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Bloomberg has posted some details about upcoming Apple products. Information includes a few new details about the upcoming range of iPhone 11, about the next generation iPad Pro and new AirPods headphones and smart column HomePod.
According to Bloomberg, receivers iPhone XS and XS Max will receive the prefix Pro. New items will have a triple main camera, including wide angle module, telephoto and ultrawide lens. iPhone 11 Pro will be able to simultaneously shoot three images with each lens and combine them together to create images with higher resolution. It will also be able to crop and trim the finished photos without losing important details. This function will be called Smart Frame.
In addition, Bloomberg reports that the iPhone 11 Pro will significantly improve the quality of the video. iOS 13 will include a set of video editing functions, which can be used during video recording.
The new iPhone will get Apple A13 SoC, which, in turn, will receive a matrix coprocessor AMX, which will be assigned the “difficult mathematical problem”. However, it is unclear what is meant by this. Presumably, talking about augmented reality.
Bloomberg also confirmed that some colors iPhone 11 will receive a matte finish. Receiver iPhone XR will be available in a new green color and the main camera. Improved protection from water.
Also improve the face detection technology Face ID. Gadgets will have a new polygonal sensor with a wider viewing angle, which in turn will facilitate the process of unlocking a person. In addition, Face ID can operate at different angles.
The new iPad Pro
The new iPad Pro will have the same camera system, and a new line of iPhone. Bloomberg also confirmed that Apple is going to release a new 10.2-inch iPad, which probably will replace the 9.7-inch model.
AirPods and HomePod
As for the new AirPods, the headphones will receive the resistance and noise reduction technology. Smart column HomePod will be released in 2020, and possibly two tweeters inside the device. In the original HomePod is used seven tweeters.
The official debut of new Apple products will take place on September 10. Still unknown release date of the new line of MacBook Pro. Perhaps laptops will be available in September or later in October-November this year.
Huawei will release Honor 20 on the basis of the Kirin 810
Samsung Galaxy M30s will get the battery, 6000 mAh
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Ljubljana, 24 April - Two large owners of Slovenia's retailer Mercator would like to expand the agenda of Mercator's 17 May AGM with a call for appointing a special auditor to look into some of the company's business operations, the daily Delo reports on Monday.
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LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - British sportswear retailer Sports Direct plans to buy back up to 100 million pounds ($139.7 million) of its equity as it seeks to further reduce the share capital of the company, it said on Tuesday.
The firm, controlled by founder and Chief Executive Mike Ashley, said its latest buyback programme would run until its annual shareholders meeting on Sept. 5.
It said a maximum of 30 million shares could be purchased.
Shares in Sports Direct, down 5 percent so far this year, closed Tuesday at 357.6 pence, valuing the business at 1.94 billion pounds.
Ashley owns 61 percent of the equity.
The retailer, which has been criticised for its disclosure, corporate governance and past treatment of workers, is trying to revive sales and profit growth with smarter stores that sell more premium products from the likes of Nike and Adidas . ($1 = 0.7160 pounds) (Reporting by James Davey; editing by Kate Holton)


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Cryptocurrency3 hours ago (Jun 05, 2021 11:40PM ET)
Bitcoin 2021: Here’s a live update of the biggest movers and shakers of Day 2
Some of crypto’s most influential people headlined the second day of Bitcoin 2021 Miami, offering words of wisdom about the future of decentralization, property rightsand financial inclusion.
Day 2 began with a panel discussion centered around Bitcoin’s macro landscape, where Morgan Creek Digital founder Mark Yusko drew attention to the destruction of the dollar caused by the Federal Reserve’s endless money printing. “Thirty-nine percent of all dollars were created in the last 12 months,” he said, adding that the U.S. dollar is “the biggest shitcoin of them all.”https://www.youtube.com/embed/cx7vRstVBys
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Banks have slowed lending, businesses have been reducing growth and investing plans, and inflation has started to increase again. The mainstream press continues to
Skechers’ (SKX) focused strategy on growing its direct-to-consumer business and providing innovative, superior-quality products emerges as a key factor in driving revenues.
Small businesses in the French ‘banlieue’ suburbs are overlooked by traditional banks, but give better, more socially beneficial returns than their city centre counterparts.
Given how much time we dedicate to building our careers, it is obvious that our careers were the first things we considered changing when
Tesla will report quarterly earnings today, April 23, after market close. The analyst call comes amid the stock price’s decline and announced layoffs.
Tesla’s first-quarter net income plummeted 55% as falling global sales and price cuts sliced into the electric vehicle maker’s revenue and profit margins
Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on Walgreens Boots Alliance WBA. And retail traders should know. We
Ripple Labs CTO David Schwartz has revealed his take on the liquidity of XRP over the company’s shares amid growing IPO talks.
TScan Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TCRX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of T cell receptor (TCR)-engineered T cell therapies (TCR-T) for the
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- Discounts start from Rs 1,600 and go up to Rs 3,000
Bajaj dealerships across India are offering cash discounts of up to Rs 3,000 on their Platina and Pulsar 125 range of models. These offers have been introduced for the festive season that is around the corner as the company intends to make the most of the increased buying sentiments during this period.
The amount of cash discount available start from Rs 1,600 for the Bajaj Platina 100 ES drum variant and go up to Rs 3,000 for the Pulsar 125 split seat drum brake trim. Notably, the price cut is applicable on the on-road prices of the bikes. For the model-wise cash discounts, check the table given below.
While this comes across as pleasant news for the prospective buyers of these motorcycles, it’s worth noting that these offerings also witnessed a price hike recently. Although the last price increments weren’t substantial, the company has bumped up the prices of the motorcycles multiple times since the launch of their BS6 iterations.
Nevertheless, the coming weeks seem like the perfect time to buy a new two-wheeler as most of the manufacturers will be introducing festive schemes and offers on their products. To keep a tab on all such interesting updates, stay tuned to BikeWale.


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U.S.: California table grape volumes hit the "new normal" mark
California's table grape growers produced 109.1 million boxes of fruit during 2017, with a crop value of US$1.81 billion.
The California Table Grape Commission said that two-thirds of the crop had been consumed domestically, with one-third shipped to 59 countries around the world.
The top six volume markets are Canada, Mexico, China, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Japan.
"After breaking the 100 million box mark only 6 years ago, a 109 million box crop has become the new normal for California table grape growers", California Table Grape Commission president Kathleen Nave said.
In 2016, 110 million boxes were produced, generating US$1.85 billion.
Nave said that the commission's 2018 global campaign was being prepared, with the focus on motivating the trade to produce and the consumers to buy more Californian table grapes more often.


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Allentown-based Lehigh Gas Partners is issuing 3.6 million new ownership units — the equivalent of shares — priced at $33.99.
The offering, which will close Friday, is the second issuance of new ownership units since the company went public in late 2012. Lehigh Gas Partners' initial public offering in October 2012 was priced at $20 per unit.
The issuance is expected to raise $117.4 million, or $135 million if the underwriters exercise an option to purchase an additional 540,000 units. Net proceeds will be used to retire debt and for other "general partnership purposes."
Lehigh Gas Partners' general partner Lehigh Gas GP LLC is in the process of being acquired by CST Brands, a San Antonio, Texas-based spin-off of Valero Energy company that builds, owns and operates gas station convenience stores.
The $85.5 million acquisition will put CST Brands in the position of selling new gas station convenience stores to Lehigh Gas, which will supply them with gasoline and lease them back to CST, which will operate the retail side of the business.
CST will take the cash from selling the stores and reinvest it in building stores.
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Amended alcohol sales bill passes House committee
Alcohol sales reform legislation for Pennsylvania from state House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny County, passed a committee vote Monday, moving it on to the full House.
But significant amendments were made to House Bill 790, according to a release from Turzai’s office.
The bill now would allow beer distributers to expand their businesses to also sell liquor and wine and let private wine wholesalers sell to customers in the commonwealth.
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board would continue to operate stores until retail outlets grow to double the current state store total, the release stated.
The House Liquor Control Committee ultimately voted 14-10 to pass the bill as amended.
Gov. Tom Corbett was joined by lawmakers earlier this year to announce and begin lobbying for a sweeping vision for privatizing and reforming alcohol sales in Pennsylvania.
Significant amendments also occurred to Turzai’s alcohol sales reform legislation, House Bill 11, in the previous legislative session. It did not become law.


