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In a first-of-its-kind ruling in the United Kingdom and Europe, the High Court of England and Wales has granted an order permitting the service of court proceedings as a non-fungible token (NFT).
According to a press release by Giambrone & Partners LLP, the law firm handling the case, the NFT, which will convey a “worldwide freezing injunction,” will be delivered as an airdrop to two wallets connected to the unknown defrauder of their client Fabrizio D’Aloia, an Italian engineer and the founder of online gambling joint stock company Microgame.
“This order is a noteworthy development in the area of service of court documents and a welcome example of a court embracing new technology,” the firm’s press release said.
Our firm was the first law firm in the UK and in Europe to obtain permission by a High Court Judge to serve document proceedings related to a worldwide freezing injunction against unknown persons by NFT using the blockchain technology.
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The court also granted a second order that is groundbreaking for cases involving digital assets. Addressed to five digital currency exchanges, namely Binance, Poloniex, gate.io, OKX (formerly OKEx), and Bitkub, the order notifies the exchanges to hold onto the client’s assets on their platform as constructive trustees.
Per the details of the case, an undisclosed amount of D’Aloia’s digital assets were stolen by unknown actors through a fraudulent clone online brokerage he invested in. These assets have been traced to the five exchanges so far. Hence the case mentions them as co-defendants with the “Persons Unknown.”
“The importance of the Court’s finding of a good arguable case of constructive trustee liability cannot be overstated. Should cryptocurrency exchanges act contrary to such orders and fail to ringfence the identifiable cryptocurrency, they risk being held liable for breach of trust,” Joanna Bailey, Associate in the Financial Services Dispute Resolution Team in London, said in the press release.
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The case is the second time that a court has ruled for legal proceedings to be carried out on a blockchain network. A U.S. high court gave the first order in a case involving digital currency exchange LCX, which had its assets stolen by a hacker.
Many digital assets proponents have welcomed the precedence that the two cases set for using blockchain technology in the legal system. According to a Bloomberg report, the order paves the way for digital asset fraud victims to sue unknown crooks.
The legal and law enforcement system has long been seeking ways to keep up with emerging technologies. According to a recent Bank of England report, regulatory and law enforcement frameworks are highly necessary to address the systemic risks that the digital assets industry poses to the economy.
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Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. are withdrawing Parler from their services, as part of a growing backlash after the social media network was among those used to stage Wednesday’s riots on Capitol Hill.
Apple has removed Parler from its App Store, while Amazon’s cloud unit decided to stop hosting the social media company from Sunday night. They joined Alphabet Google Inc., which removed the app from its Google Play Store on Friday, saying it created a “permanent and urgent threat to public safety.”
Speak, which is popular with extremist groups looking for an alternative to more traditional social media sites, has come under fire since the Capitol was taken over by a pro-Trump mob. The tech companies’ move will let Parler end the weekend without easy access to virtually every smartphone user in the world and scrambling to find a new company to host its services.
Apple’s move came a day after the Cupertino, Calif.-Based tech giant threatened to take down the app, telling developers at Talking Friday they had 24 hours to deliver. Apple with a service moderation and filtering plan.
A letter provided by Apple to Parler says the social media company has offered to make changes in order to stay on the App Store. Parler told Apple that it has “been taking this content very seriously for weeks,” that it will implement a moderation plan “for now” and that it will establish a temporary task force, according to the report. letter.
Apple dismissed these efforts as a solution in its explanation for the removal of the app. “We continued to find direct threats of violence and calls to incite lawless action,” Apple wrote to Speak on Saturday, adding that the measures were “inadequate to combat the proliferation of dangerous and objectionable content on your app. “
Also on Saturday, Amazon Web Services wrote to Parler about its decision to suspend its AWS account, according to a letter obtained by Bloomberg. The largest cloud computing provider said it had informed the social media company of 98 cases of posts inciting violence in recent weeks and that Parler’s plans to moderate its content were insufficient.
“We cannot provide services to a client who is unable to identify and effectively remove content that encourages or incites violence against others,” according to the letter, signed by the Trust and Security team of ‘AWS and addressed to Talking Policy Director Amy Peikoff.
BuzzFeed News reported on Amazon’s plans earlier. An Amazon spokeswoman declined to comment.
Apple’s deletion also means Talking will stay out of the App Store on iPhone, iPad, and other devices until it is able to show its “ability to effectively moderate and filter out.” dangerous and harmful content of your service, ”Apple added.
Apple’s decision to remove the app from its store will not remove versions of Parler already installed on Apple devices. However, Amazon’s decision means the app won’t be functional unless Parler finds a replacement web host. Parler CEO John Matze said his services could be affected for up to a week.
Apple’s decision arguably has more of an impact than Google’s, as Android allows apps to be installed through means other than its Google Play Store, while the iPhone and iPad are much more restrictive.
On its App Store page, Parler described itself as a “free expression, free social media focused on protecting user rights.” The service has gained popularity with extremists like Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. clamps down on users who encourage violence. Matze said in a TalkPublishthat most of its users are “non-violent people who want to share their opinions”.
“We will do our best to switch to a new supplier now as we have a lot of competition for our business, but Amazon, Google and Apple have deliberately done this as part of a coordinated effort knowing our options would be limited.” , did he declare. “This was a coordinated attack by the tech giants to kill the competition in the market.”
Before its deletion on Saturday, Parler climbed to the top of Apple’s App Store rankings, becoming the store’s most downloaded free app. Parler also ranked 18th among free apps on Apple’s App Store in the past 90 days, according to data from Apptopia.
Speak was “used to plan, coordinate and facilitate illegal activity in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021, which resulted in (among other things) loss of life, numerous injuries and destruction of property,” Apple said in Friday. letter to the developers of Talking when he threatened to remove the application.
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How much would you pay for a miraculous pen that’s guaranteed to never roll off a table? What’s that you say? Maybe a couple of bucks because that’s really only a problem that plagues ship captains, students with wonky IKEA desks, and people who live directly on fault lines? It’s a good thing the makers of this Yulasha pen embedded with an off-centre weight are only asking three dollars for it then. [Nikkei via Damn Geeky]
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December 15, 2018 according to Steve Hanley
Tesla was announced on December 16 in China to reduce the price of Model S and Model X China confirmed that 40% of imported cars in the United States were at a 15% price rate. According to Ren CNBC, The decision made by the Chinese authorities is tentative. The new rate will be valid from January 1 to March 31. Then we will see.
Both countries agreed to the G20 conference earlier this month to prevent a 90-day tariff loss to achieve long-term commercial agreements. It is not yet clear what, in any case, when the leaders of both countries agreed in Argentina, not only the plan to continue to speak.
The CNBC The report says: "China's Tesla income was 17.2% in 2017, but only in the third quarter was the rate of 6% [according to] CFRA analyst Garrett Nelson. "Tesla is pushing for a new Shanghai factory, as soon as possible, to meet fares with Model 3 and the next Y-Series crossings.
As we know, Model S and Model X cars will only be available in Fremont factory in California, which means that this pawn will be in the rate game. Elon Musk tweeted this year this year with the tariffs that they make in China "competing in the Olympic competitions, dressed in lead shoes".


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Alphabet sues Uber to steal technology self-propelled car
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, last Thursday, a lawsuit was filed against Uber. The allegation is that Uber technology of Alphabet-daughter Waymo has stolen.
Uber could use the technology in Otto, the self-propelled car of the company, reports AFP. According to the indictment has a Waymo left manager technical data included. The company he founded was eventually Otto of Uber.
According to the indictment continued the manager, Anthony Levandowski, for he departed in the company of 14,000 files of a highly confidential server with designs on his laptop.
It would mostly go to dates with respect to the by Waymo-developed LiDAR technology. According to the company, the damage is at least $ 500 million and enabled the theft of the data Uber is able to come to a halt self-propelled vehicle-a project to breathe new life into.
Uber has indicated the indictment seriously and carefully doing research.


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American Business Women's Association presented Fernandina Police Chief with a check to benefit the 2010 Shop with Cops program.
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Jamie Hendrix (left) and Dawn Lunt (right) of the American Business Women’s Association, Eight Flags Charter Chapter, presented Fernandina Beach Police Chief Jim Hurley with the proceeds of their annual live auction on November 18th, a check in the amount of $1025.00 to benefit the 2010 Shop with Cops program.
The Shop with Cops event will be held at the island WalMart on December 15th.
The American Business Women’s Association provides business training and networking opportunities for women of diverse occupations and backgrounds.


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The Outreach Center will sponsor a Chicken BBQ to benefit the Food Pantry Saturday, Sept. 3, at the Ski Bowl pavilion in North Creek, with grillmaster Don Lasher and his assistants. Music will be provided by the Keystone Band.
The dinner includes chicken, baked potato, beans, coleslaw, applesauce and dessert. Hot dogs and hamburgers will also be available. Tickets are $9 and are available for purchase through the Outreach Center at 251-3481. Tickets sold out last year, so advance purchase is encouraged. Tickets will be available at the event.


