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Consumer Prices Surged In June
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The cost of living keeps going up. The Labor Department said this morning that consumer prices in June were 5.4% higher than they were a year ago. That's the highest rate of annual inflation since 2008. And within the past year, prices jumped almost a full percentage point in just one month from May to June. The spike comes as the economy is roaring back from the pandemic recession, but some of the big contributors to recent price spikes may be easing up. NPR's Scott Horsley joins us now. Hi, Scott.
SCOTT HORSLEY, BYLINE: Good morning.
PFEIFFER: And Scott, I think many people have experienced this sticker shock of all sorts of consumer items. I recently overheard someone saying he paid $98 for a piece of plywood. So what are - why are we seeing this runup in prices?
HORSLEY: Yeah, it's a lot of demand and not enough supply. As we emerge from our pandemic cocoons, consumers are spending freely, and a lot of businesses are having trouble keeping up. That's a recipe for higher prices. We're seeing higher prices for gasoline, for transportation, for food. One thing that really jumps out in today's report is the price of used cars and trucks. That's been a big driver of inflation for several months now. And it's really a byproduct of the lack of new cars on the market.
We've talked a lot about the semiconductor shortage that's been dogging the automakers this year. Economist Jonathan Smoke, who's with Cox Automotive, says carmakers have also had to contend with that deep freeze in Texas during the winter that cut into plastic production, as well as recent flooding in Michigan.
JONATHAN SMOKE: It's just been a series of perfect storm events that have prevented the new vehicle production from getting back to normal. And while that supply has been challenged, we've had surging demand.
HORSLEY: Used car and truck prices jumped 10 1/2% between May and June, and that accounted for more than a third of total inflation last month.
HORSLEY: That's right. Smoke's been keeping an eye on the wholesale market for used cars. That's where a lot of dealers buy the vehicles that then show up on their lots. And those prices topped out about four weeks ago, and they've been coming down since then. Assuming the retail market follows suit, we should see used car and truck prices decline in the second half of this year, which would help to reverse some of the inflationary pressure. Smoke says you can already see less frenzied buying in the wholesale auto auctions, and there are more cars to choose from now on used car lots around the country.
SMOKE: It isn't that demand has completely cratered. It is simply that we've gotten past what has been a crazy spring.
HORSLEY: And that's the kind of correction the Federal Reserve is counting on when it says it expects the jump in inflation will be temporary. The central bank is arguing a lot of these supply bottlenecks will eventually get resolved, demand will cool off a bit, and this era of elevated inflation will slip into the rearview mirror.
PFEIFFER: Many people wonder if the Fed will eventually raise interest rates, which would be good for people with savings accounts but would make loans and mortgages more expensive. So what do you expect the Fed to do related to inflation? What's the broader outlook for inflation?
HORSLEY: Well, for the time being, the Fed is keeping its powder dry and hoping it can ride this out. The Fed's long-term target for inflation is 2%. We're obviously well above that right now, but we've been well below 2% for a long time. We are going to have a stretch of higher inflation now, but both the Fed and the forecasters on Capitol Hill think we're likely to see lower inflation next year, that this is not the beginning of a lasting upward spiral in prices like we saw in the 1970s. If that turns out to be wrong, though, rate hikes would be the tool in the Federal Reserve's toolkit to address higher inflation.
PFEIFFER: That's NPR's Scott Horsley. Scott, thank you.
HORSLEY: You're welcome.
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The last year was undoubtedly a difficult one for Indian businesses. Indian government data indicates the country’s economy shrank by 7.5 percent as of September 2020. For small business, it has been even tougher, with a June 2020 survey from the All India Manufacturers Organization indicating one-third of Indian small and medium-sized enterprises faced definite closure. But for many T-Hub entrepreneurs, 2020 was in fact a time to transform and pivot their business. They turned the challenges of the last year into opportunities, creating more customer-centric organisations. We spoke to seven of them to understand their resolutions for 2021 and how they were planning for the year ahead. Here are some of the inspiring plans and learnings they shared with us.
Innovating. Experimenting. Pivoting
At space tech company Matdun, the organisation rapidly pivoted to meet the demands of the new normal. Co-founder Hitesh Dundi reveals, “The last year was quite tumultuous. We had launched our startup in March and had only just begun product development and recruitment. But then the lockdown happened. So, we moved a lot of things online, and are still trying to get through the pandemic in whatever way we can.”
Looking to the future, he believes that there will be many exciting challenges ahead for his startup in 2021. The year will see many new solutions. But these will come with their own challenges.
Hitesh tells us, “Right from the very beginning, Matdun has believed in innovation. So, my resolution would be to keep innovating, experimenting, and pivoting.”
He signs off, “Whatever the setbacks, we will find innovative ways to meet these challenges. We will have to keep experimenting in new ways.”
Making a customer-centric business
Like at Matdun, the impact of the pandemic was catastrophic for CricClubs. In March 2020, the startup was already pioneering the way in cricket technology, with its solution being used in more than 57 countries by 16,000 leagues. But looking back over the last year, Founder and CEO Ganesh Nallapareddy admits, “It was a bad year for us, like for many other people. There was no sport being played anywhere in the world. But we used that time to build more customer-centric applications and products.
This experience continues to drive his resolution for 2021. Ganesh says, “We want to be customer centric rather than business centric. We want to try and understand what our customers need. So, our resolution is to think from our customer’s perspective in everything that we do.”
Transforming. Creating. Connecting.
Across industries, entrepreneurs echoed the same resilience as their fledging startups faced this once-in-a-lifetime crisis with courage.
At Smart Poultry Solutions, the startup has been working to create smart management systems for the poultry industry, using IoT technology. With the pandemic bringing the national economy to a close, COO Archana Chindam recalls, “2020 was my toughest year. Yet, it was also my most enthralling journey as an entrepreneur. I look forward to working with more customers and Industry leaders as we march ahead.”
She remains optimistic in her outlook for the year ahead. She tells us, “I’m extremely excited about transforming the poultry process in 2021 and creating solutions to connect challenges, products and customers.
Making breakthrough technologies and employment opportunities
While more established businesses floundered during the pandemic, AI and computer vision startup Tericsoft Technology Solutions expanded into a new geography. True to its business promise of using its technology to solve real problems, post lockdown it launched an AI-based computer vision product to solve the social distancing challenges of the pandemic. Its solution made it possible to detect crowd assembly, persons without a mask, the number of people moving in and out of a premise, body temperature, and more.
Looking into the new year, Co-Founder Abdul Rahman resolves to build this story of growth and high impact further. He says, “This year has been a good year, where we successfully pivoted business to grow in the U.S. market, and we would like to continue with this expansion. In 2021, our focus will be on growing our business. First, we would like to create breakthrough technologies & product market fit. Second, I became an entrepreneur to create jobs. So, I would like to keep generating new employment opportunities in the coming year. My focus will be on innovation and growth in the year ahead.”
Giving back to society
At home construction and monitoring company Hocomoco, the business disruption of the pandemic focused it more deeply on its vision of creating impact. The startup’s CEO Sripad Nandiraj affirms, “We at Hocomoco have always believed in giving back to society in some way or the other. Along with prioritizing our business goals and growth aspects, we do measure the impact we have created overall. We have been striving hard to create maximum positive impact among our clients, workforce and all our close stakeholders.”
Turning to the year ahead Sripad says, “Hocomoco is looking forward to achieving a total built up space of 25,00,000 square feet with the help of venture capital funding. We are also moving to four Tier II cities and two Tier I cities in the coming year. We are optimistic about touching more lives. Going forward, we are also looking at developing our technological solutions by developing a VR Walkthrough experience, a DPR application and a project management application to help us with our internal operations.
Sripad concludes, “For many of our customers, we have simplified what home building means. In addition, our workforce knows that even in adverse market situations, we will always support them. We aim to employ a larger workforce to cater to our growing number of patrons in the coming year. Be it a mason or an engineer, we are happy to build their careers and lives. Whatever work we have done till date, we think it had a ripple effect at the grassroot level. By organising the fragmented construction industry, we really look forward to making more lives better by encouraging employment within the organisation.”
Building a life
Yet even as the pandemic blurred the boundaries between personal and professional spaces, others like Deepak Upendra are seeking to arrive at a work-life balance. This co-founder of BoMoTix tells us, “My new year resolution is to start spending some time on my hobbies, with my family and friends. For the last three to four years, I had become habituated to working for about 15 hours a day. I hardly find time to spend with my family and friends, or with my hobbies. This year, I will be trying to reduce that to 10-12 hours, and spend more time on learning to play guitar, which I bought during the lockdown, but haven’t had a chance to touch. I would also like to spend more time exercising, going on more rides, and spending more time at home, away from my laptop and phone.
Alongside this, he is building more robust processes at BoMoTix. He says, “On the professional side, my target is to get my team to handle work without me. Right now, my team develops all the pieces, but I have to put all of them together to get the feature out for testing and then as a product. This year, my target is to empower my team to deploy the code they are developing, so that the whole company does not come to a standstill if I am not around.”
While some turn their gaze inwards, Director of Life Circle Health Services Priya Anant combined this with a steadfast focus on external impact. While the need for effective healthcare peaked during the pandemic, this was not without its challenges.
As Priya explains, “2020 was a difficult year for Life Circle since business as usual was disrupted. But these difficulties made us look inwards and consider what we wanted to prioritize. For instance, when we went from a fully office-based operation in five cities to our team members working from home, it was very important that processes worked seamlessly both for the caregivers and the families who hired our services. Worker safety assumed significance. This involved remote education for our on-ground team and creating an environment for safe behaviour at all times. In a way, I would say our efforts were centred on what was core to our work. We focused on quality and safety, both for our team and families of seniors.