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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has reportedly confirmed that Unreal Engine 5 will also be compatible with Nintendo consoles.
According to a report of EurogamerEpic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said to maintain compatibility with legacy platforms they have a pipeline of next-gen content. According to him, here “you can build your assets or import them at the highest level of quality, the level of quality of the movie that you will be playing directly on the next generation consoles”.
The CEO added that Unreal Engine 5 will work on Xbox, Switch, PlayStation, and other devices.
A report of UK metro said that Epic has confirmed that Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) will be compatible with the Nintendo Switch. He was quoting Sweeny’s interview with Eurogamer, where he allegedly said: “It must be because when Fortnite moves on to Unreal Engine 5 At the end of next year, we’ll continue to support all nine platforms – well, nine, when you add the new two. “
The advent of the UE5 will allow developers to see games as holistic products that can exist from smartphones to PCs. The engine will also help developers save time and money, making their lives easier and more productive.
Epic games has published the first look of Unreal Engine 5 last week with the demo of the game presented on PlayStation 5.
The company through the demonstration tried to show the ability to UE5 and how it will help developers create the next generation advanced gaming consoles.
What we did know until last week is that the new graphics engine will be available later in 2021 and will support next and current gen consoles as well as PC, Mac, iOS, and Android.


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Tilray Inc (NASDAQ: TLRY) has been one of the most discussed stocks in the cannabis sector for some time now, and for good reason. The company has been producing news with regard to its expansion in Canada before the recreational market opens as well as around the world. Today, the stock is flying on news that it has received a permit to export medical cannabis to Germany. Today, we’ll talk about:
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- what we’re seeing from TLRY as a result; and
- what we’ll be watching with regard to the stock ahead.
TLRY Receives Permits To Ship To Germany
As mentioned above, Tilray is having an incredibly strong start to the trading session this morning after the company announced that it has received permits that allow it to export its medical products to Germany. In particular, the permits allow for the export of medical cannabis flower to German patients.
Previously, the comapny announced the first export of medical cannabis oil to Germany for nationwide distribution in pharmacies. Through various partnerships, the company’s full spectrum of cannabis extracts were previously made available in German pharmacies.
As a result of the permits announced today, TLRY is the first and only medical cannabis with a differentiated product offering in the german market that includes both extracts and flower. In a statement, Brendan Kennedy, CEO at TLRY, had the following to offer:
Today’s announcement marks another milestone for Tilray as we expand operations in the European Union… We are proud to be able to offer access to differentiated high-quality, pharmaceutical-grade medical cannabis products to patients in need.
What We’re Seeing From The Stock
One of the first lessons that we learn when we start to dig into the market is that the news leads to moves. In the case of Tilray, the news proved to be overwhelmingly positive. After yesterday’s announcement of the company’s first shipment to the UK, the company is expanding excitement with regard to global expansion through today’s announcement of its ability to ship medical cannabis flower to Germany. So, it comes as no surprise that excited investors are sending the stock on a run for the top. Of course, our partners at Trade Ideas were the first to alert us to the gains. Currently (8:06), TLRY is trading at $112.55 per share after a gain of $7.60 per share or 7.24% thus far today.
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What We’ll Be Watching For Ahead
Moving forward, the CNA Finance team will continue to keep a close eye on TLRY. In particular, we’re interested in following the story surrounding the company’s continued expanson, both n Canada and around the world. Nonetheless, we’ll continue to follow the story closely and bring the news to you as it breaks!
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EDINBURGH, Scotland—Michelin confirmed its decision to end manufacturing at its Dundee, Scotland, plant by 2020, while committing to help establish major new activities at the site.
Under a deal presented by the Scottish government, the French tire maker will work with national and local government agencies and other partners to develop the site. An agreement to that effect is to be signed before year-end by the Scottish Government, working group partners and Michelin group management.
Michelin will proceed with plans to cease manufacturing at the 47-year-old plant by mid-2020, after talks with Scottish government officials failed to yield alternatives to closing, which will affect 845 employees.
"Despite the offers of further Scottish Government support, structural market changes mean that the continued manufacturing of tires at the Dundee site is not viable," Derek Mackay, Scotland's economy secretary, said.
The goal is to transform the site into a location for manufacturing, re-manufacturing, recycling and low-carbon transport, McKay said.
While noting that jobs would be lost with the closing of the tire plant, trade union Unite welcomed the joint proposals to develop the Michelin site on the basis that it will remain a significant manufacturing site.
"There are some exciting proposals which will ensure the site retains a manufacturing base and well-paid jobs will be created based on future technologies," Bob MacGregor, Unite regional industrial officer, said.
Scottish Enterprise CEO Steve Dunlop will lead the transformation project. Michelin's input will be led by Jerome Monsaingeon, a former managing director of its subsidiaries in Europe and the Far East and most recently of its tire retail unit ATS Euromaster.
Michelin notified employees at the plant on Nov. 6 of the closure plans, citing declining demand for the smaller-sized tires produced at the plant and increasing imports of low-cost products from Asia "have made the plant unsuitable and its conversion [to produce other types of tires] is not financially viable."
The company expects to book a $182 million charge against earnings to cover costs associated with the closing, but said cutting that high-cost facility could yield annual productivity gains of up to $52 million by 2021.


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Dropbox has announced that it will pull the plug on Mailbox email client and the Carousel photo app. The former app will be shutdown in February 2016 while the latter will go off air in March 2016.
Mailbox for Android has been updated with Material Design features. The latest update will bump the app to version 2.0 with a refreshed UI and other enhancements.
Mailbox for iOS launched to much hype about an year ago and has so far remained exclusive to the platform. Post their acquisition by Dropbox, the app has today been launched on Android as well. In terms of functionality, the application works as you’d expect but aims at making managing email just that much easier. Continue reading “Mailbox for Android launched by Dropbox, Heading to OS X soon”
Mailbox, the app obsessed with zero inbox messages just helped cloud storage provider Dropbox acquire its creators. Boasting an atrocious waiting queue for new joinees, the Mailbox app drummed up a lot of interest from consumers and the press alike with it claiming to make email much better in terms of productivity. Today, Dropbox announced in their blog that they have acquired the mailbox team, and they also mentioned that they will be making the app better, by keeping the app intact for the imminent future.


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Nokia ditches Android device plans in favour of wearables, says latest rumour
Nokia's Android smartphone first appeared in a leaked press shot in September. Reports then emerged last week that Nokia was working on an Android smartphone, which many people deemed unlikely simply because Microsoft - a Windows Phone OS ...
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Top Travel Trends of 2022
International tourism rebounded moderately during the second half of 2021, with international arrivals down 62% in both the third and fourth quarters compared to pre-pandemic levels.
We are living in an unpredictable era that requires lots of planning. It’s been two years since COVID-19 hit the world and we are still learning to live with it or even survive it. Destinations that come out on top post-pandemic are those that can rebuild air travel quickly and make it easy for tourists to visit. Having strict travel rules in comparison to easier areas can cause a disadvantage.
When it comes to governments, it’s a matter of weighing their options regarding the need to reopen travel or stop the spread of COVID. Finding an appropriate balance is a challenge in a world that moves at a rapid pace. However, we agree that making more responsible choices is important, hence picking a destination that relies heavily on tourism will mean your money will go towards rebuilding their economy – and giving locals desperately needed income.
The first 2022 issue of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer indicates that rising rates of vaccination, combined with easing of travel restrictions due to increased cross-border coordination and protocols, have all helped to release pent up demand. While international tourism bounces back, domestic tourism continues to drive recovery of the sector in an increasing number of destinations, particularly those with large domestic markets. According to experts, domestic tourism and travel close to home, as well as open-air activities, nature-based products and rural tourism are among the major travel trends that will continue shaping tourism in 2022.
Here are top travel trends hitting the tourism world in 2022…
Travelers have become more aware of how over-tourism was harming the destinations they love so much. Travelers are beginning to look for sustainable ways to travel that allow them to experience the world while helping preserve global destinations. According to market data on Statista, 81% of 29,349 adults surveyed in 2021, across 30 countries confirmed that they would like to stay in a sustainable resort. Google found that the search term ‘green hotel’ had increased and they now accredit hotels with a green eco-emblem next to their name during a routine search.
Lifetime trips/Bucket list Vacations
People are ready to book their bucket list vacations. COVID-19 illuminated the fact that there might not always be time to take the trip of a lifetime so they are taking them now. In 2022, expect to see many people booking trips of a lifetime, whether that is an extended world cruise trip for instance the Islands of Guernsey which is one of the most important and popular ports in the British Isles – the return of cruise ships is a hugely encouraging sign for tourism boost, an African safari or a long-awaited bucket-list adventure like a trek to Machu Picchu or climbing Kilimanjaro.
Not only have people not been able to travel, but they haven’t been able to see their relatives and friends the way they used to. Travelers are going to be hitting the road in 2022, and they are not going alone. Travellers missed out on key milestone moments last year, so in a bid to make up for lost time we will see ‘once in a lifetime’ trips taking precedent. People will want to put in the miles to reconnect and we’ll see big reunion trips with loved ones as people revaluate what’s important.
The unsung heroes – Tour operators/Travel agents
It’s never been more complicated to book and plan a vacation than right now. Pandemic-weary travelers don’t want to figure out all the hurdles of getting to their destinations. A good travel agent/tour operator can help you experience a place in a whole new way. Plus, there are new upcoming hotels and places to visit who can curate a list of new experiences for you to bring some excitement to your itinerary.
Even when the ever-changing quarantine guidelines and varying testing requirements no longer feel overwhelming, working with the right travel agent will ensure that your trip is hassle-free and full of experiences you may not have come across from your own research.
Less Staycations, More Remote Destinations
Domestic holiday appeal is wearing thin as the pandemic rolls ever onward. Few travellers prefer to stay closer to home rather than head further afield on their next international holiday. More travellers are now less likely to take a ‘staycation’ in 2022.
Wellness Trips/ Transformative Travel
In a pre-pandemic world, travel companies were promoting wellness experiences that were traditional, focusing on spas, gyms, healthier meal options, meditation sessions and yoga retreats. Granted, wellness tourism has long been focused on the spa industry, but times have changed; what wellness means has shifted, and what travelers are looking for has changed, as well.
“The term “transformative travel” has gained tremendous momentum since the pandemic entered our lives and impacted our businesses. People have realized that travel has a lot more value for our well-being and overall life, which is why more meaning and purpose is being placed on travel experiences.’’ Sahara Rose De Vore.


