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It promotes calcium absorption, phosphorus absorption, and bone mineralization.
At present major populations are at risk of vitamin D deficiency due to their lifestyle and limited exposure to sunlight.
Especially, people who are vegans are at a major risk of vitamin D deficiency because most of the food which contains vitamin D is of animal origin.
The sources of vitamin D are fortified milk, fish liver oils, a small amount are found in butter, liver, egg yolk, canned salmon and also through skin synthesis with exposure to sunlight.
In summer seasons, countries which are far from the equator, UVB radiations from the sun are sufficient source of vitamin D but for rest of the seasons, people should make sure that they get enough vitamin D through food and supplements.
It is to be remembered that supplements of Vitamin D should be taken under the guidance of a physician because high amounts of these can be toxic.
Deficiency of vitamin D causes osteomalacia in adults, rickets in children, poor bone mineralization, low levels of vitamin D increases the risk of cancer.
According to the new study, vitamin D deficiency may increase the risk of chronic headaches.
Vitamin D is especially important for immune system health, leaving many people to wonder whether supplementing with vitamin D may help reduce the risk of contracting the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
Research shows that having healthy levels of vitamin D, as well as taking a vitamin D supplement, can help keep your immune system healthy and may protect against respiratory illnesses in general.
The list of benefits of Vitamin D goes is never-ending. Make sure that you consume a healthy diet rich in Vitamin D.
It becomes even more important in the present scenario where the world is up against the Corona crisis.
Eat healthily, stay home, stay safe!


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Stas said, “We are delighted to announce that the brand is celebrating 10th anniversary of its in-house handcrafted movements.Since 2004, Frederique Constant is delivering timepieces with manufacture movements that are in-house developed, in-house manufactured and in-house assembled.”
“Every year Frederique Constant presents an additional version to its Heart Beat Manufacture range by adding new design features ensuring that the Heart Beat is constantly being revised, updated and technically advanced.Since the launch of the first Heart Beat Manufacture Calibre in 2004,we have so far developed 15 in-house handcrafted calibres, including our last 2014 creation: The Heart Beat Manufacture, FC-942 Silicum”, added Stas.
Speaking on the occasion Nicole said, “It is anexciting experience to be associated with a luxury brand such as Frederique Constant. Watches are such an integral part of a lady’s wardrobe and Frederique Constant has such a wide range that will surely appeal to the various India styles, designs and occasions.”
Also talking to the media Besse,said,“India is a fast-growing market for Frederique Constant where we have seen a lot of excitement and attraction for our timeless classical designs. It is a great opportunity to be associating with The Prime here in Kolkata. This is one of the many important and strategic markets in India for our brand and we are hopeful that our collection will be well received”

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Red Dead Redemption hasn't just been the critical surprise of the year, it's also been the retail surprise of the year, publisher parent company Take-Two revealing today that the game has shipped almost 7 million copies since May.
As part of its financial results reporting from earlier today, Take-Two say that the game, developed by Rockstar San Diego, has shipped 6.9 million copies worldwide.
Now, "shipped" does not mean "sold to customers", it just means "sold to stores". And we normally only care about the latter. Still, subtract the copies on the shelf and there would still be millions sold (surely at least 5-6), meaning you're looking at very healthy sales figures for a game that, prior to release, very few would have guessed would do that well.


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Spam texts: one of the great annoyances of the smartphone age. And a recent report indicates that, unfortunately, you may see a lot more of them in the future.
The projection comes from Robokiller.com, a spam and robocall blocking service. Its Mid-Year Phone Scam Report says that spam text messages are likely to rise in the remaining months of 2021. The report, based on fraud data from the Federal Trade Commission, also shows what kinds of spam messages you’re likely going to receive.
Here’s Why You May Get More Spam Texts This Year
Americans are expected to receive a total of 86 billion spam texts in 2021, according to Robokilller. That’s a 55% increase from 2020.
The report indicates that while wireless carriers have been focused on stopping robocalls, criminals have doubled down on spam texts. “In August 2020, total spam texts surpassed total robocalls in the United States for the first time in history,” the report says. “Continued average monthly spam text growth rates of approximately 5% in early 2021 indicate the problem is only going to get worse.”
Here are some other key findings from the report:
- Bank verification and account login text scams are expected to jump 50% for the year.
- Delivery text scams that were successful last year are expected to continue “especially around the holiday season,” the report says.
- Texts related to COVID-19 are projected to jump more than 100% by year’s end.
Let’s take a look at the top spam text message categories that are expected to increase, according to Robokiller.
Here Are the Estimated Top Spam Text Categories for 2021
|Top Text Spams||2020 Totals||Estimated 2021 Totals|
|Delivery Scams||2.4 Billion||3.7 Billion|
|COVID-19||420 Million||1 Billion|
|Apple + Device||344 Million||367 Million|
|Bank Scams||286 Million||435 Million|
|Vehicle Warranty + DMV||125 Million||272 Million|
|Account Login Scams||84.5 Million||145 Million|
What You Can Do About Spam Text Messages
You might be wondering what you can do about the spam text messages you’re currently receiving. Here are some tips.
Never Tap on Suspicious Links
Received a strange link in your text message? Don’t tap on it. If you do, it could ask you for your sensitive information or it could expose you to malware that infects your device.
The best thing for you to do is delete the link. You can also:
Report the Sender
You can report spam text messages to your wireless provider and the Federal Communications Commission by forwarding them to 7726 (SPAM).
Block the Sender
- For iPhone: Open your call log and tap the “i” (information) button next to the number you want to block. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and tap on Block this Caller.
- For Android: Depending on the type of Android phone you have, settings may vary. For Samsung models (like my wife’s Galaxy), once you open the phone app, tap More > Settings > Block Numbers. Enter the number you want to block and tap Add.
Remember, never tap on any suspicious links. And whether the request comes through a text, email or phone call, never give any of your personal information to someone you don’t know.


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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the long term impact on pubs of covid-19 lockdowns.
7 December 2021
Hospitality businesses, such as pubs, which were asked to close during the pandemic to reduce transmission of the virus have reported reduced trading throughout the pandemic period. Official data indicates economic activity in the sector was 31% lower on average throughout the pandemic, relative to pre-COVID levels. However, in Quarter 3 2021, hospitality sector activity surpassed 2019 levels.
In order to support all businesses across the UK economy, including pubs, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic we have provided businesses with an unprecedented support package of £400 billion, including grants, loans, business rates relief, VAT cuts and the job retention scheme. This includes a total of over £26bn in business grants. The Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) fund is open until March 2022.
 Data represents the average quarterly percentage change in Gross Value Added in each sector from Quarter 1 2020 to Quarter 3 2021 relative to Quarter 4 2019.


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Healthtech with first purchase order valued at $153K, launched new product and onboarded new pharmacy chain
- Published November 17, 2022 5:40AM UTC
- Publisher Wholesale Investor
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Tismor Pty Ltd
HFS and Tismor are working together on a range of products to utilize Kfibre and the first Purchase Order for 38,000kg of Kfibre, valued at $153,000, which was received and shipped in October.
As the largest health and wellness blending company in Australasia, Tismor is growing into a major contributor to HFS’s future planning.
In September of this year, HFS staff visited Vietnam to train Buy2Sell marketing staff on Kfibre, since then Buy2Sell has introduced Kfibre retail to its network with excellent results, Buy2Sell has since returned a full sales and marketing plan to HFS for Vietnam and will be supplied from the current run of Kfibre-original and Kfibre-pro tubs being manufactured from the 7th -14th November.
September was also the month where HFS/Kfibre had a booth at the food and beverage show in Singapore, this has resulted in several good leads for both Kfibre retail and Kfibre wholesale and these are being actioned.
HFS has been successful at onboarding the pharmacy chain Pharmacy 4 Less with 120 stores, these stores are stocking in December 2022 and will be supplied from the current run of products manufactured in November.
Distributors and E-commerce
Healthy Life, a subsidiary of Woolworths, is running gut health marketing in December and January across the holiday period with links back to Kfibre products.
New product launch
HFS’s new product PhyteQuine has been launched with an outreach program to racehorse trainers to trail the product, early feedback from trainers on the gut health benefits they are receiving has been excellent.