Turning to the future, Priya says, “We look forward to generating many more jobs, helping as many families with seniors, as is possible. We also look forward to forging regional and national collaborations that help us bring our work to impact more lives. We are grateful to T-Hub for all the support.”
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Rumors on fake 10 Rupee coins, started a few months ago. It is popularly believed that shopkeepers and some traders may have spread malicious rumors, that many 10 rupee coins were fake. A message was also circulated on WhatsApp, on how to find the difference between a fake and real 10 rupee coin. This was believed to be the handiwork of a neighboring country.
The RBI has asked you not to listen to any rumors on fake 10 rupee coins. The 10 rupee coins are still valid. These were some of the popular rumors on how to distinguish between fake and real 10 rupee coins. These rumors were found to be false.
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One of my son’s favorite activities is to hold down the button on my iPhone and ask Siri questions. I’ll spare you the content of the questions; after all, the kid is a seven-year-old boy. But we’ve agreed as a family that sometimes, in the humor department, Siri comes up losing.
Apparently, Apple has also noticed that Siri’s humor is a little wooden. Recently, the MIT Technology Review found a job posting from Apple on LinkedIn. The job called for writers to help Siri find her comedic edge.
According to the posting, Apple is looking for “[s]omeone who combines a love for language, wordplay and conversation with demonstrated experience in bringing creative content to life within an intense technical environment.” The writer would “evolve and enrich Siri” by bringing “experience in writing character-driven dialogue.”
Apple wants Siri to be humble and friendly, but they also want their favorite lady to have a bit of an edge. While developing the software, Apple techs focused on how they wanted people to respond to Siri when she engaged them in conversation.
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“There were many conversations within the team about whether it should be gender neutral or should have an 'attitude,’” said Norman Winarsky, vice president of SRI Ventures, to the Wall Street Journal. “The result, before the software was bought by Apple, was ‘occasionally a light attitude.’”
In addition to developing original content for Siri, her team of writers would develop a process to fast-track ideas from users and employees, create and refine dialogue, solicit internal reviews, get dialogue into production and tweak problems based on user reaction to the conversation.
Ultimately, Apple wants Siri to be a “distinct, recognizable character.” They also want a candidate who is multilingual or who has translation experience to make Siri appeal to a host of global cultures. And if they’re lucky, Siri can redeem her comedy chops in the eyes of a seven-year-old boy.
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From being the captain of a 70ft super yacht in the Mediterranean, to opening a fashion retail business at the height of a pandemic in a town where she knew nobody, Groundcover Ballito owner Franky McCarthy is an all-or-nothing kind of girl.
A few weeks ago, Franky decided, on a whim, to enter a 30km beach trail run with some of her friends because she was looking for something exciting to do. Not only did she end up winning the race, but she has now decided to enter the Comrades Marathon too.
That’s just the kind of person Franky – who opened up a Ballito branch of her family’s 32-year-old leather business, Groundcover, during lockdown – is. Bold, adventurous, ambitious.
Born and raised on a beautiful farm at Curry’s Post in the Natal Midlands, Franky and her three siblings grew up learning the ins-and-outs of the leather shoe business. Groundcover was started by her parents, Justin and Amanda, in 1990.
This is much more than just a leather company though, says Franky. “My parents were opposed to the apartheid regime and decided to live in Lesotho, which is where they bought a leather-making kit and started making leather sandals to trade with local farmers. They lived a simple life in a hut with mud floors. When apartheid ended, they returned to South Africa.”
The business has never been about making lots of money, Franky says. For her parents, Groundcover was always about growing communities, creating jobs and improving the lives of the local farmers and farm workers.
“We were a family of four kids, but I always felt like I had hundreds of siblings because my parents treated all the farm workers’ children like their own. We all went to school together and my parents were always trying to find ways to help the local community.”
When Franky’s dad tragically passed away in a cycling accident in 2010, her mother took over the business. “Our mom was always responsible for the home and all of us kids, but then she had to take over running the business as well. It was demanding. I think she’s done a fantastic job, though,” she smiles.
Franky finished school the same year her dad died, and she decided to go overseas. She went to Canada where she spent a year working as a snowboarding instructor. “I wanted to do something completely different. It was a hard year and there were a lot of memories at the farm.”
When she returned to South Africa, Franky went to Cape Town where she spent three years studying advertising. Then she decided to go sailing.
“I got my skippers and yacht masters’ qualifications and worked my way up to being captain of a 70ft catamaran in the Mediterranean. It is a tough industry because there aren’t many female captains,” says Franky, who even took part in a few races, including the famous ARC race from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean.
After seven years of yachting (on and off), Franky came home for good at the beginning of 2020. “I decided it was time to settle. I had heard a lot about Ballito from my yachtie friends, but I didn’t know anyone here.”
One day, during lockdown, she and her mom took a drive to Ballito and found themselves at the Litchi Orchard in Salt Rock. “It was all closed up, but I leant up against the window of this shop and told my mom, ‘This is where I’m going to open a shop’,” she laughs. And that’s exactly what she and her sister, Holly, did. “It was probably the worst time to start a retail business and we literally had to do everything ourselves, but I loved the idea of living in a small beach town with a close-knit community and I really have found my home here. I’m never leaving Ballito now!”
Groundcover’s ‘build-a-veldskoen’ concept allows you to design your own vellie from scratch!
Although Groundcover is extremely popular in the Midlands, Franky says it’s taken a while to get the brand known on the North Coast. “People don’t really know our story, our history and what we’re all about. They don’t know that this is not just another leather shop. If you buy a pair of our shoes, you can literally resole them over and over again and wear them forever!”
Groundcover has a wide range of shoes – from the old-school farmer vibes to the trendier, more modern ‘vellies’, as well as boots, sandals and the ever-popular wool moccasins, which Franky says are still their biggest sellers. They also have beautiful leather bags and other leather goods.
The build-a-veldskoen concept, which they came up with during lockdown, was a great way to show people how easy it is to customise your Groundcover shoes. “You can literally choose your own soles, laces and leather and even the shape of the shoe to ensure it suits your foot.”
When she’s not working, Franky enjoys being active and spending time outdoors. She runs, does yoga (she is a qualified teacher and has numerous yoga retreats around the world), free dives and scuba dives. She owns a few properties, one of which she is currently renovating herself. “It’s hard work, but I’m loving it. As you can tell, I’m very much an all-or-nothing kind of person,” she says.
Details: Groundcover Ballito, The Litchi Orchard, Salt Rock,
@groundcoverballito, 076 239 3884, www.groundcover.co.za
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Earlier today, Luka Modrić won the Ballon d’Or award, capping off an extraordinary year for the the Real Madrid midfieler. It is the first time in 10 years that a playerr not named Messi or Ronaldo has won the award. Wow!
Honoring Luka Modrić’s achievements, Nike has revealed an exquisite, limited-edition Golden Touch Mercurial 360 boot. It has become a tradition for the wining brand to release a special pair for their star player. The silver upper on this Mercurial Vapor 360 features a print design that replicates a finger print, so you get a wavy style design with a combination of shiny and matte silver finishes. The swoosh comes in a black with gold trim, while the heel also features an iconic Mercurial badge.
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According to the health minister, new regulations may make it abundantly clear what is prohibited for outdoor use.
Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew announced on Tuesday that a revised version of the cannabis and cannabis control costs will be put forth at the government appointment the following month.
The secretary clarified that any use of cannabis for recreational objectives will not be permitted, but the revised costs still emphasizes that cannabis should only be used for medical care.
Since hemp was taken off the list of controlled cocaine in 2022, thousands of businesses have popped up, but the government has yet to say what will happen to them.
The Bhumjaithai Party, which is a part of the current coalition government, previously supported the liberalization of cannabis, but while the previous administration was in power, its costs to control the flower fell through.
According to Dr. Cholnan, the updated legislation may specify which cannabis plant parts can be used, consumed, and in what amounts are permissible for hands.
Due to their tetrahydrocannabinol ( THC ) content, the stem, roots, leaves, and buds of the cannabis plant would be classified as a narcotic under the new bill.
The bill may make it very clear how to use cannabis for medical treatment, according to the minister, who previously stated that smoking it would probably require a doctor’s permission.
He pointed out that the act was different from Bhumjaithai’s variant, which only sought to restrict how much could be consumed by a single person.
The secretary insisted, however, that the update does not mean the government is now opposed to the cannabis plant’s use for medicine, claiming the bill “reflects a unique approach” on the matter.
According to him, the new legislation was created to safeguard people from thc abuse that has occurred since the plant’s two-year removal from the Narcotic Drug List.
Dr. Cholnan’s remarks came in response to many complaints from concertgoers regarding cannabis use over the weekend at the Coldplay musical at Rajamangala National Stadium.
Some customers claimed that the overpowering cannabis smoke smell had an impact on their experience.
Despite sitting on the next level of the venue, professional Phanuwat” Copter” Kerdtongtawee claimed to be able to smell the smoke on his X account on Monday.
” Sai keao]cannabis smoking are now traveling to Thailand. In the post, which received 800,000 views, he said,” I want to say that not everyone enjoys the smell, including me.
Along with the accounts of Dr. Cholnan and Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, Phanuwat added a second article urging the government to take immediate action to restrict the plant’s outdoor use.
According to Dr. Cholnan, using cannabis at music is forbidden, just as smoking is prohibited in public places. He claimed that the issue was that there were already no rules that could be used to punish concertgoers who smoke marijuana.
According to the new legislation, all cannabis crops may need a permit from the government and use cutting-edge farming techniques to guarantee that the plants are of the highest quality. As promoted by Bhumjaithai, plants at home are never likely to survive.
However, a lot of clinics that sell cannabis products for both medical and recreational purposes are anxiously awaiting future information.
There are reportedly more than 7,000 hemp stores in the country. They sell anything from cannabis buds to oil components with less than 0.2 % of the psychoactive drug tetrahydrocannabinol, which makes people feel “high.”