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December 13, 2018 – Authorities have located Rocky Wilson’s body in a wooded area near Beech Lake on Wednesday, according to Capt. Tracey Grisham. They searched for days before finding him. The location was about a mile from where the car was found. No foul play is suspected.
Rocky Wilson is missing from Lexington, Tennessee. He had gone to the grocery store on Saturday, December 8, 2018. He never returned. His car was found on Black Bottom Road near Beech Lake with the groceries still in the car.
“This past Saturday Rocky Wilson and his girlfriend went shopping in town,” the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office stated. “They went to Wal-Mart, the grocery store, the pharmacy and then he dropped her off at work before going back home with the groceries.”
Rocky has anxiety from a car accident years ago and is known to take off, but has never been gone this long.
Wilson was wearing a green Carhart jacket with a white t-shirt that had gray graphics with blue jeans, a dark-colored hat with a white logo on the front and brown Wolverine slip-on work boots.
Authorities have been searching for Wilson around the area that the car was found, but so far nothing. If you have any information about Wilson’s location, please contact the Henderson County Sheriff’s Department. Anyone with information is urged to call the sheriff’s department at 731-968-2407.


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With the Ikea project now fully underway in Oak Creek, the 27 acres immediately south of the store along Drexel Avenue is being eyed for a mixed-use development.
Walden OC, LLC and Kevin Kennedy, the director of real estate investments for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, which owns 128 acres of land between I-94 and Ryan Road along Drexel Avenue, has asked the city to rezone eight properties immediately south of Ikea from single-family residential to an interstate regional retail district.
The properties are located at 1700, 1750, 1800, 1816, 1848, 1850 and 1900 W. Drexel Ave. and 7700 S. Ikea Way.
Most of the parcels were single family homes that are now vacant land. The only property that is still a single family home is 1900 W. Drexel Ave. The house is scheduled to be demolished in 2018, according to plans submitted to the city.
The plan commission will vote Tuesday on the rezoning request and on amending the city’s certified survey map to accommodate future development.
Northwestern Mutual has not submitted development plans for the site but is working on a future proposal that will “include regional retail and commercial uses consistent with developments in the vicinity.”
The regional retail and commercial district will be “consistent with the 50+ acres to the north,” and “is intended to provide for the orderly and attractive grouping of intensity retail, commercial and mixed uses along the federal intestate highway system,” according to plans submitted by Northwestern Mutual.
In November 2015, Northwestern Mutual asked the city to revise its long-term comprehensive plan so 60 of the 128 for a possible mixed-use development.
That development turned out to be the 291,000-square-foot Ikea store currently under construction. The store will open in spring 2018.


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Last week was one of note for the UK food industry, as it was dedicated to the Sandwich! British Sandwich Week is a fair accolade, when you consider the UK sandwich market was worth £7.25bn in 2013 (+2% YOY) equating to 3.5bn sandwiches sold (+6%).
We jumped on the sandwich bandwagon and were pleased to be shortlisted for the British Sandwich Association’s annual SAMMIE award in the new sandwich product category with our latest innovation in SunBlush®, a round sliced SunBlush® tomato. Sadly we were pipped to the post, but some of us were lucky enough to attend the finals of the Sandwich Designer of the Year competition where we got an interesting insight into the sandwich market and sampled some of the best sarnies the UK has to offer.
One of our very own products, Roquito Chilli Pepper Pearls® was proudly part of a sandwich build in the Warbutons bread category. The Good Seoul was created by Andy Philips from Greggs and consisted of a Korean pulled pork filled Warburtons wrap – delicious! Another one of our favourites was winner Harry Turner of Harris & Hoole, triumphing with his BBQ chicken and bacon slaw wrap that combined bacon into the slaw, served with pulled chicken breast topped with tasty melted smoked Leerdammer cheese. The overall winner was Catherine Lear of EAT, in the Dell’ami Sandwich Pesto category, with her prosciutto and asparagus melt in grilled sourdough bread, oozing melted mozzarella and crisp asparagus spears.
It wasn’t all sandwich tasting though, we were encouraged to hear an interesting and positive outlook from BSA Director Jim Winship. Surprisingly, sandwich bars make up the majority of the market share at 32% and supermarkets only equate to 10%. Also 70% of sandwiches sold are classed as ‘standard’ sandwiches, 11% are considered healthy, 6% premium and 2% value. The hospital sector has recently advised that a sandwich is the best way to provide patients with an overall balanced nutritional meal, so we should all look for an increase in healthier sandwich builds focussed on nutrition in the future. To give the industry a helping hand to drive footfall into a range of sandwich shops, the BSA also announced the launch of its new website and smartphone app www.lovesarnies.com, attracting new and existing by providing offers, information and giveaways at member outlets.
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Perhaps Apple bit more than it could chew…
Apple has announced that the iPhone X will be discontinued- at least for now.
This year’s upcoming release will feature the new iPhone 9, 11 and 11 Plus. The X will not be for sale.
Apparently Apple’s marketing strategy has worked too well.
In years past, the massive tech company has manipulated their smart phone supply to increase demand.
This year, Apple customers are too demanding and are not buying iPhone Xs in a desire to wait for the new updates.
Despite the billions in sales, Apple has changed their smartphone strategy for the first time in years.


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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from the maker of the BlackBerry in the long-running battle over patents for the wildly popular, handheld wireless e-mail device.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request to review a major patent infringement ruling against the maker of the BlackBerry e-mail device.
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Glanbia is looking to boost its cheese production capacity in the US by 25%, through plans to expand production at its New Mexico facility, which is already the largest natural cheese plant in the US. The project is predicted to take over two years to complete, and will cost roughly $140m (€128m), the Sunday Business Post reported.
McCambridges of Galway has been named the overall winner in the Galway Chamber Business Awards 2015, in association with Shannon Airport. The ceremony took place at a gala event in the Salthill Hotel, where Natalie McCambridge praised her team for the win, saying they are the reason the business continues to grow.
Irish food producer Cool Beans has secured a listing in 135 Waitrose stores in the UK. The brand was launched nearly a year ago, and is part of the SuperValu Food Academy Supplier Programme. It also won this year’s Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur Award competition, organised by the Local Enterprise Offices, and is targeting a turnover of €1 million in 2016 and exports of 60%.
A price tag of over €6 million has been placed on a shopping centre in Cashel; by joint agents Lisney and Bannon. The centre’s anchor tenants include Tesco, which pays rent of more than half a million per year, and O’Dwyer’s Pharmacy. The sale also includes a filling station, which the agents say will be considered separately.
Coca-Cola HBC has said that a dip in performance in Ireland, Russia and Belarus, as revealed by its latest quarterly interim results, was offset by gains in Nigeria and Italy, reports the Irish Independent. The company recorded growth of 5.4% in the third quarter, compared with a 4.8% decline in Q3 of 2014. It also shipped 577.1 million cases of drinks in the latest quarter and achieved net sales revenue of €702.5 million.
Centra and SuperValu operator Frank McPolin has warned that the opening of a second Tesco store in Banbridge has drawn customers away from the town centre. McPolin slammed the council’s treatment of town centre businesses, telling the Banbridge Leader that “The rates people have no clue about the pressures businesses are facing. They put the rates up by 30%. £135,000 a year is a ridiculous price to pay.”
The Irish Times reports that The Hogan family, which currently owns 50% of Kylemore Services Group, has made an unconditional €6.54 million offer to distribution group DCC for its 50% share in the catering company. The company also announced recently that Brian Hogan's brother, David, and daughter, Julie, have been appointed as non-executive directors to the board.
Northern Ireland's Tayto Group, unrelated to the Irish crisp operation, is bringing a ongoing trademark dispute to the European Court of Justice next month. According to the Irish Independent, the dispute began in 2006, when Office for Harmonisation of the Internal Market gave permission to German company MIP Metro to use the trademark 'Real' in the colour red for its products. Tayto Group made an application in August 2011 for the revocation of the trademark, saying that MIP Metro was no long using it, the paper reported. However, MIP Metro claimed it was in use across 300 of its stores. The latest hearing of the case is set for next month in Luxembourg.
The 6th annual ECR Ireland Shopper Engagement Conference takes place tomorrow, 11 November, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Blanchardstown. The theme of this year's event is 'Serving the Shopper - Insight & Instore Action', and the event will feature presentations from representatives from Tesco, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Pepsico and Manor Farm among others. Click here for details on how to attend.
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The U.S. has some of the highest labor costs in the world and now, Obama and the Dems want to increase the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour. Surely, this will discourage middle and lower class employment.
In addition, American businesses provide relatively high-cost fringe benefits. Never-the-less, the President now wants to increase these costs by requiring every company to provide ObamaCare to its workers. Again, this will discourage employment.
In our expanding, free-trade environment, how can America hope to compete with low cost foreign providers of labor-intensive goods and services?
One way is to make sure that other business-cost factors are competitive. For example, energy costs could be considerably reduced if the U.S. would fully exploit its superabundance of energy in the ground and below the sea. This means developing our coastal energy, reopening the Gulf, exploiting the Alaskan fields, approving the Keystone Pipeline, and opening government owned land for development. It is reported that the U.S. has more energy in the ground than any area of the world. So why don’t we get it? Why is Obama standing in the way?
In addition, to be competitive, the U.S. should lower taxes on industry to an absolute minimum. For example, the first $10 million of sales could be exempted from taxation. Thus, small companies doing less than ten million dollars in sales would be exempt. This would encourage small business development and liberate the entrepreneurial creativity of our people.
Business taxes are, in fact, passed on to their customers in the form of higher prices. By reducing taxes, we could help American industry compete with foreign competitors.
There are, of course, other remedies. For example, the U.S. could reduce the negative balance of trade destroying American industry. One solution would be to curtail the GROWTH of imports until balanced trade and full employment are achieved. Clearly, this is a no-brainer solution and one that could be implemented in months rather than years. (It would, however, require the United States to modify some trade agreements; but this would be well worth renegotiating to achieve balanced trade and to put Americans back to work, producing the goods and services that our people require.)
Most macro economists agree that everything we invent and develop – American knowhow – should be for sale? They say this will bring the rest of the world up. True. However, I say it will bring our comparative technological advantage down. Clearly, this has been happening since the 1950s.
In centuries past, during periods of America’s greatest growth, importation was inhibited by large oceans, slow deliveries, high transportation costs, language differences, limited communications, national customs, government regulations, currency differences, wars, and direct tariffs (the most undesirable approach). Many of these inhibitions have declined over the decades, leaving American workers, enterprises, and the U.S. economy more and more vulnerable to low cost foreign producers and currency manipulators.
The U.S. could replace these now defunct inhibitions by limiting the GROWTH of imports (not exports) until trade balance and full employment are achieved. This could be accomplished quite simply by the government mandating a limit to the GROWTH of purchases of foreign goods and services by American companies—based on year-over-year GROWTH percentages.
This approach could be self-regulating. The cost of purchasing imported goods and services exceeding the government mandated limit could be disallowed as a gross profit deduction for tax calculation purposes. Furthermore, year-over-year import allowances could be traded (bought and sold) in a free market. Thus, businesses most in need of imports could buy additional “importation-rights” from other companies.
Obviously, this proposal would encourage domestic sourcing of goods and services. It would stimulate U.S. providers, U.S. job growth, and U.S. tax revenues. And foreign suppliers would have to compete more aggressively than ever for the more limited U.S. market available to them, thus holding down the price of foreign and domestic goods and services.
Undoubtedly, the absence of economic leadership by the Obama Administration is deplorable. The President’s de facto Fabian-Socialistic approach doesn’t work and is outdated. History has demonstrated that the American-Way — competitive, free-market, constitutional, free-enterprise will produce the highest level of prosperity for the greatest number. But the Administration must get out of the way to let it happen.


