Inflation estimates are 1.7 percentage points higher for this quarter and 1.6 percentage points for next. Inflation is expected to decline from 4.3% this year to 2.4% by year-end.
Traders Surrender to Recession Paranoia in Stock Market Rout (March 7, Bloomberg):
When it’s just the yield curve narrowing, or oil jumping, or stocks falling into a correction, maybe you can hold off on panicking over a recession.
When all three happen at once, the argument gets stronger that it’s time to take the threat seriously.
Cracks Are Showing in Consumers’ Tolerance for Inflation (March 7, Bloomberg):
As the conflict in Ukraine pushes up the costs of energy and food — Russian and Ukrainian wheat, for example — the inflationary pressure is set to intensify. And the first cracks in consumer demand can be expected to appear, especially in sales of groceries, big-ticket goods and mid-market apparel.
Goldman Sees U.S. Recession Risk as High as 35%, Cuts Forecast (March 11, Bloomberg):
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s economists warned the probability of a U.S. recession in the next year may be as much as 35% as they cut their forecasts for growth due to the hit from soaring oil prices and other fallout from the war in Ukraine.
My take on the week
You may not have realized it yet, but the world has changed.
Just as 9/11 permanently altered the world, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is already having implications far beyond the explosion in prices for commodities like wheat, nickel and oil.
The world is now becoming increasingly aware of a major downside to a global economy — namely, critical resources potentially being held hostage by hostile governments. Solution? Unwinding globalization and producing more at home.
That may sound good, until one remembers the upside of outsourcing everything from raw materials to labor: lower prices. That’s the reason we went global in the first place.
If the global economy begins looking risky and countries become more insular, one likely side effect could be stubborn inflation.
This isn’t an immediate concern. If it happens, it’s something that will happen gradually over time. But it’s something I’m keeping an eye on, and you should as well.
As far as what’s in store in the immediate future, until there’s a resolution in Ukraine, expect stocks to be volatile, with major swings both up and down. My advice: Now’s not the time to buy the dips. It’s more of a time to lighten up on stocks when markets rally, especially those without proven, increasing earnings.
Should you choose not to lower your exposure to stocks, that’s fine. I haven’t. But I have lowered my expectations.
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Lady Melania embodies Fall fashion in a trendy brown suede coat and slouchy boots while attending the turkey pardoning ceremony at the White House. She looked stunning.
When it comes to fashion, Melania Trump always goes for chic, classy, and trendy, and she embodied the three in her outfit to the turkey pardoning ceremony at the White House, ahead of Thanksgiving.
First Lady Melania Trump arrives for a reopening ceremony for the Washington Monument in Washington | Photo: Getty Images
The annual event took place at the Rose Garden, and Lady Melania showed up dressed in a Burberry brown suede trench coat and thigh-high slouchy boots of the same color. The double-breasted outfit features a long-sleeve, fabric belt, and button design lining the front.
The FLOTUS shared photos of the look on Twitter, and wrote alongside it,
"The [White House] hosted its annual turkey pardoning today. Wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving."
Model/mother/entrepreneur Melania Trump visits SiriusXM Studio to promote her new QVC Melania Timepieces & Jewelry Collection on Cosmo Radio on April 20, 2011 in New York City | Photo: Getty Images
The photos showed the former model standing adjacent to President Donald Trump, who appeared to be giving a speech. In another, the FLOTUS stood smiling, beside her husband, as she stared at a turkey placed on a decorated table.
This year, 47 lbs. turkey named Butter, and another weighing 45 lbs. named Bread, got pardoned. Rather than serving as part of a Thanksgiving meal, the two birds will live out the rest of their days at Gobblers Rest, a turkey sanctuary located on the campus of Virginia Tech University.
Lady Melania repeated the outfit worn to the pardoning ceremony at the DEA 360 Strategy event. She shared photos of herself at the event, meeting and talking with young people on Twitter.
The First Lady noted in the accompanying caption that the initiative was designed to create opioid awareness across the country, and encourage young people to live a drug-free life.
Melania Trump's outfit, which covers monochrome dressing, is part of the latest trend in Fall fashion. Monochrome, comes in varied materials such as suede, cashmere, wool, and stamped leather, thereby providing fashion lovers options to choose from. Slouchy boots also debuted at the Fall fashion shows and became an instant hit.
