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09:06:52 local time CHINA
* East China province raises minimum wage by 10 pct:
East China’s Shandong Province will raise its minimum pay by about 10 percent next month in a bid to attract workers and help them offset rises in living costs.
As of March 1, the minimum monthly wage for full-time workers in Shandong will be raised to 1,500 yuan (245 U.S. dollars), 1,350 yuan or 1,200 yuan in the province’s different cities, depending on economic level, the provincial government said in a statement Tuesday.
The 1,500 yuan level is the fifth highest nationwide.
The rise in minimum wage in Shandong mirrors similar moves in other parts of the country where fewer new workers are entering the labor force.
The rapid rise in living costs is also a factor behind the wage hikes.
08:06:52 local time CAMBODIA
* Labor Minister Responds to Brands’ Concerns:
Labor Minister Ith Sam Heng said Tuesday that he has sent a letter responding to 30 international clothing brands who recently wrote to the government expressing their concerns over a draft union law which could allow for the arbitrary breakup of unions.
Speaking outside a conference in Phnom Penh on migrant workers, Mr. Sam Heng said that he wrote to the brands, which include H&M, Gap and Nike, explaining that the union law will take into account international labor conventions Cambodia has signed, as well as the state of industrial relations in the country.
In their March 14 letter, the brands said they were concerned the law may not comply with International Labor Organization (ILO) conventions that protect rights to unionize and bargain collectively.
Mr. Sam Heng said the government was working with officials from the ILO to ensure that the country’s new union law is fully compliant.
“We are now preparing to establish the union law with technical sponsorship from the ILO and our policy for this law is to do it in accordance with conventions” that Cambodia has signed, he said.
* BetterFactories Media updates 26 March 2014, Labor Minister responds to brand’s concerns:
* to read in the printed edition The Phnom Penh Post:
2014-03-26 Factory waste blamed for health, crop woes
* to read in the printed edition The Cambodia Daily:
2014-03-26 New EU duty threatens bike industry
2014-03-26 Labor Minister responds to brand’s concerns
BetterFactories Media Updates Overview here.
09:06:52 local time INDONESIA
* Indonesian workers and the neoliberal discourse that scorns them:
When it comes to the neoliberal discourse of ’emerging markets’, we are all too familiar with the lexicon of Asian ‘dragons’, ‘tigers’, and, most recently, ‘tiger cubs.’
In typical bien-pensant fashion, such terms have been applied to the economies of the East for some time – firstly to the newly industrialised societies of South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore (the ‘tigers’), and more recently to the newly industrialising societies of Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, who together make up the ‘tiger cubs.’
Prior to the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997, much was made in investment circles of the ‘economic miracle’ minted by the original ‘tigers’, and a comparable fuss is currently being made around the evolution of the four little ‘cubs’ – especially Indonesia. But, beneath the catchy rhetoric, what’s in it for workers?
Recently we have heard lively encouragements to invest in Indonesia from several sources, not only state officials working within Indonesia, but also various observers and actors abroad.
The latest spokespeople to disregard Indonesian workers while eulogising Indonesia as an investor’s paradise are the Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) and the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO). In a widely recycled news piece originally published by Bloomberg this week, both organisations revealed their indifference to the plight of Indonesian workers, by repeatedly citing cheap labour costs and an abundant workforce as being among the tip-top reasons to invest in Indonesia. In common investor parlance, such labour market conditions are typically referred to as an ‘opportunity.’
The long-overdue implementation of a minimum wage system in Malaysia, effective since January 1st 2013, has been identified by investment circles as a major reason to shun Malaysia and open up shop in Indonesia.
‘Medan will benefit from the introduction of minimum wages in Malaysia’, proclaims Bloomberg, paraphrasing a high-ranking JETRO spokesperson.
But is this really the sort of investment that Indonesia needs: yet more Japanese production lines lured across the Malacca Straits only by the relative destitution of the Sumatran labour pool, and poised to repatriate the proceeds back to a faraway country? Such projects have ‘vulture capital’ written all over them.
Indonesia currently boasts the world’s 16th largest GDP, yet its minimum wage remains one of the lowest in Asia, surpassed only by the former command economies of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
To put this into perspective, consider that Indonesia’s economy makes four times the GDP of neighbouring Thailand, yet the average minimum wage in Indonesia (around $1’087 per annum since it varies from one region to another) is still only one third of its Thai counterpart ($3’012 per annum).
The discrepancies here are vast, needless, and only serve to index the shocking extent to which organised labour has historically been trampled on in Indonesia, having only recently re-emerged as a formidable social force after 32 years of laying dormant and subdued under the brutal repression of Suharto’s New Order period.
07:06:52 local time BANGLADESH
* RMG worker’s death sparks protest:
Hundreds of RMG workers blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Bagherbazar in Sreepur upazila of the district following death of a female RMG worker in a road accident in the area yesterday noon.
The deceased was identified as Sabina Akter, 22, a worker of Golden Refit Garments Factory at Bagherbazaar. Police said, a Dhaka bound bus of Alam Asia Paribahan hit Sabina when she was crossing the Dhaka-Mymensing highway on the way to her workplace after having lunch.
Locals first took her to a clinic, and later she was being taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital when she succumbed to injuries.
After the news of Sabina’s death spread, fellow workers put barricade on the highway and vandalised several vehicles.
The blockade which triggered tailback on the highway continued for an hour after which police brought the situation under control.
* US stresses ending harassment to union organisers for GSP restoration:
US Senator Robert Menendez has said he cannot support the renewal or expansion of Bangladesh’s GSP benefits as long as union organisers and members are subject to harassment, intimidation, and violence from BGMEA factory owners and managers.
“As Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, I cannot support the renewal or expansion of Bangladesh’s GSP benefits as long as union organizers and members are subject to harassment, intimidation, and violence from BGMEA factory owners and managers,” he wrote in a letter to BGMEA President M Atiqul Islam.
Menendez urged the President of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) to take immediate and substantial steps to end the harassment and intimidation of union organisers and members by the garment factory owners in his industry association.
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* Menendez: GSP must wait till harassment of union organisers ends:
US made it clear that renewal of the GSP is not possible as long as harassment and intimidation of trade union organisers and members continue
US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez has made it clear that he cannot support renewal of the GSP as long as harassment and intimidation of trade union organisers and members continue.
In a letter to BGMEA President Atiqul Islam, the senator urged Bangladeshi garment manufacturers to take immediate steps in this regard.
“Just last month, four union organisers, including two women, were reportedly severely injured by two dozen attackers as they tried to organise workers at a large garment factory,” the letter said.
* Conditions to be met for GSP by Mar 31:
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Tuesday categorically said the government is sincerely working for regaining Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) in the US market.
The ruling Awami League lawmaker also claimed that the all the conditions given by the USA would be fulfilled by March 31.
Tofail came up with the assertion while talking to journalists after a meeting with German Ambassador to Dhaka Dr Albrecht Conze at his secretariat office in the city.
He said, “The most of the conditions have been fulfilled. A total of 200 labor inspectors will be recruited by March 31 and the other conditions, including preparing database, will be completed by this time.”
* BGMEA briefing on factory safety initiatives on April 10:
Diplomats, agencies to remain present
The apparel sector trade body BGMEA will apprise foreign diplomats, donor agencies and other stakeholders of the progress the sector made so far, especially after the Rana Plaza collapse, the country’s worst-ever industrial disaster, sources have said.
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) will convene a meeting on April 10 to this end and it is expected to be attended by diplomats from 14 European Union (EU) and other countries including the US, Canada, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Australia and other donor agencies including the IFC, GIZ and JICA.
Secretaries from foreign, commerce and labour ministries alongside representatives from the buyers’ forum are also expected to join the meeting, sources close to the initiative have told the FE.
The move has been initiated just ahead of the first anniversary of the tragic Rana Plaza incident, which took place on April 24, 2013 leaving more than 1,100 garment workers dead and many others injured.
One of the main objectives of the initiative is to restore the image of the local apparel sector abroad, which was tarnished following the tragic incident, according to the sources.
However, labour leaders have alleged that many commitments made by different quarters and initiatives they took in relation to payment of compensations to the victims as well as workplace safety and workers’ rights in the apparel sector remain unmet.
Regarding workers’ rights, he said the minimum wage was increased to Tk 5,300 from Tk 3,000.
However, labour leaders alleged that minimum wages were increased but the new wages were yet to be implemented in all factories while rights to other basic things like health, housing and treatment facilities were still ignored.
* Bangladesh action in full swing:
Better news from Bangladesh: the Rana Plaza Trust Fund launches payments to victims, Accord inspections are advancing at fast pace, and garment unions plan to organize tens of thousands of new members in 2014.
Since September 2013, IndustriALL Global Union was involved in negotiations chaired by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) with Bangladeshi partners, global clothing brands and the Clean Clothes Campaign to come up with a comprehensive compensation plan for the families of 1,100 dead and 2,500 injured workers after the Rana Plaza industrial homicide on 24 April 2013.
Finally on 18 March, the Coordination Committee of the so-called Rana Plaza Arrangement could confirm that the compensation payments from a centralized Trust Fund, administered by the ILO, will start as of 24 March.
An advance payment of 50,000 BDT (650 USD) will be made to each of the 3,600 beneficiaries before the one-year anniversary of the industrial homicide on 24 April. These payments will total 2 million USD.
The final compensation will be based on the life expectancy of the dead workers and the degree of handicap of the injured workers. The estimated total required funds are USD 40 million, following ILO Convention 121 and good country practices.
IndustriALL and CCC will now campaign to get all the 28 clothing brands and retailers that were sourcing from Rana Plaza, to pay into the Trust Fund by 24 April. Some companies have already assume their responsibilities, but all need to follow suit to provide the suffering families their long-awaited compensation.
As a next step, we are focusing on building a comprehensive union presence in the Bangladeshi garment factories through a major multiyear organizing project together with our partners.
The reality has already started to change, after the government last year agreed to facilitate the registration of new local unions. During the past 12 months, IndustriALL affiliates have organized more than 100 factories and 40,000 workers. Our ambition is to beat those figures in 2014.
* Small signs of progress in Bangladesh’s textile sector:
Many textile workers who survived the Rana Plaza disaster in April 2013 are still waiting to see compensation and better workplace safety standards. Some significant steps have been taken, but progress has been slow.
With the anniversary of Bangladesh’s worst textile factory accident coming up next month, the ILO is calling on Western companies to donate to the compensation fund for the victims and their families.
The collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex in Dhaka on April 24, 2013, killed over 1,100 textile workers and left hundreds more injured. It was the worst in a long series of factory accidents in Bangladesh, shifting the international focus on the abysmal working conditions and safety standards in garment factories. It also kick-started a debate about the responsibility of the many Western fashion labels that source their clothing from these plants.
With more than 5,000 garment factories, Bangladesh is the world’s second biggest clothing manufacturer behind China. The bulk of that apparel, about 60 percent, gets sent to Europe.
Brands must pay up
The International Labor Organization (ILO) launched a trust fund to compensate Rana Plaza victims and has been calling on the 28 brands linked to Rana Plaza to pitch in a total of $40 million (29 million euros) before next month’s anniversary. So far 10 brands have made donations: Primark, C&A, Mango, Bonmarche, El Corte Ingles, Loblaw, Mascot, Camaieu, Premier Clothing and Inditex.
Boosting safety in the workplace
Talk of compensation so long after the tragedy hasn’t been the only sluggish attempt to make amends. In the aftermath of the collapse, 150 mainly European companies signed an accord last year to improve fire, electrical and building safety standards in Bangladesh’s garment factories.
Many problems, no easy fix
The reports said most sites didn’t have adequate fire exits or sprinkler systems. They described exposed electrical cables and major structural problems, such as cracked support beams, overloaded ceilings and extra stories. One 10-story factory had multiple hairline cracks in its floor slabs.
More power to the workers
Bangladesh is a major supplier to Western companies thanks to the low wages and cheap production costs. The textile sector provides jobs to around 4 million locals, most of them women.
Ramesh argues the best way to ensure fire and building safety standards are upheld in the long term is to give workers more rights to bargain collectively and take part in occupational health and safety discussions. “The structural integrity, the fire safety, the electrical safety are all issues on the ground, but these problems can’t be addressed properly without negotiation between the employers and employees,” he said.
* Better Work Bangladesh:
introduction video… to see here.
THE RANA PLAZA BUILDING COLLAPSE
* TELL CHILDREN’S PLACE TO PAY UP NOW:
“I’m outraged that The Children’s Place still has not paid compensation to the families of the 1,138 workers who were killed and the 2,500 who were injured in the Rana Plaza building collapse last year.
It is time for The Children’s Place to Pay Up and make an $8 million contribution to the Rana Plaza Donor Trust Fund!”
On April 24, 2013, the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsed, making it the deadliest disaster ever in the history of the global garment industry.
The Children’s Place was one of the main brands being made at Rana Plaza and the company’s clothing was found amid the rubble.
Yet, nearly a year later, The Children’s Place has failed to pay a single penny of compensation to the victims of this tragedy.
Please show your support for the victims of this tragedy by signing and circulating this petition asking The Children’s Place to pay compensation. Join us in calling for corporate accountability in the global garment industry!
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06:36:52 local time INDIA
* Fire destroys textile dying unit in Bhiwandi:
A textile dying unit in powerloom town of Bhiwandi here was completely gutted in a major fire, police said on Tuesday.
The blaze occurred just before midnight in the Tapasya Dying Unit situated in Balaji compound, they said.
Firemen took more than eight hours to douse the flames after a dozen fire engines drawn from areas like Kalyan, Ambernath, Ulhasnagar and Thane rushed to the spot.
However, there were no casualties in the fire, Bhoiwada police said.
The cause of the fire is still not known and further investigation is underway.
* Fire breaks out at Bhiwandi dyeing factory:
A major fire broke out late night at a dyeing unit in the power loom town of Bhiwandi. The fire broke around 11.30pm at the Tapasya Dying company at Bhoiwada area.
The company is situated between slum which was first evacuated to prevent any major loss. More than two dozen fire tenders from Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation, Thane Municipal Corporation, Ulhasnagar, Ambernath MIDC, Kalyan Dombivili Municipal Corporation were pressed into service to fight the flames, which was brought under control at about 7.30am on Tuesday.
There was no loss of life in the incident. The fire brigade officials said that primary probe suggest that cause of fire is short circuit but yet to come on conclusion. The flames engulfed the entire unit within two hours and destroyed it, the police officer said.
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* Power loom units call off strike:
Owners of about 15,000 power loom units in Coimbatore and Tirupur districts that do job work for textile manufacturers (master weavers) have called off their strike as an agreement was reached here on Tuesday on the wage issue.
P. Kumarasamy, secretary of Coimbatore district job-working power loom unit owners’ association, said that about two lakh looms in the 15,000 units in the two districts were not operating since February 21 demanding revision of wages.
Several rounds of talks were held by the District Collectors of Coimbatore and Tirupur and the officials of the labour department with the master weavers and the job-working unit owners. The unit owners sought 80 per cent increase in wages as the input costs had increased.
An agreement was reached on Tuesday for 30 per cent hike in wages for those who make the Somanur variety fabric and 27 per cent increase for those who make the other varieties.
“It is up to the Labour Department to ensure that the revised wages are paid,” he said.
An official in the department said that the officials held talks with the master weavers and the job-working unit owners.
“We have intervened and resolved the issue by giving advice to implement 30 per cent increase in wages for the Somanur variety and 27 per cent hike for the other varieties,” the official said. The higher wages will come into effect immediately.
* Exporters seek release of pending duty drawback:
The knitwear exporters from Tirupur apparel cluster have appealed to the Union Government to release the pending duty drawback to them for the export of apparels during the last four months.
“The dues on this count for the Tirupur units have collectively been accumulated to Rs. 450 crore,” A. Sakthivel, president of Tirupur Exporters Association, pointed out in the memorandum which the exporters sent to Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram.
The knitwear exporters here were entitled for duty drawback at the rate of 7.6 per cent of the Free On Board value for cotton-made knitwear products.
The release of the duty drawback amount, according to the exporters, is imperative to maintain the requisite cash flow in the business process.
* Study identifies critical gaps in Tirupur knitwear cluster:
Entrepreneurs by and large lack the vigour to ‘generate’ a demand for their products, inadequate awareness on various available credit linkage facilities and non-optimal utilisation of production capabilities, among a few other issues, are holding back the growth of Tirupur knitwear cluster.
These were the critical gaps identified by the Apex Cluster Development Services (ACDS) in the recent ‘diagnostic study’ which the agency conducted for Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).
Thomas James, research analyst of ACDS, while explaining the findings to The Hindu , said that the time had come for the cluster to concentrate on enhancing skills of the locally available manpower and utilise their services in apparel production.
“Migrant workforce, which is predominant now, is not a solution in the long run as house rentals and cost of living are shooting up every day,” he added.
* Strong ₹, Chinese policy hits cotton, yarn exports:
China’s move to slash cotton prices coupled with the appreciating rupee will slow down Indian shipments of both fibre and yarn in the near term.
“China is a major market for Indian cotton and yarn. Exports of both cotton and cotton yarn will get affected by the latest Chinese move,” said DK Nair, Secretary-General, Confederation of Indian Textiles Industry. “It is a double whammy for us. The Chinese currency is depreciating, while our currency is appreciating, making our exports unviable,” he said.
From April 1, China plans to cut the floor price for the cotton auctioned from the state reserves by about 4.2 per cent. The proposed move is intended to reduce the accumulated stocks, which may in turn slow down imports into the world’s largest cotton consumer.
06:36:52 local time SRI LANKA
* Sri Lanka’s exports grow while deficit continues to contract:
Sri Lanka’s exports grew by 23.2 percent in January to 898 million U.S. dollars helped by a rebound in industrial products, latest data from the Central Bank showed on Tuesday.
Earnings from exports increased, reflecting the ongoing recovery in the global economy while expenditure on imports also increased, albeit at a lower rate, driven mainly by the increase in intermediate goods imports.
Textiles and garments which is the main contributor to the growth in industrial exports grew by 23.4 per cent to 412 million U.S. dollars. The European Union and U.S. continued to be the major markets for textiles and garments of Sri Lanka representing around 85 per cent of the total garment exports.
06:06:52 local time PAKISTAN
* Textile exports register growth: APTMA Punjab for uninterrupted energy supply to reap benefits of GSP+ :
Chairman APTMA Punjab S M Tanveer has said textile exports have registered an increase of 14.54 percent in value terms in the month of February 2014, against the corresponding period.
Similarly, he said, there is an impressive growth in exports of knitwear, bed-wear, towels and ready-made garments in quantitative terms during the same period, which is a clear indication that the textile industry remained operational due to availability of energy, both electricity and gas, during the winter.
According to him, there is dire need of keeping the industry fully operational ahead and the government should ensure seven days a week uninterrupted energy, both electricity and gas, supply to the industry.
* PYMA hails deferment of NDMA to India:
Pakistan Yarn Merchants Association’s (PYMA) Chairman Abaidullah Sheikh hailing the deferment of non-discriminatory market access (NDMA) to India has demanded levy of anti-dumping duty on import of yarn from India to protect the local market and yarn manufacturers from unilateral market flooding.
He was talking to newsmen, here on Tuesday he said that for last many months the government was mulling the idea of granting NDMA to India and was proposing to abolish the negative list of 1209 products.
* Europe’s safety squad finds more toxic toys and textiles:
From collapsing pushchairs to chemical-polluted shoes — an ever-rising number of toxic toys and skin-irritating textiles are being removed from supermarket shelves by Europe’s consumer safety squad.
Products from China top the list of suspect items.
Thanks to better policing, Europe’s Rapid Information System (RAPEX) issued 2,364 notifications of unsafe non-food products in 2013.
That was a 3.8 per cent increase on the level the previous year, the European Union’s Consumer Affairs Commissioner Neven Mimica said on Tuesday.
Shoes for example may be tainted with allergenic Chromium VI.