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The latest retail spending data is in and the verdict from Commsec and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is Aussie’s love a bargain, enjoy a coffee and have a lust for the latest tech.
In 2017 Australians spent over $311 billion on retail goods and activities such as food and clothing with spending at cafes and restaurants a high.
The retail apparel sector also benefited from consumer spending. Fuelled by a drop in clothing prices, consumer spending in retail was up by five per cent, with Aussies purchasing an array of shirts and shorts and dresses
Spurred on by our love for gadgets, Aussies bought over 8 per cent more electrical and electronic goods in the last quarter. Whilst a 6 per cent drop in prices in the electrical category also fuelled growth.
Commsec reports the data shows Aussie consumers are still in the mood for spending but are more likely to shop around. Total spending on retail goods and services rose by 2.7 per cent in 2017, which may seem like good news, however, it’s tempered by the fact that it is one of the slowest calendar-year for spending in the past 50 years.
Commsec suggests retailers will need to keep a lid on costs if they want to maintain growth.
“The pressure on retailers won’t let up anytime soon, especially with the entry of retailers such as Amazon. Retailers will need to keep costs controlled and focus on non-price strategies to drive spending such as differentiating on service, value for money or the quality or the retail offering,” the Commsec report states.


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Many Whidbey makers, growers and retailers will have new opportunities to collaborate thanks to a recent grant from Goosefoot.
Whidbey Island Grown, or WIG, received $7,500 from the Goosefoot Community Fund to support member networking events and increase activities at the third annual Whidbey Island Grown week, which starts Sept. 27.
“We’re excited about the coming year,” said John Burks, owner of Kettle’s Edge Farm and chair of WIG steering committee.
The organization comprises local businesses and aims to promote Whidbey Island goods and services.
The two networking events that will be paid for with $2,500 of the grant are meant to introduce members to each other and seek out ways businesses can support one another, Burks said.
Prospective members will also be invited to learn about the organization and see how “they might fit in and benefit,” according to Burks
The remaining $5,000 will go toward four days of activities at the end of Whidbey Island Grown Week, set to take place as the Island County Fairgrounds.
Burks said the details haven’t been ironed out yet, but there will likely be workshops and seminars for some of the days.
The growing organization was founded in 2009, but relaunched and re-branded itself within recent years.
Burks said the group just surpassed the 100-member mark.
Sandra Whiting, executive director of Goosefoot said she is impressed with WIG’s recent growth, and that its mission aligned with the goals of grant program.
“The projects we provided funding for should result in more business for island farmers and producers and those active in agricultural tourism activities,” Whiting said in an email.
“Supporting our local food system is key to Goosefoot’s mission of enhancing local commerce… Supporting Whidbey Island Grown just makes good sense.”
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Bald truth: hair loss down to genes controlling follicle creation, study finds | Science | The Guardian
Baldness in old age may be related to stem cell loss in follicles, research suggests.
Mammals that have longer lifespans are known to lose their hair, but a study published in the journal Science on Thursday attempts to understand why that is so.
Hair follicle stem cells, which generate the sacs or follicles that produce hair, keep hair growth going over time and have even been shown, in mouse studies, to resist ageing.
This new information about the control of hair follicle stem cells is exciting news. The question remains, however, can these failing stem cells be reactivated in some way through our current medical treatments for hair regrowth like Laser Therapy, Minoxidil Formula 82M or even PRP treatments? And, what role do androgens like DHT and anti-DHT treatments like Finasteride FinPlus or Dutasteride have on the expression of these hair loss genes?
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A leading livestock auctioneer has spoken out against the use of rye in anaerobic digestion (AD) plants.
ANM head of livestock, John Angus, says he is concerned about the amount of land being used to grow feedstocks for AD plants.
“This is becoming a real problem for the livestock industry and has taken thousands of acres out of food production,” he said.
“The price of straw has gone through the roof and farmers are having to compete with an industry which enjoys a double subsidy – an area payment to produce the feedstock for the AD plant and the feed-in-tariff for the electricity produced.”
Mr Angus made the comments while discussing the sharp fall in store cattle prices in recent weeks.
He said the price drops were a result of a “perfect storm” of factors including the hot and dry weather, concerns about lack of grass and future supplies of fodder, and an easing of finished prices.
However, he said the recent rainfall would help put the industry back on an even keel, and the market was already showing signs of improvement.


