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Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) saw a sudden price increase and uptake in volume on Sunday afternoon, leaving many wondering what is the cause of this newfound market optimism.
What Happened: CoinMarketCap crypto market data shows that Dogecoin skyrocketed by 6.4% from $0.1453 up to $0.1546 in just a few hours as its volume increased from about $400 million per 24 hours to nearly $620 million, before settling at $0.1512 as of press time.
Most notably, Dogecoin — like any other cryptocurrency — usually travels on the tracks set by the world’s top cryptocurrency Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), but this time it actually swam upstream with most of the crypto market (including Bitcoin) falling.
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Market forces often result in some coins or tokens seeing their prices move in the opposite direction to most of the crypto market. When this happens and the exceptions are greenlit, this frequently results in even more capital and trading volume being redirected to what is now one of the few assets that are seeing gains in the market.
The news follows Dogecoin co-founder Billy Marcus starting to sell a collection of doge-themed non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the world’s top NFT market, OpenSea.
What makes it even more notable is that doge-related NFTs have previously appreciated significantly, with one portraying the original 2013 doge meme, featuring the Shiba Inu dog that started it all, reaching a value of $336 million in September 2021.
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The government has decided to reopen shopping malls, all types of shops and other businesses from May 10 on a limited scale ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr.
Those would remain open from 10:00am to 4:00pm every day, a gazette of the Cabinet Division said yesterday.
It said people should stay at their present locations during the Eid holidays and that they should be barred from travelling to their homes in other districts and upazilas.
The directives came hours after the Cabinet Division issued another gazette, extending the ongoing general holidays from May 7 to May 16, reports UNB.
The circular said the government has decided to allow keeping shopping malls, all types of shops and other businesses open maintaining health guidelines during the general holidays considering Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr.
"Shops will be allowed to remain open to do business on a limited scale. But all have to maintain distancing and follow health guidelines during buying and selling. Large shopping malls will have to make arrangements for washing hands at their entrances and disinfecting vehicles entering the malls," it added.
The two circulars were published hours after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the government directed the authorities to open markets and shops so that people did not face any problem to have iftar and sehri and they could buy goods ahead of the Eid.
Addressing public representatives and officials from eight districts of Rangpur division through videoconferencing from the Gono Bhaban, she said the government would provide cash assistance before the Eid to those who lost their jobs amid the coronavirus outbreak to ease their sufferings, reports BSS.
The Cabinet Division in the first gazette said all educational institutions would remain closed during the extended public holidays.
The ministries and divisions can open their offices as per their necessity and no one will be allowed to leave their workplace during the Eid holidays, it mentioned.
All factory authorities, including medicine industry and production and export-oriented industries, could keep their factories open ensuring safety and healthcare services for the workers, said the notification.
It also said services of all inter-district transport would remain suspended during the holidays.
On March 23, the government declared general holidays from March 26 to April 4 to slow the spread of coronavirus in the country. Later, the holidays were extended five times until May 5.
Shopping malls across the country also remained closed since March 25.
Speaking to public representatives and officials from Rangpur division, the prime minister yesterday said many people have taken loans from banks.
"But realising their loan interest has been suspended for two months as they [people] had no work and business in the last two months due to the pandemic."
Hasina said the government would take the next steps in this regard considering who have taken what amount of loan and for which sector.
The PM said the leaders and activists of Awami League, Krishak League and Chhatra League stood beside framers and helped them harvest their paddy.
"They are also engaged in the distribution of relief among the distressed people and I thank them sincerely for doing this."
She also thanked the health workers, including doctors and nurses, officials of the administration, members of the armed forces and law enforcement agencies, saying that they have been working round the clock to contain the spread of the disease, putting their lives at risk.
Pointing out that a number of media persons have already been infected with Covid-19, the PM requested them to perform their duties by protecting themselves.
Referring to transportation of goods, she directed the railways minister, who joined the video conference from Panchagarh, to take effective measures for transportation of all types of goods and food grains, particularly the perishable items, by trains.
About seasonal monga (a famine-like situation), which was once a common phenomenon in Rangpur region, the premier asked the authorities to take special measures so that the monga does not return.
PM's Principal Secretary Ahmad Kaikaus moderated the views-exchange meeting which was joined by the secretaries concerned.

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The Coca-Cola Co. and Fairlife, a company partnering with the soft-drink giant, will invest $25 million in Coke’s juice plant on Imperial Drive in a move that has attracted hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax breaks from Waco and McLennan County.
The Waco City Council and McLennan County Commissioners Court approved an Industrial Business Grant this week for Coca-Cola and Fairlife, which will start producing milk products at the plant most known for making Minute Maid and other juices, city and county officials confirmed.
The grant will come in the form of reductions in city and county taxes on the increased taxable value of the facility that will come with installation of new equipment. The tax breaks will span five years and range from 60 percent to 15 percent.
Fairlife, founded in 2014 as a producer of “ultra filtered” milk sold as reduced fat, chocolate, fat free and whole, is poised to spend $15 million installing “a filling line for dairy beverages” in the plant at Imperial and Hewitt drives frequently described as Waco’s Minute Maid plant.
Meanwhile, Coca-Cola said it would spend $10.5 million on improvements to accommodate its own new line by the end of 2019. Securing the tax breaks will allow Coca-Cola to retain 331 employees and hire 10 more staffers, according to information provided the city and county.
City officials estimate Coca-Cola and Fairlife will receive tax breaks on personal property valued at more than $300,000 during the five-year life of the contract with the city, said Melett Harrison, director of Waco’s housing and economic development office.
The companies will pay almost $450,000 in city taxes during the same period, Harrison said.
McLennan County Auditor Stan Chambers said he has not yet calculated the county tax burden Coca-Cola and Fairlife will avoid.
The companies did not make tax breaks a condition of expanding operations in Waco, said Kris Collins, senior vice president for economic development at the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce.
Collins said Waco beat out an East Coast community in winning a commitment from Fairlife.
She proposed the incentives to city and county leaders.
Coca-Cola has been operating in the 660,000-square-foot facility since 1994, when it bought the former Levi Strauss plant for $8.8 million and spent $20 million reconfiguring the interior and installing equipment.
It has remodeled and installed several new product lines in the facility over the years, spending an estimated $29 million on upgrades in 2008. It produces Minute Maid and Powerade products, among others, and is among the three largest production facilities in the Coca-Cola system, according to information provided by the beverage giant.


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Halo Foods is currently reviewing options to invest in its site in Newport, Wales to become a European centre of excellence for snack bars. This would mean that the business could continue to lead the market and create new jobs in Wales in the future.
Part of the proposed business development is the consolidation of its Welsh manufacturing sites under one roof in Newport "which would enable us to grow by being more efficient, cost effective and innovate in an increasingly competitive global market" said Robin Williams, Managing Director.
A 25 year lease has been agreed on the site in Newport where the newly refurbished, purposely designed site would give customers more variety and choice whilst fulfilling Halo's ambition to become a greener business.
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The spring season usually is boom time for cruise lines, as Americans flock to ships for end-of-winter escapes. But this year, the Iraq war and a troubled economy have forced cruise...
The spring season usually is boom time for cruise lines, as Americans flock to ships for end-of-winter escapes.
But this year, the Iraq war and a troubled economy have forced cruise companies to drop prices and offer other incentives to get people afloat. Cruises are hundreds of dollars cheaper than a year ago.
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Four-day Caribbean cruises that cost $549 last March were $299 as of last week. Weeklong Celebrity Cruises were nearly $200 cheaper than in March 2002. On top of that, many of the cruise lines offer incentives to buy now, to sail soon and they’ll offer rebates and cancellation guarantees not seen since the last war with Iraq.
Those bargain rates are for the cheapest, inside cabins. But travelers who do some research on the Web and work with a travel agent can uncover deals for pricier cabins and on luxury lines, too.
Most big lines also are offering unheard-of reductions in cancellation fees.
Cancellation policies vary considerably, and travelers should carefully investigate them. There’s cash to be saved if one has to cancel, but it’s in the lowered prices where the best bargains exist.
“We’ve seen bargains before, but nothing like this,” says Jennifer de la Cruz, spokeswoman for Carnival Cruise Line in Miami. “We’re having to lower pricing to get people on the ships.”
Don’t expect such good deals on domestic cruises, however, such as Alaska sailings. Because of the war, more American travelers are looking for cruises closer to home, inspiring cruise lines to reposition ships from the Mediterranean to American waters.


