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The Paris-based startup Silvr Europe has closed a $128 million Series A funding round and plans to use the proceeds to expand its business. Silvr is a social networking platform for millennials that allows users to interact with others through online video Secureworks Solarwinds. Founded in 2009, the company is based in Paris and operates in Germany, France, the UK and the US. Its CEO, David Duggan, tells TechCrunch that they plan to use the funds to launch new products, including chatbots and online photo albums.
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If you have been following the recent news in the fintech sector, you may have heard of Klarna. It’s a Swedish start-up that recently raised a EUR792 million venture round to expand its business. This makes it the fourth-highest-valued private fintech in the world.
In addition to Klarna, there are several other fintech startups raising funding this year. Other startups raising capital include Truepill, which offers a telehealth platform that helps people make healthy choices.
Another startup, YuLife, uses behavioral science to create an insurance product that rewards people for living healthy. It also uses the power of gamification to promote health and wellness. The company was recently funded by Anthemis Exponential Ventures, Creandum, and Dai-ichi Life.
We also have to mention Zvision Technologies, which recently raised tens of millions of dollars in Series C funding. The company develops long-range, vehicle-grade lidar products.
Another company, Electra, recently closed a funding round of EUR160 million. Founded in the UK, Electra provides ultra-fast charging stations for electric vehicles.
Earlier this month, we also learned that Swedish digital healthcare startup Kry has secured a series D round of EUR156 million. This funding will be used to expand its reach into new care segments.
Opened $128 million (EUR112 million) debt line
Having said that, a company has unveiled the first of its kind debt line of its kind in the European Union. This is a feat in and of itself. The requisite finesse is achieved via a series of high-tech vaults. Aside from the obvious, Silvr’s most important function is ensuring repayments of all types, and on time. Thankfully, Silvr has a plethora of partners in tow, including a small army of high caliber financiers, a whopping one million clients and a dedicated team of professionals to match. Besides the aforementioned perks, Silvr has also been a major benefactor in the form of its staff.
There are many companies in Europe that claim to have the throne of venture capital, and the competition is stiff. In a quest for that elusive first pick, a few newbies have emerged to compete for your hard earned cash. The biggest and best of the pack are, the likes of Underline Ventures and Inovo VC. A few of the more established aficionados are also tucking away some of that precious real estate.
In fact, the oh-so-stylish XL Capital is announcing its newest fund, the XL Innovation Fund. The fund is a high-yield “micro” venture capital fund, whose mission is to invest in early-stage tech startups. Of particular note is its new “Bid” accelerator program, a six-month pilot program designed to help startups close the funding gap by snagging an investment from a reputable angel investor. Also on board is a new seed fund, the XL Startup Seed Fund, aimed at helping early stage startups gain access to the funding pipeline. This round is in the early stages, and will likely be announced in the coming months.


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Star actress Genevieve Nnaji was recently sighted in Beijin, China. It was later revealed that she was on tour in the country. Her main point of call was tea and silk manufacturing companies. The reason behind her visit to these areas is still unfolding.
Though it is being rumoured that she went shopping for her upcoming wedding which I cannot categorically confirm to her Ghanaian Hearthob Mensah,but whatever be the reason,am wishing her more love and joy in her endeavours.
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Local school children from Southwark and neighbouring boroughs will be setting up shop, trading their school-grown fruit and veg at Borough Market.
These young traders sell their seasonal fruit and vegetables, grown and nurtured from seed.
This Harvest Sale marks the fifth year where Borough Market and School Food Matters have worked together on this special project.
In total 237 children have now sold their fruit and veg at Borough, with a total of 6,500 children having been part of the programme by helping to grow the produce at their school and consequently understanding where their food comes from.
All the proceeds from the pupil's fruit and veg sales will be donated to FareShare, a charity which seeks to relieve food poverty by rescuing good food that would otherwise go to waste.


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If gas prices go up, delivery companies charge you for the fuel. Okay. So if prices go down, you pay less, right? Wrong! You’re still paying the same amount and in some cases even more.
Google will stop selling its Internet-connected eyewear to consumers until the company can develop a more polished and affordable version that’s less likely to be viewed as a freakish device.
Reports the company will file for bankruptcy in February sent Radio Shack stock prices plummeting Thursday.
The head of self-driving cars for Google expects real people to be using them on public roads in two to five years. The cars are currently being tested at facilities in California.
President Obama is again challenging major cable and telephone companies by encouraging the FCC to pre-empt state laws that stifle competition for high-speed internet service.
General Motors is expected to roll out a new electric vehicle priced for the masses, one that is cheaper than its current electric car, which has not sold as well as expected.
Smartwatches don’t have to look ugly to be functional. Clothing and accessories designers are collaborating with engineers to produce computerized wristwatches that people will want to wear all day and night.
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler appears poised to propose new rules that would classify Internet service providers as public utilities in a move designed to ensure everyone has the same access to free content online.
The question at check-out for some Dallas shoppers is no longer paper or plastic, it’s whether to pay a fee or bring your own bags.
After saying goodbye to the Wright Amendment back in October of last year, Southwest Airlines is adding more flights in and out of Dallas Love Field.
The future of water rates in Dallas is up for debate on Tuesday in Austin. That debate is centered around a dispute between the City of Dallas and the Sabine River Authority.
Does anyone just watch TV anymore? The dramatic shift toward online and mobile viewing is driving television set makers to design as much for streaming video as for watching broadcast or cable channels.
Organic foods will typically cost you more at the supermarket, but are seen as a healthier option. Get the facts on organic foods. Are they worth the added cost?
Think before you eat. More specifically, think about not eating these foods, all of which have been through a scary recall and could send you to the emergency room.
From harassing phone calls to lemon cars, consumers have a lot of complaints. A recent survey data looked at the top 10 consumer complaints.
Apple is known for its hip style in electronics, and that same trend carries over into its retail stores. Look at some of the coolest Apple Stores around the world.


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Casks made of Indian wood, locally fermented spirits, and nanotechnology to preserve the flavour: United Spirits (USL) is doing some serious research to help Indians get high.
The maker of popular brands such as McDowell’s No. 1 and Royal Challenge whisky is tapping India’s finest science and technology institutes to bring the best out of its tipple, a top company executive told The Economic Times Newspaper.
In the works is research with The Forest Research Institute to develop casks made of Indian wood instead of American oak wood to help develop new flavours. The Central Food Technological Research Institute in Karnataka is helping it develop traditional Indian drinks. Students from two of India’s premier technology institutes, i.e. the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT)—Kharagpur and Madras, are working on projects that will, among other things, hasten the maturation process for alcoholic drinks.
However, it could be a while before anything tangible turns up from all this research.
The idea to collaborate with institutes came after a USL team approached IIT-Kharagpur to help resolve the issue of the deteriorating quality of bottled beverages, Shovan Ganguli, senior vice-president for research and development (R&D) at the company, told The Economic Times. The students then introduced them to nanotechnology (in packaging materials) that could prevent loss of flavour even when the bottles are exposed to sunlight for long.
The project with IIT-Madras, due to begin next month, will help it reduce the maturation process from the current 24 hours to six hours.
The move to spur innovation in India comes as Diageo Plc, which holds a 38% share in India’s $22-billion whisky market, is looking to boost sales. Majority owned by British spirits maker and the world’s largest distiller, Diageo, USL is also looking to rebuild its portfolio.
The company posted Rs9,091 crore in revenue and a net profit of Rs981 crore in the financial year 2016.
The Indian spirits market has been in a slump lately as consumers go easy on binge drinking. Besides, regulatory hurdles such as high taxes and liquor bans, too, have slammed the brakes on the high-growth rates once enjoyed by the industry. Companies are trying various strategies to revive the mood.