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As part of the promotions leading up to the US sales launch of the Smart ForTwo next January, the US distributor has converted a Venice Beach CA building into a Smart House. The interior of the Smart house is designed to evoke the lifestyles of the the primary purchasers of the Smart: young urban hipsters, whatever the hell that means. The main goal of the house is of course to sell cars and so visitors will be able to check out four of them on the inside with more outside available for test drives. There are more details on the Smart house after the jump including the address and hours.
[Source: Smart USA]
Venice Beach/Los Angeles, CA. An exclusive studio building on Abbot Kinney Boulevard will be transformed into the "smart house" for four months starting October 11, 2007, serving as the springboard for the US market launch of the smart car. smart has begun preparations in the heart of the hip Venice Beach district, setting up a temporary showroom to demonstrate to customers, journalists and VIPs that the smart fortwo is much more than just an economical, compact, and safe automobile.
As well as portraying the vibe of the smart generation, the smart house will also provide product information. Prospective buyers can receive consultation, configure their own smart and take a test drive. Four smart fortwos will be on display inside the house. In the lively Venice Beach district, it will soon become clear that the smart fortwo loves cities and cities love smart – few other cars in the US are getting as much attention as the smart fortwo is right now.
Trendsetters can reserve their very own smart fortwo on the spot. And they are in good company; over 30,000 Americans have already reserved a fortwo on the company's website.
There will be a great deal of hustle and bustle in the smart house too. Events relating to the areas of environment and climate protection, music, fashion, fine arts and zeitgeist will fill the smart house from top to bottom, making it a platform for the brand's lifestyle. The special events will include an unplugged concert by Piers Faccini, and Californian artist Joel Tauber will exhibit his works on the topic of environment and sustainability.
This project will see smart build on its growing affinity for the arts and the pulse of the age. Since 1998, smart has worked in close collaboration with musicians, fashion designers and artists. Since its inception, smart has been inseparably linked with innovation, the development of new ideas and unconventional ways of thinking. It is these principles that smart is looking to export to the US before the official sales launch in January 2008.
The smart house on Abbot Kinney Boulevard 1319, Venice Beach, Los Angeles California is open from 11 October 2007 to 25 January 2008; Tuesdays to Sundays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.


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Less than a week after California's implementation of its Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act, the European Union approved its own battery law Friday designed to standardize the recycling of batteries found in cell phones, laptops and other electronic devices (most being rechargeable). IDG News Service reports:
BRUSSELS -- The European Parliament signed off on a radical new law aimed at curbing pollution from used portable batteries, ending more than two years of debate among European lawmakers.
Battery makers will also be forced to provide more accurate information about the performance of their products.
An overwhelming majority of parliamentarians approved the law with a show of hands yesterday. The official vote confirmed an agreement reached in May between the Parliament and the 25 national European Union governments.
Batteries contain a host of toxic materials, including cadmium, lead, and potassium hydroxide that has been deemed hazardous materials under California's Universal Waste Rule and have since been prohibited from the solid waste stream since February 8, 2006. CAW sponsored AB 2271 (Koretz) that would have established a Consumer Refund Value on all household batteries, but the bill stalled in the Assembly. CAW is currently working on phasing out the use of toxic materials in our computers with AB 2202 (Saldaña), which will next be heard in the Senate Committee on Appropriations in August.
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China Telecom to offer Microsoft console to broadband customers
China Telecom has announced an exclusive deal with Microsoft to sell the company’s Xbox One gaming console in the country.
Gaming consoles were banned by the government in China in 2000, due to perceived risks to mental health, but China Telecom has been allowed to strike the agreement to offer the console exclusively to its 30 million broadband subscribers.
The move represents the increasing convergence between telecoms and the multimedia sector, with online gaming now requiring high-bandwidth connectivity.
Microsoft has made attempts to expand its reach in the Chinese market, and in September last year it signed an agreement with Chinese set-top box vendor BesTV New Media to manufacture the consoles in Shanghai’s free trade zone.


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It’s December 2020 and Apple has already dropped several new products via online events in the past couple of months. However, rumour has it that the company might announce one more product before the year ends.
MacRumors has obtained this information via an internal memo from a reliable source that Apple has informed its AppleCare service providers to gear up for an upcoming change on Tuesday, December 8 at around 5:30am PT (7:00 pm IST). The internal memo is addressed to AppleCare technicians and asks them to prepare for an upcoming new product SKUs, new/updated product descriptions and new/updated product pricing.
According to the MacRumors report, Apple released a similar memo for AppleCare before the launch of iPhone 12 and the time for that was 10 am PT which was also the time of the iPhone 12 event. Taking that into consideration, the company might hold an event to launch a new product on December 8 at 5:30am PT or silently launch a product via a press release just like it did with MacBook Pro and AirPods last year.
Although, it is still unclear what product Apple might launch at the event, but we can assume that it could be the Apple tile-like tracking device rumourly known as AirTags.


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July 23, 2012, 5:20 PM — Tis the season for surveys. Last week I noted a survey by PwC about what personal data consumers are willing to give up, and what they want in return for it. The respondents to that survey were quite concerned about their privacy and understood their data had real monetary value.
Today’s topic is another recent survey, this one commissioned by Truste, an organization that offers a Good Housekeeping-style seal of approval for corporate privacy practices. As with PwC, Truste’s survey suggests that consumer concern about online and mobile privacy is on the rise, and people are much more sophisticated about the issues than the ad industry might have you believe.
According to the survey, a whopping 94 percent of the 1000+ people surveyed consider privacy issues “really important” or “somewhat important,” and six out of ten are more concerned about it than they were a year ago.
More than a third claim they’ve stopped visiting a Web site or doing business with a company because they were concerned for their privacy, and 83 percent are aware of behavioral (ie, targeted) ads, up from 70 percent last year.
Admittedly, asking people questions like these often inspires them to answer in the way they think they’re supposed to, not necessarily in the way they actually act when not taking an online survey.
(“Do you floss after every single meal to ensure cleaner teeth and a whiter smile? Why, yes, I’m doing it right now.”)
Still, because Truste asked the same questions last year, you can draw the conclusion that all the public debate over mobile privacy, GPS tracking, and Do Not Track legislation has had an impact. People are more aware of the issues, and they’re taking more steps to protect themselves. That’s all good, and I’ll happily take all the credit for it.
OK, maybe just some of the credit.


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Strati's booth to the EAA congress in barcelona september 2018
EUROPE SHIPPING : 2 or 3 DAYS
november 1st 2020 95% items avelables !
Notice that we have a new partnership with the french postal service, for all shipping outside France that weigh less than 2kg the cost is now significantly reduce.
For example, the cost for a 1.9kg parcel that goes to Sydney is now 18,00 euros, against 32.86 euros before....
And, until december first
10% discount for orders over 150 euro before VAT
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Formulation of tests sausages with pea starch and fibre led to ‘favourable’ effects on hydration levels and heat stability, report researchers from Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development.
Furthermore, “products with pea fibre or pea starch showed substantial potential for purchase, with 73 to 81 per cent of consumer panellists indicating willingness to buy these products”, wrote the researchers in Food Research International.
With obesity levels rising across the globe, consumers are increasingly seeking out low-fat and low-calorie versions of their favourite foods. As a result reduction of fat in products is a growing area of interest to food manufacturers.
“The results of this study indicate that successful formulations of reduced-fat meat products containing pea ingredients can be produced,” wrote the researchers, led by Zeb Pietrasik. “Further improvement in texture and processing characteristics may be realized by combining selected pulse ingredients,” they added.
Six different formulations of bologna-type sausages were produced: A high-fat variety with 22 per cent fat similar to conventional formulations, a low fat sausage with 10 per cent fat, or the low-fat version with added pea flour, pea starch, pea fibre, of wheat flour at a level of 4 per cent. All pea ingredients were supplied by Nutri-Pea Limited, Canada.
Compared to the conventional formulation, the low-fat sausage was softer, chewier, and was more elastic. However, on addition of the pea ingredients, except for the pea flour, improved the textural properties of the sausages, “restoring the values of these low fat samples to levels equivalent to regular fat bologna”, said the researchers.
The colour of the resultant sausages was only minimally affected by the addition of the pea ingredients.
Furthermore, when tested by a panel of 74 consumers, the acceptability of the low-fat sausages formulated with pea starch and fibre was equivalent to high-fat sausage.
When asked if they ‘might or might not purchase’ these samples, 81 per cent agreed for the pea fibre formulation, compared to 77 per cent for the conventional high-fat formulation. Sausages made with pea starch and wheat flour scored 73 and 71 per cent, respectively, on this scale, leading the researchers to note that all four formulations “showed substantial purchase potential”.
“In general, pea starch and fibre performed as well as wheat flour in low fat bologna, with little change in functionality and without compromising consumer acceptability,” wrote Pietrasik and his team.
“Thus, there may be some potential for substituting these pea fractions for wheat flour with little change in functionality and without compromising consumer acceptability,” they concluded.
Source: Food Research International
Published online ahead of print, doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2009.07.017
“Utilization of pea flour, starch-rich and fiber-rich fractions in low fat bologna”
Authors: Z. Pietrasik, J.A.M. Janz