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(Filed Under Technology News). OpiTex, a developer of user-friendly 2D and 3D CAD solutions for all cut-fabric and fashion-related industries, has introduced new features to their signature 3D avatar Adam, which will help designers significantly save time, and more importantly, costs.
New refined features of the Adam avatar include dynamic shoulder pads intended to fill in and create varied slopes for designs, as well as supplementary poses for accurate fitting. “OpiTex’s enhanced Morphs Dialog, which offers choices such as muscle tone definition, belly shape, and numerous postures, now supports the ability to manage props such as shoes and socks in 3D view,” said the company.
In addition, the company has also announced the launch of Tim, a ten-year-old avatar who has the potential to grow up to 18 years old.
The two avatars “provide clothing designers with a significant advantage in the male fashion market, enabling a garment to be reviewed, refined and measured before the first piece is ever cut,” said the company. “Designers can now stage a virtual fashion show for potential investors, without having to create samples of the actual line, saving significant upfront costs.”
The Tim avatar stands at 139cm (about 4’5”) and he is a “parametric avatar that can be modified to change his size and dimensions of one or more body parts at the same time. Tim’s life-like posture allows designers to cut down on the time invested in planning and production, thus significantly reducing customer costs.”see more
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US retailers witness Cyber Monday as the biggest online shopping day in history amid Covid-19 pandemic
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As consumers continue to move shopping from offline to online this year, retailers looking to recover sales lost due to mall and store closures amid Covid-19 lockdowns witnessed biggest online shopping day in history courtesy Cyber Monday after Black Friday
By Bloomberg | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar
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New Xbox and PlayStation devices launching this week will likely face an uphill battle in Japan, where Nintendo Co.’s Switch enjoys dominance with a family-friendly lineup of games.
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At the moment, Ming Chi-Kuo is one of the most respected analysts make predictions about Apple. Many of his predictions are really true. Just recently, Ming Chi-Kuo said that the protracted “dark band”, which hit Apple soon must end.
First and foremost we are talking about the reduction in the supply of Apple’s smartphones. According to experts, in the first quarter of 2019, the situation radically will not change. The demand for smartphones will remain low. For this reason, Ming Chi-Kuo has revised its forecast regarding the volume of deliveries iPhone 38-42 million units to 36 to 38 million.
However, since the second quarter of the current year, the situation should start to level off. Forecast Ming Chi-Kuo – 34-37 million units. The analysts of Wall Street believe that demand for the iPhone may not be as high. According to their forecasts in the second quarter of 2019 Apple put on the market of about 30-35 million of its smartphones.
Ming Chi-Kuo said that if in the first quarter of this year, the demand for the iPhone will be reduced by approximately 29% compared to the same period of the previous year, in the second quarter, the figure will amount to 14%. In the second half the situation has completely stabilized, and the volume of supply compared with the indicators of the end of 2018.
The only thing that can prevent the positive forecast is the deterioration of relations between the US and China, are now leading a protracted trade war.


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In 2000, roughly half of American teenagers held summer jobs. Whether they were behind the counter at fast-food restaurants or bagging groceries, or occupying more seasonal roles such as serving as lifeguards or scooping ice cream, they were working.
This summer, by contrast, only about 35% of America's teenagers will be working, according to a report from Pew Research Center. That's somewhat surprising, because the overall labor market is strong, with the official unemployment rate hovering at record or near-record lows. That should, in theory, mean there's high demand for workers of any age who could fill lower-level positions.
Teen employment trends
Pew examined the average employment rate for 16- to 19-year-olds during June, July, and August, using non-seasonally adjusted data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Teen employment jumps in the summer, usually peaking in July, which makes sense, given that high schools and colleges generally end in June and start again in late August or early September.
"From the late 1940s, which is as far back as the data go, through the 1980s, teen summer employment followed a fairly regular pattern: rising during economic good times and falling during and after recessions, but generally fluctuating between 46% (the low, in 1963) and 58% (the peak, in 1978)," wrote Pew's Drew DeSilver.
That pattern changed at the start of the 21st century. Teen summer employment, which had hovered around 50% throughout the 1990s, dropped sharply after the 2001 recession. It fell again after the 2007-2009 recession, when only about 30% of teens worked during the summer months. The numbers have recovered somewhat, but only reached 35% last summer -- still well below pre-recession levels despite the strong economy and a low official unemployment rate.
Why is this happening?
Pew's research shows that broader conditions in the job market are partly to blame for why fewer teenagers are working. There are fewer low-skill, entry-level jobs available, and the so-called retail apocalypse has dampened demand for teen workers in that sector. In addition, more schools are staying in session until late June, then starting up again before Labor Day, and a greater percentage of students are taking classes during the summer, according to Pew.
There has also been an increase in teenagers taking on "unpaid community service work as part of their graduation requirements or to burnish their college applications; and more students taking unpaid internships, which the Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn't count as being employed," according to the report.
Of the teens 6.2 million teens who worked last summer, about one third (33.8%) worked in "accommodation and food services" (restaurants and hotels) up from 22.6% in 2000. Only 1.3 million teenagers worked retail jobs in 2017, according to the Pew study, down from more than 2 million in 2000.
Is this a pattern we want to reverse?
Employment trends suggest that many more low-skilled jobs could be lost to automation. The need for cashiers and order takers will probably continue to diminish as more of those tasks are delegated to machines. The same is likely to happen with a growing fraction of fast-food meal preparation, and even some retail warehouse work that teenagers might once have performed.
This change may lead many teenagers to alter how they use their summers. Those who don't absolutely need to work may shift their focus to gaining skills that will help them over the longer term. That could mean interning, taking classes, or apprenticing in a trade they hope to one day work in.
The U.S. labor market of tomorrow will almost certainly feature a shrinking fraction of retail jobs, and the overall demand for low-skill workers will probably never rebound. That means that, in a few years, when today's teens are entering the job market in earnest, they will face an environment more demanding than the one their parents encountered. Summer breaks may soon be dedicated less toward earning some short-term spending money, and more toward preparing for that future.


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WILSONS TO CUT STORES, JOBS: Wilsons The Leather Experts Inc. said it plans to close 160 stores and cut over 1,000 jobs in an effort to reduce costs. The company will remodel its 100 remaining stores to a new "Studio" concept, which will be a brand-driven store for women focusing on fashion accessories. The new accessories concept started testing last fall in four different regions, and the company said it was pleased with the initial results. Wilsons expects to complete the remodels by August. The company expects to launch an inventory liquidation and resolve lease terminations over the next 90 to 120 days. The store closures will result in the elimination of 938 store-related positions, and 64 cuts elsewhere.
DEL VECCHIO IN TAX PROBE: Luxottica Group SpA chairman Leonardo Del Vecchio has been ordered to pay 20.4 million euros, or $30 million, in missed tax payments and fines, Italian authorities told WWD on Monday. The charges relate to share transactions made in 1997 and 1998 via a holding company in Germany, which authorities claim Del Vecchio illegally used to avoid paying higher corporate taxes in Italy. Del Vecchio has denied the charges and is appealing the decision. If he does have to cough up the $30 million in payments and fines, Del Vecchio will be dipping in to a net worth estimated at $11.5 billion by Forbes magazine, putting him in 52nd place in last year's billionaires list. Authorities said the German holding company in question, Leofin, did not have any employees or other overheads, which justified it being incorporated in Germany. The case is not related to eyewear manufacturer Luxottica.
Supermodel @helenachristensen teamed up with longtime friend and designer @camillastaerk on a joint @paredeyewear collaboration. The lineup features three styles and 11 offerings, all of which embody a vintage feel. Get all the details on how they celebrated the collab on WWD.com. #wwdaccessories #wwdeye (📷: @slovekinpics)
“It’s a hard industry to keep motivated, as well, so finding different subjects and people is what makes it worth it – when you’re like, oh, I’ve met great people, I feel like I’ve done something good, and I feel proud of having done this,” said French actress Stacy Martin on being grateful for the variety of roles she’s take on. Read @ktauer’s full interview with Martin on her her latest film “Godard Mon Amour.” #wwdeye (📷: @danieldorsa)
After showing in front of the Eiffel Tower for his last two women’s ready-to-wear collection, it looks like @anthonyvaccarello may be heading to the Big Apple. Sources say the designer will stage his next @ysl show in NYC on June 6. Get all the details on WWD.com. #wwdnews #wwdfashion (📷: @aitorrosasphoto)
EXCLUSIVE: Two and half months after John Targon, cofounder and codesigner of Baja East, was hired as creative director of the contemporary division at Marc Jacobs, he has left the company, WWD has learned. Marc Jacobs International, which is owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, confirmed Targon’s departure in a statement: “John Targon is a talented designer and we appreciate the work he has done here. Ultimately working together did not make sense for the brand and we wish him the best.” Read the story by @jessiredale, link in bio. #wwdnews
@theluxurycollection is officially launching a collection, tapping Sofia Sanchez de Betak for the capsule. Over 30 styles will be featured in the Chufy x The Luxury Collection, debuting next month at Bergdorf Goodman, The Webster, FiveStory and more. De Betak, known as “@chufy,” drew inspiration for the collection from her trips to Japan in the past year #wwdfashion
@lhd, founder and CEO of @thewebster, has teamed up with @lebonmarcherivegauche for the European launch of her ready-to-wear line, LHD. The launch will come with an exclusive pop-up opening today that’s set to run through May 20. Located on the second floor, it carries her debut Miami-themed resort collection, launched in November as see-now-buy-now. #wwdfashion


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Unsung Hero Apparel is holding a grand opening on Saturday, May 30 for their new bricks-and-mortar retail location at 67 Iber Road. They’ll also be releasing their new line of summer clothing.
The clothing line was created in 2009 but up until now the brand has sold mostly through their web site, and at Play It Again Sports locations in Ottawa.
The company describes their clothing as “nspired by the daily grind with the durability to sustain any vigorous activity”, and says their brand “celebrates the determination, drive, courage and perseverance of those who strive to be their best, day in and day out.”
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Programming and early networking opportunities launched for approved social equity cannabis businesses
OAKLAND, Calif. (December 14, 2022) — The State of Connecticut’s Social Equity Council has selected Oaksterdam University, America’s first cannabis college, in partnership with reSET, the social impact focused entrepreneurial support organization based in Hartford, to provide a Cannabis Business Accelerator Program in Connecticut.
Technical business assistance and entrepreneurial support will be available through the program to legacy cannabis operators to ensure regulatory compliance and industry best practices, as well as to verified social equity applicants planning to start licensed cannabis businesses. Programming and early networking opportunities will be launching in the late fall of 2022.
This first-of-its-kind partnership pairs Oaksterdam Univerity’s easy-to-use technology platform and ability to bring global best practices from cannabis stakeholders such as Arcview, the International Cannabis Bar Association, and the Minority Cannabis Business Association, with reSET’s human-centered expertise in working with cohorts of Connecticut entrepreneurs to build community and business acumen, along with local stakeholder partners in law, accounting, workforce development and regional cannabis industry entrepreneurs.
“We are thrilled to be selected to provide technical assistance for the State of Connecticut,” says OU Executive Chancellor Dale Sky Jones. “We can help legacy operators mitigate risks, become self-directed, and be better able to leverage the opportunities presented in the legal marketplace.”
“reSET is excited that the Social Equity Council recognized our expertise in building entrepreneurship in the community, and chose our partnership with Oaksterdam University to build industry knowledge, equity and inclusivity to the developing legal cannabis industry in Connecticut,” said Sarah Bodley, reSET Executive Director. “We are excited to get started solidifying the expertise in Connecticut’s emerging cannabis sector, positioning it for long-term sustainability and success.”
Connecticut’s Social Equity Council was developed to ensure the state’s adult-use cannabis program is grown equitably and that funds are brought back to the communities hit hardest by the War on Drugs.
For more questions about the State of Connecticut’s Social Equity Council Accelerator Program, email email@example.com. If you are a journalist interested in learning more or scheduling an interview with Oaksterdam University Executive Chancellor Dale Sky Jones, contact OU Communications Specialist Wensdy Von Buskirk at firstname.lastname@example.org.
ABOUT OAKSTERDAM UNIVERSITY
Based in Oakland, Calif., Oaksterdam University is America’s first cannabis college and the first academic institution to promote equity in the cannabis space, to lower barriers to cannabis licensing, entrepreneurship, and employment. Connecticut joins several municipalities that have contracted Oaksterdam as a trusted provider, most notably the Cities of Oakland, Los Angeles, and Palm Springs, as well as the City and County of San Francisco and Monterey, California.
Oaksterdam University has been the forerunner in providing the highest quality training to people interested in a career in the cannabis industry. OU’s faculty comprises professionals, academics, and subject matter experts who have taught over 80,000 OU alums from 110 countries.
Oaksterdam offers live virtual and self-paced certification courses, including The Business of Cannabis, Horticulture, Budtending, Extraction, and Manufacturing.
OU certificates are recognized industry-wide, and a new educational partnership with Golden Gate University makes it possible for our certifications to transfer up to 18 credits toward a Bachelor’s Degree in the Business of Cannabis.
With roots growing 25 years deep, OU is a dynamic, diverse, and responsive academic institute dedicated to educating the global cannabis community, industry, regulators, and government. Visit OaksterdamUniversity.com.


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Thanks to Phoenix Magazine for featuring us in an awesome article about “A new breed of niche business incubators in the Valley goes beyond the techie-coworking model.”
A new breed of niche business incubators in the Valley goes beyond the techie-coworking model.
Edgar Olivo is tired of techies hogging all the entrepreneur love.
“There’s this glamorization of entrepreneurs, and usually in that sentence [are words like] ‘tech,’ the ‘next Zuckerberg,’ and ‘finance,’” says Olivo, a financial consultant and dean of the entrepreneurship program at The Office Pile, a coworking space in Phoenix. “No, no, no – entrepreneurs are all around us. If you sold lemonade as a child, you were an entrepreneur.”
The democratization of entrepreneurship in the Valley has ushered in a new crop of specialized business labs. By catering to niche communities, they can maximize their impact in specific populations and help entrepreneurs with similar philosophies.
At SEED SPOT in Phoenix, “the cross-section of social [consciousness] plus entrepreneurship really spoke to me,” says C’pher Gresham, director of entrepreneur initiatives at the nonprofit business incubator. It provides workshops, mentorships and investor-matching for social-impact ventures like Max on Snax, a company that teaches kids healthy eating habits, and Aqwastream, which provides free cold water in public filling stations to discourage the consumption of plastic water bottles. Some ventures are nonprofits, but 85 percent are for-profit. “It’s helping entrepreneurs who want to be that positive change in the world follow their dreams of creating their businesses,” Gresham says.
Courtney Klein founded SEED SPOT three years ago after launching and leaving New Global Citizens, a nonprofit for young people interested in social change. Based on her own experiences and those of the nearly 200 entrepreneurs who have gone through SEED SPOT’s various programs (from two-day workshops that cost $500 to a 14-week full-time program that costs $3,500), Klein says the face of business is changing. “We’re seeing this trend of companies and the next generation and consumers starting to shift their perspective a bit and say, ‘How can we endorse companies that, yes, are profitable, but also do good in the world?’” she says. “Our niche being in social impact is unique. We’re one of a dozen or so in the country and one of two or three that focus on social entrepreneurship and are a nonprofit.”
The Office Pile, founded by real estate veteran Francisco Xavier Aguirre last fall, bills itself as “The First Culturally Diverse Coworking Space in the Nation.” Its membership, philosophy and even the design of its historical building in Phoenix skew Latino (local street art legend Lalo Cota designed its logo, and its walls are covered with Chicano art), but it has partnerships with and members from the Greater Phoenix Black Chamber of Commerce and the LGBTQ community.
“A lot of coworking spaces and incubators are geared toward the tech world. We were like, ‘Wait a minute. We’re the 98 percent,’ You know what I mean?” Aguirre says with a laugh. “There are entrepreneurs from all walks of life.”
Olivo says TOP is unique in its accessibility. “The hot dog stand owner, the landscaper, the house-cleaner. Those are all folks that are independent consultants but don’t see themselves as businesses,” he says. “Let’s get you to think like a business and… then you can start elevating the quality of your life, which has residual results for the community.” Its pricing is also accessible: Memberships start at $90 per month.
With its educational foundation and business curriculum, TOP has evolved from a mere coworking space, though Aguirre eschews the “i” word. “We’re not an ecosystem, we’re a garden. There’s a lot of seeds here,” he says. “We are just a cultivator instead of an incubator.”
Marie Sullivan is getting acquainted with the term. She is CEO of Arizona Women’s Education and Employment, an organization within the federal government’s Small Business Administration that has focused on “changing lives through the dignity of work,” Sullivan says, since 1981. AWEE launched the Arizona Women’s Education and Entrepreneur Center (AWEEc) in Phoenix in February to provide free business classes, workshops, courses and counseling for female entrepreneurs. “We’re new in the business-incubation niche, but we’re not new in moving people forward into employment and helping them stay there.”
These specialized incubators may continue to trend because they are needed, says Alicia Marseille, AWEEc director. “You’re seeing the rise of the freelancers, the entrepreneurs, people that want to work for themselves. It takes a lot of education and some technical assistance to help people do that successfully,” she says. “SBA statistics show that eight out of 10 [businesses] fail in the first five years, so these incubators and resources can help mitigate that.”
Do some niche networking at these Valley business incubators.
The Office Pile
2501 N. Seventh St., Phoenix
2828 N. Central Ave., Phoenix
Arizona Women’s Education and Entrepreneur Center
640 N. First Ave., Phoenix


