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“…it would be possible for horse meat from the shipments going through Houston to end up in the United States”
As concerns over horse meat infiltrating products labeled ground beef grows among American consumers, an advocacy group released shipping documents showing that horse meat does pass through at least one United States port on its way from slaughterhouses in Mexico to destinations in Europe.
The Equine Welfare Alliance unearthed bills of lading showing that since last August, more than 30 million pounds of fresh and frozen horse meat came into the Port of Houston on its way to distributors in Belgium, the Netherlands and Russia.
“The shipments come out of Tampico, the port closest to some Mexican slaughterhouse operations, and go through Houston, where they are broken up and sent out to various companies in Europe,” said John Holland, president of the alliance.
Shipments that pass through ports on their way to another country are typically under the jurisdiction of Customs and Border Protection and kept separate from other goods while waiting to be loaded onto ships.
The question is whether such transshipments, first reported by KPRC, the NBC affiliate in Houston, are legal under a Texas law banning the sale, transfer or shipment of horse meat for human consumption.
In 2008, Greg Abbott, then the state’s attorney general, determined that the Texas law, passed in 1949, applied even to transshipments of horse meat for human consumption. He ruled that the state law did not interfere with federal laws on interstate and foreign commerce.
A United States Supreme Court ruling later that year, however, suggested that federal law might trump state laws in such matters, said Wayne Pacelle, chief executive of the Humane Society of the United States. “I have some doubts about whether the Abbott decision would still be valid and whether a federal court would allow Texas to try and halt those shipments,” Mr. Pacelle said in an e-mail.
Nonetheless, Mr. Pacelle, Mr. Holland and others speculated that because ports are often porous places, it would be possible for horse meat from the shipments going through Houston to end up in the United States.
Ever since a recent scandal erupted in Europe in which horse meat was found in ground beef products, consumers in the United States have been looking more closely at the packages of the ground beef they buy and discovering the meat comes from Canada, Mexico and other places in Latin America where horses are slaughtered for human consumption…(continued)
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Unfair road-tax increases will add to rising petrol prices and car insurance premiums as the cost of motoring continues to grow, says an MP.
According to shadow exchequer secretary David Gauke, retrospective changes to vehicle excise duty will impact on owners who had bought their cars in good faith.
He claims that they will be hit with a "tax bill they didn't anticipate" despite Government changes to a proposed rise in car tax.
He pointed out that a public outcry has forced the Government to rethink changes to tax bands that would have meant rises of over £200 for 1.2 million drivers, with many others also paying more.
But treasury spokeswoman Angela Eagle said that increases of no more than £5 per car next year and £30 in 2011 would result from the new measures.
But said Mr Gauke: "If someone has bought a car that was made after 2001 or registered after 2001 and then subsequently finds that they will be paying more vehicle excise duty in future years, they are as it were committed to that car, stuck with that car in a way, and are faced with a tax bill that they didn't anticipate."
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Pride & Joy Creamery, a dairy farm in Eastern Washington state, has recalled its raw milk because it may be contaminated with E. coli, a bacteria that can cause serious illness, according to a news release issued by the state’s Agriculture Department at the dairy’s request.
The raw milk was sold at the dairy’s farm store near Granger in the Yakima Valley and distributed through nine Western Washington retail outlets in King, Pierce, Snohomish and Skagit counties.
Raw milk is milk that hasn’t been pasteurized to kill pathogens from fecal matter that may have contaminated the milk.
According to the department’s statement, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infections may cause severe diarrhea, stomach cramps and bloody stools. Symptoms generally appear 3 to 4 days after exposure, but can take as long as nine days to appear. Anyone experiencing these symptoms should contact a health care provider.
The infection sometimes causes hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a serious disease in which red blood cells are destroyed and the kidneys fail. Infants, children, pregnant women, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems are especially at risk.
The recall came after some detective work done on the part of the state’s agriculture and health departments.
Tim Church, spokesman for the state’s Health Department, told Food Safety News that since August, there have been four cases of children sickened with E. coli, possibly caused by raw milk. All of the children said they drank raw milk. All were hospitalized, but Church didn’t have any information about whether or not they had returned home. The children live in Western Washington.
“The information gleaned by the Health Department led us to believe there was a good reason to conduct additional testing at the dairy,” said Jason Kelly, spokesman of the state’s Agriculture Department.
The recall was initiated after sampling by the department discovered that the dairy’s milk was contaminated with toxin-producing E. coli.
Pride & Joy Dairy and the department are continuing their investigation into the source of the problem. Along with public health officials, the department is exploring the possibility that some people did get sick from the milk.
Health Department spokesman Church said the department hasn’t yet been able to confirm any direct connection between the sickened children and the dairy.
“We’re looking,” he said, explaining that public-health officials generally interview the sick people — or their parents — to find out what the patients ate and drank before becoming infected with E. coli. Tests are also run to determine the specific type of E. coli the person has been infected with to see if it can be matched with possible sources of the food poisoning.
“It’s like putting a puzzle together,” Church said. “It’s still too early to connect the dairy with any of the cases.”
As part of the search for the cause of the recent E. coli outbreak, the state’s Agriculture Department also conducted an additional inspection at the dairy. During that inspection, minor problems with record keeping and maintenance of the facility’s infrastructure were discovered. Although department official Kelly steered away from discussing the details, he said there’s a “potential for increased risks” when there are problems, even if they’re just minor problems, in a farm’s infrastructure.
Before the farm can resume distributing its raw milk, it will need to demonstrate clean lab results from another sample, said Kelly.
Retail sales of raw milk are legal in Washington state, and raw-milk dairies must be licensed by the state’s Agriculture Department, which involves inspections and testing of the milk.
Washington is one of 11 states in the United States that allows retail sales of raw milk produced by licensed dairies.
But public health officials warn that there are serious potential health risks connected to raw milk. For that reason, Washington’s Agriculture Department urges consumers to read the warning label on the retail raw milk container carefully and ask their retailer to verify that the milk was produced and processed by a dairy licensed by the Agriculture Department.
The label says: “WARNING: This product has not been pasteurized and may contain harmful bacteria. Pregnant women, children, the elderly and persons with lowered resistance to disease have the highest risk of harm from use of this product.”
Pride & Joy’s milk is sold in gallon, half gallon and quart containers. The recalled raw milk was sold from the farm’s store at 2145 Liberty Road in Granger, and from these locations:
2804 Grand Avenue
Everett, WA 98201
18001 Bothell-Everett Suite 109
Bothell, WA 98012
2951 S. 38th St.
Tacoma, WA 98409
2565 S. Gateway Center Place
Federal Way, WA 98003
Skagit Valley Food
202 S. First Street
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
21705 66th Ave.
West Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043
Seattle, WA 98122
26011 104th Ave SE
Kent, WA 98030
Sunshine Corner Nutrition
15220 SE 272th, Suite F
Kent, WA 98042
Consumers who purchased Pride & Joy raw milk with expiration dates of 9/30/2011 and 9/31/11 are urged to return it to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact the company at 509-854-1389.
(Although September has only 30 days, the farm inadvertently put an expiration date of September 31 on some of the milk.)


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A deal between Singapore and Australia sees the East Asian country align with a growing web of similar deals between Western nations.
Onur Aksoy is charged with selling knock-off Cisco equipment that had been disguised in China to look like the latest tech.
The US government has allocated less than half of the USD5.3bn required to reimburse telcos for scrapping Huawei and ZTE gear.
The government of China has every reason to disrupt US ambitions by copying and improving upon US plans for verifying CLIs globally.
Chinese researchers say Starlink satellites could be used to ram China’s spare hardware, but what they really fear is free speech.
The Canadian government originally promised to make a decision about Huawei in 2019.
Swedish prosecutors have announced they are investigating Ericsson’s activities in Iraq, including suspected payments to Islamic State.
The Federal Communications Commission also reinforced bans on the sale of services by China Mobile and China Telecom.
The US government and its comms regulator pursues their international objectives in such a piecemeal fashion that they lack coherence when viewed together.
A classic of Chinese literature was reimagined as a warning not to trust phone calls from strangers.


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Adidas have continued their range of retro Manchester United clothing, with these new trainers.
'The Stretford' was revealed on Thursday, with United fans being urged to sign up to Adidas to find out where they will be able to get their hands on a pair when the shoes hit the shelves.
Only 1,200 pairs will be made available globally, and will set you back £85 if you fancy making a purchase.
Adidas tweeted that they will be available to buy in store from October 19, and available to order online from October 29, but later deleted the post.
The trainers come after Adidas released a retro range of United clothing earlier this month, inspired by their 1985 FA Cup triumph.
Adidas were conscious to return the words 'Football Club' to the emblem in the range, 17 years after it was removed.
The sportswear giants' current kit deal with United is worth an eye-watering £750million.