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British Vogue is celebrating its centenary year in style as they join hands with London’s iconic Claridge’s with an exclusive package entitled, Vogue100 With Claridge’s. The package will offer guests a one-night stay and breakfast for two, two tickets to see the National Portrait Gallery’s Vogue100: A Century of Style exhibition, a copy of the exhibition catalogue signed by the curator and British Vogue contributing editor Robin Muir, two manicures at the Claridge’s Health Club & Spa and champagne upon arrival at the hotel, all for a price of £650 inclusive.
The new package is just one of the happenings celebrating the publication’s centenary. The magazine also plans to commissioned a special group of fashion houses to create bespoke, limited-edition merchandise that will combine their design signatures with the Vogue logo, a Vogue festival will take place on May 21 and 22 in a specially built Vogue hub on the East Albert Lawn in Kensington Gardens with a special gala dinner, June Vogue will be the official anniversary issue and there are also plans for a BBC2 documentary to celebrate the occasion, expected to air in September 2016.
Claridge’s various associations with fashion and fashion designers is not new as the hotel is known to collaborate with brands like Burberry, Lanvin, John Galliano and Dolce & Gabbana to design its annual Christmas tree and with Diane von Furstenberg to design a collection of suites. The hotel was also host to artist-in-residence David Downton, who worked from the hotel’s world-famous Fumoir Bar.
To make a reservation, visit the hotel’s website, Claridges.co.uk or contact the reservations team directly via [email protected]
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Samsung Galaxy Nexus shows up at Vodafone UK’s website
Yes, Vodafone UK has already announced that it would offer the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, but it’s only now* that the new smartphone has been added to the network’s coming soon section on its official website.
Unfortunately, Vodafone doesn’t mention when exactly customers should expect to gt their hands on a Galaxy Nexus. It will probably happen sometime before the end of the month anyway.
You can sign up here to receive further details on Vodafone’s new Galaxy Nexus.
In case you haven’t found out yet, the Galaxy Nexus is the world’s first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich device, and is the result of a close collaboration between Google and Samsung. The handset features a 4.65 Super AMOLED HD (1280 x 720) display, LTE or HSPA+ (depends on the market), NFC, dual-core 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, 5MP rear camera with zero shutter lag and 1080p video recording, and a 1.3MP front-facing camera.
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An exclusive event which will be witnessed by more than 200 C level executives of the country
Mumbai, India, 25th May 2016: TRA Research, a part of the Comniscient Group, and the publishers of the Brand Trust Report is scheduled to launch The Trust Conference 2016 – “Building Brands to Last” on 3 June at the Grand Hyatt, Santacruz, Mumbai. Touted as a platform for sharing brand stories, the event is expected to be witnessed by more than 200 C level executives of the country. The conference is an exclusive event for CXOs of various brands who have the potential to transform the brand world and make an impact by the decisions they take. Business leaders such as Sanjay Rishi (President, American Express, South Asia), Ritu Gupta (Director, Marketing Consumer & Small Business, Dell India), Vipul Sabharwal (Managing Director, Luminous) and Neelima Burra (CMO, Cargill Foods India) will be speaking at the event. The panel discussion will be based on the theme of “The David Theory – Competing with the Goliaths”. Registration is by invitation only or via the company website.
“The Trust Conference is an important platform for brands to revitalize and create curiosity on the complex topic of Brand Trust. TRA Research has always endeavoured to benefit brand custodians by helping them refocus their energies on the behavioural and attitudinal aspects of brands. We hope that the event will enable active participation among industry leaders of myriad backgrounds and help them in their Trust voyage,” said N. Chandramouli, CEO, TRA Research (a Comniscient Group company).


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For the longest time, Capcom has denied plans to port the Arcade Edition of Super Street Fighter IV to consoles. They would much rather have fans focusing on the recently released Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. However, it appears their plans may have changed.
Korea’s Game Rating Board has recently rated Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition . . . twice. This means that the game could potentially be ported to the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 (which would explain the two separate ratings).
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition is a rebalanced version of Super Street Fighter IV that includes newcomers Evil Ryu and Oni Akuma, as well as Yun and Yang from Street Fighter III.
Capcom’s annual press event, Captivate, is but a few weeks away (April 6th to be exact), which would be a perfect opportunity to announce these ports.


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The Xbox One isn’t even out yet — it hits stores this Friday — but Microsoft already wants fans to help give part of the new gaming console a makeover.
The company is planning a contest that invites players to come up with their own look for the face of the Xbox One controller. Starting Nov. 21, Microsoft will open the contest on its website (it won’t be live until Thursday), and amateur or professional graphic designers will find a template they can use to get all artistic on the new joypad.
People can submit designs through Dec. 31. After that, Microsoft will select the top 10, and then open the contest up to voting. The winner will get the People’s Choice prize, which is $750. The rest of the top 10 will get $500 each.
The Xbox manufacturer will also award a special prize to the best entry that uses Windows 8’s Fresh Paint app to design the art.
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Microsoft will reveal the winners on Feb. 28, 2014.
The company would like to sell the winning look as a limited-edition controller, but it won’t guarantee that it will. It’s difficult to re-create exact colors in some designs due to the complications of manufacturing, and the firm is afraid to make a promise it can’t necessarily keep.
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Guests sailing from Charleston or Baltimore will soon be taking part in Carnival’s staggered check-in program. Carnival first started this process back in 2015 to deter 1000s of cruise guests arriving at once to the cruise terminal.
Under the staggered check-in process, guests will pick a time to board the ship when they’re checking in online. Guests will be able to arrive at the port up to 30 minutes before the check-in begins. Any guest who arrives before their time will be denied and asked to return during their check-in window. Guests will be able to select an embarkation time between 11a and 3p.
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What makes small and medium-sized businesses vulnerable to BEC attacks
Business email compromise is the most common form of cyber attack targeting small and medium-sized businesses.
In this Help Net Security video, Dror Liwer, Co-Founder of Coro, talks about what makes small and medium-sized businesses especially vulnerable to this form of attack and why BEC’s contribution to the country’s annual cyber losses not only makes sense but is likely underreported. According to the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report, business email compromise (BEC) accounted for almost a third of the country’s $6.9 billion in cyber losses that year – around $2.4 billion. That’s not the case for small and medium-sized businesses, which often lack the means to absorb similar financial losses.
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Just a few months after its landmark 50th edition comes another brand new issue of Roto Inside, the magazine dedicated to bringing you product features and news stories from Roto with a global view.
In this edition you can read about:
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EL PASO, Texas - A northeast convenience store is in ruins after a fire Tuesday night.
Residents near the 7-Eleven gas station at the corner of Hondo Pass and Railroad had to be evacuated when the store went up in flames after 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Fire crews spend three hours getting the blaze under control. Fire officials say three people were inside the store at the time: two employees and a customer. We are told that an employee saw the flames in the back of the store and called 9-1-1. Everyone in the store got out safely and nobody was hurt. So far, fire officials have not told us how the fire started.
The amount of water used to fight the fire created another problem overnight. The freezing temperatures caused the large puddles of water to turn to ice, creating a traffic hazard at the busy intersection.