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Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) have revealed the details of their agreement which has ended the lengthy dispute between the two parties.The agreement covers 139,000 staff across the UK and includes a 9% pay increase over three years, a lump sum of £200 to be paid before Christmas, as well as legal protections over workers’ terms and conditions.
The agreement also states that the operator must not outsource, sell or transfer any part of its business; will continue to provide an end-to-end service; and staff will remain predominantly full-time.
It also covers a strategy to grow its parcels business, retain its mail business and expand the universal service. Both parties will work together to develop business strategies.
The agreement will be put before the firm’s union members in January.
Royal Mail chief executive Moya Greene said: “I am delighted that we have reached an agreement in principle with the CWU. This will provide long term stability and certainty for Royal Mail, our employees and our customers at this pivotal time. Working together we can create a strong foundation for the continued success of our business.”
CWU deputy general secretary Dave Ward said it was a “good deal for the company and customers as well as for employees”.


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Google Digital Garage is coming to BeverleyTue 12th June 2018
Google has announced that it is bringing its Google Digital Garage to Beverley, East Yorkshire on 15th June, offering local people free advice and coaching on digital skills to help grow their business, career and confidence. For the first time, the training will be tailored to local market traders from markets like Beverley Market to help them reach new customers beyond their local area and grow.
The bespoke training courses for Beverley’s market traders will include: building a digital marketing plan, how to make your stall more visible online, and social media strategy. Google will also bring its street view cameras to Beverley Market that weekend, allowing local market traders to benefit from the online presence to attract more customers.
There will also be a variety of free workshops and face-to-face coaching for anyone from the local area, whatever their level of experience. Topics covered will include: taking your first steps online, how to build your digital CV and personal brand online.
Despite their rich and entrepreneurial heritage, markets are facing significant challenges in today’s economy, as competition from supermarkets, shopping centres and online stores grows, and digital technologies transform how people live, work and shop. Research from Innovate UK found that the top priority for towns in the UK in order of importance to their High Street, town or city centre, was digital skills (42%) and improved digital marketing (36%). In its Digital High Street 2020 reports, the Future High Streets Forum identified eliminating the digital skills gap as one of the four key achievements required to revitalise high streets.
‘The Great British Market Revival’ study carried out by Google, reveals new opportunities for traders in Yorkshire and Humber to grow their reach and attract new customers. The research shows that market traders have a growing digital opportunity, with millennials today visiting more, spending more, and heading online more than their seniors to seek out their local markets. At the same time, over half (55%) of people in Yorkshire and Humber said that they visit markets less today than they did five years ago, citing a lack of digital presence as one of the reasons they don’t visit markets more often.
Ronan Harris, Managing Director Google UK, commented: "In the digital age, a basic understanding of how the online world works is useful and when it comes to business, it’s essential. We are delighted to bring the Google Digital Garage to Beverley and ensure everyone has access to free digital skills workshops and one-to-one coaching.
“We want to give market traders in Beverley the digital skills they need to make the most of new technologies to level the playing field against their competition, reach new customers beyond their local area and grow, ensuring their markets remain at the heart of the local community.”
Local MP, Graham Stuart, said: “It is great to see a world-renowned business like Google coming to Beverley and Holderness and helping to improve digital skills for people in our area. Their Digital Garage, coming to Beverley on 15th June, will give residents the chance to improve their internet confidence and will give local businesses the tools to expand their digital profiles, showing that the East Riding remains a great place in which to live and do business.”
With 76% of people in Yorkshire and Humber revealing that they visit markets to buy fresh food, and 27% saying they go to buy plants and flowers, there is a real opportunity for market traders in these sectors to take advantage of the opportunities.
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Pentair PLC (NYSE:PNR) – Stock analysts at KeyCorp issued their Q1 2019 earnings estimates for Pentair in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, January 29th. KeyCorp analyst J. Hammond forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $0.54 per share for the quarter. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Pentair’s Q2 2019 earnings at $0.77 EPS, Q3 2019 earnings at $0.58 EPS, Q4 2019 earnings at $0.66 EPS and FY2020 earnings at $2.83 EPS.
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Several other research firms have also issued reports on PNR. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Pentair from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $43.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 20th. Stifel Nicolaus upgraded shares of Pentair from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $45.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 24th. Finally, Oppenheimer restated a “hold” rating on shares of Pentair in a research report on Tuesday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Pentair has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $50.55.
NYSE:PNR opened at $41.19 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 1.27, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.53, a PEG ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 1.25. Pentair has a 1 year low of $35.30 and a 1 year high of $74.05.
Pentair (NYSE:PNR) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, January 29th. The industrial products company reported $0.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.01. Pentair had a net margin of 9.92% and a return on equity of 18.86%. The business had revenue of $740.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $735.74 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.93 EPS. Pentair’s revenue was up 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year.
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 8th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 25th will be given a $0.18 dividend. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.75%. This is a positive change from Pentair’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.18. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 24th. Pentair’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 30.64%.
In other news, SVP Ademir Sarcevic sold 1,287 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $37.61, for a total transaction of $48,404.07. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 10.70% of the company’s stock.
Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in PNR. OppenheimerFunds Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Pentair by 68.7% during the 2nd quarter. OppenheimerFunds Inc. now owns 11,207 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $472,000 after acquiring an additional 4,565 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley lifted its holdings in shares of Pentair by 32.8% during the 2nd quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 828,257 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $34,855,000 after acquiring an additional 204,617 shares during the period. Millennium Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Pentair by 215.0% during the 2nd quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 251,442 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $10,581,000 after acquiring an additional 171,629 shares during the period. Advisors Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Pentair by 30.7% during the 2nd quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 16,187 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $681,000 after acquiring an additional 3,799 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Pentair by 4.7% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,134,055 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $47,721,000 after acquiring an additional 51,182 shares during the period. 85.35% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
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LONDON — It’s been quite a summer for Harrods, which is morphing from one store into four, and boldly introducing new concepts in the face of COVID-19, a crisis in retail and still shaky consumer confidence.
On Sept. 17, the retailer will tug open the curtain on its first stand-alone beauty store, H Beauty, at a shopping mall in Lakeside, Essex, England, while a second location is set to open in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, next spring.
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- To ensure the stability of the digital currency, the consortium, dubbed Digital Currency Forum, is proposing a model similar to how bank deposits work, according to the white paper. The digital yen will be issued by banks as their liability, the paper added.
- Members of the Digital Currency Forum, include such banks as MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., Mizuho Bank, Japan Post Bank, industry heavyweights like the Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., East Japan Railway, and Mitsubishi Corp., as well as local governments. The Bank of Japan, Financial Services Agency of Japan and three ministries are observing its activities.
- The consortium plans to experiment with large business transactions using the digital yen as early as January, according to the progress report. The consortium’s subcommittee on Settlement in Industrial Distribution, led by Mitsubishi, will be testing “the automatic execution of contracts using digital currency in the settlement of maritime transportation for transactions,” the progress report said.
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As some businesses in the Santa Clarita Valley are wrapping up their first weekend open in nearly two months, others are reflecting on what has become their new normal.
While Old Town Newhall Farmers Market has remained open, as it was deemed essential, business this past weekend was booming for every vendor.
“It was definitely busier for us, and we had expected as much because of the Mother’s Day weekend,” Market Manager Larry McClements said, adding that the market, which has been open for five years, broke its all-time sales record over the weekend.
Nevertheless, that increase in business also meant an increase in compliance issues with new public health mandates.
Nearly everyone had a face covering, yet there were about two dozen who didn’t, and while
market staff were diligent in asking those without them to put them on, even offering free face masks for those who didn’t have them, not everyone was happy, McClements added.
“A couple of people said they wanted to leave instead of put it on, and that’s fine,” he said. “A couple of people had medical issues, and that’s fine.”
What wasn’t fine were the couple of people who decided to argue, McClements added.
“Two people, not to me, decided to curse out … my yogurt lady, who’s over 60 years old, and my operations manager, who happens to be my wife,” he said. “And, both times by the time I found out about it, they were long gone … but I was disgusted at that because it’s not a joke.
“It doesn’t matter what I think, the county Health Department will come into our market, and if people don’t have a face covering on, they’re going to write me the ticket … or the market could be shut down,” McClements added. “I’ve got 25 small businesses and farmers depending on me to make sure we’re in compliance, that’s my job.”
Even so, the majority of market-goers did their part to keep the environment safe, McClements said.
“It was challenging,” he added. “We did have to move around lines at a couple of points and remind some people to space out, but for the most part, everybody was great.”
Frontier Toyota, which had been closed, celebrated its reopening Friday.
“We’ve been completely overprotective and overly compliant since this began,” General Manager Bob Corson said. “We feel in our heart of hearts it was best for our community and best for our staff and our customers to wait.”
During that time, the dealership implemented a number of changes, including posting notices on doors, enhancing cleaning protocols for both the building and the cars, and setting up plexiglass protective shields between employees and customers.
“Not only are (the shields) functional, but they put people’s minds at ease, and that’s a large part of the battle,” Corson said. “Our cleaning crew is non-stop. If anybody stops by a vacant desk, the cleaning crew’s right behind them. It’s almost gotten to be completely routine, although it seems new at the same time.”
Even so, they’re continuing to offer home delivery as requested and home test drives, as they want to make every customer feel comfortable, Corson added.
“And we hope they still want to come in, and when they do, we’ll be ready for that as well,” he said. “We’re proud to be a part of this great community. We’ve been here a long time. And we’re looking forward to always evolving and changing the business to make it easier for our community.”
It appears the changes they’ve implemented have done their job, as the dealership has received great feedback from customers, according to Corson. “They were surprised to see how ahead we were of the system as far as other businesses not complying yet … and they went out of their way to tell us that, and that was nice to hear.”
So far, the dealership has only brought back about a quarter of its sales staff, unsure of what the turnout would be, Corson added.
“There was a point on Saturday morning where I thought maybe we were going to be understaffed, and later that same morning it seemed … we had too many,” he said. “It flip-flopped very quickly, but in the end we had enough people to handle the crowds.”
During its weekend reopening, Sunflorist in Canyon Country, ran out of product for the first time in its 33 years.
“I think the only thing that held us back was the ability to get the product,” store manager Kimo Hernandez said, adding that many of their grower-direct flower deliveries from overseas were halted as planes were focusing primarily on essential deliveries.
Instead, the florists had to rely on local growers, such as those in Santa Barbara and San Diego.
Unlike a typical retail store, flowers are perishable, making the closures what Hernandez called a “double-edged sword,” but it’s the supply that Hernandez believes will drive up the price moving forward.
Still, the florists were able to fill all of the orders that had been placed, but the shop had to turn away some people who wanted to place orders, Hernandez added.
“Our sales actually exceeded last year’s sales,” he said, “so overall it was a good holiday for us, but we (usually) always have product left over.”
While some have been allowed to reopen, others, like Studio Prop Rentals, a full-service movie and television prop house based in Santa Clarita, have yet to find out when things will be allowed to restart.
“We have actually been totally shut down, and I think everyone in the movie industry that I know is in exactly the same boat,” owner Dick Kyker said. “So, it’s a struggle.”
Though he’s heard rumors they may begin allowing filming to restart in July, that would mean he wouldn’t start seeing payments again until August, leaving him to figure out things until then.
“My savings is probably half gone now, but I have a bunch of stocks that are part of my retirement, (and) if it comes down to it, I’ll sell them,” he added.
While he believes he can make it until then, Kyker knows there will be big changes to the industry when things are allowed to restart.
“They’re probably going to have to wear masks on the set and try to do as much social distancing as possible,” he added. “But as far as props, we don’t really get that close together with people, even when we’re filming. … We can certainly wear masks and stay apart.”
Through it all, Kyker remains positive. “I’m just wishing everyone out there good luck and that everybody stays safe and healthy.”