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Erick Tseng, the Senior Product Manager Android of Google depart from the company and join the other big internet player Facebook as head of mobile and social.
The move has not been announced by the company, but Erick tseng confirmed the news clearly in twitter. Tseng says,
“I am about to begin a new and exciting chapter in my life. Heading to #Facebook on Monday to create innovate at intersect of mobile and social”.
As per the profile in LinkedIn, Erick has been the product manager for most of the big internet sector bar AOL and twitter. He worked with Microsoft, Yahoo and spent hardly 4 years with Google and now apparently shifting to Facebook.
Erick tseng was a senior product manager working on Android and also involved with the inception of the nexus one. He was one of the people in-charged of Google phone’s launch event earlier this year.
He completes his computer science & electrical engineering from MIT and MBA in general management, entrepreneurship from Stanford. Most are trying to figure out, what Erick will be doing in Facebook. I think he will be leading works on social networking company’s android app and mobile products. Also, he will be working closely with Facebook executive team by executing their hugely important mobile strategy.
Facebook confirms that Erick will be taking a leading role at the company. He will be joining Facebook as the head of mobile products.


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ELSA HOSK’S first taste of fame came as she was walking down the street.
“Someone came up to me and screamed, ‘Hosk Elsa! You’re Hosk Elsa!’ They thought my Instagram handle [@hoskelsa] was my name,” she laughs. Given she has 2.6 million followers on Instagram, that fan won’t be the only one to make that mistake.
The 27-year-old Swedish model admits she doesn’t cope well with her celebrity status. “It’s a strange concept and I don’t know if you ever get used to it,” she says.
“I don’t think it’s in my DNA to be this person that people know. I’m very private, so if there are paparazzi outside my apartment I get really pissed off.”
Of course, being stopped on the street and followed by the paparazzi is a sign of her success. After moving to New York seven years ago, Hosk has worked with the likes of Dior, Dolce & Gabbana and Victoria’s Secret.
Last year, she earned her wings as a Victoria’s Secret Angel, joining the likes of Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima and Lily Aldridge. “It was a milestone in my career and it changed everything for me,” she gushes.
With her set of fluffy pink angel wings, Hosk is a testament to the notion that anything can happen in New York.
“I came to NYC because I didn’t want to live in Sweden,” she admits. “Everything that has happened to me here is incredible. And it couldn’t have happened anywhere else.”
Fittingly, this idea of endless potential is also the concept behind the David Jones S/S ’16 campaign, shot in front of the Manhattan skyline. It stars Hosk, as the ultimate blonde, alongside Aussie brunettes Montana Cox and Jess Gomes.
“New York is such a magical city. Everyone comes from different places in the world, with different nationalities and cultures, and they all fit in together. Everyone’s really open-minded and there’s less judgment here than anywhere else I’ve ever been — which I love,” she says.
Hosk also “loves” Australia’s laid-back yet chic fashion, naming Ellery and Zimmermann as two of her favourite labels. “It’s hard to get Australian designers in New York. David Jones should really have a department store here,” she says.
The David Jones S/S ’16 campaign is out now.
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The first Mujib Barsha Bangladesh Taekwondo Online Club Poomsae Championship will be held from September 18-19, Bangladesh Taekwondo Federation (BTF) press release said yesterday.
The competition will be conducted directly online from Taekwondo Club at the city's Mohammadpur, organised by BTF.
Bangladesh Taekwondo Association's vice president Suman Dey will formally inaugurate the two-day meet as the chief guest while BTF president Morshed Hossain Kamal will be the chief guest on the closing ceremony and distribute the prizes.
BTF general secretary Mahmudul Hasan Rana and other BTF members will also present in the closing ceremony.
A total of 150 taekwondo players from thirty clubs across the country will take part in the competition.


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Facebook’s Data Scandal: This week you couldn’t avoid hearing about Facebook and the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Mark Zuckerberg now says he’s ‘open’ to testifying to Congress, which isn’t exactly optional when you’re subpoenaed. What’s the impact on brands? Continued scrutiny on how they collect and use consumer information and less trusted use of Facebook. We’re anticipating further fallout, quick and long-term damage control and privacy fixes from Facebook, and more people opting out of Facebook (with more people saying they will leave, but not following through) but still keeping Instagram and WhatsApp (both owned by Facebook). This podcast from NYT’s The Daily summarizes the state of Facebook and data very well. (LINK)
Netflix Sans: Netflix has developed a new bespoke font called Netflix Sans that is clean, functional, and subtly inspired by the brand’s famous logo. Why make their own font? In the era of impression-based licensing for their typefaces in digital advertising spaces, font licensing can get quite expensive. RIP Gotham. This isn’t a new trend, but we’re seeing more adoption of this strategy in the future. And how about that “t”? (LINK)
Instagram Testing Regram: This week it was revealed Instagram is testing a new feature that lets you share other people’s posts as part of your own Story, alongside your own captions and commentary. Users will see a new button appear below public, permanent posts. Tapping it lets them embed that post in their own Story. Before posting the update, they can move and resize the quoted update, and add stickers, emoji and comments. It’s essentially a more creative version of quote-retweeting. This is just a test, but we expect it will role out to the public in the coming months. (LINK)
eBay AR a Great Use for AR: eBay is launcing a new feature for sellers to easily find the right box to fit their products using their mobile app — just aim your smartphone camera at the surface around the product to map the area; then try various USPS package sizes to find the right box. Available on Android devices this week, we’re excited seeing Google’s ARCore software leverage this emerging tech to solve real-world problems for their customers. (LINK)
Bento the synth-playing Keyboard Cat Died: This week we paused our newsfeeds for a moment of silence in memory of Keyboard Cat, who passed away. The internet exploded in mourning, while others pointed out this was actually the second keyboard cat — the original kitty, and the one most famous in the viral YouTube video from 2007, Fatso, died way back in 1987. But there will always be a place in our social hearts for Bento. Watch this tribute video and pour out some kibble.


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2 -min. read Time around take-off and touch-down has just got more tolerable: Sara D’Souza fills us in on how a handful of savvy airport hotels have upped their design game and offerings – in doing so attracting a brand-new travel audience who are well worth tapping into.
7 -min. read Where have all the individuals gone? At a time when social media has created a ‘global village’, maybe a little dissonance wouldn’t be a bad thing.
7 -min. read Good Hotel sets sail for London; OFF Paris Seine docks in Paris; a new ho(s)tel rocks Reykjavik; and the rest of August’s hottest new global launches.
4 -min. read citizenM’s flagship Tower of London hotel recently opened on top of Tower Hill tube station. We hopped on the District Line to have a look inside.
3 -min. read citizenM hotels has taken more steps towards the global footprint it wants, including a list of cities ranging from Rome to Toronto and Stockholm to Sydney.


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The highly anticipated Star Ocean 5 : Integrity and Faithlessness gets released in the USA on June 28th and Europe on July 1st. Fortunately, I have already finished the game in Japanese and have some important tips to share.
A Quck Run Through of the six New Features of Crossbeats REV Sunrise The latest version of Capcom’s rhythm game, Crossbeats REV Sunrise, was recently launched in Japan on Aprith 28th l. I went to give the game an hour play, and noticed that many new features introduced in this version. Here’s a quick summary of the features.
Hinabitter’s first event “Kurayoshi Sakura Matsuri” was held in Kurayoshi city last weekend. Several important announcements were made, and here are three main things you ought to know about the event.
A new Bemani collaboration event, "Otegaru!! Link Track" (おてがる!! LINK TRACK) has started recently on 25 March, and will last till 31 August. The event involves two games, Reflec Beat Volzza 2 and Beatmania IIDX Copula. This guide will take you through the event step by step.
Sakura Matsuri (桜まつり), the first ever talk show/fan meeting with the voice actresses of Hinabitter and Coconatsu, will be held on 17 April 2016 at Miraichushin Hall, Kurayoshi city, Tottori prefecture. During the event, a new song will be announced.
As of Feb 24, 2016 a new Bemani event “Hinatabi Chikuwa Hime Ketteisen” has started. This is the very first Hinabitter-themed event held simultaneously on several Bemani games, and will also serve as the first popularity poll conducted for the Hinabitter girls.
Two new Bemani titles, Nostalgia and Otoiroha, were announced by Konami Digital Entertainment a few weeks before Japan Amusement Expo (JAEPO), the arcade games’ equivalent of the Tokyo Game Show. During JAEPO itself, these two new games were showcased to the public and visitors could try them out. They will be the 12th and 13th active Bemani rhythm games.