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The Deepak Parekh committee, in its final report to be submitted to the government this week, will also recommend earmarking 15% of the power generation capacity of Central PSUs for open access consumers. The idea is to introduce competition and attract private investment in power generation as producers will be able to sell directly to bulk consumers in a competitive market.
Though open access was envisaged in the Electricity Act, 2004, it hasnt materialised as power producers continue to rely on the state-sector discoms which are hamstrung by uneconomic policies and dont have unhindered direct access to consumers.
On the tariff front, the report suggests that consumer tariffs be rationalised and graded according to the paying capacity of consumers. High-income households, commercial consumers and industries should be gradually moved to market-based pricing.
These consumers may be enabled to choose from among competing supplies of electricity. Low-income consumers should be provided with supplies from depreciated power stations supplying at low tariffs,
The committee believes that unless the market structure is changed by moving from monopoly supplies to competitive supplies of electricity, which is consistent with the prevailing industry structure in developed countries, the power sector may continue to be unsustainable.
The committee submitted an interim report to the Centre in late 2012.
The committee, sources said, may also recommend constitution of a high-level task force under the chairmanship of a deputy governor of RBI to formulate measures to restore the health of power projects facing financial headwinds due to scarcity of fuel. What it has in mind is suitable relief to these projects in terms of debt service obligations. As for idle power plants, the panel is understood to be of the view that the fixed charge should be apportioned in such a way that the project developers do not face bankruptcy, and at the same time, the distribution utilities are not compelled to bear any undue burden.
The Parekh committee comprises Uday Kotak, GMR Rao, Sanjay Reddy and top officials from Life Insurance Corporation, State Bank of India, ICICI and IDFC.

