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BP to acquire UK’s largest electric vehicle charging company
Chargemaster operates the UK’s largest public network of EV charging points, with over 6,500 across the country. It also designs, builds, sells and maintains EV charging units for a wide range of locations, including for home charging.
The number of EVs on the road is anticipated to increase rapidly in coming decades. By 2040 BP estimates that there will be 12 million EVs on UK roads, up from around 135,000 in 2017.
The development of convenient and innovative EV charging technologies and networks is a key part of BP’s strategy to advance the energy transition.
BP is committed to developing new offers to meet changing customer demand and growing new businesses and supporting opportunities for customers to reduce their emissions.
BP believes that to accelerate the adoption of EVs, customers will require convenient access to fast and ultra-fast charging.
BP’s UK retail network is well positioned to provide this access with over 1,200 service stations across the country.
A key priority for BP Chargemaster will be the rollout of ultra-fast charging infrastructure, including 150kW rapid chargers capable of delivering 100 miles of range in just 10 minutes.
BP customers in the UK can expect to access BP Chargemaster chargers on forecourts over the next 12 months. ■


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Huawei is currently one of the 5 largest tablet brands because they have been pumping out a lot of tablets the last 18 months. But in order to remain a popular tablet brand, especially for the Android platform, Huawei also needs to show that they will support their tablets with updates.
And by the looks of it, Huawei is turning a little quicker at updating their Android tablets, after it was announced this week that the 3 versions of Huawei MediaPad M5 is eligible for Beta testing of Android 9.0 Pie as reported by The Android Soul.
Only a select few MediaPad M5 tablet owners are drawn for participation, but this has been standard practice from Huawei for years, and it prevents too many devices to run into bugs all at the same time, since Beta testing an unfinished software release always carries risk.
The 8.4 and 10.8 Huawei MediaPad M5 tablets eligible are the SHT-W09, SHT-AL09, CMR-W09, CMR-AL09, CMR-W19, and CMR-AL19 models, and the quickest way to find the model number is to look at the back of the tablet.
To join a Beta campaign, just go to the setting on your Huawei tablet, as illustrated below, and see if you can sign up.
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Following their extensive expansion strategy, Ecolean, a global producer of unique lightweight packages and efficient filling systems for chilled and ambient distribution, announces its expansion into Brazil. The launch of the lightweight Ecolean Air package for Brazilian dairy company Betânia Lácteos meets local consumer demand for added convenience and marks Ecolean’s entry into the promising Brazilian market.
A partnership with Betânia Lácteos, the largest dairy producer in north-eastern Brazil, has resulted in the launch of the first product in an Ecolean package on the Brazilian market, a nutritious Bat Gut vitamin smoothie-type product. The Bat Gut brand was a flexible packaging pioneer in the 1990’s and the brand has now innovated again with the unique Ecolean packaging concept.
Said Bruno Girão, CEO of Betânia: “Bat Gut is already a strong brand and we plan to further enhance brand value with added-convenience, innovative packaging and a delicious vitamin formulation,” “The enhancement follows a Brazilian consumer study that identified the need for more practicality and convenience, and a formulation that would meet the needs of their day-to-day lives.”
Ecolean arrives in Brazil with a complete packaging solution to the food and beverage industries, which consists of filling machines, lightweight flexible packaging, best-in-class technology and specialised service.
Added Andreas Jeppsson, Regional Director, Americas at Ecolean: “Ecolean takes pride in offering packaging solutions to the Brazilian liquid food industry that meet consumer demands for greater convenience, sustainability and food safety. Our lighter approach to packaging is recognised as making a real difference in markets all around the world. The launch of Betânia, marks Ecolean’s entry into the promising Brazilian market and we look forward to many more Ecolean product packaging launches.”
The two different Bat Gut products are already available from the main supermarkets in north-eastern Brazil – in ‘Strawberry, Banana and Oat’, as well as ‘Guava and Cereal’ flavours.
Ecolean’s portfolio of solutions in Brazil offers liquid food companies a new way of making a difference, by packing dairy products, beverages and prepared food processors, such as dairy cream, condensed milk, yogurts, juices, soups and food service products in the unique, lightweight Ecolean packages.
Positive experiences with the expansion of Ecolean in the region, include the recent, successful launch with Alpura in Mexico. For more visit Ecolean.com


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It was yet another global footprint made possible as one of the leading Nigerian and indeed African banks, United Bank for Africa (UBA), expanded its business frontiers with the opening of a branch of the bank in the oil-rich Middle East country of United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The new branch is situated at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), in Dubai.
Tony Elumelu, the Chairman of UBA, speaking about the landmark achievement while unveiling the new branch, said what started as an ambitious dream, is today, a reality.
According to him, Dubai’s strategic position as a thriving global trade hub at the intersection of Asia, Europe and Africa, makes it an ideal market for over 35 million+ customers of UBA to leverage their businesses and boost their global footprint.
“The UAE is a world-class business centre, with close accessibility to the African continent, Dubai is an ideal ally to help tap Africa’s economic potential and support the next phase of our continent’s progress.
“Already present across Africa, in France, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, UBA Dubai helps UBA catalyze our vision of being African by heart and knowledge, and the bridge to the world economy.
“United Bank for Africa has grown from a single-country bank to a global institution, with over 35 million customers and so our launch at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), one of the world’s most advanced financial centres, will create huge opportunities to promote trade and investment flows across our regions, as well as intensify relationships and enlarge our focus.
“Africa’s Global Bank has a unique portfolio of products and services, that provides financial solutions to all our customers, big and small, the traders, entrepreneurs and investors, the savers and the strivers.
“As we open our doors to the people of UAE, as the first Pan African bank to establish a branch in Dubai directly from Africa, we are making our contribution to creating a more sustainable trade space for Africans, the Middle East, Asia, and the world at large.
“It is beyond the Middle East, the Far East, we believe in the first instance Dubai should serve this area but we want to go beyond, we have a lot of customers and Africans who do business in the Far East. We want to be that bank that helps support our people who do business any and everywhere in the world. Sometime soon, Far East will also come on stream,” Elumelu said.
TOE as he is fondly called, also recognizes international expansions don’t necessarily lead to immediate profitability.
“The more we expand as we do, at times we are not able to whet the appetite of shareholders, but we are futuristic, we are Africa first, we think long term, we believe in the long term all this expansion will begin to contribute significantly to the bottom line, ” he said.
Indeed, it took UBA about 6 years to break even in Ghana but now their African operations contribute “over 50% of profits” as Mr. Elumelu asserted.
UBA’s foreign operations contributed over N60 billion out of the full-year profits of N118.6 billion. All its foreign operations printed profits except Kenya and Uganda which reported losses.
As UBA expands into new frontiers, concerns should arise about the timing, especially as the world grapples with galloping inflation, fear of a recession, and forex crisis back home. Most companies are also looking to roll back on global expansions fearing that the uncertainty of a possible global recession could upturn projections. Elumelu, however, thinks otherwise.
“We are very conservative and cautious of our expansion programs. However, as a group, we are long-term, and we believe tough times don’t last. We know inflation is high at the moment but slowly it will moderate, and things will change. But this is where strategic investors, long-term investors take a position. Take position at this time and when things turn around, you are there to take advantage. We are extremely hopeful that the global economy maximum 2-3 years will turn around and we will be there,” he said.
While such positive sentiments about the global outlook are welcomed by the erudite TOE, executives of the bank are mindful of the challenges ahead. Globalization is not as rosy as most business executives tout it to be. Beyond the rosy financial projections lie several landmines that make it difficult to execute the best laid out plans.
Regulators are stricter with foreign-owned businesses and the culture and service expectations of customers differ from one country to another. Foreign companies are just a scandal away from seizing operations in the foreign business, mothballing millions of dollars in investments without commensurate returns.
UBA appears to understand this challenge which explains why it goes lean when opening new international outlets and prefers to grow organically albeit slower when compared to acquiring local subsidiaries.
According to the Chairman, “we have learned from previous acquisitions that starting afresh gives us more value and sustainability in the long term. We also appreciate the limits of globalization, which is why our expansion plans are strategic. It’s not just trading, there is also forex. We are not in a better position to take our future into our hands. With this expansion, we not only facilitate trade but also capture forex liquidity which is critical to how we support our customers.”
With over 20 branches/subsidiaries outside Nigeria and the only Nigerian bank with a deposit license in the United States, UBA pride itself as one of Nigeria and Africa’s respected banks. As it launches operations in the gulf, shareholders will expect that this bet is not just about fulfilling the etymology of a name but a strategic move that will lead to value creation for shareholders in the form of dividend growth and capital appreciation.
UBA currently has an outlet in the US, UK, France and so adding Dubai to the mix was a logical next step for the bank which styles itself as not just a Nigerian-owned bank but a pan-African bank.
The mood in Dubai while during the branch opening reflected how excited the entire UBA leadership team was. It was easy to comprehend just how important this new branch in the gulf is to the bank. It was also clear it was not an easy one considering the strict regulatory approvals required to set up a financial institution in Dubai. It was also easy to guess this was not going to be the last of the global expansion for UBA.
“In recent times, the UAE and Africa have seen enormous growth in trade, travel and cultural exchanges, beyond just oil and gas, and continue to expand these relations. As the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) implementation gathers force, this relationship will only expand.
“Growth is crucial to the long-term survival of any business and a crucial element for that growth is identifying key opportunities for your businesses.
“UBA Dubai is another step, another milestone, closer to our clear destination. Patience, persistence and possibilities – all were evident today. Delivering business expansion is thrilling. You learn about a new territory, the tastes and preferences of a new audience. But one question remains the same. Are you capable of meeting or exceeding these goals? Today, join me to applaud the Board, management, and the entire staff of the United Bank for Africa, as we declare UBA Dubai open for business. Cheers to new beginning,” Elumelu excited.


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Ryan Reynolds, a producer and Golden Globe-nominated actor known for his roles in many box office hits, will be the Hasty Pudding Theatricals 2017 Man of the Year.
Harvard’s athletic facilities will host Chance the Rapper, Mumford and Sons, Bon Iver, and dozens of other artists at this year’s Boston Calling music festival from May 26 to 28, its organizers announced Thursday.
If students were concerned about the limited number of upscale cafes near Harvard, then Blue Bottle’s impending move to 40 Bow St. should come as welcome news.
Harvard Square just got a little sweeter with the opening of pop-up chocolate shop Somerville on the Charles.
After months of anticipation, eager Sweetgreen fans flocked to the chain’s new Harvard Square location last week to attend “soft opening” events in preparation for the salad chain’s official opening Tuesday.
After a brief closure, Algiers Coffee House opened its doors again to patrons hoping to sip on the cafe’s popular mint tea.
With lines for Tatte Bakery and Cafe stretching out the door, students will now have another option for getting their coffee and croissants in Harvard Square.
Students now have more options in Harvard Square to spend their recently acquired $75 of Crimson Cash with the addition of b.good and Oggi Gourmet to the program.
The restaurant opened its doors at 8 Holyoke St. on Oct. 6. The venue was previously the home of Sandrine’s, a French bistro, until that restaurant closed its doors last March after 18 years in the Square.
While students were happy to learn of their newfound Crimson Cash wealth, some were disappointed to learn that the service was temporarily unavailable at some Harvard Square locations.
Many businesses in Harvard Square experienced a large spike in customer volume during peak lunch hours on Wednesday, the first day of a historic strike by HUDS workers.
The smell of freshly baked bread and pastries wafting through the air along Massachusetts Avenue will soon grow familiar to passersby with the opening of Tatte Bakery and Cafe, a European-style establishment that features a baker on site 24/7.
Harvard Square has plenty of bars, but only last Thursday did it welcome its first dedicated to oysters.
Longtime Harvard Square restaurant FiRE+iCE closed its doors for the last time on Sunday after nearly 20 years in business.
Fans of Chicago deep-dish pizza and cheap appetizers will have a harder time finding culinary satisfaction in Harvard Square now that Uno Pizzeria and Grill has closed its local restaurant.


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Pull a Marty McFly and beam back to 2018 – the term “crypto” is a byword for “scam” and economist Nouriel Roubini is triumphantly calling the crypto space “La-la land.” Fast forward to 2021 and the L.A. Lakers’ basketball arena has been renamed “Crypto.com Arena,” National Football League legend Tom Brady is trading non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and El Salvador has made bitcoin (BTC) a legal tender.
Much of the media attention is going to the metaverse, all-time price highs and DOGE with the future of finance is being pushed on all sides. But perhaps the most archaic part of finance is getting a 21st-century makeover, as well. That dinosaur is called the tax industry.
Stephan Roth is a London-based financial journalist who has reported on cryptocurrency since 2018. He has previously worked for KPMG, CNNMoney and ACCOINTING. This article is part of CoinDesk’s Tax Week.
In recent times, the tax industry has made strides in its attempt to understand the industry and flesh out the nitty-gritty tax details that come with a brand-new asset class. However, filing crypto-related taxes can still be an arduous task, with a variety of different forms, calculations and recording of transactions.
That said, a host of young, innovative and ambitious crypto tax companies have risen to the occasion – ready to reduce your tax-related stress before deadline day.
I’ve spent some time going through each company, speaking to key people, analyzing the prices of their products, the number of applications available and using their user interfaces. Here’s what I found.
The bitcoin bug bit Dennis Wohlfarth in 2014 when he was working in Italy as a mechanical engineer servicing Ferrari. Three years later, a group of founders hailing from Germany, Switzerland and the United States fleshed out the blueprint for Accointing.com, and they subsequently launched the company in 2019.
With a European vibe, Accointing offers crypto tax reporting solutions for Australia, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, the U.K. and U.S., ranging between $79 and $299 (plus a free tax report), as well as a portfolio-tracking app and desktop solution. Included in its offerings is a product called Trading Tax Optimizer, which can help users optimize their taxes through tax-loss harvesting and analytics.
Earlier this year, the startup partnered with Swiss-based audit giant BDO Global, bolstering its brand as well as cementing a key traditional tax partner in Europe. “We want our team to bring in their personal touch … so we can expand our tax solutions in Europe and then to the APAC (Asia-Pacific). We want to expand our blockchain connections, NFT and decentralized finance (DeFi) tax support [and] our portfolio features,” Wohlfarth says.
Kickstarted in 2017, CoinTracker is the brainchild of former Google employees Jon Lerner and Chandan Lodha, who have embraced an “engineering-driven culture” and who turned CoinTracker into a unicorn this January, when CoinTracker announced an exclusive partnership with crypto exchange Coinbase, embedding its software directly within Coinbase’s tax center.
“We want to be the layer that helps people interact with crypto and not give them headaches in relation to compliance matters,” said Shehan Chandrasekara, CoinTracker’s head of tax
CoinTracker offers four types of tax solutions covering Australia, Canada, the U.K. and U.S. – with tax packages ranging from a free tax report and paid options ranging from $49 to a $159 package. It also provides an “Unlimited” solution that is priced individually.
Another strong suit is the company’s enterprise solution, with the “biggest players” in the market looking to do business with CoinTracker.
Rounding up its offerings is a portfolio tracker that provides exclusive insights into a user’s holdings and allows the user to tax-loss harvest and track NFTs and DeFi transactions.
This year is going to be big for CoinTracker, Chandrasekara said. “We will continue to hire aggressively and listen to our users. We expect to reach 1 million-plus users on the platform during [this] tax season,” he said.
CoinLedger – formerly CryptoTrader.Tax – was born of necessity in 2017 because David Kemmerer, Mitchel Cookson and Lucas Wyland were looking to report “over 120,000” trades made through arbitrage investing. “We were pretty frantic,” Kemmerer, the CEO, says. “There was nowhere to report our taxes, so we had to fix the problem ourselves.”
Tasked with figuring out how to report its own holdings, CoinLedger had to develop the “picks and shovels” for its tax tool, releasing the first version of its tax platform in spring 2018.
Read More: US Crypto Tax Guide 2022
Since then, CoinLedger has built a tax tool offering geared toward the U.S. market, allowing users to tax-loss harvest and benefit from its TaxAct feature – helping users navigate tax season. Prices per tax offering range from $49 to $299, with the most expensive solution allowing reporting for an unlimited number of transactions. It also offers a business-to-business (B2B) solution, helping certified public accountants (CPAs) serve their personal clients.
Read More: Review of 6 Crypto Tax Software Packages


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Central Station in downtown Hong Kong is comparable to Gwanghwamun subway station in central Seoul. A subway ride from Central Station to Luohu Station, where the main border between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China, is located, takes 40 minutes.
Foreign nationals could require up to an hour to pass customs, but citizens of Hong Kong and mainland China with electronic pass cards can easily cross the border. Many cars with two license plates cross without difficulty. At Luohu, it is clear that Hong Kong and China have become united.
Freedom of movement has brought significant changes to the people of Hong Kong and mainland China. Hong Kong residents enjoy a higher standard of living due to cheap labor and service from mainland China.
Residents of Shenzhen have gained sudden wealth thanks to capital injected from Hong Kong. Many people live in Shenzhen but commute to work in Hong Kong. When the high-speed railway linking Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong is completed in 2011, commuting between Shenzhen and Hong Kong will take just 13 minutes.
Since Hong Kong was returned to Chinese rule in 1997, the number of Chinese visitors to the city has skyrocketed. Before the handover, 2.1 million Chinese visited the island in 1996 but 4.1 million did so in 2002. The figure further soared to 12 million in 2004 and is now between 16 million and 17 million.
Over the past 12 years, the Chinese government has boosted domestic demand in Hong Kong by encouraging more Chinese to visit the island whenever Hong Kongs economy faces difficulties, such as the 1998 currency crisis and the 2003 bird flu scare. The citys economy was initially expected to decline in 2003 but grew three percent that year.
The Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement signed by Hong Kong and China in 2003 played the pivotal role in boosting the citys economy that year.
Under the agreement, Hong Kong was allowed to export duty free around 1,500 items including agricultural and marine products to China. Regulations were also eased or lifted in 42 service sectors. In short, Hong Kong has gained strong support from China after its return to the mainland.
The agreement created 43,200 jobs in Hong Kong between 2004 and last year. A worker at a store selling luxurious goods near Central Station said, Many rich Chinese visit the store and buy several items at a time. We used to consider people who spoke Mandarin poor and old fashioned but theyre now considered rich. Now, we treat them very well.
When melamine was found in Chinese-made dairy products last year, milk products in Hong Kong quickly were sold out as many Chinese visited the city to buy them.
China accounted for 40.3 percent of Hong Kongs trade in 2001 and 47.4 percent last year. The city last year also became the largest investor in China with 41 billion U.S. dollars and 43 percent of foreign investment on the mainland.
Seok Dong-yeon, Korean consul general in Hong Kong, said, Hong Kongs large investment in China shows Hong Kongs strong belief in Chinas future and potential. Companies dont advance into China without benefits, and are better than other types of organizations in having information on risk. Undeniably, Hong Kong corporations have top-grade data on Chinas present and future.
If you want to know China, you have to first understand Hong Kong.
Hong Kongs economy is also suffering from the global economic crisis, growing a mere 2.6 percent in the fourth quarter last year and contracting 7.8 percent in the first quarter this year. Businessmen in the city, however, predicted rosy prospects to the Dong-A Ilbo, with one saying, Chinas economy has bottomed out. That means Hong Kongs economy will get better soon.
Economist Dixon Ho of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council said, The economies of Hong Kong and China are already tied. Chinas economy is expected to grow for a prolonged period and Hong Kongs is also likely to recover swiftly.
The councils assistant executive director Raymond Yip added, China and Hong Kong are no different from family. Hong Kong was reverted to China, not returned, in 1997.
The office of the Peoples Liberation Army of China is in front of the councils headquarters, a building comparable to the Korea Convention and Exhibition Center in Seoul. Around 10,000 Chinese soldiers are stationed in Hong Kong, but finding them on the streets is hard since they wear plain clothes.
Consul general Seok said, China stays out of Hong Kongs domestic affairs. By maintaining the one nation, two systems policy, it wants to send a message to Taiwan. Korea should begin considering how to respond to upcoming changes at a time when China is starting to pursue economic integration with Hong Kong and Taiwan.


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Coffee Fueled by Sunshine
by Beatrice MarkenzonApr 25, 2022
In 2021, we proudly announced the completion of a massive solar installation, which now powers all of our house-brand operations. This addition has now earned Maud's Coffee & Tea the proud distinction of being the first of its kind to boast production that utilizes solar power for a significant percentage of its power.
The mammoth project added an impressive 700 LG panels that each generate 405 watts of power, along with two sma 62 kilowatt inverters and two 50 kilowatt inverters, to our San Diego headquarters. The resulting impact on the environment on an annual basis equates to taking 72 passenger vehicles off the road, 37,720 gallons of gasoline combusted or 5,500 tree saplings grown for 10 years.
Always at the cutting edge of sustainable, ethical and Earth-conscious production and manufacturing practices, we are proud to lay claim to several other “firsts” that set a standard for globally aware decision making within the industry. As the first company to commercialize the use of highly recyclable Poly Propylene #5 K-cups, we were able to address the concerns of earth-minded consumers regarding the waste historically generated by single-serve beverage packaging. Then, we took it a step further by being the first to have their K-Cups certified recyclable by SCS Global, an international leader in third-party certification, validation, and verification for environmental, sustainability, and food safety and quality performance claims.
“We believe that good coffee starts at the source, which is why we make sure that every step we take in manufacturing Maud’s products is thoughtful, ethical and environmentally responsible,” says CEO and Founder Michael Ishayik. “The addition of solar-power to our production facility was a logical next step in ensuring that we continue our legacy of producing great products for our customers and partners the right way.”
With aspirations of being completely carbon neutral by 2024, we will continue to harness innovation, emerging technologies and good old-fashioned sunshine to create high-quality, Earth-friendly products for Earth-minded partners and customers around the globe.
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As this week comes to a close we take a look at the stories that resonated most with our readers.
This week was capped by Telkom choosing who would fill its top executive role. Readers were also engaged by a story in which an AI-made invention won a patent in South Africa, the first country in the world to do so.
Finally, Microsoft launches its Windows 365 DaaS platform, and the top 9 things to keep in mind in order to prevent future ransomware attacks.
Find out more about this week’s top articles:
Telkom has appointed Serame Taukobong as the Group CEO Designate with effect from 1 October 2021. He will be taken over the position from Sipho Maseko who is set to exit the company on 30 June 22.
Taukobong currently serves as Telkom’s CEO of Consumer & Small Business, joining the telco in 2018, and previously worked as an executive for the MTN Group, where his most important tenures were as Head of Marketing for MTN South Africa and as the CEO of MTN Ghana.
South Africa is believed to be the first country in the world to award a patent to an invention created by an artificial intelligence (AI).
The invention is a new interlocking food and beverage container based on fractal geometry entirely conceptualised by a non-human AI device – DABUS – the Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience.
Microsoft has launched its Windows 365 Cloud PC desktop-as-a-service product for general availability on 2 August 2021.
Windows 365 is Microsoft’s newest remote desktop offering, one that builds upon and complements its Azure Virtual Desktop. The service will allow users to bring their Windows PC desktop, apps, tools, data and settings to their personal or work devices, including other PCs, Macs, iPads, Linux and Android devices via a native Remote Desktop application or web browser.
Read on the discover the service’s two editions and pricing.
Ransomware attacks have become a massive problem for almost every industry and every organization size.
Recently, South Africa’s port authority Transnet was struck by a massive ransomware attack that left the country’s ports crippled for nearly a week.
Read on: The 9 things users should consider in order to give their organization the best chance of avoiding ransomware attacks.


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The first vendor to open inside the Roost, the food hall in Southeast that will eventually host a number of chefs and bar managers selected by one of D.C.’s top restaurant groups, is a coffee and tea shop that will swap out beans from its Brooklyn-based roasting partner on a month-by-month basis.
Cameo started selling drip coffee, espresso drinks, single-origin teas, and pastries this morning, marking the first business activity inside the 12,500-square-foot complex run by Neighborhood Restaurant Group, the company behind a slew of local favorites such as Red Apron Butcher, Churchkey beer bar, Mediterranean destination Iron Gate, and farm-to-table Turkish spot Hazel.
NRG originally planned to open the Roost (1401 Pennsylvania Avenue SE) with its full lineup of bars and restaurants in the spring. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the group to delay the project and open the food hall, located on the ground floor of the new Blackbird apartment building that faces the Potomac Ave Metro station, in phases. The plan now is to bring on one or two vendors at a time with the goal of having the whole facility filled by Thanksgiving. The first phase starts with Cameo and and an adjacent “storelet” for Shop Made in DC.
NRG hired Nazia Khan, who came over from the Wydown, to lead Cameo. As the company’s new director of coffee and counter service, Khan leads an operation the prioritizes responsible sourcing and environmental sustainability. Cameo selected Parlor Coffee in Brooklyn as a roasting partner because Khan was satisfied the company not only produced high-grade beans, but it had personal relationships with its farmers and producers.
The first drip coffee Cameo will sell comes from the town of Acevedo in southwestern Colombia. Khan says it has notes of toffee, stone fruit, and “a little bit of candied apple brightness.” Although Khan says Cameo picked the Frontera de Acevedo roast because it was the best thing on the cupping table, that doesn’t mean it will stay on for long.
“One of the things I’mr really excited about in the coffee industry is honoring the fact that it is a crop and that it is seasonal,” Khan says. “What we buy now might not be what we buy a month from now. What we’re doing with them is just constant tasting.”
Parlor’s Wallabout roast, a blend of Peruvian and Colombian beans, will go into Cameo’s espresso. Cameo is keeping the menu simple upon opening, but Khan is working on implementing a menu of pour overs that use Kalita Wave drippers. She’s also experimenting with an AeroPress immersion brewer.
Lattes incorporate steamed milk from Homestead Creamery in Franklin County, Virginia. There will be a seasonal lattes for espresso and tea every month. A simple vanilla latte is the first option. Khan says masala chai and matcha lattes will be staples, too.
Once Cameo has found its footing, Khan expects the seasonal lattes to become a bit more ambitious. For example, she envisions working with chefs around the food hall to develop the type of pumpkin spice latte customers wouldn’t be able to find at a chain coffee shop.
“We’d like to make it really good, and not sugary, and actually using real ingredients that you’d find in a kitchen,” Khan says.
Cameo has partnered with Spirit Tea out of Chicago to source farm-direct, loose leaf teas. There are no additives, so Khan says Earl Gray and jasmine teas are off-limits, but Cameo will offer teas with similar characteristics. She says she’s developing a London Fog recipe with bergamot citrus syrup.
For now, Cameo will sell all food and drinks for takeaway in compostable packaging from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. every day. An online ordering system includes a pickup location just inside the door of the food hall. Walk-up ordering includes lines marked off with 6 feet of spacing. There’s outdoor seating at the Roost, too.
The food hall is still waiting on its liquor license, but once it can sell alcohol, bottled cocktails from the forthcoming Show of Hands bar will be available at Shop Made in DC.
Here’s a brief list of the food and drink vendors that will follow Cameo over the next three months:


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Soda related tooth decay..
People across the world use different words to identify a sugary, carbonated soft drink. But however they say it, they're talking about something that can cause serious oral health problems.
People who drink 3 or more glasses of soda each day have 62% more tooth decay, fillings and tooth loss than others. Sugar-free drinks, which account for only 14 percent of all soft drink consumption, are less harmful. However, they are acidic and potentially can still cause problems.
According to studies, some teenagers drink as many as 12 soft drinks a day.
“Acidic substances attack tooth enamel, and upper layers of the tooth can even be dissolved in some acidic drinks,” said Dr. Attin in an interview with Reuters Health. “However, protective agents in saliva may help repair and rebuild damaged tooth enamel.”
Protection from soda related decay??
“You should wait at least 30 minutes after drinking soda before brushing your teeth, said researchers at the German Association for Tooth Protection meeting.”
( Source: “The journal of American Dental Association”)
Our Health Advice from iDENT Dental Clinic, Andheri,
specially for you:
“Put down the pop and sports drinks and pick up some nice fresh water instead"


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New Beginnings for FPC Technology Group
The Wells County Chamber of Commerce staff and Ambassadors held a ribbon cutting with 2ds.Consulting and FPC Technology Group at 616 N Main St, Bluffton, March 16 to celebrate a new beginning for both businesses.
FPC Technology Group joined forces with 2ds.Consulting, based out of Fort Wayne, on January 1, 2018 with 2ds.Consulting acquiring FPC in Wells County. Scott and Kathy Steffen have been instrumental in helping with the transition and focusing on the business model moving forward.
“The fresh team will bring a new level of energy into the company and bring the additional offerings to FPC customers,” explains Scott Steffen. “It’s exciting what is on the horizon for Wells County and the surrounding area as we re-brand FPC Technology Group and offer a full managed service to clients.”
2ds.Consulting owners, John Dunlap and Kaleb Dienelt, are making numerous changes to the current location, reducing the footprint from 4,800 square feet to just over 1,000. “It worked out perfectly because Perfect Pet needed to expand their space for training and retail; we were happy to give up that extra space to them,” says Dienelt.
Dienelt explains that a lot of small businesses cannot afford to hire Information Technology (IT) staff; therefore, their company is the solution. A Managed Service Provider offers customers to rent an IT Department for small to medium sized companies and for personal use. “We offer a vast array of services such as managing, fixing, and repairing the hardware and operating software, and we can be a liaison to other technical companies for the business.”
“We are also rolling out a Home Computer Package for home use to manage individuals’ personal computer needs such as anti-virus, computer maintenance, and security,” says Dienelt.
“We have been welcomed and have met so many people in Wells County and the Chamber has been extremely helpful for our business. I can tell this a community that cares about increasing the quality of life in Wells County and we are happy to be a part of that,” says Dienelt.
Dienelt concludes that their staff are fun people with fresh ideas and open to suggestions of customer needs. “We are truly excited to help businesses with their needs and grow.” Business hours are 8am-5pm M-F with 7am-7pm on-call remote support and Saturday support hours from 8am-3pm and by appointment.
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Tanner McClain, First Bank of Berne, Chamber Ambassador
Scott Steffen, 2ds.Consulting dba FPC Technology Group
Kathy Steffen, Chamber Board Member
David Gross, FPC Technology Group
Heather Morgan, National Oil, Chamber Ambassador
Kaleb Dienelt, 2ds.Consulting dba FPC Technology Group
Jim Brewer, Ossian State Bank, Chamber Board Member
John Dunlap, 2ds.Consulting dba FPC Technology Group
Ianna Dunlap, daughter of Dunlap
Lisa Haiflich, BKM Real Estate, Chamber Ambassador
Rebecca Dunlap, 2ds.Consulting dba FPC Technology Group
Justin Smith, 2ds.Consulting dba FPC Technology Group
Doug Brown, News-Banner, Chamber Ambassador
Ryan Fee, 2ds.Consulting dba FPC Technology Group
Rita Haneline, Markle Health & Rehab, Chamber Ambassador
Erin Prible, Wells County Chamber of Commerce, Executive Director


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At SDC 2018 this month, Samsung has demonstrated its much anticipated evolutionary foldable phone – the Galaxy F (Flex) smartphone. While it was just a sneak peek at the event, the first foldable phone is scheduled to launch before the first half of 2019. It is entirely reasonable that the upcoming foldable Galaxy Flex phone would undoubtedly be pricey as the premium phones have already crossed $1000 mark this year – thanks to Apple.
That said, a new report from Gizmodo states that the new Galaxy Flex is expected to surpass all the current high priced smartphones with its steep pricing, which is likely to be in between ‘$1900 – $2500,’ which is huge for a smartphone till date. The uncertain pricing is cumbersome and almost double the pricing of today’s top smartphone line-ups. The report further suggests us that unlike other Samsung phones, specifically in the UK, where they are usually sold under Samsung Upgrade programme, the Galaxy Flex phone is expected be excluded from this program due to its abrupt pricing.
Furthermore, the report also implies us that EE (UK Network) would only be the individual cellular network to offer the Galaxy Flex phone on both contract and SIM-free programs. There’s isn’t any official confirmation from Samsung on this pricing yet. However, we will need to wait and see how well the Galaxy Flex foldable phone can be received, considering it as the first-gen and the first foldable phone from Samsung, which is slated to launch mid-2019. Stay tuned to PhoneRadar for more updates.


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ORLANDO, FL — The online leisure travel market is worth $12.2 billion, but industry leaders say there are still glaring voids in online offerings and too many unhappy travelers.
As the CEOs of Orbitz and Expedia pointed out at last week's eTravel World conference here, airline and travel sites do not enable users to search for all types of vacation experiences and services at once. According to Jeffrey Katz, CEO of Orbitz, Chicago, only one in 20 or 30 online shoppers purchases an airline ticket online. They may shop for the best fare online, then call the airline to purchase the ticket.
“When you're [purchasing a ticket] online, don't you feel like you're in one of those children's mazes?” Katz asked. “As electronic retailers, we're missing something, and we're running out of time.”
Richard Barton, CEO of Expedia Inc., Chicago, thinks what's missing is the non-air travel market. Worldwide, shoppers spend $270 billion a year on air travel and $3.4 trillion on non-air travel, he said. Businesses such as restaurants, ski resorts and attractions are a “very large and fragmented business” that presents a tremendous opportunity for online marketers.
When travelers plan trips, they have several questions that online travel sites are not answering, according to Barton, including how the traveler can get a ride from the airport to the hotel, how he can find a babysitter and where he should make dinner reservations. “These are questions that make or break a trip,” Barton said.
“Orbitz is here because there is a sweet spot waiting to be served,” Katz said. “We're ready to come online where the output of travel queries is simple and all shown in one place.”
The GDS technology will be able to search all airline fares simultaneously, which no other travel site can do today, according to Katz. It also boasts ownership by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Continental Airlines, United Airlines and Northwest Airlines, and partnerships with 30 additional companies.
The online agent will expand to car rentals and hotel rooms, but Katz did not mention which companies Orbitz would partner with.
However, Orbitz's concept is under fire from competitors, and the Department of Transportation is investigating the competitive fairness of such a service.
Katz strongly criticized the detractors. “This is the most intensive mudslinging and distortion I've ever seen,” Katz, the former CEO of Swissair, said. “There has been much whining and attacking of Orbitz from people with a vested interest.” He added that the fares for airline tickets and other services will be searched in an “unbiased way.”
In addition, the DOT has ruled that Orbitz is “not a mechanism for collusion,” according to Katz. Instead of investigating such services, regulators should worry about exclusive booking arrangements, such as some portals' five-year required contracts with airlines and other companies.
“Stop obsessing on Orbitz and start making this business fulfill the promise it has,” Katz said. “The customer service needs of this industry are an embarrassment.”
Katz also defended Orbitz's launch delay; a search engine is available now, but customers will not be able to book until June, giving Orbitz time to conduct a massive beta test in February.
“We want to manage the experience customers have. Page hits will be on the scale of Amazon, we estimate,” Katz said.
In addition, Orbitz's launch time is fast compared with traditional start-up experience. Unfortunately, Wall Street expectation is that a company puts a sign up and is in business.
Of course, Barton believes that Orbitz's launch delay is a good thing, and he hinted that the industry should take a wait-and-see attitude toward the service. “It can be infinitely scalable on paper, but in reality it will be different,” Barton said.
“What Expedia does is very hard. We've expended millions in research and development to make it look simple to consumers. It's very hard to make things look simple when you run into the size of the challenge they're up against,” Barton said.
In addition, when Expedia was part of Microsoft, it was “very cheap to acquire customers,” Barton said, whereas Orbitz will have to spend to attract new customers. “It's going to be very expensive in 2001 to establish an online brand and acquire customers,” he said.
However, Barton is focusing on what he believes Expedia and other travel sites need to do: expand beyond airline reservations into lodging, adventure-based travel and business travel.
“We're about trips, not tickets. We're investing heavily in lodging and other companies,” Barton said, ticking off Expedia's purchase of Vacationspot and Travelscape, which focuses on lodging and popular destinations, and partnerships with eGulliver and Away.com.
Non-air attractions and vacation packages are not connected to any one distribution system, which presents a perfect opportunity for an “Internet entrepreneur,” according to Barton. “It's unwired and globally distributed, and most are small, local businesses. It's very difficult for travelers to get in touch with those businesses,” Barton said.
Lodging, in particular, is a very fragmented and global business that “is an obvious business for the Web to take.” There are about 5 million “specialty lodging businesses,” such as bed-and-breakfast inns, time shares and managed vacation rentals, according to Barton.
“Lodging business is our No. 1 priority,” Barton said, noting that partnerships with companies such as Travelscape allow supplier-partners to achieve their marketing goals, while helping Expedia maintain a fair margin, because the deals are not based on commission.
Another Expedia priority is its “build-your-own-trip” feature, introduced in June, which allows users to see prices and pick flights for each leg of their vacations.
Meanwhile, Barton acknowledged that business travelers, who make up 25 percent of Expedia's bookings, are frustrated with current online services, so Expedia has set up a separate business travel section of its company.
Without revealing specifics, Barton said Expedia would continue to launch “business-specific” features on its site and possibly form a separate site for business travelers.


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Jacksonville, Fla. – Corporate Traffic Logistics, an asset-based third-party logistics provider headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., announced today the hiring of Keith Lechwar as marketing and communications manager. Lechwar will lead Corporate Traffic’s strategic marketing and communications initiatives to broaden awareness of the company nationally, regionally and within the logistics industry to support business development and enhance communication with the company’s stakeholders.
“Keith is an experienced marketing professional with a strong track record in growing brand awareness and stakeholder engagement,” said Chris Cline, president of Corporate Traffic. “We have had several years of significant growth and this new position is essential to further increasing our industry presence and supporting our sales efforts as we continue to grow in the future.”
In this new role, Lechwar will lead Corporate Traffic’s marketing efforts to elevate the company as an industry leader through public relations, social media and advertising. Lechwar will work alongside the company’s vice president of business development to support the sales team with customer engagement tools and resources and support internal communications with Corporate Traffic’s vice president of human resources. These efforts will support Corporate Traffic’s sales and recruitment goals as the company seeks to hire 40+ Logistics Sales Associates in 2020 across the company’s three offices in Jacksonville, Charlotte, N.C. and Toledo, Ohio.
“I was drawn to Corporate Traffic’s foundation as a family-owned and operated business – the Cline brothers have worked together for nearly 30 years and that family-focused culture is felt by employees and ultimately our customers,” said Lechwar. “It is fulfilling to be part of the Corporate Traffic team’s success and help continue the company’s growth trajectory while being active in the Jacksonville, Charlotte and Toledo communities.”
A graduate from the University of Florida, Lechwar has more than 20 years of experience in developing and executing strategic marketing initiatives to support sales and stakeholder engagement for a variety of organizations. Lechwar was previously vice president of marketing and operations at The CSI Companies and held a variety of positions in several marketing agencies, including Dalton Agency, Kreinest and Associates, Landers and Partners and Bottary & Partners.
Corporate Traffic Logistics is a family-owned and operated asset-based 3PL headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla. with branches in Charlotte, N.C. and Toledo, Ohio. Founded in 1992, Corporate Traffic is an industry-recognized leader in asset and non-asset logistics and transportation solutions, including managed LTL, intermodal, ocean services, expedited air freight, drayage, dry van, temperature controlled and flatbed. Corporate Traffic’s in-house technicians develop cutting-edge, proprietary technology solutions to customers seeking enhanced tracking and asset management tools while providing real-time software optimization and customer support. Corporate Traffic has been ranked a Top 100 3PL by Inbound Logistics for 20 years and a Best Place to Work by the Jacksonville Business Journal for several years. For more information, visit www.corporatetraffic.com.


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CNC is pleased to introduce the new North China – Ho Chi Minh Express 2 (NCX2) service that will ply between China and Vietnam.
Following our last advisory on 18 February 2020, we would like to update you on our operational arrangement due to the evolving COVID-19 situation in Mainland China.
Effective April 1st, 2020
In view of the current situation, work-from-home arrangement is implemented for our staff in China. For the latest updates on the operation hours of our offices and depots, please click here.
CNC is pleased to launch the new Nine Provinces Feeder (NPF) service that will provide connectivity between Korea and Japan.
CNC is pleased to announce the launch of Haiphong Singapore Feeder 2 (HSF2), a new service that connects the ports of Vietnam and Singapore.
CNC is pleased to announce the launch of North East Asia – South East Asia Service – D (NSD), a new service that connects the ports of Japan and Taiwan.
CNC has decided to adjust our Japan Documentation Fee (inbound & outbound) and Seal Fee (outbound) for all Intra Asia laden shipments.
CNC will introduce a Port Congestion Surcharge (PCS) for all Intra Asia shipments into Tokyo, Japan.
CNC will adjust the Terminal Handling Charge (THC) for all Central and North China outbound laden shipments.
CNC will adjust the Operation Cost Recovery Surcharge (OCR) for all China and Hongkong shipments into all Manila Ports, Philippines.


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2013 RJI Mobile Media Research Report 1
Nearly 80 percent of all respondents to our 2013 Q1 phone survey said that they had used at least one Internet-enabled mobile media device in the seven days prior to taking the survey.
That represents a 13-percentage-point increase since last year when our survey found that two-thirds (67%) of all respondents between the ages of 18 and 88 had used mobile media devices.
The increase in the number of mobile media users was significant in every age group, but it was most dramatic in the 45-54 and 65-and-older age groups.
The number of respondents who said they used mobile media to keep up with the news also grew significantly in all age groups. More than half (55%) overall in 2013 were mobile news consumers compared to 42 percent of respondents overall in 2012.
The use of mobile media devices for news in 2013 was highest (70%) among those respondents who were between the ages of 18 and 44.
In our 2013 survey, we included additional questions about the use of desktop computers for accessing news stories.
In every age group except for those 65 and older, the percentage of respondents who used mobile media devices to keep up with the news exceeded the percentages of those who used desktop computers for news.
Again with the exception of those 65 and older, our survey found that a majority (59% to 77%) of desktop news consumers in every age group also were mobile news consumers. Our survey also found that mobile news consumers now make up a higher percentage of newspaper subscribers than desktop news consumers.
The rapidly increasing use of mobile media devices for news is undoubtedly contributing to the general decline in subscriptions to printed newspapers.
While the number of respondents who said they subscribe to newspapers this year fell by only two percentage points overall, the falloff was much more pronounced in all but the 65-and-older age group.
This age group, which includes a high percentage of retirees and a relatively low percentage of mobile news consumers, now has the most newspaper subscribers.
The aging of print news consumers is clearly evident in our survey results. Last year slightly less than half of the newspaper subscribers were age 55 or older. This year they accounted for 61 percent.
The use of mobile media for news has grown rapidly among newspaper subscribers in the past 12 months.
More than half (52%) of this year’s respondents who said they subscribed to newspapers also said they had used mobile media devices to keep up with the news. That represents an overall gain of nearly 15 percentage points since last year.
For newspapers pursuing a digital first model, this would seem to lend support for their efforts. But it also may be accelerating the decline of print.
Our 2013 survey found that respondents who used mobile media and had become mobile news consumers were somewhat more likely to cancel their subscriptions to print newspapers.
All respondents to our 2013 survey who subscribed to newspapers were asked to rank their likelihood of cancelling in the next 12 months on a scale of 1 to 10, with “1” indicating “very unlikely” and “10” indicating “very likely”.
While the total numbers of respondents who ranked their likelihood of cancelling between 6 and 10 ( likely to cancel ) were quite low, the overall percentages were comparable to the percentages of respondents who said they had actually cancelled newspaper subscriptions in the past 12 months.
Respondents in the 45-54 age group had the most rapid transition to mobile media and the highest percentage of cancellations among mobile news consumers in the past 12 months.


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After being in development hell for the entirety of the PlayStation 3’s lifespan, Team Icon’s newest title finally gets a concrete release date. Last night, Sony announced, via their E3 press conference that The Last Guardian will be available on the PlayStation 4 on 25th October 2016. Yep, it’s coming out this year.
This information was released alongside a brand new trailer for the title, showing off more of the title’s game play as well as a second Catweagle character, an evil one who prevents the player from progressing in the game. The E3 trailer for The Last Guardian can be viewed below.
The Last Guardian is coming exclusively to PlayStation 4 on October 25th 2016.


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No matter how great a deal Canton's Fire Chief Larry Hepburn negotiated, the board of selectmen should not have approved the purchase of a new pumper truck without competitive bidding.
The pumper's price tag of $185,625 certainly appears low, considering that the town had allocated $225,000 toward the purchase, based on its own preliminary inquiries. But there is no way to really tell whether Canton is getting a bargain unless town officials take the trouble to shop on the open market.
Competitive bidding, as all public officials should know, also avoids the appearance that the purchase is being engineered to enrich a favored vendor. The bid process should only be waived when town officials can prove conclusively that the product or service can only be obtained from a single source.
That is not the case with the pumper. Mr. Hepburn said the town was able to get the pumper at reduced cost because it will be part of a shipment of 50 pumpers that the manufacturer, American LaFrance, is building for the Los Angeles fire department. The selectmen also approved the purchase of an ambulance from American LaFrance at a cost of $123,330 after soliciting bids from other providers.
Bids could have been solicited for the pumper. There are many firetruck makers across the country. Town officials should have allowed for the possibility that one manufacturer might have matched or beaten American LaFrance's product and price.
Officials compounded the appearance of impropriety by approving the purchase without the consent of the town's vehicle replacement committee, a move that apparently triggered the resignation of one committee member.
A little more patience with the committee would not have made much of a difference. When spending taxpayers' money, the bid process should be followed to make sure the town is getting the best deal.


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Adama Ndiaye Promotes Black Fashion Week In Paris
Senegalese-born French designer Adama Ndiaye held the first Black Fashion Week show in Paris earlier this month, aimed at showcasing the best African design talent to the global industry. "We wanted to simply promote beyond African borders designers who are well-known in Africa or in their country but who don't have access to the global market," Ndiaye said. " 'Why not a White Fashion Week?' some have asked. But Paris Fashion Week is already white!"
Ndiaye has been organizing Senegal's Dakar Fashion Week for a decade now, and has held Black Fashion Week in Prague, Montreal and Salvador de Bahia in the past. This year, at the Pavillon Cambon Capucines in Paris, 15 black designers from Africa (some of whom live in France, Haiti or the U.S.) presented their unique collections, featuring universally-appealing feminine styles with original cuts, backless details and the occasional puff sleeve for volume. "These designs are not made by blacks for blacks," said Ndiaye, whose own label Adama Paris also showed.
The event is also an opportunity for black models to make a name for themselves in the white-dominated industry. "For the models, the majority of them black, it's also an occasion to get on the catwalk since most of the shows look for more expensive white models — some of whom dropped out of 'Black Fashion Week' to do better-paying gigs," Ndiaye said. “I adore Adama. She’s so ambitious,” Cherif, a model who has worked with the designer before, told the Atlanta Black Star. “This is so different than European events,” said fellow model Tene Gaye. “There’s actually warmth and the audience participates. I love it.”
Check out designs from this year's Black Fashion Week, as well as last year's Prague edition, here:
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The virus has infected over 15 million phones in India and can steal your bank details!
It goes by the name of Agent Smith and it is making headlines all over the world as this virus has infected 25 million phones of which over 15 million (over 1.5 crores) are in India. The virus, which pops up serving ads on the infected phones, has been spreading through third-party app stores like 9Apps. Also, once it makes its presence felt in a phone, it becomes discreet and hides by changing its name to a regular-looking app like Google Updater.
This piece of information has been revealed by Check Point, a company which makes security apps and also provides guidance on the different cyber security checks.
“Disguised as a Google-related application, the malware exploits known Android vulnerabilities and automatically replaces installed apps with malicious versions without users knowledge or interaction. Dubbed Agent Smith, the malware currently uses its broad access to the devices resources to show fraudulent ads for financial gain, but could easily be used for far more intrusive and harmful purposes such as banking credential theft and eavesdropping,” noted Check Point.
As per Check Point, Agent Smith spreads primarily through third-party app stores like 9Apps. As far as Google’s Play store is concerned, the fact that it is regulated more strongly makes the spread rather difficult for fishy and malicious code or virus like Agent Smith, especially on Android phones.
However, Indians generally use third-party stores to download the different modified version of apps. Hence, this Agent Smith virus, which is hidden in sex-related apps, games, and photography apps, finds it easy to make its way to the phones. Once the app has been installed, it asks for permissions and mostly, the user generally says yes to everything and then it goes on to modify its name to something that looks more “authentic” like Google Updater or Google Themes.
The best way to stay safe is by not downloading apps from third-party app stores like 9Apps. Yes, few things are free, but there is always a hidden cost attached. Hence, it is advised to download apps only from the official Google Play store.


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Last July Symaga Group reached and surpassed its production record, with a total steel manufacturing of 4,700 Ton throughout the month, which means a daily production of about 200 Ton. This record is the result of the confidence placed in it by its customers, and thanks to a continuous investment in new technologies over the last 10 years, which has been around 40 million €, the company was able to double its production capacity. The growth in production was coupled with an increase in human resources, reaching 200 employees. All this resulted in a 50 per cent sales growth.
Symaga Group is participating in some of the main grain storage projects for this 2015, such as the construction of the biggest rice re-processing facility in the world, located in Thailand and being the biggest hopper silo order in the company’s history.
Symaga Group is also proud of strengthening its business in Indonesia, supplying silos for which will be the biggest grain import terminal in Southeast Asia. Symaga will also expand its presence in North Africa and consolidate its business in Central and Eastern Europe.
No doubt that Symaga Group has been compensated for the great effort made and wants to thank very much all of its customers and workers.


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Energy Mad says well placed for profit
Energy Mad is well positioned to deliver a profit for the 2014 financial year, the company's chairman told shareholders at the annual meeting in Christchurch today.
Having "endured a difficult and disappointing period" the company was focused on a return to profit, Rick Ramsay said.
Continued revenue growth from the United States, Australia and its New Zealand direct installation business, combined with a strong balance sheet and no debt, positioned the company to deliver a profit for the 2014 financial year.
Ramsay and managing director Chris Mardon acknowledged the company's failure to deliver on its pre-listing projections for revenue and profit at today's meeting.
The company reported a net loss of $2.5 million for the year to March 2013, compared to its IPO $4m profit forecast.
Explaining "what went wrong" in the 2013 financial year, Mardon said delayed introduction of the company's 12-volt Ecobulb into Australia, quality issues with its 240V downlight and lower than expected sales in Europe and Australia had all meant lower than forecast revenue.
The light-bulb making company was now focusing on five steps to improve performance.
- Growing light bulb sales through the 8000 stores of United States drugstore giant Walgreens
Energy Mad has secured $1.5 million of funding for projects with 28 electricity utilities through 1350 Walgreens stores in 2013. This funding allows the retail pricing of Energy Mad's light bulbs to be heavily discounted in these stores, without impacting Energy Mad's margins.
- Driving its Australian Ecobulb spiral and downlight sales.
- Growing its direct installation business profitably. This sells and installs Ecobulb downlights into New Zealand homes.
- Introducing reliable new Ecobulb products into the market - including adding selected LEDs to its portfolio by late 2013.
- Cost-cutting across the company.
The rejigging of the company's management structure - with chief financial officer Paul Ravlich promoted to chief executive focusing on the direct installation business and reducing costs, had allowed Mardon to focus on growing sales, and director Tom Mackenzie to focus on new products and technology.
Max Smith, an associate board member of the New Zealand Shareholders Association, said today's presentation had answered most of his questions.
The board seemed to have done its homework and come up with some good strategies and policies and he congratulated them on that.
Energy Mad's shares were last trading flat at 34 cents a share, 34 per cent or 18 cents lower than year-ago levels.


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Hilmar Cheese Co. said 55 students demonstrating community involvement and academic performance will each receive a scholarship toward their higher education through the company’s annual scholarship program. This program helps fulfill Hilmar Cheese Co.’s purpose to improve lives.
The scholarship program has four categories: children of employees of Hilmar Cheese Co., Hilmar Cheese Co. Visitor Center part-time staff, children of the dairy farm families who ship milk to Hilmar Cheese Co. and students with an agricultural major living in the counties where the company is located. This last category is for students not affiliated with the company, the Hilmar, Calif.-based company said, but dedicated to the agricultural industry and living in Merced or Stanislaus counties in California or Dallam or Hartley counties in Texas.
This year, previous recipients of a dairy farm family child or employee child scholarship were invited to apply for a renewal scholarship. Twenty-four students received renewal scholarships, Hilmar Cheese Co. said.
First-time scholarship recipients include 12 children of Hilmar Cheese Co. employees, four part-time visitor center employees, four children of the dairy farm families who ship their milk to Hilmar Cheese Co. and 11 agricultural majors, the company said. Renewal scholarships were awarded to 24 children of employees and the dairy farm families who ship their milk to Hilmar Cheese Co.
The Hilmar Cheese Co. scholarship program reflects the company’s ongoing support of higher education and its commitment to employees, dairy farm families, the California and Texas agricultural industries and the communities where the company operates. Qualifying students are encouraged to apply Nov. 1 through Feb. 1, 2023, the company said. For more information about Hilmar Cheese Co.’s scholarship program, visit the “About Us” section of www.hilmarcheese.com.
Ice cream company Baskin-Robbins, Canton, Mass., said it is celebrating the happiness ice cream brings to every moment with a refresh of its logo, packaging, employee uniforms and tagline encouraging customers to “Seize the Yay” — appreciating every moment, no matter how big or small.
“For more than 75 years, Baskin-Robbins has been the destination for celebrating the moments that matter most,” said Jerid Grandinetti, vice president of marketing and culinary for Baskin-Robbins. “Our new look and manifesto recognize the extraordinary role ice cream has played in our customers’ lives, along with our continued commitment to innovation and creating someone’s next favorite flavor.”
To celebrate the rebrand, while paying tribute to its robust heritage, Baskin-Robbins said it is launching a collection of limited-edition merchandise — the very first line of branded merchandise for the 77-year old ice cream brand. The exclusive “yay-worthy” items will be available for a limited time, beginning April 18, 2022. The collection includes clothing and other items that will encourage “yay seizing” moments, including bicycles and skateboards, available exclusively at ShopBaskinRobbins.com.
DeConna Ice Cream, a family-owned and operated ice cream distributor headquartered in Reddick, Fla., said it is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2022. The company has been servicing the Florida and south Georgia markets since its founding in 1947.
United Dairymen of Arizona (UDA), Tempe, Ariz., said Josh Susany was appointed chief financial officer of the company. An experienced financial leader, Susany assumed responsibilities on March 28, 2022. As CFO, he will lead all FP&A, commercial and operations finance functions for the nearly billion-dollar cooperative.
Susany joins UDA from Eagle Family Foods, where he served as vice president, finance for Eagle’s manufacturing and distribution in baking evaporated and sweetened condensed milk, where he led commercial and operations finance teams. As a cross-functional business partner, Susany successfully influenced margin optimization and commercial retail pricing, driving positive bottom-line results, UDA said.
Additionally, UDA said it promoted Ashley Ellixson, JD, to chief business operations officer. Ellixson’s broad range of operational knowledge, including deep dairy industry expertise, has been an invaluable asset to UDA since she joined the cooperative in 2017. Recently championing UDA’s sustainability efforts, Ellixson was instrumental in establishing and garnering support for UDA’s 2030 science-based sustainability goals.
California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB), Tracy, Calif., said it selected Lauren Dutra of Hanford, Calif., and Siena Rollin of Riverdale, Calif., to represent the organization in Mexico during the 2022 CMAB International Internship Program. The interns, selected from students coming from a California dairy background enrolled in agriculture-related programs at colleges and universities, were chosen based on academic achievement, their connection to the California dairy industry and a willingness to travel abroad and learn more about international dairy sales and marketing.
The goal of the International Internship Program is to provide young agriculture and dairy college students with an opportunity to learn about dairy foods and marketing in the international marketplace, CMAB said, with a focus on developing leaders who will serve on dairy industry boards and work in dairy foods processing or in sales or marketing.
Dutra is currently working towards her Bachelor of Science in dairy science from Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, where she serves as a representative of the Dairy Club, as well as a Committee Member of the Cal Poly Western Bonanza Management Team. Rollin is currently working towards her Bachelor of Science in agricultural communications at Texas Tech University, where she founded and organizes the Dairy Club, CMAB said.
3-A Sanitary Standards Inc. (3-A SSI), McLean, Va., announced the recipients of the 3-A SSI 2022 Dr. Ron Schmidt Student Travel Award, a program intended to help motivated, career-oriented students participate in the annual education program of 3-A SSI and gain comprehensive knowledge about hygienic design for food processing equipment and systems. Recipients will participate in the 3-A SSI education program titled “Design to Clean: Creating a Hygiene-focused Culture” and related events on May 17-19, 2022, at the Hilton Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport – Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. Recipients of the 2022 awards, 3-A SSI said, include:
- Basim Alohali, University of Nebraska/Lincoln.
- Shiyu Cai, Cornell University.
- Leslie Cancio, University of Nebraska/Lincoln.
- Kimiko Casuga, Cal Poly/San Luis Obispo.
- Gurpreet Chaggar, Purdue University.
- Bhaswati Chowdhury, South Dakota State University.
- Emily Everhart, University of Connecticut.
- Tingting Gu, University of Florida.
- Sheetal Jha, South Dakota State University.
- Ratul Kalita, South Dakota State University.
- Sudheer Kira, Illinois Institute of Technology.
- Xin Luo, Rutgers University.
- Yadwinder Rana, Cornell University.
- LaTaunya Tillman, University of Florida.
- Zirui Ray Xiong, Cornell University.
The 3-A SSI program attracted the largest group of applicants in its history this year, and the records of achievement showed a group of high character and dedication, 3-A SSI said.
The New York-based Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA) announced the appointment of Doug Bausch, vice president of sales and marketing for LNK International, as chair of its board of directors. Bausch was elected to a one-year term on April 7 at PLMA’s 2022 Annual Meeting. He joined the Board in 2017 and has served in various capacities, most recently as first vice chair. Bausch succeeds Clay Dockery, who led the association for two years and now serves as ex-officio.
Joining Bausch on the executive committee are Kelly McGolrick, vice president of private label sales development for Lassonde Pappas, who was named first vice chair; and Kristal Sevcik, vice president of business development for AmeriQual Group, second vice chair. Sevcik rejoins the board after completing a three-year term in March 2020, PLMA said.
Other board members appointed on April 7, PLMA said, include:
- Jeanine Antiporek, senior director, sales (West), Refresco North America.
- Anthony Biggers, vice president of private label sales, Simmons Pet Food.
- Julia Buchanan, vice president, marketing and communications, Niagara Bottling.
- Tyler Cook, senior vice president of sales, Shearer's Snacks.
- Daniel David, executive vice president of operations, Global Tissue Group Inc.
- Lauren McNamara, vice president and assistant general manager, plant-based food & beverage, SunOpta.
All were appointed to three-year terms, except Daniel David, who fills an unfilled term for one year, PLMA said.
System integrators and industry partners continue to feel the pandemic’s impact, so the Chicago-based Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) said it chose a fitting theme for its 2022 Executive Conference: “The Future of Work.”
At the CSIA 2022 Executive Conference, happening June 27-30 in Denver, hundreds of system integration (SI) professionals from around the world will gather for four days of professional development, engaging presentations, tours, networking and more. The event aims to address “the future of work” with its new multi-track approach, CSIA said. The schedule’s three tracks support the event’s forward-thinking theme by addressing current and emerging opportunities to develop and optimize business in 2022 and beyond. For more details and to register, go to the CSIA 2022 Executive Conference website.
Seegrid Corp., a Pittsburgh-based specialist in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for material handling, said it received Frost & Sullivan’s Technology Innovation Leader Award for 2022. The global research and consulting firm recognized Seegrid for leading the North American AMR market for material handling with complete, connected automation solutions that drive operational resiliency for global leaders in logistics, e-commerce and manufacturing. The award is based on Frost & Sullivan’s independent and primary research market analysis, and recognizes Seegrid for its commitment to innovation and creativity, commercialization success and growth potential.
Amcor, a developer and producer of responsible packaging solutions with U.S. headquarters in Buffalo Grove, Ill., said it is the first company to purchase certified circular polyethylene material using ExxonMobil’s Exxtend technology for advanced recycling. Amcor will leverage this new material across its global portfolio, providing customers in the food and health care industries with circular content in a variety of solutions and applications.
IMA Dairy & Food USA, a Leominster, Mass.-based supplier of equipment solutions under the brands Gasti, Hamba, Hassia, Fillshape, Corazza, Erca and Intecma, said it hired materials science engineering specialist Robert Lindsey as its newest project manager. In this role, Lindsey will oversee a variety of the company’s ongoing projects to improve sophisticated packaging processes in the dairy and food sectors.
Prior to joining the company, Lindsey spent more than a decade as an applications engineer with Sulzer Mixpac USA, a manufacturer of cartridges, industrial syringes and other liquid-dispensing solutions, IMA Dairy & Food USA said.
Imbibe, a food and beverage development company and ingredient supplier, announced the plans for expanding its operations into an adjacent building at its Niles, Ill., headquarters. In late February, the food and beverage experts officially broke ground on the gut renovation of a 17,000-square-foot space that will enable it to reconfigure and better utilize its existing property, which currently houses more than 110 Imbibe employees. This latest move comes during a period of notable growth for the company, Imbibe said.
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group, Falmouth, U.K. — part of Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc, a FTSE 100 company — said it changed its name to Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions. As the company evolves to meet the needs of the sectors in which it operates, following a successful period of global growth, the name change aligns with a strategic commitment to providing end-to-end fluid-management solutions for customers.
ABB, with U.S. headquarters in Ft. Smith, Ark., said Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL), a Bonn, Germany-based brand in the logistics industry, joined ABB’s Energy Efficiency Movement to reinforce its commitment to reducing its carbon footprint. This is an important step in DPDHL’s initiative to lead the logistics industry toward a greener and more sustainable future, with a commitment to invest $7.64 billion by 2030 to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
Launched in March 2021 by ABB, the Energy Efficiency Movement is a multi-stakeholder initiative to raise awareness and initiate action to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions to combat climate change. Companies are invited to join the movement and make a public pledge as a way of inspiring others to take action, ABB said.
Eriez, Erie, Pa., said it is celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2022. The Eriez story began in 1942 when founder O.F. Merwin installed a permanent magnet in a grain mill. The company, built of a workforce of more than 900 individuals located throughout 12 wholly owned international subsidiaries on six continents, said it now is a world leader in magnetic separation, flotation, metal detection and material handling equipment technology.


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Tim wants a viewer for his Android phone that allows him to view SolidWorks 3D models. He uses one but it keeps crashing. He's moving to the iPad. Leo says it may be a memory issue, not a processor power issue. The crashing is happening when the model is too big for the model to load.
Nan has a Droid Incredible but she's looking to change to a Windows phone. She's worried about apps not being available. Leo says that Microsoft has done a great job with Windows Phone 8, and the hardware is great with the Nokia Lumia (it has a great camera). But the issue is that Microsoft is late to the app game and developers have been slow coming to the Windows platform, especially Google.
Back to Android, the Motorola Moto X is really good, but the battery life can be a challenge if she's a heavy user. The Motorola Droid Turbo has a much larger battery.
Doug ordered a new iPhone 6 Plus. He has his old iPhone 4 backed up. He also has his Samsung phone backed up. He wants to restore the apps he had from his old iPhone, and his calendars and contacts from the Samsung, to the new iPhone 6 Plus.
Leo says backup the iPhone 4 to iTunes and restore it to his new iPhone. Then sync the contacts to Google and log into his Google account on the iPhone 6 Plus. It'll sync and his contacts and calendars will be there.
Barbara dropped her old iPhone and now she needs to get a new phone. She wants something simple that will be easy to use. What should she get? Leo sent his mom the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. It has a simple mode which is nice. But Leo doesn't recommend Android to electronically challenged users.
Google's Nexus 6 smartphone was made available for pre-orders on Thursday, October 29, and sold out in just 20 seconds. This is Google's latest smartphone that runs pure Android, and will feature the brand new version of Android called 'Lollipop.' Nexus phones in the past have been less expensive with more modest specs, intended mostly for Android software developers. Nexus 6, however, features a larger 6 inch display and is more competitive with other flagship phones on the market.
Leo says that the Note 3 is still a great phone. But the Note 4 has a far higher resolution with 500dpi. The Camera is highly improved. The Note 4 is far more Google and has less of a Samsung presence. If Joe's due for an upgrade, he may as well consider it. But if he bought a Note 3 recently, no real need to upgrade yet. But eventually he will want to.
George wants to know if he can connect his tablet or laptop to his HDTV. Leo says maybe. If the laptop has HDMI, then sure. But if it only has USB, then it's unlikely. Both would require using DNLA. Leo advises buying Google's Chromecast. Then using Wi-Fi, he can download and install Google's Chromecast app, connect to it and it'll find the Chromecast and log into it. Then he can use it with his TV. AllCast works great too. Android 4.4 can do it through Chromecast directly.
David got a Google Nexus 5 phone and he's concerned about battery life. Leo says that's the main problem with modern mobile phones -- they don't last through the day, which is why he likes phones that have removable batteries. What about killing programs and tasks that are running? Leo says that today's modern phone operating systems don't require task management anymore.
Teri needs to buy a smartphone but she wonders if she can use a tablet instead. She could then use it to take notes, read eBooks, etc. Should she go iPad or Android? Leo says that a tablet isn't really the right move now since phones are getting larger. They're big enough to read books on, take notes, and use as a calendar as Teri said she wanted. And they take phone calls too, of course.


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IBM and Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday announced an expected API-sharing deal for their respective enterprise storage arrays, to be implemented in products later this year.
“We will be cross-licensing our APIs and [command line interfaces],” said Mark Sorenson, vice president of the Storage Software Division of HPs Network Storage Solutions. “These will support the development and delivery of storage management products for the companies respective storage arrays.”
HP will now be able to manage IBMs Enterprise Storage Server, better known as Shark, through HPs own OpenView suite, and IBM will be able to manage HPs Enterprise Modular Array and Enterprise Virtual Array though IBMs Tivoli family, according to Sorenson and IBMs Brain Truskowski, vice president of technology and strategy for IBMs Storage Systems Group.
Both companies will demonstrate interoperable management at the Storage Networking World trade show in October in Orlando, Fla. The HP implementation will come in Version 3.0 of OpenView Storage Area Manager this fall. IBM officials were not available to say when their implementation will be available.
The deal does not apply to HPs SureStore XP series, which is the Palo Alto, Calif., companys high-end monolith array, made by Hitachi Ltd. However, HP, which already has a similar deal with EMC Corp., will announce another deal within 30 days, Sorenson said. That will likely be with Hitachi, sources close to HP confirmed.
IBMs Truskowski would not comment on the Armonk, N.Y., companys status of talks with either EMC or Hitachi. However, he said IBM would not rule out working with EMC, of Hopkinton, Mass. IBM struck a separate deal with Hitachi last year, but little came of it.
“I think this announcement today is potentially another nail in the WideSky coffin,” Sorenson added, referring to EMCs software for translating rivals storage interfaces into code compatible with EMC products.
The HP-IBM deal has a clause that lets both companies leave the APIs behind in favor of CIM (Common Information Model) when that standard is ready, Sorenson said. Even if CIM succeeds, APIs will still be necessary because CIM currently only works with Fibre Channel, and not with other technologies like network-attached storage, storage over IP or InfiniBand.


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Burberry has given its Twitter followers an exclusive preview of its Prorsum Spring/Summer 2012 collection, in a first for the fashion industry.
The British fashion brand announced yesterday that the first ever Tweetwalk would be starting at 4pm, revealing "SS12 looks will be on Twitter before the runway". The account then live-tweeted photos of the models wearing the designs backstage at London Fashion Week. This allowed Burberry's 500,000 Twitter followers to see the collection before the audience at the show, consisting of celebrities, journalists and the fashion elite. Burberry was a trending topic on the social media site by 4.15pm.
Burberry also passed control of its 88,500-follower Instagram account to photographer Mike Kus during the event. Finally, the brand's Facebook page


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Luca Maggiora, the owner of London’s Cuckoo Club says the pandemic forced him into £700k of debt.
Countries around the world have borrowed staggering amounts to deal with the pandemic. But where does a government borrow that money from - and can it ever be paid back?
More than 600 million people aged 15-24 are thought to be unemployed, with women most affected.
Workers in Thailand's Covid-hit tourism industry talk about their hopes and fears for the future.
Milos is among those aiming to become "Covid-free" by vaccinating all residents and workers.
Covid has worsened the crisis for shopping centres; what can be done with the spaces?
Butlin's holiday resort in Skegness, Lincolnshire, welcomed back visitors and staff this week.
At 170m long, "Florence" is the largest ever tunnelling machine to be used on a UK rail project.
Andrew Barr says cracks were found on a number of Hitachi 800 trains following an inspection.
Tara Tomes of East Village PR firm in Birmingham explains why she's ditching the office.
The jailing of Post Office staff after software problems is “one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in our history”, Boris Johnson says.
Former postmasters react after judges quash their convictions in the UK's most widespread miscarriage of justice.
The convictions of 39 Post Office branch managers have been overturned, but for one family it is too little, too late.
Robin Brant talks through five companies showcasing electric vehicles at the Shanghai Auto Show.
A new authentication scheme is launching in the UK to help spot counterfeit trainers.
Entrepreneur George James thought clients would be put off by his youth but turned his weakness into a strength.
Unable to have guests due to the pandemic, a fine dining restaurant in Amsterdam turns to takeaways.
Excitement, relief and cocktails flowed as bars and non-essential shops reopened in Liverpool.
Bravissimo's Leanne Cahill explains how her shops will work when they reopen after lockdown.
Andrew Flintham also says the package holiday business is much quicker with refunds than last year.


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FRANCE: Poultry group Doux suspends CEO Odri
Doux has suspended Odri after nine years as CEO
Embattled French poultry group Doux has confirmed that its CEO Guy Odri, who has been at the helm since 2003, has been suspended from his post.
Another senior executive, general secretary Herrick Pinguet, has also been suspended from his job.
Contacted by just-food today, a spokesperson for the French group declined to comment on the reasons for the move to suspend the two men. The decision was presented at a works committee meeting on Wednesday chaired by Doux's president, Charles Doux.
His son, Jean-Charles Doux, has been appointed to take over from Odri. He is already a group vice president and a member of Doux's board. The company has also announced the appointment of Eric Bourdery as human resources director.
Last month, Doux leased out its plants in Brazil to rival meat processor JBS. In April, Doux told just-food that it was continuing talks with potential investors and today confirmed discussions were still taking place in order to "strengthen equity and restructure its debt in order to provide the means for future growth".
In 2010, it withdrew a notes offer to raise EUR400m due to "difficult" market conditions and has not renewed the move since. Its debts are estimated at EUR430m.
The Doux family own 80% of the group's capital with the remaining 20% held by French bank BNP Paribas.
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BBC Studios Kids & Family has confirmed a number of renewals and new licensing deals across multiple categories for preschool hit Bluey in North America.
Apparel and accessories partner Centric Brands, apparel partners The Bentex Group, Handcraft, and drinkware partner Zak Designs, plus holiday décor partner Kurt Adler have renewed their Bluey licensed programmes and will continue to roll out new lines.
ASO, Children’s Apparel Network, DecoPac, Dynacraft, Gemmy, Issac Morris, NTD Apparel, Stoneridge and Thermos have also joined the rapidly growing merchandise programme in the US.
The ten category-leading companies have begun to roll out new products inspired by Bluey and more will launch at retail throughout 2023.
“Bluey is a bonafide star with kids and families around the world and demand is high for series-inspired products,” commented Suzy Raia, svp consumer products and business development at BBC Studios Americas. “We’re so pleased to team up with such amazing partners, all leaders in their respective categories, who are as committed as we are to providing fans with even more play- and joy-filled adventures that extend the Bluey experience far and wide.”
The renewals and new partners further build on a successful start to 2023 for Bluey in the US. It picked up Best Animated Series – Preschool at the Kidscreen Awards in February, while Bluey’s Big Play The Stage Show is touring the US for the first time and second album, Bluey: Dance Mode will be available from 21 April.


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The Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau has announced the creation of a 10-page editorial project in collaboration with National Geographic Traveler magazine for its December/January issue highlighting the city's "culture of makers and doers."
The feature will profile 12 "Philadelphia Originals"—from restaurateurs and jewelry makers to mural artists and purveyors of local craft beers—all of whom share the passion and entrepreneurial spirit that have invigorated the city in recent years.
National Geographic Traveler worked closely with the PHLCVB throughout the project, aligning the content up with the CVB's 'PHL: Here for the Making' campaign, which spotlights local artisans, chefs, designers and thinkers who live and create in Philadelphia.
“We were thrilled when National Geographic Traveler approached us about this project, and the end result is an authentic story of the Philadelphia of today that we know will inspire visitors from around the globe to visit for business or leisure,” said Jack Ferguson, president and CEO of the PHLCVB.
The supplement will be translated and run in four local-language editions of the magazine in India, China, the United Kingdom and Italy. National Geographic Traveler will also publish an extended Philadelphia guidebook for international travelers, translated into seven languages, in a partnership effort with Brand USA and the PHLCVB to attract overseas visitors to the city.


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U.S. District Judge Dudley H. Bowen Jr. made the decision this afternoon after almost two days of testimony. pp The X-Mart tried to open in 2002, but the city rejected its request for an adult entertainment license. The store sued to get a license and won, but the city changed its regulations three months later. The X-Mart was finally allowed to open in January of 2003, so the court is looking at the records of the first 99 days of business to determine how much money the X-Mart should get.
“Our claim is for $204,000, roughly, plus attorneys fees, and it’s simply the lost profit and the loss opportunity just during a period of 99 days, if you can believe that,” said X-Mart attorney Gary Edinger.
The store owner testified the store made $168,000 in profits during the first 99 says of business, in 2003, and he testified the store had $35,000 in costs associated from being closed in 2002. Bowen pointed out that in the 332 days X-Mart was open in 2003, it did $1.4 million in business.
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AFP - A shooting early Friday at a shopping center in a New York suburb has left three people dead, including the alleged gunman, local media reported.
The shooting took place around 4 am (0800 GMT) inside a Pathmark store in the town of Old Bridge in the state of New Jersey, broadcaster WABC reported on its website.
Store employees were apparently stocking shelves when the gunman entered. Authorities believe he killed two people before committing suicide, according to WABC.
It was not clear how many people were shot before before police arrived on the scene.
Authorities could not immediately be reached for confirmation.
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What Will Jeff Bezos Do For The Washington Post?Play
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has bought The Washington Post with $250 million of his own money.
Bezos is reportedly an avid reader of newspapers on the Amazon Kindle.
Tech industry analysts call Bezos "the premier disruptor" of markets, from retail business to publishing.
So what does he bring to the table for The Washington Post, and will that help chart a new direction for the struggling news paper industry?
- Ken Doctor, news industry analyst. He writes for the Nieman Journalism Lab and runs the website newsonomics.com. He's author of "Newsonomics: Twelve New Trends That Will Shape the News You Get."
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And Tesla CEO Elon Musk is certainly not tamping down expectations, tweeting over the weekend that the upcoming truck would "blow minds out of their skulls" when it is unveiled this Thursday evening at 8 p.m. PST.
But this constraint creates a bottleneck for the entire production line, which needs to restrict its output so it doesn't create excessive inventory since it can't complete the Model 3 vehicles without the battery modules. The Tesla Semi has the potential to disrupt a core part of the U.S. economy.
New standards for the industry were introduced in 2016 to improve fuel efficiency and cut carbon pollution, and analysts believe that Tesla's innovations could spark big changes and speed up the process of getting those emissions closer to zero.
Elon Musk isn't stopping at revolutionizing the electric car.
"Semi specs are better than anything I've seen reported so far". While Tesla has already released an updated teaser of the new truck, Tesla has been pretty quiet about the bigger details.
The truck's shape resembles the shadowy rendering Tesla previously teased.
Now that the release is drawing near, Musk posted another Tweet that's full of praise for the electric truck.
The image was posted to Reddit by someone who claimed it shows the truck being delivered to 'an undisclosed place in California where they test Tesla vehicles'. The biggest things to look out for at Tesla's November 16 event are the semi-truck's range, costs, weight and towing capacity, and its autonomous capabilities, Spak notes.
The company is now guiding the first regular customer deliveries by the end of the year, but it appears to be dependent on fixing the production constraint with the battery modules at the Gigafactory 1.
This week Tesla will officially (and finally) unveil its much-anticipated electric truck in Hawthorne, California.


text: Cvent (NYSE: CVT), a leading cloud-based enterprise event management platform, today announced that founder and CEO Reggie Aggarwal was recognized by Business Travel News as one of the industry’s most influential executives in 2013. Aggarwal was recognized alongside other executives such as Doug Parker, chairman and CEO of US Airways, Richard Solomons, CEO of InterContinental Hotels Group, Ronald Nelson, chairman and CEO of Avis Budget Group, and Steve Singh, chairman and CEO of Concur. “I am truly honored to have been selected as one of the most influential executives in the business travel industry amongst other prominent leaders,” said Aggarwal. “This achievement is a tribute to our company’s reputation as a trailblazer in this marketplace and providing our customers with our superior products and services.” The 29 th annual listing recognizes achievements by the buyers, supplier executives, public officials and others who most influenced the business travel industry as determined by the editors of the Business Travel News Group. Aggarwal will be featured in Business Travel News’ January 2014 issue alongside the other honorees. For a full list of the winners please click here. About Cvent Cvent, Inc. (NYSE: CVT) is a leading cloud-based enterprise event management platform, with more than 1,400 employees and over 10,900 customers worldwide. Cvent offers software solutions to event planners for online event registration, venue selection, event management, mobile apps for events, e-mail marketing and web surveys. Cvent provides hotels with a targeted advertising platform designed to reach event planners looking for suitable venues. Cvent solutions optimize the entire event management value chain and have enabled clients around the world to manage hundreds of thousands of meetings and events. For more information, please visit www.cvent.com, or connect with us on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.