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Burger King's (BKW) purchase of Tim Hortons (THI) could be one of the better M&A deals we've seen in a while, for a couple of reasons.
First, both brands are fantastic; Burger King is a staple in the fast food industry, and Tim Hortons has a chance to be the next Dunkin' Donuts (NASDAQ:DNKN) as it continues its descent from the Northeast Canadian Region and spills over into the U.S. Tim Hortons is going to be giving Dunkin' Brands and Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) more competition than they've bargained for once it starts to truly infiltrate the U.S.
You can see that Tim Hortons has the stronghold above the northern border (red vs. Starbucks in black), but once you move below the border, it's the inverse.
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So, Tim Hortons has plenty of growing to do.
Burger King has so much to leverage from Tim Hortons; namely, its unbelievable coffee, donuts, and breakfast food menu. Tim Hortons newer foray into lunch foods, soups, and sandwiches could take a break once it belongs to Burger King. The companies are slated to remain two separate brands.
"Welcome back. We've just put on a fresh pot," the Tim Hortons front door used to say in Montreal. The coffee is unbelievably good, and captures a market segment that Burger King is slugging out with Yum Brands (NYSE:YUM) and McDonald's (NYSE:MCD), both of whom are fighting for breakfast share.
The news this morning was that Warren Buffett is actually helping to finance the deal. CNBC had the news, which was reported by Reuters; who initially cites the Wall Street Journal.
As he's done with many other companies, like Bank of America, Buffett is going to be investing in the merger by purchasing preferred shares. His stake, according to CNBC, is supposed to make up about 25% of the total financing necessary.
Many are worried that the deal has been made specifically to avoid paying U.S. taxes. However, as CNBC put it this morning before they had their Tim Hortons coffee (obviously), the "Tom Hortons Deal" would result in the U.S. receiving more in taxes after the deal goes through.
We're unfamiliar with Tom Hortons, but we're guessing it's very similar to Tim Hortons.
The U.S. will receive more money in taxes, not less, if the Burger King deal to acquire Tim Hortons goes through, sources said Tuesday.
The news comes after CNBC confirmed that Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO, Warren Buffett, is helping finance Burger King Worldwide's take over of Canadian chain Tim Hortons.
As part of that deal, there will be preferred dividends that come back to Berkshire Hathaway. Because the company is going to be based in Canada, not the U.S., instead of Berkshire paying a tax of traditionally around 14 percent on those dividends, the company will have to pay the full tax of 35 percent because it is a foreign company distributing dividends in the U.S., sources told CNBC.
As you may have remembered, nearly every headline about the acquisition yesterday was simply calling this deal a tax inversion. We think there's another huge reason.
Tim Hortons is an astounding bake shop; it's also at a very early stage in its growth. Burger King's marketing, advertising and capex spending would surely allow for Tim Hortons to move quicker across the U.S. and compete ferociously with other national chains. This deal could save in taxes, yes, but it's likely going to be an outstanding addition to Burger King's bottom line.
The merger would create the 3rd-largest fast food restaurant in the world.
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Put simply, we like this deal. There's major brand power behind the Burger King name and a good thing going at Tim Hortons.
The fact that Warren Buffett has lent his name to the deal also lends it a bit of superpower charm that's likely going to make it even more attractive for investors.
Also, while we wouldn't mind owning Burger King stock, we continue to see this stage of M&A in the market as a sign that the market is robustly valued and semi-saturated with buyers.
We're expecting supercharged growth from Tim Hortons once it receives the backing of Burger King.
However, we think shares of Tim Hortons and Burger King both rightfully rocketed, as we see many synergies in this deal.
Disclosure: The author has no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.
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King of Fighters 15 is Getting Team Awakened Orochi DLC on August 9, Cross-Play in 2023
Orochi Yashiro, Orochi Shermie and Orochi Chris are finally showcased in action. The DLC team is set to release next month.
Contrary to recent leaks, Ubisoft says Roller Champions is not getting cancelled, though its current season is being extended as the development team prioritizes addressing player feedback.
Sonic Frontiers Set After Forces and Team Sonic Racing, Writer Ian Flynn’s Involvement Revealed
Characters should now appear correctly on the podium. The MyTeam team badge should also no longer appear corrupted after a race weekend.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt is Getting a Team Deathmatch Mode in its Summer Update
Producer Yoshinori Kitase says it’s “still positioned” as an expansion on the original FF7 story, and the team doesn’t “want to stray too far from that.”
Though Hero Talents won’t be available in PvP, the team is discussing a separate mode where players could use them, as per game director Aaron Keller.
While Team Cherry hasn’t yet made an official announcement regarding the game’s launch, Xbox says it will be out within 12 months.
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is Team Ninja’s Next Big Action Game, Due Out in 2023
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You may have recently seen your social feed flooded with the same red graphic reading “This is a #CodeRed4Climate”. ICYMI or didn’t get a chance to dig in to it yet, more than 100 major beauty brands—ranging from skincare and makeup to haircare and wellness—hit pause on their marketing efforts on September 21 to talk climate change instead. As part of Climate Change Week, they took the opportunity to get the attention of their audience—and hopefully Congress, too.
This collective of 100+ beauty brands united to share their pledge of continued climate change, posted an open letter to congress in support of climate policy across their social media channels and websites, and urged their community to call federal representatives.
So, what’s the end goal? To support critical climate solutions in four key ways:
A Clean Electricity Payment Program that cuts emissions and modernizes our grid
Directing 40% of funding to frontline communities
Ending subsidies for fossil fuel corporations
A Civilian Climate Corps that puts people to work
Participating brands include Briogeo, Farmacy, Herbivore, ILIA, Kjaer Weis, Moon Juice, Saint Jane Beauty, SELFMADE, Sol de Janeiro, True Botanicals, UOMA Beauty, Vintner’s Daughter, and so so many more!
To check out the full list of participating brands and learn more about how you can do your part in the fight against global warming, visit codered4climate.org.


