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Southeast Asian fashion start-up Zilingo has raised $226 million in its latest funding round from existing investors such as venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, while Temasek joined as a new investor.
The Series D financing follows a $54 million fundraising last year, taking the total capital raised by the company to $308 million.
The latest round included Singapore investment fund EDBI and previous investors Burda Principal Investments, a division of Germany’s Hubert Burda Media, and Belgian investment firm Sofina.
The Singapore-headquartered company plans to use the funds to invest in infrastructure and technology to further integrate and digitize the fashion and beauty supply chain.
Zilingo, whose main market for the consumer business is Indonesia, is expanding in countries such as Australia in 2019.
The company, which started as a fashion marketplace, has expanded its business-to-business (B2B) tools and platforms, which include providing value-added services to its merchants as well as a marketplace to help them source efficiently from manufacturers.
The company, which acts as an affiliate for companies to provide financing to small firms on its platform, is now earning the bulk of its revenue from its B2B business.
Zilingo has grown its revenues by four times in the last 12 months.
Ankiti Bose, the company’s co-founder and CEO, founded the company in 2015 with Dhruv Kapoor, its chief technology officer.


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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Cooper Tire & Rubber Company CTB, -1.09% said it expects first-quarter earnings of 30 to 34 cents a share, up from a prior outlook of 24 to 28 cents, after strong sales and a better-than-expected performance at its Cooper-Standard automotive division. The division benefited from higher customer production, new business won last year and a smaller-than-expected imapct from rising steel and raw material prices. Cooper shares ended Wednesday down 2.8 percent at $20.51.
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Speaking at the Devcon conference in Bogota, Colombia, the founder of Ethereum Name Service (ENS), Nick Johnson, shared the highly anticipated roadmap of the altcoin project.
This altcoin marked the Devcon conference
The Devcon conference took place in the middle of October 11-14 in Bogotá, Colombia. One of the speakers, ENS founder and lead developer Nick Johnson, shared what the project is currently working on. Johnson talked about how ENS DAO brings new perspectives to decentralized governance and growth of off-chain infrastructure.
The founder says the project’s roadmap includes some surprising innovations. The new midface, which will offer an easier use, is the most expensive of these. The ENS group is designing a new middle face by addressing the problems they face, based on previous experience. This will provide a faster, easier and improved experience for both new and experienced users. That said, NameWrapper is about to get started. At the presentation, Nick said that the highly anticipated “NameWrapper will be released soon.
What does NameWrapper bring?
NameWrapper is a smart contract that will allow subdomains (like sub.domain.eth) to be given as other NFTs. It is already possible to create and use subdomains. But they were not created as other NFTs. Therefore, it cannot be transferred, rented or sold in the middle of wallets. With NameWrapper, it will be possible to customize domains by revoking permission sets to change the degree of ownership.
Having a subdomain and the ability to make processes offers many possibilities:
Platforms can use subdomain infrastructure for owned user domain. Businesses can use subdomains for payments and accounting. Artisans can issue subdomains as artwork and tokens for fans and contributors. Investors can name subdomains such as tickets, access tokens, proof of authenticity (Internet of Things) and more. Brands and individuals can rent and sell subdomains.
In the middle, multiple projects such as Decentraland are already using ENS services (eg john.dcl.eth). Decentraland had to form its own special agreement to achieve this. But with NameWrapper, it will be easy for anyone to do the exact thing.
Ethereum Name Service (ENS)
The ENS price has risen gradually since July, reaching $20. The 87th largest cryptocurrency by market value is currently trading at $19.31. Koindeks.com As you follow, the ENS website went back online in September after losing the eth.link domain earlier this year. ENS had nearly two million domain name registrations as of August 17.


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- Alex Svanevik founded Nansen, a blockchain analytics platform that tracks over 100 million ethereum wallets.
- He told Insider high gas fees have caused “significant problems” for ethereum this year.
- We break down six ethereum-rivalling blockchains that could attract new users next year.
Ethereum has been one of the main crypto winners of 2021.
The second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization’s native token, ether, has surged in price by over 500%, from $730 to just under $4,600.
Blockchain data analyst Alex Svanevik pointed to the rise of NFTs as one reason for the ethereum rally. Ethereum was the first blockchain to host non-fungible tokens – essentially, digital collectors’ items – and ether is the most widely-used cryptocurrency for NFT transactions.
“NFTs have to be the biggest theme of 2021,” Nansen’s chief executive told Insider in a recent interview. “They’ve been a huge catalyst for bringing people into the crypto space, including those who’d never engaged with the ideologies of crypto and decentralization before.”
Nansen, which Svanevik co-founded in 2019, analyzes on-chain transactions from over 100 million ethereum wallets.
“We’re a blockchain analytics platform for crypto traders and investors,” Svanevik said. “We study pretty much any type of application or blockchain asset – that’s NFTs, DeFi protocols, stablecoins, even dog tokens.”
“One significant problem for ethereum this year has been high gas costs,” Svanevik said. “Naturally, there’s a spillover effect onto the other chains.”
“Alternative chains have gained a lot of traction, and some of them have millions of users at this point,” he added. “I think you’ll continue to see that world strengthen.”
Svanevik identified six layer-one and layer-two blockchains that could rival ethereum in 2022. Some crypto analysts have used the term ‘ethereum killers‘ to describe these alternatives.
Avalanche is one layer-two blockchain to watch, according to Svanevik. Its native token, avax, has soared by over 50% since Ava Labs announced a partnership with Deloitte in mid-November.
“Ethereum are trying to be the world’s largest computer,” Ava Labs’s president, John Wu, told Insider in a recent interview. “They’ve had a head start, but their technology isn’t as good – if they don’t implement upgrades, they’ll end up being MySpace or Friendster, rather than Facebook.”
Svanevik pointed to Binance Smart Chain (BSC) as another threat to ethereum’s dominance. BSC is an alternative DeFi platform managed by the major crypto exchange Binance.
Fantom and polygon are two other potential layer-two ethereum killers, according to Svanevik. Their respective native tokens, FTM and MATIC, have each risen by over 12,000% this year, as altcoins ate into bitcoin and ethereum’s market share.
“The rise of the multi-chain universe could be a huge theme in 2022,” Svanevik told Insider. “The run-up in price for avalanche’s token has coincided with the rise of fantom and polygon, and you could argue there’s a correlation with BSC as well.”
Amongst layer-one blockchains, Svanevik pointed to solana and terra as ethereum’s main threats.
Solana has perhaps emerged as ethereum’s biggest rival this year, rising to become the fifth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization and offering an alternative blockchain for hosting NFTs. Its native token, sol, has soared over 15,000%, rising in price from $1.51 to $238. Terra’s luna token has risen by just over 10,000%.
“These blockchains have lower gas fees, higher throughput, and shorter block times,” Svanevik said. “They’re some of the main ones where we’ve seen activity growth.”
But Svanevik noted there’s not always an alignment between a token’s price and its blockchain’s use case, pointing to cardano’s ada token and XRP. He said those coins continue to enjoy popularity with retail investors despite their limited technical applications.
“You can see certain tokens running up in price without much activity,” he said. “Cardano’s the prime example – you can’t really do anything on cardano other than stake your tokens, but the price has exploded and it’s one of the highest
coins out there.”
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The new Miss Split-Dalmatia County for Miss Croatia 2023 was crowned last night at the Mandrach club in Split.
The winner is twenty-one-year-old Anđela Anterić from Kaštel Stari, a journalism undergraduate student at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Zagreb.
She is fluent in English, and has passive knowledge of Italian and French. Anđela emphasises that entering the Miss competition was a challenge for her and that it’s an ideal opportunity for young girls. She believes that all opportunities should be fully utilised in a positive sense.
She loves traveling and gets excited every time she has the chance to embark on a new journey. She’s into fitness and enjoys it.
Eighteen-year-old Mia Bočina from Split was named the first runner-up and nineteen-year-old Ivona Mamić from Split was the second runner-up.
At the competition, designer Ivona Glavaš presented her collection, showcasing what her Anovi design brand offers, along with the Trend boutique from Sinj.
The expert judging panel included Andrea Šušnjara, a singer from the popular group Magazin, and, among others, the renowned tenor from Otok near Sinj, Mate Grgat, who, alongside Petar Dragojević, performed at this evening of fashion and beauty.
The program was hosted by the well-known radio presenter from Radio Dalmacija, Edita Lučić Jelić, and Frano Ridjan.
Former Miss Split-Dalmatia County, Marita Šegvić, crowned her new successor and wished her great success at the Miss Croatia for Miss World finals at the end of the year.
“We would like to thank the Mandrach club restaurant and Tinel restaurant for their hospitality, as well as the Mis by Ivana Radić flower shop, Ljiljana hair salon, and Zara makeup studio from Šibenik, who will prepare the new Miss Split-Dalmatia County well for the grand finals and the celebration of the 30th anniversary of this prestigious beauty pageant in Croatia,” said Iva Loparić Kontek, the owner of the license and director of Miss Croatia for Miss World.
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You’re on your way to Home Depot on a Saturday afternoon to pick up 12 bags of mulch for the backyard landscaping project you’ve been putting off for three years. It’s lunch time.
You walk into the store and you’re smacked in the face with an aroma that reminds you that life is worth living. No, it’s not the answer to the biggest unanswered question of the universe. No, it’s even better.
It’s a Home Depot hot dog.
There was always something so beautiful about the Home Depot hot dog, located in the entrance/exit point of every store. Maybe it was the fact that you were working on something all day before realizing you needed a bunch of new carpet. You didn’t even realize you were hungry until you started walking up to the door at Home Depot and caught a whiff of the hot dog stand.
Well, friends, I hope you have a good memory of the Home Depot hot dog, because it’s gone. Hot Diggity Dog, one of the main hot dog vendors for Home Depot in Michigan, announced it has officially closed down, and said Home Depot requested that all hot dog stands close at Michigan stores.
The hot dog stands were unavailable for most of the last year or so due to the pandemic, but it appears they won’t be returning, Home Depot confirmed to Local 4.
Home Depot released this statement to Local 4:
“In March 2020, our in-store food vendors were asked to close for the safety of customers and associates, and the decision has been made to suspend food vendor operations in Michigan so we can focus on serving customers with their home improvement needs. This news was shared with vendors a couple weeks ago, and we appreciate the years and partnership and wish them well in their future business.”


