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|Ms. Cielo Javier, JobStreet.com Philippines Country Marketing Manager|
This is the 4th year that Jobstreet.com, the no. 1 job site in the Philippines, has released the results of its Top Companies survey with their objective of improving lives through better careers. This year, there are new entrants in the top 10, changing the face of the annual list. Last year’s survey showed that a competitive basic salary is the primary reason when choosing a firm to work for whereas the candidates asked this year indicated that job security is the foremost reason for their consideration. These choices indicate that professional Filipinos are more interested in the long-term gains, as factors that directly affect their professional lives such as career growth offerings and promotion, and career-enhancing training and development opportunities. A strong leadership team that can mentor them in their professional trajectory are now more preferred, making it in the top 5 attributes of an aspirational company.
Utilities firms, for the first time, have broken into the list, with electric distribution company Meralco as the overall top preferred company of jobseekers and telecommunications company PLDT Inc. at number nine. Food and beverage conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) takes second place while tech giant Google Philippines leapfrogs to third place from last year’s eighth. As for the rest of the previously unmovable top 3, wellness multinational Nestlé Philippines takes the fourth place while the foremost business process outsourcing in the country, Accenture, is in fifth.
The only Henry Sy-led company on the list this year and the lone financial institution in the top ten, BDO Unibank, is sixth this 2017. Consumer goods giant Procter and Gamble rises is this year’s seventh and ABS-CBN Corporation, one of the Philippines’ leading media and entertainment company, is eighth this year. Rounding up the top companies most of the Filipino workforce prefer to work is consumer goods multinational Unilever, which was last seen in the 2015 list now takes the tenth place this year.
Expanding to give out special awards to category and regional winners. These companies, are bring recognized for their strong performance in their respective categories and areas.
- Bank of the Philippine Islands for Central Luzon
- Shell companies in the Philippines for CALABARZON
- Aboitiz for Central Visayas
- Shell companies in the Philippines
- Coca-Cola FEMSA Philippines
- SM Investments Corporation
- JPMorgan Chase Bank
- IBM Business Services
- Convergys Philippines
A total of 3,658 respondents participated in this year’s series of surveys that were sent out in May 2017. The respondents came from different position levels (predominantly junior executives and fresh graduates) and represented various specializations.
Visit their website: www.jobstreet.com.ph and follow their facebook: JobStreet.com Philippines.


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New opinion polling from Small Business Majority reveals that small businesses in California are facing setbacks from the current surge in COVID-19 cases, and they’re supportive of proposals to mandate vaccinations and testing at places of business that will help ensure local economies can stay open safely.
- Sixty-one percent support a state mandate requiring certain public-facing businesses like restaurants, theaters and gyms to require customers to provide proof of vaccination and/or a recent negative COVID-19 test.
- The majority (59%) of small businesses with employees would support a state law requiring businesses to mandate vaccinations and/or weekly testing for employees.
- Nearly half of small businesses in California (47%) already require all or some of their employees to be vaccinated, and another quarter (24%) are considering doing so.
- Three in 10 (29%) already require proof of vaccination from some or all of their customers, and another 11% are considering requiring it.

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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Amazon.com shares were going, going, gone Friday after one analyst called for a 70-percent jump in the stock's price due to the online retailer's move into the auction space.
Shares of Amazon.com AMZN, +1.60% rocketed 22 1/4, or 14 percent, to a new all-time high of 190.
Jamie Kiggen, Internet analyst at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, ramped up his 6-to-12 month price target on the online retailing giant to $280 from $190. Kiggen also named the online retailer his "top pick." The upgrade prompted some skeptics to question how analysts come up with valuations. See Internet Stocks.
Kiggen's bullish decision was based on Amazon.com's recent move into the higher gross margin auction business which should result in "incremental revenues."
If two or three consumer auction sites wind up dominating the enormous consumer auction category, Amazon is likely to be one of them, Kiggen said in a Friday note to clients.
Kiggen points out that the new sales from the auction site will carry gross margins of 80 percent, which he expects will help Amazon reach a low-to-mid teens operating margin by 2003. In that year, Kiggen estimates the consumer-to-consumer auction market will be a $35 billion industry.
In late March, Amazon launched Amazon.com Auctions, a consumer-to-consumer auction service similar to E-Bay's EBAY, +1.13%. At the same time, Pacific Crest Securities raised its rating on Amazon.com to a "strong buy" from a "buy." The Internet analyst, Steve Weinstein said the company has the makings to resemble a "Wal-Mart of the Web in less than 10 years and its shares could see 800-percent upside over that time."
Earlier this week, Amazon announced its purchase of Seattle-based privately-held LiveBid.com for stock to begin offering live auctions.
The Amazon upgrade pressured shares of other companies trying to stake a claim in the booming online auction business. E-Bay EBAY, +1.13%, the pioneeer of online auctions, was down 2.7 percent, Cyberian Outpost COOL, +6.67% was down 1.5 percent; and Onsale onsl shares dropped 15 percent. Onsale reported a wider first-quarter loss on Thursday.


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"TENET" CLAIMS HALF OF ALL TICKETS SOLD BY VUE CINEMAS IN UK
‘Tenet’ Fever Grips U.K., Claiming Over Half of Ticket Sales for Vue Cinema Chain
For European cinema giant Vue…the film so far accounts for 60% of tickets sold in the U.K. on Wednesday…at the Cineworld in Wolverhampton, England, audiences have a choice of 29 “Tenet” shows on Aug. 26, while the Odeon in Cardiff, Wales, offers 16 shows, and the Vue Ocean Terminal in Edinburgh, Scotland, has 19.
‘New Mutants’ Is Apparently Still Being Released in Theaters in Two Weeks it’s still possible that Disney could amend those plans. But for now, “The New Mutants” will be the first new theatrical release from a major studio since the pandemic forced U.S. cinemas to close in March. The news is especially surprising, and not just because Disney has done minimal promotion for “The New Mutants.”
Why the end of the Paramount decrees is bad for movies and movie theaters The combination of changing legal precedent and theaters potentially looking for a financial saving grace could open the door to a major acquisition in coming months...The theatrical model won't go away entirely, but it could be revolutionized by studio ownership.
WarnerMedia Chief Jason Kilar on Theatrical Windows
"Do I think that things will change in terms of how long the theatrical window is versus where it is today? I do think it will change, and I think that’s appropriate. The key in navigating that change is to figure out a way that it can be done such that the theatrical experience still is a good business. I certainly don’t see the theatrical business going away because it’s a great consumer experience."
Disney Confirms ‘Mulan’ China Theatrical Release No release date was confirmed. The movie is heading directly to Disney+ in countries where the service has already launched, including the U.S. and UK, on September 4. It will receive a theatrical roll out in other territories, and the China bow had been anticipated as the major market has no Disney+
BTS' 'Break The Silence' Movie Will Be Screening Near You Soon
The K-pop supergroup's fourth movie is slated to hit theaters worldwide in limited screenings beginning Sept. 10, with additional territories, including the U.S., coming on-line beginning Sept. 24….tickets for Break the Silence will go on sale on the official film website beginning on Aug. 13…The Trafalgar Releasing effort is the sequel to 2019's Bring the Soul: The Movie, which raked in $24.3 million in box office on 2.55 million tickets sold in 112 territories according to a release announcing the movie.
What Mulan moving to Disney+ means for Hollywood blockbusters
Disney+ recently passing 60 million paid subscribers just nine months after its launch...If half of those subscribers were to purchase Mulan, the film would take in $900 million, with all that money going directly to Disney. And that's not to mention the new subscribers the film might bring to the platform. (Also, this is no 48-hour rental deal: Once viewers pay their $30, they'll have access to Mulan as long as they subscribe.)
‘Mulan’ Madness: With A Potential Disney+ Windfall, Will Studio Still Need Movie Theaters?
'Why would you share your profitability with an outside company?!' cried one owner of a dine-in cinemas chain...If 50% of their subscribers rent Mulan, that’s $906 million! That’s money that Disney gets to keep all on their own! This is a death blow to theaters..."
With ‘Mulan,’ Disney Tests Out Entirely New Early VOD Model
The live-action remake is premiering on Disney Plus on Sept. 4 for a premium price.. Consumers in the U.S. and other territories will have to pay $29.99 on top of the streaming service’s monthly subscription fee of $6.99. In markets where Disney Plus isn’t available, “Mulan” will play in cinemas.
Martin Scorsese Makes Apple First-Look Film & Television Deal The relationship kicks off with Killers of the Flower Moon which will star Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro…a deal that has Paramount releasing the film theatrically. https://deadline.com/2020/08/martin-scorsese-apple-first-look-deal-sikelia-productions-killers-of-the-flower-moon-1203010010/
Disney+ Passes 60.5M Subscribers, Reaches 5-Year Streaming Goal In First Eight Months
Netflix Negotiating For ‘The Woman In The Window’ With Amy Adams…Project Will Be Let Go By Disney
Sony Pictures Quarterly Profit Rises to $230 Million
Theatrical revenue fell to $6 million amid the coronavirus pandemic, but home entertainment revenue surged 60 percent to $319 million.
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell Says Studio’s Deal With AMC “Can Tap Into Very Large Audience” Who Doesn’t Frequent Movie Theaters
Netflix Original Films Exec Says 'We're Still in Pretty Good Shape'
“The choice is not going to be, ‘Do I go to the theater or do I watch something in the comfort of my own home?’ It's going to be, ‘What do I want to watch and where can I find it?’"
BritBox Streaming Service to Expand Into up to 25 Countries
HBO Max Reached 4.1 Million Subscribers One Month After Launch