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West Coast legislators are threatening to tax TV ads for foods with low nutritional content. Ofcom’s recent proposals for UK junk food ad controls are fried chickenfeed compared to this radical idea, but will it become law?
California calorie crackdown: advertisers oppose junk food ad tax proposal
Where: the Sunshine State
When: Spring 2006
The largest advertiser trade body in the US has spoken out against proposals by Californian legislators to introduce a tax on television advertisements for foods with a low nutritional content. Policy-makers hope "SB 1118" will address the link between food products and public health issues, such as childhood obesity.
As well as taxing the advertisers, SB 1118 would also impose an additional tax on all food products sold at certain restaurants in California and a tax on carbonated beverages sold at any retailer in California. The bill would impose an excise tax on the purchase, for use by an advertiser, of advertising space in excess of an established amount, for advertisements for food products of poor nutritional quality to be aired within the state of California at a defined rate (as yet undeclared) of the annual gross receipts of the advertiser.
The Association of National Advertisers (ANA), in a letter addressed to Deborah Ortiz, Chairwoman of the California Senate's Health Committee, argues that "Taxes on food advertising would raise very serious First Amendment concerns and likely be struck down in the courts."
The ANA argues that SB 1118 violates US Constitutional free speech guarantees by singling out certain food advertising for taxation based solely on the content of the advertising. They also highlight that there is no authoritative research that shows food advertising to be a cause of obesity.
Concerns have also been raised over the difficulties in administrating and regulating such a tax and whether it could create more bureaucracy than it's worth.
The ANA represents more than 350 US companies with more than 8,000 brands that together spend in excess of $100 billion annually in marketing communications and advertising.
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The proposed tax has been seen as an attack on the advertising industry, blaming it for exacerbating public health problems.
The ANA says that issues such as childhood obesity are complex problems that simplistic solutions cannot effectively address. Policy makers need to consider whether it is it fair for advertisers and in due course consumers to be forced to pay a heavy price for such a broad-based problem. On the other hand, having considered it, they may decide it is perfectly fair given the seriousness of the obesity epidemic.


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The initiative is being funded via £750,000 in Scottish carrier bag charge revenues from the grocery giant and it will support up to eight Scottish social enterprises, boosting their understanding of supermarket retail and honing their commercial and marketing skills. If successful, Asda hopes to roll out the social enterprise academy across England and Wales in the coming months.
Alastair Davis, chief executive of SIS, said: “By promoting social enterprise products as viable alternatives to their commercial counterparts, we have a fantastic opportunity to significantly increase the revenues raised by the sector and, in turn, create much more sustainable and long-term social impacts for our communities.”
Asda’s senior director for Scotland, Allan Miller, added: “Our partnership with SIS represents an exciting move beyond traditional grant-making programmes, providing tangible benefits for people across Scotland.
“Investing in social entrepreneurs is an innovative way for Asda to ensure that our customers’ money, raised through the carrier bag charge, is continually reinvested in communities and delivers long-term positive benefits for Scotland.”


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While many people are spending the first few days of the New Year putting the final touches on their resolutions, or in the case of our fellow Chicagoans, digging out from under a few feet of snow, the Loop Attachment team is headed to Vegas! The 2014 Consumer Electronics Show kicks off Monday January 6th and we could not be more excited to be debuting the newest Loop Attachment products at the show.
While our feet and backs will be aching from hours of standing, our faces will be ready to crack from smiling, and our heads will be pounding from the endless hours of fluorescent lights and booming bass, CES is a show you just cannot miss if you are in the electronics industry and a fan of gadgets.
During the show, reporters and industry insiders will be the first to have the chance to touch and admire Loop Attachment’s latest cases including our new hybrid case, the Straitjacket for iPhone 5/5s, our new iPad Air and iPhone 5c cases.
CNET has already praised the Straitjacket as one of the editor’s picks for a multipurpose case option that does more than simply protect your phone. And we expect more positive feedback as editors line up to see the Straitjacket in-person throughout the show.
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Microsoft, R.R. Donnelley Push eBook Development
Neither company offered plans for embedding commercial content into electronic books, but the ability for companies to cobrand or target messages to readers via their computers takes the use of the Web as a distribution system to a new level. And it presents challenges to manufacturers of electronic book readers or content, who likely will feel threatened by Microsoft's foray into the marketplace.
The eBook business has been growing steadily over the past five years and publishers have expressed more willingness to work with electronic book publishers and manufacturers of reader hardware. A key stumbling block, however, has been the lack of high-powered companies willing to coordinate the technology.
This deal eliminates that problem. Microsoft will license key technology tools, including digital rights management technology to Donnelley, and Donnelley will work with partners to convert print titles into electronic titles that conform to the Open eBook specification.


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Everyone knows that goods imported from Japan are never cheap, which is why most of us tend to think twice, thrice, or however long it takes before splurging on clothing, toys, or electronics from the Land of The Rising Sun.
And the other problem with getting your favorite Japanese product is that it can be extremely hard to get unless you pay a visit to the country itself.
But good news for those of you living in Singapore: Amazon has just launched a new selection of Japanese goodies that you can order and get sent directly to your doorstep for pretty reasonable prices.
According to Amazon, Singapore customers can now enjoy access to "millions of products across multiple categories, including Home, Apparel, Shoes, Electronics, Video Games, Toys, Luxury, Beauty, and more", with featured brands including the likes of Pokémon, Nintendo, Yamazaki, Bandai, Wacom, and Wacoal.
Over time, there will be even more products made available for those seeking out elusive Japanese items.
"We are thrilled to bring the best of Amazon Japan to customers in Singapore on Amazon.sg," said Henry Low, Country Manager of Amazon Singapore. "We are always looking for new ways to expand our product selection, give customers even greater value, and improve the shopping experience."
You can check out the extensive line-up of Japanese imports here, but just in case, here's a few of the coolest products to whet your shopping appetite for now.
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And while you're at it, don't forget to check out Amazon Singapore's Prime Day 2022 where members will be rewarded from July 12 to 13, 2022 with incredible deals and shipping discounts on a huge variety of products.
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Analysis - US job losses hit Europe's brewers
Beer volumes dropped in the US
Europe's big brewers saw their volumes in the US drop back in the first three months of the year as unemployment among young men hurt sales, an analyst has said.
Bernstein analyst Trevor Stirling said in a note today (14 May) the US beer market had a “very weak” Q1 after 2012's strong performance. Bad weather was partly to blame for industry volumes falling about 3%, but increasing job losses in beer's key demographic was an underlying cause, Stirling said.
He also said consumer confidence is fragile, damaged by higher payroll taxes.
In Heineken's Q1 results, released last month, group beer volumes in the Americas declined by 2.4% with sales to US retailers declining in the low-single digits. Over the same period, Anheuser-Busch InBev saw US sales-to-wholesalers fall by 5.2%.
The note, part of Bernstein's quarterly sector review of the European alcohol industry, said despite economic problems, margins in the US remained strong because of growth in craft beer and “premium” sales.
Stirling said a “marked slowdown” in Cognac and Scotch sales in China in the first-quarter caused by a crackdown on conspicuous consumption at government events is likely to lessen throughout the year.
In Q1 figures released in April, Rémy Cointreau admitted “more modest” growth for its Cognac labels in China, while in a call with analysts today, Diageo's Asia-Pacific head warned that the country's sales will remain “soft” for the rest of the year.
China's beer volumes, however, rebounded in the first three months of the year, though margins remained small, Stirling said.
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The numbers are in, and the trend is clear: While the industry is making the cleanest cars on record, major automakers have slowed the reduction of global warming emissions, despite having the technology to go much further.
Some of this slowdown is a result of the industry-wide shift in sales from cars to SUVs. However, a closer analysis shows that not all manufacturers invest equally to reduce global warming emissions from the vehicles they sell, regardless of the fleet mix. Some automakers have continued to ratchet down their average emissions, even as SUVs make up a greater share of their sales.
Beginning with this report, we have decided to no longer award the “Greenest Automaker” title. Our study of emissions is too narrow to constitute a sufficient assessment of a manufacturer’s sustainability. Additionally, the title does not consider the technological leadership of smaller firms. In this year’s rankings instead we focus on technological leadership across the entire industry and the benefits it brings to consumers.


