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By PHILLIP MOLNAR
Herald Staff Writer
Command Packaging, which is based in Vernon, plans to open its Encore Recycling facility in the Firestone Business Park at 340 El Camino Real in October. Renovation on the 124,500-square-foot portion of the plant, which will use plastics from the agricultural industry, has already begun.
The company says it will immediately provide 40 manufacturing jobs in October and up to 100 by 2014. CEO Pete Grande said if the company is successful he foresees hiring 500 people.
''We intend to be a part of the community and we mean more than just the jobs,'' he said Friday morning. ''... We're moving our management team for this project into Salinas ... and the intent is to hire as many people as we can from that area.''
Grande said they plan to eventually turn 100 million pounds of agricultural plastic each year into reusable plastic bags.
''The whole vision is to recycle with a purpose," he said, "We're going to take this plastic that growers need to use every year to put food on our table, and instead of sending it to landfills, we're going to recycle it.'' Grande said his company will invest $8 million to get the facility off the ground and, if his plan to sell reusable plastic bags works out, up to $40 million.
He said he originally planned to open in August or September but it took longer than expected to get approval through Monterey County.
"We're a little behind,'' he said, ''so we're pressing to try to get opened as fast as we can.''
He admits opening in October is ambitious but said he gives it a 70 to 80 percent likelihood it will open in that time. According to its county planning application, the facility will use a process that involves shredding plastics into small fragments, washing them clean of contamination and drying them into plastic pellets.
It will run for 24 hours a day and deliveries will be accepted Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The initial traffic estimates from Encore a maximum of five trips a day for trucks.
The water used will be a 100 percent "closed loop," meaning all water used in the wash will be reused. The part of the Firestone Business Park the company will use was previously used by Monterey Pasta. Encore Recycling has a 20-year lease.
Grande said the company was focused on the agricultural market and it made sense to locate in the center of it. He said the plant will be an advantage to growers who will not need to travel long distances to recycle.
Although there are recycling facilities in the area, general manager Aviv Halimi said none of them could handle the scale of plastic needed to be recycled by the agricultural industry. He also said many products used by growers are not accepted by recyclers, such as strawberry mulch, the massive plastic sheets which cover strawberry fields. Thomas Flewell of Dole said in a news release the operation will recycle 135 tons of his company's plastic, resulting in ''significant cost savings.''
Grande said the move to Salinas was influenced by his experience starting Command Packaging in 1989, when most plastic bag makers were leaving the state.
"We needed to make California our home,'' he said. ''We weren't going to enjoy living here but not put businesses here.''
Salinas councilwoman Kimbley Craig said despite the new facility being outside of the city limits, it was still a win for Salinas.
''There will be new residents who are participating and eating and spending money in the city of Salinas,'' she said, ''and that's great. Kids in school. Come on board.''
Grande said his goal is to create full-time jobs with benefits and will begin job fairs in September. In the meantime, he said interested applicants can email Halimi at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Although there will be a variety of different skill levels for jobs, he said applicants will likely need at least a high school diploma or equivalent.
Phillip Molnar can be reached at 646-4487 or email@example.com.
COMMAND PACKAGING: 800.996.2247 | 3840 East 26th Street, Vernon, CA 90058 | www.commandpackaging.com


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kukuburi now available in french!
thanks to the efforts of christopher (aka random) kukuburi its making its foray into the french language. the first installment was posted yesterday and will be updated daily till it catches up to the current update schedule. the translation is being hosted at webcomics.fr and can be found at kukuburi.webcomics.fr
many thanks to chris and i welcome all our new readers from across atlantic!

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Asus has launched a new ‘Titanium edition’ of its ZenFone Max Pro M2 smartphone. It comes in three RAM/ storage variants – 3GB RAM/ 32GB internal storage, 4GB RAM/ 64GB storage, and 6GB RAM/ 64GB internal storage.The Zenfone Max Pro M2 is the first affordable smartphone to come with Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection. Read more to find about Asus ZenFone Max Pro M2 Titanium Edition Price in India, Specifications, and Features
Price and Availability
The new Titanium edition variant of the Asus ZenFone Max Pro M2 was launched in India at Rs 12,999 for the 3GB RAM/ 32GB internal storage variant. While the 4GB RAM/ 64GB storage variant costs Rs 14,999, the 6GB RAM/ 64GB storage variant comes with a price tag of Rs 16,999.
As part of launch offers, Flipkart is offering no-cost EMI, an extra 5 percent discount on purchases via an Axis Bank Buzz Credit Card, and an instant 5 percent discount on EMI plans (via an Axis Bank credit card and an HDFC Bank debit card).
Asus ZenFone Max Pro M2
|Processor||Qualcomm Snapdragon 660|
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|OS||Android 8.1 Oreo|
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The new handset sports a 6.26-inch full-HD+ display with a 19:9 aspect ratio. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 processor along with 3GB/ 4GB/ 6GB RAM and 32GB/ 64GB internal storage. It is backed by a 5000mAh battery (similar to the Max Pro M1).
In terms of optics, the Asus ZenFone Max Pro M2 sports a dual camera setup on the back. It combines a 12-megapixel primary sensor (f/1.8 aperture) with a 5-megapixel depth sensor. For selfies and video calling, the handset sports a 13-megapixel front camera with a LED flash. Recently, the company added an AI Scene Detection feature to the handset. The OTA update also added an upgraded Touch FW, improved front camera quality, and an improved system power consumption.
- Dual cameras
- AI Scene Detection
- Fingerprint sensor
- Face unlock
- Android 8.1 Oreo OS
- 3.5mm headphone jack
- micro-USB port
- Huge battery
- Two color options
The Asus ZenFone Max Pro M2 runs stock Android 8.1 Oreo operating system. It comes pre-loaded apps with social media apps such as Facebook, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger. Connectivity options include a 3.5mm headphone jack and a micro-USB port.
The dual-SIM dual-VoLTE standby smartphone weighs 175g. It sports a scratch and drops resistant build. Security options include a fingerprint sensor and face unlock feature. It now comes in two color options – Blue and Titanium.
What do you think of the new handset? Share your views with us in the comments section below.


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Polygon reports the Xbox One Kinect will speak to users like Apple’s Siri, and the system will feature remote play to allow friends to take over gameplay over an Internet connection.
According to two unnamed sources who have tested the features, the Xbox One Kinect will be able to speak with users, a feature that might not be available at launch.
Like Apple’s Siri, the Kinect could utilize the processing power of the 300,000 servers added to Xbox Live that Microsoft announced at the Xbox One reveal event last Tuesday.
The sources also told Polygon that the Xbox One will feature a remote play feature like the PlayStation 4. Users will be able to initiate the feature through Skype.
“It’s not clear,” Polygon wrote, “for instance, how long a person can remotely play or if they need to also own the game they are helping their friend play through.”


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A LUXURY cruise company wants to switch docking points on Phuket because ”the taxi situation in the Phuket Port is terrible.”
The cruise line also reported rip-offs and abusive behavior and said the attitude of the taxi drivers was ”totally unacceptable and extremely bad for tourism.”
The cruise company, which prefers to remain anonymous for now, is taking its complaint direct to Phuket’s Governor, Wichai Praisa-ngob.
Such a criticism from an important source of income today and in the future for Phuket is likely to trigger rapid action, much as if an instruction had come directly from a senior level of government in Bangkok.
The concern of the cruise company first came to light in an email exchange with a well-regarded west coast restaurant.
”We would have liked to send you more people, but unfortunately the taxi situation in the Phuket Port is terrible,” the email from the cruise line said.
Thailand’s new slogan, ”Amazing Thailand, Amazing Value,” is aimed at attracting more tourists.
Yet Phuket’s reputation as a holiday destination is being damaged by frequent complaints about excessive fares demanded by taxis and tuk-tuks, thuggery, and the lack of an efficient, cheap public transport system around the island.
Added criticism from a luxury line management is certain to accelerate Governor Wichhai’s plan to impose meters in taxis and tuk-tuks as fast as possible.
Reversing the damage done by tuk-tuks and taxis will also be high on the agenda for the governor’s second meeting in April with the honorary consuls from 15 key nations that provide Phuket with most of its tourists.
Phuketwan has seen the email correspondence between the cruise company management and the Phuket restaurant, which ends with the cruise management expressing the intent to complain directly to Phuket’s governor.
Here are edited exchanges:
From the cruise line: ”We were happy to promote your lovely restaurant and we did get a few good comments from a few guests who visited your venue. We would have liked to send you more people, but unfortunately the taxi situation in the Phuket Port is terrible.
The local drivers who were in the port all work together with the same attitude and that is to totally rip-off tourists. These drivers were not pleasant to deal with at all, and for the next visit we are suggesting that the ship anchors off Patong Beach instead of docking in the Phuket Port.”
From the restaurant: ”Yes we all know the taxi driver situation in Phuket is horrific. Those same drivers will probably be the same ones in Patong, too, but at least from Patong it is not such a long drive and people can also opt for not going anywhere. Unfortunately we don’t have a pick up service, either.”
From the cruise line, intended for the governor: ”Following our vessel’s recent visit to Phuket, we would like to bring to your attention the extreme challenges faced in the Phuket Port with regard to taxis. The drivers on standby in the port quoted ridiculous fares from the start and it was clear that they were aiming to really extort money from our Residents, Guests and Crew.
We were informed that the drivers are part of the local community and are the only taxi vehicles allowed to pick-up from this area and that the port has no control over this. After we spoke with our Thai crew members on the ship about the proper rates that should be charged, we then attempted to negotiate more decent rates.
At one point the situation became quite unbearable and some of the drivers became verbally abusive when it was mentioned that their rates were ridiculous and way too high for us to consider.
It came down to the fact that the drivers refused to even consider to take the business if their rate wasn’t paid and they simply preferred to sit down and wait for another hopeful customer whom they could overcharge, even after they were warned that we would not give them any further business.
From this point onwards, the front office team recommended private transfers to be booked through the contracted tour company and no further taxi bookings were made. Thank you for your time and we trust that this situation will be looked into further as it is totally unacceptable and extremely bad for tourism.”
An initial complaint by the cruise line company to the Tourism Authority of Thailand brought no response.
A representative from the restaurant asked the cruise line whether the email exchange could be passed on to Phuketwan, and the cruise line manager agreed.
Every year, the cruise line delivers thousands of tourists to Phuket.
The importance of the cruise line market to Phuket became evident earlier this year with the arrival of the world’s most luxurious cruise liner, the Queen Mary 2, which stopped over on Phuket on a round-the-world tour.
More visits are also being made by US Navy vessels, including the aircraft carriers USS Ronald Reagan last year and USS Nimitz this year.
International media and tourist chat sites have reported widely that the greed of local taxi and tuk-tuk drivers is the biggest negative of a visit to Phuket, which has good beaches, coral reefs, and much to recommend it to visitors.
Phuket Taxi Abuse: Cruise Line Slams ‘Rip-Offs’
By Alan Morison
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When Amazon brought its high-tech service Echo to the scene last November, analysts knew its likely purpose: to get people to shop more on Amazon. The tool is viewed as the eCommerce conglomerate’s most high-profile, consumer-oriented foray into the Internet of Things thanks to the device’s ability to interact with a human voice to aid consumers in daily tasks – for example, updating their shopping list or activating a music stream. The service, however, was not directly connected to the ability to shop online. Until now.
The Echo has flown under the radar since its launch, but Amazon’s latest update of the gadget may produce more traction among tech-savvy consumers. Reports said Thursday (May 14) that Amazon has finally added the eCommerce aspect to Echo, allowing users to order or reorder items using simple voice commands.
The update means that now, consumers who ask Echo to update their shopping lists can actually carry out the shopping, too.
According to reports, Amazon analyzes previous orders registered to an Echo account. If a consumer wants to re-order that item, Echo will advise how much the item costs and place an order. The service is only available to Amazon Prime subscribers, however, so the only items available to order through Echo are those that are also available for order through Prime.
The gadget also has new, albeit limited, capabilities for consumers to order new items that aren’t in their purchase histories. Echo will suggest similar items if an item a consumer wants to reorder is out of stock. If neither is available, reports said Echo will add the request item to the shopping list and update that list for consumers that sign on to Amazon from their Web browser. Echo now also lets consumers cancel orders.
The latest update to Echo seems like an obvious one for such an eCommerce-centered company, so it is unclear why Amazon took so long to give the device the capability. When the product first launched, it cost $99; today, however, it is offered at the full retail price of $199.


