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In a huge merger on Thursday, reports suggest that U.S. retail giant Walmart Inc has signed a deal to acquire 73% of controlling stakes of Indian e-retail company Flipkart - a deal that will likely prompt the exit of Flipkart's co-founder Sachin Bansal.
A $20 billion valuation for Flipkart would be substantially higher than the $12 billion mark it hit a year ago.
Reuters reported in February here that it was in talks to purchase a stake of over 40 percent in Flipkart, which is backed by the likes of SoftBank Group, Tiger Global, eBay, Accel Partners, Naspers, Tencent Holdings and Microsoft Corp.
The goal of the move is to regain its status of a private limited company in Singapore ahead of investment by Walmart. The deal is expected to close within 10 days, though terms could still change and a deal isn't certain.
The deal with Walmart, involving primary and secondary shares, is expected to value Flipkart at about United States dollars 20 billion, they added.
People familiar with the negotiations told TOIWalmart wants to retain only one of the two founders as they fine-tune the deal.
American department store Walmart may well be facing competition from Amazon in its bid for majority ownership of Flipkart, Amazon's biggest rival in India.
Two years ago, Amazon already approached Flipkart with an offer ultimately deemed too low for a 51 to 55% stake in the company.
The deal is not likely to go through as it could result in close scrutiny as the merged entity would have the major share of growing online retail market. The world's largest retailer has struggled against Amazon as consumers increase their spending on the Internet. Flipkart, Walmart and Google didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. The US retail conglomerate is tipped to spend at least $14.6 billion, and as much as $16 billion, in the cash-and-stock buyout of the Indian e-commerce company. Founder Jeff Bezos has committed $5.5 billion (roughly Rs. 36,800 crores) to the country and his local chief, Amit Agarwal, has made progress by adapting the site to local conditions.
However, citing resources, the report said that Binny Bansal might stay in the firm after the Walmart takeover.
Walmart is now seeking a bigger stake than previously expected.
Trainer Todd Pletcher has four entrants, including contenders Magnum Moon and Audible, but he's not a smart pick, either. Current Saints' owner Gayle Benson will reportedly be in attendance to watch Lone Sailor between Pelicans playoff games.
She was pulled back in, but died at a Philadelphia hospital from blunt trauma to her head, neck and torso, according to CNN. Passenger Jennifer Riordan , a mother of two, was killed when she was partially sucked out of the plane .
Besides Agra, three persons died in Bijnore, two in Saharanpur and one each in Bareilly, Chitrakoot, Rae Bareli and Unnao. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted his condolences and said the states have been offered help to deal with the crisis.
Student Laura Shahverdyan, 22, said the country was united in its demand that the Republican Party's rule must end. He is the only candidate for prime minister, but the chamber is controlled by the Sargsyan's ruling party.
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Showers and thunderstorms are forecasted to continue through the night, with winds gusting as high as 20 miles per hour . The Storm Prediction Center lists the severe risk for Thursday and Thursday night as "slight" as far south as Texarkana.
She added that cervical screening is absolutely essential for women in Ireland and encouraged people to continue going for smears. Mr Harris also announced he would appoint an worldwide panel of clinical experts to review the cases of all the women involved.
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Reports state that the us envoy is still in police custody, awaiting the verification and confirmation of diplomatic immunity. The area police immediately reached the spot and rushed both the injured to the PIMS Hospital for medical treatment.
Sensex Edges Lower, Nifty Near 10700; IndiGo Shares Slump 7%
At 9:18 am, the Sensex was trading at 35,024, down 78 points, while the broader Nifty50 was ruling at 10,652, down 27 points. Asian stock markets were broadly lower ahead of anxiously-awaited Sino-US trade talks, due to kick off later in the day.
Kolkata hosts Chennai today at The Eden Gardens
Still a lot to do, the Knight Riders did not let this slip away as opener Chris Lynn stuck on till the end to get the job done. They have looked good in patches so far and against a formidable side in CSK , the men in purple will have their task cut out.
House painter discovers couple killed in Bucks County home
Investigators believe they were murdered sometime overnight, and that the killer had stolen Tyler Roy's 2016 Ford Edge SUV. It's unclear if the Roy's were friends with Mooney, though at this point authorities believe there was no relationship.
Trump's lawyer in Russian Federation probe replaced
With White House lawyer Ty Cobb announcing he plans to retire at the end of the month, so begins another round of shakeups. He also said it is "an open question" if Mueller could compel Trump to testify. "But the gloves may be coming off".
Amazon continues to expand outside of Washington state
Since 2011, Amazon has invested more than $400 million in the city, adding corporate offices and fulfilment centers. Amazon plans to bring thousands of tech jobs to Boston as part of a major expansion into the Seaport District.
Capitals hold on to lead this time, beat Penguins in Game 2
And even if they could stifle Crosby's efforts, the Flyers just couldn't contain the explosiveness of winger Jake Guentzel . The Pittsburgh Penguins are averaging 3.3 goals per game and are scoring on 26.2 percent of their power play opportunities.
Sharks' Kane suspended 1 game for cross-check
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High-end high street supermarket Waitrose is to remove best before dates on nearly 500 fresh products including root vegetables, lettuce and fruit and an attempt to cut food waste.
Some of the fruits include shopping basket staples such as oranges, apples, pears and grapes and vegetables will include mushrooms, peppers and leeks along with other products ranges.
The retailer will also remove best before dates on indoor plants to give them more longevity on its shelves to encourage customers to use their own judgement.
Marija Rompani, director of sustainability and ethics at Waitrose parent company the John Lewis Partnership said: “Food waste continues to be a major issue and in the UK alone 70% of all food wasted is by people in their own homes. UK households throw away 4.5 millions tonnes of edible food every year, meaning that all the energy and resources used in food production is wasted.
“By removing best before dates from our products, we want our customers to use their own judgement to decide whether a product is good to eat or not.”
Waitrose said that in the UK, best before dates are designed to showcase food quality for customers, rather than safety with ‘best before’ very different to ‘use by’ on packaging.
Use by dates will still be in place across the supermarket’s products for safety.
Catherine David, director of collaboration and change at wate reductio charity WRAP said: “Best Before dates on fruit and veg are unnecessary and create food waste because they get in the way of people using their judgement when food is still good to eat.”

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Due to the devastating second Covid-19 wave, several manufacturers have extended the warranties of their products. At the same time, periodic service schedules too have been extended. Now KTM India has followed suit and has extended warranties as well as periodic service schedules till July 31, 2021. This is applicable for all those vehicles whose scheduled services as well as warranties were till May 31, 2021. Due to the curfew and lockdown situation in a majority of the states and the understanding that vehicle owners are supposed to stay inside their homes and not go outside, the warranties have been extended. The warranty extension is also applicable on Husqvarna products, two of which are currently sold in the Indian market – Svartpilen 250 and Vitpilen 250.
Commenting on the initiative, Sumeet Narang, President, Bajaj Auto (Probiking) said, “Due to the second wave of the pandemic, various states have announced lockdowns and we are aware that customers may struggle to get their vehicles serviced on time, or avail warranty benefits that may have expired during this period. Hence, we have rolled out two months warranty and service extension across all KTM and Husqvarna models.”
KTM India, in other news, will be looking to introduce the all-new RC390. The motorcycle has been spotted on multiple occasions internationally. It is likely by the year-end, the bike could be in our markets. It will be made at the Bajaj plant in Chakan. Husqvarna in the meanwhile will be using the Bajaj Chetak platform and making its own EVs. The first concept we saw was in the form of the Vektorr concept. While the Vektorr had a limited range and top speed, it is likely that in production form there could be a big change. This EV could be launched in India sometime next year, once the international unveil happens. Expect it to be costlier than the Bajaj product by a smidgen.
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Much like photography itself, Shutterbug magazine is turning its focus to digital.
Today, UK-based AVTech Media announced it is ceasing Shutterbug magazine’s print edition after 45 years in order to pour more resources into its website, citing a seven-fold increase in digital traffic over the last four years. Despite a circulation of nearly 100,000 readers, the cost of production and slipping ad revenues evidently called for a strategic shift.
“Shutterbug magazine had a great run, but the media landscape has changed dramatically in the last four-plus decades, and we felt now was the time for Shutterbug to become a dynamic, web-only publication,” said editor-in-chief Dan Havlik said in a statement. “Shutterbug.com has grown dramatically in recent years with record traffic and expanded reach to photographers around the world. We can now dedicate all our resources to further growing our online presence and expanding our video, social media, mobile and e-commerce channels.”
Shutterbug isn’t the first legacy photography magazine in recent memory to call it quits. Popular Photography closed its doors in March of 2017 after an 80-year run. But unlike Popular Photography, which shuttered outright, Shutterbug is confident that it can carry on through digital.
Of course, just what that dramatic increase in traffic translates to in real numbers is unclear. Nevertheless, the company is confident that its website will create a sustainable business and plans to add more content to the site to keep users engaged.