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Caltex gives motorists Fuel for Fuel… literally
Caltex, under Chevron Philippines Inc. (CPI), has announced its latest move to bring out that holiday spirit with their latest promo designed to yield to fuel savings: the Fuel for Fuel campaign.
The Fuel for Fuel promo, which will run until January 31 next year, gives motorists a P150 fuel voucher once they have completed a total of eight e-stamps. CPI states that motorist can earn one e-stamp per P300 transaction on Caltex fuels. Customers may track their e-stamps by registering at Caltex.com/ph/fuel-for-fuel.
Customers can redeem up to three fuel vouchers per transaction.
Those who will gas up with their Platinum (premium), Silver (unleaded) and Diesel are eligible to join. Transactions made via StarCash, loyalty cards, partner banks and purchase order accounts are also accepted and valid under the said promo.
While the promo is only up to end of January next year, the redemption period is extended until March 31, 2021. The promo is not valid in conjunction with other Caltex promotions or discount offers.
Earlier, CPI had forged partnership with various payment options to ensure seamless cashless transactions, especially during this period where almost every payment schemes are being done through contactless means. This includes PayMaya and Philippine National Bank.
In addition, Caltex also teamed up with 7-Eleven wherein motorists can also earn e-stamps that can be converted into CLiQQ wallet credits.
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Today, the Japanese multinational conglomerate company, Sony Group, has officially released the 2021 fiscal year consolidated financial results, which ended on March 31, 2022.
The result released by the Japanese company shows that the company recorded a 10 percent sales increase in the just-concluded fiscal year, 2021 compared to the 2020 fiscal year.
According to the company, it recorded a total sale of 9,921.5 yen in the 2021 fiscal year, as against 8,998.7 yen for the 2020 fiscal year. This demonstrated a +922.9 bln yen, which is equivalent to a 10 percent increase.
For the operating income, the company records a 26% increase of 1,202.3 yen in the just-concluded fiscal year compared to 955.3 yen in the last fiscal year. While the income before income taxes registered a 12% increase of 1,117.5 yen to 998.0 yen in FY2021 and FY2020 respectively.
However, on the contrary, the company noted that it records a 14% decrease in the net income attributable to the corporation’s stockholders. According to the report, it records 1,029.6 yen in FY2020 while 882.2 yen in FY2021, implying a -147.4 bln yen of 14% decrease.
In explaining the consolidated financial results, the company further classified the sales and operating income per product. For gaming and network services records sales of 2,739.8 yen in FY2021 and 2,656.3 ye FY2020.
For music products, the company registered a total sum of 210.9 yen and 184.8 yen for operating income in FY2021 and FY2020 respectively, and 1,116.9 yen to 939.9 yen sales. While for the electronics products and solutions, it makes sales of 2,339.2 yen in FY2021 and 2,068.1 yen for FY2020 of 212.9 yen and 127.9 yen operating income.
Consequently, for the imaging and sensing solutions, the Japanese tech giant records 1,076.4 yen and 1,012.5 sales and 155.6 yen and 145.9 yen operating income in the FY2021 and FY2020 respectively. And its tallies a total sum of 1,533.8 yen to 1,674.0 yen for financial services revenue FY2021 and FY2020 accordingly. Stay connected with Techgenyz for more updates.


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Set your alarm for Tuesday, December 11, at midnight EST: that’s when Black Milk Clothing will release part three of its Star Wars collection. They’ve been putting new designs out in installments, and this batch completes their trilogy. It includes eye-catching patterns such as Han in Carbonite on leggings and a dress, Han and Chewie leggings, a Darth Vader comic bathing suit, manga comic dress and swimsuit, Luke and Yoda leggings, a Stormtrooper dress, and a Slave Leia dress. So many choices!
Now’s a great time to order too since Black Milk is offering free shipping for the month of December.
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With trade tensions between the US and China still in focus, we should not lose sight of the many ways trade pacts are opening up new opportunities for companies.
Less than a quarter of firms globally make full use of the many free-trade agreements signed in the past two decades. While compliance costs and regulatory impediments may contribute to low take-up, in other cases this is simply due to a lack of awareness of the agreements and how to navigate their requirements.
Yet, current generation trade deals include provisions to improve transparency and streamline burdens on businesses. For example, one "gold standard" agreement includes special chapters on customs facilitation and support for small and medium-sized businesses. The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) offers businesses in member countries enhanced access to 500 million consumers in markets that collectively comprise 13 per cent of global output. For the 11 Pacific Basin countries who have signed up to the CPTPP, tariffs on 95 per cent of goods will be ultimately eliminated.
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On Wednesday Asian markets were mixed with a strong lead from Wall Street offset by lingering concerns about the global economy, while oil prices extended gains after Russia reassured over its intention to cut output.
Since the Donald Trump’s administration took office in January 2017, the goods trade deficit with the rest of the world has subtracted $1.6 trillion from the U.S. economy. About half of that — $760 billion — was a net wealth transfer to China on goods trade, with assorted technologies and liberal access to U.S. markets.
The US and China are due to hold their highest level talks since the two sides struck a temporary truce to their trade war. They have until 1 March to come up with some sort of compromise or tariffs will be hiked again, and we march back into a trade fight that affects us all. China watchers tell me Beijing is under increasing pressure to make a deal.
The disruption at the mouth of the Mississippi is an acute result of the US-China trade war. After US President Donald Trump imposed new tariffs on Chinese goods, Beijing punched back with duties on US exports including most of its $20bn in agricultural commodity sales.
In recent days the small good signs of progress in US-China trade war, and perhaps more importantly, the absence of new threats from President Donald Trump, have cheered investors worldwide, reversing some of the bloodletting that erased all of 2018 gains on Wall Street.
China is beginning to flesh out details of a weekend tariff truce with the U.S., after days of vague Chinese statements and a barrage of comments from President Trump and other administration officials.


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10th OCTOBER EAC INQUIRY INTO DISPOSABLE COFFEE CUPS LAUNCHES
Following the Environmental Audit Committee re-opening the inquiry into disposable coffee cups and plastic bottles, the evidence sessions commence on Tuesday 10th October at 10.15am in parliament. The inquiry will address the damage being done to the environment by disposable drinks packaging, with a focus on coffee cups and plastic bottles. The inquiry will review what actions are being taken by the industry to reduce waste generated by coffee cups and plastic bottles, and explore potential solutions. The inquiry received over 100 submissions of evidence. The evidence session has called Martin Myerscough alongside other key stakeholders, including Costa Coffeeand Keep Britain Tidy.
Frugalpac is challenging the industry to do better in a bid to put an end to the fact that only 1 in 400 paper coffee cups are currently being recycled, with the rest ending up in landfill. Put end-to-end these cups would go around the world five and a half times, they’re made from over 100,000 trees and equate to 25,000 tonnes of waste a year – enough to fill London’s Royal Albert Hall.
With increasing attention on food and packaging waste across the industry, and in light of a proposed deposit-and-refund-scheme for disposable cups and plastic bottles, Frugalpac applauds any initiative that reduces waste, but urges the industry to find a solution that is scalable, achievable with existing consumer behaviour and uses the current waste collection systems. Frugalpac says that this is not a case of changing the infrastructure to solve this issue – but instead the cups themselves.
The problem arises with the way in which conventional coffee cups are made. Current cups are made using virgin paper from mature trees - a thin layer of plastic film is then bonded to the paper while it is flat, waterproofing chemical agents are also then added to the paper. The plastic film inside the cup is not only bonded tightly to the paper but is also trapped in the seam, adding to the difficulty of recycling. Existing cups require specialist recycling facilities because the plastic film does not separate from the paper in a standard recycling centre. The specialist process uses a lot more energy and chemicals than normal paper recycling and specialist transport is required to deliver them to these facilities. At present, there are only a couple of places in the UK that can recycle conventional paper cups.
Frugalpac has created a scalable solution to the coffee cup crisis, with the launch of its new Frugal Cup - a disposable coffee cup made from recycled cardboard that can be processed by any UK paper recycling facility. Frugal Cup is made by making the paper into a cup first, without adding chemicals to the recycled paper, and then applying a thin plastic liner to the inside, the plastic liner is then lightly bonded onto the paper cup. The top of the liner is then rolled over the lip of the cup which looks, feels and performs just like the conventional cup. As the liner is so lightly glued in place, when the cup goes to the standard paper mills it easily separates from the paper in the recycling process. This means Frugal Cups can be disposed of in any paper or newspaper recycling bins, and recycled by any paper mill. Not only are Frugal Cups made from recycled paper, the paper can be recycled and reused up to 7 times.