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It’s Super Duper Bowl weekend, folks. Let the tie-ins begin.
First things first – food, glorious food. Area restaurants like Douro in Greenwich and Crabtree’s Kittle House in Chappaqua will be stepping up to the line of scrimmage with special mouth-watering feasts and nibbles, in-house and takeout, to enhance your experience of the game. (WAG attended a Super Bowl party last year at the Castle Hotel & Spa in Tarrytown, and we can attest that the sliders and shrimp went a long way to easing the Denver Broncos’ blowout defeat by the Seattle Seahawks, who are trying to make it two in a row, this time against the New England Patriots.)
Many of you, of course, will be staging your own Super Bowl shindigs, and there seems to be a tussle for the soul of America between those who want healthier choices for the big game – call it Deflate-plate – and those who say, Let it all hang out.
According to a survey of 344 men and women commissioned by Blimpie – based in Scottsdale, Ariz., a half-hour drive from Glendale, site of Super Bowl XLIX – 53 percent of Americans crave a healthier Super Bowl spread. However, 41 percent say they eat more calories on Super Bowl Sunday than on Thanksgiving. And when asked the most annoying thing about a Super Bowl party, running out of eats and bevies ranked right up there with parents who can’t corral the kiddies, too-serious fans and (attention, George Costanza) double-dipping.
Pizza, wings, chips and salsa, and subs remain the most popular offerings, which is good news for Blimpie, a national sub chain.
The survey also reveals that folks love their Super Bowl, which they cite as their favorite “holiday” after Christmas. More than one in four would make it a national holiday, while more than 2 in five would petition the NFL to move it to a Saturday night. And more than four in five hang with the entire game, regardless of the outcome, although a quarter of respondents said the commercials are the best part.
“We’re thrilled to see subs on the list as a favorite Super Bowl food, and we have many healthy sub options like the Blimpie Best, Turkey & Provolone and Ham & Swiss,” says Steve Evans, vice president of marketing at Blimpie (blimpie.com). “Super Bowl Sunday is one of our busiest days of the year, and many of our stores do 20 percent of their entire year’s catering order on this one day. So we’re ready to serve our fans the healthy game day food they say they’re craving.”
That’s music to the ears of Dr. Steve Feyrer-Melk, also of Scottsdale, where he practices at the Optimal Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention Center. He’s also chief science officer of Nudge, a health app that collects and sorts data from the most popular health and fitness apps on the market.
Feyrer-Melk offers these tips on how to stay healthy and avoid eating the 1,200 calories and 50 grams of fat that the average fan will consume during Sunday’s festivities:
- Have a healthy mid-morning snack like a Greek yogurt, or a cup of cottage cheese. Don’t “save up” your calories. You want to go to the party in a state of nutritional equilibrium, not a caloric deficit. Olga Klyuchtis’ healthy tropical smoothieis a recipe that incorporates Greek yogurt in a delicious way.
- Hit the veggie tray. Try baking Kale Chips for a fun and tasty twist on the traditional veggie platter.
- Avoid potato chips with a yummy substitute like Oven Baked Carrots and Sweet Potato Fries.
- Avoid cheeses and sauce dips. Each tablespoon is most likely 50 or more calories of not-so-healthy-nacho cheese.
- Choose whole grain buns and limit the number. If you can go without, do it.
- Choose snacks higher in protein like chicken wings, shrimp and lean meat. Try Serena Wolf’s Summer Salad with Avocado and Grilled Shrimp or Olga Klyuchtis’ Easy Baked Chicken Wings for healthy and flavorsome alternatives.
For more on these recipes, visit Sidechef.com. Dubbed the “Siri of cooking apps,” SideChef reads aloud all recipe directions, navigating through each recipe like a car’s GPS. – edited by Georgette Gouveia


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Over the weekend, AOL hosted a nationwide competiton asking would-be news anchors to audition live on its website as it was streamed out to over 250,000 viewers.
People on Twitter were then asked to vote on who they wanted to win, using the hashtag #aolanchorquest, with the chosen anchor then starring in AOL’s new Live Programming venture.
Amid this chaos, where a Jay-Z impersonator and a guitarist in drag auditioned while a Taekwondo champion attempted to decapitate her on-air rival, an advert for P&G’s Secret Deodorant brand was created.
Heralded as a bold move by the brand, the auditionee was questioned live about her nerves (and what this was doing to her sweat glands) and then asked for her unscripted thoughts on the Secret’s new deodorant.
The real-time marketing experiment paid off for Secret and highlighted how AOL’s Live platform could offer brands greater authenticity in advertising – as long as it’s a likeable product.


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Iran attends Russia’s MITT
Four representatives from Iran have attended the 24th Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (MITT), one of the major travel exhibitions in the world.
Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei and Iran's Minister of Communications and Information Technology (CIT) Mahmoud Vaezi visited the exhibition to investigate strategies to expand Iran’s tourism industry.
Iran has a significant role in evolution of human civilization and today has a lot to offer to tourists to learn about ancient Persian civilization. Iran has potentials to host tourists in various categories of tourism industry from sports to religious tourism.
With over 1,600 participants from across the world, MITT is acts as a key meeting point for tourism businesses and Iran means to use the opportunity to expand ties with clients and business counterparts.
Iran used this venue to raise awareness of tourists and businesses about Iranian destinations and business environment in Iranian travel market.
The 24th edition of the MITT kicked off on 14 March, 2017 in Moscow and will finish on 16 March 16, 2017. MITT aims to host over 28,000 unique visitors mainly professionals of the tourism industry.
Iran attends Russia’s the 24th Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (Photo Courtesy: IRNA)


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- In August, UK retail sales increased by 1.3 per cent on a like-for-like basis from August 2016, when they had decreased 0.9 per cent from the preceding year, according to the BRC – KPMG August Retail Sales Monitor
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On a total basis, sales rose 2.4 per cent in August, against a decline of 0.3 per cent in August 2016, which had been the poorest performance of the year. This is the strongest growth since Easter, above the 3-month and 12-month averages of 1.9 per cent and 1.6 per cent respectively.
Over the three months to August 2017, in-store sales declined 1.4 per cent on a total basis and 1.9 per cent on a like-for-like basis.
Over the three months to August, food sales increased 1.8 per cent on a like-for-like basis and 3.2 per cent on a total basis. This continued to slow versus the three months to July of 3.4 per cent but remained above the 12-month total average growth of 2.7 per cent.
Over the three-months to August, non-food retail sales in the UK increased 0.6 per cent on a like-for-like basis and 0.9 per cent on a total basis, above the 12-month total average growth of 0.6 per cent.
Online sales of non-food products grew 11 per cent in August, above both the three-month and 12-month averages of 9.8 per cent and 8.8 per cent respectively. Online penetration rate increased from 21.0 per cent in August 2016 to 21.6 per cent in August 2017.
Helen Dickinson, chief executive of British Retail Consortium (BRC) said, “August provided a welcome pick-up in retail sales across channels, with non-food returning to growth as shoppers’ attentions turned to homewares, autumn clothing ranges and the new school term.
“However, these figures tell a less positive story about the health of consumer spending than it might seem at first glance. Non-food sales have only just recovered to levels seen two years ago, after a dismal August in 2016; while strong figures for food are largely the result of rising prices, leaving growth in volume terms weaker than last year.
Stark challenges lurk around the corner for the retail industry. Purchasing decisions are very much dictated by a shrinking pool of discretionary consumer spend, with the amount of money in people’s pockets set to be dented by inflation and statutory rises in employee pension contributions in a few months’ time. It’s therefore crucial to protect consumers wherever possible from further cost pressures. For Government, this includes ensuring continued choice and availability of affordable, quality products for shoppers post-Brexit, by securing a strong deal on customs and tariff-free trade with the EU.”
Don Williams, retail partner at KPMG said, “Despite the ongoing challenges for the industry, retailers achieved reasonable growth in August, which is positive news for the industry. Even non-food categories experienced an uptick – a welcome relief given the poor performance recently.
“Retailers taught us a thing or two about Back to School, with children’s clothes and footwear obtaining top-marks in terms of sales. Elsewhere, growth in home improvement sales – including furniture – point to the influence of staycations, although it could also be that home furnishing retailers are not having to compete with the likes of the Olympics for attention this year.
“Mirroring the successes of the high street, online sales continued to go from strength to strength, with all categories noting growth.
“Retailers have managed to achieve stronger than expected growth, however adding to this could be the fact that consumers appear to be turning a blind eye to the potential crush on spending power to come. The industry now needs to overcome further devaluation of the pound and the increased costs therein.”
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30 May 2017Grocery research organisation IGD and The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) have outlined 10 areas bricks and mortar grocery retailers must focus on to ensure they remain relevant for shoppers in an increasingly digital age
02 May 2017The decrease in the number of hours worked by retail staff has continued for another year, according to the British Retail Consortium's (BRC) latest Retail Employment Monitor


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“Unfortunately the HTC One Mini will not be coming to Canada.”
Definitive words from the company that has focused its attention on a singular product since April: the HTC One.
But we’ve heard again and again that the 4.3-inch form factor is ideal for many users, and coupled with a high-resolution screen is one of the best combinations available on a smartphone today. With a 1.4Ghz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, an 1800mAh battery, 16GB internal storage and a 4MP UltraPixel camera sensor and Android 4.2.2 with Sense 5.0, the HTC One Mini is a serious contender for best mid-range smartphone on the market.
Then why isn’t it coming to Canada? Likely because there is less of a mid-range market to speak of in this country; due to high phone subsidies, devices cost less up front and are discounted more quickly in an effort to reduce inventory.
Now that two-year contracts are coming into effect, though, mid-range devices like the HTC One Mini, which could be sold for $99 on a two-year term compared to its bigger brother at $179 or $199, the prospects for such a market are improving.
So, would you buy a HTC One Mini if it came to Canada?