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February 11, 2014 12:58 PM
Here's a look at Donkey Kong Country: Returns and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze side by side.
February 11, 2014 11:29 AM
Nintendo has announced that it will cease its partnership with Austrian distributor Stadblauer and distribute its games itself.
February 11, 2014 10:14 AM
According to ONM, a new Nintendo game is going to be announced soon. We don't know what it is, but we have a good idea what it's not.
February 11, 2014 9:51 AM
Check out Ludosity's Ittle Dew, a tongue-in-cheek puzzle adventure that takes inspiration from the Legend of Zelda series.
February 11, 2014 8:51 AM
The Wii U has surpassed the lifetime sales of the Xbox 360 in Japan.
February 11, 2014 7:23 AM
With the base game funded, the game is well on its way to getting GamePad support for the Wii U.
February 10, 2014 12:21 PM
Here's a look at the overworld map featured in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
February 10, 2014 11:24 AM
Club Nintendo has updated their featured games for February, including Punch-Out!! and Super Mario RPG.
February 10, 2014 11:10 AM
Ubisoft's financial report for Q3 2013/14 is in and the Wii U accounts for less than 5% of total sales across all platforms.
February 10, 2014 9:45 AM
According to Ubisoft's financial Q3 conference call, Watch Dogs for Wii U is still in development but will be delayed.


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Islamabad (Web Desk): The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government has announced to increase the petroleum prices with immediate effect.
According to a notification issued by the Finance Division on Saturday, the price of petrol has been increased by Rs10.49 per litre after which the new price has jumped to Rs137.79 per litre.
The price of high speed diesel (HSD) has been enhanced by Rs12.44 per liter and will now cost Rs134.48 per liter.
The price of light-speed diesel was also jacked up by Rs8.84 and will now be sold for Rs108.35 per litre
Likewise, kerosene oil price has touched Rs110.26 after an increase of Rs10.95.
The increase in POL products has been notified a day after the government hiked power tariff by Rs1.39 per unit which would come into effect from next month.
The notification stated that oil prices in the international market had risen around $85 a barrel which was the highest since October 2018.
"Importantly, entire energy chain prices have witnessed a strong surge in the past couple of months due to higher demand for energy inputs and supply bottlenecks," it further stated.


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Progress Against Bed Bugs in NYC
We were heartened to see this article about bed bugs in New York City. It’s still a major problem but seems to be somewhat on the decline, in large part do to better consumer education and more proactive city regulations.
New York City launched an education portal about bed bugs. And new rules were put in place, such as requirements that mattresses be wrapped in plastic before being put outside for pick up. And landlords are now required to disclose to tenants problems with bed bugs in the past.
It’s paying off. Terminix does a bed bug city ranking and back in 2012 ranked New York as #3 down from #1 in 2010.
The battle is far from over. We at ZappBug continue to have many customers from New York City. But it is great to see that the overall trend of bed bug problems in NYC seems to be heading downwards, at least to an extent.
Lessons to be learned from New York are the importance of consumer education and the importance of city regulations that encourage responsible behavior in regards to bed bugs.


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Washington has also taken steps to crack down on copyright infringement. A joint campaign last fall by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security shut down the Web addresses of 82 sites that were said to offer counterfeit goods and pirated music and movie content. Near the end of the last Congress, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed a controversial bill that targets rogue websites.
The report said it excluded pornographic content, which typically comprises a large percentage of pirated works on the Internet, because it can be “difficult to discern” whether its copyright has been violated. However, Price noted that the percentage of global and U.S. Internet traffic that contains infringed content would be a lot higher if pornography was included.
NBC Universal said it asked Envisional to conduct the report so it could determine how big of a problem copyright infringement is and how much bandwidth pirated works soak up on the Internet. For the entertainment industry, today’s Envisional report provides more proof that online copyright infringement is a significant problem. In addition, it bolsters concerns of broadband providers about the misuse of Internet services to perpetrate illegal activity.
But similar research reports about online piracy have been deemed inaccurate and allegedly exaggerate the scope of the problem. A report released by online protection firm MarkMonitor in January found that Megavideo, Megaupload and RapidShare collectively received more than 21 billion visits annually. RapidShare immediately fired back against the report, picking at its methodology and arguing that it ignored the fact that “millions of customers use the service for perfectly legitimate purposes.”
To find the percentage of Internet traffic that consists of infringed works using BitTorrent, Price tracked the top 10,000 swarms — or groups of people downloading the same piece of content — individually via PublicBitTorrent, which acts as a traffic cop that pairs a user with someone who has the particular file they want to download. Of all the material in the top 10,000 swarms, Envisional found that around 99.2 percent infringed upon copyright laws.
Price is confident in the report’s methodology and is ready to defend it, if necessary.
“We’re looking forward to debating the methodology. There are some people within the anti-piracy world [who] are not going to take issue with it, but they’re going to want to understand the methodology very carefully,” said Price, adding that “ticking apart reports is one of my great pleasures.”