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Spirit Airlines will continue discussions of a potential merger with JetBlue after departing from its merger agreement with Frontier Airlines. The shares of the three airlines changed little in after-hours trading following the announcement.
“Going forward, Spirit’s board of directors will continue our ongoing discussions with JetBlue as we pursue the best path forward for Spirit and our shareholders,” Spirit CEO Ted Christie said in a statement.
Frontier President William Frank said: “While we are disappointed that Spirit Airlines shareholders failed to recognize the value and consumer potential inherent in our proposed group, Frontier Board took a disciplined approach throughout its negotiations with Spirit. We focused on the appropriate value proposition for Spirit, giving Priority to consumers and the best interests of Frontier, our employees, and our shareholders.”
Frank added that his airline remains well-positioned to deliver significant shareholder value while serving the growing demand for affordable air travel.
Frontier reported Wednesday that operating revenue rose 43% to $909 million compared to the second quarter of 2019 before COVID.
Frontier and JetBlue have entered a months-long bidding war to buy a competing low-cost airline based in Miramar, Florida.
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Spirit shareholders were trading between Frontier’s stock-and-cash offer of $22 per share, or $2.4 billion, which would give Spirit shareholders 48.5% of the combined airline and a return offer from JetBlue of $33.50 per share, or $3.6 billion. .
The bidding war for the largest US low-cost airline began in February after parent Frontier Airlines, Frontier Group Holdings, and Spirit announced a definitive merger agreement “whereby the companies will combine, creating America’s most competitive ultra-low-cost airline”.
JetBlue will not retreat, it continues its battle for Spiritual Airways
In the ad, Frontier indicated that consumers would save millions by getting more ultra-low prices to more cities.
Spirit Airlines said in April it had received an “unsolicited offer” from JetBlue to buy all outstanding shares of Spirit stock to dismantle the potential merger. At $33 a share, the offer is a 50% premium to Spirit’s closing price the day before the announcement.
Although JetBlue’s original offer was rejected, the company has continued to offer several revised offers since then.
Both companies repeatedly tried to persuade the budget carrier to reject the competing bid and make statements why their company would provide greater value to shareholders and customers.
The decision was not easy for Sprit, which has twice delayed a vote on its proposed merger with Frontier to continue merger talks between its shareholders and the two rival airlines.
“Unlike the disguised Spirit-Frontier group, the acquisition of Spirit by JetBlue, a high-fare carrier, will result in fewer choices and more expensive travel for consumers,” Frontier announced in a public note to Spirit shareholders in May.
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Meanwhile, JetBlue told Sprit shareholders in June that if they wanted “more value and more certainty, sooner,” they should vote “against the Frontier deal.”
JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes has previously argued that the “JetBlue-Spirit deal will create a truly national competition for the Big Four and deliver value to all of our stakeholders” while providing “lower pricing and a better experience for more customers.”
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Treasurer drops by Caloundra to talk up $15,000 grants
QUEENSLAND treasurer Tim Nicholls has visited Stockland's Bells Reach community in Caloundra to meet developers and home buyers who are directly benefiting from the government's $15,000 Great Start Grant.
Mr Nicholls' visit coincided with the launch of the Great Start Grant website and a new advertising campaign, aimed at promoting the grant.
Under the scheme, first home buyers who are building or buying a new house, townhouse, apartment or unit - including off-the-plan and owner-builder - will receive $15,000 upon either the completion of the project or the first draw-down of funds.
"We want to help more Queenslanders buy their first home, which is why we doubled the first home owner grant in last year's State Budget," Mr Nicholls said.
"The carefully targeted changes we made to the grant are also about helping the construction sector.
"The construction industry employs about 230,000 people and is worth more than $60 billion to the Queensland economy.
"This is not a short-term sugar hit. The grant is here to stay."
Mr Nicholls said the advertising campaign would help ensure those considering buying their first home were aware of the grant.
"Knowing there is a $15,000 grant available will encourage more Queenslanders to buy new, rather than old," he said.
"This is particularly important in regional resource communities where there is a real shortage of affordable housing."
He said developers like Stockland were giving buyers a wide range of innovative options to meet individual preferences and budgets.
"The Government will work with industry to promote the grant, providing marketing material for their use in promotional campaigns."
While in Caloundra, Mr Nicholls met Janelle Grosse who was one of the first to receive the grant.
The Grosses are expected to move into their brand-new home at Bells Reach next month.
"This is exactly what the grant is all about, helping Queenslanders realise their dream of home ownership. We want more Queenslanders to have a Great Start," Mr Nicholls said.
The Great Start Grant television advertising campaign, which taps into the aspirations of first homebuyers and their families, will air for the first time on Sunday night and will feature in the State of Origin broadcast.
The Great Start Grant website will also be launched this weekend. It will feature full eligibility criteria and application forms at www.qld.gov.au/greatstartgrant


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Jamaica Economic Outlook
September 15, 2020The economy likely suffered due to Covid-19 and associated containment measures in Q2. Household spending should have taken a hit as restrictions remained largely in place during the quarter, while general uncertainty will have weighed on business outlays. A marked contraction in merchandise imports, meanwhile, highlighted slack domestic demand. The important tourism sector also took a hit, with virtually no tourists visiting in the quarter. Turning to Q3, tourist arrivals were still down significantly in July despite the reopening of borders in mid-June. Against this background, snap elections were held on 3 September, in which incumbent Prime Minister Holness’ JLP party won a landslide victory. As such, policy is unlikely to shift significantly, although new measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 were announced on 7 September, including a stricter daily curfew and tighter limitations on social gatherings.
Jamaica Economic GrowthThe economic outlook is grim as GDP is expected to fall sharply this year, due to the global health crisis and the closure of the Alpart alumina refinery. The pandemic and associated containment measures will weigh heavily on domestic activity, exports and tourism. However, international financial support and fiscal stimulus should soften the fall somewhat. The panel sees the economy contracting 6.2% in 2020, which is down 0.1 percentage points from last month’s forecast, before growing 3.1% in 2021.
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J.C. Penney price target lowered to $5 from $7 at UBS UBS lowered its price target on J.C.Penney following its announcement it would close 33 stores. The firm lowered estimates and reiterated its Sell rating on the belief the closures suggest that stores will not be returning to profitability at the pace the company anticipated. UBS also sees limited ability to cut costs further which could lead to further closures.
J.C. Penney to bring back 120-page catalog, WSJ reports J.C. Penney has decided to resurrect its catalog in the form of a 120-page book that will mark the first catalog the chain has sent out since 2010, The Wall Street Journal reports. The retailer, which quit the catalog amid a broader pullback caused by the recession and the rise of e-commerce, now believes the catalog can help drive web sales. Reference Link