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Developed as part of Factorial and Stellantis’ joint development agreement announced in November 2021, this cell results from the two companies’ continued collaboration to bring advanced solid-state battery technology to electric vehicles.
After already successfully creating automotive relevant sized cells of 40 Ah capacity, Factorial is introducing even larger format cells to meet the key performance requirements from their global leading automotive OEM partners.
“Factorial is excited to showcase our large format solid battery cells in an automotive battery pack concept application at this year’s CES,” said Siyu Huang, CEO of Factorial. “Solid-state battery technology is rapidly advancing, and Factorial is proud to be at the forefront of cell development. We are immensely grateful to Stellantis for their close collaboration and partnership in bringing our technology to market.”
“We are thrilled to be partnering with Factorial, as part of our Dare Forward 2030 strategic plan, to develop a proprietary technology that uses less cobalt,” said Carlos Tavares, Stellantis CEO. “The solid-state battery is expected to deliver up to 30% higher energy density compared to conventional lithium ion, which could enable an even longer driving range or less weight. ‘More with less’ is the way to lead the way the world moves.”
Factorial is committed to delivering high performance, sustainable and safe batteries to power electric vehicles. Factorial’s FEST (Factorial Electrolyte System Technology) leverages current lithium ion battery manufacturing facilities, which saves production costs and time, while improving energy density and safety.


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Burberry is seeking to deal with a sales slowdown in its Asian business by dramatically reducing the size of its Hong Kong flagship store.
The luxury retailer is in the process of renegotiating leases with landlords and has agreed a lease restructuring for its flagship store at Hong Kong’s Pacific Place complex.
Burberry chief financial officer Carol Fairweather said: “During the next financial year the store will be reduced in size while significantly boosting sales per square foot.”
The Pacific Place store currently occupies two floors, but Burberry has decided to move out of the bottom level.
Asia Pacific delivered a mid single-digit percentage year-on-year sales decline in the half ending September 30.
The reduction in size of its Hong Kong store comes against a backdrop of significant belt tightening at Burberry.
Fairweather said: “In the short term we have accelerated action to control costs, from only recruiting business-critical roles, to reducing travel and expenses and other discretionary costs.”
Burberry has made £30m in savings from reducing performance-related pay and saved £20m from cracking down on discretionary costs.
In an effort to improve efficiencies, the retailer is also merging its Burberry Prorsum, London and Brit brands under one name – Burberry.
Fairweather said this would not result in the closure of stores with the Prorusm or Brit fascias.
She explained: “We only have a handful and we will not be closing stores if they are profitable, this [merger] does not come into place until November 2016 and we will not be closing any stores we hadn’t planned on closing.”
Fairweather also denied the significant reduction in size of its Hong Kong flagship was a sign that its stores are overspaced.
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(CNN) – Aircraft seat designers have long come up with innovative concepts for affordable cabins, seeking the ideal balance between accommodating as many passengers as possible and maintaining a relatively pleasant experience for them.And though the plane seats that have been standing under consideration in recent years they have not yet seen the light, and the revision of airplane seats that seemed to be on the horizon last year in the wake of the pandemic never materialized, there are still many designers working to revolutionize the aircraft cabin.
Always on the lookout for the latest updates and innovations, Crystal Cabin Awards They are known for highlighting new trends in aircraft interiors.
After the pandemic delayed the announcement of the 2020 award winners, this year the Crystal Cabin Awards have narrowed down their usual eight categories to two key awards that recognize where aviation is at right now: the judges’ choice category and the clean and safe air travel award.
From stretching your legs in the lower section of a cabin with multi-level economy seating to snuggling into a compartment built into the overhead compartments, the nominees offer a glimpse into the future potential of flying.
One of the most intriguing concepts on the shortlist is the Chaise Longue economy seating project, which raises a double-level seating cabin, with each row alternating between floor seats and raised seats a few feet off the ground.
The design is attributed to the 21-year-old student Alejandro Núñez Vicente, who hails from Spain but studies at TU Delft University in the Netherlands. Núñez Vicente tells CNN Travel that his experience traveling through Europe in economy class served in part as an inspiration for the idea.
Fed up with the lack of legroom, he realized that raising the front row of seats would solve the problem. Its design eliminates the upper luggage compartment, allowing more space in the cabin for the upper seats. Instead, luggage is stored in compartments under the seat.
Núñez Vicente believes that this design would work well on the Flying-V aircraft, which is currently being developed at the Technical University of Delft, but says it could also be applied on a Boeing 747, an Airbus A330 or any other medium or large aircraft. .
Núñez Vicente says that he took ideas that were already being discussed by the team working on the Flying-V project and contributed his own vision.
The goal was to create a multi-level cabin experience that offered something attractive to travelers seated on both levels.
“The lower row has the advantage that passengers have the experience of being on a sofa stretching their legs, while the upper row offers an SUV experience, making it possible, for example, to cross the legs due to the greater legroom available and in general ”, says Núñez Vicente.
The seat design also offers more recline angles, as well as an adjustable backrest and a fold-out cervical support, for more comfort.
“The current economy class is usually limited to a single or slightly reclined position that prevents the user from having a comfortable and relaxing flight experience,” says Núñez Vicente.
The concept was already thought out before the pandemic, but Núñez Vicente believes that the design adapts to the current climate.
“As it gives more space between passengers, and places them at different heights, it is more suitable for flights in times of pandemic,” he says. In addition, the seat parts are designed to be easily moved, making it possible to convert a commercial aircraft to a cargo one.
Núñez Vicente is now working to bring the design to life in collaboration with his professors at the Technical University of Delft, Dr. Peter Vink and Dr. Wolf Song. The next step is the design of demonstrable prototypes.
“For now, this is an internal university project, led by students, which has not yet been formally presented to the airlines. However, some companies in the aerospace sector have already shown their interest in the Chaise Longue Economic Seat project, which presents possible possibilities for future collaborations, ”says Núñez Vicente.
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The Chaise Longue isn’t the only design to offer a double-deck seating configuration that has been recognized by this year’s Crystal Cabin awards.
Toyota Boshoku’s CLOUD CAPSULE concept is also on the shortlist as it envisions the area above the economy seat as additional space that passengers can withdraw to once the aircraft reaches cruising altitude.
According to a statement from the Japanese company, the design should “make economy class travel safer, more enjoyable and comfortable, while creating more revenue opportunities for airlines.”
The idea is that passengers can buy a normal economy seat ticket and then, as a complement, acquire access to CLOUD CAPSULE, which Toyota Boshoku calls “a multipurpose room that equals the experience of a business class seat.”
Offering unexpected privacy in the crowded economy cabin, the capsule could also have its own heating and air conditioning settings.
Another of the jury’s award nominees seeking to reimagine economy class, though not adding another level to the cabin, is Interspace, a seat design idea from Universal Movement, a spin-off from London-based design company New Territory.
The seat is intended to facilitate sleep for economy class passengers, through padded wings that unfold on both sides of the seat back, allowing greater privacy and a padded place to rest the head.
CNN Travel tested the seat when it debuted at the Aircraft Cabin Innovation summit in December 2019, commenting on the privacy and comfort it offers.
Universal Movement is now working with Safran Seats to bring the concept to life.
The design caught the attention of the 27 Crystal Cabin Awards judges because it could be adapted to an existing aircraft cabin.
For its part, the clean and safe air travel category recognizes designs such as Boeing’s ultraviolet disinfection wand, which worked in collaboration with companies such as Etihad Airways to devise a “portable magic wand” that could clean the cabin. of an airplane.
Crystal Cabin Awards representative Lukas Kaestner tells CNN Travel that the awards body has increasingly registered innovative coach seat designs in recent years.
“Of course, the likelihood that, for example, double-deck seats and capsules will really gain momentum in the next few years is still slim,” says Kaestner. “But we must not underestimate the trend and agenda-setting ability of such concepts for aviation as an industry.”
The full list of nominees for this year’s Crystal Cabin Awards can be found consult here, and the winners are expected to be announced at this year’s Aircraft Interiors Expo, to be held virtually in September 2021.