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As hard as it is to believe, Google’s Chromecast is turning one year old today. And, to celebrate the occasion, Google is tossing in 90 days of Google Play Music All access for anyone (in the U.S.) who owns a Chromecast and is not already subscribed to the music service. Available in starting today, July 24, 2014 through September 30, 2014, the promotion itself is worth $30; the app is one of our favorites to cast.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed the enterprise will not manufacture automobiles in India if the state does not let it to offer and assistance its electric powered motor vehicles.
When questioned by a Twitter person Friday if Tesla would be manufacturing a plant in India in the future, Musk claimed the go can’t occur under the country’s present regulations.
“Tesla will not place a manufacturing plant in any locale exactly where we are not permitted to start with to offer & service automobiles,” Musk tweeted.
The group Musk employed in India previous yr has due to the fact been instructed to target on the Center East and the more substantial Asia-Pacific marketplaces.
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Musk’s remarks arrive as the Indian govt has however to acknowledge his need to minimize import obligations on Tesla autos.
Indian leaders have produced multiple failed appeals for Musk to provide Tesla to India.
“Our request to him is to come to India and manufacture listed here. We have no difficulties. The sellers are accessible, we give all varieties of engineering and due to the fact of that, Musk can lower the charge,” Highway Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari mentioned through the Raisina Dialogue 2022 conference past month, in accordance to TribuneIndia.com.
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“India is a big market and delivers great export opportunities as well. Musk can export Tesla automobiles from India,” he additional.
Gadkari claimed in February that Musk must initial manufacture in India before Tesla cars can be pushed on the streets.
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Musk had tweeted in January that he could not release Tesla motor vehicles in India yet owing to “challenges with the governing administration.” And very last summer, the billionaire posted to Twitter that he would like to launch Teslas in India, but the country’s import responsibilities are “the maximum in the globe by far of any large region.”
India at present levies a 100% tax on imported autos costing far more than $40,000, inclusive of coverage and transport fees. Vehicles that price tag less than $40,000 encounter a 60% import tax.
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Cementing future investments will be the union’s No. 1 goal in 2016 Detroit Three contract talks, say Unifor officials.
“We are expecting to make gains for our members,” said Jerry Dias, national president of Unifor. “Our priority will be job security, there’s no question about that.
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“There will not be a settlement in Canada unless we can find a solution for General Motors in Oshawa, Ford in Windsor and a long-term commitment for (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’) plant in Brampton.”
Negotiations affecting 23,500 hourly workers at Ford, General Motors and FCA Canada aren’t expected to rev up until the summer, but Unifor officials appear to be tempering wage expectations to secure product investments on this side of the border.
“We will continue to do what is in the best interests of our workers, and we’ll talk to our workers because we know the expectations and what they look like,” said Dino Chiodo, president of Unifor Local 444, which represents 4,500 hourly workers at the Windsor Assembly Plant. “But at the same time, understand we have to be competitive to gain future investment and maintain job security for our members.”
Across the border, the Detroit Three successfully negotiated four-year contracts with the United Auto Workers, which represents more than 140,000 hourly workers at Detroit Three assembly plants. The agreements include pay hikes, signing bonuses and the elimination of the two-tier wage structure, which kept new hires on a permanent lower pay scale. Under the new deal, new hires reach wage parity with so-called legacy workers over eight years. The agreements also include investment and job commitments from the automakers.
Kristin Dziczek, director of labour and industry at the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Mich., said by the end of the new four-year deal all-in labour costs at Ford and GM will rise from $55 US an hour to $60 US an hour, while FCA’s goes from $47 to $56.
Currently, Canadian unionized workers enjoy a small labour cost competitive advantage, thanks in large part to the lower loonie. “At current exchange rates, our all-in active labour costs average slightly above $45 US,” said Jim Stanford, the union’s outgoing chief economist.
“Evidence is clear that the Canadian plants also have an average productivity and quality advantage, which should reinforce the benefits of investing in further capital spending and product mandates for their Canadian plants,” he said.
The negotiations will be held amid growing concerns about the future of auto manufacturing in Canada. Dennis DesRosiers, a Toronto-based auto industry analyst, has long warned that Canada is losing the battle over new capacity auto investment to lower-cost Mexico and the U.S. south. While Mexico is expected to continue to increase auto production over the next two decades, Canada’s industry could lose half of its current manufacturing footprint, said DesRosiers.
Mexico, which currently builds about one in five North American-produced vehicles, is expected to build one in four by 2020.
“We have closed nine plants in Canada. There’s 10 still open with the Oshawa consolidated line scheduled to close in 2017, ” DesRosiers said. “When it closes, we will have lost half of our vehicle manufacturing capacity, and our ability to get greenfield is near zero. And we’re doing little to hang on to what we have. Sometime between 2020 and 2030 we lose another three to four plants, and some time between 2030 and 2050 we have none.”
Compounding the challenges facing Canada’s auto industry are trade deals, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which has drawn opposition from Unifor as well as the Detroit Three carmakers. They argue provisions which will eliminate the 6.1 per cent import duty on Japanese vehicles over five years will put the automakers at a competitive disadvantage.
“I’m concerned, very concerned,” said FCA Canada CEO Reid Bigland, who echoed industry demands for parity with the United States when it comes to the time frame for dropping import tariffs on Japanese vehicles. The U.S. secured a 25-year schedule for passenger cars and 30 years for trucks.
Unifor has the benefit of starting contract talks after the UAW in the U.S., noted Chiodo.
“This gives us an opportunity to go back and study how their strategy worked, what the benefits were for their members and how that plays into a competitive advantage or disadvantage to us and how we place ourselves strategically going into bargaining in 2016,” he said.


