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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (May 7, 2020) – West Virginia University football coach Neal Brown has announced that the Mountaineer Football program has formed a partnership with brand marketing consultant and author Jeremy Darlow to educate Mountaineer players and develop their skills in growing their personal brands that will take them beyond sports.
“Our football players will be learning how to build their own brand from a person who wrote the book on the subject and is an individual who has worked with some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment,” Brown said. “We’re excited to provide that level of expertise to our players.”
One of Brown’s missions since taking over the football program in January 2019 has been to develop each player as a complete person, not only on the field, but off. Since then, the culture of the football program has changed, the leadership is dynamic and the player development and buy-in rate is at a high level.
Brown has implemented a “5th-Quarter Program” for the team to assist in the development of the total player. In that program, branding is a component under “Real Life.” The other pillars of the program are character development, leadership development, social responsibility and career development.
“The goal is to teach athletes how to build personal brands that set them up for success in life, regardless of what happens in sports,” Darlow adds. “Too often athletes are defined entirely by their athletic careers without developing influence in other areas of passion. My goal is to change that.”
Currently, the NCAA has committed to examining rules changes which would allow student-athletes to receive compensation for third-party endorsements both related to and separate from athletics. Brown and WVU Football are formulating this partnership to put the players in an advantageous position in the future.
“What we did was try and get in front of this,” Brown said. “It’s about education and educating our players on how to take advantage of that. What is a brand? What does it look like?”
This partnership between WVU Football and Darlow will give each player the ability to recognize and grow his influence, target and identify his potential audience and develop strong communication platforms.
West Virginia is first school in the Big 12 Conference admitted into the Darlow athletic brand development program and only the second Power Five University in the nation.
“This is going to be a great educational tool for our student-athletes,” Brown said. “Jeremy has created a game plan that will teach athletes how to manage, market and build their personal brands. “I look forward to incorporating his ideas into our player development program.”
Student-athletes will build their own marketing plan and learn the same techniques used by Darlow. Each week, student-athletes will watch a short video lesson covering one of his philosophies on brand development. At the end of each video, student-athletes are then given the option to complete an assignment found in their copy of his book, The DARLOW Rules. Those homework assignments make up portions of the student-athlete’s personal brand marketing plan.
“Today, more than at any other point in history, athletes have the opportunity to build personal brands that transcend the sports they play,” Darlow said. “Thanks to the exposure and influence offered by social media, these young men and women can now control their own brand destiny.”
The DARLOW Rules will feature short, easy-to-understand lessons that teach student-athletes from every sport the fundamentals of brand development and communication.
“My mission is to teach athletes how to create a personal brand and reputation that sets them up for life after sports,” Darlow said. “I’m proud to work with West Virginia, which believes in preparing their student-athletes for life after college.”
Darlow is a leading brand marketing consultant, former director of marketing for adidas football and baseball, adjunct marketing professor and author of the best-selling books “Brands Wins Championships” and “Athletes are Brands Too”.
Over his career, he has worked with schools like Georgia Tech, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, UCLA and Wisconsin; athletes who include Kris Bryant, Carlos Correa, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Lionel Messi, Von Miller, Dak Prescott, Aaron Rodgers; and celebrities such as Kanye West and Snoop Dogg. He helps college athletic programs, coaches and athletes build and elevate their brands to elite levels.
For more information and to explore The DARLOW Rules, visit www.thedarlowrules.comor follow the conversation on Twitter via @JeremyDarlow.


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Scuttlebutt Halloween Party: Everett’s Scuttlebutt Taproom & Brewery is hosting its Halloween Party at 5 p.m. Nov. 1. There will be live music from The Infinity Project, axe throwing and beer. Tickets are $12.
Toggle’s turns 2: Everett’s Toggle’s Bottle Shop is hosting its second anniversary at noon on Nov. 2 at the taproom, 1420 Hewitt Ave., Everett. There will be a special collaboration beer with 5 Rights Brewing on tap and more fun.
Stoup Brewing tasting: Edmonds’ Brigid’s Bottleshop is hosting Seattle’s Stoup Brewing for a tasting at noon Nov. 7 at the taproom, 188 Sunset Ave. S.
Snohomish Brewfest: The annual Snohomish Brewfest is Nov. 8 and 9 at Thomas Family Farms, 9010 Marsh Road, Snohomish. There will be more than 30 breweries pouring beers. Advance tickets are $30 and $35 at the door. Sessions are 6 to 10 p.m. Nov. 8, and noon to 4 p.m. and 6 to 10 p.m. Nov. 9.
Beer and Cheese Pairing at Toggle’s: Everett’s Toggle’s Bottleshop is hosting a beer and cheese pairing from 3 to 7 p.m. Nov. 9 at the taproom, 1420 Hewitt Ave. Alison Leber, a local cheesemonger, will create a cheese and beer pairing flight. Tickets are $23 and include a curated cheese plate and beer pairing flight of four 5-ounce pours or a glass of wine. Soundbite Cider’s Robert Fontaine will also be on hand to speak to the nuances of cider pairing.
Bellevue Brewing tasting: Monroe’s Route 2 Taproom & Grazing Place is hosting Bellevue’s Bellevue Brewing for a tasting at 7 p.m. Nov. 12 at the taproom, 19837 U.S. 2.

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After a year at the helm of the Federal Reserve, Chairman Powell performed a 180 degree pivot last week and the Fed decided to keep interest rates on hold. Any suspicions in the market that this change of policy was because the central bank had foresight of some downbeat data were firmly put to rest on Friday. The latest release of US manufacturing and payroll data was comfortably ahead of expectations, though there are risks that the government shutdown has introduced a greater element of uncertainty into the numbers. There was a sharp downward revision to December’s print, but nothing to derail the apparent momentum of the US economy, with January marking the 100th consecutive month of payroll expansion.
This week, we have President Trump’s delayed State of the Union address tomorrow and the meeting of the Bank of England on Thursday. We also have a number of global manufacturing data releases and we expect the European reports to be the focus, with Italy already in recession and the lead indicators deteriorating elsewhere.
There was little specific commentary on the progress of the US-China trade talks last week. China’s trade delegation said that “important progress” was made, along with a commitment by the Chinese to buy more soybeans. Even so, the truce is coming to an end and if they fail to reach a more material agreement before the 1st March deadline, the US plans to increase tariffs on $200 billion of goods to 25%.
Despite the strong macroeconomic data in the US on Friday, the market remained preoccupied with earnings season and in particular the news flow from Amazon the night before. Amazon fell 5.4% on Friday (-1.4% in 2019, +14.8% over twelve months) after the company warned of increased investments in 2019. Of the 235 S&P 500 companies that have now reported, 172 have surpassed expectations. On aggregate, companies have reported annual sales growth of 6.2% and earnings growth of 14.7%. Today, we have results from Alphabet, followed by Estee Lauder and Walt Disney tomorrow. Later in the week, there are updates from GlaxoSmithKline, Compass Group and Total.


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The Central Street Business Association is proud to sponsor their Spring Community Day on Central Street on April 21. This shopping and fundraising event takes place during store hours on Saturday April 21 (mostly 10am-5pm). After great success with Fall Community Day on Central Street The Central Street Business Association decided to do this event twice a year to maximize the benefit to the community.
On Saturday, April 21, bring a Community Day Flyer into a participating business on Central Street and they will donate a portion of the purchase to the participating organization of your choice. Donations range from 5-20% on purchases. Keep an eye out for a special invitation from community organizations. Or, to get your Community Day Flyer with the list of participating organizations and businesses on Central Street, please go to: www.centralstreet-evanston.com.
Central Street Evanston is a vintage style shopping district located in North Evanston on Central Street. Shops line Central Street from just east to west of Green Bay Road. The Central Street Business Association participates in Shop Small Stores, a campaign to support local business and engage with the community.
The Benefiting Organizations from Community Day Spring 2012:
C.A.R.E for the Evanston Shelter
Evanston Public Library Friends
Evanston Environmental Association
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
Center for Independent Futures – Evanston
Haven Middle School PTA
Evanston Connections for the Homeless
Business Alliance for a Sustainable Evanston (B.A.S.E )
Dreams Delivered – Women’s Club of Evanston
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Samsung Galaxy M51 will launch in India on Thursday at 12 PM IST. The South Korean giant will likely stream the event live via its official social media channels. Samsung Galaxy M51 will be available through the official Samsung India website and Amazon India. Price and sale date will be announce during the launch event.
As the company teasing the upcoming phone for quite some time the biggest highlight of the device being the 7000mAh battery pack, which also supports up to 25W fast charging.
Samsung Galaxy M51 had been launched in Europe at a starting price of EUR 360 (approx Rs 31,400) for the sole, 6GB + 128GB storage variant. In India the phone expected to be around between Rs. 25,000 and Rs. 30,000.
Samsung Galaxy M51 Specifications
The smartphone sports a 6.7-inch Full-HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity-O display with a 20:9 aspect ratio and 2400 x 1080 resolution. The phone is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC that is reportedly Snapdragon 730G Chipset, paired with 6GBRAM and 128GB of onboard storage that is expandable up to 512GB via microSD card. It runs Android 10-based OneUI 2.5 out-of-the-box.
The Galaxy M51 gets a rear camera setup with a 64-megapixel primary sensor, coupled with an f/1.8 lens. Sat next to it is a 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens that brings with itself the promise of 123-degree field-of-view, a 5-megapixel depth sensor, and a 5-megapixel macro camera. For selfies, the phone is said to feature a 32MP shooter.
The highlight of the Galaxy M51 however, is its massive 7,000 mAh battery that supports 25W fast charging technology via Type-C interface.