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Natalia Vodianova has invested in 20 tech start-up companies through her own firm Supernova.
Natalia Vodianova has invested in 20 tech companies.
The 38-year-old model - who married Antoine Arnault last month - and her business partner Timon Afinsky used their France-based company Supernova to pour money into various start-up firms including AI-drien yoga assistant Zenia, sleep app Loona, AR-driven shopping app Wannaby and simplified legal contract app, E-gree, over the last few years.
Natalia and Timon's tech investment began with their app Elbi, which turned the idea of social media likes into charitable donations.
The Russian beauty told WWD: "We suddenly opened ourselves up to this world of tech, just by diving into it and investing in Elbi and building it.
“We made so many mistakes, hired so many wrong people. In that sense there was a real learning curve. But some things we did really well.”
The pair were inundated with requests for helps by tech founders who struggled to market themselves as effectively as Elbi's "very, very loud" publicity campaigns.
Natalia explained: "A lot of founders have fantastic tech, very interesting companies scaling hugely with a large audience, but absolutely no brand and no visibility.
“That’s literally how it started. Then just word of mouth. Founders know each other.”
At one point, Natalia and Timon considered starting their own fund but ultimately decided against it because the workings would prove a drain on their limited time, though they haven't ruled out the possibility completely.
Natalia said: "Maybe one day if we feel like we really want to invest in a much bigger team, we’ll do it, but until then, it feels right to do it like this. We feel more free.”
For now, Supernova has a team of six working on investments while Natalia - who typically puts in between $25,000 to $100,000, earning around a 5% stake in a business - sits on the board of 12 companies.
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The revised fourth-quarter growth figure, released Friday, showed the economy expanded by 2.4% in the last three months of 2013, sharply falling from a growth rate of 4.1% in the third quarter. Frigid temperatures weighed on the economy's largest components -- retail sales, industrial production and residential construction.
Although the economic data have been lackluster, forward-looking reports, as seen in the consumer-sentiment index from the University of Michigan, paint a more positive outlook. The indicator, also reported Friday, came in at 81.6, above an estimated reading of 81.2.
The question is whether the weather has distorted the numbers so much over the past few months to render them useless. If that's the case, the positive consumer sentiment readings may be a more accurate reflection of the health of the economy.
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Ray Liotta is suing skin care company Nerium International for using his face without his consent, TMZ exclusively reports.
According to TMZ, the company has been "touting Liotta's 'before and after' pics and taking credit for the results, saying the Goodfella turned back the clock thanks to their wonder cream." Liotta denies ever using their product.
A request for comment made to Liotta's rep was not immediately answered.
The "Goodfellas" actor, 59, is not the first star to file suit in such a case. Last December, Lindsay Lohan reportedly planned to sue the makers of the video game "Grand Theft Auto V" for using her likeness in promotional material. In July 2013, Rihanna sued British retailer Topshop for selling shirts bearing her picture without permission.
Liotta's face will grace the big screen in the highly anticipated "Muppets Most Wanted," in theaters later this month.


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The Hong Kong Sevens Goes Digital
The 2016 Cathay Pacific / HSBC Hong Kong Sevens took another step forward in the realm of technology, continuing investment in world class digital assets. Partnering with global consulting firm
Accenture, 2016 saw the release of the first HKSevens App. The app offered real time updates to fans, including push notifications for upcoming matches, and real time results, downloadable on iOS and Android smartphone devices.
"We were delighted to see the app receive very positive feedback, and it proved a great addition to the digital assets we have built up." - Sam Pinder, Head of the Hong Kong Sevens
The digital push started in 2015, with the re-launch of hksevens.com as a mobile responsive website, showcasing one of the rugby world's most iconic tournaments. Aside from a complete visual design refresh (which was updated again in 2016 to celebrate the event's carnival atmosphere in the lead in to rugby at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro) mobile usability was improved dramatically, and a new Match Schedule section was updated in real time to keep fans up to speed during the weekend.
The company responsible for the design of the new website, Hong Kong web design and development agency Digital Butter, commented on the HKRU's investment in the digital space.
"We see the Hong Kong Sevens leading the way amongst the World Sevens Series tournaments in terms of investment in the digital space. It's providing great cross device experiences for fans in the stadium, as well as thousands tuning in from all around the world to see who's doing well." - Nick Stirling, Managing Partner at Digital Butter
As the birthplace of international Rugby Sevens, The Hong Kong Sevens intends to continue it's focus on offering one of the world's best rugby spectacles, both on and off the pitch.
If you missed it, check out the Hong Kong Sevens gallery page to see this year's action!