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GEORGE EUSTICE: Wasting food damages our planet – we ALL have a duty to keep it out of the bin
Nobody wants to see good food go to waste. Yet, as a country, we waste 1.2 million tomatoes a day. We throw away 3.1 million glasses worth of milk and we waste 920,000 bananas.
These numbers are shocking, and made all the worse by the untold damage that our wastefulness is doing to our environment.
Those 1.2 million tomatoes we throw away every day generate 113,000 tons of CO2 emissions – through the labour that goes into seeding, the watering, the fertiliser, the harvesting and the transport.
If everyone threw away no food for one day, it would do the same for tackling climate change as taking 14,000 cars off the road for a whole year. Picture: Stock
Over a year, saving your tomatoes and the resources put into producing them would do the same for climate change as planting 1.8 million trees.
If everyone threw away no food for one day, it would do the same for tackling climate change as taking 14,000 cars off the road for a whole year.
That is why I am backing The Mail on Sunday’s campaign to encourage everyone to keep food on our plates and out of the bin.
We all have a role to play – including the Government. As part of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals, we have committed to halving the UK’s per capita food waste by 2030 compared with the levels of waste in 2007.
We are also supporting the Courtauld Commitment, set up by the charity Waste and Resources Action Programme, which is a voluntary agreement between organisations across the food system aiming to reduce per capita UK food waste.
I am pleased to support organisations such as Fareshare, which redistributes surplus food from producers, manufacturers and retailers to charities and community groups that produce meals for the vulnerable.
Those 1.2 million tomatoes we throw away every day generate 113,000 tons of CO2 emissions. Picture: Stock
In the past year, the work done by Fareshare to help those struggling to access food during the pandemic has been remarkable.
We have provided various grants to these organisations, including £3 million to help small redistributors getting surplus food from local shops to the doorstep.
Of course, as consumers we all have a role to play. Simple actions, such as storing food correctly and putting food that you won’t eat before the ‘use by’ date in the freezer where possible, can make a big difference. We should also treat ‘best before’ as a guide rather than a rule.
Our Food Surplus and Waste Champion, Ben Elliot, has been a real driving force in helping ensure that surplus food is given to those who need it.
To help get the message to families and to help them make positive changes, we’ve supported the successful Love Food Hate Waste campaign, which aims to empower consumers to waste less.
George Eustice (pictured) is backing The Mail on Sunday’s campaign to encourage everyone to keep food on our plates and out of the bin
I want us to do all that we can to help. We are stepping up our proposals for consistent recycling collections in England, and from 2023 we will start the process of rolling out separate, weekly food waste collections to all households in England.
We will consult this year on introducing regulations to make larger businesses report the volume of food waste they produce.
By ensuring that businesses are measuring and publicly reporting their food waste, we expect to drive real action to reduce it.
If food waste were a country, it would have the third-biggest carbon footprint after the US and China.
We have a duty to minimise the amount of food that we throw away, and by making modest changes to our everyday lives we can make a huge difference.


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Arc Boat Company’s fully electric Arc Sport model gets four to six hours of typical use on a single charge.
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Arc Boat Company began sales of its second electric boat model in just three years this week. The new $258,000 Arc Sport was designed for wake sports enthusiasts and follows the company’s earlier Arc One, a limited-edition luxury cruiser.
While the startup produced fewer than two dozen of those earlier boats, it is gearing up for continuous production of the new model, which it unveiled on Tuesday.
The 23 foot Arc Sport can carry up to 15 people at a time. It boasts a large battery with enough power to last for four to six hours and has a top speed of 40 miles per hour. At its price, it will compete with high-end models sold by traditional boat makers such as Nautique, MasterCraft and Malibu.
Arc is one of a handful of promising startups aiming to electrify boating for sports and leisure including GM-backed Pure Watercraft and Stockholm-based X Shore.
Traditional fuel-burning boats contribute to significant environmental problems including noise pollution, smog and water pollution that is visible floating on the water around them.
Arc co-founder and CEO Mitch Lee said he spent his younger years water skiing, kneeboarding and wakeboarding on the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta near Stockton, California, and always noticed the stench of burning diesel at marinas and runoff from engines.
He wanted to do something to reduce the negative effects of these sports and partnered with a former SpaceX engineer, Ryan Cook, who is now the chief technology officer at Arc, to make that, and a “better boating experience,” a reality.
Arc’s leadership team also includes veterans of boating, automotive and transportation companies including Tesla, Rivian, Lyft, Brunswick and MarineMax, which helped the EV boat maker convince investors their designs and technology could work.
About $110 million in early-stage funding for Arc was raised from a mix of celebrity angel investors and venture capital firms including the National Basketball Association’s Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson; actor Will Smith; and venture capital funds Andreessen Horowitz, Eclipse Ventures and Menlo Ventures, among others.
Arc was able to design and start building its fully electric boats within a relatively short time frame, under three years, because the automotive industry had already invested years and billions of dollars building up a supply chain for components that go into electric vehicles, Lee said.
Buying components from trusted suppliers, rather than creating many from scratch like electric auto manufacturers Tesla and Rivian had to do in their earliest days, made it possible to get from concept to the dock in a few years rather than in a decade, the CEO emphasized.
Arc plans to begin deliveries of its new battery electric Arc Sport to customers this year.
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New Delhi: Amazon on Monday faced the ire of a section of Indian social media users over merchandising some products, including apparel and food items, that feature images of the Indian flag, with some saying that using the tricolour in such a way was an insult and a violation of the country's flag code.
In a late evening statement, Amazon said it remains committed to take necessary action against sellers who may have listed any non-compliant products.
Netizens shared pictures of items like apparel, cups, keychains and chocolates that feature images or imprint of the tricolour on Amazon.in website, and sought a ban on these items. Hashtags like #AmazonInsultsNationalFlag were trending on Twitter.
When contacted, Amazon said Amazon.in is an online marketplace where third-party sellers offer products for sale directly to customers, and as such are responsible for ensuring compliances associated with the sale of these products.
"We require all products offered on the marketplace to comply with applicable laws and constantly take appropriate action on non-compliance. Amazon remains committed to take necessary action against sellers who may have listed any non-compliant products," the company said.
Some social media users noted that using the tricolour on products is against the Flag Code Of India, 2002.
A section of the social media users said such usage is an insult to the national flag while others pointed out that it was a cheap method of increasing sales and that this will not increase the patriotism of Indian citizens.
"The flag shall not be used as a portion of costume or uniform of any description. It shall not be embroidered or printed upon cushions, handkerchiefs, napkins or boxes," as per the Code.
This is not the first time that Amazon is facing such a backlash. In 2017, Amazon was forced to remove doormats depicting Indian flag that were listed on its Canadian website after a strong protest by India.