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BlackBerry Sells Unlocked Z10 And Q10, Z30 Hits The UKBy cheatmaster 05:14 Sat, 17 Jul 2021 Comments
As of recently BlackBerry is offering SIM-free versions of the Z10 and Q10 smartphones via its official online BlackBerry store in the USA. There you can acquire the Z10 unlocked and SIM-free for $449, while the Q10 goes for $549.
Those prices naturally include no subsidies. The manufacturer is just offering an alternative way to acquire a BlackBerry stateside as T-Mobile is no longer offering BlackBerry 10 devices, while Sprint is yet to decide what to do in light of the recent events.
Across the ocean, in the UK, Selfridges has launched the recently unveiled BlackBerry Z30 flagship. You can have it unlocked and SIM-free for £529.
If you are not in a hurry, Expansys is expecting its stock in six days and its pre-order price is £485. The phone hasn't been introduced to the US market yet and it's still unclear what will happen with BlackBerry's upcoming phones. We guess the Z30 will probably create it to the other strong BlackBerry markets shortly.
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Plano-based golf club manufacturer and distributor Adams Golf has acquired Yes! Golf out of bankruptcy for $1.65 million.
Adams Golf said Wednesday it submitted the winning bid to buy Denver-based Progear Holdings, which operates as the Yes! Golf brand, and related assets.
Through the acquisition, Adams Golf will acquire Yes! Golf brand’s patented putter technology designs.
Both firms will be merged into Adams Golf’s headquarters in East Plano.
Yes! Golf historically has reported annual revenue between $2.4 million and $10.2 million.
“We have been looking for an attractive avenue into the putter market for some time and believe the Yes! Golf brand and technology platform provides us just such an opportunity,” said Chip Brewer, president and CEO of Adams Golf.


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When the private Chinese computer company Lenovo acquired IBM’s PC unit for $1.75 billion in December 2004, the deal made headlines around the world. But that was only one of a number of high-profile Chinese overseas investments.
In January 2003, the Jingdongfang Group spent $380 million for South Korea’s Hynix Company and kept its 1,700 Korean employees. In 2004, China’s zinc and copper producer China Minmetals negotiated a $5.5 billion deal to take over Noranda, Canada’s biggest mining company. Also in 2004, TCL claimed a 55% stake in a 100 million euro joint venture with French telecommunications giant Alcatel. Currently, China Mobile Communications Corp is close to finishing a $5.3 billion pact to acquire Millicom International Cellular SA of Luxumbourg.
Chinese companies are going global, and they’re doing it in a variety of industries: energy, steel, automotive, logistics, computers, consumer electronics, household appliances, telecommunications equipment, textiles and consumer products. Companies such as Haier (home appliances), Galanz (home appliances), Wanxiang Group (auto parts), Cosco (logistics), Lifan (motorcycles), BaoSteel (steel) and Huawei (telecom equipment) are among those well positioned to become global players over the next decade. Today, China has 16 companies in the Fortune Global 500 list, up from 11 in 2002. By May 2004, there were 7,720 Chinese companies registered abroad in 160 countries and $33 billion dollars in investment.
In this research, I explored the operational strategies and communication obstacles involved in China’s global expansion. Research data was obtained through ethnographic observation, textual analysis and case studies conducted in China and the U.S. in June, July, August and September of 2006. I will begin by summarizing the current state of Chinese companies’ global expansion, the political and economic support structure for such expansion, and the reasons these companies are going global. Then six operational strategies and three communication obstacles will be conceptualized.
Chinese companies are going global in search of new markets, raw materials, energy sources, advanced technology and global human resources. The move is being driven by growing labor costs in China and intensified competition from foreign multinational corporations in China following Beijing’s entry into the World Trade Organization Many of the Chinese companies looking outward are medium or large, state-owned and private enterprises. Most are market-driven, ambitious, nimble and flat in structure.
An obvious impetus for Chinese companies’ global expansion is China’s WTO entry, which came officially on December 11, 2001. WTO membership made it possible for Chinese companies to enjoy favored nation status in expanding to global markets, but it also presented Chinese companies with enhanced competition at home. WTO membership granted all member countries favored nation status in China. As a result, in recent years China has experienced a 36% increase in Fortune 500 representation. Anxiety about “foreign wolves coming to China” plagues many Chinese companies. For example, China’s entry into the WTO dramatically cut import barriers previously imposed on American agricultural products. Total U.S. exports to China have grown from negligible levels to about $14 billion a year.
Chinese companies have accumulated capital to invest overseas, and they are receiving official encouragement, which means support from Chinese banks. “Going global” became a national policy in the five-year plan for 2001-2005 in an effort to move from the “defense” to the “offense” and enable Chinese companies to acquire advanced technology, global brands, managerial know-how, and advanced human resources.
Chinese banks are well poised to provide support by virtue of a strong Chinese economy, high savings rate and abundant foreign reserves. Net savings have been accumulating in Chinese banks since 1994. In 2001, savings in banks exceeded loans by 3,200 billions RMB. China’s GDP is currently fourth in the world, and the country is No. 3 in foreign trade. Foreign reserves exceed $6 trillion.
Finally, labor costs are rising in China, making the country less competitive in some areas as a manufacturing base. Experts estimate that labor costs in China will continue to rise by 30% to 50% in the next three to five years. One result: Nike has moved some of its production line out of China to Vietnam to take advantage of lower labor costs.
Chinese multinationals are adopting six operational strategies in their global expansion:
- Establishing overseas production bases
- Making global mergers and acquisitions
- Building up global brand names
- Starting in emerging markets
- Accumulating overseas capital from global stock markets
- Employing global marketing and management personnel
All Chinese corporations going global need to answer three critical questions prior to any decision. First, should a manufacturing base be built in China or overseas? Second, should product distribution and sales be outsourced to foreign marketing companies? Third, should the Chinese company go global with its own brand name, which is usually little known to the outside world, or with a global brand name?
Chinese companies also have to overcome three major communication challenges in their globalization drive: negative perceptions of Chinese companies by the outside and especially the Western world, Chinese companies’ inefficient conflict management style, and their low proficiency in understanding local cultures worldwide.
Chinese executives can learn much from the Japanese and Korean experience in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. As the domestic market in China continues to grow, these outward-looking companies play a key role in shaping up Chinese economy while bring in new knowledge, capital, products and personnel to China.
“Ten years ago, Lenovo’s participation in the international market was just like taking part in the Paralympics, with various tariffs and other obstacles preventing its internationalization process,” said Liu Chuanzhi, Lenovo’s former chairman, “Things have changed, however, now we are on a racetrack of real Olympic Games.”