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Supermarkets have had to change the way they operate in recent months as the coronavirus led to the country going into lockdown. Morrisons has reacted to the crisis with food boxes and changes to its rules and opening hours for shoppers. However, it’s now announced that there will be a slight return to normal with the reopening of its fresh counters.
- Where can NHS workers get discounts from? Deliveroo, Superdrug & more
Morrisons revealed the news with a YouTube video on its social media accounts on Sunday.
The store is known for having a wide range of fresh food prepared, and boasts that it makes more than any other supermarket.
Sharing its latest update, Morrisons said it is opening up its Summer BBQ and Steak Bars again in stores.
The counters sell 100 percent British meat, something the supermarkets are trying to support as farmers struggle to keep business going around the country.
Morrisons said they cook your steak to order, just the way you like it, at the fresh counter in store.
The supermarket is also reopening its Seafood Bars so that customers can get hold of fresh British fish.
Its staff will fillet and prepare the fish for customers as normal so that they can simply cook it at home.
In the video, the supermarket said: “Things are returning to normal. It’s the new normal.”
Big supermarket chains reveal new shopping rules for lockdown
Supermarket rules for couples: Can couples shop together?
Morrisons to give all NHS workers discount
Morrisons is also taking other measures to help shoppers get what they need safely.
Sharing the video on Twitter, the company said: “Thank you to our customers for all of your support so far. Things are returning to a new normal.
“We’re getting deliveries throughout the day every day. We have screens at our self scan checkouts so we can open more and we’ve opened Summer BBQ and Steak Bars and Seafood Bars so you can enjoy freshly prepared food at home.”
Many people are reluctant to use self checkouts due to the touch screens and the close proximity to other shoppers.
- Morrisons recalls products as they may contain Listeria monocytogenes
The new perspex screens divide the self scan checkouts so that customers can stay safe if they’re only picking up a few items in a basket.
Morrisons also reminded its fans that the shelves will be well stocked as they get deliveries all day every day.
They’re also continuing with the NHS hour, and have set up a new campaign, “More for our NHS” which key workers can sign up to and get 10 percent off their shop until July 12.
The scheme gives special offers specifically for NHS staff.
In addition to the store changes, Morrisons is cutting prices at its petrol stations.
As lockdown continues, the majority of those who are still driving and using their cars are key workers and NHS staff.
The brand wrote: “To say thank you to all key workers and other motorists making essential journeys, we’re cutting the price of unleaded to 99.7p per litre and diesel to 104.7p per litre from tomorrow morning.”
The new prices come into effect from today, May 11.
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Julianne Hough with girlfriend, Nina Dobrev, and fiance, Brooks Laich got into the Christmas spirit at the Stars Wars holiday party hosted by Just Jared. The trio took quirky pictures in Santa hats and giant candy canes. Nina Dobrev looked cute wearing a rosy clown nose, while Hough and her fiance, Laich, fiddled with the candy canes.
2016 Just Jared Holiday Party
The 2016 Just Jared Holiday Party was presented by Propel’s Star Wars Battle Drones on Monday night (December 19) at a private residence in Beverly Hills, California. There was a photo booth on location for guests to enjoy. Julianne Hough Instagrammed some animated pictures from the event and they are totally adorable!
Here is another picture from the party Julianne Hough posted and captioned this one as, “The epitome of our friendship!” and tagged Nina Dobrev and Brooks Laich on it.
There were Star Wars character-inspired Christmas trees as well. Check out this pic Just Jared posted showing a Darth Vader Christmas tree next to a Stormtrooper-inspired tree!
The Magical Christmas Celebration
Julianne Hough is hosting Disney Parks annual holiday special, The Magical Christmas Celebration, with her brother, Derek Hough. The seasonal staple will air on December 25, 2016 on ABC at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The show has an incredible lineup of performers like Mariah Carey, Alessia Cara, Kelly Clarkson, Sofia Carson, One Republic, and many more.
Meanwhile, Hough’s bestie, Dobrev, is sharing the festive joy on her Instagram account by posting cute Christmas pictures. For example this recent Instagram post which she captioned, “I have the best family. They always get me the most thoughtful, unique gifts.”
Nina Dobrev has been busy with the promotion of her upcoming new movie, XXX: Return of Xander Cage.
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May 5, 2011 |
Tablet computers are suddenly all the rage thanks to the launch of the Apple iPad. Since then others have followed with the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the Dell Streak, with more due in 2011 including the Blackberry Playbook. While a tablet of this kind is a great way to experience the web, view photos and videos and use a host of applications, it is also rapidly becoming a business tool. According to a recent Zogby International poll, the number one reason U.S. consumers would use an Apple iPad ...
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WASHINGTON: Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is bringing his iconic men's magazine to the iPad. The octogenarian publisher, in a message on his Twitter feed, @hughhefner, said current and back issues of Playboy would be available on the Apple device in March. "Big news! Playboy -- both old & new -- will be available on iPad beginning in March," Hefner said. He did not provide any more details but in response to a question from...
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LONDON: Technology giant Apple Inc . is reportedly planning to release a mini iPad this December, a media report said on Wednesday. Details of a smaller version of the iPad were leaked in a Chinese newspaper that had also correctly predicted the specifications of the iPad months before its release. Apple intends to launch the smaller iPad this December in time for the Christmas shopping season, Sky News reported citing sources. The rumoured version is...
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NEW DELHI: Now in its fifth generation, the iPad remains as desirable as ever. Ditching the numerical moniker, it's now iPad Air, a reference to the new ultra-light and ultra-thin design. When you first get your hands on it, you'll be surprised at just how thin and light it is. The design is very similar to the iPad Mini. It's still got an aluminium casing and a gorgeous Retina display but the drastic weight/size reduction almost makes it seem like it uses technology from the future.
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DUBAI: DeviceLock, Inc, a worldwide leader in endpoint data leak prevention software solutions, today announced that the iPhone' local synchronisation filtering technology built into DeviceLock 6.4.1 controls local data transfers between Apple's new iPad' and DeviceLock-protected endpoint computers. DeviceLock said its customers are able to define and enforce permissions for this new much-touted tablet computer with the same high degree of flexibility and...