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Brides, Glamour, Cosmopolitan and Reader's Digest...
Timothy O’Brien has joined Bloomberg View as publisher. O’Brien was previously executive editor at The Huffington Post.
Frommer’s has named Jason Cochran as its new editor-in-chief. Cochran joins the publication from AOL Travel where he was an executive editor.
Katie Drummond joins The Verge as editor of Verge Science. Drummond was formerly a reporter at Wired.
Brides has named Lauren Iannotti as executive editor. Ianotti joins the magazine from Glamour, where she was a deputy articles editor.
Glamour has named Simone Kitchens as deputy beauty editor. Kitchens was formerly a senior beauty editor at The Huffington Post.
Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg has been named as an executive producer at The Atlantic. She was previously an associate editor with the company.
Robert Rufino has been named interiors editor at Elle Décor. Rufino joins the magazine from Architectural Digest, where he served in the same role.
Melissa Post has been named executive fashion director, advertising at Cosmopolitan. Post was previously the executive fashion director at Real Simple.
The Association of Magazine Media (MPA) has promoted Ethan Grey to senior vice presient of digital strategy and initiatives. Grey was previously vice president of digital at MPA.
Deanne Hess Kaczerski has been named Web director at Marie Claire. She was previously site director at Elle.com and RealBeauty.com.
Meredith has named Laura Rowley as vice president of video production and product. Rowley was formerly an executive producer at The Huffington Post.
Krista Lanphier is now an associate food editor at Reader’s Digest. Lanphier was previously a book editor at the company.
Penton has named Peggy Schecter as strategic sales director. Schecter was formerly an advertising sales manager at Synacor Portal Group.


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Igus exceeds one billion in sales
21.11.2022 - The Cologne industrial company achieved a ten-digit turnover for the first time at the beginning of the carnival
One billion euros in sales: This goal, which the Cologne-based plastics company igus had set for 2020 for the first time, has now been achieved two years later, despite the corona pandemic - and right on time for the start of the Cologne Carnival on November 11th.
The next goals have already been set: by 2025, in-house production is to become climate-neutral, and by 2030 igus wants to look after one million active customers.
At igus it all started in a garage. Margret and Günter Blase founded the company igus in 1964. Today, igus supports around 188,000 customers from over 50 industries worldwide and employs over 4,500 people at 31 locations.


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Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Amazon seeks drone dudes and more in the UK; BT lands Indian broadcast contract; Orange invests in Android-based transaction system; BlackBerry sues Nokia.
Deutsche Telekom AG (NYSE: DT) is extending and enhancing its white-label smart home offering, Qivicon. The service is now available to telcos and others in Slovakia and Norway, and includes devices from Centralite, which sells smart plugs, motion sensors and more, and Sengled, which offers "intelligent" lighting. The German giant clearly believes the smart home is where it's at: Only last week it announced that it had done a deal with Amazon which brought Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN)'s Alexa voice-controlled assistant into the Qivicon fold. (See Deutsche Telekom Unveils White Label Smart Home Solution.)
Talking of Amazon, the online retail behemoth is creating 5,000 new jobs in the UK -- and not all of them crummily paid ones in warehouses. As the Daily Telegraph reports, more than 1,500 of the new positions will be based at its development centers in Cambridge, Edinburgh and London, where Amazon folk work on a range of innovations, including the aforesaid Alexa and its embryonic drone delivery service, Prime Air.
The UK's Intellectual Property Office has helped broker an agreement between the creative industries and search engines that, it hopes, will go some way to stopping consumers making use of file-sharing websites that break content copyright rules. All parties concerned have signed up to a voluntary code of practice on issue, which comes into force immediately.
Orange Digital Ventures has chipped in for the third round of fundraising by Famoco, a developer of Android-based transaction systems. Famoco, which claims to have more than 100,000 devices deployed in more than 30 countries, hopes to raise €11 million (US$11.6 million) from Orange (NYSE: FTE) and others to help it open new offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
BT Media & Broadcast, BT Group plc (NYSE: BT; London: BTA)'s media services business, has been chosen by Indian broadcaster Viacom18 to distribute its flagship Colors channel to Sky TV subscribers in the UK in HD. BT will manage the uplink and downlink of the signal to and from the broadcast satellite.
Orange and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. have signed a partnership agreement to collaborate on 5G and "cloudification." Areas coming in for joint scrutiny will include Massive MIMO, network slicing and virtual reality.
Light Reading is spending much of this year digging into the details of how automation technology will impact the comms market, but let's take a moment to also look at how automation is set to overturn the current world order by the middle of the century.
Understanding the full experience of women in technology requires starting at the collegiate level (or sooner) and studying the technologies women are involved with, company cultures they're part of and personal experiences of individuals.
During this WiC radio show, we will talk with Nicole Engelbert, the director of Research & Analysis for Ovum Technology and a 23-year telecom industry veteran, about her experiences and perspectives on women in tech. Engelbert covers infrastructure, applications and industries for Ovum, but she is also involved in the research firm's higher education team and has helped colleges and universities globally leverage technology as a strategy for improving recruitment, retention and graduation performance.
She will share her unique insight into the collegiate level, where women pursuing engineering and STEM-related degrees is dwindling. Engelbert will also reveal new, original Ovum research on the topics of artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, security and augmented reality, as well as discuss what each of those technologies might mean for women in our field. As always, we'll also leave plenty of time to answer all your questions live on the air and chat board.