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This is all you need to know about the situation and whether it has been corrected.
At around 7am on Tuesday December 21, Nationwide customers were hit with payment delays affecting incoming and outgoing payments, days before Christmas.
Many clients were worried about receiving their pre-Christmas wages, and many took to Twitter to vent their frustrations.
One person wrote: ‘I have salaries tonight, I really need some sort of schedule or help.’
Another tweeted: “@Nationwide just messaged me with no payment in the bank how am I supposed to buy Christmas presents?”
“I still haven’t received my salary which was due on Tuesday morning, what do I do now?” writes another.
What did Nationwide say?
At 6 p.m. on Tuesday, December 21, Nationwide’s official Twitter account released a statement that read, “We know some of our members are having trouble making and receiving payments faster today.
“This is due to a technical issue which we are trying to resolve as a matter of urgency. Payment issues are unwelcome at any time, but we know it’s particularly unwelcome this close to Christmas, and we’re sorry for the Caused embarrassment.
“If you’ve already sent money, you don’t have to do anything, it’s in a queue and will be processed as soon as possible.
“We can’t say for sure when this issue will be fixed, but until we do, you can continue to:
- Transfer money between Nationwide accounts
- Use your cards online and in stores
- Log in to our Internet Banking and Banking application
- Withdraw money from the ATM
- Send money from your account(s) – but it won’t go through right away”
Has the problem been solved?
At 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nationwide announced that the issue had been resolved.
The bank tweeted: “Our Faster Payments issue has now been resolved and we are working to clear the queue.
“Thank you for your patience today and we’re sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you.”
At 1:02 a.m., the bank offered its latest update, tweeting: “Our faster payments issue has been resolved and all delayed payments have now been processed.
“Thank you for your patience and we’re sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you.”
Nationwide’s website also has a service status tool that indicates that its services are working normally.
Responding to customers on Twitter, Nationwide explained that “payments via BACS like salaries can be released to accounts between midnight and 6am”.
Will Nationwide reimburse customers affected by late payment fees?
For many customers, payment issues haven’t just affected the ability to purchase Christmas gifts – many have also been hit with late payment fees due to late payments.
A Nationwide spokesperson said: “We apologize for the delays members have experienced in sending and receiving faster payments.
“We will also refund any Nationwide costs and fees incurred as a result of the issue.”
Customers who have been affected by charges or fees due to late payments are advised to contact the bank and proceed from there.
How can I complain?
If you have been affected by Nationwide’s late payments and wish to file a complaint, you can do so through Nationwide’s website.
The fastest way to file a complaint is through the Nationwide online chat, which you can find on the National website.
Alternatively, you can telephone Nationwide on 0800302015, with lines open between 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday, and between 9am and 12.30pm on Saturday.
You can also complain by mail. If you wish to write to Nationwide, include your name, address, account details, a contact number and an account of what happened and when.
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Have you created a Google+ page for your business? In this article I’ll show you what three top pages are doing.
Still in its infancy, Google+ has become a very hot topic.
Amid concern that this “new kid on the block” couldn’t compete in a social media landscape owned by Facebook, some have opted to dismiss the platform entirely.
While Google+ and Google+ business pages are still in the early stages, there is growing evidence that they’re here to stay.
You know the location wars are heating up when a simple search for “Foursquare vs. Gowalla” returns millions of results. And then there’s MyTown. Which of these is right for your helping your local business?
The two hottest location-based social networks—Foursquare and Gowalla—are taking different approaches to the market, and seeing unique uptake patterns as a result. While these companies have repeatedly said they don’t view each other as competitors, the activities on networks are similar.
What’s more, several other companies are making the case to be included in the discussion about the top location-based network, including Booyah’s MyTown, which has more users than Foursquare and Gowalla combined.
For the first time in history, the Internet is focusing in on local business in a major way. And Foursquare is leading the trend.
Instead of competing in a “global marketplace,” local business owners now have access to geotagging, local search, and location-based services. All of which make the Internet more useful to small business than it has ever been before.
Imagine being a hotel owner with several rooms available at 8 o’clock one evening. You know there are a couple of big events happening in town and people are going to be looking for rooms to “sleep it off.” Because of location-based services like Foursquare and Gowalla, you can now advertise a special for those rooms to people who are close enough to take advantage of it.
Just as marketers are getting a handle on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, a fresh group of social media networks are poised to make a splash in 2010.
These networks have not reached mass adoption yet, so it’s not necessary to get active on all of them immediately. But remember, Facebook only took 6 years to reach 400 million registered users. You should keep an eye on these five upstarts to see if their innovative services attract large audiences in the near future.
Why You Should Pay Attention
Learning the ropes on new services before they gain mass traction can help you get value from them faster once they catch on. Monitoring the innovations in the social media space also gives you an indication of how the market is changing and will evolve over the next few years. Marketers should stay abreast of broader market trends to assure their messages stay relevant.