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Johnson & Johnson today expanded a recall of over-the-counter medications, the second time it has done so in less than a month because of a moldy smell that has made users sick. The broadening recall now includes some batches of regular and extra-strength Tylenol children’s Tylenol, eight-hour Tylenol, Tylenol arthritis, Tylenol PM, children’s Motrin, Motrin IB, Benadryl Rolaids, Simply Sleep, and St. Joseph’s aspirin. Both caplet and geltab products were sold in the Americas, the United Arab Emirates, and Fiji were recalled.
Almost three weeks ago, the company’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare Products expanded its recall to include Tylenol Arthritis Caplets.
The way the company handled the recall has irked federal regulators, who say McNeil did not act fast enough.
The Food and Drug Administration said McNeil knew of the problem in early 2008 but made only a limited investigation.
The agency said about 70 people were either sickened by the odor, or noticed it.
“McNeil should have acted faster,” said Deborah Autor, the director of the FDA’s Office of Compliance of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. “When something smells bad, literally or figuratively, companies must aggressively investigate and take all necessary action to solve the problem.”
The FDA sent McNeil a warning letter for violating manufacturing standards and failing to report and investigate the problem in a timely way, Autor said.
Johnson & Johnson has 15 days to respond. The FDA says it wants an explanation as to why the problem was not made public sooner.
There have been no reports of nausea related to them most recent recall, the company said.
McNeil, however, said the expanded recall includes product lots that could be affected by the same problems of nausea. A full list of the recalled products is online at www.mcneilproductrecall.com.
The latest recall applies to products sold in the Americas, the United Arab Emirates, and Fiji.
Johnson & Johnson recalled some Tylenol Arthritis Caplets in November and December due to the smell, which caused nausea, stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhea.
Johnson & Johnson says the smell is caused by small amounts of a chemical associated with the treatment of wooden pallets. The FDA said the chemical can leach into the air, and traced it to a facility in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico.
The New Brunswick, N.J., company said it is investigating the issue and will stop shipping products with the same materials on wooden pallets. It has asked suppliers to do so as well.
The company said it is working with the Food and Drug Administration.
Also on Friday, Federal prosecutors in Boston said Johnson & Johnson paid tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks so nursing homes would put more patients on its blockbuster schizophrenia drug.
The company gave special rebates to Omnicare Inc., the country’s biggest company providing pharmacy services to nursing homes, in return for recommendations from its pharmacists that patients use Risperdal.
Johnson & Johnson shares fell 75 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $64.35. AP


text: In 2020, Quibi presented at CES on its full launch plans including details on its content, technology and partnerships. In March 2020, Quibi announced a partnership with Canadian telecommunications company BCE, whereby its Bell Media division would produce Canadian news and sports content for the service (via CTV News and TSN respectively), and Bell Mobility would be Quibi's exclusive Canadian telecom marketing partner. Quibi filed a lawsuit against interactive video developer Eko on March 9, 2020, which sought a declaration that Quibi did not infringe on Eko's patented technology, as well as an order that Eko withdraw a complaint filed with Apple's App Store and unspecified monetary damages. Quibi pre-emptively filed its lawsuit, Quibi Holdings, LLC v. Interlude US, Inc. (d/b/a Eko), in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Eko filed its own separate but related countersuit, JBF Interlude 2009 Ltd - Israel v. Quibi Holdings, LLC, a day later on March 10, alleging that Quibi stole proprietary technology after Eko demoed it to Quibi's employees including Katzenberg.


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I/O Live platform uses Google+ feeds to add running commentary to conference video streams. But it's really only half of a live-blogging tool, because it doesn't allow readers to comment.
This year, CNET is live-streaming (almost) all of the CES 2102 press conferences from our CES special coverage. Sound and pictures make all the difference.
Pakistani Twitter users unwittingly describe raid in progress, while Sony grapples with security headache. Also: Intel goes 3D.
The consumer electronics extravaganza formally kicks off with a keynote address by Microsoft's CEO. We'll keep you up-to-the-minute.
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Platform is no CoverItLive, but it will be useful for some writers and there's a lot to be said for its simple and open design.
CNET News.com will be live-blogging Yahoo's earnings Tuesday.
Life has changed dramatically for a reporter who is live-blogging the murder trial of programmer Hans Reiser and can now turn to his laptop, instead of puzzles, during downtime.
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By Donna DeClemente, Donna's Promo Talk
Many had feared and predicted on how the weather was going to be a big factor during Super Bowl 48 and it wasn't. What we didn't predict is that the Denver Broncos weren't going to be a factor either!The Seattle Seahawks dominated the entire game and won their first Super Bowl in their franchise history with a 43-8 win over the Broncos. Congrats Seahawks.
All the brands were there though with their millions of dollars worth of TV ads. Fox reported that the actual Super Bowl had attracted 112.2 million viewers. The major difference this year is that is wasn't all about the TV broadcast. Most of the marketing folks joined the social media world in a big way. They learned that if they were going to spend that kind of money, then they better not waste it just on 30 seconds of airtime. As most everyone is now aware, the majority of ads could be viewed before the game on either the brands' social media sites and on YouTube's Ad Blitz Channel. More than half of all ads (57%) that aired during the game this year included a hashtag, such as Chevy's #SilveradoStrong and Coke's #AmericaIsBeautiful,. That's up from 50% last year and 7% the year before when Audi was the first by including the hashtag #ProgressIs at the end of it's 60 second spot.
As Facebook turns 10 years old this week, they are also celebrating that they got five specific mentions in Super Bowl ads, compared to Twitter's four. Twitter however reported that during Sunday’s telecast more than 24.9 million Tweets about the game and halftime show were sent. I have to admit that I started following the Tweets on Twitter, but found there was no way to keep up with them and watch the game and the ads at the same time. I found many Tweets that were not even related to the game or the ads, but used a relevant hashtag anyhow.


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Twitter user JHackstar has tipped us off by a wiki showing picture that GreenPoison is not so far and is coming very soon which will support all devices.
The reason for new changes in Apple was to make improvement and close the doors of loophole for hackers which have been using until iOS 4.3. The waiting for the updates are over. It has been decided that GreenPoison will be released as it is, with a new confirmed at 4.3 to be made later. iPhone hacker Pod2g has also confirmed this on twitter.
Great news on 3 levels. 1st for sure many users were anxiously waiting for an untethered jailbreak on 4.2.1 since long time. 2nd, the GreenPoison will work on all hardware and finally the release is not far away.


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First Eco-Friendly School Breakfast Project Launched
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Two schools in Zagreb today have launched the first eco-breakfast programme in Croatia…
“Imam prvao jesti zdravo” (I have the right to eat healthy) is a project which will see over 700 school kids over the next two years get eco-friendly breakfasts at school for free.
Contents of the lunch boxes have been entirely donated by ecologically producers and members of the Association of Croatian Eco-Agricultural Producers (OPG Eko Sever, OPG Repro Eko, OPG Marica Jug and Grbić).
The Ecological Institute ‘Ecologica’, in cooperation with the Association of Croatian Eco-Agricultural Producers, helped launch the project which has received funding from the German Foundation for the Environment ‘Deutsche Bundesbank Umwelstiftung’, FIBL, and the European Institute for Research in Organic Agriculture.
“We want the kids to be eating a healthy breakfast and on the other hand we want to encourage thinking about stimulates for the development of organic agriculture in Croatia. Organic agriculture is increasing – we have 4,000 producers and an increase in surface area on which it is grown, but there is not enough diversity of products, there is also a lack of fruit other than apples, and dairy products are not certified,” said Sonja Karoglan Todorić from Ecologica.


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Willis Towers Watson has announced that Chubb, the world’s largest publicly traded property and casualty insurer, has licensed Radar Live, Willis Towers Watson’s pricing delivery software.
Radar Live’s pricing technology and capability to integrate seamlessly across multiple channels, offers the benefit of increased pace and agility, according to the brokerage giant. Radar Live also incorporates advanced analytics and machine learning tools.
“We are delighted that Chubb has chosen to work with us and implement Radar Live,” said Dave Ovenden (pictured), global pricing and underwriting leader at Willis Towers Watson. “Chubb is recognised for its underwriting excellence, and our advanced pricing delivery software will support their focus on responding even more quickly to changing market conditions in an efficient way that delivers an exceptional customer experience.”
New data sources and the accessibility of machine learning algorithms have raised customer expectations for analytics performance, Willis Towers Watson said. At the same time, customers’ and distributors’ demand for integrated, online and mobile technology has grown.
“Our new partnership with Chubb continues our commitment to developing software that is relevant, accessible and affordable, pioneering the delivery of leading-edge technology solutions for commercial insurers in order to thrive in the digital age and meet changing customer needs,” Ovenden said.


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Speaking to Marketing Week, Whitehouse said Premier Foods, which has significantly invested in multimillion pound television campaigns for its power brands such as Mr Kipling, Oxo and Bisto over the last 12 months, will now also move to revamp its smaller brands.
Premier Foods has doubled its consumer marketing spend in the period between October 2014 and March 2015 versus the same period a year ago after total sales slipped 4.6% in the fourth quarter of 2014, and Whitehouse expects double digit growth in consumer marketing spend over the next few years.
“We just brought Homepride back on the TV for the first time in a while and you’ll see similar activity now brand-by-brand,” he said.
“We now have the scope and space to one-by-one refresh every brand in the Premier portfolio, and I’m confident you’ll see results – every power brand we’ve invested in so far has shown progress. I’m not looking to cut any smaller brands, it is now all about building them and once that cycle is complete, I think you’ll see a very healthy business.”
The FMCG giant posted a 3.5% drop to £158m in power brand sales on products such as Mr Kipling over the fourth quarter of 2014 despite upping marketing spend by a whopping 80%. Although Mr Kipling did see retail sales rise by 28% YOY in December.
“Look, the external marketing environment is tough right now with price deflation and stagnant volumes,” admitted Whitehouse. “But we have a great set of brands and need to remind consumers that they belong in their baskets.”
He added: “A lot of our power brands have been around for a long time, what we’ve changed is the way our marketing team assesses market trends so they can stay relevant such as Homepride introducing a Piri Piri sauce.”
Although admitting Premier had upped its social media spend, Whitehouse, citing Bisto’s Together ad, which went out to 10 million people during a prime time slot during this year’s I’m A Celebrity on ITV, says high-profile television campaigns are ‘still in many ways creating the most comprehensive results.’
In January, Premier’s category business director Claire Harrison-Church joined Asda as its new VP of marketing. She has been replaced internally by marketing director Phil Ellis.
Premier, meanwhile, will also take on P&G senior marketing manager Yilmaz Erceyes in March as part of a long-term plan ‘to continue to recruit top marketing talent.’
Premier Foods on… packaging
Whitehouse says the marketing team, which is led by Helen Warren-Piper in the recently expanded role of marketing director for the Grocery business unit, is partly being tasked with introducing new packaging formats, such as pouches, in a bid to increase the perceived value of products. There will be significant investment in NPD in 2015.
Much like the Walkers’ Do Us A Flavour campaign, Premier will introduce a social media campaign urging consumers to come up with brand new flavours for one of its power brands later this year.
Tesco and the discounters
Tesco, Premier’s biggest retail customer, recently announced plans to cut its product listings by 30% and, unsurprisingly, Whitehouse said the move will ensure that the “big brands will win while giving customers clearer choice and less clutter.”
Although Premier supplies discounters like Aldi and Lidl with limited supplies, Whitehouse isn’t convinced of their long term growth.
“It depends on whether you think the rise of the discounters is cyclical or a permanent shift – I’m convinced it will top out at some point, but at the end of the day we are a brand builder,” he added.