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Google updates can help explain changes in rankings and organic website traffic and ultimately improve search engine optimization.
Google announced what was most likely a Panda data refresh, saying that it could take months to fully roll out. The immediate impact was unclear, and there were no clear signs of a major algorithm update.
“This past weekend we began a Panda update that will roll out over the coming months,” said a Google spokesperson about Panda. “As you know, we’re always working to improve Google so search results are higher quality and more relevant for everyone and this is just one way we do that.”
Google tells Search Engine Land that it pushed out a Google Panda refresh this weekend.Many of you may not have noticed because this rollout is happening incredibly slowly. In fact, Google says the update can take months to fully roll out. That means that although the Panda algorithm is still site-wide, some of your Web pages might not see a change immediately.
After many reports of large-scale ranking changes, originally dubbed "Phantom 2", Google acknowledged a core algorithm change impacting "quality signals". This update seems to have had a broad impact, but Google didn't reveal any specifics about the nature of the signals involved.
In a rare move, Google pre-announced an algorithm update, telling us that mobile rankings would differ for mobile-friendly sites starting on April 21st. The impact of this update was, in the short-term, much smaller than expected, and our data showed that algorithm flux peaked on April 22nd.
Starting April 21, we will be expanding our use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal. This change will affect mobile searches in all languages worldwide and will have a significant impact in our search results. Consequently, users will find it easier to get relevant, high quality search results that are optimized for their devices.
To get help with making a mobile-friendly site, check out our guide to mobile-friendly sites. If you’re a webmaster, you can get ready for this change by using the following tools to see how Googlebot views your pages:
Multiple SERP-trackers and many webmasters reported major flux in Google SERPs. Speculation ranged from an e-commerce focused update to a mobile usability update. Google did not officially confirm an update.
First reports of this change happened around yesterday morning where Pete Hall said, "Something happened in the UK overnight. Not really sure what to make of it - some verticals shifted quotes bit and others remain unchanged."But then as the day went on and as people checked their analytics for the day's results, other webmasters started to notice:
In the recent days the rumors of a new Google update went viral. Many webmasters have seen ranking fluctuations, but so far Google has not provided any detailed information. We had a look at the changes on search engine results pages, which mainly affect brands e-commerce and apparently mobile rankings. Both developments seem to not be completely rolled out yet and might not have a clear connection with each other.
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Councilman Brandon Coan was looking for a way to improve the Bardstown Road corridor and its mix of businesses.
State Rep. Jerry Miller was looking for a way to fund Kentucky’s ailing pension system.
So, Coan helped create a Planning Commission resolution that could end up limiting new locations of vape and tobacco shops.
And Miller has prefiled two bills that would regulate flavored vape retailers and manufacturers and impose a 27.5% excise tax on all vape products.
Now their efforts may gain extra momentum because of new concerns about teen vaping and a national outbreak of a vaping-related lung illnesses.
“With the timeliness of all the vaping deaths and illnesses and awareness about that, it sort of seemed like the right time to take a look at if there was a way to regulate these,” Coan said about vape stores.
There have been 1,888 cases of a vaping-related lung injury confirmed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Three cases have been confirmed in Kentucky, according to the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services, with 11 others ruled as probable. Eleven percent of those who have fallen sick nationally say that they used nicotine vapes only — most have used both THC and nicotine vapes, with 34% using exclusively THC vapes.
The number of Kentucky youths in sixth, eighth, 10th and 12th grades who smoked e-cigs nearly doubled or doubled from 2016 to 2018, according to the Kentucky Incentives for Prevention Student Survey. Nicotine can harm the developing brain and studies have shown that young vapers are more likely to take up smoking regular cigarettes in the future than their peers who don’t smoke e-cigarettes.
Keeping teens off e-cigs
Derb E Cigs owner Troy LeBlanc said he recognizes the need to limit teen vaping and supports Miller’s proposed regulations, which include requiring vape retailers and manufacturers selling flavored e-cigarettes to register with the state for $500 each year. The regulatory bill would also institute a ban on online sales and require shops to adopt electronic age-verification technology by 2021.
LeBlanc, who is also the president of the Kentucky Smoke Free Association, which represents vape businesses throughout the state, said e-cigarettes are meant to help adult smokers quit smoking. “So, we at the Kentucky Smoke Free Association agree with any measure that is not an all-out ban that will help prevent creating a new addiction for teenagers who have never used our product or smoked cigarettes before.”
Miller’s original intent for his bill was to raise money for the state, but the more he looked into it, he thought the bill could help curb youth vaping.
Last legislative session, he proposed an excise tax on e-cigarettes, but the measure never made it out of committee.
It started with an email from a constituent who was irate about a bill to tax vaping products. The writer was confused: The bill he had read about was proposed in the Indiana legislature.
But that gave Miller the idea to do the same in Kentucky.
As the Republican representative researched e-cigarettes, however, he found that there were other reasons to regulate them.
“I’ve got a granddaughter — she’s in fourth grade,” Miller said. “Next year, she’ll be in middle school, and gee whiz, I don’t want her vaping.”
The potential benefit of e-cigarettes to cigarette smokers is why Miller’s bill would regulate retailers and manufacturers of flavored vaping products, not those that make or sell tobacco-flavored products. All would be taxed.
Miller doesn’t want to ban e-cigarettes. At least four states and cities have passed those, while six more have banned flavored e-cigarettes. Courts have blocked some.
“I don’t think state bans are effective,” Miller said. “I mean, we’re right across a bridge from Indiana, and we share — the majority of Kentucky’s population is in a county within 30 minutes of a border, and it just doesn’t — bans, to me, are just ineffective.”
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Louisville’s vaping resolution was unanimously passed by the city Planning Commission on Oct. 31. The resolution claims that a high number of shops selling tobacco in one area increases teen smoking and makes it harder for smokers to quit. It directs city Planning and Design staff to review city zoning regulations regarding vape and tobacco shops and to determine the most appropriate locations for those types of businesses, which could include restricting shops from certain areas or could require those shops to apply for permits to open.
LeBlanc called it “ridiculous.”
“If Brandon Coan truly wanted to make Bardstown Road a family-friendly place, he would make a measure that said no alcohol permits, no tobacco permits, nothing on the entire road,” said LeBlanc.
In September, Coan sent a newsletter to constituents saying that Bardstown Road was in decline, hostile toward pedestrians and bicyclists, losing local businesses and fraught with “social ills.” One concern, he told LEO, is too many vape shops. Residents have said the same about other businesses, such as tattoo parlors, but Coan said he isn’t going to try to limit those. “If there was a public health crisis, that people are dying and becoming sick from tattoo shops, we’d have the same thing,” he said.
Residents complain about the number of bars on Bardstown Road, too, but Coan said those and liquor licenses are already regulated, and the city has “dry precincts,” although Bardstown Road in The Highlands is not part of one.
The possibility of limiting vape shops was one of 10 or 12 ideas that Coan discussed with Develop Louisville and Bardstown Road businesses owners to improve the corridor, he said.
Develop Louisville, with help from the city Department of Public Health & Wellness, drafted the Planning Commission resolution after talking with Coan, said Develop Louisville spokesperson Caitlin Bowling.
LeBlanc is not opposed to vaping regulations, but he believes they should be common sense, and he doesn’t think Coan’s idea is.
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CHICAGO — Manufacturers of commercial shower valves agree that hotel shower temperatures can get out of control. An informal survey of hotel room water temperatures by Powers found scalding water in 91% of hotel rooms.
While some of them disputed the research conducted by Powers, all the manufacturers contacted by CONTRACTOR say that better maintenance of shower valves and hot water systems by hotel staffs will address the problem of scalding water. There is no consensus, however, on whether hotels should use thermostatic valves, pressure balanced valves or combination valves, although a majority said properly installed and maintained pressure balanced valves do the job.
"In our system we thermostatically control the water at the source," said Dominic Solis, director of marketing for Symmons. "A master mixer right at the water heater is the best way to control water in a building. The states and city codes have driven the valves that way, where they want master mixers. Then there are consistent temperatures throughout building, so there's no reason to have a thermostatic device downstream. It's redundant to have two thermostatic devices in line."
Dale Archer, national accounts manager for Hansgrohe, said that he recently checked into a hotel late in the evening and found the shower was so hot and so uncontrollable that he ended up taking a sponge bath in the sink. He complained to the maintenance-staff the next morning, only to return to find the problem wasn't fixed.
Some problems are caused by bad system design, such as mixing the hot water for kitchens and laundries with hot water for guest rooms or neglecting to install a master-mixing valve, he said. Archer, whose preference is thermostatic valves, said that setting limit stops in shower valves is the most important part of the installation. Every room should be checked and adjusted with a hand-held thermometer in the water stream while the limit stop is set, he said.
Michael Wandschneider, product manager of showering faucets for Kohler Co., noted that each type of shower valve has features that may be of more interest to a hotel than others.
" But what we are finding is that hotels that have a large number of rooms find it cost prohibitive to use a temperature-sensing valve or a T/P valve," Wandschneider said.
Thermostatic valves require the same amount of maintenance as a pressure balanced valve, he said. Wandschneider noted that most manufacturers have tried to make it as easy as possible for installers to calibrate their valves.
Manufacturers also have to make their valves easy to use for hotel guests, said John Cairo, vice president/ hospitality and commercial sales for Delta Faucet Co.
"We have both [thermostatic and pressure-balanced]; 99% of it is pressure balanced," Cairo said.
Delta is positioning its Brizo thermostatic valve as a premium line, he said.
None of the manufacturers think that scalding conditions in hotel rooms will lead to code changes.
"You might see a manufacturer that has exclusively thermostatic valves or T/P valves who would say they are the only way to have safe option, but that's not the case," Wandschneider said. "A straight pressure-balanced valve is a safe option, and that's what the code is there to assure."
Solis suggested a two-part solution. The thermostatic mixing valve in the boiler room has to be installed and set properly and then maintained. Hotel staff has to check it periodically to make sure the mixed water temperature setting hasn't been changed.
"The most important part is the handle limit device," he said. "In every device, whether it's pressure-balanced or a temperature-sensing device or a combination of both, every single one has a handle limit device. If you don't set the handle limit device in a thermostatic valve it could still give you 130°F."
Hotel staffs make two errors, he said. One is that they assume that when they get a new building that everybody has set all devices properly. And the second is changing the mixed water temperature when they get a complaint instead of going to the room and checking the shower valve calibration and limit stops.
" It's just vigilance," Solis said. "That's all it is."


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There is an explanation for almost everything…….
When a couple of deliveries went missing, the Garza family thought they were dealing with a package thief in their McAllen home.
They then viewed footage from their doorbell camera to find out what was going on.
To their amazement, they discovered that the thief was a dog!
The footage recorded by the Ring doorbell camera shows a mailman dropping off a package while a black dog lies in wait in their backyard.
As soon as the delivery guy leaves, the furbaby makes his move and trots to the family’s doorstep, sniffs the package, and then picks it up and takes it away.
The pup is a neighborhood stray.
10-year-old Abby Garza, said: “It was kind of funny because nobody would ever expect a dog to steal a package.”
Abby was expecting an Easter basket that never arrived, or better yet, that she never got.
Apparently, this is not the first package that was taken by the neighborhood pirate who Abby has nicknamed Cody.
Abby said: “The first package was my mom’s clothes.”
The Garza family said neighbors will return packages to their rightful owners should they come across a box dropped by the dog in the wrong spot.
Abby, have you considered adopting Cody? You have already named him.