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Lab-grown meat is fast becoming a real alternative to its farm-grown counterpart as billionaire entrepreneurs and industry heavyweights invest into start-ups from across the nascent field of “cellular agriculture”. Produced via stem cells derived from cows, pigs, fish, sheep, or other livestock, the emerging clean meat industry has the potential to transform the global food market and create a new trillion dollar industry in the process.
The cultured meat industry has several powerful backers, including Bill Gates, Richard Branson. These businessmen threw their weight, and $17 million, behind a small U.S. company that is using stem cells from animals to produce novel meat products.
Specifically, Gates and Branson joined with Tyson Foods, DFJ, Atomico, and Cargill to invest in the Silicon Valley start-up Memphis Meats. The company produces beef, chicken, and duck directly from animal stem cells gown in the lab. The start-up company rose to fame when it produced the world’s first lab-grown meatballs made by cultivating cow muscle tissue within a sterile environment.
Other start-ups in the field are Netherlands-based MosaMeat, Brooklyn-based Modern Meadow, Tel Aviv-based SuperMeat, New York-based Finless Foods, and the Dutch company Meatable, to name a few market leaders. In 2017, China signed a $300 million deal to buy lab grown meat produced in Israel in a deal that signaled its desire to jump on the “clean meat” bandwagon.
Another notable name in the field of clean meat investing is Dr. Rick Klausner. Dr. Klausneris one of the lead investors in the Dutch company Meatable. He is well-known as the former director of the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) and former Executive Director of Global Health for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Meatable Snags $60 Million for Stem Cell Derived Meat Products
Headquartered in Delft, Netherlands, Meatable is an innovative startup company that is leveraging porcine and bovine induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to create lab-grown meat products. Yesterday (March 23, 2021) the company announced it had closed an impressive $47 million Series A round. This brings Meatable’s total funding to date to an astonishing $60 million.
These funds are being used to advance small-scale production of its synthetic meat products at its Biotech Campus in Delft, Netherlands. The funds will also be used to diversify Meatable’s portfolio into beef products.
As stated by the company, “Meatable’s proprietary platform technology enables a fundamentally more cost effective and scalable production process. It replicates the natural process of fat and muscle growth, in proportions that emulate traditional cuts of meat. The entire process, when fully developed, is expected to take only weeks to produce meat, whereas it takes years to grow a live animal.”
Market Demand for iPSC-Derived “Clean Meat”
By 2040, a projected 60% of the meat we eat will be created from muscle cells grown within laboratory bioreactors. These products will be sold in grocery stories under names such as cultured meat, clean meat, lab-grown meat, and potentially, meat produced via cellular agriculture.
The rise of the cultured meat market will be supported by the sustainability of the process and the nascent industry’s ability to provide “tailor-made nutrition” through its meat products. Investors are piling into the field of cultured meat, providing start-up companies within this sector nearly $1 billion in recent months. Over the next 10 to 20 years, the cultured meat has the potential to act as a major disruptor to the conventional meat industry.
While the business case for cultured meat is strong, some consumers do not yet like the idea of eating meat grown within a laboratory. Nonetheless, recent surveys indicate that nearly 50% of the consumers do not have any reservation in using cultured meat. This number will undoubtedly grow as cultured meat products become mainstream, get featured in marketing campaigns, and demonstrate both environmental and nutritional advantages.
Leveraging iPSC Technology for Clean Meat Production
Since the discovery and development of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology a decade ago, significant progress has been made in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. In the past few years, iPSCs have been extensively used for disease modeling, drug discovery, and cell therapy development. Now, scientists are exploring the transformative use of these cells within the field of cellular agriculture, with iPSC technology allowing for the unprecedented production of meat products at an industrial scale.
Numerous start-up companies are likely to be launched in the coming years. While there were only four companies operating in this space in 2016, there are now more than 30 companies competing to be first to market by securing regulatory approvals. The trend is likely to continue, with more companies getting involved in the race to bring cultured meats to market.
Table. Leading Competitors in Cultured Meat Production
|Company||Year Founded||Technology Description|
|Aleph Farms, Israel||2017||Stem cell culture (iPSCs)|
|Appleton Meats, BC, Canada||2018||Bovine cell culture|
|Balletic Foods, CA, U.S.||2017||Stem cells from muscle tissue|
|BlueNalu, CA, U.S.||2018||Marine animal cells|
|Finless Foods, CA, U.S.||2017||Marine animal cells|
|Future Meat, Israel||2018||Stem cell culture|
|HigherSteaks, U.K.||2017||Stem cell culture (iPSCs)|
|Integriculture/Shojinmeat, Japan||2014||Cultured muscle cells|
|Kiran Meats, CA, U.S.||2018||Animal cell culture|
|Meatable, Delft, Netherlands||2018||Stem cell culture (iPSCs)|
|Memphis Meats, CA, U.S.||2015||Animal cell culture|
|Mission Barns, CA, U.S.||2018||Animal cell culture|
|Modern Meadow, NJ, U.S.||2011||Cultured muscle cells|
|Musa Meat, The Netherlands||2013||Stem cells from muscle tissue|
|New Age Meats, CA, U.S.||2018||Pork cell culture|
|Seafuture, AL, Canada||2017||Stem cells from fish|
|Supermeat, Israel||2015||Chicken stem cells|
|Wild Type, CA, U.S.||2016||Animal cell culture|
By the end of this decade, clean meat is positioned to become a viable alternative to the conventional meat industry. With a global population of nearly 8 billion, the meat industry has struggled to keep pace with population growth, making it unusually ripe for disruption.
What will this mean for companies specializing in the industrial-scale production of iPSCs, such as FUJIFILM CDI, Treefrog Therapeutics, Rheincell Therapeutics, and Cynata Therapeutics? Most likely, it will mean new channels for iPSC product development, partnering, and co-commercialization.
The Global Market for Lab-Grown Meat
Currently, the lab-grown chicken meat from Memphis Meats costs about $6,000 per pound. The company MosaMeat valued its artificial beef patty at $330,000 in 2013, but industry watchers expect the price to be around $10 when production reaches scale using current technology.
The first FDA-approved cultured meat is expected to be launched in 2023 and the global market is predicted to display exponential growth through 2032. Don’t be left behind by the tidal wave that the cultured meat revolution represents.
To learn more about the burgeoning field of cellular agriculture, view the “Global Market for Cultured Meat – Market Size, Trends, Competitors, and Forecasts (2022).”
What are your thoughts on the clean meat industry? Leave them in comments below.
Gillian James says
I think this is the most wonderful technology that will save millions and millions of animals suffering every year and will also help the planet and sustainability. I can’t wait for it to become available.
I see you don’t know about Boyalife. It has rhe biggest cloning factory in the world to provide chinese market with enough meat. They own ThermoGenesis Holdings, which has expertise in stem cells and CAR-T technologies.


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Jesse Cooke, CFA and Noreen Reimel Join Ulupono's Growing Team
Remarks by Kyle Datta, General Partner. Presented at “Electric Utilities: The Future is Not What It Used to Be” Conference & Exhibition - Maui, Hawaii - March 27, 2014
Following a successful grass-fed beef trial on Hawaii Island, Parker Ranch and Ulupono Initiative announced the launch of the Paniolo Cattle Company, a joint venture aimed at statewide local beef production. The pasture-to-table enterprise taps into a growing demand for high-quality, affordable, locally raised beef.
As part of its mission to increase local food production, Ulupono Initiative is investing $17.5 million to form Hawaii Dairy Farms, a grass-fed dairy that will be located on Kauai. Based on the New Zealand pastoral dairy model that uses grass as the primary feed source, this dairy will bring together suppliers with best-in-class capabilities to create an operation that will infuse more local, fresh milk into Hawaii’s dairy supply. The building permit applications have been filed and construction is anticipated to start in 2014.
Ulupono Initiative announced a strategic investment of $350,000 in Hawaii's emerging electric vehicle industry through OpConnect Hawaii, which is preparing to install Mark II charging stations throughout the state.
Ulupono Initiative announced today that it has invested $1 million in Honolulu Seawater Air Conditioning, LLC for the development of the company’s seawater air conditioning district cooling system.
Ulupono Initiative has invested $175,000 in Volta Industries to help expand its Hawaii network of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. This investment will help Volta more than double its current network in Hawaii with 15 new free-to‐use charging stations planned for 2013 statewide. To date, Volta and its sponsors have given away more than 120,000 miles of free charging to Hawaii EV drivers.
The Local Food Coalition (LFC) brings together farmers, ranchers, livestock producers, investors, food manufacturers and other leading organizations, who collectively manage more than 1 million acres of land, and produce the majority of food in our state. Solving our challenge of increasing the local food supply — putting more local food on local plates — can best be accomplished by bringing people and organizations together who can work on the entire food value chain in a systematic way.
Hawaii Beef Producers has joined Parker Ranch and Ulupono Initiative in an agreement to jointly fund pre-commercial trials for irrigated finish pasture beef production on the Big Island of Hawaii. The irrigated trials will be run on 70 acres of pasture next to the Hawaii Beef Producers processing facility on the Hamakua Coast and involve just under 100 head of cattle. The trials will be completed by May 2013.
Ulupono Initiative, a for-profit impact investment firm, is investing a total of $15 million over the next year to finance SolarCity solar power projects in Hawaii. The partnership is expected to increase Hawaii’s solar power generation by approximately five percent, and can be expanded over time.


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Mullen Technologies, a southern-California based, licensed electric vehicle (“EV”) manufacturer with international distribution that operates in various verticals of the automotive industry, which previously announced a definitive agreement to merge with Net Element (NASDAQ: NETE), announced that it will attend the Raymond James 2020 Virtual Diversified Industrials Conference today, August 25, 2020. Interested parties may access the presentation, which will also be available on Mullen’s website, by visiting the following link at 4 p.m. EST: http://ibn.fm/vTt43.
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Based in Southern California, Mullen Technologies is a licensed vehicle manufacturer focused on providing exciting electric vehicles that fit perfectly into the American consumer’s life by working independently as well as through strategic OEM partnerships. Mullen Technologies owns a number of synergistic businesses including: Mullen Auto Sales, a fast-growing series of pre-owned auto dealerships through California, CarHub, a new and unique digital platform that leverages AI to offer an interactive solution for buying, selling and owning a car, Mullen Energy, a division solely focused on advancing battery technology and emergency point-of-care solutions, and Mullen Finance Corp., a captive finance arm for consumer vehicle leases and loans.
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New 49m Sunreef Catamaran Motor Yacht Sold
by Malcolm Maclean
To be built at the yard’s facilities in the city of Gdansk, the 49 metre multihull marries cutting-edge engineering and radical naval design. It is scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2021.
The concept incorporates vast outdoor living areas made possible thanks to the yacht’s broad 17 metre beam. The yacht will be operated by 17 crew while luxurious accommodation is provided for up to 10 guests.
Founder and president of Sunreef Francis Lapp said: “An exciting journey begins for us as we team up with Imperial Yachts on this fantastic project. With this new concept we engage in an ambitious endeavour to build a yacht that the industry has never seen before.”
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text: Mortgage rates rose Friday following yesterday’s weak 30-year Treasury auction, hitting their highest levels since August 6. In economic news, July Wholesale Inventories rose by 1.3%, the most in two years, easily beating the consensus forecast of +0.4%. Next week will be busy in terms of key economic data, beginning with the release of Retail Sales figures on Tuesday, followed by Industrial Production on Wednesday, the Producer Price Index on Thursday, and the Consumer Price Index on Friday. Rates are likely to remain volatile throughout the week. No other data will be released today.