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TSSA General Secretary, Manuel Cortes, has said Ministers must act immediately to save Britain’s high street travel trade in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis.
Cortes, the boss of the travel and transport union, spoke out after writing to Business Secretary, Alok Sharma, (23rd March) outlining his concerns that the economic fallout from the pandemic posed ‘an existential threat to jobs and industry’ and calling for ‘urgent action’ saying ‘there is a real risk that travel shops on the high street will be a thing of the past’.
TSSA has now received a reply from Business Minister, Kwasi Kwarteng in which the Minister states ‘we encourage travel company owners to fully explore the Government’s comprehensive support package’ and ‘we are closely monitoring the impact on the travel industry’.
Commenting, Cortes said: “Warm words from the Minister, three months on from my letter simply does not do justice to the gravity of the situation. Our members, and those working right across the travel trade, need urgent action.
“From where I stand it looks as though the Government has its fingers in its ears over the plight of our travel trade which has been so badly hit by Covid-19. What we need to know, without delay, is what the plan is for the future of our British travel trade which is valued by many millions around our country.
“I am more than happy to work with Ministers on this. It is not enough to ‘monitor events’, it’s time to roll sleeves up, protect jobs, and get our travel trade back on its feet, otherwise we run the risk that travel shops on the high street will be a thing of the past.
“The past twelve months have seen the collapse of both Flybe and Thomas Cook due to lack of government action. Thomas Cook’s demise alone cost the taxpayer more than £150 million. With shoppers returning to our high streets it’s vital to learn the lessons from Thomas Cook to make sure travel shops flourish once more.”


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Alphabet has more than a dozen different businesses, but it's still an advertising company through-and-through, as this chart shows. (Click on it for a bigger version.)
The company reported fourth quarter earnings on Thursday, which revealed that it still makes 84 percent of its revenue from advertising, with 14.5 percent coming from the likes of its cloud unit and hardware, and 1.2 percent coming from its so-called Other Bets, like its Fiber internet service and Nest smart-home products.
Alphabet's stock fell after earnings, in part because investors are worried about the rising traffic acquisition costs and smaller margins at Google as more clicks have shifted to mobile and programmatic advertising.
CFO Ruth Porat tried to assure Wall Street that Alphabet is focused on building its "second wave of growth" through the cloud, hardware like its new smart speakers and Pixel phones, and YouTube. For the first time, Google provided some color on its cloud unit, saying that it now brings in $1 billion per quarter. That's perhaps more than expected, but still a long way from achieving the lofty goal that cloud guru Urs Hölzle stated several years back of turning Google into a cloud company by 2020.
Meanwhile, Porat said that Alphabet remains excited about its long-term bets like self-driving cars. Alphabet reeled in $1.2 billion from its "Other Bets" this year, while cutting its operating losses to $3.4 billion, down from $4.6 billion in 2016.
That revenue growth was primarily driven by Nest, Fiber, and Verily, Porat said, adding that Alphabet was able to drop its capex to $570 million from $1.4 billion in 2016 by reducing its investment in Fiber, the high-speed internet service that required it to dig up gardens.


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The May 2022 update for Microsoft's original Surface Duo improves the in-app camera experience in dual-screen modes.
Recent Surface Duo Stories
The April 2022 updates for the Surface Duo 2 and the original Surface Duo bring security fixes for the two dual-screen devices, but there are also some Miracast improvements for the older dual-screen device.
Microsoft has reportedly announced an internal reorganization earlier this week and created a new Android division under Chief Product Officer Panos Panay.
Microsoft has started rolling out new firmware updates for the original Surface Duo and the AMD-based Surface Laptop 3 which should offer notable system-specific improvements.
Microsoft has started rolling out the March 2022 update for the Surface Duo 2, and this month’s update only seems to bring security fixes with no other device-specific improvements.
The February 2022 firmware updates for the Surface Duo and Surface Duo 2 bring better system performance and stability on both devices, but the original Surface Duo is also getting support for the Your Phone "Apps" feature.
Microsoft has quietly started upgrading the original Surface Duo to Android 11, which is not the most recent version of Android.
Surface Duo and other dual-screen devices can now access Xbox Cloud Gaming touch controls on one screen and the game on the other.
Last year, Flutter lead Tim Sneath publicly reached out to Microsoft in an effort to get its support for Google’s cross-platform developer framework.
Microsoft reduced the price of the Surface Duo from $1399.99 to $999.99 this past week, and it will start selling the device in the UK on February 18.
Microsoft today announced that it will bring its Surface Duo folding Android device to four additional countries starting in 2021. For some reason.
As a technology enthusiast, I’m intrigued by foldable smartphones. But as a pragmatist, I’m not quite sure the value is there ... yet.
Microsoft's Surface Duo doesn't arrive for a couple more weeks but here is an early look at the hardware.
Earlier this week, Microsoft invited select journalists, bloggers, and MVPs to attend a virtual briefing for Surface Duo.
What is Microsoft’s real motivation for creating Surface Duo? And what does the future hold for a device that seems to lack a clear purpose?
At an expensive $1400, Microsoft’s Surface Duo is hard to justify. But let’s examine the firm’s rationalization for this product. Is it innovative or an also-ran?
$1399? Yikes. It looks like Surface Duo is going to set enthusiasts back a lot more than most probably anticipated.
With Microsoft expected to formally launch the Surface Duo in coming days, some promotional renders have leaked via Twitter.
It looks like Microsoft is getting ready to pull the new look and feel of the Microsoft Launcher Preview into the shipping product.
Microsoft has acquired the Finnish firm Movial, which had been working with it on the Android OS that will power Surface Duo.
It looks like the next-generation version of Microsoft Launcher that Microsoft previewed in January is finally heading to Beta as version 6.
Did anyone really think Surface Duo was going to be a flagship killer? Or just that it would deliver that special something that all Surface devices provide?
With Windows 10X and Surface Neo in flux, there have been some questions about the fate of Surface Duo, the dual-screen Android device.
Microsoft has released a preview version of a dual-screen layout control for Java and Kotlin developers targeting Surface Duo.
A new leaked video shows off Surface Duo's "Peak" feature that allows users to glance at notifications, teases potential date for the Spring Surface Event.
The Surface Duo isn’t a phone, Microsoft tells us. But you can download its, um, ringtone now from the USPTO website.
Microsoft is updating the Surface Duo SDK with support for drag-and-drop, macOS, Linux, Android Studio on Windows, and more.


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The automaker has announced pricing for the 2016 Subaru Forester.
Subaru has informed the price of its latest Starlink connected services and packages.
Subaru has shared pricing and details about two of the 2016 WRX offerings.
49 years passed from the point when Subaru has created its first Boxer engine.
To the luck of Subaru fans, the automaker’s XV Crosstrek and Crosstrek Hybrid offerings will be modernized with innovated technology.
Second generation of BRZ from Subaru would be produced in spite of unfavourable rumours.
2,500 GBP taken off the price of Subaru BRZ allows British customers to opt for the vehicle costing minimum ₤24,000.
Those eager customers dreaming of WRX hatchback may soon be rewarded.
The next Tribeca promises to be a really groundbreaking model in terms of powertrain.
The announced engine range for Subaru Legacy for model year 2015 has been enriched by recently reported additions.
Subaru has unveiled the new version of driver assistance device called EyeSight. It features cameras able to deliver a coloured image with prolonged signal and wider field of view.
A whole range of upgraded concepts of Levorg has been introduced. Among them is STI presented in Tokyo, the next wagon from Subaru.
At the today’s 2013 Tokyo Motor Show, Subaru uncovered its Levorg concept, a sporty wagon that will reach Japan next year but, regrettably, isn’t likely to arrive in the US.
2015 Subaru WRX fresh photo leaked today showing up the new model.
According to Subaru of America’s head of marketing, Dean Evans, the Japanese company is aiming to move 500,000 units per year by 2015 in North America.
The official website of Subaru Tecnica International (STI) in Japan has uploaded images teasing that the Subaru BRZ STI vehicle is “upcoming.”
First announced to be a BRZ STI vehicle, the Subaru BRZ tS has turned official in Japan with deliveries beginning right away.
Subaru has uncovered cost for the 2014 WRX and WRX STI vehicles, with the WRX 4-door beginning at $26,790 featuring a $795 destination and delivery fee.
Subaru has presented a limited edition Impreza WRX for the Japanese market, named the STI tS Type RA.


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Supremacy MMA sponsors Pulver’s upcoming bout at XFO 38 on January 22, 2011
Agoura Hills, CA – Global videogame publisher 505 Games and Los Angeles Videogame Developer Kung Fu Factoryannounced today that former UFC lightweight champion Jens Pulver will lend his hard-earned image and story to Supremacy MMA, coming this summer to Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system.
“I was there during the early days of MMA and came up when things were just out of control crazy, so stories like mine are perfect for a game that’s taking things back old school like Supremacy MMA,” said Pulver. “The truth is there are thousands of fighters out there struggling for a shot, whether they fight underground, amateur or at the highest levels of the sport. They’re doing it, and Supremacy MMA tells those kinds of stories, so I’m glad that this is the game I get to be a part of.”
Pulver will lend his likeness and backstory to the game, as well as serve as a combat and story consultant. Jens Pulver will fight January 22nd at XFO 38 in Chicago, IL. The event will be sponsored by Supremacy MMA.
“Supremacy MMA is as much about telling the fighter’s story as it is about delivering blistering-fast gameplay that’s as brutal as the real thing, so we knew we had to get Jens for our game,” said Ian Howe, president of 505 Games. “His climb through the ranks of the underground into the pro spotlight and his willingness to continue to fight regardless of what title he bears exemplifies the fighter’s heart that Supremacy MMA portrays.”
“After spending years working on MMA and fighting titles ranging from the original UFC game for Dreamcast to UFC Undisputed 2009, Supremacy MMA is definitely the game the team has always wanted to make and Kung Fu Factory is beyond excited to have Jens be a part of it,” said Ricci Rukavina, co-founder and executive producer, Kung Fu Factory. “Because we’ve shaped our own underground world, we’re able to have total creative freedom. We’re excited to go beyond the television screen to tell stories like Jens – real fighters, who have made a difference in the sport, peoples lives and beyond.
An outspoken fighter and avid gamer, Pulver single-handedly put the lightweight division on the map for UFC, fighting above his weight category for years before the UFC all but created the lightweight class for him. He went on to dominate at his true fighting weight, winning three UFC championship titles.
Supremacy MMA brings the brutality of unsanctioned, amateur and unlicensed MMA fighting to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 systems, favoring fast-and-furious gameplay and underground aesthetics over official branding and television-style presentation. The game raises the bar in the MMA space by bringing an unprecedented level of fast, fluid combat, intuitive controls and true-to-the-sport brutality, telling the story of up-and-coming fighters in their quest for supremacy.
For more information on Supremacy MMA, visit www.supremacymma.com, and be sure to follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/supremacymma and Twitter www.twitter.com/supremacymma
About 505 Games
Based in Los Angeles, CA, 505 Games (U.S.) is the North American division of 505 Games, a global videogame publisher. The U.S. operations launched in May, 2008 to bring quality interactive entertainment to North America on all game platforms including Microsoft Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 system, PlayStation 3 system, PSP, Nintendo Wii and DS, as well as PC, online, and mobile. The company’s management team hails from the leaders in global entertainment including major motion picture studios, videogame publishers and leading game development studios. With the company’s deep experience and proven success in interactive entertainment worldwide, 505 Games is looking to drive the industry forward with innovative game experiences that integrate next generation game play, immersive stories and integrated brands that can take the business to a new level. The company offers a broad selection of videogame titles in all genres for players of all ages.
For more information on 505 Games and its products please visit www.505games.com
About Kung Fu Factory
An independent videogame developer driven to bring its seasoned perspective of combat and violence to the interactive entertainment world, the Kung Fu Factory team consists of leading game and technology experts best known for their collective work on titles like the original UFC (Dreamcast), The Warriors, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, Scarface, True Crime and most recently UFC Undisputed 2009. Founded by industry veterans and childhood friends Daryl Pitts and Ricci Rukavina, KFF’s primaries have worked in the industry for nearly two decades.
For more information on Kung Fu Factory, please visit www.kungfufactory.com


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SoftBank Vision Fund
, the technology investor founded by Masayoshi Son
, is in talks to invest directly in India's Flipkart
Online Services Pvt, according to people familiar with the matter, after talks to fold SoftBank-backed Snapdeal
into Flipkart fell apart.
The fund is looking at putting between $1.5 billion and $2 billion into the largest Indian e-commerce operator within the next two months, said one of the people, asking to not be identified as the discussions are private. About half the money would go to Tiger Global Management
, which wants to sell part of its Flipkart stake, while the rest of the funds would go to Flipkart, the person said.
The Vision Fund was founded by Son, chairman of SoftBank Group Corp., but operates as a separate entity. The prospective Flipkart investment comes after Snapdeal, which was backed by SoftBank directly, on Monday spurned a merger proposal from Flipkart to pursue a future as a standalone company. The Japanese company has largely written off its investment in Snapdeal.
Flipkart was valued at $11.6 billion in April after EBay Inc., Tencent Holdings Ltd
. and Microsoft Corp
. together invested $1.4 billion. Adding investment from the deep-pocketed Vision Fund would help the Indian company compete with Amazon.com Inc., which has said it plans to invest at least $5 billion in its India operations.
SoftBank has been an enthusiastic supporter of e-commerce in developing markets. The company’s investment in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. started with $20 million in 2000. Its stake in the Chinese company is now worth more than $100 billion.
Flipkart did not respond to an email seeking comment while a SoftBank spokeswoman declined to comment saying SoftBank Vision Fund independently evaluates each investment on its own merit.


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TerraVia, a next-generation food, nutrition and specialty ingredients company and pioneer in algae innovation, announces that its AlgaVia Protein-Rich Whole Algae continues to gain traction among leading food manufacturers and pioneering plant-based brands.
Riverside Bakery, part of the Addo Food Group, is a manufacturer of pastry products based in Nottingham. Addo Food Group includes six sites in the UK, after obtaining the chilled savoury pastry division of Kerry Foods
The Cheesecake Factory ’s famous Pumpkin Cheesecake and Pumpkin Pecan Cheesecake are back in season early this year
Dana Dairy Group, market leading condensed milk manufacturer and sweetened condensed milk supplier announced today the expansion of its production of SCM to meet growing worldwide demands and requirements
AAK announced on July 15, 2016 its entry into an agreement to acquire California Oils Corporation. The company, also known as CalOils, is based in Richmond, California and is the leading vegetable oils company on the U.S. West Coast