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Verizon retail stores across the U.S. are apparently being stocked with HTC One (M8) inventory, with expectations to launch the device tomorrow. Once HTC officially unveils its big flagship for the year, consumers will allegedly be able to go to a nearby Verizon store and pick the device up. The report comes from sources speaking with Droid-Life. Previous rumors suggested Verizon would enjoy some form of exclusivity when HTC’s new device is unveiled, and it appears the rumblings may have been right. Last week, Verizon even wrote (and then edited) about the One being available exclusively in its stores starting March 25 (picture below).
The in-store exclusivity doesn’t mean other carriers won’t eventually offer the device. This is probably how availability will play out: the device will get announced, and Verizon will have units on-hand for consumers to buy the day of. In the meantime, customers on other carriers will be able to order the device online or by calling their carrier of choice; units just can’t be bought in-store for the length of Verizon’s exclusive agreement with HTC.
If HTC is really banking on a successful launch, it’s odd for an exclusive deal to exist to begin with. But with one apparently in place, hopefully it won’t last very long. On Verizon’s Facebook page, the carrier only mentions the March 25 date, so perhaps the carrier has dibs on the first day of launch, with other carriers jumping into the fray the following day.
We’ve already pretty much seen the M8 from every possible angle, so tomorrow’s big unveil likely won’t bring many surprises, but it’ll officially kick off HTC’s mobile year. And if the device is available the same day it’s announced, HTC will have a leg up on Samsung, as the Galaxy S5 isn’t scheduled to be available until April 11 on carriers across the U.S.
If that’s not enough for you, Droid-Life points to another gallery of HTC’s new device, via the Facebook page of PDA Plaza. For what it’s worth, the device is for Verizon.


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The fifty poisonous dart frogs needing to travel from Switzerland to McAllan, TX didn’t deter PetRelocation.com. Nor did the single beloved Siamese fighting fish which was moved from San Francisco to Amsterdam. PetRelocation.com even successfully transported a swarm of mosquitoes tagged for academic research – a move that has entered company lore.
When a pet move goes well, owners are more than just satisfied. They are relieved and grateful – and that’s just the sort of customer who makes for good social media content. Caitlin Moore, new media coordinator for Petrelocation.com, collects, edits and disseminates satisfied mover stories, along with other content, on a variety of platforms.
The obvious forum is the company’s own blog, which features a menagerie of move stories, moving tips, pet-friendly destination features and health issues, among other features. In addition, Moore disseminates the content on Facebook and Google+, posts pictures to Pinterest pages, and teases items via Twitter.
But the company also uses its collected stories in a much more tailored and personalized way: When a prospect contacts its service center for a quote, representatives scour its satisfied customer database. Prospects receive estimates accompanied by a tale of a similar pet moved from a similar starting point to a similar destination.
“We solicit customer testimonials after people have moved and had a chance to settle in,” Moore, whose job includes editing the stories for grammar and other basic cleanup functions, estimates she posts around a dozen pet moving stories a month.
Between Google Analytics, HubSpot and metrics provided by Compendium, the software that serves as the backbone for Petrelocation.com’s customer story and information database, the company has a reasonable idea of which social media sites are contributing to its coffers.
“Facebook, in terms of driving leads to customers, has been the best social site for us,” says Rachel Farris, Petrelocation.com’s director of operations. “We receive leads from the others ones – Twitter, especially – but in terms of converting to customers, they haven’t been as successful.”
One reason for this is that the text-and-picture aspect of Facebook allows Petrelocation.com to best showcase its value. The service isn’t cheap: Relocations start at around $1,100 for a domestic and average around $4,500 for international moves. Between Facebook’s new recommendation feature and the photos of satisfied owners with their pets, the social network presents “a very visually appealing billboard of what we are doing,” Farris says.
Leads that come in from Facebook can convert at rates of up to 15%, she adds. “Twitter has value. We use it for word of mouth. We can learn about our potential clients by looking at who they are – most people don’t protect their tweets. But in terms of driving leads to customers, Facebook is beating Twitter.”
The effectiveness of content-based marketing comes as no surprise to Frank Dale, Compendium’s president and CEO. In fact, some marketers may be penalized for not providing enough information, especially of the type their prospects are looking for.
“People expect, because they can get information [more easily than ever before], you to be more transparent,” Dale says. “[Prospects] expect you to publish things that weren’t previously out there. People tend to be a little more frustrated if they can’t get pricing or a straight answer.”
Dale cautions marketers not to hide their prices. Social media, he says, gives customers the ability to discuss pricing – and it’s not uncommon for those discussions to be off base. “Either [marketers] can participate and supply information that is relevant, or they can let someone supply it for them and hope it works out.”
Compendium’s bread and butter, however, is based in facilitating customers’ ability to generate copy for marketers. “They are always more credible than you are,” Dale says of this type of content. Compendium’s offerings not only help solicit the content but store it in a highly searchable database and ease its syndication to a variety of social media platforms.
Marketing that tugs at the heartstrings can help bridge the relatively long sales cycle. “Someone might submit a [query] in January to move a pet to Australia, but might not be moving for two to three years,” says Farris.
The company uses a monthly email newsletter to keep in contact with prospects. Its file stands at around 30,000 recipients, with roughly 2,000 added each month. Recipients who haven’t clicked through
Moore populates its content with a “Relocation of the month” story, as well as a variety of informative and amusing content chosen from the top posts to its blog and website. Clickthrough rates in the newsletter are in the 25%-30% range for a given article, according to Farris.


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Northern Apex helping eliminate illegitimate sales
By Niki Kelly | The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne’s Northern Apex is attacking the problematic “grey market” with a covert, high-tech solution.
GalaxyTrack, a traceability and authentication module, is aimed at rooting out unapproved sales of small electronic appliances.
Rick Raber said most people think of knockoffs and counterfeiting as the biggest problem for companies.
He has been involved in the industry for 25 years and for 18 years has been chief technology officer at Northern Apex, where he has led their efforts at automatic identification solution integration.
But the grey market is growing worse. The term refers to goods that are manufactured by the brand owner but sold outside the companies’ approved distribution channels.
Raber said someone within the supply chain often diverts goods and sells them directly to end users – often at cheaper prices.
“Ultimately, you end up with a brand and a price erosion that causes problems to the overall product line,” he said.
Enter GalaxyTrack, which secures the supply chain by knowing exactly which units were sent to whom so that the person responsible for diversion can be traced when purchases are made on the open marketplace.
Raber couldn’t be specific about how that is accomplished so that he wouldn’t tip off those profiting from the diversion. But he said it’s not just one thing – it’s a blend of technologies both overt and covert – that can be embedded or added to products.
Just adding a ticker, for instance, doesn’t work because it can be cut out of the packaging.
Northern Apex first entered the product authentication arena on the pharmacy side, tracking pain medication. But it has slowly expanded into more retail products including GalaxyTrack about a year ago.
One customer had been losing 50% of their margin on a best-selling product, and GalaxyTrack helped identify the offending distributions, stop the loss and regain their margin.
Raber could not name the companies using the Northern Apex product, because the grey market could work around the existence of the product.
He said Northern Apex is growing GalaxyTrack in two ways. First, its existing clients are tagging more products. For instance, one major customer is increasing its volume by 30% and going international. Second, new customers are being added.
Raber said the price depends on the complexity of the solution but falls between 10 cents and 15 cents per unit.