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One could argue that from a regulatory viewpoint, CBD is the envelope. Anyone paying attention to this industry knows there are hundreds of supplement companies willing to push it.
This year’s Natural Products Expo West made plain the extent to which CBD has entered into and invigorated the supplement market. The practitioner channel is no exception: several major practitioner-only players, including Thorne Research and Designs for Health, have already launched cannabis/hemp-based products, and rumor has it that several others are following suit.
Further, cannabis-specific companies, like Encore Life, have launched new practitioner-targeted CBD lines. And some wildly popular consumer-focused CBD brands like Charlotte’s Web are now marketing at integrative and functional medicine conferences alongside the well-established practitioner-facing nutraceutical companies. All of this is distinct from, though related to, the medical marijuana industry, which is also growing rapidly in states in which it is legal.
In short, cannabis has a lot of people seeing green these days; except, of course, for the regulators—and a little drug company called GW Pharmaceuticals—who are definitely seeing red. The Federal government has shown every intention of spoiling the CBD supplement party, and GW is very likely to emerge the big winner.
Seeing Green, Ignoring Red
“Nothing is moving faster than CBD and cannabis,” said Mr. Wasserman, a partner with Amin Talati Upadhye. He has worked with several companies playing in the rapidly shifting CBD/cannabis space.
Speaking at Holistic Primary Care’s recent Practitioner Channel Forum, he noted the cannabis category’s growth potential is more than matched by its regulatory complexity and its potential for oversteps, marketing misfires, and quality assurance nightmares.
Exuberance about booming sales can easily woo companies to forget two essential rules: 1) don’t turn scientific communication into commercial speech; 2) don’t be false, misleading, or fraudulent in your marketing communications.
In today’s turbo-charged CBD/cannabis space, Mr. Wasserman sees companies doing both. Yes, there is a burgeoning body of medical research showing that CBD and other compounds derived from cannabis affect multiple physiological processes, and that they can offer benefits for people struggling with a wide range of physical and psychological conditions.
But as with any supplement ingredient, scientific data are not a license to make disease claims. “Commercial speech”—even if based on good science—is rampant in the cannabis/CBD market, more so on the consumer/retail side than in the practitioner channel, where marketers are more cautious.
But on both sides of that increasingly porous divide, there’s a gold rush around CBD and cannabis. Some marketers are either forgetting that disease-focused claims are illegal, or in the spirit of marijuana’s outlaw status, they’re choosing to cross the line.
And let’s face it: at the federal level, cannabis is still illegal. Todd Harrison, a partner with Venable LLP, who also spoke at the Forum, said the bottom line is that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) still considers marijuana to be a Schedule 1 narcotic, despite any and all other state-level laws that rule otherwise. And by “marijuana,” the DEA means all parts of the Cannabis sativa plant—the seeds, the leaves, the stalks, the resin, everything.
Despite all industry arguments to the contrary, “Hemp” and Cannabis are the same in the eyes of the law. The sole difference is the relative content of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). To be recognized as “industrial hemp” the plant—and any extracts derived from it—must contain no more than 0.3% THC on a dry weight basis.
The Hemp Industries Association (HIA) recently tried and failed to change the DEA’s classifications. Mr. Harrison explained that the HIA sought to have hemp extracts delisted as controlled substances on the grounds that the DEA’s classification was not consistent with the definition or intent of the definition of marijuana in the original Controlled Substances Act, and that it conflicted with industrial hemp provisions in the Agricultural Act (aka the Farm Bill). The 9th Circuit Court did not agree. “Basically, they punted,” Mr. Harrison said.
In April, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced the Hemp Farming Act of 2018 into the Senate, with an identical bill brought to the House. The bill would exempt hemp (containing less than 0.3% THC) from the federal definition of “marijuana” under the Controlled Substances Act. It would give state governments and Native American tribal authorities primary regulatory authority over production of hemp, and the opportunity to submit proposals to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture detailing how they would regulate hemp production and distribution.
The bill induced euphoria among many in the hemp industry, leading some to canonize the arch-conservative Sen. McConnell as the new patron saint of herb.
But as with just about everything else on today’s legislative scene, the Hemp Farming Act is a political football. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) opted to break ranks with Sen. McConnell and introduced an amendment that would explicitly exclude “cannabinoids,” “extracts,” and “derivatives” from the Farm Bill’s definition of industrial hemp; that basically means CBD. Sen. Grassley’s amendment was shot down in the Senate committee hearings, but the Iowa senator said he remains committed to pushing for these exclusions.
Mr. Harrison, who works in D.C., believes Sen. McConnell’s hemp bill will ultimately pass. It has bipartisan support—Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is on board—and won’t likely run into any opposition from the Oval Office. “I don’t think Trump cares one way or the other.”
Drug or Dietary Supplement?
So, yes, hemp will likely be de-scheduled. But that won’t change the game much for companies marketing CBD or any hemp-derived substances as dietary supplements. First, CBD is derived from the resin of the cannabis plant, not the seeds, so any company claiming to have “seed-derived CBD oil” is selling hemp seed oil with added CBD.
And since, by DEA statutes, the resin counts as “marijuana,” CBD counts as “marijuana” despite the wishes of the cannabis industry and its many millions of customers. Further, low-THC hemp strains tend to produce very little CBD-containing resin, which means that most CBD will be coming from straight-up cannabis, not “hemp.”
Second, while Sen. McConnell’s bill would redefine hemp as distinct from marijuana, it says nothing about the freedom to market hemp-derived products, despite what the marijuana lawyers will tell you. If it all sounds like a big game of semantics, it is. But the words and definitions are delineating the terms of engagement in the market, and the positions that regulators are going to take.
Mr. Harrison said there’s currently no legitimate way to claim CBD is a dietary supplement. The FDA has made it very clear that it does not consider CBD to be a dietary supplement, based on the fact that GW Pharmaceuticals had filed Investigational New Drug applications for its CBD-based drug products years back in 2014. The company’s Sativex (Nabiximols)—an oral spray for use to treat pain and spasticity in people with multiple sclerosis—was approved as a drug in the U.K. in 2010.
FDA approved the company’s Epidiolex product as a prescription form of CBD for childhood epilepsy at the end of June.
Basically, the FDA has taken the position that since GW has developed CBD as a prescription drug, it cannot therefore be sold as a supplement unless a company can definitively prove that it was marketing CBD as a dietary supplement or conventional food before GW’s INDs were authorized. That, according to Mr. Harrison, is going to be a difficult feat.
With GW’s Epidiolex approved as a prescription drug, one could expect tougher enforcement action against companies selling CBD as a supplement. FDA probably won’t take issue with companies selling hemp seed or hemp seed oil as foods, according to Mr. Harrison.
It will be much harder to make the case that hemp stalks, leaves or flowers—which contain the CBD-rich resin—are or ever were a food source for humans.
Fair and reasonable or not, FDA could very well be a major buzzkill in the CBD supplement sector. Mr. Harrison expects the agency will feel a strong “duty to enforce” once it grants drug approval for Epidiolex. “If the FDA doesn’t enforce, they will have made a mockery of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.”
In the meantime, sales of CBD are booming. Retailers speaking at a CBD Summit that preceded Expo West this year noted that CBD products are moving off the shelves as fast or even faster than more common—and less controversial—supplements like omega-3s or probiotics.
The surge is driven in part by consumers’ fears that once Epidiolex is approved, CBD will no longer be freely available without prescription.
How do medical professionals feel about cannabis and CBD? According to Holistic Primary Care’s 2018 clinician survey, the attitudes are generally positive, at least among holistic and functional medicine practitioners. Many are already on board with CBD, and others are interested and willing to learn.
The survey, which fielded from March through May of this year, and obtained responses from 469 practitioners, included the following question: “In recent years, interest in cannabis and cannabis-derived substances like CBD has soared among researchers, clinicians, and the general public. Which statement best describes your views on Cannabis and CBD?”
- 56% chose “CBD & cannabis-derived substances have therapeutic value and should be used more widely”;
- 26% chose “CBD & cannabis have clinical value, but should only be available by prescription from a licensed practitioner”;
- 17% chose “I am not yet convinced that CBD or cannabis have therapeutic value, but I am open to seeing further research”;
- 2% chose “Neither cannabis nor CBD have therapeutic benefits; they are drugs of abuse and do not belong in any legitimate medical practice.
But overall, acceptance of CBD and, to a lesser extent medical cannabis, as legitimate medicine is quite high among today’s clinicians. Only a small percentage sees these substances exclusively as noxious drugs of abuse. One quarter (24%) of respondents said they are already dispensing or recommending CBD but not cannabis itself. Only 1% are recommending or dispensing cannabis but not CBD.
Nearly one-third (29%) are recommending or dispensing both CBD and cannabis, and 28% are considering the possibility of recommending or dispensing CBD or other cannabis products.
Are practitioners who dispense or recommend CBD supplements crossing legal lines? They could be. While regulators are generally unwilling to interfere with practitioner-patient relationships, or challenging the “learned intermediary” status that medical professionals hold, they might feel emboldened to do so in the case of cannabis-related products, especially in the wake of a newly approved Rx-only product.
Mr. Harrison believes physicians are taking some legal risk in “marketing an ingredient the DEA considers a controlled substance.” He added that companies selling these products to and through doctors are also taking calculated risks.
Whether the laws are reasonable or not, whether they serve the best interests of practitioners or patients is certainly up for debate. What’s not debatable is the public’s interest in and desire for freely accessible non-Rx forms of CBD. But from a practical point of view, what really matters is the scope and intensity of FDA and DEA enforcement of existing statutes around CBD and cannabis.
It remains to be seen whether federal agencies will continue to permit widespread sale of non-Rx CBD as dietary supplements, and frankly whether they have the budgets and personnel needed to do much more than issue a lot of stern warning letters.
Holistic Primary Care
Erik Goldman is co-founder and editor of Holistic Primary Care: News for Health & Healing, a quarterly medical publication reaching about 60,000 physicians and other healthcare professionals nationwide. He is also co-producer of the Practitioner Channel Forum, the nation’s leading conference focused on opportunities and challenges in the practitioner segment of the dietary supplement industry.


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By Dan Moren for Macworld
Apple’s well known for its centralized approach, not just in terms of hardware and software, but also in geography. The company has previously pushed hard to locate as many of its non-retail employees as possible in its hometown of Cupertino, in large part because of its belief that its employees work better on physically proximate teams. Look no further than its enormous new home base, Apple Park, which opened there earlier this year.
But this week, the company announced that it would be expanding its footprint in several U.S. cities outside the Bay Area, most notably in Austin, Texas, where it already has its largest non-Cupertino presence, but also in a few other key locations. In particular, Apple projects that in the next three years it will exceed 1000 employees in three cities: Seattle, San Diego, and Culver City.
Given the size and profitability of Apple’s business, it’s no surprise that it would want to hire aggressively, but this does seem to go against the company’s previous ethic of bringing its employees together in a single place. So there must be something significant about these specific locations it’s chosen, something that Apple can get in them that it can’t necessarily get in Cupertino. Something like, say, attracting talent in certain key fields.
Out of idle curiosity, I took a cursory cruise through the company’s job listings for these locations, in the hopes it might provide some tea leaves about where Apple is putting its bets over the next few years.


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Unfazed by the intense competition in India's smartphone market, Motorola says it is focussed on "balanced and profitable" growth here as it lines up newer devices.
Refreshing its budget J series, Samsung India on Saturday launched Galaxy J4+ and J6+ for Rs 10,990 and Rs 15,990, respectively.
In February, DJ Koh, President and CEO of IT and Mobile Communications Division, Samsung Electronics, changed his strategy for the Indian market once he saw Chinese players getting the upper hand on innovations in some smartphone components -- and camera was one of those.
Sending a strong signal to Chinese players who play on camera strength in the competitive Indian market, Samsung is all geared up to launch its first three rear-camera smartphone A7 this week and a massive four rear-camera device called A9 next month.
Driven by strong sales in India, China and the UK, Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus entered the top five premium Android Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) globally, in the second quarter of 2018, said a report on Wednesday.
Apple and Qualcomm are locked in a wide-ranging legal dispute in which Apple has accused Qualcomm of unfair patent licensing practices. Qualcomm, the world's largest mobile phone chipmaker, has in turn accused Apple of patent infringement.
OnePlus said that it forming a new division to develop a Smart TV. The new division will be spearheaded by OnePlus Founder and CEO, Pete Lau.
South Korea's LG Display has been chosen as a second supplier for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screens for Apple's iPhones, the Electronic Times reported on Friday.
Samsung sent out invitations Friday for an October 11 event to launch a new mobile device under its Galaxy line.
Offering fresh insight on latest global trends Samsung Electronics showcased its latest technologies for the Indian smartphone market and lineup of advanced components.
Apple may dispatch about 2.4 million iPhones to India in 2018 compared with 3.2 million units in 2017.
Samsung Electronics Co has launched here its sixth artificial intelligence (AI) research centre which will focus on robotics research, the company said on Sunday.
Realme, the sub-brand of Chinese smartphone maker Oppo, may add the offline channel for distribution in India as it looks to tap tier-2 and -3 towns and rural areas to increase market share.
The smartphone may sound similar to a traditional flip phone which relied on a hinge to connect the two parts of the handset. But the South Korean tech major is likely to focus on creating an actual display that bends
One worker was killed and two injured when carbon dioxide leaked at a Samsung Electronics chip plant on Tuesday, the South Korean company said
In an interview with CNBC, Koh revealed that the company plans to overhaul its strategy in order to appeal more to the millennials who can't afford the highly priced flagship models
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A new league table has revealed that Great Britain is drastically falling behind the world leaders in purchasing electric vehicles. Experts say the British government must adopt international initiatives that have proved successful in EV uptake, or they risk missing significant targets.
Just 16.6% of new cars brought in Great Britain last year were fully electric, compared to almost 80% in Norway.
Share of electric vehicles in new passenger car registrations in selected countries in 2022
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Norway has the highest uptake of electric vehicles globally, with EVs accounting for nearly 4 out of every five new car registrations.
With 32.1% of new vehicles purchased being fully electric, Sweden ranks second in the world.
Although it has a significantly lower EV takeup than Norway, Sweden still has nearly double the rate of Britain.
Experts suggest that the UK government could follow Norway’s lead to counteract the infrastructure failings holding back EV uptake.
Norway has had an accelerated adoption of EVs with world-leading figures, credited to previous government policies and incentives such as the elimination of VAT for EV purchases, no purchase/ import tax, no charge on toll roads or ferries and free municipal parking.
Tim Alcock from LeaseElectricCar.co.uk said: “Although Britain is fifth in the world for uptake of EVs, ranking above countries such as France and the United States, the government’s target to end the sale of all new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030 seems unrealistic.
“Not only does the UK lack EV charging infrastructure, there are also few compelling incentives for people to go green.
“In Norway, initiatives like free parking, no tax and no charge on toll roads proved successful in improving EV uptake.”
The Norwegian parliament is now on target to hit their national goal that all new cars sold by 2025 should be zero-emissions, five years ahead of Britain’s target.
Meanwhile, the British government announced in the 2022 Autumn budget that electric vehicles will no longer be exempt from Vehicle Excise Duty, better known as road tax.
The government is also on course to miss another significant EV target that promised to add six or more rapid chargers at every motorway service by the end of 2023.
“Many factors are going against EV ownership in the UK, including the cost-of-living crisis reducing buyer interest and the increasing cost of charging.
“The significant flaws in public charge points and the lack of availability deter car owners from switching in Britain. Until the government implements improvements to infrastructure, people will put off the move to electric cars.
“For the market to evolve in the UK, it is also imperative that the government delivers on its EV promises.”
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Razer debuts its lightest gaming mouse ever, weighing in at 49 grams
Razer today announced its lightest gaming mouse, the Viper Mini Signature Edition. It weighs just 49g, making it 16% lighter than the company’s Viper V2 Pro and one of the lightest mice we’ve seen from a major company.
The mouse uses a magnesium alloy exoskeleton with a semi-hollow interior (slightly resembling the SteelSeries Aerox 3 Wireless). “We wanted to go beyond the traditional honeycomb design, and that required a material with an exceptional strength-to-weight ratio,” said Razer Industrial Design Manager Charlie Bolton. “After evaluating plastics, carbon fiber and even titanium, we finally chose magnesium alloy for its exceptional properties.”
Razer claims the mouse uses its fastest wireless technology and will be among its best performing wireless mice. It features the Razer Focus Pro 30K Optical Sensor, Gen-3 Optical Mouse Switches, and HyperPolling Wireless with 4000Hz polling rates. Additionally, Razer says the mouse’s battery lasts up to 60 hours and can Fully charge via USB-C in less than 90 minutes. It comes with a pre-paired USB dongle.
The $280 mouse will be available exclusively through Razer’s website starting February 11.
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MANILA A fire gutted down the University of the Philippines (UP) Shopping Center in Diliman, Quezon City Thursday morning.
The fire, which reached second alarm status at 7:36 a.m., was contained by Bureau of Fire Protection personnel before 9 a.m.
The blaze engulfed the whole shopping center, or SC as fondly called by UP students and alumni.
The SC, which was built in the 1940's, houses photocopying stalls, bookstore, souvenir shops, and several restaurants, including the iconic and popular Rodic's Diner.
Meanwhile, stall owners, students, and alumni expressed regret over the fire incident.
A number of stall owners were crying as they were trying to save photocopy machines and other merchandise.
One of the concessionaires cried upon learning that all her goods have turned into dust.
Ipinundar namin yan, pinagkahirapanan namin yan ipundar. Nagsisikap kami para diyan 'tas makikita na lang naming nasusunog na lang siyang ganyan, wala kaming magawa (We invested on that, we worked hard to invest on that. We're persevering then we'll see now that it's already on fire, there's nothing we can do), she said.
Students and alumni continue to express their feeling of loss via tweets online.
An alumnus tweeted it is like losing a loved one and all good memories that have shaped your life.
According to? @charmanalo, It feels like an old friend suddenly passed away. thank you, UP Shopping Center. You served the community well for decades.
Authorities have yet to confirm the cause of the fire and the estimated cost of damage.
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Mainstream fashion has taken an edgy turn as of late, with men with mullets and Crocs making a comeback, and now it seems like Primark wants in on the action.
Posting an outfit on a mannequin inside the store, Primark shared a layered t-shirt look, complete with baggy jeans, a bucket hat and velcro flip flops your dad might wear on the beach with socks.
No, this isn’t a flashback into Kevin and Perry, but a fashionable 2021 outfit.
Obviously enjoying the edgy look, Primark captioned its post “This outfit though”, with two heart eyes emojis.
Fans of the store had other ideas in the comments section.
“Horrible outfit,” said one, with a stream of crying laughing emojis.
“April Fools or...” added another.
“Hideous outfit tbh,” added a third savage shopper.
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In what might have been the most personal attack on Primark’s look, one shopper said: “That looks like something my 5 year old would dress herself in. It's rotten.”
Hey, haven't we learnt from the Cuthbert vs Colin debacle that shops have feelings too?
A close second came from the shopper that said: “Brilliant campaign. Thanks for making sure I don’t come to Primark. It’s like this is everything you haven’t sold for 18 months on one mannequin”. Brutal.
However, all was not lost for Primark, as one shopper tagged a friend, writing: “these jeans” with a clap emoji.
Another added: “Why can’t this be available in Morocco?”
Love it or loathe it, Primark is enjoying an impressive reopening period, recording record sales on their first week of reopening, when fans of the store queued in their hordes to get inside.
What do you think of Primark’s outfit? Let us know in the comment section here.