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Ranbir – Alia Promise Stress Free Fashion Shopping Experience In Flipkart Fashion’s Latest Campaign
Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor – Bollywood’s most adored and closely followed couple will appear on-screen for the second time this year for the latest edition of Flipkart Fashion’s ‘India Ka Fashion Capital’ campaign. Looked upon as fashion icons by millions of young Indians, the two stars will encourage India’s large and growing base of internet users to overcome their shopping hesitancy and fashion inhibitions through the newest offerings and trendiest selections on Flipkart Fashion.
Flipkart Fashion launched ‘India Ka Fashion Capital (IKFC)’ campaign almost two years ago. The fourth edition of the campaign builds on the previous three that established Flipkart Fashion as the go-to-fashion destination for all shoppers across the country. This edition built around the theme ‘Don’t Stress, Karo Impress’ addresses the stressors that many consumers face around online shopping for their fashion needs. Offering the largest collection of trends, celebrity inspired styles, an easy 30 days returns and 100% refund policy, along with a host of genuine brands, Flipkart Fashion promises to make the best of your fashion shopping experience.
The campaign will go live on television and digital platforms for a period of over five weeks until December 15. Apart from 4 TVCs, consumers can also expect a plethora of curated digital content. From short videos talking about the benefits of shopping on Flipkart Fashion to a host of social media challenges, consumers can expect to see Ranbir and Alia in various engaging and interactive formats.
In addition to Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor, Flipkart Fashion will also collaborate with top fashion influencers across the country. These influencers through their interesting content formats will educate consumers to overcome any stressors and make the right purchase decisions. Through this integrated approach, Flipkart Fashion aims to engage with a diverse audience across the country, celebrating all things fashion.
Sharing his views on the latest edition, Vikas Gupta, Vice President and Head of Marketing at Flipkart said, “We are excited to launch the fourth edition of ‘India Ka Fashion Capital’ with Ranbir and Alia. They are not only fine actors, but also hugely popular style icons. While the previous three editions established Flipkart as India’s most preferred destination for trendy and affordable fashion, our research indicated that online fashion purchases are still impacted by certain inhibitions. Through this latest campaign and our proposition of ‘Don’t Stress, Karo Impress’, we are confident that we will help address consumer concerns and encourage them to interact with our platform and make the best fashion choices.”
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Qualcomm, which was hit with a 260-billion-won fine in 2009 in a similar case, has said the fine is unreasonable and plans to challenge it in court.
The fine violates the terms of a free-trade agreement between South Korea and the United States, Qualcomm said.
Qualcomm is as important to the smartphone world as Intel is for the PC world: nearly every smartphone contains Qualcomm technology. The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) accused the company of abusing this dominant position in the market.
Qualcomm paid a fine of 975 million dollars in China and was forced to reduce the licensing fees it charges Chinese smartphone manufacturers.
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Jump Start Owatonna Awards First Grants
The Owatonna Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism announced the first recipients of grants from the Jump Start Owatonna program this week. Kleckers Kreations, Limberg Productions, Owatonna Fitness Center (owner Reagan West pictured) and the Music Space of Owatonna receive grant dollars according to the Tuesday Talk e-newsletter. In addition, Sparetime Entertainment and the Steele County History Center receive in-kind donations.
Chamber president Brad Meier told KRFO during a radiothon last week, "Jump start Owatonna is an initiative locally here to support our small business that were most affected by the pandemic."
"This will be grant dollars, some in-kind, and we're also inviting businesses in the community to look at their local spending and see if there is some ways they can increase that as well."
Meier says the grants will be awarded on a rolling basis, saying that fundraising efforts are ongoing.
In Tuesday Talk, Meier made a pitch for businesses to fully open, "Minnesota businesses - especially small businesses like Sollid Studios, Sparetime Entertainment and Old Town Bagels are already operating safely and have taken the necessary safety precautions with detailed, effective preparedness plans in place. The understand the public health risks associated with COVID-19 and want to do their part to help slow the spread."
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NovaTract 'graduates' to CI Seed Investment Fund
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NovaTract Surgical LLC of New Haven Conn. became the first company to “graduate” from Connecticut Innovations’s (CI) Pre-Seed fund to its Seed Investment fund, according to CI.