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Cool & Cool to launch mobile app for convenience of customers
The brand caters to hygiene, personal care, mother and baby care, skincare categories, and is one of the few companies that has products range in kids' hygiene category
Launched in 2004, the UAE's very own brand Cool & Cool is among the first to pioneer in hand sanitizers.
Marketed by ABC International Ltd, which is part of one of the oldest groups in the country operating since 1964, Cool & Cool has been serving customers focusing on the quality and hygiene of products and follows the ISO and international standards. Cool & Cool aims to provide the best quality products at an affordable price to serve the customers in the best possible way.
To serve its customer better, Cool & Cool will be launching its mobile app for both IOS and Android customers.
"We are excited to announce that Cool & Cool will be launching a mobile app this month. The app will allow our customers to buy our range of products online, allowing the customers to stay home and stay safe," said Arif Pardesi, CEO and MD of Cool & Cool.
"Our great leaders and the UAE government are putting lots of efforts to ensure everyone's safety. I would request everyone to listen and follow what our government has to say. We came up with the mobile app in a short period as we wanted to take a small step towards protecting our people by helping them to stay home and get hygiene delivered at their doorstep."
Cool & Cool products cater to hygiene, personal care, mother and baby care, skincare categories, and is one of the few companies that has products range in kids' hygiene category, from hand sanitizers, body wash, face wash, baby oil, mist to nappy bags and wipes. Cool & Cool products are exported to many countries across the globe.
The mobile app will have all the product ranges available online and customers will be able to buy products hassle-free at ease sitting at home. The app will have various offers and reward programmes for the customers, along with the feedback option to serve the customers better. The launch of the app will be announced through social media pages. Initially, customers will be able to make purchases through cash on delivery.
Keeping the current situation in mind, currently, Cool & Cool is utilising all its required resources in the best possible way to meet the shortfall of anti-bacterial and disinfectant hand sanitizers, hand wash and wipes in the market while adhering to the government standards. The Cool & Cool range of products are manufactured in ABC Industries, part of ABC International, located in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, producing tonnes of units per day that are distributed to various parts of the country daily.
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Corporate dealmakers, such as private equity investors and corporate strategy and development executives, are a tough crowd to corral.
Just ask Lisa Balter, VP-custom media for The Deal. Charged with developing a plan to give print advertisers and advertising prospects for Corporate Dealmaker, a bimonthly magazine published by The Deal LLC, the chance to have face-to-face meetings with highly desirable, hard-to-reach corporate dealmakers, Balter's solution was to throw a multiple-sponsor breakfast seminar to attract the coveted audience.
The seminar was an invitation-only event, which gave it an air of exclusivity, and it was free to attendees. The event was timed to take advantage of marketing opportunities within the publication prior to the show. "We started the branding campaign about six weeks ahead," Balter said at the American Business Media's Trade Show Summit held in New York in February. In addition to advertising in Corporate Dealmaker, promotions for the event also ran in the weekly print publication, The Deal, and in the company's myriad Web channels, including CorporateDealmaker.com.
Sponsors, including professional services companies, banks and law firms, were given exclusivity by category. Balter cautioned that sponsorships "can be tricky in terms of exclusivity issues," so sales efforts were handled carefully. "You have to make sure not to oversell or overpromise [to] anyone."
The Chicago-based breakfast had two panel discussions and allowed time for networking opportunities.
To ensure that the event was sufficiently tied to the publication, edited dialogue from the panel discussions was presented as a roundtable spread in Corporate Dealmaker, and Balter said the company distributed post-event content at other Deal events that targeted similar prospects.
Of about 4,000 individuals who read Corporate Dealmaker on a regular basis, 155 qualified dealmakers attended the seminar. That number exceeded expectations. "Our expectations were set at 75 [people]," Balter said. Another surprise to Balter was that the event actually generated revenue.
The reaction from sponsors was equally enthusiastic. "With no history of an attendee list, and having never done it before, we were able to take it to the next level and have sponsors sign on for additional events," Balter said.
Attendees seemed happy, too, she added. Ninety-six percent of attendees polled said they planned to attend a future event.
Deemed a success, the event morphed into a series and is now part of the company's larger program of customized, branded events. "It's the brand that helps us get the right people into the room." M


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Lea Sfeir, Press Attache for a renowned fashion designer Anne Valerie Hash helf a lunch party at Sophie’s Choice of Sophie Salameh – Souk Beirut, Downtown, to welcome a group of media as well as esteemed ladies to a lunch party introducing them further to Anne Valerie Hash’s new collection.
Anne Valerie Hash is a trendy Haute Couture Parisian brand who has worked along side big brands like Chloe, Nina Ricci and Chanel.
She recently launched a new line called AVH By Anne Valerie Hash that targets the Lebanese and Middle East market.
The new collection AVH is soft and loose. The fabrics are cotton, viscose, jersey made out of milk fiber and dotted tulle. Colors are white and off white, skin and black…
Her “sur-mesure” creations are an alternative to traditional Haute Couture. Her unique sencce of style has already seduced an elite clientele including celebrities like Cate Blanchett, Naomi Watts, Uma Thurman, Nicole Richie, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman and Gwyneth Paltrow.