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Morrisons has revealed record trade levels over Christmas and has beaten its rivals with a strong set of results.
Like-for-like sales for the supermarket chain climbed 8.2% over the Christmas period. Morrisons said its focus on fresh food and promotional offers helped boost trade across its 382 stores.
Morrisons results beats rivals
Morrisons results trounce those of its rivals. Sainsbury boasted its best ever Christmas trade last week with like-for-like sales climbing 4.5%, but market leader Tesco enjoyed less success with a 2.5% improvement in sales.
Industry figures recently revealed that Morrisons got its highest ever market share in the 12 weeks to December 28, at 11.9%, increasing pressure on frontrunner Tesco. But Morrisons said: “We remain cautious on the outlook for consumer spending and we expect the market to remain challenging. In this environment we believe Morrisons value credentials will serve us and our customers well.”
Supermarket chain Somerfield also revealed strong Christmas results with like-for-like sales rising by 3.7% in the three weeks to 3 January. The group, which last week saw its takeover by the Co-op Group given the go ahead, said the performance of its smaller stores drove sales growth.
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In a move that has transferred shockwaves through the entertainment assiduity, Disney is bruited to be on the cusp of sealing a multibillion- bone deal with Reliance diligence. This implicit collaboration, at the van of current latest technology, has the world buzzing with excitement and enterprise. In this composition, we will claw deep into the complications of this deal and the impact it could have on the global entertainment geography.
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Reliance diligence A detail Overview
Reliance diligence, led by the visionary Mukesh Ambani, is a empire that has a significant footmark across diligence similar as petrochemicals, telecommunications, retail, and more. In the realm of the latest technology updates in India, Reliance has been a driving force.
It’s a foundation of the Indian business geography, not only for its diversity but also for its pioneering part in advancing technology and digitalization in the country. This composition will further explore how Reliance’s strategic investments in the rearmost technology updates in India have deposited it as a major player in shaping the nation’s profitable and technological geography.
The Significance of This Deal
This deal between Disney and Reliance is further than just a fiscal sale. In the environment of the latest new technology news, it represents the emulsion of American and Indian media bootstrappers, potentially creating a global entertainment mammoth that could challenge indeed the biggest players in the assiduity.
The community of Disney’s creative liar and Reliance’s technological advancements underscores how these two titans are aligning their strengths to lead the charge in an period defined by the rearmost new technology news.
This composition will claw deeper into how this strategic admixture could set new assiduity norms and allure cult encyclopedically, all while keeping pace with the ever- evolving geography of the rearmost new technology news.
Counteraccusations for the Entertainment Industry
The entertainment assiduity has been witnessing a seismic shift in recent times, with the rise of streaming services and evolving followership preferences. In the environment of the latest mobile technology news, this deal could reshape the assiduity’s geography, review distribution channels, and lead to groundbreaking content creation.
As consumers decreasingly turn to mobile bias for their entertainment needs, this cooperation between Disney and Reliance may work the rearmost mobile technology news to deliver content directly to cult in innovative ways. This composition will explore how this collaboration is poised to navigate the ever- changing dynamics of the entertainment assiduity, aligning with the trends reflected in the rearmost mobile technology news.
Global Reach and Impact
The deal’s impact will not be confined to the United States and India. In the environment of science latest news technology, Disney’s expansive global reach and Reliance’s influence in Asia and beyond mean that this cooperation could have far- reaching consequences for entertainment consumers worldwide.
With technological advancements shaping the assiduity, this collaboration could lead to the development of slice- edge content and distribution styles that align with the trends observed in wisdom rearmost news technology.
This composition will claw into how the combined global influence of Disney and Reliance has the implicit to transfigure the entertainment geography on a worldwide scale, keeping pace with the ever- evolving dynamics reflected in wisdom rearmost news technology.
Disney’s Streaming Services
With the success of Disney, Disney’s own streaming service, the company has honored the significance of digital distribution. In the environment of the rearmost technology news in India, this deal could potentially strengthen Disney’s presence in the booming streaming request. As India emerges as a crucial request for digital content consumption, Disney’s cooperation with Reliance aligns with the trends observed in the latest technology news in India.
This composition will explore how Disney’s strategic moves in the digital realm, in tandem with the influence of Reliance, could enable them to navigate the ever- evolving geography of the Indian streaming request, staking on the openings stressed in the rearmost technology news in India.
Competition and Challenges
The entertainment assiduity is fiercely competitive, and in the world of new game news, this collaboration will face its fair share of challenges. Understanding the competitive geography and addressing these challenges will be vital to the deal’s success. As gaming continues to be a fleetly growing member within the entertainment assiduity, keeping an eye on the rearmost developments in new game news will be essential for Disney and Reliance.
This composition will explore how the cooperation plans to navigate the competitive geography, influence its strengths, and respond to challenges, all in the environment of the ever- evolving world of new game news.
Request Analysis and Shareholders’ Response
The fiscal requests and Disney and Reliance shareholders will nearly cover this development. In the world of top gaming news, understanding how the deal affects stock prices and investor sentiment is essential to comprehending its broader impact.
Given the significance of the entertainment assiduity’s crossroad with the gaming sector, this cooperation’s effect on shareholder value and request dynamics will be nearly watched in line with the rearmost trends in top gaming news.
This composition will explore the fiscal counteraccusations and investor response to the collaboration, furnishing perceptivity into how it may shape the future of both companies in the environment of the ever- evolving geography of top gaming news.
The Road Ahead
What lies ahead for Disney and Reliance after the deal is sealed? Exploring the road ahead and the strategies both companies might employ is essential for vaticinating the future of this cooperation. In a geography told by trending gaming news, this collaboration’s unborn direction is of particular interest.
As the gaming assiduity continues to evolve and capture a broad followership, this composition will examine how Disney and Reliance plan to acclimatize to arising trends in the gaming sector, icing that their collaboration remains applicable and dynamic in agreement with the ever- changing currents of trending gaming news.
Innovation and Creativity
Both Disney and Reliance have a history of fostering invention and creativity in their separate fields. This deal could unleash a surge of fresh and imaginative content, leading to a belle epoque in the entertainment assiduity. In the environment of the rearmost developments in” before it’s news,” this cooperation has the implicit to review the way content is produced and consumed.
This composition will claw into how Disney and Reliance’s participated commitment to invention could marshal in a new period of entertainment and liar that resonates with cult indeed before it’s news in the traditional sense.
The Power of Collaboration Collaborations
Power of Collaboration Collaborations of this magnitude frequently affect in groundbreaking enterprise. Understanding how Disney and Reliance plan to unite and work each other’s strengths is a pivotal aspect of this cooperation.
In conclusion, the bruited multibillion- bone deal between Disney and Reliance diligence stands on the cliff of getting a transformative force in the global entertainment assiduity. The impending admixture of these two assiduity titans holds the immense eventuality to reshape the veritably foundations of how content is conceived, distributed, and devoured on a global scale.
As the echoes of this collaboration resonate, it promises to herald a new period in entertainment, where invention and creativity, bolstered by cutting- edge technology, will review the boundaries of imagination. This cooperation, shrouded in expectation, exemplifies the dawn of a remarkable chapter in the evolving narrative of the entertainment world.
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What is the significance of Disney’s potential deal with Reliance Industries?
This deal signifies the fusion of American and Indian media powerhouses, potentially creating a global entertainment behemoth.
How might this deal impact Disney’s streaming services?
The deal could strengthen Disney’s presence in the booming streaming market, offering a broader content library.
What challenges does this collaboration face in the competitive entertainment industry?
The entertainment industry is fiercely competitive, and addressing these challenges will be vital to the deal’s success.
How might this deal affect stock prices and investor sentiment?
The financial markets and Disney and Reliance shareholders will closely monitor this development.
What’s next for Disney and Reliance after the deal is sealed?
Exploring the strategies both companies might employ is essential for forecasting the future of this partnership.


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Car show season isn’t over quite yet.
Bennett Village is teaming up with Georgetown Market Place and Street Classics Cruise to host its fall edition of the Cruising for Care classic car show.
The fundraiser event will take place on Sunday, Sept. 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Georgetown Market Place parking lot.
“There will be amazing cars and great music,” said Bennett Village philanthropy officer Alison Curtis. “It’s just a fun family atmosphere, and afterwards you can get some shopping done.”
The show will feature over 200 classic cars, oldies music, raffles, a 50/50 draw, activities and more.
Funds raised will be used to support the well-being of Bennett Centre residents.
Admission is free, but donations are welcomed.


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Voysis, a Dublin-based startup was working on a complete voice AI platform. Voysis was developing a voice AI platform that enables natural language instruction, search and discovery across consumer and enterprise applications. According to Bloomberg, Apple has now acquired Voysis to improve Siri’s natural language capabilities. Apple confirmed the acquisition with the below standard response.
Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans.
Voysis wanted to be the de-facto platform to enable any business to rapidly ‘stand up’ deep domain, brand-specific, intelligent voice systems enabling rich, natural language interactions between their brands and users. I’m not sure whether Voysis will continue with its mission inside Apple. Over the past few years, Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa have become the most popular digital assistants in the world. I guess Apple will just use Voysis’ technology to better compete with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa.


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Massey dreams of retail centre
Massey University wants the Palmerston North City Council to lighten up on rules restricting development of shops and offices at the Turitea and Hokowhitu campuses.
It wants flexibility to create up to 5000 square metres of office space at Hokowhitu, the equivalent of two buildings, and 2000sq m of shops at Turitea - the size of a small suburban shopping centre.
Assistant vice chancellor for operations Stuart Morriss said Massey made a huge contribution to the city's economy, and was looking to double staff numbers at the Turitea "super campus".
It was working with the city council and research facilities to develop Food HQ - planned to be the largest food innovation hub in the southern hemisphere.
It wanted to have the ability to provide office space for businesses that wanted to locate nearby, and provide retail facilities that would help provide an attractive environment for staff.
Council policy planner Michael Duindam said the amount of office and retail space the university wanted to develop could detract from the central business district.
Retail consultant for the council Mark Tansley said Massey had earlier asked for 1200sq m of shops which "was on the edge of credibility". Along with food and beverage outlets and commercial services already allowed, it could add up to a shopping centre as large as 4000sq m.
Valuer Bryan White said the amount of office development sought could satisfy the growth in demand for space for the whole city for several years.
"It's going to be a significant competitor to the existing central business zone."
But Mr Morriss said the restrictions wanted by council planners would make it more difficult for Massey to develop Food HQ and grow its business.
It would need sufficient retail facilities to provide the world-class environment expected by the calibre of people it wanted to attract.
Massey's economics consultant Greg Akehurst said allowing the university's development, along with shops and offices, would help achieve the council's own objective of "attracting, fostering and retaining businesses because of the creativity and innovation of its education, research and knowledge base".
He said the offices would make up less than 2 per cent of the city's office space, and the location was likely to attract new businesses rather than cause an exodus out of the central city.
Massey University is looking to sell the Hokowhitu campus.
Mr Duindam said he believed the District Plan provided scope for Massey's aspirations.
The proposed changes to institutional zone rules and the submissions were heard yesterday by Resource Management commissioners Chris Mitchell, Stuart Kinnear and Annette Nixon.
They will consider the evidence in private before releasing a decision.