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Biden is blurring the lines between economic policy and military action.
The U.S. tariff code is "quite regressive and somewhat misogynist" because the most powerful lobbyist in Washington is muscle memory.
A combination of "absurdly high" federal tariffs and excessive FDA regulations created the conditions for a crisis.
"Government in general does a lot of things that aren't necessary," says Jared Polis.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission are considering a petition that would impose tariffs of up to 300 percent on tinplate steel.
China and the U.S. are locked in a mutually destructive economic conflict.
Many politicians offer a simplified view of the world—one in which government interventions are all benefits and no costs. That couldn't be further from the truth.
Economists Gene Epstein and David Friedman debated how best to persuade people to become libertarians at the Porcupine Freedom Festival.
Pioneers of Capitalism chronicles centuries of bottom-up economic evolution in the Netherlands.
If the FTC wants to know why there's such a notable lack of competition within America's baby formula market, it ought to ask other parts of the federal bureaucracy.
Hawley might call them "tariffs on China," but that's obvious nonsense: Tariffs are paid by Americans.
The ideology champions the same tired policies that big government types predictably propose whenever they see something they don't like.
The hard lesson that free markets are better than state control may have to be relearned.
The House passed a resolution that will reimpose tariffs on solar panels from China, while the EPA sits on applications for carbon capture technology that may soon be mandatory.
Overall human freedom peaked in 2007, according to the Cato Institute, and governments' COVID response merely exacerbated the trend toward a radically less-free planet.
Industrial policy is never as simple as it seems.
Also: The sensitivity readers come for sci-fi anarchist Ursula Le Guin, how foreign trade can make American supply chains more resilient, and more...
Huh, what a wild coincidence.
It would result in shortages, decreases in productivity, and higher production costs affecting millions of American workers and nearly every consumer.
American companies and consumers "bore nearly the full cost of these tariffs because import prices increased at the same rate as the tariffs."
When politicians manipulate industry, the public pays the price.
The legislation, which forbids shipping anything between American ports in ships that are not U.S. built and crewed, is just another a special deal that one industry has scammed out of Congress.
If Congress wants to spend taxpayer money on child care services, it should pass a bill authorizing that.
Politicians' go-to fixes like child tax credits and federal paid leave are known for creating disincentives to work without much impact on fertility.
Global hunger declined for decades before pandemic policies and Russia’s invasion broke the world.
It's a fundamental contradiction that's affected the Biden administration's economic policy for the past two years.
Joe Biden could take advantage of the expanded executive authority over trade that Donald Trump helped create.
The warning signs are flashing "don't be like China."
We’d all be better off if politicians spared us their experiments in subsidies, wages, and trade.
'The Principles Should Endure': Sen. Pat Toomey on Fusionism, Tariffs, and What's To Blame for FTX's Collapse
After two terms in the Senate as a champion for free markets and limited government, Pennsylvania's Republican senator is heading into retirement.
The maritime industry inserted some protectionism into the National Defense Authorization Act.
Unless Congress takes action, those tariffs will return on January 1. And the baby formula shortage hasn't yet passed.
With the FORMULA Act soon to expire, the U.S. baby formula market is about to return to the conditions that left it so vulnerable to a shortage in the first place.
You can’t turn lives and economies off and on without inflicting lingering harm.
Nationalism, not Hostility Towards Elites, is the Main Divide Between Libertarians and the "New Right"
Despite Tyler Cowen's argument for the elite theory, the real divisions have much more to do with the New Right's nationalism.
Amid initial concerns about the 'Buy American' electric vehicle tax credit, the European Union is now considering further protectionist retaliation.
The Buy American program, used to encourage the buying of American made electric vehicles, not only limits access to EVs but risks a trade war with the E.U.
Joe Biden adopted his predecessor’s protectionism, threatening our peace and prosperity.


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Why acquire just one company when you can afford – and can use – the services of two leading companies in your field? Apparently, that’s the thinking at Opera Software, which is turning heads today in mobile advertising with its two new purchases.
Opera Software announced Thursday that it has acquired Mobile Theory Inc. and 4th Screen Advertising, Ltd., “to significantly expand its offering to advertisers and mobile publishers that engage consumers via the mobile web and applications, across all mobile platforms.
If you’re unfamiliar with the players in the story, Mobile Theory is a premium mobile advertising network focused on the U.S. mobile advertising market. Meanwhile, 4th Screen Advertising is a premium mobile advertising network focused on serving the European mobile advertising markets.
Additionally, these acquisitions will enable Opera to better monetize the traffic that flows through Opera Mini and Opera Mobile browsers. With the world’s most popular mobile browser, Opera serves more than 160 million monthly active users that generate more than 100 billion page views, and consume more than 16 Petabytes of mobile data services a month, as of December 2011.
“This is yet another important step in Opera’s quest to create even more economic value in the mobile ecosystem,” said Lars Boilesen, CEO of Opera Software. “Two years ago, we announced the acquisition of AdMarvel – which has grown to become the global leader as a supply-side platform (publisher platform) for mobile advertising. Last year, Opera helped generate well over $200 million in revenue for our publishers globally.”


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The patches have been pretty inconsistent in Fortnite Season 3, but we’re finally getting an official update in the form of v13.40.
To be fair, we were getting new content in the game in the form of map changes, with the most recent one introducing Coral Castle, but v13.40 will actually be something that requires downtime.
Of course, this could mean a lot of things, but something that’s been on the mind of players lately is where exactly are the cars?
At long last, this will actually be the patch that adds cars and the update has been aptly named the Joyride update.
Fortnite v13.40 Downtime
The downtime will begin presumably at 4 a.m. ET / 1 a.m. PT on August 5 and if it’s your typical downtime, it’ll last around an hour or so.
This means all of the games will go down at that point and all players will be able to do is sit around and wait for the game to come back online.
If you want a heads up on what’s actually going to be included in the update, keep on reading.
All Confirmed Fixes
Although Epic Games doesn’t release patch notes with their updates anymore, we can still get a good idea of what’s actually coming to the game by looking at the official Fortnite Trello board ahead of the new update.
It’s pretty straightforward to follow as anything that’s labeled for a fix in the next update will be clearly marked and that’s what we can expect once the patch actually rolls around.
Here’s a look at everything that’s arriving in v13.40:
- Mouse cursor appearing on PC when playing with controller.
- Slow Glider speed after redeploying in certain situations.
- XP bar can be visually incorrect while in a match. / Incorrect leveling-up.
- Ocean’s Bottomless Chug Jug unable to be picked up while recharging if dropped by another player.
- Billboards broken in islands that used Roboto.
- Multi-selected items do not rotate properly on grid snap
- Crash on consoles when renaming a device
Save the World
- ‘Weapons: Super Powers’ Quest doesn’t always progress.
- Quest ‘Eliminate: Down with a Boom’ does not track Lobber eliminations.
- ‘Search and Rescue’ Quest missing Mission.
- Certain new weapon perks are missing on new weapons.
- B.A.S.E May not appear in the Trap Wheel
There will likely be some more changes, namely new additions to the game, outside of these so stay tuned for that.
What About Cars?
This is the perfect time for Epic to finally add cars into the mix, and after a long wait, it looks like everyone’s wishes are finally coming true.
If they didn’t do it in this update, it would’ve been a safe assumption that cars will be pushed all the way back to Season 4, so we’re glad that’s not the case.
Keep in mind that cars were actually featured in the Season 3 trailer, so it is definitely curious that they have waited so long to implement them.


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New Delhi: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday expressed concerns over shipping rates and opaqueness in shipping bills and hoped that government wouldn’t need to take strict decisions going ahead.
At the National Logistics Excellence Awards event, he said there were certain issues in the logistics sectors, such as the announcement of shipping rates and opaqueness in shipping bills, and urged the industry to work on these areas.
“Still, I am not satisfied with the shipping rates, which are not announced transparently. There are ambiguities and opaqueness in the shipping bills. You need to work on that,” Goyal said.
Certain sections of the industry, including exporters, have raised issues with regard to shipping rates, which impact the cost of products.
“Logistics has several leakages. Several meetings we have held…I was benevolent because of Covid….(I hope) I do not have to take some tough decisions in the meetings later,” the minister cautioned and asked the industry to make top to bottom changes in the sector.
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He said that the industry and government will have to work together to reduce the logistics cost, which is estimated at 13-14% of the GDP against 7-8% in the developed nations.
The minister also said that the government is working on schemes to make container manufacturing viable in India. He expressed hope that soon some new ideas would come for making sure that container manufacturing not only meets India’s requirements but also the world’s.
“We are very seriously working to see how we can expand shipbuilding in India…We want to attract shipping lines,” he said.
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Hexinverter will soon launch Jupiter Storm, a new 14HP Eurorack module that can be ordered assembled or as a DIY kit.
Native Instruments launches the Freedom of Sound offers during which you can get discounts on Reaktor 5 and its instruments.
Dave Smith and Roger Linn announce the v1.3 software update of their Tempest drum machine common realization.
Moog added to its accessory range a wooden custom kit for its Minitaur synthesizer.
Native Instruments lowers the price of its Maschine MK2 Custom Kits available on its webstore and at local retailers while stocks last.
Elektron has released the v1.25 update for the Octatrack OS, which brings three new effects.
Roland announces the launching of Axial website, where users of the synths of the brand will find new sounds for free.
Zthee, aka The Human Comparator, is working on the prototype of a DIY clone of the ARP 2600 analog synth called Two Thousand Six Hundred, or TTSH.
Roland offers Mac OS X users equipped with its Integra-7 synth rack a plug-in that allows them to edit the synth parameters from their DAW.
Sonic Potions is currently working on a new DIY digital drum machine with built-in step sequencer.