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“We are real people,” she said. “I personally have no kids and am not married, but I know so many of my coworkers who are … Who just bought homes. Who have small children. Who have children in college they have to support. We are a strong group of people and I know everyone will […]
To be sure, the white-collar workers have fared far better during the pandemic than blue-collar workers, who tend to be younger and have less education. Many people who normally work in offices have been able to do their jobs from home, albeit sometimes with the challenge of caring for children home from school. Higher-paid workers […]
“We don’t want to lose any (jobs). We try very hard not to, but one’s got to assume somewhere between 5% and 10% of the restaurants might not be able to survive,” he admitted.
“What the retail sector needs now is a tripartite approach of the government, unions and employers working together to develop a much needed retail recovery plan. We have long called for an industrial strategy for retail to help a sector that was already struggling before the coronavirus emergency. Now the situation is much worse.”
Burger King – 1,600 roles TSB – 848 jobs at risk Fullers – 500 positions Pizza Hut – 450 jobs at risk City Pub Group – 250 jobs at risk thanks to new lockdown restrictions RS Components – 208 jobs at risk Car parts manufacturer Stadco – 172 roles in Llanfyllin, Telford and the West […]
The industry leaders argued the airline business is vitally important to the US economy, and that the industry losing this many good paying jobs at once is a blow that the economy can’t withstand. They also argued that once the jobs are lost it will take time to once again train and certify airline employees, […]
Germany’s Lufthansa (DLAKF), British Airways, Ryanair (RYAAY), Air France-KLM (AFLYY) and Scandinavian Airlines (SASDF) have announced that as many as 50,000 roles are at risk between them, although Ryanair told Reuters last month that it has been able to limit redundancies after pilots and cabin crew agreed to pay cuts.
“Traditionally, the group has always traded with strong cash reserves and a conservative balance sheet but these stories, the reduction in credit insurance – against the backdrop of the lockdown – and now this second wave of Covid-19 and all the local lockdowns, have made normal trading impossible.
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Ever since it began its operations in 1946, Sony Corporation (then known as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo), has been one of the world’s most admired companies. The company has been at the forefront of innovation with products like the first transistorized radio, first transistorized television, first transistorized tape recorder, and the first IC radio. I personally bought and experienced some of their products such as the Trinitron television and their first Walkman (in 1979). And I keenly followed the development of their Walkman products (buying several of those along the years), CD players, and television sets. I can see that Sony products excel on the design and innovation front, and are built to last. But in the age of iPads, iPods, and Galaxy Tabs, Sony has fallen by the wayside and is trying hard to catch up. It was disheartening to learn that Sony faced its fourth consecutive annual loss this year, with its stock value dropping more than 50 percent since 2005.
But on the positive side, Sony just got a new President & CEO (Kazuo Hirai) who has a plan to turn around the ailing electronics giant. Hirai (51), who is famously known for turning around Sony’s Playstation business, says he wants to drive growth in Sony’s core electronic businesses: digital imaging, smart phones, and gaming devices. And he wants to revive the television business. As a first step to doing this, Sony recently severed alliances with Sharp and Samsung, who previously manufactured flat panels and other components for Sony television sets.
Undoubtedly, Hirai and his team have big plans to revive Sony. But in my opinion, I think Sony needs a revolutionary product (like the Walkman or Trinitron television) to make a comeback. That product isn’t going to be a smart phone or tablet, because there are already established market leaders in those segments. And it isn’t going to be a television either (no matter how great the picture or sound is). It could be a Smart TV (linked to the Net) with gesture controls — but Samsung (and others) already have that.
So let’s take a look at what Sony’s got, and then try to come up with concept products that use elements from each.
Sony has got a huge catalog of content, by way of movies, games and music. And we know that it is richness and variety of content that makes a device really useful. It’s happening with the iPhone and iPad (with a huge library of apps).
Sony Pictures Entertainment the television and film production/distribution unit of Sony, acquired Columbia Pictures and Tri-star Pictures in 1989, and the legendary MGM Studios in 2005. With that, it gained access to a huge library of classics and Oscar winning films, not to mention associated franchising and merchandising properties.
Sony Music Entertainment is one of the big four record music companies in the world. Sony Music acquired CBS records in 1987, and some may remember that CBS produced best-selling albums such as Michael Jackson’s Thriller. And in 2004, Sony Music merged with Bertelsmann to form Sony-BMG ( 50:50 venture). With all these properties Sony now has the richest music catalog, that includes best selling acts such as the Beatles (through its merger with ATV Music Publishing).
On the gaming front, Sony has seen success with its Playstation series and games that are exclusive to this platform.
So you can see that Sony has some rich assets on the content front, and these can be directed towards a more personal entertainment product. I am suggesting a product for News and Entertainment on the go. Those who have experienced the in-flight entertainment system aboard Emirates (ICE) or Singapore Airlines (KrisWorld) would appreciate the variety and volume of entertainment content.
I am suggesting that Sony use a platform, maybe the Playstation or its tablet, and tie this with a service (similar to iTunes). They could partner with a local provider for bandwidth and networks.
Sony might also want to consider an alliance with a leading News broadcaster (or maybe multiple alliances).
Another revolutionary product to consider is portable satellite radio.
With its huge catalog/library of rich entertainment content, its expertise in hardware design, and its spirit of innovation, Sony needs to find a way to bring it all together — the way Steve Jobs did for Apple.