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How Drugs Are Sold on the Dark Web Federal authorities announced last week several arrests, charges, and guilty pleas from a joint operation. Drugs make up two thirds of all offers on the dark web. Whether heroin, LSD or cannabis - these illegal intoxicants can often only be found on a. The UN recognized the dark web in its 2022 World Drug Report as an The German police, for example, seized 320 kilos of drugs when it. And the suspects were charged with running darknet vendor accounts on the dark web. Meaning they cartel market darknet were selling narcotics online. In an article for Vice, Gavin Butler reported that 15 of 2022 Global Drug Survey participants used darknet marketplaces to buy drugs. Whilst a great many products are sold, drugs dominate the numbers of listings, with the drugs including cannabis, MDMA, modafinil, LSD, cocaine, and designer.
DrugsOn the DarkNet: HowCryptomarkets Are Transforming theGlobal Tradein Illicit Drugs. Ba Macmillan, 2022. According to Global Drugs Survey, cartel link the percentage of purchases has more than doubled over the past five years. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Fig. 47 Minimum sales on 19 cartel darknet marketplace major darknet markets during their lifespans, 2022April 2022 2 Millions of dollars 0. There are now around 50 online marketplaces on the 'dark web' that trade illegal drugs, novel psychoactive substances (NPS), prescription drugs and other. For thousands of customers and dealers around the world, the marketplace for narcotics has gone digital and entered the dark web. Most people don't think about the dark web as common place where people score drugs. However, it's much eaiser than you think. Learn more.
Chester Anderson, the alleged boss of a dark web drug-peddling ring, will serve a nine-year prison sentence. Steven Hirsch. The Justice Department says those arrested were involved in tens of thousands of illegal online drug sales in the darknet cannazon market drugs. and other countries. Already a billion-dollar illicit drug industry, Darknet drug revenue has surpassed pre-pandemic levels, with much of the sales occurring on. Drugs on the Dark Net: How cartel darknet market Cryptomarkets are Transforming the Global Trade in Illicit Drugs Martin, J. on darknet drugs. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. By A Afilipoaie 2022 Cited by 18 The growing trade in narcotics being sold over the Tor Dark Net is causing academics, law enforcement and policy makers to reassess the impact of ICT technology. DrugsOn the DarkNet: HowCryptomarkets Are Transforming theGlobal Tradein Illicit Drugs. Ba Macmillan, 2022.
The operation, dubbed "Dark cannazon market link HunTor," led to the cannazon market url arrest of drug have turned to the darknet than ever before to buy drugs," she said. So far, the engine can search the listings of eight dark web marketplaces, including SilkRoad2, the second incarnation of the infamous drug. By R Damien Cited by 97 Darknet markets, also known as cryptomarkets, are websites located on the Darknet and designed to allow the trafficking of illicit products, mainly drugs. Drug trade moves from street to web. There are many others like Liam. They're shopping for drugs on the so-called dark net, accessible not through traditional. These concerns are even greater for those that intentionally access the dark web and cryptomarkets, which are darknet websites with goods for sale. A long-term. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 20 darknet drugs darknet drugs 15 darknet drugs 10 darknet drugs 5 1 0 February to February to July 2022 July 2022 (largest darknet market: Silk Road).
To the best of our knowledge, the proposed dStyle-GAN represents the first principled GAN-based solution over graphs to simultaneously consider writing and photography styles as well as their latent distributions for node representation darknet drugs learning. The paper, Predicting Drug Demand with Wikipedia Views: Evidence from Darknet Marketsby Sam Miller, Abeer ElBahrawy, Martin Dittus, Joss Wright, and Mark Graham is published by The Web Conference. While authorities did not explicitly call out Dream Market, they did release a video report detailing the operation and showing authorities scrolling through the dark net market giant. Apollon remains online and is accepting Bitcoin deposits while all vendors are locked out. One of the first obvious sign is that you can not contact their admins or support team before purchasing, it says that you need to purchase first. It is for these reasons that every obliged entity should institute rigorous KYC policies. The reason why it is so important to use these services is because they are much more effective at finding those dark web links than regular search engines. Many of the links present in The Hidden Wiki are of dubious (if not criminal) nature. He went on to lead a global team within IBM that was darknet drugs responsible for major system integrator partnerships.
“Jose Robert Porras III, 21, and Pasia Vue, 23, both of Sacramento who operated darknet drugs on several darknet markets including Trade Route, Wall Street Market, and Dream Market. While the seizure could strengthen the resolve of some users, others could be more hostile or suspicious.”
People with a lot darknet drugs of experience can always do their best to determine if what they are buying is real based on technical information and demos but some of these ‘vendors’ are very clever and very sneaky. The difference is, on the darknet you get to keep your privacy while purchasing items that Amazon can’t supply. Like every other Darknet Market, White House Market too has its list of Pros and Cons. If one is empty (no funds) then provide the private key. Dream Market was the biggest marketplace after the takedown of Alphabay and Hansa Market in 2017, until the admins announced they were shutting it down by the end of April 2019. Important Note: We do not use referral links or receive payments from any darkweb market. Logistics may fail due to different reasons and actors involved in the associated figurations.
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At LDF we're helping retailers make sure they get there Christmas deliveries done in time! In the last year, there has been a 22% surge in investment in fleets of trucks, vans and other commercial vehicles as the rise of e-commerce leads to increased investment in delivery services.
Data from the Finance and Leasing Association shows that the value of asset finance used by businesses to fund commercial vehicles has risen from £4.9 billion to £5.9 billion in the last year (year-end October 31).
As e-commerce and m-commerce take a bigger slice of the retail sector, rising demand for delivery services is leading to increased investment in delivery vehicles by high street retailers, as well as the logistics services that deliver for online retail giants like Amazon and ASOS.
Retail businesses have now come to terms with the UK's 'retail revolution', and are now investing in the delivery vehicles that will allow them to compete in the online market, and keep delivery times within customers’ expectations.
Peter Alderson, our Managing Director, says:
“No retail business that targets long-term growth can afford to ignore online sales, and any major retailer without a significant online presence is already playing catchup. That has led to a big surge in investment in delivery vehicles over the past 12 months.”
"Consumers now expect their purchases to be delivered within a day or two, and a wait of a week for delivery might mean a customer goes elsewhere to buy. Retailers that have a reputation for quick delivery have a definite advantage in the online market."
Financing can be a cost-effective option for businesses that rely heavily on vehicles, as it provides for immediate use of the vehicles, while the cost is spread over a period of years.
Peter says: "Commercial vehicle finance means that retail businesses can avoid having to make substantial lump-sum investments that impact on cash flow, while still accessing the vehicles their businesses need to make the most of their online presence."


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New Jersey will now allow an electric car manufacturer to sell its vehicles directly to consumers. That’s a change from a policy adopted within the state just one year ago.
Pedestrian traffic is bumper to bumper for Philadelphia’s Auto Show. All those attendees translate into big bucks at area dealerships.
Officials say the scams involve callers who use sophisticated computer technology called “caller ID spoofing,” which is illegal, to mask their true identify to defraud consumers.
A plan to fight childhood obesity may be making some inroads, thanks to a companies that package food and consumers who buy it.
A consumer specialist offers tips on what to look out for when deciding what plan may work best for you and your wallet.
The Credit Card Act passed by Congress last year was supposed to protect consumers from being hit with high fees and rising interest rates. But apparently it’s still a work in progress.


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Chances seem to be improving that the Rover Mini will actually go on sale in Canada, but not until sometime in 2001 at the earliest.
It seems that one of the biggest roadblocks to bringing the car to Canada went away with the move of Vic Doolan from BMW's U.S. operation to head Ford's new upscale brands division in North Amercia.
The former president of BMW Canada was not too enthusiastic about selling the new Mini in the U.S., sources inside the company's U.S. operation tell me, and no U.S. distribution would virtually have ruled out any hope of the car being sold here.
Now, the likelihood is growing that BMW's board of management will in the next couple of months approve the Mini for North America. At the same time, there seems little hope that the Rover 75 sedan that was also under consideration will ever cross the Atlantic.
If Mini does arrive in Canada, it will be the most high-spec, high-performance car in the segment, which is generally pretty low-priced and low-interest. BMW hopes to change that with a car that will as exciting and revolutionary as the original Mini was some 40 years ago.
The exterior style will closely match the Mini that was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, 1997, apparently, but the interior design is still not set.


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The games industry is expected to hit the $100 billion mark in just a few years, according to a newly revised forecast from DFC Intelligence, which predicts that the rise of mobile will lead the industry to hit $100 billion worldwide just for software alone by 2018.
DFC said that software revenue in 2014 should be around $64 billion globally, but the dedication of the core gaming crowd combined with the fast growing mobile market is leading to faster growth. "The new console systems are doing well but much of the predicted growth is on mobile platforms and in BRIC countries. What we are seeing is a game market in 2018 that is likely to be split fairly evenly between console, PC and mobile platforms," said DFC analyst David Cole.
DFC expects the mobile game market to jump from $10 billion in 2013 to $29 billion in 2018, representing 30 percent of total game software revenue. The research firm had previously been predicting a mobile software figure of $17 billion in 2018. Of course, even with continued growth, the mobile games sector is filled with discovery and monetization challenges for developers.
"The challenge with mobile games is that even as it grows it remains very fragmented and overcrowded. Companies need to be very cautious about their platform strategy and understand which markets and platforms are suitable for their particular product," added DFC analyst Jeremy Miller.
Looking at the console sector, DFC noted that it's also raised its forecast for the PlayStation 4 and Wii U, but interestingly lowered its forecast for the Xbox One despite Microsoft's move to reduce price by unbundling the Kinect camera. "The Xbox One should carve out a solid share among dedicated action gamers, but due to some questionable business decisions Microsoft's broader entertainment strategy is in disarray despite the release of the new $399 Kinect-less SKU," Cole said.
In other words, DFC doesn't see PS4 losing its market share lead any time soon. "The main question is can Sony continue to build on initial PS4 sales to build an installed base similar to what they had with the PlayStation 2," asked Cole.
Overall, it would appear that companies' renewed interest in the core market is paying off. "We are now tracking hardware and software spending separately. Core gamer spending on high-end PCs, dedicated game devices and accessories is starting to soar. When you add in mobile devices the impact of the gaming consumer on total hardware spending is huge,” said Cole. "The influence this spending will have will have a bearing on all major players in the consumer electronics space.”


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May. 23, 2012 (China Knowledge) - Hong Kong
's composite consumer price index (CPI) rose 4.7% YoY last month, slightly lower than the 4.9% increase in March, according to the latest report released by the Census and Statistics Department.
The department said that the smaller growth was mainly due to the raising ceiling of rates concession from HK$1,500 per quarter for each rateable property to HK$2,500 starting from April 2012.
Excluded the effects of the government's one-off relief measures, the city's underlying inflation rate was steady at 5.6% in April.
Food prices in Hong Kong, which took up one-third of the total CPI, climbed 8.8% last month. The prices of housing, which have one-third weight in the total CPI, rose 7.2% YoY. Meanwhile, there were a Y-o-Y increase of 5.8% in the prices of meals bought away from home, 3.7% increase in transport, 3.4% increase in miscellaneous services and 3.3% increase in the prices of clothing and footwear but a decline of 18.2% in the prices of electricity, gas and water largely as a result of the government's electricity charge subsidy.
The prices of durable goods fell 0.5% YoY in April.
In the first four months of this year, the composite CPI rose by 5.1% over a year earlier.
A government spokesman said that inflation is likely to come down in the coming months as domestic and external price pressures have been receding amid a more difficult economic environment and slower inflation in the region.