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If you’re an Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 or PC gamer who’s been waiting to hear about release dates for games such as Brink, Rage or Hunted: The Demon’s Forge, then we have some great news for you. Bethesda Softworks has not only revealed details for just one game, but all three.
According to a recent article by Debabrata Nath over at gamingbolt.com, Brink — the much-awaited first-person shooter that is being developed by Splash Damage — will be released on May 17th in North America, and a few days later on May 20th in the UK.
As Tom Orry from the videogamer.com website recently reported, the Brink game hasn’t exactly had the easiest of developments, and has unfortunately suffered a few delays. It was originally meant to arrive in the spring of 2010.
Hunted: The Demon’s Forge is the next Bethesda Softworks title to be released. The third-person fantasy action game will be arriving in North American stores on June 1st, while European gamers can expect it to arrive on June 3rd.
Meanwhile, ID Software’s FPS title Rage is all set to release on September 13th in North America and September 16th in Europe. Which of these games are you most looking forward to?
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Dubai: Mastercard and Visa stepped back from their card partnerships with Binance Holdings, distancing themselves from the cryptocurrency platform that’s under threat from regulators worldwide.
Visa stopped issuing new co-branded cards with Binance in Europe as of July, a spokesperson for Binance said. Mastercard, meanwhile, will end its card partnership with Binance entirely in September. Mastercard declined to give a reason for the move. Visa didn’t respond to requests for comment.
Binance has come under heavy scrutiny from financial watchdogs across the globe, with pressure intensifying amid a crackdown on the industry after a series of blowups and scandals in the past year. The company and its CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao were sued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for breaking securities rules and by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for shirking rules to allow American users access to the exchange. The company has disputed the allegations.
Binance got cut off from the US banking system in February, and lost the ability to accept some bank transfers in Australia in May. Most recently, Binance decided to shut down a one-year old product called Binance Connect that allowed businesses to accept crypto through Visa and Mastercard. Its banking partner in Europe is set to stop providing support in September.
Binance Card, launched as part of a push to encourage crypto adoption more broadly, allows the crypto exchange’s consumers to pay for basic daily expenses with their funds in crypto assets. The Binance Visa Card program was unveiled in September 2020.
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Mastercard’s decision will affect all four of its co-branded card programs with Binance in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Bahrain, starting September 22, the credit-card giant said in an emailed statement. Binance said in a post on social platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that less than 1 per cent of users in Latin America and the Middle East will be impacted by the decision and that Binance accounts globally are not affected.
Mastercard said there’s no impact on any other crypto card program. The wind-down period will allow cardholders to convert any holdings in their Binance wallets, it said.


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“Stretch technology and the increased use of performance fibers in new innovative shades and constructions was a key trend,” said Neil Bell, global material fabric and fiber innovation director at Levi Strauss & Co.
The show demonstrated how denim is entering an era of collaboration as a route to newness. For example, fiber producers Invista and Lenzing held a joint press conference to present new cellulosic denim fabrics with improved shape retention by combining Invista’s Lycra DualFX fabric technology with Lenzing’s Tencel fiber.
Denim is merging with other disciplines like sports. Turkish weaver ISKO’s A New Generation of Future Face fabrics can be used for yoga or running pants. There is also Orta Anadolu’s Coldblack technology with thermo-regulation properties, keeping users from feeling too warm during summer while also guaranteeing UV protection.
Among other key trends for spring 2015 were graphic patchworks, ghostly patterns, red-cast denim with a purple tint, variations on indigo, stretch for men that still looks masculine and looser fits, like the “slouchy boyfriend,” as phrased by denim guru Adriano Goldschmied.
Still, the show’s move, and the changing face of denim exhibitions in Europe, was a major topic of conversation.
“Denim is an industry that keeps moving,” Denim by Première Vision director Chantal Malingrey-Perrin said. “We had been looking for a space that would give a new breath to the fair,” she said of next year’s move to Spain. The next edition of Denim by Première Vision will be held at the Montjuïc exhibition center in Barcelona on May 21 and 22, not long after the first European edition of Kingpins, expected to gather around 20 premium denim mills and suppliers, to be held in Amsterdam on May 7 and 8.
Exhibitors and visitors largely voiced approval of the relocation to Barcelona, although some attendees pointed out that Northern Europe and particularly Holland would be better suited for a denim showcase.
At the Paris fair, buyers sought specific performance qualities.
“We are working at getting a softer hand to the fabrics. Softer fabrics are very important for women’s denim,” said Goldschmied, who is executive vice president of product development for Citizens of Humanity and founder and creative director of the GoldSign label. “We are looking for blends, mostly cupro, that have a very silky feel. We are also using Modal, ProModal, Tencel, rayon, etc.”
Goldschmied also cited a trend towards coated denim, including “variations such as lasering on the top of coating or applying printed foils.”
Paris-based designer Alexandre Mattiussi of the French men’s wear label Ami visited the show for the first time. “We are doing more and more denim. It is a successful part of the collection, especially the pants and jackets,” he said.
Mattiussi said he was looking for raw, “almost cardboard” cloth, “the Japanese kind of denim,” which he likened to a “canvas that acquires a patina over time.”
Designing French brothers Hervé and Steeve Chiche praised Moroccan laundry New Wash and Turkey’s System Tekstil for their latest developments, as well as weaver Berto for its very high-end fabrics.
With its Future Face initiative, ISKO has aimed to widen its customer base to “not just denim brands, but sports brands or fashion labels doing sportswear,” according to ISKO senior marketing executive Banu Yenici.
The mill also presented its concept for a partnership with fashion schools, dubbed “I-Skool,” where students will have the opportunity to work with the newest denim technologies and visit laundries.
A jury of denim and other fashion experts is to select the most talented students. “There is a lack of knowledge [among students], not theoretical but technical,” said Marco Lucietti, ISKO global marketing director. “We want to narrow the gap between the industry and schools.”
European design and fashion schools involved are Istituto Marangoni from Italy, ESMOD Münich from Germany, Istanbul Moda Academy from Turkey, and the London College of Fashion and Chelsea College from the U.K. “We aim for it to be a global project, meaning to have one school from the U.S., one from Japan, one from China” joining the program, he said.
The show gathered 87 exhibitors including other weavers like Bossa and Tavex.
The visitor count increased 20 percent versus November 2012 to 3,202, with attendance rising 48 percent from Turkey, 24 percent from Portugal and, despite the Thanksgiving holiday, 8 percent from the U.S., according to show organizers. U.S. buyers included representatives from Ralph Lauren, Seven For All Mankind and J Brand.
@pantone announced their Color of the Year 2018: Ultra Violet. Nearly 20 months after the musician Prince’s death, fashion is having a purple moment. Varying shades of purple appeared on spring or fall runways, from @christopherkane to @calvinklein. @gucci’s Alessandro Michele bathed his fall runway in ultra violet-colored light at one point. Pantone 18-3838 is meant to “push the boundaries of what inspires us to look upward and outward to the future.” #wwdnews #wwdfashion (📷: @kukukuba)
@badgalriri’s @fentybeauty launch in September was a massive success on social media, powering $72.9 million of earned media value, according to Tribe Dynamics. The brand’s foundation offering sparked conversations about diversity in beauty, launching the growth of emerging influencers and propelling the brand’s support on social media. Today, #fentybeauty won Launch of the Year at the WWD #BeautyIncAwards. (📷: Chema Moya/EPE-EFE)
@marianna_hewitt has become one of the most influential content creators in the beauty space, with almost 800,000 Instagram followers and a newly launched skin care line called @SummerFridays. Today, she was awarded Influencer of the Year at the WWD #BeautyIncAwards. (📸: @sophiachabbott )
As shopping behaviors evolve, the retail experience must follow. Head over to retail experts @colliersinternational’s Knowledge Leader series to read more about the shift in our shopping era. #colliersretail #lovecolliers
@prada opened a pop-up club, called Prada Double Club, in collaboration with German artist Cartsen Höller at @artbasel Miami. Last night, guests – including @youngparis, @ritaora and even Miuccia Prada herself – gathered in a former ice factory where the pop-up is housed for a performance from @wyclefjean. Go to WWD.com for full coverage on all the exhibits, parties and more at #ArtBaselMiami. #wwdeye (📷: @lexieblacklock)
@louboutinworld and @disney are making magic once again, creating a set of shoe designs for the release of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” Louboutin designed a pair of shoes for each of the film’s four female leads: Rey (@daisyridrey), Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo (@lauradern), Captain Phasma (Gwendoline Christie) and Rose Tico (@kellymarietran). The shoes will debut on Saturday at the L.A. premiere of the latest episode. #wwdfashion
Today at the #BeautyIncAwards 2017, WWD will be joined by beauty leaders from around the world as we honor this year's most innovative people, products, brands and places. Follow along here and on Twitter for live coverage from the exclusive event. #wwdsummits (📷: @elizaflorendo)
Exclusive: Beauty superinfluencer @marianna_hewitt is launching her first-ever skin care brand with her business partner @laurengores. Their new line Summer Fridays, which will be sold exclusively at summerfridays.com starting in January, is launching with just one product – a hydrating cream Jet Lag Mask. “We wanted to focus on one product that was amazing,” said Hewitt. Read the full interview on WWD.com. Link in bio. #wwdbeauty #wwdnews
Michelin star-rated chef PJ Calapa marks his first solo endeavor with today’s opening of @scampinyc –– the new Southern Italian restaurant located in Manhattans’ Flatiron District. The upscale yet welcoming environment matches the menu, which includes two types of scampi: traditional Italian langoustines in butter and the Americanized version with shrimp over pasta 🍤 - pictured here. #wwdeye (📷: George Chinsee)