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Accel Partners leads fourth round
in Europe's fastest growing digital media company as co-founder
rejoins Seatwave board
LONDON: 1 June 2009 - Seatwave, Europe's largest fan-to-fan ticket
exchange (comScore, April 2009), has announced it has raised $17
million in fourth round Series D funding led by Accel Partners.
Accel Partners is joined by existing investors Fidelity Ventures,
Atlas Venture, Mangrove Capital Partners and Adinvest. Sonali De
Rycker, who helped to found the company while at Atlas Venture,
returns to the Seatwave board as part of Accel's investment.
Over the past three years, Seatwave has pioneered the European
ticket exchange category and established itself as a trusted
consumer brand in the live entertainment space. The company
continues its core mission of providing safe and rationally priced
tickets for fans of live music, sport, arts and a host of
activities. Seatwave operates local businesses in the UK, Germany,
Spain, Italy and the Netherlands.
The company has seen revenue rise 2,203% in the past three years
and it was, this month, named the fastest growing digital company
in Europe (GP Bullhound Media Momentum Awards 2009). Market
statistics show there is a widening gap between Seatwave and its
competitors with comScore confirming Seatwave's position as
Europe's largest ticket exchange, with just over 1.9 million unique
users (comScore, April 2009).
Joe Cohen, founder and chief executive of Seatwave, commented: "In
a short space of time, we've been able to carve out a great
position in the live entertainment space across Europe. We're
excited that Accel decided to support our next phase of growth, and
we're particularly happy to have Sonali back on the team."
Commenting on the investment, Sonali De Rycker from Accel Partners
said: "We like to partner with talented and ambitious management
teams building category-leading businesses. As the live
entertainment business has evolved, Seatwave has captured an
enviable leadership position. We believe Seatwave's management team
will continue to redefine the market, and our goal is to help them
build on their current momentum."
The company plans to use the proceeds of the funding for general
corporate purposes and continued geographic expansion of its
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QUESTIONS should be asked about how the multimillion- pound budget for Sunderland’s new public square will be spent, say the city’s Conservatives.
A total of £11.8million will be spent on the new Magistrates’ Square development in St Mary’s Way – but the Tories say this is too much for a relatively small development.
The city’s Conservative group leader Councillor Robert Oliver is calling for a breakdown of the costs to be made public, as he believes the money would be better spent elsewhere.
“The plans for a new city square look grand but the cost of £11.8million seems high for what is only a small area of redevelopment, so questions should be asked about how much is being spent and on what,” Coun Oliver said.
“The plans cost too much for too little, leaving much of the city centre untouched when the development could have been spread out to improve a wider area.”
Coun Oliver also fears the development will split the city centre.
“The plans also divide Sunderland into two city centres: Magistrates’ Square and the Market Square, both of which are far from the bus terminal and move the city centre further west to the detriment of Sunniside,” he said.
“The designs are elaborate where a functional design would be adequate, with the remaining funds being better spent on addressing the real weakness of Sunderland city centre which is the poor retail offer.
“To attract more visitors what the city needs is better quality shops with a department store or larger chain stores in order to compete with Newcastle and bring people into the city.
“This could be achieved by using some of the funds to provide incentives or subsidies to encourage more retailers to come to the city so residents have more and better shops to choose from.”
Council leader and Labour councillor Paul Watson said the scheme has been worked out by qualified town planners.
“They know the metrics very well,” he said.
“If we want a quality town square we are going to have to pay for it.”
Magistrates’ Square is under construction as part of the realignment of St Mary’s Way. The work began in May and it is hoped the development will be complete by the end of 2014.
It will feature two artworks as its centrepiece – Propellers of the City and The Keel Line – to celebrate its industrial and shipbuilding heritage, along with water features, landscaping, street furniture and space for cafe culture-style entertainment.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of LiveDeal (LIVE) were gaining 13% to $2.88 on heavy trading volume Friday after the mobile marketing company announced that it expects to report record revenue and earnings growth in fiscal year 2015.
The company said it expects a "significant increase in sales revenue" by the end of the fiscal year due to the expansion into online sales of consumer products and the continued growth of its ModernEveryday subsidiary.
"We are enthusiastic about how quickly LiveDeal continues to grow from being strictly a restaurant deal site to a national distributor of consumer products," CEO Jon Isaac said in a statement. "Our hard work is paying off in terms of revenue generation and growth, and we anticipate that our future results will continue to surpass our prior years' revenues, while maintaining our dedication to providing both consumer and shareholder value."
About 1.7 million shares of LiveDeal were traded by 10:21 a.m. Friday, above the company's average trading volume of about 192,000 shares a day.
TheStreet Ratings team rates LIVEDEAL INC as a Sell with a ratings score of D. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:
"We rate LIVEDEAL INC (LIVE) a SELL. This is driven by several weaknesses, which we believe should have a greater impact than any strengths, and could make it more difficult for investors to achieve positive results compared to most of the stocks we cover. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its disappointing return on equity, generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself and deteriorating net income."
Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:
- Return on equity has greatly decreased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of major weakness within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Internet Software & Services industry and the overall market, LIVEDEAL INC's return on equity significantly trails that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
- LIVE has underperformed the S&P 500 Index, declining 20.06% from its price level of one year ago. The fact that the stock is now selling for less than others in its industry in relation to its current earnings is not reason enough to justify a buy rating at this time.
- The change in net income from the same quarter one year ago has exceeded that of the S&P 500, but is less than that of the Internet Software & Services industry average. The net income has decreased by 12.3% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, dropping from -$0.98 million to -$1.10 million.
- 45.38% is the gross profit margin for LIVEDEAL INC which we consider to be strong. Despite the high profit margin, it has decreased significantly from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, LIVE's net profit margin of -25.70% significantly underperformed when compared to the industry average.
- LIVEDEAL INC reported flat earnings per share in the most recent quarter. This company has not demonstrated a clear trend in earnings over the past 2 years, making it difficult to accurately predict earnings for the coming year. During the past fiscal year, LIVEDEAL INC continued to lose money by earning -$0.34 versus -$0.66 in the prior year.
- You can view the full analysis from the report here: LIVE Ratings Report


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US and World Trade Organization Negotiate Drug Access
September 30, 2002
The United States and the World Trade Organization are seeking to reach agreement by year's end on how to provide poor countries greater access to drugs to fight AIDS and other diseases, according to trade officials. An agreement among WTO members last year acknowledged that many nations are in desperate need of such medicines but lack the means to manufacture them. Robert Zoellick, the US trade representative, met with WTO Director General Supachai Panitchpakdi of Thailand to begin the talks. The existing agreement on intellectual property, called TRIPS, grants the poorest nations the right to produce low-cost generic versions of patented medicine, while barring them from importing drugs from countries producing cheaper drugs like Brazil, South Africa and India.Adapted from:
New York Times
09.28.02; Bloomberg News
This article was provided by CDC National Prevention Information Network. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.


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Agriterra advised the market on Monday that, further to its announcements of 5 October 2016 and 6 January 2017, the proposed management buyout transaction of the company's Sierra Leone cocoa assets - held through equity interests in Baranca Tide Limited and West Africa Cocoa Services Limited - will not be completed as anticipated. The AIM-traded firm said as a result,the management buyout team has failed to secure the finance required to complete the transaction, and the ownership of the target companies was reverting to the Agriterra.
A pineapple grower from Ghana with a production of 1,000 metric tonnes and export channels to Europe, is hoping to expand the business with a first time visit to Fruit Logistica. “Our export market distribution channels are meant for importers and private agencies. We are now working on distributing through large retailers, which are mostly supermarkets on the European market,” says owner Albert Atuah Amponsah of Albe Farms.
Kenya's vegetable exports experienced a growth in value by 17% in the first 10 months of 2016 as compared to 2015. The growth has been attributed to a recent increase in improved market access to the EU. Data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) indicates that vegetable sales rose by a total of around USD $28,021,616. The good performance resulted from improved market access after the country met most of the stringent measures set by EU, which had affected horticultural produce sales. The export volume rose from 40,000 tonnes in 2015 to 55,000 tonnes between January and October last year.
The European market has exhausted their supply of lychees from Madagascar and the offer can no longer fulfil demand. The Technical and Horticultural Centre in Tamatave (CTHT) says that the containers imported at the end of last week did not fulfil orders from wholesale distribution centres and that “Containers that are expected this weekend are already pre-sold, suggesting a positive end to the season”. These two containers hold 880 and 300 tons of cargo. This situation is a first for Madagascar’s lychee sector and was unexpected. The end of the season is now positive for them compared to other competing producer countries such as South Africa, Mauritius, Reunion and Mozambique.
The EU's fresh fruit and vegetable exports to third countries up to September 2016 fell by 11% in volume compared to the same period in 2015, totalling 4.3 million tonnes, of which 2.5 million tonnes corresponded to fruit (-11%) and 1.8 million tonnes to vegetables (-11%), according to the latest updated data from Eurostat, processed by FEPEX. The value of the EU's fresh fruit and vegetable exports to third countries increased by 1% in the period under review, reaching 3,401 million Euro, of which 2,007 million corresponded to fruit (-3%) and 1,393 million to vegetables (+9%). Apples are the main fruit exported by the EU to third countries, with 1.1 million tonnes (11% less than in the previous year) worth 570.5 million Euro (-5%), followed way behind by oranges, with 250,718 Tonnes (+7%) and 156.7 million Euro (+9%) and pears, with 189,085 tonnes (-22%) and 111 million Euro (-16%).
Rwanda’s latest agricultural results have earned Rwf 32.2 billion from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the World Bank. In the last 12 months, the Government of Rwanda delivered some impressive results in agriculture. Over 40,000 hectares (ha) of land have been protected against soil erosion, over 8,000 ha put under irrigation, and average crop yield for cassava, milk and coffee increased. The use of new agricultural innovation technologies was enhanced and lending to the agricultural sector and the design of an Agricultural Management Information System (MIS) increased. These results will help improve the lives of farmers in Rwanda, increase farm productivity and household food security as well as support economic growth.
Major chicken producer RCL Foods, which owns the Rainbow and Farmer Brown chicken brands, says the government's new 13.9% safeguard duty on imported bone-in chicken portions from the EU is "hopelessly inadequate." Low poultry duty on EU 'will decimate jobs in SA' ©magone via 123RF South African chicken producers, the South African Poultry Association, and labour mainly blame "dumping" of dark chicken meat products, such as legs, for the industry's woes as producers struggle to sustain operations. Scott Pitman, MD of the consumer division at RCL, says 1,355 workers, staff and management will lose jobs at the end of January. This is because exports of dumped chicken leg quarters are in great oversupply globally.
The European Union (EU) has announced that it will provide €35 million in support of agricultural development and the General Auditing Commission (GAC) in Liberia. Speaking in Monrovia today, European Union Ambassador to Liberia, Tiina Intelmann said the EU props both the private and the public sector in Liberia. The EU supports the Government's efforts to boost the economy through agricultural development, because agriculture is the road to progress and development."
Azelis have opened a new office in Abidjan, the economic capital and largest city of Ivory Coast. The new office represents Azelis’ continued commitment to invest in Africa and to ensure the company has ample room for its planned growth over the next few years. Azelis has had a presence in Africa since June 2015, when Azelis founded its first subsidiary in Africa, Azelis Morocco. Benoit Fritz, Regional Managing Director France & Africa, says: “This office opening comes at a time when we are actively expanding our reach across the region. Ivory Coast is uniquely positioned with a strong outlook for future growth.”
South African Barloworld Limited, Johannesburg, and BayWa AG, Munich (Germany) are to establish a new joint venture to further their agriculture and materials handling operations in southern Africa. Subject to approval by competition authorities, the joint venture BHBW Holdings (Pty) Ltd is to commence operations in early 2017. Barloworld South Africa and BayWa will each have a 50 percent stake in BHBW. The joint venture will build on the current Handling and Agriculture business of Barloworld consisting of about 400 employees and ten locations as well as a network of 40 sub-dealers covering South and Southern Africa.