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Huawei’s sub-brand Honor is all set to launch the successor to its last year’s Honor 8X smartphone. The upcoming device is called Honor 9X. The CEO of the company, George Zhao, has revealed the official release date of the smartphone in China via Chinese social media website Weibo. According to the post, the smartphone will be launched on July 23 in China.
As reported by Gsmarena, the post says, “Honor 9X is fast from the inside. Born to be low-key”. Honor 8X was a mid-range device and the post suggests that the upcoming smartphone is also going to be a mid-range device.
However, there is no any information released by the company about its global release, nor does the post reveal any specifications related to the device. However, we have come across several leaks and rumours, suggesting some of the specifications.
Honor 9X expected specification
According to some previous leaks and rumours, the device is expected to come with a 10W charger out of the box and it is also rumoured that Honor might announce a new Pro version of the phone dubbed as Honor 9X Pro.
The Honor 9X is expected to be powered by in-house developed HiSilicon Kirin 810 processor. The handset is also rumoured to come equipped with a 24MP primary camera at the rear, 8MP wide-angle lens along with a 2MP depth sensor.
Other leaks and rumours have suggested that the smartphone will run on the latest version of Android and will be backed by a 3750mAh battery.
Meanwhile, Honor is also gearing up to roll out the latest Android Q update for its recently launched Honor 20 series smartphones.


text: The Good and services tax (GST) is the biggest and substantial indirect tax reform since 1947. The main idea of GST is to replace existing taxes like value-added tax, excise duty, service tax and sales tax. However, the idea of GST in India was mooted by Vajpayee government in 2000 and the constitutional amendment for the same was passed by the Lok-sabha on 6th May 2015 but is yet to be ratified by the Rajya-sabha. There are mixed response, inexplicit, arguments and opinions among the Manufactures, traders and society about the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to be implemented by Government of India from 1st April 2017 this year. It would be interesting to understand why this proposed GST regime may hamper the growth and development of the country.


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We should not be surprised at George Osborne’s visit to China. The current state of the UK’s external finances is not great with a current account deficit record last year of £106bn. This has to be financed and inward direct investment has been important in doing this in recent years. The Chancellor is hoping to attract some of the spare Chinese cash into major investment projects such as HS2 which will offset part of the current account deficit. (Such transactions will be recorded on the financial account).. This is an interesting reflection of the rise of the Chinese economy because, until recently, the net flow of funds was from the UK to China but it switched in 2012.
China is currently the sixth largest market for UK exports but there is considerable room for improvement – a second reason for the Chancellor’s visit. At present we provide 1.3% of their import of goods so even maintaining this percentage as China grows, will boost the UK economy. Another area of UK exports to China which should grow is ‘financial services’ as Chinese companies need to borrow and seek access to world capital markets and the rest of the world seeks to acquire yuan.
One company which shows the strength of the UK economy today is Brompton Bicycle – the up-market folding bicycle, with prices up to £1,700. The UK mass bicycle industry has largely disappeared as companies such as Raleigh have moved production to Asia. Brompton currently manufactures 50,000 machines pa and has a turnover of £30m on which it makes a 10% profit. Its major export markets are Germany, South Korea, Holland and Belgium and, both at home and abroad, it focusses on quality, stressing the hand-made element in its production process, and the way consumers can design their own model. However because of high demand, particularly from overseas, it is expanding its capacity this year to produce 100,000 machines.
To investigate them further, try their website: https://www.brompton.com/The-Bike
Old Brentwood Sir Charlie Bean, has been in the news since he is undertaking a review into government statistics. A major issue for him is how the ONS should take account of recent changes in the way we purchase goods and services.For example in the past one booked a holiday at a travel agent whose commission was counted in the GDP. Now we often do it ourselves on-line so it appears that GDP has gone down because the commission has been lost.


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This week, Breaking Banks hosts Brett King and Chris Skinner continue their five-part series on the blockchain, this time discussing the way the technology is being used in non-fintech areas such as healthtech, biotech, trade, and energy.
King and Skinner were joined by quite a few voices this week, including Bailey Reutzel, author of Moneytripping; Michael Casey, Senior Advisor, MIT Media Lab, Digital Currency Initiative; Leanne Kemp, Founder and CEO of Everledger; Abraham Cambridge, Founder and CEO of The Sun Exchange; and Vasily Suvarov, VP of Technology Strategy at Luxoft.
King and Skinner also brought on payments expert Brian Reommele, and Bank Innovation’s own Philip Ryan to discuss the brewing feud between Apple and Australian banks.
To learn more about blockchain, join us at Bank Innovation Israel this November 1-3 in Tel Aviv. Learn more and register here.Like This Post


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Adding top athletic apparel stocks to your portfolio right now could have you sitting on massive long-term gains in the future.
And the three top athletic apparel stocks I’m giving away today should be on everyone’s watchlist…
3 Top Athletic Apparel Stocks on a Winning Trajectory
Head Trader Roger Scott
Over the past few months, the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 has become a tad bit overbought. And many traders and investors (including myself) are now looking to other sectors for upside momentum plays.
For my money, I’m looking at the active apparel sector.
This sector looks relatively solid, especially in light of the current COVID-19 social distancing trend that many of us have become accustomed to in the recent months. Or what I like to call “staying away from big crowds.”
Some major analysts like Baird Capital see the trend continuing beyond the pandemic…
In fact, the investment giant said a normalized environment by the second half of 2022 supports a 2019 earnings recovery by early to mid-2022. Baird also predicted active lifestyle stocks’ revenues to be down only 15% to 20% year over year compared to last quarter’s negative 41%.
And things could be even better for the three top active apparel stocks I’m giving away in today’s video…
I reviewed and gave away buy recommendations for these three stocks a few months back. Today, I want to highlight them again for the traders who didn’t get a chance to grab them, missed the last video or were previously too nervous about the general market outlook to take advantage of them.
After you watch my quick video, share your thoughts in the comment section below. Did you take my previous advice, and how did the trades turn out? If you missed out last time, do you plan to trade these top apparel stocks now, and what changed your mind?


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Mostly excerpts of columnists published in The Madera Tribune.
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Now that Amazon.com has agreed to start collecting sales taxes on California transactions, and build warehouses in California to fill orders, here’
Gov. Jerry Brown observed Monday, Sept. 9, as California Admission Day, and even issued a proclamation declaring it.
Thanks to my sister who lives on a ranch over in Gilroy, I have been enjoying a supply of good, old-fashioned fruits, nuts and veggies.


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The face of the redesigned 2019 GMC Sierra will feature evolutionary signature U-shaped LED headlights and more prominent taillights, according to teaser images the brand released this week on social media.
The two images feature illuminated lights on the next-gen pickup, which is set to make its global debut Thursday in Detroit. Most notably, the headlight stack, including the U-shaped LED daytime running lights, appears to be larger than before and similar in style to the redesigned 2018 GMC Terrain compact crossover.
The debut of the 2019 Sierra, which also will include the high-end Sierra Denali, comes less than two months after General Motors officially introduced the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado on the eve of the Detroit auto show.
GM executives have promised more differentiation between the sibling pickups than before, with a wider range of Silverado models and Sierra's move upscale.
Despite expected exterior and interior differentiation between the pickups, the Sierra's specs and powertrains are expected to be similar to, if not the same as, the Silverado's.
GM has said the redesigned Silverado is larger than current models yet as much as 450 pounds lighter. It features a longer wheelbase, more interior space and a new high-strength steel bed with increased cargo volume and an available power up-down tailgate that can be operated from the key fob, an interior button or by hand.
GM will offer six powertrain combinations, including a 3.0-liter inline-six diesel and 5.3- and 6.2-liter V8s with a technology called Dynamic Fuel Management that can shut off cylinders, in a variety of combinations, to optimize performance and fuel economy.
The diesel engine -- the first in a full-size Chevy pickup since the late 1990s -- and 6.2-liter V8 will be mated to a 10-speed automatic transmission. GM provided no details of other transmission pairings or engines.
In 2017, U.S. sales of the Sierra slipped 1.7 percent to 217,943; Silverado deliveries rose 1.9 percent to 585,864.
Production of the pickups is expected to start in the fall at GM's plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana. GM also builds the trucks in Mexico, but it has not announced production details.