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“Ground Control is our latest solution to common challenges that FinTech builders face, all with the goal of empowering more efficient product development and shortening the time to market,” said Dominik Weisserth, Head of Product and co-founder at Synctera. “Ground Control yields a better outcome for FinTech builders by offering them the leverage to build a long-term compliance solution thoughtfully. The added support also affords peace of mind to bank partners, who need to meet regulatory and compliance requirements.”
“As neobanks continue to innovate and offer new value propositions, the risks posed by financial crimes have never been higher,” said Corey Besaw, President of Banking Operations and cofounder of Ubiquity. “Programs like Ground Control are instrumental in maintaining high compliance rates, but they are even more powerful when combined with dispute and chargeback management that’s also compliant, customer-friendly, and protective against undue losses. The most successful neobanks anticipate and prepare for the challenges of balancing security, compliance, and seamless customer service as they grow.”
“There are so many opportunities for error when setting up onboarding and transaction monitoring for a new financial product,” added Sarah Mirsky-Terranova, Chief Compliance Officer at Synctera. “The added support from Ground Control empowers developers and entrepreneurs to go to market knowing that those back-end compliance needs are being met while they build out larger teams of their own to bring the services in-house. The initial support also offers the FinTech builder the opportunity to establish the compliance procedures and team that will meet its needs and the requirements of its bank partner.”
Ground Control is also being supported MinervaAI, an enhanced due-diligence platform that helps companies get improved risk assessment on user profiles in dynamic, fast-moving environments. “We wanted to make compliance with financial crime regulatory requirements fast, affordable, and efficient so every organization can demonstrate it’s doing what it must to keep dirty money out of their business,” said Jennifer Arnold, CEO and co-founder of MinervaAI. “MinervaAI’s real-time risk assessment means we can keep bad actors out by stopping them from entering the ecosystem in the first place, and we’re excited to partner with Synctera to ensure startups and enterprises alike have the best tools to fight financial crime.”
Ground Control is a free program available to qualified FinTech builders that build and launch financial products on the Synctera platform. More information on all of Synctera’s products can be found at www.synctera.com.
Launched in 2020, Synctera is powering the future of FinTech. Its end-to-end platform and guided, personalized experiences help FinTech builders create world-class products with embedded banking, card issuance, and more. Synctera’s unique programs enable transparent, efficient partnerships between compatible FinTech builders and community banks, whether a FinTech builder is looking to quickly launch an MVP or scale a fully fledged offering. Everyone wins – FinTech builders create, launch, and scale great products, fast, and community banks access new revenue streams and markets.


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Data from the National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF) has revealed that over 65 million Nigerians actively engage in betting, spending an average of $15 daily.
This is just as it disclosed that every day, 14 million bet takes and payments are made online in the country.
Executive secretary of NLTF, Bello Maigari, made this known yesterday at the second edition of the biennial national gaming conference held in Lagos.
He said Nigerians spend billions of dollars on betting each year, despite economic hardship.
“Currently, there are over 65 million Nigerians actively engaging in this activity, spending $15 on average everyday. It is on record, each day, 14 million bet takes and payments are made online in our country.
“It is expected to experience an annual growth rate of nearly 10 per cent to reach more than $366 million by 2027,” he said.
Noting that the online betting sector has seen exponential growth, Maigari said: “As of my last knowledge update in September 2021, the global online betting market was estimated to be worth over $50 billion, and it has continued to grow significantly since then.
“In Nigeria, the online betting sector has seen exponential growth, with millions of citizens engaging in various forms of online gaming and betting.”
“With a population of over 200 million people and the largest betting market in Africa, our country is making giant strides in the world of online sports betting,” he stated.
He therefore called on the Federal Government to create a framework that can encourage the betting industry to contribute taxes in the country.
“Moreover, leveraging the gaming and betting industry as a tax contributor can help create a level playing field for both local and international operators,” he said.


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T-Mobile Announces ‘SCORE!’ Program
T-Mobile has just announced another part of their Un-carrier program, this time with phone discounts. The new “SCORE!” program gives you steep discounts on new phones. The SCORE! program costs users $5 a month, but to many it will be well worth it. According to their press release, after being in the SCORE! program for 6 months the user will be able to get a low end smartphone for free. One of those devices is the Alcatel ONETOUCH Evolve 2, which retails for $80. After 6 months you’re paying $30, resulting in $50 in savings. T-Mobile also says that after 12 months you will be able to get $150 off any phone, such as the iPhone or any other device. If you’re in the market for a new iPhone, T-Mobile sells it starting at $649. With your discount, that makes it $499. However, you are spending $60 for that year that you’re enrolled in the program, which really means you’re only saving $90. While that is still a big savings, you’re not saving as much as it seems.
This new program is available to all T-Mobile customers for $5 a month starting today. You can learn more about the program here.