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TMC, a global, integrated media company, named M5 Intelligence as a 2012 TMC Labs Innovation Award winner presented by its publication, INTERNET TELEPHONY. M5 Intelligence is a collection of powerful metrics, dashboards and call analytics that provides visibility into the health of the business.
“We couldn’t be happier that TMC has recognized M5 Intelligence, which is designed to unlock powerful real-time information to help our clients sell more, provide better service, and effectively manage staffing costs. M5 Intelligence provides the type of metrics that were previously only available in the contact center to the entire organization, reinforcing our belief that customer service isn’t a department, it’s everyone’s job.”
- Brent Barbara, ShoreTel’s senior director of alliances and solutions engineering.
The TMC Labs Innovation Award honors products that display innovation, unique features, and significant contributions toward improving communications technology. The TMC Labs Innovation Awards are bestowed to those companies demonstrating groundbreaking contributions to the industry.
The 2012 TMC Labs Innovation Award highlights will be published in the July/August 2012 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine.
“The TMC Labs Innovation Award represents the best and the most unique products and services that this industry has to offer. ShoreTel has proven their commitment to quality and the further . Congratulations to the entire team at ShoreTel for earning this great honor. I look forward to seeing more innovative solutions from them as they continue to contribute to the future of IP communications.”
- Tom Keating, chief technology officer and TMC Labs Founder.
“ShoreTel has been recognized for their exceptional work in advancing IP Communications. M5 Intelligence has proven exceptional and its innovation has contributed to the advancement of the industry.”
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ISELIN, N.J. — Foodtown Inc. said Monday that its board of directors has elected David Maniaci as its new chairman and chief executive officer.
Maniaci will succeed Gerard Norkus, who recently announced his retirement and whose company agreed to sell its stores to Stop & Shop .
The Maniaci family has been a member of the Foodtown co-op for more than 50 years. David Maniaci owns and operates Foodtown locations in North Haledon, N.J., and Cedar Grove, N.J. Maniaci’s role as treasurer for Foodtown’s board of directors will be filled by Esmail Mobarak, Foodtown said.
“I look forward to working closely with both David and Esmail on achieving our strategic initiatives. They are well respected and very committed to the well-being and growth of our organization,” Bill Donahoe, president and chief operating officer of Foodtown, said in a statement.
Foodtown is a cooperative of 66 independently owned grocery stores in New Jersey.


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PHOENIX (Jan. 6, 2022) — Invest Southwest today announces the Presenting Company finalists for the 2022 Venture Madness Conference, in partnership with the Arizona Commerce Authority. Invest Southwest celebrates its 30th year by bringing together accredited investors with the region’s most promising early-stage companies during Venture Madness, Arizona’s longest-running venture capital conference and pitch event. The event has helped raise more than $1 billion in capital funding since its inception.
This year’s event drew applications from 95 companies from which the top 16 were selected to compete head-to-head across four industry tracks: Consumer/Business, Medical, SaaS and Tech. The finalists will move on to the highly anticipated live conference held March 2-3, 2022, at the Kimpton Hotel Palomar in Downtown Phoenix. This 2022 event also features a host of generous returning and new partners who contribute time, resources and expert mentors to facilitate the conference and help finalists prepare their company for the live event.
The 2022 event features a new, dedicated Expo area where Presenting Company Finalists, along with a host of other emerging growth companies, will showcase their products and services to attending accredited investors from across the country. Attending investors at the 2021 event included Arizona Tech Investors, Canyon Angels, Cypress Growth Capital, Desert Angels, Fulcrum Equity Partners, Grayhawk Capital, Kickstart Fund, Lighter Capital, Sonoran Founders Fund, State 48 Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, Stout Street Capital and Trinity Capital.
“We offer our sincere gratitude to everyone who took the time to apply for our 2022 event,” said Andy Lombard, board member and 2022 Chair of Invest Southwest. “This year, we received a fantastic batch of entries that I’m confident will make for an exciting event and a truly memorable 30th-year celebration. Just as exciting is the addition of our new Expo where finalists and other early-stage companies receive one-on-one, dedicated time to showcase their company, products and services with attending investors, business leaders, mentors and other attendees. It’s often in those individual conversations where the most fruitful relationships are born. We’re ready to let the madness begin!”
Venture Madness is open to early-stage and emerging growth companies from across the U.S. and offers its participants exclusive access to active, accredited angel investors and venture capital firms from around the country. All finalists receive expert mentorship from seasoned investors, business leaders and other successful entrepreneurs in preparation for the competition. Winners in each category will also receive a cash prize, to be disclosed.
Following are the four categories and the companies that have been selected to represent each:
Frites Street, Scottsdale, AZ
My First Nest Egg, Phoenix, AZ
Navi Nurses, Phoenix, AZ
Neon Screens, Gilbert, AZ
Advi Now, Scottsdale, AZ
BlueSkies.AI, Scottsdale, AZ
Metfora, Tucson, AZ
TapRoot Interventions & Solutions Inc., Phoenix, AZ
Botco.ai, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ
Nymbl Systems, Phoenix, AZ
PeerLogic, Scottsdale, AZ
Terkel, Scottsdale, AZ
AlgoFace, Carefree, AZ
EnKoat, Phoenix, AZ
Gnosis IQ, Chandler, AZ
PWR Lab, Inc., Aptos, CA
Winners from the 2021 competition included:
HomeKey Systems (Consumer category)
SaiOx (Medical category)
Better Agency (SaaS category)
OZZI (Tech category)
Aesthetics Biomedical (Growth)
Rubitection (People’s Choice)
More information and tickets to the live-pitch event are available at https://investsouthwest.org/ where you can also signup to be notified of event details as they are made available. You can also follow the latest Venture Madness news on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
About Invest Southwest
Invest Southwest is the premier organization for connecting investors with the best and brightest ventures in the region and host of Arizona’s longest-running capital conference and pitch competition. In addition to providing a valuable connection point for both investors and early-stage companies preparing for growth, Invest Southwest offers unparalleled networking for investors, early-stage companies, business leaders and mentors all designed to help young companies navigate their way to success one step at a time. Its signature event, the Venture Madness Conference, is a unique capital conference and pitch competition presented in partnership with the Arizona Commerce Authority where vetted companies apply to compete against one another in a head-to-head competition to crown a champion in each category. For more, visit InvestSouthwest.org.
Tags: Angel Investor, investor events phoenix, pitch competition, startup funding, venture capital conference, Venture Madness
You can read the full press release at https://investsouthwest.org/invest-southwest-celebrates-30th-year-and-announces-16-presenting-company-finalists-for-the-2022-venture-madness-capital-conference/
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The Embracer Group's annual operating income jumps 35% on the backs of strong game segment performance, and the company and expects this year will deliver strong earnings with a 10-game lineup.
The Embracer Group (formerly THQ Nordic) recently announced its FY20 financials, and the results are pretty good. Overall net sales are up slightly to $527 million, but operating income jumped 35% to $104 million due to sturdy games earnings--THQ Nordic saw a big 50% spike on the heels of big catalog earnings, Deep Silver was up thanks to Metro Exodus' latest expansion, and Coffee Stain was up over 100%.
Profit is down 10% year-over-year to $28.59 million due to increase expense spending of $602 million, and the lack of a big AAA release comparable to Metro Exodus (which was the company's record earner). We talk even more about Embracer's expense spending here, including depreciation and amortization of game dev and IP costs.
- Net Sales - $527.76 million (5.24 billion SEK), up 3% YoY
- Operating Income - $104.25 million (1.033 billion SEK), up 35% YoY
- Profit - $28.59 million (283.3 million SEK), down 10% YoY
Cashflow from operating activities is down 26% YoY to $38.81 million due to the lack of big games like Metro Exodus.
Total gaming revenues raked in $322 million, up a big 30% YoY, but partner publishing is down 23%
The Games business area had a record high proportion of digital sales of 78% partly driven by the situation caused in many of our key markets by the covid-19 pandemic, which has resulted in an overall increased consumption of games. Worth noting is that the Group did not have any major or notable releases during March that most likely would have driven further sales increases. After the end of the quarter, we have seen this boost in consumer activity more clearly, driven by notable releases in the April and May period.
- Gaming Revenues - $322.5 million, up 30.6% YoY
- Partner publishing/film - $207.18 million (2.05 billion SEK) , down 23% YoY
Games made up 60% of net sales in the fiscal year, accounting for the lion's share of earnings. Interestingly enough, Embracer's publishing arm raked in $205 million, accounting for 40% of segment earnings. Embracer actually published Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Doom Eternal, Persona 5, and other big AAA games in overseas regions--and FF7R was the biggest driver for yearly earnings.
The segment breakdown is where things start to get interesting.
- THQ Nordic - $116.5 million (1.15 billion SEK), up 51% YoY
- Deep Silver - $181.28 million (1.796 billion SEK), up 14% YoY
- Coffee Stain - $24.8 million, up 120% YoY
THQ Nordic's segment was up a huge 51% to $116 million thanks to a huge breadth of back catalog games, as well as Darksiders Genesis, which according to Embracer, "sold according to management expectations." This current fiscal year (FY21) will be even bigger for THQ Nordic thanks to a strong pipeline of games including Destroy All Humans, BioMutant, and the new Spongebob remaster.
Deep Silver's earnings were up 14% to $181 million thanks to Metro Exodus' latest Sam's Story expansion, the new Saint's Row The Third re-release, and Saint's Row IV's re-launch on all platforms. FY22 will be Deep Silver's shining moment with Saints Row V, which has been delayed to next fiscal year.
Coffee Stain saw it's biggest jump yet with a huge 120% spike to $24 million, driven successful sales of Satisfactory and Deep Rock Galactic, as well as some contribution from Goat Simulator. Coffee Stain is currently working on three games: Midnight Ghost Hunt, Songs of Conquest, and an unannounced project.
For Fiscal Year 2021, which ends March 31, 2021, Embracer expects growth across the board. The company currently has 118 games in development, and 69 of them haven't been announced yet.
"We expect substantial growth in the current financial year driven by a large number of high quality releases, for which we are excited to the reception among gamers. We expect the value of completed games will more than double from SEK 589 million to SEK 1,200-1,400 in the current financial year ending March 31, 2021," company CEO Lars Wingefors said in the earnings brief.
Embracer's current games lineup:
- Deep Rock Galactic
- Destroy All Humans
- Iron Harvest
- Moto GP 20
- Ride 4
- Wasteland 3
- WWE 2K Battlegrounds