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Petco Health and Wellness Company and Klarna, a leading global retail bank, payments and shopping service, are partnering to offer Klarna's Pay in 4 solution on petco.com, across Petco's nearly 1,500 pet care centers nationwide, and the Klarna app. The new payment option makes caring for the whole health of pets more accessible and flexible, giving pet parents the option to split their purchase into four interest-free payments spread over the course of six weeks.
"Through the first quarter of this year, Petco generated strong double-digit growth and continued momentum by making complete pet care as easy, seamless, and accessible as possible – including helping pet parents support their pets' wellness without stressing about cost," said Petco Chief Digital and Innovation Officer Darren MacDonald. "With Klarna, we're creating another avenue for pet parents to do just that, whether they're welcoming a new family member, caring for a pet's unique health needs, or restocking on the basics."
The $119 billion pet category is poised to grow at an 8% CAGR over the next five years according to recent industry forecasts with higher growth projections in key areas like premium nutrition, services, vet, and digital where Petco is uniquely positioned. Millennials and Gen Zers, who have been spending more on their furry family members, not only represent the majority of recent growth, but 65% of 18- to 34-year-olds indicate they plan to acquire or add a pet in the next five years.
With seamless integration into the digital and physical shopping experience, Klarna provides another convenient payment method that removes financial barriers for pet parents prioritizing their pet's health and wellness. The new Klarna payment option will be available starting later this year and can be applied to all purchases, including merchandise and services.* Pet parents utilizing Klarna's flexible payment options will also still be eligible to earn rewards through their Pals Rewards account like any other purchase.
"We're excited to offer Petco to Klarna's 18.5 million customers in North America, and to bring added payment flexibility to Petco's existing ecommerce and brick and mortar customers," said Klarna Head of North America David Sykes. "Consumers—especially Millennials and Gen Zers, many of whom are becoming pet parents for the first time—are turning away from traditional credit and demanding more flexible payment options. Klarna's interest-free solutions increase consumers' purchasing power, granting them the freedom to shop for and buy what they need, when they need it. At the same time, our brand partners benefit as average order values increase by 20-80% and conversions can climb by 20% or more."
Klarna's flexible payment options join a suite of shopping innovations Petco has introduced over the past eighteen months, including nationwide curbside pickup, same-day delivery, Vital Care, the revolutionary Petco Pay credit card program, and more.
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While debates surrounding music streaming services, online downloads, physical purchases and torrents have been raging the past couple years, vinyl has been making a comeback in a big way. Avoiding what seemed like an imminent demise, vinyl purchases have increased more than sixfold from 2005 to 2013 in the United States, jumping from less than a million LPs purchased to 6.1 million according to data put together by Statista. In the UK and Germany, vinyl sales are at their highest since the late '90s, resulting in $218 million global vinyl sales in 2013. Take a look at the chart by Statista, which demonstrates worldwide vinyl sales from 1997 to 2013.
Whether it is because of people resisting the commoditization of music by streaming services, the realization that most LPs come with a digital download as well or the general passion of audiophiles and hipsters alike, vinyls are on the rise and will most likely continue their surge through the rest of 2014 and 2015.


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Published on: September 24, 2004In an open letter to Californians published in ads purchased in 15 of the state’s newspapers, Wal-Mart says it is attempting to set the record straight about its reputation, intentions and contributions to the community.
Conceding that it has become a target for criticism from a number of sources – including “certain elected officials, competitors and powerful special interest groups” – the company notes that “our company will continue to attract attention and even criticism in California. We will continue to listen and react to criticism that is valid. But we also will continue to react to half-truths and misinformation about our company.”
Wal-Mart’s goal has been to open 40 supercenters in the state over the next few years, but has met pockets of successful resistance in selected markets.
The complete text of the letter reads:
A Letter from Wal-Mart to the People of California.
At Wal-Mart we understand our ability to operate and grow in California depends on the support of you -- our customers. Each day we work to keep your trust by offering quality merchandise at low prices, being a good neighbor in the communities we serve and supporting economic growth throughout the state.
As the company has grown, we've become a target for negative comments from certain elected officials, competitors and powerful special interest groups. While we are always willing to consider constructive criticism, much of what has been said publicly about Wal-Mart in California is simply not true.
We think that our customers and the people of California need to know the facts:
• Wal-Mart pays competitive wages. In California our average wage is $10.37 per hour -- a rate that is in line with comparable retailers. Nearly 80 percent of our California associates (that is, employees) work full time. Many of our jobs are held by working "retirees," working spouses supplementing a family income and students working through school. For many young people, this is their entry into the work force. Wal-Mart simply could not continue to grow if we didn't offer a desirable place to work. In fact, virtually every time we open a new store, we receive a flood of applications. For example, when we prepared to open our National City, Calif. store last year, we received 15,000 applications for 350 job openings.
• Wal-Mart offers medical coverage to both full- and part-time associates. In addition to medical and dental care, our associates receive benefits like a profit sharing and 401(k) plan, merchandise discounts, performance-based bonuses and life insurance. A large percentage of associates -- 40 percent -- covered by Wal-Mart's healthcare plan didn't have any medical insurance before joining the company.
• Wal-Mart provides tremendous career opportunities. Nationally, more than 9,000 hourly associates were promoted into management jobs last year and two-thirds of our store management started their careers with Wal-Mart in hourly positions.
• Wal-Mart is planning to open as many as 40 Supercenters in California over the next few years. Supercenters combine a traditional Wal-Mart store with a full line of groceries under one roof. Customers in 47 other states currently enjoy the convenience and low prices that Wal-Mart Supercenters provide. According to a recent study by the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation, with the entry of Wal-Mart Supercenters into Southern California, area consumers will save at least $3.7 billion annually, or $589 per household per year, once Wal-Mart reaches 20 percent market share in the region.
• Wal-Mart is an integral part of the California economy, purchasing goods and services ranging from agricultural to entertainment, high tech to consumer package goods. Last year, Wal-Mart purchased more than $8 billion in goods and services from 4,600 California suppliers. Much of what California grows and manufactures is distributed to Wal-Mart stores across the country and around the world.
• Our stores generate significant tax revenue for local communities, helping to fund important city services, including police and fire protection. In California last year, Wal-Mart generated more than $650 million in sales tax revenues.
• Giving back to our communities by supporting local organizations is very important to us. Last year, California Wal-Mart stores and SAM'S CLUBs raised and contributed more than $11 million for local causes and organizations throughout the state. Overall, Wal-Mart is the largest corporate cash contributor to charity in the United States.
In closing, we expect that our company will continue to attract attention and even criticism in California. We will continue to listen and react to criticism that is valid. But we also will continue to react to half-truths and misinformation about our company. Our customers, communities and associates in California deserve nothing less.
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- Is the letter emblematic of a kinder, gentler Wal-Mart? Or is the company serving notice that “resistance is futile”?
Either way. you can’t blame Wal-Mart for trying, though it is interesting that the advertisement doesn’t really address the “culture change” that CEO Lee Scott said just a few weeks ago that the company needed to achieve. Rather, this ad seems almost completely defensive…
It’s a neat trick, suggesting that Californians are going save gobs of money…but only if Wal-Mart is allowed to achieve a 20 percent market share. Maybe the Governator should simply close down some of Wal-Mart’s competitors so that he and the Bentonville Behemoth can provide the public service of giving consumers the lowest prices. On the other hand, maybe…just maybe…low prices aren’t always everybody’s biggest concern.
Based on the way Wal-Mart describes the people it is hiring, one would almost expect that the company would be posting plaques over the front door that say, “Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…”
We clearly aren’t going to debate Wal-Mart on its numbers and statistics, though we would point out that it is big enough to qualify as its own “special interest group,” and that the “economic growth” that Wal-Mart is most interested in is its own.
And while we don’t have specifics with which to question the Wal-Mart numbers, we have to say that the line that most surprised us was the assertion that almost 80 percent of its store employees in California are full-time – a statement that, if true, would fly in the face of conventional wisdom. (What’d we really like to know is how Wal-Mart is defining “full-time.” We suspect it might be different than we’d define it…)
Wal-Mart also better hope that the courts don’t blow a hole in its attempts to repair its image…that it doesn’t lose the lawsuit that charges it with gender discrimination, which could give it something of a black eye.
Ironic that on the same day that Wal-Mart was advertising its good intentions, the company was sued in a federal court by a job applicant who charged that the company discriminates against black employees seeking work as truck drivers. The plaintiff’s attorney reportedly is seeking class action status in the case…which just goes to show that Wal-Mart is right about one thing – that rightly or wrongly, it continues to be a lightning rod for controversy and attacks.
Doesn’t matter, though. Resistance is futile.


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Beer prices in Russia are at a 17-year high as the market is squeezed by government regulation and falling consumption, according to a report in the Izvestia newspaper Friday.
The cost of a liter of beer in Russia is now about 84 rubles ($1.40), twelve percent more than at the beginning of 2014 and the highest level since 1998, Izvestia said, citing data from Nielsen, a consumer research firm. A spokesperson for Nielsen confirmed the accuracy of the data.
The Russian beer market contracted 10.5 percent in January compared to the same period a year earlier, its biggest fall for half a decade, the paper said.
Brewers in Russia are streamlining operations and raising prices amid high excise duties, government regulation and decreased consumer spending caused by an economic slump.
According to state statistics service data, Russian headline inflation is running at almost 17 percent, propelled by a sharp devaluation of the ruble and bans on food imports from the European Union and the United States imposed in retaliation for sanctions on Moscow over Ukraine. Real wages are meanwhile falling.
Baltika, one of Russia's largest beer producers, said in January that it was closing two of the 10 breweries it operates in Russia, reducing capacity by 15 percent and cutting 600 staff.