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Even as several enthusiasts in the country continue to queue up in a bid to realize India's maiden dream of low-cost computing, reports have it that India's $35 tablet has the interests of a Philadelphian company peaked. The Financial Express now reports that a Philadelphia-based company, Wilco Electronics is currently in talks with the Union Human Resource Development Ministry, even as the latter is knee-deep in work on prepping up the upgraded version of the tablet that is due to be launched, soon. Reports state that quite impressed with the low-cost computing model in the country, Wilco Electronics now want to take the Aakash tablet to aid the school students and disadvantaged sections back home. Daniel's company, Wilco Electronics is essentially a primary cable and Internet Provider for Philadelphia Housing Authority projects, with their work aimed at low-income Philadelphians.
In fact, the Executive Vice President of Wilco, Brigitte Daniel had come down to New Delhi late last year to personally see and understand for herself how the tablet works and reportedly showed keen interest in the project. Quoting Daniel, the report states, "I did visit the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) last year to explore the options of partnership and distribution of the Aakash tablet in the US. My company, Wilco Electronic Systems, is currently in stages of exploring a relationship with Govt of India and/or Datawind (the company responsible for distributing the tablet) and may look to pilot use of the tablets in Philadelphia. We will be meeting in the US with Datawind early April. We hope to nail down details about this then and see what we can do to get a pilot going in Philadelphia." The report further adds that Daniel is keen on testing the device within schools and other low-income communities and that the number of tablets that Wilco would procure will invariably depend on the units the ministry manages to dole out.
Wilco Electronics apart, an impressed Daniel also stated that the Aakash tablet would be a hit elsewhere in the U.S, too with the low-income groups and that it would help bridge the digital divide. She added ,"I do believe that the Aakash tablet could potentially make impact within the US National Broadband plan to bridge the digital divide for underserved communities, schools, and low-income communities, here in the US."
The Aakash tablet has been India's maiden attempt at low-cost computing. Even before the initial version of the tablet came out in the market, everyone seemed to be excited and talks about the specifications, price tag, et al became topics of discussion. The upgraded version of the Aakash tablet, if reports are to be believed will be launched soon. Quite contrary to earlier reports about an April launch, reports coming in now confirm that Aakash 2 is expected to be here in May, and not April.
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ANZ on Saturday announced the launch of the ANZ Asian Business Centre in Fiji, making it a first for the country and the Pacific.
The centre will provide personalised service and attention to the business needs of ANZ’s Asian business customers.
ANZ CEO Fiji and CEO Pacific Vishnu Mohan said customers would receive the dedicated support of their highly experienced Asian banking relationship managers.
“As a strong and established business in the region, with super regional connectivity to 33 markets around the world, including 12 in the Pacific and 15 in Asia, we understand the unique needs of our various customer segments, including our valued local and off-shore Asian customers.”
Mr Mohan said through the Asian Business Centre, ANZ would support intra-regional links of trade, investment and people, to help Fiji and the Pacific grow.
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German carmaker Volkswagen will invest tens of millions of euros in production of hybrid electric cars in Bratislava. Company board member Michael Macht confirmed at the Geneva international motor show Auto Salon 2013 that plug-in hybrids would be made at VW’s Bratislava plant, the Hospodárske Noviny (HN) financial daily reported.
The announcement will affect production of hybrid versions of the Volkswagen Touareg, Audi Q7 and Porsche Cayenne SUVs. The Bratislava plant had been one of the potential bidders for the investment since last year. J&T Banka analyst Stanislav Pánis told HN that Bratislava’s qualified but cheap workforce, as well as its good past experience, were behind the success of the Slovak subsidiary.
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Little in Hampton Roads' physical landscape changed this year, but you couldn't say the same for the region's business landscape.
A Fortune 500 company toyed with leaving, a 61-year-old local grocery chain folded and a 153-year-old family-owned newspaper was sold to a Chicago-based media behemoth.
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Norfolk Southern eyes moving HQ to Atlanta
It's been a badly kept secret that despite having "Norfolk" in its name, Norfolk Southern has wanted to move its corporate headquarters out of town for some time. Its eye has been on Atlanta, where it owns land and where a proposed development plan could swap that property with new, shiny office space.
The company already has 1,900 employees in its Atlanta headquarters and closed its Roanoke operations in 2015, dividing those employees between Norfolk and Atlanta as it began consolidating offices.
"We will be better as a team if we are together in one place," CEO Jim Squires told employees in a video in mid-October, all but confirming the move, according to a report by The Virginian-Pilot. "I've believed that for a long time."
As of this writing, there was no official announcement and the city of Atlanta was still weighing the development proposal.
Losing Norfolk Southern, one of just three Fortune 500 companies in Hampton Roads, wouldn't just be a crush to the region's ego. The company's corporate employees earn high wages that they spend locally, and the company's foundation has been integral to supporting charitable efforts in Hampton Roads. Of the $7.2 million the Norfolk Southern Foundation gave away in 2016, according to the company's tax filing, it donated at least $1.16 million to Hampton Roads causes.
Farm Fresh sold off
No business story got the public's attention more than perhaps news that one of the region's most familiar grocery chains would be sold off.
Farm Fresh, which was started and headquartered here in 1957, had long been out of local hands by the time its most recent owner, Minnesota-based Supervalu, announced in March that it would shutter the brand and divvy up 21 of its 38 stores to competitors Kroger, Harris Teeter and Food Lion.
Since then, Supervalu sold another six locations to three separate independent buyers who intend to keep the Farm Fresh name and its sought-after fried-chicken recipe. At least one of the stores sold to Harris Teeter, on 21st street in Ghent, won't be a Harris Teeter when it opens. And Kroger has announced that it won't open one of the stores it bought in Wards Corner.
The remaining 12 stores? All closed.
The impact was far-reaching. More than 3,000 employees had to look for new jobs either from the buyers or expanding competitors, a local food bank has had to look for new donors and customers whose banks or pharmacies were in one of the shuttered storefronts have had to change their routines.
The closures and sales came as the region was becoming significantly "over-stored," according to grocery and commercial real estate experts, as low-cost European entrants Lidl and Aldi expanded and fan favorites Wegmans and Publix announced plans to enter the region (Publix opened a store in Williamsburg in October, while Wegmans is scheduled to open in Virginia Beach next year).
Jobs lost to the recession return
The U.S. did it. So did Virginia. Richmond, too. While all three eventually regained the jobs each lost since the peak of the recession and then some, Hampton Roads was still inching up from a deficit. But 10 years later, the region appears to finally be out of the red and in the black. Old Dominion University economists say the area recorded about 781,600 jobs in July 2007, the peak, before turning south. The number wouldn't be outdone until July 2017. Sequestration, the federal spending limits which began in 2013, turned out to be an affliction particularly harmful to the region's economy and job growth.
Beer today, gone tomorrow
Faster than you could say "hold my beer," Green Flash Brewing packed up the parts of its Virginia Beach brewery that weren't auctioned off in a fire sale and left, less than a year and a half after opening. The arrival of the West Coast brewer's East Coast hub in 2016 was supposed to have signaled a coming of age for craft brewing in Hampton Roads, and Virginia as a whole, which already snagged San Diego's Stone Brewing for a Richmond expansion as well as Southern California's Ballast Point and Oregon's Deschutes Brewery in and around Roanoke.
Instead, its demise turned into an industry lesson of what can happen when one grows too big, too fast and takes on too much debt in the process.
In the three years between the announcement Green Flash was coming and its actual opening, the craft-beer scene exploded with the addition of 1,350 more breweries across the country. Signs of saturation were showing.
Nonetheless, even after Green Flash's dramatic exit (which included padlocking its front gate), Hampton Roads' craft brewery map is still filling in. New Realm moved into Green Flash's space, Back Bay Brewing opened Farmhouse Brewing in Virginia Beach and next year Traffic Brewing Co. plans to set up shop on the Peninsula.
Liberty Tax soap opera continues
After an already tumultuous 2017, the Virginia Beach headquarters for Liberty Tax – the tax prep company that floods the nation with dancing Lady Libertys every tax season – had an even more chaotic 2018.
To sum up: Founder John T. Hewitt, who had been ousted as CEO by his board in September 2017 after an internal investigation concluded there was "credible evidence" he engaged in relationships with staff and franchisees whom he treated preferentially and was overheard having sex in the office, remained chair of the board because of his stock ownership.
Earlier this year, the board, led by Hewitt, fired his replacement at CEO in the middle of tax season, replacing him with a franchisee indebted to Liberty Tax who had never run a publicly traded company. Four independent board members resigned and two appointed by Hewitt were kicked off.
After its independent auditor, KPMG, left citing the "tone at the top," the company lost a second independent auditor. Without an auditor, Liberty Tax went nearly a year without reporting any earnings, so NASDAQ delisted the stock. Finally, a group of investors came in and bought out Hewitt's stock and replaced the board.
Hewitt has since started a franchise endeavor dubbed Loyalty Brands.
The Cavalier, never far from controversy, reopens
It seemed for awhile that mention of The Cavalier in Virginia Beach couldn't be made without also hearing critics of the project talk about"cronyism" or "corruption" or "controversy" as well.
At a cost of about $350 million with millions coming from the city of Virginia Beach, the historic and storied hotel reopened in February after a long renovation. Not long after, it played host to its first celebrity wedding: rapper Pusha T's nuptials to Virginia Williams.
Bruce Thompson, the polarizing Virginia Beach developer who restored it, is still adding a third hotel to the property and seeking city funding for a new street design.
The Virginian-Pilot sold to Tribune Publishing, merges many operations with Daily Press
Hampton Roads has one fewer newspaper owner since The Virginian-Pilot, a family-owned daily publication for more than 150 years, was sold to what is now Tribune Publishing for $34 million in May.
Tribune has owned the nearby Daily Press newspaper and its related publications for years in addition to the Baltimore Sun, Orlando Sentinel and recently the Los Angeles Times until it was sold off to one of the company's billionaire board members.
As a result, the Pilot (which owns IBQ) and the Daily Press have merged much of their operations. The editor and managing editor of the Daily Press and the advertising director at the Pilot now oversee both publications. Reporters at both formed a union within months of the purchase.
As of press time, rumors of another sale abounded.
Odds of a Virginia casino increase with tribe’s proposal
Could Virginia, which has watched as neighboring states erected glittering Las Vegas-style casinos for gamblers, finally get one of its own?
The Pamunkey tribe, which won federal recognition in 2015, announced that it had partnered with Tennessee billionaire Jon Yarbrough to buy 600 acres in New Kent County for a casino site. But first, the tribe will need the Department of the Interior's agreement to add the land to a federal trust, a task that requires the tribe to prove it ancestral connection to the space.
If built, the tribe has said its casino would have Class 2 gambling machines which wouldn't require state approvals (unlike Vegas-style Class 3 slot machines and table games).
Meanwhile, the new owner of Colonial Downs was working to reopen the New Kent County racetrack and add gaming machines that use historic horse-race results next year. Q


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YouTube grabs the attention of many millennials and younger kids with instant and interactive videos of almost anything you could think of. However, YouTube has also become a form of income to many ambitious and creative individuals and if used correctly a way to boost business growth. We take a look at the world of Multi-Channel Networks which acts as a service provider for YouTube channels creating content programming, video editing and even sales. Joining CNBC Africa for more is Danilo Acquisto, CEO of Special Effects Media.