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Drizly isn’t here to disrupt the three-tier system. Rather, as Cory Rellas, the COO of the booze-to-your door delivery app tells it, the company operates in the name of “accelerating the status quo.”
Drizly works like this: a legal drinking age consumer pulls up the app on their smartphone or computer, places an order for alcohol, and one of the company’s retail partners delivers it directly.
“We don’t touch money and we don’t touch alcohol, so at the end of the day we can say we’re not part of the alcohol industry,” said Rellas during a talk at the Brewbound Session in Chicago last week. “We don’t take a percentage of sales. It’s all about not being a part of that transaction.”
Instead, Drizly aims to add value to the space by propagating mobile e-commerce, a digital marketplace that has become entrenched in other industries but has yet to take root in the alcohol category, according to Rellas. It’s a simple enough model, though Rellas sees it adding tremendous value to all three tiers of the industry.
For retailers, Rellas told the Brewbound Session audience of nearly 200 that the proposition is an easy one.
“We’re bringing incremental profit, incremental consumers of a kind they wouldn’t get in the store,” he said. “The mix of product selection due to who we’re attracting, the average order size is three to four times higher – these are profitable consumers that any store would want to have.”
Rellas added that distributors could take solace in the fact that the company seeks to open up a new lane to the consumer.
“We’re three-tier compliant,” he said. “You’re in a $100 billion off-premise alcohol industry and only 1 percent of that, maybe 2 percent is e-commerce related. I’d like to think that’s going to 10 to 12 percent.”
For suppliers, Drizly presents many opportunities. “One, we know a lot about our consumers,” he said. “For the first time, you can control how your product is merchandised on a digital shelf. For the first time, you have the ability to influence the consumer at the point of sale in a three-tier compliant way.”
To date, he said the company has been most simpatico with craft brands on the beer side because they launch in new markets similarly.
“We are fighting to establish capacity, distribution and consumer awareness in a way that makes sense for all parties involved,” he said.
He did add, however, that it could make sense for Drizly to eventually partner with the likes of a Anheuser-Busch InBev or a MillerCoors-type supplier on future consumer engagement initiatives.
Drizly is currently only available in 17 cities, works with nearly 200 retail partners and is boasting around 30,000 downloads a month, according to Rellas.
Looking ahead, he said the company plans to build out “the largest and most sophisticated” retail partner network of any e-commerce booze delivery service, continue to improve the app’s technological function to make delivery “efficient, reliable, and profitable,” and drive consumer awareness through marketing.
To that end, Rellas noted that there has been a shift from physical to digital advertising, with some of the heavy hitters in the beer industry allocating more and more of their resources to developing a digital platform.
That nexus between a digital shift in attitude and open roads ahead leaves Rellas optimistic about the future of e-commerce as it relates to alcohol.
“I don’t know exactly where that can take us, but I can tell you I’m optimistic it’s big enough to continue trudging along.”
Video of Rellas’ talk can be played above. Complete video playback from every Brewbound Session Chicago presentation can be found on the Brewbound Youtube channel in the coming days.


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The very first images of Google's rumored Nexus 10 tablet surfaced on Friday, proving above all else there is no company safe from pre-release leaks of
Rumored for quite some time, the Nexus 10 is believed to be Google's next step in the ongoing battle with Apple for tablet dominance.
After the success of the Nexus 7 tablet, Apple sought to take charge of the smaller tablet market by introducing the iPad Mini on Oct. 23.
Now it appears Google is about to do the same thing back to Apple during its upcoming Oct. 29 Android event.
Samsung built, Android powered
Unlike the Nexus 7 tablet, which is built by Asus, the Nexus 10 in the leaked photos is Samsung constructed.
The 10.1-inch tablet reportedly pictured would also include a dual-core 1.7GHz Samsung Exynos 5250 processor, along with 2GB RAM and 16GB storage.
The Nexus 10 is also rumored to come with a Super AMOLED screen with 2560 x 1600 resolution, which would put the device's 298.9 pixels per inch well over the Apple Retina's 264 ppi.
Additionally, the new images reveal the Nexus 10 running what appears to be Android 4.2, which looks to be a scaled-up version of Jelly Bean.
The images match up rather closely with those seen in a leaked Nexus 10 instruction manual, giving these photos some credence.
Deja vu all over again
These photos are only the latest in a long line of reports indicating Google's Nexus 10 tablet would be real.
Earlier on Friday, photos believed to have been taken with the Nexus 10 appeared on Picassa courtesy of Google executive Vic Gundotra.
A rumored internal Google video also shed a bit of light on the possibility of a Nexus 10, along with a Nexus 4 and 3G Nexus 7.
The Nexus 10 is all but confirmed at this point, but there's still no price or release date information anywhere.
Its addition to the tablet marketplace after the launch of Microsoft's Surface and Apple's iPad mini and fourth-gen iPad will surely give consumers plenty of options this holiday season.
TechRadar will be on hand reporting living from Google's event Monday, so be sure to check back in to get the latest on all of Google's announcements.
Via The Verge, Brief Mobile


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Best Buy Co. Director Sells $6,466,500 in Stock (BBY)
Best Buy Co. (NYSE:BBY) Director Allen Lenzmeier sold 150,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $43.11, for a total transaction of $6,466,500.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 6,327 shares in the company, valued at approximately $272,757. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link.
Several analysts have recently commented on the stock. Analysts at Oppenheimer upgraded shares of Best Buy Co. from a “market perform” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note to investors on Thursday, October 17th. They now have a $50.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $41.60. Separately, analysts at Bank of America Corp. reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Best Buy Co. in a research note to investors on Wednesday, October 16th. They now have a $38.00 price target on the stock. Finally, analysts at Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on shares of Best Buy Co. to $48.00 in a research note to investors on Wednesday, October 16th. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and twenty have assigned a buy rating to the stock. The company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $40.78.
Shares of Best Buy Co. (NYSE:BBY) traded down 1.23% on Wednesday, hitting $42.55. The stock had a trading volume of 4,283,967 shares. Best Buy Co. has a 1-year low of $11.20 and a 1-year high of $38.56. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $33.58 and a 200-day moving average of $27.29. The company’s market cap is $14.531 billion.
Best Buy Co. (NYSE:BBY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 20th. The company reported $0.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.12 by $0.20. The company had revenue of $9.30 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.13 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.26 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down .4% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts expect that Best Buy Co. will post $2.40 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Best Buy Co, Inc is a multinational retailer of consumer electronics, computing and mobile phone products, entertainment products, appliances and related services.
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BASIC Bank ‘laundered money’
The beleaguered BASIC Bank is facing accusations that it abetted in laundering of money from Bangladesh on top of irregularities in loan disbursement.
A Bangladesh Bank investigation report has set forth this startling discovery.
After finishing the inspection of its Gulshan branch, Bangladesh Bank officials said the bank deliberately hid details of some LC documents — 21 exports LCs of 10 companies — from the central Bank from September 2012 to July 2013.
Branch officials also failed to produce before the central bank inspectors documents that export earnings had really been sent to Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Bank suspended operations of its three branches, including the Gulshan branch, when a series of allegations about corruption and irregularities surfaced against the government-run bank.
According to the report, 10 companies had exported $550,347 worth of goods abroad. But the branch officials did not notify the central bank about their LC transactions.
Export earnings of another company worth $107,956 have yet to arrive in the country though the deadline is over.
Rules have it that copies of LC documents have to be sent to Bangladesh Bank within 14 days after the export goods are shipped. Any deviation of that rule is a punishable offence.
Export earnings have to be sent to the country of origin within 120 days after the goods are shipped.
Bangladesh Bank officials told bdnews24.com keeping the central bank in the dark about export documents was a suspicious act.
Ill-intention comes into play when banks hide this information and they do so to evade responsibility when there is a case of laundering export earnings, they observed.
A Bangladesh Bank official on the condition of anonymity said, “We look into which companies hide their LC information, which companies have not brought back their export earnings and whether directors of these companies are somehow related to management or executive committees of banks.”
bdnews24.com’s calls to the Basic Bank acting managing director for comments on this matter went unanswered.
The Bangladesh Bank investigation committee had found loan fraud to the tune of Tk 15 billion. Later it also found irregularities in Tk 10 billion loan disbursement.
On 17 April, BASIC Bank board of directors fired Gulshan branch manger and Deputy Managing director Shifer Ahmed and Head of Loan Department Zahid Hasan.