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Within the last few months, Spotify has really taken off. Many users are enjoying the free membership and using it to its full potential. But like everything else, nothing comes free. Business Insider pointed out that many of you who have been using streaming music service Spotify for free in the US from when it launched last July are now going to have to start paying.
What we’re really looking at here is two parts of a conversion funnel — the traffic growth part, then the paywall part — for what appears to be a legitimate contender to iTunes (and any other music service out there). Presumably, that was the plan.
Full access will cost you $9.99 per month. You can also choose to pay $4.99 a month but you will not receive mobile, or offline access.
Spotify currently has 5.4 million users as well as 12.3 million active monthly users. This blows Pandora out of the water (9.5 million monthly actives).
This is all very unfortunate but we should know by now that nothing in life comes free.
This week, a computer worm called Ramnit has been used to compromise approximately 45,000 Facebook accounts, most of them in Europe and the UK, a security firm reported this week. According to Seculert, the Ramnit worm, which has been described as “a multi-component malware family which infects Windows executable as well as HTML files,” is now targeting social media sites such as Facebook.
The Seculert team also stated, “We suspect that the attackers behind Ramnit are using the stolen credentials to log-in to victims’ Facebook accounts and to transmit malicious links to their friends, thereby magnifying the malware’s spread even further. In addition, cybercriminals are taking advantage of the fact that users tend to use the same password in various web-based services (Facebook, Gmail, Corporate SSL VPN, Outlook Web Access, etc.) to gain remote access to corporate networks.”
Facebook is assuring people that the issue is under control.
“Our security experts have reviewed the data, and while the majority of the information was out of date, we have initiated remedial steps for all affected users to ensure the security of their accounts”.
Mobile app developer Neal Schmidt, maker of the scavenger hunt game Buckshot, is selling his iPhone app on eBay where it had a starting price of just $1.00 (On December 29th). According to the listing, the purchase is for “complete ownership” of the game including both the free and paid versions.
The bidding started slow but as of right now (January 3rd), there has been 69 bids and the selling price is at $4,650!
According to the seller “nSchmidt7,” the multi-player photo scavenger hunt game now has attracted 20,000 registered players since its May 2011 launch. It generates $300/month in revenue from sales and iAds in the free version. In addition, the Amazon cloud server the app runs on is a little more than $2/day.
The bid war ends on January 5th so get your bids in!
Shortly after getting a sneak peek at the Eee PC Flare, new images of another leaked tablet are showing up. Apparently, these images are showing the Asus Memo Pad.
The Memo Pad will be running on a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 16-64GB of internal storage, built in 3G and Wi-Fi. The screen resolution will be 1280×800 making the screen 7 inches. The version of Android that it will run on is not known yet but we can expect to see this product shown at CES this year.
Close to a month ago, Engadget.com gave us an early look at the Facebook Messenger client and now, it’s finally available for download. A copy of the Facebook messenger app was recently leaked on the TechIT website. Not much in the way of surprises here, but if you’re the sort that prefers desktop applications to websites or mobile apps, you’ll be glad to know that it provides access to not just Facebook chat, but status updates and notifications from your friends as well.
Download the client here.
A recent DigiTimes article reported that Apple will be unveiling two new versions of the iPad at iWorld/Macworld on Jan. 26, 2012. These new models will both include a 9.7 inch screen (Just like the current iPad), but at least one will have a QxGA screen, which is 1536×2048 pixel resolution.
Also, one of the new models is said to have a 8 megapixel rear facing camera and the other will have a 5 megapixel camera. The new battery being used in these tablets is supposedly a 14,000mAh battery which is the largest battery that we have seen on a tablet before.
Not too much is known and once again, these are just rumors…for now. Other rumors state that the release date might not be until Feb. 24, 2012 which is the birthday of Steve Jobs.
All we can do right now is wait and see.
Verizon released a statement this evening saying that although there has been “hiccups” recently, they have seen 99% availability for its 4G LTE network for the year and the recent problems that have popped up have been unrelated to one another.
“Each incident has been different from a technical standpoint,” the company said. “Our engineers have successfully diagnosed those past triggering events, and they have not re-occurred. We also work diligently to rectify technical problems in the Network before they affect any customers.”
Verizon is still working on some key changes in the network in order to prevent these outages from happening in the future.
“Among the numerous measures we have taken or will take are: geographic segmentation, which enables us to isolate, contain and rectify network performance issues, and maintain service to the majority of customers when an issue does develop.”
Verizon also said that it’s rolling out “software fixes” that will boost performance and improve reliability.
“Being a pioneer comes with growing pains,” Verizon said. “The recent issues that affected our customers’ 4GLTE service were unforeseen despite careful, diligent planning, deployment and ongoing upgrade programs.”
According to Korean-website ETNews, Samsung will be announcing their new Galaxy S III device at Mobile World Congress this year.
The Galaxy S III has been said to be 3D glasses-free. It will run on a powerful quad-core processor, with 2GB of RAM, and LTE. Of course the phone will come preloaded with Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich (One of the few devices with it) along with TouchWiz.
Although rumors say that the Galaxy S III will be 3D, other rumors say that Samsung will be releasing both a 3D as well as a non-3D model.
Not much is known yet about the device so we’ll just have to wait and see.
The almost new app, Winter Wake-Up, is a simple app available for purchase on both the Apple and Android market. This app simply wakes you up earlier if it snowed in your area overnight. The app lets you configure its settings to wake you up earlier than your scheduled alarm depending on weather conditions, with separate settings for both “Frost” and “Snow.”
Many people are asking the use of this app and the answer to that lies in the question, “Have you ever been late to work/school because of having to dig out your car or driveway?”. If so, then yes, this app will become extremely helpful to you.


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Could An Amazon Pharmacy Be A Prescription For Disaster?
These days, you can find just about anything on Amazon — from toilet paper to textbooks and even groceries. For now, though, there’s still something you won’t find on the site: prescription drugs.
But earlier this year, Amazon hired Mark Lyons, a veteran of the pharmacy and health care industries. Some analysts are speculating that the distribution giant is considering the pharmacy business, and in mid-June, news of Amazon’s deal to acquire Whole Foods dealt a blow to pharmaceutical stocks.
“[Amazon is] working behind the scenes, pretty much, to figure out what to do,” says Stat News senior writer Ed Silverman, who has covered the story on his Pharmalot blog. “I think it’s something they’ve been looking at for a while, but I think they’re taking their time.”
The online retailer hasn’t commented publicly on its plans, but Silverman says if the company does start selling prescription drugs, it could shake up the industry. He points to a recent Wells Fargo survey, which found that 5 in 10 US adults would use or probably use an Amazon pharmacy. “The expectation is based on a perception that Amazon will get them a better deal than they’re getting now,” he says.
“First of all, Amazon is all about disrupting businesses, existing industries, where they decide to target their efforts to enter and try to grab market share,” he explains, “and do that, of course, in a big way.
“So, they could disrupt the existing business models simply by bulking up over time and leveraging their clout … to try to get better deals for the medicines that they would sell — presumably online, although they just bought Whole Foods, so maybe they’ll get into bricks-and-mortar pharmacy at some point, too.”
The fact that Amazon is also rich in data wouldn’t hurt, he adds. “Their ability to fine-tune data would give them presumably more leverage when it comes to negotiating with drugmakers and with health plans that then, of course, would be purchasing the medicines.”
But there’s another way Amazon could make waves in the drug industry, Silverman says — and that’s if it gets into the big business of pharmacy benefit management. That’s a different role than selling medications through mail order or at a local drugstore, he explains. “You’re behind the scenes negotiating with the drug company for a good deal and … helping set the list of preferred drugs for insurance coverage.”
According to CNBC, Lyons was reportedly hired to build an in-house pharmacy benefit manager for Amazon employees — which could later be repackaged for the outside world.
“If Amazon gets into that business too, well, then they have the possibility of disrupting a whole set of ways of doing business that — right now, by the way — are under attack increasingly across the country and in Washington,” Silverman says.
Ed Silverman writes the ‘Pharmalot’ blog for STAT.
IRA FLATOW: And now it’s time to play good thing, bad thing. Because every story has a flip side. Now, you know you can buy just about anything you need on Amazon. Toilet paper, books, a waffle iron, sweat pants. So you continue shopping, right? You can do it right from your couch. And today, the company announced it’s buying Whole Foods. But the one thing you can’t buy on Amazon are prescription drugs.
Earlier this year, the company hired Mark Lyons, who has worked in the health care and pharmacy industries. And this set off speculation that the online giant was looking into getting into selling prescription drugs. So, would Amazon, as an online pharmacy, be a prescription for disaster, or could it be a drug disruptor? My next guest is here to break this down. Ed Silverman is senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT News. Welcome to Science Friday.
ED SILVERMAN: Hi. Thanks for having me.
IRA FLATOW: Has Amazon made any comments about their intentions to get into the pharmacy business?
ED SILVERMAN: No, they’ve been very low-key, actually. They’re working behind the scenes, pretty much, to figure out what to do. I think it’s something they’ve been looking at for a while, but I think they’re taking their time. As you just mentioned, they’re getting into food now in a much bigger way. So, this is definitely on their radar.
IRA FLATOW: Mm-hmm. Now let’s talk about possible good news about this. You know, we talk about how expensive drugs are. Amazon buys stuff in giant quantities. Could they actually, if they sell hundreds of thousands or millions of prescriptions, could they actually help drive down the price of drugs by having a better negotiation with the drug companies?
ED SILVERMAN: Well, there are a couple of ways they could do that, yes. First of all, Amazon is all about disrupting businesses, existing industries. Where they decide to target their efforts to enter and try to grab market share and do that, of course, in a big way.
So they could disrupt the existing business models simply by bulking up over time and leveraging their clout at that point to try to get better deals for the medicines that they would sell, presumably online. Although, they just bought Whole Foods, so maybe they get into brick and mortar pharmacy at some point too. But just by pure old-fashioned clout, they could do that, and certainly they have different resources.
Not just financial but in terms of data, which is another way they could actually go ahead and change things around. Because their ability to fine-tune data would give them more– presumably more– leverage when it comes to negotiating with drug makers and with health plans. That then, of course, would be purchasing the medicines.
IRA FLATOW: So what’s the downside, the possible downside of this?
ED SILVERMAN: Well, if you’re a consumer, there may not be any downside initially. Because, if you have a big player or have a big company that wants to become a big player in this market, there’s the possibility that you would see better prices down the road. Wall Street analysts recently did a survey and found that five in 10 US adults said they would use or would probably use an Amazon pharmacy.
The expectation is based on a perception that Amazon will get them a better deal than they’re getting now. Now, if you’re one of the existing behind-the-scenes players, which is known as a pharmacy benefit manager, that’s a different role than selling medicines either by mail order or through a local drugstore.
You’re behind the scenes negotiating with the drug company for a good deal and this pharmacy benefit manager is helping set the list of preferred drugs for insurance coverage. Well, if Amazon gets into that business too, well, then they have the possibility of disrupting a whole set of ways of doing business. That, right now, by the way, are under attack increasingly across the country and in Washington.
IRA FLATOW: I have to I have to interrupt. We’ve run out of time. I’m going to thank you for taking time to be with us today. Ed Silverman is senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT News.