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ALEXANDRIA – Each month Plum Creek Christian Church’s benevolence ministry reaches out to help others, and on Saturday, Sept. 17, money raised at the annual County Market Days festival in Alexandria will aid the ministry.
This year’s festival in front of County Market, at 7109 Alexandria Pike, will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17. The event will feature a dunking booth, music, games, a bounce house, an obstacle course and food, including an on-site JTM grill and the Mayfield ice cream truck.
Last year’s festival raised about $4,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, said Sharon Allen, a County Market employee and co-organizer of the event.
Each year the store selects a different charity to benefit from the annual festival, and this year the southern Campbell County-based benevolence ministry at Plum Creek Christian Church was selected by store owners Peggy and Dave Kremer, Allen said.
“We just through word of mouth heard that they could use some help, and off we went,” she said.
It was also discovered that County Market and the Plum Creek benevolence ministry both started in 1993, Allen said.
The festival is an annual way for the independently owned store to give back to the community, she said.
“We’re very community-oriented,” Allen said. “Our owners were born and raised here.”
Plum Creek Christian’s benevolence ministry serves the families in the church’s immediate area in southern Campbell County and Pendleton County, said Sharon Bowling, of Grant’s Lick, volunteer team leader for the ministry.
The ministry is open the third Saturday of each month from 9:30 a.m. to noon to people in need of food, clothing and spiritual help, Bowling said.
Each family receives a bag of toiletries, cereal and a yellow bag with food staples including potatoes, fruits and vegetables, she said.
Help is also offered through the ministry at other times when families are affected by fires or flooding, and when someone loses their job, Bowling said.
The all-volunteer ministry is privately operated with all the foods and clothing donated by local businesses and members of the community without participating in any federal government food assistance programs, she said.
A local attorney also donates time to help people with legal services including wills, power of attorney and trusts, Bowling said. For children, a “Kids Korner” keeps children busy working on crafts and activities while at the ministry, she said.
On average, about 85 families visit the benevolence ministry each week, and meals are served to as many as 150 families during the holidays, Bowling said.
In addition to the festival, the store will be selling bracelets to benefit the ministry all week during the 13th annual County Market Days Sept. 12-18 when the store has a week of specials and sales, said Bethany Daniel, a store employee and co-organizer of the festival.
Alexandria businesses Community Car Care, City Brew Coffee, and Snap Fitness are also participating in the festival fundraiser, Daniel said.
“The festival is important because that’s the day all the proceeds will go to the benefit of Plum Creek,” she said.
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who blasted Microsoft three months ago for failing to deliver Windows Vista add-ons have again called the company on the carpet, this time for missing its self-imposed deadline to provide promised extras.
In late June, bloggers and users were already panning Vista Ultimate Extras as a bust. Extras, available only to customers running the top-end Vista edition, was one of the features cited by Microsoft to distinguish the $399 operating system from its $239 cousin, Home Premium. Microsoft's online marketing, for instance, touted Extras as "cutting-edge programs, innovative services, and unique publications" that would be regularly offered to Ultimate users.
But by June, Microsoft had not released any new Extras since it issued a beta of DreamScene, a video screensaver, in February. That infuriated some users; several days later, Microsoft tried to defuse the situation by promising to wrap up DreamScene and 20 unfinished language packs ... "By the end of the summer
Companies planning to roll out Microsoft Corp. 's Windows Vista operating system can thank people like Eric Craig.
Craig, a managing director at Continental Airlines Inc., started moving his company to Vista early this year, far sooner than most businesses. For Continental and other early Vista adopters, being first meant wrestling with an array of challenges that include security programs that weren't ready and problems with "driver" software for running printers and other devices.
Such pioneers are an important part of Microsoft's strategy, which employs customers' feedback to help improve Vista and the software universe designed to work with it.
"We're happy to share our experience," Craig said.
That is good news for the followers, many of whom remain daunted by the prospect of moving to Vista. Indeed, a recent Forrester Research survey of 565 companies in the United States and Europe with more than 1, 000 employees showed that only 7 percent plan to start rolling out Vista this year, with 25 percent expecting to begin the process next year. Some 38 percent of respondents said they didn't have plans yet to move to Vista.
Why the reticence ? By the time Microsoft first made Vista available to businesses last November - five years after its predecessor Windows XP - companies had built or bought many layers of software on earlier versions of Windows, including security software to guard against viruses and other malicious computer code. Moving to Vista requires modifying those software layers, running the risk of creating new problems.
And there is simply no substitute for actually installing Vista in real businesses to find the glitches, and to fully test the attendant software - like the drivers - that has been tweaked to run with Vista. Microsoft provides free software tools and programs to help with the migration, but those programs also must be enhanced based on experience gained through their use.
Roughly nine months after Vista was made broadly available, information-technology professionals say installing Vista is gradually becoming easier.
"If you're an IT person sitting down to do this you have much better information available than you did six months ago," said Steve Kleynhans, an analyst at Gartner Group. "Six months from now it's going to be even better."
Continental since May has replaced nearly 2, 000 personal computers at two of its three reservation centers with Vista PCs. The work was delayed a bit as Continental waited for certain Vista-compatible drivers, security software and other software from Microsoft partners, Craig said. Continental is now working with Cisco Systems Inc. to rejigger the network-equipment maker's call-center software to work better with Vista, Craig said. By sometime in the first quarter of next year, Craig expects to have converted up to 7, 000 of his company's 18, 000 PCs to Vista.
Another organization that experienced the trials is the Australian Customs Service, which decided to shift a fleet of aging PCs to Vista earlier this year. By dumping 3, 000 old machines for new ones that come with Vista, the agency avoided some onerous chores associated with upgrading existing hardware. But it still had problems with a security feature in Vista called BitLocker.
The customs service was able to get Hewlett-Packard Co., the PC supplier, to provide a revised piece of software that fixed the problem. Such fixes are typically shared with Microsoft and other makers of software tools to help Vista buyers.
"The third-party support has been a little bit slow but that's progressively gotten better," said Murray Harrison, the customs service's chief information officer.
Microsoft provides a free downloadable software kit businesses can use to upgrade existing PCs to Vista. The kit, called the Business Desktop Deployment tool, automatically transfers information over the Internet about companies' IT systems and technical problems to Microsoft. The data are used to help improve the upgrade kit. So far, customers have downloaded about 220, 000 copies of it, Microsoft executives say.
Customer feedback has also aided the process of modifying the driver programs. Microsoft executives say the number of driver programs for Vista has swelled to 2. 2 million from 1. 5 million in January.
Another critical issue is application compatibility - whether Vista can run the business programs that companies now use. Some are sold by software companies and some are internally developed by users. Companies may have thousands of different applications that need to be tested for compatibility before a new operating system is introduced.
Microsoft runs a program for certifying software applications for Vista. As of last week, about 2, 100 applications had been certified - up from 250 in January, Microsoft executives say.
Meanwhile, many IT managers are waiting for Vista improvements that will be included in Service Pack 1, a set of software enhancements for Vista that will have new drivers, security features and bug fixes. Microsoft says the software will be available in January.
Still, some businesses don't see enough benefits from the new software to go through all the trouble.
"We don't have any plans for rolling out Vista in our environment in the near future," said Gentry Ganote, chief information officer of Golf and Tennis Pro Shop Inc., which runs sports shops around the U. S. Instead, Ganote said his company is shifting more of its employees from PCs to more simplified devices known as thin clients, which he said will be easier for his IT group to manage.
Earth Tech Inc., though a big user of Microsoft software, doesn't see enough new value in Vista itself to justify upgrading its 8, 000 PCs, said Jim Walsh, its chief information officer.
Walsh, whose company handles infrastructure work that includes building roads and airports and managing water-treatment facilities, is studying whether software that runs on Vista - including the new version of Microsoft's Office software and software called SharePoint - offer enough benefits to justify a move to Vista.
And like his peers at many other companies, Walsh is concerned about problems arising from adding Vista to his company's IT system, which has a mix of both Microsoft and software from some 25 other companies.
"I'm generally personally afraid of the integration issues," he said. "Can the existing software I have run on it ? I have to make sure it does."
Such thinking is one reason why a significant number of businesses won't start the transition until next year, said Benjamin Gray, an analyst at Forrester Research. Still, with the gradual improvements to the infrastructure around Vista, for most businesses "it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when and how," he said.