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‘Not Shared Any Info with Chinese Govt’: TikTok Responds to Ban
TikTok has been invited to meet concerned govt stakeholders for an opportunity to respond and submit clarification.
As of 9:30 am on Tuesday, 30 June, the TikTok app has been taken down from the Google PlayStore. However, it is still available on the Apple App Store.
TikTok has also been invited to meet concerned government stakeholders for an opportunity to respond and submit clarification. The official date for the meeting, however, has not been announced yet.
The company also says that it continues to comply with all data privacy and security requirements under the law and “has not shared any information of TikTok users in India with any foreign government, including the Chinese government.”
The Chinese app’s developer, ByteDance, in response to that ban, told Reuters that it is committing a dedicated team of 2,000 people in India to tackle the user security issues and is ready to show “commitment towards India overall.”
Another popular short video app Helo has also responded to the ban. Just so you should know, Helo is also owned by ByteDance which is the parent company of TikTok.
“The Government of India has issued an interim order for 59 apps, and we are in the process of complying with it. We are working with the key stakeholders for an opportunity to respond and submit clarifications. Helo continues to comply with all data privacy and security requirements under Indian law. We place the highest importance on user privacy and integrity. We are proud to provide millions of users in India a platform where they can express themselves in a language of their choice and we aim to do so in future as well.”Helo Spokesperson
Both TikTok and Helo have a huge subscriber base in India, which is why it is a key market for the companies.
Along with TikTok and Helo, short video-making apps like Bigo Live, Likee, Vigo Video and U Video are others that have been banned in India.
Also, ByteDance has already announced that it will discontinue the services of two of its other short video apps in India by October this year.
Seeing this as an opportunity to push for the #VocalForLocal campaign and promote Indian video-making apps, many Indian video app developers have welcomed this move.
“This is a very good step taken by the Govt of India and the IT Ministry of India, For a very long time TikTok has been spying on users and sending back the data to China. We are happy that this step has been finally taken. I thank and congratulate Narendra Modi sir. And we assure we would like to welcome all the users of TikTok to come and try our Chingari, which is a 100% India grown app, and made for the passionate Indians.”Sumit Ghosh, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Chinagri App
We welcome governments move to ban Chinese companies in larger interest of the country. However, we strongly feel that the objective will only be fully achieved when government also consider the control, Chinese investors have in Indian companies, which from the perspective of data privacy/security will remain a leaky bucket for Indian customers data, draining to China.Sandeep Singh, Co-founder & President, Khabri
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The Oracle Cloud Data Science Platform was created specifically to improve the effectiveness of data science teams, the company said, with such capabilities as shared projects, model catalogs and auditability.
Graph database pioneer Neo4j announced the latest update of its namesake product this week, and the company isn't holding back on the superlatives.
Couchbase on Thursday unveiled a new fully managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) designed to simplify DB management by deploying, managing and operating the enterprise edition of the company's namesake NoSQL database across multicloud environments with a few clicks.
The Cloudflow framework was developed to address the growing demands of AI, machine learning models, analytics, and other streaming, data-driven workloads.
Database maker ArangoDB has released the latest version of its namesake open source database with a feature that allows users to restrict individual databases to one node in a cluster.
The new ArangoDB Oasis managed service is a paid add-on that gives enterprises tools to easily deploy and manage their ArangoDB cluster deployments.
The highly anticipated new version offers a number of a new features, including Big Data clusters, always-on availability and Scalar UDF inlining.
With the release of the latest version of its InfluxDB product, InfluxData is promising ease-of-use for developers, as well as elastic scalability and advanced analytics capabilities for processing data streaming from IoT and other sources.
A data lake can be an asset to business intelligence systems. But in developing a data lake it's important to avoid pitfalls that can end up creating a data swamp.
Now it's easier for customers of the Amazon Web Services cloud to create, set up and manage data lakes with the general availability of AWS Lake Formation, graduating from preview and promising to relieve some of that associated drudgery.
Earlier this week the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) team announced the alpha release of Cloud SQL for Microsoft SQL Server.
MongoDB Inc., known for its popular namesake document-oriented NoSQL database that also comes in an open source version, announced it will merge its mobile-centric Realm offering with its serverless Stitch platform.
The TIOBE Index, which tracks programming language popularity based on Web searches, is out with a new report that shows Python reaching new heights, driven by its simplicity that attracts a new wave of software engineers.
The future Silicon Valley-based Big Data unicorn MapR appears to be in crisis.
This week Grafana Labs announced the 6.2 release of its Grafana open source analytics platform, which allows for data from numerous sources and features a wide library of plug-ins and community-created dashboards.


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Friday, May 1, 2009
Forbes annual results list are in...!
The results are in! Forbes has released their annual list shoutin’ out the top earning supermodels in the industry. Gisele Bundchen pimps out the rest of her competition and dominates the list with earnings of $35 million over the past 12 months!


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Posted on February 20, 2008, Stephany WiiWare Hitting North America in May
According to the Wall Street Journal, WiiWare will officially launch in North America on May 12th, which is a couple of months later than Engine Software predicted last month. No specifics on which companies will be involved, what the titles will be or how much it will cost – but now that a release date has been announced, the specifics will more than likely start trickling in.
Part of the Wii Shop Channel, WiiWare will specialize in software designed for the Wii to provide small developers an opportunity to release smaller, original games without having to gamble with retailers. Want more information on WiiWare? Look no further than our previous posts, and check back often as I am sure Nintendo will send a press release regarding WiiWare’s release in the near future.
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SINGAPORE -- The shortage of homegrown tech talent is the most pressing issue for Southeast Asia internet startups' growth, according to a joint research report by Google and Temasek. The problem has caused some players to open tech hubs in China, India and the U.S., where top engineering talent is more readily available.
The report notes that many Southeast Asian startups "have transformed from two-person projects into substantial businesses" as funding continues to grow rapidly due to opportunities presented by a growing middle class with greater spending power.
However, the battle for talent is also intensifying as Southeast Asian startups continue to face competition from international players and better-funded local companies. "In Southeast Asia, unlike in Silicon Valley, there is not a deep reservoir of executive experience," the report notes.
The shortage of homegrown talent has forced some companies to seek experienced workers by opening tech hubs in China, India and the U.S., while some startups choose to groom local workers. For example, Grab helps Southeast Asian engineers develop their skills through training opportunities provided by teams at R&D centers in Singapore, Beijing and Seattle, the report notes.
Fundraising continues to remain challenging for Southeast Asia internet start-ups and smaller ventures as global and regional investors prefer the largest and most established internet companies. Some $9 billion of the $12 billion invested in Southeast Asia since 2016 went to the region's "unicorns" -- startup companies valued at over $1 billion -- while companies with valuation below $100 million only raised $1.9 billion.
However, despite the challenges faced by the region's internet startups, global and regional investors have a "strong vote of confidence" in the region's internet economy, the report says. Venture capital investments in Southeast Asian companies made up 0.18% of the region's GDP in 2016, up from 0.04% in 2014. This puts the region on par with India, where venture capital investments made up 0.18% of its GDP in 2016.
The majority of investments from 2016 to the third quarter of 2017 were concentrated on companies based in Singapore and Indonesia. Singapore-based companies made up 58% of total funds raised in Southeast Asia, while Indonesia-based companies made up 34%.
The rapid expansion of both the e-commerce and the ride-hailing sectors in the region "has attracted significant investment activity," the report notes. From 2016 to the third quarter of 2017, Southeast Asian companies were able to raise more than $12 billion, compared to just $1 billion in 2015.
Southeast Asia's ride-hailing services have seen strong growth in the past two years, with the sector being "hotly contested" among Grab, Uber and Indonesia-focused player Go-Jek, the report says. As of the third quarter of 2017, the three players have engaged more than 2.5 million drivers in the region, which grew more than fourfold from 600,000 in 2015.
The report notes that the acceleration reflects "steep pent-up consumer demand, attractiveness for drivers as a viable job opportunity, and product innovation leading to improved user experience." It estimates that ride-hailing services in the region will reach $5.1 billion in 2017, more than double the figure in 2015. By 2025, the sector is expected to grow to $20.1 billion.
Consumer interest for e-commerce has also grown quickly across Southeast Asia with its market being "extremely dynamic and highly fragmented, with multiple coexisting business models." It adds that the acceleration of Southeast Asian e-commerce "has been driven by the surge of market places where small and medium businesses sell to consumers on mobile-first platforms." It estimates that e-commerce sales of such first-hand goods will reach $10.9 billion in gross merchandise value in 2017, up from $5.5 billion in 2015.
The research covers the region's six largest markets: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. It covers four key growth sectors namely travel, media, ride-hailing and e-commerce and is based on Google's data and Temasek's research. Expert interviews and secondary data sources were also used to provide industry metric estimates and trends.