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Promotes National Forage Week
The National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance (NAFA) is pleased to be joining forces with the American Forage & Grassland Council (AFGC) to promote National Forage Week, an effort to raise awareness of the importance and impact of forages. National Forage Week is scheduled for June 19-25.
National Forage Week includes social media blitzes, photo fliers for local circulation, cameo videos, and email blasts and press releases. Any interested groups or individuals wishing to engage in the promotion are encouraged to visit alfalfa.org to download promotional links, shareable across several electronic formats.
Forage producers nationwide interested in helping promote National Forage Week are encouraged to put up fliers in local farm supply stores, send press releases to hometown papers, arrange for public service listings on local business reader boards, and post information on Facebook, Twitter or other social media posts. Promotional materials may be acquired at alfalfa.org.
Forage producers are also encouraged to share the National Forage Week video found online here or our press release found here, and share their forage experiences via social media at #NationalForageWeek.


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After an underwhelming SIHH for Panerai in the eyes of some Panerai faithful, we are extremely surprised and happy to announce their newest 1940’s Radiomir that was just recently announced and discussed in length at qpmagazine.com.
Featuring a brand new P.4000 movement, the PAM572 will be the first 1940’s Radiomir to ever be fitting with an automatic movement. The way they were able to fit this new movement in the case by creating their first ever micro-rotor system that can be placed off center on the movement. Because of this, Panerai was able to make a much thinner movement as opposed to having the rotor on top of the movement.
Read more detail about the Panerai P.4000 movement here.
The PAM572 is going to be a 45mm case.
The news is that there is an all steel version for 8,900 Euro and the Rose Gold version (reference number not known) will be 23,100 Euro.


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Today at Microsoft's E3 2014 press conference, the publisher unveiled a new game from Playdead Studios, the indie developer behind the popular black-and-white platformer Limbo.
Titled Inside, the new game looks similar to Limbo in style, though with a little more color. The short trailer showcased at the event featured a child running through 2D environments with a lot of movement going on in the background at the same time. It ended with a link to Playdead's website, though no further info is posted there as of yet.
No release time frame was given for Inside, though it was presented in a section of the conference devoted to games coming in 2015 and beyond. (Update: An e-mail sent after the press conference revealed that Playdead is planning to release Inside in the "first half of 2015.") The trailer also noted the game will debut on Xbox One first.
For more information from Microsoft's E3 2014 press conference, be sure to check out Polygon's liveblog.


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Sorry Kalamazoo, Summer Bizarre Bazaar Has Been Cancelled
I'm just about as sick of seeing headlines like these as much as you are. All the best events this year are dropping one by one while we do everything we can to safely reopen the state while social distancing. Sadly, some of those events just can't do both at the same time. The upcoming and always anticipated Summer Bizarre Bazaar at Bell's Eccentric cafe has been cancelled for that reason.
The event which was planned for Sunday, July 26th featuring local art, music, and beer from local artists, crafters, and makers in the Bells Brewery Garden Area is still fully planning to go forth with their holiday Bizarre Bazaar this winter as of now. The announcement was made yesterday on their Facebook page:
For the safety of patrons and artists, the summer biz baz has been canceled due to COVID-19. we will see you in November for our holiday event! Bells is re-envisioning the event space for the summer and possibly fall to accommodate social distancing and safety measures for guests and staff.
The Bizarre Bazaar is a community event featuring artists who handcraft a variety of goods in and near the Kalamazoo area. They provide local artists a place to sell and show their work and introduce the community to both a fresh and unique experience each year. Bizarre Bazaar works in collaboration with Bell’s Brewery and The Can-Do Kitchen. Bell’s generously donates the event space and the artist’s entrance fees support The Can-Do Kitchen. Let's just hope we can celebrate the holidays.
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AutoComplete: Bosch's CES 2017 concept car isn't about the car at all
Here's what's making news on Road Show.
CES is all about the future of tech and Bosch's concept car absolutely delivers.
It'll recognize your face and automatically adjusts settings to suit your tastes.
It also features a unique kind of gesture control that actually provides physical feedback without having to touch anything.
Sure sounds like the future to me.
Toyota CES concept car is equally wacky.
It comes with an artificial intelligence agent that can measure an occupants emotions and respond in kind.
It will project views onto the rear pillars to eliminate line zones.
And its exterior displays can send messages to other cars or welcome the driver as he or she approaches.
Welcome to the future folks.
This year Ford will integrate Amazon's Alexa with its think three infotainment system, letting drivers search for destinations and access other services.
The integration includes asking Alexa in the home for information about a connected Ford vehicle, such as finding out its current fuel level.
The integration supports a host of other services, including the ability to control smart home devices and order items through Amazon as well.
Find more on these stories over at theroadshow.com, and we'll talk to you tomorrow.
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Yum! In The News
#SmartHeartCourage: KFC U.S. implements contactless transactions at the drive-thru
Published on May 15, 2020
At Yum!, KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and The Habit Burger Grill, we lead with smart, heart and courage. This mindset helps us forge ahead when faced with challenges, and that’s especially true with the COVID-19 pandemic.
We’re witnessing so many examples in which our people are developing innovative solutions, supporting those in need and braving each day in an uncertain environment. Each week, we’ll share a few of them with you in hopes that they’ll inspire you to lead with smart, heart and courage in your area of the world.
Today, we recognize:
Several KFC U.S. restaurants for using Drive-Thru Payment Handles, which keep team members and customers safe through contactless transactions.
The Habit Burger Grill for joining the Safe Passage Youth Foundation, Conejo Recreation & Park District, the Red Cross and Art Trek to feed over 600 kids in Thousand Oaks, California.
Pizza Hut META Test Kitchen Head Francis Cahiga for raising funds to create over 100 bags full of "hope, love and kindness" for those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
KFC Russia for hosting more than 250 online mentoring sessions for 100-plus groups of orphaned teens across the country. Employees, volunteers and local celebrities like Pyatnitsa TV host Igor Lantratov and chemist-perfumer Anna Agurina educated participants about COVID-19 preventative measures and shared personal stories about their careers in hopes of inspiring the next generation.
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Inflation in five key German states eased for a second month in a row in December, indicating national inflation may also have slowed for a consecutive month due in part to the government’s one-off payment of household energy bills.
Annual inflation in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, as well as Bavaria and Brandenburg was again in the high single digits last month, while Baden-Wuerttemberg and Hesse also saw inflation ease slightly.
A one-off payment for household energy bills in December and a price cap on gas and electricity are part of government efforts to shield consumers.
The Bundesbank expects lower inflation rates in December because of the price brake, President Joachim Nagel said last month, adding that the inflation levels would remain around 7% in 2023 before retreating significantly in 2024.
According to the bank’s new forecasts, inflation in Germany is now seen at 7.2% in 2023, while the 2024 figure is forecast at 4.1%.
Preliminary pan-German December data is due at 1300 GMT.
A Reuters poll of economists pointed to national inflation, harmonised to compare with other European Union countries, easing to 10.7% in December from 11.3% in November.
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Stock Market Volatile On Inverted Yield Curve, China Trade News; Walmart, Macy's, Cisco, GE, Alibaba Are Key Movers
The stock market fell in volatile fashion amid China trade news and the first inverted yield curve since 2007. Walmart, Cisco, Macy's, GE were big movers.
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US-China trade war sinks bourse further
The stock market dropped for the second straight day on Friday following a development in the ongoing trade war between the United States and China.
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It's been a rollercoaster week for U.S. China trade negotiations; one minute President Donald Trump rolls back tariff threats, the next China vows to retaliate.
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Star Entertainment's profit from its VIP program was down 35 percent in a year, as turnover from foreign high rollers saw a decrease of 30.7 percent over the 12…
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Walmart has shrugged off concerns surrounding the US-China trade war by posting strong second-quarter results and raising its earnings expectations for the…
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Cisco stocks sink 7% as wider market fears US-China trade war
The company's shares dipped by 7% in after-hours trading Wednesday after Cisco warned of slow growth that could be linked to US-China trade conflicts and…
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Asian shares mixed amid ongoing worries about US-China trade
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Asia stocks mixed as bond markets signal recession warning
Shares in Asia were mixed on Thursday as the main yield curve in U.S. Treasurys inverted, triggering fears over the state of the U.S. economy.
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Diablo IV will be out on June 6th, Activision Blizzard said at today’s The Game Awards. The action role-playing game will be available for the PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox One X, and PC.
On the same day as the announcement, The Washington Post released an article on the game’s problematic development and the worries of its crunch time. Earlier today, the FTC also said that it will be filing suit to prevent Xbox from acquiring Activision Blizzard, the company responsible for publishing the Diablo video games.
In 2019, Blizzard confirmed Diablo IV. Diablo Immortal, Blizzard’s free-to-play mobile and PC take on the franchise, has been met with criticism for its heavy emphasis on in-app purchases.
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Volvo Philippines has announced that it is now offering customers its new Online Concierge program to make buying and servicing Volvo vehicles a safer and more convenient experience during these uncertain times. Through this service, owners and potential buyers can receive online technical and car-buying assistance from their own personal Volvo concierge.
The Online Concierge, the brand says, makes buying a Volvo from the comfort of your own home possible through online sales tools and video conferencing, with the delivery of brand-new units possible as soon as modified enhanced community quarantine measures are lifted. Timely, considering the brand offers a lineup of hybrid offerings just when people are once again realizing the benefits of having clean air.
“Lately, we also see a trend in buyer interest on cleaner and greener cars, including our range of plug-in hybrid vehicles,” Chris Yu, Volvo Philippines marketing director, says in a statement. “They want to switch to Volvos that emit low to zero emissions when they go back to the new normal.”
Aside from the Online Concierge service, Volvo Philippines is now implementing safety measures—such as the enforcement of social-distancing guidelines, temperature checks, and the use of personal protective equipment (PPE)—in its establishments and facilities. All vehicles for servicing will also be disinfected free of charge, and the company is also offering its 24/7 roadside assistance service to customers with warranties that expired during the pandemic.
“Volvo has always been about safety. Now, more than ever, we at Volvo Philippines resolve to fulfill our mission to deliver freedom of movement in a safe, sustainable, and personal way,” says Attorney Alberto Arcilla, Volvo Philippines CEO.
You can access the brand’s Online Concierge service via the Volvo Philippines Facebook page, or through mobile phone: (0917)-623-6366 for sales, (0922)-859-3216 for service. Is buying a car online something you’d be willing to give a try?