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FLIPPER’S Singapore is opening its second outlet at Bugis Junction and it slated to open on 25 October 2021. The new outlet will have several new dishes which will be exclusive to the Bugis outlet.
Jiggly, airy and soft, soufflé pancakes are one of the most legendary hybrids in the history of desserts. It doesn’t matter if you can barely stand after your meal — you’ll always have space for this lightweight indulgence.
Singapore has seen many cafes serving up these cloud-soft pancakes. People just can’t seem to get enough of them. But, just when you thought you’ve seen them all, another cafe strikes again. 19 Tea, a popular chain in South Korea known for its soufflé pancakes and tea has opened at Our Tampines Hub.
Their souffle pancakes are some of the most wallet-friendly ones we’ve seen — any one of them will set you back at less than $5!
Souffle Pancakes – a term for one of the hottest desserts in Singapore right now. These wiggly-jiggly stacks of cloud-like pancakes have taken the country by storm with more and more souffle pancakes appearing on menus in every restaurant!
If you haven’t hopped on the latest trend in Singapore, or have lost track of what’s good in Singapore, check out this list of the fluffiest souffle pancakes in Singapore! These are the places you can grab some fluffy stacks of your own.
Joining in on the soufflé pancake trend is Fluff Stack that sits on the basement of the newly renovated F&B section of Suntec City. Pretty in pink with gold accents, the decor of the cafe is as pretty as the pancakes.
But one thing that definitely sets Fluff Stack apart from other soufflé pancake cafés has got to be the price point. While soufflé pancakes tend to be priced at a premium, we love that the ones here start from S$8.80 which is pretty affordable!
Gram—famous souffle pancakes from Japan—is coming to Singapore.
You’d probably have seen photos and boomerang videos of these fluffy pancakes on Instagram. They jiggle when you shake the plate, they really do. Gram Cafe & Pancakes will be opening in Singapore at VivoCity level 2 in June 2019.


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Jaguar has announced that they will start production of the XKSS model. Those less-informed here will not see nothing sensational, but the thing is that it is a legendary model from 1957. Road version of the Jaguar D-type, which competed at the legendary Le Mans, was supposed to be made in 25 copies, but due to a fire in the plant production was stopped at 16 copies. The remaining 9 copies will be produced this year, and for its production is responsible the Jaguar Classic department.
Hand-made copies, according to many, the first world supercar, will be offer at a price of about 1 Million pounds or about $1.42 Million.


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Holiday Inn on Wednesday celebrated its 60th anniversary with a re-creation of the ribbon cutting for the nation’s first Holiday Inn, which opened on Summer Avenue in Memphis, Tenn. on Aug. 1, 1952.
Today, Atlanta-based Holiday Inn is the world’s largest mid-scale hotel brand with 427,771 rooms in 3,375 properties globally.
The original hotel in Memphis changed brands in 1973 after being sold; it was demolished in 1994. Since the original hotel is no longer standing, the ribbon cutting was held at the Holiday Inn in Wolfchase, which was built in 2009.
The Wolfchase hotel was the first Holiday Inn developed by McLean Wilson, vice president of Memphis-based Kemmons Wilson Cos. and grandson of chain founder Kemmons Wilson. It also served as the prototype of a new Holiday Inn concept for the chain’s 3,296 hotels across the country.
Every Holiday Inn in the U.S. was rebranded and renovated, beginning in 2009, in a project that cost around $1 billion. The rebranding was completed last year.
Jim Anhut, senior vice president of Americas Brand Management for InterContinental Hotels Group, which runs the Holiday Inn brand and has its North American HQ in Atlanta, said the rebranding and renovation resulted in the company eliminating 1,400 hotels and adding 1,800 new ones.
“Relevant brands keep improving over time and we’re not going to stand still,” Anhut said.
Kemmons Wilson Jr., president of Wilson Hotel Management Group, said the rebranding physically made Holiday Inn into a new chain of hotels, and he’s pleased with the direction IHG has taken the brand.
“It has grown from my dad to my two brothers and I, and now my son is heavily involved in the business,” Wilson said. “We’ve got 70 Wilsons now, so I think we’ll have as long a history as they’ll let us have.”
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Mercedes-Benz is considering launching a compact roadster in its range. According to Auto Evolution website, the German automaker could insert the new model, previously called SLA, just below the already consolidated SLK.
Mercedes-Benz is developing a new coupe, which should reach the global market between late this year and early 2015. FOUR WHEELS spies caught him the model being tested on the asphalt with snow on European winter.
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Bees are completely underrated by modern society. It is literally impossible to overstate how important they are for our modern food system.
90% of world food production comes from 100 crops, and 71 of them are bee-pollinated. Now think of your 10 favorite fruits or veggies and imagine life without 7 of them.
These incredible creatures are a critical link in our food chain connecting animals to plants that are otherwise inedible. For roughly a decade researchers have been aware of issues with mass-disappearances (ominously dubbed "Colony Collapse Disorder") which have raised serious concerns about the population.
Thankfully, in the past year the culprit has been discovered. Big surprise - it's currently the most widely used class of pesticides called neonicitinoids "neonics." Studies have shown these chemicals to cause bees to forget their way home or just straight up die.
The EPA is now under pressure (being sued) to ban all neonics, which should seem like a common-sense precaution, especially considering they've been found to offer little to no improvement in crop yield.
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Businesses are finding it difficult to stay afloat during the pandemic. Tech businesses might have found new users in people who have been locked down. However, the competition is fiercer than ever. Spotify is now offering free three months of subscription for new users provided they sign-up by June 30th. The offer is available for all the plans including individual, family, and student.
Needless to say, Spotify is working hard to keep up the subscription revenue during the COVID-19 pandemic. Perhaps this will help the music streaming giant to subsidize the loss of revenue from ads. Spotify earns a major chunk of its revenue by serving ads for free users. Due to the pandemic, the ad-revenue seems to have taken a plunge.
In all likelihood, Premium Users have also unsubscribed Spotify premium in order to save money. Spotify plans to bring them back on board. The company has decided to offer three months of Spotify Premium at the price of just $9.99. In other words, existing Premium users can pay for one month of Spotify Premium and get the next two months for free. However, the offer is only valid for users who have unsubscribed before April 14th. It is worth noting that both the offers end on June 30th. Once three months is over, the user will be charged the regular rates.
Spotify has also lowered its revenue guidance and claims that people have canceled subscription due to the pandemic. Apparently, one in six customers who have canceled the Spotify subscription cites COVID-19 as the reason. On the brighter side, they are planning to subscribe back once the economic situation improves. Spotify might be able to lure back the lost users and new users with the offer.


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Veteran cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has announced an open-source peer-to-peer data streaming platform that will allow users to share media across a decentralized network.
The code for Bitfinex's "Dazaar" protocol has been uploaded to GitHub, describing a decentralized network in which distributed node operators store the information shared among users.
In an announcement, Bitfinex states that the platform’s creation was motivated by the increasing reliance on centralized platforms such as search engines, social media, and messaging apps to facilitate the sharing of data and media.
Bitfinex open-sources P2P streaming protocol
Bitfinex describes the Dazaar platform as a crypto-powered protocol for monetized data streaming.
The platform was developed as an extension to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology-licensed Hypercore Protocol — a “distributed append-only log” characterized as comprising a “lightweight blockchain crossed with BitTorrent.”
Buyers and sellers connect over the platform via a cryptographic identifier or "Dazaar Card," with sellers able to purchase streams using crypto assets or credit cards.
The protocol also features a live-streaming desktop application that allows sellers to manage subscriptions and broadcasts.
Crypto-powered streaming platforms compete
Dazaar’s announcement comes amid increasing competition between crypto streaming platforms.
In May, Cointelegraph reported that the crypto-powered Esports streaming app Theta.tv would be integrated onto 75 million Samsung devices worldwide. Hype for Theta’s May 27 2.0 launch drove the prices of its tokens up more than 1,000% since the Black Thursday crash during mid-March.
In April, Tron partnered with gaming platform Refereum to offer rewards in the form of Tron (TRX) or BitTorrent (BTT) tokens to streamers and gamers.
Despite the competition, Bitfinex believes that Dazaar can reach new users by offering fiat on-ramps and robust user privacy, asserting that the protocol will “introduce those unfamiliar to the world of cryptocurrency at the same time as it removes a barrier to entry which requires users to only use a project’s platform token for payments.”