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Exile Brewing Co. is excited to be included in this year’s SOLD OUT Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival! Alongside Tursi’s Latin King, we will be serving beer and bacon inspired foods for the world’s pork lovers on Saturday, Feb. 9th, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Keep your eyes peeled for our banner, and your mouth ready for Betty and Mamie (with bacon in them!).
We have managed to get our hands on four tickets to this years sold out Bacon Fest, and to celebrate the occasion, on Tuesday, Feb. 5th, we will be holding a raffle to win these tickets. To enter, simply come to the brewery on Tuesday from 6pm-10pm and each beer purchased from 6 PM-10 PM gets one entry to a drawing for 4 Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival tickets. The drawing will be held at 10 p.m. on the same night. You must be present to win. For more details on the Bacon Week, visit their website.
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On Wednesday afternoon, just as blood sugar levels and reservoirs of patience were hitting their lows for the week, the Instagram page for Gwyneth Paltrow’s ridiculous and bad luxury wellness publication Goop shared a post that instantly—and as planned—riled everyone up. It was purportedly an ad for a new Goop product called The Diapér, described as “a luxury disposable diaper“ that was, the post said, “lined with virgin alpaca wool and fastened with amber gemstones, known for their ancient emotional-cleansing properties,” and “infused with a scent of jasmine and bergamot for a revitalized baby.” This was, as it turned out, a horrendously poorly-timed PR stunt meant to raise awareness about the high taxes imposed on diapers in some states; it mostly just raised awareness of the fact that any absurd Goop product could very well be real.
In most circumstances and from most publications, the idea of a luxury disposable diaper fastened with gemstones would clearly be a joke, but Goop’s hallmark from the start has been hawking expensive, unnecessary, and unscientific products, like the jade and rose quartz vagina eggs that earned it a $145,000 fine from the Orange County District Attorney's office. Besides marketing products with no proven benefits, Goop has also platformed a wide variety of schmucks and hucksters, including a guy who implied he could heal breast cancer with his hands and Kelly Brogan, an anti-vaccine “holistic psychiatrist” and frequent former Goop contributor who’s gone on to become a prominent COVID denier.
After the Instagram post went live and we all busily tweeted about it, Motherboard received an email from a PR company, asserting that the luxury diaper was actually satire and not a real item for the real bottoms of pampered Goop babies. In the press release that the PR company sent to us, unsolicited—and under an embargo that we absolutely did not agree to honor—it was revealed that the diaper ad is actually a PR stunt between Goop and a nonprofit and diaper bank called Baby2Baby, which does the very important work of getting diapers and other essential items to infants and children across the U.S.
“Tomorrow,” said a flack, unprompted, after Motherboard reporters asked skeptical questions, “goop CEO Gwyneth Paltrow will reveal on Instagram that The Diapér is designed to expose the ridiculousness of taxing diapers like a luxury product.”
The stunt was seemingly organized by a creative marketing company called—of all things—Mother LA. The idea is apparently to point out that in 33 states, diapers are taxed at the same high rate as luxury products, something Paltrow also recently discussed on CBS Sunday Morning.
“I never had to think about the cost of diapers, never once, until recently when my team at Goop brought it up,” Paltrow wrote. She surely didn’t.
In the press release, the Baby2Baby CEOs are quoted as saying, "The overwhelming cost of diapers for a family living in poverty forces parents to make impossible choices between diapers and food. Without a sufficient supply, parents are also unable to drop their kids off at daycare, creating a barrier for re-entering the workforce and perpetuating the cycle of poverty.”
The high cost of diapers and other basic necessities is an incredibly important issue, but the timing here is off, coming in the wake of the news that Roe v. Wade will likely be overturned and at a time when severe baby formula shortages are creating the terrifying prospect for some parents that they will be literally unable to feed their children. (In a statement they bizarrely tried to place on background—something we, again, did not agree to and will not honor—a Mother LA spokesperson wrote, in response to direct questions about why it would partner with the often grossly irresponsible Goop and why it would do so at this precise moment in time, that Baby2Baby is doing everything it can to address the formula crisis, “including having formula made to order, buying it from long-term partners at a fraction of the retail cost, and distributing donations from formula companies that were not impacted by the recall.”)
Given Goop’s role in the misinformation ecosystem—and the fact that it does actually sell absurd luxury products like $20 diaper balm, a “Goop University” shirt that costs $125 and that fucking jade egg, which now contains fewer dubious claims about what it does for one’s vagina—the satire here is perhaps less on-target than one might reasonably hope. Like a diaper, nearly everyone involved here seems to be utterly full of shit. You can donate to the National Diaper Bank Network here.


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Mark Cuban said he might not get the Dallas Mavericks championship rings, no one saw this coming. The Bazooka Candy Company has stepped up and provided the Mavs with some sweet bling for all their hard work.
“Bazooka Candy Brands, the iconic confectionary company and manufacturer of Ring Pops, believes that the Dallas Mavericks should be rewarded for all their hard work and their NBA finals win,” the company said in a statement that was posted on CBSSports.com. “That is why they will be stepping in and saving the day, creating Swarovski-encrusted Ring Pops in the team colors of Blue and White for the team to wear to celebrate their feat. The Ring Pops will be shipped to the team shortly.”
Of course these aren't official, but they are creative, fresh, and sweet. Props to the Bazooka Company for this idea. Even though i had to give up Ring Pops and candy of that nature due to personal reasons, I would love to get one of these for myself.


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Google’s Antitrust Charges – Accused by EU of "Search Abuse"
Google have spent many years attempting to settle or potentially dodge antitrust charges in Europe but it seems that their attempts have come up short. News outlets have widely reported a filed complaint from the European Union against Google this morning over alleged “anti-competitive behaviour”.
The competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, stated that Google’s promotion of associated shopping links accumulated to an abuse of its dominance within search and subsequently issued a “statement of objections”. Google now have 10 weeks to respond to the complaint.
Billions in Potential Fines
What we know from recent news and leaks is that Google was anticipating antitrust charges. The decision by Europe to press on rather than settle is similar to their efforts against Microsoft over a decade ago.
If we consider what’s at stake here, Google could be hit with billions in potential fines and will also see their reputation and market cap damaged depending on the charges and proceedings.
It’s clear that Ms Vestager has determined that Google violated antitrust laws in Europe and has now come to a legal conclusion. The formal charges do not necessarily rule out a settlement, although Google’s history of reaching a settlement isn’t all that positive.
Vesteger’s predecessor, Joaquin Almunia, came close to reaching a settlement with Google in the past but failed to advertise his “rival links” plan to Google’s critics and opponents.
The Future of EU-based Search
Settlement proposals could have a considerable effect on the future of search. For instance, it has been suggested that a new proposal could lead to the end of universal search in Europe.
The tens of billions in fines that Google faces as a result of these antitrust charges will come about as a result of not satisfying the Commission with new proposals. If you consider that Google accounts for more than 90% of EU-based web searches, there’s a chance we could see a rather significant conclusion to proceedings.
However, an internal Google memo was obtained prior to the formal EU announcement by re/code which reacts to the antitrust charges. The memo suggests Google will look to present themselves as underdogs in certain categories including shopping, citing third party data and traffic.
The memo also expresses confidence with regards to Google’s prospects as far as search goes and concludes with a reference to the now confirmed Android OS investigation as part of the inquiry.
Shopping Market Claims “Wide Of The Mark”
What’s more, Ms Vestager said that she was not asking for a complete redesign of Google’s algorithms or search results. Ms Vestager also said that she was “open” to any response from Google, which suggests that the matter could take a long time to resolve.
Google’s search chief Amit Singhal responded to the claims that their Shopping service “distorts” the market on the firm’s blog.
“While Google may be the most used search engine, people can now find and access information in numerous different ways – and allegations of harm, for consumers and competitors, have proved to be wide of the mark” wrote Mr Singhal.


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App downloads saw a surge after iPhone 5 release
A mobile marketing firm named Fiksu has posted that the iPhone 5 had a tremendous effect on app downloads, bringing up totals by as much as 33 percent. That's huge, and Fiksu says it hasn't seen numbers like that since, well, the iPhone 4S released a year or so ago. I've heard about numbers like this before -- the creators of big apps like Doodle Jump and Angry Birds say their download numbers always experience a big jump whenever a brand-new Apple device is released, and considering how popular the iPhone 5 and the iPad mini have been already this year, it's not hard to imagine that developers saw nice benefits from both new devices.
The high download numbers probably aren't over yet. Every year around the holidays, developers report a nice big jump in downloads, as more and more people bring new iOS devices home for the holidays and then go looking for apps to install on them. Especially around the Christmas / New Year's period, there will be lots of new iOS devices jumping into the App Store ecosystem, and we're likely to see more big movement during that time period. So yes, the iPhone 5 may have boosted app downloads, but I doubt the boosting is over yet.
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Famous YouTuber MrBossFTW has revealed some fresh new information and details regarding Casino DLC gameplay and according to the reports, this DLC will come with three new gambling modes along with various activities and more for GTA 5 Online.
Prolific GTA tipster funmw2 is responsible for these leaks and he recently hinted that the DLC for which the people are waiting for should be released soon. According to funmw2’s recent posts on GTA forums, Rockstar has ditched his FOS V4 capture mode since 2013 from GTA Online and instead they have invested the tipster’s surplus in-game money for the Casino.
This is likely to be released with the upcoming single-player DLC. During a response to a recent fan query on GTA forums, it was asserted by funmw2 that the Casino will be coming with a single-player DLC along with a lot of new mini-games and entertaining activities.
With the casino update, there will be two new DLCs which were seen in the game codes connected to previous updates. The tipster further reported that the Casino DLC will be a major update which has been clearly revealed through the recently discovered coding information. Moreover, it will be featured on both single-player and multiplayer game modes in GTA 5, as mentioned by the coding info from 1.13 update.
The Casino DLC will come with three new mini-games and they are poker, blackjack and slot. Relevant codes were discovered through a script related to online, named “am_mp_property_int”. Ross further admits that the Casino DLC will feature something similar to poker game from Red Dead Redemption from GTA Online.
Talking about the gambling mechanics, it will be more of a real-world scenario where players will be able to gamble at their own risk using shark cards or equivalent in-game money. Gamers will be able to make or break their fortune by winning or losing thousands of dollars through the new Casino DLC.
Once you have lost the money, there is no getting it back. In this sense, this is as realistic as it gets. A lot of customizable properties have been introduced in the Executives and Other Criminals DLC. As a result, the time is now ripe for the release of Casino DLC in GTA 5 and GTA 5 Online.
At the front of the casino, you can see design upgrades and banners and they clearly hint at a work in progress as far as the DLC is concerned. Considering the recently leaked coding for GTA 5 Online, this particular DLC should be coming soon enough.
YouTuber MrBossFTW revealed some fresh info regarding a bunch of secret yacht features through his latest gameplay video for GTA 5 Online.
Within a month, this renowned YouTuber has released the second the second installment of the secret yachts’ feature tour. He talked about the first secret, revealing that the ship’s captain will have a different dialogue pattern based on the time and weather conditions that are prevailing outside.
Furthermore, the source of this information has again been credited to tipster funmw2, who earlier revealed this information through a post on GTA 5 sub-Reddit.
There is a leaked screenshot showing a script and according to the tipster, the captain makes different kinds of comments depending upon the changing weather patterns. This can include fog, rainy, sunny and stormy weather conditions.
Besides the four random comments, the captain should also indulge in some personal chats with you. Ross further confirmed that the private yacht does move around locations in free mode without you actually shelling out $25,000 for the location shift. Ross revealed another crazy thing regarding what would happen if you fail to pay up your yacht’s rental in GTA Online.