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Mary Barra, Chief Executive Officer of American automobile giant General Motors, has once again reiterated the goal of overtaking electric car pioneer Tesla Motors in terms of US electric vehicle sales by the end of 2025.
Discussing the company’s goals in a fresh interview, the top executive said she remained quite confident that her company could unseat Elon Musk-led EV giant with high-end specialty vehicles and long-range EVs by making them available to people at prices that they could afford.
GM’s goal of overtaking Tesla in terms of EV sales by the middle of this decade seems to be highly ambitious as the company sold merely 25,000 EVs in the U.S. last year, less than 10 per cent of Tesla’s estimated sales of 325,000 units. Moreover, the massive recalls of the Bolt EVs and Bolt EUVs have made a big dent in the company’s reputation. It sold only around 7,300 EVs (including GMC Hummer EV pickup trucks and BrightDrop e-vans) in the second quarter (Q2) in the U.S.
Apart from low EV sales, GM will have to tackle soaring inflation, rising interest rates, increasing costs of production in addition to persistent global shortage of semiconductors. American consumers’ reluctance to switch from internal combustion engines (ICEs) to EVs is also major issue to be tackled by GM. EVs make up just around 5 per cent of the U.S. new vehicle market.
To beat Tesla in just around two and a half years will, of course, not be easy for GM. However, CEO Barra is confident that producing and selling affordable EVs could enable her company to overtake Tesla in terms of EV sales.
In the interview, Barra said, “To really get to 30, 40, 50% EVs being sold, you have to appeal to people that are in that $30,000 to $35,000 price range. What we have coming, it’s in the heart of the market.” Detroit, Michigan-headquartered GM has already slashed the starting price of the Chevrolet Bolt to $26,000. Now, the manufacturing giant is preparing to launch the smaller all-electric Equinox EV for approximately $30,000 and Blazer EV for around $45,000 sometime next year. These affordable EVs will be joined by the likes of Cadillac Lyriq luxury SUV and the Hummer EV Pickup, and the upcoming Chevrolet Silverado EV. That is just the beginning as GM has plans to offer as many as thirty all-electric vehicles worldwide by the middle of current decade.


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The Napston cryptocurrency exchange has the potential to turn the industry upside down, if it’s able to produce the results the company expects. The exchange is a fully automated platform that uses a proprietary technology, the “Distributed Artificial Neural Networks (DANN),” to make accurate market predictions. Company officials assert that the platform pools data from “thousands” of independent sources and makes trading possible for even the most inexperienced investor.
According to a press release by the company, “Napston entered the cryptocurrency space in 2013, long before it became mainstream. Over the last five years, the company has been through all the uncertainties and fluctuations of this evolving market. During this phase, Napston was serving only the larger corporate and high net worth individual customers, helping them properly structure and trade their cryptocurrency portfolios. They have spent a high percentage of profits to build the proprietary Distributed Artificial Neural Networks technology. This advanced technology has now formed the foundation of Napston’s automated crypto trading platform.”
The DANN is described as a network of nodes that are programmed to predict the market. Napston throws out a caveat, however, indicating that the accuracy with which DANN is able to offer its predictions is contingent upon the computer processing power that is available.
Napston’s platform includes “state-of-the-art security” and full transparency. The company indicates that it only takes about 30 seconds to get started and allows for instant withdrawals, which could be appealing to a large number of traders.
The exchange currently only supports Bitcoin Core (BTC) or Ethereum and offers three packages available to get started:
Starter: Minimum $100 in Bitcoin, 1% per day, for 150 days, three level referral system
Advanced: Minimum $1000 in Bitcoin, 1.25 % per day, for 150 days, 5 level referral system
Expert: Minimum $5000 in Bitcoin, 1.50 % per day, for 150 days, 10 level referral system
According to a Napston spokesperson, “Our just launched trading platform is only about helping you earn the profit on your otherwise dormant Bitcoins or Ethereum without breaking a sweat yourself. We believe there’s serious demand for that and the customers who have already joined us prove that vision.”
If the platform is able to perform as accurately as the press release indicates, it could be a revolutionary advance for crypto trading. However, let’s revisit the issue in a couple of months.
The post Napston to introduce fully automated crypto exchange appeared first on Coingeek.


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A New Alliance
In 2017, Terminus began to rework their ABM strategy internally to further execute and measure B2B go-to-market initiatives. They began to utilize new marketing technology and streamline their sales and marketing processes to create better account conversion rates. They explored new ways to personalize the account targeting experience. Re-constructed with B2B marketers in mind, the platform would make it easier for customers to launch and keep track of their targeted account advertising campaigns.
According to Spett’s blog post, this transformation resulted in “2X conversion of accounts from first meeting to closed-won customers,” a “20% increase in average selling price,” and a shortened average sales cycle. However, Terminus still needed stronger B2B analytics to accurately manage and measure their product’s impact going forward.
As a solution, Terminus reached out to BrightFunnel; a company devoted to “connecting marketing efforts to revenue through best-in-class B2B analytics, including AI-powered multi-touch attribution, account-based measurement, and revenue funnel analytics.”
Uniting Go-to-Market Teams
This exciting acquisition will not only bring much-needed advanced measurement and attribution tools to customers, it will also give both companies the rare opportunity to forge a mutually beneficial partnership.
Working together, BrightFunnel and Terminus will help marketers “close the loop on measuring account-based marketing and advertising, understand the campaigns throughout the buyer’s journey, and create a 360-degree view of engagement that supports one revenue team.”
In the blog post, Eric Spett also stated that Terminus, “will add more engineers to support our vision of making marketing analytics and attribution more accessible to all B2B teams and more focused on account-based practices.” As part of the acquisition, Terminus will be welcoming 40 new BrightFunnel ‘Terminators.’ The new team members will continue to work out of their San Francisco office.
Terminus has been named the fastest growing software company in Atlanta and the #1-rated account-based execution software on G2 Crowd. Just last year, they were named the number one best place to work in Atlanta. In three years, Terminus has grown from a start-up of just three co-owners to a fully fledged company of over 150 ‘terminators.’ They have helped companies like Rosetta Stone, Invoca, and WP Engine keep track of their ABM success. With this new acquisition, Terminus can expect to see their clientele expand and their number of full time employees skyrocket.
Starting off 2018 with a powerful new alliance, Terminus and BrightFunnel will be able to elevate their shared vision of providing marketing analytics and attribution to as many B2B teams as possible.
- Connect with Terminus on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook and visit their official site here:
- Visit BrightFunnel on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and on their official website.
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Update 8.4 Prepared to Roll Out In World of Tanks
Wargaming, the leading free-to-play developer and publisher, today announced global release dates for Update 8.4 for their award-winning free-to-play MMO World of Tanks. Bringing in ten new hard-hitting tank destroyers from Great Britain, Update 8.4 will be available for all game clusters across the globe: Europe (March 6), North America and Southeast Asia (March 7), and Korea (March 20).
Thick armor, high durability and tremendous alpha strike capability makes the new British TD forces to be reckoned with. The line is headed by the intimidating FV215b (183) prototype, packed with a lethal 183mm high-damage gun.
Along with the newly introduced British tank destroyers, Update 8.4 adds three light German tanks: Pz.I, Pz.I Ausf.С, and Pz.II Ausf.G. The game also introduces a newly revamped combat tutorial mode for rookie tankmen, where they can learn everything they need to know to be successful in the game, from movement, combat, crews skills and more.
Update 8.4 also sees four battle arenas being overhauled with new visuals, including Ensk, Live Oaks, Steppes and Fisherman’s Bay.
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My first post about portfolio company Visible World and the future of television advertising was in October 2004 (see here). In the post, I wrote about how television advertising needed to change and how the advertisers and those with inventory had to adapt to the rising online threat and offer new technology to make their ads more targeted and measurable. Visible World has been pushing this vision for quite awhile and over the years it has built momentum through investments and relationships with Time Warner and Comcast. And just recently the company announced a deal with Google TV Ads to bring this to Google's automated auction system.
Google Inc. is teaming up with Visible World Inc., a well-known New York technology company that uses software to create multiple versions of a given ad, in its push to offer TV advertisers more targeting options.
Google will combine the technology with its Google TV Ads, an automated auction-based system for buying TV ads by choosing which shows best fit the advertised product or service. The idea of such "addressable advertising" is to send a TV ad promoting a sale on minivans to a household with children, for example, and the same basic ad with a promo for a sports sedan to a childless household.
Pioneering a new way of doing things is expensive and tough, but I am glad to see Visible World's efforts starting to pay off. A lot of companies are starting to look at the hundreds of billions spent on television advertising, and I can bet that we will see as much innovation in the next couple of years as we have seen in the last ten years in this market.