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Mario Golf is the latest N64 classic coming to Nintendo Switch Online as part of the Expansion Pack tier. This is the latest game in an ever-growing list of N64 games that already include titles like Banjo-Kazooie, The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, and Paper Mario, amongst other big names.
Like Mario Tennis, Mario Golf was an instant classic when it arrived on the N64 thanks to its ability to combine standard golf mechanics with settings and modes inspired by Mario games. Future entries in the Mario Golf series would follow the template of this beloved sports title, including last year’s Mario Golf: Super Rush for Nintendo Switch.
Mario Golf Swings Its Way to Nintendo Switch Online’s Expansion Pack on April 15
Interestingly enough, Mario Golf also had a Game Boy Color game that was completely different from its N64 counterpart, acting as an RPG with golf mechanics.
Players that linked their Game Boy Color with the N64 would be able to unlock the male and female avatars from the handheld version, making us wonder if Nintendo will incorporate them for this re-release.
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Mario Golf will be coming to the Expansion Pack tier of Nintendo Switch Online on April 15. Fans looking for a modern twist on the game can pick up Mario Golf: Super Rush on Nintendo Switch right now.
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Chinese tech giant Baidu has achieved a "milestone" in its effort to create self-driving vehicles that could hit the streets sometime in the future.
Baidu, best known for its search engine, said on Wednesday that its self-driving car was able to complete a rigorous and fully autonomous test on mixed roads under different environmental conditions. Baidu's self-driving car, a modified version of a BMW 3, was the first in China to achieve such a milestone, the company said.
The car drove on its own for the entire 30-kilometer (around 18 miles) route, turning not only left and right but also making U-turns. The vehicle also was able to slow down when it detected cars ahead, change lanes, pass other cars and merge into traffic. During the test, the car reached a peak speed of 100 kilometers (61 miles) per hour.
Self-driving cars have captured the imagination of companies across Silicon Valley and far beyond, including Google, Tesla Motors and ride-hailing service Uber, along with traditional automakers. For the moment, the tangible results have been prototypes largely limited to test facilities, but many involved expect to begin commercial sales as early as about 2020.
Baidu's high-speed trial represents an achievement in the testing of self-driving vehicles. Google's autonomous cars have logged more than 1 million miles, according to the company, but their speeds have been limited to 25 miles per hour. Though it's not the speed but the reliability of the cars that matter, Baidu may hold an edge over its rival with a smart piece of in-car software called AutoBrain.
AutoBrain's automated maps can record 3D road data to within a few centimeters of accuracy, Baidu said, which the car analyzes as a way to position itself. The technology also helps the vehicle recognize road lanes and determine the distance and speed of other cars.
Baidu is setting up a new business unit that will focus on creating self-driving vehicles to be used as public forms of transportation, Wang Jing, General Manager of Baidu's new Autonomous Driving Business Unit, told The Wall Street Journal. The company's plan is to develop autonomous vehicles for use as public shuttles, which would operate in fixed locations.
Another company is participating in its own way in the drive toward autonomous vehicles.
Samsung revealed on Wednesday that it plans to create a team to develop individual components, such as in-car entertainment, satellite navigation and autonomous driving technologies, that could be used in self-driving vehicles, Reuters reported. The company has been under the gun to find new ways of turning a profit in the wake of weaker sales and a shrinking market share for its smartphone lineup.


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Again, Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria have a binding agreement in place to offer new team to an ownership classification filled with Derek Jeter. Jeter and you may Ny strategy capitalist Bruce Sherman provides apparently arranged purchasing the club for $step one.2 mil. The newest Marlins and you will Loria have not confirmed the fresh arrangement.
Loria, who’s regarded by many once the bad proprietor from inside the baseball (if not all out of activities), could have been looking to offer this new Marlins getting weeks today. Needless to say, it isn’t until just after last month’s All-Celebrity Games you to definitely a firm sales arrangement is actually place. Loria gained every Every-Celebrity Video game funds now will actually sell the group. It is exactly what people smart businessman could have complete.
step 1. The fresh sales isn’t but really last
This is very important to note, as this is maybe not the first time Jeter has come intimate to purchasing brand new Marlins. The guy and you can previous Florida governor Jeb Bush won the group from the market this past 12 months, regardless if these people were incapable of execute the latest deals as they would not raise the money. Plus, Loria reportedly got a beneficial handshake arrangement positioned to market the people to another control category across the cold temperatures, but you to definitely fell aside due to political explanations.
Loria plus the Sherman-Jeter class keeps sales contract in position and currency has already been elevated. The next thing is delivering approval out of MLB therefore the most other 30 owners. That will not happens to own days, if you don’t months. That doesn’t mean the brand new sales is actually hazard otherwise anything such you to. It really function Loria, Sherman, and you can Jeter need wait until another every quarter residents group meetings to locate acceptance. That may devote some time.
dos. Jeter is not necessarily the ‘control person’
Based on Barry Jackson of your Miami Herald, Jeter was getting merely $25 billion away from their own currency for the that $step 1.2 mil price, very he’s a minority holder. He’s going to not the fresh “handle person,” but he will manage the organization and basketball procedures.
Sherman, a rich strategy capitalist that a home into the Nyc which will be building a home from inside the Southern area Fl, will be the “handle person,” the same as a regulating standard companion.
But Jeter, the former Ny Yankees celebrity shortstop, is going to run the organization and you can baseball edges of one’s organization, the source told you.
Jeter is assumed getting adding just $25 mil out-of his very own currency but enjoys a good relationships having Sherman, who’ll ensure it is Jeter to essentially run the company.
Also, Jeter brings unmatched star stamina and you will term recognition with the table . He’s probably one of the most preferred athletes around the world which will only boost the team’s brand.
3. Jordan was with it also
As it is usually the circumstances, brand new Sherman-Jeter control group comes with many brief buyers. Jeter was, commercially, one particular short investors. Various other is actually basketball high Michael jordan.
Beyond Sherman, all almost every other members of Jeter’s class is actually reduced investment, with $5 mil, $ten million and you may $20 mil increments. Baseball celeb Jordan is mainly financing their term, that’s considered to be contributing only about a number of mil cash, if it.
Possessing a golf ball people is quite profitable — the fresh revenue revealing program essentially claims you are able to benefit — so it’s perhaps not a surprise Jordan while some wanted an element of one’s pie. It’s an effective money.
cuatro. Jeter are and also make record
Immediately following acknowledged, include which in order to Derek Jeter’s success: Very first African-Western to operate business and you may baseball ops regarding a major-category pub.
Baseball continues to have a variety condition, especially at the front workplace and you can ownership top. Certainly MLB try assured Jeter helps spark a whole lot more diversity employs on higher height ranking.
5. The leading workplace is expected to remain in put .
Once the product sales are final, enormous alter commonly going to the fresh Marlins. Several elderly top professionals are expected in which to stay put.
Marlins admirers longing for capturing transform once Loria is outside of the visualize could be distressed.
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That every told you, it’s very prominent for new control groups to have some time and energy to assess the county of group before making people alter. The newest Dodgers was in fact purchased in that the pub rented Andrew Friedman from the Rays to run its baseball businesses. These things take time.
Today, even though they grabbed brand new Dodgers about three year adjust their top place of work shortly after on the market does not mean the newest Sherman-Jeter group have a tendency to wait around three 12 months and then make transform possibly. They could have been in and easily boy and you may Hill was becoming for the, whether or not that ought to never be experienced permanent. Will eventually this new Sherman-Jeter category need to draw in her individuals to manage the fresh inform you.
eight. The fresh revenue pricing is another high into the MLB history
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The award ceremony was held on Sunday 22 November with a combined attended and digital event for the olive oils winning the Sol d'Oro Northern Hemisphere International Competition. The live stream from Veronafiere broadcast on YouTube involved President Maurizio Danese and links with Marino Giorgetti, the competition panel leader, and the award winners.
Sol d'Oro Northern Hemisphere Competition: live streaming for 2020 awards and launch of 2021 edition
"Torrone" Nougat is a traditional Christmas dessert that boasts very ancient origins. It may have been invented in China - where almonds also originated - yet the recipe closest to the modern version comes from the Arab world. The "torrone" nougat known today is actually a variant of the famous "cubbaita" or "juggiolena", an Arab dessert made of honey and sesame, now known as "halva".
There will be no shortage of extra virgin olive oil on international markets and enthusiastic consumers but it will be more expensive than last year – albeit while not reaching the peak prices seen in 2018.
Demand for Italian foodstuffs in Asia is increasing but unfortunately many consumers turn to Italian sounding products when they cannot find the "originals". This emerged from a study by Assocamere analysing 600 products in China (Hong Kong, Beijing), South Korea (Seoul), Japan (Tokyo), India (Mumbai), Singapore (Singapore), Thailand (Bangkok) and Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City).
Dried fruit is all too often not served at table for fear of gaining weight given its high energy and calorie levels. Yet, enjoyed in moderation, the opposite is true - as shown by an American study published in the British journal BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health which suggests that consuming 14 grams of dried fruit a day actually helps prevent gaining weight over the years and reduces the risk of obesity.
1800 years old but still young at heart - thanks to a secret of the ancient Romans. Archaeology often helps us resolve unusual dilemmas. The discovery of a Roman galley off the coast of the Spanish island of Majorca a few months ago, that probably sank III century A.D., has helped enabled reveal an authentic gold mine of gastronomy.


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Hadids prove supermodels aren’t scared of 1980s ghosts
Gigi, Bella and Anwar Hadid, and their mom Yolanda, pay homage to an iconic Tim Burton horror movie
Day-o, day-o / Daylight come and me wan’ go home.
For Tim Burton fans, the opening lines to Harry Belafonte’s Day-O (aka The Banana Boat Song) instantly conjure up the dinner party scene from the director’s comedic horror movie Beetlejuice.
In the 1988 film, a pair of newbie ghosts called the Maitlands attempt to reclaim their home by scaring the new owners into vacating the property. Their terrifying idea? Karaoke! They possess the homeowners during a dinner party and force them to do a hilariously jerky dance while lip-syncing to Day-O.
Now the Maitlands have struck again but this time they've gatecrashed a family dinner at the Hadid house. Supermodel siblings Gigi, Bella and Anwar Hadid and their mom, Yolanda, pay homage to the iconic scene from Beetlejuice in a video promoting the latest issue of American Vogue.
Wearing looks hot off the catwalk of the recent New York Fashion Week, the family dance around the table before lifting the cloches over their plates to discover a gruesome surprise. Though Yolanda does a great job lip-syncing, Gigi steals the show with her dance moves.
It is fun to watch, but you can’t help but wonder what a 1980s movie about ghosts has to do with New York Fashion Week. According to Vogue’s website, several designers gave a nod to the 1980s in their latest collections. As they put it, “the ghost of the ’80s hovered over the runways”.


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Outgoing Sainsbury's boss Justin King revealed a second quarter of falling sales but insisted he is "not leaving on a low" because the grocer is still outperforming its rivals.
In King's last trading update before he quits next month, Sainsbury's said sales at stores open a year or more were down 1.1%, excluding fuel, in the last three months. The widely anticipated sales fall follows a decline in the previous three months which broke a nine-year unbroken record of growth. Last week Tesco unveiled a 3.8% plunge in recent sales – its worst performance in three decades.
Like other major supermarkets, Sainsbury's has been hit by increasing competition from budget grocers Aldi and Lidl and a general slowdown in the grocery market as cash-strapped shoppers keep a tight rein on their weekly grocery bill.
King said Sainsbury's underlying sales had been hit as a result of going "toe-to-toe" with rivals on prices of basic foods such as bread and milk. At the same time the price of fruit and vegetables had come down because of good harvests compared with last year.
Sainsbury's has steered clear of the eye-catching price cutting campaigns used by rivals Morrisons, Asda and Tesco, but King insisted the retailer was not being left behind. "We have the strongest price position in a very long time," King said. "I'd have preferred sales to be growing but I'm not leaving on a low. Total sales are growing and we delivered a performance in the context of a market that is growing at the lowest level in 10 years. Our outperformance if anything was a bit stronger in the last quarter than it has been in a while."
Unlike listed competitors Tesco and Morrisons, which have warned of sales declines, Sainsbury's expects to see a slight lift in underlying sales this year of about 0.2%. But it was less confident on profits. Finance director John Rogers admitted that the very broad spread of analysts' expectations, which range from £571m to £871m – compared with £798m last year – appropriately reflected "uncertainty in the market given what could happen in the coming months".
Analysts and even Sainsbury's seem unsure about the likely extent of a price war and how much this will cost the supermarket this year. King said Sainsbury's was likely to shout more about its lower prices in future as analysts said it had the most to lose if bigger rival Tesco cut prices more aggressively.
Mike Coupe, who takes over from King on 9 July, said Sainsbury's would not be changing its "underlying principles" which were based on "great prices, great quality and closely adhered-to values which set apart our proposition."
Sainsbury's total sales rose 1% as it opened 27 convenience stores to meet changing shopping habits as customers opt for more frequent but smaller purchases instead of visiting out-of-town stores. Sales from the small Sainsbury's Local shops rose 18% while online sales of groceries increased 10% and strong non-food sales helped to offset a decline in groceries. Clothing like-for-like sales were up by a "double-digit" figure, Sainsbury's said.
But analysts pointed out that Sainsbury's large stores, which form the core of the business, were seeing underlying sales fall by more than 3% despite the company spending £1bn on refurbishing, opening or extending stores last year.
Dave McCarthy at HSBC said shoppers were more enticed by low prices than they were by glamorous-looking stores or the internet and all the major retailers needed to invest more in price cuts. "Aldi's market share alone is growing faster than Sainsbury, Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, Waitrose and Ocado combined are winning on the internet," he said.
King said Aldi and Lidl's success was as much to do with the fact that they were opening more handy local stores as it was price.
But Bryan Roberts, director of retail insights at consultancy Kantar Retail, said: "With Tesco desperately seeking recovery and the Co-op poised to raise its game, Sainsbury's could face further pressure in the coming months and quarters. If Sainsbury's has any decent strategic aces up its sleeve, now might be the time to play them."


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You don't have to be a guitar, bass, or ukelele god to have fun and play your favorite songs, thanks to the Ultimate Guitar Tabs app.
The Reminders app makes it simple to keep track of your tasks. You can make these lists even more powerful, however, thanks to time and location-based reminders.
Want to learn a new language or brush up on one you already know? Our staff pick, Duolingo, provides a great foundation for doing so.
Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at length during Apple's second-quarter earnings call, touching on the iPad's recent sales decline, Apple TV, and the numbers from China.
There are a thousand and one fitness apps out there, but FitStar gets the gold medal by being our staff pick this week.
Cloud photo service Loom is joining forces with Dropbox, presumably to beef up the storage company's newly launched Carousel app.
It's hard to keep your files in sync when you're working with multiple computers. Here's how associate editor Serenity Caldwell juggles three Macs but just one file system.
Whether you're an iOS master or just starting out, here are 33 tips that can help you get the most of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
This week, Serenity Caldwell and Dan Moren are here once again to discuss the latest news: Amazon buying Comixology, Dropbox's announcements, the future of iTunes, and more.
An excellent tool for mobile photographers looking to expand their shooting subjects, the company's 3-in-1 macro lens kit easily brings the tiny world around us into sharp focus.
What do we want from a photos app? Dropbox's Carousel takes the nostalgia route with some success (but room for improvement).
Serenity Caldwell and Dan Moren link arms to discuss the Apple-related news of the week, including explosive executive emails, Fire TV versus Apple TV, and the awesomeness of Monument Valley.
The Office for iPad team went on Reddit for an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session, and spilled the beans on everything from the next version of Office for OS X to Clippy's Mac alter ego.
The Apple-Samsung trial reveals some irate emails from Apple SVP Phil Schiller, the iWatch has another rumored release date, and Apple has released official iOS 7 adoption numbers on its website.
After nearly four years of stagnation, Pages's ebook export tools have recently received several promising updates. Macworld's resident ebook expert Serenity Caldwell takes a look at what's changed (and what's still broken).


text: A German wholesaler decided to offer a brief apology and rebate to customers who had posted more than 600 complaints about the firm on eBay. Defective products and late deliveries pledged the firm. Half were sent an apology and half were offered a small cash rebate. The result? Nearly half of those who received the apology removed their poor rating of the company. Only one-out-of-five of the customers given the money did so.


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Audi is introducing a new charging model for the e-tron that allows customers to charge their cars with quick-charge service provider IONITY. Audi customers will receive special rates for charging from IONITY at 31 cents per kilowatt hour.
Audi says this price corresponds to the average cost level for a charging process at a private home.
When driving abroad, its customers can also charge their cars according to the local purchasing conditions without any extra costs.
In a press release, Audi states: ‘Along the highway, Audi’s proprietary charging card allows e-tron customers to charge their cars at the High Power Charging terminals of the IONITY network at special rates with the transit rate. There, the customer will pay only for the amount of energy actually drawn in future’.
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ITVX, the new streaming service/app that’s set to replace ITV Hub, finally has an official launch date – and it’s later than originally expected.
The streaming service, which was expected to launch before the 2022 World Cup, will instead be launching on December 8, 2022.
The rollout of the new apps, however, will be starting in the coming weeks – therefore some viewers may see changes even before the official launch date.
The new exclusive ITVX streaming titles, however, will only become available on December 8.
Most of the content on ITV’s new streaming service will be free with adverts, but viewers who want to skip those ads will be able to sign up for a monthly subscription.
At this time, the pricing for ITVX’s premium tier hasn’t been officially announced yet – though it is expected to be around £5.99/month, which is similar to the current price of BritBox (which will be included in the ITVX’s premium tier).
What Is ITVX?
With streaming TV becoming so dominant, ITV is looking to replace its ageing ITV Hub app, and instead of a catch-up service, launch a full streaming TV “destination”, that will try to compete with the likes of Netflix and Disney+.
ITVX will launch with more than 10,000 free (with adverts) hours of on-demand content, including 35 flagship shows, 200+ series and 250+ films.
Even more content will be offered on the Premium (paid) tier, with new shows launching every week (often before they air on ITV’s linear channels).
But I’m told ITVX is focusing on the free service first and foremost. The paid tier will remove all the adverts when you’re watching on-demand content, but ITV is presumably looking to make most of its money from adverts (with viewers not being pushed to pay extra).
Therefore, most of ITVX’s content will be available on both the free and premium tiers, with one exception (that we know of now) – BritBox, which will be a “bonus” for the Premium tier subscribers (read more about the changes coming to BritBox UK here).
Previously, BritBox’s standalone subscription was £5.99/month, and ITV Hub+, the advert-free version of ITV’s previous streaming app, was £3.99/month.
We’re still waiting for official confirmation regarding the price of ITVX’s premium tier.
What Can I Watch On ITVX?
ITVX will include a mix of classic British shows from ITV’s archives, classic and newer blockbuster films, as well as exclusive original productions.
At least one flagship show will launch on ITVX per week, sometimes months before it airs on ITV’s linear channels.
Some of those premiers include Russell T Davies’ Nolly starring Helena Bonham Carter, powerful period drama The Confessions of Frannie Langton starring Karla-Simone Spence, Litvinenko starring David Tennant and Mark Bonnar, and The hotly anticipated cold war series, A Spy Among Friends.
In addition to 35 flagship shows premiering and streaming exclusively on ITVX, the service will also be launching full series’ of upcoming ITV shows on their first day of broadcast, allowing viewers to binge-watch.
Early examples will include real-life drama Stonehouse starring Matthew Macfadyen and Keeley Hawes and the new series of Unforgotten.
And if you’re into films, ITVX will launch with the UK’s largest free film library featuring the likes of Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Daniel Day Lewis, Ryan Gosling, Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Lawrence, Sir Michael Caine, Anthony Hopkins and even The Muppets.
Paying subscribers who sign up for ITVX’s Premium tier will also get 6,000 hours of classic British content from BritBox.
Some of BritBox’s content highlights, from the archives of the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, include 600+ episodes of the classic Doctor Who as well as a long list of classic British series and films.
Where Can I Watch ITVX?
ITVX will be a streaming-only service, therefore it will require a broadband connection and a device that supports its app.
ITVX will replace the ITV Hub app in places where it was available until now – so on Smart TVs, streaming devices like the Roku and Fire TV, some Freeview Play recorders, mobile phones, tablets and more.
Therefore customers with those boxes will have to find alternative streaming devices, such as Amazon’s Fire TV sticks, that do run ITVX.
As we reported earlier this month, video resolution on ITVX will be limited to HD, with ITV striving to provide as much HD content as it can.
4K / UltraHD content, however, will not be available on ITVX – at least not at launch (though it may be added in the future).


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Welcome to the 2022 Industry Awards!
The Australian Organic Industry Awards 2022 are fast approaching! Our annual Awards are all about recognising and celebrating the accomplishments of businesses and individuals in the certified organic space.
Awards will be presented across nine individual and industry categories at our Awards Ceremony on Friday, 25 November. Applications have now closed, with finalists to be announced on 31 October. Tickets for our Awards Ceremony can be purchased below.
Nominations close 31 August
Applications close 14 September
Finalists announced 31 October
Winners announced 25 November
2022 Organic Industry Awards Categories
Congratulations to the 2021 Winners
The winners of the 7th Australian Organic Annual Industry Awards were announced during a virtual evening celebration on Friday 12 November 2021 by peak industry body Australian Organic Limited (AOL). The successful winners collectively represent a range of categories including fresh produce, pantry, honey, tea, meat, wine and baby food products.
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Gay hotel, THE OUT NYC, open for business in New York City
On a recent afternoon, construction was brisk and the excitement was palpable at 510 West 42nd Street in Manhattan, the site of THE OUT NYC, a sleek, three-story structure with a glass façade that its creators say will be the first gay hotel in New York City.
The 105-room boutique hotel, located between 10th and 11th Avenues in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, close to Chelsea, Times Square and the Theater District, opens its doors on March 1.
DC cherry trees to bloom early
Robert DeFeo pondered the recent weather and the forecast for the next few weeks. He had breakfast with the tree crews, which changed his mind a little. He examined other trees and plants around the Mall.
And on Thursday morning he stood up in his blue denim shirt and cherry blossom tie and announced that Washington’s Centennial Cherry Blossom Bloom would begin early, around March 22, and peak between March 24 and 31.
American Airlines to add premium coach seats
American Airlines is joining the list of carriers that will offer premium seating in coach.
The carrier announced this morning that it will add a “Main Cabin Extra” seating section that will offer customers 4 to 6 inches of extra legroom as well as priority boarding privileges.
American says the enhanced coach-class seats will first be offered beginning this spring on its new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. AA says the seating will eventually be rolled out through its mainline fleet of jets.
JW and CasaMagna Marriott Cancun Resorts Once in a Mayan Calendar Deal
I’m a big fan of luxury digs and exploring ancient sites, which is why I love this deal. Through the end of the Mayan calendar (Dec. 21, 2012) guests can enjoy an amazing package at a great price at two fantastic resorts.
The Escape! Mayan Experience package includes the following:
– Luxury accommodations
– Tour of Chichen Itza for two adults
– Two 80 min. Mayan-inspired spa treatments
– Daily $50 resort credit
– Internet access
– Mayan-themed welcome amenity
Rates for the Escape! Mayan Experience package start at $289 per night at CasaMagna Marriott Cancun Resort and $399 per night at JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa, based on double occupancy.Add to Flipboard Magazine.


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Animals should be given premium pet food as it offers a range of long-term health benefits, it has been claimed.
Olivia Pires, store manager at Kriser's For Your Pet's All-Natural Life, California, claimed that the benefits of high-quality pet food far outweigh the additional cost.
"There are many long-term health effects of feeding a better diet, but a lot of people notice immediate changes when they switch, such as brighter eyes, better skin and coat, more energy and better temperament," she told the Signal website.
"Because you feed less and there's not so much filler in the food, there's also less poop to pick up, which is a good thing for pet owners."
Ms Pires added that raw foods are better for animals as they contain enzymes and nutrients which aid digestion.
Kriser's has stores located around numerous cities across the US, including Los Angeles and Chicago. It only stocks grain-free pet food products.


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Nokia first sued Apple over patent infringement back in 2009, alleging that Apple used Nokia patents on wireless technologies like GSM in the iPhone. Apple countersued and the companies have been fighting it out in court ever since.
But as intellectual property activist Florian Mueller explains on his blog, Microsoft and Apple seem to have an understanding.
Their partnership goes back 1997, when Microsoft made $150 million investment in Apple -- remember when Bill Gates got booed for appearing via videoscreen at MacWorld?
The cross-licensing deal they announced then was only to last for five years, but Microsoft and Apple have presumably renewed it several times since. At the very least, while both companies have had all sorts of legal fights over IP, they haven't fought each other in decades. (Apple lost an IP case against Microsoft in the early 1990s after it claimed that Windows violated the "look and feel" of the Macintosh.)
If Nokia had gone with Android, its patent fight with Apple would have gotten worse -- Apple has filed suits against Android distributors HTC and Motorola -- and it might have sparked a patent fight with Microsoft as well, which has also asserted IP claims against Android.
Nokia may still maintain a belligerent stance against Apple, but at least it has some protection for the phones it ships using Windows Phone 7. More likely, Nokia will look at market dynamics and decide that a court battle with Apple is not a productive use of resources -- just like Microsoft and Apple decided years ago.


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STEVEN UNIVERSE comes to the trading card world.
The company will host signings and sell both exclusive items and products that are premiering at the convention.
Marvel has filled its publisher position – vacated when Don Buckley ascended to President – by hiring John Nee, a former DC VP and currently CEO of the company he co-founded, Cryptozoic. Comicbook.com has the news and EIC CB Cebulski confirmed in a tweet. Welcome to Marvel, @johnnee! https://t.co/68oYuaZUjs — C.B. Cebulski (@CBCebulski) January 16, […]
DC Comics Bombshells line has, despite its name, turned out to be a saucy, retro Dieselpunk adventure rather than just pictures of half-naked girls. started as a line of statues it spun off into a well received comic by Marguerite Bennett, Marguerite Sauvage and others, and finally: trading cards. But the cards will inclue MALE bombshells […]
Cryptozoic had a lot of stuff on display! Games! Collectible figurines! Deluxe sculpture! Housewares! Torsten AdairI’ve been writing for The Beat since July of 2010. I’ve been reading comics since 1974, collecting since 1984, and spreading the graphic novel gospel since 1994. I’m a bookseller, a librarian, an amateur scholar, a cool uncle, and a […]
New York Comic Con supports the popular arts, and that is especially seen in The Block. The Block brings together art, design, collectible toys and fashion of the underground pop culture scene, along with the tastemakers, trend setters, artists, thinkers and the brands that they create. There’s lots of cool stuff to see, like an art […]


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Life is not a template and neither is mine. Like several who have worked as journalists, I am a generalist in my over two decade experience across print, global news wires and dotcom firms. But there has been one underlying theme in each phase; life gave me the chance to observe and tell a story -- from early days tracking a securities scam to terror attacks and some of India's most significant court trials. Besides writing, I have jumped fences to become an entrepreneur, as an investment advisor -- and also taught the finer aspects of business journalism to young minds. At Forbes India, I also keep an eye on some of its proprietary specials like the Rich list, GenNext and Celebrity lists. An alumnus of Xavier Institute of Communications and H.R College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai, I have worked for organisations such as Agence France-Presse, Business Standard, The Financial Express and The Times of India prior to this.
Tata Sons chairman warns group employees of volatility and disruptions in 2024
Tata Sons' Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran has cautioned employees of the Tata Group about the anticipated volatility and disruptions in 2024, driven by the evolving global landscape in data privacy regulations. “The complexity of global governance will reach new heights as the world establishes new rules to safeguard data privacy, address inflation, reduce carbon emissions, and manage perceptions of AI risk,” he said in a year-end letter to employees. Some group companies, including TCS and Tata Motors, are expected to continue to show strong growth momentum into the New Year.
(Economic Times, Moneycontrol, Financial Express)
Finance minister sends notices to 9 offshore virtual digital assets providers, including Binance
The finance ministry has issued show cause notices to nine offshore, virtual digital assets service providers dealing with crypto assets and has told the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to block their websites. Its view is that these websites were required to register with the Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU IND) as reporting entities and were not complying with the Prevention of Money Laundering (PML) Act provisions. The firms include the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance, besides Kucoin, Huobi, Kraken, Gate.io, Bittrex, Bitstamp, MEXC Global, and Bitfinex. The government is reviewing the legal framework to block gaps and improve rules and regulations surrounding laundering of money.
Mukesh Ambani seeks Reliance completing AI transformation in 2024
Reliance Industries Chairman and MD Mukesh Ambani urged the employees of Reliance Industries to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) transformation across all businesses in 2024, in its bid to stay ahead of rivals in deploying advanced technologies. He said Reliance needed to be “at the forefront of using data, with AI as the enabler, for achieving a quantum jump in productivity and efficiency,” he said at an event to mark the 91st birth anniversary of his father and the company’s late founder Dhirubhai Ambani.
(Bloomberg India, Reuters India, HT Tech, Business Today, Firstpost)
Tata Coffee's merger with Tata Consumer Products, TCPL Beverages kicks off on Jan 1
The merger of all businesses of Tata Coffee with Tata Consumer Products and TCPL Beverages will come into effect from January 1 in the New Year. It was proposed as part of a re-organisation plan of Tata Coffee, in 2022, to unlock synergies and efficiencies. The plantation business of Tata Coffee will be demerged into TCPL Beverages & Foods and the remaining businesses—its extraction and branded coffee business—will be merged with TCPL.


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Miss Gore said since the articles about the refuge's work and its safe houses, they had received too many calls and donations to count.
People from Auckland to Central Otago had donated everything from food, money, clothing, bedding, beds and buggies to nappies, bassinets and new child car seats.
A wide range of people made donations, with elderly women donating perfectly washed, ironed and folded bedding, large corporates donating buggies and new child car seats, and "Central Otago ladies ringing up to donate cash".
"It's just been a fantastic response. We can't believe it," Miss Gore said.
The items were appreciated and it was great to be able to give people food parcels and clothing when they arrived at the refuge.
"It just takes a little bit of the stress out of relocating."
The articles also seemed to have raised awareness about what refuge offered, and they had received many calls from people seeking help or advice, which was also a positive outcome, she said.


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UBA Gives Customers a Digital Valentine’s Day Experience with a New Internet
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc is set to launch the new online bank, tagged ‘Made for Love’, in time for Valentine’s Day, which is widely celebrated around the world as the season of love.
The recently upgraded online bank has been fully equipped to deliver a new digital experience to customers as the bank has invested in cutting-edge technology to achieve this by paying attention to the smallest details.
UBA Group Managing Director/CEO Kennedy Uzoka, who gave an overview of the new online banking system, explained that as always, UBA remains committed to putting customers first, which is why the bank has made a extra effort to conceptualize an exceptional service, with countless benefits and features designed to give its esteemed customers greater control and accessibility to complete their transactions with ease.
As a key part of the new features, he said the app has been loaded with security elements to protect all financial transactions on the bank’s platform and securely focuses on customer experience. ultimate.
Uzoka added that the new online bank is designed with multi-factor authentication security features.


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Bengalureans driving during peak hours, spend an extra 243 hours, i.e., 10 days, three hours in traffic each year, it said in a statement. Apart from Bengaluru, the other Indian cities featured amongst the top ten most congested cities globally are: Mumbai at fourth position with 65 per cent congestion (same as the traffic congestion level in 2018) followed by Pune at fifth place with 59 per cent congestion, and New Delhi at eighth position with 56 per cent congestion level.
The other global cities featured amongst the top 10 include Manila from The Philippines, Bogota from Colombia, Moscow from Russia; Lima from Peru, Istanbul from Turkey, and Jakarta from Indonesia.
Mumbaikars driving during peak hours spend an extra 209 hours, i.e., eight days, 17 hours in traffic each year. Punekars driving during peak hours spend an extra 193 hours, i.e., eight days, one hour in traffic each year. Pune features for the first time in the Traffic Index.
Delhiites driving during peak hours spend an extra 190 hours, i.e., seven days, 22 hours in traffic each year. Traffic congestion has increased globally during the last decade, and 239 cities (57 per cent) the company included in the new Traffic Index report had increased congestion levels between 2018 and 2019, with only 63 cities showing measurable decreases.
This global increase in congestion, despite being an indicator of a strong economy, also costs economies billions. Werner van Huyssteen, General Manager, TomTom India, said: Globally, theres a long road to travel until congestion levels are brought under control.
In time, the car-sharing services will help alleviate congestion, however, planners and policymakers need to use all the tools available to them to analyse traffic levels and impacts, so they can make critical infrastructure decisions.
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The home and IT ministries, along with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), will hold discussions over the next few days to decide on the next steps after the government blocked 94 online lending apps earlier this week, multiple people aware of the developments said.Health Info-with-Price Norm likely for Ecomm
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The GoDaddy-owned security firm stated that domains located at the end the redirect chain can be used to load ads, phishing webpages, malware or trigger another set.
In some instances, unsuspecting users are taken to a rogue redirect landing page containing a fake CAPTCHA check, clicking which serves unwanted ads that are disguised to look as if they come from the operating system and not from a web browser.
The campaign — a continuation of another wave that was detected last month — is believed to have impacted 322 websites so far, starting May 9. The April set of attacks, on the other hand, has breached over 6,500 websites.
” “It was discovered that attackers target multiple vulnerabilities in WordPress themes and plugins to compromise websites and inject malicious scripts,” Konov stated.


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Nestlé Purina Petcare has announced plans to build a new factory and distribution centre in Poland.
The factory, an investment of CHF 93 million, will be constructed near the city of Wroclaw, in Poland’s south-west, becoming the tenth Nestlé factory in the country and creating 200 jobs.
Work will begin on the building towards the end of 2013 with the goal that the factory will be fully operational during the second half of 2014.
Poland, and the Wroclaw area in particular, were chosen for their strategic position in Eastern Europe. With its estimated 13 million pets, Poland is the biggest pet food market in Central and Eastern Europe.
The investment also supports Nestlé Purina’s long-term ambition to bolster its position in Europe.
“We are very pleased to announce this new investment, which strengthens both our industrial and business presence in Poland,” said Pierre Detry, President of Nestlé Poland S.A.
Nestlé has been present in Poland since 1993 and currently operates nine plants in the country. The company is known for its Nescafé coffee, savoury culinary products under the brand Winiary, Gerber baby food products, confectionery brand Princessa and mineral water brand Naleczowianka as well as Purina pet food.
Nestlé in Poland currently employs 5,100 people, of which 55 work for Nestlé Purina PetCare, present in the Polish market for 16 years.
Nestlé Purina, with its global headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States, produces brands such as Pro Plan, Purina One, Friskies, Darling, Beneful, Dog Chow and Cat Chow.


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The company's IPO paperwork is expected to become public in August, and its stock-market debut to follow the next month.
Google settles a multi-million dollar class action lawsuit accusing the tech giant of age discrimination against potential applicants
The tech giant has denied any systematic age-discrimination against the plaintiffs apart of the case.
Peter Thiel’s unfounded claim about Chinese spies at Google is scary rhetoric that should remind us of what Asia bashing can lead to in the US
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Ed Oates was one of Oracle's three original co-founders, but he left the company back in 1996. Now, he's selling his home, "Portola Valley Haven."
Apple has been quietly but seriously working on its own self-driving cars, too.
Bill Gates says today’s big tech companies have learned from Microsoft’s mistakes in its big antitrust battle
Bill Gates says tech companies like Google and Facebook are "very engaged" when it comes to working with the government.
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One of the most influential VCs in Silicon Valley told startups to ‘call Morgan Stanley’ after Slack’s successful direct listing
"If your company is interested in a direct-listing, recommend you call Morgan Stanley," Gurley said in an unconventional tweet for a VC.
Gen Z employees in the San Francisco Bay Area have the highest salaries for 12 out of the 15 tech jobs listed.


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South Korea is offering free concerts online to help people get through coronavirus
The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra performed Beethoven's "Eroica" symphony today, as part of a host of online events planned to help people through this difficult time.
Google Cloud announces four new regions as it expands its global footprint
Google Cloud today announced its plans to open four new data center regions. These regions will be in Delhi (India), Doha (Qatar), Melbourne (Australia) and Toronto (Canada) and bring Google Cloud’s
SendBird’s messaging platform gets new moderation tools, full-text search and more
SendBird is announcing a major update to its chat API for web and mobile today. With this, SendBird is adding numerous new features to its service that will make it easier for its customers to
South Korea Seeks Murder Charges Against Religious Sect for Spreading Coronavirus
Some South Korean officials on Monday asked for murder charges to be brought against Lee Man-hee, founder and leader of a religious sect called the Shincheonji Church, and 11 of his top followers
Upside-Down Garms & Chunky Platforms Turn Heads in Seoul
Location: Seoul, South Korea When: January and February 2020 Key Looks: The oversized bomber and upside-down jeans in slide #2 will literally turn heads. Editor’s Notes: With Seoul Fashion Week
How religion is playing a role in the spread of coronavirus in Korea
Religion is at the center of many lives in Korea. Now it's at the center of a rapidly spreading contagion.
Snap accelerator names its latest cohort
Yellow, the accelerator program launched by Snap in 2018, has selected ten companies to join its latest cohort. The new batch of startups coming from across the U.S. and international cities like
Google Cloud opens its Seoul region
Google Cloud today announced that its new Seoul region, its first in Korea, is now open for business. The region, which it first talked about last April, will feature three availability zones and
Los Angeles’ AmazeVR raises more cash, heads to Incheon for first location-based VR installation
AmazeVR, the Los Angeles-based virtual reality entertainment distribution service, is taking its first steps into the world of location-based virtual reality experiences with an installation in
China’s mysterious coronavirus has spread to six cities in four countries
The worrying turn comes as China begins one of its busiest travel times over the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday.
This Tornado Omelette Looks Amazing
'Tornado Omurice' made at a restaurant in Seoul, South Korea
“iwillmedievalfutureyou1” at Art Sonje Center
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North Korea says it has an unpleasant “Christmas gift” for Trump
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The City of Seoul Will Create a Cryptocurrency for Citizen Rewards
The Seoul Metropolitan Government will establish its first blockchain-based administrative services in November.
Four of the top five smartphone brands sold in India are Chinese
Shipments grew to 37 million units in the June quarter.
Flipkart says Indians are adding Korean beauty products to their carts like never before
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Pepsi is launching it’s first digital cashback rewards program for customers. FOX Business’ Tracee Carrasco with more.
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The soda giant’s iconic 2-liter bottles are getting a slimmed-down redesign, the first in nearly 30 years, the beverage giant announced Monday.


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Nintendo will support next week’s Wii price drop with the biggest marketing campaign it has ever run for the format outside the Christmas period.
Facebook hired public relations firm Burson-Marsteller to try get the press onside regarding Google's strategy of collecting information from Facebook.
Nintendo’s latest sampling tour will use Art Academy to inspire the UK’s budding artists.
UK trade publication Campaign Magazine has hailed Nintendo’s Ant and Dec TV advertisement as the second most effective in the UK throughout 2009.
Activision has called on the games industry to get behind its GAME For Good Modern Warfare 2 charity push.
ELSPA’s fight to have PEGI instated by law has been singled out by a prominent Labour MP as one of the ‘greatest lobbying campaigns of all time’.
Codemasters has claimed Colin McRae: Dirt 2 is the most important title in the company’s history – and is backing it with its biggest ever marketing spend.
PC World has launched a major ad campaign, with an emphasis on meeting particular customer needs, instead of the traditional low price point message.
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Speaking to George Ferreira (Chief Operations Officer – Samsung Electronics Africa) and Paulo Ferreira ( Head of Mobile Product and Software Solutions – Samsung Africa) they revealed that – although details are still sketchy – Samsung in partnership with SHOUT SA had commissioned the development of a mobile app.
This app will be pre-loaded on Samsung mobile phones that will allow victims (or those witnessing a crime) of crime to press one button and the app will call the nearest police station (using location based services) and have the officers drive out to the scene.
This is a great innovation which also has potential to be launched on the rest of the African continent. It will definetly go a long way to assisting in the prevention of crime and especially in the response times as it will most likely cut out the need to first call a call center where details still have to be collected and the crime scene’s location still to be determined.
Paulo could not confirm the launch date but the app is expected to be launched some time in December 2011. We at CP-Africa believe this is a good innovation and will definetly let you – our readers – know once the app is available.


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Microsoft Clarifies Reports of Elden Ring Arriving on Xbox Game Pass
Microsoft has cleared the air about Elden Ring coming to Game Pass.
Recently players spotted an unbelievable sight on Xbox Game Pass, they observed that one of the top games of 2022, Elden Ring, was available to play for free. Other games such as Grand Theft Auto V and Soul Hackers 2 were also seen being promoted in Xbox Game Pass advertisements. Players' hopes were crushed when Microsoft came out to clear and stated that these games showing up on Game Pass was just a bug in the system.
This is not the first time that players have seen such a glitch on Xbox Game Pass, they have become pretty well versed with these sort of things. Earlier this year, Madden NFL 23 was spotted on Game Pass Ultimate, exactly the way Elden Ring was found. Before that, Cyberpunk 2077's in-game footage was also spotted on an advertisement for Xbox Game Pass.
if you’ve seen Elden Ring and other games appear as if they might be playable on Xbox Cloud Gaming or Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft says this is a bug and it has rolled out a fix pic.twitter.com/cnYuANBaBo — Tom Warren (@tomwarren) August 10, 2022
Microsoft has stated that they have recognised the bug and are working towards fixing it. Naturally, the Xbox Game Pass subscribers are disappointed as for a split second they felt that one of the best games of 2022 would be arriving on the game pass. As of now Elden Ring, Grand Theft Auto V and Soul Hackers 2 are not available on the service, but we never know what Microsoft could have hidden up its sleeves.
Players shouldn't be too disappointed as Xbox Game Pass still has a great roster of games that they can check out, with Fortnite becoming the latest addition to their cloud service. Xbox Game Pass also recently previewed a family plan tier for their subscription. This plan will allow players to share their subscription with 5 other households in the same country, just like Microsoft Office 365.


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US bank JPMorgan Chase is planning to cut hundreds of jobs across its consumer division as the lender seeks to rein in costs, Bloomberg reported.
The biggest US bank's decision is part of a broader review of operations as customers increasingly access banking services through mobile phones or digital platforms.
JPMorgan will notify the impacted staff on Feb. 6 and give them a chance to apply for other roles at the bank, according to the report.
The consumer unit includes the credit-card, deposit, home and auto lending businesses, and makes for about half of the bank's revenue. The planned cuts represent about1% of employees in the unit.
JPMorgan cut around 7,000 operations jobs from the unit in the four years through 2018 and in February 2019 the bank said that reductions would continue. Overall headcount in the unit fell two per cent to 127,137 at the end of 2019, the lowest since 2015, Bloomberg reported.
The bank reported net revenue of $14bn from consumer & community banking in the fourth quarter of 2019, up 3% year-on-year.
The move comes less than a week after it was reported that the Wall Street giant had increased the pay of its CEO Jamie Dimon by 1.6% to $31.5m, following the bank's record earnings in 2019 on the back of consumer banking.
JPMorgan Chase is keeping annual bonuses at its corporate and investment bank roughly flat for 2019 even as workers across Wall Street brace for a drop in payouts.


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Skandium opens up the ‘Skandium Christmas Pop-up’ in Dray Walk, Shoreditch from November 29th to December 23rd.
The first weekend is a big Black Friday weekend sale, with big discounts on ex-display and discontinued items. Everything will be 40-60% off, including lightning from ex. Flos, Louis Poulsen, Muuto, furniture from ex. Carl Hansen, Hay, Fritz Hansen and lots of accessories from Iittala, Royal Copenhagen, Georg Jensen and many many more.
So many beautiful and nice things will be coming up for sale. “We have only included things in the Black Friday sale that we would like to buy ourselves”, says Rasmus Warnke Nørregaard from Skandium.
The Black Friday sale will be from:
November 29th opening 11 am to closing December 1st 6 pm.
From the 4th December- 24th December we will transform the shop into a fantastic Skandium Christmas Pop-up. New exciting products will come into the store. Christmas decoration will come up, and we will be an inferno of interesting products from Scandinavia.
“We have curated products from all over Scandinavia, and we promise that there will be plenty of inspiration for the Christmas gift “. Says Rasmus Warnke Nørregaard from Skandium.
The Skandium Christmas pop-up will be from:
4th December to 23th December
Address and opening hours
Skandium Christmas Pop-up
11 Dray Walk
London E1 6QL
Monday – Thursday 11 am-7 pm
Friday 11 am – 8pm
Saturday 10 am – 6pm
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Sixth consecutive year of growth
The UK’s boat and yacht industry has seen revenues surge since the financial crisis after the weaker currency helped boost sales.
This is the sixth consecutive year of growth for the industry.
According to a report by the lobby group British Marine, industry revenues rose by 3.4 per cent to £3.1bn last year, which was the highest level since the financial crisis.
Between March 2016 and April 2017, the sector directly contributed over £1.3bn to the UK economy.
“These impressive figures demonstrate how the industry has successfully cashed in on the pound’s devaluation since the Brexit referendum in 2016,” said Howard Pridding, chief executive of British Marine.
The report further stated that the depreciation of the pound since the EU referendum had given a boost to the sector.


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EAST BREMERTON — A dispute arose Sunday at an East Bremerton grocery store when a signature gatherer and a group of Girl Scouts were occupying the same area, sheriff's reports said.
A 47-year-old California man who was gathering signatures was asked by the East Bremerton Safeway's management to stand at the south entrance Sunday while a troop of Girl Scouts was selling cookies at the north entrance.
Eventually the man made his way to the north entrance, when a Girl Scout mom complained to the store's manager, according to reports. When the man refused to leave after the manager asked, the manager called deputies.
The man told deputies that he felt harassed by a Girl Scout mother, reports said.
Deputies confirmed that the man had a right to petition on the property, but he was asked to return to the south entrance.


text: PETTIBONE CORP. reported net earnings of $56.1 million in the fiscal year ended March 31, up from $6.7 million in fiscal 1988, but the company said the 730 percent jump resulted from debt being wiped out in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. Before the extraordinary gain of $56.1 million due to the forgiven debt, interest expense and other income, operating earnings totaled $5 million, down 15 percent from $5.9 million. Pettibone, based in Des Plaines, blamed lower earnings on poor results in its rail and construction equipment businesses and higher product liability expenses. Net shipments of $130.3 million were up 19 percent from $109.7 million a year earlier. Pettibone`s backlog totaled $43 million, up 15 percent from a year earlier. The company emerged from Chapter 11 in December.


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|Apparel Sourcing Week has emerged as a credible platform for buyers from across the world and Indian retail, seeking out to connect with manufacturers from the Asian region. Much like the inaugural edition of the event that was appreciated for bringing the best of manufacturers and retailers together, amongst several other reasons, the upcoming show also promises to be of utmost value and interest for buyers, facilitating them in attaining their business goals.
|The most sought-after apparel sourcing show of the year, ASW 2020 gives buyers a chance to explore over 100 garment manufacturers from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and China, as also see new developments from around 50 innovative fabric and accessory producers. While registration from international retailers and brands is picking up post-Christmas holidays, registration from Indian retailers/brands is already very substantial with most of the big names on the growing list of visitors.
|It is a matter of great satisfaction for ASW team that last year’s event proved to be quite fruitful for a number of key brands and retailers that visited the show. And the fact that all such major buyers from the previous edition have already registered to be part of the forthcoming ASW 2020, is proof enough of the value that ASW has created. The interest to work in the Indian market is propelled by the fact that India has become one of the largest retail markets in the world today, enjoying a robust market position with fashion retail accounting for over 8 per cent of total retail in the country.
|All set to grace the event with their presence are the 5 biggies of Indian Fashion retail – Reliance Group (Reliance Trends, Ajio), Arvind Lifestyle, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited (Louis Philippe, Van Heusen, People, Peter England, Allen Solly, Ralph Lauren), Future Group and Landmark Group (Max Fashion, Lifestyle). Many CXO and sourcing heads of these leading retailers and the brands they represent are also onboard as panelists at the various conference sessions being conducted during the 3-day period.
|Besides the above names, ASW 2020 is also ecstatic to welcome many well-established and fast-growing retailers/brands to the event, including Raymond Group, Being Human, Bestseller Group, Global Desi /AND, Jockey, V-Mart, Levi’s to name a few. Talking about some of the leading e-commerce players coming onboard, we have the two giants Amazon and Myntra-Jabong amongst various others. Brands like Oxemberg, Crocodile, LEE Jeans and Project Eve catering to Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities have also registered to make it to the event. In all, registration for visitation from India alone has crossed 4,000 with still over a month to go for the show.
|All in all, ASW 2020 is being looked at as a grand opportunity for buyers to touch base with premium manufacturers from around the world and establish some lucrative business collaborations. The exceptional sourcing show is slated to be held at the majestic Sheraton Grand, in Bengaluru from 20 to 22 February 2020. The event will also feature 9 seminars, 6 workshops and 8 open house discussions with industry experts, as well as 4 vendor sessions – 2 each from global as well as Indian retailers.
Apparel Sourcing Week 2023, a two-days Sourcing Show not only provides the Asian manufacturers a platform to showcase their products & manufacturing capabilities to the Brands & Retailers from all over the world including India, but also extends them a chance to attend the multiple seminars (headed by industry experts), workshops, open-house discussions and networking opportunities organised during these three days, which would help the manufacturers get a better understanding of Indian and International Retail and evolving dynamics of sourcing in various markets and retail formats.
Apparel Resources is well known for its benchmark publications – Apparel Online, StitchWorld and Resource Guide published from India, Bangladesh & Vietnam. These publications have been around in the industry for over 35 years, supporting, guiding and standing by garment exporters and the retail industry globally, providing them a platform to source better.


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AI–Driven Sports Betting Company Releases Highly-Anticipated Platform With Personalized Predictive Analytics for Smarter, Easier Betting
BOSTON, Sept. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Rithmm, Inc., a leading Boston-based startup specializing in AI-driven sports betting technology, today announced the official launch of its sports betting platform. Following a year of rigorous beta testing, invaluable user feedback, and continuous updates, Rithmm is poised to introduce its eagerly-anticipated Core and Premium products, alongside the launch of its cutting-edge NFL and College Football offerings. This launch signifies a milestone for Rithmm, transitioning from the successful beta phase to a full-fledged, comprehensive suite of products that will empower individual sports betting enthusiasts and revolutionize how they make smart bets moving forward.
“The official launch of Rithmm is the culmination of our vision, hard work, and passion,” said Megan Lanham, CEO of Rithmm, Inc. “The invaluable insights shared by our beta testers have been instrumental in shaping Rithmm into the exceptional platform it is today. With the Core and Premium offerings and our groundbreaking NFL product, we are excited to usher in a new era of personalized, immersive betting experiences for our users.”
Rithmm’s cutting-edge sports betting platform leverages the power of advanced analytics and an intuitive user interface, enabling sports bettors to build custom analytical models easily and use them to make smarter and more informed betting decisions. The platform eliminates the complexity and barriers associated with traditional sports betting analytics and modeling, making it accessible to users of all skill levels.
“Rithmm’s product offerings are launching just in time for the upcoming NFL and College Football season, and I could not be more excited,” said Ryan Besch, a beta user of the platform who works in the finance world. “Rithmm offers fast, easy-to-understand predictive data that saves me time. I can’t wait to dig into the platform as the first games of the 2023-24 football season kick off because I know Rithmm is going to give me the information I need to make smart bets.”
Based on the experience of beta customers, Rithmm built two product offerings, Core and Premium, to cater to the needs of various users. The Core offering helps users effortlessly build personalized analytical models that provide the pick, predicted score, win probability, and edge for every game. Rithmm’s Premium product goes beyond Core by enabling users to dive deeper into the data via a “no-code modeling” experience. Premium users have access to even more customization.
For example, they can choose to build their own models from a library of statistics, versus the hand-selected house factors provided by the Rithmm team. Premium also includes advanced features like the ability to shop sportsbooks for alternate lines, in depth backtesting data, and NFL Player Adjustments where users can toggle players in and out of games and instantly receive updated predictions. Users of both the Core and Premium offerings will have access to the new NFL and College Football products, with different features available depending on whether they choose the Core or Premium platform. The Core offering is available for $29.99/month and the Premium offering is $99.99/month. To subscribe, visit https://rithmm.com/pricing.
Rithmm’s user-friendly interface and intuitive design make it accessible to sports enthusiasts of all levels, empowering them to utilize the power of advanced analytics in a way previously reserved for professional sports bettors and data scientists. Rithmm is committed to revolutionizing the sports betting industry and enhancing the user experience. Alongside the launch of NFL and College Football this fall, Rithmm also offers WNBA, NBA and Men’s College Basketball, with plans to expand into additional sports and leagues in the coming year. The company will continue to refine its AI models, expand coverage, and deliver innovative features to its growing user base.
About Rithmm, Inc.
Rithmm, Inc. is a Boston-based startup specializing in AI-driven sports betting technology. The company’s mission is to empower sports bettors with advanced analytics and insights, revolutionizing the way they approach betting strategies. By leveraging cutting-edge AI algorithms and machine learning, Rithmm provides users with personalized recommendations, predictive analysis, and an intuitive platform for making informed betting decisions. With a focus on innovation and user experience, Rithmm is dedicated to transforming the sports betting industry and delivering a game-changing platform for sports enthusiasts worldwide. To learn more about Rithmm and its AI-driven sports betting platform, please visit www.rithmm.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
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