The Pre-Seed fund allows the developing company to continue “developing their technology until they are attractive to seed companies,” says CI President and Executive Director Peter Longo. Once companies come to the end of the pre-seed stage and begin to look for future investors, the companies can apply to the seed investment funding program at CI. In the case of NovaTract, CI has decided to continue funding it because the company fit the profile when they applied to continue into the seed stage.
One of the plus sides of a pre-seed is the adequate funds to get the company going. “Without a pre-seed it’s tough to attract a CEO,” says David Wurzer, managing director of investments at CI, which invested $500,000 in NovaTract in the latest round.
For NovaTract CEO and founder Eleanor Tandler, a pre-seed plan was a viable business plan for the company. “Pre-seed money helped us frame our market and product as well as develop some working prototypes to show the proof of concept and that it works,” she said.
NovaTract, which was housed in CI’s incubator during the pre-seed time period, is developing devices that will be used to reduce the number of incisions necessary in minimally invasive abdominal surgery such as gall bladder removals and appendectomies. Kurt E. Roberts, MD, an assistant professor of gastrointestinal and general surgery at Yale University School of Medicine and NovaTract’s scientific founder, developed the technology and related techniques for its use.
LaunchCapital, Advantage Capital of Connecticut and an individual angel investor have also invested in NovaTract.
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France and Britain, on Monday, released information on finding out that some of the batches of eggs being sold commercially in their regional markets were tainted by insecticides. Millions of chickens are expected to be exterminated in the Netherlands following a massive contamination scandal in Europe, and some of the eggs may have entered Britain and France.
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Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany have all begun to take eggs off shelves in markets. Millions of eggs have been trashed after the European Commission was given its initial notice on the 20th of July by Belgium. Switzerland and Sweden retailers have also followed through on this. Belgium has agreed to show complete transparency regarding the scandal after initially keeping it a secret. There was reportedly a large scale use of the insecticide fipronil, a chemical that has been linked to serious health issues in humans.
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The European Commission recently began sending out alerts through the E.U. rapid alert systems to notify that the eggs that could reasonably be linked to the contamination have found their way into markets in Britain and France through the Germany distribution routes. According to Anna-Kaisa Itkonen, a spokesperson for the European Commission, the French, the Swiss, the Swedes, and the British to make sure the eggs in their markets remain trackable and traceable.


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BYD SELECTS NVIDIA DRIVE HYPERION FOR NEXT-GENERATION SOFTWARE-DEFINED ELECTRIC VEHICLES
>> BYD unveils the revolutionary and highly adaptable eBus Blade Platform, featuring the ultra-safe game-changing Blade Battery
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Shenzhen, China – BYD, one of the world’s best-selling EV brands, announced today its collaboration with NVIDIA on intelligent driving technology. BYD will use the NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion computing architecture in its new energy vehicles (NEVs) for automated driving and parking, starting in the first half of 2023.
BYD is a leader in the electric vehicle industry, and NVIDIA is the leader in artificial intelligence (AI). The cooperation is an important joint effort in the production and deployment of environmentally sustainable NEVs that become increasingly intelligent with over-the-air software updates. BYD’s NEVs will feature the NVIDIA DRIVE Orin SoC as the centralized compute and AI engine for automated driving and intelligent cockpit features.
NVIDIA DRIVE Orin, the world’s highest performance automotive-grade SoC, is the AI brain of next-generation vehicles. Delivering 254 TOPS (trillions of operations per second) of compute performance, DRIVE Orin features high-speed peripheral interfaces and high memory bandwidth (205GB/sec) to seamlessly handle data from multiple sensor configurations for safe and secure intelligent driving capabilities. NVIDIA DRIVE Orin achieves systematic safety standards such as ISO 26262 ASIL-D to ensure safe, highly advanced intelligent driving.
"Software-defined autonomy and electrification are some of the driving forces behind the automotive industry’s transformation. Through the power of AI and the NVIDIA DRIVE platform, BYD will deliver software-defined EV fleets that are not only safe and reliable but also improve over time," said Rishi Dhall, Vice President of Automotive, NVIDIA.