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Eco Sciences announced its merger with CBD Drip recently, and along with it, a name change for CBD Drip products, which will now be known as “Eco Drip.”
The Eco Sciences merger with the staple hemp brand, CBD Drip includes plans to continue using Eco Sciences as the retail face of the brand, while utilizing the former CBD Drip website CBDDrip.com as the newly-merged company’s wholesale division.
CBD Drip’s most popular products Gold, Platinum, and Onyx will be rebranded as Eco Drip. Eco Sciences plans to continue offering other former CBD Drip products as well. In addition to these products, the company also sells an assorted variety of CBD drops, gels, drinks, capsules, shots, and even CBD pet products.
Sam Sugura, Eco Sciences creator said of the merger, “I’m so proud of our expanding team and can’t wait to share with the world these new projects and products”.
Eco Sciences began as an artisan e-liquid manufacturer, evolving over time to develop tailored CBD wellness products including Eco Caps and Eco Shots. Starting with hemp farmed at a small industrial farm in the Netherlands, and processed by CO2 extraction in Germany, the company gradually expanded to a wider variety of hemp wellness products.
The merger does not come as a surprise for those in the industry. Eco Sciences has built much of its company and its brand image on strategic partnerships, working with a variety of brand ambassadors spanning numerous sports – from mixed martial artist and flyweight champion Illima MacFarlane to Big Wave Tour Champion Billy Kemper to world champion surfer Sunny Garcia and skydiver Justin Boer.
The Eco Sciences merger with CBD Drip will see the new company relocating to Aliso Viejo in southern Orange County, California. The company’s new world headquarters will occupy a fifteen thousand square foot facility.


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Can Scaling Up be applied successfully in China? “Absolutely,” explained Paul Stepanek, President, Complete Manufacturing Solutions, as he took the stage at the ScaleUp Summit Fall 2017 Conference in St. Louis on October 17th. “We make it personal, we make it real, and we make it part of a daily routine.”
Summit is an annual gathering of hundreds of senior-level executives from FORTUNE’s “Fastest Growing Companies” as well as hundreds of senior executives of fast-growing mid-market firms. Globally recognized authors and experts share new best practices in leadership, strategy, marketing, sales, operations, and finance.
In the late
A Mandarin edition of Mastering the Rockefeller Habits was introduced to the team – and things really started to click. The CMD team stuck with it – each year re-reading the book – gleaning ideas and inspiration for how growth could be accelerated. Each year, implementing more of The Habits – getting bigger and stronger.
Summit offered an opportunity for reflection on progress, as well as networking with like-minded innovators always on the hunt for creative ways to accelerate their business.


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New Costco inBy Tim Ruel
Waipio may ignite
Costco's massive, 16-pump gas station is about to open ahead of schedule in Waipio Gentry -- promising to bring the big-box retailer's discount strategy to West Oahu drivers as early as Friday.
Nearby competitors have not slashed their prices in anticipation, but say they will be watching.
The four-lane station stands nearly complete on Ka Uka Boulevard, next door to Costco's newest local warehouse, which is scheduled to open July 20. The station, Costco's first in Hawaii, will become the state's largest civilian gasoline outlet, but for Costco members only. And it could start a gas-price war.
Issaquah, Wash.-based Costco Wholesale Corp.'s mainland gas stations typically undercut the competition by 5 cents to 20 cents a gallon, said Joel Benoliel, a senior vice president.
"We are going to be very competitive," Benoliel said, though he noted Costco would not know actual resale prices until the company buys the gas from a local wholesaler.
George Williamson, general manager of a company that runs the nearby Shell station, said prices have not changed in Waipio because the stations are taking a wait-and-see attitude.
Should consumers flock to Costco, Williamson expects dealers will then act. "I think everybody will respond; it's just a matter of how they respond."
Lower gas prices would definitely lead consumers to switch stations to save a few cents a gallon, Williamson said.
Customers will "do anything for 2 cents," he said. "That's the way this market goes. It has never changed. It probably never will."
Less than a mile away from Costco, regular unleaded at Tesoro, Aloha and Shell stations on Ka Uka Boulevard ran from $1.74 to $1.76 a gallon as of yesterday.
That's about the same as stations in neighboring Mililani, and a penny or two cheaper than some downtown Honolulu stations.
Gas prices on Oahu have risen -- some more than 35 cents a gallon -- since November, when Costco announced it would open the station. The increases have been mirrored on the mainland where some cities have hit $2.25 a gallon.


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Pseudo-models may have been banned officially from signing autographs at the book fair. But on the first day, they still managed to titillate some, and offend others.Thursday, 21 July, 2011, 12:00am
There is still a full week to put your used books to good use by giving them to underprivileged children. This is how much longer the 'Books for a Cause' campaign is running.
The campaign, organised by the local charity Kids4kids, invites students, businesses and members of the public to donate used books between May 30 and June 6.24 May 2011 - 12:00am
With their autograph sessions banned from Hong Kong's annual Book Fair on grounds of bad taste, the skimpily-clad young women known as pseudo-models have found a new base for book-signing - Golden Bauhinia Square.21 Jul 2010 - 12:00am
In 1450, Johannes Gutenberg made history by inventing the printing press. Although it was later improved upon, his invention was the basis of machines used to print books, magazines and newspapers until the 20th century6 Jan 2010 - 12:00am
Booksellers yesterday offered deeper discounts in a last attempt to boost sales and clear stock before the week-long Book Fair ends tonight.
Many exhibitors offered additional savings to customers if they bought more books.28 Jul 2009 - 12:00am
Fans of pop stars and pseudo-models began lining up outside of the Convention and Exhibition Centre as much as a week ago to demonstrate their undisputed loyalty to their idols at the opening of the Book Fair today.22 Jul 2009 - 12:00am
There is no question that pretty doll-shaped dresses top fashion's must-have list this summer. But what makes them different from last season's styles are the striking and colourful prints on them. Gone are the ditsy florals; today's prints are bold and dynamic with great sweeps of colour that blur, merge and bleed into each other, suggesting strong, independent femininity.20 May 2009 - 12:00am
With space at a premium in most Hong Kong flats and offices, it's good to know major consumer-electronics brands are designing stylish products to perk up the look of small spaces. Samsung Electronics has given the usually bulky laser printer a makeover and come up with the CLP-315.15 Jun 2008 - 12:00am
Hong Kong's printing and packaging companies will find more commonality than differences when they meet at this year's Hong Kong International Printing and Packaging Fair, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and CIEC Exhibition Company (HK) from today until Thursday at the AsiaWorld-Expo, as the majority of businesses who have facilities in the mainland are feeling the pinch o28 Apr 2008 - 12:00am
Printing and Presses
Choose the right antonym (opposite): common, unofficial, with difficulty
Until the invention of the printing press, books were handwritten. This made books rare and very expensive.22 Apr 2008 - 12:00am
The Democratic Party plans a website to get more young people to respond to the government's green paper on constitutional development.12 Aug 2007 - 12:00am
The South China Morning Post was last night named one of Asia's best newspapers by the region's leading newspaper organisation, adding to a string of more than 40 accolades the paper has received this year.
The Post was voted runner-up as Newspaper of the Year by the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association (Panpa).9 Aug 2007 - 12:00am
STEP HONG KONG, a branch of the London-based Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), was established in May 2002 and has more than 270 members.20 May 2006 - 12:00am
1992: Studied modern dance at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
1995: Clinched a scholarship to join the US Dance Festival
1996: Graduated from the advanced diploma course and joined the City Contemporary Dance Company
2001: Won the Hong Kong Dance Awards for his performance in Plaza X12 Oct 2005 - 12:00am
More than 56,000 students have already applied for places on Vocational Training Council (VTC) programmes as the annual scramble for alternatives to A-level study gets under way.9 Aug 2005 - 12:00am


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SPAIN: Tropicana launches premium juice line
PepsiCo-owned Tropicana has launched a range of premium fruit juices called 'Tropicana Sensations' to grow in Spain's booming health-juice market.
The "100% natural" juices come in flavour combinations including melon and jasmine, orange, mandarin and grape, fruits and kiwi, pineapple and peach nectar.
Tropicana hopes the glass-bottled juices will draw consumer interest in Spain's premium juice market, which it says is experiencing strong growth rates.
The line's launch will feature a TV-advertising campaign that will debut this summer and other initiatives to promote the juice with the restaurant and supermarket retail channels.
Tropicana Sensations will compete with other established Spanish brands Granini and Ero, which focus mostly on the juice-nectar market. The company will use Pepsi-owned Kasfruit's distribution network, a Tropicana spokesman said. Kasfruit is a well-known Spanish natural-and-concentrate juice brand.
The spokesman would not provide sales targets for Tropicana Sensations.
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The Pepsi Bottling Group has signed a letter of intent to acquire Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Charlotte (Pepsi Charlotte) for an undisclosed sum....
The Pepsi Bottling Group today reported second quarter net income of US$148m, or diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.59. The results were up on the same period last year as the company grew volumes...
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