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- Reports of iPhone 8 Plus disconnecting surfaced on social media.
- Apple still mum about the reports.
How true that the newly released and much anticipated iPhone8 has already received reports about the unit bursting open only days after it was out on the market? There are pictures circulating on the worldwide web where an iphone8 Plus unit looks like it has been cracked open at the side and Taiwanese media reports that there is an owner who discovered the handset split while charging; the phone had been used for only five days and the owner was charging the iPhone using the Apple cable and power adapter. There were also reports that a customer from Japan experienced receiving a partially separated iPhone 8 Plus. The phone was posted on Twitter showing its status.
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Apple didn’t give any statement about the matter but assured that they were investigating the reports about their new release. People are speculating that Apple thinks this problem is due to battery swelling which is not really a safety concern and it is not yet confirmed as to whether these two are isolated cases or could be a much bigger manufacturing predicament.
iPhone 8 Plus Facing Trouble
iPhone8 Plus was shipped to their first customers two weeks before they officially released the phone in September where the handsets are almost the same to iPhone 8 and 8 Plus but with new features like wireless charging and better camera features. The new iPhone 8 Plus boasts of Retina HD Display, 5.5 inch widescreen LCD Multi-Touch display with IPS Technology but unlike iPhone 8 which is splash, water and dust resistant due to Rated IP67 under IEC standard 60529, iPhone8 Plus doesn’t have this feature.
With millions in sales, it’s a bit understandable that there are a few units that have some problems but knowing that Apple care for their customers and their feedback, we can all rest assured that the company will look into it deeply.
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Britain to Begin Talks to Join Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement
- September 28, 2021
- Posted by: Quatro Strategies
- Category: Politics
Britain and 11 members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) are starting talks to discuss the country’s membership to the trade pact. UK sees the membership as a big win in terms of international trade in its post-EU future.
The pact removes 95% of tariffs between its members; Australia, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Peru, Mexico, Singapore, Vietnam, Brunei, Chile and Malaysia. As a post-Brexit move, Britain has been working to find new markets for its premium consumer goods and professional services industries. Britain has already made some trade deals with some countries, but getting a multi-nation deal like that would be a bigger step towards its goals.
The eleven members of the pact have already started to discuss Britain’s membership, but for the first time, Britain will also attend the UK Accession Working Group’s virtual meeting, chaired by Japan, on Tuesday.
Britain’s Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan said joining the CPTPP was a big opportunity to forge stronger links with old friends and make new alliances with some of the world’s fastest growing markets. According to the British Government, joining the pact would add 1.8 billion pounds to the economy in the long term.
While the number seems minuscule in terms of exports and growth, it provides easier market access for Britain, in a region where China has become the dominant economic force recently.
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Company Snapshot: Pep Boys
The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack
3111 West Allegheny Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19132
Total Annual Sales:
$2,066,600,000 (Feb. 2014) from $2,090,730,000 (Feb. 2013)
John Sweetwood- CEO (interim)
Thus far 2014 has been a rough year for The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack. In February, the company announced its annual financials and total sales were down. Though annual sales figures slumped ever so lightly as noted above, this occurred in a market often thought to be recession proof, seemingly as the recession had left the automotive aftermarket. Competitors AutoZone, Advance Auto Parts and O’Reilly Discount Auto Stores have all been expanding, and rather aggressively at that.
Noting the space for senior executives featured above, the company is now being run by a director as CEO, on an interim basis. In September, CEO and President, Michael Odell ‘suddenly’ resigned. This in a year after the company began rolling out its new customer friendly prototype which received extremely favorable notices in the press.
The new store design featured a clean, picture-window, laden waiting room, which allows customers to comfortably watch, as their vehicles are being repaired. The room offers a giant screen TV, comfortable seating and gourmet coffees. All this in a market where most competitors don’t offer repair services. The sales floor has been organized to encourage browsing and offers ancillary products including low-priced movies on DVD. Yet the company obviously continues to struggle, despite the rollout of a pleasing new store design, which many saw as leaving competitors in the dust.