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LONDON (Reuters) -A minimum of three personal fairness teams armed with overseas money have lined as much as do battle over Morrisons, a British grocery store with an enormous property portfolio and a cope with Amazon that would assist scale-up its lagging on-line providing.
Curiosity within the chain, which has just lately notched up market share in Britain’s cut-throat grocery enterprise, partly displays personal fairness’s new-found ardour for UK Plc, because the nation rebounds sooner than anticipated from Brexit and the COVID-19 disaster.
But Britain’s No. 4 grocer could provide extra potential than some rivals. Alongside an enormous property portfolio and robust money era, Morrisons provides Amazon Prime members with same-day meals deliveries.
‘Morrisons on Amazon’ now accounts for over 10% of gross sales within the majority of Morrisons shops the place it’s provided. The tie-up helps a sequence that has been a laggard within the booming on-line market. And that alliance provides to the attraction for a purchaser.
New York-based Apollo stated on Monday it was weighing a suggestion for the chain, which started 122 years in the past as a market stall within the northern English metropolis of Bradford.
Its curiosity was introduced after a bunch led by Fortress, owned by Japan’s SoftBank, agreed phrases for an $8.7 billion provide. Final month, an unsolicited proposal from U.S. group Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) was rejected.
The Amazon deal dates again to 2016, when the world’s greatest retailer linked up with Morrisons to achieve a foothold in Britain, the world’s second-biggest marketplace for on-line meals retail.
Morrisons is exclusive amongst British supermarkets in making half of the recent meals it sells, so it might probably present wholesale provides to Amazon, whereas additionally packing orders that the U.S. on-line big delivers to its Amazon Prime prospects.
The deal has sparked hypothesis that Amazon might purchase Morrisons to turbocharge its personal providing in Britain’s meals enterprise, a fiercely aggressive sector price 212 billion kilos ($294 billion) a 12 months.
However one investor in British supermarkets, who requested to not be named, stated Amazon would nonetheless should make a case for such a acquisition. “If I used to be an Amazon shareholder I’d wish to know why that’s preferable to among the different issues they may spend their cash on,” he stated.
Amazon, which declined to remark, has beforehand stated it stored its choices for investments in Britain underneath overview. It already owns 12.6% of British takeaway supply agency Deliveroo.
The Morrisons battle is a part of a broader revaluation of British property, weighed down for years by uncertainty about Britain’s exit from the European Union however with the outlook now clearer after new commerce preparations started in January.
The world’s high personal fairness teams, flush with money after largely sitting out the pandemic when markets had been unstable, now consider they will value property, even with restricted visibility on the restoration. And Britain, they consider, is wanting low cost.
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London-listed firms are undervalued in comparison with U.S. and European friends, with the FTSE 100 buying and selling on common at 13 instances the 12-month ahead earnings of its firms, whereas the S&P500 trades at 21 instances and the STOXX 600 at 17 instances.
Merger and acquisitions hit a document excessive within the seven-months to July 5, with offers price $181.7 billion concentrating on British companies, Refinitiv information confirmed. Offers led by personal fairness companies to take British companies personal surged to an all-time peak of $27.7 billion, after plunging to a document low of $1.1 billion in the identical interval final 12 months amid the depths of the COVID disaster.
The race for Morrisons started three months after personal fairness group TDR with buyers Zuber and Mohsin Issa accomplished their buy of Asda, the UK’s No. 3 grocery store.
Asda’s new homeowners merged its petrol stations with their present gasoline enterprise and offered distribution property to actual property buyers to assist finance the deal.
Morrisons had free money circulate of 238 million kilos within the monetary 12 months earlier than the pandemic, which personal fairness tends to worth greater than public markets.
As well as, the acquirer of Morrisons, which owns 85% of its practically 500 shops, might look to promote and lease again property to generate money after a deal goes by way of.
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However such a method may not win a broad welcome.
“If an acquirer makes sturdy returns this could come from making the corporate a greater enterprise,” stated Andrew Koch, senior fund supervisor at Authorized & Normal Funding Administration, Morrisons’ No. 8 shareholder in response to Refinitiv information.
“It mustn’t come from shopping for its property portfolio too cheaply, levering the corporate up with debt, and probably lowering the tax paid to the Exchequer,” he stated, including Morrisons ought to declare the worth of its shops and distribution centres.
Britain’s opposition Labour Celebration and unions have already voiced issues a couple of hit to jobs and funding, though a spokesman for Britain’s Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson has stated takeover proposals had been a industrial matter.
Fortress, whose provide has been beneficial to shareholders by the Morrisons board, has pledged to retain the grocery store’s headquarters, administration and technique. It additionally stated materials retailer sale or leaseback transactions weren’t deliberate.
Britain’s farmers union stated it was inspired.
Morrison’s fifteenth largest investor abrdn, previously Commonplace Life Aberdeen, described the Fortress provide of 254 pence a share as “good worth”. However the grocery store’s No. 10 shareholder JO Hambro desires nearer 270p.
Buyers might be examined on their commitments to good governance had been one other suitor to supply a better value with out giving commitments on jobs, debt ranges, funding or property.
($1 = 0.7209 kilos)
(Further reporting by Carolyn Cohn, Pamela Barbaglia and Simon Jessop; Enhancing by Edmund Blair)


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Retail sales increased in April, led by online, consumer electronics stores and home improvement outlets.
Retail sales in April increased 0.3% seasonally adjusted over March and 3% unadjusted year-over-year, the National Retail Federation said on Friday. The number, which exclude automobiles, gasoline stations and restaurants, was below expectations.
When looking at business lines, performance in April was driven by online and other non-store retailers, electronics stores, and building materials and supplies. On a three-month moving average, retail sales have grown 2.6% year-over-year, according to the NRF.
“While the interplay between consumer confidence and spending is difficult to gauge, retail sales trends and recent consumer sentiment readings are consistent with a pickup in the pace of the economy in the coming months,” NRF chief economist Jack Kleinhenz said. “The housing recovery has been an important variable in consumers’ willingness to spend. Low retail price inflation has continued, drawing in shoppers but providing heartburn to the bottom line for many retailers.”
In a separate report on Friday, the Labor Department said its Consumer Price Index rose 0.2% after dropping 0.3% in March. The rise in prices suggested that March's drop, which was the first in 13 months, was an aberration, according to Reuters.
Specific findings of the NRF report include:
• Online and other non-store sales increased 1.4% seasonally adjusted over March and increased 9.4% unadjusted year-over-year.
• Sales at clothing and accessories stores decreased 0.5% seasonally adjusted from March but increased 1.7% unadjusted year-over-year.
• Sales at general merchandise stores decreased 0.5% seasonally adjusted over March but increased 0.8% year-over-year.
• Electronics and appliances stores’ sales increased 1.3% seasonally adjusted over March but decreased 0.1% unadjusted year-over-year.
• Furniture and home furnishings stores’ sales decreased 0.5% seasonally adjusted from March but increased 0.9% unadjusted year-over-year.
• Sales at building materials and supplies stores increased 1.2% seasonally adjusted from March and increased 5.7 percent unadjusted year-over-year.
• Sporting goods stores’ sales increased 0.6% seasonally adjusted from March but decreased 3.3% unadjusted year-over-year.
• Sales at health and personal care stores increased 0.8% seasonally adjusted over March but decreased 0.6% unadjusted year-over-year.


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After surpassing advertising earnings nearly 15 years ago, subscriptions remain the top source of revenue for the television industry in the UK, according to Ofcom estimates. Growth in this arena remains strong and consistent, though online profit is accelerating at a breakneck pace.
In 2018, TV revenue from subscriptions stood around GBP£6.37 billion (USD$7.9bb). Online television revenue climbed to £2.64 billion, surpassing earnings from publicly funded sources for the first time. Taking a more expansive view of that growth, profit from subscriptions has increased by 4.77 percent over the past six years, while online earnings for TV has expanded by 450 per cent. Advertising revenue has largely flatlined for the better part of the past 15 years, falling to £3.81 billion ($4.8bn) last year.
The dominance and expansion of both subscription and online revenue streams for TV speak to the direction the industry is moving in. Both rely on a wide array of content that is easily accessible to keep viewers coming back. Subscription revenue data points include on-demand video, like cable. VOD provides a wider array of content to viewers as opposed to set programmed television times.
Major gains in online earnings fall into a similar pattern. Over-the-top (OTT) options provide streaming services, such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, and are the logical next step for the successful development of TV. OTT services continue the VOD trend, offering even more direct access.
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High Level Discussions at Arab Ministerial Forum
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Showcasing Qatar’s Current and Upcoming Offerings
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Since the Android 10’s release last September, many Android devices have been waiting for the latest operating system’s update. And in October, OnePlus announced that the Android 10 update will be coming to the OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T devices in November.
The Chinese phone manufacturer has been true to its word, it started rolling out the Android 10 update on Friday, November 1st for the 6T. Also, it officially announced the release via the forums on Saturday.
OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T gets the latest Android 10 update
Last year’s OnePlus phones have seen several beta builds of the Android 10 prior to its official release. And finally, these devices will now get a stable build.
The latest Android 10 has finally been made available to OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T starting November 1st. Considering that most 2019 smartphones do not even have the Android 10 yet, this is pretty much a big deal.
However, the OnePlus 6 hit a small delay due to an issue with the fingerprint sensor. Luckily, the issue has been resolved right away allowing the update to begin rolling out today. Mind you, updates for OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T are rolling out gradually to users.
Android 10 brings in new and exciting features
In the update, OnePlus 6 and 6T users will get updated user-interface elements, improved location permission controls for privacy, and a new customization area over colors and icons and theme. Users will also see Google’s Android 10-specific features in their OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T devices.
Android 10 brings in new gestures for navigation as well as a more contextual Ambient Display, although it is still not always-on for some reason. Included are also some OnePlus-specific features such as Game Space, Contextual display, and the ability to block spam keywords in the Messages app.
Below is the complete changelog for more info:
- Upgraded to Android 10
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- General bug fixes and improvements
- Full-Screen Gestures
- Added inward swipes from the left or right edge of the screen to go back
- Added a bottom navigation bar to allow switching left or right for recent apps
- Game Space
- New Game Space feature now joins all your favorite games in one place for easier access and better gaming experience
- Contextual Display
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- Now possible to block spam by keywords for Message (Messages – Spam – Settings – Blocking settings)
Android 10 now available for your OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T phones
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