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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- IBM posted second-quarter earnings Monday that beat estimates, but its revenue fell short of forecasts.
The tech giant said its net income for the second quarter rose 13% from last year to $2.61 per share, beating expectations. Net income for the quarter was $3.4 billion, up 9% from last year.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected earnings to be $2.58 per share.
Sales for the Armonk, N.Y., company rose 2% to $23.7 billion, which missed analysts' forecast of $24.17 billion.
IBM, which is a component of the blue-chip Dow index, is the world's largest IT company. Wall Street looks to Big Blue's earnings as an indicator of how much businesses are spending on technology.
The traditionally insulated tech sector has not been immune to the global recession, but experts have been looking for tech firms' earnings to start improving on rebounding demand from business customers.
But Mark Loughridge, IBM's chief financial officer, protested when an analyst suggested that IBM's results imply that IT demand lagging.
"I wouldn't take this as a pullback in spending," Loughridge said on a conference call following IBM's earnings report. "We saw a lot of strength in sectors like software, which had a very strong third month of the quarter."
Monday's report marked the first time in a year that IBM missed revenue estimates. But the company has fallen short of analysts' revenue forecasts for four out of the last eight quarters.
IBM raised its full-year earnings guidance to $11.25 a share, but that too was below analyst expectations.
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The Internet helped connect Stephanie Copeland ’13 with the international organization 1000 Shillings, which helps women in Uganda.
“I was the social entrepreneur,” explained Copeland, who was among the first eight U.S. college students selected by the group for a fellowship and spent two months working in the African nation. “I looked at some different programs, and this excited me because it was the first time 1000 Shillings offered fellowships.”
The nonprofit started in November 2012, and its name comes from the average amount a person lives on daily in Uganda — which equals about 40 U.S. cents. It gives Ugandan women a chance to develop business and leadership skills by creating and selling handmade products such as scarves, bracelets and purses online.
A human resource management major, Copeland wrote business plans for the women and case studies to be used by future participants. She also taught business basics such as pricing products. “I definitely used what I learned in my business classes,” she said. “The biggest takeaway is it’s hard to get anywhere without support; that’s what we provide these women.”
She would like to eventually work with an organization helping and empowering women in the Peoria area.
Copeland said the Smith Career Center was instrumental in obtaining the fellowship, even contacting 1000 Shillings to ensure its legitimacy. She also cited the interpersonal and leadership skills she developed at Bradley. “Anyone could have utilized the resources here to make it possible,” she said. “If it’s something you really want to do, you can make it happen.”


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The Motorola Moto X Pure Edition has a long, silly name. But it’s a phone you should take seriously.
As Twitter searches for a new CEO, the company has installed a dedicated product chief to think solely how to make the service better for users.
A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive is emerging as a crucial asset for China’s homegrown ride-hailing service in its fundraising battle against Uber Technologies Inc.
The revolving door between the White House and Silicon Valley continues to spin. Josh Miller, a former Facebook Inc. employee, is moving to the West Wing to be the first “director of product.”
Seven big tech companies – including Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc. and Netflix Inc. – announced Tuesday they are teaming up to develop new media formats, starting with royalty-free video.
Amazon said for the first time it is offering Prime members a small device that enables them to order things like gum, dog treats and toilet paper at the push of a button.
A handful of small companies are responsible for some of the most popular mobile games ever made for Apple devices.
Responding to longtime calls by fans and disc jockeys, Panasonic Corp. said it is reviving Technics turntables.
Tanium said it raised $120 million from investors, in a round that valued the cybersecurity-focused startup at $3.5 billion.
If Google loses its antitrust case against the European Commission, the company could face even steeper costs than the billions in fines likely to be imposed by the bloc.
Europe’s largest publisher, and the world’s largest cellphone maker, have announced a content partnership in which news stories created and curated by Axel Springer will appear exclusively on the Korean tech giant’s phones in Europe.
As Ian Rogers's move to LVMH shows, the road between Apple Inc. and the luxury-goods industry is a two-way street.
Neato's new BotVac connects to Wi-Fi and takes commands from a smartphone. And you can steer it like a remote control car.
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The eighth season of the pro video game league wrapped up last month with championships in Providence. According to stats from that event, which ran Nov. 18-20, online viewers watch more than 3.6 million hours of coverage.
"Our viewership numbers this year have been staggering, and MLG now pulls in larger audiences than several traditional television cable networks," said Sundance DiGiovanni, Major League Gaming's CEO, in a statement.
MLG says 16,000 attended the Providence event, with the league drawing 97,000 people for the season.
Players can apparently snag big money at these events. The six-city 2011 Pro Circuit featured a prize pool of more than $1 million.
The league features professional video game players competing in games such as StarCraft II for PC, Call of Duty: Black Ops for PlayStation 3 and Halo: Reach for Xbox 360.
Mike Snider began covering the video game industry during the Super Nintendo-Sega Genesis clash in 1992. An original pinball wizard, he eventually was seduced by Robotron: 2084 and Tempest. These days he is a fan of action/shooters and lives out his Keith Moon fantasies playing a mean drum kit on music games. More about Mike.
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Bangalore based e-gifting platform QwikCilver Solutions has raised an undisclosed amount of funding led by Sistema Asia Fund Advisory and participation from existing investors, although it does not name the existing investors. It will use the funds for scaling its gift card category and growth, research and development and expansion to the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Economic Times reports that the size of the deal is $10 million and investors include Sistema, Amazon Asia-Pacific, Accel India and Helion Venture Partners. Previous funding: In January last year, Qwikcilver raised $10 million led by Singapore-based Amazon Asia Pacific and Accel Partners and Helion Venture Partners, with Amazon picking up a 15% stake in the e-gifting platform. In November 2014, it was indicated that this was a strategic investment for Amazon India, giving it access to Qwikcilver’s semi closed wallet system which secured a 5-year prepaid mobile wallet license from RBI in August 2013. Junglee gift cards: In February last year, Amazon India’s e-commerce & price comparison portal Junglee introduced gift cards on its platform. Junglee claimed to offer over 1,400 physical and more than 400 e-gift cards from 180 brands and retailers. As of now, Qwikcilver is present in 500 cities and towns, across 10,000 brand stores, ecommerce portals and mobile apps. It claims to have a 90% share in ‘customer engagement’ across 150 brands and retailers. The company claims to process 50 million transactions across physical and digital cards and mobile card transactions every year. Qwikcilver financials: Based on ROC data,…
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Swiggy to attempt drone grocery delivery
According to a money control Report. How will it work? For starters, drones will transport food supplies from vendor-run dark shops in Bengaluru and Delhi-NCR to a shared customer point. From there, a deliverer will pick up what he needs based on the order.
2017 social media post gets Dalit activist in trouble
Dalit activist Harohalli Ravindra was arrested by police in Mysuru, Karnataka for allegedly insulting Hindu gods in a message posted on social media five years ago. The Hindu said in his report. Ravindra was charged under Section 295 (Violating or Defileing Houses of Worship with Intent to Offend the Religion of Any Class) of the Indian Penal Code.
The real money gambling industry rejects 30% GST on entry fees


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McDonald's Shamrock Shake hits Triad restaurants
Published: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 12:42 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 12:42 p.m.
With every Shamrock Shake purchase at McDonald's, 25 cents will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of North Carolina and the Ronald McDonald House of Winston-Salem.
On Monday, McDonald's locations across the Triad began offering the green treat. This seasonal classic appears only once a year around the St. Patrick's Day holiday — sometimes only in select locations. This past year, for the first time in history, the Shamrock Shake was available nationwide for a limited time.
The Shamrock Shake was first introduced in 1970 and in 1974, donations from the shake's sales helped establish the first Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia.