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Samsung have just revealed the Galaxy Tab 2, an Ice Cream Sandwich packing follow up to their original 7-inch Android tablet.
Despite housing the newest build of Google’s mobile OS, it doesn’t mark a grand departure from what went into the original tablet, still sporting a 7 inch screen (at 1024 x 600 resolution), now backed by a 1GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM.
A 3MP rear-facing camera, a VGA front facing shooter, Bluetooth capabilities, and HSPA+ connectivity round off the core specs.
“Two years ago, Samsung GALAXY Tab began to offer customers more possibilities on the go. Since then, Samsung has actively enhanced our tablet line-up with several tablets in different sizes,” said JK Shin, President of IT & Mobile Communications Division at Samsung Electronics.
“The new GALAXY Tab 2 (7.0) will provide people with delighted multimedia experience and allow efficient communication.”
Set to hit the UK first by March, we’ll pass on pricing info as we get it.


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News : Wolverine Worldwide Pink Slips 90 Workers
ROCKFORD, MI, Dec 11, 2013 -- Wolverine Worldwide is pink-slipping 90 positions at its Rockford headquarters as part of a relocation of customer service and consumer relation operations to an Indiana facility.
The footwear provider inherited the Richmond, Ind., location with its acquisition of four Boston-based brands that include Sperry Top-Sider and Keds.
"We are consolidating all customer service and consumer relations functions there," said Christi Cowdin, company spokeswoman. "Having all brands represented in one geography makes a lot of sense."
The layoff announced this week affects 60 full-time and 30 temporary workers, who have been integrated in the company’s four operating groups. The positions will be phased out over several months in 2014 as operations transition to Indiana, Cowdin said.
She added that the 60 full-time positions the region is losing will be replaced with 70 new hires Wolverine expects to make in the coming year. Most of the new jobs will be at the company’s Rockford headquarters, where about 900 employees work.
"We are growing here in Michigan because of the acquisition," said Cowdin, adding that the new Michigan jobs will be primarily professional positions in corporate service or with one of the company’s 16 brand.
"It’s very important to us to have a strong workforce here in Michigan," Cowdin said. "We want to keep adding to the talent pool."
She added that meetings were held this week to give employees advance notice so they have time to apply for other positions in Wolverine’s Michigan operations. Displaced employees also can bid for the new positions in Indiana call center if they are open to relocating.
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Wolverine World Wide, Inc. is an American footwear manufacturer based in Rockford, Michigan, known for their own brand, Wolverine Boots and Shoes, as well as their subsidiaries such as Hush Puppies and Merrell.
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With the holiday shopping season fast approaching, two new Walmart-branded Roku products will be hitting the shelves of the giant retailer in the coming weeks as part of an exclusive deal with Walmart.
Retailing for $129, the onn Roku Smart Soundbar is an accessory that helps boost the sound quality of streaming TV, while the onn Roku Wireless Subwoofer, at $126, provides for "deeper, richer bass."
Walmart shares fell 1.05% to $116.92 in trading Monday, while Roku was up 0.17% o $106.95.
The pair of new products will be stamped with Walmart's electronics brand, Onn, and sold at a deep discount to the $180 versions Roku rolled out last month. One of the two big differences - there is no voice control, while the new, Walmart-branded subwoofer has less power, according to tech site Engadget.


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The study partners are eager to understand the experiences of women in the emerging cannabis industry in the UK.
The new approval marks the first, and currently only, over-the-counter topical drug with CBD to be registered and certified to date in the US.
The two-day event will take place on the 16-17th April at BMA House in London and will draw together world leaders in basic and clinical cannabinoid research alongside the most senior policy makers in the UK.
The newly formed Brussels-based industry body announces the appointment of Professor Trevor Jones, CBE, as its new chairman.
The CBD processor has lobbied MEPs at the European Parliament to ask for clearer regulation.
The companies claim the chip will help customers to breed cannabis cultivars with specific chemical profiles and disease resistant characteristics.
Shimadzu provided a donation of lab equipment valued at nearly $851,000 to the rigorous chemistry program.
The real-time PCR kit can detect the four key types of dangerous Aspergillus mold in cannabis and cannabis-infused products.


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About 80 per cent of Small and Medium Enterprises fail before their fifth anniversary due to harsh economic environments, lack of access to capital, and poor business practices, which have stunted growth and transition of micro-businesses, a new report has said.
According to the report titled “Perception Study: Efficiency and Impact of Regulatory Activities of Standard Organisation of Nigeria on SMEs”, numerous variables currently influence Nigeria’s economic climate and as a result, it is unfavourable and risky for foreign investments.
It further stated that there were obstacles in the Nigerian business environment that act as constraints to the survival of business in the nation, despite the economic expansion and the possibility for economic prospects.
It identified multiple taxations as a major constraint that has negatively impacted many businesses in the country.
The report read in part, “MAN (Manufacturers Association of Nigeria) has spoken out loudly that the Nigerian business environment is now under the oppressive weight of several taxes, which have the potential to bankrupt companies. In a recent survey, MAN discovered that only 39 of the 119 taxes and levies that were authorised under the taxes and levies (Approved list of collection) Act 1998 were really being levied by various levels of government across the three states.
“80 per cent of SMEs fail before their fifth anniversary due to harsh economic environments, lack of access to capital, and poor business practices, which have stunted the growth and transition of micro-businesses, according to the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria in Nigeria.”
The report listed additional difficulties such as the cost of accessing adequate technology, the lack of facilities for research and development, the decline in demand for locally produced products and the increase in demand for imported goods.
“Low formal educational and technical competency of SME owners and staff as well as weak organisational framework, product/service marketing, low information technology utilisation, people management issues, insufficient accounting records, among others, are some significant challenges facing SMEs in Nigeria,” the report read further.


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Uruguay South America Begins Legal Recreational Marijuana Sales, Finally!
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Let’s see who’s first in line for some legal weed in Uruguay.
Nearly four years after Uruguay became the first country to legalize recreational marijuana sales, the nation’s pharmacies have finally begun to actually sell cannabis to customers.
So far, about 5,000 citizens that make up the nation’s population of 3.5 million have registered as consumers at the 16 pharmacies currently dispensing the product.
The process involves fingerprint scanning for every purchase so a customer may not exceed the monthly limit of 40 grams.
Sad note: the weed is for residents only, so tourists should not apply.
Five-gram sealed packets sell for about $6.50 each. That’s ridiculously cheap compared to legal weed in Colorado, where a single gram can cost up to $25.
Uruguay has intentionally set a rock-bottom price to undercut the black market and keep the industry well-regulated, while leading the way in a new approach to drug policy.
We’ll have what Uruguay is smoking.


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FAISALABAD: The Customs Intelligence and Investigation confiscated smuggled goods worth Rs1.5 million involving duty and taxes of Rs1 million during a road action.
According to the details, the intelligence team followed a lead of Deputy Director Riaz Hussain and conducted various raids to foil smuggling attempts in the region.
Sources said that the customs intelligence intercepted a trailer near canal road Arfa Kareem underpass and recovered computer system without hard disks, used personal computer, computers dual core, laptops without hard disks, LCDs, computer switch assorted brand, computer data leads, UPS with battery assorted models and hard disk.
The customs intelligence team asked the accused persons, Muhammad Saleem son of Muhammad Mukhtar and Muhammad Amin son of Muhammad Ismail, to provide legal documents regarding possession and transportation of the said items. The accused remained failed to provide any required document.
After failure, the customs intelligence team confiscated the said items under Section 156(1), 89 and 90 ibid read with Section 3(1) (3) of the Import and Export Control Act, 1969.
The intelligence team participated in the said seizure operation includes Superintendent Zahid Raza Bukhari, Intelligence Officers Muhammad Saleem, Mansoor Nasir and Sepoys Ajamal Hussain and Muhammad Musaddiq Ahmad.
The customs intelligence team forwarded the case to the customs adjudication for further proceeding.


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Next400, a community-driven effort to shape the next 400 years for the black community globally, has launched its groundbreaking Non-fungible tokens (NFT) project “Legacy Warriors” on the Sutudu online digital platform.
The new project will serve as a powerful and innovative way to commemorate the 400th anniversary of when black people were first sold as a commodity and as a reminder of the past, and a vision for the future of the black community features a collection of digital artworks that depict powerful and inspiring figures from the black community.
Non-fungible tokens are pieces of digital content linked to the blockchain, the digital database underpinning cryptocurrency such as bitcoin and ethereum.
Speaking at the project launch, the Chief Executive Officer of the Next400, Kweku Aburam, said Next400’s mission is to drive forward what the black community will be looking for in the next 400 years the NFT project is a powerful tool to achieve that.
“We are excited to see the impact this project will have and the potential it has to create wealth and opportunities for the black community in Ghana and the world around,” he stated.
“Each artwork is a one-of-a-kind NFT, allowing collectors to own a piece of history and to support the Next400’s mission. The project has been launched on the Sutudu.com platform and has unique features such as the ability to split initial sales and royalties at the point of sale and to create royalty options for first-time buyers as an incentive for being an early adopter,” he stated.
The US-based Ghanaian entrepreneur believes Ghana has the potential not only to be a leader in the adoption and use of this technology but also a place that sparks innovations with this technology.
According to him, the NFT project will be soon introduced to Ghanaians this year to educate, inspire, and involve them in the Next400 mission.
Commenting on the NFT project during the launch, the Chief Executive Officer of the Sutudu digital platform, Khoa Le, remarked that “Sutudu is committed to empowering creators and projects that have the potential to change and positively impact society. The Next400 Legacy Warriors project is a perfect example of this, and we are honored to be a part of it.”
“The platform not only facilitates the buying and selling of NFTs but also provides resources and support for projects that aim at positively impacting society. Sutudu calls this “NFT 2.0” – NFTs with human purpose and true investment capabilities. Next400 serves as a utility that will have a token gating feature to gain access to high-profile people and investors through the Sutudu platform,” Mr. Le added.
The Next400 NFT launch was attended by artists, entrepreneurs, activists, and community leaders, who came together to support Next400’s mission and vision for the black community.
Next400 bound has partnered up with Asia Wills an African American Crypto advisor and trader to launch a podcast series-(Currency Culture & Cocktails) this podcast will target the younger generation and will focus on blockchain and business opportunities. This podcast will launch in March of 2023. The fireside chat version of this podcast will be televised on US Cable TV.


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According to the Madison City Planning Commission's agenda for tomorrow, it is scheduled to vote on site plans submitted by the Duluth Trading Company to build a 15,566 square foot building on Graphics Drive at the Town Madison Development.
A spokesperson for Breland Companies, the developer for Town Madison, said they have secured a nationally known retailer and that this will be the retailer's first store in the state, but he can't confirm the name.
The planning commission's staff report reccomends approving the plans with some contingencies.
- Duluth Trading Company Coming to Town Madison
- Duluth Trading Co. opens first Alabama store at Town Madison
- Margaritaville Hotel coming to Town Madison
- Resort style hotel coming to Town Madison
- Another new hotel coming to Town Madison
- Town Madison Cooperative District approves additional funding for Town Madison
- Developer breaks ground on Town Madison apartments
- Developers building new hotel at Town Madison
- Breland Companies partners with WOW! to bring internet services to Town Madison
- Food hall coming to Town Madison will feature breweries, food trucks and more


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Flexible displays are not necessarily news anymore. We’ve seen this type of screens before, and we will probably see them in the years to come also. LG is one of the companies that invested a lot of work in delivering the best flexible display possible. The 65-inch UHD rollable LG OLED display the company decided to amaze us with will be showcased at CES 2018 this week. The LG OLED display is not simply flexible, users will be able to roll it up like a newspaper. Needless to say, this makes it one of the most portable screens we’ve ever seen. Also, it is incredibly easy to store. Users just need to roll it up and place it in any corner of their homes. The 65-inch rollable LG OLED display offers ultra HD resolution, so the images displayed on this screen will be amazingly clear, despite its flexibility.
While the 65-inch rollable UHD LG OLED display could easily become the star of the event, it has some serious competition too. At CES 2018 LG will also showcase a brand new 88-inch 8K OLED display that will definitely impress even the most critical people. Also, LG managed to further perfect its Crystal Sound OLED technology. This technology makes speakers completely obsolete, as it emanates sound directly from the OLED panel.
Besides the 65-inch UHD rollable LG OLED display and the 88-inch 8K display, LG will also show off a 55-inch transparent display and a 77-inch wallpaper OLED TV display. There will be some impressive new computer monitors and Art Glass displays for TVs too showcased at CES 2018. The new LG products will certainly blow our minds as they all use innovative technology and offer a great user experience. Unfortunately, it’s not quite clear when the general public will gain access to these products and how expensive they will be. One thing is sure, they won’t be cheap devices to buy.


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SMBs Believe Attack Will Kill Their Company
Just under half of a surveyed set of British small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) believe that a cyber-attack would put them out of business.
The survey of 501 IT decision makers by Webroot found that 48% have suffered a cyber-attack or data breach in their lifetime, with over one in seven saying this happened more than once. The same number also believed that the cases negatively impacted relationships with partners, with almost a quarter (22%) admitting they are no longer a supplier as a result.
One example of a company going out of business was Code Spaces, which was forced to close down after a wiper attack deleted its files as part of a larger DDoS attack in 2014. Then, Code Spaces claimed it “will not be able to operate beyond this point, the cost of resolving this issue to date and the expected cost of refunding customers who have been left without the service they paid for will put Code Spaces in a irreversible position both financially and in terms of on going credibility."
In an email to Infosecurity, Ed Tucker, CISO and co-founder of Email Auth, Byte and Human Firewall, said that companies of all sizes suffer from attacks, some of which are successful, but rarely have we seen anyone actually go under from such.
“It smarts of hyperbolic fear mongering” he said. “When assessing risk, you must consider impact and thus consequence to the business. Is there any evidence to back this claim where cyber-attacks have actually resulted in the closure of a business to the extent that this is a tangible consequence? The simple answer is no. Most business have it in them to recover. A clear ability to plan; to respond and recover is a must for any organization.
“Closure is a possibility, but using current evidence of successful cyber-attacks then it would be a remote, rather than likely consequence.”
Nearly two-thirds of respondents (64%) said that being smaller enables their business to react more quickly to industry or political change than larger enterprises.
Paul Barnes, senior director of product strategy at Webroot, said: “SMBs can no longer consider themselves too small to be targets. They need to use their nimble size to their advantage by quickly identifying risks and educating everyone in the business of how to mitigate those risks, because people will always be the first line of defense.
“Working with the right cybersecurity partner or managed service provider (MSP) to develop the right strategy for their size will allow smaller businesses to prioritize the activities that matter most and help them grow.”
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Monopoly, Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, Risk, Battleship, and Cranium are among the brands confirmed by the recently announced deal. Ubisoft will take over the reins of the console board game racket from previous rights holder EA, but as Gamesindustry.biz notes, EA has not released a Hasbro brand title since 2011's multi-platform Family Game Night 4: The Game Show and Trivial Pursuit: Bet You Know It for Wii. EA and Hasbro's partnership continues in the mobile space after a 4-year agreement was signed last month.
"Ubisoft's leadership and expertise in the console gaming space will help support Hasbro's strategy of bringing consumers engaging play experiences with our brands across multiple platforms," said Hasbro's senior VP and GM for digital gaming Mark Blecher in a statement.
We're yet to receive any detail on specific titles or release windows.
Lucy O'Brien is Entertainment Editor at IGN AU. Follow her ramblings on IGN at Luce_IGN_AU,or @Luceobrien on Twitter.


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Samsung and Apple has never shied away, publicizing their plans to launch a phone with an on-screen finger print scanner. The Galaxy S8 and S8+ were supposed to have it, and when it didn’t, the Note 8 was seen as next in line. We know by now it wouldn’t materialize as well. Apple, on the other hand, is still months away from launching the iPhone 8 (or iPhone X), which is rumored to feature the technology. However, one Chinese smartphone company is stepping up to the plate and will try to one-up the two electronics giants.
New reports indicate Chinese smartphone maker Vivo has a working prototype of a phone with an on-screen finger print scanner.
Video link: http://t.cn/RSeFILT
As shown in the video, the person was able to unlock the phone by simply touching the display. No fingerprint scanner was present in the phone’s back or upfront. While we are excited, we need to take this with a grain of salt. Vivo could possibly showcase the prototype when they hold their event on June 28 in Shanghai, China.
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From PR tips to insights from a major investment player and a look at the local vs. global debate, here are five things you need to know about LatAm tech today:
The local vs. global debate is endless in Latin America’s startup ecosystem, its actors and influencers having very different opinions of whether entrepreneurs should focus on the region or attempt a global product from day one.
We delved into a number of questions within the greater debate, from acqui-entries to recent international deals and the problem of innovation. The conclusion? Having more global-thinking entrepreneurs in Latin America wouldn’t hurt.
Navigating the realm of press and PR is no easy task. And for early-stage startups and new entrepreneurs, maneuvering can be even trickier. Going it alone with your public relations strategy is isn’t a bad thing to do – as long as you’re doing it right.
From misaddressed emails to letting the cat out of the bag on embargoed news, there are a few common missteps entrepreneurs are prone to making. We take a look at five of them and give some tips as to how to keep them from happening.
Reserbus is an online bus-ticketing platform where users can check schedules, compare prices and make reservations online. Up and running since late last year, it has already made quite an impact on how bus travel in Mexico works.
Though the bus market isn’t particularly technology-friendly, Reserbus co-founder Andrés Sucre told us in an interview that the scenario is changing.
“Traditionally, they haven’t been as keen on adopting technology, but the recent growth in online sales and the use of technology in the past two or three years has made them take a better look at it and include some initiatives,” he explained. “That’s helped us a lot, particularly with operators who see value in a partnership with a company like us that will help them grow their online segment and provide a better service to the traveler.”
Riverwood Capital is among the most recognized private equity firms in the world, in Latin America backing Globant, GoIntegro and Pixeon Medical Systems, among others. We reached out to Andrés Chico, who focuses on Riverwood’s activities and opportunities in Mexico, to learn more about the firm’s investment strategies.
“Every opportunity is a challenge, but I must say that the team is crucial,” he told us. “We love having meetings with the team, getting to know them and knowing that we’re with the right people. The second factor has to do with understanding the business model – seeing that it’s profitable, how it scales. We want to take a company from 15 million to 30, 100, 300, to explode its growth. That’s why understanding how to scale it is so important. And, of course, the market – knowing who the competition is, the other players, to evaluate in a concrete way if there are viable possibilities.”
While most Latin Americans own a cell phone, not many of those devices are of the smart variety. In fact, according to a recent Pew report on internet and mobile technology in emerging markets, Chile, Argentina and Venezuela lead the way in mobile phone penetration rates. Ninety-one percent of Chileans, 86% of Venezuelans and 83% of Argentines own a cell phone. However, just 39%, 31% and 34% of those devices, respectively, are smartphones.
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U.S. consumers eyeing Nokia's new Lumia 1020 can now buy the phone from AT&T.
Buyers can choose from among three colors -- yellow, black, or white. That's hopefully a simple enough decision. What may be trickier is picking the price and the plan. AT&T offers four options for purchasing the phone.
You can go for a month-to-month plan with no long-term commitment and pay the full … Read more


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A woman who has joked about working out in Aldi has received millions of views since uploading her clips.
TikToker Becky (shirls.fitness) has made thousands smile with her cheeky supermarket workouts.
A week ago she uploaded a clip where she lifts weights in the centre aisle, and the on-screen text reads: “Day 1 of my free gym membership at Aldi”.
She also shared the clip to Instagram along with the caption: “No time to go to the gym? No problem, just get a workout in during the food shop.”
“Howling,” one commenter wrote.
Another said: “This is BRILLIANT”.
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Her second clip went viral, receiving 3.5 million views, 490,000 likes, and 9,000 comments.
@shirls.fitnessWe go again #gymmembership #gymlol #gymmum #fitnessfun
We go again #gymmembership #gymlol #gymmum #fitnessfun
Her “day two” Aldi workout showed her using a kettlebell in the middle of the aisle.
“I’M SCREAMING please continue,” one viewer wrote.
“I work here and saw this live on the cameras,” another wrote.
Sports brand Ellesse also left a comment reading: “Need some free gym gear to go with?” Beck responded, and a deal was struck.
In a video responding to questions over whether or not she actually works out at Aldi, she said: “Why not”.
@shirls.fitnessSpecial buys are coming to an end 😬 #gymlol #gymmum #aldihaul #aldispecialbuys #freeworkout
Special buys are coming to an end 😬 #gymlol #gymmum #aldihaul #aldispecialbuys #freeworkout
We can’t wait to see what Aldi’s witty social media team has to say…
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Google’s latest algorithm change could spell trouble for property websites
relying on search engine visibility.
Content such as regularly updated blogs are about to become even more important in the light of Google’s latest algorithm update. The latest update is expected to affect up to 35% of searches, far more than the well publicised Panda update back in February which was expected to affect 12% but ended up re-adjusting a huge number of website search rankings.
Google say “their update will impact searches for recent events or hot topics, regularly occurring events, and searches for information that changes often but isn’t necessarily a trending topic or recurring event.”
According to a Google spokesperson “This change better determines the level of freshness needed for each query and promotes fresher results accordingly. We’re continuously working to improve our search algorithm so that we provide users the most relevant answers to their queries.”
The biggest implication for those property websites who don’t update their content regularly and fail to create dynamic websites with original content may well end up losing ground to those companies who value online editorial output.
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A loyalty card scheme has launched in Pocklington to encourage more people to shop local.
The Love Pocklington Loyalty Card gives shoppers access to exclusive discounts and offers at participating shops and businesses.
More than 100 people signed up to receive a loyalty card within the first two days of the initiative.
It is available to everyone with free cards being given to residents within the YO42 postcode, in Wilberfoss and Fangfoss.
Anyone outside the area can purchase the card for £12 which goes direct to a marketing budget.
The main aim of the card is to encourage the people of Pocklington to shop local.
There is already a variety of offers available through the scheme, which can be viewed at www.lovepocklington.co.uk.
The list of participating businesses is expected grow significantly, giving card holders even more reason to keep it local.
Love Pocklington is a marketing hub which launched in June. Local businesses can sign up to become a ‘partner’ entitling them to various promotional benefits, including a dedicated page on the Love Pocklington directory.
More businesses are being encouraged to become partners to help the scheme grow even further.
All profits made by the scheme is being put back in to advertising and marketing the town to the Yorkshire area and beyond.
Funds may also be made available to local events run by Pocklington Town Council.
Simon Hudson, MD of Love Pocklington said: “By holding a Love Pocklington Loyalty Card you are directly supporting the town and helping local businesses thrive.
“The scheme has been designed to grow and evolve, moving Pocklington forward to becoming a haven for independent businesses.”
Diane Wass from The Acorn Gallery said: “The loyalty card is great because it gives local people a reason to take another look at Pocklington and perhaps rediscover what’s here. The town has changed so much in recent years and many of them will be pleasantly surprised!
“As a business we love it when new people come in for the first time and tell us what they love about art - we hope to have even more of these conversations as more people find us.”
To sign up for a loyalty card visit www.lovepocklington.co.uk.


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China-U.S. relations in the field of the Internet is now an important component of the new model of major power relationship. To a great extent, the Internet will decide the future of both countries. As it is now, the relationship is generally positive and making progress in a steady manner in spite of hurdles. The relationship displays two features:
First, deep fusion and high stakes. China and the U.S. have never been so closely interconnected as they have become in cyberspace. China is the biggest overseas market for U.S. Internet companies. Almost all leading U.S. Internet companies have made great profits in China. For instance, half of the profit of Qualcomm is realized in China; half of the new users of Apple products come from China. Nearly a thousand U.S. investment funds have designated China as their priority, reaching to every corner of the Chinese Internet market, accounting for more than half of their total overseas investment in this field. The success or failure of some U.S. companies is closely related to the Chinese market.
The U.S. is the main overseas IPO destination for Chinese Internet companies, almost 50 of which are listed in the U.S. with a total market value of nearly U.S. $500 billion. U.S. shareholders have benefited from the development of the Internet market in China. Not long ago, the IPO of Alibaba in the U.S., the largest IPO ever in the world, raised over U.S. $25 billion. Experts believe that the investments made by U.S. shareholders in Alibaba demonstrates they have great confidence in the Chinese Internet, the Chinese market and the future of China.
Second, disagreements and frictions still exist. It is because of the deeper integration, more extensive exchanges and closer contacts between the Internet industries of China and U.S. that our differences are easily put under magnifying glasses and spotlights -- not to mention we also have the impact of cultural differences. Disagreements on certain issues thus understandably rise. For example, with regard to the cyberspace governance, the U.S. advocates "multi-stakeholders" while China believes in "multilateral." ["Multi-stakeholder" refers to all Internet participants on an equal footing making the rules and is considered more "people-centered" while "multilateral" refers to the state making the rules based on the idea of the sovereignty of the nation-state representing its citizens.]
These two alternatives are not intrinsically contradictory. Without "multilateral," there would be no "multi-stakeholders." Exaggerating our disagreements due to difference in concepts is neither helpful to the China-U.S. Internet relations nor beneficial to global governance and the development of the Internet.
Our deep integration is because of confidence, but our disagreements are due to lack of trust. Confidence without trust is the unavoidable issue of the current China-U.S. Internet relations.
Looking back at the 20 years' history of exchanges and development between the Internet industries of China and U.S., despite the disagreements that still exist, we can make the following judgments: our consensus is greater than our disagreements and our cooperation is more important than disputes.
President Xi Jinping has pointed out that those who share the same idea and follow the same path can be partners, and those who seek common ground while reserving differences can also be partners. We can have disagreements but we must not stop communication. We can have arguments but we must not discard trust. We should not be confused or blinded by chaotic situations. Instead, we should look carefully at the issues with a historic perspective. We should see that cooperation between China and the U.S. benefits our two countries as well as other countries, while confrontation can only hurt both sides and even the world at large.
It is the essence of the development of the Internet that the Internet should bring peace and security to humans, should deny access to criminals and terrorists, should help younger generations to grow in health and should also serve the interests of developing countries since they need the Internet more than others. We should realize that the Internet has turned the world into a global village. Big convergence, great development and deep fusion are the trends of this era, and co-sharing and co-governance are the choices of the history.
In this spirit, I therefore put forward five propositions:
1. First, mutual appreciation instead of mutual negating.
The Internet was invented in the U.S. and then spread across the world, which is a great U.S. contribution to human development. China is the world's largest Internet market with over four million websites, 600 million Internet users and four of the world's top 10 Internet companies. Trade via e-commerce is expected to reach 200 million U.S. dollars in China this year and will keep growing at 30 percent a year.
Chinese Internet companies Baidu, Alibaba and Jindong all reported more than 50 percent increase in their 2014 third quarter revenue, which is really rare growth in the Internet industry. These achievements are a demonstration of the openness and good governance of China's Internet industry.
They are also testimony to the success of China's reform and opening up, of the development path chosen by the Chinese people, and the leadership of the Chinese communist party. We should not only cheer for our common ground, but also learn from each other's merits and experiences, rather than negating each other.
2. Second, mutual respect instead of confrontation and accusation.
All countries, big or small, should be equal. We should respect each other's cyber sovereignty, Internet governance, major concerns and cultural differences. We should strengthen communication, increase understanding and broaden consensus. The success of the Internet in China over the past 20 years shows that successful foreign companies in China respect China' s market environment and abide by China's law and regulations. U.S. companies operating in China show that those who respect the Chinese law can seize the opportunity of China' s Internet innovation and create immense value, while those who chose opposition will be isolated by themselves and finally abandoned by the Chinese market.
3. Third, mutual governance instead of self-interest.
President Xi has called for a multilateral, democratic and transparent international Internet governance system that upholds peace, security, openness and cooperation of cyberspace. That is the common consensus of international cyberspace governance.
"No country can achieve absolute security without the overall security of international cyberspace."
The gauge of a great country is not its power, but its responsibility. Peace between major countries may not result in a peaceful cyberspace, but distrust will definitely bring chaos. A responsible major country should never restrain others for its own development, or infringe on other countries' security to protect its own security. No country can achieve absolute security without the overall security of international cyberspace. As long as we take a long-term view and prepare for a new era of shared governance, we can translate the diversity of development into the driving force of world Internet development.
4. Fourth, mutual trust instead of mutual suspicion.
As the nation with the most Internet users in the world, China knows all too well the value of a peaceful cyberspace. As the main victim of hacking, China understands too well the importance of security. Our government has always opposed all forms of Internet attack.
On the issue of cybersecurity, China and the U.S. should increase communication, deepen mutual trust, fight cybercrime, terrorism, hacking and invasions of privacy together, and jointly protect intellectual property rights, making the Internet as the treasure trove of Alibaba rather than a Pandora' s box. With wisdom and courage, cybersecurity will not become a source of conflict in Sino-U.S. relations, but a new bright spot of cooperation.
5. Fifth, win-win instead of zero-sum.
The development of China's Internet over the past 20 years resulted in mutual benefit, a win-win situation and integration with the United States. Between China and the U.S. Internet industry, there are differences in terms of market volume, operational mechanisms, technology and training. These differences should not be obstacles. It is precisely through these differences that we can complement each other and create all kinds of possibilities for cooperation and mutual benefits.
When the largest developed country and largest developing country cooperate; when modern Western civilization interacts with long-standing Chinese culture; when the most advanced information technology is applied in the largest Internet market -- the scope for cooperation between China and the U.S. will definitely be wider than the Pacific Ocean.


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MUMBAI: Maruti Suzuki
’s share price hit a life high at Rs 4,768.50 on the Bombay Stock Exchange
on Friday, thanks to the salary hike recommended for government employees by the Seventh Pay Commission
The pay increase, when it is implemented, could translate into higher demand for automobiles as well as other consumer durables.
At the stock’s closing price of Rs 4,738.40 on Friday, the market capitalisation of India’s No 1 car maker was Rs 1.43 lakh crore, making it the nation’s 13th most valued company.
Investors have lapped up the shares as the company will be a key beneficiary of the salary hike.
In 2008, after the Sixth Pay Commission
hiked the salaries of government employees, passenger car volumes grew 18% annually between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2011.
Maruti’s sales to government employees rose to 15% from 2% during that period.
“We have sold almost 2,00,000 vehicles to government employees in fiscal 2015. We certainly believe we can get more incremental volumes after the implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission (recommendation),” Randhir Singh
Kalsi, executive director for sales at Maruti, told ET in September.
Maruti has recorded a significant pick up in volume growth in its models priced between Rs 2.5 and Rs 5 lakh whenever government employees have got higher salaries.
The changes suggested by the Seventh Pay Commission will benefit as many as 47 lakh government employees and about 52 lakh pensioners.


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For the upcoming group show "Zukie VS The World", artist OsirisOrion has created Sewer Sludge Gilbert. On July 27th 2012 at Toy Tokyo in NYC, a group show will be held where each artist shows their own custom Zukie.
Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 1:46pmWhile Toy Tokyo mostly clogged The Block with lines for the latest cookie cutter Fuko Pop! figure, they did at least bring four amazing pieces to NYCC.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 5:58pmToy Tokyo teamed up with MINDstyle and Ron English to create a pretty interesting booth at this year's New York Toy Fair. Several pieces from Ron were on display, including an approximately 8 foot tall Liberty Grin, Buddha Grins, and more.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 1:39pmThe annual Toy Fair exhibition, where hundreds of toy and game companies show off their latest and greatest products in New York City, may only be open for industry professionals and press, but the brand new Play Fair expo is open for


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Conservative projections say rising seas from climate change would displace hundreds of millions of people and cost hundreds of billions of dollars over the next century. Sam Eaton found a scientist with a plan to capitalize on melting icecaps for the sake of everyone.
China's government is promising, by the end of the month, to put in place tough new rules for companies wanting to do business online. The prospect has investors a bit leery. Our Shanghai correspondent Scott Tong talks with Kai Ryssdal about the plan.
As private money spent on private institutions continues to grow, public money is vanishing -- leaving our infrastructure to collapse. Commentator Benjamin Barber says it's a trend we should reverse now.
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As children’s pain and fever medications remain in short supply countrywide, federal health officials said imported medications for hospitals are on the way.
But they but did not specify when medications for over-the-counter purchase would arrive or why there is currently a shortage in Canada but not in countries like the U.S. and Australia.
Hospitals are grappling with an unprecedented surge of children with respiratory illnesses, and health experts say the shortage of acetaminophen (known by the brand name Tylenol), and ibuprofen (Advil), needs to be resolved as quickly as possible.
In an email, Health Canada said it approved the “exceptional importation of tens of thousands of units of ibuprofen from the U.S. and acetaminophen from Australia.”
Ibuprofen has been imported and distribution to hospitals is underway while the arrival of acetaminophen “is expected soon,” the email said.
The office of Jean-Yves Duclos, the federal minister of health, meanwhile, did not respond to questions on why it has taken the government so long to address the shortage, which has been ongoing since May, or what the government will do to prevent shortages from happening again in the future. The health department also did not provide a timeline for the arrival of imported medicine for over-the-counter purchase.
“Work is underway to obtain additional foreign supply,” the department said in an email.
“We are in a crisis in our health-care system with the number of people getting sick who could benefit from these medicines,” said Dr. Allan Grill, the chief of family medicine at Markham Stouffville Hospital. “It is extremely important for people, whether it's adults or kids, to have access to over-the-counter medications that relieves symptoms.”
He added that the shortage is causing a domino effect where supply of other cold and flu medications and antibiotics like amoxicillin – commonly used to treat children – is depleting amid Tylenol and ibuprofen shortages. It is also straining hospitals already scarce on resources.
“We are seeing patients in our emergency rooms that are coming in simply looking for access to these medicines. And our emergency departments are already overwhelmed with a lot of other health-care issues they’re dealing with because of the pandemic.”
One impediment to importing the products is Health Canada’s regulations requiring that they be labelled in both English and French.
Imported medications also need to meet Canadian health standards, display ingredients and warnings prominently and include a drug identification number, which lets consumers know that Health Canada has approved the formulation, labelling and instructions for use.
Health Canada said it recently waived bilingual labelling rules and other requirements to increase supply of the medications and allow their importation from the U.S. and Australia, to be distributed to hospitals first.
“Work is being done in parallel to obtaining additional supply. Language requirements will not cause any delays in getting these critical medications to parents and caregivers,” the health department said in an email.
When asked whether there will be approved labels applied to the medications from the U.S. and Australia once they arrive in Canada, Health Canada said it “has ensured that measures are in place so that hospitals receiving these products have the necessary labelling information available in both languages.”


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China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile provider by subscribers, recorded operating revenues of CNY745.9 billion (USD106.1 billion) in the year to end-December 2019, an increase of 1.2% year-on-year. EBITDA for the twelve-month period grew by 7.4% to CNY296.0 billion, though Mobile notes that this was due primarily to its adoption of a new accounting standard (IFRS/HKAS 16) and excluding the impact of that move, EBITDA would have declined by 1.6% y-o-y. Meanwhile, net profit for the year dropped by 9.5% to CNY106.6 billion.
The company counted a total of 950 million mobile users at 31 December 2019, up from 925 million a year earlier and including 758 million 4G subscribers (up 6.4% y-o-y). Mobile ARPU dropped 7.5% from CNY53.1 to CNY49.1, however, despite a 90.3% y-o-y increase in average handset data traffic per month to 6.7GB. Elsewhere, IoT usage rose sharply, with the cellco counting 884 million customers at end-2019 compared to 551 million a year earlier. In the fixed segment Mobile reported a 19.4% y-o-y increase in broadband customers to 187 million, and a 2.7% uptick in household broadband ARPU, from CNY34.4 to CNY35.3.
Commenting on the results, Chairman Yang Jie highlighted the challenges affecting the company in 2019: ‘We were faced with a challenging and complicated operating environment in 2019 where the upside of data traffic was rapidly diminishing and competition within the telecommunications industry and from cross-sector players was becoming ever more intense. Coupled with this was the impact of government policies, including the continued implementation of the “speed upgrade and tariff reduction.”’


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BANGLADESH: Government Sues 14 Factories $10m
NBR said the factories imported some 15 million yards of fabric, worth about $15m, under bonded warehouse facilities without payment of import duty, claiming that it was to be used to manufacture garments for export. But instead they sold the fabric in the open market without payment of import duty.
Bonded warehouse facilities are given for import of fabrics for apparel manufacture under back-to-back letters of credit (LCs). Such warehouses, numbering several thousand, are operated in the garment manufacturing cities, mostly, in Dhaka and Chittagong - two hubs where more than $3bn worth of imported fabric is used for export manufacturing.
A special customs squad, formed by NBR, detected the duty evasion in a number of raids and investigations carried out in recent months. Twelve of the factories were located in Dhaka city and its suburbs, while the remaining two were in Chittagong.
The customs officials temporarily suspended bonded warehouse facilities for the sued factories and the owners of the factories were issued with arrest warrants as the customs department filed criminal cases against them.
The factories blacklisted by the customs and the NBR are: Allure Apparel Ltd, Dhaka; Arbatex Garments, Dhaka; Biplab & Brothers, Dhaka; GNF Apparels, Dhaka; Latest Garment Ltd, Dhaka; Litmond Garment Ltd, Dhaka; Quality Fashion, Dhaka; SR Garment, Dhaka; Shim Garment Pvt Ltd, Dhaka; United Excellent, Dhaka; Zeal Fashion, Dhaka; Ras Garments, Chittagong; and US Garments, Chittagong.
NBR and customs officials blamed the Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) for not properly monitoring the imported fabrics utilisation declaration certificates. Currently the customs officials rely heavily on BGMEA, an apex body of the country's 3,000 export-oriented clothing manufacturers, in maintaining tax and import tariffs related disciplines.
However, many members in BGMEA denied the allegation that they had lapsed in monitoring the utilisation of duty-free fabrics and said the sued factories could evade duty due to lack of proper maintenance of bonded warehouses by the customs department.
The officials in NBR alleged that BGMEA commonly issued utilisation declaration certificates without checking the condition of previous certificates. Supporting this allegation, some textile mills owners in Dhaka said the LCs were also not verified properly and the export performance certificates were issued from banks that failed to check the shipment documents. As a result, it was quite common for garment factories to evade all sorts of taxes and duties.
NBR has now taken some measure to investigate the existing loopholes in the garment factories, has so far found that at least 600 factories are involved in various types of criminal offences, such as tax evasion, forgery, and corruption. NBR is planning legal actions against these factories.
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Sass & Bide designers Sarah-Jane Clarke and Heidi Middleton have left the iconic brand
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- July 04, 2014
SASS & Bide designers Sarah-Jane Clarke and Heidi Middleton have left the iconic brand they built from scratch.
The Sydney design-duo has made the shocking decision to leave their namesake label after almost 20 years at the helm.
Middleton took a 5pm plane to Paris yesterday with her husband and two children, India Grace and Elke Bay, where she plans to spend a year away from her beachside home in Palm Beach. Clarke will continue to live in Sydney with her husband and three children — Bo, Arki, Ziggy.
Myer bought 65 per cent of the brand for $42.5 million back in 2011, taking on full ownership last September.
Since then, Clarke and Middleton have been transitioning out of the company.
Both women reduced their roles and worked as creative directors.
In a statement, Myer said they wished the pair “well”.
“They go with our great good wishes and we expect that they will be associated with Sass & Bide for a long time.”
The new design director, Anthony Cuthbertson, started two weeks ago and will lead the creative team with Art Director Bonnie O’Hare.
The brand was first launched in the late 1990s and after success at London’s Portobello Markets, paraded at Sydney Fashion Week in 2001.
Sass & Bide catapulted into the limelight when actress Sarah Jessica Parker wore their deigns on Sex and the City in 2002.
Known for its free-spirited aesthetic, celebrity fans include Rihanna, Kate Moss, Beyonce and Nicole Richie.
Middleton and Clarke are considered one of Australia’s most successful brands, stocked in over 20 counties and a flagship store in New York.


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COSCO launches two rail services connecting China with Laos and Germany
COSCO Shipping Logistics has started two international freight rail services, in cooperation with other Chinese players, which link China with Laos and Germany.
Loaded with 70 standard containers, the ‘Jiangsu – COFCO’ special train departed on 22 February from Yaohuamen railway station in China, to arrive in Vientiane, the capital of Laos.
This service is offered by COSCO in partnership with Jiangsu Liner Supply Chain and the Chinese food processing holding company COFCO, marking the transition of COSCO’s China-Laos rail service from a regular offering to customised service.
Since the inauguration of the China-Laos freight train Jiangsu on 8 December 2021, COSCO Shipping Logistics has successfully operated six trains, creating an international logistics offering between East China and countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for its customers.
The second service, which is the first two-way China railway express train between Qingdao and the German city of Mannheim launched on 18 February by China Railway Express (Qilu) under the joint effort of COSCO and Shandong Hi-Speed Group.