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Howard Hughes Corp. now controls the 51-acre Landmark Mall property in its entirety. “We now control the whole site,” Bulmash told the audience at Alexandria's Cameron Station. Now we’re in to replan the site.” This does not appear to be a sale, but rather a partnership between Dallas-based Howard Hughes and Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE: SRG), owner of the Sears store at Landmark.
A giant turkey vulture, weighing roughly 30 pounds, and with a wingspan measured in yards, waited patiently for cars to pass before swooping in and feasting on the carcass. Sears Holdings (OTCMKTS:SHLDQ) is a squirrel. Care to be a turkey vulture in Sears stock? Sears filed for bankruptcy on Oct. 15, but you can still trade the stock.
Succeeding in traditional retail is harder than ever because of the internet, and smaller malls are struggling. Many have closed across the country or are being partially converted into offices and other uses.
The Sears Holdings real estate spinoff posted a sharp decline in profitability for the third quarter, and things will get worse before they get better.
The New York-based company said it had a loss of 66 cents per share. The real estate investment trust posted revenue of $56.6 million in the period. Seritage Growth Properties shares have declined almost ...
The deals, including separations of Sears' businesses and real estate, may come under examination in bankruptcy proceedings, with creditors claiming the transactions stripped the retailer of valuable assets. Billionaire Lampert is the largest shareholder and creditor of Sears through his hedge fund, ESL Investments Inc.
Seritage Growth Properties will face some short-term pain if primary tenant Sears Holdings rejects its master lease with the REIT. But that pain could pave the way for long-term gains.
Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in White Plains, New York earlier on Monday with a plan to close about 142 of its 700 stores by year-end and sell its best-performing stores in an auction in January to a buyer that will keep them operational. The bankruptcy filing by the parent of Sears, Roebuck and Co and Kmart Corp follows a decade of revenue declines, hundreds of store closures, and years of deals by billionaire Eddie Lampert in an attempt to turn around the company he acquired in 2005 for $11 billion. Lampert, who stepped down as Sears CEO on Monday but will remain chairman, had pledged to restore Sears to its glory days, when it owned the tallest building in the world and companies that included a radio station and Allstate insurance.
Corp. three years ago, tried to reassure investors on Monday that it still has a bright future even though Sears, its biggest tenant, has filed for bankruptcy. Seritage sought to persuade investors that it has a sufficient cash cushion to weather any rent shortfall from Sears. In 2015, as a way to raise $2.7 billion in cash, Sears spun off 234 stores and its 50% interest in three joint ventures for 28 other stores into a newly listed company: Seritage.
Sears Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) is preparing a bankruptcy filing, according to multiple media reports, and depending on how that goes it could leave multiple big-box retail stores vacant around the Phoenix area. The newspaper also reported some of Sears’ largest lenders are asking the company to liquidate rather than reorganize. Edward Lampert, Sears’ CEO, largest shareholder and largest creditor, is reportedly also looking for an out-of-court reorganization that would keep the company running but would mean closing a number of stores, selling off some brands and getting rid of more than $1 billion worth of real estate. No matter what path Sears management decides to take, there is a chance some, if not all, of the five remaining Sears stores around the Valley could shutter.
It won’t be easy, but the project could find success with Orlando’s most prominent developer, experts say.
The bankruptcy filing would end a standoff between Chief Executive Officer Eddie Lampert, the retailer's biggest shareholder and lender, and a special board committee the company has formed to consider a rescue plan proposed by Lampert that would involve asset sales and a debt restructuring. The committee has been resisting the plan amid concerns that creditors and shareholders would sue over it being too favourable for Lampert.
Upon its creation in June 2015, Seritage absorbed a portfolio of 235 properties from Sears Holdings, consisting of approximately 36.7 million square feet of building space diversified across 49 states and Puerto Rico. As Sears has trudged toward going out of business, Seritage shareholders have enjoyed a nearly 15% return year to date. Many shareholders are expecting more of the same dichotomous return as Sears potentially liquidates and opens up Seritage properties to "superior terms" agreements with high-rent clientele like Equinox.
Sears Holdings reportedly has one foot in the grave. Yahoo Finance looks at why billionaire Warren Buffett will still come out a winner if Sears goes bust.
Whittall is the latest developer to attempt to resuscitate the shopping center on Colonial Drive, which has has changed hands at least four times since 2004.
The first piece of Seritage Growth Properties' (NYSE: SRG) $20 million Orlando Fashion Square mall project is in place and open for business as Georgia-based Floor & Decor (NYSE: FND) officially will open a new 70,113-square-foot retail store and design center at 3111 E Colonial Drive on Oct. 4. The location replaces the 42,376-square-foot Floor & Decor at the nearby Colonial Plaza shopping center, and currently is in soft opening mode and hiring. "The team from the other location is coming here, but we also have 15-20 additional open positions," store manager Rafael Gonzalez told Orlando Business Journal during an Oct. 1 tour.
Sears Holdings is still Seritage Growth Properties' primary tenant. But while that's not ideal, Seritage isn't likely to face financial distress even if its former parent is forced into bankruptcy
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Tokyo Olympics Is Banning Athletes From Donning ‘Black Lives Matter’ Apparel
By Alexa Heah, 06 May 2021
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Athletes participating in the Tokyo Olympics will not be allowed to wear Black Lives Matter apparel. This ruling comes as part of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) long-standing ban on “demonstration or political, religious, or racial propaganda.”
Olympic athletes will be barred from donning any Black Lives Matter apparel on the podium, playing field, or during official ceremonies. However, slogans may be allowed during press conferences, interviews, and team meetings.
According to Revolt, the IOC has yet to publicly state the punishment athletes could face for violating this ruling. It’s said that each breach will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Plus, the IOC has claimed that a majority of athletes don’t think it’s appropriate to protest at the competition.
“A very clear majority of athletes said they think it’s not appropriate to demonstrate or express their views on the field of play, at the official ceremonies, or at the podium,” said IOC Athletes’ Commission Chief Kirsty Coventry.
However, some groups have come out in support of athletes who choose to protest despite the ruling.
“Any athlete sanctioned at the Tokyo Olympics will have the full backing of the World Players,” promised Brendan Schwab, Executive Director of The World Players Association Union, as per Revolt.
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In his questions for Wells Fargo Chief Executive John Stumpf, Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) focused on an issue not particular to that bank but exemplified by its practices and its in-house terminology: Banks are focused not simply on taking deposits and making loans, but on selling “products.”
Most big banks have several products, from basic checking and savings accounts to debit cards, credit cards and retirement accounts. And most big banks want their customers to use several products -- an idea known as cross-selling.
Wells Fargo is famous for its focus on sales and for years has reported the success of its cross-selling strategy, providing quarterly figures on the number of accounts used by the average customer -- something other banks generally don’t do. In the second quarter, the bank reported that among its customers, the average retail banking household used 6.27 Wells Fargo products.
That sales focus has rankled lawmakers and exposed a deeper unease about the business of modern banking.
“I’ve heard terms today I don’t really align with the banking business,” Perlmutter said. “‘Sales organization,’ ‘retail sales,’ ‘stores’ -- I never once in my life referred to my branch bank in Applewood, Colo., as a store. You don’t sell Veg-o-Matics. … Why are you calling these things stores? You’re a bank.”
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- February 8, 2019
Venice-based drinkware manufacturer Tervis celebrated the 50th anniversary of its Osprey store May 18.
Tervis President Rogan Donelly received a proclamation from Venice Mayor John Holic declaring that May 19 is Tervis Day.
Tervis also announced new products, including a bowl, the company's first foray outside its drinkware staples. The bowls are on the company's website and can be purchased at the Osprey store.
Donelly says the bowls are the result of customers asking Tervis to make other products. "We're going to lean into our strengths and continue to listen to the customer and adapt," he says.
In June, Tervis will add 150 new designs — plus additional sports designs — to its line of drinkware products.
As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations for the store, Tervis hid 50 golden cups around Sarasota. So far, people have found 25 cups and turned them in to receive their prize — a cup and a tour of the Tervis factory.


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Twitch.tv, Neowiz, SEA Gaming, CJ Internet, Funcom and Wicked Interactive...what do they all have in common? If you said Xfire then you're spot-on correct. The game community platform is moving up and moving onward as they expand globally with a number of different partnerships, including joining the CYIA or China Youth Internet Association.
Malcolm CasSelle, CEO, Xfire commented in the press release, saying...
Xfire recently hopped back into the mainstream spotlight briefly after the graph stint involving Diablo III. While arguments could be made that the game's drop-off rate is or is not normal, all the chatter surrounding the stats really helped bring Xfire back into the fold.
Well, the company is continuing their expansion by making ties with publishers who are working on the latest and greatest online-based games. A few of the publishing deals etched out for the company are as follows -- along with the games the Xfire app will be accompanying:
CJ Internet – S2 and Uncharted Waters
Funcom – Secret World
Neowiz – Seven Souls Online
SEA Gaming – World of Tanks (Southeast Asia territories)
Wicked Interactive – Mission Against Terror (M.A.T.)
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Posted: Apr 18 2007System 24 by Khodi Feiz, part of Council Inc.’s debut collection, "Optimism," had its European introduction at the Salone del Mobile 2007 in Milan. Rendered in bamboo, the modular storage unit appeared in an exhibit entitled "Light Green," a collection of environmentally-conscious furniture by Feiz. System 24 will also be on display at the international launch of Council at ICFF in New York City (May 19-23, 2007).
Posted: Apr 01 2007Council, a new design and manufacturing company, will launch at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York City this spring. Showcasing the work of forward-looking designers from around the world, the company’s premiere collection, "Optimism," which includes dining and lounge pieces, storage, seating, and occasional tables, will be on display at Booth 2342 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. ICFF runs from May 19-22, 2007. The collection’s name is very deliberate: much as the post-war optimism of the ’50s and ’60s spawned some of America’s most-recognized design classics, Council believes that a rebirth of optimism will fuel the creativity of the coming decades. As in previous eras, it is not strictly nationality that will define these designs as "American"; it is the spirit of hopeful innovation embodied in the designs. These days, "optimistic" is not often used to describe the American zeitgeist—but it is with optimism nonetheless that Council prepares...