With industry-leading technologies such as the Blade Battery, DM-i super hybrid technology, and the e-platform, BYD sold nearly 600,000 electric passenger vehicles in 2021 and had achieved a cumulative production and sales volume of electric passenger vehicles over 1.5 million units. In China, BYD has dominated the top sales of electric passenger vehicles for nine times. Leveraging its strengths in technology, quality, and performance over the last 27 years, BYD continues connecting with customers, fans, and partners, through new technology, wisdom, and value, to drive the industry forward together.


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GW Pharmaceuticals (GWPH) announced its fourth quarter and full year financial results Tuesday afternoon. Although the company ended up missing the earnings target set by Wall Street, GW Pharma did manage to handily beat analysts' revenue expectations for the company.
Fourth quarter revenue came in at $109.1 million, a drastic increase from the $6.6 million reported a year ago. The vast majority of this figure came from sales of its CBD-derived drug, Epidiolex, which is used to treat two rare types of epilepsy in children known as Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome. The pharmaceutical company said that it sold $104.5 million worth of Epidiolex in the fourth quarter.
GW Pharma also reported a fourth quarter 2019 net loss of $24.9 million, which is a significant improvement from the $71.9 million net loss seen in fourth quarter 2018. The company still has $536.9 million in cash and cash equivalents as well, more than enough to fund itself as it looks to break a profit in 2020.
Although GW Pharma ended up missing its earnings target, reporting a net loss per share of $0.07 in comparison to the net loss per share of $0.04 expected by analysts, revenue figures were well received. Wall Street had predicted around $105.1 million in sales for the quarter, a figure the company handily beat by $4 million.
Epidiolex holds the distinction of being the first CBD-derived drug to receive approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The decision, which was announced in June 2018, was a big deal for the industry, although the agency has yet to approve another cannabis drug since then.


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The unveiling of Apple's new iPad computing device generated much applause as well as the prediction that the ultrathin portable tablet will sell well, but the jury was out on just how much the iPad will revolutionize consumers' media consumption.
The iPad fills the space between laptops and netbooks on one side and cell phones and smartphones on the other, industry experts and potential iPad consumers said. Features such as its large screen and the pricing - which ranges from $499 to $829 - are seen as critical to the iPad's success, industry experts said.
And aspects such as the way the slender tablet is designed to be held or cradled could potentially change consumers' browsing experience from a "lean-forward, intensive experience" to a much more relaxed, "lean-back" interaction, said Jon Gibs, vice president of online and integrated analysis for The Nielsen Company.
That screen is a plus for Abraham Roofeh, 29, of Great Neck. The director and producer envisioned carrying around the iPad to show his videos and make pitches. "The clarity looks incredible," he said, adding that he was pleased with the 10-hour battery life.
For Steven Skiena, a Stony Brook University computer science professor, the iPad's debut comes years later than a tablet-style computer he and colleagues predicted in 1988 would come in 2000. He and other graduate students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign won an Apple contest to design the computer of 2000, envisioning a computer with the dimensions of a notebook. While he, like others, was disappointed that there is no camera on the iPad, Skiena said he could see himself purchasing one, especially for the browsing experience.
"I never had a computer I wanted to carry around," he said, noting that the data plan pricing seemed reasonable. "This looks like a computer I want to carry around."
Apple also unveiled a new electronic bookstore, which could do for books and publications what the iTunes Store did for music - provide a platform to sell and deliver written content, even by subscription.
And the iPad could eventually let readers easily buy their favorite newspapers and magazines and have them delivered instantly.
Among the disappointments for many was that the iPad lacked a camera and a Flash player. An enhanced iPod Touch that is more "yawn and snooze rather than shock and awe" is how Michael Obuchowski, chief investment officer for Hauppauge-based First Empire Asset management, Inc., described the new device. "It doesn't change anything," said Obuchowski, whose firm oversees about $3.6 billion, including Apple stock.


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Just a while ago, Kyocera announced its Milano handset for Sprint. Now there’s another device official and it’s the latest candybar-style messaging handset with a full QWERTY keyboard - Kyocera Brio.
In few words about the specs: the device features a 2.2-inch QVGA (240 x 320) display, 1.3 MP back camera, WAP 2.0 mobile browser, and a support for Sprint's Mobile Email services. It’s powered by an 870mAh battery.
The phone measures 113.5mm x 60.2mm x 14.5mm, and weighs 105g.
Starting from tomorrow, the Kyocera Brio will be available at Sprint’s stores and online for $49.99 on a two year contract.