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The non-oil export sector of the economy can revive the Nigeria’s economy if adequately explored, even as we continue to witness the free fall of revenue from oil resources caused by the glut in global prices.
Executive Director/CEO, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) Mr. Olusegun Awolowo spoke at a two-day integrated workshop on Techniques of Non-oil Export Project Formulation and Implementation for State Committees on Export Promotion (SCEP) in Kaduna.
The CEO said: “Nigeria has the potential to be among the first top 10 net exporters of agricultural commodities given its abundant human and natural resources – spread across the length and breadth of this country.”
Awolowo, who was represented by Mr Olajide Ibrahim, a Director in the Office of the CEO, said that though Nigeria is presently the world’s largest producer of seven agricultural export commodities, the position does not reflect in the global trade stage, implying that the country is deprived of requisite world market share from these products.
He added that the council in its avowed effort to make the non-oil export sector a commanding contributor to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would deploy its capacity, expertise and reach to promote the diversification of the economy, in line with government’s economic agenda.
Nevertheless, the chief executive explained that the current situation did not meet the council unprepared, as key strategies have been mapped out for diversifying the economy.
For instance, NEPC is currently advocating the development of One-State-One-Product (OSOP) – an initiative geared at establishing one non-oil export product per state as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The OSOP takes into cognisance the products where states have comparative and competitive advantage in terms of production and commercialisation, as the focus for development and promotion for exports.
Throwing more light, Mr Ibrahim said the Kaduna forum for state committees on Export Promotion, planned for the Northwest, Northeast and Northcentral States was a follow-up to an earlier one held in Lagos in April 2015.
SCEPs are a creation from the NEPC enabling Act, which made provision for the establishment of the committees in 36 states of the Federation and Abuja – with the primary aim of assisting in the promotion of non-oil exports at the grassroots.
On the slight decrease in Nigeria’s non-oil export earnings between the 2013 and 2014 figure (about nine per cent decrease), Ibrahim said the decrease came as a result of challenges from inadequate infrastructure, crisis in World oil prices, insurgency and few other known unfavourable economic indices.
But he advised on the imperative to have a strong synergy and commitment between the public-private Sector and other relevant stakeholders for the non-oil export sector to achieve and attain its desirable heights.
Over 70 participants comprising Permanent Secretaries of states’ Ministry of Trade and Commerce, directors of the Ministries, representatives of City Chambers of Commerce, leaderships of Organised Private Sectors and Commodity bodies such as All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) attended the workshop.
Participants promised to collaborate with NEPC to realise the potentials of the non-oil export sector and ensure an increase in foreign exchange earnings apart from job creation and poverty alleviation.


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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Many young couples have married in a unique way, mainly unique because of its outlandish ideas or the simplicity of its concept such as the recent wedding of known beauty vlogger Suhay Salim.
Her marriage was announced online displaying an image of Suhay and her husband at the Religious Affairs Office (KUA) on Sunday, December 2.
However, the striking thing about the photo Suhay uploaded is that there was nothing visually striking about it and it rather showed a more casual nuance.
Suhay Salim was more than happy to share her moment of happiness where both wore casual outfits such as a pair of jeans under a tee and blazer. Same goes to her husband who wore a blue collar shirt on top of casual pants.
The following are 3 other unique weddings that took place in 2018:
1. Online Wedding
Khailee Ng and Elisa Khong both got married online on Sunday, November 18, 2018. Khailee, managing partner at 500 Startups in Silicon Valley which has risen to 1,800 startups in 60 countries. While Elisa Khong is the Executive Director of China Overseas Petroleum Corporation and volunteer at Kechara Soup Kitchen.
Both conducted a virtual wedding party known as cloud wedding and invited guests to witness their wedding online, which in this case had hundreds of guests arriving online from 35 countries.
2. Fashion Show
Young aspiring designer Dominique Nadine married Joseph Immanuel at the Cathedral Church in Central Jakarta on September 8. Their wedding party had a fashion show entitled “The Dominion”, inspired by the hit series Game of Thrones.
3. Sumpah Pemuda (Youth Pledge)
Upon welcoming the Youth Pledge day in Yogyakarta, Friday, October 26. The Ta’aruf Indonesia forum (Fortais) Yogyakarta held a unique wedding procession where couples Sophi Arifudin and Suyani got married in the midst of a furniture and handicraft exhibition Sophi Arifudin dan Suyani. The newly-weds also voiced the youth pledge after they tied the knot.
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Orica Limited (ASX:ORI) released its half year results for month ending 31 March 2020.
- Total AN product volumes was up by 4% at 1.95mt
- EBIT was up by 2% at $309 million or 5% after adjusting for China business structure change despite bushfires and COVID-19.
- Statutory NPAT stood at $165 million compared to $33 million in pcp.
- Group gearing was at 33.7% reflecting strong balance sheet and liquidity position
- Unfranked interim dividend was declared of 16.5 cents per share payable on 8 July 2020, representing a 40% payout ratio.
90% of the company’s volumes remains intact following COVID-19 with limited impact in Australia and USA that are its major regions.


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Samsung is currently holding a promotion where if you purchase a Galaxy S7, S7 edge, S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge+, or Note 5, you’ll get an email to receive a free Gear VR headset. This will help in getting your toes into the world of virtual reality of they aren’t already there.
In addition, you’ll also receive six games from the Oculus store free of charge, so that way you have a starting point with your new VR get-up.
This isn’t the first time Samsung has held this promotion. Earlier in the year, the company offered the same perks to preorderers of the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge to boost sales, something I’m sure worked. Now, the company’s back at it again and willing to have potential customers pick up one of their recent offerings and not necessarily the latest flagship while still get a free Gear VR.
After you make your purchase over on Samsung’s website, you’ll receive an email to confirm that it’s you who made the transaction and want a free Gear VR. Then, all you have to do is click on one special link and boom! You’ve got yourself a premium Samsung VR experience!
You’ve only got until Father’s Day, June 19th, to take advantage of this deal, so act fast!


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Samsung's earnings rebound in third quarter
Samsung Electronics reported its highest profit in two years in the third quarter as sales rebounded significantly across all businesses — semiconductors, smartphones and other consumer electronics — thanks to robust demand for electronic devices during the pandemic and the Trump administration's sanctions on rival Huawei.
The smartphone and network equipment divisions delivered particularly good results between July and September, reporting 4.45 trillion won ($3.92 billion) in operating profit, a 52.4 percent increase over a year earlier and the highest since the first quarter of 2014.
The IT & Mobile Communications division's operating profit was 36 percent of the total operating profit of 12.35 trillion won announced Thursday.
The division benefited from strong sales of 5G-enabled smartphones and sales of 5G network equipment. 5G smartphone sales increased 50 percent compared to the previous quarter.
Samsung Electronics signed a 7.9-trillion-won deal to provide network equipment to U.S. telecommunications company Verizon in September, one of the largest orders ever signed by the tech company.
Huawei is the top producer of network equipment, but the U.S. government has ordered American companies not to use Huawei-produced gear due to security concerns.
5G was one of the business areas prioritized by vice chairman and acting company leader Lee Jae-yong two years ago, along with artificial intelligence, bio pharmaceuticals and chips and electronic components for autonomous driving and electric vehicles.
The 12.35-trillion-won operating profit, which was in line with a preliminary report announced earlier this month, was a 58.8 percent increase over a year ago and the best earnings since the third quarter of 2018.
Its net profit was 9.36 trillion won, up 48.9 percent from a year earlier.
Sales grew 8 percent on year and 26.4 percent on quarter to reach 66.96 trillion won.
The chip business had a stellar performance, bringing in 5.54 trillion won in operating profit, up 81.6 percent over a year earlier. The company reported higher demand for memory chips, the key driver of profit, and non-memory products such as processors and image sensors for outside customers.
“The memory business posted solid earnings as healthy demand for mobile and PC products led to higher-than-expected shipments, outweighing the impact of lower memory chip prices,” Samsung said in a statement.
“The System LSI Business also saw profit rising due to demand for mobile phone components, while the foundry business benefited from increased orders for high-performance computing [HPC] chips and other applications,” it said.
Looking ahead, demand for server dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips is expected to remain weak in the fourth quarter, while that for mobile DRAMs will be solid.
The consumer electronics division saw a 183.6 percent jump in operating profit as people stuck at home during the pandemic shelled out on high-end televisions, projectors and other home appliances, spending that was suppressed during the early pandemic period.
Samsung said the pandemic continued to pose challenges down the road.
The company invested 8.4 trillion won in the third quarter, of which 6.6 trillion won went towards semiconductors.
“This year’s capital expenditures on the memory business will exceed last year’s due to migrations to advanced process nodes and capacity expansion to address future demand,” it said.
“Annual investment in the foundry business is also expected to increase as the company expands production capacity, including the 5-nanometer extreme ultraviolet [EUV] lithography facility.”
BY PARK EUN-JEE [firstname.lastname@example.org]