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Carriers’ large-scale transition to VoIP may not begin in earnest until 2010, although spending on gear for the telephony technology will double over the next five years, according to research company Dell’Oro Group Inc.
Network equipment providers sold US$2.4 billion worth of dedicated VoIP infrastructure products in 2005, a number that will grow to US$4.7 billion by 2010, according to Dell’Oro analyst Steve Raab. The company counted media gateways (devices that translate between packet and circuit-switched networks), softswitches (servers that switch packet-based calls) and products that combine those elements. It did not include VoIP elements built into other products such as multiservice switches.
Competitors to the incumbent telephone companies, such as cable operators and pure VoIP providers like Vonage Holdings Corp., have led the way. VoIP typically is less expensive and lends itself to features such as click-to-dial and unified voice and e-mail messaging. Traditional carriers have rolled out services, but have not marketed them aggressively, Raab says. They would rather keep customers on the existing PSTN in which they have so much already invested.
“They want to have a competitive solution, but they don’t want to push the transition now,” Raab says.
Established carriers are carrying more voice calls as data packets in the core of their networks and will eventually replace their circuit-switching technology with VoIP, but that older equipment has depreciation cycles as long as 30 years, Raab says. “That transition is extremely young right now.”
Entire networks, including customer-facing infrastructure at the edge, may start to get a wholesale retrofit starting around 2010, he says, although many variables may yet affect this picture. Key questions include how many users drop landlines for cell phones and how quickly they adopt the converged fixed-mobile technology, which replaces cell phones and fixed-line phones with a single cellular-WLAN device.
Growth will come from a combination of replacing existing infrastructure and overlaying VoIP on current broadband networks in highly developed countries, along with the use of VoIP to reach new phone users in less developed regions, Raab says.
Dell’Oro reported 48 per cent revenue growth for equipment providers between 2004 and 2005, but forecasts only 25 per cent growth in 2006. Raab says revenue growth may be slowing because of falling prices and the dynamics of a market that’s no longer growing up from almost nothing.


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The Band Perry and Brad Paisley‘s wife, Kimberly Williams-Paisleyare taking part in a new campaign to help fight hunger in America this spring. General Mills, ConAgra Foods, Kraft Foods and Kellogg Company are also on board for the project to generate meals for food banks this spring.
There are several ways to get involved. Shoppers at Walmart stores across the country can buy specially marked products from those companies and then enter the special code on the package online. Meals will also be provided when people share a special hashtag on Twitter or scan a QR code.
Overall, more than 42 million meals will be generated through this program through Feeding America food banks and Action for Healthy Kids.
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Wednesday’s interrogation of four tech titans by the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust marked a concerted display of bipartisan hostility toward some of the largest technology companies in the world.
But lawmakers failed to score decisive points, particularly with regard to the companies’ alleged violations of antitrust law, and shares of
(FB) rallied on the day.
“I’ve long thought and continue to think [antitrust regulation] isn’t going to be a major threat to these companies,” says Douglas Melamed, a Stanford University law professor and former general counsel of Intel. “They aren’t going to bust up Facebook or Google. Conceivably, they might halt some minor acquisition, but there’s nothing that’s going to go to court.”
Melamed says that there was no clear legislative agenda evident from lawmakers’ questions, which covered a range of perceived grievances and didn’t delve into whether antitrust laws need to be adjusted.
Over about 5 ½ hours, socially distanced, masked committee members grilled Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai, Amazon’s Jeffrey Bezos, Apple’s Timothy Cook, and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, who were beamed onto monitors set up throughout the chamber in the Capitol.
I’ve long thought and continue to think [antitrust regulation] isn’t going to be a major threat to these companies.
Committee members frequently interrupted the CEOs to ask questions covering everything from Facebook’s advertising practices and acquisition strategies to the fairness of Google’s search results, and whether Amazon used its third-party seller data to develop competing products. Apple’s perceived dominance through its app store received much less attention.
Despite digressions, both political parties managed to get their digs in. “The companies as they exist today have monopoly power,” subcommittee chairman David Cicilline (D., R.I.) said as he adjourned the session. “Some need to be broken up. All need to be properly regulated.”
Republican ranking member James Sensenbrenner (R.,-Wis.) said that “as the business landscape evolves, we must ensure that our existing antitrust laws are applied to meet the needs of our country and its consumers.”
Yet, several observers say the hearing lacked antitrust content, with only about a fifth of the questions relating directly to antitrust law, according to former Justice Department antitrust attorney Avery Gardiner. “They got very close to some important issues and then didn’t pursue them,” she says.
Baron Funds portfolio manager Michael Lippert says he is much more concerned with European antitrust activity than U.S. threats. “There’s a lot of bluster, but I don’t think there is a lot that can be done under our laws,” he says.
Investors seem to agree. In addition to Wednesday’s strong showing, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple all surged on Friday after they posted strong second-quarter earnings. “I don’t think investors were all that worried after yesterday, and they won’t be until they get a better sense about a specific risk area,” Michael Cuggino, president of the Permanent Portfolio Family of Funds told Barron’s on Thursday. (For more on earnings, see Big Tech’s CEOs Got the Last Word. Here’s Why Tech Earnings Were So Important.)
For the moment, the stocks’ performance will be governed by whether the companies continue to see strong growth. T. Rowe Price portfolio manager Joseph Fath notes that because
(MSFT) continued to innovate, its shares outperformed the S&P 500 by more than 900% during the years when the government pursued an antitrust case against it. In the near term, he says, an antitrust threat won’t dent tech industry earnings.
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Youth who binge drink often choose liquor—particularly vodka—and tend to Bud Light, Budweiser, and Coors Light among beer brands, according to a survey conducted by researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health and the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The report, published in the Journal of Substance Use, is the first to document alcohol brands used for binge drinking—defined as five or more drinks in a row for males, four or more drinks in a row for females—by those between the ages of 13 and 20.
Hard alcohol was more popular among underage consumer, researchers found, accounting for 43.8% of binge episodes, compared to 31.4% for beer. Vodka accounted for 26.7% of all binge episodes among liquor (and 11.7% of all binge episodes overall). The most popular brands among underage consumers were Bud Light (13.5% of all youth), Jack Daniel's bourbons (7.0%), Smirnoff malt beverages (6.8%), Budweiser (6.5%), Coors Light (6.1%), and Smirnoff vodkas (5.6%).
"The inclusion of some relatively expensive brands in the top 25 binge brand list suggests that variables other than price are driving youth brand preferences with respect to binge drinking," said study author David Jernigan, director of the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at JHU. "Future research will explore which factors drive brand and beverage variability in youth binge drinking."
Survey respondents were asked about what alcohol they had consumed in the past 30 days and were given a list of 898 brands within 16 beverage categories to choose from.The top 25 binge brands accounted for almost half (46.2%) of all binge reports. Previous research from the authors found that the 25 leading brands for overall consumption accounted for 41.8% of youth consumption, suggesting that youth binge drinking is similarly or slightly more brand concentrated compared with youth drinking generally.
"Binge drinking accounts for most of the alcohol consumed by youth in the U.S. and is associated with a host of negative consequences, including drunk driving, sexual assaults, and suicide," said lead study author Timothy Naimi, an associate professor at the Boston University School of Public Health. "Identifying the types of alcohol and specific brands youth are choosing when they binge drink is important for the development of public health interventions designed to curtail this dangerous public health problem."
The study also affirms that binge drinking remains the predominant pattern of youth drinking in the U.S. Results show that two-thirds of all youth drinks were consumed during binge drinking episodes, and more than half of youth drinkers reported binge drinking at least once during the past 30 days.
"Each year, approximately 4,300 young people under 21 die as a result of alcohol use," Jernigan said. "This study underscores the need to redouble our efforts on the national, state, and local levels to address youth alcohol access and consumption."


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Raisio Group’s employee co-operation negotiations launched at the end of January 2018 have been largely completed. At this point, it was decided that a total of 20 employments will be terminated. The terminations will be carried out through retirements, voluntary arrangements and redundancies, and partly through the termination of fixed-term employment contracts.
Raisio’s initial estimate of the reduction need was 30 jobs and it is expected to take place gradually. Once Raisio has completed the negotiations related to the possible divestment of its feed businesses announced at the end of 2018, it will also be possible to close the cooperation negotiations in terms of employments closely related to Raisioagro.
Raisio will direct all resources to support the strategic growth targets of its new Healthy Food Division. The cooperation negotiations were launched to ensure Raisio’s competitiveness and profitability. The negotiations concerned Raisio’s Group Services as well as the new Healthy Food Division’s marketing, product development and support functions. A total of 115 were within the negotiations.
Cargill will appoint Brian Sikes as its president and chief executive officer on 1 January 2023. The soon-to-be CEO, currently holding the chief operating officer title, has worked at Cargill for 31 years. Dave MacLennan, who has served as Cargill’s CEO since 2013, will assume the role of executive chair of the company’s board of directors.
Comforting colors, feel-good flavors, and unique food and beverage experiences will resonate most with consumers in the new year, according to ADM’s latest Flavor and Color Outlook. ADM anticipates that 2023 will be the year of self-expression, and the company identified four trends that are sure to stand out.
Nestlé’s Nespresso brand will pilot home-compostable coffee capsules on the Nespresso Original system in France and Switzerland from spring 2023 before further launches in several other European countries within a year. The paper-based capsules are touted as a breakthrough in packaging technology after three years of R&D.


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Data privacy is now one way that some subscribers are hiding the results that can be displayed from caller identification network services.
Danbury, Connecticut (PRWEB) April 07, 2013
Phone lookups for certain records information is now a way that consumers can find out the exact caller of a phone number in North America. While regular phone records supply basic details, the reports now generated at the http://reversephonelookupapp.com website now includes street address information. This new reverse phone search tool is now available for users online.
More than 300 cell phone users have contract cell phones according to mobile research. These subscribers of phone plans are represented by some of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States. Data privacy is now one way that some subscribers are hiding the results that can be displayed from caller identification network services.
The ReversePhoneLookupApp.com company is providing a way that researchers can access hard to locate phone records online. This company now provides cell, landline and unpublished phone records to fill in the gaps of public information that cannot be accessed through other resources. The company information is updated from multiple types of data collection sources to ensure accuracy at the time of research.
To help expand the company services online, new search plans have been created for adult use. The one-time plan now offers instant searching of one number type through the secure online system. A new annual plan has recently been announced that provides unlimited number searches online. The annual plan now remains one of the most popular used by searchers of the company database. These plans can be accessed 365 days a year online.
The ReversePhoneLookupApp.com company opens up its online database for public use to grant access to nearly 500 million records. These records include phone records that provide multiple types of information that can be used by adults using the company database. The ease of access from this company system is helping men and women in the United States to find out who is calling into any phone number type. The ReversePhoneLookupApp.com company opens up its database access 365 days a year to offer alternatives to standard data search companies.


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Food Standards Agency Concerns on Home Bakers and Food Makers
Posted on 25th February 2020
Using social media platforms, the amount of home food businesses has soared in recent months, from cupcakes and sweet treats to smoothies and juice packages, as a handful of the delights on offer. Social media sites are perfect for the rising businesses, providing a free and effective way of advertising their goods.
Whilst the tasty treats may seem all ‘likes’ and glowing reviews, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) have recently raised concerns. As this particular trade continues to grow, the FSA fear that many sofa side sellers are not complying with regulatory standards. Home food businesses are required to register their business with the local council, in order that an inspection of their premises may be carried out, and a food hygiene rating issued. This ensures that potential consumers are better protected, however, the concern is that many are carrying on their business, without being registered.
The BBC did, in fact, carry out a recent study on sellers advertising on Facebook. The research found that all, of those tested, were unregistered which, in turn, meant that they had not been inspected or have a hygiene rating for their services.
This puts potential consumers at great risk and is particularly dangerous as the same are not, usually, packaged as they would be when purchasing from a shop. You would expect to see a list of the ingredients within the product on its packaging, however, this is often not the case when purchasing from home food businesses. This leaves those with allergies significantly vulnerable, as they cannot be sure what they are consuming, and, as such, whether the same is safe.
In addition, more often than not, there is no information on how the product has been prepared and, indeed stored, for such items. Preparation and storage are vital processes that, where inadequate, can result in food poisoning.
Although guidance on avoiding food poisoning is ever developing, this is an issue our solicitors in Preston, unfortunately, do still come across on a daily basis. Our expert team can assist with food poisoning compensation claims that have arisen as a result of the breach of duty of care owed to you, as the consumer.
The Food Standards Agency are, however, aiming to tackle such problems by working with social media sites, such as Facebook, commenting that the sites are to take responsibility for those businesses whom are using their sites.
Chairwoman of the FSA, Heather Hancock, is calling for Facebook to carry out stricter checks on the sellers whom are using their ‘Marketplace’ feature on the site, and states that they have an “unavoidable moral obligation to help keep people safe”. Facebook have confirmed their cooperation with the FSA, and are working together to help consumers be best protected.
Following the tragic death of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse in 2016, there have been changes made to the law concerning food. One major development means that food businesses, by 2021, are to ensure a full list of ingredients is provided on any pre-packaged product. This development is also known as ‘Natasha’s Law’, which is further detailed in our blog, here.
How may this apply to the Facebook foodies, you may ask. With the recent comments of the Food Standards Agency, the law concerning food businesses may be set to change once more. Follow our blog for further updates on the matter, as and when they arise.
If you have fallen ill to food poisoning, as a result of a food business’s failings, contact our team of solicitors in Preston today, whom are on hand to assist you in pursuing a claim for the compensation today. Get in touch at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Trade officials preparing for an Asia-Pacific summit this weekend in the Far Eastern Russian city of Vladivostok have been in talks to draw up a list of green goods whose tariffs would be cut to five percent or less by 2015.
Economies belonging to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) grouping hope that slashing tariffs on such products will boost their use and help cut greenhouse gas emissions blamed for climate change.
APEC leaders who met in Honolulu last year had directed officials to come up with a list of such products by the end of this year.
However, there have been disagreements on what should be in the basket, with the United States wanting a "credible" list of products, China pushing to include bicycles and others saying honey is also an environmental product.
"There is a very broad definition of what is an environment good. It ranges from bicycle parts to honey," said Donald Campbell, co-chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) think tank, which is an observer at APEC.
"Every country has sensitivities. So matching different countries' sensitivities becomes difficult."
US officials have said the list should include core products such as those used in renewable energy, pollution control and waste water treatment.
A Southeast Asian diplomat involved in the talks but who asked not to be named said there was also no agreement on the definition of an environmental product.
"The inclusion of bicycle is not a joke, it's serious," the diplomat told AFP.
China has argued a bicycle is a green product simply because it does not use fossil fuels for power.
But the diplomat said other countries had insisted the materials used to make the bicycles and the production process should be taken into account when determining if the pedal-powered machine is green.
There is also the problem of whether to include products having dual usage, according to the diplomat. For example, pipes used for solar energy hot water systems can also transport oil.
Russian Minister of Economic Development Andrey Belousov, whose country is this year's APEC host, said Wednesday trade officials had agreed on 20 product groups to put on the list, without giving details.
However, he said developed economies in the 21-member APEC wanted more and officials would meet again Thursday in an effort to expand the list.
Analysts said it was difficult to make an accurate estimate of the market potential for environmental products.
But the APEC Policy Support Unit, the grouping's research arm, studied trade patterns for a list of 164 potentially environmental goods that the EU and several developed countries, including the US, suggested to the WTO in 2007.
Global trade in the listed goods rose at an average annual rate of 12.8 percent between 2002 and 2010, when it reached $871.5 billion, with APEC members responsible for $443.5 billion of international sales, the unit said.
Products used in renewable energy plants, waste water management and potable water treatment as well as management of solid and hazardous waste registered the biggest trade volumes in 2010, the unit said.
The policy unit said the initial findings show the market is "potentially huge" and called also for the removal of cumbersome certification procedures and other non-tariff barriers. - Martin Abbugao, Agence France-Presse