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The 2015 Chevrolet COPO Camaro drag racing package really hasn’t changed much for the new model year and the final version of the 5th generation Camaro, but the 2015 COPO cars do get a new package
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The 2016 Chevrolet Camaro shown above is not an actual picture of the car in the flesh, but rather an incredible rendering by the automotive artist chazcron.
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As we reported earlier today, Tesla Model 3 production seems to have finally picked up again after a 4-day stoppage to update the lines. The company is now registering more VINs as it works toward its production goals.
The market is certainly liking it with an almost 4% jump in Tesla’s (TSLA) stock price this morning, but Morgan Stanley suggests caution to investors and sees a profit taking opportunity as Tesla increases Model 3 production.
Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas, who has long been a supporter of Tesla has recently been cooling down his optimism on the stock’s prospects. In a note to clients last week, he said that Tesla achieving its Model 3 delivery milestones is an opportunity for investors to “exit the stock.”
“We expect that Tesla will successfully overcome bottlenecks and ramp Model 3 production throughout 2018. The boost to cash flow and sentiment provides a selling opportunity before facing further headwinds.”
As previously mentioned, today’s news confirms that Tesla is working through those bottlenecks, which would fit into Jonas’ outlook for the profit taking opportunity.
The “headwinds” that he is referencing include competition, specifically from Amazon and Waymo, and issues in China.
Last week, we reported on Tesla CEO Elon Musk taking Donald Trump to task on US-China car trade. The effort came after Tesla failed to secure a wholly owned factory in China and now Jonas expects that it will lead to the automaker facing “significant challenges” in the country.
As for competition, Waymo is obvious since Jonas has long been promoting the idea of “transportation as a service” with fleets of self-driving electric vehicles, but he is now adding Amazon into the mix as a potential Tesla competitor.
He wrote about Amazon:
“Amazon has a vested interest in taking the marginal cost of transportation to its lowest possible level. Look no further than AMZN’s “fulfillment” and “shipping” expense line items in its income statement. In aggregate, fulfillment and shipping was $46bn in 2017, and Morgan Stanley Internet Analyst Brian Nowak expects it to reach $64bn in 2018 and $291bn by 2027. We’re in no position to say whether AMZN would be a partner or a potential competitor to Tesla in the area of transport, trucking, and logistics, but we point out the scale that large e-commerce players can bring, which could lead to surprisingly deflationary long-term trends in some of Tesla’s core initiatives.”
The analyst maintains his “equal-weight” rating on the stock with a price target of $379.
Adam Jonas is ranked #650 out of 4,788 analysts on Tip Ranks with a 51% success rate and an average return of 11.1%. Here’s his track record on Tesla’s stock:
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Pure EV, the electric two-wheeler maker incubated at IIT-Hyderabad, saw a 30% jump in sales since the country began lifting lockdown in June as compared to February 2020 because people are preferring personal mobility to commute, amid rising coronavirus cases and the need to maintain social distancing.
They expects sales to double in the next quarter, compared to pre-COVID-19 levels. By Diwali, it hopes to touch sales of 1,000 units per month.
In February this year only, Pure EV had launched the ePluto 7G electric scooter. Its other products include Etrance electric moped and e-bikes Egnite and Etron.
The current facility is capable of producing 2,000 units per month in a single shift.
Buoyed by the rising demand, the company is gearing up to launch a new e-scooter at a much affordable price tag in September, which will be followed by an electric motorcycle to be launched by January 2021.
Apart from increasing personal mobility, Pure EV also hopes bulk orders from food delivery companies and ride hailing apps will give its sales a boost. The ePluto is being tested by “majority” of these companies.
Pure EV is also expanding its distribution network to cater to the growing demand. It currently has 81 active outlets. By September this year, it will have 120 outlets operational and plans to expand the network to 200 by March 2021.
While many of its outlets right now are in south India, it is also opening new dealerships in the north, east and west, where it is getting a good response.
Aided by the localization of components, Pure EV also increased gross margins for its dealers to 16 per cent from 12 per cent on vehicle sales and to 40 per cent from 20 per cent for accessories.
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Denim darling! Hailey Baldwin is on a role with new jeans-centric campaign for fast fashion retailer H&M
- Hailey, 20, appears in the Denim Days campaign for the brand
- She also modeled H&M's Coachella-inspired line in 2016
- This season, Hailey is posing for Guess, too, starring in the designer's denim collection ads
Hailey Baldwin is fast becoming one of the most sought-after models in the game, with her face becoming nearly as ubiquitous as her famous friends, Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid.
This week, the 20-year-old unveiled her latest campaign for fast fashion retailer H&M with several ads she's clearly proud of — having shared two snaps on Instagram.
The Denim Days campaign is her second for the brand; last year, she posed for H&M's Coachella-inspired collection.
Gorgeous: Hailey Baldwin stars in a new campaign for H&M
The Denim Days campaign was shot by celebrity photographer Cass Blackbird
The 20-year-old looks causally cook in her jeans and tops
She posted two images from the new ads on Instagram this week
Go cas in a pair of H&M jeans like Hailey
Hailey Baldwin showcased her bodacious bod as she posed for the new H&M ad.
The blonde beauty rocked a series of ensembles that reminded us of 90s grunge meets Cher from Clueless.
What we really loved were her high waist boyfriend denim jeans.
The good thing about these jeans is that they can be dressed up or down.
Wear them with block heels like Hailey or rock them with some sneakers for a more laidback look.
Unfortunately, Hailey's exact pair of denim's are not up for grabs yet but you can click right to snap up a similar pair.
Alternatively, take a look at our style edit below for our similar finds!
Shot by celebrity photographer Cass Blackbird, the casually-styled ads feature Hailey rocking cropped, light wash jeans with a vintage feel.
She also models a pair of black skinnies with heels, a white top, and an army green cargo jacket.
The new images show more versatile clothes than the ones she wore for H&M last year for their Coachella colleciton.
'I've teamed up with @hm for their #HMLOVESCOACHELLA collection this year launching in March! Grab your friends and let's get ready for #Coachella,' she wrote excitedly at the time
Fun in the sun: Last year she starred in H&M's Coachella collection
Bohemian look: The model struck a sultry pose in a knitted dress featuring colorful flowers and sun patterns
Hippie chic: Hailey showcased her summer of love spirit in this show wearing a patterned spaghetti strap sun top and a beaded headband
More denim lines: Hailey also stars in the new Spring 2017 campaign for Guess Jeans
The collection's theme was 'Freewheeling Playfulness' and, according to Forbes, H&M was 'the first apparel entity Coachella has officially partnered with to realize a line of clothing and accessories.'
This H&M campaign is Hailey's second denim campaign of the season, as she's also posed for Guess' collection.
She also spoke to InStyle all about jeans, telling the magazine that she isn't a fan of denim shoes but loves overalls.
'[My favorite styles are] skinny dark-wash jeans with some rips (though not too many), and tight at the ankles,' she said.
A-list: The ads were Rayan Ayash and directed by Guess founder and Chief Creative Officer Paul Marciano
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Not surprisingly wearables were everywhere at this year’s Gadget Show Live 2015. One wearables company which looked particularly interesting is US company iFit which took the opportunity to announce seven new wearables in the UK for 2015, including activity trackers with heart rate monitoring, lifestyle watches to be worn from the office to the gym, and GPS watches.
Particularly interesting are the new ‘two-faced’ smart watches, called iFit Duo, which can be worn for fitness tracking during the day, and transformed into ordinary looking analogue watches for, say, going out on an evening. Expected to retail for £200, they will be available in summer 2015.
At the show, iFit also unveiled its new Altra running shoes complete with sensors for helping you run more efficiently, decrease chance of injury, and improve form. Connected through Bluetooth, sensors will display foot strike and cadence in real-time.
For more information see the YouTube videos shot at the show.
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iFit Duo dual faced smart watches: