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THUMBS-DOWN TO GOOGLE: Europe’s luxury associations aren’t happy with Google’s decision to lift a ban on the bidding process for trademark-protected key words in Europe. As of this week, Google will allow advertisers to use third-party trademarks in their ads without having to seek approval from the trademark owner. The new policy came into effect in the U.S. earlier this year. On Tuesday, the European Cultural and Creative Industries Alliance, which includes Italy’s Altagamma, France’s Comité Colbert, Walpole in the U.K. and the Circulo Espanol del Lujo in Spain, issued a statement outlining its position. “We are concerned about the impact that Google’s new AdWords policy might have on both brand owners and consumers,” said Guy Salter, the ECCIA spokesman and deputy chairman of Walpole. “We believe Google needs to make advertisers who breach their code of conduct directly accountable and liable for damage caused to the consumer and to businesses.”
The statement added the policy could lead to an infringement of trademarks and misleading advertising. The ECCIA said it would like Google to consider creating its own “best practice” policy for advertisers, with penalties for nonadherence.
On its site, Google says it recognizes the importance of trademarks and prohibits intellectual property infringement by advertisers. “Google takes allegations of trademark infringement very seriously and, as a courtesy, we investigate matters raised by trademark owners,” according to a statement on the site. — Samantha Conti
COMMERCIAL APPEAL: With the much-lauded “I Am Love,” director Luca Guadagnino proved more than capable of filming the European luxury class, so it follows that he’s now being sought out for fashion work. Web retailer Net-a-porter and Nowness.com, the media portal launched in February by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, co-commissioned a new short film from Guadagnino dubbed “Chronology,” that will make its debut today through both Web sites. Another Magazine fashion director Cathy Edwards styled the clip, which features model Mariacarla Boscono in pieces from the fall collections of Chloé, Yves Saint Laurent and Valentino, among others. “We feel this is a very unique and special way to present the latest fashion to our customers,” the retailer’s founder and executive chairman, Natalie Massenet, told WWD. Naturally, those customers won’t have to stray far to find anything that piques their interest. Every item in the film will be available for purchase at Net-a-porter. — Matthew Lynch


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Nutrition in the News | Issue nº 9
December is to wrap up the year of news in the nutrition world. In this edition, we are talking about diet and hearing health, perceptions about nutrition and how our genetics influence our taste sensors.
Here is this month's, Nutrition in the News brought to you by Harriet Smith from surreydietitian.co.uk.
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Having a healthy diet may reduce risk of hearing loss
A recent study found that following a healthy diet may help to reduce the risk of hearing loss.
The study analysed data from 3,135 Caucasian, female healthcare professionals across 19 locations within the USA. Over 20 years of dietary intake data, taken at four-year intervals, was combined with hearing sensitivity data. Researchers identified well-established healthy dietary patterns (such as the DASH diet or a Mediterranean diet) and determined how similar the participant’s diets were.
Participants whose diets were most similar to the healthy dietary patterns were up to 30% less likely to experience a decline in hearing sensitivity compared to those whose diets did not resemble the healthy dietary patterns.
Further research is required in more diverse populations, however, this research suggests that an additional benefit of following a healthy diet could be hearing maintenance.
Dislike of vegetables maybe down to genetics
The researchers were looking at factors that influence dietary adherence for heart health and how genetics influence taste receptors. They found that variations in a taste gene called TAS2R38 can make certain compounds taste bitter in some people.
The taste gene TAS2R38 has two variants – AVI and PAV. Around 25% of people have two copies of PAV, and this group are known as “super-tasters”. Their genetic make-up means that they are very sensitive to bitter flavours, such as those in green, leafy vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, and sprouts. In fact, super-tasters are 2.6 times more likely to eat fewer vegetables than the rest of the population.
Food scientists are trying to develop ways to reduce bitterness in vegetables. In the meantime, super-tasters can roast vegetables with a little bit of fat or combine with strong flavours like garlic and spices to help mask their bitterness.
Half of UK adults have "No idea" about nutrition
A recent poll has found that half of British adults describe themselves as having “no idea” what they are supposed to eat.
Over 2,000 people completed the poll, which was commissioned by the Food Advisory Board; a group of nutritionists, diet and health professionals, researchers, and agricultural experts.
Half of the respondents said they didn’t know how much protein, fat, carbohydrates, sugar, dairy, fruit, and vegetables they should be eating or correct portion sizes. 90% felt their diet lacked balance, whilst a third said they don’t eat any fruit in a typical week.
A representative for the Food Advisory Board suggested that the vast amounts of conflicting nutrition information are confusing the public, meaning people are unsure of what to eat and making poorly-informed dietary choices.
Diet pills linked with eating disorder diagnoses
A recent study has found that using diet pills and laxatives is associated with a higher risk of being diagnosed with an eating disorder (ED).
The study examined 15 years of data from over 10,000 US women aged between 14- to 36-years-olds. The researchers concluded that young women who used diet pills or laxatives for weight loss were more likely to receive a diagnosis of an ED within one to three years than those who did not.
Women who used diet pills were twice as likely to receive an ED diagnosis compared to those who did not. Women who used laxatives were over four times more likely to receive an ED diagnosis compared to those who did not.
The study authors suggested that the use of diet pills or laxatives is a gateway behavior to an ED diagnosis and should be treated as a warning sign that an intervention may be necessary.
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Engadget post time: April 18, 2013 at 01:11AM
About a year and a half after Google announced its acquisition of Motorola, it’s closed a deal to sell the Motorola Home half to Arris. Motorola Home covers the company’s cable TV and internet device, which combined with Arris’ existing businesses creates what it’s calling “the Premier Video Delivery and Broadband Technology Company.” Meanwhile, Google keeps the Motorola Mobility half that covers its cellphones, tablets and of course, the related patents. The move cost Arris $2.2 billion in cash along with 10.6 million shares of its stock issued to Google. That’s on top of 10.6 million shares for Comcast in return for its $150 million investment, making them equal part (7.7 percent) owners with the folks from Mountain View. What does all of this mean? Your next cable-provided box will probably say Arris on it, and any faint dream of Motorola-built Android TV set-top boxes becoming widely available is officially over.
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ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s tea farms will be able to pay salaries to workers in April since tea is being plucked and prices have also risen in at auctions, but the sector is operating at 60 percent capacity, an industry official said.
“Due to the unexpected panic buying in last month there is an unexpected double digit growth in the revenue in tea industry,” Dilhan Fernando , chief executive of Dilmah Tea told an online forum organized by Advocata Institute, a Colombo-based think tank.
At the first electronic tea actions organized last week, prices went up unexpectedly.
In general there is a good demand for food exports though items like apparel are badly hit and companies are unable to pay salaries, sector officials have said.
“Generally, where the market condition are concerned, demand is strong and it is continuing strong.” Fernando said.
“In past as well tea was one of the least affected products in a crisis.”
The government’s decision to allow the tea sector to operate during the crisis had helped it get back on track but plantations and packaging are running below capacity at his group.
“Demand is really undiminished, at the moment we have 20 percent capacity operating in packaging and 60 percent capacity operating in the planting divisions,” he said.
Fernando said starting the tea auctions through e-commerce has given the opportunity for the auctions to continue.
“The industry has migrated to e auction which is not the perfect system but is workable and can be improved,” he said.
“So with that auction last week we transacted around 3 million kilos and this week it is a little bit more and in the next two weeks hopefully it will be 5 million plus kilos.”
Fernando said the industry is facing difficulties in getting money into the hands of workers, but are working out solutions.
“Whatever happen, the people have been the most important criteria” Fernando said. “Getting money to the hand of workers have been difficult, but we are working with digital brands to tackle this problem.” (Colomob/Apr18/2020)


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Wamda speaks to Patrick Rogers and Lee McMahon cofounders of Support Legal, a new kind of law firm that is targeting entrepreneurs and emerging companies in the Middle East with efficient yet affordable legal advice.
With increasing demand for legal services from emerging companies in the region, innovative and disruptive solutions are necessary to meet the ever changing needs of such businesses. As a startup themselves, Support Legal is well positioned to understand the needs of such companies.
Support Legal has done away with the traditional billable hour model and instead has based its platform around fix fees where clients can choose to purchase a one off service or sign on to their subscription model agreeing on a area of work and a monthly fee for unlimited hourly work.
In this video the cofounders talk about how their company has gone completely horizontal by utilizing a flexible workforce that can significantly lower prices for clients. Having worked in the region for over a decade they saw the need for such service, with many startups foregoing legal service due to high prices only to later find themselves in more financial trouble.


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Apple iPad users will soon be able to interact with Citrix Systems' virtual Windows apps using a mouse.
Stories by Mikael Ricknäs
Microsoft has announced Azure networking improvements that will give IT staff more flexibility, and in the process help convince them to move more applications to the cloud.
At Build this week Microsoft did its best to woo developers of all kinds, offering cross-platform tools and software upgrades to improve productivity, and above all clarifying its vision for universal apps.
Microsoft has upgraded an IT management portal it's developing for Azure that's intended to calm the nerves of IT pros wary about moving on premises applications to the vendor's cloud.
Sony's CEO Kazuo Hirai has some difficult decisions to make as consumers continue to shun the company's smartphones, resulting in continued losses.
Most of us have had the experience of being unable to connect to a Wi-Fi network in a location with lots of people. A technology that promises to alleviate that problem is, however, slowly but surely making headway.
The Samsung Galaxy S6 has emerged as the benchmark for flagship smartphones running Android, but there are lots of challengers, including the new G4 from LG Electronics.
LG Electronics' G4 is a high-end smartphone with a removable battery and a microSD card slot, but its design falls short when compared with other expensive devices.
LG Electronics is giving its latest flagship smartphone, the leather-covered G4, a big removable battery and a power-efficient processor, hoping a long battery life will help it stand out among tough competitors.
Toshiba is hoping developers will use its application processors to build wearable devices, and has launched hardware and software development kits to help make it happen.
It was a marriage of convenience for two industry giants whose past successes weren't helping them win in the red-hot smartphone market. One year later, it's hard to say that Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's device business has produced the results its backers envisioned.
Xiaomi is hoping the well-equipped Mi 4i will help the company grab a larger smartphone market share, but it's still holding off entering the U.S, and Europe.
Broadcom and Freescale Semiconductor have announced switching platforms that promise to improve the performance of network virtualization and make the underlying technologies more widely available.
For CIOs worried about access to shared resources in the cloud and the data center, Centrify has launched an identity-management service that aims to improve protection for IT management accounts
Small to medium businesses (SMBs) are massively important to the economy.


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By Hilary Russ
NEW YORK (Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp (N:) employees on Thursday sued the fast food giant and several of its franchisees in Chicago over a store redesign that staffers say has made it easier for angry customers to leap over the counter and attack them.
The suit, filed in Illinois’ Circuit Court of Cook County by 17 Chicago-area McDonald’s workers, claims McDonald’s has failed to protect them from a pattern of violence.
Employees have been threatened with guns, beaten with a wet-floor sign, had kitchen equipment thrown at them by a naked customer, been pepper-sprayed, been flashed and propositioned, and even urinated on, according to the complaint.
“McDonald’s takes seriously its responsibility to provide and foster a safe working environment for our employees, and along with our franchisees, continue to make investments in training programs that uphold safe environments for customers and crew members,” the company said in a statement that did not mention whether it planned to contest the lawsuit.
“In addition to training, McDonald’s maintains stringent policies against violence in our restaurants.”
The lawsuit targets McDonald’s so-called “Experience of the Future” store renovations announced in 2017, part of a corporate turnaround plan that came after years of stagnant sales.
The company said last year that it and its franchisees would invest $6 billion to revamp most of its roughly 14,000 U.S. stores.
In October, executives said more than 9,000 stores had completed remodeling – about two-thirds of all U.S. locations – with more in development before year’s end, and that the modernized stores had improved overall sales.
But the suit claims that the new design features split and lowered counters, creating easy access for customers seeking to harm employees on the other side.
Filed in conjunction with the Fight for $15 and a Union, the complaint alleges a nationwide epidemic of in-store violence, including an armed robbery at a McDonald’s in Orlando, Florida when workers were held at gunpoint in a walk-in freezer.
In the Chicago area, there are more than 20 calls every day to emergency services from McDonald’s stores, the suit said.
Plaintiffs claim that McDonald’s ignores best practices that could make stores safer, especially at locations open overnight.
Those measures include drive-thru windows that block customers from entering the store, windows free of advertising materials that otherwise obstruct lines of vision and bathrooms that lock when workers need to clean them alone late at night.
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Updated! An ad for the Volkswagen Passat showing its remote start capability was voted the favorite during the recent Super Bowl, according to Adbowl.com.
As of Monday morning, the ad received over 15 million views on YouTube.
Update!–Already, there’s a parody of the above video, but this one show Yoda using the Viper SmartStart (by Juanmxn). See below:
The top five ads on Adbowl were:
1. Volkswagen — The Imperial March
2. Bridgestone — Carma
3. Doritos — House Sitting
4. NFL — Sitcoms
5. Volkswagen — Black Beetle
The ad showed a kid dressed up as Darth Vadar trying to muster up his super powers. Dad helps out by secretly remote starting the car. It only takes a minute to watch.
The VW Passat gets remote start for the first time on the 2012 model that also offers a Fender-branded premium audio system. The Fender system was jointly developed with Panasonic and has 9 speakers.
Remote start is available on select Passat trim lines for models with automatic transmission.


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The outbreak of new coronavirus in China has caused evident fears in many countries. We can see some users on Twitter have called for a boycott over Chinese packages or goods as their fear that the virus could be transmitted via contact with products imported from China. In addition, some people require delayed shipments for orders placed in China, and even refused to receive the goods when the cargo arrived at the destination port. While, A large quantity of official reports has denied this point of view.
As the World Health Organization stated that people receiving packages from China won’t be at risk of getting infected. Also, many other experts have clarified this.
“Given the custom inspections conducted by both export and import countries, there is no scientific evidence so far that indicates products imported from China could carry the new coronavirus. It’s believed that Chinese products are safe for use.” Feng Kai, spokesperson for the Embassy of China in Saudi Arabia.
As well as Elizabeth McGraw, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at Pennsylvania State University said, “There is no evidence from any previous outbreak that anyone has ever gotten infected from a package, it is highly unlikely that the virus could survive for multiple days outside or inside a box.”
As we all know, coronaviruses mainly spread from person to person via respiratory droplets. And, so far, many facts show that the novel coronavirus seems to have spread only among people who were in close personal contact.
The coronaviruses won’t survive long on goods’ surfaces, not mention to the goods that will be shipped over a period of days or weeks.
What actually should do to prevent it is that wear a mask when going out and wash your hands regularly. Good hygiene habits matter more than fears over Chinese-made goods.
According to the latest news, the number of new suspected cases and confirmed cases other than Hubei province are decreasing, and the number of people being cured is increasing, which indicates a turning point of this epidemic. Hence, there is no need to overreact to it or boycott over any goods from China.


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On October 20, under the guidance of China Enterprise Confederation and China Enterprise Directors Association, and sponsored by Shenzhen Enterprise Confederation and Shenzhen Enterprise Directors association, the "2020 Shenzhen Top 500 enterprises release and industry leader industry forum" was held in Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center. TINNO Mobile was selected into the Top 100 in the latest "2020 Shenzhen enterprise 500 list", ranking 90th.
Since this year, with the impact of the epidemic and the complex economic situation at home and abroad, TINNO has actively promoted the transformation and upgrading of its business, developed and expanded new momentum. In the first half of this year, its operating revenue increased by 16%, the net profit attributable to the parent company increased by 40%, and the cash flow from operating activities increased by 279%.
TINNO Mobile has been deeply engaged in the field of mobile terminal for many years. Its products are sold to Europe, America, Asia and other places. Its customer network covers more than 70 countries and regions in the world. It has made positive contributions to national economic construction and foreign exchange earning through export. It has won the titles of "Top 100 industrial enterprises in Shenzhen" and "Top 100 tax paying enterprises in Nanshan District" for many times.The selection of Shenzhen Top 500 is another recognition to TINNO..
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. TINNO Mobile will continue to give full play to its own advantages, make good use of the location advantages of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Bay area, seize the historical opportunity of the State Council on the construction of the first demonstration zone of socialism with Chinese characteristics in Shenzhen, forge ahead, and submit another satisfactory economic answer for the country and Shenzhen!


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Force Motors launched the new 2017 model Gurkha which gets a BS IV-compliant engine. The new SUV is available in three and five-door options and two variants, Gurkha Xplorer and Gurkha Xpedition. The new Gurkha gets minor styling changes to the exterior and is based on a new ladder-frame chassis, along with a new suspension setup. The new Gurkha is powered with the same 2.6-litre diesel engine generating 86hp paired with a new five-speed manual gearbox. The Gurkha Xpedition is priced at Rs 8.38 lakh and the Xplorer is priced at Rs 9.36 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).


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Mentions our favorite website, cool-2b-real.com! Nice pro-veg slant on this one.
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradent...on/5129193.htmThe group that made real men want to eat beef now wants to convince young girls that it's cool for them, too.
With about one million kids nationwide forsaking meat and actually eating their vegetables, America's cattlemen are trying to round up the strays and bring them back to the meat-eating herd.
"We're just trying to bring home the point that all foods fit into a healthy diet and, yes, that includes beef," said Mary Young, nutrition director for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
Teenagers are the fastest-growing group of vegetarians, according to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). And young girls are more than twice as likely to stop eating meat as boys are, market researchers say.
To reach them, the cattlemen's group launched a Web site (www.Cool-2b-real.com) in December that touts healthy living, offers lots of tasty beef recipes, and makes educational kits available to teachers who might want to include lessons on beef in their curriculums.
The cattlemen have cause to worry. One in four teenagers considers vegetarianism "cool," according to Teenage Research Unlimited in Illinois. Their reasons vary, but many cite concern for animals, weight loss, and health for giving up meat, nutritionists say.
Two percent of 13- to 17-year-olds ate no meat, poultry or fish in 2000, up from 1.4 percent from 1995, reported Vegetarian Resource Group, a Baltimore-based nonprofit organization. Five percent ate no beef or pork in 2000.
PETA says the trend is bigger on college campuses, where from 15 to 20 percent of students say they're vegetarians.
For the cattlemen, it makes sense to try to brand these youngsters with product loyalty: In not too many years, they will be parents, and feeding their own little calves.
Part of the group's pitch is to warn youngsters, and their parents, of the dangers of a meatless diet. The cattlemen cite university research suggesting that youths who don't eat beef are more prone to poor health, low self-esteem, eating disorders, and even suicidal thoughts.
"Hogwash," said Michele Shuker, a nutritionist at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Though she's a beef-eater, she said, "One does not need beef to live a healthy life."
With record numbers of children suffering from obesity, "kids need to get a grip on portion size and get more physical activity," not load up on beef, she said.
To teens devoted to the cause, meat is a four-letter word.
"That's ridiculous," Laura Humpal, 18, of Spring City, said of the cattlemen's campaign. "I'm in fine health. I never get sick, and I've been a vegetarian since I was 8 and vegan [someone who doesn't eat any animal products, including eggs and dairy] since I was 14."
She has never liked meat and would never consider eating it, she said. To get all her vitamins and nutrients, she eats lots of green leafy vegetables and takes a Vitamin B-12 supplement.
Her friend Ashley Randolph, 17, of Phoenixville, loves meat but became a vegan three years ago and said she feels "lighter, cleaner, more energetic."
She doesn't think meat is necessary for a balanced diet: "You can definitely get by without it."
Such attitudes have the beef industry "running scared," said Bruce Friedrich, a PETA spokesman, "because kids are learning that if they're eating meat, they're promoting cruelty to animals and harming their own health."
With so many children forgoing meat, fish and fowl, 60 percent of the nation's schools offered vegetarian alternatives in 2001, up from 40 percent in 1999, according to the American School Food Service Association.
Students are asking for "fruits, vegetables and vegetarian items," said Erik Peterson, the group's director of media relations. "Teenage girls request salads."
The Lower Merion School District in Montgomery County offers a daily salad bar. And Kimberton Waldorf School in Chester County serves only vegetarian meals, for cost and food-safety reasons.
"I don't believe that meat is the be-all and end-all of nutrition," said Jennifer Keogh, codirector of Kimberton's lunch program. "There are kids eating hamburgers every night, but they're not having vegetables and fruit."
While experts say health concerns usually are only a minor factor in a teen's decision to stop eating meat, the result can be a more nutritious diet than the standard teen fare of burgers, fries and pizza.
A University of Minnesota study of 4,500 teenagers found that young vegetarians consumed more fruits and vegetables and less fast food, cholesterol and regular soda, and more folate, vitamin A, fiber and iron than their meat-eating peers did. However, they also consumed more diet soda and caffeine, and less Vitamin B-12 than nonvegetarians.
"The vegetarian teens were doing significantly better on things like fat intake and vegetable intake, which are just two predictors of long-term health," said Cheryl Perry, a coauthor of the study.
But the study also found that adolescent vegetarians were more likely to be dissatisfied with their bodies, to report dieting, and to have been told by a doctor that they had an eating disorder. They were also more likely to have contemplated or attempted suicide.
Other studies have suggested that low-protein diets (associated with vegetarianism) reduce calcium absorption and may have a negative impact on skeletal health.
With many youngsters not eating meat for ethical reasons, such as concern for animals, telling them they have to eat meat to stay healthy "is appalling," said Reed Mangels, a nutritionist with the Vegetarian Resource Group.
The sides agree that the majority of teens, regardless of their vegetarian beliefs, have horrible diets. Young, the cattlemen's association nutrition director, says children who become vegetarians are worse off since they don't know what they're doing.
"To have a healthy vegetarian diet, you need to be pretty committed to getting the right nutrients. Most kids this age, meat eaters or vegetarians, are not that committed," she said.
Beef contains iron, zinc and B-12, which are necessary for growth and good health, she said. But those are available in plant-based foods and supplements, too, other nutritionists point out.
And though lean beef has plenty of valuable nutrients in it, recipes on the Cool-2b-real Web site - such as taco beef dip, beef chili, and cheeseburger mac and cheese - "are not particularly healthful," Shuker said, noting that they are loaded with high-fat ingredients and short on fruits and vegetables.
Parents who are worried about their child's diet should consult a registered dietitian, Mangels advised.
Perhaps the cattlemen can learn something from Jessica Watson's parents. The 23-year-old became a vegetarian when she was 12 because of her love of animals.
"My parents hated it," she said, and tried to force her to eat meat by telling her she would not grow and making her sit at the table until she cleaned her plate.
"Mom's been a vegetarian for three years now, and my dad's been a vegan for five years," said Watson. "It's very satisfying."


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Yesterday Gibson Brands filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Known for its famous guitars, the company is in a similar situation to Toys 'R' Us, owing as much as $500 million to creditors including private equity firms like Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Silver Point Capital and Melody Capital Partners. It took on significant debt -- which is about to mature -- to finance a series of acquisitions to build up a Gibson Innovations electronics business that it's now in the process of separating from. Other than buying a stake in TEAC, Bloomberg reports it bought Philips line of headphones and speakers, and until recently had close business ties with Onkyo.
According to the press release "The Company's Gibson Innovations business, which is largely outside of the U.S. and independent of the Musical Instruments business, will be wound down." While the headphones are likely done, other elements like its Gibson and Epiphone guitars, as well as KRK and Cerwin Vega studio monitors and loudspeakers will continue on. Hopefully, that includes its digital recorder-embued guitar cable.


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Purina to build indoor dog show center
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Purina announced plans Monday to build a new multimillion-dollar, 84,000-square-foot event center for dog shows and obedience and agility trials.
The Purina Event Center is expected to open in the fall of 2010 at Purina Farms in Gray Summit, Mo., about one hour from downtown St. Louis.
The farm already hosts about 50 outdoor dog shows and events a year but the center will be the first indoor event facility at the property, said Barbara Fawver, a spokeswoman for St. Louis-based Purina PetCare Co.
"Purina has been holding national-level outdoor dog shows and events at Purina Farms in Gray Summit for many years and has been aware that the dog fancy has been seeking an indoor canine event center located in the center of the country," said Brock Fitzgerald, director of Purina Farms and the new Purina Event Center.
Spokespeople declined to provide a more precise dollar-amount for the cost of the center. Bidding for contractors and architects will begin in December or January.
In addition to a show ring, the facility will also include a banquet hall and restaurant.
Reservations are now being accepted for dog shows and events starting in the fall of 2010, Fitzgerald said.
Dog show attendees spend an average of $320 per person on lodging, transportation, gasoline, dog supplies and dog arts and crafts, apparel purchases from outlets and retail stores, entertainment, veterinary services and laundry expenses, according to research conducted in 2006 by the American Kennel Club. A weekend dog show can inject several thousand dollars into a local community and a major show can attract as many as 2,000 dogs and hundreds of owners, handlers and spectators.
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Apple Secretly Unveil Magic Toolbar in Recent Sierra Update: Before the launch of new MacBook Apple is eager to show their new concept in recent macOS. As Apple has released new macOS 10.12.1 Yesterday in they revealed much anticipated OLED Function Key. Apple will show this new update in Mac lineup on 27th Oct but keep on revealing some feature in recent updates and trademark filling.
As this report comes from MacRumors found in System Preferences which is the update in recent macOS 10.12.1 show a new virtual keyboard layout with the top row of the keyboard missing in the layout file which clearly means that Apple wanted to remove function row from upcoming Mac’s.
Apple Secretly Unveil Magic Toolbar in Recent Sierra Update
According to the leaks, Apple will place an OLED touch bar on the top of the keyboard which is dynamic and unique of its kind. As the user can get info, notification, play bar, messages, function keys and many other things you might think off.
But the new feature still not clear the model or how Apple will implement new Touch bar on the top of new Mac. From the previous leaks macOS files there is an expectation of TouchID in New Mac which will make security much better as the user can Use Apple Pay, Unlock Apps or Open Device when Boot up. Apple has recently include Apple Watch Unlock process in recent Sierra. But Apple made the functionality of Mac, even more, better than ever. The user will get seamless integration between all these things.
Talking about new MacBook Pro will receive major revamp with internals change like Intel CPU, Nvidia or AMD GPU, Type-C USB and much more you ever think of.
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(StatePoint) New data reveals that in uncertain times, consumers and businesses need even greater vigilance when it comes to their cybersecurity.
(StatePoint) Spam and scam calls are the #1 complaint to the FCC. Americans were barraged by over 58 billion scam and unwanted robocalls last year, costing them over $10 billion. This year proves things are only getting worse. As the coronavirus began making news, scammers made an estimated …
(StatePoint) Americans are spending more time at home, which means they’re likely spending more time online. While their attention is focused on staying healthy, they shouldn’t forget to stay vigilant about cybersecurity either.
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Big, macho and reliable, the Fortuner has been a runaway success right from day one. Now facelifted Fortuner caught testing in Bangalore and thanks to Wicky3453 for the spy video. We’ll know soon enough as the updated Fortuner will be launched at the Auto Expo in January 2012.
Cosmetic upgrade coming soon will ensure the Fortuner maintains this popularity. Going by changes to the thai model, the SUV’s chrome front grille will grow in width and the headlights will be new too. A restyled front bumper and larger air-intake scoop on the bonnet will add to the new Fortuner’s mini -Land Cruiser looks. Clear lens tail-lamps will be the only changes to the Fortuner’s rear while the interiors will receive darker faux wood detailing.
The trusty 3-litre D-4D diesel engine will continue but there is a possibility of an automatic transmission being added to the Fortuner line-up. Sources also claim that the firm will introduce a low cost two wheel drive version of the car too in order to boost sales along with its current all-wheel drive model. (See the video below the jump)
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DETROIT—Fiat Chrysler, Magna Interior Inc., Grupo Antolin and the U.S. Department of Energy have collaborated on a project that reduces the weight of car doors by 42.5 percent without a dramatic increase in cost. Using a holistic approach, engineers looked at the door as a complete system that could integrate everything available on the market today.
COLUMBUS, GA—Firearms and accessories manufacturer will invest $28.5 million to consolidate its New Hampshire manufacturing operations in a new 50,000-square-foot assembly plant here. The project will create 84 new jobs over the next two years.
MOBILE, AL—Alabama’s auto production climbed to a record high in 2016, as workers at the state’s three auto assembly plants kept up a brisk pace of building SUVs, pickups and sedans for markets around the world.
CLEMSON, SC—Researchers at Clemson University and Carnegie Mellon University are collaborating to develop next-generation robots for advanced manufacturing across the automotive, aerospace, electronics and textile industries. Clemson will also help train the workers who will operate the robots, as part of a $253 million plan to fill roughly 510,000 jobs in manufacturing by 2025.
LAS VEGAS—The Bosch Group demonstrated a new industrial robot with a smart “skin” that could allow people to work more closely with machines. Exhibited at the Consumer Electronics Show here earlier this week, Bosch’s Automatic Production Assistant can sense when a person enters a “danger zone” and stop moving before an accident occurs.
NEW BRITAIN, CT—After announcing an agreement to purchase the Craftsman Brand from Sears for $900 million last week, Stanley Black & Decker now says it will construct a new $35 million assembly plant in the U.S. to expand the Craftsman tool line.
SEOUL, South Korea—LG Electronics’ newly appointed CEO Jo Seong-jin said Sunday that the South Korean electronics OEM is considering setting up its first home appliance assembly plant in the U.S. within the first half of this year.
DETROIT—Fiat Chrysler has pledged to spend $1 billion to overhaul its assembly plants in Michigan and Ohio to build the upcoming Jeep Wagoneer, Grand Wagoneer, and Wrangler pickup. The move will add 2,000 jobs to the automaker’s U.S. workforce and will enable the company to move Ram heavy-duty pickup truck production from Mexico to the U.S.
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MOLINE, IL—Deere & Co. will pay a former employee $275,000 under the terms of a settlement agreement that resolves a lawsuit filed in 2015 under the anti-retaliation provision of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. The suit alleged the worker was fired from Deere’s assembly plant here in June 2012 after reporting unsafe working conditions and then filing a complaint with OSHA after the manufacturer failed to correct one of the unsafe conditions.


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The new Call of Duty game releasing later this year is being worked on by Treyarch Studios and Raven Software, Activision and the developers confirmed this week. News of the involvement of the two parties with the upcoming annual Call of Duty installation first came from Activision’s latest earnings call before being confirmed online as well. Both developers confirmed the news on Twitter and said they were excited to share more with Call of Duty fans later at a time when we’ll actually find out something concrete about the new game.
Following Activision’s earnings call, both Raven Software and Treyarch tweeted about the news. We don’t know anything new about the game beyond the developers working on it now, though their track records with past games will give fans an indication of what’s to come.
It’s official. Looking forward to showing you what we’ve been cooking up with @RavenSoftware!— Treyarch Studios (@Treyarch) August 4, 2020
We are excited to announce our partnership with @Treyarch on this year's Call of Duty! Can't wait to show you more!— Raven Software (@RavenSoftware) August 4, 2020
Treyarch is best known for its work on the Black Ops games in the Call of Duty franchise. Sometimes set in the present while other times returning to past events, these Call of Duty games typically have a Zombies mode included. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was also the first Call of Duty game to introduce battle royale to the franchise via Blackout.
As for Raven Software, that studio has worked on a number of Call of Duty games spanning years of development. The two most recent projects are Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and its accompanying Warzone game, but their portfolio dates back to past tiles like the original Call of Duty: Black Ops.
The new Call of Duty game can only be a couple of months out now since it’s still planned for a 2020 release as far as anyone knows, but we haven’t heard much official news on it yet. We’ve seen from some leaks that it’s supposed to be called “Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War,” but again, nothing official has been announced yet. There are rumors that suggest that’ll change sooner rather than later and that Activision is preparing to reveal something.
Call of Duty has had a partnership with Sony for a while now, and PlayStation has a new State of Play event coming up soon with a focus on upcoming PlayStation 4 games and some third-party titles. Perhaps we’ll see an update on the game there.


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Software-as-a-service (SaaS) – essentially online, on-demand services where software and related data are centrally hosted in the cloud and accessed by users typically through computer browsers – may be the new and hip way to sell and deliver software services, but it’s still lagging far behind packaged software services by a mile. While global SaaS revenue has hit US$14.5 billion last year, that’s still just over 4% of the US$357.2 billion achieved by packaged software sales.
But information technology research firm Gartner expects SaaS to continue its healthy growth through 2015, when worldwide revenue is projected to reach around US$22 billion.
Enterprise cloud computing service provider Salesforce, heralded as the industry’s pioneer, still holds the No.1 position despite consolidation and acquisition that’s seen the number of players shrink over the years. Here’s an infographic from Staff.com that summarizes the state of the industry:


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The World Franchising Network recently released its annual survey of veteran participation in international franchising, which was featured in the June 20, 2014 issue of USA Today.
Investing into a franchise is one of the biggest decisions you will make in your life time, so you need to ensure the brand you have chosen has the potential to be as successful as possible for you!
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ActionCOACH is celebrating hitting the milestone of 25 years in business. Their global network of business growth coaches has been supporting business owners to success for a quarter of a century!
Here Andy Hemming reveals his 'warts 'n' all' story of his decade with ActionCOACH, overcoming the 2008 recession and how he grew his coaching business to £60,000 income a month on just three days' work a fortnight.
Danayal Zia had been advising clients for more than 17 years with Standard Chartered Bank (SCB). When he found ActionCOACH, the buzz came back and he knew this was the business for him.
Vic Ciuffetelli has over 30 years of business growth experience having worked as a CEO for firms across the globe including 17 years as Global CEO and CEO Asia-Pacific for ActionCOACH.
ActionCOACH’s 2017 annual conference was one of their most successful to date with the largest group of franchise owners attending the two-day event in their 14-year history.
ActionCOACH has secured an exclusive UK deal for their franchise owners to deliver the pioneering Engage and Grow programme.
ActionCOACH was awarded Best Mid-Priced Franchise (£25-99k investment) at the RBS Best Franchise Awards 2016.
European CEO Magazine has awarded Ian Christelow, co-founder and Managing Director of ActionCOACH UK, the world’s number one business services franchise*, the Business Coaching “Entrepreneur of the Year 2016” for Western Europe.
In 2013, ActionCOACH was awarded “5 Star Franchisee Satisfaction” status by Smith and Henderson, following outstanding feedback undertaken anonymously by ActionCOACH franchise owners. This year, they have secured the 5 Star status again and have been shortlisted for the Best Mid-Priced Franchise 2016.
Jamie Goral joined ActionCOACH in 2013 and in just two years won their award for best business growth. One year later and he has been shortlisted for the Startups Franchisee of the Year 2016.
ActionCOACH received the Compare the Financial Markets Award for Best UK Business Opportunity in 2013. The award is a great success, acknowledging the hard work of the ActionCOACH team and franchise network over the last year.
Rob Carter, has recently become the owner of a Bristol and North Somerset ActionCOACH franchise after being made redundant
ActionCOACH, the world's largest business coaching organisation, has been ranked as the world's top business service franchise by Entrepreneur magazine for the fourth year in a row.
Action International has changed its name to ActionCOACH as part of a major re-branding exercise by the company, which has just been chosen as the world's top business consulting franchise for the fourth year in a row by Entrepreneur magazine.
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ActionCOACH, the world's largest business coaching organisation, has just launched a major drive to recruit two new Master Licensees for the London area.
ActionCOACH, the organisation at the forefront of the development of business coaching in the UK and around the world, has just picked up a prestigious 'Stevie' award for Best Overall Company.
Leading recruitment franchisor Driver Hire has further proof that it is one of the UK’s top franchise businesses, collecting bronze in the ‘Franchisor of the Year’ category at the 2018 bfa HSBC Franchise Awards.
Whilst the football world’s attention is on Russia right now, sneaking in just ahead of the big kick-off in Moscow, was leading transport & logistics’ recruitment franchise, Driver Hire’s own football tournament.
Leading recruitment franchise, Driver Hire, has just completed the re-sale of two of its Southern region franchises – Luton and Twickenham.
Driver Hire, the transport & logistics recruitment franchise, is celebrating another record breaking year.
Richard Bradshaw, franchisee at Driver Hire Guildford, was a 'highly commended' finalist in the 'Franchisee of the Year' category at the 2017 'Startups' awards.
Richard Bradshaw, franchisee of Driver Hire’s Guildford office, is in line for a national award. He’s one of the finalists in the 2017 ‘Startups.co.uk’ awards.
During the summer, Driver Hire, the leading transport and logistics recruitment franchise, announced the completion of three joint venture franchises in Liverpool, Doncaster and at its Maidstone & Medway office.
The Carlisle office of leading recruitment franchise, Driver Hire, has a new owner – Marc Harrison.
Driver Hire is in the medals again. The leading recruitment franchise collected silver in the 2017 bfa HSBC Franchisor of the Year awards, organised by the British Franchise Association.
The Derby office of leading recruitment franchise, Driver Hire, has a new owner – Kathy Wylie.
September proved to be a month to remember for Driver Hire’s franchisees. The leading transport & logistics recruitment specialist’s nationwide network chalked up turnover of £10.7m – an all time record in the company’s thirty plus years of trading.
Award-winning transport & logistics franchise, Driver Hire, has further strengthened franchise support. To aid franchisees’ sales efforts and enhance after-sales support, Driver Hire has added two new staff to its eServices team: Shadia Teers and Jimmy Singh.
Lisa Hughes has purchased the Birmingham franchise of specialist recruitment business, Driver Hire. Long-standing franchise owner Jim Richards had decided to realise his investment in the franchise after 14 highly successful years in charge.
Lorraine Thompson, franchisee at Driver Hire’s Oxford office, celebrates 20 highly successful years in business.
Leading specialist recruitment franchisor, Driver Hire, has been nationally recognised at the prestigious 2015 bfa HSBC ‘Franchisor of the Year’ Awards, collecting this year’s Silver Award. An award winner in 2006 and 2012, Driver Hire has been a bfa finalist in nine out of the last 10 years.
Two Driver Hire franchise owners are completing an outstanding 2014/15. Increased demand for their specialist recruitment services has helped Driver Hire Enfield and Driver Hire Aberdeen pass £3m turnover for the first time in their trading history.
Driver Hire was a finalist in the 2015 ‘Franchise Marketing Awards’. The winners were announced at the recent British & International Franchise Exhibition at Olympia in London.
With the aid of a tried-and-tested franchise model, Vance and Sue Parsons have grown and developed their Driver Hire business considerably, and they have the awards and returns to prove it.
Leading transport and logistics recruitment franchise, Driver Hire, was one of the proud sponsors of the ‘Game of Truce’ commemorative football match between the British Army and German Bundeswehr Football Teams.
The build-up to Christmas is proving to be great news for franchisees at Driver Hire. The specialist transport and logistics recruiter is breaking records both here in the UK and in its Australian business too.


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Reliance BP Mobility Ltd (RBML) on Tuesday launched the first Jio-bp branded mobility station in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra.
The joint venture between Reliance Industries (RIL) and global oil major bp is planning to set up a network of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and battery swapping stations to become a leader in EV charging infrastructure. Reliance Petroleum’s existing network of over 1,400 fuel stations will be rebranded as Jio-bp.
Sources at RIL said Jio-bp plans to install EV charging stations at all of its existing fuel retail points and was looking at installing battery swapping facilities more selectively based on demand.
The JV plans to expand the fuel retailing network across India to 5,500 outlets by FY25. State-owned IOC, BPCL. and HPCL — with over 78,000 retail outlets — had EV charging facilities at about 370 retail outlets as of FY21-end.
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SIBU: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Abang Openg hopes that the ‘Entrepreneurs Incubation Hub’ here will produce more local software entrepreneurs.
The hub is a platform to gather creative people to produce software applications that can be marketed worldwide.
“You have a platform. Get your designers, programmers, and audio engineers to design the necessary,” he said at the opening of the Entrepreneurs Incubation Hub of the Sibu Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) at its premises here yesterday.
Citing his visit to Plug and Play Company in Silicon Valley (USA) where the company practises incubation hub, he said the company has helped young entrepreneurs to produce their own start-up companies.
He said this was done through innovation platform and the creativity of the entrepreneurs themselves.
He said through such platform, young entrepreneurs would approach the company with their proposals of the applications they want to produce.
The entrepreneurs will undertake the designing of an application in the company once it (company) accepts their proposals.
“Plug and Play pays 30 per cent of the cost of the undertaking with the entrepreneurs paying the remaining 70 per cent.
“The platform, which is connected world-wide, allows investors to invest in this particular application,” he said.
He believed that Sarawak has such talented people to produce applications that can be marketed throughout the world.
“The young people have lots of imagination which can become their product that makes money because it has the world-wide market.
“I hope this hub is like a laboratory; if you feel that there is a talent to produce certain application, then maybe SCCCI can chip in 30 per cent to help the entrepreneurs to start their companies, and later market them,” he said, adding that the government was doing its part to upgrade the Internet speed in Sarawak.
At the function, Abang Johari presented prizes to the 10 winners of the Sarawak Young Entrepreneurs’ Competition 2018.
Meanwhile, SCCCI president Dr Gregory Hii said with the hub, the chamber was now ready to incubate and give birth to new crops of young entrepreneurs in agriculture, manufacturing and Internet trading to expand and benefit Sarawak’s economy in general and Sibu’s economy in particular.
He said one of the key activities from the hub is a periodic contest organised for local budding young entrepreneurs to submit their proposals to the chamber to win recognitions and prizes.
“During the implementation of their projects, we will help in areas like matching them up with potential investors and mentors.”
Meanwhile, according to the president of Young Entrepreneurs Committee (YEC) of SCCCI Dr Renco Yong, they would conduct various training, seminars, workshops, forums and business networking to build and strengthen start-up businesses in Sarawak.
He said they would also focus on e-commerce forums and trainings to build up talents and promote them internationally.
The hub would charge a minimum of RM150 yearly fee for those below 45 years old and RM300 for those above 45 years old and non-chamber members.
“Permanent desk and hot desk have been set up for the company to set their small mobile office in the hub.
“We also provide free high-speed Unifi, meeting room, laser printer, fax machine, photocopier, charging plug in every corner, pantry, discussion area, corporation corner and so forth.
‘We target to organise at least 50 big and small business related training, meetings, events, forums, seminars, dialogue sessions and discussion this year.”
Assistant Minister of Education and Technological Research Dr Annuar Rapaee, Sibu Resident Charles Siaw, chairman of Sibu Municipal Council Datuk Tiong Thai King, Sarawak Business Federation (SBF) president Datuk Abang Abdul Karim Tun Abang Openg, SCCI life honorary president Tan Sri Datuk Tiong Su Kouk and Temenggong Dato Vincent Lau Lee Ming were also present at the function.


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In their 111 year history, Selfridges have been known for being at the forefront of innovation, positioning themselves as the best place to get the newest items first. They are now aiming to reinvent the future of retail through their ambitious Project Earth five year initiative.
As part of this, they will offer a full range of services like reselling clothing, cosmetics refills, product repairs and clothing rentals. The best part? Consumers will be able to sell their own items in exchange for store credit. With 48% of consumers saying COVID-19 has made them more concerned about the environment, this five-year initiative addresses major issues facing consumerism. It just shows that to be innovative and new, sometimes it’s more impactful to be old.


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KTM have introduced the flagship Duke 390 in white paint shade today. The new variant is in addition to the already existing electric orange shade. Technically the secs remains the same and the 390 Duke makes 43.5 Ps of power and 37 Nm torque and a host of features such as a trellis frame, all-LED headlamp, multifunction TFT display, open-cartridge suspension by WP. Braking system is a large dual disc brakes (320mm/230mm front/rear) and ABS by BOSCH.
This color shade was originally meant only for exports as per our info but the company decided to have it released in India too.
The 2017 KTM 390 Duke received a major upgrade last year and since then has been received extremely well in the market with inclusion of class leading features and tech all loaded on this one. The 2017 saw the inclusion of ride-by-wire, adjustable levers, new LED headlamp cluster and even a TFT LCD instrument console. The new KTM 390 Duke also sits on a revised Trellis frame that gets divided into two parts.
Speaking on the occasion Mr. Amit Nandi President (Probiking) said “KTM has been amongst the fastest growing motorcycle brands in the country. The new generation of KTM Dukes launched last year have been extremely well received and with this new color variant we have broadened the choices available for our customers.”
Bookings for the white color variant of the KTM 390 Duke have begun across the 400+ exclusive KTM showrooms in the country.


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Apple’s iMac didn’t get any fanfare at WWDC or the iPhone event earlier this month, but that doesn’t mean the company is ignoring its line of desktop computers. Today, Apple announced it’s updating the iMac line with Intel’s latest processors, …
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Apple must be doing something right in the PC space — or PC makers or doing something wrong. The ratio of PC sales to Mac sales has dropped to the lowest point in about 15 years.


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Google’s plans for the set-top box may now have an air date: May 19. That’s when Google’s I/O developer conference begins — and the WSJ says Google (NSDQ: GOOG) plans to use the event to announce “Google TV,” a new Android-based platform that will let developers bring web apps to the TV. Little is known about the platform so far; a report last month said Google had the ultimate goal of making it as “easy for TV users to navigate web applications … as it is to change the channel,” while an earlier report said that Google wanted to make it easy for people to search both TV content and web videos.
An announcement would be the culmination of years of speculation about what Google has in store for the TV. Rumors that Google was working on an app platform for set-top boxes have been around since at least November 2007. Google isn’t commenting.


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REMA FOODS IMPORT MARKET FLASH May 28, 2007
Prospects for free trade agreements, currently pending with Peru and Panama, brightened significantly on May 14 when the Bush administration and Democrats reached agreement on labor issues. In China, little progress was made by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as China and U.S. met for trade talks. Paulson first announced “we’re on the right trade path with China” but later counseled patience as the Bush administration tries to head off a congressional drive to impose trade sanctions.
The dollar reached an all-time low against the euro on Apr. 27, as weak U.S. economic figures reinforced worries about a widening disparity between growth in Europe and the U.S. The dollar/euro has since held steady for most of May. China recently announced new regulations slightly freeing up the tight allowable trading range for the Chinese yuan against the dollar. Since China first started relaxing its exchange policy in mid 2005, the yuan has firmed 8.1% against the dollar.
Skipjack raw material costs have reached a 10 year high last week, with a Thai packer reportedly paying $1300/mton+. This dramatic firming has costs up from $1100 just a month ago, $970 in December 2006 and $790 at the start of last year (Jan 2006). In the eastern Pacific, we’re now close to the all-time record of $1400/mton. It’s reported that because of El Nino affecting water temperatures, the tuna are diving deep to reach their preferred 23 degrees Celsius zone. At these depths, the fish are not catch-able using the traditional purse seiner tuna vessels, which can only go down 50 meters. The other tuna species are following skipjack’s lead: Yellowfin is up to $1900 from $1750 last month; tongol is 45 Baht/kilo; and albacore is at $2350, up from $2300 last month and $2175 when albacore hit recent lows in February.
As has been reported for each of the past eight months, pineapple has been hit by the perfect storm: currency appreciation, El Nino weather problems, severely reduced crop, competition from biofuel production, and Maui’s exit from the market. Pricing continues to firm dramatically: raw material costs have more than doubled and finished goods pricing has increased 50% causing one of the worst situations on record. Because of the U.S. antidumping case, prices set by packers on previous contracts have all been renegotiated upward. Alternative supply markets such as China hoped to make up some of the Thai and Indo shortages, yet so far hardly any product has actually shipped and raw material is scarce. On the brighter side, a month after the government reaffirmed the validity of the anti-dumping case (done every 5 years in what’s referred to as a “sunset review”), Maui has now finally and officially announced the closing of their pineapple cannery business. As a result, there’s talk of the anti-dumping suit finally being rescinded.
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As TFS is primarily packed from pineapple and related fruits, situation is no better than with pineapple. In fact, as red papaya is the shortest of all the Thai fruits, most packers are having great difficulty packing TFS at this moment. A severe shortage is expected to hold until September/October 2007.
In deciduous fruit cocktail, imports are alleviating the shortage in the U.S. where domestic packers are mostly sold out.
Finally a product with some good news: situation is upbeat for new pack peaches. In Greece, the crop should start earlier than usual and packers there are expecting one of the best crops in the past 5 years, with yields hitting 500,000 mtons. USDA is forecasting that the Chinese canned peach production will rise by 15% compared to last season. California is expecting its crop about 13 days earlier than last year but unfortunately North Carolina, Alabama and Georgia experienced a late freeze which will significantly hurt their new season.
Market pricing continues to climb, and because of the U.S. antidumping case, prices set by packers on previous contracts have all been renegotiated upward. The only country currently shipping substantial quantities is India – albeit very slowly. They suffered from production problems (compost issues) two months ago and are still recovering from their prior shortfall. India is expecting to be back to normal quantities towards the end of June. As reported earlier, China’s crop was very short, but more importantly, the leading Chinese packer was just assessed a preliminary 196 % anti dumping rate. They are still trying to appeal, but if unsuccessful, they’ll be effectively locked out of the U.S. market. Holland, Indonesia and Colombia are vastly oversold to other markets and not offering any products.
Spain’s crop just ended - it was a short season but in general, total tonnage is estimated to run about the same as last year. As for South America, the crop will start in a couple of months but early feedback points to a good season. As demonstrated by the chart below, Peru has experienced tremendous growth and has now surpassed Spain as the leading source for the U.S. market. A possible imposition of duties on Peruvian imports might curtail this growth - this will be known by the end of June 2007.
U.S. Imports of Artichokes in Brine in years 2003-2006:
Spain $ 52,306 / $ 50,627 / $ 38,892 / $ 32,252
Peru $ 2,462 / $ 8,947 / $ 16,911 / $ 34,261
Chile $ 3,783 / $ 5,442 / $ 8,074 / $ 9,873
China $ 0 / $ 0 / $ 505 / $ 1,288
The continued shortage of supply in saffron has been forcing further increases; current market prices are about 300 % higher than the levels at the end of last year.
Early indications from Turkey show the crop might be short this year as last year’s very low prices have discouraged farmers from planting this season. It is estimated that the crop output will be about 30% below last year.
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The deal is a boon for the chip designer, which has been posting losses and considering staff cuts.
The for-sale sign is up at Transmeta, once a supplier of Intel-compatible chips that later remade itself into a supplier of chip patents.
Agreement covers all of Transmeta's patents and patent applications, as well as the LongRun2 suite of advanced power management technologies.
Transmeta received the $150 million settlement from Intel, now what?
After posting just $43,000 in revenue in the third quarter, Transmeta is faced with a shareholder's buyout effort.
Manufacturing turned out to be a bust for the chipmaker, so company is moving deeper into licensing.
roundup Sony taps Transmeta for power-stingy processors. Also: TI puts cell phone tasks on a single chip.
The company hasn't quit chips yet, but it says it needs a partner to continue.
The chipmaker unveils the technical details about a completely revamped processor that it says will provide better performance than that of its predecessors.


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POT TV – Watch Cannabis Culture News LIVE for the latest news and views on pot politics and the marijuana community. In this episode: They Keep Raiding and We Keep Opening.
Cannabis Culture’s location in Port Coquitlam was raided by RCMP yesterday, but we are open for business again today! And we are opening more Cannabis Culture stores across the country.
On the show: Jodie Emery joins the show to discuss our new Cannabis Culture locations, a letter she received from Ralph Goodale, Canada’s Public Safety Minister, and a new article about her in Flare magazine.
We talk to Britney Ann, owner of the new Cannabis Culture location in Hamilton, Ontario.
We cover the latest marijuana news and views and play videos from the front lines of the War on Drugs.
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Discovery Channel’s annual Shark Week is currently airing. The week full of specials has become increasingly popular each year. How many viewers have watched this year compared with recent years? And what makes Shark Week so popular?
Shark Week Viewers
In Ask Your Target Market’s latest survey, 12% of respondents said that they have watched many shows so far during this year’s Shark Week. Another 18% said they’ve watched one or two shows. 17% said they haven’t watched any so far, but they might still do so during the rest of Shark Week. And 54% said they have no plans to watch any Shark Week programming this year.
In general, 12% said they watch Shark Week every year. Another 24% said they sometimes watch Shark Week. 12% said they’ve only watched Shark Week once or twice. And 52% said they’ve never watched Shark Week.
Shark Week Technology
Watching TV and movies online has become increasingly popular as well. So how does that trend match up with Shark Week viewers? 92% of those who have or will watch Shark Week this year said they’ve watched on TV. And just 18% said they have or will watch Shark Week online.
Social Media has also become a popular place for viewers to talk and share information about Shark Week. However, just 13% said they have or will definitely post about Shark Week on social media this year. 29% said they will probably post about Shark Week on social media. 40% said they probably won’t post about Shark Week this year. And 18% of viewers said they definitely won’t share anything about Shark Week on social media this year.
Because of the variety of shows, there are a lot of different viewers and different reasons why they choose to watch Shark Week programming. 62% of those who have watched Shark Week said that they like it for the educational value. 59% said they appreciate the entertainment value. And 20% like Shark Week because of all the hype and popularity surrounding it.
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What do you want to know? If you need some consumer insights on a particular topic, let us know in the comments below and we’ll consider it for an upcoming survey post.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Actor James Woods has been locked out of his Twitter account over a tweet he sent out months ago that was found to be in violation of Twitter's rules.
Wall Street's convinced that Tesla will need to raise more cash, and it has some theories about how and when that may happen. Morgan Stanley said that in addition to a capital raise in 2018, Elon Musk might also need an outside partner for more financing. Wall Street remains doubtful that Tesla will go through the rest of 2018 without raising fresh capital.
After years watching Tesla's electric cars speed ahead while they have been on the defensive over an industry-wide diesel emissions scandal, German high-end manufacturers have finally unveiled their first challengers to the Californian upstart. Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen's Audi and Porsche subsidiaries between them control some 80 percent of the worldwide premium car market. Audi rolled out its "E-Tron", BMW its "iNext" and Mercedes its "EQC", while Porsche presented an electric coupe, the "Mission E".
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A new tax could be placed on coffee cups in a bid to reduce waste, the Environment Minister has suggested.
Currently, millions of takeaway cups are thrown away every year and research has indicated that just one in 400 cups sold by high street café chains is recycled. Minister Rory Stewart has suggested that a coffee cup tax could be introduced in a similar manner to the new plastic bag tax, to try and encourage customers to bring their own refillable flasks to cafes.
During discussions on the issue in the House of Commons, Labour MP Rob Marris asked Mr Stewart what the government would do to halt the “wretched number” of cups discarded without recycling every year. Mr Stewart said: “I absolutely agree. It’s a huge problem and there are tens of millions of these things being produced and thrown away. As you have pointed out, many of these things cannot be recycled either by the way they’re disposed or because of the composition of the cup.
“Having tackled plastic bags, which I hope everybody in the House would agree the plastic bag tax has been a success, coffee cups seem to be a very good thing to look at next.”
In response, Mr Marris welcomed his comments but said he did not believe a tax was the solution, He said: “My initial reaction is charging 5p or 10p for the cup will not work- it will not encourage people to take their own cups in if a coffee goes up from £1.90 to £1.95.
“I suspect a more technological answer is what we need- either the composition of the disposable cups being changed so they’re more easily recyclable, as it’s quite a palaver at the moment, or changing the technology in the recycling.
“I think the Government should take a lead in encouraging research into a better product to begin with or better technology.”
Following the Environment Minister’s comments, his department issued a statement saying that they currently have no official plans to introduce such a tax.
It is estimated that fewer than 1 per cent of the 2.5 billion paper and plastic cups used in the UK every year are recycled. This is partly because many are lined with plastic.
There are just two specialist facilities in the UK which have the required equipment to separate plastic from paper for recycling.
In response to Mr Stewart’s comments, a spokesperson for Starbucks cafe chain said: “We are working closely with industry partners to crack the difficult problem of cup recycling. To incentivise environmentally friendly behaviour we offer a reusable cup discount of 25p on drinks if you bring your own reusable cup to our stores. This can be any reusable cup, not only a Starbucks one.”
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According to Facebook researchers, our collective “degrees of separation” have shrunk over the past five years.
Facebook is giving friendship collages to its 1.6 billion users in celebration of the social network’s 12th birthday.
Mark Zuckerberg re-shared a Facebook 360 degree video of surface of Mars taken by NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover.
Facebook and its photo and video-sharing app Instagram are reportedly set to quietly make your photos incredible by adding computer art to them.
Facebook has announced a new policy barring private individuals from advertising or selling firearms on the world’s largest social network.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that “pretty soon” six new emotions will be added to the social network throughout the world.
Facebook smashed investors’ expectations with a 52-percent jump in quarterly revenue as it sold more ads targeted at a fast-growing number of mobile users.
According to a theory, our brain’s ability to process multiple relationships creates a natural group size of 100-200 people. Hence, on an average, you can’t really maintain more than 200 ‘genuine’ friends.
Facebook will construct a data centre facility at Ireland’s Clonee village, announced the company in a new blogpost.
Facebook iOS app will soon include support for 3D Touch feature, introduced Apple’s iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, within the app’s timeline and News Feed.
Facebook Sports Stadium is an effort to encroach on Twitter’s territory
Facebook Android app users can now privately browse the world’s largest social network through the anonymity service Tor.
Facebook began a campaign in Europe to thwart extremist posts on social media, after German politicians raised concerns.
Sheryl Sanderberg, 46, donated 290,000 shares of Facebook stock at “a market value of roughly $31 million” to various charities.
Modern-day parents are using Facebook for efficient handling of responsibilities, like monitoring, schedule management, making purchase decisions and more.


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President Trump rails incessantly about Canada’s supposedly unfair treatment of American dairy farmers. He accuses the Canadians of flagrant protectionism that keeps American dairy products out of Canada.
As is his wont, he has grossly oversimplified a complicated issue. The consequence is that a modernized, trilateral North American Free Trade Agreement, which the U.S., Mexico and Canada wanted, may have gone up in smoke.
Trump is mostly correct to point out that Canada imposes tariffs in the neighborhood of 270% on dairy imports. But what he fails to understand is that the tariffs only kick in after quotas, which vary by product, have been reached. American dairy farmers shipped more than $334 million worth of milk, butter, cheese and other dairy products to Canada duty-free or at very low tariff rates in 2017. In 2002, the amount was about $99 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Even with the quota, the United States had a roughly $650 million dairy trade surplus with Canada in 2017.
There’s also the fact that the United States has its own dairy tariff rate quotas, or TRQs, and they are much more stringent than Canada’s.
“U.S. import quotas for dairy products are so low, and tariffs for imports above quota are so high, that, except for cheese, imports of dairy products account for less than one percent of domestic U.S. sales,” Stanford University Professor Robert Noll and Brookings Institution economist Robert E. Litan wrote in a June Brookings paper entitled “A Trumped-up charge against Canadian dairy tariffs.”
Canada offered the United States greater duty-free access to its dairy market as part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
After the TPP was signed in 2016, then-U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said in a speech to the U.S. Dairy Export Council: “Under TPP, each year we'll be able to sell more than 4,000 more tons of butter, nearly 14,500 more tons of cheese, and more than 50,000 more tons of liquid milk to Canada.”
But of course, Trump pulled the United States out of the TPP during his first week in office, even though the U.S. Dairy Export Council supported it.
Even without the TPP, and with Canada’s TRQs, total U.S. dairy exports rose 15% in 2017 over the previous year to reach $5.4 billion in value, according to the U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service.
Trade negotiations are carried out in secret, but it’s been reported that U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer presented Canadian Foreign Minister with a text of the U.S.-Mexico agreement and said take it or leave it. He reportedly refused to make any concessions. Any trade negotiator will tell you that in order to get something, you have to be willing to give something. Lighthizer undoubtedly knows that, but presumably he was under orders from Trump to offer the Canadians nothing in exchange for their acquiescence.
Lighthizer and Freeland are to meet again tomorrow, Sept. 5. At issue, in addition to dairy tariffs, is NAFTA’s Chapter 19, which spells out the rules for resolving anti-dumping and illegal subsidy complaints. Canada wants to keep it and the U.S. wants to get rid of it. Maybe if the U.S. offered to leave Chapter 19 intact in exchange for increased access to Canada’s dairy market, Canada would accept, and NAFTA would survive.
Trump doesn’t seem to care one way or the other. He said if Canada doesn’t get on board the deal the U.S. made with Mexico, then he will throw Canada to the wolves and have a bilateral trade agreement with Mexico.
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Mumbai-based startup Adstringo Software Pvt Ltd, which runs a mobile content compression software firm under the brand AdStringO, has bagged $350,000 (Rs 2.23 crore) from Indian Angel Network (IAN), it said on Thursday.
The angel investment round was closed last December but is being disclosed now, AdStringo's co-founder and CEO Mohan Chandrasekaran told VCCircle.
A total of 40 angel investors with IAN invested the amount led by Arihant Patni, Vishal Khare and Viswanath Ramachandran. Some of the other investors include former Aditya Birla Realty Fund head Bharat Banka and Signal Lake Venture Capital's managing director Satish Mehta.
AdStringO claims its algorithm reduces the file size of any data such as images, video, digital documents up to 90 per cent without any significant loss of quality. It is currently a B2B product and counts clients such as L&T Finance, Johnson & Johnson, Club Mahindra and Tata Teleservices among others.
It largely aims to help companies use compressed content with lower data usage while reaching out to the rural consumers to counter poor internet bandwidth in the hinterland. Firms, for instance, can use its products to scan and send documents to a larger centre for processing personal loan application or health records and so on.
“I have a B2B experience from the previous positions but need an expert to help enter the B2C market,” Chandrasekaran said.
AdStringO was co-founded in September 2014 by Chandrasekaran and Sankar Mahalingam. Chandrasekaran, an engineer from Bharathidasan University, has previously worked at CSC besides several years at Reliance Capital and Reliance Life Insurance in their tech verticals. Before launching AdStringO, he had founded mobile and cloud computing venture Sudesi.
Mahalingam has over 12 years of experience in the areas of software development, architecture and support and together they are backed with a senior leadership team which has worked for years at Reliance Life Insurance and Reliance Capital.
Currently, the firm is looking to raise $3-5 million in pre-Series A round of funding to launch its B2C platform in September this year.
Chandrasekaran said: “I would like to enter the other BRIC markets with this product and will opt for Series A round of funding between $5 million and $10 million when the customer base hits at least 1 million.”
The firm is currently in the process of hiring 30-40 professionals for its B2C segment and has tied up with solution providers to provide its technology to the end consumer.


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US/UK: Wal-Mart takes Asda COO for global strategy role
McKenna takes Wal-Mart global strategy role
McKenna will relocate for her new role in April. The job will involve taking a lead in several areas including strategy, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, integration and purchase leverage.
"She will help define International’s strategic growth, ensuring international markets work more effectively together across the company," said Asda today (11 January).
Asda does not intend to replace McKenna. Instead, her job will be divided between existing employees, to take effect from 28 January.
Mark Ibbotson will promoted to the executive team as retail director. Meanwhile, Karen Hubbard will take on multichannel strategy and Asda Direct, alongside her existing accountability for in-store proposition and retail development. Lastly, CMO Steve Smith will take control of Asda's financial services business.
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A group of leading North American retailers and brands - led by Wal-Mart and Gap - have committed more than $142m in funding and low interest loans to help improve factory safety conditions for garmen...
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- US retailers urge action on Hanjin Shipping crisis
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Applications are now open for a free EforAll program to help Cape Codders turn their dreams into businesses.
Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll is a nonprofit organization that opened its doors in 2018 to help bridge the housing-wage gap on Cape Cod. It does this through a free program that arms ambitious Cape Codders with business skills training, a team of three mentors, and seed money to set them on the road to sustainable business ownership.
In the past 12 months, EforAll awarded $50,750 to 41 different local entrepreneurs.
Offered twice a year, the “Business 101” type bootcamp accelerator program accepts 15 entrepreneurial ventures. The ventures can be at the idea stage, newly starting out, or established businesses looking to expand in significant ways. No prior business experience is required to apply and be accepted to the program.
“Being awarded money by EforAll gave me the jump start I needed to launch my first brick and mortar location,” said Ashley Dufresne, owner of Ashley Irene Boutique, located at Mashpee Commons. “But it was way more than just money for me; it was a reminder that as a business owner I was supported and most importantly, my mission and passion was believed in. The money was a cherry on top of an outstanding program that changed the course of my life and business.”
The deadline for applications for the fall 2022 program is Aug. 10. Applications can be found at: tinyurl.com/ccFall22


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adidas shocked the soccer world recently when they unveiled laceless boots. While this may not officially be the first laceless boot ( we see you Lotto Zhero Gravity), it is certainly the first of it's kind from one of the major boot brands. What adidas has done here is really interesting and will no doubt change the future of soccer boots. I spoke with an adidas boot designer recently and this was made a point. They will design boots differently at this point because of what this new laceless technology means.
The initial color that was rolled out for the Ace16+ was a solar green. But it is this black version that really looks sharp. It may not be quite as flashy and bold as the solar green, but there are a couple of key details that help this be a great looking colorway, including a chrome finish on the sole plate.
I'm very curious to see how quickly laceless boots become a more common theme we seen in boot design. It feels to me like one of those design / technological elements that was destined to happen as boot brands look to advance the design and construction of boots.


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Jakarta, The Indonesia Post – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) increased the supply of rice commodities to the domestic market as a strategy to reduce selling prices at the consumer level, which is currently affected by the high price of grain.
“Farmers are happy that the price of grain is expensive. The price of grain is IDR 7,300, some are IDR 7,400, IDR 7,500, up to IDR 7,600 (per kilogram). If the farmers are happy, the rice buyers are not happy,” said President Jokowi when reviewing the harvest. Raya in Subang, West Java, Sunday, as informed by the Presidential Secretariat.
Reporting from the last update on grain prices on the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) website as of September 2023, the price of Harvested Dry Grain (GKP) at the farmer level reached IDR 6,415 per kilogram, the price of Milled Dry Grain (GKG) IDR 7,386 per kilogram, and External Quality (GLK) IDR 6,043 per kilogram.
President Jokowi said that the current high price of grain is contributing to the increase in the price of rice commodities in the domestic market which needs to be anticipated.
“We have to overcome this by pumping out as much (rice) as possible, supplying as much as possible to the market, so that prices can go down,” he said.
This strategy, said President Jokowi, was effective in reducing the price of rice commodities at the Cipinang Main Market, East Jakarta.
“Meanwhile in Cipinang, prices have fallen. But we hope that this will also happen in the market, for consumers too,” said President Jokowi.
On that occasion, President Jokowi confirmed that 1.7 million tons of national rice reserves were still stored in the Logistics Business Entity (Bulog) warehouse for supplies during the El Nino phenomenon that hit Indonesia.
“Because of El Nino, production continues to decline, continues to decrease. But there is no problem because our reserves in Bulog are still large at 1.7 million tons,” said President Jokowi. (mhn/bbs)