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Waitrose [a part of the John Lewis group] trumpets it’s caring approach. But they have as a supplier, ANZSCO/CMP, a company which has locked out over 100 of its workers for six weeks, because they won’t accept a 20% pay cut.
Amanda Chase , one of those locked out, has been in theU.K.recently talking to the Food & Drink sector of UNITE. She says
So many people in Unite have invested in this dispute right from the top, General Secretary Len McCluskey to shop stewards(delegates) and grass roots workers. Its an honour and a privilege to have such comrades locally, ,nationally and internationally. We locked out workers know we represent the stance of unions in totality, past, present, and future, and we will stand strong.
The John Lewis Partnership Corporate Social Responsibility 2011report says, “Continued commercial success requires a real commitment to doing business responsibly. For us, our commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not only driven by good economics, but also by the Partnership spirit and our sense of doing the ‘right thing’.”
Pressure from U K unionists has forced Waitrose, lest they appear completely hypocritical, to ask ANZCO to go back to mediation and reach a settlement with locked out CMP Rangitikei workers.
New Zealand Council of Trade Union president Helen Kelly says ANZCO hasn’t followed up on Waitrose’s request.
We’ve come to expect all sorts of unreasonableness from ANZCO, but refusing to listen to Waitrose, its major CMP Rangitikei customer, takes this dispute to another level of madness,” she says. “Despite the locked out workers agreeing to sacrifice 10% of their income, the company continues to try and starve workers and their families into accepting up to 20% pay cuts, to undermine the union and to mislead the public about the company’s proposed cuts.
Mrs Kelly says Waitrose has a commitment to ethical standards in its supply chain which includes respecting workers rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining.
Lockout threatens NZ meat brand in UK
“ANZCO and Chairman Sir Graeme Harrison are threatening the entire New Zealand meat brand in the United Kingdom by not resolving this dispute,” she says. “Unite, Britain’s largest union, will start to picket high profile Waitrose stores if ANZCO doesn’t start negotiating instead of dictating.
ANZCO foods locked out 111 workers from its CMP Rangitikei sheep processing plant on October 19.
Supporters of the locked out workers held their first national fundraising day today outside of McDonalds, a customer of ANZCO.
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With its recent technology company acquisitions, Landstar System Inc. has evolved over nearly two decades from a trucking broker to supply-chain provider.
The company, with more than $700 million in annual revenue, is betting that the entrepreneurial hustle and service of its 1,400 agents that operate like small businesses will make it stand out among more established supply-chain providers. Landstar continues to push its agents to provide rail, air, ship freight and warehouse services like local agent Momentum Transportation USA Inc., said Henry Gerkens, Landstar’s CEO.
“It has allowed us to go deeper and wider with every customer,” said Brian Putzke, Momentum Transportation president and CEO. “We’re literally the one-stop shop for customers.”
Momentum Transportation started off offering trucking service for dry goods and expanded it to refrigerated goods, including frozen goods, which has become its specialty. It later added international freight forwarding and intermodal handling to its offerings, Putzke said.
The new technology company acquisitions will allow Momentum to manage customers’ supply chains instead of just providing the links, he said. Momentum, which is the second-largest Landstar agent, is one of six Landstar agents in Northeast Florida.
Despite handling about 10 percent less volume than it did a year ago, Landstar is expected to gain more customers and could hit double-digit revenue growth once the economy recovers, wrote Jon Langenfeld, a Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. analyst who follows the Jacksonville-based company. Landstar has benefited from managing trucks and other services instead of owning them, thus insulating it when demand fell during the recession.
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In 2021, time spent by users outside India on apps and games created by Indian companies grew by 150% compared to 2019 on Google Play, a sign of the potential and opportunity Indian startups and developers today have to drive app and game innovations for the world. Aiming to help India’s next generation of innovators unlock this growth opportunity, MeitY Startup Hub, an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and Google today announced a cohort of 100 Indian early to mid-stage startups it aims to help build high-quality global apps and games as part of the Appscale Academy.
Startups of the Appscale Academy cohort are solving for some of India’s daily, critical, and unique needs through creative homegrown solutions. This comprises 4 emerging startups based in Kerala across a diverse range of categories, including learning app Lifescool, sports news app LockerRoom India, online game Darkarta, and an astrology app for positive guidance Clickastro.
A growth and development program by MeitY Startup Hub and Google, the goal of the Appscale Academy is to identify and support promising Indian startups and help them grow into successful global businesses. The 100 startups were chosen from over 400 applications following an in-depth selection process that took into account their creative ideas and innovation, product quality, product scalability, and talent diversity.
The cohort’s main sectors span Education, Health, Finance, Social, E-commerce, and Gaming. It also includes startups supporting core communities in India through creative apps across agriculture, B2B, parenting, and more. Representing the talent diversity emerging among India’s startup and developer ecosystem, 35% of the cohort come from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, while 58% of the cohort have a woman in a leadership role.
During her address at the program’s launch, Purnima Kochikar, Vice President, Play Partnerships, Google, said, “Today, India is uniquely positioned to become a leading hub for global app innovation with tremendous opportunity for Indian startups across the country, regardless of size and location, to thrive in the global app ecosystem. We thank MeitY Startup Hub for their partnership and vision, and look forward to taking another step towards growing a diverse app ecosystem in India together. Welcome to the inaugural Appscale Academy class, a cohort of 100 promising app-preneurs who have inspired us by their creativity and audacity.”
Bhuvnesh Kumar, Joint Secretary, MeitY, added, “Startups and developers are key drivers of India’s digital transformation journey. We are seeing them drive meaningful solutions for India and the world, a spirit that is today widespread across the country with a new wave of creative app-preneurs emerging from different parts of India. We at MeitY value our partnership with Google, and it gives me immense delight to further boost this spirit of innovation with the Appscale Academy Program.”
Jeet Vijay, CEO, MeitY Startup Hub, said, “Our mission with Appscale Academy is to empower early to mid-stage startups with the right knowledge and mentorship to drive app and game innovations for the world. Our cohort of 100 Indian startups are ensuring that a homegrown solution for many of our daily, critical, and unique needs is today just an app away. Congratulations to all the startups and thank you for being core drivers of India’s digital journey.”
As part of the 6 month program, 100 startups will be trained through a customized curriculum designed to help them drive high-quality apps for a global market, including sessions on UX design, business model and monetization strategies, international expansion best practices, and data safety and security practices. The startups will receive access to virtual instructor-led webinars, self-learning material, and mentorship sessions with leading local and global industry professionals. Select startups will also get an opportunity to pitch to leading venture capitalists.


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Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced this evening that the Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act that is slated for the Nov. 8 ballot will be labeled Proposition 59.
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Despite having so many kinds of smartphones in the market, people’s eyes tend to light up at the sound of an iPhone. There’s something about its sleek design, peppy ringtone, smooth software and the iconic logo, that just makes people go cray-cray. And a couple of men used the allure of the iPhone to their benefit.
According to Hindustan Times, some men posed as army or Border Security Force to sell iPhones and other expensive electronic products. Or rather, they promised to sell them and then disappeared. A victim of this fraud, Aman Kumar said,
“On dialling the number given at the account the caller identified himself as Somnath Giri, a sepoy in the Indian Army posted at Jaisalmer (Rajasthan). He even sent a fake ID card to me.”
Aman works with the Food Corporation of India in Sector 31. He contacted this “sepoy” after seeing an advertisement at OLX where a man named ‘Rahul’ was selling an iPhone 6. What happened next was detailed in Aman’s FIR.
Aman wasn’t the only victim of this fraud. A businessman, B.S. Bisht, tried to buy an iPhone after his 16-YO son wanted a second-hand iPhone. He said,
“My 16-year-old son saw an iPhone exchange offer on the OLX site. The fraudster said he was an Army man from Jodhpur and asked my son to pay Rs.16,000 for an iPhone 8-plus in exchange of old version of the brand.”
Following that, Bisht’s son received fake IDs, Aadhar cards and photographs of the so-called army man’s seniors and he fell for it. Bisht said that,
“It has been three months since I made the payment along with the additional charges amounting to Rs.20,000. We haven’t received any phone till now and have given a complaint in the cyber crime.”
According to reports, 90% of the cases of fraud that are registered at the cyber crime unit are committed by people acting as Army men. Deputy superintendent of police, cyber crime unit, Rashmi Yadav said that,
“There are many ways in which people are being duped on the OLX site. People should keep in mind that any kind of extra special discount on an in-demand item should not be availed as most likely it will be a case of fraud.”
She also added that,
“Preliminary investigations show that in some cases an organised gang is behind the fraud but there are individual defaulters as well. We have quizzed OLX people about the issue to help investigate the matter.”
There’s nothing wrong about craving for an iPhone. It has been the best of the best for the last decade or so. But it’s better to walk to your nearest Apple store and choose one from the racks. Or if you’re looking for a second-hand one, buy it off people who you personally know, instead of someone posing to be an army man. That’ll save you a lot of money and a ton of hassle.


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It just wouldn’t be a proper PlayStation E3 conference without someone in a finely tailored suit coming out to tell us just how well they did. And why shouldn’t they? It’s been no secret that Sony has led the charge in the latest generation of consoles and shows no interest in slowing down. Now this isn’t a shot at Sony for bringing out an exec to share just how many machines they’ve sold; there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. These guys are proud and excited to share what they’ve accomplished with their loyal fanbase.
Expect sales figures for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Vita, and maybe even that little TV peripheral that not many people seem to remember. Sony also isn’t shy about boasting about how many people use their devices for streaming media, and how many games were pushed. The transparency is cool, and once it’s all over things will move right into the meat and potatoes of the presentation… or at least a salad to get things started.