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Smorgasburg expanded in June 2016 with a Sunday market for 70 vendors in downtown Los Angeles that attracts 10,000 people weekly. In 2019 a Friday market at the Oculus at the World Trade Center opened, followed in May 2021 with a weekly Saturday market in Jersey City. Smorgasburg is the largest weekly open-air food market in America, attracting thousands of people to Brooklyn, Manhattan, Jersey City, and Los Angeles each weekend to eat from dozens of local vendors. This lightweight men’s jersey will appeal to any soccer, football fan. We stock a range of football shirts and merchandise including the classic supporters scarf and flag, both of which are perfect for waving or wearing on match days to show your support for the country’s national football team. Japan football jerseys are available in a full range of sizes, so you can find the perfect fit. We stock a range of football shirts and merchandise including the classic supporters scarf and flag, both of which are perfect for waving or wearing on match days to show your support for the country’s national football team.
If you are a fan of the Japanese squad why not show your support by picking up team merchandise and accessories here at Soccer Box. Amazon will be delivering and picking up coronavirus test kits in Seattle, with the program part of the Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network (SCAN) backed by the Gates Foundation. Dr. Jerome Adams, the US surgeon general, warned Monday that the coronavirus outbreak in the US will get worse before it gets better. COVID-19 update: There’s no word on whether BSW authorities are considering changing or cancelling plans for this year’s event owing to the coronavirus. Unix and C were the product of pure research-research that started as a side-project using equipment bought based on a promise that Ritchie and Thompson would develop a word processor. Ritchie has also retired from Alcatel-Lucent but continues his consulting work. Thompson, now living in San Jose and doing work as a “distinguished engineer” for Mountain View’s Google Inc., and Ritchie, 69, now a computer consultant, were named by the Japan Prize Foundation to commemorate their work four decades ago at the old Bell Laboratories, now owned by Alcatel-Lucent in New Jersey. Thompson has retired from Bell Labs, but continues to work part time at Google on an open programming language called Go.
But the C programming language, which he called “quirky, flawed, and an enormous success,” is the basis of nearly every programming and scripting tool, japan soccer jersey whether they use elements of C’s syntax or not. The new look from adidas puts a modern stamp on the jersey while retaining key elements of the 1998 jersey. The new Japanese rugby World Cup 2011 jersey has been made by Canterbury. Team Japan is best remembered from 2004 tournament due to the unfortunate own goal by Japanese defenceman in relegation group game against Denmark. It made it possible for my high school to time-share the PDP-11 at SUNY-Stony Brook-the same model computer that Ritchie, Kenneth Thompson and their team used to create Unix-and for me to write my first lines of code on a DECwriter II TTY terminal. After having dressed the Olympic national team and basketball with Olimpia Milano, now Giorgio Armani has arrived for the first time in the world of football and even here he has been able to surprise.
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As consumers fill their lives with reusable shopping bags, organic foods and energy-efficient vehicles, touting the environmental friendliness of goods and services has become an increasingly important marketing strategy for companies worldwide. This, coupled with vague government guidelines for green marketing claims, is causing challenges as competitors, consumers and environmental advocates demand standards and verification of these claims.
“If you’re sued for falsely making green claims about your product, the negative publicity can be really, really damaging,” says Jeff Galvin, a partner at Downey Brand LLP in Sacramento. “It’s not just the short-term issues of ‘Am I liable, how much am I going to have to pay and how much is it going to cost me to defend this?’ but rather what’s the public relations damage associated with this? Most law enforcement agencies don’t do private or confidential settlements. If they settle with you, it’s going to be publicly reported.”
The Federal Trade Commission is expected to crack down on greenwashing — misleading consumers about the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product or service — when it updates its guidelines later this year or early in 2011 for the first time in more than a decade.
The FTC’s two-year process to revise its “Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims” is wrapping up now. As part of its review, the Commission held a series of public meetings to discuss green marketing issues, including those related to carbon offsets, renewable energy certificates and green packaging claims about textiles, building products and buildings. Feedback from those meetings would likely be disclosed around November.
“We moved the review of the Green Guides up a year because we saw that more of these claims were being made, and since that time we have brought several claims forward regarding recyclables, compostables and textiles,” says FTC spokesperson Mitchell Katz.
The FTC’s guidelines so far have applied to environmental claims included in labeling, advertising and promotional materials. However, these are guidelines and not laws, so they aren’t enforceable.
“There’s really sort of a patchwork of standards,” Galvin says. “It takes awhile for standards to develop, so businesses might use terminology to reference the green-friendly aspects of products or service without there really being any kind of benchmark of what a certain kind of claim needs.”
For example, if you claim to be selling a product that is biodegradable, what does that mean? Does it mean it’s gone in a year? A thousand years?
The FTC has identified 78 retailers selling clothes or other textiles labeled and advertised as made from bamboo when they actually contain manufactured rayon fiber.
This lack of specificity is nothing new. Back in the 1980s and ’90s, when recycled paper hit the mainstream, consumers were shocked to learn how little post-consumer waste their “recycled” paper actually contained, says Lila Wallrich, the creative director at Wallrich Landi Integrated Marketing Communications in Sacramento.
The same can be said for the low-fat foods craze of the ’90s in which consumers embraced low-fat foods for heart disease prevention and weight loss. The low-fat approach became an overarching ideology, promoted by physicians, the federal government and the food industry. Meanwhile, according to a report published in the Oxford Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Americans just kept getting fatter as the industry began replacing fat with sugar in processed foods, “leading to what would by the 1990s become known as the ‘Snackwell’s phenomenon,’ low-fat foods harboring just as many calories as the former high-fat versions.”
As for greenwashing, most claims have originated in California, according to the FTC. In January a state appellate court gave a San Diego man the go-ahead to proceed with a lawsuit against American Honda Motor Co. in which he claims his Civic Hybrid uses too much gas to be considered fuel-efficient.
In March a California consumer filed a federal class action suit against S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. alleging the company is misleading consumers about the “environmental safety and soundness” of Windex because, while the bottle is stamped with S.C. Johnson’s Greenlist trademark, the claim is not verified by a third party.
“Marketers realized that consumers would be more susceptible to environmental claims, and that’s about the time we saw this big shift toward green claims, sustainable claims, recyclable [and] biodegradable,” Katz says. The FTC established its Green Guides in 1992 and has updated them twice since, but there are also new types of green claims, such as those that relate to carbon offsets, which weren’t around during the 1998 revision.
“There is certainly growing knowledge that being environmentally friendly may be perceived as a benefit in some markets,” Wallrich says. “I’ve found the green marketing guidelines offered by the Federal Trade Commission to be comprehensive and easy to understand. They basically follow common sense: You can’t make a claim that misleads a reasonable consumer.”
Debi Hammond, the president and CEO of Merlot Marketing Inc. in Sacramento, works with a number of clients in the home products category. To avoid risk in the marketplace and target a company’s message, she has steered her clients away from making big claims about sustainability and being green.
“The industry has gotten itself into a bit of trouble,” she says. “Everyone was claiming everything to be green, so we steer our clients to be more responsible in the ways they market. Consumers are looking for more than hype. We don’t spend a lot of time crafting hyperbole. We just make sure the client is doing what they can from a sustainability standpoint, and then we talk about that.”
“We don’t spend a lot of time crafting hyperbole. We just make sure the client is doing what they can from a sustainability standpoint, and then we talk about that.”
Debi Hammond, president and CEO, Merlot Marketing Inc.
She points to client BR-111, a manufacturer of hardwood floors from Brazilian forests. BR-111, for example, is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council for environmental responsibility, social benefits and economic viability. So rather than focus on nebulous buzzwords such as sustainable and eco-friendly, BR-111’s marketing materials call attention to these measurable accolades.
“We drill down to the essence of the green element of the product and how we can own that in the consumer’s mind,” says Julie Fraga, the account representative working on BR-111’s ad campaign at Merlot Marketing.
That might seem logical enough, but according to a recent study by TerraChoice, an Ottawa-based environmental marketing agency, the vast majority of products claiming to be green overstate their environmental sustainability. The TerraChoice study found that the number of green products on the market has increased by 79 percent from 2007 to 2009, and 98 percent of them made exaggerated or misleading claims. TerraChoice’s researchers surveyed 2,200 so-called green products on sale at big-box retailers in the U.S. and Canada by testing the claims found on the products against best practices, notably against guidelines provided by the FTC and Canada’s Competition Bureau.
Likewise, the FTC has identified 78 retailers, including Target, Macy’s, Lands’ End and Bloomingdale’s, that were selling clothing or other textiles labeled and advertised as made from bamboo when they actually contained manufactured rayon fiber. These companies received letters notifying them that they “may be breaking the law.” Rayon is a man-made fiber created from the cellulose found in plants and is processed with chemicals that release air pollution. Any plant or tree — including bamboo — could be used as the cellulose source, but the fiber created is rayon.
The U.S. and Canada aren’t the only nations looking to reign in green claims. The United Kingdom’s Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs recently updated its Green Claims Code, and requirements for self-declared green claims are now being enforced in Norway, Australia and France.
Overstating the environmental benefits of a product can water down its value because consumers could grow callous to exaggerated claims. To prevent this from happening, Wallrich and Galvin encourage clients to talk with their attorney and ad agency at length about what they want to promote, what expressed and implied claims they want to make and what proof they have to support those claims.
The executives at OMI Organic Mattresses Inc. can attest to that. The Yuba City-based manufacturer is the largest producer of organic bedding in America, building up to 100 mattresses daily.
“If you can’t stand by what you’re saying in 36-point font, you probably should change what you’re saying.”
Jeff Galvin, partner, Downey Brand LLP
“We are an organic company, but we don’t say we sell a certified organic mattress because the [United States Department of Agriculture] doesn’t certify organic mattresses,” says President and CEO Walt Bader. “It is organic by the sum of its parts.”
The sum of OMI’s parts can be broken down to include a nonsmoking staff that doesn’t wear fragrances or use chemical laundry detergents at home. They also use organic soap in the bathroom, chemical-free ink in the pens, certified organic cotton from Texas, certified organic wool from Napa, certified organic thread, rubber, wood and adhesives; and even the compressed air used to clean the final product is sterilized to prevent exposure to external airborne pollutants. Trash bins are hard to come by in the facility because every ounce of material is used.
“What we sell is purity,” Bader says. “We state individual certifications rather than broad descriptions, and we guarantee all the products: If you can find a purer mattress, we’ll give you ours free.”
Those certifications are renewed at least annually and are listed and explained prominently on the company’s marketing materials, which include a 14-point checklist consumers can use to compare OMI mattresses against others while shopping.
“You can’t come up with evidence later, and you can’t bury things in the fine print,” Galvin says. “If you can’t stand by what you’re saying in 36-point font, you probably should change what you’re saying. That’s as true with green marketing claims as it would be with any other issue, but I think given that there is a relative lack of standards in this area, and given the huge amount of advocacy and competitor interest in this area in terms of folks who are going to scrutinize your claims, the risk is increasingly high.”
— Andrea Lorenz contributed to this report.
The construction site was nearly immaculate. There were no free-standing ladders, power cords were coiled neatly and only a stray nail, crushed cup and small pile of sawdust littered the floor. The 91,000-square-foot factory was full of skylights with chartreuse buttresses and turquoise shelving, creating a bright, showroom feel.
One morning last year, Cyberguys, a computer and tech accessories retailer, started getting a lot of calls from customers with the same question. Was the company really selling hard drives for $3?