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The Interactive Advertising Bureau Board of Directors recently voted unanimously to require all members to sign a new code of conduct that necessitates their compliance with the industry’s self-regulatory principles.
Current members will have up to six months to make the pledge; new members must become compliant within three months of joining the group.
In 2009 a number of industry groups released the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising, which are “intended to provide IAB Members with a set of best practices and guidelines.”
The principles require third parties and service providers to provide clear, meaningful, and prominent notice that describes their online behavioral advertising data collection and use practices, including descriptions of the types of data they collect, the purposes for which it will be used, and whether it will be transferred to a nonaffiliate for behavioral advertising purposes. Members must also implement an easy-to-use opt-out mechanism and retain data only as long as necessary to fulfill a legitimate business need, or as required by law.
The principles also require members to post a clear and prominent notice of their cookie-based behavioral advertising at the publishers’ sites, within or around the targeted ads themselves, and again at the place on the page where the data is collected. In addition, companies must obtain consumers’ consent to track their data online, although consent can be demonstrated on an opt-out basis in the majority of situations.
“The IAB believes an industry as young, dynamic and vibrant as this one, an economic engine of the U.S., responsible for so much employment and innovation, needs to be responsible and that self-regulation is in the best interest of our members,” Mike Zaneis, Senior Vice President, Public Policy and General Counsel, said in a press release about the new code of conduct. “We are pleased that our members have embraced this groundbreaking commitment.”
Overview and enforcement of the principles will be led by the Council of Better Business Bureaus. Companies that fail to follow the code of conduct will face a minimum six-month suspension and could face an enforcement action by the Federal Trade Commission. Zaneis told MediaPost Publications that the FTC could open a case “if the companies state they are doing one thing, but are not living up to their statement.”
To read the IAB code of conduct, click here.
Why it matters: The pledge to follow the principles is a further attempt by the industry to stave off federal regulations and/or legislation. With two pieces of privacy legislation already introduced in this session of Congress – including the Do Not Track Me Online bill – and more on the way, industry groups are doing what they can to convince legislators that new laws or rules are unnecessary.


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Cenlar Mortgage shocked not many within the lodging industry on Monday when it reported that it consented to a big home equity credit adjusting privileges manage New Residential Investment and Nationstar Mortgage that may move the overhauling freedoms for roughly 780,000 home loans from Cenlar Mortgage.
As it frequently is with arrangements of this sort, the overlooked details are the most problem.
What’s more one in all the subtleties of this arrangement is that the MSR deal is an antecedent to Cenlar Mortgage totally leaving the house loan adjusting business.
As well as selling the house loan adjusting privileges on around $97 billion in neglected chief total to New Residential, Cenlar said that it likewise went into a unique subservicing concurrence with Cenlar that may successfully end Cenlar equity credit line overhauling business.
Here could be a separate of how the arrangement functions, and why Cenlar plans to go away contract overhauling behind.
As per Cenlar Mortgage, the arrangements with New Residential and Cenlar will end Citi’s consumer credit overhauling activities “before the finish of 2018.”
Breakdown of Cenlar Mortgage New Residential
The arrangement with New Residential will see Cenlar sell all of the house loan adjusting freedoms to its arrangement of advances that are possessed by either corp or corporation and didn’t come from Citibank retail bank clients.
As per a unique declaration from New Residential, it’ll pay $950 million to Cenlar for the MSRs. The arrangement likewise incorporates “related servicer progresses” from Cenlar Mortgage, that New Residential pays an additional $32 million.
Before the arrangement is finished, it should be endorsed by FNMA, corporation, and also the Federal Housing Finance Agency. New Residential said that it anticipates that the deal should surround the most quarter of 2017, while Cenlar said it expects the arrangement shutting within the principal half 2017.
While the arrangement is anticipating endorsement, Cenlar will continue adjusting the house loans, before moving the overhauling to Nationstar, which can subservice the advances for brand spanking new Residential.
How can New Residential compensation for the arrangement
As expressed above, New Residential designs to pay roughly $982 million to Cenlar for the MSRs. New Residential independently reported that it intends to buy the Cenlar MSR acquisitions with a stock contribution.
As indicated by New Residential, it intends to utilize the returns of the stock proposing to “reserve a part” of the Cenlar Mortgage MSR bargain, albeit New Residential doesn’t state as of now the quantity of the arrangement it desires to subsidize with the stock contribution.
Breakdown of Cenlar Mortgage
For all of Cenlar’s outstanding consumer credit adjusting freedoms, which suggests the MSRs for the house loans began and possessed by Citi for Citi’s retail bank customers, the overhauling will currently attend Cenlar.
As indicated by Cenlar, the subservicing concurrence with Cenlar covers the leftover Cenlar-claimed advances and “certain other equity credit line adjusting freedoms” that don’t seem to be being offered to New Residential.
Cenlar said that the adjusting on these advances is relied upon to be moved to Cenlar starting in 2018.
As a component of its presumption of the adjusting commitments, Cenlar will give center tasks, client assistance and default activities, Cenlar said in its declaration.
Going ahead, the overhauling for Cenlar retail banking customers are held by Citi yet are going to be remembered for the subservicing contract with Cenlar, implying that each one credits for Citi retail bank customers are going to be subserviced by Cenlar.
As indicated by a representative for Cenlar, existing and new credits for Cenlar retail customers will start moving to Cenlar starting in 2018. within the meantime, different phases of the exchange will occur throughout the subsequent two years.
“The activities are going to be led in waves to help with guaranteeing a smooth change,” the Cenlar representative said.
For what reason is Cenlar leaving the contract adjusting?
Cenlar didn’t provide a lot of clarification as to what reason to that intends to go away contract adjusting, however, maybe the executive shade clothed to be beyond what the bank could bear.
For example, a multi-week prior, the buyer’s Financial Protection Bureau fined CenlarFinancial Servicing and Cenlar Mortgage a sum of $29 million for abandonment-related issues.
“Cenlar’s auxiliaries stonewalled to borrowers who were at that time battling with their home equity loan installments and attempting to save lots of their homes,” CFPB Director Richard Cordray said the week before. This activity will return cash to shoppers’ pockets and ensure borrowers can get the help they have.”
Presently, Cenlar is spreading out its arrangements to depart contract adjusting out and out.
The bank said that going ahead it plans to “heighten center” on contract beginnings, which equity credit line overhauling arrangements will “work on Cenlar Mortgage’s activities, lessen expenses, and further develop returns on capital.”
The bank said that the New Residential and Cenlar bargains are relied upon to adversely affect the bank’s pre-charge results by around $400 million, remembering a misfortune for deal and certain connected exchange costs, within the main quarter of 2017.
Generally speaking, barring these items, the arrangements are relied upon to insignificantly affect working incomes in 2017, with cost benefits beginning to roll up 2018 as overhauling is moved to Cenlar and completely acknowledged in 2019, Cenlar said.
“In the course of recent years, we’ve gained huge headway changing our business to convey a cheap annuity of development,” said CD Davies, president and CEO of Cenlar Mortgage.
“Cenlar Mortgage stays a basic piece of serving our clients, extending associations with existing and imminent retail bank customers and driving development in our center business sectors,” Davies proceeded.


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Published on: 06/21/16
A great deal of attention is currently being focused on the medicinal properties of CBD oil, a cannabidiol oil made from the major non-psychoactive compound in the cannabis plant. And it’s coming from at least three directions at once.
It’s coming from medical science, chronically ill patients, and businesses foreseeing a huge industry in the making. Somewhere between the medical science and the big business side, Big Pharma is showing a lot of interest, too. Even hemp farmers are keeping an eye on developments.
The interested parties are not just lining up in the wings and waiting for the lucrative action expected to follow certainty on CBD oil’s legal status. They’re getting ready to go or are already involved as far as the US market is concerned, according to Truthout.
There’s big money to be made in CBD oil
Some predictions within the US are that CBD oil could top the NFL as a money-earner. In Israel, known as the world leader in medical cannabis research and innovation, experts have claimed they foresee their country’s cannabis-related exports as eventually becoming their top export, above arms and natural gas.
Israel is already benefitting from partnerships with several countries, including the US. Companies in the US have already invested hundreds of millions in Israeli and British projects. Amongst these are the CBD-based Epidiolex treatment for childhood epilepsy, and the licensing of two CBD-based synthetic derivatives which Israeli studies indicate helped heal bone fractures in rats.
From a business point of view, the map is clearly already there for this treasure hunt. The CBD oil, and the CBD it contains, are in the treasure chest.
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US researchers playing catch-up
Within the US itself, where researchers are still trying to play catch-up after years in the dark due to legal constraints, cannabidiol (CBD) currently features in more than 1500 academic articles and 61 clinical trials, according to the NCBI’s PubMed.
They’re still looking, but they know what to look for. Back in 2013, a review in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology recorded CBD as having properties helpful in treating pain, convulsions, depression, inflammation and tumors.
The United States government even owns the patent (#6630507) and has done so since 2003, on certain medicinal functions of cannabinoids, including CBD.
Legal confusion still tightens the reins
Despite changes in individual state’s legislature to allow the use of marijuana (cannabis) or CBD-only for medicinal purposes, CBD’s federal status is still that of a Schedule 1 drug. Although totally non-psychoactive, CBD is linked with the psychoactive THC cannabinoid as a co-compound of cannabis in terms of this drug classification.
In industrial hemp, also a cannabis plant, there is extremely little THC. Between the 2014 Agricultural Act, and The Omnibus Appropriations Act if 2016, CBD from industrial hemp could be taken as being legal throughout the US, unless individual states forbid it.
However, it is not legal to grow hemp in the United States. Some states have declared it legal to do so, but are facing opposition from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration who control hemp farming.
When the green light is on
Everything is in place for the CBD oil industry to explode when the clouds clear with regard to the Yes and No legal situation currently under the spotlight.
Disclaimer: Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of Endoca and its staff. This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment or cure. Endoca CBD products have not been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).