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July 1, 2014
A recap of the week’s biggest Bitcoin stories from the perspectives of the best sources for e-currency news around the web
The U.S. government held a bitcoin auction on Friday, June 27th. According to MarketWatch, the government’s supply of digital currency was in high demand, with 63 total registered bids. Individuals interested in the auction include SecondMarket’s Barry Silbert, Coinbase’s Fred Ehrsam, Pantera Capital, and Circle. According to Bloomberg, the total worth of the bitcoin auctioned off was $17.4M.
Stripe CTO Greg Brockman stated this week that he believed bitcoin could serve as “something that can help connect the world’s financial systems in a way that we cannot today,” CoinDesk reports. At the Bitcoin Finance conference in Dublin, Brockman will speak of the need to connect the online currency with the average consumer and the role it could have in the mainstream. The San Francisco-based company has been testing bitcoin payments since March.
According to a report, MasterCard has filed a patent and will be looking to utilize bitcoin in its global online shopping cart. Specifically, the company has classified the currency under “non-traditional modes or sources of payment.” Gemalto, Visa, and Western Union have also previously sought patent protection for digital currency.
On July 28th, New York job seekers convened at the Bitcoin Job Fair to network. It was reported that employers at the event were interested in potential employees with different skill sets and saw the event as a sign that bitcoin is entering the mainstream. Interestingly, job seekers at the event were also interested in finding positions that would pay them in bitcoin. The latest job fair came eight weeks after San Francisco’s own Bitcoin Job Fair.
Kuwait Financial Centre, also known as Markaz, released a report last week that held bitcoin as capable of boosting e-commerce in the Middle East, CoinDesk reports. The report, titled, ‘Disruptive Technology: Bitcoins, Currency Reinvented?’ offered an introduction to bitcoin intended for investors in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The report highlighted the compatibility of the online currency with the region’s youthful demographic and high smartphone volume.
According to TechCrunch, the online currency is now being used in conjunction with social media for the purpose of extorting money. The combination of the two online resources enables extortionists to remain anonymous while making their demands. A recent victim of the fraud includes a Domino’s pizzeria in France.
In lighter bitcoin news, NewsBTC reports that the curreny has received yet another celebrity endorsement. Ashton Kutcher, best known for his work on Fox and CBS sitcoms That ’70s Show and Two and a Half Men, recently stated on Quora that purchasing bitcoin, along with “fractional shares of blue chip stocks,” was a smart way to invest $25. Kutcher’s public endorsement of the online currency is another sign that bitcoin is entering the mainstream.
A new California law has removed a ban on currencies other than the US dollar, freeing Bitcoin and other non-traditional currencies for usage in the state, PCWorld reports. The new bill shall repeal Section 107, which previously prohibited “a corporation, flexible purpose corporation, association, or individual form issuing or putting in circulation, as money, anything but the lawful money of the United States” (CA.gov).
The Internal Revenue Service stated on June 30th that they would not be “requiring that digital (or virtual) currency accounts be reported on an FBAR at this time,” Forbes.com reports. Currently, the FBAR, or Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts, considers financial accounts to include various types of bank accounts, insurance policies, securities, and mutual funds. However, despite there being such a larger number of different bank and financial accounts that require reporting, the IRS does not require that Bitcoin be filed at this time. That being said, the organization did state that it “may consider requiring such accounts to be reported in the future.”
ABC Australia News reports that the Australian Tax Office will not rule on the status of bitcoin for the time being. Currently, bitcoin is considered neither currency nor property. As a result, Australian businesses must move forward without knowing what taxes they may face later on. Knowing the importance such a decision could mean for future Australian regulations, ABC Australia finds the ATO is currently balancing the technicalities of the ruling along with the suspicion that individuals may be using bitcoin to avoid paying taxes.


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SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The Ford F-150 is the top-selling new vehicle of 2011, while the Honda Accord is the best selling used car of the year, reports Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information. Edmunds.com’s review of 2011 car sales also found that the Nissan Leaf flew off dealer lots faster than any other vehicle this year, and that Saab offered the best discounts to consumers in 2011, even as the brand fought to delay its inevitable demise.
“History will remember 2011 as a resilient year for the auto industry,” said Edmunds.com Chief Economist Lacey Plache. “Both automakers and consumers faced down a range of economic obstacles throughout 2011, and even as sales slumped dramatically through the summer, the industry battled back to finish strong and with momentum going into 2012.”
New and Used Car Sales
New car and truck sales this year are expected to come in to around 12.8 million vehicles, a healthy improvement over the 11.6 million vehicles sold in 2010. As was the case last year, the Ford F-150 is poised to take home the new vehicle sales crown for 2011, holding off its top competitor Chevy Silverado 1500. The Toyota Camry once again held the top spot as the best-selling new car in 2011, while the Nissan Altima and Ford Escape round out the list of the top five selling vehicles.
2011 Best-Selling New and Used Car Models
New Car Models
Used Car Models
Chevrolet Silverado 1500
Chevrolet Silverado 1500
Dodge Ram Pickup 1500
BMW 3 Series
“There are a lot of ‘usual suspects’ on 2011’s best-selling new cars list, but two vehicles that don’t appear in the top ten – the Honda Civic and the Honda CR-V – are the real story this year,” said Edmunds.com Senior Analyst Michelle Krebs. “The Civic and CR-V are two powerhouses in their segments and they suffered the most from short supply and subsequent high prices following the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in March. Look for these two vehicles to regain at least some of their footing in the U.S. in 2012.”
Despite Honda’s well-documented setbacks in the new car market this year the automaker did not miss a beat in the used car market. The Honda Accord repeated last year’s title as the top-selling used car in America. The Honda Civic also held firm at #5. The F-150, Camry and Silverado 1500 also maintained their places in the top five.
Every year there are some cars that dealers just can’t sell fast enough. Edmunds.com tracks these vehicles with its Days-to-Turn (DTT) metric, which discloses how long it takes a car to be sold once it hits the dealer lots. In 2011, the vehicle with the shortest DTT was the electric Nissan Leaf, which had just an average 11-day shelf life at Nissan dealerships. Another green vehicle – the Lexus CT 200h – also worked to keep up with demand: the luxury hybrid hatchback averaged just 14 days to turn since it became available to consumers in March.
“With gas prices peaking at almost $4.00 a gallon earlier this year, it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that an electric vehicle and a hybrid were the two hottest vehicles of 2011,” said Edmunds.com Analyst Ivan Drury. “Gas prices probably had a lot to do with the Hyundai Elantra appearing high on this list, too. Lots of consumers who couldn’t afford a hybrid or EV turned to small, fuel-efficient cars when it looked like gas prices were spiraling upward.”
Models with Lowest Average Days to Turn (DTT)
Lexus CT 200h
Luxury brands dominated the list of the hottest-selling vehicles, claiming six of the top eight spots with an average DTT all under 20 days. The average 2011 DTT industry-wide through November was 52 days.
Swedish automotive brand Saab came into the year hanging by a thread. But before that thread snapped earlier this week, Saab made a strong effort to win buyers by offering the biggest average discounts off MSRP (14.33 percent) of any automotive brand this year. Even with the push on, discounts Saab managed to sell just 5,300 vehicles through November.
Auto Brands with Highest Discount Percent
Average of Discount off MSRP*
U.S. automakers maintained their reputation this year as the most incentives-oriented brands, claiming seven of the ten highest average discount percentages. Dodge (13.87%), Chevrolet (13.87%) and Ford (13.77%) were all in the top four spots. For the industry as a whole, car buyers saved an average of 11.6 percent off MSRP this year, down from 13.3 percent in 2010.
At the other end of the spectrum, foreign makes comprised the list of lowest average discounts in 2011. Fiat re-emerged in the U.S. market this year, and shoppers looking to drive the same car as Jennifer Lopez had little to no chance paying much less than the MSRP, with the average discount at just 0.45 percent. Scion (3.31%), Porsche (3.63%), and smart (4.53%) followed with the least flexibility on discounts.
Auto Brands with Lowest Discount Percent
Average of Discount off MSRP*
About Edmunds.com, Inc. (http://www.edmunds.com/help/
Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, launched in 1995 as the first automotive information Web site. Its revered mobile site and five-star app makes car pricing and other research tools available for car shoppers at dealerships and otherwise on the go. Its automotive enthusiast Web site, InsideLine.com, is the most-read car publication of its kind. Its highly regarded mobile site and app features the wireless Web’s highest quality car photos and videos. Edmunds.com Inc. is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, and maintains a satellite office in suburban Detroit. Follow Edmunds.com on Twitter@edmunds and like Edmunds.com on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/


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