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Macy's and Kohl's will reopen stores Friday in Minnesota.
Macy's will open its stores in malls that are operating: Burnsville Center, Crossroads Center in St. Cloud, Maplewood Mall, Ridgedale Center in Minnetonka, Rosedale Center in Roseville and Southdale Center in Edina. Although the Mall of America is closed, customers will be able to enter the Macy's there through the exterior doors.
Kohl's is opening all 28 of its Minnesota stores from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The stores already had been providing curbside pickup for online orders.
"In preparation for a safe reopening, the company has made significant enhancements to the store environment and staff operations to prioritize the health and safety of Kohl's customers and associates," the Menomonee Falls, Wis.-based retailer said in a release.
The Macy's stores also will be open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. for in-store shopping and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for curbside pickup.
"We are ready to welcome our customers back to Macy's stores in the Minneapolis community," said Marc Mastronardi, chief stores officer at Macy's, in a statement.
Malls and other retailers were allowed under Minnesota's stay-at-home order to reopen this week.
Macy's has instituted more frequent and enhanced cleaning procedures in heavily trafficked areas and on hard surfaces and reminders for customers to maintain social distance. It also has installed sanitation stations and plexiglass at some registers. Employees will be wearing face masks and participating in daily wellness checks.
Most curbside pickup orders placed by noon will be available the same day.
Macy's also has extended its return policy. Customers now have 60 days to return online purchases. Returned merchandise that is in salable condition will be held aside in a separate area, not placed immediately on the sales floor in accordance with best COVID-19 practices, the retailer said.


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ADOTAS — It’s an opportunity for progressive retailers to connect in a more relevant manner to a new generation of shopper. Consumer attitudes about holiday retail are segmenting by age: Millennials feel manipulated; older segments feel like it’s how the game is played.
Holiday retail tactics are not sitting well with Millennials who perceive that retailers actively try to deceive and encourage overspending. In addition to bait-and-switch promotions and guilt-inducing advertising messaging, some Millennials even accuse retailers of using the holiday season to rid their stock of lower quality, older model items.
“Previous research has explored how Millennials value transparency in the companies they buy from. This study captures the degree to which Millennials mistrust companies they feel are manipulative,” says Ryan Brill, Senior Project Manager at MindSwarms. “Whether these feelings will change as Millennials age remains to be seen. For the moment retailers should be conscious of how they come across during the holiday season.”
Shoppers over 30 acknowledge these holiday retail practices, but pride themselves in self-control and the ability to use retailer games to their own benefit.
When it comes to the increasingly early start of the holiday shopping season, both groups express frustration: Gen Xers and Boomers see it as an infringement on family time and a symptom of the over-commercialization of the holidays, and Millennials experience it as yet another tactic to guilt them into starting earlier, shopping earlier, and buying more.
- Millennials, often described as on a longer timetable to adulthood, are more likely to describe holiday retail tactics as manipulative and some express fear that these “deceitful” practices will lure them into losing control/purchasing more than they should.
- Those in the Millennial segment can provide specific examples of the approaches they deem most manipulative, including bait-and-switch inventory management and dishonest pricing.
- While some in the older segment also see retail practices as manipulative, they feel more confident in their abilities to control their spending and ensure benefit from holiday deals.
- Retailers must be cognizant of the potential brand distrust generated from holiday tactics and the negative impact it may have on long-term brand relationships.
- It could be that Millennials’ attitudes towards shopping have been shaped by more transparent digital pricing experiences, and therefore resent traditionally-minded retail tactics of brick-and-mortar.
- There exists an opportunity for progressive retailers to connect in a more relevant manner to a new generation of shopper that seems more suspicious of tried-and-true holiday retail tactics.
MindSwarms is a disruptive digital market research platform for gathering video insights whereby consumers get paid to answer questions via smartphone/tablet camera or webcam. MindSwarms is a dynamic startup based in San Francisco conducting research studies all over the world, including the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, India, China and Brazil. Clients include Nike, Sonos, Skullcandy, Virgin, Intel, Pitney-Bowes and Google, to name a few. The platform allows researchers to get video feedback from consumers in their home, store, gym, workplace — anywhere — fast. See more at blog.mindswarms.com or email email@example.com.


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How to stop your children ringing up big mobile phone bills
Parents of kids with mobile phones can limit the financial pain by taking some basic precautions. Vicky Shaw reports
MOBILE phones plus children can equal a big bill shock for parents. Two-thirds (67 per cent) of children aged eight to 15 now have their own smartphone, according to a new survey. This ranges from nearly one in five (19 per cent) eight-year-olds to 95 per cent of children aged 15.
But while two-fifths (40 per cent) of children claim they can download as many apps as they like, it's the parents who foot the bill, the Halifax Pocket Money Survey found.
More than four-fifths (82 per cent) of parents surveyed said they pay for their child's phone rather than have them contribute from their own pocket money.
For some parents, allowing a child to have their own mobile can lead to significant costs.
Citizens Advice says it has helped people hit with bills amounting to hundreds of pounds after their children have downloaded expensive content.
In one case, the charity assisted a parent handed a £300-plus bill after their 12-year-old son signed up to a games app.
It helped another parent faced with an £80 year-long subscription to an app his daughter had downloaded, thinking it was free.
So how can you rein in the costs when your child reaches for their mobile?
:: Choose your device wisely
Deciding on the right device can help parents avoid big bills further down the line.
Regulator Ofcom suggests considering what your child needs the device for before buying.
If it's simply to make calls and send a few texts and enable them to make contact in an emergency, a basic handset might be suitable. But if it's to explore the internet, download apps, watch videos and make or receive video calls, a smartphone or a tablet might be more appropriate.
Ofcom says parents concerned about buying advanced gadgets for young children might consider a toy version of smartphones or tablets, which have been produced by some manufacturers. It also recommends telling the retailer or network provider a child will be using the device so they can give you the most appropriate advice.
:: It pays to educate
Talking to your child about how mobile bills can add up could also help if you decide to take out a mobile contract, according to Ofcom. It says parents should ensure their children understand what the monthly call, text or data allowance is, and what happens if they go over that limit. They should also explain certain phone numbers, such as for competitions or voting, may be charged at a premium rate.
To avoid any mishaps, it might be worth talking to your provider about whether they can bar calls to certain numbers, such as premium-rate lines or international numbers.
Check the mobile device's settings, which give the ability to turn off in-app purchases.
Ofcom has video guides which explain how you can turn off or password protect in-app purchases.
:: Encourage your child to save
Halifax also suggests encouraging your child to become a saver rather than a spender. Potential incentives could include small rewards or a treat if they do not spend their savings.


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ATTENTION OIL INDUSTRY: California Is Banning Gasoline Powered Vehicles
You have one chance to save yourselves and COME CLEAN
By Marc J. Rauch
Author of THE ETHANOL PAPERS
Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher
THE AUTO CHANNEL
Today, September 23, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the state will ban the sale of new gasoline powered passenger cars and trucks starting in 2035.
The ban is an attempt to push the use of electric powered vehicles and supposedly reduce harmful pollution. The result of Newsom's action will undoubtedly be that other governors and states will follow along.
Aside from the fact that anything Newsom declares today about the year 2035 can be changed innumerable times between now and then, it sets in motion something that will be extremely harmful to American consumers, and deadly (economically speaking) to the petroleum oil industry.
In the first place, electric vehicles are too costly, their manufacture and use results in nearly as much harmful green house gasses, slave labor is used to mine some of the materials required for the batteries, and technology will not be ready for a full time shift to electric vehicles.
Secondly, banning new gasoline-powered vehicles in 2035 does nothing to remove the existing millions of gasoline and diesel burning vehicles on the road, both now and after 2035. A complete changeover to eliminating all gasoline/diesel vehicles will take years to accomplish. If it's so critical (and it sort of is) to reduce harmful emissions, then why the hell are they waiting 15 to 30 years? And frankly, if the entire world does not make the shift to electric at the same time, there will be no global improvement in reducing harmful pollution.
Thirdly, this action is economic disaster for the petroleum oil industry and for millions upon millions of workers and organizations who have their pension plans tied up in oil industry investments. Teachers unions, government workers unions, etc., etc., have invested up to their eyeballs in the oil industry. This news will gut (today, or at some point in the future) the value of those investments. In addition, the end of needing filling stations will devastate supportive industries such as the convenience store industry and the automotive parts industry.
Fourth, and most important, there's nothing wrong with internal combustion engines. They are fantastic machines. This kind of action will kill internal combustion engines. Among the downsides to killing internal combustion engines is that they are (and can continue to be) manufactured in America by American workers without needing China or any other country for critical parts and materials. The one really big problem with internal combustion engines is that they commonly use filthy disgusting petroleum oil fuels to power them.
The good news is that the oil industry, the convenience store industry, and all industries related to internal combustion engines can save themselves by "cleaning themselves up." They can do this by making an immediate shift to higher ethanol blend fuels. All internal combustion engine vehicles on the road right at this very minute can use much higher ethanol-gasoline blends (E30, E40, E50 and up). This would have an instant positive effect of reducing harmful emissions. Engine manufacturers can almost instantly, with no additional cost, optimize all new internal combustion engines so that they use E85 and higher blends.
The oil industry can participate in all the good news. They can retain/regain share value. They can rescue their investors. All they have to do is stop inventing and spreading lies about ethanol.
In an essay that I wrote and we published on TheAutoChannel.com one year ago, I lay this all out:
If gruesome Newsom was truly interested in the public's well being, if other California officials had any integrity, if the workers' unions and ancillary industries want to remain in business, they should make the switch to higher ethanol use right now!
If the public has any true desire to live in a cleaner environment they should besiege their elected officials with the demand that they insist on the use of higher ethanol blends.
PRETEND YOU'RE ALIVE AND ACT NOW!


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Yesterday, Team ARP attended an AMD Today & Beyond event at SilverSpoon, Publika. It was a rather major event which saw AMD Malaysia`s top team introducing the latest AMD A10 processors and the AMD Radeon HD 7990 graphics card. The press were treated not only to a demo of their new products but also, a liquid nitrogen overclocking demo by DbLooi on an AMD A10-6800K Black Edition system."
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Coke, Pepsi looking for perfect soda
Coke and Pepsi are chasing after the sweet spot: a soda with no calories, no artificial sweeteners and no funny aftertaste.
The world’s top soft drink companies hope that’s the elusive trifecta that will silence health concerns about soda and reverse the decline in consumption of carbonated drinks. But such a formula could be years away.
Natural sweeteners that come from plants present the most promising alternative, but companies haven’t yet figured out how to mask their metallic aftertaste.
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Kendall Jenner goes bra-free in a white T-shirt as she gets behind the bar at a Tuscaloosa pub to pour her 818 tequila: 'Sweet home Alabama!'
The fashion model and entrepreneur went bra-free as she wore a white T-shirt - she was in the Australian brand St. Agni - with Calvin Klein blue jeans and a blue Polo cap as she delighted patrons at Innisfree Irish Pub.
'Roll tide to that!' wrote the star over her photo on Insta Stories. Roll Tide is a phrase trademarked by the University of Alabama. It is a cheer used to rally fans of the college's athletics teams.
The older sister of Kylie Jenner was seen behind the bar pouring drinks that featured her 818 Tequila to dozens of excited fans.
'Love you,' she wrote over an image of her fans; she also played Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
The bar shared several videos and photos of the event to their social media pages, telling her to 'come back soon.'
The 28-year-old Vogue model often likes to promote her brand in person and seems to often find herself behind the bar playing bartender for her fans.
Kendall Jenner was at a pub in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Tuesday promoting her tequila brand 818. The fashion model and entrepreneur went bra-free as she wore a white T-shirt with Calvin Klein blue jeans and a blue Polo cap
'Roll tide to that!' wrote the star over her photo on Insta Stories. Roll Tide is a phrase trademarked by the University of Alabama. It is a cheer used to rally fans of the college's athletics teams
Fans were also seen outside wearing 818 caps.
Kendall's 818 tequila has taken off since its launch three years ago.
In November she landed on the cover of Forbes magazine for the 'Special Issue' called 30 Under 30 for the 'class of 2023.'
The star was recognized for her role as an 'entrepreneur' as she is the founder of 818 Tequila, which has been a success story since its launch over two years ago.
A star does not need to be a billionaire to land on the cover of Forbes, rather they just need to show savvy business know how.
Kendall - who, according to Celebrity Net Worth, is worth $60M - fits the bill because 818 has taken off internationally.
In her cover story she talked about making sure the brand had superior quality that did not rely on her star power to sell.
'I wanted the liquid and the brand to stand on their own and for people to love it without me even having to be a part of it because I just wanted it to be that good,' said the Calabasas resident.
And she also touched on having her mom Kris Jenner managing her career, which she said can be trying at times.
She served up her fans at Innisfree Irish Pub. Kendall's 818 tequila has taken off since its launch three years ago
Fans were lined up to see the Keeping Up With The Kardashians veteran
'Love you,' she wrote over an image of her fans; she also played Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd. The bar shared several videos and photos of the event to their social media
Kendall, who is 5ft11in, looked cheerful as she posed with men at the pub
Jenner then got more specific: 'We have moments, when we're talking on the phone, and we're talking about business, maybe having a heated conversation about something.
'Aand then all of a sudden, she's like, "Okay I love you how are you feeling today?" and I'm like, "Oh my god yeah you're my mom too!"'
Jenner has used her pinup bikini body to promote 818 tequila
The brand pushes fun-loving good times with friends
Kris also manages her siblings Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, Rob and Kylie.
The TV star said she was careful with selecting which type of business to launch in 2021.
'I find myself to be a very intentional person,' said Jenner meaning she did not rush into 818 blindly.
'I don't want to do anything that doesn't align with my vibes, or my morals, or my feelings and things that really make me feel good and make me feel excited to wake up in the morning,' she added.
'And I had to work to get to that place, it wasn't always that easy.'
And though she has not even hit 30 yet, Jenner had some advice for her younger self, which is to slow down and enjoy her life.
That makes sense as she has suffered from anxiety in recent years over the pressure of her jam-packed career: she stars on her family show, has a robust modeling career, runs 818 and is a spokesperson for brands like Moon.
Jenner has landed on the cover of Forbes magazine in November for the 'Special Issue' called 30 Under 30 for the 'class of 2023.' The model was recognized for her role as an 'entrepreneur' as she is the founder of 818 Tequila
Kendall, who goes by Kenny in her family, left, still stars on The Kardashians and is often grouped with her younger sister Kylie Jenner, right
That advice is: 'Stop and smell the roses when you can, as cheesy as that sounds. But I would also tell her, enjoy the ride, it's going to be a beautiful one.'
Sustainably produced from one hundred percent Weber Blue agaves, 818 Tequila features three variations – a Blanco, Reposado and Anejo.
In its first year, 818 Tequila became the best-selling new tequila brand of 2021 in the United States according to the Tequila Brand Family Ranking Report.
On their California launch day in May 2021, 818 sold out online in less than four hours, with retailers across California reporting Blanco allotments selling out on the first day of sales.
From its 1% for the Planet giveback to partnering with local, family-owned businesses in Jalisco, Mexico and sustainable suppliers, 818 Tequila embodies a consumer ethos.
Produced using traditional methods in Jalisco, Mexico at a family owned and operated distillery, the brand has won 16 blind tasting awards across six major industry competitions.


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Last month, the company announced an agreement with Microsoft to help secure its supply chain by using, among other things, automation to speed up operations and replicate the company’s facilities online.
Kraft has created “digital twins” in the metaverse that allow the company to solve problems virtually. The tactic should help Kraft get its products to grocers faster and ensure factories run as efficiently as possible.
“We are truly committed to supporting our customers in … what we call the industrial metaverse,” said Lorraine Barden, CTO of Microsoft Industry Solutions. “This means Kraft Heinz can get its products … into the hands of consumers faster.”
Even if the real metaverse is a pie-in-the-sky virtual world not yet ready for prime time, “metaverse” has become a catch-all term for all things virtual, including logistics solutions companies such as Kraft Heinz and Microsoft Search.
The deal, which Kraft says is one of the biggest investments in technology, “increases our credibility,” said Carlos Abrams-Rivera, president of Kraft Heinz for North America, adding that it helps make sure we’re there when needed. you are us. .. whatever situation the world goes through. ”
Companies like Kraft saw their supply chains being tested at the start of the pandemic, when restaurants closed and consumers began to panic in supermarkets. In order to keep up with the surge in demand, they have to make a lot of changes, such as prioritizing popular products over niche products and some package sizes over others.
But there are other areas where “inventory [was] stuck in the system, ”he said.
Kraft can predict that demand for ketchup packages will increase as it draws attention to international trends. But if demand suddenly changes in some towns or states because, for example, an increase in Covid cases that keep children home schooling, Kraft can’t respond immediately.
This is bad for customers, who may have encountered empty shelves, and it is not good for Kraft, because those customers may have resorted to a competitor.
New technology should help prevent shortages, Kraft believes.
In the right place at the right time
So how can automation and virtual manufacturing facilities help get products to the shelves?
Abrams-Rivera gives this example: A West Coast retailer decided to offer a Lunchables promotion, increasing demand for the product.
And then there are digital twins. Virtual versions of Kraft’s manufacturing facilities will give the company’s management a better view of how they are operating and what needs to be repaired.
A Kraft plant can make a variety of things, such as ketchup, sauce and vinegar, Abrams-Rivera said. Digital mapping of these facilities will help Kraft better understand design flaws and increase efficiency.
Kraft doesn’t currently have “a system that allows us to map the entire plant to see the best flow,” Abrams-Rivera explains. Digital twins will change that.
The virtual option could also allow Kraft to detect errors in advance by allowing it to simulate production. “Usually you don’t know until you get the product running on the line,” Abrams-Rivera said. Online testing can help speed up the process of bringing a new product to market.
Companies are back in the metaverse
As the idea of the metaverse gained traction, many companies were looking for ways to connect with consumers.
“I see the game as really the cornerstone of the new event we call the metaverse,” Adam Harter, senior vice president of media, sports and entertainment at PepsiCo, told CNN Business. “As people live their lives in the metaverse on a more daily basis over the next few years … it’s critical for brands like ours to make sure we’re where consumers are. living their lives. “


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Today, Google released the fourth and final beta version of the Android 13 operating system (Android 13), in preparation for the release of the version. According to the company, it’s only a few weeks left until it reaches eligible Google Pixel phones.
The fourth beta version of Android 13 is for app developers to be able to do final testing and development with the new version in mind.
Highlights of the fourth beta version of Android 13
The fourth beta version comes from Android 13 With fixes for previously reported issues, the beta version will be the most stable among the previous betas.
Read also: Android 13 – Android 13 The third beta version is currently available for Google Pixel phones with all its great features
The system comes with new privacy features such as notification permission, revamped photo picker, themed app icons, language support for each app, HDR video, Bluetooth LE audio, and MIDI 2.0 support via USB.
There are also better tools for app developers to take advantage of tablets and devices with large screens, which extends beyond what’s included with Android 12L.
If your Google Pixel phone is already enrolled in the Google public beta program, you will receive this new version as an over-the-air update in the next hours or few days.
Find out the full price and specifications of the Google Pixel 6
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Helmets, Driver Education Should be Standard Equipment
It’s time to make safety helmets standard equipment for motorcyclists, as U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters sees it.
Peters is calling on manufacturers to provide free or heavily discounted DOT-certified helmets or driver safety training with the purchase of every new motorcycle sold in the United States.
"Helmets and proper training are just as important as brakes or headlights when it comes to the well-being of motorcyclists," Secretary Peters said. "We shouldn’t be letting any customer take a bike out of the store without a helmet as part of the package. Safety shouldn’t have to be an option when purchasing a motorcycle."
Secretary Peters said only 58 percent of riders wear helmets today, which is down 13 percent from just four years ago.
She added that manufacturers could help reverse the trend by getting helmets into riders? hands and training them how to ride safely, noting that 700 motorcyclists would survive crashes every year if they wore helmets.
During remarks to the Motorcycle Industry Council in Indianapolis, the Secretary praised those manufacturers already providing free training for riders. However, she said she was asking for help from manufacturers because while motorcycles account for only two percent of the vehicles on the road, they are involved in over 10 percent of all crashes.
She added that motorcycle fatalities have more than doubled in 10 years and now account for over 4,500 highway deaths and 78,000 injuries each year. Even worse, the crash rate among motorcyclists in the 50-plus age group has increased by over 400 percent, she said.
The Secretary noted that the helmet she was wearing during her 2005 motorcycle crash likely prevented severe head injury.
"I know from first-hand experience how effective helmets can be," she said.
Peters also said the Department of Transportation was "attacking" the challenge of motorcycle safety on several fronts. Last September, the Department awarded over $6 million in safety grants to states to support motorcycle safety.
In addition, the Federal Highway Administration has established a Motorcycle Advisory Council to focus on making roads safer for motorcyclists and will continue work begun by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on a Motorcycle Crash Causation Study to identify why motorcycle crashes occur and find ways to reduce the fatality and injury rates.


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CVS has made a bid to acquire U.S. heath insurer Aetna for more than $200 per share.
Amazon shares soar after massive earnings beat.
Zscaler confidentially filed for security IPO.
Sycamore said to weigh offer for distressed Bon-Ton assets.
Walmart is putting even more robots in its stores.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi is out.
Zenefits and founder Parker Conrad agree to pay combined $980K to settle SEC allegations.
Photo: People walk outside a CVS store in Pasadena, California, August 3, 2015. Reuters/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo


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20 August 2013 — Is corporate social responsibility all its cracked up to be in the context of increasingly urgent environmental challenges? Leon Gettler takes a look at CSR reporting and how it has influenced company sustainability outcomes.
Sustainability has transformed corporate social responsibility. Traditionally CSR was about working with communities. With climate change starting to have an economic impact, sustainability for corporations has gone mainstream, and businesses must now work to reduce carbon emissions.
As ethicist Paul Monaghan writes in The Guardian, socially responsible investment has grown to become a $US13 ($A14.2 trillion) trillion global industry. And sustainability is driving the change.
“Food retailers are tripping over themselves to demonstrate who was the first to eliminate waste to landfill. Big energy users vociferously contest who has realised the better energy efficiency savings… Despite its fuzzy, evolving definition and essentially contested status, CSR has grown in depth and numbers and is as strong as at any time in the last 100 years. It has weathered the financial collapses of 2001 and 2008 amazingly well. Assuming there is light at the end of the current economic tunnel, it can be expected to get stronger still as business re-enters a profit growth phase.”
Indeed, it’s now easier to do it than ever before. In this video interview, executive editor of GreenBiz Joel Makower says the convergence of information, building, energy and transport technologies will transform business, cities and society.
“It’s doing what sustainability should be all about, which is radical efficiencies, innovation and breaking through barriers.”
How mainstream is it?A study by the MIT Sloan Management Review and the Boston Consulting Group has revealed that sustainability is now on 70 per cent of management agendas. Not only that, businesses are now saying it drives bigger profits.
The study found that businesses are adapting to it in three different ways: they’re creating organisational structures which support sustainability, they’re linking sustainability activities with performance metrics; and they’re becoming more collaborative not only with customers and suppliers but also with local communities, NGOs and competitors.
There are many examples of companies that do it well.
One is Unilever, the company behind such brands as Lipton, Vaseline and Omo. Since implementing its Sustainable Living Plan, Unilever has increased growth and profits. The plan is working to big goals for 2020. First, it’s aiming to improve health and well-being. It also plans to reduce environmental impact by halving the greenhouse gas impact of products across the lifecycle and halving the water associated with the consumer use of products by that date. Unilever is looking to source 100 per cent of the company’s agricultural raw materials sustainably and enhance the livelihoods of people across the company’s value chain.
For Unilever, doing good is good for business. How so? By being a sustainable business, Unilever has saved money (energy, packaging etc.), won over consumers and fostered innovation. At the same time, it’s managed to inspire and engage its people.
In his review, the company’s chief executive Paul Polman explains:
“The lens of sustainable living is helping us to drive brands that have strong purpose in people’s lives, to reduce costs and take waste out of the system and to drive innovation that will make a positive difference to the environmental and social challenges facing us all. The Plan pushes us to think ahead, reducing risk and making the business more resilient for the long term. In 2012 we continued to make good progress delivering the Plan’s commitments. Our factories made great strides in cutting energy, water and waste. For example all our US operations have moved to purchasing their energy from certified, renewable sources and more than half our sites worldwide have achieved zero nonhazardous waste to landfill.”
Another example is Disney. Apart from making cartoons, the Walt Disney Companyalso owns the ESPN and ABC networks, holiday resorts and publishing businesses to name a few. The result: massive social and environmental impact, not to mention the ability to influence a huge amount of people.
In 2009, the company set out its environmental agenda which included achieving zero net direct greenhouse gas emissions, reducing emissions from electricity consumption, sending zero waste to landfills, minimising water use and the product footprint. As a result, the trains at Disneyland Resort now run on biodiesel made with cooking oil from the resort’s restaurants and hotels.
Then there is the world’s biggest retailer Walmart, which innovates relentlessly to be more efficient than its competitors. It’s developed a range of green initiatives that are not only about generating good press but also aimed at getting a better return on investment.
For example, it has massive roof-mounted refrigeration units at pilot stores. It uses a closed loop system to increase energy efficiency and reduced its refrigerant charge by 90 per cent. The company saves on hot water with units reclaiming waste heat to provide hot water in restrooms and kitchen areas. Indeed, 70 per cent of the hot water in stores now comes from refrigeration units. Walmart also has bio-diesel trucks that run on cooking grease extracted from its stores.
Walmart claims to be a leader in sustainable corporate social responsibility, reducing energy consumption in stores, installing solar panels on its rooftops, curbing emissions from its trucks and recycling millions of tons of trash. According to its global responsibility report, renewable energy now provides 21 per cent of Walmart’s electricity globally. It claims it is the largest on-site green power generator in the United States.
The company has also created a supplier sustainability index to thousands of suppliers, asking them pointed questions about their operations and prodding them to better understand and manage their own supply chain.
Critics, however, have accused Walmart of greenwashing. Take, for example, the amount of Walmart’s electricity that comes from renewable sources. There have been thousands of news stories and blog posts on the company’s renewable energy activities since 2005. But environmentalists have looked into it and claim that less than two per cent of its electricity actually comes from solar sources and wind power.
The problem is the business model. American environmental activists at the Sierra Club say that Walmart’s underlying model includes several key unsustainable features including reliance on energy-intensive 24-hour operations, location of stores outside of urban cores, sourcing at a distance and expanding retail space. Even with a 15 per cent reduction of energy use, the daily energy consumption of one Walmart Supercentre is equivalent to the daily energy usage of 1095 homes in the US. It claims that any reduction in energy consumption is also related to the underperforming US economy.
The Sierra Club writes: “At best, Walmart’s environmental initiatives have taken a limited approach to reducing environmental impacts and costs. As the world’s largest retailer, Walmart’s public commitments have not translated into drastic greenhouse gas emissions cuts and sweeping environmental change. The sustainability measures Walmart has taken within its business model fail to compensate for the environmental harm inflicted by the business model as a whole.”
Certainly Walmart has room for improvement. But given its size and business model of providing the lowest priced goods, you have to wonder how far Walmart can go. While the criticisms are valid, Walmart is at least doing more than many other retailers. That includes Coles and Woolworths here.
Companies are assessed on their corporate social responsibility in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Significantly, ANZ and the property investment outfit GPT Group are the only Australian companies on the list. They’re right up there with companies like Siemens, Roche, Swiss Re and Air France.
Now ANZ’s corporate responsibility report claims the bank’s “financing decisions take into account social and environmental impacts before and during customer relationships”.
Sounds good? Think again. Greenpeace points out that ANZ is the biggest funder of coal.
“Over the past five years, Australian bank ANZ has poured nearly $1.6 billion dollars into coal mines, coal ports and coal power stations. At a time when we need to be cutting pollution and investing in renewable energy, ANZ is using our money to expand Australia’s coal industry,” Greenpeace says.
Another Australian bank Westpac early this year that it would invest $8 billion over the next five years to double its investments in clean technology, environmental services, including $2 billion for social and affordable housing.
- See an article on this in The Fifth Estate, Westpac: We’re back! …with an $8 billion commitment to sustainability
Certainly, the ANZ and Walmart stories suggest people need to look deeper behind claims of sustainability. But it’s important nonetheless that these companies are in that space and more will be going there.
As Forbes tells us, corporate social responsibility around sustainability helps companies innovate, delivers cost savings, provides brand differentiation and can create employee and customer engagement.
Of course, CSR won’t solve the world’s problems or fix climate change. But it helps move the needle towards an economy that might be prepared to deal with the challenges.


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iPhone Rumors - 6S, 6S Plus and 6C Arriving in 2015
While the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are a little more than six months old, Apple is already gearing up for the next versions of its smartphone. Rumors have begun popping up about the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, not to mention a mysterious third model that could be released. From a sharper camera to more memory to the addition of Force Touch technology found in other Apple hardware, here's what we know about Apple's iPhone 6S and 6S Plus so far.
Earlier this month we heard rumors about Force Touch coming to the new iPhone models from the Wall Street Journal, which cited leaks from Apple's supply chain. Force Touch would allow the smartphone's display to know the difference between a short tap and a long press, potentially giving the device a slew of new commands. Apple showed off Force Touch at a March 9 press event when it revealed the new, sleek MacBook, which has Force Touch technology in the touchpad.
Apple may make the best smartphone camera even better with its next round of iPhones using a recent patent for a "digital camera with light splitter." This technology would allow the camera to split light into red, green and blue components, eliminating the need for color filters and making photos clearer and sharper.
Also, this technology would reduce "color cross-talk," which can make pictures look muddy due to bleeding or inaccurate colors. If this rumor is true, it would be the biggest update to the iPhone's camera in a long time, not to mention giving this future iPhone an edge over its Samsung and LG rivals.
More Memory and Apple SIM
The next iPhones could get a memory upgrade, jumping from 1GB of RAM to 2GB of RAM, according to a report by AppleInsider. Back in 2012, Apple introduced 1GB of RAM into the iPhone 5, as well as into the iPad with Retina display lineup. More RAM would allow the smartphones to multitask open apps and Safari tabs better, but since memory constantly consumers power, it would take a toll on the iPhone's battery life.
We could also see the addition of an Apple SIM card in the iPhone 6S series, which would allow users to sign up for mobile data plans from any carrier just by going into the Settings menu. Apple debuted its SIM card in the iPad Air 2, much to the dismay of nationwide carriers. If Apple does put its SIM card into the new iPhones, it could mean that customers purchasing a new device directly from Apple would have the opportunity to pick and switch plans as they please.
We may not have seen the last of Apple's "C" line of iPhones. A report from Digitimes suggests that Apple could introduce an iPhone 6C, possibly a cheaper device with a 4-inch display reminiscent of the iPhone 5. Rumor has it that the new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus will have displays sourced from Japan Display and LG Display, while the C model will be sourced from Sharp.
Also, the C model will likely be powered by Apple's A8 processor, while the newer A9 processors will be used in the new iPhone 6 series. Those A9 processors will reportedly be built by Apple rival Samsung, the same company responsible for providing the A7 processor found in the iPhone 5s.
With the addition of a third model, Apple may even stray away from its traditional monotone, metallic color range by introducing a pink smartphone. A recent leak from a relatively unknown site called Future Supplier shows what appears to be images of the pink iPhone 6C, with a bright plastic body and a noticeably different oval flash hole on the rear camera.
Apple hasn't announced another press event or released any official word of the new iPhones. Typically the company debuts new smartphone models in the fall, so we could likely see the next iPhone 6S and 6S Plus models around September or October. Stay tuned for our full coverage, and for rumor updates as those months draw near.


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Estée Lauder Cos Inc cut its full-year sales and profit forecasts on Wednesday, signalling a hit to sales from persistent COVID-19-related lockdowns and store closures in major market China.
The New York-based company's shares were down about 12% in premarket trade after the company also forecast second-quarter sales and profit below estimates.
The subsequent restrictions have resulted in reduced traffic in stores and temporarily curtailed distribution capacity in the region.
Estée Lauder generated about 31% of its sales from Asia-Pacific region in the fiscal 2022, according to a regulatory filing.
The company expects full-year 2023 net sales to decrease between 6% and 8%, compared with the prior forecast of a 3% to 5% growth.
The cosmetics giant expects full-year 2023 adjusted profit per share to decrease between 19% and 21%, compared with the previous forecast of a 5% to 7% growth.
Fabrizio Freda, president and chief executive officer, said, “For fiscal 2023, we are lowering our outlook primarily to reflect tighter inventory management in Asia travel retail, given reduced traffic as a result of COVID-19 restrictions, tightening of inventory by some retailers in the United States, and a greater negative impact from the far-stronger US dollar.
"We anticipate sequential acceleration to strong organic sales and adjusted EPS growth in the second half of our fiscal year as these pressures begin to abate, momentum continues to build in other areas of our business, and our ongoing investments in innovation and advertising drive growth. Our optimism in the long-term growth opportunities for our brands and for prestige beauty remains intact. Reflecting our confidence, today we raised our quarterly dividend.”


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The African Guarantee Fund for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (AGF) has signed a Sh1.25 billion Loan Portfolio Guarantee Facility with Absa Bank Kenya Plc (Absa Bank Kenya) to help local small enterprises, including start-ups, gain access to financing. The guaranteed line will be in existence for five years, with single obligor limits of up to KES100 million available for guarantee cover.
Other benefits for the SMEs from the partnership
In addition to facilitating credit access for local small businesses, the partnership will enable Absa Bank Kenya to assist small businesses in improving their managerial capabilities in areas such as governance, human capital management, quality control, packaging, financial management, and marketing, thanks to AGF’s capacity development assistance. When target SME consumers are unable to meet collateral threshold criteria, this will help to scale up SME lending activities.
The partnership, according to Absa Bank Kenya Managing Director Jeremy Awori, will enable a direct contribution to solving one of the world’s most difficult problems of poverty reduction and inequality reduction by ensuring financial access among SMEs.
“Considering the financing gap experienced by most SMEs due to their risk profile and lack of security, the bank is always exploring innovative ways to mitigate possible risks in this segment and at the same time, tap into the huge opportunity within this growth sector and driver of our economy.” Absa MD.
Qualifications for funding
To be eligible for funding, targeted firms must be new or incremental businesses that are solely focused on investments and/or working capital for growth, with green and women-owned businesses receiving up to 75% coverage. Other businesses that aren’t green or women-owned will receive up to 50% coverage.
AGF’s goal is to promote sustainable growth for SMEs.
The goal of the organization is to help SMEs fulfill their potential as economic growth engines. AGF enables SMEs to promote sustainable growth and be a source of job, skills, and wealth creation by removing the most significant barrier, which is the financing gap.
“Beyond the overall SME scope, our partnership with Absa Bank Kenya will provide particular support to women entrepreneurs and SME businesses qualifying as green transactions.” AGF Group CEO Jules Ngankam.
AGF will support Absa Bank Kenya’s “Let’s Unite to See Her Empowered (SHE)” campaign, which aims to reach 600 women-led businesses in the next 12 months, through its Capacity Development program.
Absa Bank Kenya has taken a thorough approach to SME empowerment in recent years, training business owners on business sustainability, fundraising, bookkeeping, and networking in order to ensure profitable operations through tailored propositions and solutions.
The bank has disbursed around Sh50 billion in loans to the industry through its Wezesha Biashara SME program, which was launched five years ago.


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The company has also initiated a social media campaign with a video revolving around the new variant.
The OPPO F1s Limited Edition features 16MP front camera and 13MP rear camera. The smartphone offers 4GB RAM, 64 GB ROM and is equipped with a 3075 mAh battery.
The new variant has an updated version of the Beautify feature which is Beautify 4.0. The feature is optimized to capture selfies with bright, clear skin, vivid eyes and striking features.
“By launching the Selfie Expert F1s Rose Gold Limited Version, we aim to offer our Indian consumers an outstanding photographic experience and enjoy the most of their time with their special someone this Valentine’s day,” said Will Yang, Brand Director, OPPO India.
With a new campaign launched, the company will release a video starring the Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover. As part of the campaign, the company has also introduced a contest where people can stand a chance to win the new OPPO F1s Rose Gold Limited Edition.


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As an era ends for Bartikowsky Jewelers in downtown Wilkes-Barre, two other jewelers are about to start a new beginning.
Nanticoke couple Michael and Ilona Taylor plan to re-open the historic Frank Clark Jeweler building at 63 S. Main St. in downtown Wilkes-Barre as a new jewelry store. They will sell and repair jewelry and buy gold.
In Wilkes-Barre Township, two former employees of Bartikowsky Jewelers, Ron Antolick and Carol Hannon, plan to open RACO Watch and Jewelry at 228 Wilkes-Barre Township Blvd. They will repair jewelry and watches and also sell jewelry.
Michael and Ilona Taylor, both 36, own another jewelry store, Ocean Gold at 206 E. Main St. in Nanticoke. Ilona Taylor has long worked in the jewelry business at her father Benjamin Kravetz's jewelry store in Atlantic City, N.J. They plan to name the new jewelry store in downtown Wilkes-Barre Ocean Gold at Frank Clark Jewelers and keep its original sign in front.
The downtown Wilkes-Barre building has been closed for the last 20 years. The Taylors plan to keep the historic features of the jewelry store started by Frank Clark in the early 1900s, including its marble, brass, woodwork and old photos in front.
"I've had my eye on the building since I moved into the area from Atlantic City. It's a beautiful building. It's the old-time jeweler. It reminded me of my father's business. I like the history it has," Ilona Taylor said. "This building was considered the Tiffany's of that era."
The Taylors bought tools and jewelry tables that are more than 100 years old from Max Bartikowsky of Bartikowsky Jewelers, which is about to close its doors.
"One thing I love about this is the history behind everything that we're creating," Michael Taylor said. "The building is really in good shape. I don't want to change anything."
Larry Newman, executive director of the Diamond City Partnership, and Frank Pasquini, member and past president of the Downtown Wilkes-Barre Business Association, both praised the re-opening of the Frank Clark Jeweler building as wonderful news for downtown Wilkes-Barre.
Newman said the building epitomizes what a jewelry store is supposed to look like and it's "marvelous" that it's being returned to its original use.
Farther down South Main Street, all the jewelry has been sold at Bartikowsky Jewelers, a landmark business for 125 years. A public sale will be held Saturday, Sunday and Monday from noon to 4 p.m. of its furniture and fixtures, said fourth generation owner Mac Ahmad. No jewelry will be sold at the public sale, he said.
As that store is closing, Antolick and Hannon have been busy moving into their new location in Wilkes-Barre Township.
Antolick, 45, a gemologist, worked for Bartkowsky Jewelers for 23 years. Hannon, 50, a jewelry and watch technician, worked there for 26 years.
When they learned Bartikowsky Jewelers would close, Antolick and Hannon said at first they didn't know what they would do next. They thought of going to work for someone else in the jewelry business. Instead, they decided to open their own business and received a great deal of positive response from customers, they said.
"We said, 'We have to do this,'" Hannon said. "Once we started letting the customers know, you could see a sigh of relief come over them because they know us. We've been there forever and it was a relief for them knowing they can take their jewelry somewhere where they don't have to worry about it. Basically, everything that was done at Bartikowsky's will be done here."


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CHICAGO — For some, it could have been an awkward moment, but not for Eileen Fisher.
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When Fisher, the keynote speaker at the Entrepreneurial Woman’s Conference at Chicago’s Navy Pier, called for a minute of silence to replicate the manner in which she begins some company meetings, the capacity crowd of mostly women entrepreneurs looked around at each other and complied, though clearly relieved at its end.
“Isn’t it amazing how long a minute is?” Fisher posed. “It’s wonderful, though. It gives you a little space.”
Though seemingly simple, the technique illustrates Fisher’s unconventional approach to the workplace and likely represents a key to her growing $254 million business.
“I stumbled on a new approach to business,” she told the estimated crowd of 2,300 people. “It’s a more feminine approach.”
The soft-spoken Fisher, who admitted public speaking doesn’t come naturally to her, said she shrugged off her own discomfort to tell women to “learn to be confident in their own natural way and to trust that they don’t have to do it the man’s way.”
The formula has worked for Fisher, whose bridge brand has enjoyed 15 to 20 percent annual growth over the last five years while competitors such as Sigrid Olsen have shut down and Dana Buchman has gone down-market to Kohl’s. Fisher’s retail reach also continues to expand, with the company opening its 43rd store in suburban Highland Park, Ill., in November.
Amid all that activity, Fisher likes to relay that vibe within her own company. Having grown up in suburban Des Plaines, Ill., where she once worked at the local Burger King, she said she initiated a few minutes of silence to temper a stressful workplace. “People do too much work,” she said, and once the company began starting meetings with minutes of silence, “everyone calmed down. You could feel the collective energy and relax.”
The Irvington, N.Y.-based company also operates without a traditional structure.
“It’s nonhierarchal,” Fisher said, comparing the company structure to a solar system or constellation of stars in which a boss acts more as a facilitator or guide. “It could look chaotic, but it’s not a rigid box. I think of my company like a big school where we can be ourselves and be authentic.”
With that in mind, it’s not uncommon for some employees to shuttle from department to department based on changing interests or passions. Fisher, who likens her company to a family and at one point conducted meetings in her home, finds she focuses on employee dynamics, as well as fashion.
“Work is about the product, but it’s also about relationships,” said Fisher, who noted the company has conducted workshops about listening skills and stress management. “It’s about the people and the way we work together. To focus on those relationships has been really meaningful for us.”
Eileen Fisher also shares profits with its employees, gives them $1,000 apiece for education and offers another $1,000 a year to spend on wellness, be it for yoga classes, massages, belly dancing or reflexology.
Fisher, however, is careful about who she brings into the ‘family.’ She expects egos to be left at the door and kindness to prevail.
“We don’t hire someone if they’re not kind,” she said.
And that soft touch, no doubt, influences her clothing, which Fisher says she likes to keep simple and comfortable.
While Fisher, who is considering writing a book about the way she does business, says the company is looking to expand globally and increase its Internet presence, she feels grateful and wants to give back.
“I love the way it feels to be in my company,” Fisher said. “It’s joyous. I don’t know another company that operates like that. We have a certain abundance. Our cup is spilling over and it just feels right to do this. We want to support women.”


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Sanofi creates a chain reaction among pharma companies.
Sanofi bought the stocks in 2004, and it owns approximately 23.2 million shares, which means 20.6% of Regeneron. The latter itself wants to repurchase its shares worth $5 billion. The overall value is $13 billion. The decision came shortly after Regeneron stocks reached an increase of 57% in the past six months.
Goldman Sachs and Bank of America will be the underwriters of the transaction, which will comprise of $3.5 billion in cash and $1.5 billion from Goldman itself.
If Sanofi manages to sell its stake in the company, it will be the most significant public offering in the health-care industry ever made. The money Sanofi will get from the transaction will go to "further our ability to execute on our strategy to drive innovation and growth" as the company wants to expand its research in oncology.
According to the companies, their partnership won’t stop as they have drugs in development.
The move made by Sanofi backs-up the rumor that it might repurchase a 9.4% stake in L’Oreal SA. By extension, it means that L’Oreal could buy back the 23% stake that Nestle owns from it.
Regeneron stock price lost 5% in pre-market trading. Sanofi dropped by 1%.
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The Golden Girls (Rose, Dorothy, Blanche, and Sophia) will be hitting Comic Con via a toy company called Funko, who’s recreating the beloved senior citizens in action figure form.
According to ABC News, the Golden Girls set will be sold exclusively at Comic Con, although Funko’s website also lists Target as a retailer for the set (Target’s listing for the action figures reads “currently unavailable.”)
The demand for these Golden Girls, however, is already expected to be hot. According to Funko’s director of marketing, Mark Robben, the company hadn’t expected this level of popularity.
“The response to our ‘Golden Girls’ products has been wild,” Robben said. “We almost weren’t prepared for the excitement. We created these as a passion project initially, and were blown away when it started trending on social media.”


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Posted February 14, 2018 11:37:00 The company that once dominated the world of tech and tech-related news is trying to make itself more relevant to the world beyond its core core audience of tech-savvy fans.
It’s marketing the company as a brand that promotes creativity, a lifestyle that includes travel and socializing and a lifestyle where the company has no boundaries.
Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon.com Inc., is an entrepreneur and philanthropist who has written books and sold hundreds of millions of books.
He is known for being generous to small businesses and helping them build sustainable businesses.
In his book The Entrepreneurial Brain, Bezos argues that being a small business owner can be a life-changing experience.
His book focuses on the concept of entrepreneurship.
It also says that if you want to make a real difference in the world, it’s important to work hard.
He has said that his business is his life, and that his goal is to help make life better for the world.
“To succeed as an entrepreneur, you have to understand the business, understand the problem, understand your market, and figure out how you can solve the problem,” Bezos said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.
“To me, it really boils down to, what do I do?
If you’re a business owner, you’re an entrepreneur.”
Bezos is trying something similar in his book.
The book is called The Luxury Life, a book that he hopes will be a reference guide for those who are trying to get a foothold in the industry.
The goal is not to get rich, but to make the world a better place, Bezos said.
Amazon is a company that sells a wide variety of products.
It has an e-commerce business, a retail business, and an online business.
It sells a lot of books, too.
It operates a cloud-based publishing service, and it operates a travel and lifestyle company.
Bezos is also the co-founder of Whole Foods, which is the second-largest grocery store chain in the United States.
The company has about 2,000 stores worldwide, including some in Asia, Europe, and the United Kingdom.
It employs more than 2,600 people, and operates more than 500 stores worldwide.
Bezos said that the company’s total revenue in 2020 was $4.4 billion.
He said that Amazon will have to grow in order to survive in the marketplace.
He believes that the growth in Amazon will come from its growing presence in travel, and its growth in its e-Commerce business.
“It is important to understand that the e-Business is really just an expansion of the eCommerce business, but the growth of the business is not necessarily in a linear fashion.
It is not just a single product, or a single category, or even a single service,” Bezos wrote in his Wall Street Review article.”
The growth of Amazon will happen in many ways.
We are going to need to make sure that we grow in ways that are sustainable.
We will have the resources and the capacity to do it.
We know that we will have a long-term strategy to grow Amazon.
I am confident we will.”
Beams says he is focused on building the best products possible for his customers.
He says that he is a fan of the book The Business of Being a Small Business Owner.
Bezos said that he does not plan to sell his books on Amazon.
He said that in the future, he will only be selling them on his own website, Amazon.
He says that Amazon is going to offer its products to businesses of all sizes.
He wants to make it easy for people to get the best deals and the best product.
Beams has said in the past that he wants to sell books on other platforms.
He thinks that the internet is a good platform for Amazon.
In the book, Bezos wrote that Amazon can grow into a $500 billion business, which would be a $2 trillion increase from what it is today.
He wrote that the business would be able to produce $100 billion of revenue in the next five years.
In addition to being a lifestyle brand, the company will also be marketing itself to people who work for Amazon, Bezos added.
Amazon also will be able be a destination for vacationers.
Amazon will offer free shipping on products and will also offer discounts on travel.
The business is currently in a period of transition, Bezos explained.
He expects that the book will be available for purchase by the end of 2019, and by the middle of 2020, the book and its content will be free.
Beames hopes that people will be excited by the content of the blog and the content he will be writing.
The Huffington Post reached out to Amazon for comment.