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Over 70 ships are stranded off the coast of China, as a result of an ongoing trade dispute with Australia, which has brought significant pressure to charterers and has left more than a thousand of seafarers trapped onboard for months.
Following a really tough year for shipping industry and seafarers, BIMCO has launched a two-minute film aiming to raise awareness of how significant a role shipping plays in society and daily lives.
Container shipping proved resilient in 2020 regarding the volumes as well as freight rates. According to BIMCO, after a 5.0 million TEU drop in volumes, volumes fell by only 1.7% by the end of November.
The U.S. trade deficit widened to the second-largest on record in November, with merchandise imports reaching a more than one-year high during the holiday shopping season.
Following the exit of UK from Europe, HAROPA and Ports of Normandy joined forces to help transport operators be better prepared for Brexit changes.
High shipping rates will continue for at least several weeks, despite new COVID-19 lockdowns in Europe, believes shipping group Maersk.
With the United Kingdom officially leaving the European Union on 1st January 2020, the EU and the UK managed to reach an outline agreement on a future post Brexit deal.
As Brexit coming closer, the European shipping industry applauds the efforts of both EU and UK negotiators to ensure the continued fluidity of shipping trade.
Two federal maritime commissioners sent a letter to World Shipping Council President and CEO John Butler, expressing concern about reports that ocean carriers are refusing the carriage of US exports.
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C-4 Analytics Captures Five Awards for Marketing Campaigns
Digital Specialist Agency Continues to Score Big with Innovative Solutions
Boston, MA – September 6, 2016 – C-4 Analytics continued its winning ways in August, netting four International Stevie awards and selection as a finalist for the 2016 Landy Awards. The latest batch of recognitions adds to the total of 19 awards that C-4 Analytics has won so far this year.
The Boston-based digital marketing agency claimed Bronze International Stevie Awards in three categories. Two Bronze Stevies were awarded for Online Marketing Campaign of the Year, one for Automotive Marketing Campaign of the Year and one for Small-Budget Campaign of the Year. The agency was named a finalist in the Search Engine Land “Landy” awards for its innovative conquest search marketing campaigns.
“These awards showcase the breadth of our services and the excellence we bring to every aspect of our campaigns,” said Michael Weiss, Managing Partner at C-4 Analytics. “We continue to innovate and expand our capabilities, and we always execute for our clients at the highest level.”
The campaigns honored by the Stevie and Landy awards reflect the diversity of C-4 Analytics’ strategies and services, while proving that businesses with a wide range of budgets can compete effectively online. The Small-Budget award winner used highly targeted Facebook advertising to drive new-car sales at an average cost per lead of just $13.94. The Automotive Marketing Campaign of the year award went to a conquest campaign that drove massive market-share gains for a luxury dealership by capturing customers from competing luxury brands.
Another Stevie was awarded for C-4 Analytics’ proprietary platform that helps dealerships boost their online user reviews legitimately to improve their online reputation. The Landy recognition was earned for a conquest campaign that improved new-car sales in February 2016 by 61% on a year-over-year basis, while dropping an off-brand competitor’s sales by 22%.
“We have found new ways to leverage data to give our clients an unfair advantage online,” said Justin Cook, Executive Vice President of C-4 Analytics. “By looking at behavioral data as well as market data and sales data, we are unlocking powerful new strategies that deliver exceptional marketing value.”


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A coffee house founded in Long Beach in 1994 is expanding its Bay Area footprint.
It’s A Grind has opened its newest location at San Leandro’s Gate 510, an innovation hub for the tech and arts people located in a former auto plant.
That coffeehouse joins one that opened last year in Oakland on Seminary Road.
It’s A Grind sources its beans globally and roasts in small batches in Southern California. The newest offering is a single-origin coffee from El Salvador called Comasagua El Tranquilo; it’s the base for a new cold brew and also available for whole-bean purchase.
The company, whose coffee houses are locally operated by franchisees, now has 17 locations in California, mostly SoCal and the Sacramento region — and plans for more Bay Area shops. International expansion has taken It’s A Grind to Malaysia, Brunei and the United Arab Emirates. Saudi Arabia will get a shop sometime this year.
It’s A Grind operator Harshdeep Walia has plans to host live music and entertainment at the San Leandro location, which is open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
Details: 1933 Davis St., San Leandro; 510-227-8160; www.itsagrind.com.


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Russian Banks Are Looking to Switch to China’s Card Payment System
Seems like Visa and Master Card may fall a bit Monday opening.
Russian banks are planning a switch to China’s card payment system after Mastercard and Visa halted operations.
Russian banks could switch to using China’s card payment system, UnionPay, after MasterCard and Visa suspended operations in Russia, according to media reports.
Russia’s largest bank Sberbank announced it was looking at issuing cards using the UnionPay system in conjunction with Russia’s domestic Mir payments system, Bloomberg reported. Alfa Bank is already pushing ahead with plans to issue cards using UnionPay, while the newswire cited Tinkoff Bank as saying that it would issue cards with UnionPay as soon as possible.
The three banks did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
Visa, Mastercard, and American Express announced on March 5 and 6 that they would suspend operations in Russia as a result of Moscow’s decision to invade Ukraine. All three previously said that they had blocked certain Russian banks in an effort to comply with Western sanctions against the country.
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Bigger is better
Bigger is better, bigger better. They do not think so only in Texas but also in Australia where the seven major Mac retailers have decided to join forces and build a single reality that controls more than 50% of the Apple market. choice would have been implemented to meet the demands of growing sales but insufficient facilities. Despite the fact that the seven retailers have 30 stores throughout the country, the goal is to give more strength to users' requests and win new customers to enter shopping centers. Thanks to the size, the group will be able to offer lower prices, optimize the funds for the promotion in particular in the consumer sector which in Australia reaches more than 30% of that conquered by Apple.


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Introduction and overview of our newest update to screener questions.
UX and user-centric design was on display in a big way at SXSW this year, demonstrating an exciting vision for the future in many spheres of life and industry.
From leveling up your money-saving to maintaining your language-learning streak, the TryMyUI team talks about their favorite gamified apps.
Recently, we spent some time speaking with Gajan Retnasaba, the head of conversion at Spiralyze. Gajan told us how he’s seen the “curse of knowledge” affect design projects before – and how his team works consciously to avoid it.
We’re teaming up with Blockstack, a platform for app developers who believe users should own their own data and identity. We’ll be providing monthly feedback to developers to help them improve the usability, credibility, and appeal of their apps through feedback from real people.
It’s been an eventful year, and as always at this time of year, we’re looking back at the ground we covered and the ideas we talked about.
Many of today’s online sellers are hosted on massive DIY e-commerce platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce. These platforms provide lots of basic tools for non-experts to create usable experiences. We were curious to see what’s possible with these tools – so we ran usability tests on 2 Shopify-hosted shoe stores: Allbirds and Greats.
The holiday shopping season has begun, and as we all scramble to buy gifts for our loved ones, we decided it would be worthwhile to round up some of the e-commerce sites with the best UX.
What’s scarier than bad UX? That’s what me and CEO Rit were thinking when we had the idea for a UX “haunted house”: a webpage so horrifyingly misdesigned that it would send users shrieking.
While the UX problems of voting in the U.S. ultimately demand legislative fixes, we have been delighted to see how some U.S. companies and nonprofits have stepped up to remedy these issues just in time for this year’s midterms.