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Adode said it agreed to buy programmatic TV advertising platform TubeMogul for $540 million.
Adobe said the acquisition of TubeMogul will create the first end-to-end independent advertising and data management solution that spans TV and digital formats, simplifying what has been a complex and fragmented process for the world’s biggest brands.
The acquisition of TubeMogul further strengthens Adobe’s digital marketing and advertising technology.
“Whether it’s episodic TV, indie films or Hollywood blockbusters, video consumption is exploding across every device and brands are following those eyeballs,” said Brad Rencher, executive VP and general manager, digital marketing, Adobe. “With the acquisition of TubeMogul, Adobe will give customers a ‘one-stop shop’ for video advertising, providing even more strategic value for our Adobe Marketing Cloud customers.”
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Is now the time for smart watches?
By Jen Quinlan
If the idea of wearing a smart watch conjures up images of calculator watches, pocket protectors and being picked last in gym class, you may not be alone.
The concept of a smart watch is nothing new. Sales of smart watches in the past have just never gained the same fervor as smartphones. It seems many of us have replaced our wristwatches with smartphones.
But with rumors that Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung and Sony are allegedly designing their own flavor of smart watches, could this mean there is suddenly a market for this type of product?
With ABI Research projecting more than 1.2 million smart watches will be shipped in 2013, these brands are either prescient or foolish. Incredibly, two upstarts have already beaten the big guys to market.
Pebble, a Kickstarter darling, raised more than $10 million and racked up 85,000 orders.
Pre-order priced at $150, Pebble has a 1.26-inch backlit e-paper display and a resolution of 144 x 168 pixels.
Instead of a touch screen, this watch comes with four buttons that control screen options, menu selections and such.
Pebble wisely supports both iOS and Android. However, in his review for The Verge, Nilay Patel points out how Pebble works differently in each platform.
Connecting Pebble to your smartphone is done via Bluetooth. And according to Mashable, Pebble does ship with Bluetooth 2.1+ EDR and Bluetooth 4.0 (low energy), but for now only Bluetooth 2.1+ EDR is supported. The reason for this is that Android devices do not yet support Bluetooth 4.0.
Once Pebble is connected to your smartphone, you can receive alerts for incoming calls, messages and emails.
These type of glance-and-go interactions are perfect for marketers looking to make a quick impression, especially when paired with geo-location. While your phone is hidden in your pocket or your purse, your watch is right out there on your wrist.
Reviews of Pebble have been positive. However, some reviewers are waiting for the "software to mature."
There is tons of potential for this watch once more applications are developed.
As it is now, Pebble works well as a time piece, a way to keep track of text messages and have Caller ID close by.
There are some apps available in the stock software package, but the real test comes when developers start creating their own apps.
Limited iOS integration hints that Apple is already trying to stonewall the competition. Still, Pebble has released the SDK for programmers to play with.
MetaWatch Strata Stealth
Another Kickstarter-funded product, the MetaWatch Strata Stealth, is priced at $179. The Strata has a 1.3-inch screen, a resolution of 96 x 96 pixels and comes with six physical buttons to control settings and menus.
The Strata does work with both iOS and Android, although it seems the MetaWatch app for iOS may be better than the Android offering.
In his review for ZDNet, James Kendrick noted that although the MetaWatch Android app is basic, the Android user community has helped expand the capabilities of the watch.
Once connected to your smartphone, the Strata is capable of Caller ID notifications, message alerts for calendar appointments and text messages. The Strata also has widgets for weather, calendar and Gmail.
Much like the Pebble, the potential is all about the apps.
The MetaWatch Strata, as Mr. Kendrick noted in his review, may be aimed at those who like to tinker with their gadgets.
With its active user community ? and an open framework ? the Strata offers many possibilities for advanced, third-party features.
What the future holds
Spurred by the hype around Google Glass, the future of wearable technology may soon find its way into everyday life.
But who will be in the market for products such as smart watches? Early adopters and those who like to play with gadgets?
The answer may rely on many aspects, such as price and functionality and maybe above all, the apps that go along with them.
Jen Quinlan is solutions director at Mutual Mobile, Austin, TX. Reach her at .


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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Smashburger is bringing its made-to-order burgers, flash-fried vegetables and rosemary-and-garlic-seasoned fries to Lawrence this spring.
The Denver-based chain, now with 47 locations, will open its restaurant in a building now under construction in the new Bauer Farm development, at the northeast corner of Sixth Street and Wakarusa Drive.
Smashburger already has locations in Wichita and nearby Derby, and more are in the works, including one in Manhattan this spring and two in Overland Park this summer.
The restaurants also sell chicken sandwiches, hot dogs and salads, plus ice cream floats, shakes and malts, and bottled beers and wines by the glass. Additional items aim to meet regional tastes, such as the “Shocker Smashburger” in Wichita and “Husker Smashburger” — including onions and mushrooms, not corn — in Nebraska.
Areios LLC, which is franchising Smashburger restaurants in the Kansas City area, will own the Lawrence store.


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Note: The Skinny blog is written by Rick Smith, editor and co-founder of Local Tech Wire and business editor of WRAL.com.
DURHAM, N.C. – Like virtually all of us living in America, our lives and businesses have been transformed by the rise of the computer, the Internet and networking. But as hard as it may be to fathom, we haven’t seen anything yet.
Watch out for the era of the “Mobile Internet Computing,” says self-proclaimed technologist Vince Lesch, chief technology officer at (Nasdaq: TKLC).
The coming decade in which high-speed mobile broadband will be enabled through “4G” technology is going to “transform our lives,” Lesch told the crowd of N.C. business leaders gathered for Local Tech Wire’s Executive Exchange event on Tuesday. “To a technologist like me, this is exciting.”
Lesch along with executives from emerging 4G providers Sprint, Verizon and Time Warner Cable as well as Voice over Internet Protocol provider FeatureTel and News Over Wireless discussed at length the arrival of mobile computing at multi-gigabit speeds. The Research Triangle area is one of the first regions in the country to have multiple 4G providers already opening fast access to video, data and voice at any time in many places.
Other panelists included Teresa Kellett, director, 4G for Sprint Nextel; where she is responsible Michael Miess, vice president of wireless for Time Warner Cable Carolinas; Mike Parker, the director of data with Verizon Wireless in the Carolinas and Tennessee; Paul Levering, CEO and founder of FeatureTel, and Sam Matheny, general manager of Capitol Broadcasting’s News Over Wireless.
Tekelec, which is a global communications technology firm based in Morrisville, provides numbering, switching, messaging and other technology that helps telecommunications provides meet growing demand for digital services. Consumers and business users are so intent on new applications at faster speeds that Lesch said his company sees immediate impact when upgrades and additions are made.
“You can actually spot on the networks who has launched a new device or new apps,” Lesch explained.
4G to equal Internet?
As communications go digital based on Internet Protocols, chips grow faster and smarter, enabling such solutions as automatic switching between types of network service, and 4G enables greater reliability at much faster speeds, Lesch said a new era beckons.
“Mobile Internet computing will be just as important as the rise of the Internet,” he predicted.
How so? As examples, Lesch noted that doctors will use secure wireless access to prescribe a treatment regimen for a patient while he or she is playing golf. Or, smartphone users will execute “apps” for just about everything from full-motion high-definition video to secure, reliable enterprise business uses. Businesses, meanwhile, will begin turning away from fast wireline pipes in the ground to wireless connectivity.
Even people or businesses who don’t believe 4G will affect them will soon discover the reality is different, Lesch warned.
“If you don’t think your business will be affected,” Lesch said, “you will be involved” as more enterprises large and small embrace mobile Internet computing.
“4G,” he concluded, “will fundamentally shift how we do business.”
What’s enabling 4G is advances in WiMax (used by Sprint and Time Warner Cable) and digital wireless known as LTE (used by Verizon) that enable transmission of digital voice, video and data at multi-megabit speeds.
While 1G represented wireless voice, 2G and 2.5G represented digital voice and digital data at kilobits per second and 3G enabling up to megabit-plus access, 4G opens the way for downloads at 50 megabits and uploads up to 25 megabits.
Who will survive?
Referencing a December 2009 report from Morgan Stanley, Lesch recounted how technology evolved in decades from mainframe computing (1960s) to mini-computing (1970s), personal computing (1980s) and desktop Internet computing (1990s).
The next major “computing cycle” is the Mobile Internet with the “winners” of earlier decades such as IBM (mainframe) and HP (mini-computing) evolving to flourish and survive as technology continues to improve.
Some of the early winners have disappeared or been absorbed. Will the PC successes like Microsoft, Cisco, Intel, Dell of personal computing continue to grow along with the crop of firms such as Google, eBay and Amazon “cross the chasm” to success in a truly mobile world?
4G is still in the process of being rolled out, so, Lesch conceded, “There clearly still are some challenges.” But he added the days of ubiquitous access are at hand. “We will get there pretty quickly.”
The dawn of a new era has broken.
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Innovation Sandbox – How Start-Ups Start Faster
This event aired May 31, 2022 and is now available to watch on ProlificsTV on YouTube!
When you’re a start-up with a new and innovative app idea, and your investors are onboard and waiting, what do you do? You need to find a tech partner who will bring your idea to life with as much passion and innovation as you have.
That’s the PainScript-Prolifics story. PainScript couldn’t find a tech company able to create a viable mobile app in a short timeframe – until they met Prolifics. The Prolifics Innovation Center used our intellectual property, accelerators and bi-weekly sprints with a constant feedback loop to quickly build a working MVP that both the company and investors were thrilled with.
Join host Greg Hodgkinson and PainScript CEO Dan Cohen in the Sandbox… grab your shovels and let’s start innovating.
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Troubled Tesco faces investor showdown in first AGM since accounting scandal
Tesco shareholders will this week vent their anger following an annus horribilis at the supermarket giant.
A £1.2million payoff to Phil Clarke, which the former boss got on top of a £764,000 salary payment after leaving, is expected to arouse significant criticism of the board and the way it has handled the greatest crisis in the grocer’s history.
Tesco has faced a Serious Fraud Office probe following revelations of a £264million black hole in its accounts.
Clash: A £1.2million payoff to former boss Phil Clarke (pictured left) is expected to arouse significant criticism
Clarke and a plethora of his deputies left following the scandal and a slowdown in the company’s trading. Last year it reported a £6.4billion loss – one of the largest in British corporate history.
Figures this week are expected to show the supermarket is still losing ground to cut price rivals. New boss Dave Lewis has pledged to turn around its performance, and has begun selling fringe businesses.
Its annual meeting on Friday will see investors given their first chance to quiz the board directly since the scandal broke.
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