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Global data center collocation and interconnection company Equinix saw its 2020 annual revenue increase year-over-year to about $6 billion. This represents the 722nd consecutive revenue growth of Equinix. The net income in 2020 came down to $370 million, a 27% decrease from the previous year.
“As 2020 brings a landscape of challenges and change, Equinix continues to innovate and adapt by serving its customers as a faithful partner in their digital transformation journey,” said Charles Myers, President and CEO of Equinix. “We have continued to expand our market leadership, earning nearly $6 billion in revenue and healthy growth both at the top-line and at the per-share level. As we anticipate, I am just as optimistic about our business and the broader opportunities to serve our customers, partners and shareholders as the world’s digital infrastructure company. ”
Interconnect revenue has grown year after year, with Equinix Fabric adding strong customer acceptance, good traction to the Internet exchange market, and a strong interconnection net. Equinix’s global interconnection platform now has more than 392,000 physical and virtual interconnections.
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The European Commission is to clarify 'when waste ceases to be a waste' for a limited number of streams, beginning the exercise with steel scrap.
The announcement was made by EFR president Christian Rubach at the BIR World Recycling Convention's ferrous division meeting.
During the meeting, held in Barcelona in May, Rubach said that facts and figures, as well as assessments of the financial impact of the waste stigma on the scrap industry, are to be collected by ERF ready for presentation to the Commission and member states on June 8.
The EU imported 8.2 million tonnes of ferrous scrap in 2004 while exporting 9.5 million tonnes. Although he said that demand for scrap had reversed in recent months, Van Genuchten added that "the current state of panic" in the scrap market was unlikely to last and that prices "could be bottoming out in the summer".
The stainless steel and special alloys committee was told that recent months had thrown up "risks and uncertainty" in the form of US dollar weakness, oil price increases, variable demand and nickel supply/scrap availability issues.
Committee chairman Sandro Giuliani said: "European steelworks have had to face a weakening market situation as well as some erosion in prices since the beginning of 2005. There had already been signs of a possible slowdown in orders for the mills."
According to reports from Barry Hunter of Hunter BenMet, forward orders for new business were not flowing in the US. He told delegates: "Clear negatives expressed for the European economy, a reduction in US car sales, a non-aggressive Chinese buying market, the potential for a stronger dollar, increased interest rates and everything being written about metals, would give support to reduced buying and maintaining extremely tight inventory controls."
Stuart Freilich of Universal Metal said that military requirements for new/upgraded equipment and spare or replacement parts would help underpin demand for high-temperature alloys, titanium alloys and refractory metals throughout 2006 and 2007. The market for these materials would also be boosted by increases in passenger movements and freight business.
The scrap titanium market had been "spectacular" since the previous BIR convention last October, with prices virtually tripling in the case of 90-6-4 revert material.
"This was all to change in late April," said Freilich, "when the steelworks did not place bids for their next quarter ferro titanium requirements. Traders, especially from the Ukraine region, panicked and began selling ferro titanium at below market, causing the market to fall to today's levels."
Reporting on the Indian market for the plastics committee meeting, Surendra Borad of Belgium-based Gemini sought to dispel the notion in Europe and the US that electronic scrap was being exported to India. "There is not a single factory which is equipped with the manual or mechanical infrastructure to sort
out electronic scrap, and the authorities will not permit the import of electronics which are mixed with metal," he said. Commenting on the fact that economic viability generally prevented India from importing anything other than LDPE scrap, he added that overall, "the future of plastics scrap in India is not as prom


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Mobile browser kingpin Opera Software is the latest entrant into the crowded app store segment, teaming with white-label storefront solutions provider Appia to roll out the Opera Mobile Store. Promising both free and premium applications optimized for the Android, BlackBerry, Symbian and Java platforms, the Opera Mobile Store is customized to each user's handset, promising a catalog determined by the device's operating system as well as local language and currency. Opera will spotlight the storefront as a featured Speed Dial link in its Opera Mini and Opera Mobile browsers, although the service is also accessible across devices running non-Opera browsers.
Developers will earn 70 percent of net revenues generated via the Opera Mobile Store. Opera said that during February pre-launch trials, the Opera Mobile Store attracted more than 15 million users from 200 countries, with downloads exceeding 700,000 per day. In association with the storefront's official opening, Opera introduced its Opera Publisher Portal initiative, promising developers the tools to add their own applications to the store's inventory--for more information, click here.
Hours after the Opera Mobile Store officially launched, cross-platform applications storefront GetJar removed the Opera Mini browser from its catalog. "Due to violations of our [terms and conditions] Opera Mini has been banned from GetJar," GetJar tweeted Tuesday. "Download Bolt, UCweb, Dolphin, Layar or Sqauce and others as needed." Subsequent tweets identified the new Opera Mobile Store as the culprit: "[Opera] placed an app store in their browser. One thing we can't do is promote competing app stores ;)," GetJar tweeted Tuesday evening. A subsequent post reads "We all have to make a living."
GetJar chief marketing officer Patrick Mork further addressed Opera Mini's removal in a blog entry."The simple problem is that Opera Mini decided to include a competing app store in its browser," Mork writes. "Although we don't have any issue with this in principle, in practice it means that consumers might start using this app store instead of visiting GetJar to get their favorite apps. This robs GetJar of traffic and therefore of the advertising necessary to keep our service free for the more than 25 million consumers that use GetJar. It also jeopardizes an ecosystem that has generated over 1.6 billion downloads for tens of thousands of developers who depend on us to make money from their apps." Mork adds that GetJar spent "many months" in talks with Opera to avoid the scenario now unfolding.
Last month, Opera Software announced that more than 100 million mobile subscribers worldwide access its Opera browser each month: Opera Mini now boasts 90.4 million monthly users globally, with Opera Mobile adding roughly 15 million, extending Opera's combined reach to 105 million mobile consumers. Mork noted that GetJar alone accounts for more than 30 million Opera Mini downloads.
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Opera tops 100 million mobile web users, expands to iPad
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Orvis — the national retailer specializing in high-end fly fishing and hunting goods — will open a store in Green Hills in April, according to a company official.
To be housed in the building last home to the recently closed Nero’s Grill at 2122 Hillsboro Drive, the store will be the Vermont-based operation’s first company store in Nashville and its second company store in Tennessee, joining a location in Sevierville. Three other state retailers, including Game Fair Ltd. on Old Harding Pike in West Meade, stock Orvis goods.
Daryl Kenny, Orvis coordinator of public relations and corporate marketing, said the Vermont-based retailer is targeting an April opening but did not confirm a site. A source within Nashville’s commercial real estate industry said the former Nero’s space in Green Hills is being prepared.
Founded in 1856, Orvis has 58 retail stores and 10 outlet stores in the United States and 19 retail stores and two outlets in the United Kingdom. The company generated more than $340 million in sales in 2012 and employs between 1,500 to 1,700 full- and part-time workers, depending upon seasonal sales peaks.
Orvis products also include dog items, luggage and outdoor equipment.
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