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Chinese diners beware: Meals at some restaurants across the county might involve 40-year-old meat. Authorities recently seized 100,000 tons of meat that was likely smuggled frozen into China through Vietnam, reports state news agency Xinhua (translated), and some of the product had original shipping dates going back to the 1970s. The meat was reportedly smuggled into the country to avoid customs inspections, and to make matters worse, it was transported up to 12 hours without refrigeration.
The New York Times notes that the meat, including chicken wings, beef, and pork, was often refrozen and then sold to retailers. Authorities seized the smuggled goods in 14 different Chinese provinces. The Changsha Administration of Customs says one-third of the meat being sold at the largest wholesale market in Hunan Province was found to be illegally smuggled.
A customs official told Xinhua the sting operation was nauseating: "It was too smelly! A truck full of it! I almost threw up when the door opened."
The latest scandal comes less than a year after five people were detained for selling expired meat to major chain restaurants — including McDonald's, KFC, Starbucks, and Burger King — in China. In that incident, a supplier "repacked old beef and chicken and put new expiration dates on them."
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While Microsoft shies away from the prospect of making their own
phones, it will go head-to-head with Apple’s iPhone by bundling in its
differently successful Zune into a future version of Windows Mobile.
MS boss Steve "the quiet one" Ballmer told CIO magazine that the
company has advanced plans to squeeze in a Zune player into smartphones
in the future.
He said that "all content is going digital" and so it made sense bundle
software into devices that the modern consumer actually used.
"What you’ll see more and more over time is that the Zune
software will also be ported to … Windows Mobile devices," he said.
With Windows Mobile scheduled for release in the second half of 2009,
it sounds more than likely thatZune technology will appear in smartphones.
Ballmer also lambasted Google’s attempt at muscling in on the
smartphone market with its Android phone built by Microsoft hardware
"You’ve got to remember Android is version one….and it looks like
version one. They’ve got one handset maker, we’ve got 55. They’re
available through one operator, we’ve got 175."
In other news, Apple legend Steve "Woz" Wozniak predicted the end of the iPod.
He told UK broadsheet the Telegraph that the iPod "has sort of lived a long life at number one," but will die out.
He said the iPod’s trajectory was rather like Sony’s Walkman.
"It’s kind of like everyone has got one or two or three. You get to a
point where they are on display everywhere, they get real cheap and
they are not selling as much," Wozniak said in the interview.
Wozniak, who left Apple back in the eighties, also criticized Apple’s policy of
keeping a lid on iPhone’s proprietary operating system, limiting application development.
"Consumers aren’t getting all they want when companies are very
proprietary and lock their products down. I would like to write some
more powerful apps than what you’re allowed."


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Europe's leading dancewear retailer, Move Dance, has invested £1.6m in securing new premises at Airport City Manchester to support ambitious growth plans.
The Manchester-based online retailer has signed a ten-year lease on a new 17,000 square foot warehouse and has completed the build of a new 2,500 square foot office at the Airport City campus.
Established by two Mancunians in 2007, the technology-first business is on track to achieve revenues of £8.5m by the end of the financial year and plans to surpass the £10m mark in 2019-20.
The 50-strong team recently celebrated a bumper sales period – increasing year-on-year revenue by 79 per cent on Black Friday.
The retailer’s impressive journey began with a small shop in Manchester’s Northern Quarter – run by John Cormack who went on to partner with eCommerce professional Robin Gillyon to establish the online shop together.
Just over £1,000 of sales were secured within 24 hours of launching the website, the equivalent of a week’s takings at the Northern Quarter store, inspiring the entrepreneurs to swiftly set their sights on becoming Europe’s leading online dance retailer.
Move Dance’s sales surpassed its biggest European competitor in 2017 and the retailer now sells in more than 120 countries worldwide.
As well as developing an in-house team of eCommerce specialists, the retailer secured a competitive edge by designing and manufacturing its own range of affordable dancewear to complement its choice of popular third-party brands.
After starting off with manufacturing a small range of tights, Move Dance’s in-house team now design everything from tutus to technically advanced ballet shoes, and sales of its own-brand products have surpassed that of the third-party market-leading brands to Move Dance customers.
Co-founder Robin Gillyon said: "After occupying several locations on our journey to here, we now have state-of-the-art facilities for our office and fulfilment staff - and enough space to continue progress in growing our business across the globe as a leading dancewear brand and retailer.”


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It was recently announced that the Nintendo 3DS will not have a feature the popular PictoChat messaging system, or any instant messaging features at all. PictoChat, which came with the original DS, DS Lite, and DSi, allows players to connect wirelessly and chat through text and drawings. The Wii also has the Message Board, which allows users to send what were essentially emails to people on their friends list. These two features came with the consoles, and it is sad to see no new iteration PictoChat for the new 3DS.
This isn't to say that the 3DS will be forever without messaging. Bill Trinen, Product Marketing Manager at Nintendo of America, thinks there could be a messaging feature added in the future stating that, "The goal is that there will be some messaging functions."
Though there doesn't seem to be a hope for PictoChat, it is worth looking at other features such as the eShop and the internet browser, which will not be available at launch but will become available shortly after with an update. There are many features with the 3DS that are worth noting, and though there are a variety of gamers that love social networking, there are also many gamers that would rather just play games.


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On April 22, online marketing company fishbat, comments on the recent release of the new music-sharing app Twitter Music.
Rumors circled last week when various artists in the music industry and celebrities such as Ryan Seacrest, tweeted praise for the new app. However, it wasnt until this week on Good Morning America, that Twitter finally made an official announcement.
In its new blog post, Twitter stated that the new music app will use Twitter activity, including tweets and engagement, to detect and surface the most popular tracks and emerging artists. It also brings artists music-related Twitter activity front and center: go to their profiles to see which music artists they follow and listen to songs by those artists. And, of course, you can tweet songs right from the app.
The app currently uses songs from three different sources: iTunes, Spotify, or Rdio. With iTunes, users are only allowed a 30 second preview. But with Spotify or Rdio accounts, users can listen to the full tracks.
According to the blog post, songs that have been tweeted by the artists and people you follow on Twitter can be found through the #NowPlaying stream. There, users can view and listen to those songs. You could also share those songs with your Twitter followers. Twitter Music has been available in the App Store since April 18.
We are very excited to see this latest development in social media, says Scott Darrohn, COO of online marketing firm fishbat. With the overwhelming amount of people using Twitter, we just may be witnessing an enormous change in the way we share music today. With this innovation, social media agencies can expect to get onboard with the music scene and utilize marketing strategies through songs. Imagine radio jingles spread over Twitter, advertising products just like in the old days, adds Darrohn.
Darrohn says the app will give people the ability to share music easier, but it will also open up a platform for digital marketers. You could play ads in between or after the songs being shared on Twitter. Its just another way for marketers to reach people on a different medium, adds Darrohn.
fishbat, Inc. is an award-winning, full-service online marketing firm and social media agency. Were branding experts dedicated to making your business a part of conversations that are already happening. Through social media management, search engine optimization (SEO), web design, and cutting-edge public relations strategies, we can raise awareness of your brand, strengthen your corporate image, and place your business in front of your ideal audience.


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Pillsbury flour recalled for possible health risk
March 12, 2019: Check your pantry! Hometown Food Company is voluntarily recalling 12,245 cases of Pillsbury unbleached all purpose flour because of possible salmonella contamination. The five-pound bags included in the recall were distributed in retailers nationwide.
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The 2020 edition of Seafood Expo Asia has been rescheduled and moved to a new location. The event is set for November 18-20 in Singapore at the Singapore EXPO, Hall 2, and will be co-located with Asia Fruit Logistica.
The new dates and location were carefully considered by the organizer, Diversified Communications, and factored in feedback from exhibitors, visitors and partners, as well as the findings of a third-party independent research study.
Last year’s edition of the show, set for September 3-5 in Hong Kong, was cancelled just two weeks before its slated kickoff date due to political protests punctuated by rising social unrest. Millions of protesters took to the streets to demand greater democracy in the Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China, situated on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary. Rail and air travel was impeded, scuffles broke out and police dispersed tear gas during crowd control actions.The move to Singapore is intended to reinforce Seafood Expo Asia’s positioning in connecting international seafood suppliers and Asian buyers in the epicenter of the robust fish business. Singapore is an important business hub for global trade, connecting 400 cities worldwide.
“There is more clarity on the effectiveness of Covid-19 measures and we are currently seeing some countries starting their plans to reopen their economy. Hosting the event later in the year, and as the Asian economy re-opens, presents the opportunity for seafood suppliers and buyers to capture year-end business and prepare for the year ahead,” said Liz Plizga, group vice president of the Diversified Group.
She continued: “You can continue to expect the same high level of event management, modern facility, vendor services and accommodation options. Seafood Expo Asia will feature networking and educational opportunities, including a conference program covering the most relevant industry topics in Asia, business matching program, product showcase and the signature Young Chef Challenge.”
Andrew Phua, the Singapore Tourism Board’s executive director of exhibitions and conferences, commented: “We are pleased that Diversified Communications has chosen Singapore to host Seafood Expo Asia in 2020 and are committed to working closely with them towards a successful event. Singapore has a strong reputation as a preferred destination for business events and we are confident in the long-term prospects of the industry. We look forward to welcoming the delegates to Singapore in November.”
The 10th edition of Seafood Expo Asia will be co-located with Asia Fruit Logistica, which is promoted as the leading trade show for Asia’s fresh produce business. During the last running it attracted more than 12,000 trade professionals from all over the world to meet and do business in fresh fruits and vegetables with over 800 exhibitors from 40 countries.
As both events target the perishable food sector, the co-location provides a convenient one-stop sourcing platform for international buyers in Asia looking for global suppliers of all types of seafood as well as fresh fruits and vegetables. Asia Fruit Logistica has a strong reputation in the Asian market and the organizers share the same high standards for health and safety.
Additional information about Seafood Expo Asia is available at email@example.com.