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APPODEAL RELEASES SECOND ANNUAL MOBILE IN-APP AD MONETIZATION PERFORMANCE INDEX, REVEALS HIGHEST EARNING AD FORMATS AND RANKS TOP PERFORMING AD NETWORKS
Rewarded videos offer highest earning potential in the U.S., eCPMs on iOS remain higher than on Android, and eCPMs in East Asia are growing at an unprecedented rate
San Francisco, CA — December 3, 2018 — Mobile app developers and publishers relying on ads to generate income need robust ad monetization strategies. With that in mind, Appodeal, a leading mobile ad monetization solution, has released its second annual Mobile In-App Ad Monetization Performance Index. As the only one of its kind in the industry, the report analyzes earnings generated by rewarded videos, banner, and interstitial ad formats to reveal global in-app ad monetization trends and identify top performing ad networks.
Findings focus on data from five key global regions — United States, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, East Asia, and South America — and are based on performance data from more than 60 ad demand sources, 33,000 apps, and more than 51 billion impressions between January 2018 and June 2018.
The U.S. continued to lead with the highest eCPM performance results. The region saw rewarded video eCPMs increase significantly, with an average of $13.75 on iOS (52% increase compared to H1 2017) and $12.01 on Android (38% increase), while interstitial eCPMs received slight increases to their high performing results from last year. Rewarded videos emerged as a top performer in Western Europe, with an average of $5.77 on iOS and $2.95 on Android. Perhaps most notable was the high growth rate in East Asia, where rewarded videos received a significant bump in eCPMs on both iOS and Android — averaging at $12.32 (64% increase) and $5.43 (28% increase), respectively.
For publishers looking for the right ad network partner, Appodeal’s report ranks ad networks based on their performance in each ad format. For monetizing across the globe, ad networks like AdMob, AppLovin, MoPub, Vungle, Unity Ads, IronSource, Facebook Audience Network, AdColony, Fyber, Tapjoy and Smaato, for example, are found to all be solid choices for app developers and publishers to generate a steady revenue stream. Ad network ranking data also highlights the role Google AdMob and Facebook Audience Network have played in pushing the monetization power of rewarded video to new levels this year — marking a trend that started in 2017 when the two tech giants entered the rewarded video space, and one that will no doubt continue to grow over the next year.
New this year is a bonus performance index of Appodeal’s demand-side-platform (DSP) partners. It not only showcases the top monetizing DSPs within the Appodeal Ad Exchange, but highlights a major shift in in-app advertising towards ads that run programmatically in real-time.
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New plant will help AeonClad deliver novel nanotech coatings
Nanotechnology company AeonClad Coatings LLC has expanded with a new laboratory in North Austin that will test high-tech coatings that promise to make products from electronics to automobiles run smoother or last longer.
The Austin-based company’s new 12,000-square-foot production laboratory off Dessau Road, which will be staffed by 12 workers, gives AeonClad the bridge it needs between development and a full-scale production capacity in New Mexico, President Tony Taylor said.
“It’s a pilot facility to create initial runs of the material for product launches,” he said. “It’s pivotal, in that it will enable AeonClad to supply customers with materials for initial market launches and also provide data for additional scale-up design.”
AeonClad Coatings, which was founded about five years ago by Richard Timmons and researchers at the University of Texas in Arlington, employs about 20 workers in Austin. The company provides nanocoatings to a range of industries, but workers in North Austin are specializing in consumer and industrial materials, executives said.
Taylor said the first mainstream product using AeonClad’s approach will be “readily visible” next month, but he declined to disclose more details.
Nanocoatings and nanoadhesives are used in a variety of applications that include medical and health care, electronics, energy and transportation. The market for nanotechnology in coatings and adhesives is projected to rise from $3.7 billion in 2010 to nearly $19.2 billion in 2015, according to Massachusetts-based BCC Research LLC.
AeonClad Coatings is a portfolio company of Emergent Technologies Inc., an Austin life sciences venture firm founded in 1989. In 2007, ETI closed its $27 million Fund IV dedicated to the University of Texas System.
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Insight Partners Leads $60m Funding for Edge Deployment PlatformInsight Partners Leads $60m Funding for Edge Deployment Platform
The VC hopes to fuel market growth of Seattle-based Esper’s edge deployment technology for managing, scaling and updating software on enterprise devices.
October 13, 2021
Venture capital firm Insight Partners led a $60 million series C round to fuel market growth of a software product for managing, scaling and updating edge devices.
The new funding is expected to build out the infrastructure for Seattle-based Esper’s edge deployment technology, primarily by expanding its visibility to more enterprises.
Proceeds are also allocated for striking new partnerships, following an existing collaboration to manage first responder device networks with enterprise mobile network provider Siyata Mobile.
The product is part of a movement known as DevOps that brings IT operations management closer to the delivery of new software features.
Enterprises in verticals such as fast food, healthcare, connected fitness, retail and digital signage are among those to have adopted the technology.
“For years now, we’ve seen these massive projections about IoT devices of all kinds,” said Philine Huizing, vice president at Insight Partners. “But on the ground, enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses are struggling with the reality that large-scale deployments of devices are hard and expensive when you go it alone.”
Insight Partners’ involvement comes after Esper raised $30 million in a series B financing round led by Scale Venture Partners in May 2021. The other series C investors included Scale as well as Madrona Ventures, Root Ventures and Ubiquity Ventures.
Agile Device Management
Operators of networks containing fleets of enterprise mobile devices, tablets and IoT sensors could benefit from platforms that enable agile edge deployment of product fixes and features.
The number of devices on the enterprise edge is expanding to include everything from connected medical devices and fitness equipment to in-store kiosk interfaces.
More than 200 enterprises and 2,000 developers currently use Esper’s cloud technology for deployment and application management on devices running Android operating systems, according to the company.
The software deployment tools are used by Ordermark, a unified ordering system back-end for restaurants and food delivery outlets, and Spire Health’s remote patient monitoring service.
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Application programming interfaces, software development kits and plugin tools are available to broaden the scope for customized development and integrations with cloud services.
The idea is to allow software engineers to build, develop and test new features but empower automated systems to handle integration and deployment across edge devices.
Telemetry data can then be accessed to understand how the new builds are performing on each edge device.
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Cape Town’s tourism and shopping hotspots have seen an uptick in traffic over the last six months, according to e-hailing platform Bolt, having seen a 19% increase in the total number of rides hailed in the Mother City over that time.
Despite many countries still banning travel from South Africa, or imposing strict quarantine conditions for travellers arriving in their countries, e-hailing rides to Cape Town International Airport have increased significantly by 44% since December 2020, while requests for rides from the airport have soared by 63% over the last six months.
“Whether they’re travelling locally or internationally, more Capetonians than ever before are choosing to travel to or from the airport using Bolt, with its affordable rates and efficient service,” says Gareth Taylor, Regional Manager for Bolt in Southern Africa. “In addition, drivers are well trained in COVID-19 risk mitigation so that passengers feel comfortable to ride with them.”
When it comes to shopping, Bolt’s activity heat map revealed that Cape Town’s buzzing V&A Waterfront is its top pick-up location in the city, followed by the Blue Route Mall, Cavendish Square, and Canal Walk. Liberty Promenade, which is located in the heart of Mitchells Plain, is the fifth most popular pick-up point in Cape Town.
“Our data shows that many more passengers are being picked up at Cape Town’s shopping centres than are being dropped off there,” Taylor says. “This likely shows that Capetonians are using public transport to travel to their shopping destination of choice, but they’re calling a driver using the Bolt platform to travel home in a car so that they can go door to door without having to walk far or wait for other modes of transport.”
Other popular shopping malls where shoppers choose to hail a ride home after their ‘retail therapy’ include N1 City, Vantage Mall, Parow Centre, Zevenwacht Mall, and St Peter’s Square.
“E-hailing drivers are helping shoppers across the city of Cape Town to get home, making sure that they travel safely and conveniently, and they don’t have to worry about managing their shopping bags on public transport,” Taylor adds.
The e-hailing service has seen a 19% overall increase in rides over the last six months, supported by steady growth in the number of drivers signing up to use the platform to run their own micro-enterprises.
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Danish telecoms threaten to block Skype
Fears are increasing that Danish telecommunications companies are getting ready to block the free use of services like Skype and Apple's free SMS service.
Telenor, TDC and Telia have all written language into their standard conditions that says that they may block Skype and similar services from any mobile phone, laptop or tablet computer that can be used to call or send text messages.
At Telia, 80 percent of their network is used by data traffic while 80 percent of its revenue comes from voice services.
"We need to have price plans that hang together," Telia spokesperson Mette Honoré told Berlingske newspaper.
She said that the company could not continue to pour billions of kroner into expanding mobile networks if they couldn’t find ways to generate income.
Many cellular operators worldwide – including some companies in the US, the UK, France and Spain – prohibit their customers from downloading Skype’s software or outlaw the use of voice over the internet phone services in their standard sales contracts. Other carriers have imposed fees to undermine Skype’s attraction. Barriers to Skype and similar Internet calling services are coming under increasing scrutiny as the internet goes mobile. By 2013, the number of internet-ready mobile phones will surpass the number of computers in the world for the first time, according to Gartner, a research firm.
Most operators and network equipment makers see Skype and other Internet phone call providers as freeloaders, stealing their customers while they invest billions of dollars to build out and upgrade mobile networks.
Honoré said that Telia would not go out on the limb and be the first Danish company to start charging, but that “there is no question that something is coming."
Telenor’s legal director Nicholai Kramer Pfeiffer told Berlingske that his company only put the language in its agreements in order to be prepared to deal with the issue “if the opportunity arises, but not at this time".
Honoré said that should any changes happen, they would be done above board and in a clear and honest fashion. She said that the intent of any possible change was not to single out Skype.
“We want to bundle the packages together, so customers can chose the one that works best for them,” she said.
Economist Martin Salamon of Forbrugerrådet, the consumer council, was highly critical of the idea of charging for the previously free services.
"The telephone companies are setting the stage for a violation of net neutrality by restricting access to the free internet,” Salamon told Berlingske.
Trine Bramsen (Socialdemokraterne), a government IT spokesman, said she was “shocked” and will introduce legislation guaranteeing that customers can continue to use Skype and other services for free.
“When they write it into their contracts, it must mean that they intend to charge,” she told Berlingske. “We need to look at whether we can lay down rules to ensure users' net neutrality through stricter legislation.”
Bramsen said she would ask the business and growth minister, Ole Sohn (Socialistisk Folkeparti), who is in charge of the Danish telecommunications market, to plan a conference call with all of the telecom companies to discuss the issue.
"We might as well have a completely clear law, so both consumers and telecom companies know what we think," said Bramsen.


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Did Veganuary Not Make You Feel Better? We Might Know Why
By Tyler, Global Vegans
By Tyler, Global Vegans
Veganuary 2021 has just finished, with more than half a million people from across the globe having pledged to give up animal products for the first 31 days of the year. This means half a million people finally embracing the many benefits of an animal exploitation-free lifestyle, which could just be the stepping stone to a vegan future. Or so we hope.
But, we can’t shake the feeling that lots of new vegans might have fallen into the snare of large corporations offering pseudo-support to Veganuary and its primary objectives. We can imagine the marketing teams at some of the largest and most deplorable restaurants and food manufacturers rubbing their hands together at every new opportunity to vegan-wash their brand. Now, it feels like a competition between the most money-grabbing organisations: who can shout ‘vegan’ the loudest?
The result? A lot of new vegans trying everything from the McDonald’s MockMuffin to the Domino’s Chick-Ain’t pizza instead of filling their kitchens with whole grains, fresh vegetables and pulses; a lot of new vegans not feeling the health benefits they were told a vegan diet would offer them; a lot of new vegans struggling with a lack of energy, digestive issues, headaches and irritability.
For Veganuary partakers who experienced a new lifestyle - one we hope they kept after the clock strikes midnight on January 31st - grabbing a Subway T.L.C (Tastes Like Chicken) may seem like a great idea. It’s vegan, so it must be healthy - right? Well, not necessarily...
Plant-based meat alternatives are still heavily processed, with some of the leading brands using more than 20 ingredients to replicate the taste and texture of the products consumers are used to. These often include common allergens and difficult-to-digest ingredients, such as soy, wheat gluten, mycoprotein, simple sugars, maltodextrin and genetically-engineered soy leghemoglobin.
If you’re not experiencing the many health benefits of a vegan diet, ask yourself: What has my diet looked like since I first went vegan? Have I eaten a balanced diet of whole grains and plant foods? Have I made sure my diet contains enough calcium, iron, omega-3 and B12? Or, am I swapping plant-based meals for greasy, preservative-packed and salt-laden meat alternatives sold to me by big-name (and often non-vegan) brands?
If you answered yes to the last question, you aren’t alone. UBS recently found that the number of people who had tried meatless meat alternatives in the UK, US and Germany rose from 48% to 53% between March and November 2020. Of the 3000 people studied, half of them ate meat alternatives every week. Now, it’s not to say that meat alternatives don’t have a place in veganism - but they shouldn’t be a regular part of your diet. They should just be acknowledged and appreciated for what they are: convenience food.
Since January 1st, it’s been impossible to ignore the relentless advertising from companies like Nando’s and Burger King desperate to cut a slice of the vegan market without delving deeper into what makes the lifestyle so important. For large corporations, tapping into the plant-based market has nothing to do with the health of their consumers and everything to do with profit. It’s all about convincing new vegans to swap the meat in their diets for something equally as processed, whether a genetically-engineered fake beef burger or box of wheat gluten chicken nuggets.
Is anyone surprised? Of course not.
Remember - these profit-obsessed companies have a very clear target audience: the vegan-curious or meat reducers. It works in their favour if they can monopolise the vegan convenience food market without their consumers being too vegan. After all, they still have a whole menu of torture and suffering they plan to promote the minute Veganuary ends.
Of course, given the choice between meat and plant-based alternatives, we’d choose the latter every time. They don’t rely on animal exploitation, they use far less land and water, and when enjoyed on occasion, are often healthier than the meat products they replicate.
However, we’d advise all new vegans to move away from the mentality of a meat and two veg diet and expand their palate to embrace our planet’s natural goodness. Fruit, vegetables, nuts, pulses and grains are likely key ingredients in many of your favourite meals, so get creative in the kitchen with curries, stews, soups, tagines, stir-fries and pasta dishes that will rival anything large corporations could sell you.
Our lasting tip? If you wouldn’t eat a burger three times a week, don’t eat vegan burgers three times a week - no matter how much KFC wants you to.


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The industrialization ministry and the Swakara Board of Namibia plan to commission a feasibility study on the setting up of wool processing plant in Namibia which could process as much as 360 000 tonnes of wool. The study is expected to cover wool processing such as grading, scouring, drying, carding and felting.
The study will also determine the number of Swakara sheep, and a minimum acceptable farm-gate price for raw wool in Namibia comparative in southern Africa, amongst other things.
The study is expected to identify the market for 360 000 tonnes of wool and its selling price in the local and export markets, and the packaging thereof.
The project is in line with the 'Growth at Home' strategy, which is Namibia's execution strategy for industrialization. The trade ministry has commissioned the development of a sector growth strategy for the Swakara wool industry and its associated value chains. The need for an industrial processing plant was highlighted as one of the keys to the growth of the industry.
The study is expected to be carried out within a period of 45 days spread over the time from the signing of the contract on 24 October to 31 January 2017 when the feasibility study report must be submitted.
At the moment, the Swakara Board of Namibia governs the Swakara industry in Namibia. Agra, by agreement with the board, is the sole sorting and marketing agent of Swakara pelts. Copenhagen Fur is the largest fur auction house in the world where Swakara pelts are sold on auction bi-annually.
In collaboration with Kopenhagen Fur, Denmark, the Swakara Board promotes and sells Swakara pelts to the worldwide fur industry. China is currently the biggest end-user market for furs in the world.
The turnover for Swakara pelts realised was N$55,4 million for the period, compared to N$73,9 million for 2014.
According to the 2015 Agra annual report, pelt quantities sold at the two auctions in Copenhagen during September 2014 and April 2015 amounted to108 706 pelts, which reflected a decrease of 12%, compared to 123 462 pelts sold during the year ending July 2014.
According to the ministry, the purpose of the sector growth strategy is to define concrete plans aimed at improving domestic value addition, and the upgrading of manufacturing capacities to generate growth and employment in the industry.
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Steak-umm, the frozen sliced cheesesteak meat brand, has finally found the promised land, earning the blue checkmark of Twitter verification that it’s coveted so desperately. But it’s still kinda pissed at Jack and company.
The brand has been angling for verification for four months, running a whole #VerifySteakUmm campaign that’s included conspiracy theories and pot shots at Twitter itself. That has continued even after verification. For example:
This acerbic tone toward Twitter, mixed with comical, inspiration-style posts about being positive and living your best beefy life, have defined the @steak_umm Twitter account lately.