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New Silkroutes will consult SGX on need to seek shareholders' nod for planned deal
NEW Silkroutes Group said that it will consult the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on whether shareholder approval is required for a planned acquisition of a chain of traditional Chinese medicine clinics.
New Silkroutes said that it is also of the view that director Vivien Chen is still considered independent even though she is a selling shareholder in the proposed deal.
New Silkroutes, an oil and gas company, said on Sept 15 that it plans to buy a 51 per cent stake in privately held Healthsciences International (HSI) for S$2.2 million.
In its Sept 15 announcement, New Silkroutes disclosed that the net loss attributable to 51 per cent of HSI was about S$291,372 in 2015, which was about 6 per cent of the US$3.5 million net loss incurred by New Silkroutes in the year ended June 2016.
In its queries to New Silkroutes, SGX said that as long as negative figures were used to calculate that profitability ratio, the company must consult the exchange on whether shareholder approval is required. New Silkroutes replied that since HSI's loss relative to New Silkroutes' loss resulted in a positive percentage, the company did not think that it had to consult SGX, but will do so nevertheless.
SGX also noted that Ms Chen is a shareholder of HSI, along with non-independent New Silkroutes directors Lee Soek Shen and Goh Jin Hian. Ms Chen will receive S$389,657 in consideration as a result of the proposed deal. All three directors have agreed to abstain from voting on the deal.
New Silkroutes said that Ms Chen is still considered an independent director. Even though she is an interested party in the proposed acquisition, the transaction is a one-off deal and will not affect Ms Chen's judgment, the company said.


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Seems like the tough road for Voice over IP provider Vonage is getting tougher — the company reported financials today for its fourth fiscal quarter of 2006, with a big red flag, that subscriber ads fell far below analyst expectations, with just 166,000 additions in the three-month period. Reports we read said analysts were looking for a figure more in the 250,000 range.
According to a Reuters story on the earnings, maybe those funny ads with the boxes hitting people in the head weren’t translating into customer wins:
Vonage Chief Executive Michael Snyder said one factor behind the slower customer additions was ineffective advertising, which prompted the company to switch to more informative ads in late December.
Vonage also said that customer acquisition costs jumped to $306 per add, up from $256 per new subscriber in Q3. Though chairman Jeffrey Citron maintains that Vonage will reach profitability in 2008, you have to wonder how they will make it that far. As UBS analyst John Hodulik notes, “We remain concerned about the growth in the business in the face of increased competition from cable MSOs.” More as we dig through the release.


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As Canadian banks roll out their fiscal first quarter results, starting with Bank of Montreal on Tuesday morning, credit rating agency Standard & Poor's has released its thoughts on the sort of environment the banks face given high consumer debt levels and the uncertain economy.
S&P maintained a "stable" outlook for the Big Five, reinforcing what everyone knows about the sector: Profitability is strong and loan losses are low.
BMO helped illustrate the point. As Tim Kiladze reports, the bank delivered earnings of $1.1-billion or $1.58 a share in the quarter, up 5 per cent year over year. Adjusted earnings topped analysts' expectations and loan loss provisions declined to $99-million from $178-million last year.
But it's not all clear skies. S&P noted that the banks face a formidable challenge: They must find growth opportunities but also preserve the quality of their assets. That's no easy feat given the backdrop. Consumer debt levels relative to incomes are at a record high, even as the pace of debt growth slows. That's not a huge problem right now, but could hurt the banks if Canada slips into recession.
S&P explains: "Our stable outlooks across Canada's banking sector reflect our view that the current ratings can accommodate dips in performance arising from our current expectations around competitive margin pressures, slower loan growth, regulatory changes, and potential erosion in asset quality owing to high consumer debt. And while consumer leverage remains a credit concern, we expect the buildup of debt will continue to moderate. Furthermore, we do not believe that elevated house prices and consumer indebtedness are themselves sufficient to trigger a downturn in the Canadian economy."
An economic downturn, though, is going to hurt as indebted consumers retrench, making any investment in Canadian banks a clear bet on the near-term direction of the economy. Severity of any downturn is key: "If there is no extreme downturn, we believe that the current earnings and capital positions of Canadian banks can readily absorb a moderate increase in losses as the credit cycle proceeds," S&P said.


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Six years after being fired as CEO of Groupon, Andrew Mason has founded a podcast production startup called Descript that basically works like an audio word processing platform. But it also lets users add words they never spoke, thus raising security and deepfake concerns.
The New York Times' "The Daily" podcast hits 1 billion downloads
The New York Times' hit podcast "The Daily" hit a billion total downloads last week after launching just over 2.5 years ago, says Theo Balcomb, executive producer of The Daily.
Why it matters: The Daily has been a surprise success story in the saturated world of podcasting. The profitable show was credited with being one of the biggest drivers to Q2 digital advertising growth for The Times last quarter.


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Malawi, ironically often described as the Warm Heart of Africa, is bad for both travel and tourism in the world, with the air transport sector infrastructure as one of the worst in the world, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF), an international think tank.
The 2015 WEF Travel and Tourism report released recently shows that, out of 141 economies that were surveyed for competitiveness, Malawi ranked 126, doing poorly on health and hygiene, air transport infrastructure, and tourist service infrastructure.
The Warm Heart of Africa endowed with a beautiful lake and rare flora and fauna, did relatively well on safety and security, price competitiveness, environmental sustainability and natural resources. Malawi scored an aggregate of 2.9 out of a possible seven.
Although analysts and stakeholders often look at tourism as one of the sectors that can save Malawi’s struggling economy and dependency on tobacco which is currently facing a bleak future in the wake of anti smoking campaigns, the country only manages to rake in meager amounts from the apparently lucrative sector.
According to the WEF report, Malawi earned about $34 million from 770 000 international tourists in 2013 supporting about 136 000 jobs.
However, neighbouring Zambia raked in $155 million from 915 000 international tourists, while Mozambique received $241 million from 1.9 billion international tourists, in 2013.
Zimbabwe, on the other hand, earned $851 million from 1.8 billion international tourists in the same year, according to the report.
Regardless of the importance of the sector and its underutilisation in Malawi, Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe presenting next year’s proposed budget which is pegged at about K902 billion, hardly mentioned the sector.
However, the Economic Recovery Plan (ERP) a Malawi government economic blueprint, launched in 2012, notes that topromote the industry, the government will undertake in product development, tourism marketing and promotion, and institutional reform and capacity development.
Tourism analysts, however note that the country has a number of challenges that relate to tourism including limited financial resources which makes it impossible to market Malawi aggressively calling on the improvement on the facilitation of visitors such as visa costs and availability and procedures.


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Controlling the Cyber Challenge
2014 is expected to be a record year for business affected by Cyber crime. Organisations need to take notice of a broadening agenda of Cyber risks and be aware that regulatory pressures on businesses are set to increase with the introduction of the new EU Data Protection Regulation, which is likely to encourage an even more robust compliance environment.
Together with Richard Brinson, CEO of technology consultancy Savanti, we have produced the first in a series of whitepapers exploring the shifting landscape of the cyber world and how to deal with the increasing coverage concerns for your business.
To read the full whitepaper, please click here.


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1968 Corvette discovered in shipping container ten years after being reported stolen.
More often than not, when old containers which have been dormant for a long time are checked, they are completely empty. Imagine the surprise then, when a container on the Brisbane wharf was opened for inspection recently and inside a 1968 Corvette convertible was discovered.
A few phone calls later and the mystery was unravelled. Approximately ten years ago the vehicle was reported stolen and was never recovered. Since that time it appears the classic car has sat in the container, undisturbed since it was stolen.
After sitting without any care or maintenance during the time, the car obviously needs some attention however it would be a great purchase for someone looking to restore this beauty to its former glory.
With 77,000km on the clock, the 1968 model year vehicle was actually manufactured on Boxing Day 1967, making it a very early production C3 corvette convertible. One of the classic cars of the 1960’s, this model features a 5.4 litre V8 engine equipped to a 4-speed gear box.
Manheim, Australia’s leading automotive auctioneer is selling the vehicle via auction on behalf of Suncorp Insurance, at 9am on September 25 from its Brisbane facility.
Interested buyers can view the vehicle details in an online catalogue by visiting manheim.com.au. For interstate buyers Manheim offers an online auction system to ensure collectors in all states have an opportunity to participate in the auction from the comfort of their home or office.
For more information please visit www.manheim.com.au, or contact Patrick Flinn on (07) 3868 9992.