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Wallbox, an electric vehicle charger maker, will air its first-ever Super Bowl ad, debuting a 15-second spot in the second quarter of the game. The company offers electric vehicle charging options for residential, semi-public, and public use.
“We’re making a big bet in the U.S.,” said Barbara Calixto, Wallbox's chief marketing officer. “The U.S. is going to be one of the largest markets for EVs in the coming years. We’re going to the Super Bowl because that’s where our consumers are. Any potential EV car buyer is a potential Wallbox buyer as well.”
The commercial comes as the Barcelona, Spain-based company is looking to expand its U.S. presence. In September 2021, the EV charger maker announced it would be building a manufacturing plant in Arlington, Texas, slated for June 2022. This will be Wallbox’s fourth plant, already having two in Europe and one in China.
Wallbox worked with The David Agency on the spot, and focused on diversity in casting, although it did not say if that diversity would appear in the Super Bowl commercial. “The spot is part of a larger, longer campaign that has other pieces that show that diversity,” said Calixto. “The spot has only one aspect represented. We want to represent any audience of any potential EV car buyer.”


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AVERAGE VALUATIONS on rice imports are rising, the Bureau of Customs (BoC) said, producing total tariff collections of P13.08 billion in the nine months to September.
“The collections are down because the import volumes are also down, but the average valuation — the value over volume — started to improve,” Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo B. Guerrero was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the Finance department Thursday.
The average valuation of rice imports rose by 6.5% between January and Oct. 15, with the March average at P18,753.82 per ton from P18,178.86 in January. The average rose further to P20,503.07 in May and P27,120 in September.
It said P1.19 billion worth of duties were collected from 176,768 metric tons (MT) of rice imports valued at P3.55 billion in August. In January the equivalent figures were P1.29 billion collected from 223,279 MT valued at P4.058 billion.
Tariff collections have exceeded the P10 billion annual quota which will finance the operations of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF), which is authorized by Republic Act No. 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law, the measure which liberalized and tariffied rice imports.
In a separate statement Thursday, the BoC said it will subject 60 rice importers to post clearance audits for shipments brought in during the first half of 2020.
“In addition to the audit, the BoC has also intensified intelligence and enforcement measures, verifying reports from concerned citizens and stakeholders such as local farmer federations, in order to interdict smuggled rice into the country,” it said.
According to its recently-concluded 2019 audit, the BoC found that rice importers owe the agency a combined P1.4 billion worth of deficiencies in customs duties, penalties, surcharges, and interest due to undervaluation of goods.
The Federation of Free Farmers has called on the government to impose temporary safeguard duties or additional tariffs on imported rice instead of giving cash handouts to farmers.
The P10-billion yearly budget for RCEF supports mechanization and other measures to allow farmers to better compete against imports. — Beatrice M. Laforga


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Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain's latest campaign video begins rather normally -- Cain's chief of staff, Mark Block, talks to the camera about Cain's virtues. But at about two thirds of the way through the minute-long ad, something weird happens. Block, his eyes still locked into the camera, takes a long, dramatic drag on a cigarette.
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EVANS CITY, Pa. — Marburger Farm Dairy is not just an outlet for the milk production from the Marburger family’s dairy cattle, but a market for farmers’ milk from several counties in western Pennsylvania.
Jim Marburger, current president of Marburger Farm Dairy, has spent his life keeping the family business going strong in western
Now, the fourth generation — son Craig and daughter Carrie Marburger-Roff — work with him to keep the milk processor running.
“It’s been a good life,” said Marburger.
Marburger’s grandfather, A.C. Marburger, had been a dairy farmer all of his life. However, in 1938, an opportunity came along that changed the Marburger family farm history.
A.C. Marburger purchased Evans City Dairy after it went bankrupt, and changed the name to Marburger Farm Dairy. The dairy was able to process 20 gallons of milk a day.
Almost immediately after he opened the dairy plant, local farmers started hauling their milk into the Marburger Farm Dairy. The dairy began delivering milk directly to area homes, then started to supply grocery stores.
In 1940, Marburger’s father, Martin, and two uncles started working with his grandfather. They kept the dairy small in the 1950s, but started growing in the 1960s.
Still milking cows
Marburger said they had 10 tie stalls in 1950, but by the middle of the 1950s, the Marburgers were milking 60 head of cattle on their own farm.
By 1968, the farm doubled the size of the barn, and was up to milking 100 head. Then, in 1979, a fire broke out in the barn due to an electrical issue. The farm lost only a few cattle, but the barn burned to the ground.
The Marburgers decided then to build a freestall barn and began milking 100-110 Holstein cattle.
Today, the plant and dairy farm remain on land that has been in the Marburger family since the 1840s.
In 2000, the decision was made to build a new dairy plant, the first dairy built in western Pennsylvania in 50 years, the family says. The state-of-the-art facility was one of the first plants to be built using air valves and computers to process and operate the plant.
In 2014, the processing plant is producing between 20,000-25,000 gallons a day.
The dairy now produces milk for several large grocers, including some Wal-Mart stores, and their product reaches as far south as Florida. They service retail stores in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, and also offer home delivery in a 20-mile radius.
There are 40 trucks on the road each day, delivering Marburger milk.
Today, Marburger Farm Dairy employs 100 people.
Marburger said the dairy purchases milk from farmers extending from Meadville, Pennsylvania, in the northwest, to Washington, Pennsylvania, in the south. He said there are four milk trucks per day that deliver milk to the plant. No milk is processed from outside of Pennsylvania, due to state regulations.
Marburger said not all of the milk purchased is used at the dairy. Some is resold to Titusville Dairy for ice cream and Fairview Cheese for the production of mozzarella and Swiss cheese.
Jim and Craig Marburger agree that higher milk prices is not necessarily a good thing.
While it may be good on the milk production end, the father and son team explained that it means smaller profit margins for the dairy processing enterprise, which, in turn, means no new equipment.
They also explained that it means making repairs to the existing equipment to process the milk and the trucks that deliver it.
Both agreed keeping the doors open in the dairy industry sometimes means making the difficult decisions no one wants to make.
“You have to tighten your belt to keep going,” said Jim Marburger.
Marburger said the most important thing for the dairy is to produce quality products the public wants.
Ice tea production
The dairy produces chocolate, white (skim, 2 percent and whole) and buttermilk, and packages milk in quarts, half gallon and gallon sizes, for sale to grocery stores.
Marburger said school districts are one of the dairy’s customer segments. The dairy produces school-size milk drinks for the daily lunch programs in many districts. The milk produced for schools is the only milk placed in paper cartons.
But the plant is also known for its ice tea. It produces 18 flavors of ice tea, in more than 40,000 gallons during the summer. In addition, lemonade and orange juice are also bottled.
Marburger said the dairy starts each day with 15,000 gallons of skim milk, then, as the processing moves along, more fat is added in order to produce the whole, 2 or 1 percent milk.
He said the dairy is strict about processing milk according to Pennsylvania laws and following established food safety regulations.
The dairy keeps two years’ worth of records of all milk brought into the processing plant, including where it came from and what truck it was hauled in. In addition, like every processor, every truckload of milk gets tested for antibiotic residues before it gets unloaded.
After the milk is unloaded, it goes through the pasteurization process, which includes heating the milk up to 173 degrees, then in 18 seconds, the milk temperature is dropped to 36 degrees.
Marburger, Craig and Carrie all agree the process is not simple and there are no shortcuts, but a safe product ensures that dairy farmers have a place to sell their milk and the consumer gets the dairy products they need.
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Ali Al Suhail, Associate at investment bank DAI Magister, discusses the alternative protein market, stating the sector is resilient and investor appetite remains healthy as demonstrated by startups securing $3.5 billion in funding in 2022. The alternative protein market has emerged as a transformative force with the potential to substantially reduce emissions.
Alternative proteins are projected to surpass $290bn, globally, as the need for a more sustainable food ecosystem increases. According to estimates, transitioning to alternative proteins could contribute between 14% and 20% of the necessary emissions reductions to meet the 1.5°C target set by the Paris Agreement until 2050.
Global revenues from alternative proteins projected to surpass $290bn
By Ali Al Suhail
In a world grappling with a pressing need to preserve resources and mitigate global warming, the alternative protein market has emerged as a transformative force with the potential to substantially reduce emissions and create a more sustainable food ecosystem.
According to estimates, transitioning to alternative proteins could contribute between 14% and 20% of the necessary emissions reductions to meet the 1.5°C target set by the Paris Agreement until 2050. Moreover, by freeing vast expanses of land from environmentally destructive animal agriculture, this shift could save an astounding 39 billion cubic meters of water worldwide by 2035.
Despite the market downturn, the sector is resilient and investor appetite remains healthy as demonstrated by start-ups securing $3.5 billion in funding in 2022. Supported by the growing demand for alternative proteins – projected to surpass $290 billion by 2035 and good exit prospects, Nadim El Khazen, Partner at PeakBridge VC, commented, “Large food players use M&A as a key to innovation within the space, averaging lower R&D spend than other industries”.
Dissecting the alternative protein market
The alternative protein market can be segmented into four sectors – each representing different approaches and avenues within the broader alternative protein landscape and offering unique opportunities and challenges.
Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods are the two most prominent players in the plant-based protein segment. Beyond Meat, in particular, has been a pioneer in the field and played an instrumental role in raising public awareness about plant-based meat and the impact of the $1 trillion meat industry.
While these leading players and others have made significant technological advancements and demand continues to rise in the US and other Western markets, resistance to plant-based proteins persists in countries where plant-rich diets are prevalent and meat consumption is considered a status symbol.
There are also sustainability and affordability concerns around certain plant-based proteins. One example is the water-intensive nature of almond farming for milk alternatives. Plant-based alternatives presently carry a higher price tag than traditional animal products. For example, plant-based meat is priced at twice the cost of beef, more than three times pork, and over four times the cost of chicken per pound.
Companies innovating on multiple fronts within the sector include Innovopro, a startup based out of Israel, has been using a natural process to extract chickpea protein, which can be used as a base to make a range of products from ice cream to protein bars. The company products enable producers to create clean-label products with significantly fewer ingredients.
Minor Figures, a UK-based carbon-neutral manufacturer of 100% plant-based drinks, focuses on producing plant-based products that are also carbon-neutral. Another company, Umiami, is looking to produce whole-cut vegan chicken using a process called Umisation. The startup reports energy savings of 25% and 50% less water and land requirements while creating half of the standard emissions.
Insect based proteins
Insect-based proteins are a sustainable, nutritious protein source that can be used in various food products such as protein bars, snacks, and even burgers. They are packed with essential amino acids, healthy fats, and vitamins and currently supplement the diets of approximately 2 billion people across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
In the EU and other Western markets, the situation is somewhat different. Cultural barriers and regulatory and safety concerns have slowed the adoption of insect-based foods. Nevertheless, insect farming in Europe is experiencing significant growth as an industry, with the production of insect-based products expected to reach 260,000 tonnes by 2030, a substantial increase from the current level of just a few thousand tonnes.
Mycoprotein is derived from fungi and produced via three primary fermentation processes – traditional, biomass, and precision. It is commonly used in various food products as a meat substitute and is known for its high protein content and meat-like texture.
Due to the rising demand for plant-based foods, the market for Mycoprotein is experiencing rapid growth. Mycoprotein production has also become more efficient and cost-effective in recent years, enabling companies to scale up production to meet rising demand. The market for precision fermentation alone is forecast to grow from $1.6 billion in 2022 to $36 billion in 2030.
While other companies are using the process to create more exotic flavors, Mushlabs, a German biotech company, uses fermentation to create sustainable foods from the roots of mushrooms. Mazen Rizk, CEO of Mushlabs, commented, “Food is always a personal experience such as using mushrooms and fermentation which both have been staples of our kitchens for decades. We are able to create exotic flavors that go beyond what is in the market and are now able to produce our products at scale”.
Other companies are creating proteins out of air using a combination of processes, such as Solar Food; based out of Finland, which produces natural protein using air, electricity, and fermentation.
The market for lab-grown meat is experiencing rapid growth and holds the potential to revolutionize the global food system while making a significant environmental impact. Traditional animal agriculture, a leading cause of greenhouse gas emissions and land degradation, stands to be transformed by this emerging industry.
Prominent companies in the US, Israel, and the Netherlands are currently focused on establishing large-scale farms equipped with multiple bioreactors to enhance production scale. They are working to overcome technical hurdles in scaling production, reducing costs, and addressing regulatory frameworks and public acceptance, but there is a significant way to go. Investors will need to pony up substantial capital in the range of hundreds of billions to facilitate a successful industry scale-up.
The industry is still in its early stages and most companies are still developing their products. Dutch company Meatable is a developer of cell-cultured meat and has raised over $60 million in funding and recently achieved a world-first breakthrough by producing high-quality cultivated meat in 8 days. Vow, out of Australia, has begun the regulatory approval process to launch a line of cultivated quail called morsel in restaurants by 2024. The company has gained a lot of attention for cultivating mammoth-based meatballs.
Alternative proteins can forge the path to sustainability
The global food system is a major contributor to climate change, accounting for 34% of global greenhouse gas emissions. This presents a pressing issue that demands mitigation efforts, especially considering the projected increase in meat demand by 50% – 100% between now and 2050. Such an escalation would lead to 5-10 gigatons of CO2-equivalent per year of emissions from livestock and related activities alone.
By reducing the reliance on traditional livestock farming, these alternatives can significantly decrease greenhouse gas emissions, minimize land and water usage, and mitigate the detrimental impacts of the current global food system on climate change and the environment. Moreover, they offer a viable solution to meet the growing demand for protein as the world’s population continues to increase.
Despite these promising advancements, we are still in the early stages of exploring and implementing these alternatives. Transitioning to an alternative protein system will require substantially more funding and financing to support research, development, and large-scale implementation and deeper collaboration and coordination among governments, industries, and scientific communities worldwide.
Ali Al Suhail has more than eight years of experience in transaction advisory and investment management. He worked within the valuation and M&A advisory teams in EY Dubai and recently earned his MBA from London Business School. He has been actively working to support fundraising efforts of SMEs and has recently launched the first Iraqi Angel Investment Network.


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A spin-off manga based on the Cardfight!! Vanguard franchise was recently announced. The spin-off manga titled, “Another Vanguard: Seido no Asuka,” will launch in the January issue of the Monthly Bushiroad magazine, which will be released on Friday. The manga continues the events that was featured in the Cardfight!! Vanguard SS (Shooting Star) manga, which was featured in the Monthly Bushiroad magazine earlier this year. The manga was written by Haruha Misukoshi and was composed by Kabuto Chujo.
Recently a live stream for Koei Tecmo Game’s Attack on Titan 2 video game was held that revealed some new details about the upcoming game. First it revealed the full release date for the game, which will be on March 15, 2018 in Japan. Next a video was posted to the official Famitsu Youtube channel that features roughly 20 minutes of game play and reveals some new characters for the game. The video also features Hirashi Koinuma (Game Producer), director Hideo Sukuki (Director), Shiori Mikami (Christa Lenz), and Saki Fujita (Ymir). The new playable characters include: Annie Leonhart ReinerRead More
The official Mega Man Youtube channel has updated with an announcement trailer for a brand new Mega Man game. The game was first unveiled during the 30th anniversary live stream for the Megaman franchise. For those who have been following the game series the last main Megaman title, Megaman 10 was released on March 1, 2010 so it has almost been a decade since the last main series title that starred the Blue Bomber. Unlike the main series game the latest title will feature 2.5D visuals. The brand new game will unsurprisingly be titled, “Megaman 11,” and is set to release for theRead More
Square Enix NA has posted a new English trailer for the upcoming Secret of Mana remake on their official Youtube channel. The company has also announced that a limited physical release for the Playstation 4 version of the game will be available in North America exclusively at Gamestop. The Secret of Mana remake will be released for the Playstation 4, PSVita, and Steam on February 15.